========BEGINNING OF COMPILE======== Mission: Rescue and Counter-Attack Mission Day: 3 Stardate: 2406.06.14 Summary : (Uss Mithrandir, bridge - Colonel Kromir Lemssinx - 04:05) (Crytonian Shuttle - Holding Area - Major T'Vanek - 04:05) (Crytonian Shuttle - Staging Area - Major T'Vanek - 04:09) (Uss Mithrandir, bridge - Colonel Kromir Lemssinx - 04:10) (Uss Mithrandir - Engineering - Major T'Vanek - 04:11) (Uss Mithrandir, bridge - Colonel Kromir Lemssinx - 04:11) (Runabout Alamo - a-FO/CONN/OPS Lt John Wilson - 04:13) (Runabout Alamo - TAC/SO- Ensign Tagon- 04:13) (Runabout Alamo - Helm - Ensign Ryan Johnson - 0413 (Runabout Alamo - a-CO Cmdr Vladek Rofellian - 04:13) (USS Mirthandir - Bridge - a-FO/CONN/OPS Lt John Wilson - 04:14) (Runabout Alamo-Lt. (jg) CMO Kaitlyn Mackenzie-04:15) (USS Mirthandir- Bridge- TAC/SO- Ensign Tagon- 04:15) (Uss Mirthandir - Bridge - Ensign Ryan Johnson - 0415) (USS Mirthandir- Bridge- Ryan Johnson- 04:15) (USS Mirthandir - Bridge - a-FO/CONN/OPS Lt John Wilson - 0415) (USS Mirthandir - Bridge - Ensign Ryan Johnson - 0415) Posts : __________________ (Uss Mithrandir, bridge - Colonel Kromir Lemssinx - 04:05) __________________ " Sergeant, fire at will, get rid of those insignificant insects." he ordered to the man at tactical. The Officer nodded and at the first volley of phasers, several fighters were destroyed " like on the drill, it's a real massacre, Ha, Ha,.. Continue to fire Sergeant, I don't want to see any of those little toys around us." he ordered in laughing. Then he turned to the Helmsman " Lt, how much time until the base will be in fire range ? " " Approximativelly ten minutes Colonel." the Lt. replied " Perfect, as soon as we are in position Sergeant, you'll fire the torpedoes, first we'll get rid of their shields and then the entire base. What a great victory for the Black Order." he declared ~ And after that, I'll take care myself of the Prime Minister, in a few weeks, our victory will be complete,I'll be the master of the Crytonian Universe ~ thought he completely blind with ambition. He accessed the communication system and called Engineering " This the Colonel, you'd better gave us all the power available to the Engines or you'll finish your career in the Mines." he said in cutting the communication. (Reply any) (Posted by Patrick Buidin) ______________________________________ (Crytonian Shuttle - Holding Area - Major T'Vanek - 04:05) ______________________________________ =^= Rofellian to T'Vanek and James =^= =^=James here sir.=^= T'Vanek continued to look at the computer screen he had been looking at. "T'Vanek here, Sir." he too responded. The CO's voice was heard a moment later, =^=We'll use our Runabout and the fighters to distract them while you made your approach, as soon as your shuttle will be in transporter range, we'll beam you inside in Main Engineering, the rest will be then up to you and your Men Major. You'll be on your own there. =^= T'Vanek thought that over a moment. "Very well Commander, Alamo out." He took a breath, and another voice rapidly filled the silence. =^=Sir, may I suggest the Combat Engineers for the internal Engineering mission and an Assault Unit for an external attack.=^= T'Vanek gave that a moments consideration. "Meet me back here, Marine." he responded. He then said, "CO 5-to-midnight to me." =^=Yessir=^= (reply James) Runabouts were small, both were in his presence in a very short period of time. He looked at both of them. "We have many marines, not all of them fully armed," he began. "We are going to assault the Mithrandir, starting in Engineering." He looked at the head of the CE squad. "You first, internal engineering, just like the drills. Beam in, neutralize the enemy by any means and route all control of the ship to engineering." He considered a second, then said "And I authorize you to prep the ship for counter-enemy control. Explosives and detonators are authorized to be used." He had just given the order that would prep the ship for destruction, if they couldn't get her back. The 1st Lt considered that for many moments, then said "Aye sir, Ill prep the team. We can be ready for a full incursion in five minutes." T'Vanek nodded, "Very well. Move." He turned to James as the CE quickly exited, "You will be with me, we will be taking a Heavy Infantry group into Engineering, and spreading them into the surrounding corridors. Midnight can take engineering and hold it, it will be our job to hold the corridors outside Engineering long enough for them to either regain control, or rig the ship for complete destruction." He paused as he did some mental figures in his head, "According to every drill I have overseen from this Combat Engineering group, either action would require three minutes, plus or minus two. If all goes well, the rest of our squads should be able to join us within fifteen minutes. Once we have more resources in combat, we will move to secure the armory, so we can arm the rest of the men. Any questions?" (reply James) "Prepare 'Hell Trembles' for inter-ship combat, Lieutenant, you have five minutes." (reply: James) T'Vanek brought up the schematic of the Mithrandir and loaded it into his BDU processor. They were going to have a very tough five to ten minutes worth of combat until all units could be brought to bare. That was the downside to such small craft as runabouts, only so many men could fit into one. T'Vanek estimated a 40 - 60 percent minimum loss in manpower within 'Hell Trembles', and at least a 50% loss within the Combat Engineers. The losses would be heaviest for the Heavy Infantry group, as they would be dealing with every fresh assault the enemy could muster while the CE's did what they were designed to do; take the ship back by force or completely destroy her so the enemy couldn't use her. Both squads would be doing exactly what they trained to do, only this was no drill. But, they were all Marines. It was their duty to bleed for the Federation. (reply: any) (posted by Trout) _____________________ (Crytonian Shuttle - Staging Area - Major T'Vanek - 04:09) ____________________ T'Vanek took a deep breath with his eyes closed and repeated a Vulcan mantra to himself in preparation for the upcoming attack. It was something he always did before a major action, to assure that he would go into combat logically, and not for hot blooded reasons. He slowly exhaled, then focused inward to his HUD so he could see the readiness of both squads. The mission was haphazard, but this was what the Marines trained to do. The Combat Engineers would be the primary attackers on Engineering, and would then either gain control of the ship or rig her to blow. The Heavy Infantry would immediately proceed to the outer corridors to prevent anyone else from getting into Engineering proper. This was the plan, strait forward and operational. And it began in less then thirty seconds. As MCO, T'Vanek would put himself wherever the fighting was going to be worst. That meant beaming over with the CE's, and then joining Hell Trembles once engineering had been secured. It put him at high personal danger, but he had sworn his life to the Federation, his life was the Marines, and with the marines he would perish if need be. A sharp 'click' filled the room as the XO of 5-to-Midnight slapped a scope onto his Compression Phaser Rifle. Other CE's were already arranging themselves in crouches or protective positions in a circle in preparation for Transport. The CE's with the 'little black bags', the explosives, were in the middle of the group with phasers out. They would be the most dangerous right after beaming, since one stray shot hitting the 'bag' could blow the entire ship to pieces. He looked over at James and the CO of Hell Trembles. The CO gave a thumbs up, then grabbed his weapon in both hands. He looked over at James, "Are you ready, Lieutenant?" (reply James) T'Vanek nodded just as a beep sounded in his helmet. "Beaming in five seconds." he said over the Marine com. Everyone tensed... (Reply any) (Posted by Trout) _________________ (Uss Mithrandir, bridge - Colonel Kromir Lemssinx - 04:10) __________________ On their way to the second moon, the Mithrandir was still attacked by the little fleet of the Federation peoples, the phaser canons were destroying fighters one by one. ~ You should abandon Mr Romulan until you've still some people to command ~ thought the Colonel in ordering " Now it's enough, Sergeant target the Federation Runabout." " Aye, aye Colonel, at your orders." replied the Gunmaster in targetting the Alamo Then several blips came from the Ops Console " Report Soldier, what's that ?" Kromir asked. The soldier looked up from his console " Well...Sir..it's the intruder alert, according to the internal sensors, several people have been transported from one shuttle to Engineering." he explained " WHAT...How is it possible, YOU are telling me that Federation people are for the moment in MY ship. You are all incompetent." he yelled in slamming his fist on the console. He thought for a moment and ordered with flames in his eyes " Soldier, seal the bridge, transfer the Engineering commands to here and cut the life support systems on all decks, except for our location." " But Colonel our people...." the Crytonian soldier began to reply but the foolish Officer didn't let him finished " IT'S AN ORDER, YOU'LL DO WHAT I SAY OR I'LL KILL YOU RIGHT NOW FOR INSUBORDINATION." he yelled in standing up, dragging his sonic pistol and pointing it in direction of the OPS console. " Euh.........Understood Sir." the soldier replied in beginning to enter the deadly commands into his console. Kromir retook some composture, sat down and declared with a sarcatic tone " Now let's see how they will managed to regain control of their ship, He, He, He..." (Reply Marines in Engineering, any) (Posted by Patrick Buidin) _______________________ (Uss Mithrandir - Engineering - Major T'Vanek - 04:11) _______________________ In combat, there is little that is more impressive then a group of fully motivated Marines with all their gear. And within the Marines, there are few more efficient at death and destruction then the Combat Engineers. Within moments of their beam-in, the two Explosives handlers had jumped for cover with their packages as the rest of the team opened fire on surprised enemy targets. T'Vanek took out one person a few seconds after the CE's had kicked into action, then ducked behind a console as a couple others opened fire. Chatter, Target Calls and coordinates suddenly burst into his helmet as the Marines all over engineering flowed into combat. He looked over his shoulder briefly to visually verify that the other squad had beamed in, then looked back just in time to see one of the CE's get cut nearly in half by three separate enemy beams at once. T'Vanek took immediately aim with dispassion and took three rapid-succession shots with his rifle. Two of the three enemy beings fell over with sizable holes in them a moment later. The battle was short, but very intense. The enemy, caught by surprise, fell to the experience of the CE's within two minutes. After the last fell, the Vulcan was on his feet to check the enemy, to see if there were any survivors for later interrogation. He only found one. He inspected a couple of the bodies briefly, then stood and swung around to get a view of Engineering. Three of the CE's had fallen to enemy fire, and one more was wounded. But, no time was being wasted in mourning. The two explosives handlers were rapidly setting up charges on the Anti-matter intakes, one other was programming the computer to bypass the Self-destruct and blow manually. The rest had slung their weapons and were babbling back and forth as they worked feverishly to regain control of the ship and route every control to the bridge. T'Vanek walked up to one of the consoles. "Report." he said shortly. Johnson didn't respond for several moments, he was fully concentrating on the Master Situation Terminal. T'Vanek didn't push, this was the CE's element, not his. After several moments, which T'Vanek used to catch up with the other squad on his HUD, the CO said "The enemy force has routed all control out of engineering, we are working to bypass.. Estimate five minutes before we can fully circumvent the bridge." "All life support has been cut to all decks but the bridge, Sir." T'Vanek considered that little dilemma for a few moments. "They will find themselves quite mistaken if they think to kill us." he said at least. The EVO/C was completely self contained with its own atmosphere control. Only those with damaged BDU's were in danger of suffocation, and the emergency kits contained a pressure sealant for those BDU's too badly damaged for the Nanite technology to fix in time. The surviving marines were in absolutely no danger from suffocation. He considered for a bare three seconds more, then said "Work to regain control of all systems, life support included. But report to me before you engage life support again. This has given us an unexpected opportunity." "Yessir." was the short reply as the CE moved off to find another station. The Vulcan quickly turned on his heel and headed for the outer door of engineering. With the enemy themselves suffocating, it was time for Plan B. Hell Trembles would have far more to do then guard duty once most of the air was taken back and the enemy was no longer a threat to engineering. (reply James, any) (posted by Trout) __________________ (Uss Mithrandir, bridge - Colonel Kromir Lemssinx - 04:11) __________________ Kromir was relieved, there were no more sounds battle coming from Engineering, the Federation Marines had probably overwhelmed his men but they were now certainly suffocating. The moon was in sight, in a few minutes the mining base will be at weapons range, a full volley of quantum torpedoes and there will be no more CLO leaders. It will mean the end of the rebellion and the strengthening of the Black Order's seizure on the Crytonian world. Today will be a turning point in the Crytonian history and Lemssinx's name will be put in the history files. But the voice of the Ops Officer brought him back to the reality " Colonel, someone in Engineering is trying to regain control of all the systems. It's certainly the Marines, they are still alive even with the life support off line, our men are dead for nothing Colonel. You've killed them.." the Soldier declared in forgetting to who he was talking. Kromir turned to him, with anger in the eyes " It's the second time Soldier, I've warned you." and he fired in his direction. The soldier hadn't the time to react, he took the sonic blast directly on his chest and fell dead on the floor. Feeling that he was perhaps loosing his authority he turned his pistol to the three remaining officers on the bridge " All right, time for you to make your choice, are you with me or against me ? " he asked his finger on the trigger, ready to fire. The three devoted Officers nodded affirmativelly and went back to their work. Kromir was thoughtfull, then he ordered " Even if we've sealed the bridge, we won't stand against those Marines, they are knowing the place better then us and they will be certainly here before we could destroy the CLO HQ. Sergeant, armed all the torpedoes ; Lt, set a collision course with the the mining base and try to lock on the commands, you've got to find something." then turning to the Officer at the Engineering station " Put back online the life support system, we'll try to reach a shuttle." " Torpedoes armed and locked Sir." stated the Gunmaster, " Collision course set and locked Sir." stated the helmsman, " Life support back online Colonel." stated the third Officer. " Good, I'm proud of you, your devotion will be rewarded, let's move now." Kromir stated in moving to the doors, followed by his men, sonic pistols in hands, ready to fire. (Reply Marines, any close enough to catch them on their way to Shuttebay 3, any) (Posted by Patrick Buidin) ___________ (USS Alamo - a-FO/CONN/OPS Lt John Wilson - 04:13) ___________ Several vessels had been squatted out by the Mirthandir, but now the marines had boarded and had took engineering. As John kept the Alamo in close to the Mirthandir maintaining transporter distance his panel began to go crazy. John's hand flew over to the warning light. ~Oh my god<~ John thought to himself looking at the read out. "Commander, they have set a collision course for the mine and from what the scans show they are moving through the ship towards the shuttle bay," John yelled. (Reply Vladek) "Sir, might I suggest I transport over to the Mirthandir with Ensign Johnson and a few others to secure the helm and change the course," John asked the co. (Reply Vladek) "Right, Kaitlyn can you take the helm?" (Reply Mackenzie) "You will do fine," John stated standing from the seat to allow the doctor to assume his position. "Ensign Johnson and Ensign Tagon, your with me," John stated moving over to the small transporter at the back of the runabout cockpit. As John stood there he unholstered his phaser and pointed it towards the interior of the cockpit waiting for the transport to place them on the bridge. (Reply Johnson & Tagon) "Ready when you are," John stated waiting the transport. (Reply any remaining on Alamo) (Posted By Richard Bowes) __________ (Runabout Alamo - TAC/SO- Ensign Tagon- 04:13) __________ "Transport complete," Tagon announced the marine incusion into the Engineering section. "Commander, the Crytonians have purged the atmosphere from all sections but the bridge." While he monitored the progress of the marines he continued to reroute power to keep the shields at maximum power. He noted that the Mirthandir changed couse towards the mining colony. "Commander," John yelled, "they have set a collision course for the mine and from what the scans show they are moving through the ship towards the shuttle bay." "It could be worse," Tagon said. "They could have activated all of the photon torpedo warheads. Ah yes, they did that too." "Sir, might I suggest I transport over to the Mirthandir with Ensign Johnson and a few others to secure the helm and change the course?" Wilson asked the CO. Then he turned to Tagon, "Ensign Johnson and Ensign Tagon, your with me," Tagon unwedged himself from the tactical station and squeezed onto the transporter pad. It was a little cozy on the pad for Tagon. He looked at Wilson as he unholstered his phaser. Tagon smiled as he displayed the phaser rifle he still carried as well as the plasma grenades. He must have looked quite the sight, shirtless, in trousers that e=were far to small, holding the weapons he was holding. It was like a character from a holonovel. Hopefully it will have a distractive effect on the remaining Crytonians. (Posted by Al Muir) ________________ (Runabout Alamo - Helm - Ensign Ryan Johnson - 0413 _________________ Ryan was sitting at the helm working on the ops controls. Ryan was at the ready to take control of the ship incase Lt. Wilson had any problems. ~Now this is why I like Starfleet. I'm glad that I was given the option to join Starfleet. I can pilot a ship now and not get into trouble.~ Ryan heard Lt. Wison yell out to Vladek. "Commander, They have set a collision course for the mine and from what the scans show they are moving throught the ship towards the shuttle bay. Ryan at once heard Vladek reply. (Reply Vladek) "Sir, Might I suggest I transport over to the Mirthandir with Ensign Johnson and a few others to secure the helm and change the course." Ryan's ears purked up as he heard Lt. Wilson say his name. (Reply Vladek) Ryan heard Lt. Wilson give Mackenzie orders to take the helm. "Right, Kaitlyn can you take the helm." "What? Me?" The doc said in a worried voice. "You will do fine." Lt. Wilson told the doctor as he was getting up from his chair to let her take his place. "Alright, " Ryan heard her say. The she said something in a low voice that Ryan could not hear. "Ensign Johnson and Ensign Tagon, Your with me." Lt. Wilson said as he was walking to back of the runabout. Ryan saw Lt. Wilson unholester a phaser and saw Ensign Tagon with a phaser rifle. Ryan still had both his phasers from before. Ryan took the one phaser out of the holster and took the second one out of a side pocket on his pants. the pants belonged to a guard that he shot back on the planet. Ryan never had the time to change clothes yet. Ryan got up and was the last one to stand at the back of the runabout. He turned around and had one phaser in each hand. ~All I need now is a cowboy hat and some boots.~ (Posted by John Statler) ______________ ( Runabout Alamo - a-CO Cmdr Vladek Rofellian - 04:13) ______________ "Commander, they have set a collision course for the mine and from what the scans show they are moving through the ship towards the shuttle bay," John yelled in looking up from his panel. " Bloody rascals, they've realized that the Marines will be soon on their back and they've changed their plans." Vladek replied "Sir, might I suggest I transport over to the Mirthandir with Ensign Johnson and a few others to secure the helm and change the course," John asked Vladek thought for a moment, it was risky and they won't have much time before the ship crashed on the moon surface but it was the only solution " Permission granted John. We will be ready to pick you and the Marines back if you don't succeeded." Then he accessed the communication panel " Rofellian to T'Vanek and James. Major, Lt, the Colonel has set a collision course with the mining base, Lt. Wilson will beam to the bridge and change the course. According to our scans, the Crytonians have left the bridge, they are on their way to Shuttlebay 3. I don't want them to escape." (Reply T'Vanek, James) John had asked to the doctor to take the helm, Vladek noticed that she wasn't feeling very at ease with the idea of piloting the Runabout " Don't worry Doc, as John has said you will do fine." he said in taking the seat left by Ensign Johnsson " and I'll give you a hand, I'm not feeling still strong enough to go with them." (Reply Mackenzie) Wilson, Johnsson and Tagon had moved to the transporter pad "Ready when you are," John stated waiting the transport. Vladek tapped on the console " Good Luck John." and they dissapeared ~ you'll need some my friend ~ " Lt. move us closer to the Mithrandir, we'll have to be ready to get them back if they can't change the course of the ship." Vladek said then he asked " How is Ensign Kran ? Do you think he will make it ? " (Reply Mackenzie) It was terrible to sit there in the Runabout while the others were on the ship, Vladek would have been with us but he was still feeling the effects of the electric treatment he has received. Then he opened a comm to the ship " John, what's your status ? " (Reply Wilson) (Reply Mackenzie, Wilson, any) (Posted by Patrick Buidin) _____________________ (USS Mirthandir - Bridge - a-FO/CONN/OPS Lt John Wilson - 04:14) ____________________ As John regained his bearings he had appeared on the bridge and immediately noticed it was empty. The red alert sirens sounded and the bridge was full of smoke and flashing red lights. John immediately moved over to the helm. "Ensign Tagon can you get me shields?" (Reply Tagon) "Ensign Johnson take the helm," John ordered taking a step back from the helm. "By the looks of it they have locked out the helm, you are going to need to find away to slow us down or change course. Ill work on erasing some of their lock outs," (Reply Johnson) John moved over to the command chair and span the chair around to get to the command consol. Vladek had activated his First officer clearance he only hoped it would be sufficient to control the vessel. (Reply Vladek, Mackenzie, Johnson, Tagon) (Posted By Richard Bowes) __________ (Runabout Alamo-Lt. (jg) CMO Kaitlyn Mackenzie-04:15) __________ Kaitlyn was sitting back, letting John and Johnson fly the ship. She had just checked on the ensign, and he seemed to be doing the best he could be doing for now. The flight seemed to be going well until John spoke up. "Commander, they have set a collision course for the mine and from what the scans show they are moving through the ship towards the shuttle bay. Sir, might I suggest I transport over to the Mirthandir with Ensign Johnson and a few others to secure the helm and change the course?" Kaitlyn looked over at Rofellian. In agreeing, John then turned around and said, "Right, Kaitlyn can you take the helm?" Her eyes darted towards the helm. "What? Me?" She stood up to walk towards the station. "You will do fine," John stated standing from the seat. ~Whatever you say dear....~ Taking his seat, she waited until him and a few others transported themselves over to the Mithrandir. "Alright, " she mumbled to herself, "just don't wreck this thing and we'll all be fine...." (Reply: Any) (Posted by: Stacey) ___________________ (USS Mirthandir- Bridge- TAC/SO- Ensign Tagon- 04:15) ___________________ Tagon hated the sound of the red alert Klaxon. He headed to his tactical station and hit the alarm mute button. "Ensign Tagon can you get me shields?" Wilson asked. "The commanders access code is still blocked by his encryption, but I think I can override it." Tagon began talking to himself as he worked on the Romulan codes that Rofellian had used to lock out the Crytonians. "Yes,...that's it, hmmmm, very good commander, ..., interesting..., oh you are good commander, but I am a little better." He turned to Wilson sitting in the commnad chair. "Lt., I have accessed the lock out, but now we need the commander's original access code." He paused for a moment. "Internal scanners have located the remaining Crytonians. They are headed for the Shuttlebay 3. Permission to pursue. If we have them, perhaps I can get the access codes for the helm." (reply Wilson) (posted by Al Muir) ____________________ (Uss Mirthandir - Bridge - Ensign Ryan Johnson - 0415) ____________________ The transporter beamed all three over to the bridge of the ship. The lights were blinking red and the klaxon alert was going. Ryan saw Tagon walk over to a panel and turned off the klaxon and the lights also stopped blinking. "Ensign Tagon can you get me shields?" Ryan heard Lt. Wilson saw. Lt. Wilson walked over to the helm and looked at the screen. Tagon looked at a panel. "The commanders access code is still blocked by his encryption, but I think I can override it." "Ensign Johnson take the helm." Lt. Wilson said as he took a step back from the helm and started to walk towards the command chair. "Yes sir." Ryan said as he walked over to the console. "By the looks of it they have locked out the helm, You are going to have to find a way to slow us down or change course. I'll work on erasing some of their lock outs." Lt. Wilson said sitting down in the command chair. Ryan put the phaser in his left hand back in his holser and layed the other phaser in his lap. Ryan looked at the screen and started to move his hands accross the console. Ryan heard what sounded like a voice coming from Tagon's position. "Yes...that's it...hmmmmm.......very good commander....interesting....oh you are good commander but I am a little better." Then Ryan heard Tagon speak up. "Lt. I have accessed the lock out, but now we need the commander's original access code." There was pause for a moment then Tagon spoke again. "Internal scanners have located the remaining Crytonians. They are headed for shuttlebay 3. Permission to pursue. If we have them perhapes I can get the access codes for the helm." (Reply Lt. Wilson) Ryan looked at Lt. Wilson. "Sir." With a loud voice. " I can get into a sub-system in the computer and reroute a few key commands to engineering." With a look of worry on his face now. "And have the warp core e-jucted. The problem is that the Mirthandir will come to a complete stop." Looking at the console then back to Lt. Wilson. "The ship will handle the stop ok, but I would suggest that we make sure all the shuttles in the 3 hanger bays are still strapped down. After that we need to strap our selfs down in chairs because the sudden stop will shift everything in the ship." (Reply Lt. Wilson) "Sir also this means I'll have to go to engineering to manual release the warp core." Ryan looked at his console and back at Lt. Wilson. (Reply Lt. Wilson) "Yes sir I do know what I'm doing." Ryan looked back at his console and then back at Lt. Wilson. Ryan stopped his hands on the console and then smilled a big grin. Ryan looked at Lt. Wilson standing up at the sametime and walking to the engineering console. "I don't know why I didn't think of it before." Smacking his forhead with his right hand. " I can use a system back door to stop the ship with out e-jecting the warp core." (Reply Lt. Wilson) Ryan stood at the engineering console and taped a few buttons. ~After this stunt engineering will kill me for this but at least I won't dump the whole warp core.~ (Reply Lt. Wilson) Ryan heard Lt. Wilson say something behind him. "Sorry sir I didn't catch what you said." Ryan didn't turn around when he spoke. (Reply Lt. Wilson) 'Well sir not a lot of people know about EPS Taps. At least not the way I know them any ways." Ryan kept pushing buttons with a grin on his face. "There are three diffrent type of Taps. The number Type I need is Tap one. This one control the warp core nacelles." Looking at Lt. Wilson. "The problem is that it will also shut down our defense system. I just shut down type 2 Taps. That should keep the shuttle bay doors closed until Ensign Tagon can get down there." (Reply Lt. Wilson) "Sir. I would suggest contacting Ensign Tagon to let him know what I did to the shuttle bay doors. Also just incase he runs into a problem with a door or two. He shouldn't but just incase." Ryan looked back at the console and tapped a few buttons. (Reply Lt. Wilson) "Sir. You give the orders and I can make this ship come to a complete stop. The only thing I would suggest is that we sit down and buckle up. Also I guess we should tell Ensign Tagon to buckle up too." Ryan changed the screen he was on to a new screen with the ships three shuttle bays showing. (Reply Lt. Wilson) "Sir I did a quick check of the shuttles in all three of the hangers and all but the shuttle that the Crytonians are using have been safty lock." Ryan now walking over to the ops station. "I will say that since the Crytonians won't expect the ship to suddenly stop that they should be knocked out for a few moments." With a grin on Ryan's face. "That should give Tagon enough time to take care of them." Ryan now sat down at the ops station and buckled himself up. (Reply Lt. Wilson) "I will say that once this is done the shuttle bay might need to have some repair work done to is and a shuttle craft might aslo get damaged." Ryan talking like it was kind of a joke. (Reply Lt. Wilson) (Posted by John Statler) ___________________ (USS Mirthandir- Bridge- Ryan Johnson- 04:15) ___________________ Ensign Johnson was at the helm working on the console not paying any attention to anything but how to stop the ship when Lt. Wilson asked him a question. "Johnson how long until collision?" Lt. Wilson asked. "About 45 minutes sir." Ensign Johnson said. Ryan kept working on the console again not paying any attention to anything but on how to stop the ship. "Damn," Lt. Wilson stated (Reply any) (Posted By John Statler) ____________________ (USS Mirthandir - Bridge - a-FO/CONN/OPS Lt John Wilson - 0415) ____________________ John was just about to give his idea to the commander about a way to stop the Mirthandir from colliding when a voice broke his concentration. "Sir." With a loud voice. " I can get into a sub-system in the computer and reroute a few key commands to engineering. have the warp core e-jucted. The problem is that the Mirthandir will come to a complete stop." The ensign looked down at the consol and then looked back a john who held his stare. "The ship will handle the stop ok, but I would suggest that we make sure all the shuttles in the 3 hanger bays are still strapped down. After that we need to strap our selfs down in chairs because the sudden stop will shift everything in the ship." "Forget the shuttles for the mean time after all they can be replaced, our primary object is to protect the lives of the people on that mine," "Sir also this means I'll have to go to engineering to manual release the warp core." "Are you sure you are qualified to do this?" John asked not feeling confidant about letting a councillor eject a warp core. "Yes sir I do know what I'm doing." As the ensign stood up john mimicked his movement moving over to the engineering consol. "I don't know why I didn't think of it before." Smacking his forehead with his right hand. " I can use a system back door to stop the ship with out e-ejecting the warp core." "Brilliant other wise you would have been diving after the warp core with an evo suit and a grapple," John stated smiling which proberly was not the best idea under the current situation. "You are aware Ensign Breen will kill you for this, any way I thought you were a councillor," John stated moving back to the command seat. "Sorry sir I didn't catch what you said." The ensign replied John raised an eyebrow in a distinctive fashion and smiled. "I thought you were a councillor not a engineer how come you know so much," 'Well sir not a lot of people know about EPS Taps. At least not the way I know them any ways." Ryan kept pushing buttons with a grin on his face. "There are three different type of Taps. The number Type I need is Tap one. This one controls the warp core nacelles." Looking at Lt. Wilson. "The problem is that it will also shut down our defence system. I just shut down type 2 Taps. That should keep the shuttle bay doors closed until Ensign Tagon can get down there." "Right well it seems the best plan at the present moment, Ensign," John stated wedging his fingers. "Sir. I would suggest contacting Ensign Tagon to let him know what I did to the shuttle bay doors. Also just in case he runs into a problem with a door or two. He shouldn't but just in case." John moved further into the seat attempting to brace himself he never liked it when people said just in case. "Right ill contact Tagon when you are ready," "Sir. You give the orders and I can make this ship come to a complete stop. The only thing I would suggest is that we sit down and buckle up. Also I guess we should tell Ensign Tagon to buckle up too "Don't worry ensign it can't be worse than my flying," "Sir I did a quick check of the shuttles in all three of the hangers and all but the shuttle that the Crytonians are using have been safety lock." "I will say that since the Crytonians won't expect the ship to suddenly stop that they should be knocked out for a few moments." With a grin on Ryan's face. "That should give Tagon enough time to take care of them." The ensign moved over to the helm and began to secure himself in the seat. John raised an eyebrow and began to become quite concerned. "Well I don't think our marines will be expecting it either," "I will say that once this is done the shuttle bay might need to have some repair work done to is and a shuttle craft might also get damaged." "Hey this is what we have Mort and Morty for," John pressed a button on the armrest as he did a com link opened. =^= John, what's your status? =^= John recognised the voice immediately. "Well Ensign Johnson has came up with a interesting idea, I wont bore you with the details but we can stop the Mirthandir. In essence the ensign plans to shut down the EPS taps and thus shut down the warp core. I wont explain it because well I cant. However I believe if it works there will be minimal damage," John paused and moved forward in the seat. " Im going to suggest we do it. Pull back all ships though and get most of the marines off the ship," John stated. (Reply Vladek) "Well Ensign Johnson believes he is ready to do it now, so on your approval ill give you some time to get clear then we will engage," (Reply Vladek) "Aye sir, Wilson out," John ended the com and then pressed the control panel on the armrest. Using a trick Vladek had showed him John isolated the coms for the federation personnel and opened up a com. "This is Lt Wilson to all federation personnel, evacuate all shuttle bays and get to secure locations we are going to go through a rapid deceleration and our guests are going to be blocked in the shuttle bays so they might get a tad aggressive when they are blocked in," (Reply ALL ON Mirthandir) John listened to the crew's replies and then gripped the arm rests on either side of the seat. "Ensign, Engage!" John exclaimed and braced with all his might against the chair as the ship screamed out as the ship rapidly decelerated. John held tighter but the speed of the deceleration threw him forward. John flew towards the view screen and collided with the back of the helm, as his head hit the ground he finally felt the ship was stationary. John pushed his body up and stood holding his head. "Ensign, good work. You have broke my ship though," John stated laughing and then stopping when the pain in his head increased. (Reply Johnson) "Right Ensign I want you to get on the engineering consol and check the power flow and make sure we have not blown the manifolds," (Reply Johnson) John moved back over to the chair limping a little from the bump from the deceleration, sitting in the seat and deep breath John pressed the com link. "Wilson to Tagon, are our guests secure Ensign," John then pressed the com link once more. "USS Mirthandir to Runabout Alamo, the ship is now stationary we cannot start docking because the shuttle bays have been burned out. However we can start transports," (Reply Alamo) (Posted by Richard Bowes) ____________________ (USS Mirthandir - Bridge - Ensign Ryan Johnson - 0415) ____________________ Ryan ws working on the console when Lt. Wilson spoke over the comm system. "This is Lt Wilson to all federation personnel, evacuate all shuttle bays and get to secure locations we are going to go through a rapid deceleration and our guests are going to be blocked in the shuttle bays so they might get a tad aggressive when they are blocked in," Ryan heard the other crew members reply. John listened to the crew's replies and then gripped the arm rests on either side of the seat. "Ensign, Engage!" Lt. Wilson told Ensign Ryan. Ryan pushed three buttons on the console and the ship came to a sudden stop. Ryan felt Lt. Wilson hit the back of his chair hard but there was nothing he could do at that moment. "Ensign, good work. You have broke my ship though," John stated laughing and then stopping when the pain in his head increased. "Well sir you can have Starfleet charge me for the damage." Ryan said with a grin. "Maybe I should check the system's on the ship to see if there is any damage. "Right Ensign I want you to get on the engineering console and check the power flow and make sure we have not blown the manifolds," Lt. Wilson told Ryan. Ryan stood up from the helm and started to walk to the engineering console. Ryan saw Lt. Wilson limping back to the command chair. Ryan saw that Lt. Wilson was trying to walk like he was not hurt. Ryan could see in Lt. Wilson's eyes and the way he was walking that the Lt. had pride. ~Don't worry sir. Your secret is safe with me. No one will know about you falling out of the command chair.~ Ryan said to himself Lt. Wilson moved back over to the chair limping a little from the bump from the deceleration, sitting in the seat and deep breath John pressed the com link. "Wilson to Tagon, are our guests secure Ensign," Lt. Wilson asked Ryan saw Lt. Wilson press the com link once more. Ryan wanted to tell Lt. Wilson to go ahead and get checked out in sick bay but Ryan knew that there was other crew members who needed help first. Plus Lt. Wilson had a few more things to do before he could rest. Like getting the crew back on the ship. As far as fixing the ship, the rest of the crew could do that. "USS Mirthandir to Runabout Alamo, the ship is now stationary we cannot start docking because the shuttle bays have been burned out. However we can start transports," Ryan looked at the back of Lt. Wilson's head. "Sir. I'm rerouting power to areas that need them also I have activated the emergency holo doctor in sickbay." Ryan with a little worry on his face now. "Sir you might want to go to sick bay when you get a chance or at least have me check you out." (Reply Lt. Wilson) "Sir. Maybe we could use the emergency intership transporter to transport the Crytonians to the ships brige." Ryan said to Lt. Wilson. (Reply Any, Lt.Wilson) (Posted BY John Statler) ========END OF COMPILE========