"That actually makes sense then Captain, however we still have to get the enemy off of the station and I need to avoid any more Force inhibitors which they make sure hurt, we don't know just how many Force inhibitors the enemy had or still have so what am I going to do?"

"For now you stay in your current location and organize weapons raids like what you've been doing. The rest of us will try and find out if there are any more Force inhibitors so that you don't have to worry about that any more"

"Understood Captain, um Captain did Starfleet tell you anything about how I fall in the command structure? I need to know in case something like this ever happens again"

"No they didn't which is weird because the Sentinel rank is completely new, and so far you're the only Sentinel we have"

That's when Ashland's real Captain decides to join in on the conversation, having been with Sisko since shortly before he was freed

"Actually Captain we have fourteen new Sentinel's getting their education right now"

"I stand corrected however you are the only active duty Sentinel we have right now"

"Well we'll take that up with Command later for now you stay put for safety's sake"

"Understood Captain"

It would take several more days but finally they managed to free the station and get things back under control. The enemies were turned over to the proper authorities and Ashland finally had her weapons back which they hadn't managed until after they freed the station

"Much better I feel complete again"

"You really can't do anything without that weapon can you?"

"Oh I can do plenty without my lightsaber I just don't like it because it completes me and identifies me as a Jedi, which I am at all times but still..."

"You feel safer with the weapon don't you?"

"Yes Sisko I do. Now then when are we going to confront Command about how I fit into the command structure as a Sentinel?"

"Soon right now I need to give them a major debrief on what's been going on on my station for the past several weeks"

"Understood Captain, for now I think I will stay on the station while things settle down, but only with my Captain's permission"

"Well all things considered it might be the best option so I give you permission Sentinel, we'll deal with the whole pecking order later"

Several days later Portland was working alongside Odo on the top of the Promenade deck when she suddenly sighed and simply jumped over the railing landing safely to the shock of several other people and then simply just stood there when the person Odo and Ashland were chasing tossed several knives at her

"That won't work, I can't believe you just did that considering what started this whole thing between the two of us in the first place"

She simply held up her hand and the weapons stopped, they then went to her hand and she simply dropped them and then stunned the perpetrator seeing as how he tried to charge her after he got over the shock of her simply stopping the weapons with her hand for a second time. But this time when she held out her hand he was forced back into the waiting arms of Odo

"You have him Constable?"

"I have him, thanks for your help Ensign"

"Sentinel Constable I am now known as a Sentinel"

"Of course forgive me, this new rank division will take some time getting used to"

"For everyone Constable and I understand that"

"What are your plans now?"

"First I want my lightsaber back, then I'm going to go to my ship and see if I need to reply to any messages left for me there"

"Why didn't you just use your abilities to get your weapon back?"

"Think of the reports Constable"

"Oh of course I forgot about that, where's the device now?"

"Don't know and don't care as long as it's far away from me"

Several minutes earlier

Ashland was eating at Quarks when she felt someone grab the lightsaber from her and the thief flaunted the weapon in front of her too

"Lose something miss?"

"Give the weapon back"

"I don't think so"

"I do"

She simply holds out her hand and the weapon comes flying right back to her when suddenly he brings out a device and activates it. When he activated the device Ashland goes down to her knees holding her head in pain while the criminal takes back the lightsaber and runs, but Ashland does her best to ignore the pain and is rewarded by having it stop soon after she leaves Quarks. She quickly informs Odo about the theft and he allows her to help him by going top side in case he decided to use the upper decks of the Promenade, and he's quickly found and when she alerts Odo by shouting that's when the chase starts with Odo on the criminals level and Ashland on the top doing her best to get ahead of him

Present

Bashir who was also in Quarks came over with the destroyed device

"If you're talking about this Sentinel as soon as you left I turned it off and then along with O'Brian we smashed the device so that it couldn't be used again"

"Thanks Doctor Bashir I owe you one"

"How about you let me check you out so that we know for sure that device didn't do anything worse than give you a nasty headache for a few moments?"

"Sure that's a new type of Force inhibitor and I don't want to take any chances" (sighs) "I don't think Starfleet or the Republic is going to be too happy about this"

"I think I can give them enough details to replicate the device for training, at least for Starfleet because you guys will encounter more of these types knowingly or not"

"Okay, maybe Starfleet or the Republic can figure out counter measures for us Jedi"

"We'll see now then, time for a quick scan to make sure you're fine"

Ashland checks out okay and goes back to the ship and sees several messages which she needs to answer which she does. Two days later they were cleared to go on a new mission, a day after Ashland and the Captain discussed things with Command on how she fit into the command structure and also about the new Force inhibitors

The day before

"All right, we will admit some of what we felt was that you would work everything out while you were in the Republic, however we are indeed remiss in having a means of telling you how you fit if you failed to do so while so far away"

"The reason that never happened is because we were all essentially working under the Republic which meant that I was basically acting as a Knight under the command of the Jedi Council"

"We understand, we have decided that if you feel a disturbance in the Force you can act on your own and countermand any orders your Captain gives, after that for the level you are at you are to follow the usual pip rules Entry is Ensign, Freshman is Lt. junior grade, Sophomore is Lt., First Junior is Lt. Commander, Second Junior is Commander, High Junior is Captain and Senior is Admiral"

"Why didn't you tell us this before?"

"Because we figured you would know that or you would decide how you fall within the rank structure yourself, like I said we didn't exactly plan on you guys not making the plan yourself, however there is one difference"

"How so?"

"Even if you haven't had time served as long as others might have in the same rank, if something happens that forces people of the same rank to have to take charge of a situation you outrank them due to your abilities"

"Understood Admiral, what about the Cadets?"

"They follow the rank system of normal cadets except they also have command of any situation if it's called for"

"Do they know?"

"Yes we've told them"

"Very well sir, I'll leave you to talk to the Captain about our next mission"

The next mission started out fine but quickly went wrong, everyone was caught in an explosion and when they were all awake they saw that most of the leaders of the planet were in the same position. Only some rebels which the planet hadn't told Starfleet about were free and they taunted everyone pretty fast. Though the minister got a shock at the fact that some of his support people were part of the rebels he took it in stride

"I wouldn't try anything if I were you Minister seeing as how we've told the people you've been abducted by the rebels, and as for the Starfleet group we've told your ship that you're dead, killed in the explosion the rebels caused to prevent you from doing anything when they made their move"

"That won't work that easily, they'll scan for our life-signs and find out that you're lying"

"Except that wrist band masks life signatures, now then if you don't mind I have a country to keep calm so I'll see you later"

As soon as the group leaves with only a token guard nearby Ashland asks a very important question

"Who here thinks they have the highest rank?"

A security officer speaks up

"I believe I do unless someone has a higher rank than Lt. junior grade"

No one did because it was only a few Ensigns and security officers per the agreement with the government, though only now did they understand why that was

"Minister would there be any ships we could take once we break out of here?"

"Yes, it's small won't hold more than ten people but it's very fast, we mainly use it for diplomatic missions that take me off planet"

"Works for me, by the way Sentinel why didn't you sense anything before the explosion?"

"Simple, they were acting normally and the devices were masked somehow"

"You didn't even get one bad feeling about things before hand?"

"No and that's actually a concern considering what everyone who's a Starfleet officer knows about me, unless...oh that's not good"

"What is it? I also want to know if you can use your abilities to get us out of here"

"I can't for the very reason why they managed to fool me, everyone on this planet is slightly Force sensitive and since I wasn't actively seeking out Force users they managed to get passed my shields and training with none of their own, I do believe this makes me officially in charge now Lt."

"Yep, you out rank me even though you only have the equivalent of being an Ensign"

The Minister speaks up

"How does that work anyhow, and what exactly is this Force you're talking about?"

"The Force is...not something easily explained Minister, especially not right now, as for how I outrank him despite my lower rank, because the enemy is slightly Force sensitive that gives me jurisdiction thanks to my abilities. I must say that I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner, but now that I know I can easily use my training to the advantage"

"Do it Sentinel, and by the way, if it takes a few days I think we should use annoy tactics on the enemy to help distract them"

"Sorry Lt. but that won't easily work with Force sensitives, even untrained people are slightly immune to distractions because the Force can easily figure out low level distractions, higher level not so easily but since we don't have the tools we need for high level distractions I'll just have to do my best to be quick about freeing us, Minister are you staying here or going when we make our escape?"

"Staying I might be able to stall people if I do"

"Okay, what are you going to tell your people when we leave about them being slightly Force sensitive and also about the lying officials?"

"Well about the officials I don't know quite yet, but I will tell them that our ability to sense things normal people wouldn't is a special ability and one we should be careful about when dealing with people not native to our planet. We might need some training so that if something big happens we don't overtly use our abilities and scare people off"

"I'll talk to the council about it but don't expect much"

"Understood"

"So Sentinel seeing as how you are now in charge what's the plan?"

"For now I think we should try and establish a pattern, we'll also need to get these bracelets off so that Starfleet knows that we're alive, but maybe before we do that we can mask our signatures to the enemy so that they don't know we've escaped too soon"

"We'll figure it out, but can't you use the Force to sense if anything is dangerous?"

"Can't, remember they're slightly Force sensitive"

The Minister and his other people that were prisoner looked on and then the security chief speaks up