Star Trek Hunter
Episode 26: Rain Over Rising Sun
Scene 17: Planetary Defense Grid
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Planetary Defense Grid
At the same time Gaia Gamor and her group were raiding the facility on the Potato Moon, Lt. T'Lon and her team were beaming over to the control satellite for the planetary defense grid. The grav plating in the U.S.S. Hunter's transporter room #1 was turned off and the 2nd task force, consisting of Lt. T'Lon, 2nd Lt. Sun Ho Hui, Ensign Eykirros Jones, Investigator Buttons Ngumbo and Special Agent Anana Lynarr, all clad in full EVA suits, were attached to the transporter pad by their magnetic boots.
They beamed over to the satellite seconds after the grav plating, lighting and life support went down. A number of bodies had been piled in the satellite's transporter room / cargo bay. Andorians. Eight of them.
"It appears our terrorists have been instructed to shoot to kill," said Anana.
"Jones, Lynarr – secure Optics and Deflector Control," said T'Lon. "Sun, Buttons – with me." Each member of the task force made their way to the ceiling, then magnetized their boots and walked along the ceiling. Lt. T'Lon and Ensign Jones were the first to exit the cargo bay and were fired upon immediately. Buttons Ngumbo rocketed out below them in a tumbling motion and fired in each direction as he tumbled, stunning attackers on either end of the hall. He waited for Lt. Sun to exit the cargo bay, then took up position behind him, re-magnetizing his boots to walk along the ceiling.
Moments later, T'Lon, Sun and Buttons were in the main control room of the satellite, their EVA helmets and gloves off and floating nearby, attached by lanyards to their EVA suits. Lights and life support had been restored, but not gravity, which was emphasized by the condition of several unconscious (and now shackled and disarmed) humans that were floating about. Buttons had lashed them together and occasionally moved them to keep them from bumping into his crewmates.
"I have full control of the planetary defense network," said Lt. Sun.
"Power up all the weapons and set the grid to automatically target any vessel in orbit, including ours," T'Lon ordered. "Okay Kenny, Napoleon, Hopper, Grorher, Thyssi… Be advised - the planetary satellite defense grid is going hot at alert level 2. Please power down all weapon systems now."
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In a large hangar in the Potato Moon facility, Lt. Cmdr. Gamor and her group were in a pitched phaser battle around a large machine. Their job now was to protect Lt. Tolon from all attackers as he crawled about inside the machine, setting charges. Unlike the forces they had encountered earlier, this group was heavily armed and trained for low G combat.
"They're set!" came Tolon's voice. "Get us out of here, Carlos!"
The Hunter's task force was beamed out and the tactical unit and the wagon broke orbit of the Potato Moon just as an explosion nearly ripped the facility on the moon's surface in half, sending up a spray of debris that included a few bodies in partial EVA suits.
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About ten minutes after the twin assaults began and just moments after the explosion on the Potato Moon, four klingon birds of prey and one Vor'cha class cruiser decloaked in orbit of Rising Sun. Two of the birds of prey were near the master control satellite, two near the Potato Moon, and the cruiser appeared almost on top of the U.S.S. Hunter, dwarfing it.
On the Hunter's bridge, Captain Kenneth Dolphin was in the captain's chair. "Hail them," he said to navigator Auqa'rh'lth, currently standing watch at the tactical/communication station behind the captain. Within seconds the image of a tall, lean and impressively stern-looking female klingon warrior appeared on the Hunter's main viewscreen.
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"This is the U.S.S. Hunter, Kenneth Dolphin commanding," Dolphin said. "Please allow me to apologize on behalf of planetary operations. We are experiencing problems with the planetary defense network and it is currently on a default setting, targeting all ships in orbit, including mine. Please do not power your weapons as this could cause the defense grid to malfunction further and begin firing on your ships. It would be helpful if you could break orbit and reschedule your visit. We hope to have the problem resolved within the next 20 minutes..."
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"What nonsense is…" the klingon captain started, then a female officer came up and whispered in her ear. In response, the captain almost spat out in her native language: "Hoch Duj ghor bav!* yo'SeH…**" then turned her head sharply and almost shrieked – apparently at another officer, "DoH Se' SoQ!***" Her image vanished from the Hunter's viewscreen. Only a few heartbeats later, the klingon ships cloaked and faded from view.
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*Hoch Duj ghor bav! – All ships break orbit!
**yo'SeH… - Cancel…
*** DoH Se' SoQ! – Shut off that frequency!
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Stay Tuned for Episode 26: Rain Over Rising Sun:
Scene 18: Prepare the Way
Scene 19: Stone Grip
Scene 20: The Atlas Class
Scene 21: The Borg King