Season Four OOC Section

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Great posts Jen, Just X, and Rico. 

I have a question though and that is this:
Who is all going on this away mission and who is not?  *Not characters but the actual forums members*  I'm just tiny-bit confused and would like a list.  :)

Thanks!

King Linksr

[Jen]

All Vulcans and Romulans except one... K'Tan who is taking one of Talbot's aides' place (Colonel Mowambe).
That's:
Sevryll
Aria
Khev
Talbot
K'Tan

The rest are flight crew and control tower. Everyone who remains aboard Tiberius has to deal with a Romulan ship that we spoke about in our last meeting, a spy and a possible murder.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Ok, Thanks Jen!

King Linksr

[Jen]

Briefing on the story if you've been out:
The away team is on Romulus. They've met with Spock. There is a captured Romulan  betrayer who is about to be interrogated by K'Tan (tactical officer ) and Sevryll. They're proposing a "good top/ bad top" senerio (they're a bit confused as to what it's actually called).
Aboard the ship, there's a Cardassian spy and a Romulan ship is on an intercept course with Tiberius.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Isn't the tiberius with the fleet still though?  So, that would mean its on an intercept course with the Titan, or am I just confused.

King LInksr

[Jen]

No. When Kenny posted he had it cross into the neutral zone.

[Geekyfanboy]

well I needed to get the ship away from everyone for us to encounter the romulan ship.. so I had us depart the the caravan move into the neutral zone, send off the away team and then head back to the caravan .. now we are heading back to the caravan and the Romulan ship is about to intercept us.

Does that make sense.. did I screw something up?

The way I always understood what we were going to do was meet up with the Titan travel with them a bit then sneak away into the neutral zone.  We had to start the away mission sooner then later so us leaving the caravan and entering the neutral zone was never really fleshed out.  But in order for us met up with the Romulan ship (which I thought was the plan) we had to be by ourself and this was the only way I could explain it.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Ok, well, you didn't do anything wrong Kenny, I merely missed that we had left the fleet.  My bad ;) 

King Linksr

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Its called: Linksr is a blind fool ;)

King Linksr

[Jen]

Nope, you didn't mess anything up. I was trying to let him know why the ship was intercepting Tiberus and why it would be a big deal (since it's not with the fleet of ships and it crossed into the neutral zone... that would be an issue for them).

well I needed to get the ship away from everyone for us to encounter the romulan ship.. so I had us depart the the caravan move into the neutral zone, send off the away team and then head back to the caravan .. now we are heading back to the caravan and the Romulan ship is about to intercept us.

Does that make sense.. did I screw something up?

The way I always understood what we were going to do was meet up with the Titan travel with them a bit then sneak away into the neutral zone.  We had to start the away mission sooner then later so us leaving the caravan and entering the neutral zone was never really fleshed out.  But in order for us met up with the Romulan ship (which I thought was the plan) we had to be by ourself and this was the only way I could explain it.

[Geekyfanboy]

Well I did kind of screw up because a Romulan ship would be cloaked until the last second.. this one is not.. have to come up with a reason why.. it's one of those happy mistakes.

[KingIsaacLinksr]

Just say that its because the cloaking device malfuctioned or something ;)  They use that in Trek verse a lot.

King Linksr

[Geekyfanboy]

Oh I'll come up with a better excuse...  :)

[Jen]

Here are a few posts that will help you catch you up if you haven't been reading the RPG lately. You can jump into the story after reading these posts.

STORY ON THE SHIP
The Tiberius crossed the neutral zone and has been intercepted by a Romulan ship. Here's one post that Kenny (Captain Quinn) wrote that should explain all that you need to know if you are an officer still on Tiberius:

Last post by Startrekfanatic5:
Quinn stood on the bridge as the red lights flashed and the familiar klaxons of Red Alert could be heard.  Quinn turned back to the Romulan who was still on screen. "We are going to beam you directly to the bridge so we can further discuss this situation." The Romulan nodded as Quinn glanced over at Ensign Starstriker with a quick nod of his head. Moments later the Romulan materialized on the bridge.  The Romulan looked around suspiciously as he said in a low voice, "is there somewhere private we can talk?" Quinn gestured towards his ready room and followed the Romulan in.

As soon as the Romulan entered he turned and gave his hand to Quinn to shake. "I am Ejiul D'varo" Quinn shook his hand and gestures for him to sit. Ejiul shook his head, "There is no time for pleasantries Captain, there is a spy aboard your ship." Quinn looked a bit confused by this news "How do you know this?" he asked.  "We intercepted a transmission from your ship to the warbird out there. We have been shadowing you since you entered the neutral zone. Ambassador Spock ordered us to make sure everything went as planned for your rescue mission. When the transmission was sent from your ship we followed it to it's source and found the two cloaked warbirds. We managed to destroy one of the ships but we were no match for two. We have sustained heavy damage to our ship but our primary goal was to return to you with this news." Quinn sat down behind his desk "So you are saying the Romulans know about our secret rescue plans?" Quinn asked with dread in his voice. "No Captain, this isn't a government ship it's the Tal Shiar.", Ejiul said with panic in his voice.  "I thought the Tal Shiar were no longer a threat and have been dispursed." Quinn asked,  "There are still members out there and though they might be a small group they still hold a lot of power."  Quinn relaxed slightly " So the government of Romulas still has no idea of the rescue mission." Ejiul smiled, "That's correct and we have to keep it that way. We mustn't interfere with these negotiations talks that Captain Riker is heading up. We can not let this warbird make it back to Romulas. We have managed to destroy their communication array so they won't be sending any messages, but our ship is too heavily damaged to battle the warbird." Quinn stood, "Of course, do you know who the spy is on board my ship?" Ejiul started to follow the Captain out of his ready room, "No Captain, all we know is that it's a Tal Shiar agent. " Quinn walked back to his Captain's chair and turned toward his bridge crew. "I need suggestion on how we are going to locate this cloaked ship... and I need them now"

STORY ON THE GROUND
The awayteam is still on the surface. The individuals on that mission are Commander Sevryll, Admiral Talbot, Lieutenant K'Tan, Colonel Khev aka David Lock and Aria James. They have interrogated a Romulan who infiltrated Spock's group and turned over Krell (Sevryll's father, Talbot's friend and diplomat working with Spock towards Reunification). The interrogation involved a "beating" which Sevryll reluctantly authorized after the prisoner revealed he was trained to resist forced melds. K'Tan carried out the "encouragement" and the Romulan finally submitted to a meld. You can read about that on page 12 of Season 4. If you want to read those two posts specifically they are Reply 166 and Reply 167 (which can be found under the title of the post).

Excerpt from one of the last away mission posts (by Jen):
With great effort, Sevryll managed an impassive expression as she debriefed the Admiral on her findings. The Reunification movement had been infiltrated the Tal Shiar, but there was more to this than it appeared. The diluted Romulan intelligence organization was now employed by a group working outside the Romulan Star Empire. "Unfortunately, the agent I interrogated did not possess the clearance necessary to know who he worked for. The only solid information I obtained from him was the location of my father. He was taken to the Administration District and is being held within the prefect's home, in a chamber above the main dwelling." She paused before continuing, " I have not shared this information in its entirety with the team members. I leave that for you to determine Admiral."

LAST AWAY TEAM POST (by Jen):
The commander watched the admiral's distinguished features gradually transition to display concern, as she debriefed him on the information she discovered during the meld. Talbot was anxious to find Krell, and if his expression was not a clear indication of this fact, the trench he wore into the stone floor as he paced was a telltale sign. His boots clacked lightly with each long stride, and ground the grit into the floor as he pivoted in place and retraced his steps. Commander Sevryll watched the low light from the wall-mounted lamps, travel over Talbot as he walked back and forth before her. She found his proclivities curious, but pacing the floor seemed to facilitate the admiral's ability to think. Apart from that, the vulcan could not deny that there was some logic in dispelling nervous energy through such movements. In fact, she was tempted to join him in forming his trench in the floor, for she found herself wringing her hands restlessly in a tightly bound vice of unease. The meld was not without its side effects, she thought to herself, and she separated her hands and placed them on the arms of the chair she sat within. 

As he walked, the admiral exchanged ideas with the vulcan woman concerning their next move. With each step, his mind wove together the strands of strategy in an effort to form the greater details of their course of action.

Just as they finalized their plans, the commander received a communiqué on the PADD, resting in her lap. The soft chime called her attention away from the admiral, and she raised the device to view the message. A wash of dread assailed her crumbled ramparts, which typically restrained the emotions that were considered detrimental to her people. She lifted a single brow and turned a concerned eye towards the admiral. "They successfully delivered the Romulan to the medical facility and are on their way back to the safehouse. But their mission was not without casualties. Your aide has sustained an injury that will require immediate attention upon their arrival."

To read about what happened to the aide (Colonel Khev) read replies 175 and 176 on page 12 of Season Four.

In closing... We hope to wrap this season up very soon (within the next week or so). If you've been out because of the holiday or because you are too behind in the reading, just read Kenny's post that I included here (if your character is not an away member)... That's all you need to know to begin posting again.  Captain Quinn needs his crew.

[Rico]

Thanks for your great efforts on the RPG Jen.  I just put up a post to get us moving on the rescue mission.  Hope to see others chime in as well soon.