Authors Note: This is the third story in what will hopefully be a long line of stories. This story continues the adventures of the Lieutenant Simon Hartstone. While not necessary to read the two stories "Punishment" and "Captured!" it would be advisable to set up why this new character is aboard Voyager. If you read "Training" I should let you know I have decided to take that down considering I don't know where to take the story as well as the fact of the matter is I wasn't too happy with the first chapter I wrote and the second chapter wasn't going so well either. I wanted to write a story that included the whole Hazard Team and not just about Lieutenant Hartstone and I obviously wanted to write a kick ass story as well. Also I don't know how to work out stardates, I have looked on the star trek website to try and discern a pattern for them but their doesn't seem to be one they just seem to be a load of random numbers, I have set this in season 6 after the episode "One Small Step." I wanted log entries to feature more as I think they were a primary way of story setting on most of the Star Trek episodes.

Happiness

Read Chapter 1 for disclaimers and some other junk.

Chapter 7: Know Your Enemy, And You Will Know Yourself

"Why weren't they affected, I should have been able to control them with just my will" the Lord was pacing up and down a very lavish room filled with all kinds of knick-knacks and other expensive items. Also there was a very large bed that dominated the room

"I don't know Lord, they must have a lot of hate to be able to resist your love" a man was standing the room with the Lord, trying to calm the leader down but not having any luck.

"Get me the Voyager command staff, the people that know that Lieutenant Hartstone the best, knowledge is the way to victory"

"Yes Lord" the man left the room to carry out his task.

"Computer begin log recording" the computer bleeped to show that he should begin "Acting Captain's Log Supplemental, Stardate 53302.2, Lieutenant Simon Hartstone recording. It seems that the Voyager crew have found their way to a planet and are being mentally coerced by a 'religious' cult, but it seems like Lieutenant Commander Tuvok has managed to resist the mind control as long-range sensors have picked up his life signs in a building with a high energy signature. I have a feeling this may be a prison of some kind to hold the 'disbelievers'. The Hazard Team and myself are working on tactical scenarios to extract him from this holding cell as I feel he may have the key to resisting the mind control. As well as that, a warship that I feel was probably responsible for the original attack on Voyager, severely damaged Voyager a second time and we have had to set down on a moon at the edge of this system to make repairs. Sensors show that the warship is now in orbit of the moon, guarding the crew. Computer End Log."

"Now do you know why I have called you all here" the Voyager command staff minus Tuvok was sitting around a table, much like Voyager's briefing room table only bigger with the Lord taking up the head. The crew shook their head meaning that the man that had rounded them up was a little vague on the details.

"Ok I want to know everything about this Lieutenant Hartstone, and the Seven of Nine woman they did not succumb to my love and I want to know why." They all looked at each other before the Captain spoke up

"Well my Lord" she bowed her head before continuing "Both of them are ex-borg drones, the Borg are the biggest form of hate in the known galaxy"

"Borg drones, this would explain the cybernetic implants that I saw, and they are not part of the collective"

"No Lord they have both been liberated by the collective, both are highly intelligent but in different ways."

"In what ways"

"Well Lieutenant Hartstone in tactics and weapons, Seven of Nine in systems and all forms of technology."

"Lord they could bring this community to its knees" Chakotay said, interjecting himself on the conversation "Before you saved us Lord, I was watching the Lieutenant train his Hazard Team with tactical simulations in Voyager's Holodeck's and he will find the quickest and most easiest way to destroy us, he will shoot without hesitation and he will always shoot to kill"

"Good, Good this is all useful information."

"Seven of Nine is a very smart woman, having retained more knowledge from the Borg than the Lieutenant, she is excellent at either hacking into systems or locking people out of them." B'Elanna chimed in, not letting or wanting Janeway or Chakotay dominate the conversation.

"Ok enough of what they are good at, what are their weakness?" the Lord said taking the conversation in another direction

"We have a numbers advantage Lord" Tom said "The Hazard team only number 13 including the Lieutenant, as for us we number in the hundreds"

"He would also not fire on us Lord" Harry interjecting "He has said on multiple occasions that the Voyager crew have become his family, he would definitely hesitate to fire on the people he considers family. That compassion could be used to our advantage."

"Indeed it could, your compassion is your greatest weakness after all this Lieutenant Hartstone is still human, thank you all, I want to be left alone." They all nodded and got up and left quietly as the Lord looked out of a nearby window.

Lieutenant Hartstone and the Hazard team along with Seven of Nine and the Doctor all sat round the briefing room table.

"Alright we all know the situation, Lieutenant Commander Tuvok is being held in a small installation here" Hartstone pointed at a map on the view screen in the briefing room "I intend on leading a covert action to extract him from captivity. Myself and Seven of Nine will be the only away team members going down as we are the only ones resistant to the mind control that they seem to employ"

"Come on why don't we just go and kick their assess, go in all phasers firing" Biessman shouted, slamming his fist on the table

"Because Mr Biessman they have a warship with 30 phaser cannons and 10 torpedo launchers and we need to play this tactically. You have to out think your opponent sometimes strength is not what is required, I didn't survive for 6 six years battling the Borg with brute force, I had my brains as well. Doctor have you found out how he is mind controlling the crew?"

"Well Mr Hartstone it seems that this Bio Neural Field lowers your natural inhibitions much like alcohol, making you more susceptible to suggestion. This field can be resisted as long as the person has something to focus on, but if they allow themselves to have the chip implanted into the neck then the person is having his higher brain functions tapped and then the person is no longer in control plus the person controlling them has access to all those persons thoughts, memories and knowledge"

"So your saying this Lord Serbist now has the combined knowledge of all the Voyager crew"

"Unfortunately, Yes"

"So why were myself and Seven of Nine not affected"

"Well your Cortical Nodes in your brains are keeping your higher brain functions protected from suggestion, it was something the Borg put in to stop you being influenced externally so the collective could keep a hold of you."

"Right, ok, so myself and Seven of Nine are fine but how to we stop the rest of the crew coming under suggestion."

"Unfortunately there is no way medically, we could fit the rest of the Hazard Team with Borg Cortical Nodes!" the Doctor joked, but Hartstone was not impressed.

"Ok so its decided, myself and Seven of Nine are the only ones' that are going to be going down to the planet" Everyone nodded in their understanding even though a lot of the team members wanted to be on the mission they knew Lieutenant Hartstone could not risk it. "Here is the plan, we are going to take the Delta Flyer to the other side of the moon, on low power, that will mean all systems powered down and we will be cruising along at one quarter impulse to keep ourselves from being detected. We are going to enter the planets atmosphere and fly over the prison at about 30,000 feet, were myself and Seven of Nine will parachute down" This is where most of the team got confused 'parachute' what the hell is that. "After that, the flyer will return to orbit on the other side of the moon from the warship also after we jump it is strictly comm silence unless it's an emergency or we have secured Mr Tuvok. We will be taking pattern enhancers as part of our equipment, according to sensors his life signs are very weak and I don't think they are going to support a transport. The team on the flyer will consist of Crewman Murphy, Biessman, Chang and Jurot you will beam us all out and then after that we will warp back to Voyager. Everyone got that, good, dismissed"

Everyone got out of their chairs and left the room, except for Ensign Munro, Seven of Nine and the Doctor. Lieutenant Hartstone looked at all three of them for a second before getting up and looking out of the window.

"Your going to tell me this isn't a good idea" Lieutenant Hartstone put his arm on the window and rested his head against the window.

Ensign Munro looked at both the Doctor and Seven of Nine before continuing

"As your first officer it is my duty to inform you of my opinion, and I believe the plan to get Commander Tuvok is sound enough but I believe you are taking on a lot of the burden of getting the crew back and we believe its starting to take its toll on you"

"I'm this teams commander and now it seems Captain, I have to take on most of the burden"

"No you don't that's why you have a crew!" the Doctor remarked

"I can't send Seven down on this mission alone, and I am the only other person resistant to the effects of the mind control Doc."

"Don't make me relieve you of duty Mr Hartstone I have the authority to do it if I believe you are not of sound mind"

"Ok Doc, I will try and pull myself together but I am still going on this mission"

"Don't make me regret leaving you on duty Mr Hartstone" the Doctor decided to turn on his heels and leave noting that Lieutenant Hartstone was almost as frustrating to deal with as Captain Janeway herself. Seven came forward and stood behind Lieutenant Hartstone in her customary stance.

"I will require some practice on the Holodeck before we leave for this mission, suffice to say I have never been on a mission where we have been required to 'parachute' before"

"Don't worry about it Seven, in fact I was never a part of one either, I was going to talk to you I have set up a parachute jump program on the Holodeck, meet me there at twelve hundred hours and we will run some simulations."

"Yes Sir" she walked out with Ensign Munro leaving Lieutenant Hartstone alone looking out of the window at the moon's craggy surface.