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 ===== Stardate 49357.69, Wednesday May 10th 2372, 2200 hours ===== ===== Stardate 49357.69, Wednesday May 10th 2372, 2200 hours =====
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 The senior officers gather for the daily staff meeting. Phillip happily reports that the Starfleet Corps of Engineers (SCE) repaired the //Thunderbird// and she is back in the shuttlebay. The rest of the meeting is perfunctory, but Ssleestak and K’tral both report they have found no evidence of sabotage on the //Solstice//. Saval reviews their orders for reconnaissance, and Jessa jokes, “So poke it, but not with your fingers.” Saval raises her eyebrow and retorts, “Thank you, counselor.” Before she can say anything further, the doors swish open and [[trek:characters:jen]] strides in, followed meekly by Nurse [[trek:characters:akorim|Akorim Fala]]. Ssleestak tenses, as he’s half-convinced the young woman is a changeling. The senior officers gather for the daily staff meeting. Phillip happily reports that the Starfleet Corps of Engineers (SCE) repaired the //Thunderbird// and she is back in the shuttlebay. The rest of the meeting is perfunctory, but Ssleestak and K’tral both report they have found no evidence of sabotage on the //Solstice//. Saval reviews their orders for reconnaissance, and Jessa jokes, “So poke it, but not with your fingers.” Saval raises her eyebrow and retorts, “Thank you, counselor.” Before she can say anything further, the doors swish open and [[trek:characters:jen]] strides in, followed meekly by Nurse [[trek:characters:akorim|Akorim Fala]]. Ssleestak tenses, as he’s half-convinced the young woman is a changeling.
  
-Swims immediately rears up and snaps, “You’re supposed to be resting!” Jen ignores her, marches straight to Saval, and whispers something in her ear. Mel and the others catch bits and pieces, but K’tral overhears her clearly – the Dominion has murdered the [[trek:characters:thearch|Theárch]]! K’tral leans back to whisper to Mel, while Saval announces, “I find it disturbing, ensign, that despite the fact I’m almost four times your age, you are very good at manipulating me.” She gestures, and Jen walks to the foot of the table. She toggles a command on the viewscreen, and then the officers see a Dai’Loq in segmented platinum armor, the emblem of the Dai’Loq Sphere molded to her chest, and a mask depicting a crying face with tears of amethyst. +Swims immediately rears up and snaps, “You’re supposed to be resting!” Jen ignores her, marches straight to Saval, and whispers something in her ear. Mel and the others catch bits and pieces, but K’tral overhears her clearly – the Dominion has murdered the [[trek:characters:karrana|Thearch]]! K’tral leans back to whisper to Mel, while Saval announces, “I find it disturbing, ensign, that despite the fact I’m almost four times your age, you are very good at manipulating me.” She gestures, and Jen walks to the foot of the table. She toggles a command on the viewscreen, and then the officers see a Dai’Loq in segmented platinum armor, the emblem of the Dai’Loq Sphere molded to her chest, and a mask depicting a crying face with tears of amethyst. 
  
 Jen states, “That was Theárch Karrana. She was killed and replaced by a Founder.” Ssleestak asks, “Are you in communication with the Dai’Loq now, or did you glean this form your brief contact with their network during the confrontation?” Jen replies, “The latter, apparently I was a busy corpse. It’s only after resting was I able to piece things together. The most important thing is that Captain **[[trek:characters:buldini|Buldini]]** hailed the Dai’Loq flagship just before the //Phoenix// collided with it. During the collision, a piece of the ceiling speared through the false Theárch and it reverted back to liquid form for a second. Captain Buldini yelled a warning, and Bishop [[trek:characters:kital]], who was there so the archbishops could keep an eye on her, opened fire. The Dai’Loq killed that changeling, and took the //Phoenix// survivors into custody. After an interrogation, the newly promoted Archbishop Kital called off the assault. I decided this was mission-critical intelligence that you needed to know as soon as possible.” Jen states, “That was Theárch Karrana. She was killed and replaced by a Founder.” Ssleestak asks, “Are you in communication with the Dai’Loq now, or did you glean this form your brief contact with their network during the confrontation?” Jen replies, “The latter, apparently I was a busy corpse. It’s only after resting was I able to piece things together. The most important thing is that Captain **[[trek:characters:buldini|Buldini]]** hailed the Dai’Loq flagship just before the //Phoenix// collided with it. During the collision, a piece of the ceiling speared through the false Theárch and it reverted back to liquid form for a second. Captain Buldini yelled a warning, and Bishop [[trek:characters:kital]], who was there so the archbishops could keep an eye on her, opened fire. The Dai’Loq killed that changeling, and took the //Phoenix// survivors into custody. After an interrogation, the newly promoted Archbishop Kital called off the assault. I decided this was mission-critical intelligence that you needed to know as soon as possible.”
  
-Mel and Saval both nod in agreement, and Jen continues, “I don’t know much more, unfortunately, as the rest has been classified by the Questoria. ((the Dai’Loq secret police) But there are survivors from the //Phoenix// and the Questoria have them, and I think I can track down at least one of their bases.” Mel muses on the prospect of Archbishop Kital being an ally, but Jen shakes her head and says, “She’s archbishop in name only. The Vak’tal Council won’t allow an atavism that much power. Currently, Archbishop Kaeras is the frontrunner for Theárch.”+Mel and Saval both nod in agreement, and Jen continues, “I don’t know much more, unfortunately, as the rest has been classified by the Questoria. ((the Dai’Loq secret police)) But there are survivors from the //Phoenix// and the Questoria have them, and I think I can track down at least one of their bases.” Mel muses on the prospect of Archbishop Kital being an ally, but Jen shakes her head and says, “She’s archbishop in name only. The Vak’tal Council won’t allow an atavism that much power. Currently, Archbishop Kaeras is the frontrunner for Theárch.”
  
 Mel leans in to ask Saval quietly, “Did you manage to talk to your mother last night?” Saval shakes her head and says softly, “Admiral [[trek:characters:tkonra|T’konra]] is unavailable.” Ssleestak and K’tral try to keep all the new names straight, but Ssleestak asks, “Do the nanites communicate over subspace? Is this a security risk?” Shan’taar replies, “We’re aware, but the crucial factor is the nanites have mutated to function within a human host. Although I don’t put too much stock in anything else they said, the Questoria did inform us that they can’t override Jen’s nanites anymore. The security risk is primarily one way, in our benefit.”  Mel leans in to ask Saval quietly, “Did you manage to talk to your mother last night?” Saval shakes her head and says softly, “Admiral [[trek:characters:tkonra|T’konra]] is unavailable.” Ssleestak and K’tral try to keep all the new names straight, but Ssleestak asks, “Do the nanites communicate over subspace? Is this a security risk?” Shan’taar replies, “We’re aware, but the crucial factor is the nanites have mutated to function within a human host. Although I don’t put too much stock in anything else they said, the Questoria did inform us that they can’t override Jen’s nanites anymore. The security risk is primarily one way, in our benefit.” 
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 At 1210 hours, Jen takes a break and grabs lunch for everyone from the replicator. The officers eat and keep joking, while Ssleestak bemoans the horror of weaponized //hasperat//. At 1230 hours, Jen howls in pain and lurches forward, blood spraying from her nose! The blood splatters all over Science II – and then dissolves into blue dust, which then disintegrates! Mel immediately calls for medical help as Fal rushes over. He grabs her to steady her, and he sees a thin, gray film covers her eyes – she’s blind. Fal tells her quickly, and she rasps, “I had it. I had it, Marik. I understood it, just for a second. Why the Prophets chose me as Their Hand, the Temporal Cold War, Phillip’s deaths, the Krenim, everything. And now it’s gone. How long until we reach Capella?” At 1210 hours, Jen takes a break and grabs lunch for everyone from the replicator. The officers eat and keep joking, while Ssleestak bemoans the horror of weaponized //hasperat//. At 1230 hours, Jen howls in pain and lurches forward, blood spraying from her nose! The blood splatters all over Science II – and then dissolves into blue dust, which then disintegrates! Mel immediately calls for medical help as Fal rushes over. He grabs her to steady her, and he sees a thin, gray film covers her eyes – she’s blind. Fal tells her quickly, and she rasps, “I had it. I had it, Marik. I understood it, just for a second. Why the Prophets chose me as Their Hand, the Temporal Cold War, Phillip’s deaths, the Krenim, everything. And now it’s gone. How long until we reach Capella?”
  
-Startled, Fal replies, “We’re not going to Capella.” Jen insists, “Yes, of course we are, for Peel’s installation.” K’tral and Ssleestak are totally lost, but the others quickly realize this is Captain Jennifer Kras. Mel speaks up and tells Jen that the //Solstic//e is on route to investigate the Dominion warp trail the day following the Founder’s discovery, and provides the exact stardate – 49359.35. Jen freezes as her eyes clear and then she says hoarsely, “That’s it. That’s what the Prophets want. We have to turn around. In four hours, ultritium explosives will destroy the four houses of worship, triggering a massive backlash as the Bajorans slaughter the Cardassians and the Vulcans go after the Romulans. But it’s neither group, the bombs used molecular decay detonates – this is the Romulan Star Empire.”+Startled, Fal replies, “We’re not going to Capella.” Jen insists, “Yes, of course we are, for Peel’s installation.” K’tral and Ssleestak are totally lost, but the others quickly realize this is Captain Jennifer Kras. Mel speaks up and tells Jen that the //Solstice// is on route to investigate the Dominion warp trail the day following the Founder’s discovery, and provides the exact stardate – 49359.35. Jen freezes as her eyes clear and then she says hoarsely, “That’s it. That’s what the Prophets want. We have to turn around. In four hours, ultritium explosives will destroy the four houses of worship, triggering a massive backlash as the Bajorans slaughter the Cardassians and the Vulcans go after the Romulans. But it’s neither group, the bombs used molecular decay detonators – this is the Romulan Star Empire.”
  
 Phillip brings the //Solstice// about and resumes course back to New P’Jem without hesitation, seconds before Mel issues that exact same order. Doctor [[trek:characters:vrax|Vrax]] bursts onto the bridge and races for Jen; he quickly scans her with a medical tricorder and groans, “Not again.” Jen hisses, “40,000 people, almost two-thirds of the colony, will die. This is [[trek:characters:chevranek|Chevranek]]’s sister, she’s a Romulan senator. Senator [[trek:characters:trell|T’rell]]. We screwed up with //The Pride of Narendra//, we hijacked the ship’s computer but we forgot about their shuttles. Some of their crew managed to get off and warn their allies. This is payback, timed for when we’d be gone for maximum emotional suffering.”  Phillip brings the //Solstice// about and resumes course back to New P’Jem without hesitation, seconds before Mel issues that exact same order. Doctor [[trek:characters:vrax|Vrax]] bursts onto the bridge and races for Jen; he quickly scans her with a medical tricorder and groans, “Not again.” Jen hisses, “40,000 people, almost two-thirds of the colony, will die. This is [[trek:characters:chevranek|Chevranek]]’s sister, she’s a Romulan senator. Senator [[trek:characters:trell|T’rell]]. We screwed up with //The Pride of Narendra//, we hijacked the ship’s computer but we forgot about their shuttles. Some of their crew managed to get off and warn their allies. This is payback, timed for when we’d be gone for maximum emotional suffering.” 
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 Karzanna confirms, //“A Flounder… Founder? Whatever. It replaced our Theárch. Good news is massed disruptor fire kills those things quite nicely.”// Fal replies, “It was a Founder, and that’s good to know.” Karzanna adds, //“Also, these Founders cannot replicate our nanites.”// Fal files that away before she adds, “I have to go.” Fal promises, “I’ll call you back soon if I’m not dead.” Karzanna signs off, and then Fal turns to find K’tral right behind him. She asks, “Are you having intercourse with that?” Flabbergasted, Fal replies, “Not currently.”  Karzanna confirms, //“A Flounder… Founder? Whatever. It replaced our Theárch. Good news is massed disruptor fire kills those things quite nicely.”// Fal replies, “It was a Founder, and that’s good to know.” Karzanna adds, //“Also, these Founders cannot replicate our nanites.”// Fal files that away before she adds, “I have to go.” Fal promises, “I’ll call you back soon if I’m not dead.” Karzanna signs off, and then Fal turns to find K’tral right behind him. She asks, “Are you having intercourse with that?” Flabbergasted, Fal replies, “Not currently.” 
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 +=====Summary=====
 +Jen Kras reveals the death of the Dai’Loq Thearch and the potential rise of Archbishop Kearas. The //Solstice// departs Starbase 212 to investigate the possible location of the Dominion presence in the sector. The senior officers bond a bit with K’tral and Ssleestak. Shortly after lunch, Jen has a seizure and her future self emerges. Captain Kras informs them Chevranek’s sister, a Romulan senator, will destroy Sarek City in a few hours. The //Solstice// reverses course, and Captain Kras replicates an advanced cloaking device, and tweaks the EPS grid to get the ship up to warp 9.998. Fal speaks with Chirurgeon Karzanna and confirms Jen’s earlier intel.  
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