Peel - Unexpected Surprises

Posted on Sun Mar 22nd, 2026 @ 11:04pm by Captain Jamie O'Connell & Lieutenant Maria SanChez & Lieutenant Marcus Flannery & Lieutenant JG Johan Albo & Chief Petty Officer Yesrin Jen & Commander Shauna Vehn & Lieutenant JG Sarissa Aloran & Lieutenant JG Sayvek

Mission: STELLAR NURSERY
Location: S/M: A Living Nightmare
Timeline: Stardate: 79687.8

::ON::

~Bridge~

Sitting at command Captain O'Connell's comm went off "O'Connell here" he answered hoping for some good news.

"Captain it's the Shuttle Bay Chief, I wanted to let you know Sir Ensign Barot is safely back aboard Sir" the Lieutenant replied.

"Thank you Chief" he answered before tapping his comm "Lieutenant Flannery button her up we'll be departing momentarily for M-69"came the order.

"Understood Captain, give me a couple of minutes and we'll be ready to leave" Marcus replied already directing his people to close the plasma vent.

"Excellent Mr. Flannery. Helm lay in a course for home" O'Connell ordered before he was cut off "Captain I have three medium size Cruisers heading to our position Sir" Tactical called out.

Seconds later "Captain we're being hailed" Communications informed command.

"Bloody hell!" O'Connell thought to himself before standing heading for Helm "On screen."

"Captain you haven't left yet and your allotted time has expired" the General stated matter of factly.

"We were just about to get underway when you hailed us so we'll be going now" the Captain replied itching to get away from this planet.

"Not so fast Captain! Our sensors discovered a shuttle leaving our planet.....you wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you" the General inquired.

Thinking for a few moments so as not to appear too eager to answer "No....actually I have no idea what you're talking about. We just finished repairs and are eager to continue on" he replied when he heard Tactical call out.

"Captain they're powering up weapons" the Lieutenant stated.

Feeling his Irish kick in O'Connell became real serious "What's the meaning of this, powering up your weapons against a Federation vessel."

"Let's just say I do not believe you.....matter of fact your whole presence here is rather suspect....so I've ordered your ship to be boarded for an inspection" the General stated being rather stoic.

Thinking quickly "I'm afraid I can not allow that for security reasons....we have some very sensitive tech aboard....you understand" O'Connell replied hoping he bought the ruse.

"Then you leave me no choice Captain" as the transmission was abruptly cut off.

Turning looking at Shauna he gave her a head nod for her to proceed with the red alert call.

“Red Alert!” Shauna called initiating the highest alert status there was. “Raise shields, and ready all weapons. Do not initiate anything let them fire first.”

"Lieutenant Sayvek scan those ships for weapons so we know what we're up against" O'Connell ordered.

" Phaser equivalent and proto matter torpedoes." Sayvek replied.

~Shuttle Bay~

Hearing Red Alert being called Maria turned to Yesrin "I have to get to the Bridge and see if I can be of assistance" she commented with some urgency in her voice.

"Thanks for your help; I couldn't have finished this OP without you" Yesrin replied as she sensed Jen [That goes double for me...thanks.]

"Anytime" Maria commented then turned and exited the Shuttle Bay.

~Bridge~

Maria exited the Lift then walked by O'Connell "Need an extra hand Captain" she inquired.

With a smile glad to see Maria "Yes we can....give Lieutenant McNeil a hand at Tactical" the Captain replied.

Giving a head nod SanChez walked over to Tactical " Want some help Lieutenant" she inquired with a smile.

"Boy am I glad to see you. Yes.....if you want to take Tactical two and operate offensive I'll take care of defense" Jason replied with a grin.

"I can do that" Maria answered while watching her screens when suddenly "Captain incoming phasers" as the Peel was hit and shook a little.

"Tactical take out their weapons array....phasers.....full spread. "Lieutenant Albo keep those forward shields strong" O'Connell ordered as he went into battle mode.

"Forward shields at eighty eight percent....rerouting power now" Johan replied as his hands flew over his controls.

"Target acquired Sir.....firing phasers...full spread" SanChez called out. Moments later "Weapons array neutralized" as she waited for the next set of orders from the Captain.

"Excellent Lieutenant. Helm put us in an offensive position and the second ship" O'Connell called out wanting to disable another ship.

"Aye Captain" Helm replied with his hands already making the required adjustments "Moving to an offensive position now."

"Tactical same thing....take out their weapons array" O'Connell ordered starting to feel a little uneasy concerning the situation.

"Aye Sir" SanChez answered while keying in the coordinates "Firing.......weapons array destroyed Captain."

Before O'Connell could rely "Captain the General is hailing us" Communications stated.

"Tactical stand down" with the Red Alert being cancelled he looked towards Comms "On screen" as O'Connell stood more than ready fro a interaction with the General.

"Captain O'Connell what is the meaning of your actions.....are you trying to start a war with Alben" the General stated with irritation in his voice.

"With respect General.....you fired on us first.....we were only defending ourselves" O'Connell replied then continued before he could be interrupted "Had you not terminated your hail I would have informed you going against a Federation Starship was not a prudent move; you are out gunned. All we want is to be on our way" he concluded.

After several minutes of silence "Very well you can be on your way" as he paused a moment "However do not ever enter our airspace again....ever or I will find a way to take you out permanently" the General stated in a stoic manner.

As much as O'Connell hated any type of threat concerning his Ship, Crew, or himself he decided to take the win "Understood General....well be leaving momentarily" as O'Connell turned to Communications giving his usual head nod to cut the conversation.

Sitting back down "Helm lay in a course for M-69. Tactical make sure we aren't be pursued " came the orders as Jamie let out a relaxing sigh more than happy to be leaving this place and heading home.

"Coordinates for M-69 laid in Sir, awaiting your orders" Helm replied.

"Warp eight and as soon as we clear the Titus Sector take us to slipstream" O'Connell replied.

"As you wish Captain....going to warp eight" Helm informed command.

Addressing the Crew "Great job everyone and thank you for working through the late hour; I'm sure our Infiltration people appreciate your hard work" Jamie stated with a smile.

"Captain I for one, and I'm sure I speak for Lieutenant Jen, when I say thank you all for helping to make the OP a success" Maria stated very sincerely.

With a big grin "That's what family does; support one another" as his thought went to Angel for a brief moment wondering how she was doing in her new role on the Base.

"Turning to His Number One "That was unfortunate having to fire on those ships and I hope they received the message not to start something with Star Fleet" he commented then lowered his voice "Would you like to come over for dinner....let's say eighteen hundred" as he grinned.

“Would I ever” Shauna smiled and nodded. “It was unfortunate Captain, but I think they learned their lesson.”


::OFF::

Command
Senior Staff
USS Peel
NCC-71015