Ship Shape

Jun 05, 2008 14:39



The crossovers did an impressive job of parking their vessel where it was unlikely to draw a second (or even first) glance, and in entering through the maintenance airlock without record of their docking or entrance making it into the docking security/control station's computers. This implies some familiarity with the station and systems involved. As none of these crossovers have been to Terok Nor before (to the best of my knowledge, and I have studied all reports), I must assume either that they were briefed by previous crossovers - meaning that their arrival here was premeditated and has a purpose - or that one or more of them has experience with their version of Terok Nor. However, once I determined the location of their embarkation, I found sufficient evidence which they had not attempted to hide - this part of the station is dirty and dusty, from insufficient maintenance, low usage, ore processing residue, and even at least two battles when the rebellion freed Terok Nor from the Alliance. They could not help but to leave physical evidence, in the form of footprints and handprints, of their passage. Not that it matters, logically speaking; I am only here because I had already discovered their hiding place. Any further evidence is redundant.
I have declined to open the airlock and attempt entry to the vessel, as yet. By doing so, I might trigger an alert and I am not yet prepared to share my discovery with station security. In any event, the vessel's own airlock is likely to be sealed, secured, and possibly even trapped.
The vessel is small, the size of a shuttle but with warp capability (at least so it appears through the viewing port). The name of the vessel is the USS Obama, the name of which is meaningless to me. It does, however, vaguely resemble rumors I have heard about a new type of craft the Alliance is constructing, referred to as the Hillary class. Given the size, I will make the assumption (unless further evidence contradicts it) that there were no other personnel on board, and that the entire crew is now captive. I must, therefore, gain access to the Obama's crew; as, even were I capable of gaining entry and hijacking the vessel, I have no experience or knowledge whatsoever in whatever systems allowed them to crossover to my universe, and I would be unlikely to duplicate the process in reverse to arrive in theirs.
A quid pro quo of some sort will have to be established, in order to gain access to the prisoners. However, I have nothing of equal value to offer Mad Maddie…
…except their ship.
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