Posted by Lieutenant Commander Balfor Kolar (Chief Science Officer) in Corridor into the Beloti system. . .

Posted by Gamemaster Kenson Koh (Gamemaster) in Corridor into the Beloti system. . .

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Srothell Ch’zaolrirh (Chief Security Officer) in Corridor into the Beloti system. . .
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A disembodied voice interrupted the proceedings. =^=Harn to Commander O’Shea, you and your fighters now have clearance to launch.=^=

Jason Harn, XO

=^=Copy that, Harn.=^= Ric began moving in the direction of his bird. “That’s our green light, people. Mount up. Keep an eye on your sensors. I don’t want to be bringing any body back in pieces,” the CAG replied.

Ael grabbed his flight suit helmet and stood up. “See you out there.” He said to Ric.

He gave Ael a thumbs-up as he climbed into the cockpit of his own fighter.

Ricochet (CAG)

Xandra listened silently to the briefing and acknowledged it with everyone else. She smiled as intelligent questions and answers went back and forth. This is is a good flight crew, she thought to herself.

As she and Ric headed for their birds, she gave him a slight nod the climbed into her fighter. They’d agreed long ago to leave the relationship in the halls and not bring it into the hangar. If you got in your cockpit thinking about your lover and not your wing man, people got hurt. They were professional in flight and kept it that way.

Ael walked backwards, guiding Red Squad to their fighters. “Subspace mines are tricky. Keep your engines hot, torpedoes loaded. If you have time to see it and get a good phaser lock, it’s too late. So, pull the mine, send in a torpedo, and get the hell out. Clear?” A collection of ‘yes sirs’ came back. “Alright. Get set in your birds, and let’s get out there.”

-Lt Ael Khev, Apex (Red Squad Leader)

As Green and Red Squad left the Hangar bay, Ric warned his pilots one final time. =^=Ladies and gentlemen, remember to keep your eyes on the sensors. That’s the only way you’ll spot the Houdinis. Set your radios to scan all subspace frequencies. If someone is calling for help, we’ll pick up an SOS, distress beacon, or some kind of communication from the Sierra.=^=

Ricochet (CAG)

Once out of the Oly, Xandra throttled back and took off above the rest of the wings. Making sure NE Bronson (Shadow) was on her six, she tapped her command. =^= Angel up, guys. I’ll keep a sweep ahead of you and try and talk you thru tough patches. No heroes today, please.=^=

Her job was to fly above the field the best she could and make sure the maps of the boobietraps was accurate. She was too far away to tag most of the mines, but she’d have them on sensors and ‘hopefully’ catch any that were accidentally missed in the Intel reports.

Xandra
“Little Sehlat”
Green Leader

=/\=Red Squad, form up. We’re headed in. Keep it tight, we just want to destroy the mines, not pull them.=/\= Ael watched his scope. Xandra was right. Heroics did not mix well with minefields. As the entered the minefied, the mild telepathy that came with being Romulan made the tension palpable. The wing glided along and searched for the first bogey.

-Lt Ael Khev, Apex (Red Squad Leader)

So far the area they were scouting was clear. There were no mines detected. However, they were able to detect a very garbled message about a storm from the planet nearby.

GM

Xandra frowned slightly and replayed the audio over and over. Tapping her comm line to Ric, she sounded irritated. =^=Ric… you hear that transmission? I can’t make it all out, but something about a storm?=^= She wasn’t sure if it was something they needed to investigate or just report back to the Oly.

Xandra
“Little Sehlat”

=^=That’s affirmative, Sehlat. I didn’t catch much either.=^=

Ric tried adjusting his comms panel to pick up the message again, to no avail. Before he could issue further orders, Apex piped in.

=/\=Everybody hearing this?…We’re not going to get it any clearer from out here. Starbuck Apollo and I can go in and try to get a better fix. They’re probably caught in the storm, short ranged comms are going to be weak, but maybe stronger than out here.=/\=

-Lt Ael Khev, Apex (Red Squad Leader)

=^=Negative, Apex. I want Green and Red Squads to remain out here continuing to clear a path. You and Sehlat are with me. I want my most experienced pilots flying through this mine field to get closer to get a clearer message and maybe pinpoint where it’s coming from. Take up positions on my 8 and 4. Stay tight and keep your eyes open.=^=

As he peeled off from the rest of the fighters and increased his velocity, yet stayed on the path the Cardassians had provided. . . . .

Ricochet (CAG)

=/\=Copy.=/\= Ael glided back to meet Ric. =/\=Kara. You lead Red while we track the signal. No heroics Starbuck.=/\=
=/\=Understood.=/\= Ael fell in just behind Ric. He’d been flying for 32 years. It never got old.

-Lt Ael Khev, Apex (Red Squad Leader)

Xandra nodded as Apex voiced the thought she had had. As Ric gave orders to join up, she tapped back to the main comm. =^=Copy, Ric. =^=

With the main danger out of the way, hopefully, she waited till Riv and Apex had risen to their new flight path and she came down to fill in the spot to Ric’s left, just aft of his starboard wing. She nodded to Apex in a mirror position to the CAG’s right and smiled. =^=Follow the leader, boss… we’re set.=^=

It felt good to be flying without the shadow of their last mission hovering over her. Everyone had finally relaxed that she wasn’t going to loose it in mid flight and things were back to normal.

Xandra
“Sehlat”
Pilot

As they moved towards the signal, Ric received a set of coordinates from the Olinski. A moment later, the voice of the security chief came through the comm system =^= Commander, I’m sending over planetary coordinates. We have received a signal from this location and we believe it may be from the USS Sierra. Mr. Harn would like to see what you can find out =^=

=^=On our way, Olinski. Will confirm ASAP,=^= Ricochet replied.

=^= And commander, let us know if the Olinski is clear to pick up its pace towards the planet =^=

COS Ch’zaolrirh

The area the fighters were sweeping was clear of mines. It was safe for the Olinski to enter.

GM

=^=That is affirmative, mother. Red and Green squads will continue to scan in advance of your approach, but so far it has all been green. Starbuck is on point, she’ll lead you in.=^=

“The fighters have progressed through the alleged mine field area successfully. Data suggests that we can transverse the danger zone.”

Kolar

Ricochet (CAG)