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 ====== Episode 40: Breaking the Glass - Act 4 ======
-===== Stardate 49440.1, Friday June 10th, 2372; 0845 hours =====
 //Game was 3/18/21.//
+===== Stardate 49440.1, Friday June 10th, 2372; 0845 hours =====
 ==== Ssleestak Says His Goodbyes ====
-The Starfleet crew has a few hours before the Dominion transport arrives with the guests from the //U.S.S. Agincourt//. Phillip leaves the bridge and heads to his office overlooking the main shuttlebay. Once there he immediately starts running programs and simulations on how to de-loadstone the entire ship! K'tral decides to take a much-deserved nap while Ssleestak says goodbye to his new friends... which means a lot of sex! Jessa has left Fal to his work and retreated to her office, deciding that she is not coming out until the transport arrives.
+The Starfleet crew has a few hours before the Dominion transport arrives with the guests from the //U.S.S. Agincourt//. [[trek:solstice:pcs:phillip|Phillip]] leaves the bridge and heads to his office overlooking the main shuttlebay. Once there he immediately starts running programs and simulations on how to de-loadstone the entire ship! [[trek:solstice:pcs:ktral]] decides to take a much-deserved nap while [[trek:solstice:pcs:ssleestak]] says goodbye to his new friends... which means a lot of sex! [[trek:solstice:pcs:jessa|Jessa]] has left [[trek:solstice:pcs:fal|Fal]] to his work and retreated to her office, deciding that she is not coming out until the transport arrives.
 For his part, Fal writes down some of the ideas he came up with while talking to Jessa and then hails Ssleestak to ask how the repairs on the sensor pallets are going. Ssleestak replies, //"Be quiet for just a moment. Fal! What can I do for you?"// Utterly oblivious, Fal asks for an update on the sensors and if he could help with the repairs; Ssleestak says enthusiastically, //"That's 17-A on my list. They've been realigned, but if you want to go check it out, go for it. OK, thanks, bye!"// Fal heads to the various sensor pallets and performs an excruciating five-hundred- and thirty-two-point inspection, coming up with a handful of micro-realignments that he quickly corrects. As he works Fal realizes but these sensors have never been touched by Lieutenant Jace Fortis.
-Once he completes his inspection, Fal decides to visit his friend Jen in sickbay. He walks in to find her on her usual bilobed and greets her. They talk for a bit, but he realizes that she is not completely cognizant of what's going on. She keeps referring to him by other names and then earnestly tells him, "Listen, I know you've been dealt a bad deal. But trust me on this, try the science thing! I know a Fal; he is an excellent scientist!" Fal tries to figure out who she is talking to, but she starts babbling about how Bajor was conquered by humans!((She's talking to the Mirror Universe Fal Marik.
+Once he completes his inspection, Fal decides to visit his friend [[trek:characters:jen|Jen]] in sickbay. He walks in to find her on her usual biobed and greets her. They talk for a bit, but he realizes that she is not completely cognizant of what's going on. She keeps referring to him by other names and then earnestly tells him, "Listen, I know you've been dealt a bad deal. But trust me on this, try the science thing! I know a Fal; he is an excellent scientist!" Fal tries to figure out who she is talking to, but she starts babbling about how Bajor was conquered by humans!((She's talking to the Mirror Universe Fal Marik.))
-))
-Fal unobtrusively memorizes anything pertinent that she is saying, but then she whispers to him, "Do you know what's really weird? Ssleestak is a vegetarian!" Fal has no idea what she is talking about((She's seeing their Mirror Universe counterparts. Mirror-Ssleestak is a vegetarian, which Daniel found utterly hilarious.
+Fal unobtrusively memorizes anything pertinent that she is saying, but then she whispers to him, "Do you know what's really weird? Ssleestak is a vegetarian!" Fal has no idea what she is talking about((She's seeing their Mirror Universe counterparts. Mirror-Ssleestak is a vegetarian, which [[players:daniel]] found utterly hilarious.)) as obviously Ssleestak likes meat, but then she tells him earnestly, "Wait, you have to tell her. Tell her [[trek:characters:simon|Simon]] is looking for her and that's not a good thing!" Confused, Fal asks, "Who should I tell this to?" As Jen's vitals suddenly spike, she whispers, "Tell [[trek:solstice:pcs:mel|Mel]]! You have to tell Mel this!" Fal suddenly realizes that [[trek:characters:swims|Swims]] is looming over him and he announces, "Visiting hours are over, got it!" He quickly exits sickbay and then hails Mel. He passes on the warning, but she is as confused as he is. She declares, //"One more thing to be concerned about."// Mel thanks him and then returns to work in her ready room.
-)) as obviously Ssleestak likes meat, but then she tells him earnestly, "Wait, you have to tell her. Tell her Simon is looking for her and that's not a good thing!" Confused, Fal asks, "Who should I tell this to?" As Jen's vitals suddenly spike, she whispers, "Tell Mel! You have to tell Mel this!" Fal suddenly realizes that Swims is looming over him and he announces, "Visiting hours are over, got it!" He quickly exits sickbay and then hails Mel. He passes on the warning, but she is as confused as he is. She declares, //"One more thing to be concerned about."// Mel thanks him and then returns to work in her ready room.
 ==== "You're Really High!" ====
-At 1425 hours the Dominion station hails Mel and informs her with the transport vessel is on track to arrive at 1500 hours. They make it clear that Mel has the lead on this, so she thanks them and ends the hail. She then heads down to deck six to check on her counselor. She taps the door chime and Armina bids her to enter. She greets Mel enthusiastically, so much so that Mel rears back in surprise and asks, "Are you alright?" Armina insists that she is great, and everything is wonderful, and Mel asks, "Are you tripping balls?"
+At 1425 hours the Dominion station hails Mel and informs her with the transport vessel is on track to arrive at 1500 hours. They make it clear that Mel has the lead on this, so she thanks them and ends the hail. She then heads down to deck six to check on her counselor. She taps the door chime and [[trek:characters:armina|Armina]] bids her to enter. She greets Mel enthusiastically, so much so that Mel rears back in surprise and asks, "Are you alright?" Armina insists that she is great, and everything is wonderful, and Mel asks, "Are you tripping balls?"
-Armina laughs off the suggestion and remains unnaturally upbeat, so Mel carefully asks, "You know there might be some side effects of that Dominion drug, right? Again Armina waves off the concern but then announces,"I'm hungry!" Thoroughly convinced that her senior counselor is having a reaction to the Dominion medicine, Mel suggests Armina get nachos. Armina agrees and immediately gets some nachos from the replicator. Although she does offer Mel some, Armina starts demolishing the nachos and Mel concedes to herself, //"She's really high."//
+Armina laughs off the suggestion and remains unnaturally upbeat, so Mel carefully asks, "You know there might be some side effects of that Dominion drug, right? Again Armina waves off the concern but then announces, "I'm hungry!" Thoroughly convinced that her senior counselor is having a reaction to the Dominion medicine, Mel suggests Armina get nachos. Armina agrees and immediately gets some nachos from the replicator. Although she does offer Mel some, Armina starts demolishing the nachos and Mel concedes to herself, //"She's really high."//
 Realizing Armina is in no way, shape, or form able to help, Mel bids her good day and exits her cabin. She takes the turbolift up to deck four and traipses over to the counselor's office. She walks in and Jessa looks up in terror. Jessa asks quietly, "You're not on my schedule; I don't have to track you down for a session for a few weeks. Is this about earlier?" Mel shakes her head and replies, "I don't care about that." In the back of Jessa's mind, she hears Terjan cry out, //"Yes!"//
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 ==== The Transport Ship Arrives ====
-Mel returns to ready room and chooses her away team. She decides that she will deal with this herself, leaving Christopher in command of the ship. She selects Ssleestak, K'tral, Fal, Phillip, Shan'taar, Doctor Vrax, Lieutenant Park, and obviously Jessa. She also selects nurses Neri Malim and Akorim Fala, along with Chief Jason Whitley of logistics to be on hand just in case they need backup.
+Mel returns to ready room and chooses her away team. She decides that she will deal with this herself, leaving [[trek:characters:hall|Christopher]] in command of the ship. She selects Ssleestak, K'tral, Fal, Phillip, [[trek:characters:shantaar|Shan'taar]], [[trek:characters:vrax|Doctor Vrax]], [[trek:characters:park|Lieutenant Park]], and obviously Jessa. She also selects nurses [[trek:characters:neri|Neri Malim]] and [[trek:characters:akorim|Akorim Fala]], along with Chief [[trek:characters:whitley|Jason Whitley]] of logistics to be on hand just in case they need backup.
 At 1500 hours precisely a massive transport ship drops out of warp next to the installation! The Starfleet officers examine it on the main viewscreen and find it gigantic, with a sloped triangular hull and a command tower. Phillip and Ssleestak assess the ship and realize that this is a disaster recovery ship, as they can see large cargo bays doors on the lower levels of this vessel, clearly intended for use for when the vessel lands to render assistance. Phillip estimates the ship can't top warp seven due to its mass. The massive conveyor approaches with thrusters and chooses a docking port three ports starboard from the //Varich//. The vessel is so large, however, that the prow of the ship blocks the two docking ports on either side of her!
-Ublis hails Mel and says through clenched teeth, //"My apologies, captain. I had intended for our guests to meet you at the airlock so you could bring them back to your ship. However, your comrades are refusing to leave their suite."// Mel picks up on the implication and assures Ublis, "We are on our way." She gathers her away team and they disembark from the //Varich// onto the Dominion installation. They move briskly down the corridor to the correct docking port, where they see Ublis and a handful of Jem'Hadar waiting for them. As they near, they realize Ublis has recovered from the earlier psionic shockwave, but his nasal cavities and sinuses show deep purple bruises.
+[[trek:characters:ublis|Ublis]] hails Mel and says through clenched teeth, //"My apologies, captain. I had intended for our guests to meet you at the airlock so you could bring them back to your ship. However, your comrades are refusing to leave their suite."// Mel picks up on the implication and assures Ublis, "We are on our way." She gathers her away team and they disembark from the //Varich// onto the Dominion installation. They move briskly down the corridor to the correct docking port, where they see Ublis and a handful of Jem'Hadar waiting for them. As they near, they realize Ublis has recovered from the earlier psionic shockwave, but his nasal cavities and sinuses show deep purple bruises.
 Ublis greets them and explains, "Your comrades were assigned a suite of rooms on this ship a year ago. Although they have essentially free reign of the ship outside of the usual command center, armory, and main engineering, they've never left those rooms; they believe that we're bringing them to a forced labor camp." The Starfleet officers pick up on the big 'take your kids and leave' energy as Mel replies, "I'm afraid you can blame your counterparts for that." Ublis groans but motions for them to follow him.
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 Jessa calls out, "Hello?" Shan'taar gestures to a sensor display right next to the door that shows several life-signs clustered in the back bedrooms. Straight ahead is a shadowy hallway to those rooms, and the Starfleet officers immediately realize someone is lurking there, just out of sight. Mel is forced to admit that she would do the same thing, but she steps forward and loudly states, "I am Captain Mel Deline of the //U.S.S. Varich//. We are here to rescue you!"
-The figure in the hallway steps forward and they spot a male Vulcan in command red. His uniform is in tatters and his hair and beard are shaggy and unkempt. However, his three rank pips and his combadge are sparkling clean. This Vulcan, presumably Commander S'ten, eyes Mel up and down before turning and carefully staring at each member of the away team until he gets to Ssleestak. Then, the Vulcan does a visible double take at the sight of a Gorn in a Starfleet uniform! Ssleestak stares at him right back and snorts with disgust, "Are you sure these are Starfleet officers?" For a brief microsecond, a startled expression flickers on the Vulcan's face, and then Ssleestak continues, "Look at the state of that uniform! There's no reason for this lack of discipline!"
+The figure in the hallway steps forward and they spot a male Vulcan in command red. His uniform is in tatters and his hair and beard are shaggy and unkempt. However, his three rank pips and his combadge are sparkling clean. This Vulcan, presumably Commander [[trek:characters:sten|S'ten]], eyes Mel up and down before turning and carefully staring at each member of the away team until he gets to Ssleestak. Then, the Vulcan does a visible double take at the sight of a Gorn in a Starfleet uniform! Ssleestak stares at him right back and snorts with disgust, "Are you sure these are Starfleet officers?" For a brief microsecond, a startled expression flickers on the Vulcan's face, and then Ssleestak continues, "Look at the state of that uniform! There's no reason for this lack of discipline!"
-Shan'taar snorts while Fal nods in agreement, but Mel warns, "Lieutenant." Ssleestak never stops staring at the Vulcan but makes another dismissive snort. Jessa comments, "I've never seen you this judgey! Also, rude!" K'tral steps behind Ssleestak and crosses her arms to appear as Vulcan as possible, all the while trying not to laugh. Vrax and Phillip try to remain neutral, and Mel tells Commander S'ten, "This should prove that we're not changelings." Jessa jokes, "Unless we're sassy changelings!" Fal retorts, "Sassy changelings who turn into a giant Gorn? That's do much work!" Mel sighs as Jessa snickers. S'ten creeps out of the hallway further, very wary, and Ssleestak gives another dismissive snort. Before Mel can say anything, K'tral turns around and slaps Ssleestak on the chest before hissing, "Too far!"
+Shan'taar snorts while Fal nods in agreement, but Mel warns, "Lieutenant." Ssleestak never stops staring at the Vulcan but makes another dismissive snort. Jessa comments, "I've never seen you this judgey! Also, rude!" K'tral steps behind Ssleestak and crosses her arms to appear as Vulcan as possible, all the while trying not to laugh. Vrax and Phillip try to remain neutral, and Mel tells Commander S'ten, "This should prove that we're not changelings." Jessa jokes, "Unless we're sassy changelings!" Fal retorts, "Sassy changelings who turn into a giant Gorn? That's too much work!" Mel sighs as Jessa snickers. S'ten creeps out of the hallway further, very wary, and Ssleestak gives another dismissive snort. Before Mel can say anything, K'tral turns around and slaps Ssleestak on the chest before hissing, "Too far!"
 ==== The Scientist ====
-After that exchange, a female Denobulan in science blue steps out of the hallway and Mel and the others note that her uniform, while a bit threadbare, has clearly been repaired a few times. The Denobulan declares, "I think they're not changelings." Fal moves to nudge Ssleestak to behave, but Ssleestak snaps, "Did you do anything useful, like gathering information on the Dominion, or did you just instead hide in the dark?" Jessa groans and tells Commander S'ten and the Denobulan, "I'm sorry they sent to the clown college, but we're really here to rescue you."
+After that exchange, a female Denobulan in science blue steps out of the hallway and Mel and the others note that her uniform, while a bit threadbare, has clearly been repaired a few times. The Denobulan declares, "I think they're not changelings." Fal moves to nudge Ssleestak to behave, but Ssleestak snaps, "Did you do anything useful, like gathering information on the Dominion, or did you just instead hide in the dark?" Jessa groans and tells Commander S'ten and the Denobulan, "I'm sorry they sent in the clown college, but we're really here to rescue you."
-Ssleestak realizes that he went way too far and lowers his head in embarrassment. The Denobulan introduces herself as Lieutenant Sabra and asks if they have a padd or a tricorder. Ssleestak wordlessly hands over the equipment which Sabra clearly covets! Commander S'ten speaks for the first time to warn Sabra, "This could be a trap." Sabra replies, "Don't care!" and is immediately engrossed with the padd and the tricorder. Commander S'ten lifts his eyebrow precisely two millimeters and says, "Well, we've lost her."
+Ssleestak realizes that he went way too far and lowers his head in embarrassment. The Denobulan introduces herself as Lieutenant [[trek:characters:sabra|Sabra]] and asks if they have a padd or a tricorder. Ssleestak wordlessly hands over the equipment which Sabra clearly covets! Commander S'ten speaks for the first time to warn Sabra, "This could be a trap." Sabra replies, "Don't care!" and is immediately engrossed with the padd and the tricorder. Commander S'ten lifts his eyebrow precisely two millimeters and says, "Well, we've lost her."
 ==== Vulcan Spite ====
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 Mel admits that the scientists on her ship often get that same look, and then S'ten ask her challengingly, "What class of ship is the //Varich//?" Mel replies, "She's a //Nova//-class," and Jessa adds, "With a gun on top!" S'ten eyes her warily, but Mel explains, "The //Varich// is brand new. Literally she rolled off the construction line, we boarded her, and we left for this mission. Normally, I command the //U.S.S. Solstice//."
-S'ten snaps his head up to glare at Mel and he says tersely, "Selense!" Mel quirks her eyebrow and says, "I see you've met Alberic. Yes, I served with Lieutenant Selense." S'ten narrows his eyes as he asks, "Lieutenant?" Mel only replies with a smile, so S'ten asks her about Alberic's uncle Clarence. Mel admits, "I don't know his family, the only uncle I've heard about is Victor Selense." She realizes that this was a test, but Ssleestak interjects, "Sir, the Dominion would know that." Mel realizes that Ssleestak is right, while Jessa turns to K'tral and asks, "Did you feed him extra sass juice?" K'tral retorts, "I was asleep. This is what happens when he gets too much sex." Ssleestak protests, "it was not just sex!"
+S'ten snaps his head up to glare at Mel and he says tersely, "Selense!" Mel quirks her eyebrow and says, "I see you've met [[trek:solstice:pcs:z_alberic|Alberic]]. Yes, I served with Lieutenant Selense." S'ten narrows his eyes as he asks, "Lieutenant?" Mel only replies with a smile, so S'ten asks her about Alberic's uncle Clarence. Mel admits, "I don't know his family, the only uncle I've heard about is [[trek:characters:victor_selense|Victor Selense]]." She realizes that this was a test, but Ssleestak interjects, "Sir, the Dominion would know that." Mel realizes that Ssleestak is right, while Jessa turns to K'tral and asks, "Did you feed him extra sass juice?" K'tral retorts, "I was asleep. This is what happens when he gets too much sex." Ssleestak protests, "it was not just sex!"
 Mel snorts and Jessa declares, "I want it on record that everyone higher rank than me is misbehaving this time!" Jessa then offers to take a blood test to prove that she is not a changeling, but she concedes, "Unfortunately, I personally question the efficacy of that for a test." S'ten nods in agreement and then Ssleestak blurts out, "It probably didn't work when their captain got replaced by a changeling!"
-S'ten turns on Ssleestak and snarls, "What?" Jessa tells Ssleestak, "You are not allowed to get laid again." S'ten and Sabra stare at them in shock and Mel gently explains, "Your Captain Taylor Leonard is dead. A changeling infiltrated your ship back in our universe and was on board when the //Agincourt// arrived in the Mirror Universe. We believe the changeling killed and replaced Captain Leonard at that point."
+S'ten turns on Ssleestak and snarls, "What?" Jessa tells Ssleestak, "You are not allowed to get laid again." S'ten and Sabra stare at them in shock and Mel gently explains, "Your [[trek:characters:leonard|Captain Taylor Leonard]] is dead. A changeling infiltrated your ship back in our universe and was on board when the //Agincourt// arrived in the Mirror Universe. We believe the changeling killed and replaced Captain Leonard at that point."
 S'ten narrows his eyes as he mutters to himself, "The captain ordered us to get past the Cardassian- Klingon alliance and go for the wormhole. He said he wanted to get out of the line of fire, but I do recall thinking that decision was illogical. However, if Captain Leonard had been replaced by a changeling, that would explain it." Mel adds, "Apparently our changeling tried to join their Great Link and it failed completely."
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 ==== The Other Bajoran Hot Head ====
-Everyone then hears a verbal torrent of colorful Bajoran epithets coming from the hallway! Fal reddens slightly but Jessa, who speaks Bajoran, yells back, "My mother was not that flexible! She was a singer, not a gymnast." A young male Bajoran in a tattered command red uniform with one solid pip storms out of the hallway and declares, "Commander, this is Dominion trick!" Jessa starts to respond, but then she sees Fal give the younger Bajoran his 'I'm not mad I'm just disappointed' look. The younger Bajoran eyes Fal and starts spewing insults in Bajoran, including accusing him of collaborating with the spoonheads to get such a high rank in Starfleet, and declares he's either a collaborator or a changeling! Fal 's eyes narrow and Mel gives him a subtle 'go-ahead' gesture.
+Everyone then hears a verbal torrent of colorful Bajoran epithets coming from the hallway! Fal reddens slightly but Jessa, who speaks Bajoran, yells back, "My mother was not that flexible! She was a singer, not a gymnast." A [[trek:characters:trelar|young male Bajoran]] in a tattered command red uniform with one solid pip storms out of the hallway and declares, "Commander, this is a Dominion trick!" Jessa starts to respond, but then she sees Fal give the younger Bajoran his 'I'm not mad I'm just disappointed' look. The younger Bajoran eyes Fal and starts spewing insults in Bajoran, including accusing him of collaborating with the spoonheads to get such a high rank in Starfleet, and declares he's either a collaborator or a changeling! Fal 's eyes narrow and Mel gives him a subtle 'go-ahead' gesture.
 Fal snaps, "You are out of line, ensign, stand down!" Jessa quirks her right eyebrow two millimeters in a perfect copy of the Vulcan 'fascinating' eyebrow gesture. The young Bajoran continues to mock Fal, calling him a spoiled effete academic based solely on his Musillan accent. Fal does not dispute dispersions but retorts sharply, "I've thrown better Bajorans than you through a window for less."
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 ==== The Betazoid ====
-Before tempers can flare even more, another male Starfleet officer steps out of the hallway, wearing science blue. At first Mel and the other officers think this man is human until he gets closer, and then they see his dark eyes and realize that he is a Betazoid. The man introduces himself as Ensign Oakes Eveanox; he apologizes for his Bajoran comrade's hostility, but carefully reminds Mel and her officers that they have been prisoners of the Dominion for over a year now, and subject to their mental games.((Not that the Mirror-Dominion did any.
+Before tempers can flare even more, another male Starfleet officer steps out of the hallway, wearing science blue. At first Mel and the other officers think this man is human until he gets closer, and then they see his dark eyes and realize that he is a Betazoid. The man introduces himself as Ensign [[trek:characters:oakes|Oakes Eveanox]]; he apologizes for his Bajoran comrade's hostility, but carefully reminds Mel and her officers that they have been prisoners of the Dominion for over a year now, and subject to their mental games. ((Not that the Mirror-Dominion did any.)) Mel concedes the point with a nod and Oakes asks, "If you would be willing to merge minds with me so that I can prove to my comrades that you are not changelings, that would go a long way."
-)) Mel concedes the point with a nod and Oakes asks, "If you would be willing to merge minds with me so that I can prove to my comrades that you are not changelings, that would go a long way."
-K'tral immediately refuses and Mel shakes her head as well due to her security clearance. However, every other member of the away team steps forward to volunteer. Oakes decides to start with Jessa first, so he approaches her carefully and then gently places his fingers on her temples.((This last gesture is completely unnecessary, but it's meant to be a bit of a courtesy.
+K'tral immediately refuses and Mel shakes her head as well due to her security clearance. However, every other member of the away team steps forward to volunteer. Oakes decides to start with Jessa first, so he approaches her carefully and then gently places his fingers on her temples. ((This last gesture is completely unnecessary, but it's meant to be a bit of a courtesy.)) Jessa feels Oakes gently slide into her thoughts and lets him in deep. She shares a few pieces of memory, but mentally warns Oakes, //"Stay for the beer and flying buttresses, but stay away from the titty bar!"// Oakes spots the mental depiction of said bar and immediately dives for it, expecting to find some treachery, only to realize too late his mistake when Terjan comes out and yells, "Hello there!"
-)) Jessa feels Oakes gently slide into her thoughts and lets him in deep. She shares a few pieces of memory, but mentally warns Oakes, //"Stay for the beer and flying buttresses, but stay away from the titty bar!"// Oakes spots the mental depiction of said bar and immediately dives for it, expecting to find some treachery, only to realize too late his mistake when Terjan comes out and yells, "Hello there!"
 Terjan's voice echoes out of Jessa's mouth and Ssleestak immediately strides over and lifts her up with one scaled claw! Terjan cries out, "Someone get this lizard off of me!" Inside Jessa's mind, Oakes immediately shoves Terjan's caustic personality back into the titty bar and snarls, "You little shit!" He steps away from Jessa and tells Commander S'ten, "They are not changelings."
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 Jessa protests to Oakes about invading the part of her mind she asked him not to, and Oakes admits, "You're right of course, my apologies." Commander S'ten seems unconvinced so Oakes declares, "Fuck it, let's go for the Gorn." He walks over to Ssleestak, who crouches down slightly so the smaller mammal can touch his temples as well. Oakes slips effortlessly into Ssleestak's mind; Ssleestak offers no resistance and allows the Betazoid full and unrestricted access to whatever he wants. Oakes carefully slips through Ssleestak's memories and murmurs aloud, "So much sex, how are you still alive?" Ssleestak shrugs while Phillip snorts in sympathy.
-Oakes find something deep in Ssleestak's mind and then immediately pulls out. Ssleestak looks at him in confusion, but Oakes only says, "One moment, please." He gets up and darts back to Jessa; he asks, "Would you mind if I scanned your mind again?" Jessa shrugs but nods, so Oakes touches her temples and slides into her mind. This time, he ignores Terjan's titty bar completely but plumbs a bit deeper. He stops and announces out loud, "There is about half an hour of your memories that are walled away with a sign that reads, //'Do not open! Signed, Jessa Tyr.'// There's also a middle aged Terran woman present, flipping me off!((Captain Jen Kras
+Oakes find something deep in Ssleestak's mind and then immediately pulls out. Ssleestak looks at him in confusion, but Oakes only says, "One moment, please." He gets up and darts back to Jessa; he asks, "Would you mind if I scanned your mind again?" Jessa shrugs but nods, so Oakes touches her temples and slides into her mind. This time, he ignores Terjan's titty bar completely but plumbs a bit deeper. He stops and announces out loud, "There is about half an hour of your memories that are walled away with a sign that reads, //'Do not open! Signed, Jessa Tyr.'// There's also a middle aged Terran woman present, flipping me off! ((Captain Jen Kras)) I found the exact same thing in Ssleestak's mind!"
-)) I found the exact same thing in Ssleestak's mind!"
 Jessa frowns but replies, "Oh, yeah. That makes sense. We had some of our memories erased to protect the Temporal Prime Directive." Oakes disengages and announces firmly, "They're not changelings, and I'm done. Let's go." Commander S'ten nods in acceptance and calls out to the rest of his crew. A moment later, knots of disheveled Starfleet officers, humans, Vulcans, Andorians, and a handful of others come filing out. Mel and Shan'taar shift slightly into defensive stances when they see the other Andorians; Shan'taar's defensive stance earns their grudging respect, while in Mel's case they look at her slightly confused.
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 Mel reaches the bridge a few moments later and steps into the command well before taking her seat. Hall leans in and says softly, "The //Valiant// is also cleared for departure, and thanks to the copied data banks from the //U.S.S. Marie Curie//, they already knew about the Mirror Universe. The Dominion has sent us updated reports; they've detected the //Agincourt// approximately four light years from here and on a direct course to a Dominion colony world. It'll take us about eight hours to get there, but the //Valiant// is significantly slower than we are. The Dominion flotilla that intends to accompany us is also slower, so the Guardian has agreed to travel with the Dominion but obviously doesn't want to be left behind. The Dominion's made it clear that they're willing to let us handle things at first, until we can't." Mel concedes, "That's fair. Feed the coordinates to flight control. Phillip, once you have a course plotted, hit it."
-The //Varich// and the //Valiant// detach from the Dominion installation, and then the Dominion flotilla lines up behind them. To everyone's shock, this flotilla consists of two massive battleships, four battle cruisers, and six dozen attack ships!((Remember, Starfleet has never seen anything bigger than the attack ships up until this point. The battle cruisers don't show up until 2373, and the battleship in 2374. Although the episode //Valiant// implies the battleship is new, I just assume the Dominion finally managed to build a battleship in the Alpha Quadrant.
+The //Varich// and the //Valiant// detach from the Dominion installation, and then the Dominion flotilla lines up behind them. To everyone's shock, this flotilla consists of two massive battleships, four battle cruisers, and six dozen attack ships!((Remember, Starfleet has never seen anything bigger than the attack ships up until this point. The battle cruisers don't show up until 2373, and the battleship in 2374. Although the episode //Valiant// implies the battleship is new, I just assume the Dominion finally managed to build a battleship in the Alpha Quadrant.)) They follow the //Varich// and the //Valiant// out, and then all the ships go to warp simultaneously! Their destination is the colony on Evalla IV, with an eight-hour travel time as Commander Hall stated. They're in beta shift now, which means they'll be reaching their destination shortly after the beginning of gamma shift.
-)) They follow the //Varich// and the //Valiant// out, and then all the ships go to warp simultaneously! Their destination is the colony on Evalla IV, with an eight-hour travel time as Commander Hall stated. They're in beta shift now, which means they'll be reaching their destination shortly after the beginning of gamma shift.
 Down in engineering, Ssleestak reroutes power and then returns to sketching out his Crashed Starship bar. Meanwhile, in sickbay, Armina joins Jessa, looking exceptionally regal. Jessa cracks, "So how were the nachos?" Armina says frostily, "I have no idea what you are talking about." Jessa continues to needle her a bit, leaving Armina to retort coldly, "Once again, ensign, I have no idea what you are talking about." She pauses and then quietly admits, "Because I don't remember anything." Jessa snickers and shares an abbreviated version of what Mel told her. Armina groans in horror, but then Jessa drops the frivolity and tells Armina everything about the away mission, including how Oakes nearly brought Terjan out. She makes a joke about Terjan's titty palace, leaving Armina to retort, "Oh yes, I've definitely sensed that before."

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