(G195 11/04/2014 Sat via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, UP, LD, DC) 10

(G195 11/04/2014 Sat via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, UP, LD, DC) 10

DAY 50 (mon) continued ...

The shooting and running around continued. A guard retreated into a room and started calling for
help on his communicator.

Ensign Burns was doing well on the ground, between him and Ensign Smith them managed to stun
two guards, but then one of them took out his nightstick and started hitting him. Lying on the
floor didn't seem so much fun after that.

To take out the hiding guard Burns ran around to another room and using 'Setting 23' on his
phaser burned a hole in the wall. He then took out the last guard.

Finally they had a moment to go check the person in the bed and when Videk reported that it
was Chakotay, Ensign Burns declared 'Thank Fuck!', and Ensign Kirk beamed them all aboard the
Aeroshuttle.

Chakotay was in a bad way though and his drip was leaking all over the cabin floor. They managed
to get him into the medical area though and made him comfortable.

When he could speak he said,

''
I've handed the microfilm over to a protest group here in Markov. We can only hope that this evidence
and plans for better energy sources is enough to prevent disaster here. That's the good news .. *groan*..
..*cough! cough!*. The bad news is that from talking to the people here the accident is much more likely
to happen in Kalto.
Ensign Kirk, your mission is more important than ever, if this planet is to be saved. Take your team down
to Kalto and get the microfilm to whoever needs to see it. Not only that, but you will also have to render
Reactor 7, which is just outside the city of Juke, inoperative for as long as possible. I'm not sure but
I think that will be where the accident takes place. This has to be done within 35 hours...
Videk will know what to do... *cough* Excuse me. I must rest.....
''

Videk stayed with Chakotay while the others went through to the cockpit to talk. Burns and Smith
wanted to follow their orders from Tuvok though and take Chakotay back straight away. Kirk would have
gone along with Chakotay's orders but was outnumbered so agreed that they should go back.

Burns, who had been the most adamant that they leave right away, gave a speech to Chakotay in regards to
the prime directive and how the Maquis were traitors but it fell on deaf ears. As far as the Commander
was concerned they were leaving a troubled planet to an uncertain fate.

A course was set for return to Voyager.

DAY 51 (tue)

By 'midday' of this day according to ship time, they returned to Voyager.

Since they had all been injured and had been down on an alien planet they were all sent straight
to the Doctor in med-bay first.

It was here that Ensign Rick Smith had a problem. He was, in actual fact, a cardassian spy called
Noxus! He'd been a spy within the Maquis, posing as an AWOL Star Fleet officer and had been onboard
the Val Jean when it had been dropped in the Delta Quadrant.

Now it looked like his cover was blown, because while he looked human on the outside he was a cardassian
on the inside. Before the Doctor could discover this though he revealed himself privately and
the Captain and Tuvok were summoned.

'Look I confessed!', he declared, 'I'm not a bad guy.'
'You waited until the moment you were about to be discovered.', pointed out Tuvok.
'Maybe...'
'You and I will have a long interrogation session,' said the vulcan, 'In the mean time I'll leave
you in the Doctors care.'

Meanwhile, Chakotay was badly injured and would be in med-bay for a while, but Kirk and Burns
were kept in for one days observation only.

Next Tuvok came to question them prior to their full report but seemed generally satisfied that they
had done the right thing.

Burns tried to talk to his 'friend' Ensign Smith, but was met with silence.

DAY 52 (wed)

Ensign's Kirk and Burns were discharged from med-bay and spent the rest of the day writing up their
action reports.

Noxus found himself in the brig where he was eventually visited by the Captain and Tuvok.
He spilled his guts about everything he knew about the Obsidian Order (the cardassian spy organisation)
and everything else he knew about anything.

This probably helped his case a bit, but in the brig he stayed for now.

DAY 53 (thu)

Today Ensign Kirk and Ensign Burns were back on duty.

Ensign Parsons was shifted to another armoury and Burns joined Kirk on the day shift.

In the evening Ensign Kirk started experimenting with the use of his Engineering robot
and the targeting system he was developing.

DAY 54 (fri)

Ensign Kirk and Burns on duty / D6A.

Noxus languishes in the brig.

While eating his evening meal in the mess hall Burns was surprised when Chakotay came to his
table and tossed a datapad at him.

Chakotay left and Burns read the data on it. In summary it showed that long range subspace
scans of the planet Markov-Kalto showed that a Polaric Ion Energy disaster had occurred
on the continent of Kalto, killing six million people.

Burns' face was unreadable as he took in the information on the datapad. After a while he
got up and left the mess hall leaving it there on the table.

That evening Ensign Kirk spent more time learning how to use his Engineering Bot.

DAY 55 (sat)

Today Ensign's Kirk and Burns were given duty in the brig. Burns eyed Noxus grimly. His so
called friend and room-mate had turned out to be a cardassian spy. His very own father had
been killed by cardassian's so he had no love for these aggressive people.

The shift was uneventful though. Since they had a half day Burns sought out Nelix who was
looking around the messhall. He was checking if he could use any of it as a kitchen and
had even set up a small cooking area where he was preparing some food.

Young Ensign's and Crewmen often set each other dares and challenges and there was one
going around the lower decks that the first person to kick Nelix in his nether-regions
would be proclaimed a hero. This was not at all welcoming to the ship's latest arrival
but none the less Burns had resolved to attempt it.

He tried to bluff himself into the aliens way and then bring his knee up, but Neelix
was too quick and said,
'Steady on there Ensign!'
Burns appologised with equal clumsiness, but Neelix was a good natured sort and replied,
'Well that's ok, want to try this stew?'
Burns tried it and said, 'That's nice!'
His first attempt had failed.

DAY 56 (sun)

What with the energy shortage on board and the large amount of water that would be required
for Kes' hydroponics garden the Captain had decided it would be easier to simply go get the
water rather than replicate it.

So an away team was gathered to sent to a nearby water world. It had a desalination plant on
it (and not much else) that was owned and managed by a Talaxian that Neelix vaguely knew.

The team that gathered at the 'Chocrane' shuttle included Ensign Kirk, Ensign Burns, Neelix
and Kes. Noxus would be their pilot. There was a shortage of pilots onboard and during his interrogation
he had revealed he had a small amount of piloting skill. The Captain had paroled him and told
him to make himself useful.

[Details of this below]
Recording of Tuvok's speach to Noxus

'Noxus of the Obsidian Order. It is the decision of the Captain that you are to be paroled. I will
arrange for the full terms of your parole to be presented to you on a datapad in due course.
It seems illogical to keep you imprisoned in the brig when the fact that we are 70 years from
home is a much more effectual prison.
You have appeared to be open and honest with us, but only after you were about to be revealed
 as a spy.
Be that as it may, the Federation-Cardassian Treaty was signed last year and we are no longer
at war. If this were back in Federation Space
you would be handed over to a civilian authority and we would be done with you.
That is not possible. The captain has decided that due to the exceptional circumstances you
are to be given parole on the ship but with strict
limitations. You are to stay in your cabin when not engaged in any activity sanctioned by
either me or the Captain. You are only to be supplied
with equipment and weapons only if it is relevant to the work you have been given.
The ship is crewed by many people that were once Maquis. For your own safety I recommend that
 you keep as low a profile as possible.
You have certain skills that are useful to us and there is no reason why a mutually beneficial
 arrangement cannot be met. If you prove yourself
useful you may over come the prejudices of some of the crew. Towards that end I have designated
you as the pilot of a routine mission to
a nearby planet in search of clean water. I will now escort you back to your cabin.'

[End Insert]

Before they left Kirk had a word with Crewman Anderson and asked her why the Delaney sisters were
so against him. She said she didn't know, but he sensed she was lying.
Lately he felt that one of the sisters was warming to him, but when there was two of them together
they closed ranks. He also wasn't sure which one it was that liked him more than the other.

On the trip to the waterworld the young Ensign's teased Kes which appeared to annoy Neelix but
no harm was done.

Six hours later they arrived at Hynoopa-3 an earth sized waterworld orbiting a yellow star. As is
often the way of these worlds though it was subject to high winds and stormy weather. Noxus managed
to get the shuttle to the Desalination Station without too much mishap but when he came to the landing
pad he literally crashed into it.

Many of the passengers were injured in the crash and Burns made a second attempt to attack Neelix
in the private regions but once again was thwarted.

All systems on the shuttle had gone down in the crash. Once they had checked themselves for broken
bones and gathered their possessions they stepped out onto the rain swept landing pad of the station.