COMPILE_TERMINAL_VIEW
USS Boudicca
Boudiccacompile4110 2019-12-04
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(jg) David Martin - (2-1022.5) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="8" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="9" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>NRPG - My apologies for the severe tardiness of this post. Also not sure of the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="10" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>time stamps could not find one with this time but doesn't mean there isn't one </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="11" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>already. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="12" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="13" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>RPG </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="14" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="15" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>David was running several scans when he received a comm message from one of the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="16" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>acting Chief Medical Officer stationed on the planets surface. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="17" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="18" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>=^= Dr Candle to Ensign Martin =^= </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="19" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="20" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>David tapped his comm badge. "Go ahead Doctor." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="21" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="22" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>=^= I have been thinking is there anyway we can monitor the seismic activity on </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="23" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the ground here? I've traveled to Topaline mines before and have heard about </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="24" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>mining techniques that can cause seismic events or rock bursts, is there any way </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="25" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>we can check on that? =^= </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="26" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="27" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Yes Doctor, I am currently running scans checking for more seismic activity and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="28" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>locations of the mines that have been built on the planet, and cross referencing </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="29" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>that with the epicenter of the quake. However any determination of if the mining </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="30" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>is the cause of seismic event will probably have to wait some time as I am </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="31" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>currently running the ships scanners at maximum, scanning the surface several </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="32" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>times over. I wouldn't dare to even attempt to try and make a determination as </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="33" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to what happen until I was able to thoroughly go through all of the data that is </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="34" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>currently pouring in. Is there anything else I can help you with, Doctor?" </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="35" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="36" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Candle, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="37" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by David Deffenbaugh) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="38" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="39" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="40" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Mission: All the King’s Horses </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="41" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Day 2 </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="42" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Stardate: 2413.10.16 </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="43" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="44" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Temporary Sickbay - ACMO Basil Candle - (2-1023.5) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="45" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Ensign Martin replied </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="46" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>=^=Yes Doctor, I am currently running scans checking for more seismic activity </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="47" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and locations of the mines that have been built on the planet, and cross </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="48" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>referencing that with the epicenter of the quake. However any determination of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="49" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>if the mining is the cause of seismic event will probably have to wait some time </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="50" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>as I am currently running the ships scanners at maximum, scanning the surface </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="51" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>several times over. I wouldn't dare to even attempt to try and make a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="52" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>determination as to what happen until I was able to thoroughly go through all of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="53" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the data that is currently pouring in. Is there anything else I can help you </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="54" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>with, Doctor?"=^= </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="55" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“No …” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="56" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~No telling him to look for other non-natural signs. Always thinking the worse </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="57" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Candle~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="58" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“… thank you Ensign, Candle out” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="59" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(None) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="60" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Warren Simkins) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="61" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(USS Boudicca - Main Sickbay - CMO - Cmdr Josh Caskie - Day 2 - 1137) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="62" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="63" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Certainly Doctor, that will be perfect. Go to Transporter room 1 and I will </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="64" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>send any other volunteers there. Consider yourself as Team Leader and thank you </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="65" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>for responding to the call." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="66" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="67" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Josh heard the reply from the aFO and acknowledged it. Leaving the quiet of her </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="68" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>office she sought out the next most senior doctor in Sickbay and on finding him </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="69" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>took him aside for a moment. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="70" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="71" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"I am going planet side since they need more people with climbing experience. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="72" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>This leaves you as the next senior MO. You are in charge of Sickbay until I </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="73" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>return. I know you'll do fine. I have organised coffee and sandwiches to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="74" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>arrive in a couple of hours. Make sure that everyone gets a break then and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="75" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>remember to take one yourself. I will be back as soon as I can." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="76" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="77" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>With that Josh made her way back to her quarters, picked up her climbing gear </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="78" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and made her way back to the transporter room. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="79" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="80" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III – Temporary Medical Site – CMO - Cmdr Josh Caskie - Day 2 - 11:49) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="81" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="82" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>On beaming down to the Temporary Medical Site Josh strode into the middle of it, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="83" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>stopped one of the nurses and asked to be directed to Dr Candle. The nurse </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="84" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>hummed and hawed and directed her to the Head Nurse. Thankfully the Head Nurse </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="85" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>was more direct. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="86" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="87" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Dr Candle is no longer here. He left with one of the rescue missions." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="88" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="89" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Josh simply sighed. "Understood, please direct me to whoever he left in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="90" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>charge." The nurse sighed again. "Unfortunately Dr Candle left without leaving </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="91" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>anyone specifically in charge." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="92" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="93" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Josh sighed again. "I see. Very well. Since you are the Head Nurse you will </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="94" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>know who the senior doctor is here. Go find him, bring him to me right now." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="95" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="96" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Not too long after she had asked the senior doctor appeared before her and Josh </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="97" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>smiled at him. "Dr Walen. I apologise but I am going to have to ask you to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="98" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>take over this site as the senior Medical Officer. Dr Candle has been called </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="99" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>away and I have beamed down specifically to check out one of the mine shafts." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="100" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="101" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Josh was trying her hardest not to let anyone see how furious she was. How dare </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="102" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Candle simply walk away in the first place without even checking with her and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="103" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>not even designate someone else to be in charge. Josh was furious and she would </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="104" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>have words with him, but it most certainly would be later, a lot later. Once </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="105" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the situation was under control. At present she had work to do. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="106" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="107" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply any or none) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="108" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="109" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Marilyn) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="110" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="111" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="112" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III – Outside the Atmosphere Processor – ACMO Basil Candle– 1151) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="113" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="114" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Command protocol Doctor. Simply put, as soon as the ship got the explosion </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="115" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>report, they would have attempted to lock on and beam anyone out of the affected </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="116" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>area, likely directly to sickbay or the temporary facility you have set up on </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="117" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the surface. I don’t make a habit of assuming… but in this case I will. If the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="118" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>transporter chief could have gotten a clean lock on them, they’d be safely out </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="119" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>of there, and we wouldn’t be about to go in. As to why, I’d surmise it to be the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="120" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>topaline, or perhaps the structure of the plant itself, or some other factor of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="121" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>which we are not aware." replied the Commander. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="122" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="123" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Listening to the reply Basil was thinking ahead. There has been some success </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="124" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>with what the science officer on the Boudicca had started. They had picked up </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="125" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>life signs despite the Topaline seams. He was starting to realise why or at </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="126" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>least a way around it. So he made a suggestion regarding passive scanning, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="127" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Alright Doctor, do your best to keep us away from the worst of it. Between you </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="128" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and Enright I’m sure you’ll get it done. Let’s move people." ordered Durand </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="129" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="130" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Hre went over to Enright, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="131" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"My idea ... not my idea it was ... um Ensign Martins, in a way. He had people </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="132" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>carry emitter arrays and used those to detect the lifesigns. The problem with </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="133" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Topaline is it interferes, mainly, with active sensors. You send a signal out it </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="134" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>will distort, get in the way. Passive scanning is all about collecting data, we </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="135" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>need to let the structures and radiation do the work for us." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="136" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil knew that he wasn't teaching the ensign anything new - he was going </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="137" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>through the process out loud for his own benefit, hoping to see any flaw or </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="138" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>problem with his plan. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="139" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"We still need something to help stimulate the readings hence the resonance ,it </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="140" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>is just I am unsure what frequency is best to use" </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="141" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Enright, any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="142" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="143" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The remaining of the journey was swift as the Ensign set up the resonace </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="144" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>frequency. It helped take Basil's mind from the mountains and the enclosing </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="145" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>building of the processor plant. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="146" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Boudicca, this is Durand. We are moving inside the structure of the atmosphere </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="147" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>processor. We will investigate and advise, standby for further information." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="148" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>With everything set they all entered. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="149" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Enright started the passive scans and slowly the initial readings were coming </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="150" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>in. There were already indications of low level radiation in the upper level </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="151" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>coupled with something else which Basil wasn't sure of. They were probably too </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="152" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>far from the source as their scans were not penetrating deep enough. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="153" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Looking around they were in a large empty room, two exits either side of the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="154" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>room led off to the left and right. Looking down the right Basil could see it </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="155" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>leading to a lift that led to the main areas of control and the reactor rooms. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="156" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Sir, there is a lift down the corridor here shall we head that way/" </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="157" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="158" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="159" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Warren Simkins) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="160" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="161" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="162" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Atmosphere Processing Plant - ACEO Ensign Anton Gesar - 1151.5) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="163" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="164" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton was standing in the reactor room where the reactor had exploded. Sparks </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="165" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>were still occasionally shooting out from several panels and on the walls and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="166" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>sealing where power conduits had exploded. Anton was thankful for the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="167" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>forethought of Starfleet regulations that insisted on not only packing first aid </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="168" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>kits but sedatives within those kits. The odd ammonia smell in the control room </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="169" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>had freaked Tarson out. He was becoming hysterical and Anton was forced to dig </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="170" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>out the med kit and sedate him. It was then that he decided to investigate. He </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="171" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>carefully navigated among the debris as he walked deeper into the room. In the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="172" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>middle of the room was the shell of the reactor. The reactor itself was behind </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="173" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>a metal wall. The wall was very think and now looked very menacing looking as </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="174" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>if some force had punched it's way out from behind it, which is exactly what </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="175" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>happened when the reactor exploded. Large, sharp and spearhead like pieces were </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="176" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>protruding outward like a dangerous reflection of the awesome power that brought </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="177" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>them forth. The wall was not shielding. It was there for aesthetic purposes, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="178" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>it's thickness only meant to give a false sense of security. Hiding the large </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="179" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>reactor behind it, out of sight and out of mind. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="180" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="181" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton tore his eyes away from the wall and surveyed the room, finally spotting </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="182" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the body of the second CPO he had sent into this room to work on the reactor. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="183" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He knew the man was dead but something drove him to approach. It only took an </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="184" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>instant. He saw the body, then the face and the next thing he knew he was bent </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="185" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>over, vomiting on the floor. ~No wonder Tarson is so freaked out,~ he thought </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="186" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>when his body finally stopped pushing out whatever it was he had for breakfast </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="187" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>that day. Collecting himself he dared another look. The initial shock gone his </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="188" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>body did not react so violently, though this did not ease the mental shock at </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="189" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>what he was seeing. He looked at the body and made the decision. At first he </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="190" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>contemplated calling Trei for assistance, but looking at the vomit he had just </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="191" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>deposited on the floor he decided not to. ~I would rather not give him the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="192" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>satisfaction.~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="193" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="194" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton took a deep breath, approached tho body and lifted it onto his shoulders. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="195" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="196" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>When he arrived at the control room he tried not to look in Trei's direction as </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="197" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>he looked around for a place to put the body. Though Tarson was out, he had had </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="198" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>enough shock for one day and Anton wanted to put the body where he may not see </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="199" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>it. Choosing a dark spot not far from the lift he made his way in that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="200" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>direction. He tried to be very careful as he lowered the body. Strange that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="201" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>even knowing that he could just drop it and it would not matter to the man </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="202" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>either way he laid him down as if he was merely asleep. He stood up and walked </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="203" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>toward the lift control panel and just like last time he looked, it had no </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="204" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>power. He had gone over every inch of the panel but could find no way to power </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="205" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>it up. The oddest thing was that the damage was in no way related to what had </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="206" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>happened here. There was no power routed to anywhere near where the panel was. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="207" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>This would mean that the only way to get the lift down to this level was to have </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="208" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>someone up top send it down. A strange thing to do, result of design or poor </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="209" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>workmanship. Either way it had them trapped down here, a poor thing to discover </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="210" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>once you're down here. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="211" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="212" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton hit the lift door with his fist as if it would miraculously route power to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="213" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the door. For some reason he felt really tired, more winded from carrying the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="214" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>body than he felt he should have been, mind a little foggy. The air felt like </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="215" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>it was getting thin as the ammonia smell, though very slowly, was beginning to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="216" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>get stronger. Anton sat on the ground and finally looked in Trei's direction </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="217" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and contemplated what might be going through his head as he seemed perfectly </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="218" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>happy standing there leaning against the far wall. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="219" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="220" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Trei iyw, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="221" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Oleg Kislyuk) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="222" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="223" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="224" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III – Atmosphere Processor – aCO Commander Durand – 1153) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="225" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="226" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>As they had moved forward, Durand listened to the technical discourse between </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="227" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Doctor Candle and Ensign Enright. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="228" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="229" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"We still need something to help stimulate the readings hence the resonance ,it </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="230" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>is just I am unsure what frequency is best to use" </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="231" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="232" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Enright paused a moment and fiddled with her tricorder as she considered the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="233" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>question. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="234" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="235" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“We certainly don’t need anything overly complex Doctor… not like multimodal </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="236" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>reflection sorting or anything of that nature. I think your application of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="237" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Ensign Martin’s ideas should work well enough.” She paused again, tabbing in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="238" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>another complex sequence into the tricorder controls. “I’ve established a link </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="239" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>between our tricorders. The ambient radiation… at least the dominant background </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="240" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>‘noise’ is near the microwave frequencies… approximately one hundred sixty </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="241" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>gigahertz. I’ll perform my passive scans in that range, as that should be </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="242" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>optimum for my engineering tricorder. If you’d select a disparate frequency, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="243" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>something up or down scale, we should be able to perform comparative passive </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="244" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>analysis and get the data we need.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="245" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="246" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Candle, Any, Room for more iyw) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="247" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="248" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Durand kept quiet as he led the party forward, lest he interrupt the train of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="249" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>thought of his two specialists. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="250" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="251" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~Let them do their work… they don’t need micromanaging!~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="252" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="253" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The away team members busied themselves with their individual tasks, and Durand </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="254" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>played his handlamp around the huge chamber, looking for any signs of damage or </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="255" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>activity. Quake damage seemed to be less severe here, due either to the distance </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="256" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>from the evident epicenter of the event or to the overall bunker type heavy </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="257" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>construction of the plant itself. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="258" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="259" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>There was less obvious damage, he was sure of it, but right now his concern was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="260" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>getting to the other away team and removing them from harm’s way as quickly as </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="261" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>possible. He was craning his neck to look up at the high ceiling when Candle put </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="262" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the question to him. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="263" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="264" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Sir, there is a lift down the corridor here shall we head that way?" </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="265" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="266" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He replied without hesitation. “Dante went left Doctor… let’s go right and see </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="267" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>where that lift goes. If this is a standard layout, it should go down to the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="268" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>reactor areas, and up to the upper maintenance access areas, with this level </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="269" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>being about central between those.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="270" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="271" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Candle, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="272" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="273" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>They party made their way quickly to the lift, finding the doors shut tight. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="274" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Cursory examination of the panel found it to be devoid of power and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="275" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>non-functional. He gestured at the panel with his hand, and Enright moved up to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="276" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>it, scanning as she did so. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="277" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="278" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“As it appears, sir, no power. The car appears to be stopped above us at the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="279" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>upper level. Odd though… I’m not reading any evident damage from either the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="280" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>quake or the explosion… there’s just no power to the system.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="281" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="282" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Can you bypass?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="283" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="284" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Absolutely sir… but there is no power anywhere near the system. I’ve got </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="285" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>nothing to steal the energy from, and we didn’t bring any portable APUs that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="286" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>would do the trick. Sorry sir.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="287" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="288" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“We’ll do it the old fashioned way. Trigger the manual release for the doors, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="289" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>would you please Ensign?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="290" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="291" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Popping off a quick access panel, Enright did as requested and nodded at Durand </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="292" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to indicate that the task was done. She slid the thin blade of a multitool in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="293" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the seal between the doors to give purchase, and with some effort parted the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="294" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>doors slightly. With just enough room to get their gloved fingers inside the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="295" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>space, they each took a door, and with audible and evident effort, they slid </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="296" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>them apart, revealing the darkness of the empty shaftway. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="297" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="298" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Gripping the edge of the door for purchase, Durand leaned into the shaftway and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="299" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>shined his handlamp first up, then down, playing the light slowly around. He </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="300" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>leaned back in and turned to the rest of the group. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="301" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="302" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“The lift car seems to be stopped at the upper level above us, maybe forty or </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="303" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>fifty meters up. The safety brakes look to be engaged, so barring an aftershock </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="304" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>or more explosions it won’t be dropping on our heads.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="305" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="306" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~I hope!~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="307" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="308" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“That’s the good news. The not so good news is that the only thing between us </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="309" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and the reactor level is about a hundred meters of empty shaft. If anyone is </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="310" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>prone to vertigo, I’d like to know now.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="311" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="312" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="313" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="314" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>As he had been talking, he slipped out of his backpack and was laying out and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="315" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>checking his climbing gear. He paused and looked up at the rest of the team. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="316" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“I’ll rappel down the shaft and take a look. If our people are down there, I’ll </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="317" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>belay the line and more of you can come down. I’ll need a volunteer to stay up </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="318" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>here and monitor the anchor, as well as maintain communication with the ship, in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="319" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>case we need more help. Questions? Comments?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="320" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="321" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="322" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="323" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He located a suitable spot in the floor and took the piton gun from his pack, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="324" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>driving an anchor spike into the duranium sheeting. He tested it – twice – to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="325" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>ensure it was holding then hooked the descent line to the anchor point, and that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="326" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to the carabiner on his harness. After that, he tossed the free end of the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="327" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>tightly coiled line down the shaft, where it disappeared into the blackness. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="328" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="329" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He checked everything one more time and then sat at the edge of the shaftway </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="330" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>with his legs dangling down into the void. He picked a small disposable </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="331" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>‘glo-stick’ from his pack, activated it, and dropped it down. He watched it spin </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="332" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and flutter down then pulled his gaze away just as it appeared to touch bottom </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="333" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and create a barely discernable pool of light.. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="334" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="335" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He smiled up at the assembled party. “Anyone that has a problem with heights… or </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="336" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the dark, for that matter… I suggest you don’t look.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="337" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="338" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>With that, he rolled off the floor and into the shaft, dropping almost a meter </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="339" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>before the slack was taken in the line. He grinned up at the party as he pushed </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="340" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>off with his legs and dropped out of sight toward the tiny pool of light at the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="341" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>bottom of the shaft a hundred meters below. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="342" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="343" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="344" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Russ) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="345" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="346" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="347" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Processing Plant - TAC/SC Lieutenant(SG) Detron Trei - 11.54) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="348" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="349" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Detron looked at Gesar attend to Tarson and sedate him. Gesar was emitting </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="350" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>various emotions such as fear and stoic spitefulness. Detron felt it was time </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="351" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to get moving so he walked over to Gesar. He bent down to get on eye level with </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="352" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Gesar. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="353" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="354" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"You have every right to be angry, but it is time to act. You can wait for the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="355" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>rescue party to get us out or you can let me try to climb us out. I can carry </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="356" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>you and Tarson out one at a time then we find the rescue party to get treated. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="357" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>It is your choice." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="358" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="359" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Gesar) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="360" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Edward) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="361" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="362" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="363" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Atmosphere Processing Plant - ACEO Ensign Anton Gesar - 1155) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="364" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="365" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Having decided that sitting by the lift was solving nothing Anton decided to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="366" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>check on Tarson. He was kneeling down next to Tarson, running a scan with a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="367" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>medical tricorder. He had just completed a medical scan on Tarson and did not </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="368" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>like what he saw. He himself was also feeling odd. More tired than he should, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="369" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>a headache was starting to develop as his breathing was becoming more difficult. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="370" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He was waiting for the results of the scan of the room when he noted, out of the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="371" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>corner of his eye, Trei approach and bend down towards him. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="372" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="373" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"You have every right to be angry, but it is time to act. You can wait for the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="374" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>rescue party to get us out or you can let me try to climb us out. I can carry </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="375" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>you and Tarson out one at a time then we find the rescue party to get treated. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="376" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>It is your choice." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="377" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="378" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"HAHAHA!!!," Anton simply could not contain himself. "I'd really love to see </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="379" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>it. Seriously, I really would love to see you try to climb a lift shaft with no </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="380" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>climbing gear while carrying someone on your back. Should be a snap, I mean </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="381" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>it's only a hundred, hundred and fifty meters or so." Anton shook his head as </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="382" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>he stood up. "How about the body? You plan on carrying him too, or were you </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="383" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>just planning on leaving him here? I think, LIEUTENANT, that perhaps it is time </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="384" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to curtail this need to act all the time." Anton coughed, the air getting more </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="385" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>toxic by the minute. "So far your need to act has caused a reactor explosion </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="386" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>which resulted in a death of a crew member. Your second need to act was to rush </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="387" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>into the reactor room. You did not bother to check to ask what kind of reactor </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="388" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>it was and whether it would vent any type of hazardous gas as a result of an </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="389" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>explosion. And now you would like to open a door to a lift shaft without </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="390" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>knowing if it's contaminated with the tri-hydrazine that has slowly been leaking </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="391" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>into the room. Perhaps you have noticed the growing smell of ammonia, breathing </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="392" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>is a bit more difficult, maybe you're starting to get a strange headache? So I </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="393" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>tell you what, SIR. My plan is to see if I can reroute power to the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="394" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>bio-filtered vent system in the room to vent out the gas. That way we are still </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="395" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>alive when the rescue team the ship told us was already on the way gets here. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="396" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>If you want continue to just act randomly be my guest. Perhaps once you kill </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="397" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>one crew mate it's easier to kill a few more." Anton turned to head toward the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="398" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>vent controls and immediately turned back toward Trei. "Oh and one more thing. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="399" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>If you lay a hand on me to carry me or for any other reason, be prepared to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="400" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>loose it." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="401" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="402" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton turned and headed toward the vent power controls again. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="403" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="404" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Trei) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="405" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Oleg Kislyuk) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="406" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="407" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="408" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="409" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III – Atmosphere Processor – ACMO Basil Candle– 1156) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="410" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="411" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“We certainly don’t need anything overly complex Doctor… not like multimodal </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="412" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>reflection sorting or anything of that nature. I think your application of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="413" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Ensign Martin’s ideas should work well enough.” She paused again, tabbing in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="414" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>another complex sequence into the tricorder controls. “I’ve established a link </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="415" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>between our tricorders. The ambient radiation… at least the dominant background </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="416" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>‘noise’ is near the microwave frequencies… approximately one hundred sixty </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="417" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>gigahertz. I’ll perform my passive scans in that range, as that should be </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="418" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>optimum for my engineering tricorder. If you’d select a disparate frequency, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="419" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>something up or down scale, we should be able to perform comparative passive </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="420" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>analysis and get the data we need.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="421" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="422" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“I’ll try something on the lower levels” Basil said fiddling with his tricorder, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="423" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“we would get a lot of that frequency and whatever is left should give us a much </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="424" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>clearer picture of what we are dealing with“ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="425" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="426" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~At least I hope it will~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="427" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He replied without hesitation. “Dante went left Doctor… let’s go right and see </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="428" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>where that lift goes. If this is a standard layout, it should go down to the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="429" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>reactor areas, and up to the upper maintenance access areas, with this level </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="430" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>being about central between those.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="431" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="432" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~ Dante? who in all of hell’s depths is Dante?~ thought Basil unsure if Durand </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="433" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>was referring to some unknown, to Basil at least, crewmember. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="434" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="435" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Heading to the lift Basil fought his usual ability t think things through out </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="436" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>loud. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="437" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="438" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“The structure here seems intact so doubt it was near to the epicentre of the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="439" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>quake, if quake it was. Where are the aftershocks? This should be part of our </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="440" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>concerns, frequent aftershocks yet in all the time we have been here nothing. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="441" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Okay, Basil if not a quake then what? </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="442" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Over mining. It can cause the effects of a quake and may explain the damage but </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="443" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>not the people. Where is everyone? </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="444" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Trapped in the mine </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="445" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>What everyone? Come on where’s administrators, engineers, the ancillary people </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="446" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>its as if they have vanished. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="447" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Or kidnapped or just left? </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="448" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Either way it would indicate there is something here to take or keep quiet </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="449" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>about. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="450" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Yes and what about the ….no power to the system?~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="451" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="452" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil was shaken from his thought processes by Enright’s observations. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="453" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="454" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Can you bypass?” said the ACO </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="455" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="456" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Absolutely sir… but there is no power anywhere near the system. I’ve got </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="457" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>nothing to steal the energy from, and we didn’t bring any portable APUs that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="458" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>would do the trick. Sorry sir.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="459" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="460" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“We’ll do it the old fashioned way. Trigger the manual release for the doors, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="461" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>would you please Ensign?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="462" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="463" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~That’s weird – why would there be no power to the lift, almost as if access was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="464" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>prevented for some reason.~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="465" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="466" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Again he was getting a strange sense about this place, more than his usual </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="467" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>planetary feelings. Pieces that should fit together had rougher edges or were </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="468" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>missing a part, it just didn’t fit. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="469" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~Anyway if this was an attack then its an elaborate one, you would have to place </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="470" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>explosives at stress points, powerful ones too. But again why? Sabotage? </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="471" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Revenge? Cover up? Its almost as if … well the Durand doing?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="472" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="473" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He was leaning into the shaft, shining his hand lamp up and down. The shadows </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="474" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>flickered back into the gloom, hiding away from the trespassers with their </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="475" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>brutal light. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="476" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="477" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“The lift car seems to be stopped at the upper level above us, maybe forty or </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="478" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>fifty meters up. The safety brakes look to be engaged, so barring an aftershock </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="479" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>or more explosions it won’t be dropping on our heads.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="480" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="481" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~Above us? ~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="482" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="483" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“That’s the good news. The not so good news is that the only thing between us </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="484" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and the reactor level is about a hundred meters of empty shaft. If anyone is </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="485" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>prone to vertigo, I’d like to know now.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="486" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="487" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~I’m prone to not getting into dark tight spaces if I can help it.~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="488" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="489" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil said, “No” and regretted it straightaway as climbing gear was being laid </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="490" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>out and checked. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="491" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="492" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“I’ll rappel down the shaft and take a look. If our people are down there, I’ll </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="493" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>belay the line and more of you can come down. I’ll need a volunteer to stay up </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="494" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>here and monitor the anchor, as well as maintain communication with the ship, in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="495" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>case we need more help. Questions? Comments?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="496" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="497" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil was going to volunteer to stay but he thought about why he was here. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="498" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="499" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“You’ll need me down there. If all out crew are injured they could possible </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="500" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>need immediate medical help.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="501" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="502" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand, Enright) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="503" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="504" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The commander withdrew a gun-like weapon from his pack and fired it into some </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="505" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>duranium sheeting. There was a sharp protruding piece of metal affixed into the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="506" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>sheeting which was tested then a line was hooked onto it </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="507" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Then the other end of the line was thrown into the darkness. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="508" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="509" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>As the Commander sat at the edge of the shaft, legs dangling down into the void, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="510" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil checked his readings again. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="511" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="512" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Anyone that has a problem with heights… or the dark, for that matter… I suggest </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="513" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>you don’t look.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="514" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="515" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~Height is never a problem, it’s the fact that once you are falling you hit </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="516" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>something. Not like space at all, there you have a better chance of just </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="517" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>floating to your death not splatting~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="518" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="519" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>With that, he jumped or fell or whatever the technical term was, Basil carried </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="520" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>on checking the readings and realised, probably with the shaft open, what the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="521" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>readings were telling him. He contacted the Commander hoping their </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="522" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>communication devices will not be affected, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="523" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="524" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Sir, we have a big problem. There are growing levels of Tri-Hydrazine coming </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="525" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>from the area below. If we don’t hurry and get them away from the source within </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="526" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the next half hour they will be dead, ” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="527" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="528" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="529" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="530" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Enright is there anyway we can get a transport lock down there – anyway to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="531" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>boost the signal if we have to quickly get them out there?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="532" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="533" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Enright) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="534" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="535" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil looked down into the chasm of the lift shaft, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="536" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="537" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“How is everything down there Sir? Is it clear?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="538" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Durand, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="539" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Warren Simkins) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="540" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="541" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="542" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Mine Shaft 4 - CMO - Cmdr Josh Caskie - Day 2 - 11.58) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="543" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="544" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Finally Josh and her team made it to the head of Mine Shaft 4 and began laying </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="545" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>out their gear and checking it </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="546" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="547" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>With the ease of long practice Josh checked everything over and once happy, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="548" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>slipped into her harness. Looking around she checked various structures for </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="549" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>their strength to see which ones could be used as belaying points. She </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="550" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>identified four or five and pointed them out to the rest of the team, happy to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="551" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>see that they did not simply take her word for it but checked them out </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="552" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>themselves. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="553" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="554" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Attaching her rope to her chosen point she secured her harness to the rope and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="555" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>crossing over to the shaft got down on her stomach and leaning over the shaft </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="556" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>shone her wrist torch down it. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="557" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="558" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Her torch did indeed light up the shaft for a long way down, but what it lit up </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="559" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>was a large amount of twisted metal protruding here and there from various </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="560" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>points. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="561" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="562" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>She sighed, got to her feet and began addressing her team. "Ok, there is a lot </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="563" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>of debris and twisted metal down there but it looks like there is a way through. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="564" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Unfortunately we cannot simply rappel down, we are going to have to climb. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="565" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Everyone secure yourself to a different belaying point. I would rather not put </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="566" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>too much stress on anything here. Johnstone, T'val and Kingson, I want you </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="567" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>three to stay on the surface and keep an eye on our belaying points at present. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="568" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Once we start bringing casualties up I want Johnstone and T'val to start </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="569" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>ferrying them to the Triage Centre. Kingson, your job is to make sure that our </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="570" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>belaying points are secure." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="571" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="572" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Unfortunately it looks like we will be unable to carry stretchers down with us </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="573" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>so load up with extra rope and make sure that your triage kits are attached </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="574" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>securely. We will go down at ten metre intervals. I will go first and the rest </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="575" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>of you can follow me down. Everyone keep your comm channels open since although </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="576" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>I will be the first to find any casualties, I will not be able to bring them up </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="577" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>without causing a bottleneck, so, the last person down retrieves the first </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="578" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>casualty. I want all of you to be aware of where you are in the line so that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="579" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>you know when it is your turn to retrieve the next casualty. Have I made myself </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="580" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>clear on everything? Anyone who doesn't understand anything sing out now </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="581" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>please." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="582" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="583" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Getting a nod from the rest of her team Josh took a deep breath. "Ok boys and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="584" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>girls, lets go do this." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="585" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="586" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Lying down flat she shone her torch around the opening again playing it around </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="587" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the top of the shaft. Finally nodding to herself she lowered herself slowly </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="588" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>over the edge and using the handholds she had found she lowered herself down a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="589" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>foot or so. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="590" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="591" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>It took Josh a while feeling around with her feet to secure herself but </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="592" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>eventually she found a couple of footholds and taking a can of fluorescent spray </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="593" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>paint she quickly dabbed a touch on the hand and footholds she had used so that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="594" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>it would be easier for the people behind her. Doing the same thing every foot </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="595" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>or so, Josh made her way down the shaft. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="596" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="597" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply any, none) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="598" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Marilyn) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="599" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="600" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="601" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Processing Plant - TAC/SC Lieutenant(SG) Detron Trei - 11.58.5) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="602" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="603" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Detron heard Gesar berate him on his suggestions and raised his eyebrows to the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="604" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>level of anger being vented toward him. It was his nature to act on instinct </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="605" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and use his strength to get out of tight spots. Perhaps Gesar was right this </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="606" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>time and it was prudent not to act. Detron responded. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="607" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="608" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Very well. We will wait but know this. Any attempt to bash me with malicious </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="609" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>intent will be considered an attack on my honor. You don't want to go down that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="610" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>road. Now if you wish to perform the Klingon Death Rite to honor those dead, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="611" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>You let me know." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="612" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="613" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Detron went back to his post. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="614" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="615" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~My Gesar. You have to control that temper or you will be dead. Reminds me of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="616" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>some Klingons.~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="617" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="618" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Gesar) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="619" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Edward) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="620" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="621" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="622" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(USS Boudicca - Bridge - aFO/CCOUNS/CDR Jerome 'Hoss' ManyHorses - Day 2 </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="623" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>- 1200) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="624" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="625" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Just a few minutes previously, Durand had contacted the ship to inform </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="626" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>them that the rescue party was about to move into the structure of the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="627" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>atmosphere processor. He had told them that they would investigate and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="628" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>advise, and the ship was to standby for further information. ManyHorses </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="629" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>had acknowledged the message and hoped it would not be too long before </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="630" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>he got more information and hopefully some good news. There was nothing </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="631" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>he hated more that the tediousness of waiting and not knowing exactly </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="632" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>what was happening. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="633" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="634" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="635" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He glanced at the chronometer and noted it was high noon; no wonder his </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="636" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>stomach thought his throat was cut, he hadn't eaten or drank anything </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="637" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>since he'd had breakfast six hours ago. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="638" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="639" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="640" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~ And no doubt the same applies for the rest of the bridge crew. ~ He </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="641" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>thought, making up his mind to do something about it. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="642" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="643" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="644" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He tapped his commbadge. "ManyHorses to Arania.... I was hoping that you </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="645" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>could rustle up some sandwiches and beverages for the bridge crew. It </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="646" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>looks as if we won't be able to leave our posts any time soon. Nothing </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="647" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>fancy required." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="648" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="649" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="650" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The response from Arania was immediate and there was almost a tone of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="651" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>relief in her voice, perhaps she'd been bored and this was a welcome </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="652" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>diversion. =/= Of course, Commander. Please, for how many is the food </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="653" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>required? =/= </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="654" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="655" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="656" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Make enough for nine healthy appetites, I think that will be plenty, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="657" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and thank you!" Jerome concluded. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="658" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="659" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="660" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>=/= As you wish! It will be brought very soon, Commander, farew... =/= </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="661" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The accented voice of the bar manager was cut off as she severed the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="662" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>comm link. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="663" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="664" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(reply any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="665" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="666" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="667" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III – Atmosphere Processor – ACMO Basil Candle – 1203) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="668" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="669" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>=^=Alright Doctor, that changes our rescue plan. Minimum personnel exposure, in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="670" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and out as fast as we can. I’m reading building levels of trihydrazine as well. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="671" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>I’ll expedite my descent. Update the ship on our status please; I’m continuing </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="672" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>my descent.=^= </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="673" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil had to really strain to hear some of it - communication was going to be </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="674" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>bad. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="675" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="676" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Will do sir” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="677" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="678" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He thought about maybe asking the ensign about trying to sort out the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="679" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>communication somehow whilst he was listening to the reply from the Ensign about </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="680" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the transporters </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="681" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="682" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“I’m afraid the Commander thought of that already. He has two sets of pattern </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="683" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>enhancers in his pack… one to set at the base of the shaft, and another as a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="684" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>spare in case he finds a need for it.” She paused </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="685" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“I get a funny feeling that he might have done this or something like it </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="686" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>before,” she chuckled </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="687" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="688" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil tapped his communicator again, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="689" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="690" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Dr Candle to Boudicca, the commander is attempting to get to the crew by </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="691" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>rappelling down the only available option, a lift shaft. Unfortunately the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="692" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>levels of TriHydrazine have reached such levels that if we don’t get out there </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="693" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>soon it will be lethal to them. There may be a need to transport them swiftly </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="694" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>out there if that is possible. Inform Dr Caskie in sickbay that she may be </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="695" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>getting severe radiation poisoning,” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="696" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="697" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Boudicca, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="698" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil acknowledged the Boudicca’s response and turned off the communication to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="699" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the ship. He decided he needed to check the lift shaft when the Commander </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="700" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>replied, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="701" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="702" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>=^=Crackle … depends on your …… ‘clear’ Doctor. <Crackle> debris or anything in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="703" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c><Crackle>, I’m at the bottom. ,crackle> trihydrazine here, <crackle> weeping </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="704" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c><crackle>. ….. getting life readings I<crackle>. …… indistinct, but <crackle>…. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="705" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>one weaker than <crackle>… two. Stand by <crackle> ….. belay this line.=^= </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="706" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="707" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Ensign is there anything you can do about that interference?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="708" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Enright) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="709" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="710" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The next communication seemed to indicate that the commander was ready for the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="711" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>next person. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="712" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="713" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Gearing himself up as best he can he grabbed the rope the commander had set up </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="714" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and began to climb down. Before his head went below the level of the floor of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="715" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the shaft he looked up at the Ensign, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="716" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Are you going to follow close behind?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="717" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Enright, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="718" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Warren Simkins) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="719" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="720" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="721" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="722" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(USS Boudicca - Bridge - aFO/CCOUNS/CDR Jerome 'Hoss' ManyHorses - Day 2 </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="723" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>- 1220) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="724" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="725" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>As promised, lunch was brought personally by Arania with Cy Tudor </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="726" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>tagging along to help hand out the individual thermal lunch containers. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="727" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The two civilians parted company at the turbo lift, each taking opposite </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="728" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>directions and working their way around the bridge, giving each crew </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="729" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>member a pleasant smile and a few words of greeting before moving on to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="730" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the next officer. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="731" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="732" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="733" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>It was Arania who personally handed Jerome his lunch, and he felt a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="734" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>little like a child at a picnic as he opened it up to find out what was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="735" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>inside. Not only had they made everyone sandwiches, but contained in a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="736" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>lidded bowl, was some hot soup that smelled wonderful. It set Jerome's </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="737" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>taste buds watering in anticipation. Another small lidded box held some </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="738" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>raw vegetables together with a dipping sauce. There was also a large </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="739" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>sealed cup of cold, sparkling water. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="740" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="741" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="742" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Jerome beamed at Arania and thanked her profusely. "We may be calling on </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="743" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>your services again later if we're still here at supper time!" He stated </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="744" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>half joking, and praying that he wouldn't be, but fully expecting that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="745" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>he would be. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="746" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="747" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="748" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Arania gave him a little bow and a big smile, nodded and hurried over to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="749" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Cy who was already on his way to the turbolift. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="750" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="751" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="752" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="753" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Sal) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="754" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="755" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="756" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III – Atmosphere Processor – aCO Commander Durand – 1202) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="757" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="758" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>A hundred meter rappel would ordinarily be a rapid and routine descent, but this </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="759" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>was neither. He was descending virtually blind. As he slowly lowered himself, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="760" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the interference from the topaline, or perhaps radioactive contamination, became </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="761" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>progressively worse. He was barely a third of the way down when Doctor Candle </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="762" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>sent his message. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="763" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="764" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>=^=Sir, we have a big problem. There are growing levels of Tri-Hydrazine coming </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="765" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>from the area below. If we don’t hurry and get them away from the source within </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="766" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the next half hour they will be dead.=^=” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="767" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="768" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The communication was slightly distorted but readable. He switched over to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="769" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>direct mode, bypassing the ship entirely, sending his reply straight to Candle’s </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="770" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>comm badge. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="771" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="772" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Alright Doctor, that changes our rescue plan. Minimum personnel exposure, in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="773" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and out as fast as we can. I’m reading building levels of trihydrazine as well. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="774" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>I’ll expedite my descent. Update the ship on our status please; I’m continuing </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="775" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>my descent.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="776" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="777" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Candle, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="778" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="779" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Meanwhile at the main level outside the shaft doors, Enright was continuing to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="780" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>monitor the Commander’s progress as best she could. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="781" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="782" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Enright is there anyway we can get a transport lock down there – anyway to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="783" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>boost the signal if we have to quickly get them out there?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="784" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="785" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>She smiled at the Doctor as she replied. “I’m afraid the Commander thought of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="786" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>that already. He has two sets of pattern enhancers in his pack… one to set at </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="787" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the base of the shaft, and another as a spare in case he finds a need for it.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="788" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>She paused a second, then continued. “I get a funny feeling that he might have </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="789" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>done this or something like it before,” she finished with a light chuckle. She </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="790" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>needed it. The tension was getting pretty thick as they waited. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="791" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="792" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Candle iyw, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="793" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="794" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Shortly afterwards, she watched Candle lean in to the shaft doors and peer </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="795" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>downwards. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="796" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="797" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“How is everything down there Sir? Is it clear?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="798" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="799" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Durand mistimed his landing slightly, and instead of the very light touchdown he </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="800" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>was planning he took a fair shock, but nothing he couldn’t handle. He took a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="801" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>breath to shake it off. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="802" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="803" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“That depends on your definition of ‘clear’ Doctor. There is no debris or </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="804" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>anything in the shaftway, I’m at the bottom. Getting trace readings of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="805" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>trihydrazine here, it must be weeping through the door seals. Also getting life </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="806" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>readings in the chamber beyond. Readings are indistinct, but there seems to be </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="807" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>three distinct, one weaker than the other two. Stand by a moment, let me belay </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="808" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>this line.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="809" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="810" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He unclipped from his climbing rig and secured the free end of the line so that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="811" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the others could descend more easily and rapidly. He then set out two more of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="812" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the glo-sticks to give the others a better lit target. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="813" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="814" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Ready when you are Doctor. Send an engineer down, and we’ll need your services </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="815" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>also. I will wait on releasing the doors until you two are down safely.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="816" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="817" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Candle, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="818" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="819" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Durand proceeded to set up the first trio of pattern enhancers, which, with </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="820" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>luck, would also double as an effective communication relay. When that was done, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="821" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>he turned back to the inside of the shaft doors. Taking a piton from his gear, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="822" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>he wrapped it sharply against the doors, hoping the noise would carry through </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="823" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and attract attention. He raised his voice to a near shout. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="824" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="825" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“On the other side of the doors! Durand and company! We are setting up to get </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="826" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>these doors open so we can get you out! Make some noise if you are able!” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="827" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="828" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="829" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Russ) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="830" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="831" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="832" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Atmosphere Processing Plant - ACEO Ensign Anton Gesar - 1204) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="833" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="834" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton was running another scan with the medical tricroder. The damage to the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="835" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>vent system had been severe but Anton was able to get some parts of it running. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="836" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Unfortunately the tricorder has confirmed what he already suspected. The </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="837" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>tri-hydrazine levels in the room had leveled out but were not going any lower </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="838" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>than they already were. They were all starting to feel the effects as the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="839" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>headache was getting stronger, Anton was coughing a lot more often now. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="840" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="841" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Though frustrating, he decided to shake off his earlier exchange with Trei. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="842" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton could not understand how he could talk about Klingon honor and be so </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="843" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>casual about causing the death of the CPO. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="844" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="845" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>There was nothing more that he could do. They did not have the equipment to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="846" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>climb out even though the medical tricorder did not detect any tri-hydrazine in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="847" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the shaft, and they could not stay here too much longer. Just then he thought </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="848" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>he heard a hard knocking coming from the lift side of the room. Anton walked </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="849" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>toward the lift and up to the lift doors. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="850" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="851" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"...and company! We are setting up to get these doors open so we can get you </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="852" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>out! Make some noise if you are able!” The voice was pretty muffled but Anton </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="853" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>was able to make out all of it. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="854" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="855" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton grabbed the first heavy tool he could see and hit the door several times. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="856" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="857" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Be aware," Anton spoke between coughs, "room is... contaminated. Protective </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="858" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>equipment will be...." he could not speak anymore as his lungs were burning and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="859" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>making it difficult to inhale. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="860" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="861" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply from Durand) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="862" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Oleg Kislyuk) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="863" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="864" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="865" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Atmosphere Processor - aCO Commander Durand - 1206) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="866" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="867" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Durand looked again up the shaft, trying to gauge the progress of the engineer </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="868" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and doctor who were on their descent. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="869" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="870" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Just a moment after he had shouted to the other side of the closed doors, there </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="871" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>was a heavy clang -- several, actually -- from the other side, then came a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="872" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>muffled voice. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="873" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="874" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>It was distorted by the closed doors, but clear enough to be understood. It </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="875" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>certainly sounded like a man in dire straights indeed. The voice, he believed, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="876" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>belonged to Ensign Gesar, the engineer. Durand briefly wondered if he had been </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="877" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>hurt by the explosion, or was suffering the effects of trihydrazine exposure. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="878" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="879" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>In the final analysis it didn’t matter. Boudicca personnel were trapped, and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="880" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>they had to be gotten out. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="881" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="882" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Now. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="883" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="884" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He decided he couldn’t wait any longer... or rather, they couldn’t. He quickly </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="885" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>considered his options. The fastest and easiest way would be to disintegrate or </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="886" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>cut the doors open with his phaser, but he dismissed that as too dangerous. He </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="887" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>had no idea how the trihydrazine laden atmosphere on the other side would react </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="888" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to something as energetic as a phaser shot, and the last thing he wanted to do </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="889" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>was exacerbate the problem. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="890" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="891" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>After transmitting a request for the pair coming down the shaft to expedite </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="892" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>their descent, he searched for a manual release to the doors. He was unable to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="893" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>locate one on the inside of the shaft. He would have to try forcing the doors </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="894" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>against the resistance of the unpowered motors that normally actuated them. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="895" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="896" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>With effort, he managed to wedge a multitool from his pack into the door seals. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="897" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>With a mighty effort, they budged... ever so slightly. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="898" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="899" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He took a moment to focus, and took a few deep breaths. Again, he put all the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="900" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>leverage he could on the tool, and the doors parted slightly... but not nearly </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="901" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>enough. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="902" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="903" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Trei, Gesar, Candle, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="904" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Russ) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="905" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="906" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="907" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(USS Boudicca – Bridge – AOPS Lt(jg) Roberts – 1206.5) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="908" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="909" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Doug emerged from the turbolift onto the bridge just in time to catch the report </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="910" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>from the surface by Doctor Candle, and the order from the aFO regarding the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="911" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>transporters. He had quickly and quietly made his way to the OPS console in the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="912" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>forward portion of the bridge during the exchange and relieved the officer who </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="913" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>had taken Roberts’ position earlier. Rapidly calling up his preconfigured </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="914" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>control layout, he finished performing the task that the Commander had ordered. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="915" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="916" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Sir, both transporter rooms one and two have been alerted, and are standing by, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="917" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>along with the medical emergency transporters in sickbay. Cargo transporters are </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="918" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>also active beaming replicated supplies and equipment to the surface as needed.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="919" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="920" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply ManyHorses, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="921" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="922" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Roberts turned back to his console and continued monitoring the multiple system </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="923" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>displays he had selected, switching out one or two every few seconds to provide </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="924" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>supplemental or additional information. He was really just overseeing the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="925" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>functions that the ship’s computer routinely supervised, and monitoring the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="926" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>mission critical systems at the same time. He scanned the instruments </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="927" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>diligently, looking for any abnormalities or changes in the current situation. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="928" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="929" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Just such a thing triggered an alert display as he was cycling through. He </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="930" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>tabbed in a command inquiry, prompting the computers to further elucidate. He </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="931" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>took another few seconds to confirm the readings before turning once again to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="932" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>face ManyHorses. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="933" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="934" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Sir, a set of transporter pattern enhancers has been activated below… or </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="935" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>rather, inside the atmosphere processor substructure. There is considerable </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="936" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>interference… however…” he worked the controls to refine several parameters, and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="937" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>then went on. “The signal is located just over one hundred meters beneath the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="938" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>surrounding terrain, which would put them just outside one of the reactor </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="939" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>control rooms. They appear to be in or near the base of a lift shaft. Two way </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="940" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>signal established Commander… we should be able to achieve a clean transporter </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="941" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>lock within bounds of the target area as long as the enhancers remain active. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="942" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Provided no additional interference crops up of course. Also sir, if our people </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="943" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>below ground think of it, those pattern enhancers can be configured to act as a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="944" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>rudimentary comm. relay. That has to be done locally however, I can’t initiate </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="945" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>it from here.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="946" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="947" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply ManyHorses, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="948" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Russ) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="949" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="950" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="951" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Atmosphere Processing Plant - ACEO Ensign Anton Gesar - 1207) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="952" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="953" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton was sitting down by the lift with his ear on one of the lift doors trying </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="954" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to hear what was going on on the other side. He could hear something, muffled </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="955" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>voices, maybe, probably not even speaking to him at the moment. He was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="956" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>concentrating to see what else he might be able to hear when the business end of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="957" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>a multitool poked out, right in front of his eyes, wedged between the seals of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="958" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the lift doors. Anton shuffled back a little as the doors moved apart a little. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="959" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Then as the person on the other side made another push, it opened a little </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="960" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>further. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="961" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="962" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton scooted forward and from the sitting position grabbed onto the door </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="963" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>closest to him with both hands while propping his foot on the opposite door. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="964" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Mustering up all the strength he had left he started to pull with his hands and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="965" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>push with his leg at the same time. The doors opened more, not all the way, but </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="966" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>enough for a person to be able to squeeze through. He looked through the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="967" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>opening. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="968" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="969" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"One... more... time," he said to Durand as he tried to catch his breath. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="970" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="971" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="972" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="973" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He moved into the opening, propping his back against one side and foot against </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="974" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the edge of the other. Concentrating he gave it another push and could not help </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="975" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>letting a screm escape as the doors parted nearly the whole way. The rush of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="976" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>fresh air from the shaft felt incredible as it began to circulate and dissipate </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="977" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the toxic air inside the room. Anton looked out into the lift shaft where </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="978" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Durand was standing wearing a protective suit, the floor of the shaft lower than </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="979" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the control room which came up to Durand's waist. Anton stood up and extended </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="980" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>his hand offering to help the Commander to get into the control room. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="981" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="982" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand, Any in vicinity) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="983" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Oleg Kislyuk) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="984" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="985" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="986" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(USS Boudicca - Bridge - aFO/CCOUNS/CDR Jerome 'Hoss' ManyHorses - Day 2 </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="987" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>- 1207.5) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="988" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="989" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="990" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Commander ManyHorses concern level was rising rapidly as he listened to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="991" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the reports from for the ship's crew on the planet. He immediately </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="992" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>ordered the transporters to be on hot standby should the opportunity </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="993" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>arise that the endangered crew and miners could be beamed away from the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="994" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>contaminated area and ordered Dr. Candle to keep him apprised of the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="995" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>away team's status. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="996" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="997" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="998" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>A movement at the turbolift caught Jerome's attention and he saw from </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="999" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the corner of his eye, a young officer move directly to the OPS console </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1000" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>in the forward portion of the bridge to relieve the officer already there. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1001" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1002" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1003" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Sir." The young man said. "Both transporter rooms one and two have been </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1004" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>alerted, and are standing by, along with the medical emergency </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1005" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>transporters in sickbay. Cargo transporters are also active beaming </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1006" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>replicated supplies and equipment to the surface as needed.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1007" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1008" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1009" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>While he was being spoken too, Jerome's mind was rapidly sifting through </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1010" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the personnel data of the crew, at least the Operations department, and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1011" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>a picture of the young man's face zipped forefront together with his </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1012" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>name and rank. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1013" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1014" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1015" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~ Roberts, Douglas! Lieutenant junior grade. ~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1016" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1017" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1018" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Excellent, Lieutenant." ManyHorses gave praise where praise was due, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1019" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>finding that it elicited the furtherance of excellence in most cases. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1020" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1021" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1022" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1023" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1024" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Roberts turned back to his console and continued working silently on </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1025" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>whatever was necessary to the efficient monitoring of the ship and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1026" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>whatever else was necessary, but soon he was addressing Jerome once </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1027" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>more, turning to face ManyHorses. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1028" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1029" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1030" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Sir, a set of transporter pattern enhancers has been activated below… </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1031" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>or rather, inside the atmosphere processor substructure. There is </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1032" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>considerable interference… however…” he worked the controls and then </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1033" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>went on. “The signal is located just over one hundred meters beneath the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1034" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>surrounding terrain, which would put them just outside one of the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1035" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>reactor control rooms. They appear to be in or near the base of a lift </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1036" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>shaft. Two way signal established Commander… we should be able to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1037" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>achieve a clean transporter lock within bounds of the target area as </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1038" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>long as the enhancers remain active. Provided no additional interference </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1039" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>crops up of course. Also sir, if our people below ground think of it, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1040" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>those pattern enhancers can be configured to act as a rudimentary comm. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1041" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>relay. That has to be done locally however, I can’t initiate it from here.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1042" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1043" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1044" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"As soon as you can get a lock on anyone, I want them beamed up directly </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1045" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to one of the sick bays, starting with the main sick bay, Mister </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1046" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Roberts....make sure our medical team is informed of incoming casualties." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1047" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1048" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(reply Roberts, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1049" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1050" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1051" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He was bypassing the medical teams on the planet surface, but ultimately </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1052" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the injured and sick crew would be tended to aboard ship, and Jerome was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1053" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>sure that the off-ship medical teams had plenty to do already, tending </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1054" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to the survivors. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1055" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1056" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1057" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Feeling restless, Jerome got up and began to move from station to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1058" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>station, gently patting each of the bridge crew on the back and telling </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1059" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>them they were doing an excellent job. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1060" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1061" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1062" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Roberts, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1063" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Sal) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1064" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1065" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1066" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1067" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Processing Plant - TAC/SC Lieutenant(SG) Detron Trei - 12.09) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1068" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1069" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Detron leaned against the wall mildly feeling the effecrts of the radiation but </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1070" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>would be in trouble soon. His Klingon makeup allowed for longer exposure before </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1071" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>damage would incur. Detron saw Gesar work with whoever was outside the shaft </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1072" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>doors open the door with great effort. Durand was on the other side taking with </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1073" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Gesar. Detron held position until something could be done to transport them out </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1074" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>of there. Detron closed his eyes to breath in the fresh air from the shaft and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1075" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>conduct his Klingon damage control mental exercise. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1076" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1077" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Gesar iyw) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1078" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Edward) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1079" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1080" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1081" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Atmosphere Processor - aCO Commander Durand - 1210) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1082" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1083" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>With a supreme ‘now or never’ effort, he and Gesar had managed to get the shaft </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1084" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>doors pried open so a man could pass easily through. Or, be carried through if </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1085" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>need be. He accepted the hand up from Gesar, and found himself in the control </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1086" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>room. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1087" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1088" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He took a moment to catch his breath and survey the situation. Gesar was clearly </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1089" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>in bad shape but conscious, and had been instrumental in getting the doors </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1090" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>forced open. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1091" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1092" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Take it easy Mister Gesar, we’ll have you out of here shortly. Can you tell me </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1093" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>what happened?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1094" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1095" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Gesar, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1096" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1097" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>As he listened to Gesar’s reply, Durand surveyed the room. He could see Lt. Trei </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1098" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>leaning against a wall with his eyes shut. Was he alright? </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1099" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1100" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~He must be hurt... or surely he wouldn’t have stood with his hands in his </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1101" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>pockets while we struggled with the doors...~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1102" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1103" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Lieutenant Trei, are you alright?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1104" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1105" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Trei) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1106" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1107" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Doctor Candle’s voice came over the comm circuit then. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1108" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1109" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>=^=Commander you there?=^= </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1110" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1111" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“In the control room just outside the shaft Doctor, do you need a hand up?" </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1112" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1113" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Durand swung around just in time to see Candle emerging from the doors and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1114" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>heading toward the rest of the group. “I see you are all set,” he commented and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1115" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>turned back to Trei and Gesar. He was about to comment when Candle spoke up. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1116" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1117" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Commander I think we may need to transport them out.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1118" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1119" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Agreed. Can you stabilize them enough to be moved? Quickly?” he asked without </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1120" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>turning. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1121" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1122" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Candle, Room for more) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1123" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1124" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He spotted the third member of the initial away team and moved quickly toward </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1125" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the evidently badly injured man. He placed his hand lightly on his shoulder and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1126" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>spoke in a quiet and reassuring voice. “Take it easy son... we’ll have you back </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1127" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to the ship in no time. Doctor, we have another man here that needs your help.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1128" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1129" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Candle, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1130" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1131" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Standing and moving back to where the others were, he addressed Trei and Gesar. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1132" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Gentlemen... where is the rest of your team?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1133" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1134" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Trei, Gesar, Candle, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1135" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1136" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Meanwhile, Enright had made her way down to the base of the shaft, and was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1137" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>working on the problem she promised Doctor Candle she would look into. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1138" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Communications. Seeing that the Commander (or someone) had already activated the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1139" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>pattern enhancers, she bent down and fiddled quickly with their rudimentary </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1140" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>controls. Switching them from the standard passive mode to active, she hoped </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1141" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>that would clear up some of the interference. Granted, that would deplete their </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1142" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>power cells much more quickly, but she didn’t suppose they would be here any </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1143" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>longer than they absolutely had to be. She did a comm check back up to the main </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1144" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>level to make sure. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1145" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1146" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Enright to D’Amato, comm check.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1147" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1148" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>A ripple of static came through but the voice modulation was much clearer now. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1149" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“D’Amato to Enright. Your message is readable with some background noise.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1150" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1151" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Right. Notify the ship that we are in contact with the trapped party. Ask them </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1152" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to standby for transporter medevac, okay?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1153" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1154" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Will do ma’am. Crewman D’Amato to Boudicca. Status report. The officers are in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1155" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>contact with the trapped away team members, they ask that you standby for </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1156" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>medevac transport from their position.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1157" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1158" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Boudicca, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1159" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Russ) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1160" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1161" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Atmosphere Processor – ACMO Basil Candle - 1211) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1162" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1163" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>=<crackle> … fast as you possibly can =^= sparked from Basil’s communicator. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1164" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1165" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil resisted the temptation to loosen his grip. He was very aware that doing </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1166" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>so would cause severe burns on his hands but the temptation was there all the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1167" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>same. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1168" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1169" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>As best as he could he tried to speed up his descent with actually dropping </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1170" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>down. Despite all his mental precautions he still managed to drop sharply a few </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1171" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>times, mildly burning his hands. The sharp pain, after the second time he </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1172" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>slipped the rope through his hands, he let go from the sharp pain. Luckily he </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1173" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>was close to the bottom and all he did was make a inelegant landing with a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1174" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>‘woof’ sound bursting from his lungs. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1175" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1176" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Gathering his wits as quickly as he can and planning on getting out of the way </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1177" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>of the descending Enright he called out, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1178" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1179" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Commander you there?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1180" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1181" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1182" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1183" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Hearing the commander and other noises he followed the sound to see an opening, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1184" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>doors had been pulled open. Hearing voices from in there Basil approached, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1185" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>grabbing his tricorder. The indicators that the radiation was getting to highly </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1186" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>dangerous levels prompted basil to say into the room, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1187" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1188" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Commander I think we may need to transport them out” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1189" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1190" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand, any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1191" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Warren Simkins) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1192" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1193" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Processing Plant - TAC/SC Lieutenant(SG) Detron Trei - 12.12) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1194" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1195" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Detron heard Durand ask if he was alright. Detron opened his eyes to see </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1196" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Enright and Durand attend to Gesar and Tarson. They also acted like he would </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1197" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>have helped them if he wasn't hurt. The fact of the matter was he sustained </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1198" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>some radiation damage but not enough that he was in serious trouble. Detron </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1199" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>walked over to Durand and Gesar. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1200" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1201" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"I will be alright. I was doing Klingon healing exercises to control the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1202" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>radiation damage. I would have helped to open the doors but Gesar seems to not </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1203" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>want my help. It seems Gesar thinks of me as a murderer and has said it to my </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1204" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>face as such. I acted to shut off a reactor which in turn sent a build up to an </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1205" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>area that caused an explosion killing a member of the team. My intention was to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1206" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>shut down the reactor that is all. I suggested that I could carry us out one by </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1207" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>one to the higher level. Gesar refused my help in this regard. That is my </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1208" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>story. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1209" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1210" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~See how you like the spotlight now Gesar. Grinnnn.~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1211" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1212" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand, Gesar, others) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1213" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Edward) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1214" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1215" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1216" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(USS Boudicca - Bridge - aFO/CCOUNS/CDR Jerome 'Hoss' ManyHorses - Day 2 </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1217" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>- 1212.5) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1218" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1219" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1220" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Lieutenant Roberts turned to face ManyHorses and informed him that the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1221" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>sensor readings weren't precise and that they may not be able to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1222" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>discriminate between injured and non-injured or individuals. "...If we </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1223" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>can't get a positive lock sir, do you still want me to beam up anyone in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1224" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the area of the pattern enhancers?" </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1225" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1226" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1227" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The Commander thought it over. Things were getting more dangerous for </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1228" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the crewmembers and any survivors that were anywhere close to the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1229" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>radiation, but if they started beaming people aboard indiscriminatingly, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1230" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>then some medical personnel could be whisked away while giving aid, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1231" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>perhaps even in a life or death situation. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1232" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1233" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1234" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Stand by, Lieutenant. We will wait for more information from the rescue </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1235" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>teams." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1236" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1237" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1238" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(reply Roberts iyw, any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1239" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1240" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Time appeared to crawl by as Jerome waited for news from the rescue </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1241" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>teams. It certainly was a good test of patience when one was left to man </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1242" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the ship, while all the action was happening down on the planet. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1243" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1244" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~He also serves who stands and waits.~ Jerome thought with amusement. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1245" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~Obviously a remark from someone who did a lot of that. ~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1246" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1247" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>As if in answer to an unvoiced prayer, a status report finallycame through. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1248" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1249" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>=/= Crewman D’Amato to Boudicca. Status report. The officers are in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1250" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>contact with the trapped away team members, they ask that you standby </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1251" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>for medevac transport from their position. =/= </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1252" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1253" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Acknowledged Crewman, transporters are hot to trot, we are just waiting </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1254" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>for the green light." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1255" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1256" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(reply Roberts iyw, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1257" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(posted by Sal) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1258" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1259" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1260" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Atmosphere Processing Plant - ACEO Ensign Anton Gesar - 1215) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1261" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1262" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Take it easy Mister Gesar, we’ll have you out of here shortly. Can you tell me </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1263" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>what happened?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1264" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1265" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton took a moment to catch his breath. Though the toxic air that was in the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1266" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>room still heavily affected him, the fresh air from the outside diluted some of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1267" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the toxicity and made it easier to breathe. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1268" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1269" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"We were trying to shut down the reactors to prevent them from overheating, but </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1270" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>we had an..." Anton paused for a moment and looked in Trei's direction then </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1271" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>back to Durand. "We had an accident sir, one of the reactors experienced and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1272" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>overload and exploded." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1273" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1274" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Durand listened as he looked around and took note of Trei. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1275" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1276" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Lieutenant Trei, are you alright?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1277" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1278" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Trei opened his eyes, stood up and approached. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1279" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1280" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"I will be alright. I was doing Klingon healing exercises to control the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1281" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>radiation damage. I would have helped to open the doors but Gesar seems to not </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1282" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>want my help. It seems Gesar thinks of me as a murderer and has said it to my </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1283" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>face as such. I acted to shut off a reactor which in turn sent a build up to an </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1284" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>area that caused an explosion killing a member of the team. My intention was to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1285" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>shut down the reactor that is all. I suggested that I could carry us out one by </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1286" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>one to the higher level. Gesar refused my help in this regard. That is my </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1287" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>story." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1288" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1289" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Shocked Anton just stood there staring at Trei. His mouth was open to say </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1290" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>something but nothing came out. He had not intended to bring up the subject </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1291" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>here and now, but later during a debriefing or in his report. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1292" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1293" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>=^=Commander you there?=^= </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1294" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1295" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~Saved by the bell.~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1296" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1297" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“In the control room just outside the shaft Doctor, do you need a hand up?" </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1298" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton watched as Candle made his way into the room and he and Durand assisted </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1299" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>James. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1300" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1301" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Gentlemen... where is the rest of your team?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1302" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1303" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"There were three others we sent to try and repair the Try-Hydrazine leak, but </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1304" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>we have been unable to establish any sort of contact with them. The </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1305" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>contamination in this room began after the explosion so I can only assume they </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1306" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>were not able to do so. I can only assume that where they are the contamination </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1307" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>is much greater and their chance of survival is much lower. And then there is </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1308" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the petty officer there," Anton pointed to the body next to the lift. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1309" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1310" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1311" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1312" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton stood back and watched as Enright attempted to get the communications back </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1313" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>up. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1314" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1315" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Right. Notify the ship that we are in contact with the trapped party. Ask them </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1316" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to standby for transporter medevac, okay?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1317" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1318" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton started making his way toward her thinking maybe he could help clear up </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1319" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>communications when a thought struck his head. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1320" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1321" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Wait, when the Boudicca reported life signs they said three plus a faint </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1322" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>fourth." He looked at everyone in the room. "The fourth in the room was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1323" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>already dead. That means someone else may still be alive here and if they can </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1324" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>tell us where we may be able to find the rest of the team." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1325" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1326" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply any in Room) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1327" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Oleg Kislyuk) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1328" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1329" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1330" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Atmosphere Processor - ACMO Basil Candle - 12:19) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1331" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1332" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The commander replied to Basil‘s statement, “Agreed. Can you stabilize them </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1333" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>enough to be moved? Quickly?” he asked without turning. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1334" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1335" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~Thought you never ask~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1336" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Of course, sir, but it won’t last long. I can suppress the symptoms but the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1337" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>more time they stay here the weaker they will be” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1338" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil went over to Gesar, without even asking he grabbed the engineer’s arm </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1339" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Hello, this will very temporarily steady you. You may feel a little nauseous … </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1340" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>well perhaps a little less than you are now but it will subside. Once it returns </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1341" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>let me know” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1342" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1343" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He spotted the third member of the initial away team and moved quickly toward </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1344" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the evidently badly injured man. He placed his hand lightly on his shoulder and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1345" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>spoke in a quiet and reassuring voice. “Take it easy son... we’ll have you back </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1346" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to the ship in no time. Doctor, we have another man here that needs your help.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1347" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1348" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil turned around after dealing with Gesar to see the third man. His wounds </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1349" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>looked much worse. Basil went over and scanned him. He scowled at the readings, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1350" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>concern knitting his brows together. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1351" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Basil went over to the commander, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1352" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1353" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Sir, the man’s wounds are more than I can deal with here, he needs to be moved </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1354" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>as soon as possible” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1355" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1356" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1357" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1358" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The commander returned to the others asking about the other members of the team </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1359" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1360" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"There were three others we sent to try and repair the Try-Hydrazine leak, but </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1361" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>we have been unable to establish any sort of contact with them. The </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1362" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>contamination in this room began after the explosion so I can only assume they </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1363" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>were not able to do so. I can only assume that where they are the contamination </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1364" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>is much greater and their chance of survival is much lower. And then there is </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1365" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the petty officer there," said Gesar. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1366" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Wait, when the Boudicca reported life signs they said three plus a faint </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1367" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>fourth." He looked at everyone in the room. "The fourth in the room was already </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1368" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>dead. That means someone else may still be alive here and if they can tell us </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1369" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>where we may be able to find the rest of the team." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1370" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“I don’t think we should put much stock in the readings from the ship. They are </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1371" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>doing their best to compensate but we will have a better opportunity to assess </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1372" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>things from down here. Can anyone get any sort of readings from their </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1373" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>tricorders?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1374" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1375" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Checking sir,” Basil checked his tricorder, he adjusted the levels, using the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1376" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>signals he was receiving to analyse what he could see. He altered the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1377" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>frequencies, trying to get a nearer reading - comparing each response with the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1378" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>last. As he worked he started to talk out loud </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1379" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Its difficult, sir, pinpointing but if I resonate through the structure it may </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1380" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>help … deeper …. deeper there .. weak … very weak signal .. two .. three …no … </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1381" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>four. There are four … organics … down below. That’s the best I can do .. the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1382" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>signal is weak.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1383" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1384" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Thinking quickly the commander asked “Doctor, how soon can we get the injured </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1385" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>out of here? I don’t want anyone exposed down here any longer than is absolutely </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1386" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>necessary.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1387" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1388" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Now would be most preferable, sir but what about the crew .. I am sure its them </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1389" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>down below? ” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1390" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1391" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand, any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1392" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Warren Simkins) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1393" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1394" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Main Mine Shaft - CPO - Med Tech Simon Kawalski - Day 2 - 1220) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1395" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1396" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>It had taken a long time but eventually Simon reached the bottom of the shaft, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1397" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>or what he hoped at least was the bottom of the shaft. Playing his palm torch </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1398" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>around the area he realised that it was the crushed remains of the elevator car </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1399" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and easing himself inch by inch down, all the while keeping a firm grip on his </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1400" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>rope he began settling his weight on it bit by bit all the while praying that it </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1401" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>was indeed at the bottom of the shaft and not simply snagged on some outcrop. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1402" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1403" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Eventually he took a deep breath and stood firmly on the top of the car. It </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1404" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>stayed where it was, with no hint that it was likely to fall further. Letting </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1405" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>out the breath he had been holding Simon played his torch over the top of the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1406" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>car and around the sides looking for a way down. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1407" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1408" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Relaying back up to the people who were following him he told them what he had </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1409" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>found and suggested that they wait and not put anymore weight on the car until </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1410" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>he had investigated it and made sure that it was indeed secure and not simply </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1411" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>hanging in the middle of the shaft. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1412" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1413" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Getting an ok from his team he opened the top hatch and played his torch around </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1414" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the interior. The sharp tang of fresh blood hit him immediately quickly </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1415" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>followed by the sight of something that looked like nothing more than a painting </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1416" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>of Dante's idea of hell. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1417" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1418" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Simon had seen a great deal of death in his time but this went way beyond what </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1419" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>he had seen before. Sliding himself through the hatch and trying not to step </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1420" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>only anyone he lowered himself into the car. He checked body after body, every </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1421" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>single one of them dead. The bodies on top had died from severe trauma, no </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1422" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>doubt due to them being riccoched around from the car plunging down the shaft. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1423" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The bodies on the bottom of the pile would no doubt have suffered the same </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1424" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>injuries. The ones in the middle would probably have suffocated. Squeezed </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1425" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>between the bodies above and below them. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1426" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1427" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He played his torch once more around the elevator and noticing that the doors </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1428" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>were open he called out in the hope that someone still might be alive in the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1429" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>main shaft. "Hello down here. Is anyone still alive here. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1430" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1431" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Grantham) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1432" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1433" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Knowing that he was unlikely to get a reply he was just about to call the rest </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1434" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>of his team down to do a search when he heard a whisper. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1435" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The reply was so faint that at first Simon did not realise what it was but </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1436" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>playing his torch round the elevator one final time he found one person who was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1437" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>still alive. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1438" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1439" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Crossing to him he realised that he had been half thrown out of the car as it </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1440" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>had stopped but his lower body had been trapped by the press of bodies half </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1441" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>lying on top of him. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1442" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1443" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Calling down the rest of his team, informing them of the casualty and telling </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1444" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>them to be careful he started treating him. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1445" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1446" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Grantham) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1447" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1448" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Marilyn) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1449" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1450" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1451" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III – Atmosphere Processor – aCO Commander Durand – 1221) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1452" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1453" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Sir, the man’s wounds are more than I can deal with here, he needs to be moved </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1454" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>as soon as possible” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1455" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1456" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~Which is precisely why I asked how quickly they could be stabilized for a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1457" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>move,~ he thought but didn’t say aloud. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1458" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1459" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Understood Doctor. Do whatever you can to expedite the process; we need to get </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1460" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>our people taken care of just as rapidly as we can.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1461" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1462" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Gesar iyw) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1463" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1464" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He moved back to the rest of the away team, then shortly made his inquiry </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1465" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>regarding tricorder readings. They had to find out where the rest of the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1466" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>original team was – and quickly – if they were to have any chance at all. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1467" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1468" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The doctor was the first one to respond to Durand’s inquiry, indicating four </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1469" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>possible organic signs below them somewhere deeper inside the structure. He </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1470" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>turned back toward the assistant engineer. “Mister Gesar, I thought you said </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1471" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>that you had sent *three* engineers to mitigate the leak? Why would there be </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1472" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>*four* readings? Are any of your team unaccounted for? Or your team for that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1473" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>matter Mister Trei? Just how many people are we looking for?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1474" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1475" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Gesar, Trei, Room for more) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1476" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1477" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Doctor Candle asked the ‘on point’ question: What about the crew? </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1478" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1479" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“First Doctor, we are getting our injured out of here. Let’s get them moved to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1480" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the shaft so they can be beamed up. Enright, will the second set of pattern </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1481" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>enhancers do us any good deeper inside this place?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1482" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1483" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>She answered virtually without pause. “Possible sir, but highly unlikely. I </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1484" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>wouldn’t chance any of our lives on it, that I’m sure of.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1485" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1486" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Alright, we do it the old fashioned way then. As soon as our injured here are </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1487" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>beamed out, have the ship send down four antigrav litters and another medical </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1488" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>kit. Let’s move people.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1489" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1490" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Trei, Gesar, Candle, Boudicca iyw) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1491" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Russ) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1492" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1493" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1494" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Mission: All the King’s Horses, Day 2 </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1495" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Stardate: 2413.10.16 </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1496" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1497" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III – Atmosphere Processor – ACEO Anton Gesar – 1222) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1498" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1499" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“So you are not sure where they are then? The lower control level perhaps?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1500" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1501" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"No sir, there were several locations with possible leaks and they could have </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1502" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>started at any one of them. They may have been in route as they would have </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1503" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>checked in once they arrived at one of the locations. Wait, when the Boudicca </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1504" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>reported life signs they said three plus a faint fourth." He looked at everyone </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1505" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>in the room. "The fourth in the room was already dead. That means someone else </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1506" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>may still be alive here and if they can tell us where we may be able to find the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1507" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>rest of the team." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1508" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1509" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“I don’t think we should put much stock in the readings from the ship. They are </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1510" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>doing their best to compensate but we will have a better opportunity to assess </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1511" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>things from down here. Can anyone get any sort of readings from their </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1512" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>tricorders?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1513" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1514" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Checking sir," the doctor chimed in and had found that there were four </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1515" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>lifesigns. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1516" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1517" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> “Mister Gesar, I thought you said that you had sent *three* engineers to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1518" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>mitigate the leak? Why would there be *four* readings? Are any of your team </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1519" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>unaccounted for? Or your team for that matter Mister Trei? Just how many people </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1520" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>are we looking for?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1521" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1522" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"When we arrived there was no one in the control room. It is possible that the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1523" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>other team found one of the people working here." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1524" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1525" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Candle inquired what they were going to do about the other crew members. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1526" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1527" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~What about the crew indeed,~ Anton thought about the doctor's inquiry. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1528" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1529" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“First Doctor, we are getting our injured out of here. Let’s get them moved to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1530" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the shaft so they can be beamed up. Enright, will the second set of pattern </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1531" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>enhancers do us any good deeper inside this place?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1532" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1533" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>She answered virtually without pause. “Possible sir, but highly unlikely. I </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1534" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>wouldn’t chance any of our lives on it, that I’m sure of.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1535" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1536" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Alright, we do it the old fashioned way then. As soon as our injured here are </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1537" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>beamed out, have the ship send down four antigrav litters and another medical </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1538" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>kit. Let’s move people.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1539" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1540" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Sir, I am feeling better. I request to assist with the search. These are my </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1541" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>people and they are my responsibility." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1542" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1543" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1544" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Oleg Kislyuk) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1545" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1546" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1547" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Primary Mineshaft - Gamma Shift Supervisor Grantham - 1223) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1548" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1549" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Time was crawling... and, leaping... at the same moment. He was spending more </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1550" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and more time in the twilight world of semi-consciousness as time crawled by. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1551" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1552" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>During his increasingly shorter and more infrequent lucid moments, the seconds </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1553" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>seemed like hours as he waited for rescue that he now knew was not coming. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1554" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1555" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~Whatever happened... it hit topside too... must have done. Otherwise they would </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1556" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>have got us out by now. That blasted Tellarite, whatever else he is... one </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1557" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>tremendous mining engineer...~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1558" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1559" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Oh how he wished he had been able to hang on to the water container he had </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1560" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>dropped ever so long ago! He was so very tired... no, thirsty... no... tired and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1561" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>thirsty. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1562" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1563" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The darkness came again. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1564" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1565" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He couldn’t tell how long this time, but he awoke -- as much as he was able -- </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1566" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to the sound of voices. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1567" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1568" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~Mind is going... playing tricks. No one is coming... no one is coming...~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1569" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1570" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The noises. Noise? Noises? Again. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1571" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1572" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>They became more distinct... he fought to hear them, to stay with them this </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1573" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>time... stay in the light. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1574" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1575" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The light! He could swear that he could see light. Beautiful, brilliant light. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1576" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1577" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~Is this the end, at last?~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1578" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1579" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The light moved. He blinked, heard voices and sounds again. He tried to speak... </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1580" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to answer a question he could barely understand. His throat, dry from hours of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1581" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>disuse, coupled with his injury, was barely up to the task. What should have </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1582" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>been a shout of joy and deliverance instead was a strangled croak, barely more </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1583" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>than a whimper. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1584" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1585" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Evidently it was enough. The light grew closer and brighter. Then, a face. A </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1586" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>blessed human face. Scarcely could he see it in the wash of light, but never had </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1587" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>he seen such a glorious sight, not even of his beloved wife on their wedding </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1588" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>day. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1589" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1590" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>With a superhuman effort, he spoke to the upside down face and light. (He was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1591" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the one dangling but he had so long been that way it seemed perfectly normal, as </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1592" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>though the stranger were inverted) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1593" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1594" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Back... legs... maybe broken. Numb. Help.... please.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1595" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1596" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Even that fragmented statement was a bare whisper. He hoped it would be loud </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1597" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>enough, and understood. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1598" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1599" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Kawalski, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1600" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Russ) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1601" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1602" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1603" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Processing plant - TAC/SC Lieutenant(SG) Detron Trei - 12.23.5) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1604" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1605" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Detron felt better after the hypospray injection. He listened to Gesar and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1606" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Durand talk about searching for a fourth detected life sign. Detron stepped up </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1607" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to offer his services. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1608" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1609" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"I feel better as well Durand. I can search if needed sir." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1610" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1611" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Detron thought he heard Gesar accuse him of murder again but dismissed it as </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1612" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>effects of radiation exposure. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1613" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1614" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~You will be sorry Gesar if you continue down this road of accusation. A </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1615" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Klingon warrior never forgets.~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1616" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1617" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Gesar, Durand, iyw) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1618" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Edward) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1619" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1620" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1621" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Primary Mineshaft - CPO Simon Kawalski - Day 2 - 1225) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1622" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>As Simon began settling himself his casualty began talking to him and Simon </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1623" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>grinned since this was always a good sign. “Back... legs... maybe broken. Numb. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1624" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Help.... please.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1625" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1626" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Talking a deep breath Simon took out his medical tricorder and flipped himself </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1627" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>upside down on his rope playing the tricorder up and down his patient. "Well, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1628" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>you aren't too wrong with that assessment. Both your legs are broken and you </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1629" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>have a spinal injury. However the first thing we need to do is dig you out of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1630" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>these bodies and this might take some time and I am going to have to get some </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1631" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>help to do so. I am going to call for some help doing that now and once they </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1632" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>arrive we will start to free you. Before that I need to assess you. My name is </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1633" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Simon, what's yours?" </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1634" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1635" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Grantham) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1636" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1637" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Well I can guarantee that we will have you out of here and upstairs on to the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1638" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Boudicca just as soon as we can. It may not be comfortable but hopefully it </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1639" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>will be quick and then our doctors will be able to work on you. and fix you </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1640" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>right up." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1641" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1642" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"You just need to hold on for a few minutes more and then you will be fine." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1643" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1644" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(reply Grantham iyw) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1645" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1646" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(CPO Simon Kawalski) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1647" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1648" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1649" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Atmosphere Processor - aCEO Anton Gesar - 1226) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1650" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1651" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“That’s *Commander* Durand, Lieutenant Trei. Both of you are still patients </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1652" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>until I hear otherwise from Doctor Candle. What about it Doctor? Are these two </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1653" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>well enough to help? We’re not risking anyone’s health, not on my watch.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1654" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton had hoped that Trei would not volunteer though he was pretty sure he </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1655" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>would. He wanted to limit his interaction with the security officer. Anton was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1656" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>getting the distinct impression that having been insulted the Klingon was going </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1657" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>out of his way to goad Anton into a confrontation. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1658" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1659" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He was relieved when the doctor said that he was in no immediate danger and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1660" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>cleared him to assist with the search. He assisted the group with getting </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1661" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Tarson and the body of the dead CPO for transport back to the ship. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1662" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1663" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Anton walked over to the control panels in the room and brought up the facility </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1664" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>schematics. "Commander, if you have a moment, I have brought up the facility </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1665" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>schematics that should help us coordinate our search effort." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1666" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1667" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1668" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1669" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Our people are most likely trapped in one of these three locations. If we </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1670" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>coordinate our search efforts in these locations we should be able to find out </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1671" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>people quicker." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1672" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1673" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Candle iyw, Durand) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1674" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Oleg Kislyuk) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1675" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1676" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1677" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Atmosphere Processor - aCO Commander Durand - 1228) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1678" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1679" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>After the group had taken care of the gravely injured engineer and the deceased </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1680" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>victim, Durand’s attention was called to a display on which Gesar had brought up </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1681" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>schematics of the facility. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1682" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1683" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Our people are most likely trapped in one of these three locations. If we </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1684" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>coordinate our search efforts in these locations we should be able to find out </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1685" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>people quicker." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1686" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1687" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He studied the display rapidly, then voiced his decision. “Alright then. As soon </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1688" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>as you and Lieutenant Trei get your suits on, we’ll proceed as you suggest. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1689" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Enright, standby here and relay communications as needed.” He tapped the display </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1690" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>with his gloved finger for emphasis. “For lack of more sophisticated </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1691" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>nomenclature, we will designate the three search areas as one, two, and three.” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1692" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1693" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~You certainly don’t make command grade without being imaginative,~ he derided </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1694" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>himself. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1695" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1696" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“We’ll split into two teams. Mister Gesar and I will start checking area one. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1697" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Lieutenant Trei, you and Doctor Candle check area two, and we will rendezvous at </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1698" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>area three. If either team encounters any difficulty or needs assistance we will </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1699" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>support each other. No heroics; we get in, get out with our people as soon as we </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1700" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>find them. Minimum exposure time. Clear? Any questions?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1701" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1702" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>As he waited, he quickly sorted equipment onto the antigrav litters that had </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1703" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>been beamed down, divvying up medical kits and other supplies evenly for the two </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1704" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>teams. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1705" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1706" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Trei, Candle, Gesar) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1707" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Russ) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1708" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1709" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1710" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III – Primary Mineshaft – Gamma Shift Supervisor Grantham – 1229) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1711" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1712" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>As he fought to stay conscious and focused, Grantham considered his situation. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1713" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Never much of a believer, he found himself wondering if the figure hanging </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1714" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>inverted in front of him was some sort of Angel. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1715" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1716" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The illusion was dispelled somewhat as he busied himself running a tricorder </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1717" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>over the injured miner and spoke in a very human voice. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1718" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1719" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Simon?” He stopped a moment and redoubled his efforts to concentrate on the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1720" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>question and answer through the haze. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1721" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1722" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Mike.” He stopped again, gaining a bit of clarity with sheer force of will. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1723" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Mike.” He repeated himself, then drew on some unknown inner strength to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1724" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>elucidate. “Mike Grantham is my name. My guys… are they alright?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1725" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1726" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Kawalski) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1727" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1728" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The import of Kawalski’s answer didn’t actually set in to Grantham’s shocked </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1729" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>mind. The realization and all its’ horror would come much later. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1730" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1731" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>He was slipping a bit now, losing his last reserves of willpower. Somewhere deep </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1732" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>inside he realized he was safe, and that was enough for him to ease his struggle </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1733" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>a bit. Images swirled in his thoughts, confusing him. He could no longer even be </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1734" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>sure he was sequencing questions and answers properly. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1735" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1736" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>“Boudicca? What’s a Boudicca? Can you help my guys?” </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1737" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1738" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Kawalski, Any) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1739" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Russ) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1740" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1741" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1742" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Processing Plant - TAC/SC Lieutenant(SG) Detron Trei - 12.30) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1743" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1744" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Detron heard the orders from Durand that he will be with Candle in search group2 </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1745" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to search area 2 for survivors. Detron put on his EVA suit. He walked over to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1746" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Candle and waited for him to get his suit on. He turned to Durand. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1747" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1748" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Ready sir." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1749" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1750" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Durand, Candle) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1751" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Edward) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1752" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1753" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1754" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - En-route to Colony Center - ATAC/SC Ensign(jg) Jessica Signos - </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1755" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>1235) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1756" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1757" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Jessica and her team picked there path, moving though the twisted metal and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1758" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>scared streets and ruins that have become what remained of the colony, keeping </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1759" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>weapons and tricorders at the ready </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1760" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1761" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>She looked to the engineer petty officer assigned to her team. "Give me a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1762" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>status." Her order was quick, yet soft. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1763" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1764" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Nothing good, every building shows signs of structural damage to varying </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1765" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>degrees. It's gonna make move though this difficult and slow." The petty officer </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1766" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>replied </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1767" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1768" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>It was the last thing Jessica wanted to hear. They made great time moving to the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1769" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>outskirts of the city. However, once the entered the city proper it turned out </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1770" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to be a labyrinth to solve. She knew she could contact the Boudicca to teleport </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1771" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>them closer. But Jessica shook that ideal from her head, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1772" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1773" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> ~How much would we miss, how many lives could we miss if took that short cut. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1774" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Besides those resources are better needed else where.~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1775" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1776" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>So they continued on, Hoping that they would find the some of the many that were </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1777" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>still lost. All around them laid rubble, derby, and on occasional remains of </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1778" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>some unfortunate soul, that had long since passed. They continued, past </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1779" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>building caught a flame by down and busted power conduits. The place looked, </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1780" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>felt, and smelt dead. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1781" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1782" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>~ Complete loss of the colony,~ She remembered telling that to Lieutenant Trei </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1783" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>in the short time they hard to prepare. Now she wished by all that was holy that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1784" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>she was wrong. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1785" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1786" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Her team rounded a bend, stopped to take a reading, and listen. There was motion </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1787" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>has a piece of wall fell to the ground, then silence, followed by a very faint </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1788" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>tap, tap, tap. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1789" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1790" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Wait, did you hear that" One of her security team piped out motioning to the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1791" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>other where she though the sound was coming from. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1792" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1793" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Jessica moved forward placing her and on a piece of metal jutting out from the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1794" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>wreckage before her. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1795" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1796" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Scans aren't picking up anything..." The medical crewman said upset, before a </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1797" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>sharp glance from the far to young looking ensign cut his train of thought. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1798" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1799" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"It's the topaline, messes with the scanners." Jessica replied. "Now quite </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1800" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>please." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1801" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1802" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Then it came again a faint tapping from with in the rubble. "There's someone in </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1803" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>there, lets get them out." the young ensign replied, has she looked over to the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1804" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>engineer. "Whats are best path to get inside with out all this wreckage falling </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1805" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>around us." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1806" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1807" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"There may be an entry way though the top of whats left of this building. That's </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1808" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>probably the best way in." the engineer replied. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1809" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1810" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Jessica moved to the top of the building, with her small frame and size it was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1811" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>easy for her to pick her path. Stepping on things that others would break or </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1812" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>damage. Once on top she indeed find an opening that would lead into the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1813" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>structure and hopefully to the survivors. She turned again to her team. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1814" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Engineering, I want a pully up here over this opening; Medical, set up a hasty </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1815" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>medical point; everyone else is on security of this site. Alpha team leader the </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1816" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>team is yours I'm going in." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1817" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1818" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>In short order pulley was in placed over the opening. Jessica grabbed the rope </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1819" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>from it and secured it to the climbing harness she wore. Once everything was </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1820" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>secure and in place. She begone she descent into the darkness. Picking her way </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1821" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>from broken shards of metal to chunks of mortar, anything that would allow </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1822" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>herself a purchase to climb further down. All the while she was looking her </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1823" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>flashlight mounted on a metal circlet help to illuminate the darkness, and </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1824" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>listening to her for the cries of help she hoped she would find. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1825" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1826" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(reply none needed.) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1827" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(posted by Matthew Locke) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1828" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1829" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1830" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III – Primary Mineshaft – CPO Simon Kawalski - Day 2 – 1235) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1831" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1832" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>It had taken a while but eventually Simon had been given the ok from the ship to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1833" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>beam up his casualty. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1834" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1835" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Once Grantham had been beamed away Simon began giving orders to remove the rest </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1836" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>of the bodies and climbing back up left the rest of his team to oversee this. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1837" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1838" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(No reply needed) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1839" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1840" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Marilyn) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1841" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1842" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1843" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Mine Shaft 4 - CMO - Cmdr Josh Caskie - Day 2 - 1239) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1844" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1845" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>It had taken almost fifteen minutes for the rest of her team to make it down to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1846" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the bottom and Josh had used her time by going round and assessing the survivors </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1847" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and their injuries, thankfully none of them too serious. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1848" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>There were the usual things you would expect. Three people with concussion that </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1849" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Josh had already earmarked to be transported straight up to the ship and treated </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1850" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>in Sickbay. Five people with a variety of broken bones that could be treated by </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1851" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the triage centre first and then sent to the ship if necessary. An assortment </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1852" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>of cuts, contusions and lacerations that were fairly minor and simply needed </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1853" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>seeing to and the casualties reassured and one or two people who were in shock </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1854" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>and simply needed to have an eye kept on them. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1855" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1856" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>The rest of the survivors needed nothing more than to get out of here, be given </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1857" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>something to drink, a hot meal, access to a shower, clean clothes and given </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1858" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>somewhere to rest and they would be fine. ~Well, at least they will recover </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1859" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>fairly quickly~ Josh thought. ~Whether they will be fine after just having </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1860" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>their entire colony wiped out is another matter entirely, and thankfully one </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1861" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>that I don't really have to worry about at present.~ </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1862" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1863" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>As Ensign Martin finally arrived with the pattern enhancers she ordered her team </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1864" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>to set them up and called the Boudicca on her comm badge to make sure that they </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1865" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>could get a reading. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1866" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1867" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"Dr Caskie to the Bouddica. Do you have a good signal on the pattern enhancers </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1868" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>at this location." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1869" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1870" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Boudicca) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1871" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1872" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>"I have three casualties with concussion that need to be beamed directly to </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1873" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Sickbay for treatment. I have five other casualties with assorted broken bones </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1874" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>which although have been stabilised and treated need to be beamed to our </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1875" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>on-planet triage centre for further assessment. I have fifteen other people </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1876" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>with minimal injuries that also need to be beamed to the triage centre to be </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1877" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>given a once over and then fed, sheltered and generally taken care off. Finally </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1878" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>I have a rescue team here who could do with being beamed back to the surface </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1879" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>rather than make the long climb back up if you can arrange it." </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1880" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1881" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Reply Bouddica) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1882" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1883" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Posted by Marilyn) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1884" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1885" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1886" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(Jahdara III - Mine Shaft 4 - CMO - Cmdr Josh Caskie - Day 2 - 1242) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1887" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1888" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>It had taken what Josh thought was forever for the Boudicca to reply but finally </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1889" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>they did and Josh began sending up her injured. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1890" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1891" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Finally she felt the tingle that told her that her away team were being beamed </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1892" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>up and Josh smiled knowing that what ever else they were called on to do, they </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1893" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>were now in a position to help. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1894" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1895" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Making sure that their casualties were taken to the appropriate place Josh began </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1896" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>helping out in the triage centre, Knowing that they had a sudden influx from </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1897" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>the mine. </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1898" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1899" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>(No reply needed) </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1900" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>Cmdr Josh Caskie </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1901" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1902" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c> </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1903" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c>END TRANSMISSION </c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1904" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c></c></p> <p style="Normal" xid="1905" props="text-align:left; dom-dir:ltr"><c></c></p> </section> </abiword>