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<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: It's Not Over 'Till the Fat Lady Sings</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by | |||
Melanie Pocknall 7-30-1996</h4> | |||
SD: 80730.0445<br> | |||
MD: 5.1230 (Slight backpost)<br> | |||
Scene: Bridge<br> | |||
Meleah stod motionless as the pirates beamed onto the bridge. She saw one | |||
right behind Allard but wasn't quick enough to stop him from being stunned. | |||
The pirate then turned around and trained the phaser on her. "I wouldn't | |||
come any closer, sister." | |||
Meleah tilted her head to one side, a confused look on her face. "Why would | |||
you not come any closer?" | |||
The pirate gave a short laugh. "You think you're real smart, don't you?" | |||
"As a matter of fact...." Meleah's sentence was cut off by Zane. | |||
"Don't say anything, Lieutenant." | |||
Meleah saw that it was a tense situation and wisely decided not to say any more. | |||
<<SNIP>> | |||
As Jerran threw one pirate away from him, Meleah moved forward to make sure | |||
the other one would not cause any trouble but fortunately, the pirate was | |||
knocked down. Keeping out of the way of the phaser fire, she went around to | |||
the pirate who was still clutching his stomach, and grabbed him in a | |||
forceful hold. "Are you alright, Lt?" she asked Krysa. | |||
"I think so." | |||
One of the security officers came to escort the pirate Meleah held to the | |||
brig, while Zane pieced together reports from around the ship. | |||
>"Still trying to get reports from the rest of the ship, sir," Allard said,<br> | |||
>groggy from the effeects of the stun shot. "Lieutenant Glin'kharr reports<br> | |||
>that sickbay is secure. I have not heard anything from engineering,<br> | |||
>though, from either the security teams I sent down or from LT Koreth."<br> | |||
><br> | |||
>Zane tapped his badge as the rest of the birdge crew got back to their<br> | |||
>positions, "Bridge to engineering. LT Koreth, please respond."<br> | |||
><br> | |||
>Every eye was on the commander as the comm remained silent...<br> | |||
Although no-one openly showed nervousness as to what may have occurred in | |||
engineering, it could be felt by everyone, including Meleah. There were | |||
very few explanations for the CEO's non response. | |||
Allard and Maril were sent down to Engineering to look for Koreth. Meleah | |||
then stepped forward. "Cmdr, I believe that I could be of some use as part | |||
of the security team." | |||
Zane comsidered. He remembered her training as a security officer, and had | |||
heard of her proficiency in the phaser test. "Okay." | |||
"Thank-you, sir." Meleah went directly to the turbolift, and met up with | |||
the others just outside Engineering. | |||
Allard eased himself around the entrance and just as Meleah and Maril | |||
followed him into Engineering, there was a volley of phaser fire. Both | |||
officers managed to avoid the fire but there were a couple of unfortunate | |||
security officers who didn't. Those in Starfleet returned fire at the three | |||
pirates that they could see, and eventually one was hit. When he went down, | |||
the other two ran. | |||
Allard stood up and started following them, half of his team automatically | |||
following his lead. "Ockjii," he said to the Andorian officer, "you take | |||
half the team and search engineering. Lt, you stay here," he said as he was | |||
already at the exit where the pirates had gone. | |||
Meleah looked around her. Many of the Engineering staff were lying down, | |||
but at this point she was unable to tell who was injured, or even dead. | |||
While security started searching, she started looking for the injured. And | |||
for Lt. Koreth. | |||
She heard what sounded to be like a volley of phaser shots, a far distance | |||
away, and went towards the sound. Her phaser in her right hand, she | |||
cautiously looked around the corner and saw Koreth, a few security guards, | |||
and some bodies lying on the floor. "I take it you won," she observed. | |||
"For the moment," Koreth replied. "There shouldn't be too many more," | |||
fingering his phaser as if willing the pirates to come out. | |||
"Ens Allard and Cmdr Maril are currently chasing two more intruders who were | |||
in the main part of engineering." | |||
"Then we have a chance. Follow me." | |||
The small group advanced carefully towards main engineering, and when they | |||
found no-one there but a few Starfleet officers still lying on the ground, | |||
Koreth advanced to the main control panel. "They've blown communications, | |||
shields, and came close to damaging the main links to the engines. As it | |||
is, we don't have enough power to go to warp." Motioning to the security | |||
officers, he said, "Watch for those pirates. Lt," turning back to Meleah, | |||
"I'll need some help getting the engines back to full power." | |||
Before they could get started, two pirates (different ones from before) came | |||
into view. One security officer was downed before the others opened fire. | |||
With deadly accuracy, Meleah shot both of the pirates, her phaser only on | |||
stun. Had it not been, the pirates would have been dead instantly. | |||
Immediately afterwards, she noticed that Koreth was favouring his injured | |||
arm but upon recalling that he was part Klingon, and Klingons tend to ignore | |||
minor injuries, she did not say anything, and they started working on the | |||
engines. | |||
---- | |||
NRPG: | |||
(This was started a couple of days ago and modified accordingly to the | |||
subsequent posts.) | |||
Anyone who thought that Meleah would stay out of the action was wrong. She | |||
doesn't deliberately look for it but she has a way of getting into the thick | |||
of things. | |||
Max: Wow, a Command shift! I didn't even know Meleah would be qualified. | |||
She'll certainly want to practice those Command skills. | |||
Sincerely yours, | |||
Lt. Meleah, CSciO, USS FEYNMAN, Silver Fleet. | |||
Melanie Pocknall. | |||