Intel

Posted on Sun Jun 28th, 2026 @ 10:33pm by Captain Rhenora Kaylen

523 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Pirates!
Location: USS Bristol - Badlands

Captain Bozeman retreated to what was left of his ready room after the immediate crisis has passed. Their last vision of the ISS Sunfire was the plasma filament closing in on their position. Whilst he was certain the Mirror Universe ship had not been destroyed, he knew he had bought them some time. The Bristol was out of the Badlands and making for DS9 at best speed - which wasn't much - but they were moving in the right direction. Engineering were working as hard as they could to increase the warp power from 2 to 6, but that - like everything, would take time.

The doors whispered closed behind him and the facade, he had carried for so long failed, his shoulders slumping and his eyes downcast. He had lost good people, his ship was battered, and he had to explain his two passengers to Command - least of all a forced mindmeld that now had one of them unconscious in his sickbay.

Sitting he scrubbed his face in his hands and opened a channel, dropping into the chair behind his desk, somewhat surprised it wasn't broken.

"Command - this is Captain Bozeman of the Bristol - I have some intel for you" He started after the Starfleet emblem was replaced with a random Yeoman who had unfortunately pulled comms duty.

"Putting you through to Admiral Hussaf"

"George - we got your preliminary report, looks like you took a beating" Hussaf started, looking with concern at the battered Ready Room behind the Bristol Captain.

" We did - the ISS Sunfire is still out there in the Badlands, we managed to get away before they could blow us out of the sky. Unfortunately we were unable to retrieve any of the Woolloomooloo crew." Bozeman started, eyeballing the Admiral. "Don't get me wrong - these people are a threat. They're hell bent on something - but I'm just not sure entirely what." He paused before continuing.

"Two of them fled, using a shuttle to approach the Bristol, one claimed to be from the Mirror Universe, a Vulcan. She has requested asylum and gave us intel on how to take down the Sunfire. It worked. I don't entirely trust her, but she helped us get away so that counts for something." He paused again, taking in a deep breath.

"The other claims to be Commander Baldric of our Sunfire. She claims to have been replaced by one of their duplicates. I don't have the time nor the facilities to verify her story. I tried to have my Vulcan bridge officer to mind meld with her - that.. .uh.. ended badly."

"Badly you say" Hussaf narrowed his eyes. "Just how badly?"

"She's... ahh.. unresponsive in our sickbay" Bozeman admitted. "But if she's right, there's another Commander Baldric carrying on in her place, doing goodness knows what to sabotage things."

"We will address that concern ourselves. Make for DS9, I will have repair and medical teams available for you. I expect a full report by the time you get there. Command Out" Hussaf closed the channel with the air of a man who had just his day ruined. Badly.

 

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