"A volunteer"
 by Ensign T'Kang
 Assistant Engineer - USS Intrepid


T'Kang stood by, stewing at the engineering station of the 
bridge.  He couldn't believe Captain Celchu was going to 
leave the fate of the away team to some green, telepathic 
goo.  With arms crossed and his feet in a defiant gape, the 
Klingon had both an imposing and disapproving presence as 
he observed the bridge.

Within a short time, Ensign Shadow's voice informed the 
Captain that the XO's team did reach the planet surface 
safely, however the green goo had been unable to 
telepathically contact Ktryna.  A slight snicker formed on 
T'Kang's lips when Shadow advised the launching of the 
probe.

The Captain gave the order, and soon the modified 
communications probe streaked towards Frainar III.

Within minutes they had a fix on the second away team.  
Unfortunately, they were stranded in a jungle, and there 
were Romulans on the planet as well.

T'Kang was glad that the modified probe was working, but 
didn't like the idea of Nal being on the surface of Frainar III 
with a detachment of Romulans.

The Captain ordered an away team to beam down to the 
surface in hopes of evening up the odds.   Using the probe 
as a relay point for the transporter signal, the security team 
just managed to complete the beam out before the probe 
suddenly quit responding and fell to the planet's surface.

A fiery, glowing, Federation made meteorite lit up the sky of 
Frainar III for a moment, causing the away team and the 
Romulans to look at the streaking probe that burned up in 
the lower atmosphere of the planet upon reentry.

Stepping forward, T'Kang approached the Captain who had 
finally managed to sit down in the command chair after all of 
his pacing earlier.  "Captain, it may be possible to beam up 
the away team if we send down a set of pattern enhancers 
and arrange them at an advantageous location where the 
clearest signal can be obtained."

Lieutenant Commander Celchu regarded T'Kang for a 
moment before responding in an even tone, "Possibly. 
Though someone would have to be able to set them up and 
triangulate their signals."

Straightening, T'Kang came to attention, "I would be willing 
to go Captain."

Celchu thought about the Ensign's proposed plan before 
responding.