USS Spectre Compile - January 1st-31st 2012 by Alan Reading ========================================================================= Mission: Slipstream Day: -1 Stardate: 2414.03.09 (USS Mithrandir - Kurt's Quarters - Ensign Kurt - 13:00) (USS Mithrandir - Kurts Quarters - ACMO, Ensign Kurt Palmer - 19:30) ========================================================================= Mission: Slipstream Day: 1 Stardate: 2414.03.10 (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - FO, Commander Andrew Williams - 17:17) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub – FO, Commander Andrew Williams - 17:52) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ens Oggie Marsh - 17:53) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - SO, Ensign Nathanial Yates - 17:55) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ens Oggie Marsh - 17:57) (Shuttle "Gonzo the Great", Cockpit - ACEO, Ensign Remae Ktell - 18:39) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ensign Oggie Marsh - 18:40) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - ACMO, Ensign(jg) Zia Kirrin - 18:41) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ensign Oggie Marsh - 18:43) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - ACMO, Ensign(jg) Zia Kirrin - 18:44) (Shuttle "Gonzo the Great", Cockpit - ACEO, Ensign Remae Ktell - 18:47) (Shuttle "Gonzo the Great", Cockpit - SciO, Ensign John Linskens - 18:49) (Station, Echo One Zero - Promenade Deck - Sec Officer, Ensign Nathaniel Yates - 18:49) (USS Spectre - Bridge - CO, Captain T'Vhor - 18:50) (USS Spectre - Bridge - Scio, Ensign Gronk - 18:51) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ensign Oggie Marsh - 18:52) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - ACMO, Ensign(jg), Zia Kirrin - 18:53) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - MXO, Major Bruce Kowalski - 18:54) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ensign Oggie Marsh - 18:55) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 4, Sector 5 - SciO, Ensign John Linskens - 18:55) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 4, Sector 5 - SciO, Ensign(jg), Catriona Macbeth - 18:56) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Corridor - ACMO, Ensign(jg) Zia Kirrin - 18:56) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 4, Sector 5 - SciO, Ensign John Linskens - 18:58) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 4, Sector 5 - NPC Percival - 19:00) (USS Mithandir - Engineering Deck - Engineer, Ensign Hank Stevens - 19:00) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 4, Sector 5 - SciO, Ensign(jg) Catriona Macbeth - 19:01) (USS Mithrandir - FO's Office - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:14) (USS Mithrandir - Engineering Office - Engineer, Ensign Hank Stevens - 19:16) (USS Mithrandir - Security Office – ATAC, Ensign Griffin Pendragon - 19:18) (USS Mithrandir - FO's Office - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:19) (USS Mithrandir - FO's Office - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:22) (USS Mithrandir - Obs Lounge - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:30) (USS Mithrandir - Obs Lounge - CEO, Ensign M'Ellisa - 19:32) (USS Mithrandir - Observation Lounge - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:34) (USS Mithrandir - Observation Lounge - CEO Ens M'Elissa - 19:35) (USS Mithrandir - Observation Lounge - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:40) ========================================================================= Mission: Slipstream Day: 1 Stardate: 2414.03.09 (USS Mithrandir - Kurt's Quarters - ACMO, Ensign Kurt Palmer - 13:00) The doors to Kurt's quarters slid open revealing darkness, he stepped inside. Through a small window he could see stars glide by. He had just finished reporting in to the acting captain, where he was informed he would be assigned to the night shift in sickbay. "Lights." He commanded. The computer chirped in response. Slowly the lights unveiled a small, spartan room; A small desk and chair were neatly tucked in one corner. A shelf and dresser were built into the bulkhead next to a rigid looking bed, on which Kurt's two suitcases were stacked. He drew in a long deep breath. ~At last, far away from earth… from the UFP offices… from silly temporal investigations.~ He stepped over to his bed to begin unpacking. -- Kurt made quick work of moving out of his suitcases. He removed one final object, a PADD. He moved his, now empty, luggage to the foot of the bed and threw himself diagonally across the bed. He retrieved the PADD from a fold in his comforter, and called up the crew manifest. He knew he had to get some rest before reporting into his night shift in sickbay, but figured he would familiarize himself with some of his crew first. (Reply None) (Posted by Cody Ferro) (USS Mithrandir - Kurts Quarters - ACMO, Ensign Kurt Palmer - 19:30) The computer chimed overhead < > 19:30 Hours< > Kurt's eyes opened and the ceiling came into focus. He rose, to find the PADD he was reading on his stomach and his left foot dangling off one side of the bed. He proppedd himself up and yawned. He figured he would report for his shift early. He stood, ordered a cup of coffee from his replicator and strode out into the corridor to the turbo lift. Kurt entered Sickbay. Looking for a superior officer to report to. From what he had heard, there wasn't an extensive medical staff onboard. Finally he found a superior to report to... (Reply, None) (Post By Cody) ========================================================================== Mission: Slipstream Day: 1 Stardate: 2414.03.10 (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - FO, Commander Andrew Williams - 17:17) =^=Is that wise Commander?=^= =^=I have a six man team here, I'm not keen on breaking us up right now with all of these... apparitions going on=^= Andrew paused for a moment before carrying on. “I see your point Major but we need the expertise over here.” =^=OK, we'll all come over. Nothing but rats here anyway=^= ~Rats. Glad I’m here then~ “Okay major we will see you shortly.” =^=OK, we'll be with you in ten. Kowalski out=^= Andrew nodded to himself as the comm channel closed. ~ will be nice to have the marines near by just in case something else strange happens~ (Reply any) (Posted by Robbie (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub – FO, Commander Andrew Williams - 17:52) "Are you ready, Commander? I promise this will not hurt a bit." Andrew frowned for a moment and then nodded. “Go ahead.” He watched as Kirrin carried out her tests, logging each set of results accordingly and then finally coming to Yates. "Don't tell me, this won't hurt me a bit either?" (Reply Kirrin) Kirrin continued on as Yates began querying Marsh once again. "Mr Oggie... Marsh, whatever it is that you wish to be called", said Yates, "can I ask you this, you managed to somehow come to....", "THIS... from wherever it was that you initially were", said Yates. "But you've never fully explained how you did that, and if you did that then why only yourselves? ", "I'm assuming that the rest of the stations crew were with you when you went wherever it was that you all went so, why couldn't you bring them all back at the same time?" Andrew paused waiting for Kirrin’s reply. (Reply Marsh, Kirrin, Yates, Any) (Posted by Robbie) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ens Oggie Marsh - 17:53) Oggie had accepted the seat that Zia had offered him although he normally wouldn't have and sat down. He had to admit that he felt quite flushed and also slightly dizzy. It took him a while before he felt secure enough to start looking through the communication listings but as he did so, he felt strangely mentally drained. ~Come on, you blubbering oaf,~ he told himself off. ~There is no time for slacking off.~ Oggie sighed, closed his eyes for a second then grunted and he went to work. As he did so, he listened to what was going on around himself and nearly grinned as his self-proclaimed protegee took the measurements of all there. It was only then that he suddenly realised that someone was asking him a question. Slightly confused, he stopped his search to better concentrate. "I'm assuming that the rest of the stations crew were with you when you went wherever it was that you all went so, why couldn't you bring them all back at the same time?" Oggie frowned then turned his chair to face the security officer. "It wasn't like we were taking a turbolift, Mister ......." Oggie's voice trailed off to show his disposition in not having been told the names of the other Star Fleet operatives. He cleared his throat and continued deciding that names weren't really necessary anyway. Appreciated, yes, necessary, no. "Anyway, Oggie will do fine, thank you. But regardless, we didn't *go* on a trip, but were rather ... catapulted, if you wish. As I may have mentioned before, although that may have been just to the Commander, it's hard to be clear about that at the moment, we, that is Miss Kirrin and I, went to look at the equipment core that was about to be assembled for this project. A bit of a sight seeing trip, I hope you understand. Something for Miss Kirrin to mention when she would be serving on her first duty station, you see? Anyway, we went to the cargobay that was going to be used for the assembly of the required equipment and had a look at the core as it was lying in its crate. Oh, and I only know it was a core because the head scientist, charming man, by the way, but should stay clear from beer, I would say, well, the head scientist had told me that it was 'the core'. That's all. Well, he tried to tell me how the core should operate and all that but I fear that I cut him short as he tried to do so. The bar was not the place to discuss matters of that importance, I thought. Anyway, it was quite impossible for a layman like me to understand anything that he said, truth be told. Now then, so there we went to have a look at the core and it looked exactly as a core should look like, according to a layman like me. Transparent cylinder, with shiny metal bits inside it and a red and yellow warning sticker on the outside that it was extremely fragile." Oggie fell silent for a moment. "As I said, Miss Kirrin and I observed this .... 'core' in its crate and as we were observing it it became activated or something like that. It spread an amber glow, whilst still lying in its crate, not having been attached to anything, which I feel is quite important to note, because even a layman like me can work out what things should look like and what it shouldn't look like and it *did* look like an activated core. But to cut a long story short, the core somehow activated itself, caught us in an amber field and whisked us away, one year into the future. How it did it, I don't know. Why it did it, I don't know. I *am* pretty sure, though, that that was not supposed to have happened. As for 'saving' everybody else, as you hinted at, I guess we could have done so if we had known what was going to happen, somehow managed to collect everybody on the station to join us in the cargo bay and then I am sure that all that would have been caught in that amber field would have been transported in time together. Or perhaps it may not have been. Since I have no clue about *what* actually happened, I have no clue as to what it would have done in this case or that case." Oggie smiled apologetically. "So I do not know how everybody else got lost, because we ourselves were getting lost long before the others were getting lost. But I guess we can safely assume that they got lost slightly differently from the way we got lost. Perhaps they got lost as you are now 'lost', since you can't reach your ship? Or perhaps it is your group that somehow got lost whilst investigating the others that were lost and it may turn out that Miss Kirrin and I are the only ones here that are not ... 'lost'?" Oggie shook his head. "However, if you would like to allow me to make one small observation. You do *not* want a layman to explain what is inexplicable. That is best left to the people who are known to know things, like scientists. Or Mister Gallagher, whatever his name is. He made you feel that he knew exactly what was and what was not, even without knowing what what was. A most disturbing gentlemen, I am sure." (Reply Zia, Williams, Yates, Any) (Posted by Adrie Geuken) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - SO, Ensign Nathanial Yates - 17:55) Yates scratched his head. Now he was even more confused than ever before, a simple explanation would have certainly sufficed but instead, he had received a blow by blow rundown of the entire account of their time shunting escapades from the Counsellor. The word 'lost' seemed to have been embedded into the novel-like diatribe on numerous occasions, which was apt in a way because now the security officer himself was indeed... quite lost. "Umm, could you run that by me again?", he asked. (Reply Oggie, IYW) Yates had been joking of course, but the expression on the Counsellors face had been priceless and worth the jibe. "OK, so we have ascertained that a cylinder was involved in some manner and that a scientist is what we need here", said Yates, picking up on the threads of the conversation and then furrowing his brow once again. "But then, that doesn't help us in the slightest as we have neither here right now", he added, resuming his seat upon the crate once again with a disatisfied 'umph' and then opening up a small pack of breadsticks that he'd found earlier on one of the consoles. His first bite though was met only with disapproval and a shake of his head. "What is it with the food in this place?", he asked rhetorically, "it has no taste whatsoever" (Reply Any) (Posted by Alan) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ens Oggie Marsh - 17:57) "OK, so we have ascertained that a cylinder was involved in some manner and that a scientist is what we need here. But then, that doesn't help us in the slightest as we have neither here right now". Oggie, still slightly hurt by the unexpected question of the man, felt his good will leaving him as he then started nibbling on some bread sticks. "What is it with the food in this place? It has no taste whatsoever." Although the rotund counsellor wasn't hungry anymore, the ration bar had stopped that, he still felt strangely entitled to all things edible. He, after all, had the biggest circumference to fill. The criticism of the Security Officer was therefore unsettling for the counsellor. Now if he could ..... hmmm, that might work. Oggie cleared his throat. "Retreat one step, if you will. We have no scientist here? But this place should be packed to the rim with them. So where are they? You say they have disappeared? Nonsense. It is infeasible that all people on this station have been abducted or destroyed without there being any evidence or signs of that. So they must be here still. So I would say to you, find them. You are security, if I am not mistaken. That would suggest that you have followed at least one side course on forensic sciences. Apply that here." Oggie sniffed. "You may start with Mister Gallagher. Ever since he was smuggled onto this station, he has never left this room. In fact, one of the reasons that I had for coming here was the minute hope that somehow Mister Gallagher would have been spared, nay, escaped his fate. Yet, even he has disappeared? No, that can not be. He would never leave this place, not even to save his life. So start searching, my good man." Oggie sniffed again. "There should be a blue lidded crate here somewhere. That was the crate that was used to smuggle him in here. There may be some clues in there. It shouldn't be locked, it served its purpose, after all." All the while Oggie made sure that he never once laid eyes on the sticks. ~No hints~, he thought. (Reply by Yates, any) (Posted by Adrie Geuken) (Shuttle "Gonzo the Great", Cockpit - ACEO, Ensign Remae Ktell - 18:39) John was going to switch to emergency power and he asked the question regarding landing the shuttle on thrusters only. He checked the sensors and then the Science Officer, suddenly seeming all business, was asking the Bajoran could handle a speed of 0.08c with just the thrusters to guide and dock the shuttle. "Sure.", was all he said as he concentrated on the panel in front of him. A message was arranged and sent to the Spectre via a few tweaks. Remae was a little busy to notice but the helpful computer threw up a message regarding impact and a countdown. Sweat was appearing on his brow as he began to aiming their accelerating missile towards the station. Eight minutes remained on the clock. (Reply Any) (Posted by Anthony Keen) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ensign Oggie Marsh - 18:40) Oggie nodded at Zia and turned his chair towards Williams. "Commander," he said. "Zia and I have finally concluded our investigations. It is clear now that about 5 days ago Commander Probie's voice authorisations were hijacked by a person or persons unknown. Interestingly enough ever since that timeframe, there was no more contacts from the Commander logged but several of the substitute Commander's. Most of the fake commands originated from the same computer access point, on ..." Oggie leant back to the screen to re-read the findings there. "On Deck 4, Sector 5, computer access point 4-5-Alpha-3. The area is a large cargo section which is normally used for storage of bulky items ready for disposal. You may wish to investigate that area." Oggie fell silent and in thought as he bit his lip. "I fear that this is not good news for Commander Probie. We should consider it likely that he has been abducted and forced to cooperate with whomever abducted him in order to access the computer records. It is also to be expected that ever since his 'cooperation' the Commander may have been disposed of. At best he is still held by his abducters." Oggie sniffed. "Commander Probie may have been ... uhhh... less than required for the current project but there can be no doubt that Commander Probie would never have willingly assisted in nefarious activities. I fear a certain amount of torture may have been involved." (Reply Williams, Zia, any) (Posted by Adrie Geuken) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - ACMO, Ensign(jg), Zia Kirrin - 18:41) Oggie had updated Commander Williams on the conclusions that Zia and himself had reached regarding the 'commands' from Commander Probie, including his concerns that Probie might have been tortured. As he did so, Zia had turned her attention to the results of her medical scans of the away team, herself and Oggie included. What she saw puzzled her. "Commander, Oggie, I think you should look at these results as well," she announced. Once she had their attention, she displayed the results for them. "As you can see, the scans are mostly normal. However, we all have slightly raised levels of serotonin, more obviously for yourself and your away team, Commander, but both Oggie and myself show some increase as well. It is nothing to worry about at the moment, if things stay as they are, but I find it notable that the increase is present for all of us and more pronounced in those who have been 'here' - that is, at this date and time, for longest." (reply Williams, Oggie, iyw) "A slightly raised serotonin level is not a matter for concern in itself, at least not at these levels. However, if the levels continue to rise it could have serious effects, eventually leading to toxicity and eventually death. Symptoms will include irritability, hypervigilance and hallucinations on the mental level and various unpleasant physical symptoms too. I would like to do more scans on all of us at regular intervals to check whether or not the seratonin levels continue to rise, and if so, at what rate." (reply Williams, Oggie, any) (Posted by Liz Geuken) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ensign Oggie Marsh - 18:43) "I would like to do more scans on all of us at regular intervals to check whether or not the seratonin levels continue to rise, and if so, at what rate." Oggie frowned. "My dear, do you have to ask? Of course, continue. Would you be able to ascertain the source of the serotonins? Is it something we ingested? Or an imbalance in the central nervous system? And are the SERT's short or long, do you know? I would hazard to guess long due to the relationship with anxiety-related personality traits. Fascinating! Time versus serotonin? Never been established before. We just *need* to find out the cause of it all, we simply must!" (Reply Zia, Williams, any, rfm) NRPG: I call that love - fifteen (in principle). Ball squarely back in her court, almost smashed. Almost ....... 8-) RPG: (Reply Zia, Williams, Any) (Posted by Adrie Geuken) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - ACMO, Ensign(jg) Zia Kirrin - 18:44) "My dear, do you have to ask? Of course, continue. Would you be able to ascertain the source of the serotonins? Is it something we ingested? Or an imbalance in the central nervous system? And are the SERT's short or long, do you know? I would hazard to guess long due to the relationship with anxiety-related personality traits. Fascinating! Time versus serotonin? Never been established before. We just *need* to find out the cause of it all, we simply must!" Zia's eyebrows raised at the enthusiasm Oggie displayed. At first she almost suspected him of sarcasm, but on balance she acquitted him of that. "First we need to ascertain whether or not the levels are still rising," Zia said. "As for the source, I will need more data. And, to be honest, better equipment. Commander Williams, I would guess that the station's Sickbay is suffering from the power loss, like the rest of the station?" (reply Williams) "I will do what I can with the equipment here but..." Zia shrugged. "It is not ideal. But more scans should tell us something, if only the rate at which the serotonin levels are rising or falling, or if they are remaining constant. I would also like to know if any of you are experiencing any of the symptoms I mentioned. Although I would not expect them to appear at the current levels I have detected, it is by no means certain that you have not all experienced higher levels before the scans were run." She avoided looking at Smithson but she had not forgotten the security officer's behaviour earlier. (Reply Williams, any present, any) (Posted by Liz Geuken) (Shuttle "Gonzo the Great", Cockpit - ACEO, Ensign Remae Ktell - 18:47) He'd managed to keep on course for the section of the station they'd been aiming for but it was now very large in the window and Remae hadn't changed course, the nose of "Gonzo" remained pointed at the station. "This is going to get a little rough; artificial gravity and the inertial dampeners are on manual. Ensign Macbeth, can you keep an eye on them for me?", he asked looking back at the other passengers to see if there were any problems or questions. (Reply from Macbeth or any Rascals) The shuttle was now just seconds from impact with the station but at the last moment, Ktell directed what power there was to a single thruster, combined with the gravity effects of the station, the shuttle did a neat loop-the-loop or three around that section of the hull, neatly landing neatly with a small thud onto the superstructure. A few seconds silence ensued before he said, "I never said landings was my speciality.", as the power systems recovered from the manoeuvre. "The good news is, we can use the lower docking hatch and cut ourselves into the station without a lot of difficulty…", he said waiting for everyone to gather themselves together. (Reply from Gonzo's Rascals, Any) (Posted by Anthony Keen) (Shuttle "Gonzo the Great", Cockpit - SciO, Ensign John Linskens - 18:49) *THUD* John was rocked slightly in his chair as the shuttle landed on the outside of the station. He nodded as he checked his backpack to make sure that the landing hadn't damaged anything. "The good news is, we can use the lower docking hatch and cut ourselves into the station without a lot of difficulty…" John grinned and shook his head ostensibly. He mockingly sighed. "As per usual, Kate, you fail to see the tree that is smack bang in front of you. *The* good news is that we haven't spread our atoms and shuttle across the station's surface. You have to admit that that is by far better news than that we can cut ourselves into the station. Right then, I'm off, I have a meeting set up with some Krillenium heads. Would be nice if we can work out what went wrong so we can repair it and get off this piece of space junk again. Oh, and Kate? Well done, mate." John stood up and looked at the others. "Right then, we're all okay? No-one needs a nappy change?" John sniffed the air audibly. (Reply 'Kate'/Ktell, Rascals, rfm, any) John walked over to the post side and removed a wall panel. An acrid smell was noticeable as soon as the panel came off the wall. The SciO inspected some of the components and cursed when he burnt his finger on the yellowish brown coloured cylinder at the side. "Yep, as I suspected, the Krillenium head has seriously overheated. Question is why though. Power flux variations? Possible. Hmmmm, I need some serious analytical equipment. A 415 would do the trick but we don't have one here. It wouldn't have fitted in the shuttle anyway. Soooooooooo ........" John grinned as he pointed downwards. "We need to do some shopping in the basement, I'll give the head 5 minutes to cool down then take it out for analysis on the station. With a bit of luck we can pick some spares up there too. Depending on what went wrong in the first place, of course. So you have five minuted to make me an entrance into the station." John grinned, looked back towards the others then frowned. "You OK, Tevvie? You've been very quiet lately." (Reply from Ktell, Cat, Teverine, Any) (Posted by Adrie Geuken) (Station, Echo One Zero - Promenade Deck - Sec Officer, Ensign Nathaniel Yates - 18:49) Yates had been staring out into the inky void of space for the last two minutes, he had been watching the almost imperceptable movements of a nearby planetoid as it contra-ratated to the direction the station itself had been turning, albeit very slowly now. His lips pursed together, he pondered their situation with a certain disbelief, so far he himself had fought with a knight, sunk into the decking, observed an invisible crewmens clear lifesigns on a biobed, and then perhaps the wierdest thing of all.... he had met 'Oggie'... It wasn't that the man was in anyway unlikeable of course, indeed at any other time or place he would probably be the life and soul of any party this side of the Hercules cluster. It wasn't that he was simply beligerent either, or seemingly prone to outbursts against others. After all, he WAS a Counsellor, and as such you didn't often attain such a post through being rude or arrogant. It was at that precise moment though that Yates let out a heavy sigh. Perhaps he had been too harsh with the man, perhaps he should return and apologize. And then came the thud... "What the.... ", exclaimed Yates as he momentarilly lost his footing due to the station jarring a little in unison to a scraping, metallic sound that seemed to echo up through the corridor itself. Yates held on to the handrail to steady himself, then when the movement had ceased, he drew himself up and withdrew his phasor whilst tapping at his combadge in the vain hope that it might actually work for once! "Yates to Commander Williams" Nothing.... "Yates to anyone, can anyone hear me?", he said, the tension in his voice obvious now as he moved towards the East corridor to head back down to the main hub. The security officer shook his head as though to dismiss any untoward thoughts and clear it, and then he ran down the corridor itself, passing by doors that by now were sporting windows that showed condensation due to the minimal power run-up that the station had exhibited since their arrival. Yates paused briefly at the intersection junction, his hands coming up to his face as he blew warm air upon them to ease the chill. Then he continued on, his mind once again wondering to what might have caused the station to jar as it had done. Had something hit them perhaps? No, surely not. Yates continued on. (Reply Any, IYW) (Posted by Alan) (USS Spectre - Bridge - CO, Captain T'Vhor - 18:50) The announcement was both unexpected, and somewhat disturbing... on top of everything that had happened since their arrival here, something had gone wrong. AGAIN!!! "Sir, we've lost communication with the shuttle. It appears to have... umm, hit the station", came a startled alert from the tactical station beyond. The Captain was, pun excused of course, all ears at the news and was immediately accessing his armrest console for any pertinent information regarding the telemetry link to the shuttle itself. Both Remae and Linskens had indeed assured him that their plan was almost without risk, and yet now he was hearing this! What could possibly have gone wrong? "Do we still have telemetric linkup with the shuttle?", asked T'Vhor, his console returning no information at all. "Is everyone onboard alright?" (Reply Any) The Vulcan raised an eyebrow quizically. This was not good. It was out of the question of course to send yet another shuttle after them when there was something out there interfering with their equipment and communications, another beamout was completely off limit, lest someones atoms be scrambled to the four corners of the universe, time and beyond. The only thing to do then, the only 'logical' thing in the absence of useable information was to sit tight and wait for Remae and Linskens to signal the ship when they were able, if only to announce that they were OK, if indeed they were! The Captain settled back into his chair, his usual Vulcan calm in evidence, but cracking somewhere in the depths of his Betazoid other half. It didn't sit well to do nothing at all, and yet, what else could they do right now. The Captain turned to the tactical officer. "Hail the Mithrandir, update them on the current situation and ask them to ready an away team for a joint venture to the station at twenty one hundred hours", he said. "Aye sir", said the tactical officer, evidently unsure now as to whether that path was indeed a correct one. The Captain sensed his uncertainty of course, his eyebrow raising once again in response. "I want an answer to what is going on within four hours, if that answer does not manifest within that time period, then we will have no choice but to pursue it ourselves on the station, regardless... "Sir", said the tactical officer. "Understood" (Reply Any) (Posted by Alan) (USS Spectre - Bridge - Scio, Ensign Gronk - 18:51) Gronk was pulling science and old duty. Seylans didn't have humanoid sleep patterns. T'Vhor was listening to incoming reports. Things we're not going well. The normally stoic CO was starting to become agitated somewhat. "Sir,we've lost communication with the shuttle. It appears to have... umm,hit the station", came a startled alert from the tactical station beyond. The Captain was, pun excused of course,all ears at the news and was immediately accessing his armrest console for any pertinent information regarding the telemetry link to the shuttle itself. Both Remae and Linskens had indeed assured him that their plan was almost without risk,and yet now he was hearing this! What could possibly have gone wrong? "Do we still have telemetric linkup with the shuttle?",asked T'Vhor,his console returning no information at all. "Is everyone on-board alright?" "Just barely - some data links are still reporting back to us" Gronk replied. (Reply: T'Vhor) The Captain also asked about the shuttle crew. Gronk again checked the readouts before replying. "It's hard to tell Sir. We cannot get a clear reading on lifesigns' Gronk added. (Reply: T'Vhor) (Posted by: Bill W.) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ensign Oggie Marsh - 18:52) Oggie was pacing backwards and forwards, pondering the current situation. He was just about to sigh and re-investigate the computer records in the hope that somehow they may have missed a small but significant detail when he was suddenly jolted about. Not having expected it, Oggie lost his balance and tumbled backwards, landing on his still bruised backside. He nearly cursed as a stab of pain from that area shot to his brain but he grunted instead and turned himself on his belly to allow him to get up more easily. Finally righting himself he turned to look at everyone there to make sure they were all OK. Only then did he investigate the computer screens, having quickly made the decision not to sit in the chair in front of it. He frowned. "Level three collision warning! Source of impact........ Deck 4? Section 5 and 6? Wasn't that where the Probie messages came from? Commander! We need to investigate! Now!! Zia!" (Reply by Williams, Zia, any) (Posted by Adrie Geuken) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - ACMO, Ensign(jg), Zia Kirrin - 18:53) Zia was taking the last of her new scans on the team when the room seemed to jolt violently. Along with several others she lost her balance and was thrown to the floor, rolling out of the way of a falling Oggie just in time to avoid being his landing cushion. By some instinct she held onto her tricorder and saved it from crashing to the floor. As she picked herself up she checked it, and was relieved to see the readings still intact. Glancing round, she saw that no one seemed to be seriously hurt and even Oggie was pushing himself upright. "What was that?" she asked, not addressing herself to anyone in particular. Oggie had by now hauled himself to his feet and was checking the computer screen. "Level three collision warning!" he exclaimed. "Source of impact........ Deck 4? Section 5 and 6? Wasn't that where the Probie messages came from? Commander! We need to investigate! Now!! Zia!" Hastily uploading her scan results to run alongside the previous ones, Zia nodded. "I am ready, Oggie. We will need to be closer for the tricorder to show any signs, whatever is happening on the station is limiting its ability to scan at distance." She looked at the scan of the station running on another terminal near her. "There are some odd readings in that area which were not there before. Not lifesigns exactly, more a sort of... disturbance? I do not know what it is but I agree with you, Oggie, I think they should be investigated," she said, possibly sounding braver than she felt. (Reply Oggie, Williams, any present, any) (Posted by Liz Geuken) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - MXO, Major Bruce Kowalski - 18:54) The Marines had now been recalled, at Williams request to stand guard at the hub once again. Kowalski stood nearby the entrance to the East corridor, his men taking their requisite positions at the key locations befitting, 'guarding' the perimeter, whilst the newcomers busied themselves with their attempts to figure out just what was going on. Kowalski smirked, it was quite obvious to him that the place was beyond figuring out, something here was leaking into reality and distorting everything around them. Why, perhaps he was even alone right now in the room, and that everyone here... wasn't! Bruce closed his eyes and shook his head with an audible grunt, it didn't bear thinking about, his mind had been screwed with enough for one day already, the rolling dustbin with it's maniacal cackle from the past still very fresh in his memory. What the hell was that thing anyway? And why had it seemed to be so singlemindedly intent on 'Exterminating' his team? So, here they were again, guarding. Kowalski checked his III-C's display briefly, noting as he did so that the power levels had decreased somewhat. "Uh, odd", he muttered as he tapped the side of the weapon with his hand in an attempt to jolt it back into a more realistic reading. It wasn't going to happen though and after the fourth or fifth slap from his meaty hand, he resigned to the fact that it was actually showing a true reading. "Houseman, what does your III-C show power wise?", he asked, addressing the ever present 'House' to his left. (Reply Houseman) Kowalski looked to the fleeters nearby, then he ran his fingers through his hair before addressing them. "So, you've been reading falling power levels uh?", he asked, "well get this, our weapons seem to be discharging at a rate not consistent with their design. What do you suppose it causing that?", he added. (Reply Any, IYW) It was at that moment though that the station shook, as though providing some bizarre kind of answer to the MXO's query. Immediately everyone lost their footing in response to the disturbance. "What was that?", enquired the woman as she too, lost, and then regained her footing as the shaking halted. The fat one responded with an announcement of a collision alert, and although it certainly did feel like a collision of sorts, Kowalski shook his head. How could anything hit the station, and how could they all have been thrown off their feet? Surely the SIF/Inertial dampers would have kicked in.... and then he rememebered the loss of power and nodded. Already though the big counsellor and the Medic were preparing to head out to the location shown on their console, Deck 4, Sector 5... "Houseman, Hayes. Accompany the fleeters to the location shown. Bignell and Dillinger... you're with me", said Kowalski as he seemingly began accessing another nearby console which showed a schematic of the station and it's accessible conduits. (Reply Any) By now of course, the two fleeters, accompanied by Williams and the two flanking marines as escort had left the room leaving Kowalski to speak to Bignell and Dillinger in private after calling each to his side. Clearly something was troubling him... "Something's not right with those two fleeters", he said curtly, his eyes wide and alert now, "they may not be what they appear to be, I've already spoken to House on this", he added suspiciously, his mind seemingly bending now to whatever it was that was happening inside of him. The Doctor had mentioned Serotonin, Kowalski wasn't buying it... he wasn't buying any of it. "Come with me", he snapped, and the two Marines followed their CO obediently. NRPG: Dun dun dun.... RPG: (Reply Any) (Posted by Alan) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Surveillance hub - COUNS, Ensign Oggie Marsh - 18:55) Oggie nodded at Zia's response. "Then we must make haste!" he said as he started to walk out of the room. "Deck 5, section 4! Uhhhh, *no*, deck 4, section 5! Ohhhhh." Oggie suddenly stopped. "That means ...." he said without much sound, then a pained expression flashed across his face. "Oh dear," he murmured, "Oh dear." He sighed then sniffed as he drew himself up. "Follow me!" he shouted. "The Jefferies tube that we have to take is located this way! Speed may be of the essence here!" (reply Williams, Zia, any) (Posted by Adrie Geuken) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 4, Sector 5 - SciO, Ensign John Linskens - 18:55) John looked at the hole in the wall and then scanned his surroundings. He sniffed the air and nodded. The air was slightly stale, meaning that the environmental systems were working on low power. That wasn't too surprising since the whole area showed a significant lack of power. "So much for that plan," John grunted as he looked at the others and sighed audibly as he removed his backpack and dropped it on the ground. "I doubt we'll be finding much in working order," he said to no-one in particular as he started opening his backpack and rummaging through it. "Never mind a fully operational lab so I can check this bloomen power head." John looked up and grinned. "Good thing papa came prepared, eh?" After more rummaging and taking quite a few items out of it to lay it on the floor around him he finally found what he was looking for. "Ahh, my little pet, baby, brainchild. Percival, say hi to everybody, Everybody, say hi to Percival, my brain child and cousin to the exocomp units. I built it not as an engineering tool but as a science workhorse. This little box can scan, work out what he found and use that info to change scans until he finally knows what he needs to know. a just-point-and-click device with some amendments from yours truly. And quite brilliant, really. On a good day." John ended as he placed the little metallic box onto the Krillenium head. "A bit like his daddy, I guess." he said with a big grin. "Anyway....." he followed quickly " ..... OK, grippers set and active. Let's see what Percival finds. Will probably take a bit of time. Which is OK, because we have work to do. First is, make contact with the Spectre, I guess. They must have seen us crash so they might be sitting on a few hot coals. Now with a surroundings like ours, the comm-systems here will not work that well, if at all. It is amazing how much power is required for a simple subspace system." John looked at his feet and picked up a cylinder from the items he had spread out there. "This should do, but I need some power. I didn't think we would lose the shuttle so I didn't charge it fully. And I don't want to use up our power packs because I feel we might need them soon. Luckily I can charge it from a low power source but it will be a little wait. Another one. But I doubt that my tricorder could create enough power to send a signal through the walls of this place. So we need a subspace link, even if it is only one way. I can still use the tricorder program and keep the power drain to a minimum. Perhaps they'll pick it up this time." John sighed, he hadn't really expected not to hear or see anything from the Spectre. If he wasn't so sure of his own abilities, he might have been tempted to look for a flaw in his own reasoning. But he was so he didn't. If the Spectre didn't respond it was because A-they were too stupid to work out what John had done to the signal, which John didn't really think, or B they were somehow prevented from doing so. "It's probably B," he murmured then turned to the others. "Has anyone scanned the surroundings yet?" (Reply by any/all 'Rascals', any) (Posted by Adrie Geuken) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 4, Sector 5 - SciO, Ensign(jg), Catriona Macbeth - 18:56) The landing, if one could call a collision between a shuttle and a space station in which the shuttle was not smashed to smithereens and the people inside reduced to a pulp, had been rough. In fact, Cat considered 'rough' to be an understatement. However, she was in the circumstances happy to subscribe to the line of thought which held that any landing which you could walk away from was a good one. Pulling out her tricorder, she began scanning their surroundings. She heard John in the background, giving a running commentary on what he was doing and congratulating himself on his brilliance and forethought. Cat grinned to herself as she continued to try to make sense of the readings she was taking. It would take more than a shuttle crash to change John. In fact it *had* taken a lot more than a shuttle crash to change him, as she well knew, but the John she knew and liked in spite of himself was still... well, John. "Has anyone scanned the surroundings yet?" the subject of Cat's internal musings asked. "Uh, yeah, but the results are kind of odd," Cat said. "Sending the results over to you all now. As you can see, there is minimal power and life support on the station, but no specific reason that I can see here for a power drain. And no life signs as such though there are a few anomalous readings in these sections. Oh and something which seems to be moving in this direction, but the readings are really quite indistinct. Either there is some kind of interference which is affecting the operation of the tricorder, or whatever is triggering the readings is giving off a very faint signal, possibly but not definitely due to some kind of dampening field." She shrugged. "It's not my area of expertise, so I could be wrong. What do you all make of it?" (Reply by any/all 'Rascals', any) (Posted by Liz Geuken) (Station Echo One Zero – Deck 15, Sector 8, Corridor - ACMO, Ensign(jg) Zia Kirrin - 18:56) "Follow me!" shouted Oggie, diving off down the corridor with alacrity. Or as much alacrity as the rotund counsellor could manage. "The Jefferies tube that we have to take is located this way! Speed may be of the essence here!" Zia hung back slightly, allowing some of the others to go first. Not only did she not want to be first out of the Jefferies tube (because who knew what might be waiting up there?) but also she did not want to be the one behind Oggie. Much as she liked him, she had not forgotten the efforts Commander Williams had had to put in to get Oggie down to this level of the station. ~And the Elements only know how hard it will be to get him *up* again!~ she thought. Oggie, who could move remarkably swiftly when he chose (or so it seemed to Zia), came to a halt beside the entry to the Jeffries tube he had been heading for. Arriving at the tail end of the group, Zia waited to see what order they would proceed in and wished fervently that she had a phaser. (reply any in the away team) (Posted by Liz Geuken) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 4, Sector 5 - SciO, Ensign John Linskens - 18:58) "It's not my area of expertise, so I could be wrong. What do you all make of it?" John, frowning at Cat's words, checked his tricorder and exhaled forcefully through his nose. "You're close, I reckon," John responded. "Quite close, in fact, just not completely there yet. Look at the sensor amplitudes. They are rounding off at greater distances. Which means that they are losing power." John sniffed again. "Just as if they encountered a dampening field but something's not right. A dampening field would block the signals. But these are ..... bled dry. Like something is sucking the power out of the waves. Quite nifty if it was an intended process. But we'll need more before I can ....." John fell silent for a second when Percival beeped up. John frown grew deeper. "Finished already? That is quick. It should have taken him at least twenty minutes." John grunted as he walked closer to the sensor box and picked it up, checking its underbelly. He grunted then sighed. "I don't know why I bother," he said to himself sighing as his fingers flew across the underside of the machine, pressing hidden buttons. "Hmmm," John said as he put Percival on the floor and keyed in a few commands on his tricorder. "OK, bad news is that this piece of junk did not investigate the Krillenium head as it was supposed to do. Instead it got side-tracked. In total it found five abnormalities and investigated one." John looked up around himself as if to reconfirm his position. He then took a few careful measured steps towards one of the walls. "Ok, according to the rust-bucket, there was a something standing over there for five minutes. This something was about man-high and more importantly not there. Doesn't make sense, does it? Anyway, he was investigating that when that something disappeared. And this rust-bucket just completed the investigation and turned itself off because he had finished the investigation. What it *didn't* do," John said with a stare at the machine, "What it didn't do was continue the previous investigation. Rust-bucket, that's what it is and nothing else. A waste of good resources. Anyway, I think it is quite acceptable to assume that that something was something that was either out of phase, or not there at all." John shrugged. "According to the rust-bucket the something was reptilian, or had reptilian skin. Which would make it reptilian, anyway. So we can safely say that *if* the bucket-of-snot did see something, then it must have been a reptilian. Oh, and it would be phased and then it was gone." John shook his head. "Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?" he said as he tapped Percival aside with his foot before sighing. "I guess some more work needed on his decision making processes. Like I have nothing better to do. Anyway, it found four more events. One was the Krillenium head and then there was something else. Interesting, very interesting. And linking wonderfully well with you, Cat. Percival here had a look at the power conduits behind the wall. And he found that they are *not* empty. There *is* power, only a minute amount of what should be flowing through it. But there is a clear indication of power movement." John looked at the others. "Imagine this room to be filled with waterpipes. They are all fed from above and transporting the water to a tank below our feet. The pipes are filled with water, that is all flowing downwards along the pipes. Yeah? Now imagine that there is a huge leak in one of the pipes. No, not just a leak, but someone has cut open a pipe and stuck a pump in that withdraws the water a lot faster than the water-flow. Result, the pipes will be almost empty. There is still water flowing but sucked out before it can build up in significant amounts. And that is happening in the power lines here. Something is sucking out the power faster than the generators can create. And a good sucking pump would quite quickly drain away little bits of moisture it came across, like, say, the energy of the sensor waves?" John nodded. "It all makes sense now, doesn't it?" (Reply by any/all 'Rascals', any) (Posted by Adrie Geuken) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 4, Sector 5 - NPC Percival - 19:00) As soon as its little feet were pressed against something, Percival activated his memory sector and followed the instructions it contained. Percival didn't know that he was placed on top of a still warm krillenium head. Neither did he know that it was a human maverick called John Linskens that had put him there. He knew there was an entity that he should track with his sensors and if that entity was nearby and Percival had met one of his end positions, he was to beep to alert the entity of that. At that would be the end of it as far as Percival was concerned. Oh, apart from the fact that he was forbidden to pass on his information to anyone but the entity. To be honest, Percival didn't mind it. He even didn't mind it if the entity had lost all interest in the work that Percival had done and would just delete the information Percival had slaved on. That was not how he was thinking. So he activated his first sensor pack and started collecting data, and at the end of the first collection he reviewed the data for 'incidents'. He almost immediately found one 'incident' that was located beneath its feet. It was a strange collection of thermal patterns inside the object that he was to scan. Having marked the instance and selecting the next sensor pack, Percival continued the investigation as was written in his instructions. Then a second incident was found, investigated and logged. He compared the incident factor of both incidents and decided that the first incident was still more interesting, even if he had no concept of what that might mean and kept the continuation pointer at the first incident. Four incidents later Percival halted his operation. There was a thermal aura but no object in that space to account for it. It was .... confusing. But to Percival confusing was just another word for a double score on the incident factor so he stored the data and checked the factor against the first one. Rewriting his continuation pointer Percival continued the investigation, having updated the next sensor pack to use. As happy as he normally was, Percival continued according to his instructions and beeped twice when he had finished. (Reply by any) (Posted by Adrie Geuken) (USS Mithandir - Engineering Deck - Engineer, Ensign Hank Stevens - 19:00) Hank was pouring over the records of the mission so far. So many questions, but few clues. Personnel were missing with no clue to their whereabouts. The most recent shuttle mission had crashed on the station. The science stations from each ship reported bizarre readings. There was the conundrum of two different time lines. What actions in one affect the other? Or was this what was supposed to happen? Hank's head was swimming with all the possibilities. He needed to start coming out with a solution. Hank reviewed the Spectre's data. Scratching his head he was still befuddled. The answer was so close but so far away. He needed to step away fir a while. Hank stood up and stretched. He went out to walk and think and maybe he'd get a fresh perspective. (Reply: None ) (Posted by: Bill West) (Station Echo One Zero - Deck 4, Sector 5 - SciO, Ensign(jg) Catriona Macbeth - 19:01) "It all makes sense now, doesn't it?" John finished. Cat glanced around at the others, and nodded. The odd thing was that despite John's assumption that everyone knew what he was talking about, it *did* make sense. She wasn't entirely sure that it *all* made sense to her, but she got the gist of it. She stooped down and patted Percival on his metal carapace. "He doesn't mean it, you're not really a rust-bucket," she said kindly, then grinned at the expression on John's face as she straightened up. "Don't tell me, I know. It's a machine. It doesn't feel happy, it doesn't feel sad, it just runs programs, right?" (reply John iyw) "So.. can't you just alter the parameters you gave Percival so he will check out the Krillenium head like you wanted him to in the first place? Maybe tell him to ignore everything else or at least ignore the things he already investigated?" Cat suggested. (reply John) "And is there anything we can do to determine what is causing the power drain? Must be something big and if it's draining the power at the rate you suggest, then it oughtn't be too hard to find?" (Reply by John, any/all 'Rascals', any) (Posted by Liz Geuken) (USS Mithrandir - FO's Office - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:14) Syuvik just had a report that the Spectre away mission crashed during their tentative to reach the station. The reason of the crash was still unknown, but it figured not well for the next away mission in which the USS Mithrandir was suppose to play a key role. The base station was much more dangerous than it looked at first, and considering all the failure of the previous mission, it wasn't very clear if it was a safe decision to send another away mission. Syuvik ever wondered if it was necessary to investigate the base before making an attempt to travel back to their timeline. But his captain, Will, had made clear he wanted to help the Spectre crew, and Syuvik did not really had the choice but to comply. Syuvik communicated with Ensign Hanks and M'elissa. "Lieutenant Syuvik to Ensign Hanks and M'elissa" (Reply Hanks and M'elissa) "I have received the latest report on the USS Spectre mission on the station and it didn't went well. The crew is safe and has, according to their last communication, reached destination, but not without damaging their shuttle. I want you to help the USS Spectre investigate the cause of the crash and find out solution to avoid the problem occuring again. I also want your expertise about the security of our away mission. I will not send any away team if their life can be at risk, so I want your analysis of the safety of such a trip." (Reply Hank and M'elissa) Then, Syuvik contacted Ensign Pendragon and Ensign Boone. "Lieutenant Syuvik to ensign Pendragon and ensign Boone" (Reply Pendragon and Boone) "Ensigns, I have to inform you the Spectre away mission crashed on the base. The crew is safe, but their shuttle might be inoperative. Furthermore, for the moment, the landing zone is probably damaged and filled with debris. The away mission might be delayed, but I contact because I want alternatives. If we ever go there, things might not go as planned. I want different solutions for different scenarios, including different possibles areas of landing, etc. I also want you to analyze the base plan and find out what materials and shuttles they have there and could be used." (Reply Pendragon and Boone) (Posted by Nick) (USS Mithrandir - Engineering Office - Engineer, Ensign Hank Stevens - 19:16) Hank entered and took a seat. This mission was one of the most bizarre he had experienced. Hank read through the reports in the status of the Mithandir. The FO's voice cane over his comm badge. Hank hadn't spent a lot of time with the senior staff. In many ways he was shy. Hank listened carefully. The FO expected results to the ever deepening mystery. =/\=I have received the latest report on the USS Spectre mission on the station and it hadn't gone well. The crew is safe and has, according to their last communication, reached destination, but not without damaging their shuttle. I want you to help the USS Spectre investigate the cause of the crash and find a solution to avoid the problem occuring again. I also want your expertise about the security of our away mission. I will not send any away team if their life can be at risk, so I want your analysis of the safety of such a trip=/\= "Understood Sir" Hank replied. (Reply: FO) Hank closed the link and thought. ~Seems everytime we beam over or transport something goes wrong. What's the common link?" Hank thought. The answer was close oh so close. Given time Hank would figure it out. The immediate problem was would there be time? (Reply: None) (Posted by: Bill W ) (USS Mithrandir - Security Office – ATAC, Ensign Griffin Pendragon - 19:18) "Ensigns, I have to inform you the Spectre away mission crashed on the base. The crew is safe, but their shuttle might be inoperative. Furthermore, for the moment, the landing zone is probably damaged and filled with debris. The away mission might be delayed, but I contact because I want alternatives. If we ever go there, things might not go as planned. I want different solutions for different scenarios, including different possible areas of landing, etc. I also want you to analyze the base plan and find out what materials and shuttles they have there and could be used." “Yes sir.” Pendragon replied to the first officer. He typed several commands into his padd, then left the room, heading for the holodeck. “Computer load mission scenario Pendragon alpha seven.” The room re-materialised as a 3D model of the area, including the Spectre, Mithrandir and the crashed shuttle. Able to manipulate the area, then reset after each test run, he began to test different scenario’s for effecting a rescue. Direct entry by shuttle was a no go. Far too much debris, each time the shuttle ended up damaged, or the shields knocked the debris into the station, possible damaging the area where the shuttle had crashed. The best solutions were either to get rid of the debris, by firing the ships phasers at it, or using two shuttles to ‘mow a path’ through whatever debris remained. Time was the critical element here, as it took longer. The ship fired phasers was going to be his best bet he thought. “Pendragon to Syuvik. I’m sending a solution to your console.” (reply Syuvik) “It is risky, but low power narrow focus phasers should either destroy the debris, or reduce the size to fragments that will not damage either the station or pose any significant risk to the shuttle (Reply Syuvik, any) (Posted by Tim) (USS Mithrandir - FO's Office - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:19) =/\= Pendragon to Syuvik. I’m sending a solution to your console. =/\= "Acknowledge." Syuvik looked at the solution. It answered several problems, but there were still some issues to solve. =/\= It is risky, but low power narrow focus phasers should either destroy the debris, or reduce the size to fragments that will not damage either the station or pose any significant risk to the shuttle. =/\= added Pendragon. "Ensign, I agree it would indeed get us rid of the debris, but at this time, we cannot guarantee we won't face the same problem that the Spectre away mission faced. If the Spectre shuttle crashed, then we might face similar problems which could make inefficient our targeting system, as well as navigation control. It might be very hard to make those precision shots. Furthermore, we are still waiting for a report of the away team. We don't know yet if there was any injuries, and if their shuttle can be repaired. We don't know what the debris are and I apprehend the fact their might be pieces needed to repair the shuttle. If I was sure we could land on the base safely, I would say we could take the risk, and worst case scenario, the Spectre will come back with us, but as we can't be sure for the moment, I don't want to prevent the Spectre away team any chance of coming back. But similar to your idea, an antigraviton beam could theorethically push away the debris without destroying them. I recommend you study the different possibilities with Ensign Boone, and Lieutenant Briggs. Lieutenant Briggs is our operation specialist, and he will be able to help you out finding solutions. As I said a few minutes earlier, I want several solutions, or if you prefer, a plan A, B, C, D and E in order to adjust more quickly and efficiently to any new, or unknown circumstances." (Reply Pendragon) (Posted by Syuvik) (USS Mithrandir - FO's Office - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:22) Syuvik was reading the report the USS Spectre sent him. They were still waiting for news from the spectre away mission, but they have received no word yet. Going on the station was, at first, a understandable choice. Not only would they assist the Spectre in finding their away mission, but the information gathered on the station had the potential to considerably increase the understanding of what was happening, information very likely crucial to the USS Mithrandir returning safely to their timeline. However, with the last failure attempt to go on the station, Syuvik could not ignore the fact the risk was maybe not worth it. What was even more surprising was the fact captain T'vhor informed them to prepare an away mission at 2000, as if T'vhor ignored or underestimated the implication of the last away mission attempt. There were a lot to process. The station would inevitably affect the USS Mithrandir attempt to go back to their timeline. That was at least the logical conclusion to arrive following what happened to the shuttle. However, there was still the possibility to navigate away from the station before trying to travel back to their timeline. But would part ways with the USS Spectre be the solution? There were also an ethical dilemna involved. Despite the USS Spectre was not from the same timeline, ought the USS Mithrandir to help them? Reading on previous mission reports from other captain, and rereading for a twentieth time the whole starfleet section on time travel and temporal directive, the logical conclusion was that the obligation not to intervene or modify the timeline was prior to any other ethical considerations and therefore, the USS Mithrandir had no moral obligation toward the USS Spectre. Syuvik needed to talk with the highest ranked officers on the ship about that. He needed to have a brought perspective. "Syuvik to Ensign M'elissa, Lieutenant Briggs, Lieutenant McKenzie, Lieutenant Zyahn (in short to all senior staff), come in the observation lounge right away". (Reply all) (Posted by Nick) (USS Mithrandir - Main hangar bay - CEO, Ens M'Elissa - 19:23) =/\=Syuvik to Ensign M'elissa, Lieutenant Briggs, Lieutenant McKenzie, Lieutenant Zyahn (in short to all senior staff), come in the observation lounge right away=/\= M'Elissa tapped her badge "M'Elissa here, I'm on my way" (Reply None) (Posted by Shaylee) (USS Mithrandir - Obs Lounge - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:30) Once everyone arrived, Syuvik started. "The situations in which we are now in are serious and cannot be underestimated. We are caught eight months into the past, with the actual goal to assist the USS Spectre find and bring back their away teams, as well as to investigate the phenomena at stake here that probably caused our time travel. However, the last unsuccessful attempt to send a rescue mission on the station has created serious doubt that assisting the USS Spectre and looking for information there is the best solution. As much as I have tried to establish which is the most logical action in those circumstances, the two choices are both very logical. Let me explain what they are. On one hand, the fact we have travelled eight months into the past and the fact the spectre away missions did not succeed strongly suggest that there is a phenomena happening here, that we don't understand, and that affects our navigation system such that any attempt to send an away mission, or to travel back into our timeline is very risky. The risk that an attempt of going back to our timeline might be affected by the phenomena are so great that the risk seems too high to event try it. However, if we find what is at stake and how to avoid the problem that occured to the two previous away mission, then we will be able to send an away team on the station, which will logically move towards visiting the station to get even more information on the phenomena. So according to this first reflection, it would be logical to remain here, to try to understand what has happened to the previous away missions, and to find a way to send an away mission on the station to gather the information necessary to successfully travel back to our timeline. On the other hand, the temporal directive is clear that our main objective should be not to disrupt the timeline, and it is a directive that takes priority over all other ethical considerations. Helping the USS Spectre should not be among our objective, at least not directly. Our main objective should be to return to our timeline if it could be accomplished without interfering with the actual timeline, and if it can't, then we would have to consider a priority not to risk affecting the timeline by such attempt, meaning we would probably have to remain here until we find a way to return without affecting this timeline. According to this path of reasoning, the most logical decision would be to abandon the USS Spectre to their own problem and to navigate far enough from the station to be out of the anomally occuring here. Then, we could potentially try to travel back to our timeline. So, I want to hear what you have to say about it to help me take a decision" (Reply any) NRPG: Room for more here... RPG: "Ensign M'elissa, Lieutenant McKenzie, if I am not mistaken, you have completed the preparation for the away mission?" (Reply M'elissa and McKenzie) "I know I have given the task to investigate what has happened to the USS Mithrandir. I want your report on the subject and I want your expertise about the risk and chance of success if we navigate far from the station and we try to travel back to our timeline. I know timetravel is very difficult and moving away from the station means we cannot use the same calculations to get back to our timeline. So if you are not able to guarantee we will get back to our exact timeline, I want it to be clearly stated on your report." (Reply M'elissa and McKenzie) "You reflections are very useful and I'm going to analyze them and think about what we should do. I will keep you informed. Until then, we will act as earlier, meaning keep yourself prepared for the away mission that will be sent probably in thirty minutes. There is the potentiality that we discover what happened to the Spectre away mission, and that we can find a way to successfully send an away team on the station, so don't presume what my decision will be and be prepared for the away mission." (Reply any) (Posted by Nick) (USS Mithrandir - Obs Lounge - CEO, Ensign M'Ellisa - 19:32) M'Elissa thought a second, "would an away mission to the station help us.......Yes, i sugest we go along with a path that both ignores the Spectra and helps them. This mission is after all possibly connected to the Phenomena that bought us here, we dont have any scientific proof that that is so. if it is then it is our obligation to stop this so that the same problem does not occour again 8 months later. from what i understand of time travel, and temporal physics, we have several possibilities of what could happen, " "1 we stop the device, here and now, creating a temporal paradox, this outcome is NOT good," "2 we get all information we can and then travel back and remove the problem from our own time frame," "3 we get all the information we can THEN make a decision about what we can do, " "personally I believe that option 3 is the most logical, we need data, we cant get that from here we need to go to the station" (A little later) "Ensign M'elissa, Lieutenant McKenzie, if I am not mistaken, you have completed the preparation for the away mission?" M'Elissa rolled her eyes a little "that shuttle could be flown to the station with no power what so ever, i have added a mechanical thruster control system in the co pilots seat, if power starts to act the least bit crazy it goes off and we can use...... the mechanical thrusters to maneuver, and stop, it might leave some paint scrapes if we cant stop but will work" "I know I have given the task to investigate what has happened to the USS Mithrandir. I want your report on the subject and I want your expertise about the risk and chance of success if we navigate far from the station and we try to travel back to our timeline. I know timetravel is very difficult and moving away from the station means we cannot use the same calculations to get back to our timeline. So if you are not able to guarantee we will get back to our exact timeline, I want it to be clearly stated on your report." (McKenzie) chuckling a little " sir, this ship has changed, there are variables in fuel mass distribution, and any number of problematic calculations", looking over to McKenzie, "i would not guarantee anything beyond arriving back at our previous sector of space, time travel is........Icky" (Reply McKenzie) "You reflections are very useful and I'm gonna analyze them and think about what we should do. I will keep you informed. Until then, we will act as earlier, meaning keep yourself prepare for the away mission that will be sent probably in thirty minutes. There is the potentiality that we discover what happened to the Spectre away mission, and that we can find a way to successfully send an away team on the station, so don't presume what my decision will be and be prepared for the away mission." "My recommendations, are to try to ignore logic, learn to go with a gut feeling, the calcualtions would drive even this computer to having hissy fits, " M'Elissa shrugged, " if it were up to me, i would get as well infomred as i could THEN chose a path to follow" (Reply Any) (Posted by Shaylee) (USS Mithrandir - Observation Lounge - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:34) Ensign M'elissa was the first to give her thoughts on the problem. "Would an away mission to the station help us.......Yes, i sugest we go along with a path that both ignores the Spectra and helps them. This mission is after all possibly connected to the Phenomena that bought us here, we dont have any scientific proof that that is so. if it is then it is our obligation to stop this so that the same problem does not occour again 8 months later. from what i understand of time travel, and temporal physics, we have several possibilities of what could happen, " "1 we stop the device, here and now, creating a temporal paradox, this outcome is NOT good," "2 we get all information we can and then travel back and remove the problem from our own time frame," "3 we get all the information we can THEN make a decision about what we can do, " "personally I believe that option 3 is the most logical, we need data, we cant get that from here we need to go to the station" Syuvik examined M'elissa thought. Again, the problem of temporal mechanics were directly involved. "Related to your first point, you made a conclusion that we can't make right now. You make the assumption that it had to happen this way and that, if we intervene in this reality and prevent the station from interfering with the timeline, then we change our future as we will finally never be caught in this phenomena that bring us here in the first place. Your reasoning is a very logical and sound one, but we can't be certain, as there is at least two possibility. First, if we were caught in the phenomena in the first place, it is because the previous USS Mithrandir that was sent into the past failed or refused to correct the problem, and therefore history is just repeating itself again. If this is true and as always been true, then our imperative is to not change this history in order to avoid creating a temporal paradox, as you said yourself. Acting according to such possibility would be to stop helping the USS Spectre and simply try to get back to our timeline without interfering with the station itself, which come to one of the alternative I have elaborated. However, it is also possible that from all the previous timeline or alternative, the USS Mithrandir was never caught in such phenomena and we are already in a situation where the timeline has been modified. If this is the case, then our task is to bring it back to its previous path, meaning we need to prevent the station from altering the timeline. The irony of the situation is that, to determine our action, we need to know which one it is, but we cannot know because the information needed is located in our reality, which we don't have access anymore. There is still the possibility we discover some reference to another USS Mithrandir traveling in our timeline in our own database, but I have already ordered Lieutenant McKenzie and Lieutenant Briggs to make some research, and according to their last reports, there is no such reference in our database. Lieutenant Briggs, as you have made the research yourselves, maybe you can explain the result of your research." (Reply Briggs) "So, as you can see, the decision is very difficult to make. The absence of any mention of another USS Mithrandir traveling in the past in our own timeline might suggest we are the only USS Mithrandir to whom it happen, but we can't dismiss the possibility that it happened to other Mithrandir before us, but we just wasn't informed of it precisely because they were afraid that we would act differently because we would have know our future, and that we would therefore create a temporal paradox.So, again, the dilemma is still very strong and unsolvable as of yet. However, there is the question, is there any logic into sending an away mission on the station knowing it is very likely, based on our previous unsuccessful attempts, they will crash or die. If every attempt of sending an away team fail, then by force of circumstances, we might have to try the other solution as it may be what is our actual destiny or history. I mean, if we can't go on the station, then our dilemma is resolved, this is not what we were determine to do." (Reply any) "As for the third option, it is indeed the most logical solution, but this is were freedom take all his sense. We would like to have more information, but it is also possible we are prevented from getting them by the circumstances. You argument is strong and logical that we must not give up trying to collect more information, and that the first failed attempts must not discourage us. However, our best officers worked on finding way to solve the problem that the first away team encountered and we were almost certain the problem was solved, and it was not, as proved by the failure of the second away mission. This prove that our knowledge of the phenomena is limited and we might not have the knowledge to prevent it from happening. I have therefore to ask myself the question, when is it logical to conclude that you have wasted enough resource and enough officers that persisting will be vain and illogical, and that the logical thing to do would be to seek new alternatives? This is also what I am trying to determine here, and this is why I've asked you all to come here and discuss together the matter. My rationality and logic alone does not answer the question with the confidence and clarity logic normally requires, and my logic can therefore endorse none as of yet. Your own reflections might therefore help me see things I haven't seen and maybe help me resolve the inconclusiveness of my own deliberation." (Reply all) (Posted by Syuvik) (USS Mithrandir - Observation Lounge - CEO Ens M'Elissa - 19:35) Ensign M'elissa was the first to give her thoughts on the problem. "Would an away mission to the station help us.......Yes, i sugest we go along with a path that both ignores the Spectra and helps them. This mission is after all possibly connected to the Phenomena that bought us here, we dont have any scientific proof that that is so. if it is then it is our obligation to stop this so that the same problem does not occour again 8 months later. from what i understand of time travel, and temporal physics, we have several possibilities of what could happen, " "1 we stop the device, here and now, creating a temporal paradox, this outcome is NOT good," "2 we get all information we can and then travel back and remove the problem from our own time frame," "3 we get all the information we can THEN make a decision about what we can do, " "personally I believe that option 3 is the most logical, we need data, we cant get that from here we need to go to the station" Syuvik examined M'elissa thought. Again, the problem of temporal mechanics were directly involved. "Related to your first point, you made a conclusion that we can't make right now. You make the assumption that it had to happen this way and that, if we intervene in this reality and prevent the station from interfering with the timeline, then we change our future as we will finally never be caught in this phenomena that bring us here in the first place. Your reasoning is a very logical and sound one, but we can't be certain, as there is at least two possibility. First, if we were caught in the phenomena in the first place, it is because the previous USS Mithrandir that was sent into the past failed or refused to correct the problem, and therefore history is just repeating itself again. If this is true and as always been true, then our imperative is to not change this history in order to avoid creating a temporal paradox, as you said yourself. Acting according to such possibility would be to stop helping the USS Spectre and simply try to get back to our timeline without interfering with the station itself, which come to one of the alternative I have elaborated. However, it is also possible that from all the previous timeline or alternative, the USS Mithrandir was never caught in such phenomena and we are already in a situation where the timeline has been modified. If this is the case, then our task is to bring it back to its previous path, meaning we need to prevent the station from altering the timeline. The irony of the situation is that, to determine our action, we need to know which one it is, but we cannot know because the information needed is located in our reality, which we don't have access anymore. There is still the possibility we discover some reference to another USS Mithrandir traveling in our timeline in our own database, but I have already ordered Lieutenant McKenzie and Lieutenant Briggs to make some research, and according to their last reports, there is no such reference in our database. Lieutenant Briggs, as you have made the research yourselves, maybe you can explain the result of your research." (Reply Briggs) "So, as you can see, the decision is very difficult to make. The absence of any mention of another USS Mithrandir traveling in the past in our own timeline might suggest we are the only USS Mithrandir to whom it happen, but we can't dismiss the possibility that it happened to other Mithrandir before us, but we just wasn't informed of it precisely because they were afraid that we would act differently because we would have know our future, and that we would therefore create a temporal paradox.So, again, the dilemma is still very strong and unsolvable as of yet. However, there is the question, is there any logic into sending an away mission on the station knowing it is very likely, based on our previous unsuccessful attempts, they will crash or die. If every attempt of sending an away team fail, then by force of circumstances, we might have to try the other solution as it may be what is our actual destiny or history. I mean, if we can't go on the station, then our dilemma is resolved, this is not what we were determine to do." (Reply any) "As for the third option, it is indeed the most logical solution, but this is were freedom take all his sense. We would like to have more information, but it is also possible we are prevented from getting them by the circumstances. You argument is strong and logical that we must not give up trying to collect more information, and that the first failed attempts must not discourage us. However, our best officers worked on finding way to solve the problem that the first away team encountered and we were almost certain the problem was solved, and it was not, as proved by the failure of the second away mission. This prove that our knowledge of the phenomena is limited and we might not have the knowledge to prevent it from happening. I have therefore to ask myself the question, when is it logical to conclude that you have wasted enough resource and enough officers that persisting will be vain and illogical, and that the logical thing to do would be to seek new alternatives? This is also what I am trying to determine here, and this is why I've asked you all to come here and discuss together the matter. My rationality and logic alone does not answer the question with the confidence and clarity logic normally requires, and my logic can therefore endorse none as of yet. Your own reflections might therefore help me see things I haven't seen and maybe help me resolve the inconclusiveness of my own deliberation." M'Elissa listened, and thought "take time travel out of the equation, what would you do then, dont second guess yourself, don't, say this and that, about other Mithrandir's there is only 1 Mithrandir, this one, we dont know if we make it back because that would have been in out future, all we know is this, we did come back in time, we have to sort out the problem and we have to get back to our own time, whether sitting in a quiet corner of space and waiting for everyone to catch up or using one of the many black holes. Now as far as i know we are where we are meant to be, exploring space." Taking a padd off of the table she hijacked the main wall screen "ok if you will look at the screen this is a diagram of our timeline so far," there was a line going across the middle of the screen that faded close to one end and one that faded in parallel to it, and stopping just after fully solidifying, from that point on there is dashed line, at the junction between the two types of line is a small red dot highlighted with the words 'you are here'. "Now from what i understand this is what we know so far, about our predicament along a time line, correct?" a small pointer comes on screen and moves from the highlighted dot and along the dashed line "this is unknown to us, we could die we could travel back to our time, we just don't know it is up to us. questions that should have been aked are, 1 Is the station still around at our disappearance point, is there any record from the Spectre about this mission, if so those are the only constraints we have to go by, everything else is still in temporal flux, no choices, can interfere with those points along the time line, but we can dance around them to our hearts content." " Sir, i am sorry if i repeat asking questions that may have been answered, but i am trying to make a point," she starts to bring in simple data pertaining to the Mithrandir of the current time, and the and the actions taken so far, "we have currently gained access to starfleet records using....... unorthodox but legal methods, we have had no contact with any other ship, apart from the Spectre, and the station, guaranteed the Spectre will not mention us in their records, so i say we treat this like any other situation except the outcome has to match the situation at this time," and the higlight moves to the time of the Miths dissapearence, everything else is still FREE WILL," turning to the FO "sir i am prepared to go to the station alone, and if i have to wait for 8 months, for the Mithrandir to show up, i have some reading to do and some projects i would like to work on, besides if this phenomena can be turned off and on, wouldn't it be.....in everyones best interest to see that whatever it is can be monitored for an extended period?" (Reply all) (Posted by Shaylee) (USS Mithrandir - Observation Lounge - FO, Lieutenant Syuvik - 19:40) "Take time travel out of the equation, what would you do then, dont second guess yourself, don't, say this and that, about other Mithrandir's there is only 1 Mithrandir, this one, we dont know if we make it back because that would have been in out future, all we know is this, we did come back in time, we have to sort out the problem and we have to get back to our own time, whether sitting in a quiet corner of space and waiting for everyone to catch up or using one of the many black holes. Now as far as i know we are where we are meant to be, exploring space." Taking a padd off of the table M'elissa hijacked the main wall screen "ok if you will look at the screen this is a diagram of our timeline so far," there was a line going across the middle of the screen that faded close to one end and one that faded in parallel to it, and stopping just after fully solidifying, from that point on there is dashed line, at the junction between the two types of line is a small red dot highlighted with the words 'you are here'. "Now from what i understand this is what we know so far, about our predicament along a time line, correct?" a small pointer comes on screen and moves from the highlighted dot and along the dashed line "this is unknown to us, we could die we could travel back to our time, we just don't know it is up to us. questions that should have been aked are, 1 Is the station still around at our disappearance point, is there any record from the Spectre about this mission, if so those are the only constraints we have to go by, everything else is still in temporal flux, no choices, can interfere with those points along the time line, but we can dance around them to our hearts content." " Sir, i am sorry if i repeat asking questions that may have been answered, but i am trying to make a point," she starts to bring in simple data pertaining to the Mithrandir of the current time, and the and the actions taken so far, "we have currently gained access to starfleet records using....... unorthodox but legal methods, we have had no contact with any other ship, apart from the Spectre, and the station, guaranteed the Spectre will not mention us in their records, so i say we treat this like any other situation except the outcome has to match the situation at this time," and the higlight moves to the time of the Miths dissapearence, everything else is still FREE WILL," "Sir i am prepared to go to the station alone, and if i have to wait for 8 months, for the Mithrandir to show up, i have some reading to do and some projects i would like to work on, besides if this phenomena can be turned off and on, wouldn't it be.....in everyones best interest to see that whatever it is can be monitored for an extended period?" Syuvik listened carefully to every bit of explication and reasoning of Ensign M'elissa. He appreciated her involvment and he needed people like her to show the leadership and confidence necessary to take the best decision possible. Nevertheless, her passion and spontaneity was sometime making her underestimate the complexity of the situation, something Syuvik had to correct. "You are right about free will, it is all about what we decide. We are not determined to act, but our choice alone will decide our faith. Contrary to any other physical things in the universe, we are the only one whose consequence precede its cause, instead of the opposite. Indeed, we chose a cause, i.e. our action, according to its apprehended consequences, which is what we believe what effect that action will have. So it is important we chose which consequence we prefer. But the consequence of every possible action is not what is the content of our freedom as the consequence of a specific action is mostly determined by the circumstances and we only chose which determined consequence we prefer becoming true. What contribution should we bring to the causality of things, or in other words, what consequences among the ones opened to us should we choose, we cannot know it perfectly without knowing if the actual timeline is a disruption of ours, or part of ours. In other words, our lack of knowledge prevent us from really knowing or apprehend what will be the consequence of our own actions, so we cannot take a decision according to its outcome as we are not sure what this outcome will be. This is the difficulty here, we have to make a choice without knowing what is the purpose or outcome of that choice. We are making a blind decision. But as blind as we are, we must still make a choice." "But we have some guidelines to at least know what actions or decisions we can't take. Our freedom is bend by our own rules of conduct. You have all learn during your academic formation that Starfleet have a certain amount of directives that are at the heart of our own ethical conduct. No starfleet officer is allowed to brake those rules of conduct. The most important of them is the temporal prime directive which clearly state that we cannot, even slightly, affect or change the timeline. We have not only a duty, but an categorical imperative to make sure the timeline follow its proper path. We are bond by this rule right now, and it means that in our list of priority or lexical order, not disrupting the timeline is the most fundamental of them. If we can't go back to our timeline without affecting it, then it means we must not attempt to go back. This rule must be respected by everyone here, as this rule is more important than any of us. We must not make our return to our own timeline prior to the temporal prime directive, but to the contrary, make conditional to each of our actions the fact it must respect the temporal prime directive. Second, we belong to our timeline, not to this timeline. The correct timeline is more important than us, and insuring it remains as it should be is our priority. Nevertheless, staying in this timeline can only increase the likelihood we disrupt our own timeline, so it is a higher priority to return than to stay here. As for the USS Spectre, they have no mention because they are not part of our timeline. As the USS Spectre from our timeline, there is no way to contact them and ask them." As he speak, Syuvik mind was processing all the comments and affirmations said by M'elissa, and.......Eureka. "But thinking about other Mithrandir is part of the deliberation process as we must study every possibility still open and we might be able to find contradiction that arise from certain of them. And your question about the station might be the solution. You asked does the station still exist in our timeline. This is a very sound place to look for. Very clever ensign.....Lieutenant Briggs, I give you this task. Look for everything we have on the station." (Reply Briggs) "Any other interesting comments?" (Reply all) (Posted by Nick) =========================================================================