STATUS REPORT: USS Odyssey February 2004 by Dennis Church
Stardate 2391.03.20
With the situation on Pabloias Prime becoming increasingly urgent, Starfleet Command orders the Odyssey to continue negotiations while not exacerbating the tension on the planet by sending down a rescue mission. Commander Denebris complies to a point; he sends a “reconnaissance team” in a shuttle to scan the planet’s surface to attempt to narrow down the Captain’s whereabouts (Lietuenant Helfrump and Ensigns O’Dain and Nerell) while also dropping of an away team that is to find the rebels and make contact with them (Lietuenants Velden and Travian, and Ensign Lett). The Pabloyan prisoner who was brought back in the attempt to beam back the Captain is not forthcoming with any helpful information. Lieutenant Helfrump has also been injured, so the “reconnaissance” mission is struggling.
Meanwhile, Captain Bennek, Counsellor Sellser, and Lieutenant Byrne are taken to a prison, where Sellser finds out that the people that captured them are not, in fact, the rebels. This point is driven home and a rebel attack force raids the prison, and breaks out the away team. The Rebel Master Birto is relatively friendly to the Starfleet captives, but the rebels’ resources are limited (they cannot make contact with the Odyssey) and time is running out.
Negotiators from both sides are sent to the Odyssey to continue attempts to reach a settlement on the mining project; the meeting had not gone very well when an intruder alert sounds on the Odyssey; the Pabloyan prisoner is attempting an escape. The negotiations are on hold until the prisoner is caught again.
Unbeknownst on the planet below, the first Starfleet diplomatic team remain in captivity to the Pabloyan government...what do they have to hide?
