Down the Rabbit Hole

"Down the Rabbit Hole" USS Pacifica NCC-72545
Mission No.	PAC-21
Total Posts	137
Start Date	Friday, May 19th, 2006
Finish Date	Saturday, July 22nd, 2006
Story	Daniel Butterworth
Guest Star(s)

Previous Mission "Changing of the Guard"

Year 2381

Next Mission "Pacification"

Introduction

The USS Pacifica joins the Romulan Warbird Levix in the hunt for a Rikan vessel hiding in the Romulan Neutral Zone.

Summary

the uss pacifica received a distress call from a federation freighter while visiting the federation colony on garis kinard iii with the pacifica busy at the colony the pacifica pacifica's new first officer lieutenant commander lverrem l'verrem sent the uss odin piloted by second lieutenant taylor mitchel along with a small squadron of fighters to respond to the distress call the uss odin odin and the fighters arrived on the scene to find the freighter had been attacked and was now badly damaged and adrift 2nd lieutenant taylor mitchel mitchel docked the uss odin odin with the freighter and launched an investigation into the attack with the assistance of lieutenant jg lindi kafton and ensign tod offman who had accompained him on the uss odin odin the runabout crew found one survivor during their search of the crippled freighter a young star fleet officer by the name of kirsty calmwood it didn't take the officer officer's long to realise that the frieghter had fallen victim to an attack by the rikan pirates the away team continued their work on the freighter until an explosive device was indentified by second lieutenant taylor mitchel mitchel the marine quickly ordered an evacuation of the freighter and the team quickly made their escape on the uss odin odin before the freighter was destroyed in the resulting explosion the crew of the uss odin odin and the fighters then started to make their way back to the uss pacifica pacifica but not before identifing a unknown warp trail leading into the romulan neutral zone meanwhile back on the pacifica lieutenant commander mark kirkwood lead an engineering team down to the surface to help the colonists head engineer melina cooper reinforce a important construction site of the surface lieutenant commander lverrem l'verrem received a hail from the uss odin odin and was informed of the freighters demise lverrem l'verrem then went on to bring commodore daniel butterworth butterworth who had been taking some time off up to speed on the entire situation daniel butterworth butterworth quickly called for a staff briefing and the pacifica pacifica's senior staff assembled in the main briefing room where they were joined by taylor mitchel mitchel who had just returned with the uss odin odin the senior staff were quickly brought up to speed on what had happened to the freighter and commodore daniel butterworth butterworth made his intentions known that he intended to pursue the rikan vessel even if it meant crossing into the neutral zone lieutenant marcus cesarian cesarian who had been looking over the sensor data collected by the uss odin odin that the rikan vessel had disappeared into the albanar nebula - the rabbit hole albanar nebula nicknamed as the rabbit hole which was located right in the middle of the neutral zone lieutenant commander matthew horne suggested that they should approach the romulans to help them in the search for the rikan vessel by contacting federation ambassador keith kingsley who was currently in talks with the romulan government and getting him to relay the request directly to the romulan government daniel butterworth butterworth gave matthew horne horne the go ahead to contact the ambassador as he got the uss pacifica pacifica underway for the neutral zone the briefing was adjourned and the senior staff retired for the night to get some rest before they arrived at the neutral zone in the morning morning came and commodore daniel butterworth butterworth enjoyed a rare morning breakfast with his fiancu8c3a9e doctor connie morgan morgan before he left for the bridge daniel butterworth butterworth arrived on the the bridge to find lt commander lverrem l'verrem on duty and was informed by his executive officer that they still had not received any word from the romulans daniel butterworth butterworth was slightly disappointed with the news but ordered his xo to start making preperations for their cross into the neutral zone as they were going to proceed with the search for the pirate vessel lieutenant commander matthew horne horne who was on duty down in the uss pacifica 's wing received a call from ambassador keith kingsley kingsley about how the talks were proceeding with the romulans meanwhile back on the bridge the uss pacifica pacifica the pacifica received a hail from the romulan warbird levix as the uss pacifica pacifica took up a position at the edge of the neutral zone the uss pacifica pacifica responded to the hail and the bridge crew was introduced to the levix 's commanding officer commander horek who had been dispatched by the romulan senate to assist the uss pacifica pacifica in it it's search for the rikan vessel in exchange for any intelligence that the uss pacifica pacifica gathered whilst preforming the search commodore daniel butterworth butterworth gratefully accepted the assistance that was being offered by the romulans and the uss pacifica pacifica then proceeded into the neutral zone to meet the levix at a set of coordinations inside the rabbit hole lieutenant commander matthew horne horne arrived on the bridge as the uss pacifica pacifica entered the neutral zone and provided the commodore with a quick summary on how ambassador keith kingsley kingsley 's talks had went with the romulans daniel butterworth butterworth brought the chief diplomatic officer up to speed on their opening communications with the levix and lverrem l'verrem suggested to daniel butterworth butterworth that they should offer to exchange crewmembers with the levix to serve as liasons in the hope to build a small bridge of trust with their romulan counterparts daniel butterworth butterworth agreed with his xo xo's idea and suggested it to commander horek after the uss pacifica pacifica met the levix at the rendezvous coordinates commander horek agreed with daniel butterworth butterworth butterworth's proposal and it was decided to exchange to officer officer's each for the duration of the search daniel butterworth butterworth sent lt commander commander's lverrem l'verrem and matthew horne horne across to the levix in exchange for sub commander tomal remla and centurion petroliv the two ships quickly made the exchange and got underway with the search using a search pattern suggested by the romulans lverrem l'verrem and matthew horne horne quickly settled in aboard the levix as counselor vanessa baron showed the two romulan officers around the uss pacifica pacifica both ships seperated as they continued to search the albanar nebula - the rabbit hole albanar nebula for several hours before the uss pacifica pacifica stumbled finally stumbled across the rikan vessel much to the surprise of the bridge the rikan vessel was badly damaged and completely abandoned after hitting one of their mines that was scattered throughout the nebula seizing the opportunity to gather some much needed and vital intelligence on the rikan pirates commodore daniel butterworth butterworth gave lieutenant akaris venn to go ahead to lead a team across to the rikan vessel in an attempt to establish an uplink with the crippled pirate ship ship's computer while lieutenant akaris venn venn lead his team across to the rikan ship lieutenant marcus cesarian took the uss yellowstone out in an attempt to find the ejected escape pods the lieutenant was unable to locate any of the pods but instead had a close encounter with a large rikan vessel that was attempting to leave the nebula the levix which was already suffering from damage due to a rikan mine encountered the large rikan vessel but was unable to stop it from leaving the nebula and the levix received more damage in the process while the romulans conducted repairs lieutenant akaris venn venn and his team returned to the pacifica after establishing the uplink with the pirate computer and the uss pacifica pacifica began to download the information from the rikan databanks the uss pacifica pacifica met back up with the levix after downloading the information from the rikan vessel and retransmitted to the levix as the liason officers returned to their respective ships commodore daniel butterworth butterworth passed along his personal thanks and the appreciation of the federation council along to commander horek for his assistance before the two ships parted company and the uss pacifica pacifica returned to federation space

Other Characters

• Commander Horek - NPC
• Sub Commander Tomal Remla - NPC
• Centurion Tovor Rela - NPC
• Lieutenant Verin Kern - NPC
• Centurion Petroliv - NPC
• Centurion Llaiir - NPC
• Ambassador Keith Kingsley - NPC
• Lieutenant JG Lindi Kafton - NPC
• Ensign Tod Offman - NPC
• Petty Officer Nikola Haider - NPC
• Melina Cooper - NPC
• Ensign Kirsty Calmwood - NPC
• Crewman Lori Mullen - NPC

Noted Ship & Starbase Appearances

• The Romulan Warbird RNS Levix

Out of Character Information

• This was the last mission for Commander Buzz Polaris as an active PC.
• Lieutenant Francine Hart is the first USS Pacifica member to be awarded the Christoper Pike Medal of Valour and the third member to receive the Purple Heart.