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USS VOYAGER CASE FILES #83693 - PAUL KIRK -

This case study details Star Fleet Officer Paul Kirk. At the point Voyager entered the Delta Quadrant Kirk was an Ensign.

Below are notes gathered from interviews with Ensign Kirk and other members of the crew.

After completing training at Star Fleet Academy, Ensign Kirk's first posting was at Deep Space 9 as a security officer.


INFORMAL LOG ENTRY #1


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DAY 1 : STARDATE : 48315.6 (2371)

While sat at his guard post his commanding officer arrived and told Ensign Kirk he had received a subspace message
that was routed to his datapad. He was to respond to it at once.

Ensign Kirk then found a private spot and viewed the recording.

The recording showed a vulcan who identified himself as Lieutenant Tuvok. He went on to tell Kirk that he was
required for a covert mission against the Maquis. He was to replace another Starfleet officer who matched his
description (which had been given to the Maquis) and Tuvok assessed that Kirk had the correct training for the
job.
He was finally told;
'Meet the Maquis rep at the town of Vanelish, a bar called Sally's Bar in two weeks on the planet Volon II. You
will find transport waiting for you on Deep Space 9. A merchant vessel called 'Janek's Pride'. Get your gear ready
and report there at once.'


Kirk did so and disguised as a civilian he boarded the vessel.

DAY 2

'Janek's Pride' leaves DS9.

While on board Kirk built up his cover by berating Starfleet to all that would listen.


DAY 16

'Janek's Pride' arrives at Vollon II spaceport. Ensign Kirk travels to Vanelish and then on to 'Sally's Bar'

Here he meets with the Maquis fighter, B'Elanna Torres. She buys him a drink and asks him many questions, checking
out his story.

Not fully trusting him, but deciding to take him anyway, she tells him that they need to wait for two weeks for
the ship 'Val Jean' to arrive and that her commanding officer, Chakotay, will interrogate him further.

In the mean time she challenges him to 'show his skills' at shooting on a rifle range behind the bar.

Torres had arranged a hotel for the next two days. They shared a room, posing as man and wife. Kirk took the sofa.

On arrival at the hotel Torres flopped down on the bed to take a nap so Paul went into town and bought some more
weapons and armour with his savings. He noticed that the town was full of cheap bars and seedy brothels but that
it did not seem to have a problem with crime.

He had 10 credits worth of drink at a bar then headed back to the hotel where he ate and then went to the room
to sleep. On entering he saw Torres sat on the bed using her datapad which she then hid.
She sniffed and said
'You've been drinking.'
'Got to enjoy the down time' , he replied
'You have the wrong attitude for the Maquis.'
'I'm not in the Maquis.'
Torres shrugged 'You're a piece of work anyway. Don't worry, Chakotay can sniff out a spy.'

Kirk grunted and went to sleep on the sofa.


DAY 17

Torres was out on her own business for most of the day so Paul spent some time on the rifle range.

DAY 18

Today Torres and Ensign Kirk took a hired car up into the mountains and were picked up by a shuttle.

Onboard the 'Val Jean' Kirk met Chakotay who interviewed him. He was told he would help out in engineering.
He was also introduced to Tuvok who was also an undercover Starfleet office, posing as a Maquis.

As luck would have it Tuvok was also his bunk mate and communicating by datapad on an encrypted channel
the vulcan told him that they were on their way to Nivoch where he hoped a starship called USS Voyager would
intercept and capture the 'Val Jean'. In the meantime they were to prepare sabotage around the 'Val Jean'.

At dinner Kirk met and talked to Kurt Bendera.

When the opportunity presented itself Paul looked at the some of the ship's computers. They appeared to either directly
taken (or stolen!) from Starfleet.

In the evening he bunked down and talked to Tuvok about the mission.

DAY 19

Now on a 12 hour shift, Paul woke at 6 am, breakfasted at 7 am and reported to engineering shortly after.

Although not a software expert he was adept at computer use and was tasked with tracing a software fault in
the second phaser bank. He traced the fault and fixed it in four hours.

He was then assigned the task of checking all the Jeffrey's tubes for leaks, operation and safety interlocks.

This took him up to shift end at 7pm.

At dinner he sat with B'Elanna and Seska.

Back at his cabin Tuvok told him, 'You need to get your hands on some explosives.'


DAY 20

0700  - Paul reported for duty and was told to man a weapons console.

0900  - He pointed his tricorder at a replicator to see what security it had. However, doing so, he set of
a security alarm so he skulked back to his station.


1400  - Paul found another replicator and examined it. It appeared to be a standard Starfleet machine with
    all the usual safety standards and reporting protocols.
   
    His plan was to replicated 'Mercury fulminate', a highly volatile substance. Very easy for a replicator
    (much easier than say - a ham sandwich) but guarded by many safety protocols that would have to be
    overridden.

1900 - Back at his bunk Paul received a hack from Tuvok for overriding the security systems of replicators and
       downloaded it to his Tricorder. It would not be easy to use, but possible.


DAY 21

0700 - Today's task was to check over a shuttle craft for faults using various diagnostic tools.
       Left alone to do this he got straight to work on a nearby replicator and downloaded the hack that Tuvok had
       given him.
      
However the replicator threw up an error and just at that moment a crewmember named Jackson came up behind him.
'What the hell are you doing to that replicator? Stand aside!'
Paul tried to hide his tracks with his Tricorder.
'What are you doing? Put that tricorder down!'
Jackson then used his own Tricorder to assess the situation.
'Trying to hack the replicator eh?'
He then drew out his phaser and placed Kirk under arrest, summoning Jarvin and Yuri to take him away.

Paul next found himself in a small cell, held in by a forcefield. After a few hours Chakotay came in to talk to
him. Paul attempted to bluff his way out of trouble but Chakotay was having none of it and said,
'You were trying to make an explosives. I think you are a federation spy.'

And that was the end of the day for Paul, having failed to be a saboteur he was at least still alive and had not
given any information up about Tuvok.

DAY 22

0600 - 'Val Jean' is attacked by a cardassian ship.

Paul felt the whole vessel make several massive lurches. Later in the day B'Elanna came down to his cell and snarled
at him,
'Starfleet spy! For some reason, we are now in the Delta Quadrant!'

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