Chapter 10- Hazard Ops

When the conference ended the Chief and Tuvok went to the Hazard operations briefing room where the entire team was assembled. They were standing in groups and talking, exchanging ideas about what was going on. When they walked in Munro noticed them and yelled "Attention on deck!"

The Chief nodded and said "As you were."

The Chief and Tuvok took up positions on opposite sides of a large display, Tuvok on the left the Chief on the right.

"Please be seated." Tuvok said

"I am certain that many of you are curious as to our situation. Voyager has been transported to a region of space we are not familiar with. It seems that many other disabled vessels are present here as well. We have detected an energy dampening field surrounding the area that is draining Voyager's systems of power. For the moment, we are trapped like the other ships and cannot escape."

"Like the Tarkanous Gravity Well. 247 ships have been lost there." Commented Chell

"Or the Bermuda Triangle…you know, back on Earth." Suggested Munro

"Perhaps. Our primary weapons and propulsion systems are offline at the moment. The Captian's current strategy is to find out as much as we can about our surroundings while we affect repairs." Tuvok continued

"So…what's the deal with our unwelcome visitors?" Biessman asked

"We do not have much information about them as of yet Mr. Biessman. They appear to be Scavengers of some sort, comprised of Klingons, Humans, and Malons. With only short-range sensors operational, we have been unable to locate their vessel since it departed. However, we have detected a vessel nearby. While sensors indicate no lifesigns, we have detected a functioning power source on board. Our hope is that their computer systems are still operational and contain information about this area. The Hazard team will transport onto this vessel and retrieve any files that are still intact." Tuvok said

"No lifesigns?" said Murphy

"Like a ghost ship…" remarked Chell

"Yea…BOO!!" said Biessman

"While your superstitous beliefs are quite illogical, Mr. Chell, caution is recommended. Our special operations expert the Master Chief will now brief you on your specific mission objectives. Chief."

"Alright, this is an information gathering mission. Minimal encounter probability. The Hazard Team will split into two squads. Alpha squad, my group, will beam into Control Room "A". Ensign Munro and Beta Squad will be transported to Control Room "B". Our objective is to have at least one of the teams locate a functioning terminal to extract any information we can and return to Voyager. In the unlikly case of hostlie encounters, the technician should be protected at all costs to ensure retrieval of this information. Any questions?"

"Sounds like a cakewalk." Said Biessman

"See the Quartermaster, Oviedo, in the Equipment Room. Gear up, then report to Transporter Room 1. Dismissed." Said the Chief

Ensign Munro got up after everyone had left and walked out the door to the left of the briefing room. As he entered the locker room he saw Biessman and Chang talking just outside the door.

"Man, data gathering…I was hoping for some action our first time out." stated Biessman

"Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." replied Chang

He then approached Chell and Telsia talking over by their lockers.

"I wonder how long those scavengers have been here." said Chell

"I don't know….i'm surprised they managed to survive this long. I wonder where their ship is." replied Telsia

"Chell." Munro said

"I sure hope they're right about that ship being abandond…" said Chell

"Telsia." Said Munro

"Hey, Alex. Nervous about the mission? We'll do fine I'm sure." She replied

Munro nodded and went around the corner. He saw Autsin and said "Chang"

"I don't know Alex; I have a bad feeling about this." He replied.

As Munro walked out of the locker room he saw Biessman just entering the armory. He followed and walked in just as Biessman commented on the Phaser Rifles. "Ho ho swweeeet."

Murno picked up a hand Phaser, Phaser rifle and Scavenger gun. The Quartermaster, Oviedo called him over. "Hey, Munro, make sure you try out the new sniper mode on the Phaser rifle. Those Scavenger guns might come in handy. They use dilithium crystal chips for a power source. Most ships use those crystals so you should be able to find more to power the gun; the second trigger on it fires the energy grenades- be carful with those."

Munro walked out of the armory and proceded to the transporter room. As he walked in he noticed that the Chief was already there on the pad waiting. He nodded to Munro as the rest of his team: Chang and Biessman; got on the transporter pad. "Energize." He said

With that command two starfleet officers and a SPARTAN beamed away. Munro and his team: Telsia and Chell; also got on the transporter pad. Telsia and Chell pulled out their phaser rifles and Telsia said "All set Alex."

Munro nodded to the transporter chief "Energize."

Hazard team Beta dissappaered in blue light and rematerialized on the alien ship.