=/\= Deck 11 =/\= Acheson held his rifle, as he walked with an ODA team. The intruder had become corporeal, and he had to be located and stopped. His arms shook with adrenaline and anxiety as he opened a door. He peered his head into the corridor before moving forward, with the ODA team behind him. "Sir, we are approaching the readings." Nathan nodded and ordered the team ahead. Acheson saw a humanoid figure ahead. It quickly ducked behind a corridor. "I am Lieutenant Acheson. I am from Starfleet. We wish to establish peaceful relations, but you must cease this attack on us." The figure remained motionless and Acheson ducked for cover. +TAPS+ Acheson to Commander Guzman, we have encountered the intruder. Stand by for details. . .... The communication was rapidly cut off by weapons fire. The humanoid fired bursts of energy at the ODA team. "Shit, it's armed! Return fire!" Acheson aimed his rifle and the rest of the team followed, sending a hail of phaser shots down the corridor. The being took cover and fired in the gaps between fire. The humanoid produced volume fire at twice the rate of the ODA team. The team members were being pinned down. Acheson aimed, fired, and struck the creature. The shot caused a momentary disorientation, but the creature returned to its actions, unarmed. "This phasers are ineffective. Fall back! We need to regroup!" Acheson tried to cover his retreating ODA team. A team member took an energy burst and collapsed. "Son of a ....!" "Corporal, give me cover!" Acheson ran forward and grabbed the solder by a strap on the rear of his uniform. He pulled intensely, slowly dragging the man forward. The ODA member continued to fire. The humanoid broke off the engagement. Its reasons for doing so were not clear, but that didn't really matter. Acheson dragged the wounded man outside of that section. He hit his combadge: +TAPS+ Medical Emergency, Deck 11 Section Alpha. He went to a security console and logged in. "Securing Sections Beta to Lamda of Deck 11. He has to be there somewhere. We need to get new weapons." The commands were typed in quickly and Acheson looked up, upon completion. +TAPS+ Acheson to Guzman, first engagement was ineffectual. The intruder is well armed and resistant to conventional phasers. I'll try non-standard issue weapons." =/\= END LOG =/\= 2LT Nathan Acheson ODA CO USS Chimera _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963