Jackford Kolk: Difference between revisions

* Stardates 238409.15 to 238410.24

** In response to Captain [[Mar, Idril|Mar]]'s dire need for a cure to the disease caused by [[Kolk, Jackford (alternate)|Evil Kolk]], the crew enters the [[Ithassa Region]] in search of the ''[[USS Achilles]]'', a rogue Starfleet ship manned and controlled solely by an AI named [[Thetis|THETIS]], or Tess. She had been presumed destroyed years ago, but numerous sightings by [[Gorn]], [[FTU]], and other species suggested otherwise. The crew plans, once they have found the ''[[USS Achilles|Achilles]]'', to use her inside knowledge of the [[Ithassa Region|region]] to help them track down [[Kolk, Jackford (alternate)|Evil Kolk]] and pump him for any information that might lead to a cure for Captain [[Mar, Idril|Mar]]. After the mission briefing, Lt. Kolk talks with LtCmdr. [[Maria, Cara|Maria]] in her quaters about his overwhelmingly dark thoughts about his alternate. The [[Betazoid]]/[[Human]] hybrid helps him to see past the evil that his other self has done and glimpse the possiblity of redemption. The two officers also deepen their bond as surrogate sibblings. Next LtCmdrs. [[Brice, Ethan|Brice]], [[Thelev, Jhen|Thelev]], [[Wilde, Danny|Wilde]], and Lt. Kolk meet privately to discuss, off the record, what's to be done with [[Kolk, Jackford (alternate)|Evil Jack]]. LtCmdr. [[Thelev, Jhen|Thelev]] almost immediately suggests hiring someone to kill the villain, and for a time it seems the group is entertaining the idea. Once he works through his shock at what his best friend is suggesting, Lt. Kolk speaks up and refuses to participate in any such plan, citing their duty as Starfleet Officers to uphold the law and as enlightened individuals to maintain a higher standard than that of someone like [[Kolk, Jackford (alternate)|Evil Jack]]. With the issue settled and the group agreeing to hunt, capture, and prosecute the man but not to use lethal force, they disband and meet with their respective teams. Soon enough a course to the [[Igloo Cluster]] is settled on and the ship is underway. On the edge of the cluster, they encounter a group of [[Grendellai]] who ambush them. instead of using their full force and defeating the scavengers easily, Cmdr. [[Walker, Benjamin J.|Walker]] decides to play wounded to lure Tess out of hiding. The ''[[USS Ronin|Ronin]]'' dives between two [[Grendellai]] ships, scraping the [[Ronin Flight Operations Center|Flight Operations]] pod and picking up a pair of boarding parties. This causes Tess to soar to the "rescue" and reveal herself. She disables half the attacking ships in a matter of seconds, and offers to "help" with the boarding parties. When [[Walker, Benjamin J.|Walker]] lowers the shields, she beams the Grendellai into space, shocking the ''[[USS Ronin|Ronin's]]'' crew and convincing the remaining [[Grendellai]] ships to withdraw. An away team beams over to negotiate with Tess regarding the larger mission, but before much progress is made, LtCmdr. [[Brice, Ethan|Brice]] uses a failsafe only he knew about and disconnects Tess from the rest of the ship. Cmdr. [[Walker, Benjamin J.|Walker]] convinces him to undo what he'd done, and Tess instantly beams him to the aft end of the ''[[USS Ronin|Ronin's]]'' port nacelle. Tess agrees to follow the ''[[USS Ronin|Ronin]]'' back to [[Deep Space 17|DS17]] at least, and the away team beams back, disgruntled but none the worse for wear.

==Jackford's SIMs==