Meanwhile on the USS Gladiator

Posted on Wed Jul 23rd, 2025 @ 4:05am by Commander Raiden Kosugi & Lieutenant JG Willow Wales (Kosugi) & Ensign Opal Wickson [Kosugi] & Lieutenant Commander Mel Torma & Lieutenant Josey Wales

Mission: The Gamma Expanse
Location: USS Gladiator
1063 words - 2.1 OF Standard Post Measure

Raiden sat in the command chair, gazing out into the expanse of space. He couldn't say he was comfortable in the command chair, however he was needing to get experience. His keen dark eyes glanced around the bridge at the crew present there. Lieutenant Josey Wales as his acting XO seated nearby, Ensign Opal Wickson at the helm, Corporal Briar McKinnon at Tactical, Mel was on the bridge at a station.

"Commander Torme are you able to pick up anything else from the strange energy reading that was found?"

"No power surges or spikes. No divets or drops. I can continue to register it, but little more than that." one of the forms of the Dalacari officer responded.

"It's as though its very nature is to be elusive, but something happened that caused it to be detectible. Albeit by dumb luck." the other form continued before they both grew silent. "Okay, worst..."

"... case scenario is that it wasn't right place right time that we picked up the power signature, but whoever is in control of that facility..."

"... might have WANTED us to find it." a pause, "No no, see what all this time on the Gladiator has done. I've gone native and now I'm paranoid."

Josey sat in the XO's chair and looked at the small monitor built into the chair's arm and stroked his chin. " Commander Kosugi, i may have a suggestion that could help. I was remembering my federation history and tactics class. During the Klingon civil war the Federation sent twenty starships to set up a blockade between the Romulan and Klingon Empires and used a tachyon net that exposed the Romulan supply fleet and turned them back. Perhaps a Tachyon pulse here would expose our elusive target? At least we'd be able to get a lock on if we were attacked. "

"Make it so, I have an niggling sensation that we're not alone besides the signature that the Captain had found."

"A tachyon net? Fascinating, a very interesting prospect." Mel commented, clearly impressed. Her binary form attended to the science console, setting up the net scan to see what the cosmos hid from prying eyes. "Tachyon net discharge in three, two, one..."

And with that the scan went out, a network pulse of tachyon particles emanating from the sensor arrays. "Awaiting results, and... oh. Oh there's.." and then the net started to scatter against the hull of two ships, revealing them out of their cloaked state. Breen ships.

"Commander!"

Josey's eyes narrowed as he saw the two Breen ships illuminated in the tachyon pulse. " Commander I would suggest we go to yellow alert and place weapons on standby. It is unclear what the Breen's intentions are, But from what we know of them it is rarely ever one that carries any peaceful overtures. "

"Go to yellow alert. Corporal McKinnon ready weapons and shields up!"

"Detecting a buildup of power along their galvin coils. They're bringing their disruptors online." Mel called from the science station. She'd begin to feed sensor data to Tactical to give them live updates on hot spots and weaknesses in the shield systems.

"Go to red alert!" Raiden commanded, "Helm evasive action!"

Opal almost anticipating Raiden's order maneuvering the ship out of the way from the fire coming from the Breen ship.

"MdKinnon, fire weapons!" Raiden commanded.

" Commander! " Josey called out. " I suggest we target Shield generators, Weapons and Engines in that order since we're out numbered two to one. I also suggest we hit them with a few quantum torpedoes each as well to knock the fight out of them and damage their shielding as fast as possible. "

Raiden quickly contemplated on Josey's suggestion. "Mckinnon, hit those spots. Hopefully that will get them to hesitated but i am not counting on it."

Opal's fingers flew, feeling like she was becoming one with the ship. Well that was just her perception at any rate.


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Medical & Operations Crew: Preparing for potential survivors or environmental hazards.
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Meanwhile, down in medical, Willow was one of the many who were prepping for what hopefully won't happen, having injured people coming to the Gladiator. Better to be prepared and not need it, than not be prepared and needing it.

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Engineering
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Tia was looking at the new guy, who had arrived onto the Gladiator. Tall, dark hair. And was rather quiet. She wondered if he had a chance to talk to Lieutenant Edruj before she left on whatever mission she was called. He only glanced in her direction, giving her a nod before he headed off out of engineering.

Before she was going to follow him, Tia was called to work on another assignment.

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Raiden watched as shots were fired with Opal doing her best to avoid the Gladiator being hit. The spread of quantum torpedos hit their targets, the Breen ships shuddering at the impact. Several torpedos got through the shielding to the Breen ships, causing damage.

The Gladiator shuddered as it was hit by return fire.

Raiden grunted at the impact, he hated the fact that the Gladiator was being hit. He saw the lights of phaser fire from the ship lance out towards the Breen ships. "Someone find a weak point where we can send another round of torpedos at them!"

Several moment ticked by, Raiden resisted the urge to drum his fingers upon the arm of the command chair.

"I've got it sir!" someone called out.

"Alrighty, aim for those areas and evasive maneuvers!" Raiden ordered.

Josey tapped on the XO's tactical computer in his chair. " Commander, Suggesting we come about to course 237.54 by 034.11 to bring us on Breen cruiser number one's flank and place it between us and the second cruiser. Breen Cruiser one's bottom shield weakening and around 35% . If we hit him hard there we could collapse his bottom shield. "

The order was given and the torpedos sent out. The Breen ships were hit, the shields went down. Operations looked back towards Raiden.

"Sir I am detecting energy emanations. They are setting themselves to blow up." the officer having a worrked expression.

"Evasive manevers!" Raiden commanded.

Opal complied

As the ship warped out of the area, there was a flash of the destruction of the Breen ships. They came back around and went to dock with the station.

"Time to pick up our people." Raiden commanded, he will be very glad to get the crew back.