941: From One Predicament Into Another

by Mellice Cem
90823.2037
Following Out of the Frying Pan...

=^=Aboard a stolen Orion R-4 Raider, Somewhere In Space=^=


Mellice knew that he and his 'guest', Admiral Harris' daughter couldn't stay in the asteroid field for much longer as one of the three pursuing Orion Marauder pirate ships cruised dangerously close to their hiding spot.

Without thinking of the consequences of his actions, after the larger ship passed them by he gunned the engines for all they were worth towards the only Class M planet that was relatively close by.

Kelly Harris looked over to him with a raised brow and a bewildered look upon her fair features. "What in the name of god are you doing? Trying to get us both killed? My father won't approve of your actions in the least bit Lieutenant, at best you might get court-martialed and sent to the Federation penal colony on Antares 6."

He didn't answer her as the small ship was suddenly rocked off kilter by a disruptor blast off the starboard shields. Somewhere in the back of the ship sparks flew as another conduit blew out, this time they were in serious trouble as the shields gave out entirely. *Great, now how am I going to get us out of this fine mess?* He thought to himself, while checking to see how much further they still had to go before they reached the unknown planet.

Something caused the ship's sensors to trigger an alarm as Cem and Kelly tried in vain to reset the blown out shield emitter in the hopes the shields would raise and when they didn't, that just made their day even more depressing.

"I've got something on short range sensors, not sure what it is." He told his passenger, as they both then looked up and out the main viewer to see what had caused the short range sensors to set the alarm in the first place.

"We're in serious trouble." Was all he said to her, while doing his best at keeping the Orion ships off their six.

Harris only sat there, staring in shock at what she was seeing on the main view screen and nodding her head a few times in agreement with his statement that they were indeed in trouble.

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Lieutenant (jg) Mellice Cem
Assistant Security/Tactical Chief
USS Revolution NCC-71605-A
Discovered Federation Spy within the Orion Syndicate