ILLUMINARRPG: (7- 1700) Dr. Gaillus Penn and Dr. Teller And Captan Sekal

[Al Muir]

Mission:  Death in the Shadows

Day: 7

Stardate:2446.02.07


(Regulus- Federation Base Ceti - Science Office - Science Officers  - Dr. Gaullus Penn and Dr. Teller - 1700)


Gills Penn sat at the table looking carefully at the reaction that was happening in the transparent box in front of him.  He really wanted to finish this experiment before he had to leave Regulus.  The conditions would not get any better, and timing was perfect.  Well, with the exception of the fact that the CO of the Illuminar would be expecting them very soon.


Slowly, he titrated the clear liquid, into the flask that contained a bright purple liquid, and observed.  At first noting that nothing was happening.  He started the timer.  After 7 seconds the liquid began to foam.  Then with a minor explosion the liquid coated the container completely.


“Yes!” he exclaimed and looked over at his Tamarian partner, Dr. Teller.  “I believe it worked.  Thor, when the hammer fell.”


Teller, the Tamarian scientist, looked at the data coming in from the sensors.  “Sokath, his eyes uncovered.”  He handed the PADD to his partner, the data flowing accumulating and the theoretical graph overlaid with the results from the experiment.  The correlation was spectacular, fitting the exponential decay with a calculated r2 of 0.957.


“Hannibal, smoking a cigar, “ he said to his colleague.


 Penn smiled, although it was often difficult to tell with a Benzite, if they were happy or otherwise.  “Indeed.  The Professor, with a coconut.”


He reached over for the phaser which was out of his reach.  “Tiemba, his arms are open,” he said looking at the Tamarian.  A toe in the water to see if it’s cold.”


Teller gingerly grabbed the phaser, handing it to his partner.  “Bolt on a treadmill.  McGuyver with a knife.  Newton under the apple tree.”


He accepted the offered phaser and pointed it at the container.  Adjusting the power setting to full he activated the energy pulse.  The container glowed and disappeared, but the purple substance remained unharmed.  He nodded with satisfaction.  He looked at the new reading on the PADD and handed it back to Teller.


“Jessica with Roger,” he said excitedly.


The mixture of references came from the amount of time the two had spent together watching what Penn had called educational and linguistic material on their video monitor.  After a while they had almost come up with their own version of the Tamarian language that they both clearly understood.  It came in handy for Teller to explain what they were doing with other Tamarians, and Penn could explain it to everyone else.


Teller was grinning from ear to ear as he reviewed his data.  He started transferring the data to a secondary modeling program he had written, modeling the data.  The three dimensions of the compound came on the screen, rotating around.   The phaser power dissipated.  While the compound absorbed about 50% of the dose, the rest was reflected away with a far red shift in the spectrum, decreasing the energy of the photons to a level that would be harmless.


He handed the PADD back, “Hawkings measuring the singularity.”


Suddenly a timer began to chime on the PADD. Penn knew his own propensity to forget about anything else when working so he had gotten into the habit of setting a timer for anything important, like meal times, meetings, and the fact that they were supposed to contact the USS Illuminar


He sighed heavily, his excitement over  the successful experiment dissipating. He looked over at Teller.


“Darmok and Jalad on the ocean,” he said.  “Long when the ship leaves?”


Penn nodded, “Ahab looking for the whale.”


With that he moved over to the comm monitor and hit the call button. “Dr. Gaillus Penn to the Illuminar, for one Captain Sekal.”


=^= Captain a transmission for you. =^=


"Put it through. Sekal here." He had just completed a series of strength training exercises and it was time for a cool down. He had also been expecting a transmission. After he had finished with assignments and dinner he would have approximately three and one half hours before the senior officers briefing.


The image of Captain Sekal came on the monitor.  The Benzite bowed his head to the Vulcan.


“Captain Sekal, I am Dr. Gaillus Penn, and this is my… associate Dr. Teller.  We have received orders to present ourselves to you for assignment.  I’m certain that Teller and I can be of enormous assistance to you and your crew.  Don’t you agree Teller?”


The Tamarian scientist nodded, “The professor.  With a coconut,” he replied. “McGuyver with a knife.  Beckett leaping across time.”


“Exactly,” Penn said, looking at the captain.  Then he looked at Teller.  “Newton under the apple tree.  Peter Parker in Queens.”  He turned back to Sekal, “Do you not agree Captain?”


Sekal cocked an eyebrow at both. "Very well. Send your coordinates to my transporter officer… Picard and Dathon at El Adrel."


He then activated his combadge. "Transporter Room, two to beam up. Coordinates incoming."


=^=Roger that.=^=


Penn turned to Teller and smiled, “Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.”


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