The Federation Tribune - September 2003

[Clare Bradley]

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            Pandora Station Status Report by Bram Peeters
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*** Current Situation ***

Stardate: 2391.03.06

Only two hours after the Solstice had started her mission of mapping
the planet Tollaxana, something had been detected among the ruins of
what had been one of the larger cities of the planet. Something on
the planet was emitting a faint energy signal. Most likely it would
be something visitors of the planet had left behind, because none of
the earlier missions to the planet had detected anything similar, and
the location of the signal had been close to the location of an
earlier mission. An away team - Capt Janssens, Lt Ryaanax, Ens
Jalando and Ens Ja'al - was sent to the planet to investigate what
the signal was.

At first the signal had disappeared but not much later it was
detected again. The source of the signal was a strange platform in
the middle of a large building. While scanning the platform, Capt
Janssens discovered what the platform was used for by accidentally
activating the device, transporting him to another platform in a city
260 kilometres away.

A second away team (Cmdr Essar, Ens Murdock and Ens Brannagh) is now
on their way to that platform, and hopefully one or both away teams
will be able to determine how these platforms work.

On the Solstice Dr Vok was having a musical 'crisis' in sickbay
resulting in a complete shutdown of the entire deck, and Couns
Mishbano is trying to help Crewman Krewmann who is seeing Pink
Bunnies everywhere. A medical team has been sent to assist Lt
Mishbano.

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               Academy Status Report by Rob Verlinden
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Current Stardate 2386.9.14 and 2388.10.10

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Lost Cadets (2):
Cadet Ryan Davidson, played by Brian B.
Cadet Rendall, played by Tyler Rendall

Standby (3):
Cadet Lily Barns, played by Garrett M. (Sci/Med/Ship)
Cadet Seth Knight, played by Luis Oyola (Sec/Ops/Ship)
Cadet Malcolm Walker, played by Danny Ward (Med/Helm/Ship)

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New Signups (10):
6 useless, leaves 4

Individual Cadets (6):
Cadet Gareth J Dunsford, played by Gareth J Dunsford (Marvin)
Cadet Sean Dempsey, played by Sean Dempsey (Wes)
Cadet Bryan Lewis played by Paul Clark (Mike)
Cadet Kicent K'meric Qusiar, played by Eric Hess (Dennis)
Cadet Karina Vestilla, played by Jessica Lynn (Merijn)
Cadet Ariz Paxton, played by Mateo Fabijanovic (Clare)

List Training (4):
Cadet Todd Marshall, played by John Rodriguez (Eng/Helm/Ship)
Cadet Lorvok, played by Jake Hanlon (Sec/Eng/Ship)
Cadet Arta, played by Desmond Grier (Couns/Civ/Ship)
Cadet Jamie Davison, played by Jamie Davison (Med/Couns/Ship)

Graduations (5):
Cadet Leon Bauer, played by Vedran Marinich => ACMO Odyssey
Cadet Jed Cogan, played by John Coughlan => AOPS Valkyrie
Cadet Philip Kerris, played by Philip Billington => ACEO Pandora
Cadet Sopock Simounds, played by J. Scott Simants => AOPS Calhoun
Cadet Shannon O'Dain, played by Shannon O'Dain => ACSO Odyssey

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End of Status Report
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            STATUS REPORT: USS Odyssey by Dennis Church
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Stardate 2391.01.24

Using the ship's phasers, the USS Odyssey and the USS Valkyrie have
managed to avert disaster by diverting the water away from the
fractured dam, allowing it to be repaired. Things are settling down,
and the final loose ends are being tied up as this situation draws to
a close.

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           USS Valkyrie Status Report by Mark van der Laan
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USS VALKYRIE STATUS REPORT - 2391.01.24:

Despite the arrival of the USS Odyssey, the situation on the surface
of New Amsterdam continues to worsen, now that a large dam has burst,
threatening to flood an entire valley and drowning a great amount of
people.

After a joint operation between both ships, involving a bombardment
using phaser fire, disaster is averted and the colony is saved. With
the planet's inexplicable geological instability subsiding as well,
all that is left now is to tie up the final loose ends.

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 FLEETWIDE STATUS (per September 1, 2003) by Guido Dorssers
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 USS Calhoun
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Stardate: UNKNOWN

Current Status: N/A

Vacancies: N/A


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 USS Odyssey
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Stardate: 2391.01.24

Status:

At the New Amsterdam Coloony, USS Odyssey and the USS Valkyrie have
managed to avert disaster by diverting the water away from the
fractured dam by using the ship's phasers. By diverting the water,
allowing the dam to be repaired. Things are settling down, and the
final loose ends are being tied up as this situation draws to a
close.


Vacancies:

CONN
CEO
CMO
CSO

AOPS
ACSO


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 USS Valkyrie
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Stardate: 2391.01.24

Status:

Despite the arrival of the USS Odyssey, the situation on the surface
of New Amsterdam continues to worsen, now that a large dam has burst,
threatening to flood an entire valley and drowning a great amount of
people.

After a joint operation between both ships, involving a bombardment
using phaser fire, disaster is averted and the colony is saved. With
the planet's inexplicable geological instability subsiding as well,
all that is left now is to tie up the final loose ends.


Vacancies:

CONN
OPS
CEO

ACOUNS
ACSO


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 Pandora Station
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Stardate: 2391.03.06

Status:

Only two hours after the Solstice had started her mission of mapping
the planet Tollaxana, they detected a faint energe signal among the
ruins of what had been one of the larger cities of the planet. Most
likely caused by something left behind by previous visitors.

When they started investigating the signal at first disappeared but
not much later it was detected again. The source of the signal was a
strange platform in the middle of a large building. While scanning
the platform, Capt Janssens discovered what the platform was used for
by accidentally activating the device, transporting him to another
platform in a city 260 kilometres away. A second away team is now on
their way to help the first one to determine how these platforms
work.

On the Solstice Dr Vok was having a musical 'crisis' in sickbay
resulting in a complete shutdown of the entire deck, and Couns
Mishbano is trying to help Crewman Krewmann who is seeing Pink
Bunnies everywhere. A medical team has been sent to assist Lt
Mishbano.


Vacancies:

OPS
CMO

AOPS
ACMO
ACSO


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          The STFF-teling meeting by Rob Versteegt
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(editor's note: If you want to view the photos mentioned in the
article, please visit these links:
http://merijn.wafel.net/gallery/ for Merijn's photos and
http://starbase12.frontierfleet.net/efteling/efteling.html for
Guido's photos.)

It was the 26th of August. The 3rd birthday of ST Frontier Fleet. The
day that the Dutch members of Frontier Fleet were going on a
mission... of exploration and recreation. 

It was 0910. The atmosphere nearby the train station of Den Bosch was
tense. Ben and Rob Versteegt had already arrived at the scene. They
were eagerly awaiting the arrival of most of the other Dutch FF
members. Rob looked at a window, to see his reflection. "How is my
hair?" he asked Ben. "Fine..." Ben answered, without even looking at
his twin brother. He was too busy being nervous, to occupy himself
with such trivial things as 'looks'. 

A few minutes later, a train stopped at one of the platforms. 2
people stepped out. "Well, we're here." One of them said. "Let's go
see what these new members are all about..." he sighed. "Let's get
this over with." With a firm nod, and an 'uhuh', the 2, who were also
FF members, went outside. They walked towards 3 other people. 2 of
them were also FF members, one other just came because he knew the
rest. 

Ben tapped Rob on the shoulder. "Here they come!" he said. He had
been studying the pictures of all the members, so he knew how they
would look. Both brothers pulled their uniforms straight, and walked
towards the 5, who were now walking out of the doors. 

~No, not again!~ Guido, one of the 5 members, thought. ~Why do new
members always have to appear in dress uniforms, when we have an IRL
meeting????~ He felt a certain need to rip those uniforms off of
those 2, tear them apart, and throw them away, but he controlled
himself. "These are FF members Guido." He said to himself. "Treat
them like members. We can't afford to loose members..."

Nevertheless, Ben and Rob saw the anger in Guido's face, and in all
of the other's faces. ~This does not look good!~ Ben thought. The 2
brothers looked at each other, and, simultaneously, shouted: "RUN!"

The 2 started to run away from the 5, but, unfortunately for the 2
brothers, the 5, consisting of Guido, Bram, another Rob, Merijn and
Paul, gained up on them. "Let's get out of here!" Rob shouted, but it
was too late. They couldn't go anywhere. They were surrounded by FF
members. 

For a while, none of them said a word. Then, suddenly, Rob (the twin
one, not the other one) held out his hand, and said, nervously: "I'm
Rob... Nice to meet you..."

"Take of those uniforms!" Merijn said. The twin brothers quickly did
what Merijn and the others wanted (they outranked the twins), and
after a few minutes, the uniforms were put back into their bags, and
they had 'normal' clothing on. 

"Much better." commented Bram. "Now, welcome to the club." He held
out his hand, and so did the other 4. Ben and Rob were surprised.
They had expected to be beaten up by this group, but instead, they
were greeted in a friendly way. After shaking hands, everybody
introduced themselves. There were Bram, who played CO Janssens,
Guido, who played CO Main, Merijn, who played FO Essar, and Rob, who
played FO (CO to be) Bennek. Ben and Rob also introduced themselves,
Ben played ACEO Velden, and Rob played ACSO Jalando. 

Ben and Rob looked at Paul, the only one who hadn't introduced
himself. "Who do you play?" they asked. Paul sighed. "I'm no member
of FF." He said. "I just came because I like the Efteling, and to
carry your bags..." He was a bit humiliated, for the carrying of the
bags part, but it was true. It was the only way for him to go to the
Efteling...

About half an hour later, Walter, a former member of FF, arrived.
Together, all 8 of them went into the bus, and they were on their way
to the amusement park, called the Efteling. 

Once there, Guido and Bram ordered everybody to have fun. So that's
what they did. And that's what you see on the pictures. 

Picture 1: (Photo P8260015.jpg)

Rob Versteegt is driving... His brother, Ben, is sitting next to him.
Guido is making pictures. Rob Verlinden is sitting next to Guido. He
was constantly telling Rob to watch the road... But he didn't... This
caused a somewhat bumpy ride...

Picture 2: (Photo P8260016)
Here, Guido is showing us his imitation of a Ferengi. 

Picture 3: (Photo P8260017)
Guido and Bram are relaxing, when all the others are discussing the
theory that time goes slower when you are going faster. 

Picture 4: (Photo P8260018)
Rob Verlinden and Rob Versteegt, FF's two Rob's. 

Picture 5: (Photo P8260019)
The FF gang is walking towards the next thing to do, in this case,
the Pand(or)adream. Paul, Rob and Rob are taking the lead. 

Picture 6: (Photo P8260020)
Ah, the group photo!
>From left to right: 
In the back: Paul, Rob Verlinden, Rob Versteegt, Walter
On the front: Bram, Ben, Merijn, Guido 

Picture 7: (Photo P8260022)
Ben is walking in front of the others. "Come on guys!" he said.
"There is still so much to see!" 

Picture 8: (Photo P8260025)
This picture was taken inside the "Val Karna Festival". This festival
is a tribute to the legendary Admiral Val Karna, the AcadCm of
Frontier Fleet. (Actually, this was called "Carnaval Festival" which
means "Carnival Festival".) On the picture you can see Ben and Rob in
one car, and Paul and Walter in the other. 

Picture 9: (Photo P8260026)
A cheerful gamemaster is taking some pictures. 

Picture 10: (Photo P8260027)
Still in the Val Karna festival. Paul and Walter, and Ben and Rob,
are seen here. 

Picture 11: (Photo P8260028)
Bram and Guido, enjoying the festival. 

Picture 12: (Photo P8260030)
Er... Walter. 

Picture 13: (Photo P8260032)
Almost everybody in Pandora Park. (At least, that's what they called
it...) 

Picture 14: (Photo P8260034)
Merijn and Guido, *again* in the Val Karna festival. (For the 3rd
time!!!) 

Picture 15: (Photo P8260047)
Ben, Bram, Rob, Rob and Merijn, inside a wagon of a train. 

Picture 16: (Photo P8260048)
At the end of a beautiful day...

Picture 17: (Photo P8260056)
In the train back home: Rob Verlinden at his best. 

Guido's pictures:
Of course, our beloved gamemaster had his photocamera with him as
well. So in stead of just commenting Merijn's pictures, here are some
comments on Guido's pictures. 

Picture 1: (Photo Dscf0002)
Ben, Rob Verlinden, Walter and Paul went in to this... Contraption.
The rest... Well, they stayed on the ground... 

Picture 2: (Photo Dscf0005)
Ah, here Rob Versteegt is driving again... This time he is
concentrating on the road in front of him... (See Merijns Picture 1,
photo P8260015) 

Picture 3: (Photo Dscf0007)
Our gamemaster, who looks kind of relaxed, but was actually terrified
of Rob's driving skills... or actually, the lack thereof... 

Picture 4: (Photo Dscf0008)
Rob Verlinden, sitting in the back of the car. 

Picture 5: (Photo Dscf0011)
Ben, Rob, Rob and Guido weren't the only ones who took a ride in
these ancient vehicles, Merijn, Paul, Walter and Bram also took on
the challenge.) 

Picture 6: (Photo Dscf0014)
Ben, Rob, and Paul were sitting in one boat, and Walter and Merijn
were in the other one. Rob Versteegt can just escape the boat of his
namesake. He then joined Merijn and Walter, where he got pretty
wet... 

Picture 7: (Photo Dscf0015)
This boat was named the USS Odyssey. It's easy to see that none of
these people is a helmsman... They hit the first boat they came
across...

Picture 8: (Photo Dscf0020)
First contact with an alien lifeform... 

Picture 9: (Photo Dscf0022)
Rob Verlinden, Merijn and Bram are enjoying the Val Karna festival. 

Picture 10: (Photo Dscf0025)
Rob and Merijn are taking a picture of Walter, Paul, Ben and Rob
Verst. Little did they know their picture was being taken...

Picture 11: (Photo Dscf0032)
The Efteling and beyond... Seen from a high platform called "The
Pagode". 

Picture 12: (Photo Dscf0037)
One of the musicians, who were playing in the Val Karna festival. 

Picture 13: (Photo Dscf0038)
The Val Karna festival was a happy one. Everybody danced, everybody
had a good time, including these penguins. 

Picture 14: (Photo Dscf0040)
Shore leave on Hawaï. From left to right: Rob Versteegt, Guido and
Merijn. <VEG> 

Picture 15: (Photo Dscf0041)
One of the natives invited us for dinner... Little did we know that
he was a cannibal...

Picture 16: (Photo Dscf0048)
Everybody wanted to be on the picture! From left to right: Ben,
Merijn, Walter, Rob, and Guido. 

Picture 17: (Photo Dscf0061)
The end of a tiresome, but beautiful day. In the train back home, the
tensions between the FF members got a little high: "Make me an
Admiral!" Paul said. "Or I will hit you with this newspaper!" 

Of course, these weren't all the pictures, which were taken. If you
want to see them all, go to this site:
http://starbase12.frontierfleet.net/efteling/efteling.html You can
see the pictures of Guido and Merijn there.

Well, that's that. I hope you enjoyed the pictures. 

O yeah, thanks to Guido, Rob, Bram, Merijn and Ben, for suggestions,
etc, and Clare, for placing it on the LCARS. 

Rob Versteegt, AKA:
ACSO Jeff Jalando, PS
ACMO Threnn Vok, PS.

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            Another Andorian Incident by Rob Versteegt
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It was a peaceful morning at starbase 311. The crew of the Alpha
shift manned their stations, and the Graveyard-crew went to sleep.
The Captain sat down in her chair. She moved a bit on that chair.
~Stupid night-shift ensigns.~ she thought. ~They never sit on this
chair like they are supposed to. As a result, the stuffing in this
chair isn't divided equally. Guess who's job it is to divide it
again…~ She sighed. ~It's not easy being a Captain…~ 

Suddenly she heard a sound. She quickly looked over to the
Ops-console, where Lt.Cmdr Barsum was standing. "Commander." She
said. "What's that beeping sound I hear?" Barsum looked at his
console. "A ship has dropped out of warp Ma'am." He said. "They are
requesting to dock." The Captain looked at her First Officer. "There
aren't supposed to be any ships in the area." She looked back at
Barsum again. "Open a channel."

A few lights were pressed, and soon the image of an Andorian was
displayed on the viewscreen. "This is Captain Ho'ka'al." The Andorian
said. "Of the Andorian battle ship So'ka. If you don't mind Captain,
my men require shore-leave. Could we please dock, and come aboard?"
"I am Captian Yllana." The Captain said. "Of course you may dock, but
we would like to have some questions answered. For example: What are
you doing on that battle ship? I thought the Andorians were part of
the Federation?" Captain Ho'ka'al smiled. "In these difficult times
Andoria doesn't have to rely on the Federation to protect itself. We
thought you would be pleased that we are helping you defend our
homeworld." Captain Yllana wanted to ask some more questions, but the
Andorian on the viewscreen spoke first. "Captain, it has been a long
trip. Can we please dock, so that my troops can have some shore
leave? Or are you afraid of a few Andorians on your station?"

Yllana smiled. "Of course not, Captain. I ment no disrespect. You are
clear to dock at dockingport 6. Yllana out." The image of the
Andorian captain disappeared from the viewscreen. But Yllana's
worries didn't disappear with it. "Ko'tal" she said to her security
officer, who was also an Andorian. "I don't recall Andoria having
ships of their own." "They always have had them Captain." Ko'tal
answered. "They just never used them. They trusted the Federation to
protect them. If that trust has somehow been compromised, they will
protect themselves, with their own ships." "Then it's up to us to
find out if that trust has indeed been compromised, or if there is an
other reason why this ship is over here. Ko'tal, I want you to post
extra security guards in key area’s of the station." "Captain?"
Ko'tal objected. But the Captain already made up her mind. "Just in
case..."

About half an hour later the promenade was crawling with Andorians.
Ko'tal watched them, as they enjoyed themselves, by drinking,
gambling and shouting at security officers. "So you are Ko'tal." One
said to him. Ko'tal turned to the direction where the voice cam from,
and saw the Captain of the Andorian vessel standing there. "I am
Captain Ho'ka'al. But you already knew that." Ko'tal nodded. "I was
in Ops when you hailed us." Ho'ka'al smiled. "Yes, I saw you. I must
admit, seeing an Andorian in this uniform..." "What's wrong with this
uniform?" Ko'tal said. He immediately jumped into a defensive
posture. "Nothing's wrong with it..." the Captain replied. "It's
just... Well, it doesn't suit you." Ko'tal turned his head away from
Ho'ka'al. "I think it does." The Andorian Captain still gazed at
Ko'tal. "Have you ever considered..." he said, "of leaving
Starfleet?" Ko'tal quickly said "No." But he was lying, and he knew
it. There were times when he did think about resigning. Times where
things weren't easy for 'Aliens' like himself. Although the
Federation consisted of many different species, the human culture was
still the one culture that was most recognizable in the Federation.
All those, for Ko'tal, strange customs, like shaking hands and eating
with knife and fork... they were difficult to adapt to. Many times he
had wondered if he wouldn't be better of back on Andoria... Where he
was among his own species, with his own customs...

"Too bad." The Andorian Captain said. "You'd fit in well with us!"
With these words, he walked away, leaving Ko'tal behind, who was
thinking again about resigning...

A few days past. Nothing special had happened, although every senior
officer kept an eye on the Andorians. They didn't act like the
Andorians they all knew: Those Andorians were civilized. But these...
These Andorians were looking for fights, drank too much, and some of
them were even arrested for misconduct! Yes, these last few days had
been difficult, especially for Ko'tal, who's reunion with his people
didn't go the way he had hoped. He had become the laughing stock of
the Andorians, at least, of the these Andorians. And now, he was
almost grateful to see them go. They had done nothing but tease him
about him being in Starfleet. If he didn’t know better, he'd say that
they had developed a disliking of the Federation. 

But now, it was time for those Andorians to leave. Their shore-leave
was over, their ship was to go back to Andorian space. And as the
Andorian battle ship went into warp, the security on Starbase 311 was
reduced to normal efficiency. 

Captain Yllana sat in here chair again. "Well, there go our guests."
She said, to no-one in particular. "Too bad we didn't..." She
couldn't finish here sentence. A huge explosion shook the station.
Yllana fell out of the Captain's chair. The other officers, present
at Ops, also had difficulties staying on their feet. Another
explosion. This time, some conduits ruptured, and gas began venting
out of the broken plasma conduits. "Seal that leak!" Yllana shouted,
trying to get over the noise of systems that were exploding. A third
explosion, this one heavier then the ones before. More panels and
conduits exploded, and everyone was smacked against the ground. Then,
things got quiet. 

Yllana tried to move towards the Captains chair. She pulled herself
up, but fell down again. A flash of pain went through her, as she
tried to get up again. She shouted out in pain. "My leg!" Max, the
science officer, crawled towards the captain. He tapped his
commbadge. "Maxwell to sickbay! Medical emergency! Send medical teams
to the bridge!" There came no response. "The comm systems are
off-line!" Barsum shouted. "Until we get main power back on line,
most systems will be inoperable!" He looked around. Most officers
were still lying on the ground. They were all injured, one more then
another. Maxwell and Barsum were the only officers who could still
stand up. "Ensign Maxwell! Assist me with these power couplings!"
Barsum commanded. But Maxwell didn't do as he was ordered. "Captain?"
he shouted. "CAPTAIN!!!" The Captain didn't respond. "Sir!" Maxwell
shouted, to Barsum. "The Captain... she fainted..." He grabbed a
medical kit, opened it, and used the tricorder on the Captain. "I'm
losing her lifesigns!" The tricorder started beeping, in irregular
way. He quickly gave the Captain an hypospray. "There." He said,
bitterly. "I’ve put her in a coma..." He stood up. "It was the only
way... to save her..."

Half an hour later Barsum had partial power back on line. The Captain
was brought to sickbay, along with all the other officers that were
hurt. There were so many injured, the doctor had to put up a triage
centre in one of the cargo bays. In Ops, only a few senior officers
were present. Barsum, who was still trying to get main power back on
line, was one of them. "Done." He said to himself. "Sensors are back
on line." He had a look at his console, that was partially working.
"O my God..." he said. "The upper decks of the Starbase... They're...
Gone!" "What do you mean Sir?" Maxwell asked. "They can't just be
gone?" "That is precisely what they are. Gone. In the explosions, the
first 6 decks were destroyed." He looked at some sensor readings,
that were coming in as they spoke. "The promenade is gone... heavy
damage to engineering… and crew quarters..." He looked up, at
Maxwell. "There was a hull breach at crew quarters... An emergency
shield has been erected, but I'm reading less lifesigns then before
the accident..." The once so emotionless human, now began to cry. "My
wife was there..."

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2 days later
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Starbase 311 had recieved some help from the USS Endeavor.
Engineering crews were working as fast as they could, but it would
take some time before the Starbase would be fully operational. The
Captain was still in a coma, but the rest of the senior officers were
released from sickbay. The First Officer of Starbase 311, a Bolian
with the name of Zoll was in command now. He was sitting in the
Captain's ready room, when he heard the doorchime. "Enter." He said.
Lt. Ko'tal stepped inside. "Sabotage Sir." He said, coming straight
to the point. "What happened 2 days ago, was sabotage. We found the
remains of 3 explosive devices near the area's that were hit the
worst." He paused for a while. "Sir, the explosives were... Andorian
in origin." Zoll stood up. "Andorian? You mean..." "That is precisely
what I mean Sir." Ko'tal said. "I mean the Andorians who were here,
could have planted the bombs, and detonated it from a distance." Zoll
started walking around the room. "You know what this could mean?" he
asked the security chief. "Yes Sir." Was the answer. "It could lead
to war with the Andorians." 

War. It was the last thing anyone wanted. And now it seemed the
Federation was on the dawn of a new conflict... A conflict with an
ally. Zoll didn't really know what to do. "Get me Starfleet Command."
He said. "I need to explain this to them..."

In the mean time, Barsum was in Sickbay. "Thank goodness you
survived..." he said, to a woman. "I don't know what I'll do without
you.” The woman he was talking to was his wife. She had 3rd degree
burns all over her body. It wasn't a pretty sight. Still, the doctor
said she was going to make a full recovery. It would just take time.
Barsum knew it would be hard, but he would help his wife the best he
could. This certainly wasn’t an easy time for her...

Zoll stapped out of the Captain’ ready room. He tapped his commbadge.
“All hands, this is the acting Captain.” He sighed. He didn’t really
know how to tell this to the crew, so he just told them. ~They
deserve to know.~ “I have spoken with Starfleet Command. They have
asked the Andorian government for an explanation. The Andorian
government said that they deeply regret what has happened here, and
that they know who did it. They just won’t do anything about it.”
Zoll gave the crew time to process this information, before he
carried on. “Starfleet has reacted by strongly condemning the
Andorian unwillingness to cooperate. In response, Andoria has…
stepped out of the Federation. The Andorians are no longer part of
the Federation. They have recalled all of their ships to their own
space, and warned all Federation ships to stay away. The Andorians
have become… our enemies.” 

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1 year later
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On board the USS Antilope, a Norway class starship, the crew was on
emergency stand-by. They were patrolling the Federation-Andorian
border. ~A lot of ships have been destroyed here, the last few
months.~ Lt. Okuda thought. ~I’d hate to see the Antilope become one
of them…~ She looked back, towards the Tactical station. There stood
one of the few remaining Andorians in Starfleet, lt.cmdr Ko’tal.
Okuda didn’t trust him. “Never trust an Andorian.” Her father had
said, when she left her home at Utopia Planetia, to be stationed on
the Antilope. “they always tell lies.” Okuda didn’t believe her
father. She had dated an Andorian, just before the war broke out. She
really loved him, and she thought he loved her. But alas, when the
war broke out, he was called back to Andoria, to fight against the
Federation, and maybe even against her. 

“2 Andorian battle ships closing fast!” Ko’tal read from his panel.
“Red Alert!” the captain with the name of Bujold, ordered. Within
seconds, the bridge of this Norway class starship was on emergency
lights only, with an occasional red light, to indicate the ship was
indeed at red alert. “Weapons are ready!” Ko’tal said. But before he
could fire them, the Andorian vessels already opened fire. The ship
was shaking. “Fire!” the Captain shouted. “Reroute emergency power to
shields!” This helped a lot. The shaking stopped, and the Antilope
fired Quantum torpedo’s at the Andorian battle ships. “One of them is
damaged.” Ko’tal said. “The other is coming towards us!” On the
viewscreen the whole brigde crew saw a massive ship coming towards
them. “They are trying to ram us!” Captain Bujold said. He sat down
in his chair. “Evasive manoeuvres, full impulse!” Okuda replied. “Yes
sir!” She touched a few buttons, and the ship flew away from the
Andorian vessel. This was what the Andorians had been waiting for.
Without any warning, they fired everything they got at the Antilope.
The ship was shaking now more then ever, and consoles started to
blow. “Shields are down!” Ko’tal shouted. “Weapons are gone!
Structural integrity is at 25 %, and dropping! Captain, we have to
evacuate!” Bujold sighed, while even more conduits exploded. “All
hands.” She said. “This is the Captain. Abandon ship. I repeat,
abandon ship!” 

Within minutes, the bridge was virtually empty. Only Ko’tal, Okuda
and the Bujold were still present. “Captain!” the Andorian said. “We
must…” He couldn’t finish his sentence. They were beamed up, while a
phasershot from the Andorian vessel hit the Norway class. The
Antilope, and all the people aboard, who couldn’t get into the escape
pods, were destroyed. 

Insite the Andorian ship, Bujold, Okuda and Ko’tal rematerialized.
They were ‘greeted’ by Andorians in uniforms, aiming their disruptor
rifles at them. “Come with us!” one of the Andorians said. The 3
officers complied. They didn’t feel like dying. It took them a while,
but finally, under escort of course, they came on the Andorian
bridge, where they saw, on the viewscreen, the wreckage of the
Antilope, and the escape pods, which were trying to get away from it.


“Well Captain.” The Andorian in the Captain’s chair said. “You will
surrender yourself to me.” The response of Bujold was to be
predicted. “Never!” The Andorian captain smiled, and pushed a button.
On the viewscreen, Bujold saw that the Andorian battle ship was
firing at one of the escape pods. It blew up, as soon as the phaser
hit the pod. “What are you doing!” he shouted. “Those people didn’t
do anything to you!” The Andorian Captain kept smiling. “Now you know
what will happen if you don’t obey me…” Bujold sighed, and
reluctantly said: “Fine. I surrender.” 

The Andorian Captain spoke a few Andorian words to the helmsman, and
he turned the ship around. Captain Bujold looked at Ko’tal for a
translation. “We’re heading back to Andoria…” he said. 

5 hours later, the 3 officers were sitting in a holding cell, on the
planet Andoria. This wasn’t what anybody in the Federation would call
a holding cell. Those cells were small, but well lighted, with a
force field as the only exit. This holding cell was more like an
old-fashion prison. There was no force field, the room was a lot
bigger, and there was no lighting to speak of. “What now Captain?”
Okuda asked. Bujold raised his shoulders. “I don’t know lieutenant.
We are now prisoners of war. Anything can happen.” Okuda sighed.
Their future didn’t look too bright right now. Suddenly they heard a
voice from behind them. “Well, it’s not often we have outsiders for
visitors.” The 3 officers looked towards the end of the room. There
they saw another Andorian, sitting against the wall. “Well?” The
Andorian said. “Are you going to introduce yourselves?” Captain
Bujold didn’t answer. He just kept on staring towards the Andorian.
Finally he spoke. “You first… Who are you, and why are you in here?” 

The Andorian sighed. “I knew you were going to tell me that. Very
well.” He stood up, and walked towards the 3 officers. “My name is
D’rell, and they put me here for ‘treachery to the state’.” Okuda’s
eyes suddenly glittered. “D’rell?” she asked. “Is it you?” D’rell
looked at the lieutenant. “Michelle?” The two flew into each others
arms. For a moment, the cell was filled with complete silence. But
then the Captain asked: “Lieutenant… Who is this?” 

Lt. Okuda smiled. “this is… D’rell.” She said, with a smile on her
face. “He was… is my boyfriend…” Bujold looked at the pair, and
Ko’tal smiled. “Your boyfriend?” Okuda wanted to say something, but
before she could, D’rell spoke. “We met at Risa.” He said. “The first
time we were together, we knew we were made for each other. But…” His
sorrow was visible in his eyes. “When this stupid war broke out, I
had to go back to Andoria.” He looked at his love. “I never meant to
leave you…” Okuda smiled, and put her head against his chest. “I
know…” 

Normally, Captain Bujold would have left the 2 alone, but not this
time. “I understand that you want to be together, after such a long
time,” he said, “but I’d like to go now…” He turned to D’rell. “Do
you know a way out of here?” D’rell sighed. “Getting out of here
isn’t the hard part.” He said. “Do you see that wall?” He pointed at
a wall, with a window in it. Bujold studied the wall, but he couldn’t
find anything out of the ordinary. “So?” he asked. “What’s the matter
with it?” The Andorian prisoner smiled. “There’s a hole in it.”
Bujold looked again, and again, but he didn’t see it. But before he
could say anything, Ko’tal stepped forward, walked towards the wall,
searched to ground, which was filled with some sort of straw. He put
some of that straw aside, on picked up a small device. “Just as I
thought.” He said. He pushed some buttons, and suddenly, a part of
the wall disappeared. A hole in the wall was now clearly visible. “A
hologram.” Bujold said. “of course…” 

“I thought it was something like this.” Ko’tal said. D’rell smiled.
“I could never fool you Ko’tal! It is good to see you again!” Ko’tal
also put a grin on his face. “It has been too long. I should have
come to Andoria, to visit you, but…” They were interrupted by Okuda.
This time it was her turn to be surprised. “You… know each other?”
D’rell nodded. “We’re childhood friends!” he said. “But when Ko’tal
went to join Starfleet, we lost contact.” Ko’tal sighed. “A mistake,
I still regret. I should have called you sooner.” D’rell hit the
other Andorian on his shoulder. “Don’t worry!” he said. “We are
together again!” He put one arm around Ko’tal’s neck, and the other
one on Okuda’s. “I never expected you both to be here!”

It was Bujold who snapped the 3 back to reality. “We are still
prisoners.” He looked at D’rell. “You said you knew a way out?”
D’rell nodded. “As I said, getting out is no problem. Getting past
the guards, is. I never could elude those guards. They are Artok’s
finest.” The 3 starfleet officers looked at D’rell with a surprised
look. “Artok?” 

D’rell turned on the holographic device, so that the hole couldn’t be
seen. Then he put the device under the layer of straw, and sat down.
The others followed his example. “Precisely one year ago, a terrorist
group called ‘The liberators’ took over the Andorian government.”
D’rell said. “They caught us completely by surprise. There was no
warning. From one day onto the other, Andoria was under the
leadership of a dictator.” “Artok.” Ko’tal said. “Yeah, I’ve heard of
him. But the Federation got information that the people of Andoria
had chosen a new leader!” D’rell nodded again. “That’s what they
wanted you to believe. They locked up everybody who knew the truth .
That’s how I got in here.” He paused, and looked at the floor. “But
anyway,” he continued. “Artok ordered everybody to do what he said,
or else they would be locked op to, or even worse…” “O my God.” Okuda
replied. “You mean that most of the Andorians we met, and fought last
year, didn’t want war with the Fedaration?” “There are some,” D’rell
continued, “Who have been longing for war, especially with the
Federation. They were put in command of all those ships. The crews
were told to obey them, or they would die.” 

D’rell paused again. “I was one of the people who knew what had
happened… So I got thrown in this cell…” He smiled. “Luckily I
smuggled this holodevice with me…” Bujold interrupted D’rell. “If we
can let the Federation know what’s going on here…” he said. “Then we
might be able to finally stop this war!” Lt. Okuda, who had been
standing near D’rell all the time, stepped forward, and said: “Well,
what are we waiting for! Let’s go… and send a distress call to
Starfleet!” 

It was decided. That night, at the shifting of the security guards,
he wall-hologram was deactivated, and 2 Andorians and 2 humans
crawled all the way through the long tunnel, D’rell had dug. After 15
minutes, they saw a light. They quickly climbed out of the tunnel.
They looked around. Nobody had followed them. But they weren’t out of
trouble yet. They were now out of the cell, but not out of the
building. They pressed themselves against the walls, while D’rell
looked around the corner. “3 guards.” He said. “Armed with Andorian
disruptor rifles.” Ko’tal smiled. “Just like in the old days, my
friend.” The 4 sneaked out of their hiding place, towards the 3
Andorian guards. Those guards were standing with their backs in the
directions of the 4 prisoners, so they didn’t see them. But Andorians
have antennae… 

The 3 guards picked up some vibrations with their antennae, so they
turned around. They saw the prisoners, and wanted to fire their
rifles, but it was too late. A few seconds later the 3 guards were
lying on the ground, unconscious, while Bujold, Okuda and D’rell
picked up the rifles. Ko’tal picked up one of the Andorian’s knifes.
“Don’t worry.” He said. “I know how to use one of those.” D’rell
smiled at that remark. “Too bad you didn’t knew how to use that in
our last match… I won, remember?” Ko’tal shake his head. “No…” he
said, puzzled… “I don’t…” He then pointed the knife at D’rell. Okuda
and Bujold pointed their weapons at Ko’tal. “Commander!” Bujold
shouted. “What are you doing?” 

“I don’t think he can be trusted.” Ko’tal said, while he still held
his knife against D’rell’s throat. “The escape from our cell, the
holographic device, and this… overtaking 3 highly trained Andorians…”
he looked at Bujold and Okuda. “Don’t you see? He’s leading us into a
trap!” 

“That’s not true!” Okuda shouted. “I know him! I love him! He
wouldn’t do anything like that!” D’rell smiled at Ko’tal. “You should
listen to her. She knows me best. And besides…” he looked into
Ko’tal’s eyes. “Don’t you trust your friend?” 

Ko’tal lowered his knife, as he looked at the 2 other Starfleet
officers. “You gotta believe me! I…” A quick blow, and he collapsed.
Bujold and Okuda looked at D’rell, with amazement. D’rell, who had
given Ko’tal a blow on his neck, explained himself, by saying: “I’m
sorry Captain, Michelle. But Ko’tal was becoming paranoid. He was a
danger to this mission. I had to incapacitate him. Bujold was
shocked. “There could have been an other way…” He sighed. “But done
is done… I hope he’s not dead?” D’rell grinned. “O no Captain.” He
said. “He’s just unconscious. Might I suggest we hide him somewhere,
so that the other Andorians don’t find him?” Bujold agreed, and the
three of them dragged the now unconscious Ko’tal into a corner. “He’d
be safe here.” D’rell said. “Now let’s go find a communications
terminal, and contact Starfleet.” 

While the 3 were walking away, Bujold looked at Ko’tal for one last
time… ~I wonder if he will be safe…~ He walked back, and put down his
rifle. ~Now he is able to defend himself.~ With these thoughts, and
the knife he picked up, he walked away. 

5 minutes, and only 2 Andorian soldiers, later, the 3 entered a room,
where they saw a communications panel. ~That was easy.~ Bujold
thought. He took over the rifle from Okuda, who went to work on the
panel. “I have access.” Okuda said, after a while. “I’m trying to
send a message…” A beeping sound on the panel, and suddenly, an alarm
went of. The room filled with Andorian soldiers, who appeared just
behind the large pedestals, which were at the sides of the room.
Bujold and Okuda knew they were surrounded. They looked at D’rell,
who started laughing. “Ko’tal was right!” Okuda said, with tears in
her eyes. “But he couldn’t have been! I… I loved you!” D’rell’s laugh
went louder and louder. “You silly human!” he said. “I could never
fall in love with someone like you! You are so… weak!” 

“But… why?” Bujold asked, as his rifle was being taken away from him.
“You were a prisoner. You were just like us…” “Wrong!” D’rell
shouted. His voice echoed through the room. It sounded like thunder.
“I can never be like you! I will never be like you! I’m stronger,
superior… As I said… You are weak. It’s only a matter of time before
the Federation will fall on it’s knees, before the Andorian empire!” 

“And that day will come very soon!” a voice said. Everybody looked to
the rear of the room, and bowed. Bujold and Okuda were forced down on
their knees. “Artok!” D’rell took another deep bow. “My Lord, I have
brought you these people.” “Excellent!” the Andorian dictator said.
“You have proven where your loyalty lies.” He turned towards the 2
starfleet officers, who were still down on their knees. “You see
Starfleet,” Artok said. “Your little attempt to escape was all
carefully planned. We wanted to see if D’rell here was loyal to me.
By betraying his friend and his former lover, he has proven that he
can be trusted.” He turned towards some other guards. “Take those 2
away. They are to be put to death. Their deaths will be broadcasted
on all frequencies, to show the Federation they cannot mess with us!”
The guards grabbed hold of the 2 starfleet officers. They were hauled
away… To meet their deaths… 

Meanwhile Ko’tal recovered from the blow on his neck. He quickly
regained consciousness, grabbed the rifle, that was lying on the
ground, and went to search for his missing comrades. He knew for
certain that D’rell had defected, and that he couldn’t be trusted
anymore. After he had walked a while, he heard a lot of footsteps,
coming his way. He quickly hid behind some of the pedestals. He
carefully looked at the group, without being seen. There he saw
Bujold and Okuda, who were being pushed forward, as if they were
captured animals. He also saw D’rell, walking next to… ~Artok.~
Ko’tal thought. For a moment, he thought about shooting Artok, so
that they were rid of that horrible dictator… but he didn’t. He
stayed in his place, until nobody was left in the hallway anymore. 

Ko’tal came out of hiding. He looked around… No, nobody was there. He
quickly, but silently, went towards the room, where the
communications panel was. The same room where D’rell had betrayed
Bujold and Okuda, in favor of Artok. Ko’tal entered the room, but
there was still one guard left. ~I don’t have time for this.~ Ko’tal
thought. He aimed the rifle, and fired at the guard. Ko’tal saw him
vaporizing in front of him. Now there was nobody left between him and
the comm panel. He noticed that Okuda had written a message to
Starfleet, but that she hadn’t send it yet. Ko’tal read the message.
“To Starfleet.” It said. “Artok of Andoria is a dictator. 3 starfleet
officers are being held captive. Please send help.” Ko’tal pushed a
few buttons, and transmitted the message. But at the same time he did
that, the alarms went of. Dozens of Andorian guards materialized all
around Ko’tal. He was able to shoot one or two, before he got shot
himself. The last thing he remembered was seeing the guards, with a
big grin on their faces. 

“Ko’tal!” somebody shouted. “Ko’tal, wake up!” the Andorian opened
his eyes. His head hurt, so he wanted to move his hands to his head,
but he couldn’t. He looked at his arms. They were tied up, so he
couldn’t move. He sighed. ~Trapped like a beast.~ He looked besides
him, where he saw Captain Bujold, and Lt. Okuda. “Hello there.”
Ko’tal said, with a bit of irony in his voice. “How nice to meet you
here.” Captain Bujold did not take this joke very well. “Listen
Ko’tal.” He said. “We are only 3 hours away from publicly being
executed. I don’t really feel like dying. I hope you have a plan,
because we don’t.” Ko’tal was a bit surprised. He had no idea his
Captain could be so… aggressive. “Captain, I’ve send the message
Okuda tried to send to starfleet. I hope that does the trick, and
that somebody will come and safe us.” This time, it was Okuda’s turn
to speak. “I hope that they are coming.” She said. “I have no
intention of spending my last few hours, imprisoned, by the man I
once loved!” “Easy Lieutenant.” Bujold said. “All we can do now, is
wait, and hope that Starfleet will safe us.” 

3 hours later, Starfleet still hadn’t shown up. Now, there was almost
no chance of being rescued. The 3 officers had accepted their fates,
and were now on their way to the ‘execution wall’, as they heard
guards call it. When they arrived, with their hands still tied behind
their backs, they saw an entire crowd had gathered, to see them being
shot. They also saw armed guards, controlling the crowd. The 3
officers knew what was going on: the Andorians didn’t want to watch,
but Artok had forced them. Now, all of Andoria, and all of the
Federation, was going to see how they were being executed. 

As they stood against the wall, with the rifles pointed at them, and
the camera’s recording everything, it was on this moment, when Artok
gave the order to fire, that a familiar blue light enveloped them. At
one moment they were on the execution site, but at the other, they
found themselves at a transporterpad, surrounded by Starfleet
officers. “Welcome back.” One of them said. 

Meanwhile, everybody on Andoria, and in the Federation, had watched
the 3 Starfleet officers being beamed away. The Andorians now knew
the Federation was on their side, in their constant battle against
Artok. And when Starfleet troops began to beam down to the surface,
the Andorians, who weren’t loyal to Artok, began to fight together
with Starfleet, against Artok’s forces. The battle was tough, and a
lot of people were killed. But in the end, Artok was captured, and
Andoria was handed back to the Andorians. 

One month after Andoria was liberated, they joined the Federation
again. Bujold, Okuda and Ko’tal recieved the Pike medal, for valor.
They all continued to serve in Starfleet, even Ko’tal, who wasn’t an
outsider anymore. He was a hero, in the eyes of his people. And many
years later, when Ko’tal retired from Starfleet, he went back to
Andoria, and became an old, but wise Ambassador, between Andoria and
the Federation, to make sure none of this would happen again. 

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     The Alpha Centauri Mystery - Part 4 by Ben Versteegt
====================================================================

Summary: On Alpha Centauri, after the Dominion War, a Cardassian with
a phaser threatens to kill the Ferengi bartender Zaag, if he doesn't
help him. He wants Zaag to steal some samples. The next day,
Starfleet Ensign Sandra Burke has to examine these strange, unknown
samples. Zaag then asks Sandra to steal those samples for him, and
Sandra agrees, on one condition: when Zaag meets the Cardassian,
there will be a security team standing by to take the Cardassian into
custody. 

And now the continuation: 

"Let me get this straight..." Lieutenant Graves straightened his
uniform while speaking to Sandra. He probably thought it was funny.
"You want to take some precious samples to a Ferengi, so he can
deliver them to a Cardassian, who will then be caught by Starfleet
personnel?"

"Exactly."

The Lieutenant stared at Sandra with a look that said "You have to be
kidding."

"You're serious aren't you?" he finally said.

"Dead serious."

There was a long and awkward silence. The Lieutenant looked like he
was thinking hard and serious about this. He probably was. Sandra
could never tell with him. Finally, after what seemed like hours, he
looked Sandra straight in her eyes.

"Fine then. But I'm holding you personally responsible. If your plan
fails, I don't want Starfleet to blame me." He paused, and shook his
head. "Unlike some people in this room, I have career plans."

"Understood Sir." Sandra said, ignoring the Lieutenant's remark about
her career. "I'll have the security team standing by at the
designated time and place of the 'transfer' of the samples. And I
will pick up the samples tonight."

She turned around to leave, but Graves stopped her.

"Ensign."

Sandra turned to face her superiour officer. "Yes Sir?"

"If you loose those samples..."

"I won't, Sir."

"But if you do..." The Lieutenant spoke softly, almost threatening.
"I'll have your head. Understood?"

"Understood Sir."

"Good."

Sandra turned again to walk away, but got stopped again by the
Lieutenant. "Ensign?"

"Yes Sir?" Sandra sighed.

"Dismissed, Ensign." 

Later that night, Sandra and the security team were hiding in an
adjacent room, while in the next room, Zaag was pacing around
nervously. The Ferengi had a very bad feeling about this. His life
was at stake here. What if the Cardassian entered the room and found
out about the Starfleet team hiding in the next room? He would most
surely kill Zaag and get away with the samples. The Ferengi didn't
care about the samples, but the risk to his own life was too great.
For a minute, he toyed with the idea of telling the Cardassian there
was a team hiding nearby. That way Zaag would have demonstrated his
loyalty, the Cardassian would go away, and Zaag's life would have
been saved. But there also was a chance that the Cardassian might
attack the security team. Sandra might get hurt. He didn't want that
to happen at all. Somehow, he felt that dying to protect Sandra
wasn't such a bad way to die. He liked Sandra very much. More than he
would like to admit, even to himself. Or to her. 

He didn't have time to think any more, because he heard a sound that
made him freeze. The sound of a transporter filled the room. In front
of Zaag, someone appeared in a yellow light. Zaag recognized this
fellow as the Cardassian who had threatened him. If it was possible
for him to become more nervous than he already was, he would have
done so. 

"Do you have the samples?" the Cardassian asked.

"Yes, yes, I have them right here." Zaag replied nervously. He
pointed to the box on the table, which contained the samples.

"Excellent. I knew I could count on you, Ferengi."

"Thank you, Mister..." Zaag paused for a moment. "I didn't get you
name, I'm afraid."

"And you won't get it, Ferengi." There was an angry tone is his
voice, almost threatening.

"Sure, if you don't want to give me your name, that's all right with
me!" Zaag shouted nervously. "I don't care. I just..."

He was stopped mid-sentence by a Cardassian phaser which the
Cardassian had pointed at, and pressed against, his head. It felt
uncomfortable to say the least. He moved behind Zaag, with his phaser
still against Zaag's temple (or the Ferengi equivalent of a temple),
and he picked up the box with samples.

The Cardassian moved even closer to Zaag,. His face was now only
centimeters away from the Ferengi's right ear.

"I know about the Starfleet security team in the next room." he
whispered softly.

A shock went through Zaag. He was certain he would die in the next
few minutes. His only chance was to do what Ferengi in distress do
best: grovel.

He opened his mouth to plead for his life, only to close it again
when the Cardassian pushed his phaser even harder against Zaag's
head.

"Don't..." the Cardassian said, a little too loudly. He looked to the
entrance to the next room, where he knew the security team was
hiding. "Don't say a word." He whispered to Zaag. "...or I'll blow
you head off..."

Zaag only nodded.

"I hope I never see you again, Ferengi." the Cardassian said, as he
touched his communication device on his wrist. "Farewell." 

For a few moments, neither of them spoke.

"You're leaving?" Zaag finally managed to say.

The Cardassian was clearly surprised. "Why am I not on my ship?" he
asked to no-one in particular. "Why isn't my transporter working?" 

"Transporter inhibitor." came a voice from across the room. In the
door-opening stood Sandra, pointing a phaser at the Cardassian. With
her were four security guards, all with phaser rifles. "We thought
you might want to escape by using your transporter, so we put up a
transporter inhibitor." she paused, while looking the Cardassian
straight into his eyes. "There's nowhere to run, you know. I suggest
you put down your weapon and the samples, and surrender yourself to
us."

The Cardassian tightened his grip on Zaag. He started to move
backwards, towards the outside, while dragging Zaag with him. "If you
think I will surrender to you..." he said in his soft and icy voice,
"...you Starfleet types are even more naive than I thought you were."

"This is a Federation planet." Sandra said. "Do you really think you
can escape? There are hundreds of Starfleet officers stationed here.
You'll never get off the planet!"

"I'll take my chances." the Cardassian said. "If you follow me, the
Ferengi dies, understood? Now lower your weapons!"

The security officers didn't seem to know what to do, as they looked
at Sandra for orders. She didn't know what to do either. She couldn't
just let the Cardassian escape with Zaag and the samples. But she
also couldn't try to stop the Cardassian. She didn't want to be
responsible for Zaag's death.

Sandra didn't have any previous experience with hostage situations
like this, or with any kind of hostage situation for that matter.
Inside, she felt she started to panic. She also knew this was a time
where she couldn't panic, no matter what, so she tried to control her
fear and anxiety. It didn't work very well.

She felt her heart beat go faster than ever, and tried her best not
to show to the Cardassian how afraid she was. "I'm warning you!" she
shouted. "I will fire!"

"Lower your weapons!" the Cardassian shouted back. Sandra could see
that he was getting nervous too. He held the phaser tightly against
Zaag's head, his finger ready to push the trigger. "Lower your
weapons!" he yelled again. "I mean it! I will kill the Ferengi!" 

Instead of lowering her weapon, Sandra took aim. "If he dies..." she
said softly. "you'll be next."

"What are you doing?" hissed Zaag. "He'll shoot me!"

"No he won't." Sandra said calmly. Inside though, she was shaking.
"If he shoots you, we will shoot him. He can't afford to loose you."

"What the hell are you doing Sandra?" Zaag cried out in panic. "Put
down the phaser!"

Sandra made a smile appear on her face. She actually was terrified,
but she didn't let it show... she hoped.

"I'm calling his bluff..." 

The nerves seemed to be getting to the Cardassian. Instead of at
Zaag, he pointed his phaser at Sandra, holding his other arm around
his Ferengi hostage. "You're right." he said. "I need this hostage."
he paused, while he aimed at Sandra. There was a creepy kind of spark
in his eyes. He seemed to enjoy this moment, when he was in control
of the situation. He was going to get away, and there was nothing
Starfleet could do about it. All they could do was watch how he would
walk away with the hostage and the samples.

The annoying Ferengi he would dispose of as soon as possible. He just
needed a hostage to get away. After he would have gotten to his
ship... one blast with his phaser to the Ferengi's stomach would
cause a slow and agonizing death... The Cardassian smiled at the
thought. 

"So I need the Ferengi for hostage-purposes." he thought to himself,
as he smiled patronizingly at Sandra and her security team. "But that
doesn't mean I can't kill someone else..." He looked Sandra right
into the eyes. "...Starting with her." 

"I will be going now." he said, still aiming his weapon at Sandra and
her team. "Don't try to stop me."

Sandra sighed almost unnoticeably. She knew they had failed to
protect the samples and to imprison the Cardassian. And what was even
worse, she had failed to protect Zaag.

As the Cardassian moved further backwards, she still kept her phaser
aimed at him. Too bad Zaag was in the way, or she would have fired.
But she didn't want to risk hitting the Ferengi. 

Then suddenly, the Cardassian stopped. 

"I would say 'see you again sometimes,' but... well..." the
Cardassian said, as he had his phaser pointing straight at Sandra.
"But since you will be dead and I will remain alive, I don't think I
will be seeing you after all..." As he moved his index finger
millimeter by millimeter closer to the trigger, he thought about all
his previous victims. He always enjoyed the moment before the kill
the most. The few seconds when he saw the fear in the eyes of his
victim, always seemed to last for hours. He enjoyed every moment of
it. Although somehow, this time wasn't as exhilarating as some of the
previous times. "Must be the 'last comment'-part..." he thought. His
last words to his victim were usually a smart one-liner, giving the
soon-to-be-dead-person a clue as to what was about to happen.

He shrugged hardly noticeably. He was a great killer, but coming up
with original one-liners was a bit more difficult. 

The Cardassian did see fear in Sandra's eyes. And Sandra knew it. She
knew she was going to die. She knew the Cardassian would fire,
killing her, probably in the most painful way imaginable. And he
would get away with the samples and with Zaag. If only she had done
more to stop the Cardassian... but it was too late for that now.

She looked her killer straight into his eyes, determined to give him
a look that would haunt his the rest of his life. At least that way
she would get her revenge. The Cardassian didn't seem to care too
much about it, though. It only made him smile even more.

"Fine then." Sandra thought. "Then I will die..." 

"Wait!" someone shouted. 

It was Zaag. He couldn't just stand by - even if he was a hostage -
and allow Sandra to be shot. He cared too much for her to do nothing.
"Can't we negotiate a deal of some sort?" He tried to look at the
Cardassian. "If you let us live, I will give you... five strips of
gold-pressed latinum!" 

The Cardassian looked annoyed. "You just spoiled a perfectly good
moment." he said. "Now shut up, and don't interrupt me again. These
are moments one needs to treasure, you know."

"Seven!" Zaag yelled. "No, eight strips of latinum!" There was no
response, only an unclear muttering from the Cardassian. "Ten?
Twenty? Or how about one whole bar of gold-pressed latinum? Come on,
even a Cardassian must have his price!" 

The Cardassian was about to reply, when his communicator beeped.
Suddenly, the _expression on his face turned from annoyed to
terrified in an instant. "Dammit!" he shouted. Apparently, something
unexpected had come up.

Without a warning, he let go of Zaag and started running, leaving a
surprised Starfleet team behind and also an astounded but very
pleased Zaag.

"Stop him!" Sandra shouted, but then realized she herself had a
phaser in her hand. She aimed, and fired it. The beam hit the
Cardassian in the back. He dropped his phaser and, unconscious, fell
to the ground. He rolled over once or twice because of the momentum
he still had, and then stopped. The box with samples ended up near
his face, which was covered with dirt. 

Sandra holstered her phaser and walked to Zaag, while the other
members of the team moved towards the unconscious Cardassian. "Are
you all right?" Sandra asked.

For a moment, Zaag said nothing. But the moment quickly passed, and
Zaag seemed to have gotten over the shock. "You could have killed
me!" he yelled.

"You're welcome..."

Zaag sighed. "Thanks Sandra. But I still say this was a bad plan. He
could have shot me!"

"But he didn't"

"No he didn't!" Zaag seemed rather upset. "Lucky for me. How did you
know he wasn't going to fire anyway?"

Sandra smiled. "I didn't." 

She ignored Zaag's surprised face and walked towards the security
team.

"Nice shot Ma'am." One of them said. "But I wonder why he suddenly
decided to run away like that..."

"I don't know. I guess he just..."

She couldn't finish her sentence. An enormous explosion in the
background made them all cover their ears. When finally Sandra looked
up in the direction of the explosion, she realized what had happened,
although she couldn't believe it. 

"Our base..." she said, gesturing in the direction where the outpost
had stood only a few seconds ago. Now there were only a few remains,
some fires and a lot of dust. Pillars of smoke filled the sky above
them. 

"It's.... gone!" 

TO BE CONTINUED...

====================================================================
        Project Star Gate --- Chapter XII --- ' Dominion '
                      by Mark van der Laan
====================================================================
Introduction  
Space, the final frontier. Or is it? In a remote corner of the Alpha
Quadrant, a new and unique project has been started. Here, in the
distant Bel System we find a new type of star base, one unlike ever
seen before. This star base, wielding the codename 'Maelstrom',
utilizes the sun's power to create a rift in space, a vortex much
alike a wormhole, for a brief period of time, allowing whatever
passes through it to travel to any part of the galaxy, or even to
distant galaxies. However when something goes wrong, the station and
its crew accidentally get transported to a distant galaxy. These
stories  follow the adventures of its crew as they travel towards new
destinations, meeting new friends and encountering new foes, hoping
that their next teleportation will lead them home. These 
are the adventures of the Star Gate.
  
 Main Characters  
David Rolans:
Commanding Officer of the Maelstrom. A young terran StarFleet
officer. Though still inexperienced at being in command, he is
anything but naive.

Captain Black:
Originally assigned to guide Commander Rolans to the Maelstrom, Black
turns out to be more than just an escort, always around to lend a
helping hand.

Jagh Ramen:
A trill with an almost impossible tranquillity; Jagh is assigned as
David's first officer and tries to perform that duty at his best
ability.

Argol Manck: 
A tall Cardassian with a grumpy attitude; Why exactly he got assigned
to the Maelstorm is still a mystery, but he seems to do his job well
so nobody's really complaining. Argol was in charge of station
security, but had to stop doing that because he ascended into a
higher level of consciousness.

Anya Maras:
A bajoran woman who mans the science station; her knowledge seems
varied, and her social skills well developed, even though she can't
stand Manck, for obvious reasons...

Daniel Jackson:
A human in his thirties in charge of engineering. His skills are
average, but his ability to improvise more than makes up for it, and
he's one of the people who helped constructing the Central Reactor
and one of the few who understands it fully.

Doctor Ragg: 
A Ferengi as cowardly as they come, yet Ragg's medical skills and
techniques rank among the finest in medical circles.

Tal Rehu:
Romulan spy responsible for the accident on the Maelstrom's first
mission, causing it to get lost in space; was imprisoned in the brig
but has managed to escape captivity recently after an uncontrolled
'teleport'.

Gary Samdar:
An alien from a planet of which the location name aren't entirely
clear yet; he looks surprisingly human and was tricked by Tal Rehu to
help take over the Maelstrom. He has the ability to use what he calls
magic.
  
Summary:
David Rolans, a young StarFleet officer, has recently been promoted
to command the star base that goes by the codename of "Maelstrom", a
starbase that is equipped with a unique and experimental generator
capable of opening a stable wormhole.

The freshly appointed commander and his new staff are faced with
several problems shortly after Rolans' arrival, but all of these turn
out to be childsplay when the Maelstrom's first mission goes horribly
out of hand... A Romulan intruder manages to sabotage the station,
causing an overload in the main reactor, resulting in the entire
station being transported to a new, unknown destination, in a
completely different galaxy.

Their unplanned jump has them wind up near a pre-warp M-class planet,
inhabited by a civilization roughly comparable to medieval earth. On
the same planet they also met a strange being from an advance
civilization, one that in appearance looks  lot like The Devil.

After a short dialogue, two Extras getting disintegrated and the
crew's upsetting of an entire planet's destiny by blowing their god
to bits, the crew returns to the Maelstrom just in time to see the
devil-like creature's ship disappear completely...
With no way of getting home, the crew decides to take a risk - an
uncontrolled jump without knowing where they would appear, with the
possibility of materializing inside a planet or even a star.

While the first jump got them nearly colliding with an M-Class
planet, then dragged off into an unknown dimension -at which point
Argol Manck ascended into a superior being- and left with one extra
alien, Gary Samdar, the crew takes the bold risk of jumping again...

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         Project Star Gate --- Chapter XII --- ' Dominion ' 
	                Mark van der Laan 
-------------------------------------------------------------------

There was a tense atmosphere in the command room of the starbase
Maelstrom. All stations were manned and all eyes were focused on the
main screen which showed the coldness of space which was empty except
for a few stars and a lonely planet in the distance.

"Main reactor at 98% of maximum efficiency," Daniel Jackson reported
through the station's intercom system, "All systems are fully
operational. Ready to proceed, commander."

The commander of the Maelstrom, David Rolans stared at the bald
figure of Captain Black. Black had accompanied the young officer to
the Maelstrom and had since been an unwilling passenger, dragged
along as they got lost in space, thanks to the sabotage of the
romulan spy Tal Rehu. Ever since, Black had proven to be a valuable
asset to the Maelstrom crew, offering advice when needed and even
when it wasn't needed. Right now, Black replied to his stare with a
nod. "go for it."

"Very well then, no time like the present," David decided, folding
his hands, "Power up the gateway sequence. And keep your fingers
crossed."

"Gateway sequence initiated," Anya reported, "Instant transmission in
three...two..."

Flash.

"...three," she continued, after the Maelstrom had successfully
continued jumping to another area of space.

"It seems your timing is a bit off," David commented, "What
happened?"

"Nothing," the Bajoran replied, "According to these readings we
shouldn't have teleported yet; it's as if the generator is suspended
in time and space somehow."

"But how ? And then why did we just shift..?"

"That would be my doing," the apple in the middle of the command room
replied.

Commander Rolans gazed at the piece of fruit, then at the viewing
screen. It was black, there was nothing out there; he recognized the
piece of fruit as one of the omnipotent beings that had visited the
Maelstrom not too long ago. Those beings had declared that they
considered his security officer, the Cardassian Argol Manck as a
great being among mortals and worthy of ascension; it was then that
Argol too ascended into a higher being and was never heard from 
again. Until now.

For next to the apple, Argol Manck materialized out of nowhere, once
again in his mortal form, looking utterly cranky.

"What... is the meaning of this..?" David finally uttered.

"We chose Argol Manck to became one of us because we saw in him great
potential and wisdom," the apple explained, then continued at sneery
voice: "It would seem even omnipotent beings make mistakes
sometimes."

And then the apple and the void disappeared, taking the space station
back to where it was before their interruption: one second before
instant transmission.

A blinding flash filled the command room next, as the station was
transported across the universe towards a new destination. The light
fadded and a starry sky was visible once again; apparantly, the
Maelstrom had not materialized inside a star or planet; they had been
fortunate.

"Status report!" David demanded immediately.

"All systems still functioning," Anya reported, "Scanners are
scanning to determine our location if possible; incoming ships on
long range sensor. Oh dear..."

"What is it? What's wrong?"

"Those incoming ships... They're Dominion vessels, sir! We're right
in the middle of the gamma quadrant!"

That anouncement was enough to get everybody alert again. "How many?"
David finally asked.

"I'm counting four...no five ships; the first will reach us in less
than five minutes."

"Weapons?"

"Already charging," the now unascended Argol Manck said while he took
his station as if nothing had happened at all, "Just say the word and
they're space dust."

"The word," Ragg squeaked. Argol fired a burst of torpedoes. Neither
of them hit anything, given their targets were far out of range.

It didn't take long for the Jem'Hadar on the Dominion ships to
overtake the Maelstrom and imprison its crew. Following the quick
boarding, a Vorta beamed on board, inspecting its new prize. And
after having done so, he had Commander Rolans sent to the now empty
command room so he could inspect his new prize's CO. For a while
neither human nor Vorta spoke a single word, simply staring at each 
other, trying to guess each other's thoughts. Finally, David was the
one to 
break the silence: "You won't succeed, you know."

The Vorta started ranting at that point, but ignored his words: "I am
the Vorta Elbion XXI. I've overseen the conquest of dozens of worlds,
I've devestated entire armadas of starships, I was there during the
dominion war. Your little space station is nothing to me."

"Elbion XXI?" David replied, ignoring the Vorta's boasts completely
as well, "That's quite the amount of incarnations."

Elbion snorted. "I am proud to have given my life for the Founders so
many times!"

"There probably isn't an insurance company in the universe that would
accept a Vorta client."

"Perhaps, but the Founders offer a good dental care plan," Elbion
retorted.

The lights flickered for a moment and then the power went out
completely, leaving the two of them in the dark for a few short
moments until the backup generators kicked in. "What in blazes was
that?" Elbion demanded.

"That would be our Romulan spy, Tal Rehu, escaping from the brig, and
attempting to either take over this station or destroy it."

And then the lights went out completely.

                        ...TO BE CONTINUED...

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         Top Ten Posters in August by Clare Bradley
====================================================================

#10. Alastair Morris and Clare Bradley, 8 posts each. (TIE)
	(PS: 8)           (VALK: 8)

#9. Dennis Church, 10 posts. (TIE)
    (ODY: 10)

#8. Merijn Donders, 10 posts. (TIE)
    (PS: 10)

#7. Martin Miller, 11 posts. 
    (ODY: 8, VALK: 3)

#6. Rob Versteegt, 13 posts. (TIE)
    (PS: 13)

#5. Adrian Rodd, 13 posts. (TIE)
    (CAL: 13)

#4. Werner Kay, 14 posts. (TIE)
   (CAL: 14)

#3. Laura Elliott, 14 posts. (TIE)
    (CAL: 14)

#2. David Susman, 15 posts. 
    (PS: 6, ODY: 9)

AND THE NUMBER ONE POSTER FOR AUGUST IS...

#1. Kelley MacKinnon, 16 posts!!
     (CAL: 16)

Top Three Posters of the USS Calhoun:
#3. Werner Kay, 14 posts. (TIE)
#2. Laura Elliott, 14 posts. (TIE)
#1. Kelley MacKinnon, 16 posts.

Top Three Posters of the USS Odyssey:
#3. Martin Miller, 8 posts.
#2. David Susman, 9 posts.
#1. Dennis Church, 10 posts.

Top Three Posters of Pandora Station:
#3. Alastair Morris, 8 posts.
#2. Merijn Donders, 10 posts.
#1. Rob Versteegt, 13 posts.

Top Three Posters of the USS Valkyrie:
#3. Brandon Allard, and John Wenerowicz, 5 posts each. (TIE)
#2. Mark van der Laan, 5 posts. (TIE)
#1. Clare Bradley, 8 posts.

Duty Station Rankings:
USS Calhoun: 71 posts total.
Pandora Station: 61 posts total.
USS Odyssey: 58 posts total.
USS Valkyrie: 36 posts total.

Fleet Wide Rankings:
1. Kelley MacKinnon, 16. (CAL: 16)
2. David Susman, 15. (PS: 6, ODY: 9)
3. Laura Elliott, 14. (CAL: 14)
4. Werner Kay, 14. (CAL: 14)
5. Adrian Rodd, 13. (CAL: 13)
6. Rob Versteegt, 13. (PS: 13)
7. Martin Miller, 11. (ODY: 8, VALK: 3)
8. Merijn Donders, 10 (PS: 10)
9. Dennis Church, 10. (ODY: 10)
10. Alastair Morris, 8. (PS: 8)
11. Clare Bradley, 8. (VALK: 8)
12. Bram Peeters, 7. (PS: 7, ODY: 5)
13. Dave Church, 7. (ODY: 7)
14. Ben Versteegt, 7. (ODY: 7)
15. Aaron Delay, 5. (CAL: 5)
16. Michael Smith, 5.  (PS: 5)
17. Wes Buchanan, 5.  (PS: 5)
18. Rob Verlinden, 5. (ODY: 5)
19. Lauren Ragle, 5. (ODY: 5)
20. Mark van der Laan, 5. (VALK: 5)
21. Brandon Allard, 5. (VALK: 5)
22. John Wenerowicz, 5. (VALK: 5)
23. Grant Lile, 4.  (PS: 4)
24. Cody Ferro, 3. (CAL: 3)
25. Jonas Ljungberg, 3. (CAL: 3)
26. Simon Osborn, 3. (CAL: 3)
27. Linia Saddington, 3. (VALK: 3)
28. Jed Cohen, 3. (VALK: 3)
29. Katy Crockett, 2. (PS: 2)
30. Jonathan Hardy, 2. (ODY: 2)
31. Vedran Marinic, 2. (ODY: 2)
32. Philip Billington, 1.  (PS: 1)
33. Guido Dorssers, 1. (ODY: 1)
34. John Coughlan, 1. (VALK: 1)
35. Ann Montague, 1 (VALK: 1)

====================================================================
                 August Promotions by Clare Bradley
====================================================================

>From Cadet to Ensign:
ACMO Leon Bauer, USS Odyssey, played by Vedran Marinich
OPS Jed Cogan, USS Valkyrie, played by John Coughlan 
ACEO Philip Kerris, Pandora Station, played by Philip Billington AOPS
Sopock Simounds, USS Calhoun, played by J. Scott Simants 
ACSO Shannon O'Dain, USS Odyssey, played by Shannon O'Dain 

====================================================================
    Why the crew of the USS Voyager could change the timeline
                           by Guido Dorssers
====================================================================

Being a vivid science fiction fan, and a StarTrek fan in general, I
think most of us, if not all, are quite well known with time
travelling. And aren't all those cause and causality problems making
our heads start hurting when we try to think about the why's and
how's and the flaws in there? For if they changed the history, then
we did they need to go back in time to change it? Since then in the
future the reason to go back would be gone.

Well, in each case, our the PI's we hired have now been able to tell
us why the crew of the USS Voyager was able to change the timeline in
Future's End. You know, the episode in which they visited San
Fransisco and which gave the Doctor his ability to leave Sickbay. I
assume he got quite sick of being in there all the time.

But okay, let's get back on track. We all know that Henry Starling
was using a 29th century Federation starship to built up his
softwarecompany called Chronowerx Corporation. We also know that in
the end he did not succeed in his plan to get even more advanced
material by doing some time travel himself in the timeship he had
found. It blew up while he was on board.

But why was this possible? Why could the USS Voyager blow him up? For
when they blew him up then the disaster Captain Braxton was talking
about would not have happened. And hence the USS Voyager would not
have been brought into the year 1996. And if they had not been
brought there, well, they could not stop Starling, so the disaster
would happen and they would.... well, I am sure you
can follow my track of thought here and maek sure that solely you and
only you yourself are responsible for that headache that you feel
upcoming.

So we have a nice cause and causilatiy paradox here, right? For if it
did not happen then they would not have been in 1996, but if they
would have not been there it would have happened. So logic dictates
there must have been some external influence. And this is where we
needed our PI's.

And after it took them quite some time to do their work because
unfortunately they were not as good as Dixon Hill, but... it's the
result that counts. So, they found out that Henry Starling was a
pseudonym of James T. Rothwell, a math teacher at a highschool
attended by a certain Sabrina. And yes, that's the same Sabrina as in
"Sabrina, the teenage witch".

So this Mr. Rothwell was giving math at this class, but just like we
got to know him in Future's End, he wasn't exactly a happy fellow.
When Sabrina asked a question of him and admitted that she didn't
understand one of the things he was teaching about, he decided to
spring a test on the entire class and told them to blame Sabrina for
it. Both her aunts try to talk sense into Mr. Rothwell, but the only
thing they manage is to get angry at this Mr. Rothwell too. So they 
end up with sueing him.

Well, what do you think that happened?

Okay, you don't know?

Let's quote literally then:

----
Judge Samuels: Would the defendant like to make a closing statement?
Mr. Rothwell: Yes I would. Your honour, I'm not a baby-sitter. I'm
paid to teachmath and that is what I do. Yes I could be more
sensitive but let's face it. The world is full of people like me.
People who chose favourites. People who don't accept excuses. People
who are 'Unfair' Well life is unfair and I'm just helping my students
to get used to that.
Judge Samuels: Mr. Rothwell, just one last question. Do you intend to
teach high school for the rest of your life?
Mr. Rothwell: Are you kidding? I'm just doing this until I can start
up my own software company.
Judge Samuels: Thank you. Well I will return with my decision and a
fresh cup of cocoa.

Judge Samuels returns with his cup of cocoa.
Judge Samuels: I've reached my decision.
Mr. Rothwell stands.
Judge Samuels (continued): With respect to existential code violation
this court finds you not guilty due to insufficient evidence.
Mr. Rothwell smiles.
Judge Samuels (continued): With respect to the vehicular code
violation the court finds you guilty as charged.
Mr. Rothwell: Oh nuts!
Judge Samuels (continued): But we'll wave the usual forty dollars
fine and instead sentence you to a lifetime of teaching high school
algebra.
Mr. Rothwell: What! That's not fair!
----

We now know what happened, and yep, Mr. Rothwell AKA Henry Starling
will not be setting up his Chronowerx Corporation since he has now
been sentenced to teaching math forever. So the conclusion of our
PI's is that in this case the crew of the USS Voyager was able to
change the timeline thanks to the external magical influence of
Sabrina and her aunts.

We hope you enjoined this timeline case and perhaps our PI's may be
able to crack some more in the future.

---------------------------------------------------

References:

Sabrina: Trial By Fury:
http://www.bccnet.force9.co.uk/transcripts/sttw013.htm
ST VOY:Future's End  I:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/VOY/episode/68934.html
ST VOY:Future's End II:
http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/VOY/episode/68936.html


====================================================================
           Da Trivia - Edition Three by Guido Dorssers
====================================================================

The Trivia of April had only one set of answers coming in. I however
don't know why, I am assuming the combination of the questions and
the time available to send me the answers made it too hard. So I'm
going to give it another try, but from now on the trivia will most
likely appear quarterly. That is, if I get some people to
participate. If nobody is participating the trivia will dissappear
from the Newspaper. So it's your choice folks! To participate or not
to participate, that's the question!

Well, let's first start with the questions and answers of last
trivia:

----------------------------
 Da Questions - Edition Two
----------------------------

1. "You'll find the answers, eventually, with enough time and study,
and the right sort of tools. That's what you believe, isn't it... as
a scientist?"
What better quote to start this month's trivia with? Who said it to
who? Bonus point for episode and series.
2. Who said "I'm a doctor, not a nightlight!". (Bonus point if you
also know when.)
3. The Klingons originated in the TOS first-season episode "Errand of
Mercy", which was written by Gene L. Coon. Who are the Klingons named
after?
4. In which movie played LeVar Burton in 1979 together with Paul
Sorvino, who could be seen in The Next Generation as Worf's adoptive
brother?
5. Which nickname does Worf have at the weekly poker game aboard the 
Enterprise?
6. We all know the Butler Niles from the nanny, don't we? Which role
did he  have in the StarTrek Universum? Additionally, I'm gonna give
you a bonus point if you know his real name and which role he had in
the Hunt for the Red October.
7. On which planet can the city New Manhattan be found?
8. Who said this to who? Bonus point for the episode and series.
"My mother taught me if you try to combine talking and eating, you'll
end up doing neither very well."
9. Where can the McKinley Park be found?
10. In case of ties, how many SETI units will have be analyzed by the
ST Frontier Fleet SETI team at April 4, 0400 GMT.

--------------------------
 Da Answers - Edition Two
--------------------------

1. Old Woman to Janeway in 'Sacred Ground' (VGR)
2. Robert Picardo at his Voyager audition for the role of EMH.
3. The Klingons are named after Wilbur Clingan, an old friend of
Roddenberry's from his LAPD days.
4. Dummy
5. Iceman
6. Professor James Moriarty; Daniel Davis, Captain Charlie Davenport
(USS Enterprise)
7. Beth Delta I
8. O'Brien to Bashir in 'The Die is Cast' (DS9)
9. On Earth (presumably in Sacramento)
10. Results received: 4369


--------------------------
 Da Points - Edition Two
--------------------------

1. Bram Peeters (13) (tie guess: 4400)

---------------------------
 Da Trivia - Edition Three
---------------------------

Back to the new questions:

The trivia consists out of 10 questions. 2 bonus points can be made
and the last question is to determine the winner in case of ties.
There are no prices, but you will get honored by being the winner of
the trivia. Everyone can participate except for those having seen the
answers (which should be only me).

Please send in your answers to stff-trivia at starbase12.cjb.net before
November 11, 0000 GMT. Everything coming in afterwards won't be
counted anymore.


Good luck and have fun!

Guido


------------------------------
 Da Questions - Edition Three
------------------------------

1. What is Seven's translink frequency?

2. Did Gene Roddenberry really like to have Patrick Stewart casted as
Captain?

3. Who are this? And a bonuspoint for the episode. ;)
 "I'll have then hot fudge sundaes."
 "I have never seen anyone eat ten chocolate sundaes."
 "I'm in a really bad mood. And since I've never eaten before, I
should be very hungry."

4. What is the designation of the USS Essex?

5. Do you still remember Commander Shelby from TNG's double episode
'Best of Both Worlds' ? Well, who is she married to?

6. The NCC-1701-7 is...?

7. Who? Bonuspoint for the episode. ;)
 "It has been my observation that one of the prices of giving people
freedom of choice... is that sometimes they make the wrong choice."

8. In the TNG episode "Brothers" Data locks up the transporter with
an access code. This prevents the crew from following him in beaming
down. Now, why did they not take a shuttlecraft?

9. Who? Bonuspoint for the episode. ;)
 "Worlds may change, galaxies disintegrate, but a woman... always
remains a woman."

10. In case of ties, how many SETI units will have be analyzed by the
ST Frontier Fleet SETI team at November 11, 1111 GMT.










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