On Fri, 28 May 1999 08:31:50 -0700 (PDT), Katrina Hinson

<cerywyn@yahoo.com>; writes to USS Galileo <galileo@ucip.org>;:



Ktryna did not like to be threatened.   The comm link had gone silent

with Dach’s last comment.  Ktryna was tempted to ignore the comment. 

She didn’t care about home …..she didn’t really have one.  She simply

was.  The only thing she’d ever known was the Intrepid and even that

was not home. She walked back over to the security console, and checked

the programming once more.  She had known at the outset that the

default to the self destruct had been a ruse.  She didn’t care what

Dach thought of her.  Anyone that would go to so much trouble to set up

such an elaborate hoax clearly lacked faith and trust and was clearly

someone Ktryna would be wary of. Ktryna was in no mood to be nice.  The

paranoia and distrust was palpable and she was sick of it. It was too

reminiscent of the feelings some had had for her onboard the

Intrepid...as a result of her origins. So it was, that barely

containing the urge to snap, she hissed back into her com link.



++taps++  Ktryna to  Ens. Dach.  Ens.  I’ll remove the Alpha 2

protocol….but know this…you so much as make a wrong move…other than the

work needed to reconfigure the essential systems….I’ll shut the systems

down in the middle.  And the secured systems are still locked out. 

I’ll give you only what you need to work with. That’s it.  It’s the

only compromise I’ll make. Ktryna out.



She left no room for argument or dissent. 



Ktryna closed the link, she turned to the console she was working at

and tapped.  She restored access to only the necessary components in

Stellar Cartography and  the systems that would need to be

reconfigured.  Everything else was still shut off and locked out from

security.  She turned her attention back to what she’d been doing

before Dach had interrupted her.  She finished cleaning the debris from

the security area, as well as restored power to one of the secondary

systems in security.  It wasn’t much but it was enough to power the

force field for one of the security cells if need be.  She replaced the

access panels that lay scattered about due to her work, then proceeded

to the security chiefs office.  She righted the desk and began to sort

thru the padds that had gone awry in the crash.   Most of the padds

contained nothing more unsual than a brawl in 10F….however the last one

caught her attention.  Medical had reported that certain medicines,

Cordrazine, in particular, had been dissappearing at an unusual rate. 

The Sec Chief had begun to investigate and his primary candidate had

been Cadet Dach….a newly arrived officer to the Galileo.  Ktryna

finished reading the PADD.  The last entry made had been the day of the

crash apparently.  The SEC chief had been about to report his findings

to the former CO.  Ktryna thought it ironic that such information had

never been disclosed.  She gathered up the now useless data and threw

it away…all save the PADD containing the information on Dach.  That one

she locked in the desk drawer.  She didn’t know if Cmdr Davis suspected

or not.  She would give him the PADD with the information on it.  It

would be his call.  For now, the focus was on getting home…before those

suns fully aligned or the natives breached the hull.  The latter was

likely to happen before the first.  



Well, the office was now workable, as was at least one security cell. 

All the secured systems were locked out.  There was nothing more she

could do here for the moment.  She recalled that Lt.Morraine had wished

to speak with her. Ktryna wondered about what.   She pushed the thought

aside, and decided to do a deck by deck patrol.  She took the turbo

lift to the lower reaches of the ship.  Stepping off she quickly began

the task of searching every area.  The decks repeatedly proved to be

empty….she encountered Mr. Ruckwood working in the SCI lab…he seemed to

be busy pouring over data of some kind…she moved on, leaving him

undisturbed.  As she made her way back to the upper decks, she reached

Stellar Cartography and sensed both Dach and Jade inside.  Knowing they

were focused on their task with little time for mischief, Ktryna moved

on.  She checked the weakened cargo bay doors.  They would have to be

repaired if they were to make it safely home.  They were showing signs

of stress…mainly from the pounding the natives were doing and partly

due to the crash itself.  They had bowed in slightly and Ktryna

suspected they would collapse inward once the ship was back in the air

if the natives didn’t violate them first.  Even now, she could sense

them outside the doors.  They were definitely restless.  Finally,

several hours later, all the decks checked and secured, Ktryna made her

way back to the Security office, deciding she’d put that conversation

with the counselor off long enough. 

++taps++ Ktryna to Lt.Morraine.  A few seconds pass.

++taps++ Triss here, What do you need Ktryna?

++taps++ I’m in the SEC office. You said you wanted to talk. Well, I’m

ready when you are. Besides, I’m keeping my eye on things from here and

I’m comfortable here.  

++taps++ Ok Ktryna. I’ll be down there shortly.



Ktryna closed the comm link and walked over to the primary security

console and took a seat to monitor the readings and wait for Triss to

arrive. 

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