Her name is Lydia Sanderson. She was first profiled by Christine T'Nley upon her arrival on the colony. The pilgrims of the USS Plymouth had an unnatural fascination with the woman they called the "Sentry" or the "Beacon of the Pilgrims."
The pilgrims seem to believe that this woman was some sort of mystic; some sort of spiritual leader. Lydia moved into Boston. Because of the strong Bajoran community and because of the link to the prophets of Bajor, the city was very spiritual. Often called "Lady Sands" by her followers, she would often speak to the congregation filled with pilgrims in glowing terms about the colony.
Bill was in the Omega Sands Processing Plant nearing the end of his shift. The universe's most famous migrant was thinking of his adopted children Nicky and Colby Russo and having a chance to play with them. His feet were sore from walking the grating of the factory. He never saw this coming. He walked out of the factory office to see a large group of pilgrims standing next to the fence. They were mumbling some jibberish about the spiritual value of the sands.
Bill did not want any part of that, "Go home. This is a place of business."
Lydia made her first appearance with the Pilgrims, "In the words of David McCord, Earth born poet, 'A handful of sand is an anthology of the universe'"
"Our very existence is written in the power of these sands. We have crossed an entire quadrant to touch the sands that bare the power of the universe. We will touch the sands. We will hold the sands. We will be warmed by the sand.", Lydia preached.
"Warmed by the sand.", the pilgrims responded.
Bill looked Lydia and her pilgrims, "This is an industrial worksite. No one is permitted out here. This is a 24 hour operation. We are processing Omega Sands to produce Dilithium for the Beta Quadrant. You must vacate the premises or the authorities will be contacted."
Lydia looked at the migrant, "These sands are mecca for us. We must touch them. We must possess them. We will not be deterred."
Bill snapped and then opened his communicator, "This is Bill Clinton, Foreman, A Shift, Boston Dilithium Project to Commodore Vincent Viceroy."
Vincent responded. Bill explained the scenario. Vincent agreed to dispatch Captain Leo and a few officers to the scene. Vincent walked into the war room. Commander Teero was just packing up.
"Acrylos, do you know anything about these sand people?", Vincent asked.
Teero smiled, "What has Lydia done now?"
"You know her?", Vincent asked.
"Yeah, the Bajoran community is none to pleased with the earthling cleric preaching in the temples of the prophets.", Acrylos smiled.
"It get worse.", Vincent responded.
"What?", Acrylos smiled closing his PADD case.
"Sanderson and her pilgrims are trying to get on the Omega Sands at Boston.", Vincent explained.
Acrylos looked at Vincent, "These people are zealots. This is not going to be easy."
Nicole stopped in to pick up her stuff, "Hey guys, what's going on?"
Vincent brought her up to speed. Nicole looked at Acrylos and concurred on his zealot comment. She looked at Vincent, "We may need marine support."
Acrylos looked at Nicole, "You wanna bring the marines down on humans, on the colony considering that Lydia Sanderson is an ONN darling."
Nicole looked at Vincent, "We have commitments to the Vulcans and the Federation regarding Dilithium. We cannot have this interfere in production."
"Dispatch Major General Fidelis. He is the most diplomatic of the marine staff.", Vincent turned to Cherry Vasa.
"Major General Fidelis is off world. He returned to Governor's Station. The only senior marine here is Colonel Brown.", Cherry responded.
"Get Fidelis on the comm.", Vincent requested.
Vincent heard Cherry's comm beep, "On main viewer.", the commodore ordered.
The image of Caitlin Wu crawling over Fidelis to answer the comm, "Hey."
"Lieutenant, I need to speak to the Major General.", Vincent ordered.
"Nando, its the colony.", Caitlin shook the Antican.
Ferdinand rolled over, rubbing his eyes, "What?"
Major General Fidelis saw the commodore and jumped to his feet, "Sorry, sir."
The marine tried to cover himself up. Vincent shook his head.
"Major General, we need the marines to respond to the Omega Sands Facility near Boston.", Viceroy requested.
"Get Brown to do it.", Fidelis ordered.
"This is a sensitive matter, Ferdinand. The pilgrims are trying to get into the sands.", Viceroy explained.
"We cannot have them out there nor can we have them hurt.", Viceroy ordered.
"Get Brown to assemble the troops. I will meet them at Boston.", Fidelis responded.
"Agreed.", Viceroy responded.
Fidelis turned to Caitlin, "Get Gecko to fire up the Tongue. I need to get there fast."
"Yes, sir.", Wu responded, jumping back into her military role.
"Be gentle, Major General.", Nicole requested.
Vincent looked at Nicole, "This is a mess now."
Nicole shook her head, "It certainly is."
Posted by:
Commodore Vincent Viceroy
Miiltary Commander In Chief
Phoenix Colony
Phoenix Federation
Commander Acrylos Teero
Chief Engineer
Phoenix Colony
Phoenix Federation
Vice President Nicole Branson
Phoenix Federation Representative
Phoenix Colony
Christine T'Nley
Omega News Network
Phoenix Colony
Phoenix Federation
