Chapter 21 Bloody Idryll!
By the time the channel closed with Krindo, the Chief already had Cortana back in the Enterprise computer system helping coordinate the security teams.
"The transporters are down along with the turbo lifts. I've got Idryll transports appearing all over the ship." She reported
"To all Hazard team members emergency deploy! Fight off the Idryll invaders." Yelled Munro
"Chief, they're in the Cargo bay. Korban is there but he's outnumbered." Said Cortana
"We're on our way." Replied Munro
Two Idryll beamed into the hallway as they left the transporter room. They both went down in a flurry of gunfire. They moved along the hallway quickly passing a hull breach that was immediately sealed with forcefields.
"Unauthorized access in junction thirty-four. Security team Theta to that junction." Said Cortana
Munro and the Chief turned and entered the Cargo bay catching a pair of Idryll in their backs. They could see Korban on the upper catwalks fighting off Idryll. Munro moved up a ladder at the far end. Idryll troops continued to beam in on the lower floor and the Chief dealt with them. The Idryll stopped beaming in on the lower level and the Chief moved up the ladder to assist Munro and Korban.
"Korban to Cortana, initiate system lockdown in the Cargo bay."
"System lockdown initialized." She replied
"Thank you for the assistance."
Munro and the Chief moved to a Jefferies tube, crouched and crawled inside. They heard Cortana reporting security breaches.
"Security breach in main engineering, security breach in main sickbay."
Then Jurot called Munro.
"Munro! If you're still on deck 8 I need help in sickbay we're getting overrun." She said
"We're on our way Jurot."
The two men moved through the tube and down a ladder through another tube and up a ladder into yet another tube. They followed the maze of tubes until a plasma conduit breached in the tube stopping their progress. Luckily there was a hole not far that dropped them into a corridor. Commander Tuvok was there with a security team.
"Lt. Munro, Chief! Assist with the defense of this corridor!" he yelled.
Munro and the Chief took up positions in front of the team and advanced. They took out six more Idryll before they cleared the corridor. Tuvok ran up to them and opened another Jefferies tube.
"Well done gentlemen. Reinforce Jurot's team in sickbay." He said
The two men nodded and crawled into the tube. They followed the tube until they came to a T-junction. They turned left and exited the tube into the armory where they found more Idryll.
"Hurry Munro! I don't know how much longer we can hold out."
"Chief, go to sickbay I'll take care of these guys."
"Got it."
The Chief sprinted through the Idryll troops and was out the door before they could react. Munro took the stunned Idryll down with calm controlled bursts from his battle rifle. With the armory secured he went into the corridor and followed it around until he hit sickbay. He took out a pair of Idryll in the corridor before he entered sickbay and took out yet another pair with their backs turned toward him. He joined the Chief and Jurot using medical carts for cover. Over the fighting they could hear Cortana's reports.
"Security breach on bridge deck. Initiating security protocol Picard Alpha-3. I'm encrypting secondary and primary computer systems."
The Idryll continued to beam into sickbay for the next five minutes. Each of those teams was killed within seconds of beaming in. Chell came over the comm.
"Munro, Chief! They're in engineering."
"On our way Chell." Replied Munro
Jurot opened a Jefferies tube and the two men took it to the engineering deck…
Part 2
They ended up in a smaller cargo bay. There was a pair of Idryll behind some crates. Munro pulled out the grenade launcher and put a plasma grenade behind it. They heard a scream then saw the blue explosion. They moved into the corridor taking out another pair of boarders. They saw engineering just as the main door dropped down. They went through a side door and met with Geordie Laforge the Chief Engineer.
"The warp core is overheating everyone out…Munro! Chief! Over here." He said calling them over.
Unbeknownst to them a pair of Idryll beamed in behind the warp core and attached an explosive to a conduit. It exploded right as they beamed back out.
"Munro, Chief repel the Idryll before the warp core goes critical." Said Laforge
The Idryll began to beam into engineering in pairs. Munro and the Chief each covered a side of engineering. Especially watchful of the saboteurs they targeted each pair with precision. Eventually the Idryll stopped beaming in.
"Is the warp core stabilized?" asked Munro as the engineering teams reentered engineering.
"Not yet, use your tricorder on the energy distribution panel to help me bleed energy away from the core." Replied Laforge.
The Chief and Munro both used their tricorders to reroute the energy feeding the warp core.
"That did it. The warp core is stabilized. Thanks guys." Said Laforge
"Munro! We're on the bridge deck. The Captain's ok but we're under attack we need you!" said Telsia
"Then power up the bridge turbolift."
"I'm on it." Said Laforge.
By the time the Chief and Munro got to a turbo lift they were operational again and they got in. The turbo lift raced over and up lift tubes towards the bridge and finally arrived. When they got off the lift the bridge was apparently clear so Munro checked the observation lounge which was clear as well. Then he tossed his battle rifle to Picard and switched to the assault rifle. The Idryll began to beam in at that point but with three Starfleet officers and accurate weapons the boarding parties didn't make it past the helm station. With the bridge secured, Tuvok and Telsia joined them. Tuvok coordinated with Cortana in directing the security teams.
"The invaders have been repelled. I am initiating a dampening field to repulse any additional direct frequency transporter attempts. We are being hailed." Reported Cortana
"On screen."
"Surrender your ship." Said Krindo immediately
"It looks like your invasion did not go as well as you'd hoped." Picard replied
"Your ship is crippled your weapons are non-functional. There's no way out Picard." Said Krindo
"Let's discuss it."
"And give you time to repair your weapons systems? Do you take me for a fool? Turn your ship over to me Picard. And I'll offload you and your crew on the nearest hospitable planet."
"I would sooner destroy this ship."
"You're bluffing…but in case you aren't"
The channel closed.
"Captain, several small Idryll vessels have landed on our ventral hull." Cortana said
"What are they doing?" he asked
"Unauthorized access detected. They are accessing the computer directly from the hull. My link to engineering has been cut. I can't activate the self-destruct. They're attempting to reroute command protocols and gain control of the Enterprise."
"Reverse ventral hull polarity. See if we can shake them loose."
"Negative. They have locked hull polarity in their area. I have polarized the outer saucer ring which will prevent them from progressing any further but I have no way of removing the Idryll invaders." She said
"Lt. Munro, Master Chief, Ensign Murphy, report to the Enterprise hull and repel the Idryll. Do not let them reroute the command protocols." Ordered Picard
"Aye sir."
The trio took a turbo lift to a ventral airlock and donned zero-gee gear. Munro popped the hatch and got out onto the hull itself. The team split up and headed toward the three Idryll teams. Munro hit his section with a rocket. The explosive warhead dented the hull slightly but was enough to shake the Idryll teams off the hull. Munro made controlled jumps to get over the shields the Idryll deployed over their weapon. He then took out his tricorder and disabled the sabotage device.
"Chief, this is Munro I've disabled the device over here."
"Roger that standby…." He saw the edge of another explosion "device disabled." Reported the Chief
"Murphy, report."
"Ouch! There's more over here I think they brought in reinforcements to hold this device in place I could use some help."
"Chief?"
"Yea, on my way."
"Right be there in a second."
Munro could see the Chief using his suits thrusters to gain a height advantage and using the sniper rifle to take out the Idryll spacemen. Munro joined Telsia and together with the Chief they eliminated the remaining Idryll.
"Munro, this is Cortana they've breached level three security protocols. I don't know how much longer I can hold them out."
"Standby Cortana. Chief go."
The Chief jumped and landed inside the shield surrounding the sabotage device. He got a grip on the bottom of the device then he pulled with all his strength. The things shell crumpled then the device itself died as the Chief ripped it from the hull by force. He turned and tossed it into space where a passing Idryll shuttle hit it. The device exploded but did little to no damage to the shuttle.
"We have enough power to activate the auxiliary pulse phaser battery and one of the new Gatling phaser cannons. But you two will have to operate them manually.
"Understood Commander. Chief you take the Gatling I'll take the big gun."
"Right."
"Lt. Munro, Master Chief, disable the cruiser's engines, weapons and warp drive without destroying the vessel." Said Tuvok
A flight of Idryll fighter-shuttles came over the edge of the Enterprise and fired at the pulse phasers. The Chief aimed the Gatling cannon at the torpedoes detonating them before they hit the hull. Then the big cruiser came into view. Munro hit it hard using the secondary fire to weaken the shields then hitting the required systems. With the Chief concentrating on the shuttles and torpedoes, Munro could concentrate on the cruiser. Before long the cruiser was disabled.
"Nicely done gentlemen, Lt. assemble your team and protect the Attrexian colony on Taravar seven." Said Picard
The trio reentered the Enterprise and boarded a shuttle along with the rest of the team. The shuttle exited the shuttlebay and descended towards the colony…
