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Posted on Sat Nov 14th, 2026 @ 7:53pm by Commander David Wallace & Lieutenant Commander Isabelle Veran-Dallas

Mission: CAPERNUM: {CD&MISSION} On Duty
Location: USS Asia
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The transporter room of the USS Asia, an aging Ambassador class ship should look like something out of a history holodeck program, but had in fact been painstakingly refurbished, rebuild and fitted with everything needed in the twenty fifth century, like the rest of the ship despite the age was modern, well equipped and ready for anything, most of the crew didn't take for granted being assigned too the Admiral, they took it as a sign they were as close to serving aboard a flag ship of the fleet as they could, now the first officer, Commander Jason Wilson, arrived at the transporter room, he looked to the Transporter chief, "Beam our guest aboard."

Isabelle had been waiting to find out the condition of David, as she materialised aboard the Asia she stepped down off the transporter pad offering a polite smile. “Commander, thank you for bringing me onboard. How is Commander Wallace?”

"From what our Chief medical officer has said he suffered some electrical burns and shrapnel wounds from the panel exploding in his face, if it wasn't for one of our senior transporter Chiefs he wouldn't have survived, but expecting anything less from someone whose last name is Wallace isn't anything new." Commander Wilson said

“Well he’ll wish he hadn’t done the self sacrifice heroics when I get hold of him!” Isabelle added somewhat frustrated that she’d almost been left carrying the blame for losing her CO. “Take me to him please.”

"You will have to wait in line, the Admiral and Doctor are each taking their respective turns," The Asia's first officer said "fortunately the time the Commander took to disable the damaged power controls prevented the antimatter storage from detonating right away, which did save lives."

Isabelle nodded. “That’s true, I just wish he hadn’t put his life on the line to do it.”

As they approached the turbolift Jason spoke, "David spent a good portion of his life without either parent, his mother died from addiction and the Admiral who'd decided to keep his son sheltered from the life he lived, so to see David do something like that isn't a surprise."

Isabelle nodded. “Well he doesn’t do it on my watch, this is my first time as XO, and I don’t plan on being the one who lost their Captain.”

"I think he was happier that your children had their mother coming home, plus now we have a bigger problem, why are the Hydran border defences being so aggressive." Jason said as the lift door slid open.

“That’s a good question, is it possible they could have been tampered with? I guess that’s something we’re going to have to investigate.” Isabelle sighed. “Right now I just want to be sure David is okay.”

"Deck eleven." Jason said followed by the turbolift starting to move "We managed to recover the sensor logs of the Roswell, they're being dissected by our chief engineer and one of the science guys we'll know something shortly." the lift slowed and the door slid open, "Your dad is the CO of the station Cascade is based out of?"

Isabelle nodded. “That’s right, Commodore Sureth.”

"He's not exactly popular with Starfleet these days, the base relocation along with some of the political crap going on lately it's been very difficult keeping certain members of the joint chiefs from bringing down the hammer and dismissing him." The commander said.

“What!?” Isabelle gave a shocked look. “My father has done everything to keep the starbase running, we’re finally starting to do really well. Starfleet should be grateful for everything he’s done.”

"Being part of this thing includes dealing with the political stuff, David took it personal when Admiral Grant wanted the station shutdown, he and the admiral along with other allies managed to shift the light away, that includes throwing one of his marine general allies into the limelight over the Moran Colony riots." He replied

“Then I have David to thank for trying to keep them away from my father” Isabelle added. “Thank you for telling me this.”

"Mostly David," Admiral Wallace said as he approached his first officer and guest "David managed to rescue and take the marine Captain who testified against Colonel James before they were victims of the Deveron super volcano and a hit squad."

“Then I’ll make sure to thank him Sir.” Isabelle smiled warmly. “Isabelle Veran-Dallas, First Officer and Chief Counsellor.”

"David will be fine, he's getting changed right now." The Admiral said as he motioned for Isabelle to continue walking toward sickbay, "The timing on this situation with the Hydrans' couldn't be worse, and it's going to get far more dangerous if our suspicions are confirmed."

“May I ask what those suspicions are Sir?” Isabelle asked as she walked alongside the Admiral.

"General Vommoct contacted me six months ago saying that one of his patrols along their border with the Hydran's had not seen a single one of their ships, this same report goes back over fifteen years, no naval activity, then several days ago the Lyran delegation reported the same thing, indicating that they had missed a planned trade negotiation session on three separate occasions in that same time frame." the admiral paused, "I ordered the Roswell in to send a simple diplomatic message and see what the reply was...you can guess what happened next."

Isabelle nodded. “That’s definitely a worrying scenario. Question is what’s changed? Either that or they’ve become xenophobic and don’t want anyone straying into their space, or along their border.”

"It gets worse, Section Thirty one and two marine laden Excalibur class ships are seven days away and they're very aware of this incident, they think and so do we, that they Hydran's have gone extinct since their hibernation cycle is only three months every two years, there's a colony under a quarter light year inside their border, the best we can tell is the colony is completely dormant, the planetary power supplies are inactive, those automated defenses are offline and most major sensor networks are on a low level of operation, if this is the case we need to get there first and evaluate the situation and prevent these rogue's from getting a hold of any technological trophies."

“The whole problem with that is getting past those auto defences.” Isabelle added. “We can’t spare ships to go in there to get damaged, unless there’s a way to destroy them from afar. Problem is if the Hydran’s aren’t extinct it could start a conflict.”

"Hydran sensor technology has a hard time with cloaked ships, that's why they were never able to defeat the Klingons in any of those border wars over the centuries." He paused as they entered sickbay, "So stealth will be needed."

Isabelle nodded. “So how soon are we talking?”

"Once David is cleared and we get the Roswell crew situated, there will be a four day window before we risk Section thirty one discovering what we're up too." The Admiral said he looked to a blonde female doctor "I assume your patient is doing better."

"For someone who took an electrical explosion directly he's very lucky, but like his father he'll live this time." The Doctor said.

Isabelle nodded. “That’s good, because next time he tries it I’ll kill him myself.” She offered a wry smile.

"Good luck with that, I think Lieutenant Clarke will want first crack at him..." Pausing holding back a laugh "I'm Doctor Peterson." the other Woman said, "Commander Veran-Dallas I assume."

Isabelle nodded. “Please call me Isabelle. It’s nice to meet you doctor.”

"Danica" the Doctor replied, "Soon as he's done changing into a less burned up uniform he can go."

"Thank you Doctor." The admiral said, "Once we get the survivors transferred, I want the Cascade to go back in, cloaked and find out what's happened, The VanZandt will run interference buying you a few extra hours with the marines and section thirty one, get in scan and get the hell out...."

"...And avoid getting shot up in the process." David said appearing in a black uniform shirt in place of a normal one, "I assume your going too meet with the Commodore in the mean time?"

"No, I'm going to have you two bring him to me at outpost three three seven after, I'm going to cause a stir at Starbase eight-teen seeing if I can get those ships recalled." he said gesturing to Isabelle.

Isabelle sighed. “I hadn’t planned on being away for so long, I promised my husband I’d be back, so the sooner we get this done the sooner I can get home to my family again.”

"It's a ninety minute return trip, maybe an additional thirty to get past the border defences, scan the planet then slipstream back on a circular flight plan back to the station middle case we're two to three hours late." David said

"If there's any indications of problems in Hydran territory leave, limit the risks to are they hibernating or worse has happened, if it comes too it we can return with a larger group and investigate deeper." The Admiral said "After that we'll have to talk about the rest."

Isabelle nodded. “That sounds good. Let’s just hope we don’t end up getting more than we bargained for.”

"The Lyran government has granted passage through their space if you need it, these codes should help, in the meantime..." A gurney with one of the casualties off of the Roswell was being wheeled by "I report to Starfleet that the Roswell suffered a reactor failure as a by-product of an unintentional and accidental automated weapons platform test gone bad and I've sent you in to investigate, the VanZandt will stay on the corridor side of the Hydran border in case things go sideways, I'm going to recall the support ships back to their respective basses for now and I'll try too keep this marine and section thirty one incursion from happening."

"What happens if there's blowback on the station?" David asked

"I'm sending Talia in to keep an eye on things, with a couple of contingency plans." The Admiral said.

“You’ll make sure my father is protected as far as his command of the station is concerned right?” Isabelle asked.

"Everything is taken care of for that, but having a set of eyes there that are outside of the chain of command will ensure people are protected, Talia should be at the station by now, I assume that storefront is working David?" The admiral said

"They have the best view on the station." he said with a smile.

“I’m not even going to ask about that one” Isabelle smiled. “Thank you for what you’re doing, I appreciate it.”

After the admiral laughed he replied "The clock is ticking, you'd better get going."

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