Lael Rosek/USS Veritas Service Jacket

	SERVICE JACKET: USS Veritas

• Rank: Lieutenant
• Duty Post: Engineering Officer
• Commanding Officer: Captain Roshanara Rahman
• Stardates: 239407.07 - Present

TRANSFER TO THE VERITAS

Lael, Chythar, Alex, and Dassa all shared quarters on the Runabout Yahtzee enroute to Antor II, where the Veritas sat in orbit awaiting their arrival. Anjar Thoran and Greywin Fergus had taken Madeline Young, Lael's ward, ahead along with Liara (Anjar's daughter) to get settled in while the four friends had waited for medical clearance to travel. Alex took the opportunity to clear the air with both Chythar and Lael respectively. The four friends relaxed and talked, enjoying each other's company for a short time before each went off to their own respective space. Shortly before landing, Lael goes to the runabout's mess for a cup of tea, unable to sleep. Chythar joins her and she wishes him a happy birthday, then gives him his gift: a video of Maddy presenting her science project for him. She reveals that the video played a big part of her decision to bring Maddy to the Veritas with them.

AFTERSHOCK

ACT I

Lael, Alex, Chythar and Dassa arrived on the planet, stunned to find the colony decimated by earthquakes. They later found themselves in Captain Roshanara Rahman's ready room checking in. During this meeting, Captain Rahman revealed that only 60% of the planets dome environments were sustainable and that the damage caused by the earthquakes was leading to overcrowding in the major population centers such as New Macau. They are interrupted by a call from the bridge. When they stepped out of the ready room and in front of the main viewer, they realized that an attack had happened. Buildings on the screen were up in flames. The Captain then ordered Alex and Lael to report to their posts in Engineering to begin working with Commander Walker. The name rang a bell for Lael, though she couldn't figure out why. She and Alex stepped onto the turbolift and headed for Engineering.

Once in Engineering, they met with the Chief Engineer, Lieutenant Commander Luna Walker, to develop a plan for rebuilding the destroyed structures on the planet. After some discussion, they decided to first repair enough existing domes to resolve the overcrowding issue before working on designs that would better withstand future natural disasters such as earthquakes. However, a chat with the captain revealed one more factor that they would have to contend with -- radiation from the use of antiproton beams to close the rifts causing the disasters. Though the mines hadn't been an option before, they looked to be their best hope of protecting the inhabitants from the radiation. After gathering the needed supplies (including a matter/antimatter generator for a power source), Lael, Alex, and Walker beamed down to the planet to begin exploring and stabilizing the mines.

When a member of Commander Kelrod's team reported that they were on their way with the antimatter Alex needed for the antimatter reactor, Walker suggested Alex and Lael go retrieve it. However, they weren't completely out of the mine before something caused a cave-in. While Lael and Alex were fortunate to be on the side not cut off from the entrance, Walker wasn't so lucky. Alex notified Commander Kelrod's team of the incident while Lael commed Captain Rahman to report the situation. Shortly after Lieutenant Junior Grade Carter Greyson and his team arrived, the group began working on a way to free Lieutenant Thoran and Commander Walker from the debris. They settled on Greyson and Kelrod using a shuttle to beam out the debris while Lael, Commander Blair, and the remainder of the SAR team established support beams to prevent more cave-ins and to monitor the shuttle team's progress. Finally, they managed to free their colleagues. Commander Walker was beamed directly to Sickbay while Lieutenant Junior Grade Thoran departed with the others, having suffered only minor injuries. The whole group reported to Sickbay to be treated before heading to a briefing ordered by Captain Rahman to provide their reports.

ACT II

Lael attended the briefing where the senior staff as a whole viewed a message from a Klingon pirate named Jilor who claimed responsibility for the attacks. During this meeting, it was also revealed that at least one of the bombs used on the surface was, in fact, a Starfleet tricobalt device, which raised the disturbing possibility that a rogue Starfleet officer had supplied the device to Jilor. Commander Walker suggested taking a team down to the surface to explore the mines in case there were more such devices. Still shaken from the experience with the mines just an hour before, Lael protested. The conversation between her and Walker became rather heated and was only ended when the Captain called an end to the meeting.

While the other senior officers went about their tasks, Lael and Walker were asked to join the Captain in her ready room. Embarrassed by her earlier lack of professionalism, Lael apologized for her behavior, but stayed mostly silent. She was then dismissed and went to Sickbay for a hypo for her headache before returning to the bridge to begin working with her team. After a brief discussion, they decided the best course of action would be to scan the ships lost in the region that had carried a tricobalt device for the unique identifiers to determine if any of them were missing. They believed this was the most likely source for Jilor to obtain the devices. While Sepek tried to piece together the unique identifier for the tricobalt device that had exploded on the surface, Lael created an algorithm that would scan for that or any of the other unique identifiers. By tying this algorithm in with modified sensors, their hands would be free to pursue other tasks.

ACT III

A day and a half after they confirmed that the Starfleet tricobalt device used to bomb the capital is indeed from one of the lost Starfleet ships, the USS Denali, Lael was headed to the auditorium for the governor's speech when the ship was attacked by a Romulan vessel and a Cardassian vessel. Surprised by the first blast, Lael was knocked into a wall and managed to dislocate her shoulder. As she continued toward the auditorium, she came upon Commander Mei'konda and Lieutenant Tuk, both of whom were hiding. The conversation that she overheard between them indicated that they were being boarded. Quietly, she joined them as the three formulated a plan. Tuk and Mei'konda would fire on the intruders while Lael used a nearby computer panel to erect a forcefield to stop the intruders.

She succeeded, but Tuk was shot in the process. She narrowly avoided being knocked over as he tumbled backwards. Stepping out of the way, she poked her head around the corner to fire off answering shots before returning to her cover. About this time, Kelrod arrived with a flashbang grenade and heavier artillery. Kelrod unleashed the grenade and the four managed to take out the remaining intruders. Once they were certain the area had been cleared, they headed to the auditorium to aid in the protection of the Governor. When they arrived, they found Jolara and Skyfire already taking measures to prepare for an attack. Once it was ascertained that the Governor and the civilians were safe, Tuk and Lael were both treated for their injuries. Lael then connected with a computer console, confirming that all of the intruders had been confined to the brig. With Mei'konda on his way to the bridge, Lael joined the others to keep the civilians calm in case the scans were wrong.

SHORELEAVE

SECTION UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Notable Relationships

• Alex Blair:
• Chythar Skyfire:
• Dassa Alexander:
• Anjar Thoran:
• Madeline Young:
• Roshanara Rahman:
• Evan Delano:
• Luna Walker:
• Mei'konda:

Full Timeline

• 239407.07--Lael arrives on the USS Veritas.
• 239407.08--Lael assists with the rescue of Lieutenant Commander Walker and Lieutenant Junior Grade Thoran following an unexpected cave-in.
• 239407.08--Lael and Lieutenant Commander Walker get into a disagreement during the briefing about a safe course of action to further investigate what happened. Both receive a dress-down from Rahman.
• 239407.10--Lael dislocates her shoulder when the Veritas is attacked.

Mission Logs

• Aftershock