He swallowed dryly, starting to sense a hint of the bigger picture. In some ways he was impressed. It was clear that the crew of StarBase 118 had not just been sticking their noses into his business. They had been sticking their noses into everything like some crazed group of detective vigilantes one would read about in a holonovel. Kinney supposed they fancied themselves the heroes of their own little story.
StarBase 118 crew vacation on Raskor I - (RASKOR I — The crew of Starbase 118 Ops enjoyed shore leave after deposing a corrupt flag officer who had been spreading disinformation.)
Mission Summary
Act I: A Klingon Wake and a Returning Ship
::He finally let out the breath he had been holding, a sigh of frustration and pent up aggression. Sal was not a violent man, but he admitted to having lucid fantasies of punching Allan Kinney square in the jaw.::
Any wake that starts with bloodwine is a good wake
It started with a Klingon wake. A celebration of victory and the fallen dead. The crew of the USS Albion who could handle a copious amount of Klingon revelry and bloodwine joined in to remember their fallen crew and ships. It was followed by a return to StarBase 118 where Doctor Phrik was offered a permanent position on the StarBase 118 medical staff. And Starfleet offered StarBase 118 a welcome replacement for the USS Albion. The Nebula class USS Columbia was returned to StarBase 118 as her primary support ship. This provided an emotional reunion for many crew who had served upon the Columbia before.
With things finally settled from the battle with the Sienov, Captain Taybrim gathered his crew. They had evidence of Commodore Kinney's connections with the Orion Syndicate as well as his declaration that the Albion was expendable. Captain Taybrim gave the crew three days to compile evidence and create an airtight case they could take to Starfleet, but Commodore Kinney decides to complicate the matter by spreading vicious rumors about the StarBase 118 crew's incompetence while failing to file any formal charges. So the StarBase 118 crew plans to confront Kinney, air out these rumors and see if he will incriminate himself when the evidence is presented to him.
Whatever Mirra had expected, wasn't this. Somehow the tall, broad shouldered Terran with graying hair was...a bit of a disappointment. Not even a deviously styled mustache or sketchy looking goatee? The man looked surprisingly...boring. She kept her face impassive, when she really just wanted to shout "REALLY?!? THIS is all we get?? Get a scar or tattoo or SOMETHING.". What a letdown.
Commodore Allan Kinney
The crew splits up into teams. Captain Taybrim takes Lieutenant Trel'lis and Doctor Ezo in dress whites to meet directly with Kinney himself. Lt. Commander Whittaker takes Lt. Commander Flynn, Major Tatash, Ensign Aitas and Doctor Phrik down to the surface to investigate rumors that Nacien Rixx, a high ranking member of the Orion Syndicate is in the area. Lieutenant Taelon is left in control of the Columbia's bridge with Lt. Commander Kelly, Ensigns Antraydin, Sorna and Kasun. They will be using the Columbia's state of the art scanning equipment to see if they can track down evidence of covert communications between the Jenatris cloud and the Raskor Embassy.
On board the Columbia the teams pick up a weak signal and decide to use some of the Columbia's scientific scanning probes to help triangulate the signal for greater information. They find more than they bargained for, picking up a covert signal heading towards Raskor and identifying a modified Angosian warrior. They trace it back to Miranda VII Spaceport and get the sinking feeling that an assassin is on Raskor.
On the planet Captain Taybrim, Doctor Ezo and Lieutenant Trel'lis meet with Commodore Kinney. The discussion is cold but calm until a deadly blast of disruptor fire pierces through the shields and Kinney's window. Only the telepathic tip-off and quick actions of Doctor Ezo and Lieutenant Trel'lis prevent Kinney from having his grey-matter smeared on the back wall. Amazingly no one is seriously injured and the Embassy shields modulate to prevent further fire. Security pour in to Kinney office and he demands to move somewhere more secure, while sputtering about what all is going on. Security follows standard protocols and beams the entire group to a secure medbay in the embassy to be checked by a doctor.
Elsewhere on the planet Commander Whittaker's team stops in "The Cove" beachside bar where they find they're being watched. Phrik and Aitas break away to search for leads in the officer's lounge while a few Starfleet officers from Raskor pick a fight with Whittaker, Flynn and Tatash accusing them of getting their friends on the Avalon killed.
Aitas and Phrik have better luck, and they identify a low ranking crewman who appears to be drinking too much, trying to calm him nerves. Aitas goes to question him and the man makes a break for it, only to be tripped by Doctor Phrik. It seems that there's many secrets hidden on Raskor...
Meanwhile back at StarBase 118 a problem arises when Lady Shadonna's teacup targ Duchess gets loose after a day at the pet spa. Major Dal calls up every remaining officer he can think of and they all go on a targ hunt through the commercial sector. It's a chase to find Duchess and return her to the pet spa before a very angry Diva returns.
The Doctor raised his third leg upwards, extending it into the path of the now fleeing officer. The man’s reactions were a second too slow, as he made to jump the offending appendage he was snagged by the foot, causing him to tumble face first onto the table in front of him. There was a tumultuous crash as glasses smashed and the table upended itself, depositing the man on the floor, accompanied by an audible snap of bone followed by a soft thud.
What a lovely backdrop for fist fights and assassinations
Things heat up on Raskor as the USS Columbia mobilizes to start tracking Dreva Nan the Angosian augment assassin sent to kill Commodore Kinney and the senior staff of StarBase 118.
In The Cove beachside bar a short fist fight between Commanders Flynn, Whittaker and some irate Starfleet personnel is broken up by Raskor chief of Security Nix.
In the officer's lounge Aitas starts to question Lieutenant JG Vargas, the man who acting very suspiciously
Your resignation has been accepted and is immediately in effect. ~Ambassador Kalliana Nicholotti to Commodore Kinney
Former Commodore Allan Kinney was the sector commander for the Trinity Sector. He was removed from duty and stripped of rank following the discovery of his ties to the Orion Syndicate
Colton Vargas was the officer who was paid off to 'accidentally' let security scans skip a 5-minute interval that allowed assassin Dreva Nan access to the Raskor Embassy.
