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Troubleshooting Fox Hunts (02/03/01 )
45 hours prior to the Phoenix’s arrival at VDS1
…. and due to the theft of Fenrir military, dereliction of duty….
“Damn, why me? I can’t do this.” A disgruntled Commander Lalita pushed the data pad away and hung her head between her arms. The young vixen wondered why he had done this and left her behind. Captain Dans had already attempted to push through a general detainment order, but a Comm. system glitch has caused general system wide jamming.
She grinned, I can at least help some, even if you left me behind again…
The grin quickly disappeared as she remembered the predicament. The communications glitch had lifted and she was forced to make a command decision. She issued a detainment order to the ships closest to VDS1 and hoped they would catch him and hold him until she could arrive, with a proper staff and finish this officially. It wouldn’t be too hard to sweep this under the table…. except for Dans, he’s a little suspicious.
He’s pushing for court martial procedures and I’m going to have to find out what to do to stop it or file this… she looked at the situation report. “I don’t know what to do…”
“You sound so depressed, Lita.”
“Huh, who….” She looked up, “Yipe! Y…yo….you….”
“Shhhh, cuz you’re really starting to sound like a little kit again.”
“But, you’re d…de…dea…” Lalita continued to stammer.
“Dead?”
Lalita nodded, “yes.”
“The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated…” Ryana grinned impishly.
Lalita smiled slightly, “cute cousin, but how did you survive the attack… and better yet, what are you doing here?”
“As to surviving, that’s a very long and interesting story….. suffice it to say that I was taken and I have managed to escape. And what I am doing here is to ask for your help. I don’t have a lot of time, I’m projecting telepathically.”
“Ok, ok…. My fault for asking. What do you need.”
“Well Torvaine is in a bit of a spot. Your transmission to detain him is being routed to VDS1…. it would be counterproductive for our rescue if he’s arrested when he arrives.”
“Rescue? I’m sorry, but the survivability is very low…” Lalita ‘s eyes moistened and she sniffed.
“No, I know they are still alive… I can sense my son’s presence, his life energies are low… but he does still live.”
She nodded, “I trust your senses, what should I do?”
“First I need you to send a discrete message to Sgt. Karen Summers on VDS1, she can take care of the incoming message. Second I want you to submit a vessel shakedown advisory to military command and send it by netmail to the sector coordinator’s office….”
Lalita smiled, “Netmail? That’ll take weeks to be routed to the correct destination and gain approval.”
Ryana winked, “uh huh, predate and hack the sent log. Last I need you to assemble a team and meet us at VDS1… take the Admiral’s personal shuttle, it’s got a hyper sled.”
“Alright, what do I do about my subordinate, Dans… oh great mastermind?”
“Well with the memo in the works, he has little official grounds to work on… on the hacking Tor did to steal the ship, uh…”
“I’ll issue an order to increase station security, revamp the program encryption codes and double the watch duties…. I can send a nasty memo to the Security Chief on the Admiral’s behalf about his lax security measures, I’ll commend them on the follow-up. It’s the old surprise security test, after all who would believe the Admiral would steal his own ship? Most who would suspect have known the Admiral a long time and understand his reasons in this.” Lalita was truly excited after all she wasn’t being left behind after all.
“Very good cuz, you’re devious… I can see the family resemblance between us… I need to go, something seems wrong here…. Uh, I mean where I am now, not this room…”
“What’s wrong?”
“This area seems different, something about what I see is wrong…. Never mind, I’ll figure it out, just take care of this ok?”
“Sure Ry, keep safe…. we’ll come find you, after this I promise.”
“Thank you.” With that the ‘ghost’ faded away, out of view but not out of mind.
“Computer, secure encrypted hyperwave transmission to personal communications unit for Master Technical Sergeant Karen Summers…. authorization De’voue nine six code - Bring it on no transmission record”
AUTHORIZATION CONFIRMED, SENDING, PLEASE BEGIN TRANSMISSION
The line beeped for a second until a bleary eyed human female resolved on the holographic display. “Hello?”
“Karen Summers, this is Commander Lalita De’voe, Admiral Ko’dayn’s staff secretary. Are you in a secure location?”
The woman immediately saluted to her vid display. “Commander, I was in bed… the area is secure. Why?”
“Admiral Ko’dayn is in route to VDS1 and due to some unusual circumstances has stolen a ship and is on his way to rescue his son. Due to this unusual behavior a detainment order was issued for the Admiral and it will be relayed to the Station. I need you to intercept that message and lose it.”
“You want me to hijack the communications array to intercept a lawful transmission to detain a potentially renegade Admiral in a stolen starship and commit untold acts of espionage?” Karen inquired.
“Yup, pretty much covers it.” Lalita nodded.
“Sure no problem… ma’am, I figured something like this was going to happen. It’s no problem, I do it all the time so I can get pirate Hyperwave movie channels and make Digital holocopies to sell to the crew. I better get started. Summers out.”
“Thank you Karen, good luck… I’ll be seeing you soon.” She deactivated the holopanel, “now for the rest of the plan.”
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