Major Ishani 'Snowball' Singh - Of Shoulder pads and Bowl cuts
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Karrod Niac
Mar 3, 2026, 12:16:05 AMMar 3
to USS Ronin – StarBase 118 Star Trek PBEM RPG
((Outside Transporter Room Four, Deck Six, USS Ronin))
tr’Kharis: Most creatures in a fight with a Warrior at that range do not survive long enough to complain.
Ishani nodded in agreement without altering her glower one bit.
Singh: The crew of the Ronin is capable of a great deal more than most...'creatures,' Administrator. I would encourage you to keep that reality in mind. Speaking of, what's the status of your sparring partner Senior Chief...beyond being perforated?
Solana: It's locked up its suit. We’re not going to get that thing secure. We can’t beam it back down because we still have people there and I wouldn’t want to put them at risk. As long as it’s here it’s a threat to the entire ship. We should kill him and be done with it.
Winters: The Senior Chief is right. The longer that thing is not secured, the more people we are going to lose.
tr’Kharis: :::coolly, without opening his eyes:: Killing it would be… satisfying. But reckless. Its disappearance without explanation may provoke deeper scrutiny from the Alliance. You may solve one problem only to invite another… far larger one.
Ishani leveled a scowl at the prone, scarred Romulan that caused a nearby medic to flinch and recoil.
Singh: No matter how expedient it might seem to you we do not condone the summary execution of prisoners aboard this ship, Administrator. Something you should be very thankful for.
Solana: With all due respect ma’am, if we have a hostile ship threatening ours that’s all the more reason to make sure he won’t be a problem. If we end up in a battle and take damage the last thing we need is a Tholian warrior loose on the ship butchering our people!
Winters: ::turning to Solana directly:: Check your emotions Senior Chief. The Major is well aware of the risk of having that thing aboard.
tr’Kharis: ::soft, precise:: The Senior Chief’s instincts are correct. A Warrior loose can be… catastrophic. However, eliminating it removes a potential bargaining chip. And you will find the Alliance does not negotiate from weakness…but it does react to uncertainty.
Ishani shook her head at the Romulans poor attempt at mind games and turned her attention back to her people.
Singh: Due to your actions Senior Chief, we have an opportunity to offer the Captain an unexpected option...we need a way to contain this creature safely until it is useful to him. Any recommendations along those lines?
Solana: Yes, ma’am. ::she exhaled slowly:: We should beam it into the brig instead of trying to restrain it. Assuming we can, we try escorting that thing through the corridors to a cell. It could trigger the self destruct on its suit any time it thinks it's going to cause crippling damage. They did that multiple times during the Siege when we still tried to capture a few. If we're not going to kill him, beam him to a cell.
Winters: ::turning to Singh:: We don't have to transport it anywhere. All we need to do is transport it off the ship and hold it in a transport buffer. We did it with a couple of pirates back in the Gamma quadrant and used a storage buffer to hold them. It was separated from the ship systems and had no way for the hostile to re-materialize without a transporter. Just needed a small power supply to keep the buffer active.
tr’Kharis: Won’t work.
tr’Kharis: All it would take is damage to the wrong sub system or too much power drain and you’ll lose it and all the intelligence it holds. It’s not just a creature, it’s a connection to the Lattice.
Ishani struggled to keep from rolling her eyes.
Singh: As much as I'd like to order one of these medics to sedate you just to shut you up, I'd be negligent in my duties if I didn't ask....what intelligence? In my experience Tholian shock troops don't tend to get briefed on much strategic intelligence. The few that survived the Siege of DS33 knew nothing beyond xenophobia and propaganda.
Solana: Response
Winters: You were saying?
tr’Kharis: It has sensitive Lattice Alliance intel. Do you intend to interrogate it while it’s dematerialised? ::slight tilt of his head:: I know how they think. I know what they fear. I betrayed them. I can provoke them into revealing more. Leave me alone with it. I can get it to reveal something.
Ishani didn't bother to stop from rolling her eyes this time and scowled down at the Romulan.
Singh: Administrator...the only person I intend to leave you alone with in the near future is yourself, once our medical team assures me you're not going to drop dead from your injuries. The only reason they're not doing that while you're on the way to the brig is because you assisted our personnel but you are quickly using up what little credit that earned you.
Solana: Response
Winters: Trust you? ::beat:: Why in all the universe would we trust you?
While the Senior Chief and the Captain offered a broad selection of glares towards the Romulan, the man himself seemed entirely nonplussed. If anything he seemed to be settling into his preferred nefarious element.
tr’Kharis: ::calm, unblinking:: Because I have already demonstrated that my survival is now… tied with yours. ::gaze shifting deliberately to Solana:: Had I wished for your destruction, I would have left you on the moon and allowed the Tholian to finish you. I require this vessel intact to take me and my people to safety. You require information I possess and information I can extract. We need each other, you don’t have to trust me…I don’t trust you! Mutual necessity is sufficient.
Ishani held up a hand.
Singh: Or you're desperate and grasping at straws because you realize that you left whatever sliver of authority you had down on that moon along with the remainder of your face.
Solana: Response
Winters: ::turning back to Singh:: Your call Major but I still say we put the Tholian in a transport buffer. Worse case, the buffer loses power and the problem is off our hands.
To his credit the Romulan leaned his head back but never broke eye contact with her, a none too subtle contest of wills she had no intention of losing.
tr’Kharis: If you destroy it, you learn nothing. If you suspend it, you risk losing it. If you question it through conventional means, it will endure. ::shallow breath:: Allow me to speak with it. Under guard. Under restraint...whatever. You lose nothing by trying.
Singh: Enough. Senior Chief, Captain, I want that Tholian beamed to a holding cell and under heavy guard. The ex-Administrator here...::She let her voice hang on the 'ex' for an extra moment::...was right about one small thing Captain. We can't risk losing a potential source of intelligence about what the Alliance is doing to a power failure and we've already had several of those today. We need to give Captain Kel some options...for example, perhaps the Lattice Alliance would be interested in recovering their soldier. Perhaps they'd be even more interested in an ex-Administrator who hasn't offered us much beyond vague promises and green bloodstains on our deck.
She let the implication hang heavy in the air for a long, long moment.
Singh: Ultimately it's the Captain's decision. If you would prefer to remain aboard this vessel then I strongly suggest you start providing information yourself. Specifically what you people were doing here and how we can stop the damage you've done. If you can't help with that then I cannot imagine the Captain will have much use for you.
Solana/Winters/tr’Kharis: Response
One of the medtechs stepped forward and gestured towards their padd.
Maro: Major...we've stabilized him but he's in pretty rough shape...we need to get him to sickbay or a little blood loss will be the least of his worries. I've also let engineering know they'll need to decontaminate the transporter room...this guy brought a lot of radiation aboard with him. You should get checked out Senior Chief, with your suit breached you were probably exposed as well.
Ishani nodded and the man moved to the head of the grav sled and began heading down the corridor towards a turbolift.
Singh: You heard the man. Senior Chief, accompany our guest to Sickbay and don't take your eyes off him until he's sedated or dead then get yourself checked over. Captain Winters, you're on prisoner transport...get them into a holding cell and setup a guard rotation. I want redundant force fields and the environmental controls on a dead mans switch...if someone doesn't push a button every thirty seconds it's going to get real cold in the security center real fast. Make sure the Tholian understands that. Clear?
Solana/Winters/tr’Kharis: Response
Ishani strode after the grav sled and locked eyes or, in his case, eye with the man.
Singh: It is not my custom to threaten an injured prisoner so instead I will make you a promise. Help us undo the mess you have created and you will be protected. Fail to do so and I promise to spend the rest of my life making you regret the rest of yours. The choice is yours.
Solana/Winters/tr’Kharis: Response
Ishani patted down her flight gear as she considered her next steps. She'd been on the way to the bridge to eviscerate a less than helpful Vulcan but found her mood for that somewhat spoiled by their Romulan guest.
Singh: I'm going to report what has transpired to the Captain...if he chooses to speak with you do not waste his time. Until then...cause no trouble.
Solana/Winters/tr’Kharis: Response
Ishani offered Captain Winters and the Senior Chief a curt nod before turning on her heel and heading in the opposite direction, back towards an alternate turbolift that would take her to the FOC so she could report in and, if necessary, make a quick dash to the flight deck. She hoped the Captain was having better luck than she was but the sudden pitch of the ship under extreme maneuvers didn't give her an especially positive outlook. She had to believe there was still a chance out of this mess for all of them. That there was a way to restore what they'd lost.
If there wasn't...Ishani wasn't entirely sure what she'd do.
[Tags/End for Singh!]
((OOC: Wrapping this one up from Singh's side as we're heading towards mission end this week, great work everybody!))
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Major Ishani 'Snowball' Singh
Starfleet Marine Corp
Commander Aerospace Group - USS Ronin
V239509GT0
tr’Kharis: Most creatures in a fight with a Warrior at that range do not survive long enough to complain.
Ishani nodded in agreement without altering her glower one bit.
Singh: The crew of the Ronin is capable of a great deal more than most...'creatures,' Administrator. I would encourage you to keep that reality in mind. Speaking of, what's the status of your sparring partner Senior Chief...beyond being perforated?
Solana: It's locked up its suit. We’re not going to get that thing secure. We can’t beam it back down because we still have people there and I wouldn’t want to put them at risk. As long as it’s here it’s a threat to the entire ship. We should kill him and be done with it.
Winters: The Senior Chief is right. The longer that thing is not secured, the more people we are going to lose.
tr’Kharis: :::coolly, without opening his eyes:: Killing it would be… satisfying. But reckless. Its disappearance without explanation may provoke deeper scrutiny from the Alliance. You may solve one problem only to invite another… far larger one.
Ishani leveled a scowl at the prone, scarred Romulan that caused a nearby medic to flinch and recoil.
Singh: No matter how expedient it might seem to you we do not condone the summary execution of prisoners aboard this ship, Administrator. Something you should be very thankful for.
Solana: With all due respect ma’am, if we have a hostile ship threatening ours that’s all the more reason to make sure he won’t be a problem. If we end up in a battle and take damage the last thing we need is a Tholian warrior loose on the ship butchering our people!
Winters: ::turning to Solana directly:: Check your emotions Senior Chief. The Major is well aware of the risk of having that thing aboard.
tr’Kharis: ::soft, precise:: The Senior Chief’s instincts are correct. A Warrior loose can be… catastrophic. However, eliminating it removes a potential bargaining chip. And you will find the Alliance does not negotiate from weakness…but it does react to uncertainty.
Ishani shook her head at the Romulans poor attempt at mind games and turned her attention back to her people.
Singh: Due to your actions Senior Chief, we have an opportunity to offer the Captain an unexpected option...we need a way to contain this creature safely until it is useful to him. Any recommendations along those lines?
Solana: Yes, ma’am. ::she exhaled slowly:: We should beam it into the brig instead of trying to restrain it. Assuming we can, we try escorting that thing through the corridors to a cell. It could trigger the self destruct on its suit any time it thinks it's going to cause crippling damage. They did that multiple times during the Siege when we still tried to capture a few. If we're not going to kill him, beam him to a cell.
Winters: ::turning to Singh:: We don't have to transport it anywhere. All we need to do is transport it off the ship and hold it in a transport buffer. We did it with a couple of pirates back in the Gamma quadrant and used a storage buffer to hold them. It was separated from the ship systems and had no way for the hostile to re-materialize without a transporter. Just needed a small power supply to keep the buffer active.
tr’Kharis: Won’t work.
tr’Kharis: All it would take is damage to the wrong sub system or too much power drain and you’ll lose it and all the intelligence it holds. It’s not just a creature, it’s a connection to the Lattice.
Ishani struggled to keep from rolling her eyes.
Singh: As much as I'd like to order one of these medics to sedate you just to shut you up, I'd be negligent in my duties if I didn't ask....what intelligence? In my experience Tholian shock troops don't tend to get briefed on much strategic intelligence. The few that survived the Siege of DS33 knew nothing beyond xenophobia and propaganda.
Solana: Response
Winters: You were saying?
tr’Kharis: It has sensitive Lattice Alliance intel. Do you intend to interrogate it while it’s dematerialised? ::slight tilt of his head:: I know how they think. I know what they fear. I betrayed them. I can provoke them into revealing more. Leave me alone with it. I can get it to reveal something.
Ishani didn't bother to stop from rolling her eyes this time and scowled down at the Romulan.
Singh: Administrator...the only person I intend to leave you alone with in the near future is yourself, once our medical team assures me you're not going to drop dead from your injuries. The only reason they're not doing that while you're on the way to the brig is because you assisted our personnel but you are quickly using up what little credit that earned you.
Solana: Response
Winters: Trust you? ::beat:: Why in all the universe would we trust you?
While the Senior Chief and the Captain offered a broad selection of glares towards the Romulan, the man himself seemed entirely nonplussed. If anything he seemed to be settling into his preferred nefarious element.
tr’Kharis: ::calm, unblinking:: Because I have already demonstrated that my survival is now… tied with yours. ::gaze shifting deliberately to Solana:: Had I wished for your destruction, I would have left you on the moon and allowed the Tholian to finish you. I require this vessel intact to take me and my people to safety. You require information I possess and information I can extract. We need each other, you don’t have to trust me…I don’t trust you! Mutual necessity is sufficient.
Ishani held up a hand.
Singh: Or you're desperate and grasping at straws because you realize that you left whatever sliver of authority you had down on that moon along with the remainder of your face.
Solana: Response
Winters: ::turning back to Singh:: Your call Major but I still say we put the Tholian in a transport buffer. Worse case, the buffer loses power and the problem is off our hands.
To his credit the Romulan leaned his head back but never broke eye contact with her, a none too subtle contest of wills she had no intention of losing.
tr’Kharis: If you destroy it, you learn nothing. If you suspend it, you risk losing it. If you question it through conventional means, it will endure. ::shallow breath:: Allow me to speak with it. Under guard. Under restraint...whatever. You lose nothing by trying.
Singh: Enough. Senior Chief, Captain, I want that Tholian beamed to a holding cell and under heavy guard. The ex-Administrator here...::She let her voice hang on the 'ex' for an extra moment::...was right about one small thing Captain. We can't risk losing a potential source of intelligence about what the Alliance is doing to a power failure and we've already had several of those today. We need to give Captain Kel some options...for example, perhaps the Lattice Alliance would be interested in recovering their soldier. Perhaps they'd be even more interested in an ex-Administrator who hasn't offered us much beyond vague promises and green bloodstains on our deck.
She let the implication hang heavy in the air for a long, long moment.
Singh: Ultimately it's the Captain's decision. If you would prefer to remain aboard this vessel then I strongly suggest you start providing information yourself. Specifically what you people were doing here and how we can stop the damage you've done. If you can't help with that then I cannot imagine the Captain will have much use for you.
Solana/Winters/tr’Kharis: Response
One of the medtechs stepped forward and gestured towards their padd.
Maro: Major...we've stabilized him but he's in pretty rough shape...we need to get him to sickbay or a little blood loss will be the least of his worries. I've also let engineering know they'll need to decontaminate the transporter room...this guy brought a lot of radiation aboard with him. You should get checked out Senior Chief, with your suit breached you were probably exposed as well.
Ishani nodded and the man moved to the head of the grav sled and began heading down the corridor towards a turbolift.
Singh: You heard the man. Senior Chief, accompany our guest to Sickbay and don't take your eyes off him until he's sedated or dead then get yourself checked over. Captain Winters, you're on prisoner transport...get them into a holding cell and setup a guard rotation. I want redundant force fields and the environmental controls on a dead mans switch...if someone doesn't push a button every thirty seconds it's going to get real cold in the security center real fast. Make sure the Tholian understands that. Clear?
Solana/Winters/tr’Kharis: Response
Ishani strode after the grav sled and locked eyes or, in his case, eye with the man.
Singh: It is not my custom to threaten an injured prisoner so instead I will make you a promise. Help us undo the mess you have created and you will be protected. Fail to do so and I promise to spend the rest of my life making you regret the rest of yours. The choice is yours.
Solana/Winters/tr’Kharis: Response
Ishani patted down her flight gear as she considered her next steps. She'd been on the way to the bridge to eviscerate a less than helpful Vulcan but found her mood for that somewhat spoiled by their Romulan guest.
Singh: I'm going to report what has transpired to the Captain...if he chooses to speak with you do not waste his time. Until then...cause no trouble.
Solana/Winters/tr’Kharis: Response
Ishani offered Captain Winters and the Senior Chief a curt nod before turning on her heel and heading in the opposite direction, back towards an alternate turbolift that would take her to the FOC so she could report in and, if necessary, make a quick dash to the flight deck. She hoped the Captain was having better luck than she was but the sudden pitch of the ship under extreme maneuvers didn't give her an especially positive outlook. She had to believe there was still a chance out of this mess for all of them. That there was a way to restore what they'd lost.
If there wasn't...Ishani wasn't entirely sure what she'd do.
[Tags/End for Singh!]
((OOC: Wrapping this one up from Singh's side as we're heading towards mission end this week, great work everybody!))
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Major Ishani 'Snowball' Singh
Starfleet Marine Corp
Commander Aerospace Group - USS Ronin
V239509GT0
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