Clearing Up

Lieutenant Commander J'Ross and the rest of the crew of the Saucer section of the USS Leviathan-B had been following the progress of the two groups of Marines closely via the satellite uplink. The Lieutenant Commander was sitting in the Command centre for Marine Operations watching the 'backroom' Marines as they monitored the advance by both groups.

Whisky group which had been made up of two Warthog scouts had reported that they'd reached and succeeded in their primary and secondary objectives without incident, which had pleased the Lieutenant Commander. The last thing she wanted was to lose any of the crew, Starfleet or Marine whilst the Captain was not present.

[Charlie Command to Marine Command.] The voice of Lieutenant Colonel Phanan announced over the comm. [Tango One is secure. We've taken fifty prisoners and killed approximately a hundred Tango's. No friendly casualties, but we've suffered damage to two shuttles and one of the Scorpions.]

"Confirmed." Lieutenant Commander J'Ross replied. "Whisky group has confirmed they have achieved both their primary and secondary objectives with no casualties. Taken six Tango's prisoner, no friendly casualties or major damage to equipment."

[Commander, I'd suggest bringing the Leviathan towards the base.] Phanan stated. [I'll start making preparations for the clear-up and provide cover for the Saucer.]

"Agreed." J'Ross stated. "We'll be with you in fifteen minutes. Leviathan out."

The Lieutenant Commander headed out of the command centre and towards the nearest turbolift and back to the Bridge.

Main Bridge

Arriving on the Bridge she looked around at all the empty stations. With only half a crew and the Saucer on planet, the Bridge seemed very odd. Walking towards the command chair, she sat down and opened the ships intercom system.

"Attention all hands." She announced. "Prepare for lift-off. Our forces have taken the Jem'Hadar base and we will be relocating there ASAP."

Within moments, all of the primary stations were being manned as crew appeared out of the turbolift and took up their positions. Last to arrive was Ensign Marc Razak who took the helm seat.

"Contact the Jem'Hadar transporters and have them follow us to the Jem'Hadar base." J'Ross ordered. "Blue alert, helm take us up and set a course for the base."

"Yes Commander." Razak replied.

The Saucer section of the Leviathan-B started to come back to life as the sound of the vessels anti-grav engines and atmospheric thrusters powered up. Slowly the vessel rose off the surface of the planet and the four landing feet retracted back into the lower hull. As they rose higher into the sky and pushed forward, they were joined by the two Jem'Hadar transporters which were carrying the majority of the Jem'Hadar loyal to Goran'Agar. The three vessels flew in formation towards the Jem'Hadar base.

Within five minutes of lifting off, the vessel was approaching the Jem'Hadar base. On the viewscreen they could make out the devastation of the battle, twisted metal lying over the desert floor and the large hole blasted in the outer wall of the base.

"Helm, set her down in the courtyard." J'Ross ordered. "Contact the transports and tell them to land on the open plain behind the base."

On the viewscreen, the Bridge crew watched as the two transporters settled on the area behind the base. Razak brought the Saucer section of the Leviathan to land in the courtyard below. At the edges of the courtyard, the Leviathan's shuttles and the two Scorpion battle tanks were parked, one of the tanks with a large hole in its front amour.

"All stations are secure." Razak reported as he powered down the thrusters and anti-grav engines.

"Start the recovery of the shuttles and the tanks." J'Ross announced. "I'm going down to the surface to speak with the Lieutenant Colonel. As soon as the equipment is recovered, start the transfer of the prisoners to Cargo Bay six."
As she entered the turbolift, J'Ross tapped her comm badge.

"J'Ross to Lieutenant Rhee and Lieutenant Rayna Hart." She announced. "Meet me in transporter room three immediately."

[Understood.] Rhee replied.

[I'm on my way.] Came the reply from Rayna."

Jem'Hadar Base - Courtyard

Within five minutes, the three Starfleet officers were in the courtyard looking for Phanan. They watched as the first of the Scorpion tanks rose up into the underbelly of the Saucer section, pulled up by tractor beams. The second tank was waiting behind it, the damage to its forward armour apparent. They also noticed the small shuttles flying away from the base before turning to re-enter the Saucer sections shuttle-bay. Finally they saw Lieutenant Colonel Phanan and headed in his direction.

The Colonel appeared to be organising the transfer of the Jem'Hadar prisoners when they came up to him.

"Colonel Phanan, how are we doing ?" J'Ross enquired.

"Well Commander……" The tall Marine replied. "……..as you can see, the Scorpion tanks are being loaded and the shuttles returning to the shuttle-bay. I've also been arranging for the transfer of the Jem'Hadar prisoners."

"We're going to hold them in cargo bay six." J'Ross stated. "But I could do with some extra staff to ensure that we don't have any trouble."

"I'll assign some of the Marines to it Commander." Phanan offered.

"Thank you Colonel." J'Ross replied. "Have you spoken with Whiskey team yet ?"

"Yes." The Colonel replied. "We're just about to head off to take a look, but I thought you might have wanted to come along."

"Your guess was right." J'Ross stated.

So the Colonel and the three Starfleet officers headed for the one remaining shuttle, a Type-16 and were soon crossing the desert floor towards the rest of the Marines. Inside, Goran'Agar was already sat awaiting the return of the Colonel. The shuttle lifted off the ground and headed away from the base and towards the location of Whisky group.