Mission Log 25 - Stardate 21902.02 "Mushroom Spore Outbreak"

Mission Summary

Mission dates: 241807.01 through 241902.01

Captain's Logs

Commander Harrison Boislevesque

Stardate 21902.18

Acting Commanding Officers Log StarDate: 21902.18

Commander Harrison Boislevesque reporting

Well this is a report that never thought that I would be dictating this quickly, as the thing which I have hoped for many years has come, StarFleet Command and Rear Admiral Jal decided to give me command of my own ship. I will admit that I never thought that my Captaincy would start off with a ship like the Sheridan as I would have thought that new Commanding Officer would be given ship the size of the Yeager Class vessels, but who am I to argue with Command.

The first thing that I needed to do in my new position was to point an Acting First Officer and even though I had an idea of the individual that I wasted to fill that position, I decided that it would better to look through the candidate list that Command have and for the first time ever I had to make a massive choice, the thing was that along with the choice I wanted there was another applicant that was extremely good, so I ended up having to play an old card game of ‘Top Trumps’ in order to point the one best one and thankfully after hours of deliberation and game playing I had my First Officer and thankfully he accepted the role. So the Acting First Officer is Lieutenant Commander Daniel Brooks, he is also for the moment retaining his role as Chief Medical Officer as this is a small ship and Command might be wanting us to do duel role, which I do hope not.

As for my first mission as the ships Captain is that we are heading towards Outpost one four seven, who have issues a general distress call, the USS Tsung has already been dispatched the outpost, but as the post is extremely close to the Cardassian border having two Sun-Tzu Class destroyers in the area sorting out the issue it will show the Cardassian’s that we are here and they can’t return to their old ways, if this is something to do with them.

I will be briefing the senior officers soon, so hopefully I don’t make an *** of myself.

End Log.

StarDate: 21906.21

Acting Commanding Officers Log StarDate: 21906.21

Commander Harrison Boislevesque reporting

Since my last report things had moved on massively and for my first command things didn’t go according to what I was hoping would happen, I knew that it wouldn’t be easy but the last thing I expected was to be in a blue on blue situation with another Federation Starship and what mad it worse was it was our sister ship the USS Tsung.

We made it to Outpost one four seven and after not getting an answer from our hails and out sensors were not giving us much either I decided that the only option was to send over an away team to investigate further. I wasn’t sure about who the best to send of these sort of missions being that they were stepping into the unknown, so I decided that Commander Brooks would lead the team along with one from every department as that way it would be covering every aspect and if they needed more people than we could always beam over some more.

There was a change to the original team layout due to expertise that might have been needed which the Department heads pointed out, so the away team consisted of Midshipman Marg from Security, Midshipman Gates from Engineering, Ensign Willard from Science and Midshipman Pond from Medical. Yes I know that the team consisted of either newbies or young officers, however I felt that I didn’t want to send the Department Heads like most people do, but they needed the experience under their belt, so why not just throw them into the action to get their feet wet.

From the report that we got back from the team once they had arrived on the station was extremely far from good as they beamed directly into a hot and dangerous environment as whatever had happened on the station had affected the station crew and the away team was attacked.

Around the same time that the away team were sorting out their issues, we ourselves found that we needed to protect the ship as the USS Tsung launched an attack on the Sheridan which I hadn’t predicted being that it was another Federation Starship. The exchange of fire power was heated being that we are the same specifications and were evenly matched; however we managed in the end to disable the Tsung’s shields, weapons and drive system. That was not to say that we didn’t take any damage as they managed to do some serious damage and take our power on two decks and we nearly lost the containment area in Cargo Bay One that we had set up to help sorting out the situation on the station and if that had happened I would of hated to think what would have happened to the ships crew.

I’ll report more when I have got more information and can start to understand what is going on

End Log.

StarDate: 21907.29

Acting Commanding Officers Log StarDate: 21907.29

Commander Harrison Boislevesque reporting

Engineering worked there magic again and managed to sort out the issues caused when the Tsung attacked us, there is some minor things that might be fixed on route back to Pioneer station or we might even leave them so that the Outpost ship engineers had something to do, that choice I will leave in the hands of our Chief Engineer.

Out away team on the Outpost were attacked and we did manage to beam them back but it also looks like the wide beam out signal we used picked up some uninvited guests in the form of some infected personal, but reports indicated that we managed to subdue them, but they did manage to injure Commander Brooks who needed to be checked over in the quarantine area as there was a possibility that he might have been affected which I’m happy to report that he wasn’t and had been released.

Two of the people that beamed over with the away team were Commander Thex ch'Isath who is the Commanding Officer of the USS Tsung and Lieutenant Commander Jerris who is the Chief of Security for Outpost 147 and following their clearance from the quarantine zone in Cargo Bay One were beamed onto the bridge so that we could have a conversation about what happened before we arrived.

It seemed that the Outpost had picked up some kind of fungus from a local planet and while that there researching the fungus in their science labs something happened and it became airborne and it seemed to have managed to spread fast and infect nearly everyone and the affects of the infection from what I’m informed is a nasty one and from impressions it turns the victim into a non-logical person who can take a lot of punishment before they are incapacitated.

I have also been in contact with Rear Admiral Jal about the situation and requested that they send additional ships out here including medical frigates to help sort out this issue. We have been ordered to place a quarantine around the Outpost and we have to stop any and everyone from getting aboard and become infected. As for the USS Tsung we will be trying to get a cure which our medical and science teams are working on into the ship so that we can try and save any Starfleet Officer over there.

Fingers crossed that the relief force won’t take long to get to us as I’m guessing that they would be breaking the standard warp cruising speed to get here.

Crew Logs

Acting First Officer / Chief Medical Officer

Lieutenant Commander Daniel Brooks

StarDate: 21907.29

Acting First Officer’s Log StarDate: 21907.29

Acting First Officer, Chief Medical Officer Lieutenant Commander Daniel Brooks recording,

Stardate 21907.29

I have been asked to take on the role of Acting First Officer of the USS Sheridan, who's current First Officer Commander Boislevesque has taken on the role of Acting Commanding Officer. I wish him all the luck in this role. I am however, also retaining my Chief Medical Officer role to so being duel roles isn’t easy with the work load but with the help and support of Doctor Hurst things should run smoothly.

Our mission was given to us by Admiral Jal to investigate a distress call from Outpost 147.

I have every confidence in our Acting CO, Commander Boislevesque. He has been in the role I have for long enough to have the experience needed to deal with this. With Admiral Jal telling us that this is a pivotal mission. Anything that we do out at the Outpost could change the course of where we go next it, only puts that little bit more pressure on getting it right.

Outpost 147 was meant to be conducting anthropology and other scientific studies but for some reason they have sent out a distress call. This comes after the Cardassians had been spotted in the area so StarFleet have sent us as well as another vessel the USS Tsung to investigate.

Basically, it is a show of strength against the Cardassians from StarFleet as to show it is no push over by sending two destroyer class vessels to the incident. The USS Tsung was sent on ahead of us so we were basically having to play catch up with them.

Meanwhile, we have a few new recruits aboard. Some taking up roles as acting Department Head while we get use to the new changes within the fleet itself. I am myself feeling rather tense about the whole mission. Even, through the Cardassians have been seen in the area it didn't indicate weather their presence was to do with the distress call or not.

While we headed out to the Outpost we put the departments through there paces as we weren’t sure what we were going to be fully up against. All we knew was they had been doing experiments. During the course of our travels the other ship that had been dispatched the USS Tsung didn’t seem to respond to any communication. Upon arrival the Tsung was near the station and the senor readouts showed that the said vessel had half it's crew that it should have and the same with the Outpost.

Acting Commanding Officer Boislevesque asked me to take an away team to the Outpost and see what had was going on. For selection of the away team we had Midshipman Marg from Security, Midshipman Gates from Engineering, Ens Willard for Science and last but not least Mid Pond from Medical. We beamed over armed as I didn’t want us to be caught out by anything unexpected.

However, this was short lived as once we beamed in there was an eerie scream and phaser fire. Within minutes we were approached by a security detail headed up by a Commander Jerris. He insisted in moving us to a forward operations base that had been set up by the Tsung’s CO. This made me wonder why the CO wasn’t aboard the Tsung as StarFleet protocol but it was a question that went out my head as Commander Jerris proceeded to vaporise a fellow crew member. Telling me in no uncertain terms to use this setting only. I did try a lesser setting which didn’t work. Once we got to the FOB the Security team weren’t sure if Midshipman Marg was infected after his encounter but seemed happy after Midshipman Pond show them her medical results.

Commander Jerris then admitted to me that he had killed his wife who had been infected by this. She ran at him with a knife after killing their son. I can’t believe what this officer had to go through. I can’t even imagine. I hope he gets good treatment at StarFleet Medical.

He then went on to say that thousands had been infected before we were let through decontamination and introduced to the Tsung CO, Captain ch'Isath and CSO Lt Ardelle Madigan. One of the Lieutenants was asked to inform us of what had gone on.

Turns out that there was some fungus discovered on the border planet. Unknown to them it is parasitic and releases airborne spores that serve to infect new hosts. Those who are infected makes the person’s behaviour turn to increasingly paranoid and hostile until they attack those nearest to them. Somehow, the infected also been shown to release spores to the atmosphere which carries the infection further. It turned out the crew of the Tsung had sent samples of the fungus to the ship before knowing this information. Now, with so many infected there was no way they could get to a proper lab to even looking at combating it.

I then called to the Sheridan to inform them of the situation. Acting Commanding Officer Commander Boislevesque then informed me that the Tsung had actually started to attack the Sheridan. We then had a quick brain storming session on how we could possibly find a cure… then it transpired that the infected personal were coming in for another attack. We were surround with no escape route. The Tsung CO asked if I could contact the USS Sheridan for us to be transported. Considering the last I heard from the ship I was very doubtful as it was in a middle of its own battle and chances are, they wouldn’t be able to lower shields. However, I still called for assistance but had no reply. I readied the away team for a close quarters battle and considering some hadn’t been out the Academy long this was no way an Academy training session. Just as we thought it was going to be our undoing the transporter beam took us out of the situation and for some reason, we ended up in another situation in the cargo bay. Turns out the Sheridan had managed to beam us into the cargo bay with a load of already infected crew members. Where we ended up fighting for survival. I ended up with a bash on the head, a cut on the shoulder and been stabbed through the lower right side of my back….

Having thought that was it. My past flashed before my eyes. Lucky enough for me, I had several officers appear and help me. Security Officers Marg and ch’Kyvat came to my aid. I know that is their department and that’s what they are trained to do but still. I can’t thank them enough. While the rest of the team were cleared of any infection I got told to be held back as it seemed that I was infected. The medical and science teams got together to hopefully go and find a cure before this takes hold of me.

The results eventually came back negative which was a huge relief. Having had my wounds attended to while waiting for the results I was patched up enough to exit the Cargo Bay. Having gone through Decontamination, I headed to the Observation Lounge where the meeting was taking place with the Tsung CO Captain ch'Isath and Commander Jerris. The turbolift ride felt forever but soon I stepped into the Observation Lounge. The anger had been building in me of the fact that they ended up vaporising so many officers, friends, co-workers and even lovers….I just couldn’t believe it. After I had my rant at these senior officers, to which Commander Boislevesque didn’t say anything at the time. Which I am grateful. I did apologise during the meeting to smooth over the diplomatic side of the situation. Probably not well enough. Medical and Science have been working on a cure which considering what has happened so far looked less then fruitful but still we should never give up trying. Commander Boislevesque said he will hold the Sheridan here till back up arrives as the Tsung and the Outpost are now both easy targets for anyone who isn’t so Federation friendly in the sector.

I left the meeting after arranging quarters for the officers that had arrived with us from the outpost while the medical and science department worked on a cure. I headed back onto the Bridge to get updates on progress. Not long after, Commander Boislevesque followed me onto the Bridge and informed us that medical ships are on their way and to set up a quarantine for the outpost in the meantime. It would be unbearable if that virus got off the outpost and ended up on a planet. The outcome could be awful. It was then Commander Boislevesque asked me to go to the science labs to see how they were getting on as we needed some kind of result to give the medical ships upon their arrival. Once I arrived at the science labs I found Midshipman Zenzin hard at work with our Acting Chief Engineer Phoenix while Doctor Hurst seemed to be elsewhere. However, the team seemed to be making good progress in finding a cure.

End Log.

Acting Chief Engineer

Lieutenant Junior Grade Matthew Phoenix

StarDate 191801

Engineer Officers

Personal Log

Stardate: 191801

Lieutenant Junior Grade Matthew Phoenix:

[Begin recording.

Ok I am not usually big on doing these but as part of my taking more of my job and position seriously I better start.

As far as the mission from my point it was relatively easy one. We had a few minor hiccups that we have managed to track down to some errors on Star base Bravo engineers. Some mistakes that we have logged and will report when we return to our new base.

Ah ya I haven't said that in my logs yet but we are reassigned. We I mean the Sheridan, have been reassigned to a new base damn near Cardassia space. A station named Pioneer. With that reassignment came the stranger thing as the new Fleet Commander a Read Admiral Jal, has decided that the Sheridan would hold the honor of Flag ship and has even taken command with this mission.

That meant that the ship was supposed to be fitted with some new gadgets and toys especially for engineering however we only found mistakes as I mentioned before.

So, on to the personal side of things. My relationship with Ms Charlotte Ingram has progressed nicely. She luckily has moved to Pioneer as well and started her own bar there. She just told me the other day that she granted me part owner.

I know, I know, me part owner of a bar, free reign on an unguarded supply of alcohol. Crazy dangerous! However Charlotte ande I have become very serious and honestly I find I don't drink that often anymore. Actually come to think of it I haven't had a drink since I left Bravo.

Well Coffee.

Sometimes you have to substitute.

Anyways Charlotte and a friend of hers has been put in charge of the first Holiday party on Pioneer so of course I have to go and look my best... I wander where my dress whites are and if they still fit.

Well I guess that is all for now we are about to disembark and this shore leave should be better. Oh Ya and not to mention not only do I have to get all dolled up for this holiday party but old sourpuss Vulcan Sothrick is getting married. Yup he is tying the knot with a strangely perfect for him hottie while on shore leave and asked me to be his best man! How could I not!

I am in a relationship long term and the Big ugly Vulcan is getting married, A new Captain, new base, The world is changing man and fast!

All right Ill do another one of these after shore leave.

Set to Sheridans Logs, and End log.]

StarDate:19107

Acting Chief Engineer Personal Audio Video Log Stardate: 191907

Lieutenant Junior Grade Matthew Phoenix:

A dark form appeared in the screen then a snap and a whine and a light flashed on revealing a disheveled Matthew Phoenix. His Engineers Jacket was already off revealing his black, sleeveless, under shirt.

The man looked tired in his eyes and took a moment as he looked at the screen.

"Ok so I am trying to get better at these so this should serve as both personal a professional log." He paused taking a sip of unknown blue liquid out of a glass.

"Well I just came from somewhere I really hadn't expected to spend most of my night." He started after placing the glass just out of view.

"So I just spent hours in the Science labs. At least it was with two beautiful woman but it was literally pouring over fungus. So I have little idea of what the heck happened with this mission but this is what I do know.

So we answered a stress call to starbase 147 and found the Tsung had also answered the call. Once we arrived shortly after the Tsung attacked the Sheridan. I and my great crew did all we could to keep the ship together and in the fight.

We had sent a crew over to the starbase and I guess they were attacked by those affected by this fungus the base was studying. Ya I know Thats part of it I don't get either.

Anyways that was the overall problem as not only those affected were attacking people on the base but apparently the crew of the Tsung were also infected and piloted the ship to attack us.

Anyways that's another part I am not sure but some how that crew got control of the ship and attacked us. We were able to disarm the Tsung and at some point they found out about these spores.

Then it fell on us to cure this fungi infestation. So I have spent the last several hours locked in the science labs with a pretty ah hum I mean a young Science Midshipman named ZenZin and Doctor Hurst who has also taken over as the Chief Medical Officer."

He took another sip from the glass just off screen.

"Well anyways we finally got that figured out and I hope that it has no problems. On another note we had a new person join my crew too. a Midshipman Quinn. She will be another chance to help create the perfect Engineering crew. She is a little odd but I think she will be a good fit. At least until they come to their senses and take away me being Chief Engineer."

He paused and looked off camera for a moment and then back to the screen a more serious look.

"At first I was not sure I wanted this position but now I, I hope I haven't screwed this up. It has donned on me its what I was working for. Hell at least its something I can make Charlotte proud of me for."

"Anyways, from here on out if they let me keep doing the job I will do the best job I can with it. Well I am going to go take a shower and continue this log. For now End Log"

And with that the screen went blank

Engineering Officer

Midshipman Sixtus Quinn

StarDate 21907.10

Perrsonal log stardate 21907.10

Midshipman Sixtus Quinn… uh.. dictating.

Ok, How do I do this….

I've never dictated to a bloody computer before, no offence, but since coming on board the Sheridan, I have been far too busy to sit down and write, so this will have to do…

Uh… so I came on board a few weeks ago, and since then I have spent every free minute either exploring every centimeter of the ship or holed up in me room takin’ apart and upgradin’ just about everything I can get me hands on.

And because I haven’t really socialized at all, I don’t have a very clear picture of WHAT THE HELL happened on this mission.

Life in engineering is amazing. It’s like livin’ inside the greatest puzzle room ever. Something somewhere goes wrong and we have to track it down and repair it before it sets more things off… Ok, It doesn’t sound that great, but it is my own personal utopia.

But as soon as we arrive at outpost 147, things went tits up. Suddenly we went from routine maintenance to diverting active transporter beams to throwing up quarantine fields to taking fire from another bloody Federation ship! As busy as we were, and with my super non-fictional personal life, I still have little to no idea what was actually the cause. Petty Officer second class John Logan told me that it was because the people on the outpost and on board the Tsung were all on mushrooms, but that can’t be right…. Can it?

Regardless, I hope that future generations will be able to look back on this log and gain new insight into the Sheridan’s mission to outpost 147, and the obtuse nature of one Midshipman Sixtus Quinn.

Well that’s it. That wasn’t so bad. So does it just… I don’t know… log itself? Ugh… THAT’S a new bruise… when the hell did I get that? Jaysus, it looks like Genghis Khan. How the hell did I get a Genghis Khan bruise…. FECK, are you still writing all this?! END bloody LOG!

end bloody log

Acting Chief Tactical Officer

Lieutenant Junior Grade Jaxx Crandell

StarDate 21902.09

Personal Log:

Stardate: 21902.09

Recording: Jaxx Crandell

"Well, where do I begin?" He shrugged his shoulders, "I have reported for duty on the USS Sheridan and...." He paused to look to one side and grinned. "Got to say," He looked back towards the recording screen. "It's been great so far, Captain seems like a pretty good bloke, the First Officer I'm reserving judgement...just for now, the first impression is that he's alright I suppose." Jaxx chuckled. "Though we know how First Officers are, well they can't all be the same, can they? Commander Simmons was a decent chap on the Getty, but of course, he wasn't around for long and went off to his own command. The Braggins is a horse of a very different colour and I have no doubts in my mind that my career would have been stuck with her around. Though I expect that her influence might have stretched out and she could have reached out to Brooks to make my life a misery."

Jaxx moved out of view for a few moments and then returned holding a cup with steam coming from it. The cup was set down just in front of the screen, with only the top and the steam being seen rising.

"OH, check this out." Jaxx reached off to one side and pulled across one of his uniform tunics. He rummaged for a moment before holding up the insignia. "Made Lieutenant Junior Grade AND Acting Chief of Tactical. That was certainly unexpected, might have drawn some resentment though from Lucy Styles, went with her to the Academy and she was already a rank up on me."

There was a pause as memories kicked in and a huge smile appeared on the Australians face. "And I popped the question to Aurora, shes come over to the Sheridan too, changed her degree towards medical. She's so wonderful and I don't know what I would do without her, I can't imagine life without her now."

"Oh crap, gotta run..." Jaxx stood up and yanked on his tunic, before turning and deactivating screen.

The screen went black...

Tactical Officer

Ensign Aluan Rune Heimrich

StarDate 21901.16

Log Recording Junior Officer

Tactical Officer

Ensign Anlüan Rune Heimrich

Translated

My first mission! Already on the bridge! My mission started off slow, I was working on the tactical sensors--humdrum. I mean, I know I signed up to be a grunt for at least a few years. I don’t know if I will still be on the bridge when we leave, but I am excited about it. I didn’t really get to meet the Admiral, but I like Commander Harrison and the Vulcan! My department seems kinda’ shy, but I just have to start the conversation.

Oh, I almost forgot to talk about the mission! Thankfully it ended up kinda’ uneventful; I mean that in a good way. There were some nasties on the planet that had broken the Federation’s pre-warp contact directive. They tried scaring us away but held our own without conflict. They knew they couldn’t take us. The Sheridan is outfitted with some advanced weaponry and is the combative spearhead of the exploration force right now! Shoot, off track again.

The away team--lead by the Admiral, by the way--went to the planet and putzed around looking for the cause of a number of things, such as a crash. There ended up being advanced technology. With some investigation, we found that it was definitely not of origin of the planet.

The away team got back on board, safe and sound! The alien... people were dealt with. Everything returned to normal, and we deployed a warning beacon.

Now we are at Pioneer Outpost where I have a temporary shore leave assignment to attend to. We will be back out in the frontier in no time!

End Log, Transferred to USS Sheridan’s Computer

Science Officer

Midshipman Sapphire ZenZin

StarDate 21906.30

Personal log.

Star date. 21906.30

Misshipman Sapphire Zenzin recording.

This mission started off all well and good until we arrived at outpost 147.

See I first thought it was going to be simple fast then back to star base for a spot of tea and cookies but no we have zombies running smock officers biting officers and secret codes for computers, if I did not know any better I'd say this was one.of those murder mystery holo novels.

Anyway I'll explain my self better, the offices on the outpost seemed to be doing some top notch secret experiments involving mushroom spores, and somehow got infected and started to loose there personas. Now I've been tasked to help Doctor Hurst in finding a cure for the zombiefied mushroom virus before it gets worse and effects the crew...

I know one thing after this mission I'm never eating mushroom soup again.

End of log

Medical Officer

Lieutenant Junior Grade Raven Hurst

StarDate 21908.06

Personal log

Stardate 21908.06

Dr Raven Hurst recording.

Raven's face came in to view of the screen, she placed a steaming cup of tea on the table just before sitting in the chair in front of the screen.

She leaned back and considered what to say, her hand's Steepled in thought as she tapped the index fingers in her lips.

Finally after a couple of minuets Raven said “Um where to start … well the mission's beginning would help, Right let's do this.”

She reached over to retrieved the cup of tea and took a sip.

“Commander Boislevesque asked me if I would become ACMO as brooks is now acting first officer and Boilevesque himself is acting Captain. Both are suited to the duties.

I said yes and asked to bring Kai on board when we get back to port … Back to the mission :

Zombie mushrooms …. yes I said Zombie mushrooms, well mushroom spores to be precise, which took us to Outpost 147, the location is on the edge of Federation and Cardassian space, which is now a science and medical research , Command had received a security distress call relating to a medical emergency on the outpost, however before any more information was able to be obtained all contact was lost all we knew at this point was that they were doing research on mushrooms and how different environments affect them. Command has already sent the USS Tsung to the outpost as they were closer to the location.”

Raven paused to take another sip of tea then continued “ once we had arrived at the outpost we were in for a surprise … Commander Boislevesque sent an away team over to the outpost and to cut things short the away team was attacked by infected crew and the Sheridan was attacked by the Tsung. When the Away team returned they brought some infected with them and a hand to hand fight erupted. I was forced to take the life of one of the infected …”

Raven paused again this time to take a deep breath, she held it for about 5 seconds and then slowly released it. Taking the cup she got up and got another drink.

Seating back down in the chair she continued “I've never taken a life before … I didn't even realise I had till the fight was over. His blood covered my hazard suit” Raven looked at her hands

“Computer pause recording” Raven ordered the console beeped in response.

30 minuets later

Raven had showered and changed to her out of work clothing and in to off duty t-shirt and jeans.

“Computer continue recording “ she requested

The computer complied with a beep.

“Where was I ...oh yes the mission, after the fight we moved samples to the science lab's where Midshipman Zenzin and myself worked on a cure. We tried everything, in the end it was a combination of science and medical as The Autopsies revealed how we could cure the infected. We're now on our way back to Pioneer Outpost for shore leave. Kai should already be there waiting with mum.”

“computer end log”

Raven's image disappeared off the screen in a blink.