The room looked vintage in its old wood style, giving off a warm but business vibe. A Betazoid was sitting in his chair as he looked over some files. The door chimed as his eyes redirected to the door. “Come in” The door opened as an elder Tellarite, and younger Bajoran walked into the office stopping at the judge’s desk. “Ahh, you have come to a conclusion?” 

Skess shrugged a bit. “Your honor we have a conclusion for the case of Captain Praugol” He placed the PADD down on the desk of Cornelio. “But we find this case rather interesting, especially with recent events that affected the fourth fleet as a whole” He looked at Oyem.

“Your honor as you will read in our findings the Captain’s weird behavior started when she returned from Delta Quadrant. We have other reports that indicate that crew members in Delta Quadrant have shown similar behavior to sabotage Starfleet installations” Oyem stood at attention before the judge.

Reading down the PADD that was given to him, Cornelio narrowed his eyes and looked up at the two of them. “So what you are saying is the operations that the Fourth Fleet has conducted in Delta Quadrant is the explanation to Captain Praugol rebel’s behavior?” He had difficulty understanding the gravity of the problem and looked at Skess “Is it a virus?”

Taking a deep breath “Not entirely. The reports we managed to gather from the Fourth Fleet are that they responded to a large and unknown anomaly in the Delta Quadrant. The operation was to investigate the Blood Dilithium appearance and assist any species. Fourth Fleet had aggressive encounters with certain species such as the Hirogen but mainly the Devore Imperium.” Skess nods to himself. “Fourth Fleet quickly understood the urgency of the situation and first reports showed that the Blood Dilithium affects those that got telepathic or sensitive to in losing their minds by hearing undescribable screams” 

Oyem followed up “We have read into the reports of the Damascus, Captain Praugol command, up as well. They went deep into the territory to get essential and invaluable information regarding the Blood Dilithium and its origin. They met up with quite some resistance and a secret experiment by the Devore Imperium against the telepathic” 

Tapping his finger on the desk “Come to a point. What has this all to do with Captain Praugol’s current situation? Is she medically speaking effected by whatever is out there in Delta Quadrant, or are her actions done by clear mind”. Cornelio was getting impatient and knowing that he had other cases to deal with didn’t help with such a long explanation. 

“The short answer is…it is not medical” Oyem shrugged

Before Cornelio interjected Skess spoke up “But at the same time it is medical…..” 

Rolling his eyes “Give me an explanation as to what you mean by that” Cornelio leans back in his chair “And please hurry I do not have all day” 

“Captain Praugol falls under the category of telepathic sensitive. She was not pulled off the mission into Delta Quadrant as Starfleet or Fourth Fleet deemed it safe within reason. Her experience also weighted in on this mission that Fourth Fleet desperately needed. But the mission reports state that she had been exposed to a few times against the Blood Dilithium” Skess explained. 

Nodding to Skess, Oyem continued “The thing is, we know little to nothing about the effects of the Blood Dilithium. We only know the facts of this case. One Captain Praugol has been exposed to the Blood Dilithium on more than one occasion. Two her First Officer reports that she has shown drastic mood swings in dire situations. Three her doctor states that she has been exposed to being in connection telepathically with a Blood Crystalline Entity for a long time which weakens her telepathic barrier. Lastly, the moment the Damascus docked at Avalon her personage changed. Her hatred of Starfleet and passion to put us down because we were not helping was not recognized as normal behavior based on her medical files.” 

Leaning forward onto his table, Cornelio narrows his eyes. “So if I understand this correctly, we are not dealing with Captain Praugol?” 

Skess and Oyem looked at each other and then back at the Judge. “That statement would be correct your honor. Blood Dilithium is stated to house the spirit, or kindred of passed away Brenari. We have the suspicion that because her mind protection layer was so drastically low….a spirit housed themselves into the body of Captain Praugol” Oyem explained carefully.

“That is very far-fetched, but I see the Fourth Fleet reports of these claims. I need to contact some of the JAG here at the office and even Fourth Fleet JAG” Cornelio shrugged looking at the PADD and seeing the reports that he mentioned. “Thanks for your report and effort in this investigation. You two are dismissed” He nods to them as a formal thanks.

They both nodded “You are welcome your honor” with that said they both left the office per the request of the judge leaving him behind. 

He leans in his chair “This case is getting more complicated by the minuted. First an explosion, then an outburst in my court and now the investigation report states that she is not in control of her own mind. This became from a criminal case to a political case in one go” Cornelio shrugged letting his head hang backwards having his eyes closed for a second. “I better get to work on this then” He shook his head and started to make calls and send away the messages that needed to be sent.