Posted by Lieutenant Commander Magnús Pétursson (First Officer) in Main Sim: Back at the Beltran Imperial palace

Posted by Captain Calvin Marius (Captain) in Main Sim: Back at the Beltran Imperial palace

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dagen Thor (CE) in Main Sim: Back at the Beltran Imperial palace
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The away team finally emerged from the depths of the subterrain tunnels back in the courtyard of the palace. The scene was one of utter devastation. Gone were the fancy flags fluttering in the breeze and waiters moving about carrying delicious snacks. Large cracks in the marble patio cause it to cave in and heave up making walking on the surface difficult. Blackened scars from the molotov cocktails that were thrown from the balconies above blemished the once creamy white surface. The large fountain still bubbled water but it leaked from one crumbled side creating a small puddle that mixed with the heaved up dirt where the Volians attacked from underground. It created the sense of brown, muddy blood leaking off to one side.

“Sir you weren’t wrong about those molotov cocktails. They do pack a punch.” Vanessa gestured to the chaos. “The Captain and I launched them from those balcony’s to stop the siege. “I made a catapult with the curtains but those critters are awful fast.”

GM Kate

Magnus looked around the room, eyeing the blackened marks in particular “Molotov?” He asked “What sort of cocktail did this?” He asked curiously.

XO

“Yeah it is when you take a bottle of booze, stuff some paper or preferable a rag into the neck, light it, and toss it.” Vanessa was highly animated in her description of how to make them using not only her words but gestures as she spoke.

Magnus blinked at the counsellor “I see, using alcohol as fuel to a spreading fire, crude but efficient so long as it’s done outside a climate-controlled environment” He appraised the area “Good for crowd control and area denial with minimal resources”

From one of the balconies, a high pitched Beltran voice boomed out. “You made it. I am so relieved.” The voice belonged to the King who had hide in the bunker and now appeared to be back out and in a rather perky mood. “Please come up,” he gestured to the stairs. “We are about to serve refreshments.”

GM Kate

=/\=Lt. Dean, This is Lt. Mirai on the USS Genesis. We are targeting you and our crew at the coordinates you gave and will be beaming you aboard. Hold for Transporter lock!=/\=

Lt. JG Mirai
Tactical

Magnus tapped his badge =^=XO Here, Belay that for now. Keep a lock on and get a lock on the Beltrans with us. Diplomatic protocols Mr. Mirai. If you can reach out to any other Starfleet forces dirtside. We are currently not under direct threat=^= He looked up at the King “Cheerful fellow.” He muttered.

XO

Like nothing had happened, Dagen thought. Looking around and taking in the scene, his nostrils itching from the fuel and fires, he brushed off his dress uniform that had seen better days. They do need to make uniforms that didn’t collect dirt but could be brushed off easily. This was the 25th Century now after all! “There is a story here I’m sure,” he said quietly.
- Dagen, CE

=/\=Lt. Dean, respond! Have you made contact with the Genesis landing party?=/\=
“Open a channel to Lt. Cmdr Pétursson.”
=/\= Genesis to Lt. Cmdr Pétursson. Please respond. We are receiving reports of a siege at the palace. Do you require assistance?=/\=

Lt. JG Otr’Iq Mirai
Tactical

Magnus sighed and looked at the Captain, the overzealousness of some officers was to be commended =^=There was a siege, Hostilities are ended, and we’re about to begin negotiations. Try to raise Dean again and calm his nerves, Peterson Romeo-Alpha-two-five-Echo=^= He ended the call with his primary all clear code. “Five strips of gold pressed latinum that we’re about to get a rescue party” He muttered.

XO

“Rescue us with a change of clothes?” Dagen replied in a low voice. He was an engineer. Even modern rather antiseptic engine rooms had considerable room for being able to attract grease and other equivalents to then generate that scruffy ‘look’ as a kind of badge of honor. Dirt didn’t bother him. What did was dirt on a dress uniform that by it’s intrinsic design was made to be uncomfortable. Dagen supposed it was a design prerequisite. “I’ll pay the strips for that.”

Magnus chuckled, “Give me twenty minutes, a bottle of olive oil, and some strawberry’s, I’ll get us some new clothes”

“I wonder what happened to their vaunted cloaking technology and all their battle stations in orbit protecting them,” he said to the XO. “Doesn’t seem like the Gorn had much of an issue with getting in and out past them.”
- Dagen, CE

“Or us,” Thomas chimed in. “I’m very concerned about the Gorn having gotten past the Genny without so much as a peep.”

COS

The First Officer’s face changed from his amused smile to a more grim expression “Agreed, I don’t want to start any alarms. McGregor, can you reach out and put the Genny on Red alert without anyone knowing?” He asked, he didn’t have any training in tradecraft and with the bad connection they had no information security “Perhaps we should consider that it isn’t how they got here, but when they got here, were they already here when we arrived or did they come after when the fighting started?”

XO

Thomas nodded. “True. Still, they’re a known hostile race, they’d likely treat us as just as handy of a source of incubators as the Beltrans.”

As if out of a dramatic action holomovie, Edelu and Mirai beamed into the space. From their positions and body postures, it might appear as if they were as surprised as the away team them had been beaming into. The spacing was close to several officers so it might feel as if they appeared like a ghost.

Magnus jumped back sligtly at the arriving officers, blinked then looked at Thor with a half smile and rubbed his tumb, fore-, and middle fingers together as if to signify his victory in the bet

Thomas would be able to get a message to the Genesis with minimal inference if he choose to do so.

Suddenly from several doors, arches, and pathways, Beltrans began to fill the space. They were not military but the same courtisans that milled about the space prior to the attack. They surrounded the crew, again in much the same manner as when they arrived for the dinner reception. Soft music began to filter out of any number of windows. The Beltrans moved to the beat as if they were dancing however the second they second they saw the Volians among the officers they shrieked back in horror. Suspiciously however the Gorn had appeared to slink back into the shadows as if they were never even there.

Dagen’s jaw may have hit the ground as the Beltrans came out as though nothing had happened, though they at least reacted to the Volians. But still, the place was in a ruin and they were .. controlled?

The air began to fill with a high-pitched squeaking sound emanating from the Volians. If the sound was analyzed using tricorders it would translate to help us help us.

GM Kate

Dagen checked the scanner and blinked at the result. He nudged Magnus and showed him the result. The Volians were asking for help. The Beltrans certainly needed help. He looked about for the Gorn but couldn’t see them with all the people about. What was this? “Are the Gorn controlling everyone here?” he asked quietly.
- Dagen, CE

Marius heard he high pitched sounds and struggled to stop the feeling of revulsion coursing through his body. It was instinctual due to it being the same sound he heard when he was taken by them however this time the Volian’s were not swarming him. The sound felt more like a message. “Is that coming from the Volians?” It was as much a question as a statement. One could see the jaws of the Volians moving but the sound was more felt than actually heard by human ears.

Calvin Marius CO

Magnus looked up from the tricorder and nodded to the Captain “Dagen, can you create a signal using your tricorder using their communications method, and ask them ‘help with what?’ A request for further information” He said quietly then turned to the Captain “I think it might be time to be a loud and boisterious Marine, calm things a little and get some attention” He gave a hand signal to Thomas: Be Ready

XO

Thomas nodded, though his internal monologue was more along the lines of ready for what? This entire mission had been a charlie-foxtrot from the jump, and now they were scrambling to salvage things solely to the point of making sure all Starfleet personnel got off the planet safely.

Safe to say, he very much doubted Beltran would remain a candidate member for the Federation much longer.

COS