[pasteurstation] Onwards

On.

Lt. Jorek accompanied Ensign Darrow to the engine room on the Dauntless.  He was pleased to see that everything appeared to be in order.  The engineers who had been on standby had wasted no time in prepping the ship.  On this mission, there would be a total of ten engineers, plus himself and Ensign Darrow.  Jorek had also noticed the other engineers had taken a liking the Emma, so he knew they would have no problem with what he was going to state next.

"Attention all," Jorek stated evenly.  The other engineers who had previously been aboard all turned to give him their attention.  "Ensign Darrow here shall be acting as my second on this mission.  Will you please bring her up to speed on what's going on here?  I will be attending the captain;s btiefing."

He glanced at Emma's eager face.  "I would like a full report on the ship's readiness when I return from the briefing."  Jorek turned and left engineering to attend the briefing.


Rayne looked up from his notes when he saw the final person he had been awaiting, walk in the room.  He was slightly surprised to see Jorelk instead of Lt. Valen, but he knew Jrek to be a competent engineer.

"Now that everyone is arrived," Rayne said suddenly, "We shall begin our briefing."

The lights in the mess hall/conference room dimmed slightly.  Beind Commander McCloud a holo-image of a small planetoid appeared.

"Approximately three years ago, te Cordovian Colony, on this planetoid was in habited by a population of five thousand colonists." The holo-image zoomed into a location on the planetoid.  The darknesss of space was replaced by the artificial lighting and atmosphere being produced beneath the massive domes which protected the colony.  "The planetoid hs no star which would give it heat and light, but it has been fouind to be rich in mineral deposits which have proven to be beneficial in making of the raw matter which is used in common replicators everywhere.

"Again, three years ago, the colony was destroyed by a race know as the Firegon."  The peaceful image of the environment inside the dome was suddenly replaced by violent images of disruptor blasts slicing easily through the domes.  Colonist who were not being sucked out through the ruptures in the domes were being crushed by falling buildings or being disintegrated by disruptor blasts from orbit.

Fifty people," Rayne continued, "out of a colony of five thousand survived this massacre.  The Uss Eagle had answered their distress call, but were not able to make it here in time to save more lives.

"Starfleet has rebuilt the colony.  Because f the planetoid's wealth in raw materials, they have decided to try the colony once again.  They have reinforced the colony's defensive capabilities in case the Firegon should make another attack.  They want us to check on the readiness of the colony.

"Engineering, it will be your duty to go over all the colony's systems.  Check on their abilities to withstand another attack from space.  Tactical."  Rayne looked directly at Cadet Drake. "You will go over the new batteries which have been installed in the complex.  Check over targeting capabilities of objects in space.

"Sciences.  It will be your job to determine the efects, if any, the attack has had on the planetoid itself.  Check for any residual radiation problems and also the raw minerals.  There shouldn't be any adverse effects, but one can never be sure.

"Now. As for the Firegon themselves,"  Rayne glanced to Ensign Mellows.  "They have been relatively unheard from snce our last encounter with them.  But that doesn't necessarily mean anything.  To brief us on what we know of them, I have asked our science officer to brush up on any knowledge we have of them."  HIs gaze again reruned to the science officer.  "Ensign?  What do you have for us?"

OFF
Commander Rayne McCloud
Executive Officer

Lt. Jorek
NPC Engineer
Pasteur Station

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