After some of the crewmembers had enjoyed a late lunch with the Captain in the messhall, it was time for the meeting. The senior officers all gathered in the conference room and all anxiously awaited the mission briefing. At precisely 1600 the CO welcomed everyone aboard and started to talk about the mission.
The mission briefing was short, which worried some of the crew, including the Captain himself. All the briefing contained was that they were to pick up a diplomatic attaché, led by Ambassador Von Klinkerhoffen, on Deep Space Nine and then proceed through the wormhole to a planet called "Draysus IV" in the Draysus system. The race in the Draysus system asked for membership of the Federation and the diplomatic attaché were sent to explore the possibilities of an alliance or treaty.
Stardate: 2391.03.16
The Atlantis finally arrived at Deep Space Nine and she was in the edge of adventure. The Captain sat in his Ready Room sifting through all the paperwork, to make sure the Atlantis could depart on schedule the next day. There were a few crew changes, this including a replacement for the Second Officer position. Essar Quinn was sorry to see Fin Dextorianis leave his command staff, but was glad to get a competent officer in return, Lieutenant Commander Charlile.
Stardate: 2391.03.17
Ambassador Von Klinkerhoffen arrived along with her diplomatic attaché, Demeterius, and they had a short introduction meeting with the Captain. When all was done, the Atlantis could embark on schedule for her mission to the Gamma Quadrant.
The trip through the wormhole was quick and without any problems. At the exit point a Draysian warship, the Cricket under the command of Chief Magistrate Lmor', was waiting for the Atlantis to escord them to Draysus IV. The journey was uneventful but that soon came to an end. The moment the two ships dropped out of warp, weapons fire was detected and sensors showed an unknown vessel firing at the surface of Draysus IV. The Draysian warship quickly moved to the alien vessel at full impulse, with the Atlantis in pursuit not long after. The Cricket engaged the vessel, but they unfortunately were no match for them, and got quickly disabled with much damage.
The decision was though, but necessary. The Atlantis raised their shields, powered up weapons and engaged the alien vessel under the command of Captain Essar Quinn. The first pass had disabled the vessel's propulsion systems, but it had only grazed the weapon systems. The alien vessel returned the favour, making a few torpedoes impact near the Atlantis' engines and left nacelle. This took the Atlantis into a spin, though easily recovered into a steady position by Charlile at Helm. The second pass was enough to take out their weapons systems. Essar ordered the ship to fly head on towards the alien vessel and dive underneath their belly just in time. The manoeuvre was executed into perfection by Charlile and Raynor, the STC, quickly disabled their weapons systems leaving them dead in space.
Since their was no reply from the Draysian warship, an away team, lead by First Officer Luke Gerard, was sent to the Cricket to investigate. He took a medical team and STC James Raynor along with him.
