Captain's Personal Log: <Begin recording> Thorn, Brinn and Six found Vash's shuttle hidden in the mortuary. They were able to create internal shielding in the form of a faraday cage, first to make a new regeneration chamber for six, and secondly to make a flyable shuttle. After getting things up and running, they were able to use the replicator to manufacture crude weapons, but still an upgrade from what was available from the local technology. Shutting the shuttle down, they once again hid the shuttle for use later.
Cerin, ( http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Unnamed_hybrids#Baby_001?li_source=LI&li_medium=wikia-footer-wiki-rec ) daughter of the Bajoran Cerin Mika, and the infamous Dukat rescued the crew from the palace and got them to safety in a secret rebel base. Dukat also was Kira Nerys's niece's, Vedek Kira Ris', father. Dukat knew how to turn a bad situation worse. Vedek Kira told us "My aunt had a saying, "Everyone has their reasons. That's what's so frightening. People can find a way to justify any action, no matter how evil."
As if to prove the point, I was strung up by Kira and her Hawk guards next to Xavier. The previous night Calib was killed and turned to a dry husk. This seems to be our fate as well. That was, until intervention by the Cromwell crew. Cerin knew Vedek Kira was up to something, and Ensign Pania's information caused Cerin to rally her rebels to attempt a rescue of their Cromwell captain. They were able to link up with Thorn's group and between the two, moved on the Palace Bridge.
Ensign Pania was able to puzzle out the Canopic Jars, and traced the four jars of the Pah-Wraith. Opening the fourth should have brought danger to her, but the Pah-Wraith was reluctant to kill someone who spoke the ancient languages, and left her alone, perhaps in some distorted sense of honor or appreciation.
The combat action is detailed in the after action reports, suffice it to say, all fought hard and well. Injuries were taken by Thorn, and a life threatening injury by Brinn, a local who helped us, was saved by Six. However, we were up against a god, or nearly so, as he was still reforming. He took on the body of Xavier, the first host he did not outright kill, or render brain dead like the Hawk guards. Absorbing the last of the power from the hawk guards, The Pah-Wraith controlled Xavier had full control of his abilities. We think it may be the nanites Six had injected early when she was attempting to assimilate the crew for the borg that kept him alive, when the others could not absorb the power the Pah-Wraith brought to the enslavement.
Kira, who had origingally hidden Vash's shuttle, knew of the work the crew had been doing in what they had thought was secret. Xavier and Kira re-stole the shuttle, they went to the Pyramid to release more Pah-Wriaths that were, or should say should still be, imprisoned there. Rapid action by the crew limited what Kira and Xavier could do. However, they were able to weaken the magnetic fields of the Pyramid, but had to use the Red orb to escape through time back to our present. First Priest Iah, Cerin and the others, who had come back, arrived through means similar to ours, and adapted to the environment volunteered to stay behind. Using Bajoran chantings to strengthen their own resolve, and Human knowledge and use of their own bodies to generate a magnetic field, they were able to hold the magnetic field in place until we, the Crew of Cromwell, were able to pass through the alien structure, dragged forward through time by Kira and Xavier using the red orb.
Arriving back in our own time, we found we had been gone less than twelve hours, only during the time of the magnetic surface storm. Kira and Xavier arrived a short time later, and seeing us, and realizing their attempts to release the Pah-Wriaths in the past had failed, they escaped into space. We believe we may have seen the descendants on RAK on the horizon. They must have been successful in keeping the magnetic seals in place until we reached our own time. We will put a marker out reporting indigenous life, prohibiting others from making contact. The planet's natural magentic feild will continue to imprison the remaining pah-wraiths.
Cromwell spent two months attempting to track Kira Ris and the Red Menence (The Pah-Wraith in Xavier), but they put up a hard trail to follow. We believe the Pah-Wraith is set on returning to Bajor, and causing problems with the Celestial beings, based on writings originally discovered by Lt Janos, which prompted our own curious search for Rub al'Kali, or RAK, as we call it now. Ensign Pania had been dispatched to warn the Bajorans and to let them know what had occurred.
Losses on this mission were higher than expected. Besides the capture of Xavier, we have lost a number of our crew to Borg, to the Pah-wraith/smokemonster but we have gained new allies and the Borg Six of Twelve is still with us. (Portions redacted) We will work with Six on the aforementioned plans. If all goes well, Six will be a weapon deployed against the Borg. She is changing though... I am beginning to have second thoughts about this plan.
DFA Command has called off the search for the Red Menace as we call the Pah-Wriath Xavier. Rescue of Xavier may be difficult if not impossible. We will have to await hearing from him and the Pah-Wraith. Xavier means New House, and was the patron saint of missionaries, perhaps an ominous sign that the Pah-Wraith chose him?
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Back at the DFA Academy:
Tas and Paige began Second year finals and practical exams. Paige was elected Leader of Delta Six. The mission immediate went off without a hitch...except for that whole rescue the crew and passengers of a party vessel. Other than a few drinks and dancing, no harm was done. They are now off to New Kyushu for the real test.
Inbound:
Ensign Nerik and Lini Cer'Dan also encounter a ship, a civilian vessel named Blackcrow, that had partially been assimilated by the Borg. The crew gave their lives defending the family of three scientists, Angus, Seranin and Anna, who had been studying Borg transwarp conduits. Ensign Nerik was able to defeat the remaining two borg, and with the help of cadet Baylor and Crewman recruit Lini, stop the radiations leak, and bring the ship and scientists to Cromwell.
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