Starfleet Command:
"Commander, this is Stirling," the lieutenant reported. "I've found Dr. Stoorer. She's on one of the crew decks, treating injured. The power's out down here, and so are comms... I'm using a personal communicator. Your orders?"
"
Make sure we get some extra hands up there to help out, if we can afford it, Stirling. Thank you.
And use the opportunity keep an eye on her, peripherally".
Starfleet Command:
After speaking to his subordinate, the Andorian returns to scrutinizing the records. At last, he finds something. A young man - human, by the looks of him - in civilian medical whites, enters the medical storage room containing the serum. This is time stamped about two hours before the incident. The young man looks nervous, glancing around to make sure he's not being observed. Nobody in sickbay seems to be paying him mind. He slips inside.
He never re-emerges.
Scanning the records at the Captain's behest, he can see that the vent grill was accessed around that time. And that another, near the engineering decks, was also taken briefly offline... about 30 minutes later.
ch'Pertha doesn't immediately recognize the man - obviously, he's one of the civilian medical staff. Pulling up records takes him a few more moments, and reveals the young man as Kyle Hunsley, an orderly. He has an unremarkable record, scattered with a few minor infractions. They indicate someone with a lack of drive that has drifted from lackluster job to lackluster job until ending up as a medical orderly several years ago...
ch'Pertha's fingers began flying over the keyboard, as he highlighted and cross-referenced all this data; that it could be easily referred to later.
Hitting the intercom beside the console, he keyed in
Captain Parry-Jones' direct link, "
Captain, I've got tangible lead. Thank you for your intuition on the vent system, it seems to have paid off. I'm sending you this data directly", as he sent the data package into the Independent's logs, keyed for 'Captain's Eyes Only'.
Then, he contacted
Lt Stirling's personal communicator: "
Lieutenant, new orders. Same subtle 'find and observe'.
One of the civilian orderlies named Kyle Hunsley. Make sure he remains unaware of our interest in him".
Finally, he intercommed
Ltn Commander Decker, "
Ltn Commander, it is imperative that we keep shields up. We need to ensure that nobody beams off this ship ... or onto.
And please have Comms monitor for any attempted communications from or to this ship, especially using covert channels or methods".
Stoorer
seemed to be off the hook.
But if Hunsley was the culprit, he might be looking for an exit from the ship as soon as possible ... it might explain why there was a cloaked ship following them.
This message was last edited by the player at 11:16, Wed 20 Feb 2019.
