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Posted Feb. 18, 2022, 11:57 a.m. by Lieutenant Commander Kate O'Neill (Chief of Security) (Kate O'Neill)

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Posted by Fleet Captain Garrett Michael O’Connor (Commanding Officer) in Bridge Main Sim

Posted by Commander Mason Black (Executive Officer) in Bridge Main Sim
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The Odin was 20 minutes away from Tammaron and scans were made. While there were life signs on the planet, production activities seemed to have ceased for most of the planet, definitely not enough to show export numbers.

The Tammoron governor hailed the Odin at this time.

GM

=/\=Sir the Tammoron governor is hailing us. Channel is open on your mark =/\= the comms officer stated.

NE Comms officer

“Open channel,” Mason ordered, then leaned back in the chair to see what the governor had to say.

=/\= Tammoron, this is the Federation Starship Odin. How may we be of assistance? =/\=

Mason Black, XO

“Thank you, Odin, for coming to Tammoron to offer aid. Please tell me how we can assist you in your mission,” said the governor.

GM

Garrett walked onto the Bridge, thankful the XO had responded promptly to the comm call. Moving to the Centre Chair, O’Connor settled… his gaze lifting calmly to the Governor’s.

Looking at the Captain now that the Governor was on the screen, Mason waited for him to take over. Placing his knuckles under his chin, thumb extended towards his neck, he settled in to listen and try and look intelligent.

Mason Black, XO

The facial expression of the governor was calm but his eyes did not seem to be looking at the display but somewhere beyond. The eyes did not say that he was calm at all.

GM

Kate noted that the production of the planet was akin to life in the 1950s. No activity anywhere. It was as if everything had shut down for the day. Running her sensors, she brought up several of the largest tracts of Tammorron grain fields and enlarged the visuals checking to see what was going on there. The weather in these areas showed it was a perfect day for farming and farming was not like other industries. When the weather was bad no work was done. When the weather was good, it was activity everywhere. If the weather was good and nothing was happening the question was why. Blowing up several images she tried to see if there was anything going on with the large corporation fields vs. the smaller family fields.

Kate O’Neill COS

O’Connor noticed immediately that the Governor was uneasy and, tugging his tunic straight, began to speak smoothly. =A= Governor, I’m Captain Garrett O’Connor, Commanding Officer of the Odin. The most important thing my team needs right now is to meet with your leadership and be brought up to speed on the challenges you have experienced since first requesting assistance and to clarify if the situation has changed.=A= After a pause, Garrett asked as gently as he could. =A= Governor… is everything quite alright? =A=

O’Connor, CO

=/\=I understand that some overreactive native on this planet has bothered the Federation with a complaint. It is actually a rather small matter; nothing that we cannot handle on our own,=/\= replied the governor.

Tactical detected attempts on the planet to prevent other communications from reaching the ship.

GM

“Sir,” Kate replied in a firm tone, “I am detecting some interference with communication with the planet. It seems to be a localized interference spreading out from a central point.” With a flick of her finger, Kate sent the image of what seemed to be a blanketed interference surrounding various locations except for the one where the Governor was located. “The interference is not meteorological but seems to be mechanical.” Kate had enough tact on an open line not to directly say the Governor’s government was producing it but she left it open-ended enough for the Captain or XO to ask the question directly if necessary.

Kate O’Neill COS

“Overreactive native?” Mason asked while he waited for the Captain to reply. “Are you not from Tammoron, Governor?” The phrasing the man had used indicated to Mason that he was either not born on the planet, or highly dismissive of local people outside of his circle.

Cmdr Black, XO

“Of course!” said the governor rather perturbed. “I am of this planet. How could I be governor if not?”

The XO beat Garrett to the punch on that one. He pursed his lips and seemed deep in thought for a moment before he shot a quick text to O’Neil’s console. It read simply:

=A= Kate… can we kill the interference?=A=

Kate opened her mouth to reply and saw a small blip appear on her screen. Opening it she read the message.

His eyes had never moved from the screen in front of him, but the message in front of the COS would bare the message code for “PRIORITY ONE”. From her position on the Bridge, she could see the Odin’s Commander then fold the small Tactical Repeater Plot from the arm of the Centre Chair. When he did, the Tactical Console’s display in front of Kate was mirrored to the Captain’s. She then saw on her console what the veteran pilot was doing… silently initiating a Threat Scan of orbital structures and craft. It was very clear the Odin’s new Skipper was as paranoid if not more so than the Security Chief.

O’Connor, CO

“Trying to pinpoint now sir,” Kate said in a non chalant tone.

The scan showed that there was a small vessel, not as big as a runabout but large than a shuttlecraft. It was on geostationary orbit at the other side of the planet.

GM

“Sir,” Kate addressed Garrett, “I am detecting a small geostationary object on the far side of the planet. It is probably the source of the interference.” Her tone was passive but her fingers typed out a message for Garrett in the same manner he sent her about the tactical scan. Take it out? I can do it loud and proud with a torpedo lock or dirty and sneaky with a small projectile to make it look like a bit of space debris. Please say we can use our large honkin’ space guns. Kate looked up waiting for either a verbal reply or a textual one.

Kate O’Neill COS


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