Meetings of Rebels

Posted on Wed Oct 7th, 2020 @ 4:49am by Captain Garrett Lovejoy [ Taylor] & Avalon [ADMIN NPC]

Mission: SEASON 4: Episode 1: Know Thy Self!
Location: Commandeered Bird of Prey
Timeline: MD2- Late
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Lucianna was called up to the bridge to listen to a message. She was well known across the Empire, and even on her wanted posters, as the fiercest of the rebels. Terran Captain's feared the Knight Matriarch of Kesanna. The woman who killed the Emperor's Niece. She was one of the most wanted women in the quadrant.

"Mayday, mayday. This is the Federation Starship USS Elysium, transmitting a general distress signal. Our ship has been seized and boarded by the Terran Empire, and our crew is being tortured and enslaved. This is Lieutenant Commander Jessica Vaii. We're requesting reinforcements from Starfleet Command. And if anyone out there hates these Terrans as much as we do, we need your help. Goddesses, don't make me beg. Setting Message to Repeat. Mayday, mayday...

'Jessica...' Lucianna noted. 'My beloved Jessica....' The Rebel sat down in her chair. 'No, it's not...' She wondered if there was any hope. Her line had ended. The Empire killed all her heirs. House Kessanna, the last free Betazoid House, would go without an heir.

More telepathic converation followed. 'I love her dignity and poise. It's been too long since we've heard a Betazoid with such honor and strength. She speaks proudly like a warrior-poet.'

Lucianna spoke. 'I'm going to get my daughter back.'

'Taylor relished in breaking our Crown Princess. He broadcasted it to us.'

'He knows where my daughter is. Even though she's insane... I want her here with us.' Lucianna noted. 'There's hope... we can.. cure her mind. Contact the Serpent's Tooth. I must speak to Mal Garrison. Put us into position for a secure link. I think it's time to introduce myself to our rebel associates.' Luci noted. 'This is too important to ignore.'

A few minutes later the call was established, and Lucianna was looking at Mal Garrison's piercing blue eyes. He gave her a smile that radiated sex and sat forward in his seat. The bridge of the Serpents Tooth was in shot behind him, busy with the motley crew of infamous pirates and rebels he had fallen in with. "Lucianna! How's the House of Kessana? Still annoying our friend Phillip I hope?"

Lucianna wasn't impressed by his charisma. She got right to business. "Mal Garrison. I believe you've received a very interesting message. Mal... I plan on attacking Taylor's little soiree. I know he's going to have half the slave brokers in the empire at his base, I know he's vulnerable, and I know he has my daughter. I am going to make sure these Slave Brokers do not survive, and save what's left of my dear daughter. My last daughter."

"We are way ahead of you," Mal told her. "We were en-route before that came through, top speed. We're bringing friends. Remember Lianej's friend Mishka Valdran, the Romulan? She's crashing the party too, with four hundred of her closet friends."

On board the Havraha, a Romulan officer picked up the mayday transmission. "Riov, the Alien vessel call's for help. I have placed their position into our navigation computer, awaiting your orders". Mishka simply glanced at her helmsman, "Engage warp eight" she whispered. The ship now jumped forwards at warp speed, a small smile graced her lips. "Inform our allies of the location, they may wish to join us", her comms Officer was already sending the message.

Lucianna looked at her coms pannel."I think Mishka is onboard for this Mal."

"Told you." Mal said smugly. "Like I said, we're way ahead of you. We've also got a man from the inside on board. His intel's pretty good. Want me to put him on?"

"Then I am pleased beyond measure I don't have to talk you into this. Put all parties on. We won't have a lot of time to do this, but we'll have to be patient. If we're successful, we'll be able to rip the heart out of the Empire's slave trade, and maybe save these people. You don't know how difficult it was for me to hear my daughter's voice again." Lucianna noted. "We may even be looking at the beginning of the end of Terran rule."

"If I get what I want out of the Elysium," purred Mal, "then absolutely. Hang on." The screen flickered, and then divided, so that Lucianna could see Mishka in one section, Lianej Derani, with Mal perched on the arm of her chair, in another, and finally a human male with almost as much incipient smolder as Mal himself.

Lianej spoke, "Matriach Kessanna, let me introduce Garrett Lovejoy, formally of the ISS Elysium."

"Mister Garrett, I must commend your bravery, but I am in need of your help. My daughter. She's onboard the Elysium. Taylor keeps her as a hostage. I would do anything to retrieve her." Luci noted.

"Ma'am." Garrett replied politely. "I'll be glad to whatever I can to help you and return your daughter to you. What is her name?"

"Jessica Kessanna." The Matriarch noted. "Be careful thought. When my husband Richard betrayed me to the Empire, he took my daughter with him. The Empire held her as a hostage for years, and when I wouldn't surrender. They tortured her... months in an agony booth, being broadcasted across Betazed until she snapped. Again and again. I have to believe there's something left of her in her madness. I have to believe she's still my daughter. What else do I have?"

Looking at the others, Mishka simply nodded in way of an hello. She listened to what was said then made her statement, "This vessel will approach under cloak, I will await until the attack by the Serpents Tooth takes place. This should concentrate the Elysium on that ship, the appearance of the Havraha suddenly attacking should divide their attention thus giving both vessel's time to achieve our stated goals". She glanced at her crew, "We will take and destroy both crew and vessel, this must be done swiftly before the Elysium can fully react to us".

"We attack from multiple vectors. They'll be forced onto a battle from multiple fronts. Along with this USS Elysium. I just hope the Alliance does not show up. In some ways, they're worse than the Empire."

Mishka looked at her allies, "Alliance? Why would the Alliance show up? As for the USS Elysium, I doubt they will be of any use. Most if not all will be on the station by now, and those that are left might well be enslaved and of little use".

Lianej frowned as well. "We're close to their borders. Its possible. But even if they do, the Alliance's focus will still be the Elysium, they're the bigger threat."

"The more the merrier, if the Alliance just attacks the Elysium I will leave them alone. Should they attack me or the Serpents Tooth, then I will kill them", Mishka just smiled as she spoke but her words were laced with a threat.

Lianej nodded towards her friend, acknowledging her offer, and giving a silent offer of the same protection in turn. "Everyone here is wanted as much by them as the Terrans, lets not fight a war on two fronts if we don't have to. Matriarch, My people are going to be boarding the Elysium to bring down its defenses from the inside. If you can spare people to join us, it would make things go faster. If you need them to keep Taylor occupied, then let us have pictures and DNA for your daughter, we'll keep an eye out."

Glancing at her crew, Mishka now spoke to Lianej. "I can give you 100 of the Havraha's crew Lianej, that's if you need them?"

Lianej considered. Mishka's crew were disciplined and unlikely to waste time settling scores or abusing prisoners in the heat of battle. Afterwards might be different. "Boarding is always best with numbers. But prisoners come to me. If anyone has value, you'll get a cut."

Mishka laughed, "It's 50/50, or find your own boarding party". It was a hollow threat, but she knew Lianej wouldn't cheat her.

"One more thing." Matriarch Kessanna noted. "If possible, the Elysium must be taken intact. It would be a great symbolic victory for us to show the galaxy that we, a motley group of rebel ships, seized one of the biggest ships in the Empire. The Empire's embarrassment is the rebel's motivation. Rebellions would rise on every Imperial World." Kessanna sent an image of Jessica to the ships.

Lianej nodded. "We plan to, give or take three holes right through the Engineering section. I don't want it blown up with all my people on board." She looked to the faces on the screen. "Any more for any more? Or are we done?"

"Good luck to all. Goddesses be with us." Lucianna closed the channel.

"What happens to the vessel once we capture it, is of little concern to us. We will take from their computers all that we can, all the information and data we can use against them". She bowed her head, "Jhollan'trruh my friends".