[Bridge - Deck One - USS Detector - Leaving Federation Space]
Captain Tedros Chisulo was hard at work underneath the blue operational lights that signified the Detector's cloaked and stealthed status. He had the Detector's top of the line sensors tuned to detect Romulan and Breen fleet movements, and under current settings he would have about a five minute window with which to disappear if detected. When discovered, the Detector possessed a standard Federation cloaking device, but due to her hampered offensive capabilities, Fort Bragg decided to fit her with a high grade cloaking device to prepare her for sensitive intelligence gathering missions. Luckily for all the men, women, and species aboard the vessel today the new cloak had yet to be compromised by Romulan or Breen technology.
"Major," Chisulo called out from his station to the Intelligence Advisor at the CO's chair, "We've just passed into Quorom space."
"What is our ETA, Captain?" Giella asked Chisulo. It seemed strange for her to be sitting in the CO's chair while someone who outranked her twice was following her orders, but when it came to Intel that was sometimes the case.
"I've triangulated Commander Terek's data and estimate arrival in six hours." Chisulo replied.
"What's your assessment of our tactical situation? Are sensors picking up any immediate danger?"
"Sensors are bare, but as we further infiltrate behind the lines, I expect increased levels of Romulan patrols. Probability predicts the destination to be a space station of some sort, and as such there should be increased stellar traffic in the area." Chisulo reported. "We will need to stay alert."
"Agreed," Giella nodded.
"Major," Chisulo began, while waving a tactical officer to take over his station as he approached the Major's chair, " do we have any data on Commodore Guzman's flight path? Or do we simply have to beat him there?" Chisulo asked.
Chisulo nodded. "Understood." He crossed his arms and stared at the view screen for a moment. "Major, I'm going to report to the torpedo bays to oversee the adaptation of the launchers or the transphasic payload we have acquired."
"Cerainly, Captain." The Major replied. "I would like to be armed when we arrive."
"As would I." Chisulo said. Then he turned on his heel and marched for the turbolift.
[Weapons Control Room - Deck 2 - USS Qashqai]
When the USS Voyager returned from is seven year estrangement from Starfleet in the delta quadrant it brought with it some advanced technology. Metaphasic Shielding, transwarp drive technology, and even transphasic torpedoes. For fear of timeline contamination, however, Starfleet's Temporal Investigations kept the deadly technology under lock and key. It wasn't until major conflicts occured years later that Starfleet overrode TI's concerns and released the ban on the potent new technology. These items were still rare and used sparingly, in an effort to prevent them from falling into enemy hands. They were considered an ace in the hole, last resorts for use in emergency only - or in instances of Federation Security. This mission was one of the instances.
Two key staff members for the primary launch point for Allied attacks in the southern theater of the Federation-Romulan war were being held captive. Their knowledge, if obtained, could compromise Starfleet Operations and give the Romulans and their allies a dangerous edge in the closely fought war. The CO of the SSF's First Taskforce was moving in personally to remedy the situation, and individual who if caught would potentially give the Romulans command codes for Aeran system defenses, Federation Security Grids, Starfleet operations and fleet movement, communication encryption protocals, and a variety of other dangerous intel that could threaten the lifes of millions of starfleet officer - and billions of Federation citizens.
It was because of these instances compiled atop another that had Tedros Chisulo, an esteemed Captain in the SSF outfitting a torpedo launcher like a lowly engineering tech. He placed a hyper spanner back on the deck plate and picked up his tricorder.
"We're still not getting enough power." He told the Tactical Ensign who was nearby aiding him in his retrofit of the torpedo launchers for their deadly advanced payload. "Go to Engineering and acquire a level IX plasma conduit adapter so we can boost the output."
"Aye sir." The Ensign replied before leaving the room.
Chisulo got up off his back and went to the launcher's open circuitry panel. He reprogrammed the computer for the transphasic torpedo's specifications and used his codes to override the safety protocols that popped up. Transphasic torpedoes still had a few kinks in them. Because of their transphasic properties, they had a 3% chance to short circuit the warp field produced by the launcher and render it useless until the rings could be replaced. The Detector didn't have many launchers, which would turn any confrontation into a highly dangerous one if such a malfunction were to occur. He hoped it wouldn't.
[End Log]
Major Giella Kinn
Adjunct Intelligence Advisor
Captain Tedros Chisulo
Tactical Advisor
SSF First Taskforce