" A New Hope "

Posted on Fri Oct 3rd, 2025 @ 11:38am by Commodore Sureth & Lieutenant Commander Ramvek Williams M.D. & T'Vorissh Priest of the Sacred Waters of V'Zorr

Mission: The Inner Flame
Location: Starbase M-69
Timeline: Concurrent

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Once the Reman dilemma was passed Sureth made haste to go down to sickbay to check on T'Vorissh. He would also have to scold him for bringing aboard Seroxa the clone of Kah’lyn.

" Doctor Williams may I see the patient?" Sureth asked.

"Yes of course, please come with me Commodore" Ramvek replied as he led the way. Walking in "T'Vorissh you have a visitor."

The Saurian Priest sat up and seemed to smile at Sureths arrival.
" You solved the puzzle Commodore?"
" What puzzle could that be T'Vorissh? The one that my new Morale Officer smuggled a Romulan spy aboard the station?" Sureth replied.
" Seroxa was a prisoner of the Remans. I liberated her from their cell. Sureth I have seen that station..They have a clone army on that station." T'Vorissh warned.
" A clone army? Are you sure?" Sureth reacted.
" The Remans found the ancestral Vault that contains the DNA from all Romulan citizens. In the event of a catastrophic incident the archive could be used to repopulate the Romulan culture. But now the Remans have it and are planning to use it to invade. SubCommander Evoch is heading this." T'Vorissh replied.

" Doctor Williams are you familiar with cloning? " Sureth asked.

"Yes in theory" then Williams paused a moment "Is not the practice of cloning against Star Fleet regulations" he inquired with some concern over the practice and it's moral implications.

" It is and the Romulans even signed the accord. But only after they had archived their citizens. By having Terrh and Seroxa that means they have continued to collect dna patterns despite signing those accords. Or the Remans did. Doctor we will be leaving the station soon as it is becoming unsafe to stay aboard. I have dispatched the two Ambulance shuttles and want you to man one of those. DR John will man the other one." Sureth replied.

"Yes of course, as you wish Commodore. I do not want my patients put at risk if it is not safe to be here" then Ramvek thought a moment "I will however leave the Secondary Sick Bay open on Deck 198 with the EMH still active should anyone left aboard need medical attention" he explained.

" That will work. What about Mr T'Vorissh? Can he leave?"Sureth asked.

"He is coming along quite well after his injuries so yes he can leave but he will still need to be careful for a few more days and get plenty of rest" Williams explained to Sureth.

T'Vorissh smiled.
" Thank you Doctor. Inside you is a great light. The Great Flame of the Universe bless you."

Doctor Williams did not know how to respond so he merely replied "Thank you for your blessing."

Sureth walked the Saurian officer out of Sickbay and down to a shuttle pod heading over to the slipstream headquarters which had not been touched by the Remans.

Returning back to Sickbay Sureth then showed his left leg wound to Dr Williams.
" I will need a stick or two."

"Alright, go sit on the bio-bed over here and let me examine your leg" Williams stated as he led the way to the bed with Sureth doing as requested. Taking out his scanning device he went over the injured leg "Lucky for you what ever cut your leg does not seem to be there any longer."

" Ceiling or flying debris no doubt. I am sure a bandage will be sufficient." Sureth replied.

Thinking a moment "Yes I agree; it does not seem too severe but let me give you an antibiotic hypo just to be safe from any infection forming" Williams stated as he prepared the medication "There all set" as he then bandaged the wound "IF you feel any discomfort or you notice any swelling or red lines starting to appear then get yourself back here and I'll go with a little more aggressive approach; although I think you will be fine in a few days."

" You are a gentleman and a Doctor. Thank you. I have the lower half of this station on Auxiliary power so get to your medical shuttles. Several starship will be available should you need their sickbays." Sureth replied.

Letting out a long sigh "I had heard they had done a considerable amount of damage to the Base but I did not realize it was quite that severe" then Ramvek paused "Yes of course I will gather my Staff and get some of them to the Medical Shuttles and the rest will have to be split up among the various Ships and they will be instructed to help out in all Sick Bays" the Doctor concluded.

" We will rebuild and be stronger. This station started out smaller than Station K7. Our rebuild will be ...very efficient." Sureth replied.

"Logically that would be the correct course of action since the Base has to be rebuilt anyway. As modern as the Medical Complex is now it could always use a streamlining to make it even better to serve our patients as well as making life easier for the Staff" Williams stated with some hope for the future.

Hope was what they all needed right now.

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