(G213 12/09/2014 via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, LD, MI) 19

(G213 12/09/2014 via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, LD, MI) 19

DAY 78 (sat) cont....

The Aeroshuttle was currently not fully functional, but with every other craft in use it launched from
Voyager with Ensign Kirk at the Operations station, Noxus as the pilot and Crewman Michael Sendine at
the Engineering station.

Noxus piloted them well to the Hamras system where the romulans were last know to be and it took 12
hours to get to the planet.

At 1800 the Aeroshuttle reported a life sign floating in an escape pod drifting past. They teleported
the being onto the shuttle. It appeared to be a female orion, a species usually only found in the Alpha
Quadrant.

Carefully they carried her through to the crew area at the aft of the shuttle, although Noxus did
manage to bang her head on the doorway as they went in.

When she finally regained consciousness they managed to gently get some sense from her. She said her name
was Mieon, that she was indeed an Orion and she had vague memories of being a slave girl. Other than that
she knew nothing. She had no recollection of how she could have come to the Delta Quadrant or anything
much about her life up to this point.

They replicated her some clothes so she could change out of her life support suit and continued on their
way.

An hour later they were hailed by a small shuttlecraft. It was Videk. They had just finished repairs to
the shuttle and were going back to Voyager as fast as they could. He also reported that the two Starfleet
personnel they had been with had been captured by pirates and were being held on a nearby moonbase.

Videk sent them the quadrants and they continued on to the moonbase, arriving around 2300.

Scanning from orbit they could tell the base was shielded, but they did pick up two Starfleet comms badge
signals coming from the accommodation block.

Three small spaceships approached them. Kirk opened a comms channel,
'Greetings ... uhhh... can we land?...'
Mieon pushed him aside and said something incoherent.
A blunt headed alien in heavy looking armour came on the screen and said,
'Identify yourself, alien vessel!'
'This is a captured ship, we are looking to come down and trade!', improvised Mioen.
'Understood. Land on Pad C. Co-ordinates to follow.'

Noxus landed the Aeroshuttle while Kirk replicated three crates self-sealing stem bolts for
trading purposes.

Once they landed though they began to realise they had misjudged the way the moon base operated and
were met by a squad of mean looking Norlots in space suits.
'Puny aliens! Surrender at once or be blown to smithereens!' they declared over the comms channel.
'I guess we could surrender... but...', said Noxus.
'Just don't lot them on the ship, they might take the cargo.', said Mieon.

Their discussion was interrupted by another loud demand,
'You have one minute to surrender or face utter annihilation!'

Kirk replicated a button and transported to the location of the prisoners to check that it was possible.
Noxus and Mieon discussed further options, but Crewman Sendine said,
'I'm more worried about that plasma turret that is pointing at us!'

In the end they surrendered. They were told to come out with their hands up. Norlots are just as happy
to keep their spacesuits on as not, so since there was no atmosphere on this moon, the crew of the Aeroshuttle
had to don theirs to exit.

Mieon was first out, and saw a squad of twelve Norlots. They were short and stocking humanoids, dressed in
armoured environment suits and holding large snub nosed projectile carbines.

Kirk and Noxus teleported into the moonbase, into a store room. Noxus started opening the crates, as always
very interested in acquiring other people possessions.

As he wondered what to do next, Ensign Kirk heard Mieon on this comms badge.

'There are three of them on board the ship. We should get out of here real quick!'