The True Ones (Victory): Difference between revisions

Prior to the launch Ensign Jaxon made it known to Lieutenant Stevok as well as Captain Hurne that he was recruited by an Admiral Richter regarding The True One organization.  He was also aware of an operative inside the terrorist cell.  Jaxon took Captain Hurne aside in the shuttlebay to give him this information, which had lead to some suspicion towards Jaxon amongst the crew even though Captain Hurne gave him explicit orders to divulge this information to the rest of the crew.

Shortly after Avatar’s recovery, the Vendetta departed for the True One starbase which was later found to be named Serpent’s Hold.  The Vendetta was about the size of a Danube Class runabout and was equipped with type-IV phasers, a warp 6 engine, and a cloaking device which was legal because the ship was not officially a Federation craft.  Avatar’s team would attempt to gain an audience with Ger’Luk by trading apparent stolen phaser rifles.  Avatar’s suspicion of Jaxon continued as he spotted the Ensign’s conversation with the Captain in the shuttlebay.  But Jaxon did not budge as he remained true to his order to remain silent.  As the Vendetta approached the base, a communication was intercepted confirming the transfer of prisoners to the planet.   

Ger’Luk returned Avatar and his away team back to the docking bay where they met up with Kobar, Hapgood, and Redoria.  Avatar ordered an immediate departure from the starbase and a rendezvous with the Thomas Slade.  Ensign Redoria’s mental state left her unfit for duty, so Avatar had her placed in stasis in the cargo area of the shuttle.  The Vendetta was armed for bear as she approached the Thomas Slade.

While Alpha Team’s mission was taking place, Beta Team departed the Victory using the shuttlecraft Thomas Slade for the planet Gremer.  The shuttle landed on the snow-filled world and the away team began the search for the prisoners.  Shortly after their arrival, Lieutenant Zovyx was taken prisoner.  After Zovyx was discovered to be missing, Lieutenant Story took a risk by trying to communicate with Avatar’s team. It was a move that would lead his crew to question his orders and his intentions.  Fortunately Avatar’s away team was able to respond quickly and erase any evidence of the message thereby keeping their undercover status intact.   

The Thomas Slade blasted out of the Gremer atmosphere only to find themselves in pursuit of two craft.  After holding them off for as long as possible, the Vendetta entered the area.  Avatar sent a message over the comm channel for all to hear ordering Story to lower his shields and surrender his vessel.  However, at the same time he sent a coded message directly to Lieutenant Story ordering him to return to the Victory at maximum warp using precise coordinates at a certain time.  At that time the Vendetta would fire all weapons simulating their apparent destruction.  The Vendetta would also beam up some torpedo fragments to simulate the picking up of the shuttle’s debris.  The Vendetta would also overlay the warp signature of the Thomas Slade, masking her survival.  Fortunately the ruse worked as both the Vendetta and the Thomas Slade returned safely to the Victory.

While the Victory’s away teams were involved in their own missions, the ship herself was faced with a devastating virus.  Several engineering crewmembers were inflicted with the ailment.  Doctor Parker wasted little time in working on containing the epidemic.  The virus apparently started in Engineering; Parker ordered the infected crewmembers beamed to the medical bay in sickbay where analysis could begin.  Meanwhile, Doctor Xanry investigated the quarters of the stricken crewmembers and found unidentified spores.  The search for the cure takes an odd turn when Lieutenant Morg, who was believed killed, returned to the Victory.  Morg did not last long on the Victory as he was killed after finding an Orion named Loki, who had planted the virus inside the ship.  With his last breathe; Morg was able to disable a device that was spreading the disease.  Victory security personnel arrested Loki who was brought to security for questioning.   

Morg’s disabling of the virus generator prevented further crewmembers from being contaminated, but it did not help those who had already been infected.  Dr. Parker determined that the white blood cells of the victims were attacking their bodies and that only a complete immune system shutdown would save them.  Parker’s solution would be to use the transporters to remove unexplained DNA from the victims in order to repair their immune system which was successful.

Avatar, Kobar, and Story each discussed their away missions with the rest of the crew at a briefing following their return.  Here Avatar revealed that the weapons sold to The True Ones were defective and could be disabled with a simple tachyon pulse.  Avatar also presented the data that Jaimeson was able to acquire showing technical readouts of the starbase.  The meeting concluded as Avatar asked both the Captain and Lieutenant Heath Story to stay behind.  Avatar had evidence from Jaimeson’s hacking that Daniel Story was probably not a prisoner, but actually working for them all along.  Captain Hurne quickly discounted the possibility that Story was operative and was clear his actions were his own.  The meeting was interrupted by Dr. Xanyr who reported that Ensign Redoria had broken out of sickbay.  Story ordered a security team to find her.

This change in leadership prompted Captain Hurne to order another meeting later to come up with a new battle plan.   

Lieutenant Commander Avatar began his own investigation and enlisted the aid of Lieutenant Kobar to research Admiral Richter’s possible involvement in the crisis as well as any possible connection that he might have had to Lieutenant J.G. Dan Story, who had now taken on a prominent role in the True One’s organization.  The two officers met in Kobar’s quarters to discuss their findings.  Kobar had uncovered a link connecting Admiral Richter to not only Ensign Jaxon, who he was still in contact with, but also directly to Ger’Luk who he had made contact with while commander of Starbase 39.  Richter had also made a visit to Lalmeta, Ensign Redoria’s homeworld while connected all of the threads.  Avatar had also found that Story had apparently simply gone AWOL during his mission with the Ranger rather than the previous report that he had been kidnapped.

Avatar attempted to confront Captain Hurne with his findings, interrupting a meeting that Hurne was having with Ensign Jaxon.  Hurne continued to be mysterious regarding his past, a past that Jaxon apparently had known a lot about.  Hurne authorized a new mission back to the starbase.  Taffaz would lead a party over to the starbase along with Lieutenant Story, Stevok, Zovyx, and the holographic Doctor Daystrom.  Kora, Jaxon, and Colon would lead a team to the planet that the starbase was orbiting.  Avatar would take a team back with the Vendetta comprised of Kobar, Hapgood, and Jaimeson.

Avatar ordered a piece of the Thomas Slade replicated and placed into storage aboard the Vendetta.  His orders previously had been to bring back a piece of the shuttle’s hulk to be placed on Ger’Luk’s desk.  Avatar and the others would pretend not to know that Ger’Luk had been killed and this would be a ruse to get back aboard the starbase.

Upon arrival, Avatar was questioned by Dan Story in an attempt to understand Avatar’s loyalty.  Avatar’s team was invited by Dan Story to attend a dinner.  Qua’Tolk, the brother of Ger’Luk spoke ill of his brother after meeting up with the undercover team.  Qua’Tolk was also introduced as the first officer to Dan Story.  Avatar was informed that his team would be tasked with watching over Taffaz’s team upon arrival, leading to a very dangerous situation in that their cover could be broken fairly easily.  Avatar learned of a narcotics ring that Dan Story was operating.  They had grown a plant called Guinutia Diasporata that was used to create Talosian Phantasm for its highly hallucinogenic reaction.  At the dining room table, the Vendetta team met up with M for the first time.  She appeared to be a tough woman who had kept Qua’Tolk in check.   

Taffaz’s orders were to return to the starbase to complete the prisoner exchange.  Dan Story had agreed to do this in his earlier message to the Victory.  They would be taking the shuttlecraft Trafalgar.   

Kora, Jaxon, and Colon left the Victory on the Lord Nelson, setting course for the planet that the starbase orbited.  Their plan was to penetrate the surface base and attempt to locate as many prisoners as possible.  With a little luck, they would also do as much damage to the base in the process.   

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