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|With a hidden ship discovered in their vicinity, Capt Renos reiterates the importance of shields to Cmdr Walker, then has Ens Ells hail the mystery ship.
|With a hidden ship discovered in their vicinity, Capt Renos reiterates the importance of shields to Cmdr Walker, then has Ens Ells hail the mystery ship.  After a terse conversation with the opposing captain, Renos has Lyldra put in a request to the Zakdorns to bring their orbital defense satellites into service.  Happy to comply, Supervisor Surani makes the arrangements to make the Zakdorn defenses available to assist the Darwin.


In Engineering, Cmdr Walker moves to the upper level in order to do some tweaks on the power grid.  While there, Walker runs into a stranger, who ends up being a shuttle occupant.  The woman pulls weapons on Walker.  Pilot Valek, watching through a grill on the floor above, worries that the other shuttle occupant might kill Walker, so she stuns the aggressor with her phaser.
In Engineering, Cmdr Walker moves to the upper level in order to do some tweaks on the power grid.  While there, Walker runs into a stranger, who ends up being a shuttle occupant.  The woman pulls weapons on Walker.  Pilot Valek, watching through a grill on the floor above, worries that the other shuttle occupant might kill Walker, so she stuns the aggressor with her phaser.


Exploring a damaged building for survivors, Cmdr Rennyn finds a small child, and send them out for treatment at the triage site.  Meanwhile, Ens Mpeba prepares to shore up some beams in order to allow the team to continue searching the building.  Meanwhile, at the triage site, Ens Cook is called upon to treat the child that wanders from the nearby building, Ens Manius hails the Darwin to request supplies, and Cmdr Traenor investigates a strange noise.
Exploring a damaged building for survivors, Cmdr Rennyn finds a small child, and send them out for treatment at the triage site.  Meanwhile, Ens Mpeba prepares to shore up some beams in order to allow the team to continue searching the building.  With some assistance, Mpeba is able to fix one of the beams.  At the triage site, Ens Cook is called upon to treat the child that wanders from the nearby building, Ens Manius hails the Darwin to request supplies, and Cmdr Traenor investigates a strange noise.


Back in the cargo bay, Ens Logan assists Lt Valdivia with inspecting the shuttle.
Back in the cargo bay, Ens Logan assists Lt Valdivia with inspecting the shuttle.  By examining the interior, Logan is able to deduce some clues about the intruders.  Based on that information, Cmdr Thomas decides that their first location to search will be Engineering.  Thomas, Valdivia, and Logan remove their precautionary EV suits and arm themselves before proceeding to Engineering.  Enroute, they discover that Engineering's internal sensors have been disabled, leading Thomas to surmise that Cmdr Walker has been compromised.


Following the strange noise he had heard earlier, Cmdr Traenor calls out to anyone who might need assistance.
Following the strange noise he had heard, Cmdr Traenor calls out to anyone who might need assistance.  Drawn to the door of a structure, Traenor is surprised when the glass in the door breaks out and he is accosted by a Zakdorn elder.  He and some youth are trapped within the room.  After checking in with both the Darwin and with Cmdr Rennyn, Traenor cuts through the door and leads the occupants to safety.
 
The opposing captain, operating under the pseudonym of Raikenoff, tersely demands the return of the shuttle and its occupants from the Darwin.  When Capt Renos is not as forthcoming as he would like, Capt Raikenoff orders an attack on the Darwin.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968055 "The Slimmest Zakdorn Ever"]
! style="width:300px;"| Trapped Zakdorn use a novel way to get noticed.
! style="width:300px;"| Trapped Zakdorn use a novel way to get noticed.
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|Under attack, Ens Ells pilots the Darwin away from the majority of the warship's onslaught, while CPO Jellico returns fire.  Holding their own, the Darwin finally succumbs to the superior firepower of their foe and their shields drop.  At this time, the Zakdorn defenses come online, causing Capt Raikenoff on the enemy warship to reconsider his tactics.  As the warship withdraws while appearing to take damage from the defense satellites, Capt Renos orders the crew to press their advantage.  Meanwhile, Ens Lyldra does some research on the enemy captain, and is frustrated to find that the name Raikenoff is most likely an alias.
In Engineering, finding the unconscious intruder gives clues for Ens Logan and Lt Valdivia to work with.  They now know that the intruders are using bio blockers to hide their movements, and are able to develop methods to crudely track the remaining intruder.  Leaving Valdivia to work with Cmdr Walker, Cmdr Thomas and Logan continue their search for the elusive intruder.  Walker struggles to reinstate shields as well as stabilize dropping power levels, and manages to bring shields up just in time to avoid catastrophe. 
Ens Manius, calling the Darwin in order to request the transport of a triage tent, is rebuffed by the besieged Capt Renos.  Returning with the trapped Zakdorn, Cmdr Traenor is disappointed both with the lack of a triage center and with the unsatisfactory answers he gets from one of the survivors.  The medics finally get help once the Zakdorn relief forces arrive, with triage equipment and firefighting aerial drops.  Meanwhile, while shoring up supports in the building they are in, Ens Mpeba advises jheas Away team that the roof is set to collapse.  Recruit Iy, finding an injured Zakdorn woman, tries to aid her during their escape.  With their exit blocked and the roof collapsing from an aerial drop of fire suppressant, Cmdr Rennyn orders an emergency transport of himself, Mpeba, Iy, and the Zakdorn woman.
Still on the run from her pursuers, Pilot Valek finds herself in the cargo bay where she finds some unsecured charges.  Creating an explosion to mask her movements, she continues moving randomly throughout the Darwin.  The next location she chooses to sabotage randomly is Cmdr Rennyn's quarters.  Ens Logan is able to deduce the likely movements of Pilot Valek, but she manages to stay one step ahead of him and Cmdr Thomas.
Much to the relief of the other Away team, Cmdr Rennyn, Ens Mpeba, and Recruit Iy stumble out of the dust cloud of the collapsed building, transporting out of its perimeter moments before it fell.  Accosted by Foreman Mornay, yet another victim, Rennyn and the rest of his Away team are guided back into the ruins with threats of overloads and further disaster.  Leading them to a blocked area, Foreman Mornay advises them that she needs to access the control room behind the debris in order to stop a reactor meltdown.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968332 "Play Lame"]
! style="width:300px;"| The adversaries set a trap.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968382 "You Annoying Little Sensor Blip"]
! style="width:300px;"| Searching for the intruder.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968392 "A Friend In Need"]
! style="width:300px;"| A sense of helplessness.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968399 "Seat Of The Pants"]
! style="width:300px;"| Fine flying under fire.
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|With the warship seemingly damaged and pulling away, CPO Jellico suggests using the same graviton pulse used earlier on the shuttle to weaken the shields of their quarry.  Having a free hand, Capt Renos moves to the science console in order to activate the pulse. 
Just prior to following Foreman Mornay off into the ruins, Cmdr Traenor hands off satchels of isolinear tags to Cmdr Rennyn, Ens Mpeba, and Recruit Iy to aid in transporting victims.  As they race off after Foreman Mornay, Traenor marshals Ens Cook and Ens Manius to conduct their own search for survivors.  Before long, Ens Cook picks up lifesigns which lead them to a pregnant victim trapped under heavy debris.  It is determined that she cannot be safely transported from beneath the rubble, and must be treated on site.  Traenor contacts Supervisor Surani at the triage site to arrange for supplies to be brought directly to the location of the trapped victim.
Facing the mountain of debris blocking Foreman Mornay from her control room, Recruit Iy and Ens Mpeba debate various options to clear the rubble.  Finally conceding that there is no other way, Mpeba advises Cmdr Rennyn that transporting to the vicinity of the control room is the only option.  Choosing to be the first to attempt the procedure, Rennyn beams in first, and despite suffering a foot injury from jostled debris, deems it safe enough for the other three to follow him.  Once transport is complete, Foreman Mornay leads the way towards the control panel.
Back on the Darwin, Pilot Valek blows a hole through the ceiling of the brig, disables the guard on duty, and releases her fellow intruder from her captivity.  Trapped by forcefields erected by Lt Valdivia and Cmdr Walker, Pilot Valek hatches a desperate plan.  Throwing a rebreather at her colleague, Pilot Valek sets charges against the hull of the Darwin, and as a hole is blown into the vacuum of space, the two escape through the breach.
With the pulse activated, the enemy warship is forced to spring its trap.  Turning quickly and blazing all weapons at the Darwin at point blank range, they quickly knock down their shields and transport their shuttle and their two operatives.  In a retaliatory move, Capt Raikenoff also transports Capt Renos to his bridge, and then shoots nem in the chest.
With reports that both the shuttle and the intruders are gone, Cmdr Thomas dejectedly makes a call to the bridge.  It is only then that he learns that Capt Renos has been kidnapped.  Immediately, Thomas and Ens Logan reroute to the bridge.  Discovering the same truth, Lt Valdivia leaves Engineering to also attend to the bridge.  There, CPO Jellico has sustained a head injury during the battle, and Ens Lyldra briefs Thomas upon his arrival.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968520 "Get Them!!"]
! style="width:300px;"| The adversaries spring their trap.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968533 "The Only Way Out Is Through"]
! style="width:300px;"| The intruders stage a daring escape.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968620 "More Explosions?"]
! style="width:300px;"| Present frustrations reveal past character.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968636 "Chaos of Battle"]
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|Entering a secured room on his ship, Capt Raikenoff has a henchman arouse a bound and unconscious Capt Renos.  Questioning Renos about nir level of knowledge of his plans, Capt Raikenoff uses a torture device to try and break nem.  Alternating between defiance and despair, Renos openly taunts his captor.  The tete-a-tete comes to a conclusion when Renos finally admits to not having any knowledge, and Capt Raikenoff is able to confirm this through a report from his recovered operative.
Receiving a response to his request for supplies, Cmdr Traenor is advised that they will be delivered by {{nrank|Ensign|Mason|Quinn}}, a medical nurse stationed temporarily on Zakdorn.  Meeting Quinn, Traenor leads him back to the patient.  Ens Cook and Ens Manius deduce that the patient will require amputations to be freed, and will have to induce childbirth.
On the bridge, after CPO Jellico has been treated for his concussion, he and Ens Logan discuss possible strategies for attacking the enemy warship effectively.  Lt Valdivia advises that he might have detected Capt Renos's location on the enemy ship, but cannot form a transporter lock.  With significant damage to the shield emitters on the forward of the ship, and critically low power levels, Cmdr Walker suggests a bold plan to Cmdr Thomas... jettison the sphere section.  Considering this suggestion, Thomas solicits other options from the bridge crew.  Towing a Zakdorn defense satellite and launching the Darwin's fleet of shuttles are posited by Ens Lyldra and Ens Ells respectively.  Logan, inspecting the footage of conversations from Capt Raikenoff and after conferring with Lyldra, suggests possible motives of their enemy.  After hearing all suggestions, Thomas decides to evacuate the sphere section and relocate the command center to Engineering, but keep the sphere section connected as to soak up any battle damage in the upcoming confrontation. 
Foreman Mornay finds yet another blockage on her trek towards the control panel, and this one is safe enough to cut through.  Ens Mpeba and Recruit Iy use phasers to cut through the blockage.  Once through, Foreman Mornay rushes forth, but Cmdr Rennyn is distracted by a strange find, which upon inspection is found to be an undetonated bomb.  Quickly reducing risk of a reactor meltdown via the control panel, Foreman Mornay returns to where the bomb has been found, and suspiciously accuses the Starfleet personnel of being responsible for its placement.  Mpeba is able to disarm the bomb, and retrieve a sample vial of the toxic substance that had been plaguing the disaster site.  It becomes apparent that the toxic gas has been spread through the use of bombs such as this.  When Foreman Mornay continues to belligerently accuse Starfleet, Mpeba verbally lashes out at her in anger.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968670 "The Lost Boy"]
! style="width:300px;"| A human face on the disaster.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968698 "Playing A Dangerous Game"]
! style="width:300px;"| No sharp tongue goes unpunished.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968877 "A Plan Is Hatched"]
! style="width:300px;"| Tough decisions on the Darwin.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968982 "The End Of A Painful Ordeal"]
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|Tasked with finding a way to retrieve Capt Renos, Lt Valdivia toys with the idea of beaming over an isolinear chip to lock onto his signal.  Using the same concept, CPO Jellico suggests beaming over grenades to various sections of the enemy ship to confuse and possibly disable them, though Cmdr Walker has reservations about such a plan.  With Ens Lyldra's help, Lt Valdivia figures out how to pinpoint Capt Renos's location, as well as a novel modification to the tag itself, in order to beam it in and drop it on nem.
Recalling the Away teams with all due haste, Cmdr Thomas hails Capt Raikenoff on the enemy ship.  Knowing he has the upper hand, Capt Raikenoff is curt and unwilling to parley for long with Thomas.  Ens Lyldra has put in a request to Supervisor Surani for more tactical support from the Zakdorn defense satellites, and her wish is granted.  Hoping to use his hubris against him, Thomas prepares an audacious plan to draw Capt Raikenoff's ship in close enough to be attacked by the Zakdorn defenses and break their shields long enough to beam back Capt Renos.
Foreman Mornay, unnaturally suspicious and feeling quite unwell, finally collapses, and the Away team surmises that she has been poisoned by the airborne toxin.  Handing the vial of toxin jhe had taken from bomb to Cmdr Rennyn, Ens Mpeba retrieves bomb fragments for analysis while Rennyn calls for a beamout.  Using isolinear tags to return to the triage site, the team receives the command to return to the ship.  Meanwhile, Ens Cook and Ens Manius, with the assistance of Ens Quinn, are forced to start amputating the legs of the trapped victim they are treating.  Receiving the orders to return to ship, Cmdr Traenor has the unenviable task of forcing the incredulous doctors to quit their work mid-surgery, leaving the victim to the care of Zakdorn relief teams.
Back on the enemy warship, the two operatives who had escaped from the Darwin are conversing, and as the one admits to killing the rest of the team, Pilot Valek in turn kills her.
Returning to the Darwin, Cmdr Rennyn sends Recruit Iy with the vial of toxin to sickbay for further study, while he and Ens Mpeba make their way to the impromptu command center in Engineering.  Close behind them, Cmdr Traenor, Ens Cook, Ens Quinn, and Ens Manius head to sickbay as well in order to start work on analyzing the toxin.  After a lot of work, it is discovered that the toxin is known by Starfleet, but information on it was redacted and unable to be found through normal searches.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1968904 "Christine"]
! style="width:300px;"| True nature is revealed.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1969038 "Make Things Right"]
! style="width:300px;"| A tense situation takes an unexpected turn.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1969138 "Preliminary Plan"]
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