Assignment Pt. 1

Posted on Thu Nov 6th, 2025 @ 7:32pm by Captain Jamie O'Connell & Commander Angel Devroe & Lieutenant Marcus Flannery & Lieutenant JG Johan Albo & Captain Terry Kingston

Mission: CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT 10/25
Location: Various
Timeline: Current

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< USS Peel >

Captain O'Connell was sitting at the desk in his Ready Room going over some reports when he was interrupted "Sir Admiral Stone's wishes to speak to you Captain" the Comm's Officer stated.

"Send it my Ready Room" O'Connell ordered as the Admiral's face appeared on the terminal "Admiral, what can I do for you" he inquired hoping there wasn't an upcoming mission all things considered.

"Captain O'Connell, I just was informed about the attack on M-69 a short time ago. Is the Ship and your Crew alright" Aaron inquired with some concern in his voice.

"Yes Admiral we're fine but unfortunately I can't say the same for the Station. This was a well thought out attack by the Remans. They kept us busy with attacks from two of their smaller Ships while the larger Ship proceeded with the attack on the Station" then Jamie paused "We did manage to destroy the one Ship and crippled the other but M-69 had to be evacuated so Captain Kingston and his team can start repairs with the help of Engineering."

Thinking for a few moments "Wow, I didn't realize things were that bad" as he paused "Since the Peel is attached to M-69 do whatever is necessary to help getting the Station repaired and back up and running. Contact me when it's finished then I'll put the Peel back into mission rotation; but for now the repairs are your primary concern."

"Thank you Admiral. That is good news and we'll do our best to help out wherever we can" O'Connell assured Stone.

"I'm sure you will Captain and good luck with everything. Stone out" as the Terminal went back to the UFP logo.

Sitting for a few moments wondering how they could help the current situation O'Connell was interrupted one again "Sorry to bother you again Sir, but there's a Captain Kingston on comms wanting to talk to you Captain" the Comms Officer informed Jamie.

"I'm still in my Ready Room so send it here" O'Connell ordered before a not so familiar face appeared. With a smile "Captain Kingston nice to finally put a face with a name; what can I do for you."

[ Captain O'Connell if the Peel is available I need a supply run. With the slipstream I will need you to go to the Bajoran system and then use the worm hole to get to the system where the supplies are.] Kingston replied.

"Yes Captain the Peel is available. Matter of fact I just finished a call with Admiral Stone and he has ordered us to make the repair of M-69 our only priority so we can get underway within the hour" Jamie assured Kingston.

[ The supply container will be waiting at the provided coordinates. You will have to place it in a secure hold once you retrieve it. It is beneficial to the successful repair of the station. ] Kingston replied.

"Understood Captain Kingston; we'll bring it back safe and sound. O'Connell out." he assured Terry.

After the Captain's conversation with Kingston he made his way back to the Bridge "Commander report" came the order.

Vacating the Center Seat "Everything is as you left it Captain" Devroe replied "I did have Lieutenant SanChez perform a long range sensor sweep; it looks like the Reman have left the area, at least for now anyway."

"Good! They've done enough damage" O'Connell answered then tapping his chair comm to open a ship wide "This is the Captain. We have an assignment to help out the Station; we'll be leaving for a supply run and will be utilizing slipstream so proceed accordingly.....O'Connell out" then tapping his comm once again "Lieutenants Flannery and D'Nall, will we be able to depart soon."

After a brief few moments "Yes Captain, we can depart any time you're ready....all systems are green for go including the QSD" Marcus replied eager to get back into real space.

"Thank you Mr Flannery, Captain out" then looking towards Helm "Ensign Hanes set in a course for Bajoran space....once we clear the outer markers take us to slipstream until we're within range of Bajor the drop us out of slipstream" O'Connell ordered.

"Aye Captain as you wish....course plotted in and moving towards the out markers at full impulse" Jack replied and minutes later "Markers reached going to slipstream now Sir" as the Peel shot forward into slipstream.

< Auxillary Command >

With the power grid failing Captain Terry Kingston knew he was going to have to alter his mission goals and had contacted via subspace a great source of help.

< USS Peel >

After about thirty minutes into slipstream the Comms Officer called out "Captain I'm picking up a distress call......it's a Star Fleet registered Freighter....it's the Calypso Sir."

Hearing the Comms Officer O'Connell knew he had to respond "Helm drop us out of slipstream then full stop. Comms see if you can pinpoint their location" came the orders was both Officers acknowledged them. Looking toward Devroe in a low voice "Looks like your girlfriend needs our help" as a grin came across Jamie's face.

"It would seem so Captain" the Commander replied trying to hide her concern for the Ship and her Crew; especially one member in particular.

"Sir I have their location; it's about one lightyear away from our current position" Comms stated.

"Excellent. Send the coordinates to Helm please" the Captain ordered "Helm lay in a course with those coordinates....warp eight point five if you please. Comms hail the Freighter" as O'Connell walked to his usual position behind Helm straitening his tunic as he proceeded. Moments later an attractive red head appeared on the screen "Greetings. I'm Captain Jamie O'Connell of the Federation Starship the USS Peel. How can we be of assistance.

"Hello Captain O'Connell, I'm Erica Montgomery Commanding Officer of the Freighter Calypso and we could use your help right about now."

"So what seems to be the problem Captain Montgomery" O'Connell inquired with a smile.

Erica noticed Angel sitting in the First Officer's chair but decided to keep things professional "It seems one of our plasma conduits going to the warp core is shot and my Engineering Officer doesn't have the experience or knowledge to replace it. We still have life support for now but we are dead in the water" Montgomery concluded.

"That's not good. We're on our way to Bajor and the associated wormhole to get supplies for Star Base M-69's repair work currently going on but let me see what we can do to help you out" Jamie replied with a smile.

"Thank you Captain you have no idea what a relief it is to see a friendly face and someone I can trust with the repairs; I would think it would be at least a four hour job from what I know about warp cores" Montgomery stated.

"Let me get things together and I'll contact you shortly with a plan. O'Connell out." walking back to his chair he looked over at Angel "As I as I hate to spend four hours or longer helping her out thus delaying our mission I can't just up and leave her stranded."

Thinking for a few minutes "If I may Captain. Why not have a couple of Engineering Officers accompany with the on the Shuttle Genesis Crew to help out the Calypso that way you can get going again and we can effect the necessary repairs while you continue on and come back this way" Angel suggested "Besides this may be the last time I get to be in command of a Ship for quite some time."

Weighing his options a few moments "As much as I don't like the idea of leaving some of the Crew behind your suggestion does make a lot of sense" then he paused "Ok, get your Crew and Shuttle ready while I contact the Captain" then he lowered his voice "You stay safe while we're gone and that's an order."

With a smile "We will Captain and we'll be waiting your return trip then we can rendezvous at that time" Devroe answered.

"Good; now you better get busy" Jamie ordered with a grin knowing Angel would he fine in his absence; he guess he'd better get used to her being off the Ship.

Rising from her chair with a grin of her own Devroe made her way towards the Lift while tapping her Comm "Lieutenant Flannery I need two of your best Engineers to repair a plasma conduit on a Freighter that needs our help. Have them meet me in Shuttle Bay Two as soon as possible" she ordered.

"Understood Commander, they'll be their in ten with tools in hand" Flannery replied as he began getting his people together.

Entering the lift Angel called out "Shuttle Bay Two" then tapped her comm once again "Genesis Crew report to Shuttle Bay Two immediately and prep for launch, we have a job to do.

Arriving at her destination Angel saw Sam standing outside the Shuttle with a smile on her face "Commander the Genesis is all prepped and ready Ma'am."

"Fantastic. Now we just need to wait for the rest of the Crew and for two Engineering Officers to arrive" as Devroe and Barot entered the Shuttle. Minutes later everyone else was aboard as Angel briefed her Crew "I have the coordinates for a Star Fleet Freighter with plasma conduit problems that we need to fix" as she looked towards Engineering "Once the Peel drop out of warp we'll proceed to the Freighter to effect repairs while the Peel continues on with the mission so we'll be on our own for awhile" Looking towards her Crew "Comms keep a close eye on communications, Tactical scan the area continuously so we don't have any surprises coming our way. Any questions."

Lieutenant Albo spoke up "Seems pretty cut and dried to me" then he paused a moment "Not having any surprises is not a bad thing" as he grinned.

"I'm of the same opinion" Devroe replied "If everyone does their jobs, as I know you will, we'll be fine."

Back on the Bridge Helm called out "Sir we're approaching the Freighter soon" Jack informed the Captain.

"Excellent. Drop us out of warp and full stop Helm" O'Connell ordered "Comms hail the Calypso." Moments later "Captain Montgomery we have a Shuttle heading your way with Engineering Officers ready to make the repairs. As soon as they leave the Peel we need to continue on our mission; we'll rendezvous with the Genesis on our return trip. Hopefully it'll only be a few hours" O'Connell explain to Erica with a smile.

"Thank you Captain and who's in charge of the Shuttle if I may ask just so I know who I'm dealing with."

With a big grin "That would be Commander Angel Devroe actually" Jamie replied trying to keep a straight face so as not to give anything away.

Erica grinned back "That'll work. So we'll see you back here in a few hours then. Montgomery out."

Walking back towards the conn Jamie tapped his comm "Commander Devroe we've dropped out of warp so you can depart if you're ready.....god's speed."

"Thank you Captain. We'll be departing momentarily" Angel replied "Shuttle Bay Chief, this is the Genesis requesting permission to depart."

"Genesis you're clear for departure and we'll see you when you return. Be careful out there Commander" the Chief stated.

"Thank you Chief" then turning towards Sam "Ok she's all yours Ensign."

"Yes Ma'am" as she moved the throttle forward "Lifting off the Deck now" Sam stated then turned the Shuttle.....moments later "We're cleared the Peel Commander."

"Good go to warp four and proceed to the Freighter" Devroe ordered wondering how things would be seeing Erica while being on duty.

Tbc

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