Peel Post - Making Adjustments Pt1

Posted on Wed Apr 23rd, 2025 @ 10:10pm by Captain Jamie O'Connell & Lieutenant Commander Angel Devroe & Lieutenant Maria SanChez & Lieutenant JG Sarissa Aloran & Lieutenant JG Sayvek

Mission: THE KINGDOMS COME AND GO
Location: S/M: Answering The Call
Timeline: Stardate:

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[Peel]

The next morning Captain O'Connell arrived on the Bridge as usual as he headed over to Communications "Good Morning Ensign. Please contact Moth Lundren and tell him it's important; Patch it through to my Ready Room" O'Connell ordered.

"Good morning Sir and yes I'll get right on that for you" the Ensign replied then O'Connell turned and headed to his Office for a frank discussion with the Emirate.

[Ready Room]

Walking in Jamie grabbed a cup of coffee then sat at his desk awaiting for the call to come through. Jamie realized he needed another set of eyes so tapping his comm "Counselor please report to my Ready Room" he ordered wanting her expertise on this.

“On my way Sir” Sarissa responded rising from her seat and making her way to the Ready Room.

Shortly "Good morning Emirate; I'll get right to the point. Late yesterday the General that heads up the Engineering Complex escorted my First Officer on false pretenses. After the tour was completed at the Medical Complex they went to another building where she was forcibly made to enter. Long story short she was made to strip naked and put on a tiny bra and a long breechcloth with the promise of being sold as a sex slave to the highest bidder. After she didn't check in or return to the Peel I sent my Infiltration Specialist to retrieve her.....and by the way you may find a few dead rebels in that building" the Captain concluded hoping for some cooperation.

" I am not surprised Captain. As of late there is a rebellion taking place on the Ring. Loyalties are hard to find. I Moth Lundren am the heir to my fathers reign but many of his Generals do not recognize my authority. The outer cells have formed a Confederation against us...me. I need your help...I request help from your...Federation. " Moth Lundren replied.

Captain O'Connell sat for a moment taking in what Moth had stated as he thought "What are we getting ourselves into" but being a Star Fleet Officer and Captain he felt it was his duty to do what he could for these people. Taking a breath "My immediate concern is what the General did to my First Officer. That being said I will be sending a few Star Fleet Marines to arrest him and he'll be brought back to my Ship where he'll confined to our Brig until we return to Star Base M-69. At that time he'll stand trial for the half dozen Federation laws that he has broken and will most likely be incarcerated for who knows how long" then O'Connell paused a moment "At your behest I would be more than happy to send in my entire Marine squad to at least rid Valdaron proper of any remaining rebels. Also I will contact the Admiral responsible for this sector of space to send a peace keeping contingency to further aid in your unfortunate situation if you so desire" the Captain explained in detail.

" I am not sure such actions are necessary. His cylinder is the first one . Should your vessel accidentally hit it with weapons? Arresting the General will only anger the rebels." Emirate replied.

Being surprised at the Emirate's response O'Connell was still unclear about his position as he inquired "So what exactly are you suggesting then; Federation laws have been broken and my First Officer deserves justice" he explained willing for a work around to the situation.

" Win me this war and all of these Rebels will be punished." Emirate replied.

Being a little frustrated by the Emirate's unwillingness to 'take the bull by the horns' himself O'Connell knew what he had to do next "I will contact the Admiral about your situation and request a Peace Keeping force to help you restore order.

After their conversation Jamie was still uncertain about the situation and really didn't want to get mixed up in politics; his purpose for being there was to help restore the Ring. He would wait on contacting the Admiral for the time being. Turning to Sarissa "So Counselor what's your expert opinion on him; is he hiding something?"

“Hiding something is a wide term Captain” Sarissa offered a smile. “There’s more than he’s letting on, but that could just be matters that don't concern us. It’s hard to be certain one way or another.

"Either way, at least we know to be careful and not take the Emirate at face value" O'Connell replied "I still want some answers concerning Commander Devroe's ordeal."

Now there was one more order of business as Jamie tapped his comm "Commander Devroe and Lieutenant SanChez please report to my Ready Room" Jamie ordered before grabbing a coffee from the replicator.

Several minutes later Jamie heard a knock on his door as he looked up from his work "Ladies please come in and have a seat' Jamie ordered with a smile as both Officers did as requested.

The Captain explained in detail to his two Officers everything that had transpired between the Emirate and himself "Commander you'll have to wait a little longer for justice to be served on your behalf; I'm not happy with it but I really have no other choice unfortunately" Jamie stated.

"Understood Captain.....as long as the General gets his at some point I'm good with it" Devroe replied trusting in her Captain's decision "But I will return to Valdaron this morning and continue the Away Mission."

With a grin knowing Angel's tenacity "I wouldn't have it any other way" then he turned his attention to Maria "What I need from you Lieutenant to to act as the Commander's body guard after what she went through recently" O'Connell explained.

Maria looked towards Angel "Commander I so sorry for what you had to endure......I can't even imagine what that must have been like" then looking back towards the Captain "Sir, not to worry; I'll stick to the Commander like glue.....no one will get to her while I'm around" Sanchez replied more than ready to kick some serious ass.

"Excellent! Commander get your Team together and let me know when you're ready to beam down and Lieutenant please be well armed; I'm not taking any chances this time" O'Connell ordered "You're both dismissed" and with that the two Officers stood and left the Office.


< Rebel Cylinder Gamalon >

General Clevex viewed their scanners and finally concluded it was time to call the Federation ship.

Sending the message Clevex awaited the starships response.

[Peel]

"Captain we're being hailed" Communications called out "It's coming from off world Sir."

"On screen" O'Connell replied as he rose from the command chair taking his usual position just behind Helm.

The image of General Clevex appeared on the screen.

" Federation Captain? I think it is called. I am General Clevex of the Peoples Army. I would wish speak with you. I understand you have met with Moth Lundren the so called Emirate?"

O'Connell stood looking at the screen for a few moments a little taken back at the turn of events. Quickly collecting himself "Yes General, Captain is the correct term. Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm Captain Jamie O'Connell commanding officer" then he paused "To be clear I have only met with the Emirate as we are meeting now" as he paused once again "We can either meet via this medium, but I would prefer a face to face here aboard the Peel if you are so inclined" O'Connell stated with his mind about five steps ahead.

" You and your person of your choice are welcome to come to our cylinder. I would like to discuss our side of this situation before the Federation takes sides. " Clevex replied.

Thinking for a few moments Jamie knew he would have to change his personal and strategy for this meeting "All right, I'm interested in your side of things and I do have a few questions concerning a recent situation on Valdaron. We can meet at zero ten hundred if that works for you" O'Connell replied a little reluctant but wanted to get things figured out.

" That works for me Captain, Clevex out."

Sarissa looked towards Jamie. “With your permission I’d like to attend with you Captain? There’s definitely more to Clevex than it appears. I’m not sure if I trust him.”

"Counselor, have you been reading my mind" Jamie inquired with a light chuckle "Yes please, I can use all the insight I can get" then he paused "We were sent here to get things back to normal environment wise; the last thing I want is to get into a political power struggle.

Sarissa grinned. “I’ll do my upmost to keep you well informed Sir.”


< The Ring >

Moth Lundren quickly hustled to his cabinet meeting with the last three officials he trusted . Meeting in a park the Emirate gave his plans to them and they quickly dispersed.

Moth Lundren then entered the sky conveyer system and traversed to the top of the ring where he entered into a shuttle craft and headed to one of the cylinders unoccupied by the rebels.

[ Valdaron Security calling USS Peel please respond ] came a recorded message from the Ring.

[Peel]

Having just finished the discussion with the Counselor, Captain O'Connell heard the call "Communications on screen please" as O'Connell stood wondering what was going to happen now.

[ I am Souran Vagh Minister of Security. It would seem our Emirate has befallen great peril. Moth Lundren is missing ] the Valdaron Minister of Security reported.

Sarissa looked towards Jamie, things seemed to be heading in a none too good a direction.

Tbc

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Senior Officers
USS Peel
NCC-71015