Left Behind

Posted on 24 May 2018 @ 1:12am by Captain Akio Tachibana & Lieutenant Amiri Aldana 365, D.V.M., M.D. & Lieutenant Commander Iria Taltos

Mission: Ne Me'e Laua Na Paio - Heroes & Villains
Location: Main Shuttlebay - Deck 7
Timeline: 0830, 3 Jan 2389
Tags: Luuna, 7F03YTY836M

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ON:

Carson was fuming. If not for the timing of it all, he would be in command of the USS Hawaii, yet they weren't going to shoot fellow Starfleet officers over it. The audacity of the crew to stand up to superiors like that.

"Sir, what about Taltos?" Hedge asked.

Carson was brought out of his thoughts as the crew boarded their shuttle.

"We'll come get her later. Do you need her, Plante?" Carson asked.

"We might if things get really messy," the Commander replied.

"Well, we need to be on that ship. We left it in the hands of the Assistant Chief Science Officer and we're about to be in combat," Carson spat back.

=/\= Plante to Taltos, what's your status? =/\= Plante transmitted.

-Engineering-

For the first ten minutes after she had left the shuttle bay, Iria had taken the time to get to know the names of the folks that were currently in engineering. After that she had been giving support and helping with maintenance. The last ten minutes though.

Iria had been in the middle of trying to set up the 'Gorn signatures' on the Hawaii but in the process of her setting it up someone had put in a command level lock out of how engineering systems connected with the rest of the ship. Which in effect was all over the place. When Cmdr Plante called her over the comms she bit back a grin. She had a feeling the furr had flown somewhere during the meeting what exactly though she had no clue. =/\= Hello Commander, I am in engineering giving support like you told me to, was in the middle of trying to set up the 'Gorn signatures' like we have on the Wyoming but someone locked some of the systems out. I have been working on getting around it. For the moment it is slow going.=/\= her tone implied she was actually enjoying the challenge and her amount of cheekiness was in full force.

-Main Shuttlebay - Deck 7-

Plante cursed. There was no way Taltos was going to make it back to the shuttlebay and the USS Wyoming crew had to be on the ship.

"Your orders, sir?" Plante asked Carson.

"Leave her. We need to depart now, Commander. Hedge, if we're not off this deck in 2, we're shooting the doors off!!" Carson spat.

=/\= Plante to Taltos, we're going into combat. I need you to sit tight for a bit. We'll be back for you. =/\=

=/\=No problem, See you later Sir.=/\= Iria adjusted her ear buds and noticed the look of interest from one of the others in engineering, she grinned again as the ship shuddered under what could only be an attacking party. She asked the computer to play Ride of the Valkyries so everyone else could hear what she was jamming to right then. It seemed to fit well with the off and n shuddering of the ship. "Let's get these shields to par guys and girls!"

Soundtrack

A Petty Officer shouted above the music, "Ma'am, the incoming fire is cutting through our shields! We are coordinating with the CHENG on the bridge."

"Just call me Iria and we'd get the shields up better without the lockout in place it isn't easy working around, while not impossible mind you but difficult at the present time." Iria retorted happily as she kept at her back door attempt...

The Petty Officer tapped the console.

"The lockouts are released... Iria, and our shields are at full capacity. They are still cutting through them though!" The Petty Officer shouted as the ship rocked again.

Iria asked the computer to lower the volume of the music a bit as she continued tapping her fingers ove the console in front of her. she heard what was said and was working as fast as her fingers could fly over the console's interface. the ship rocked again and she swore she heard the concusive sounds of a ship blowing up beyond their location. Shaking her head at the thought she finished her work and looked up with a pleased cheeky smile on her face. "The feedback that was interferring is gone now and we should be in the clear. Keep an eye on the power levels."

"The Bridge is reporting we are warping away. Warp core is holding steady," the Petty Officer said.

-Deck 6-

Luuna had been tucked away nice and snug when she was shaken awake by the blasts to the ship’s hull. The next quake flung hir off the couch where she liked to rest when Alpha wasn’t home. She landed safely and was alerted by the sound of the door and wen to investigate. No one was there but an interesting scent caught her nostrils. She followed it.

Soon she was distracted by another scent attached to a pair of boots, so she followed that too. Attached to a pair of feet, and a yellow-shirt they quickly lead Luuna to a moving closet she knew Alpha called a turbolift. Once inside she sat and waited like she knew what she was doing, so the miscellaneous officer that was attached to the boots paid her no-never-mind.

-Engineering-

Soon the lift stopped and deposited Luuna on somewhere she’d never been before. It was full of all sorts of interesting smells, lights and sounds, so she followed them. Soon she found a large pair of doors. They parted, so she stepped through.

Iria blinked as she swore the scent of a canine entered the room. She looked around as the doorway parted and indeed there was a rather large, from her point of view, canine walking into the main of engineering. "Hey pup you don't belong down here." she said with a cheeky grin.

~I'm sorry,~ the Canidae tried to communicate, but it only came out sounding like a whimper.

"Oh, it's Luuna. One of the Assistant Chief Science Officer's animals," the Petty Officer said as she bent down with her palm stretched out. After all the chaos, the Petty Officer was glad for a chance to relax with a pet.

Luuna investigated the offered hand, but was saddened to discover it was vacant of treats. None the less, she was starting to get familiar to this gesture, and licked the palm affectionately and sat awaiting attention. ~I'm not sure where I am, or how I got here, can you understand me?~ Luuna tried to ask, but yet more cute sorrowful sounds emerged from her vocals. S/he waited for attention.

"How'd you get down here?" the Petty Officer cooed, hearing the whimpers, before tapping her badge. =/\= Engineering to Lieutenant Aldana. Ma'am, Luuna somehow made her way down here; just wanted you to know. =/\=

Luuna set hir chin on the still offered hand, stroking her jaw along it gently. Her ears twitched as she 'listened' to a remote mental contact.

=/\=Thank you engineering, whom am I speaking to? Evidently during the earlier attacks my door mechanism malfunctioned. Luuna has a exploitative spirit; that's part of what makes her so good at tracking and S&R I guess.=/\=

=/\= No worries. This is Petty Officer Grappone with Lieutenant...=/\= The Petty Officer paused as she realized she did not even recognize the officer who was with her.

Iria gave a cheeky smile flashing her dimples as she noticed that she was getting a confused glance, =/\=Iria Taltos from damage control on loan from the Wyoming, formally part of Varient station's compliment.=/\= she added not at all concerned. She had nothing to hide while on duty after all.

"Welcome to the Hawaii, ma'am-- I mean Iria," the Petty Officer said.

An Ensign within earshot overheard who the Lieutenant was as he was curious himself. He was concerned that Taltos was referring to the Wyoming with a smile.

"You said you're from the Wyoming? I'm not sure if you knew, ma'am... the Wyoming was just destroyed in battle... it's on the comms," the Ensign reported.

Iria turned around to look at the ensign her eyes wide, "Destroyed? How?" She shook her head frowning as she turned back to the console in front of her. She didn't know many of the crew from the Wyoming and certainly hadn't trusted any of them knowing more about her. Most of her personal items were still back at Varient station but there were some tools and a few plants she needed to replace. Compared to the loss of lives that she barely knew made her feel badly. She had work to deal with for now and later she could pay what respects she could.

The Ensign blinked a couple times as if Iria was not present moments ago. "The battle we were just in. Apparently their Captain rammed the enemy ship," the Ensign informed Taltos.

Iria swore under her breath in most of the languages she knew and shook her head. "Odd play for him but guess he figured it was only way to avoid both ships going down." she didn't voice her other comments aloud. She had heard some rumors going the rounds but it wasn't cool to speak ill of the dead specially right after finding out they were dead. Later on a report or to a higher up maybe.

"Well, I guess you're part of our crew now," the Ensign replied with a smirk.

Iria gave a wry grin, "Yeah looks like it, going to be a fun ride." **~~I hope.~~** she thought to herself after she answered the ensign, it hadn't been that long since she was an ensign herself. Though the way her luck ran she would likely get bumped back down to it. Rank really didn't mean much to her anyway. What you did as a person that mattered.

The Petty Officer was curious who this new officer was and found an amusing document in light of the circumstances. Taltos had been listed KIA since it was presumed all hands were lost on the Wyoming.

"Iria, I think your first order of business will be correcting this," the Petty Officer handed a PADD over to her.

Iria blinked read the PADD and let loose a small laugh as she shook her head, "Yeah better go see if your Captain will let me stay too. Call down your CEO so they can be here to help in case something goes fubar." Iria said while mostly joking but she really hoped that the bad stuff was done for the moment. She wasn't about to admit out loud she was a bit nervous about talking to a Captain she had no reference on. Carson had only told the station he needed her short term so he hadn't been given her full file. She headed out and towards the nearest lift. **~~Here is hoping this Captain doesn't mind cats that much.~~** she thought to herself as the lift carried her to the bridge.

Luuna sat. Her head tilted as she listened to the back-n-forth. She was quite sure what was going on though.

The Ensign triggered the ship address system: =/\= Engineering to Lieutenant Kosu, please pass the word for Lieutenant Kosu to report to Engineering =/\=

OFF:

Iria Taltos, LTJG, SF
ACHENG
USS Wyoming

Luuna, SF
On-Call Starfleet Working Dog (SWD)
(Played by LT Aldana 365)

Featuring:

Petty Officer Grappone and Unnamed Ensign played by Jacob/Akio