07-02-2024, 12:10 PM
I know that energy signature.
Confirmation came a few moments later.
The Captain turned to T'Lari, giving her a rather Vulcan-like quirked eyebrow which the Tactical officer returned. Obadiah Heathridge. Again. She felt a brief flash of irritation which she suppressed. Humans would call him a 'rogue,' but as far as she was concerned he was just a criminal, and she'd never understood the fascination with lawbreakers that some races held.
Braggins was cautious. "T'Lari, keep a tractor lock, hold him down if he tries to run. If he breaks the tractor, shoot out his engines. Braggins to Jensen, you're cleared to board; our friend isn't a big fan of Starfleet, so mind your manners."
[i]Good. She expects trouble and tricks. Deception as a best-case scenario. No doubt he will pretend to be smuggling food or medicine or adorable fluffy animals.[/i]
T'Lari activated the tractor beam and locked it on the smuggler's ship. For her part, after the incident with the Cardassian "freighter" the half-Vulcan was a bit more wary. That didn't mean she thought that Heathridge was going to lash out with phased polaron beams and start cutting into the hull, but she was ready at a moment's notice to separate his ship's engines from the rest of it. She didn't target the Yeager's weapons... yet. This was still just an inspection, and she intended to remain professional no matter how much Heathridge grated on her emotional control.
"Captain Heathridge," the Captain continued, "you're a long way from your usual haunt. Stand by to receive my inspection team, and then we shall talk about what best to do with you."
The no-nonsense Jensen would be the best to deal with this 'gentleman,' as far as the Tactical officer was concerned.
[Let's not try and make nice, Captain. Let's get this over with so we can both be on our way.]
[i]It's never that easy with him.[/i]
== GM input: Any problems with the tractors? ==
Confirmation came a few moments later.
The Captain turned to T'Lari, giving her a rather Vulcan-like quirked eyebrow which the Tactical officer returned. Obadiah Heathridge. Again. She felt a brief flash of irritation which she suppressed. Humans would call him a 'rogue,' but as far as she was concerned he was just a criminal, and she'd never understood the fascination with lawbreakers that some races held.
Braggins was cautious. "T'Lari, keep a tractor lock, hold him down if he tries to run. If he breaks the tractor, shoot out his engines. Braggins to Jensen, you're cleared to board; our friend isn't a big fan of Starfleet, so mind your manners."
[i]Good. She expects trouble and tricks. Deception as a best-case scenario. No doubt he will pretend to be smuggling food or medicine or adorable fluffy animals.[/i]
T'Lari activated the tractor beam and locked it on the smuggler's ship. For her part, after the incident with the Cardassian "freighter" the half-Vulcan was a bit more wary. That didn't mean she thought that Heathridge was going to lash out with phased polaron beams and start cutting into the hull, but she was ready at a moment's notice to separate his ship's engines from the rest of it. She didn't target the Yeager's weapons... yet. This was still just an inspection, and she intended to remain professional no matter how much Heathridge grated on her emotional control.
"Captain Heathridge," the Captain continued, "you're a long way from your usual haunt. Stand by to receive my inspection team, and then we shall talk about what best to do with you."
The no-nonsense Jensen would be the best to deal with this 'gentleman,' as far as the Tactical officer was concerned.
[Let's not try and make nice, Captain. Let's get this over with so we can both be on our way.]
[i]It's never that easy with him.[/i]
== GM input: Any problems with the tractors? ==