Five", Richard said holding his opened hand up and looking at Darth Vader who was standing a few feet in front of him. "She took on five of them all by herself". "THE DARK SIDE IS STRONG WITHIN HER" boomed Aidan, then took of his helmet and wiped the sweat of the forehead. "Damn, this thing is hot. Seriously, she didn't seem too agressive the few times i've seen her. Five. Wow, that's some serious asskicking we're talking about." he commented and snapped a glass from a nearby table. Richard chuckled at Lynch's costume and nodded, "Yep, she's a monster, propably got Klingon blood in her or something", he said throwing the small dart in his hand towards the board about 10 feet away, scoring a bullseye. Aidan flinched and took the darts in his gloved hand. This costume was proving to be really uncomfortable when it came to socializing, but Aidan did not regret it. After all, how many times could you dress up as your childhood hero? Aiming carefully, he managed a 20, 17 on the inner ring and a donkeys back. Or at least a donkeys costume back. "Tell you what" he said conversationally to Cortez, while pulling out the dart of the ass. "We could use her to go against the JemHadar. They wouldn't stand a chance" he grinned. Richard laughed and grabbed his drink from the table. "I'd rather keep as many females out of the ODA as I can, I still don't think men are ready for it. Besides they talk to much. But anyways, you got any new toys for this mission?" "Hell, no, Rich, I've no new 'toy'. I'm starting to think you ladds have the wrong idea about my job. If the best Federation scientists say there's no effective shielding against Polaron beams, why do you think I would have a better answer?" Aidan replied somewhat offended. He didn't like to be forced to admit he could *not* do something. It was a little humilliating. Richard nodded his head in agreemant, "You should talk to Lieutenant Weranis about that stuff, I remember seeing some experiments in the labs a while back, he might know something". "Well, there you're right. I haven't thought of that." Aidan said surprised. "Do you know if there's any data available on that cloaking of theirs?" he added with interest. In his experience, every method of concealment left traces, however faint. "Not really", Richard began, "I did come across an old intel report saying that it might be possible to modify a standard set of infrared goggles to detect their heat signatures. But I don't know if it worked or not". Aidan shook his head. "that would be crude. I mean, what kind of cloaking would that be if they were just visible through heat signature. My guess is more on the chamaleon side, or maybe some kind of vibration of some sorts. After all, it's something we have already seen, biological cloaking is as old as mankind itself. I bet it's just a matter of finding the right twist to the situation." he said thoughtfully. "Well either way we need to figure something out.", Richard stood back, "If we have to, we'll just figure out a way to kill the lights, if we cant see, then neither should they". As he said that he could feel the ship coming out of warp. "I think were here", he said glancing over at Lord Vader again and smiling. Aidan took the darts again and aimed. "Oh joy" he commented with sarcasm and scored a 2. "Another day, another picnic. So what do you think the changed Jems look like? Human? Klingon? The spikes would certainly help" he grinned "Well whatever it is they couldn't look any worse than the Xchi, thats for sure", Richard said picking up the dart and readying to throw it. Aidan was about to answer, when a violent shock ran through the ship, making him fall flat on his bottom. "OUCH" he boomed, as the sonic converter kicked in. "THAT DID BLOODY HURT" he added and tried to stand up, watching several guests dissappear in a blue shimmer. "Fuckin 'ell" he said to Richard. "Must be damn serious if they use site to site. You think we should check?" Richard toppled over as well banging his shoulder on the table, looking over at the now fallen Darth Vader Richard stood back up, "Yep, I think thats our cue", he said brushing off some food that fell on his pirate outfit. Aidan sighed and put the helmet back on. "THE EMPEROR HAS FORSEEN THIS" he boomed as he left the room behind Cortez. "AND I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD TIME TO USE MY LIGHTSABER. BUMMER" he added. -------------------------------------------------------- Lord Aidan Dark Lord of the ODA & Blackbeard Cortez Terror of the Seven Seas and ODA XO USS Chimera - A