ILLUMINARRPG: (09-1406) Drs Penn and Teller, Commander Verin and Lieutenant Gregory

[Dieter Gregory]

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Mission:  Death in the Shadows

Day: 9

Stardate:2446.02.09


(USS Illuminar- Deck 8 - Science Lab 2 - Science Officers  - Dr. Julian 
Penn and Dr. Teller - 1406)


=^=This is Lieutenant Gregory.  Please state the nature of your trick.=^=


Penn thought for a moment then replied, “It would probably be easier to 
show you than tell, Lieutenant Gregory.”


=^= Very well.  We will be expecting you. =^= came Gregory’s reply.


“We are on our way,” Penn said.  Then he looked over at Teller and 
nodded. “Charlie Buckett to the Chocolate Factory.”


“Mike TeeVee on the screen,” he replied.


(USS Illuminar- Deck - Bridge - Science Officers  - Dr. Julian Penn and 
Dr. Teller , FO Commander Sienna Williams-Verin, 3O Lt Dieter Gregory- 1408)


It was a quick trip up the turbo lift, and Penn and Teller were once 
again on the bridge, this time with official business. Penn turned to 
Teller and smiled.


“Archie Bunker on his chair,” he said.


The Tamarian nodded, “Fred Flintstone in Bedrock.”


Sienna looked up at the two new scientists that had recently joined the 
ship. Her face showed the rapidly developing bruises from her broken 
nose.  Someone was due on the bridge from medical soon to help fix it. 
She could not stand touching it, or pinching it to stop the bleeding, so 
she was gently holding a cloth against the leaking nose so as to not get 
any more blood on the furniture.


“Belcome Gendalman do da Bridge. Dewdenand Gregory bill be dalking, 
mosdly.” She really could not wait for it to be fixed so she stopped 
sounding like an idiot and barely understandable.


Gregory walked over to the Commander and the two scientists.  “Thank you 
both for coming.  Please explain what or how you can help us.”


Teller looked at the Commander and then the lieutenant.  “Joffrey on the 
throne,” he said to his partner.


Penn shrugged his shoulders, “Rocky Balboa after Apollo Creed?”


Penn turned to Verin and smiled, “We hope you are okay Commander.”  Then 
he turned to Gregory. “Well, my brilliant friend here,” he gestures to 
Teller who was all smiles, “has come up with a way to break through the 
planet’s scattering field and retrieve the Captain and… well… whomever 
else might have been taken.”


“Dudley with Nell,” he said to his partner proudly.


Sienna looked between them, a look of pain mixed with confusion. She had 
never encountered anyone like these two before, but the Illuminar was a 
rather diverse crew, the kind of people attracted to the ship were not 
the standard human starfleet. She nodded towards Gregory, intending for 
the man to talk.


Gregory nodded, “Very well, gentlemen, care to share this discovery with 
us?”


Penn nodded, “Perhaps Teller should explain. After all it was his 
discovery.” He turned to Teller, “Like Kotter with the Sweathogs.”


Teller laughs, “The sweathogs.”


Penn was forcing himself not to laugh, “The sweathogs.”


Teller looked at the Lieutenant  and Commander, “Apple-Haken color the 
map.  Lorenz’s butterfly,”  he began.  Pushing some buttons on his PADD, 
the main display started showing the atmosphere on one side, and a 
series of equations on the other.  “Doppler dropping a rock.  Sirac’s 
sea.  Schrodinger's wave.”   A few more taps on the PADD.


Gregory looked at Teller and back to Penn, “And you understand him?”


Penn looked confused for a moment. “And you don’t?  I mean it’s pretty 
clear after that.  I’m sorry I thought I remembered reading that you 
were an engineer.  With a few minor adjustments we were able to 
penetrate the scattering field and create a hole that we can transport 
the captain through.  It’s all right there.”


He pointed to the PADD and clapped his partner on the shoulder. 
“Einstein with relativity.”


Gregory nodded, “Yes, I have a background in engineering and particle 
physics.  However, these equations are beyond what I’ve studied.  And 
coupled with your friend's odd speech, my head is swimming.”

Teller looked at the Lieutenant and back to Penn, “Kiteo, his eyes closed?”


Penn nodded sadly, “Chenza at court, the court of silence.”


He nodded to himself and turned to Gregory, “I apologize Lieutenant. I 
have been with Teller so long I often forget others do not understand 
the language or more precisely, do not have the knowledge base to 
comprehend the references. Tamarian itself is easily translated, but it 
takes time to know the social-historical background. We had to create a 
more common base of reference for others to understand him. He is quite 
brilliant after all.”


He looked between the confused look in Gregory’s eyes and the fact that 
Commander Verin looked almost nauseated trying to keep up. Then he 
looked at the Lieutenant.


“How much of the math would you care for me to explain?  Or would you 
rather we just show you it at work?” he asked.


“Ad work.” Sienna said, her voice muffled a bit by the cloth on her 
nose. “Please.” She was rather happy that her last word made perfect 
sense. These two scientists were speaking at a level far beyond her 
xeno-biology background. She had a feeling that Sekal could keep up with 
them.


Penn nodded and indicated the science station to Teller, “Val Valentino 
on the stage.”


Teller nodded and stepped to the science station. He called up his code 
and started running the programs. As the Commander and Lieutenant 
watched, the code on the display started running faster. As it did, the 
scattering field started to change.


Gregory moved back to Operations and started scanning the atmosphere. 
“Commander, the scattering field is dissipating, in a sufficient area 
for us to get a lock on the Captain.


Since Dr. Solice was on the Bridge and working on Sienna’s face, she 
said nothing, watching the information as she tended to. She was 
attempting to behave and hold still.


Teller smiled, “Archimedes in the bathtub,” he said jubilantly .


“Darmok and Jelad at Tenagra,” Penn cheered.  “McGuyver with a knife.”


The two men gave a version of a high five to each other, and laughed.  
Then Penn turned to Gregory.


“We don’t know how long this will last,” he said, “you might want to 
collect our captain and crewmen now.”


Gregory nodded and started scanning the surface, “This may take a few 
minutes,” he said.  “I’m adjusting the narrow beam to lock onto their 
communicator signals.”


Tapping his communicator, “McFry, I’m sending information to you now, 
locking onto the four communicator signals now.  You’ve got one shot at 
this while we’ve got a hole in the scattering field.”


=^= Acknowledged Lieutenant .  Ready on your orders. =^=


Gregory called out, “Commander, by your command?”


“Absolutely. Do it, Lt. Gregory.” Sienna ordered, not caring if they 
were finished on the planet, she wanted her bondmate back.


“McFry, bring them home.” Gregory said.  “Mr. Teller, keep it up.   
Angular confinement is nominal.  Matter stream is nominal.“


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