09-27-2025, 08:33 PM
Fortunately it didn't take too long for the Captain to re join them on the Bridge, on this timing was going to be everything. [Commander Velaul to Aquila.] She waited a second before continuing, [Run a subspace scan for any trace of a pulse—determine whether it’s neural or artificially generated.] came the First Officers voice,
"Aquila to Velaul, good to hear from you, doing it now." he said looking across to Young, "If you would be so kind." he said with a smile before turning back to the view screen.
"Bring me up to speed Ensign Coppola." he said, as his brow farrowed and his icy blue eyes narrowed a bit.
In the short time they had been working on the Bridge, a lot of progress had been made. It was like assembling a giant puzzle with missing pieces — and this discovery felt like finding one of those pieces.
“Captain, aside from the usual background communications traffic, it appears we have a runner using the classic playbook. If I can direct your attention to the main viewer,” Cologero said, pausing briefly.
“As you can see, this man here is attempting to leave the planet under an assumed identity. There’s no record of anyone with that name on the planet. Not very interesting — until we discovered his real identity: a lieutenant in the Tanndi Defense Force. He’s arranging transport aboard an Orion shuttle.” That was only half the good news.
“Lieutenant Young has managed to fine-tune our transporters. We can now beam in and out with a limited chance of detection. Looks like that’s about to come in handy.” Truth be told, it was exactly what his family would have done — if they’d had the ability. Fortunately, they didn’t.
==Tag Captain.==
"Aquila to Velaul, good to hear from you, doing it now." he said looking across to Young, "If you would be so kind." he said with a smile before turning back to the view screen.
"Bring me up to speed Ensign Coppola." he said, as his brow farrowed and his icy blue eyes narrowed a bit.
In the short time they had been working on the Bridge, a lot of progress had been made. It was like assembling a giant puzzle with missing pieces — and this discovery felt like finding one of those pieces.
“Captain, aside from the usual background communications traffic, it appears we have a runner using the classic playbook. If I can direct your attention to the main viewer,” Cologero said, pausing briefly.
“As you can see, this man here is attempting to leave the planet under an assumed identity. There’s no record of anyone with that name on the planet. Not very interesting — until we discovered his real identity: a lieutenant in the Tanndi Defense Force. He’s arranging transport aboard an Orion shuttle.” That was only half the good news.
“Lieutenant Young has managed to fine-tune our transporters. We can now beam in and out with a limited chance of detection. Looks like that’s about to come in handy.” Truth be told, it was exactly what his family would have done — if they’d had the ability. Fortunately, they didn’t.
==Tag Captain.==