Star Trek: Starbase 777 - computer-core

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As soon as the team entered the room it became very apparent it was a computer core. There were multiple computer banks and consoles throughout the room. To the left was one unarmed engineer, and to the right were two more. Directly down the centre was one very armed guard, who upon seeing the door open and three Starfleet officers enter raised his disruptor and fired at them, narrowly missing the group.

Elwyn immediately dived behind the nearest computer console upon being shot at.

Lorin fired at the guard, also diving behind a console.

Elias stumbled into a huddled position, aiming at the guard.

Bright, being the fucking insane madman he was, instead ran a few meters more than the rest of the group had before diving behind another console.

"Jack, if you die, I swear to God I will kill you again!" They called, instinctively reaching for their medkit.

Lorin’s shot missed the guard, who kept firing randomly in the direction of the group, hitting the floor, walls, and occasionally consoles. The others in the room, clearly not guards, all covered their heads and ducked down to the ground like the rest of team two.

[Comms] “By the sounds of it everything is going well down there. I would advise against dying, and instead advise you should take whoever is shooting out as quickly as possible.”

He howled with laughter and peeked his rifle out, firing at the guards as he screamed back to Elias. "Don't worry, that's what I do! I already got my best friend on the list of 'people who will kill me if i die' in here!!"

They murmured into their earpiece. "Maybe if they distract the guard, I can sneak up an give him a sedative. But there might be too many people to actually sneak up behind him successfully." Mostly they were thinking out loud here, and was also aware that they did not have an infinite amount of hypos.

[Comms] “That laugh isn’t reassuring.”

“It really isn’t…” Elwyn muttered. She peaked her head around the corner the guard wasn’t behind, and saw someone cowering who was seemingly unarmed. She gestured for them to get behind cover.

The person Elwyn gestured at looked around, before going to join her in cover. It was impossible to tell if they had any hidden weapons, but they were wearing a rather tight jumpsuit which had no obvious signs of weaponry.

"Distraction? That's on me, everybody." He whispered into his comms, then got up from his hiding spot and began screaming at the guards with the intent of confusing them as he ran around like a headless chicken, every so often ducking behind things or straight up just dropping to the ground if he was behind anything.

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Miel screamed from the door "Try not to destroy the damned computer core, we need this data!"

[Comms] “What the fuck is he doing?!” Dagis asked, sounding completely confused.

As Jack started ‘distracting’ the guard the guard began shooting at Jack, missing every single shot for some miraculous reason. “Stay still you annoying little shit!” He shouted angrily.

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Elwyn feeling admittedly a little shocked by Jack’s actions decided now was as good a time as ever to sneak around the back of the computer consoles to try and get to the guard.

"TRY ME, BITCH!!" He cackled and kept on running, but kept himself in a general area so the guard wouldn't move as much. He knew that Elwyn was there and attempted to get all the attention of the guard to himself.

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The guard kept trying to shoot him but to no avail. Thankfully, though, him being dumb muscle for an evil organisation meant he didn’t even move from where he was, and wasn’t even checking if anyone was coming up behind him. He was too pre-occupied at trying to shoot the little scurrying rat that was Jack. “Gah! Just die already!”

Elwyn kept moving up behind the computer banks, gesturing for the seemingly unarmed workers to take cover as she did, before finally getting to the end. She peaked around the corner to see what the guard was doing, only to realise she couldn’t see him now. “Dang. Where’d he go?” She asked over comms.

The guard had moved just next to one of the computer banks and out of sight of the android in his attempts to exterminate the Starfleet officer acting like a suicidal cockroach. (edited)

Put suicidal in that because instead of running back to hide, he charged at where the guard was and finally slid behind a console after what seemed to be ages, to both rest up and see if the guard came out. "You didn't catch meeee!~" Bright sassily spoke out with the intent of annoying the shit out of that guard and to make him get out of his hiding spot.

While chaos was insued, Elias used the opportunity to dig out a sedative, just in case. Since the roleplayer missed some stuff, Elias shuffled around to wherever the guard couldn't see them, waiting for a moment to inject him with the hypo. They barely breathed, trying to blend in with the shadows. They felt cadet-like excitement about how this would go if they succeeded. They sat poised, melting into the hazy, dim areas of the room.

Lorin followed Elias, ready to neck pinch a bitch if need be.

“But I will!” The guard called out as he came into Elwyn’s view once more, and now also Elias’, moving a little closer to Jack. How he hadn’t shot the man already was ridiculous. And no, this isn’t because of plot armour, this guy is really that bad of a shot. Cheap, gullible henchmen.

Elwyn glanced out from behind her cover across the way from Elias and saw them. Upon seeing that they had another hypo they used their wireless brain communication hook-up to talk over comms without actually talking. “I could probably just shoot him at this point. It’d save you a hypo.”

During the commotion, Miel sneaked inside, and made her way to the opposite side of the core, trying to find one of the stations that had been used by one of the engineer, so that she wouldn't have to hack her way in.

Elias shifted their gaze to Elwyn, and after a moment they nodded, not wanting to say a word. They could save the hypo for better usage, if need be. They relaxed and pressed themself against the wall to let Elwyn do her thing.

Seriously, Jack is just so... shoot-able. You could literally just shoot him point blank and be chill, but nooooo. With a grin, he slung the rifle back on his back and legit just made his way off his hiding spot on all fours before getting to an open area and getting up to his feet, rifle pointed and all. "For someone who's literally part of Section motherfucking 31, I seriously thought you guys would be more competent! My mistake then."

OH my God. Elias sighed mentally and prepared themself to resuscitate a certain somebody.

“I’m competent! I’m completely competent! You’re-you’re just really weaselly!” The guard shouted angrily as he pointed his rifle at Jack. “You’re just a little skinny Starfleet twerp! You have pathetic morals, a-and integrity! You’re really nice and no one likes that about you!” He said, trying and failing to come up with any insults, as the two stood their with their rifles pointed at each other.

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It was at that moment that Elwyn decided enough chicken/frogger was enough and moved out of over, raising her rifle. She immediately fired two shots into the guard’s back.

The guard slowly crumpled to the ground, his face smashing into his own rifle upon impact. Ouch. Miel’s console might’ve been useful if she wasn’t already locked out. Thanks to the engineer not using it for the past few minutes during the shootout it had automatically locked. How inconvenient.

"Well of course." Miel muttered before cracking her fingers. She looked under the station to find the access panel, so that she could attempt a physical bypass of the lock screen.

He skidded to a stop and wheezed out loudly, proudly crossing his arms. "Naaaaailed it. I'm writing out 'little skinny weaselly Starfleet twerp' in my resume when we get back to the station!!" With much more energy to spare, he ran over to Elwyn and smiled. "Thanks for the help."

Elias stood up and nodded to Elwyn. "Nice job." They kneeled over the agent and rolled him over so they could examine his face. They stuck a tag on him and repaired whatever damage the rifle had caused.

“Nice one, Elwyn.” She said.

"And thanks for the distraction." They smiled at Jack.

[Comms] “Right. One of you get into that computer and see if you can get the base’s shields down. Whoever has a bomb go to that door at the back of the room. In there is the next placement area. There’s someone in there so be armed and ready.”

“No problem, and thanks! Just… Don’t play chicken again, please!” Elwyn said with a slight nervous laugh, before turning to head to the door at the rear with her rifle raised.

Miel found an access panel very quickly. As a matter of fact all of the technology felt very Starfleet, except for the fact it was all owned by an evil organisation and the rooms were gloomy and dim.

"Hey, I've been a pretty good distraction for a while now, haven't i?" He turned to Elias and laughed, snapping out his signature fingerguns to both. "And got it! No more chicken... But how about chick, where i run way faster?-" no, Jack. No.

Miel smiled and immediately went to work on the familiar tech. Very convenient. A bit too convenient, but she did not seem to mind. She half slid inside the panel, rewiring some of the isolinear circuitry until she heard the station unlocking.

The trill would have snapped back to reality after being on autopilot for a while, as she moved trying to assist where ever she could.

The technology Miel was working with was basically identical to Starfleet's computers, give or take a few minor variations. It shouldn't take long for her to get in.

"Right. I have an explosive. Someone cover me as I open this door and go in this room. It's either gonna be a trap and there's a guard in here, or it's another engineer!" Elwyn stated firmly.

"On it!!" Jack ran over to help, this time using his phaser to be both faster and more nimble.

Once Jack was in position Elwyn tapped on the panel next to the door, of which was literally just a button marked 'open'. The door slid open, and she entered #storage-facility with her rifle raised.

Another engineer with their hands above their head slowly exited the storage facility Elwyn had entered, clearly not wanting to hurt anyone or be hurt.

While the others were continuing, Miel kept working on the computer core. Somebody had to get that information transferred back to starfleet after all. Once the station was unlocked, she pulled herself out of the panel, and went through the databases as quickly as she could.

The trill was working on the same thing, though she was much more skilled in practical problems than software, so she clearly stood on standby.

Elias beckoned the engineer over and gestured for them to take a seat where the other unarmed people/person in the room were/was, if they were still in there. "We won't hurt you, but don't try anything." They said sternly, but not all unkindly.

[Comms] "Are you in? Disable the base's shields and start transferring data to the Eventide."

The engineer complied with Elias and went to take a seat with the other engineers, nodding in agreement with what they said. "Th-thank you." They replied quietly.

"Aye sir." She said in response to Dagis's comm, pulling up the station's engineering diagnosis screen, and disabling the shield while the data was being encrypted for easier transmission.

The doctor nodded and began to smile, but stopped. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Why were they feeling sympathy for the S31 people? Did that make them a conspirator? Were THEY a S31 agent?? They worried about the fact that they felt sorry for the people, when in reality it just came with being a doctor.

Elwyn exited the storage facility a short moment later. "That's the explosive placed." She said as she got her rifle out from behind her back again and headed over to guard the door to make sure no one else entered the computer core room.

They nodded in acknowledgement. "Good job. How many does that leave to place now?"

Jack walked over to the engineers and just sat down next to them, breathing out a heavy sigh as he basically melted into that position. "God, I'm exhausted. So worth it though."

Elias crouched, checking him over for injuries just in case. "You did great."

The base’s shields did, in fact, get taken down by Miel.

As soon as the shields went down, she stopped for a second. "This seems.. Easy.. Lieutenant, can you scan the computer core for any damaging subroutines that may just be waiting to spring on the Eventide once we download everything?"

[Comms] “Let’s see… No, I can’t see anything obvious from up here. I honestly don’t think Section 31 expected us to get this far.”

He soon turned to the engineers and waved at them, knowing they were scared and wanting to be nice.

Miel nodded. "Alright. Let's keep the downloaded data on a separate partition in our core, just in case, until we can fully analyze it. Data transmitting, now." She said, activating the data flow to the Eventide.

A couple of the engineers gave him a small, albeit slightly confused wave in return.

[Comms] “Sounds good. Receiving. While you’re doing that tag everyone in the room and the guards outside for transport.”

"Aye sir, on it." She said, before turning to the engineers, tagging them for transport."

Elwyn, her rifle still fixed on the door, briefly glanced back into the room. “If you run out of tags I have plenty!”

"What are your names? How about we introduce ourselves to ease the tension, since I'm sure most of you are very scared. My name is Jack, what are your names?" He asked the engineers, smiling as he adjusted his glasses.

“Jill.” Said one. “T’Hazjir.” Replied another. The others seemed too scared to talk right now, which was frankly reasonable considering the current situation.

[Comms] “Once you’ve tagged everyone in that room including the guy Bright played chicken with you need to tag the two outside as well. Might be a good idea to drag them in where you are while you’re at it.”

“Yes, sir.” She said. She went outside to tag the guards and drag them in.

"It's a pleasure to meet all of you." He put his hand over his chest and gave a slight bow with his head. "I'm really sorry for the sudden invasion, but it was necessary. The ones you work for are evil, and they hide much of which you don't know, y'know? After this, i highly advise y'all to look for something else to do." Jack looked at the guards being dragged in and sighed heavily.

Elias bent low, and began to tag the engineers. "It's just so we can get a transporter lock on you." They smiled, gently tagging each person. This time they didn't feel bad about being kind. These people were just afraid. (edited)

Elwyn covered Lorin as she went to get the other two guards. “Anyone done the big guy yet?” She asked the group, clearly referring to the guard that nearly killed Jack.

"I'll take care of him." They tagged him as well, looking at him sadly.

Jack looked at the guy who nearly killed him and snorted, crossing his arms. "Haaaa. Too fast for him."

Elias smiled weakly, before sitting down next to Jack and hugging their knees. They hadn't quite anticipated what "being in the action" would actually be like. Their stomach churned and they blinked rapidly at the bodies and scared people around them.

After another minute or two the computer console pinged like a microwave to say the data transfer was complete. The speed of modern technology sure was amazing.

[Comms] “We’ve got the data. If everyone’s tagged you need to head back to that turbolift near where you transported in.”

Miel looked around and nodded. "I think we got everyone. Shall we get back then?"

He turned to Elias and sighed, gently patting their back. "You did great. Don't worry."

“Yes sir.” She said. She began to make her way towards the doors.

"Thanks." They whispered, sounding unconvinced. They supposed it would just have to be something they would have to force themself to get through. Maybe in the future away missions wouldn't be so jarring. They got up, very quiet now that the action was over. They glanced at Jack before walking after Lorin, shoulders slumped in a tired way.

As everyone was leaving Elwyn headed out into the corridor with her rifle raised once again, trusting that Dagis would tell them if there was someone nearby. (edited)

Miel followed along, phaser in hand, just in case.

Lorin followed, quietly humming a song to calm herself down.