===== Bridge, USS Chimera ===== Ens. Dexter tried his best not to yawn. He was manning tactical for the last 7 hours and till the shift's end only minutes remained. There was not much to do for a tactical officer, the Romulan Warbird was on it's standard orbit in a safe distance from the Chimera and the two Kzenti 'welcome commitee' ships were on a safe distance as well. Theoretically he should now be watching over the two away teams ... but LT. Foster requested that task and Commander Summers agreed. Therefore ... Dexter's work was less then boring. His open-eye dream was suddenly interrupted by a quiet bleeping on his console. A bit startled he looked down on his console ... and tapped few buttons to confirm his readings. Having it double checked he spoke up addressing the Officer in charge ... Commander Summers: "Commander, the Romulan Warbird just activated its cloak ... I dont have it on the sensors anymore!" Rangi, who had been sitting deep in thought, running over Martins words, sprang to life at Dexters words. She was out of her chair and glancing up at the view screen in two seconds flat. The Warbird had indeed disappeared. Rangi looked at the empty space and back at the ensign, hurrying towards him as she asked. "When did it cloak?" She stood beside his station and looked down at the sensor display and then at Dexter, her expression fairly well matching his own. Dexter gulped. He knew about the relationship between the XO and the 2XO. When Summers will report badly about him to Guzman ... he will surely spend the next two weeks in the waste diposal squad. Staring at the handsome doctor he replied: "Just now ma'am. Without any warning or signs hinting to it. Just like from clear sky ..." A bit frowning he added: "There's an another trouble there ma'am. Since the Warbird just cloaked ... we have NO contact with Commander Guzman's away team ..." "I realize that ensign" Rangi said quietly and looked at him with a worried expression. "Do we have any way at all to scan for them? What about the implants...the emergency transport?...can you find anyway to access that?" Dexter tapped his console. After a moment he shook his head: "Negative ma'am. The Warbirds cloak deflects everything coming from inside the Warbird. I am scanning no trace from the skin implants of the away team. I fear there is no way how to beam the away team back or contact them". Rangi took a deep breath. {Right...no contact...} She glanced at the view screen almost willing the Warbird to appear and then at Dexters console as though a mistake might become apparrant. She met the apprehensive expression on his face. " A bit of a problem ensign" she said. "Aye, ma'am" he replied. He was not sure what to do now ... he had the feeling that the Commander was expecting something from him. Some idea or something ... like she would be testing him. {Dear! Not enough that Guzman is always @ my Tail, Summers is the same?} "We might try to scan the last position of the Warbird with an tachyon beam ..." he suggested at last. Rangis smile lit her face. "Brilliant idea Ensign..please do that." she paused and looked at him thoughtfully. "The scans that the Kzenti are using...is there anyway we can adapt those to suit us in this?" It was a long shot she knew but when there is nothing else long shots are better than no shots at all. Dexter tapped his console to initiate the requested sequence for the main deflector to emit an tachyon beam. Luckily the deflector dish was already full operational after the battle two days ago. "Tachyon scan initiated" he reported, "Concerning the Kzenti beam ... I dont think we could use it for our means ... we just dont understand its structure. Maybe Science could help us here, but till that its of little use for us ma'am". His console beeped and Dexter announced: "It looks like that the Warbird is still @ its original place ... it didnt move" {Why have they cloaked then?..what are they planning?} Rangi pressed a clenched fist of one hand into the palm of the other.She turned away undecided what to do. Turning back she said "Ensign...keep trying to find them..and ask science for any developements on the Kzenti scans." Dexter nodded: "Aye, aye ma'am. With your agreement I can prepare a tachyon wide band emission, so we could detect the Warbird moving away swiftly. I'll contact engineering then and ask for a report being sent to you. May I suggest an extraction team being prepared ... just in case Commander Guzman's team will be in trouble ..." "The transporter room was monitoring them too...but ofcourse...please do that." She looked down at Dexter. "Good thinking ensign." She smiled thinly. {Lets hope they decloak just as quickly} "Thank you ma'am" Dexter replied glad that at least someone was satisfied with his work. He just hoped that the Romulans havent detected the away team on their ship ... ===== End Log ===== Ensign Dexter Assistant Tactical USS Chimera (npc) Muma & LtCmdr Summers CMO/AXO USS Chimera