Search and Rescue
Posted on Tue Sep 23rd, 2014 @ 2:53pm by Captain Liarra Von & Major Alexandria Somers & Lieutenant JG Erica De'Havean
Mission:
Aggressive Negotiations
Location: Myaz - Surface
- Marine Shuttle - Myaz surface -
The moment they had landed safely Erica turned round and spoke.
"Landed and be waiting." Keeping the shuttle hot for immediate departure.
Smiling "Thank you Ensign" Naomi said tapping Erica on the shoulder in a friendly manner, then turning to face her Squad. "okay marines, lets get our people back."
Raising her hand "Major should we not look for the jamming units too?" first Lieutenant Jasmine Allen asked.
Looking at her "Correct El tee, you take five marines and locate and neutralize those jammers, I will take the rest onto the Captain's last known location. I will know when you have succeeded as we will be able to use our sub-dermal comms" She said and Allen nodded.
Turning to Erica again "Okay, Ensign, keep the engines on standby, but switch to low power mode to assist in remaining hidden and keep a comm channel open" She said.
Erica nodded and got to work in acknowledgement of the order, seeing that the Major had better things to accomplish than listens to bunch of meaningless protocol. Placing the Shuttle in the lowest possible power setting, yet it would easily power up to full in seconds.
Smiling "okay people lets move" Naomi said as the marines exited the shuttle and quickly blended with the vegetation, all wore night vision goggles, they were an old style tool, but as it was currently night time they were an added boon. The moment they were clear of the shuttle Allen's team split off from the rest as Naomi's team headed to the Sovereign's Palace.
- Team Two -
Lieutenant Allen was no nugget, but she always felt on edge at the start of a mission, now that it was in progress her nerves were replaced with an icy resolve.
Allen's team moved quietly along heading towards an area that had the highest energy signature concentration, the only member of her team that always had to control his impulses was Private Graal a Klingon who actually joined SFMC, he and his blood kin Sergeant K'Lagg were but the only two Klingons stationed on 332.
"You will get some action soon enough Graal, now remember keep weapons on stun and if you get into a melee fight, taken them down quickly and quietly, but alive. Then we bind and gag them and destroy the communication jamming devices" She said and her team nodded.
For a good hour Allen's team advanced on their target, stopping just inside the forest boundary Staff Sergeant L'aarv Melic a Cardassian the units second technician marine scanned the units and visibly sagged.
"El tee, I have some disturbing news" he said.
Jasmine Allen looked back as she rested on her haunches "What?"
"Those units are only Communication jammers, that forward camp has fifteen of them active, they are strong too, not strong enough to reach space, but strong enough to cover the Myaz capital. One consolation and warning" He paused for effect "is that taking these fifteen out will weaken the others on the ships in orbit, we will still be unable to contact the ship, but anything on the planet will be operational again."
"Good, now the Warning part!" Allen said.
"The moment we take them down we will have half hour minimum to an hour tops to rescue the Captain and get off planet, but before that, we must nullify their shuttle and pilot." Melic responded.
"Okay Goran go do your thing, take the pilot down quietly and destroy the shuttles immediate ability to communicate and fly" She said.
The Andorian nodded and silently moved off....
- Team One -
Naomi's team advanced on the Sovereigns Palace quietly as they approached the front gates they found it heavily guarded, so they worked around to the side and found an opening, the wall here was eroded badly and two of Vaishaa's guards were easily silenced, they were rendered unconscious then bound and gagged as the team penetrated the boundaries of the Palace. They chose a route that would have little interaction with other guards, that was until they neared the rear entrance, looking around there was no hidden enemy troops on the upper levers or the roof. But to be sure Naomi had Corporal Carrie Lee Smith use a tranquilizer gun, this fired small darts tipped with a chemical solution strong enough to knock out an Earth elephant.
All that was heard was a *whiiipsh* as the darts flew and found their targets, the moment the door guards fell two marines rushed forward and dragged the unconscious guards into the undergrowth where they too were bound and gagged. With the way now clear they moved up to the door and CWO Gavin Sorensen scanned the other side for guards and other defences.
"We are clear for now, go, go, go" he said.
The team opened the door and quickly entered and closed the door behind them. They secured the ground floor and first floor, Sorensen disabled the lifts in the place, now they stayed in the shadows and waited.
- Team Two -
Private Groran To'Fal returned a short time later "It is done" Was all he said.
"Good, okay lets go taken then down quickly and quietly move" She said and four marines emerged from cover and ascended upon the unsuspecting guards quickly and quietly, as Melic looked over one of the jammers the rest of the team bound and gagged the unconscious troops. While her group was finishing Allen approached Melic.
"Okay L'aarv can you disable them?" She asked.
"Yes I will need ten minutes" He said.
"You got five, get on it" She responded.
The Cardassian grumbled but got to work, while he was busy "Sabotage any weapons and supplies you find, but if you find energy packs compatible with our weapons take as many as you can and destroy the rest" Jasmine said and her team nodded.
The Klingon and Andorian returned reporting the task done.
"I am ready to deactivate the jammers" Melic announced.
"Do it, make sure they cannot be reactivated, then we must go and be ready to support the Major on her way out" She said, the Cardassian nodded and destroyed the communication jammers.
Tapping a spot behind her ear "Allen to Griffiths, we have short range communications back, we can contact the shuttle if needed you have one hour tops."
Confirmed Jas, well done now get to your secondary position and retain Comm silence, Griffiths out, Naomi said and closed the link.
- Team Two - Support location -
Allen and her group arrived in short order at the designated place, they found two unconscious guards in the undergrowth, so while they took up positions Allen contacted the shuttle.
"Lieutenant Allen to Ensign De'Havean."
De'Havean, meiaow.
"We have limited communications, we can contact anyone on the planet, but we are still cut off from the ship, be ready Ensign, we now have fifty minutes before it becomes a live-fire exercise, be ready."
Standing by as per orders. Erica sat relaxed at the helm, ready as ever, but a bit bored from the inactivity on her part. It was hard to wait, without becoming bored. She began to work on her report, just enough to be alert to respond quickly and not get bored.
"Understood remain on minimal power, but keep comms ready, Allen out," Jasmine said and closed the link.
Erica made a funny face at the now silent comm's board as she knew how to do her job. But then she was new to them and a wildcard to them.
- Team One -
After closing the link to Allen Naomi tapped the same area behind her ear "Griffiths to Smith, you still alive?" she asked.
- Sovereign's Palace - Detention area -
The area the prisoners were in was some distance from where Vaishaa was holed up, here he was minding his business when he jumped as his sub-dermal suddenly activated.
Griffiths to Smith, you still alive?
Deciding he needed some exercise he stood up and walked to the far end of the room away from the door and from the guards as he slyly activated his implant behind his left ear.
"About time Major, we are kinda in a pickle here, anyway what you need?"
Is the Captain okay? If she is call her over to you.
"Understood, hold the line," he said and turned to face the others "Captain Von, may I speak to you quietly please?" He asked, his body language indicated something was up as he waited for the Captain to walk over to him.
The guards were starting to look a bit uneasy as Von moved to Smith. It was possible that they were starting to suspect that something was up. One of them even whispered into his wrist mounted communicator, though Liarra was too far away to make it out. It couldn't have been good. "What do you have, Jeff?" she asked at a whisper of her, her back to the guards. She didn't know if they could read lips, but she wasn't going to take the chance.
"Major Griffiths's second team has taken care of the comm jammers on the planet but not the transporter jammers as it seems they are on the ships and still have no contact with the ship, but she has a shuttle two clicks from us, make it quick, but if you got any instructions, speak into my ear as if you were speaking to the Major and she will hear you. But she is ready to come to us, she wants to know where we are in the Palace exactly" Smith said.
Von nodded slowly. "We're in the throne room. The only part of the palace we've seen is the front entrance, a corridor, and the throne room itself. I'm afraid I can't help much more than that. Make sure you bring spare phasers. I'm going to want to be armed."
After Von had spoken Smith acknowledged that Griffiths had heard her and understood, as he walked back to the rest, he looked at his guards "I needed a little exercise and I had something private I needed to speak to my Captain about." He said with a charming smile.
"Tell the Captain we are en-route, Griffiths out" Naomi responded back.
Looking at the Captain as they sat back down with the rest of the captives "on their way" He quietly said to Von.
Von only nodded. The less that was said at this point, the better.
- Team Two -
Lieutenant Allen and her Squad overheard what was being said and tapped her commbadge. "Allen to De'Havean."
De'Havean, Erica responded quickly to the call. Alert for anything.
"Put shuttle onto standby and be ready, I have a feeling that it is going to get extremely noisy and we will need the shuttle ready to land at my coordinate most likely under fire, you ready Ensign?" Allen asked.
Shuttle's ready and weapons on stand-by. Just give the word. ETA 3 minutes. Erica inputted the coordinates she received from Lieutenant Allen as she brought the shuttle up to full power.
Captain Liarra Von
Commanding Officer
Starbase 332
Major Naomi Griffiths
MCO 14th Btn omega Squad
Starbase 332
Captain Jeff Smith [NPC: Griffiths]
Marine XO Omega Squad 14th Btn
Starbase 332
1st Lt. Jasmin Allen [NPC: Griffiths]
Marine Officer/Squad Leader 14th btn
Starbase 332
Ensign Erica De'Havean [NPC: Akiashiro]
Acting Chief Flight Control Officer
USS Carthage
