ON: 1710. U.S.S Malinche. Day 5. Enlisted Mess. It had been about 3 hours since Marco had sent his message out, and thankfully, all of the invited men and women had shown up. All of the Departmental Petty Officers; the handful of Marcos ?right hand men? that were responsible for the rankers in each ...

ON: 13:00. Day 4. Holding Cell. Jaran sat on the floor, his dress uniform loose on him where he?d undone some of the tighter buttons, he was sweating although the cell was quite cold and his eyes were glazed with tears, though he couldn?t articulate what the tears were of. Mostly he just felt nothin...

ON: Courtroom. 11:30. Day 4. ?All rise? called the court clerk as Clarkson entered his court for the last time, to pass verdict and sentence on Jaran. He sat down and surveyed the court, his heart was jumping and fluttered with nerves. He couldn?t believe what he was about to do. ?Lieutenant Jaran A...

*sigh* You poor, poor soul.

Poor, poor soul...

<<Starbase 259, Courtroom, 1327, Day 3>> Captain Saxon stood up slowly, contemplating the first move on this new chess board. "Captain Kersare" he began, slowly walking towards the witness stand. "What, I ask, is your opinion of Lieutenant Jaran?" He left it an open question, hop...

OOC: Takes place in the lunch recess of the trial ON: <<Courtroom Proceedings, Starbase 257 - 1200hours, MD03>> Cameron smiled politely and excused himself from the small crowd of legal representatives and spectators whom he had been conversing with. His mind felt numb with the morning?s progress, t...

ON: <<Courtroom, Starbase 259, 1230, Day 3>> After the Judge had called a recess for lunch, Chief Warrant Officer Third Class Arthurt 'Art' Lassiter strolled back into the courtroom for the prosecution. He waited for the defense counsel and defendant to return as the reporters shuffled in a little a...

ON: Courtroom. Starbase. 0800. Day 02. Rear Admiral, Judge Advocate General, James Clarkson entered the circular chambers from the door behind his chair on the raised platform. "All rise" the usher called, James didn't really care much for protocol and his annoyance showed on his stern fac...

ON: Morgue. U.S.S Malinche. 0715. Day 02. The door swished open and flooded the room with a light that seemed to cling on to the heavy, swirling cooling vapours of the small and dark room. The invasion of this new light startled Jaran, his eyes darted towards the source ? carefully scanning the hole...

I think Jaran's has got to me One by Metallica - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j39ABZyzek I think a lot of the lyrics combined with the metaphors in the song sum him up pretty well, especially some of the speech before the song starts. "Now that the war is through with me....I'm waking up I c...

ON: Malinche Sickbay. 15:00. Day 2. "...it ready?" Came a rough voice, from somewhere... "Yes Lieutenant" a young voice answered. The Sickbay cieling flickered in and out of existence as Jarans eyelids fluttered into an open position. He groaned, feeling the worst hangover this s...

ON: Detention Facility Starbase 259. 10:02. Day Two Jaran wearily opened his eyes, his eyeballs rolled as he did so, the edges of his vision were darkened but he was aware that he was lying on his bed in the cell, not in a sickbay. He remembered calmly allowing the guard with the rifle to strike him...

ON: Public Bathrooms. Day 1. 22:42 The man known as Lowe walked into the public bathroom only a few minutes walk from the Starfleet sector. It was a ridiculous location for a bathroom, his own actions were testament to that. If nothing else, someone could easily plant a bomb here and cause chaos - p...

On: Passenger disemarkation: Civillian Sector. 22:00. Day 1. With a dozen others, his feet clanged down the metal walkway onto the Starbase from the transport ship behind him. The bald man carried only a small bag filled with clothes, a coded Starfleet PADD, and three pieces of machinery that when a...

ON: Detention Facility. Starbase 259. 21:35 Abubakar sat silently, with his eyes closed he focused on the sqaut red candle that one of the Security Officers has brought him. He owed that to Captain Kersare, he had great respect for the woman - despite everything he had done, she still had the humani...