Editing Bandits on the Surface (section)

==The Sull Path==

Upon her arrival at the [[Sull Path]] the [[USS Boudicca]] began conducting patrol scans in an attempt to locate or identify any information that may lead them to the location of either a pirate stronghold or a pirate vessel.  

[[File:Sull Path minefield.jpg|thumb|300px|left|The Sull Path Minefield]]

Due to the very long nature of the Sull Path, it quickly became apparent that the ship would be required to spend several days on patrol in order to cover the entirety of the afflicted area.

As it happened, however, the crew was not forced to wait very long before they made contact with the pirates. On their second day in the path, while patrolling, the ship suddenly jolted.

With the crew rushing to their red alert stations, it was quickly ascertained that the ship had blundering into an undocumented [[minefield]] filled with mines that were armed with [[cloaking device]]s.


Although they had struck several of these mines, they proved to be superficial impacts as the ship suffered no damage. However the order was given to come to a full stop, only to find that the ship continued to be pulled along the path, albeit slowly.

[[File:Subspace Current.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A reading on the Subspace Current found in the Sull Path]]

Scans indicated the possibility that a [[Subspace Current]] was also present, and while this accounted for the unexpected movement of the ship, there was still reason to worry due to the presence of the mines. 

[[Rank|Ensign]] [[Henry Jacobs]] using a suggestion put forth by [[Detron Trei]] and [[Thomas Jackson]] utilized the [[Bussard Collector]]s to emit a specially ionized gas that caused the cloaked mines to become visible. initial scans indicated that there were nearly half-a-million of the devices with in span of roughly a quarter of a [[light Year]].

Before any further action could be taken however, a sudden loss of power plagued the boudicca, caused by some sort of massive power drain, which rendered all the ship's primary and secondary systems, including tactical useless. 

[[Rank|Lieutenant]] [[Deynyk Rinn]] quickly placed the ship on Emergency power. Only a few moments later, the pirates led by the unseen [[Rank|Captain]] [[Toulin]] hailed the Boudicca and ordered her to turn over their cargo. In exchange the pirates agreed to release the Boudicca.