[USS Tempest] The Past - The Classified Mission - Part 1

The Past - The Classified Mission - Part 1
By Jefferson and Luann Carnegie

Time ? 6 Years Ago

 

The Ambassador's Shuttle, came alongside the USS Hanoi, unknown to anyone on 
board the large vessel, except for the two awaiting transport.  The shuttle had 
an experimental cloaking device.  With the war with the Dominion, all 
precautions needed to be in place for the safety of any Ambassadorial figures.

 

The two people waited quietly in crew quarters, waiting for the signal, it had 
already been placed in their records they would be going on extended duty with 
the Ambassador, though, no one knew unless they would look.

 

Luann looked over at Jefferson, ?Are you sure that we won't get in trouble for 
doing this??

 

?And if we do?  They will only reprimand us... and I would probably lose my 
commission, but it will mean a lot more, if we don't.?

 

?Ok, Jefferson, I trust you?, and she smiled.  

 

The next moment the transporter beam took them both aboard the Ambassador's 
shuttle, and to a whole different journey

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Jefferson and Luann stood on the transporter area on the shuttle, in front of 
them was Ensign Jake Bernard who Jefferson knew was the Ambassador's Aide, and 
Pilot, next to him was the Ambassador, Andrew Carnegie the Fourth.

 

?Hello, my son, welcome aboard my shuttle, and you must be Luann, I have heard 
a lot about you, in the short time you have known my son.  It is a privilege to 
have you on this duty.?

 

Both of them said, ?Thank you.? 

 

Jefferson continued, ?Everything is set into motion??

 

?Of course, and nothing is spared to get what is needed done.?

 

Luann had to ask, ?Sir, we won't get in trouble for this, will we??

 

?Most likely not, if anything you'll be congratulated. Now, Jake here will 
escort you to the seating area, and we'll get back to Earth for further 
briefing.?

 

?See, Luann, nothing to worry about.?, and together they walked to the seating 
area, and prepared for the ride home. 

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Ambassador Carnegie returned to the forward compartment, and awaited his aide 
after Jefferson and Luann were settled in the back.  When his aide returned, 
the Ambassador instructed, ?Pilot the shuttle back to Terra, via the Andoris 
Belt, we are to pick up a package there and deliver it along with Jefferson and 
Ms. Luann to the assembly on Terra.

 

?Understood, Ambassador, course laid in, and executed.?

 

?Very good... now we just go with it.?

 

Meanwhile, in the back, Jefferson and Luann were working on PADDs to at least 
prep themselves for this mission.

 

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As the shuttle neared the Andoris Belt, the shuttle scanned the pre-arranged 
coordinates on a desolate asteroid.  There was a package that was beamed 
aboard.  Within it contained a something that due to the War was difficult to 
transport around via ship. 

 

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The shuttle glided across the coast of New England, towards the Carnegie 
Estate.  Jefferson and Luann waited, they would set down at the Estate, and on 
the following day, meet up with other select team members.  The mission would 
be over in a few days.  Hopefully, it would be casualty free, as it was 
expected to go.

 

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The team met the following morning to get acquainted, there would be a lot of 
working together over the next few days, they all knew the goal, and what was 
needed to reach it.  They would be leaving for the European Sector in two days, 
and everything must be ready by then. 

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Ambassador Carnegie, went to the room of Jefferson, and knocked softly.

?Enter?, Jefferson replied.

 

Andrew walked in, ?I was hoping to have a man-to-man chat with you son.  This 
mission you are going into is something that shouldn't be taken lightly.?

 

?I understand, Father, it will provide challenges that I've never been put in 
before now.?

 

?Quite correct, come, and let us walked about the grounds.?

 

They walked and talked about many things.  They talked of the past ancestors 
that went on before.  They looked at the stars as never before seen them...

 

Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

Night.
And the spirit of life calling
Mamela
And a voice
With the fear of a child asking
Mamela

Wait
There's no mountain too great
Hear these words and have faith
Have Faith

They live in you
They live in me

They're watching over
Everything that we see
In every creature
In every star
In your reflection
They live in you.
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

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?Son, there is something I need to tell you....?, as the two of them walked 
among the floral gardens.

 

?Yes, father??

 

?I've been diagnosed with a virus, or rather it seems a genetic defect, and it 
has been in the family for centuries.  From studies that I've been able to 
order done, it is only transferred to the first born, and in over 200 years the 
first born was always a son... like you.  The effect of the defect is ...? but 
he was cut off.

 

?No, I don't want to know what happens.?  The shock of the news caught 
Jefferson off guard.  He had heard it in other families, where genetics caused 
hair loss or other conditions, but they never happened to a Carnegie.

 

?I know this is hard for you, and that I have inquired into having your DNA 
checked.?

 

?And??  Jefferson asked clearly.

 

?Nothing has shown on the tests.  It appears that the DNA strand is solid.?

 

?But I should get tested again in a few years??

 

?I would.  But this news should not hamper your mission, it is almost vital 
that it is completed.  The Carnegie name depends on your success, but I don't 
need to tell you that.?

 

?Yes, father, I know... we hope to not let you down.?

 

?Now are you ready for it?  Everything is as you see fit??

 

?Of course, the team is ready to leave for the European Sector.  And from what 
I understand, everything will be ready for us on the other end.?

 

?Very good.  Now, I must rest.  I shall see you later then?, and the Ambassador 
walked back into the house, leaving Jefferson out among the flowers, and a 
chance to look at the stars. 

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Jefferson wondered why his father told him the information, but he would not 
let it hamper the mission.

 

The next morning the group would be leaving for Europe and finish what they had 
set out to do.  Jefferson had the package, and Luann was next to him as they 
entered the shuttle.  They wore plain clothes, except for the device 
crisscrossing their chests.  The other two would follow in a second shuttle, 
but they would all be leaving on the first shuttle.

The device was to allow them to go undetected from sensors that security most 
likely put into place around the peace summit.  The group also wore no 
Starfleet insignias or comm badges.

 

The other two members would be following in a second wave to complete the job, 
once Jefferson and Luann had finished placing the package.

 

The destination would be the Parthenon in Athens. 

 

The target would be a peace summit, with representatives from the Breen, 
Dominion, Cardassians, an Admiral and a couple of ambassadors from the 
Federation, Romulus and Qo?nos.  

 

The talks already had not gone well, but when the mission would be over each 
side will have had losses, with no one to blame.

 

In total, fifteen lives were going to be the price for the whole of the 
Federation.  The threat of any group attacking the others during such 
negotiations would cause them all to decide on a mutual course of action.

 

The bomb exploded just as they were about to take off with their two 
companions.  The mission was successful, but Starfleet Security had been 
waiting for them. 

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 ?Commander Jefferson Carnegie? Lieutenant Commander Luann Winters? Lieutenant 
David Paulson? Lieutenant Deborah Duff? you are hereby charged with High 
Treason towards the Federation, fifteen counts of murder, and conduct 
unbecoming an officer.  How do you plead??

 

Jefferson looked at the team, they nodded, and he walked forward, ?Admiral, I 
speak for my colleagues we plead guilty on all counts.?

 

The gasps could be heard all around the room that the court-martial hearing was 
going on, one person even fainted.  The Admiral rang the bell to get order.

 

?Very well, you will be held in confinement for two days, at which time, you 
will be put to death for these crimes.?

 

Jefferson stood tall, ?Understood, Admiral.?  They would take the fall, they 
would not implicate the others that started the plans, the other Admirals and 
Captains

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The next day, Ambassador Carnegie visited his son in confinement.  ?I?m sorry, 
my son, that this is happening, they set a trap, and unfortunately you were 
caught in it.?

 

?We knew of the risks, father.  We all did.?

 

?I have talked to the Admiral, about another method, so that you would not be 
killed, he has agreed to let you off, provided you go through a mind erasure 
for the recent events, all the way back to before going through the Academy.?

 

?What about Luann??

 

?I can not save Luann.  I did try but the Admiral would only allow one person 
to go through this process.?

 

?Then she can do it in my place.  I led the team so I should be killed in her 
place.  She was only on the team, because I wanted her there.?

 

?I will not allow that son, you are my son, and you must go on.  There is more 
for you to do in your life.?

 

?But, Luann is young also, and she has a life ahead of her.?  Jefferson slumped 
in the chair, and put his head in his hands, ?and what of your grandson??

 

Andrew looked squarely at Jefferson, ?She can?t be??

 

?She is.?  They had completed the mission with success, but now three members 
of his team were to be put to death, and his unborn son, and he would not 
remember any of it.  He wouldn?t even remember the Academy or anything.  He 
would never remember Luann?s face or touch or getting a chance to hold his son.

 

So be it.   He would remember.  They might force him to forget, but he would 
remember.  One day.  One day he would bring down the Federation from within.


                
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