(G197 25/04/2014 Sat via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, LD) 11

(G197 25/04/2014 Sat via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, LD) 11

DAY 56 (sun) cont...

The station itself was a large platform in an endless sea. The landing pad led to a sort of cat walk
that in turn lead into the interior buildings of the platform.

They were greeted by three talaxians. Trenek, the owner, Beddle, his wife and Snitzle their employee.
There appeared to be no one else on board.

While the other were welcomed in and led through to the veranda at the back of the platform
Noxus lagged behind and looked in the crates stacked along the cat walk. He found a laser-knife but
when people looked over he dropped it on the floor and tried to look innocent.

Neelix and the other talaxians spent some time catching up, he and Trenek had once worked on a garbage
scow together and much of the conversation was along the lines of 'What happened to old so-and-so.'

As they talked and ate and drank refreshments Snitzle came through and reported that another space
vessel was being tracked in the planets atmosphere. Looking at its energy signatures Trenek thought
it was hostile so raised the platform's energy shield.

The vessel approached and they spent some time dragging crates around to make defences. Noxus opened
another and a space monkey jumped out then ran away. 'That's just Spongle.' said Trenek.

The hostile vessel took up position over the platform and started to bombard it. The energy shield didn't
last long as they cowered in the interior offices, and the shuttle sized spacecraft landed on the other
pad.

The back doors of the shuttle opened and a bunch of Kazon-Ogla pirates jumped out. Noxus was first to
fire from behind his crate on the cat walk and killed the first one on the deck stone dead with his
first shot. The Voyager crewmen were using Sniper-scoped Phaser rifles.

Ensign Burns was next to take a shot, then Kirk. They killed off the first wave, but more came on
and they retreated into the offices and locked the doors.

The Kazon threw grenades up against the doors until they exploded inwards. After that it was a chaos
of grenades and phaser fire but the superior training of the Starfleet personnel soon exerted itself
and one by one the Kazon were picked off. They were just too poor shots to be much of a threat to
disciplined soldiers and their grenades were easily dodged.

Once only a few Kazon remained they made retreat for the shuttle and managed to take off, ducking
and weaving from the shots fire by the advancing Voyager crew.

Kirk, Burns and Noxus poured fire into the back of the shuttle but it was not enough to stop it.
They had done well though, and stripped the weapons, armour and effects from the dead and injured
pirates which they then piled into spare crates and put on the Cochrane.

It took a day to fix up the shuttle after that.

DAY 57 (mon)

At 4pm they left the planet and spent the rest of it returning to Voyager. The trade deal has been
a success and they had all been rewarded for helping to fend off the pirates. Noxus even took
'Spongle' back with him and the laser-knife.

DAY 58 (tue)

At 2pm in the afternoon they arrived and docked at Voyager. They were then sent to med bay for a
routine check up. They stored their loot in cargo bay 3 but in the end most of it was 'sold'
to the quartermaster for replicator rations.

The space monkey was kept in medbay for the day. Once he had finished his checks the Doctor said,
'Well, it doesn't look very friendly, but it carries no diseases and other than its teeth poses
no danger to the crew.'

While there, Noxus asked about getting his physiology changed back to Cardassian but the Doctor
persuaded him not to as it would make him an even bigger target to the Maquis on board.

DAY 59 (wed)

Noxus, still in medbay, spend some time writing up his action report, although this had not been requested
of him, part of him was still Starfleet so he did it out of habit.

Tuvok came in and looked at the monkey then finaly said,
'Keep it in your cabin. I hope to never see it again.'

When he did take it to his cabin though, Videk's wife was very concerned and not a little bit angry
to find a hairy primate sharing her living area. Videk was not pleased either and insisted Noxus keep
it in his room.

Meanwhile, that evening, on his return to his own cabin Ensign Kirk attempted to sweet talk the Delaney
sisters and got on a little better with Jenny. He then spent the rest of the evening on personal projects
with his engineering bot.

Late that night Noxus spent some of his replicator rations on buying the Quartermaster a strong drink
which seemed to go down very well indeed.