Something out of the ordinary.

Posted on Sat Nov 1st, 2025 @ 1:59pm by Lieutenant JG Larissa Milton & Lieutenant Commander Tony Johnson

Mission: Those who are left behind
Location: Milton cabin/ Strat OPS

ON


Larissa had the program running on her screen, in her Tunic and skirt uniform but barefoot as she could do her job from Quarters. Jenny had her feeding and down for a nap with Pix isolating like a night light to soothe the baby. This gave her about 4 good hours to see what those Tricky Dominion People might have in mind.

Running a check of fleet or resource movements; hoping to get some patterns Larissa could relay to the Strat OPS and Intel branches. Among her filters for the arrhythmical program is Major resource allocation; the most strategic targets for attack or invasion and emphasis with fleet planned deployments towards resource military targets.

The program highlighted ; or hinted upon, a massive resource allocation in an nonstrategic location; what caught her eye is the analysis of the system being small Agricultural Resource but no major Mineral resources but just the food stuffs that are part of Military operations basic rations. Yet a large force is being deployed to enforce the Ready ships and troops to the level of a High Risk Target. The Dominion wanted to keep this place safe from attack with double the number of standard forces to hold a region with others possibly being called in but not accounted for.

Milton had arranged a trusted young woman to watch Jenny should the need arises or just to cover duty shifts where both Are-Jay and Larissa might be called to duty? While waiting Susie to arrive Larisssa had her thigh high boots on and was just getting her jacket from the Bedroom as the door opened and the College grade Girl entered.

"You needed me Rissa?" Susie confirmed.

"Yes I got a News report for the Command chain and need to deliver this, not the type to go over normal channels. Larissa winked as she passed. "Just fed Jenny and Pix is doing her Nightlight thing so should allow you study time uninterrupted."

"THanks." Susie smiled and went towards the serving table to spread out her homework.


[Strategic OPS]

Larissa entered the area for planning and the over-all operations of multiple resource allocation.

"Commander Johnson." Larissa inquired. "Are you about, I have something that is really out of the Norm by Dominion movements for you to review Sir?

Tony Johnson had been going about updating the movements after the last battle when he got the call from the Ensign. "What do you have for me?"

"From what I have gathered..." She handed him a PADD with the information and time table projections. "An agricultural system that is being fortified like Fort Knox on old Earth, a lot of ship and resource to protect it, a task force size movement to guard one little planet did seem extreme to me, Sir."

The information showed several capitol ships with escorts, a full division of troops and a supply line to support nearly fifty ships. It had stature of being under the same protection as a fleet command center of Supply outlet for a quadrant

Skimming over the PADD handed to him, Tony mumbled something under his breath. "Larissa looks like you have may have stumbled on a hidden treasure of sorts. The best place to hide something is in a location no one would be looking at. Any idea what they might be protecting out there?"

"I was thinking of asking science or navigation about any surveys of the system." She replied. "I am into computers; geography and star charting is not my specialty." Nodding. "I know that my Husband was on surveying early in his career; that is where he and Pix met. So science might have the best chances of getting an answer maybe?"

"Thinking that might be a Ketracel White facility on that world," said Johnson. "Intelligence would have spotted an obvious shipyard. But a facility on the surface might be undetectable. I could be wrong though. But its seriously worth investigation further."

You could ask Are-Jay... I mean Doc Milton. He had an experiment that failed trying to synthesize that drug." Larissa recalled how he had freaked out after failing to save this those Jem'Hadar they captured. "Something about enzimes or another failing point."

"The Jem'Hadar weren't designed for anything else or a substitute. If coming up with a solution to their Ketracel problem was easy, then they would have figured it out themselves by now and likely tried to kill the Founders and Vorta."


"I saw an DNA model that had a ninety five plus percent success on the formula; Are Jay said it was an element behind enemy lines that he could not get that stops him from making this White stuff." She shrugged. "Maybe the founders are like My Doc, able to make it so long as they have all the ingredients and they would want to keep that safe maybe?" Larissa admitted. "The Doctor knows the most about what the Jem'Hadar seem to need and seems to know how to make the white."

"Has the doctor found any other weaknesses?"

"I think he has tried to get the physical parameters of them." Larissa replied. "You would have to ask him about their weakness. It seems that he does know what their nutrient requirements."

"Are you looking to take those findings to the Captain? Tony questioned. "If so, I believe that you may have stumbled upon a possible target that Starfleet needs to address." Pulling up a star chart on the huge screen on the wall. The location of Federation and Klingon forces, pulled up along with Dominion forces. Pointing out the fortified world, he smiled.

"I-I was just going up the chain of logic; if I was wrong best to have you stop me before I make a fool of myself." She began. "If I were right you are the best one to access the potential and help convince the Captain of what to do with this finding."

"Let's go convince the Captain shall we. By the way you are far from a fool."

"Thank you for the complement." Larissa grinned

End

Lt. Commander Tony Johnson
Chief Strategics Operations Officer

Lt. JG Larissa Milton
Computer Analyst