===Bridge, USS Chimera== Keylor looked over at Foster with a tired and weathered look. "A problem?" he replied to Foster who was now standing behind the operations console. "What kind of problem?" He said trying not to sound to gruff." "Yes sir. Apparently the two crewman I had working on the shuttle are acting oddly." He replied in a business like voice. Keylor sighed and slumped in to his chair looking forward. {ODD? Who is not.} he said. He looked back over to Foster. "Descbie oddly lieutenant." He asked a little anoyed. "Sir, earlier they seemed fine, doing their job following orders. But now, when I asked them to bag the flower, they seemed almost intoxicated." He replied back with profeciency. Keylor pointed to the turbo lift, "Go down there and deal with it Lieutenant. Get the flower, get the crewmen and take everything to sickbay." He replied in a short tone. "Aye sir." LT Foster replied. He soon left the bridge. Keylor turned back to the view screen. He placed an elbow on the arm of the captains chair and put his chin in the palm of his hand. {IF some one does not figure out some thing out soon we will not have any crew left to run the ship.} he though to himself. Next a call came in form Dr Carpenter. +Taps+ Fisher to Colonel Bretam+ "Bretam" he replied quickly "Sir?...we know the problem. Dr Eszen from the USS Simpson contacted us a few minutes ago. Sir...they are experiencing the same crew behavior as we are...and they know why sir. Apparently a flower, given to a crewman on the base, releases its pollen and causes..." He paused. "Sir...Kinsi should be made aware of the problem." Keylor nodded. "Understood Doctor though I don't think Kinsi will listen to us at the moment. Keep working on a cure and report back when you have a solution." "aye sir, she replied. After an hour of waiting on the bridge and hearing nothing the tactical officer behind him calle dout. "Sir! I have a anteries class freighter heading in our direction." She said. "On screen!" Keylor barked out happy that something other than a report of another strange crewman had happened. The screen flickered as the battered and rusted Anteries freighter popped up on to the screen. "Sir! I am reading a problem with the ships warp containment field. Sir it looks like their warp core will breach in a few minutes." She informed the captain. Keylor looked back at her and then back to the screen. "Hail the ship. " he said to the tactical offcier. "Helm prepare a intercept course. Prepare to beam out crew!" He said preparing the bridge crew to snap to action. "Sir they have responded to the hail." The tactical officer called out. "On screen." Keylor commanded straightening his tunic. The visage of a weathered and gaunt man appeared on the screen. He did not appear to be in distress over the eminent warp core breach. Keylor stepped up and anounce dhimself. "Theis is Col Bretam Kelyor of the USS Chimera. Our sensors detect a warp core breach eminent. We can be ther eshortly and beam out all crew." He asid waiting for the pilot of the vessel to agree to Keylor's terms. Cameron watched as the face of a bajoran dressed in federation amrine green appeared. {He looks vaguely familiar.} he thought. He did not have to wait long to realize why. As soon as the bajoran anounced his name and ship he remembered. {Oh that is right! The chimera! Bretam. That was the man I beat up back on Starbase Aurora.} he grimaced a bit and lost himself in embarrassment. "Oh hello there Colonel. " he said sheepishly wondering if the bajoran recognized him and not providing his name.. Keylor watched as the mans expression canged to slight surprise. {OK he truly does not care if he will die.} Keylor examined the mans face. {He looks familiar, where have I seen him before?} He then change his expression to more of a quizzical look, "So there mister anamyous, is there a reason you don't seem concerned with the warp core breach?" Cameron snapped back to reality when he heard Keylor question about the warp cor breach. He reached over and pushed a button. Before he could speak he heard a female voice in the background on the viewscreen. "Sir the warp core problem has disappeared." Cameron grinned. "Sorry about that. It was a false sensor echo to allow the station to let us leave with out question." Cameron said. "Oh and I am sorry I am Cameron." He added. Keylor looked puzzled, "Well Cameron, is there a reason you go around trying to fool sensor scans in to seeing things that don't really exist? May be I should have a few officers come ofer there and search your ship for stolen goods." He asked wondering why any one went to such trouble. Cameron shook his head no. "No Colonel, I don't normally do things like this. In fact my captain of this ship will most likely be terribly upset that I took his ship. But some one you know convinced me to help them get away from the station." Keylor listened to the mans excuses. In Keylor's mind he was most likely some crazed person acting irrationally as the others from the base had. "And whom might that be Mister Cameron." He asked sarcastically. Cameron thought for a moment and drew the pretty womans name out of his mind. "Her name is Rangi?" he said as if almost asking a question. "Oh and Cameorn is my first name. Cameron Sikes." He nodded. Keylor's interest was peeked. {Rangi? Rangi was able to escape? Maybe she will be able to shed some light on this mess.} He looked back to the tactical officer. "Lifesigns?" he asked. The tactical officer tapped on her console. "Just the one sir." Keylor turned back to the view screen. "Very funny Cameron Sikes." He paused realizing why the man seemed familiar. {Oh great first this guy goes nuts and beats me up several on aurora. And now several years and light years away, he shows up to make my life difficult.} Keylor's expression soured a bit, but he held back trying to keep his expression stoic. Seeing Keylor's expression change and his tone not sounding too nice, Cameron tapped on a comm channel internal to the switch "You can come out now." He called back to his passengers. "Look at your sensors Now Colonel." He said with a blush. Keylor looke back to the tactical officer. He watched as she nodded her head and then looked up. "Sir I am seeing 5 additional lifeforms, 2 human, an andorian, a betazoid and a romulan?" she said seemingly puzzled. Keylor then looke dback to the view screen. "OK Mr Sikes. Pull along side and dock with us." He said wondering if rangi was truly amon the odd collection of specise that suddenly were detected on the ship. "Thank you colonel." He said. "Pack mule out." He added and closed the communication channel. {Well that went a lilttle better than I expected. Perhaps he did not recognize me} he thoguht as he ploted his course to the chimera. Keylor watched as the face of his long ago attacker was replaced with the vuiew of the rusty freighter. He turned back to the tactical officer. "Ensign, have a security detail meet our guests at the docking port on deck 8. Then have our new guests escourted to sickbay immediately. I will meet them down there.You have the conn." He started towards the turbolift, and looked back at the tactical officer. "Oh and let Doctor Carpenter make some more room in sickbay and inform her we have a few guest that will joining her soon." "Aye sir" she replied. === End Log=== Col Bretam Keylor Captain USS Chimera