PNPC CWO Vincent Jones - No Accident

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Marissa Jeffrey

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Jun 28, 2022, 1:30:49 PM6/28/22
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((Intelligence Closet/Suite, USS Arrow))

The problem was that there was no information to be had. According to the records, everything had been just as it should have been. Almost. There had been a strange way that the signal calling for the Captain had bounced around making it impossible to find where it had really originated from. The records showed that it had been traced back like all signals were, but in the length of time it was active, it hadn't reached the source. That was certainly perplexing.

As far as command codes, nothing seemed off. Everything that had been accessed had been on the authority of one who should have accessed it. Vincent dug, but a few hours in, he figured he would take what he had to the Security chief.

((Deck 3, Security Suite, USS Arrow))

Vincent rang the chime on the door and waited to be asked to enter. When he did, he found the newest ensign already inside the room. She looked a little out of breath, almost as if she had run quite the distance to get where she was.

Jones: I'm not interrupting...?

Serinus: Response.

O’Malley: I think Dewitt mentioned that the engine was triggered by a transport signal. Could that one and this one be one in the same? Does that make sense?

With a curious eye, Vincent looked at the padd and the information as he handed over his own padd of information.

Jones: If its the one that took the captain and CIO, probably. Or it was just cleaverly disguised in the feedback. 

Serinus: Response.

O'Malley: Could the original transport have been intercepted, then?

Vincent shrugged. Without definitive intel, there wasn't much that could be told. 

Jones: I didn't find much but I can say two things. One, the message that called the captain and CIO to Earth was likely not from Earth. In fact, I'd damn near bet anything on it. The signal was bouncing around like a rubber ball, and our sensors never got a lock on its origins before the call ended. And two, it looks like the command codes are intact. There is nothing to indicate that anything outside broke in, meaning that whoever did this, is Starfleet.

He frowned. There were only Starfleet and that engineer on board. Even if the transport signal was the trigger, and not just a curtain under which to hide things, whoever was doing the triggering would have to have access. And that meant Starfleet codes. Of course this was just the surface and he knew it. So much could have been changed or adjusted or downright falsified. 

They could be chasing a wild goose.

Serinus: Response

The new officer seemed to take a deep breath before asking the question of the year.

O’Malley: Alright, then what’s next?

Jones: I guess we keep looking. There's a pattern out there somewhere, we just need to find it. 

Serinus/O'Malley: Responses?

Jones: No one comes to the Waystations on purpose. They are found accidentally, and you have to fall into a Way Corridor to get there. I'd be willing to bet here too that whoever did this did not mean to send us out this far. 

They probably meant to send them as far as possible to keep them uninvolved in the rescue of their captain, but not likely beyond the Great Barrier. No slipstream engine could even take them that far. Indeed, not even a malfunctioning one.

O'Malley/Serinus: Responses?

Jones: Because if they did, why would they send us to the one place beyond the Barrier that gives us a chance to get home just as fast. We just need to open the right Way Corridor and go through it and we're back where we started. 

O'Malley/Serinus: Responses?

TAG/TBC

--
Chief Warrant Officer, First Class Vincent 'Jonesy' Jones
Starfleet Counter Intelligence Specialist/SFMC SAR Team Leader

As simmed by:

Commander Ash MacKenna
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Arrow
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