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 Zivan’s demeanor changes instantly and she starts flirting with several officers, especially Fal and Phillip – the latter because he’s inadvertently presented himself as a challenge. Phillip does his best not to respond, but Fal returns the flirting but doesn’t go further. Zug suddenly blurts out, “Captain Deline, I have a question about your ship, NCC-72409 //USS Solstice//.” Zivan shoots her son a murderous glare, but surprisingly he doesn’t notice. Mel replies, “Well, I suppose you’ve earned one question, for being so attentive. What do you want to know?” Zug looks uncertain, but asks, “Uh, where is it going?”  Zivan’s demeanor changes instantly and she starts flirting with several officers, especially Fal and Phillip – the latter because he’s inadvertently presented himself as a challenge. Phillip does his best not to respond, but Fal returns the flirting but doesn’t go further. Zug suddenly blurts out, “Captain Deline, I have a question about your ship, NCC-72409 //USS Solstice//.” Zivan shoots her son a murderous glare, but surprisingly he doesn’t notice. Mel replies, “Well, I suppose you’ve earned one question, for being so attentive. What do you want to know?” Zug looks uncertain, but asks, “Uh, where is it going?” 
  
-Mel’s smile turns brittle as she says, “Excuse me?” They then hear the reverberations and look up to the sunroof to see their ship zip over the mansion, heading for orbit! Mel jabs her combadge and practically snarls, “Deline to [[trek:characters:saval|Saval]].” Static mars the reply, but Saval states – through the Vulcan equivalent of gritted teeth – //“4A in progress. Stand by.”// Mel frowns as she trues to recall whatever a 4A is, while K’tral and Ssleestak have utterly no idea. However, Shan’taar groans as he immediately remembers his rule 4A: //If Ensign Kras’s eyes are a swirling blue when she’s staring intently at something, find the nearest Bajoran and smack him or her upside the head. It won’t solve the immediate problem, but it is cathartic.//+Mel’s smile turns brittle as she says, “Excuse me?” They then hear the reverberations and look up to the sunroof to see their ship zip over the mansion, heading for orbit! Mel jabs her combadge and practically snarls, “Deline to [[trek:characters:saval|Saval]].” Static mars the reply, but Saval states – through the Vulcan equivalent of gritted teeth – //“4A in progress. Stand by.”// Mel frowns as she tries to recall whatever a 4A is, while K’tral and Ssleestak have utterly no idea. However, Shan’taar groans as he immediately remembers his rule 4A: //If Ensign Kras’s eyes are a swirling blue when she’s staring intently at something, find the nearest Bajoran and smack him or her upside the head. It won’t solve the immediate problem, but it is cathartic.//
  
 Saval adds dryly, //“At least, I think it’s a 4A. Whichever one also involves lightning.”// Mel suddenly remembers Shan’taar’s rules as Jessa stands up, leans over, and gently smacks Fal in the head. All three Andorians follow suit, leaving two Tizit, one Vulcan, and one Gorn very confused. Zivan demands, “Captain, what is going on?” Mel says flatly, “There’s an incident occurring on my ship.” Zivan retorts, “Is Kordikar in danger?” Mel frowns as she seriously ponders the question before replying, “Unlikely, in all honesty.” Zivan frowns but settles down and taps a command. The holo-matrix activates, and the Starfleet officers see a 2-D representation of the //Solstice// as she suddenly engages her impulse engines – while still in Kordikar’s gravity well! Saval adds dryly, //“At least, I think it’s a 4A. Whichever one also involves lightning.”// Mel suddenly remembers Shan’taar’s rules as Jessa stands up, leans over, and gently smacks Fal in the head. All three Andorians follow suit, leaving two Tizit, one Vulcan, and one Gorn very confused. Zivan demands, “Captain, what is going on?” Mel says flatly, “There’s an incident occurring on my ship.” Zivan retorts, “Is Kordikar in danger?” Mel frowns as she seriously ponders the question before replying, “Unlikely, in all honesty.” Zivan frowns but settles down and taps a command. The holo-matrix activates, and the Starfleet officers see a 2-D representation of the //Solstice// as she suddenly engages her impulse engines – while still in Kordikar’s gravity well!
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 The Starfleet officers can hear Saval order her bridge crew to regain control of the conn by any means necessary, but it is too late. They watch in shock as the //Solstice// plows into the freighter – and passes through it unscathed! The freighter ‘ripples’ briefly to reveal a much smaller ship, and Zivan snarls, “A Wabai holo-ship!” She jabs a control panel and howls, “All weapons, target that spy ship!” The //Solstice// reaches orbit, and then her nacelles flare as she prepares to go to warp! Mel lurches forward as if to try and grab her ship, but they hear Thri’shayn call out, //“Commander, some sort of quantum singulari-“// and then the //Solstice// jumps to warp – and stretches across the entire solar system for a split second! The ship ends her ‘slide’ right at the gravitational eddies that surround the outer reaches of the Kordikar system! The Starfleet officers can hear Saval order her bridge crew to regain control of the conn by any means necessary, but it is too late. They watch in shock as the //Solstice// plows into the freighter – and passes through it unscathed! The freighter ‘ripples’ briefly to reveal a much smaller ship, and Zivan snarls, “A Wabai holo-ship!” She jabs a control panel and howls, “All weapons, target that spy ship!” The //Solstice// reaches orbit, and then her nacelles flare as she prepares to go to warp! Mel lurches forward as if to try and grab her ship, but they hear Thri’shayn call out, //“Commander, some sort of quantum singulari-“// and then the //Solstice// jumps to warp – and stretches across the entire solar system for a split second! The ship ends her ‘slide’ right at the gravitational eddies that surround the outer reaches of the Kordikar system!
  
-Ssleestak exclaims, “It worked! Captain, it worked! Faster than warp nine-point-nine!” Mel drawls “I’m so happy for you,” but Zug interrupts to inform her, “We are now receiving a visual signal from NCC-72409 //USS Solstice//.” The 2-D hologram splits to show her bridge and Saval leaning forward as she rasps, //“Captain, please inform Lieutenant Ssleestak if he ever does that without proper consideration given to those species aboard with sensitive inner ears, I will not stop the Andorians from stabbing him to death.”// Mel notes Thri’shayn also looks ill, but Ssleestak muses, “Well, it was never meant to cross an entire star system. Wow, it crossed an entire star system!”+Ssleestak exclaims, “It worked! Captain, it worked! Faster than warp nine-point-nine!” Mel drawls “I’m so happy for you,” but Zug interrupts to inform her, “We are now receiving a visual signal from NCC-72409 //USS Solstice//.” The 2-D hologram splits to show her bridge and Saval leaning forward as she rasps, //“Captain, please inform Lieutenant Ssleestak if he ever does that without proper consideration given to those species onboard with sensitive inner ears, I will not stop the Andorians from stabbing him to death.”// Mel notes Thri’shayn also looks ill, but Ssleestak muses, “Well, it was never meant to cross an entire star system. Wow, it crossed an entire star system!”
  
 ==== Honoring a Pact That Hasn't Been Sworn Yet ==== ==== Honoring a Pact That Hasn't Been Sworn Yet ====
 Jessa edges away from the screen, still embarrassed by her earlier hallucinations, but the others then see [[trek:characters:jen|Jen Kras]] steps into view. Her eyes are the swirling blue of the Bajoran wormhole, but now blue corposant dances across her hands and she is backlit by the same light. They suddenly flinch as she lifts her hand and lazily arcs lightning from her fingers to the ops panel! [[trek:characters:aurora|Ensign Aurora Lo’vak]] cries out, //“Commander, the main defector dish! She’s reconfiguring it to… emit charged tachyon particles?”// Fal takes a gamble and asks, “Jen, my best friend, are you ok?”  Jessa edges away from the screen, still embarrassed by her earlier hallucinations, but the others then see [[trek:characters:jen|Jen Kras]] steps into view. Her eyes are the swirling blue of the Bajoran wormhole, but now blue corposant dances across her hands and she is backlit by the same light. They suddenly flinch as she lifts her hand and lazily arcs lightning from her fingers to the ops panel! [[trek:characters:aurora|Ensign Aurora Lo’vak]] cries out, //“Commander, the main defector dish! She’s reconfiguring it to… emit charged tachyon particles?”// Fal takes a gamble and asks, “Jen, my best friend, are you ok?” 
  
-To everyone’s surprise, Jen stops the lighting arc, turns to look Fal directly in the eyes, and utters, //“No,”// in a sepulchral tone that is her voice – and something else’s. Mel notes her ship’s master system display is riddled with blue, which is definitely not the normal colors. She asks the Prophet bluntly, “Why are you here?” Jen replies, //“We are fulfilling the pact.”// Mel blinks in surprise as the others try to figure out what’s going on, but she asks tersely, “Has this pact been sworn yet?” Jen cocks her head and stays silent for a few seconds before uttering, //“No?”// Mel grumbles, “Well, at least I was right,” as she realizes the Prophets don’t comprehend linear time.+To everyone’s surprise, Jen stops the lighting arc, turns to look Fal directly in the eyes, and utters, //“No,”// in a sepulchral tone that is her voice – and something else’s. Mel notes her ship’s master system display is riddled with blue, which is definitely not the normal colors. She asks the Prophet bluntly, “Why are you here?” Jen replies, //“We are fulfilling the pact.”// Mel blinks in surprise as the others try to figure out what’s going on, but she asks tersely, “Has this pact been sworn yet?” Jen cocks her head and stays silent for a few seconds before uttering, //“No?”// Mel grumbles, “Well, at least I was right,” as she remembers the Prophets don’t comprehend linear time.
  
-Fal begs, “O’ great Prophet, is there anyway to communicate that bypasses my friend Jen Kras? So she remains free of Your touch?” The Prophet replies flatly, //“No,”// and Fal sighs and mumbles, “Well, I tried.” Mel demands, “So what is this pact?” although she doesn’t really expect an answer. To everyone’s surprise, the Prophet replies, //“The price demanded by The Kras to secure her assistance in this. To save one hundred thousand lives first.”// The Starfleet officers look to each other is confusion, but Mel concedes dryly, “Yeah, that sounds about right.” +Fal begs, “O’ great Prophet, is there any way to communicate that bypasses my friend Jen Kras? So that she remains free of Your touch?” The Prophet replies flatly, //“No,”// and Fal sighs and mumbles, “Well, I tried.” Mel demands, “So what is this pact?” although she doesn’t really expect an answer. To everyone’s surprise, the Prophet replies, //“The price demanded by The Kras to secure her assistance in this. To save one hundred thousand lives first.”// The Starfleet officers look to each other in confusion, but Mel concedes dryly, “Yeah, that sounds about right.” 
  
 ==== Disasters Both Natural and Dominion-Made ==== ==== Disasters Both Natural and Dominion-Made ====
-Suddenly, Zug utters a string of Tizit profanities as he types furiously on his padd before looking at his mother in fear. He says hoarsely,” The N’Dari. The Dai’Loq are escorting four N’Dari refugee ships through the eddies now. They should emerge… right by the NCC-72409 //USS Solstice//. Each ship carries over one hundred thousand refugees. If something goes wrong on one of those ships…” Zivan swears as well, but then over the channel [[trek:characters:trina|Lieutenant (J.G.) Trina]] at science calls out, //“Commander! I have those ships on sensors! Four massive vessels escorted by a Dai’Loq dreadnaught and several// Gauntlet-//class destroyers.”// She then gasps and yells, //“Explosive decompression on the port side of one of those ships! She’s been pushed out of formation and deeper into the eddies! She’s being crushed!”// +Suddenly, Zug utters a string of Tizit profanities as he types furiously on his padd before looking at his mother in fear. He says hoarsely, "The N’Dari. The Dai’Loq are escorting four N’Dari refugee ships through the eddies now. They should emerge… right by the NCC-72409 //USS Solstice//. Each ship carries over one hundred thousand refugees. If something goes wrong on one of those ships…” Zivan swears as well, but then over the channel [[trek:characters:trina|Lieutenant (J.G.) Trina]] at science calls out, //“Commander! I have those ships on sensors! Four massive vessels escorted by a Dai’Loq dreadnaught and several// Gauntlet-//class destroyers.”// She then gasps and yells, //“Explosive decompression on the port side of one of those ships! She’s been pushed out of formation and deeper into the eddies! She’s being crushed!”// 
  
 Saval snaps, //“Ops, whatever Jen did, activate it now!”// Aurora complies and charged tachyons fire from the main navigational deflector dish – and negate much of the gravitational pressure! Saval orders [[trek:characters:virgil|Lieutenant (J.G.) Virgil Thon]] at tactical, //“Tractor beam. Now!”// Virgil’s hands fly across his station and the //Solstice// snags the N’Dari vessel in a tractor beam. The tractor keeps the N’Dari vessel from falling deeper into the eddies, but the gravitational force still in play means the //Solstice// can’t pull the other vessel free – and she’s slowly being dragged towards the eddies as well! Saval snaps, //“Ops, whatever Jen did, activate it now!”// Aurora complies and charged tachyons fire from the main navigational deflector dish – and negate much of the gravitational pressure! Saval orders [[trek:characters:virgil|Lieutenant (J.G.) Virgil Thon]] at tactical, //“Tractor beam. Now!”// Virgil’s hands fly across his station and the //Solstice// snags the N’Dari vessel in a tractor beam. The tractor keeps the N’Dari vessel from falling deeper into the eddies, but the gravitational force still in play means the //Solstice// can’t pull the other vessel free – and she’s slowly being dragged towards the eddies as well!
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 Ssleestak snickers but returns to his work. Together, the Starfleet officers come up with several plans to assist the N’Dari and relieve the burden on the Tizit. Jessa assists Fal in cataloging the data collected, while Phillip applies his experiences growing up on a starbase in designing new environmental systems. As her officers continue their work, Mel receives a private text message from Saval; it reads: //“We are not to land.”// Mel covertly texts back, //“Why not?”// The reply takes a few seconds, and reads, //“The// Solstice //must remain in orbit and the away team must remain on the surface. Further information is not forthcoming.”// Mel sighs but doesn’t press the issue for now. Ssleestak snickers but returns to his work. Together, the Starfleet officers come up with several plans to assist the N’Dari and relieve the burden on the Tizit. Jessa assists Fal in cataloging the data collected, while Phillip applies his experiences growing up on a starbase in designing new environmental systems. As her officers continue their work, Mel receives a private text message from Saval; it reads: //“We are not to land.”// Mel covertly texts back, //“Why not?”// The reply takes a few seconds, and reads, //“The// Solstice //must remain in orbit and the away team must remain on the surface. Further information is not forthcoming.”// Mel sighs but doesn’t press the issue for now.
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 +<WRAP hide>
 +=====Summary=====
 +A Prophet possesses Jen Kras, but this time They take direct action to control the //Solstice//. The ship powers through the atmosphere, revealing a Wabai spy-ship, and uses Sleestak’s quantum surprise to slide to the edges of the Kordikar system. They reveal They are fulfilling a pact that The Kras demanded. A N’Dari refugee ship suffers an explosive decompression within the gravitational eddies, and the //Solstice// is at the exact spot to help. The Dominion ships attempt an ambush, but the Prophet intervenes and a fleet from Kordikar launches an assault as soon as Zivan revokes the system’s neutrality. The Dominion is chased off and the Dai’Loq assist the Solstice. The N’Dari ship is rescued and the //Solstice// leads the flotilla back to Kordikar. The away team collates all information on the N’Dari and starts working on practical solutions to help them.
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