Dahan
Rear Admiral
Chapter 13
Perry System, Clarke Quadrant, Gemini Sector
Perry Naval Base
2669.041.1415
Security Department
“No, no no!” said Sidney as he sifted through the files while looking up at the view screen showing the faces of dead officers from the Orion Function Room. Lieutenant Walker walked into the room holding two cups of coffee and place one next to Sidney
“Something missing sir?” asked Lieutenant Walker as he sat down across to Sidney and began to look at the files of the officers
“No” said Sidney as he continue to read through files, “I don’t know what I am looking for but I know for some reason these officers are the key to the case”
“I agree sir” said Walker, “but I am scratching my head as to how officers who are already dead are found onboard a station far away from where the fighting was, let alone the condition the bodies was in”
“I don’t I, what did you say?” Sidney stopped at mid-sentence looking up at the Lieutenant
“Sorry sir?”
“About the bodies, the condition they are in?”
“Well if I can understand about biological degradation, there is no way the bodies we found at the function room could have been well preserved. Except for the markings on their chest generally they body would be decomposing right about now”
Sidney looked over to the faces on the screen thinking over the information he has accumulated
“Hmm Lieutenant, do we have details on how or where the officers died during the Battle of Earth?” Walker turned to a computer console next to him and tapped in a few keys and waited for the computer to respond.
“According to the records of the four men and the four women” said Walker as he began to read through the data, “Lieutenants Dale and Wong were onboard the Lexington when she was destroyed, Ensigns Graham and Jody Gooding were killed onboard the Moskva, Captain Jessica McNell was part of Earth’s fighter wing and was KIA, Lieutenants Joshua Stone and Vanessa King died onboard the Concordia and Lieutenant Commander Diana Ablett died onboard the Verdun so far we have”
“Wait a moment” interrupted Sidney “the Concordia was not destroyed at the Battle of Earth. The ship survived but was later destroyed at the Vespus System. Bring up Lieutenants Stone and King on the main viewer” Walker punched in a few keys and the faces and record of Lieutenants Stone and King appeared on the man viewscreen on the wall. Sidney walked over and looked at their file.
“What other details do we know?” asked Sidney “we gathered that all eight officers did some time in the Intelligence division. We were able to identified them when we first found them, we know that they were present during the Battle of Earth, yet you found that they all died at the Battle of Earth, that does not make sense”
“How so sir?”
“Well if they all died at the Battle of Earth how come the records showed that Lieutenants Stone and King were killed during the battle yet if I recalled the Concordia was severely damage and the lost of life was minimal. Injuries they had plenty of but they did not have that a great number of fatalities. Something is not right here. Do we have the coroners report?”
Walker pulled out a file folder and passed it over to Sidney for him to read.
“This is not right” said Sidney “the file does not mention anything about their deaths on the Concordia during the Battle of Earth. Only they died with no exact date?”
“Well their bodies were identified sometime after the Battle of Earth, yet somehow their bodies were found here on the station. Something does not seem to add right”
Looking at the file and looking back up on the view screen at the photo at the two officers, Sidney had a hunch that something was not right.
Perry System, Clarke Quadrant, Gemini Sector
Perry Naval Base
2669.041.1415
Security Department
“No, no no!” said Sidney as he sifted through the files while looking up at the view screen showing the faces of dead officers from the Orion Function Room. Lieutenant Walker walked into the room holding two cups of coffee and place one next to Sidney
“Something missing sir?” asked Lieutenant Walker as he sat down across to Sidney and began to look at the files of the officers
“No” said Sidney as he continue to read through files, “I don’t know what I am looking for but I know for some reason these officers are the key to the case”
“I agree sir” said Walker, “but I am scratching my head as to how officers who are already dead are found onboard a station far away from where the fighting was, let alone the condition the bodies was in”
“I don’t I, what did you say?” Sidney stopped at mid-sentence looking up at the Lieutenant
“Sorry sir?”
“About the bodies, the condition they are in?”
“Well if I can understand about biological degradation, there is no way the bodies we found at the function room could have been well preserved. Except for the markings on their chest generally they body would be decomposing right about now”
Sidney looked over to the faces on the screen thinking over the information he has accumulated
“Hmm Lieutenant, do we have details on how or where the officers died during the Battle of Earth?” Walker turned to a computer console next to him and tapped in a few keys and waited for the computer to respond.
“According to the records of the four men and the four women” said Walker as he began to read through the data, “Lieutenants Dale and Wong were onboard the Lexington when she was destroyed, Ensigns Graham and Jody Gooding were killed onboard the Moskva, Captain Jessica McNell was part of Earth’s fighter wing and was KIA, Lieutenants Joshua Stone and Vanessa King died onboard the Concordia and Lieutenant Commander Diana Ablett died onboard the Verdun so far we have”
“Wait a moment” interrupted Sidney “the Concordia was not destroyed at the Battle of Earth. The ship survived but was later destroyed at the Vespus System. Bring up Lieutenants Stone and King on the main viewer” Walker punched in a few keys and the faces and record of Lieutenants Stone and King appeared on the man viewscreen on the wall. Sidney walked over and looked at their file.
“What other details do we know?” asked Sidney “we gathered that all eight officers did some time in the Intelligence division. We were able to identified them when we first found them, we know that they were present during the Battle of Earth, yet you found that they all died at the Battle of Earth, that does not make sense”
“How so sir?”
“Well if they all died at the Battle of Earth how come the records showed that Lieutenants Stone and King were killed during the battle yet if I recalled the Concordia was severely damage and the lost of life was minimal. Injuries they had plenty of but they did not have that a great number of fatalities. Something is not right here. Do we have the coroners report?”
Walker pulled out a file folder and passed it over to Sidney for him to read.
“This is not right” said Sidney “the file does not mention anything about their deaths on the Concordia during the Battle of Earth. Only they died with no exact date?”
“Well their bodies were identified sometime after the Battle of Earth, yet somehow their bodies were found here on the station. Something does not seem to add right”
Looking at the file and looking back up on the view screen at the photo at the two officers, Sidney had a hunch that something was not right.