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 <h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Another Notch</h3>
 <h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by
-Andrew Catterick 6-2-1996</h4>
+Andrew Catterick 6-11-1996</h4>
 SD: 80611.0900<br>
 MD: 4.1245<br>
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 -LT.CMDR Tarsa Rogers, Executive Officer, USS GAUSS<br>
 -CMDR Horatio Sinclair, Fleet Intelligence Officer, BLUE FLEET<br>
+<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: 24 - Hostages?</h3>
+<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Joseph Baker 6-12-1996</h4>
+SD: 80612.1827 (GMT)<br>
+MD: 4.1545<br>
+Needless to say, this was not looking to be a very good day at all for
+the Captain and crew of the USS FEYNMAN. CMDR Zane paced back and forth
+in front of the command arena on the bridge of the FEYNMAN as LTJG Jerran
+listened to a report over the comlink from WO Dunnon. First, the
+prisoners from the Order had escaped, and now one of them was apparently
+holding the crew of the Panarik freighter convoy hostage while other
+groups had just killed not only a couple of the FEYNMAN's own security
+guards, but also a civilian, something which, as Captain of a Federation
+starship, Zane felt completely responsible for. And not just any
+civilian, either, but the husband of his own OPS officer.
+<They haven't changed course an inch, sir>, Zane heard WO Dunnon say over
+the link to Jerran's console.
+Jerran nodded from the helm and said, "Yes, that is indeed quite strange,
+and they haven't even bothered to send out any sort of terrorist
+demands. Have they detected you or the fighters, Dunnon?"
+<Not yet, sir. Their fission drives give off so much radioactives that
+they've got a pretty decent blind spot directly to their aft. With the
+metaphasic shields on the shuttle and fighters, I'd say we can stay here
+at least another six hours before we'd have to have a stay in Dr. Tox...
+errr... Dr. Glin'kharr's radiation detox chamber.>
+Jerran smiled slightly and said, "Alright. Keep yourselves nice and
+quiet there, and we'll get back to you as soon as we find anything out.
+FEYNMAN out."
+The pilot turned to the Captain, who was already standing
+behind him and looking over his shoulder and was about to convey the
+report from WO Dunnon when the Captain just nodded and said, "I heard,
+Mr. Jerran. It does sound odd indeed. No demands, no change of
+flightplan. It's almost as if the Panarik freighters were expecting
+company. Garrett, hail the lead freighter. I want to talk to Pentak."
+"Channel open, sir."
+"Panarik Freighter, this is the USS FEYNMAN, CMDR Zane speaking."
+Captain Pentak's smilingly cordial face came on the screen and said,
+<Greetings, Commander. What can we do for you?>
+"I was just about to ask you a similar question, Captain. We have
+heard... reports that there are some terrorists in the area who might
+have been able to infiltrate your cargo ships. If there are any on board
+your ship, we would like to talk to them so that we may avoid any further
+bloodshed."
+The Panarik captain's smile faided as a more nervous look crept in, <I...
+uh... don't know what you're... uhhh... talking about, Commander. I
+assure you that there are no... uhh... terrorists on this ship. Besides,
+what would the terrorists gain by stealing a group of worthless, outdated
+freighters carrying cargo that would only be fit for use by one group of
+people?>
+"My crew and I were wondering the same thing. The truth is, sir, that we
+think that the terrorists are at this point, merely desperate for escape,
+in any form, even if it means using a group of outdated freighters, just
+as long as they make it to the ring. They already tried to escape to the
+ring on a pair of our lifeboats. One of them was captured, while the
+other is still missing. It couldn't have gotten far in the short time
+that it has been gone, and your freighters are the closest place for them
+to go."
+A slight smile crept back to Pentak's face as he said, a bit less
+nervously, <My crew and I will endevour to make sure that this convoy is
+devoid of terrorists, Commander, and if we do find any, I'm sure that you
+will be the first to know, as the humans say.>
+"Thank you for your cooperation in this manner, then, Captain Pentak.
+FEYNMAN out." Just as the screen returned to the view of the ring, Zane
+turned to the other officers on the bridge and said, "Impressions?"
+Jerran raised an eyebrow as he glanced at one of the nav scanner displays
+on his console and said, "It doesn't take an empath to see that he's most
+definitely hiding something, sir. It wouldn't be too much of a leap of
+logic to suggest that Pentak is in fact hiding the Order terrorists."
+Zane nodded as he went back to his seat, scratching his chin
+thoughtfully, "I agree, Lieutenant. Now we just need to find a way to
+prove it. Those fission drives that Dunnon mentioned, do you think they
+could pose a potential hazard to the crew?"
+"Possibly, sir. Fission drives fell out of disuse a couple of centuries
+ago in most more advanced races just because they were so dangerous to
+maintain and the fact that they posed such problems as heat and the
+deadly raidation trail that theu leave in their wake. Only a few races
+are known to use them now, those who can't afford to use much else. Even
+the Bajora haven't used them since the war with the Cardassians ended 40
+years ago."
+"Dangerous enough to warrant the use of Regulation 13d?"
+"Any civilian or military vessel within Federation space is subject to
+mandatory health and safety inspections whenever docking at a Federation
+aligned facility or whenever any officer of command grade on a Federation
+starship has sufficient cause to suspect hazardous materials or
+conditions on board said vessel," the FCO diligently quoted.
+Zane smiled at his pilot's memory for regulations and said, "That's the
+one, Lieutenant. I want you, Koreth, Cartwright, and a few security
+officers to go over there on the NOGURA to conduct this `inspection'. I
+want the security officers to have only type one phasers, and they should
+also carry engineering field packs so they don't look like security
+guards," the commander said, thinking of what a good thing it was that
+both engineering and security wore the same colors.
+"Aye, aye, sir," Jerran said as he got up from his console to go to the
+shuttlebay.
+<NRPG>
+That's the good thing about playing Star Trek over the net rather than
+making an episode of it on TV. You can use the shuttles whenever you
+want because you don't have to worry about going over the special effects
+budget on this episode ;)
+<br>
+****************************************************************************<br>
+* jobaker@chuma.cas.usf.edu       *    jbaker@deans2.cas.usf.edu           *<br>
+****************************************************************************<br>
+* Raneov Stefanh e-Annhwi tr'Khnialmnae, CO, HgR Ja'telaih, TOS TREKMUSE   *<br>
+* LTJG Jerran Terel, FCO, USS FEYNMAN, alt.starfleet.rpg                   *<br>
+* ENS Logan Knight, CEO, USS TSUNAMI, alt.starfleet.rpg                    *<br>
+****************************************************************************<br>
+* Joseph W. Baker                                                          *<br>
+* Physics Major, College of Arts and Sciences                              *<br>
+* University of South Florida                                              *<br>
+****************************************************************************<br>