The Poisoned Challice - Part Five

Posted on Thu Jun 24th, 2021 @ 6:50am by Commander Ken Noros & Commander Ryan Saunders & Lieutenant Commander Hesutu M'kresst & Major Harry Stamper & Lieutenant Commander Jerzy Wojcik & Lieutenant Commander Katrina Sisko & Lieutenant Kira Stormrage & Lieutenant Kell Stormrage & Master Chief Petty Officer Horus Yamaguchi & Fleet Captain Marie Yamaguchi & Command Master Chief Petty Officer Tom "Guardian" Carter & Lieutenant Raeven & Brigadier General Krann, Son of Magh'tor & Commander Zheng Jet

Mission: Mission 110: Blue on Blue
Location: Various Locations - USS Stalingrad / Michael Monsoor and USS Holland
Timeline: 1430Hrs - October 23rd, 2393

Lieutenant Kira Stormrage moved into transporter room eight, her six security officers behind her, in her hands, she carried a large flashbang and her troops carried the other parts fo it, like a well-oiled machine they went to work placing and setting up the large set of charges on the transporter pads. "Coordinates are set El-Tee. Soon as you're set... I'll make 'em scream." the young man behind the controls commented.

Stormrage finished setting the device upon. "Set," she commented, it indicated the weapon was ready for deployment.

"Time?" the second in command pressed.

"Set it to go off five seconds after activation. Clear the pad." Stormrage answered. "Activate." she tapped the "ACTIVE" button on the display as the Chief beamed the contents of the transporter over to the USS Holland's transporter room, the warhead materialized to greet a dozen security officers when it quickly went off, leaving each one of them paralyzed and disabled on the floor, they had thought to prevent the boarding but then the security boarded and quickly secured the transporter bay before they began moving towards their various objectives.

Two security troopers ambushed the lead strike team and downed two of them with phaser fire before Stormrage pulled a flashbang off of her belt, before she armed and tossed it. "Cover!" she's called when suddenly the warhead went off with a bright flash and a loud bang, the troopers moved forward and quickly incapacitated the two enemy troopers, before securing them both for transit to Stalingrad's brig.

"Lead, this is six." came a male voice over the com system. Stormrage tapped her combadge that was fixed to her chest. "Go six."

"The armory is secure... We're moving towards sickbay. Out."

Stormrage did not answer, she didn't need to as she had trained her guys well, as she suddenly raised a clenched fist, it was the indication to halt. "Hold it!" she growled at the four members of the USS Hollands crew who had suddenly appeared before her, all of them wearing engineering orange and carrying toolkits.

The Engineers suddenly froze where they stood as the USS Stalingrad security officers approached them. "Don't make ant funny moves boys," Stormrage commented.

"What.. You mean like this." One of the Engineers thought he'd get cute and run his mouth. Stormrage seethed in anger as she raised her rifle, however, her security team collectively saw it coming and they shot the four engineers without a second thought, Stormrage however never got to fire her weapon.

"Secure these four idiots," Stormrage commented, her men proceeded to go about doing just that and moments later it was all over as the downed Engineers had been beamed over to the Stalingrad. Stormrage then pressed down the hallway towards her objective, reaching it in short order. The double doors to Main Engineering parted at her approach as two Engineers nodded to her, as if nothing was wrong before they turned back to their panels.

Stormrage led her guys into Main Engineering. "Where's the Chief?"

"She's dead. Ma'am... At present. I'm in command." the older human-looking male petty officer answered. "Master Chief William O'Connell. I wish I could say it was a pleasure El-Tee..." he then sighed softly. "But it is, what it is..."

"Indeed Chief, what's your situation?" Stormrage pressed.

"Well, we're going to need to see the inside of a Federation spacedock and soon," O'Connell answered. "Stalingrad did heavy damage to us with their last few missiles... I already told my guys to not resist... I don't have time for-" was as far as he got before there was an explosion. "Shit," O'Connell growled. "Coolant leak... Everyone outta here now!" he roared at the top of his lungs before he slapped his combadge. "Bridge, we have a new problem... We're five minutes from a warp core breach, there is nothing I can do!"

"Can you eject the core?" Stormrage inquired.

"The auto-eject system is disabled... I'll have to do it manually." O'Connell answered softly. "I could use a second pair of hands... Do you know anything about Engineering?"

"I know enough to get by... the manual release for the shutoff is forward right?"

"Under that panel," O'Connell answered as he indicated the center of engineering. "Hopefully this works...Or we'll be abandoning ship."

Stormrage moved over to the floor covering in question as she pulled it loose, she then accessed the system and pulled loose the leaver before she pulled it towards her, it came free with a minimum of fuss.

"Nice." and with that, O'Connell tapped the display before him when suddenly the isolation door came down, separating everyone in Engineering from the area around the warp core. "Alright, everyone is out," Stormrage commented.

"Ejecting the warp core..." and with that, there was a loud banging sound, before the ship proceeded to shake as if taking a direct hit from an energy missile or an errant phaser blast. The com system suddenly cut in. "Stalingrad to Stormrage. What's your status?"

"Married with children," Stormrage answered, not missing a beat. She knew that her husband was listening and it would amuse him. "I'm good... The USS Holland is safe... For now." the tall female answered.

"Nice." Yamaguchi's voice came back rich in irony. "The Michael Monsoor has surrendered and has been taken... We just need for you to finish up."

"Copy that," Stormrage answered. "Alright, squad four, remain here. Everyone else, with me." and with that, the zaftig woman turned and walked out of Engineering. The four remaining security troopers paused. "Can we help Chief?"

"Sure," O'Connell answered. "Even if you can't use tools. I can use you," he added.

Meanwhile, Stormrage led her twelve remaining security troopers down the hallway. "Next stop, the bridge," she commented. "Lead to six, report?"

"Sickbay is secure, we have also secured most of the critical spaces, the CIC and the armory." came the report

"Nice, converge on the bridge. Let's take it and end this siege once and for all." Stormrage answered.

"Copy Lead, we're rolling now. Out." and with that, the com went silent again. Stormrage entered a turbolift as she produced a flashbang. "Prepare yourselves," she commented to her team. Suddenly the doors opened and the zaftig woman threw both before she dove onto the bridge, as a phaser blast just narrowly missed her, a second drilled one of her guys, stunning him and dropping him to the deck, then suddenly both flashbangs went off. Stormrage rose and began shooting everyone on the bridge while resistance collapsed almost all at once.

"Gentleman, the ship... is ours." Stormrage smiled.