(G234 13/03/2015 via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, MI) 30

(G234 13/03/2015 via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, MI) 30

DAY 94 (mon) cont ..

Mioen did take some of the others back into the hulk to check out how strong the Vidiian defences were
but thought better of it when she saw they were still armed and dangerous.

So the Tereshkova returned to Voyager and arrived back 1930 hours ship time.

They had managed to capture Belleth the Vidiian surgeon and rescued the following:

4 Bedean males
2 Bedean females
2 Numiri males
3 Babj-ijo females
Captain Akar - a Xeon mercenary

Everyone reported to the medical bay on arrival and kept the Doctor very busy for the rest of the night
as most of them were injured or ill.

While he was getting patched up Kirk was visited by Ensign Munro who came in to rib him in a friendly
sort of way, along the lines of 'Started any wars lately?'

Mioen didn't like this sort of behaviour at all though and 'suggested' to Munro that she be more humble.
It must have worked because Munro was nicer to Kirk, then smiled and left.


DAY 95 (tue)

Kirk was still in med bay when Ensign Kim was bought in at 0500 hours. He was tired and concerned for
Tom Paris. He had just been interrogated for two days straight by the Banean authorities who thought
that Tom had murdered an eminent scientist called Tolen Ren.

As a result of this Voyager entered orbit around the Banean home system not long after.

At 1700 hours Kirk was discharged from medbay and went to the messhall to get something to eat. Here
he bumped into Munro again, who was still very humble. She told him that she was about to take the
Aeroshuttle out on a mission to the Numiri home system but could say no more than that.

That evening Mioen practiced her Astral Projection powers, a new ability she had only recently mastered.
After she'd followed some people around and noseyed into some cabins (including Seska) she spent the rest
of the evening doing some drawings.

Kirk worked on his pet projects.

At 2000 hours there was a red alert and since neither of them were assigned to duty yet they stayed in
their cabins. From what was reported to them via the internal messaging system Voyager was attacked
by two Numiri warships but that Chakotay used an 'Old Maquis Trick' on them and disabled their engines.

At 2100 hours the Red Alert was stopped.


DAY 96 (wed)

At 0700 Mioen reported to a Communications Course and spent the rest of the day in training, while Ensign
Kirk reported for duty at the Deck 6 Armoury.

At 1600 hours though he was ordered to report to Tuvok who had a mission for him. Here he also met Captain
Aker the Xeon mercenary.

Below is a transcript of some of the briefing:

''
While I prepare the case for the defence of Tom Paris I have also been looking at gathering clandestine
evidence from the Numiri home system. Twenty-four hours ago I sent out Ensign Munro and the Aeroshuttle
to meet a contact at a Numiri colony planet called Navamore. This was a Banean spy called Harvin Hala.
This contact had told us that a Numiri intelligent agent that he knew of would be able to give the name
of the Banean traitor that had framed Paris.

From there the Aeroshuttle traveled, in disguise, to the home system of Jastronel. Twelve hours ago
I was contacted by Hala to regretfully inform me that the shuttle and its crew had been captured.

I need you to go to Navamore, contact Hala and arrange to get to Jastronel. You will have to not only
find the Numiri intelligent agent, but also rescue the crew of the Aeroshuttle.

I know I am asking a lot of you. But from your profile and track record I feel you are a good choice
for this type of mission. Take Captain Akar with you and the Tereshkova.

Captain Akar is familiar with the Numiri and will prove useful to you.

If you succeed in this I will recommend you once more become the commander of the Aeroshuttle.

There is one more thing I should tell you. I suspect that the Aeroshuttle crew were betrayed by an
agent working for Hala. Keep alert for signs of treachery when he prepares you for the mission to
Jastronel.
''

They didn't waste any time in kiting out the Tereshkova again and getting to the Navamore Trade Station,
arriving at 1800 hours Voyager time.

They then met up with Harvin Hala at a hotel that seemed to be being used as a base of operations for a
Banean spy ring. Hala was in disguise as a Numiri.

He offered them refreshments and went over the plan:


''
This is all very cloak and dagger I'm afraid. It's a dreadful shame your previous crew were captured
and I suspect treachery played a part somewhere. I will be sending you with some of my own agents this
time. I'll introduce you to them later.
The Numari are desperate for the weapons tech that was being developed by Ren and will stop at nothing
to get it. Using your Tom Paris as a scapegoat is exactly how they like to operate.

We are sure the brains behind the scheme is an intelligence officer called Major Jonahh Midscht.
Currently he is in the Loss Shadler Castle attending a meeting of army chiefs. Get to him though and you'll
be able to squeeze the name of his agents out of him.

He'll be in the process of squeezing your crew I should think, so the sooner you can get to them the
better. From our spy satellite reports I can tell you that your shuttle is close to the castle.

Once I've introduced you to the others I'll go over the details of the plan ...
''

The other spies were introduced to them, all Banean's that were disguised as Numiri:

Arvik Ariel - Subspace radio operator (male)
Bras Gorom  - Explosives (male)
Treem Carin - Sniper (male)
Wijy Kone   - Communications (female)
Yona Hoom   - Heavy Weapons (male)

The final part of the preparation was to disguise Kirk and Akar as Numiri. This involved lying down in
a machine that altered them physically to look more like the lizard skinned Numiri. They would visually
appear to be Numiri for about a week now and even fool simple medical checks. A medical scanner would
show them up as spies though.

Feeling groggy after the change they went back to the docks and boarded a Banean stealth shuttle at
2300 hours. They were soon in low orbit over the Numiri home world, getting ready to make their jump.

DAY 96 (thu)

They used self deploying halo jump shutes. They were not the easiest things to get to grips with and
they had only received five minutes training but both Kirk and Akar managed adequately and landed in the
snow without any mishap.

Bras Gorom approached them and said,
'Did you see where Arvik landed?'

They found Arvik Ariel dead in some trees, his shute had deployed but his neck was broken. Wijy Kone
took his radio and they made their way to a foresters hut. They were high up on the side of a steep
snowy mountain but the hut provided them enough shelter to get some sleep in.

At 0100 hours Wijy checked the subspace radio and reported it had been broken beyond repair.
Kirk tried his comms badge 'Kirk to Aeroshuttle!'
But Wijy slapped his hands away, 'Has that been security checked? Is is safe? You'll have an entire
Numiri regiment down on us!'
'Oh yea, I suppose', grumbled Kirk.

0600 hours
After a brief rest they headed down to the village. As they were walking down suddenly Akar slumped
into the snow and had a vision...

''
You are in a darkened room. A shadowy figure enters holding a gun. You cannot see their face.
You step backwards in fear and hold your hands up in surrender. The figure pulls the curtains
across the window to their right hand side and shoots!
You slump to the floor and then darkness..
''

Akar awoke with a start. When the others asked what happened she relayed her dream. Kirk helped
her up and they continued on their way.

Once on the main road the going was easier and they saw a lot of military traffic going up and
down the snow covered road, even this early in the morning.

0700 hours
The Banean agents they were with told them that the contact was within the tavern at the centre
of the village. They passed through a checkpoint and gave over their papers. Everything passed
inspection.

It was still too early for the tavern to be open so they walked around the village and saw the
big castle further up the valley and the cable car station that was the only way to reach it.

The village itself was small and made up just a dozen or so houses around the tavern, townhall
and a few shops. The rest of the buildings were warehouses and sheds that had a military feel
to them.

They followed the road a little around the castle to the north, but as they were being nearly
run over by trucks every time one passed they turned back. They found an early morning bakery
in the town square to have breakfast in.

0930 hours
The tavern was now open. Kirk and Aker entered, leaving the Banean spies outside. It was already
quite busy with numiri soldiers and locals drinking and eating breakfast. It was entered via
a set of steps that lead down into its main room.
Their contact was a Numiri female called Yernah that would be wearing a green dress with an
orange flower. She would be serving drinks.

Kirk spotted her, but had not been given a password so he went back outside and talked to
Bras who told him,
'We have a situation here.'
'Oh yeah?'
Treem Carin was dead, his body tucked in behind a pile of wood. Kirk decided to leave that
for now and with the password went back into the tavern and approached Yernah.

Before he could do that though he had to sit down as he had a vision:

''
You are sat at a desk. You sense someone behind you but are too afraid to turn around. A gruff
deep voice behind you whispers 'Now you die!' and you feel hands around your neck. You struggle
but the hands are too strong. You pass out and know no more...
''

Once he'd recovered from that he greeted Yernah with the correct password, but just as she was about
to start talking to him and Akar an officer and four soldiers entered the tavern.
The officer stood at the top of the stairs and shouted,
'Everyone stay where they are! We are searching for some deserters, please have your papers ready for
inspection!'
Kirk and Akar decided to wait at their table, but when the officer, a Major, checked their papers
he yelled at them, 'Ok you two, come with me!'
Kirk protested but they were to hand over their weapons. Instead Kirk dropped a grenade at the officers
feet and made a dash for the kitchen.

Two of the officer's soldiers and several more who were in the tavern and armed went after him and a bloody
firefight ensued. Numiri weapons are phasers, but they have no stun setting and the pulses explode on impact
leaving holes in concrete, wood, flesh, anything that they hit.

Akar stayed at her table, dodging left and right, ducking behind tables and things and being impossible to
hit as she took out one soldier after another with her two phase pistols. But the numiri soldiers realised how
agile she was and stepped back to throw grenades at her. After a couple of injuries from this she joined
Kirk in his dash across the kitchen and out the back door.

The firefight was brutal and bloody. They ran out into the back yard, shooting and throwing grenades. They
were both injured from the return fire now and in need of an escape route. From what they found outside though
they were jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire!