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About the same time, Colonel [[Martin Lazlo]] learns about the lockdown, and he too heads to Auxiliary Control for answers. The two men arrive at the same time and, after exchanging a few unpleasantries, confront the officer in charge of auxiliary control, Lieutenant Oliver Mason. Mason informs them that, by order of Fleet Admiral [[Nosira Ra'al]] he is in command while the command crew are undergoing the lockdown drill. Neither Theroll nor Lazlo are pleased with this turn of events and, unable to enter auxiliary control due to a force field, both storm off. | About the same time, Colonel [[Martin Lazlo]] learns about the lockdown, and he too heads to Auxiliary Control for answers. The two men arrive at the same time and, after exchanging a few unpleasantries, confront the officer in charge of auxiliary control, Lieutenant Oliver Mason. Mason informs them that, by order of Fleet Admiral [[Nosira Ra'al]] he is in command while the command crew are undergoing the lockdown drill. Neither Theroll nor Lazlo are pleased with this turn of events and, unable to enter auxiliary control due to a force field, both storm off. | ||
Lazlo gives a speech to his marines about the crisis of leadership he sees on the station and orders his troops to take control, detaining any Starfleet personnel they encounter. They are also to detain [[Stephanie Hodges]], since she is too close to Beck to be trusted. Hodges protests, but Lazlo stuns her and has her dragged away. Theroll, meanwhile, is concerned (and rightly so) that Lazlo will try something with Beck out of the picture. He first tries to get in touch with President [[Bradley Dillon]] but learns that Bradley is off of the station. He then approaches Lieutenant [[Mike Waits]] of Starfleet Security. Waits checks the security feeds coming from the marines' deck and, discovering what Lazlo is up too, mobilizes the security officers, leaving Theroll behind in the Security Office. | |||
The marines and Starfleet security officers begin battling across the station. With his marines stuck dealing with Starfleet in the mall and outside of auxiliary control, Colonel Lazlo goes to the security office and finds Theroll there. | |||
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Revision as of 14:26, 9 June 2008
| Star Traks: Waystation | |
| Episode name | Town Hall |
|---|---|
| Season | Stardate 57--- |
| Episode number | 8 |
| Writer(s) | Alan Decker |
| Year | 2380 |
| Stardate | 57864 |
| Chronology | |
| Previous in series | Lockdown |
| Next in series | Just Undo It |
| Previous in timeline | Lockdown [WAY] |
| Next in timeline | Just Undo It [WAY] |
So just what was going on while the command crew was in lockdown?
Summary
This story picks up right after Lockdown.
As Captain Lisa Beck and the other Waystation command officers are being led at gunpoint to see the Station Administrator, Beck wonders what was going on while she and the others were on lockdown in Ops.
48 Hours Earlier...
After an aggravating meeting with Captain Beck in her office, the head of the Waystation Residents' Council, Richard Theroll, leaves Ops irritated that Beck believes she's the one with all of the power on the station so she can ignore the wishes of the Waystation Residents' Council and the Waystation Merchants' Association. He tries to go back to Ops to argue with her some more, but learns that Ops is now under lockdown and that control of the station has been routed to Auxiliary Control. He has no idea what the lockdown is about, so he decides to head to Auxiliary Control to get some answers.
About the same time, Colonel Martin Lazlo learns about the lockdown, and he too heads to Auxiliary Control for answers. The two men arrive at the same time and, after exchanging a few unpleasantries, confront the officer in charge of auxiliary control, Lieutenant Oliver Mason. Mason informs them that, by order of Fleet Admiral Nosira Ra'al he is in command while the command crew are undergoing the lockdown drill. Neither Theroll nor Lazlo are pleased with this turn of events and, unable to enter auxiliary control due to a force field, both storm off.
Lazlo gives a speech to his marines about the crisis of leadership he sees on the station and orders his troops to take control, detaining any Starfleet personnel they encounter. They are also to detain Stephanie Hodges, since she is too close to Beck to be trusted. Hodges protests, but Lazlo stuns her and has her dragged away. Theroll, meanwhile, is concerned (and rightly so) that Lazlo will try something with Beck out of the picture. He first tries to get in touch with President Bradley Dillon but learns that Bradley is off of the station. He then approaches Lieutenant Mike Waits of Starfleet Security. Waits checks the security feeds coming from the marines' deck and, discovering what Lazlo is up too, mobilizes the security officers, leaving Theroll behind in the Security Office.
The marines and Starfleet security officers begin battling across the station. With his marines stuck dealing with Starfleet in the mall and outside of auxiliary control, Colonel Lazlo goes to the security office and finds Theroll there.
Featuring
- Captain Lisa Beck
- Commander Walter Morales
- Lieutenant Commander Craig Porter
- Lieutenant Commander Sean Russell
- Yeoman Tina Jones
- Colonel Martin Lazlo
- Bradley Dillon
Also Featuring
- Stephanie Hodges
- Ih'mad
- Baughb
- Lieutenant Colonel Daniel O'Neal
Author's Comments
It can be incredibly annoying to try to write stories that are supposed to be happening at the same time and to get all the events to sync up. I already did this once in this run with All Ahead Full and the Star Traks: The Vexed Generation story Station Keeping. I complained about it then, yet here I am doing it again with Lockdown and "Town Hall". I must be some kind of literary masochist.
Coming into this story, I knew I needed to do something with Colonel Martin Lazlo. He and the marines in general had been fairly well ignored since the first story of the previous run. I wanted to give him some time in the spotlight, which meant I needed to get him away from the other main characters. Oh wait. I just locked all of the other main characters in Ops. How convenient!
Richard Theroll has appeared before way back in "Waiting for the Other Shoe..." At the time I wrote that story I was thinking about changing the focus of the series to treat Waystation more like a town than a Starfleet facility. The Ops crew would still be involved, but I had visions of something along the lines of a Trek version of Twin Peaks with a lot more stories dealing with civilian life. Obviously that didn't happen, and Theroll was shoved so far into the background that he wasn't heard from again until I realized he'd be perfect for "Town Hall."