New Beginnings and Old Friends

Posted on Sun Jun 21st, 2020 @ 3:56am by Captain Nycolas Temple & Lieutenant Commander James Smith
Edited on on Wed Jun 24th, 2020 @ 7:18am

Mission: New Moon Rising
Location: Carnwennan Station

Start

LT Smith paced around his accommodations onboard Carnwennan Station. His time here was coming to an end and he was getting anxious to be getting out on another ship. He hated to be in one location for too long and being onboard this station for two weeks was long enough. Smith had spent his time going over the mission briefings and crew manifest to give him a better idea of who he was going to be working with.

He made another pass around his room before looking out the window that was in his room and sighed and smiled it was going to be good seeing Nyx again, they had worked together on several occasions and had developed a good friendship. He chuckled of course they have gotten into a few scraps together as well but always managed to survive.

=/\=Lt Smith to Ensign Jones has the Pandora arrived yet, after a short pause, she just arrived sir, should We notify him that you will be boarding shortly. Smith smiled, No I want to surprise an old friend,=/\=

Smith made his way through the corridors to the nearest transporter, the transporter chief looked at him as he enter.

"Can I help you sir"

"One to beam to the Pandora"

"Aye, sir"

As Smith Materalized on the Pandoras transporter Padd, he looked around and stepped down. Smiling at the Ensign that was running the transporter, he said, "where can I find the Captain." The Ensign looked at Smith a little unsure how to answer the Intellegence Officer.

"Uh, I believe he's in the briefing room." Smith headed to leave and looked back, "Thanks Ensign". Smith headed to the Turbolift and entered. "Deck 2". Within a short time the lift dropped him off at his destination. Smith quickly made his way to the briefing room. Upon entering he noticed the Captain standing near the corner of the room.

"Good to see you again Captain, Lt James Smith, reporting for duty"

Nycolas had been waiting for the Talarian ambassador to come onboard and so was pleasantly surprised to hear a familiar voice coming from the doorway. He turned to see James standing just inside the room and immediately broke into a wide smile.

"James Smith, you old spook!" Nyx exclaimed as he crossed the floor to shake the man's hand, "Still sneaking up on people, I see."

Smith reached out to shake his old friends hand and smiled. "Always been able to do that, but it's what makes me good at my job, it helps when people don't here me."

"Don't tell me the brass at Intel have allowed us to serve on the same ship again?" Temple laughed, "Did they learn nothing from that Op on Cestus III?"

"Yeah Cestus III sure did test all of us, lost some good people to. I actually requested this assignment when I heard that you were its Captain." Smith looked away for a minute thinking back. "Do you remember my wife Emily and Daughter Maria"

Nyx saw the hesitation in his old friend's eyes, and it occured to him why, "Yes," he replied softly, "I'm so sorry for your loss."

Temple guided his friend to sit down at the table and he did likewise, "Would you like to talk about it?"

Smith looked at his friend, "I'm haunted by there cries for help, my wife and the Marines she lead were unable to stop them and I keep thinking about the families and my daughter. Maria had just been accepted to to the academy and they killed everyone. My men and I should of been there we could of made a difference. However, I think we can track Tomar, I've been able to use DS7 and the USS Barre to coordinate some data that should lead us to him and end his attacks once and for all no one else should have to die. Personally I want him dead but making him stand trial for his crimes will allow all to see the monster that he is."

Nyx was stunned by the use of Tomar Gammit's name, and he physically withdrew for a moment. It had been years since the fall of Lucis and he'd tried his hardest to forget about that rogue Cardassian monster, but now he was hearing the name used for the second time this mission.

He could barely sputter out the words, "Tomar Gammit? He was leading the attack on Deep Space 7?"

Smith stood as well, "Yes, it was Tomar and the Ravagers, the sensor reading I ran on the way back to DS7 conformed it."

Nyx stood and began to pace around. Starfleet knew Tomar had disappeared into the Expanse, but didn't realize he'd aligned himself with the Ravagers. But of course he did - where else would he go to inflict the most damage against the Federation?

The captain looked to his old friend with sincere empathy in his eyes, wishing he could somehow change what had happened to his family. If only Nyx had managed to stop Tomar on Lucis; put an end to the Cardassian's reign of terror. Maybe Maria and Emily would be alive today?

For the first time since leaving Earth, Nyx was damned happy that his own family were safe and sound back home. Clearly they were better off staying away from all this.

"Then you know we're going into the Inconnu Expanse to hunt Tomar down?" Nyx finally spoke, "Your information will be vital to tracking his ship. Although, the fact that he has joined the Ravagers makes him all the more dangerous."

Smith smiled slightly, "That's why I'm here, I pulled some strings and called in a few favors and got myself assigned to the Pandora. I thought that together we could bring Tomar and the Ravengers to justice, and make them pay for those that were lost."

Nyx put his hand on his friend's shoulder, "We're going to do everything we can to make that happen. I want you to take your sensor data to Major Halliwell, he is running the Op to find Tomar, and you can coordinate your efforts together."

"It will be good to get back to work, I'll get that sensor data to him right away."

An alert came through to let him know the Talarian Ambassador was about to come onboard, so Nyx had to cut the reunion short. "I have a meeting now, and we're going to head straight into this rescue mission. But we can catch up fully later on, okay?"

"Sounds good, need to go meet my staff and get ready for a few scheduled meetings. It's great to see you again."

Nyx stood and walked James towards the door. "It's really good to see you, my friend. If you ever need to talk, don't be afriad to ask."

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