Compiled by Calvin Capps ======================================================================================================================== Mission: The Enigma Factor Day: 4 Stardate: 2407.01.30 ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 7, Life Sciences Lab - Petty Officer Julia Williams - 0235) (USS Paladin - Deck 7, Life Sciences Lab - Petty Officer Julia Williams - 0235) (USS Paladin - Deck 5, Olesia's Quarters - Science Officer Ensign (jg) Olesia Belden - 02:38) (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO's Office - Ensign JG Christopher Adams - 0904) (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO Office - LT Steven Matrix - 0904) (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO's Office - Ensign JG Christopher Adams - 0906) (USS Paladin - Security Quarters - ACTO Ensign(jg) Detron Trei - 09.08) (USS Paladin - Deck 51, Engineering - Ensign JG Christopher Adams - 0909) (USS Paladin - Security Quarters - ACTO Ensign(jg) Detron Trei - 09.11) (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO Office - LT Steven Matrix - 0913) (USS Paladin - Deck 51, Engineering - Ensign JG Christopher Adams - 0918) (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO's Office - Crewman 2nd Class Thomas Frederik - 0922) (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO Office - CEO LT Steven Matrix - 0922) (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO's Office - Crewman 2nd Class Thomas Frederik - 0924) (USS Paladin, Chief Ops office - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor - 1130) (USS Paladin, FSXO's Office, FSXO 1st Lt. Stephiea Rath, 1132) (USS Paladin, COPS Office Office - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor, 1133) (USS Paladin, FSXO's Office, FSXO 1st Lt. Stephiea Rath, 1134) (USS Paladin, COPS Officer - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor, 1135) (USS Paladin, Deck 68, Promenade, Universal Bounty - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor - 1200) (USS Paladin, Deck 68, Promenade, Universal Bounty, 1st Lt. Stephiea Rath, 1201) (USS Paladin, Deck 68, Promenade, Universal Bounty - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor - 1202) (USS Paladin, Deck 68, Promenade, Universal Bounty, FSXO 1st Lt. Stephiea Rath, 1203) (USS Paladin, Deck 68, Promenade, Universal Bounty - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor, 1205) (USS Paladin, Ready Room, CO Captain Eva Straton, 1300) (USS Paladin,Sickbay, Pilot officer Smith, 1330) (USS Paladin – Sickbay – Pilot officer Smith– 1337) (USS Paladin – Sickbay – Ensign JG Interim Chief Nurse Rulan Jikar – 1338) (USS Paladin – Sickbay – Pilot officer Smith – 1342) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 7, Life Sciences Lab - Petty Officer Julia Williams - 0235) With the rift finally closed, the sensors were finally freed up for other assignments and Life Sciences Specialist Julia Williams was going to take full advantage of the time. While on patrol on the edges of the Neutral Zone, long range sensors had picked up a pre-industrial society on the sixth planet in the Dessica System. She was running scans on the society when the distress signal diverted the Paladin's attention and all sensors were taken over in order to study the rift. Now that the crisis was over she knew she only had a limited amount of time before the system was out of range. The double doors to the lab parted when the young scientist approached. The lab was completely dark except for a few lights emanating from the computers in the lab. "Computer. Lights," said Julia to the empty room. The lab's white lights momentarily blinded her as they blinked on. She walked over to the main sensor table sitting in the center of the room. On the screen she could still see the layout of the village she was scanning four days ago. The society was very interesting. From the layout of the village, she could tell they were very religious. There appeared to be some sort of temple or alter in the middle while houses radiated out from there. From the scans of the village, they were roughly 30,000 humanoids living there and they had discovered how to forge metal and build structures which were resistant to the harsh winter which appeared to be going on there right now. Fascinating. Julia started pushing a few buttons to bring the long range sensor back online and start scanning the system where the planet was located. The long range sensors weren't much, but during this war you took what you could get. Hopefully this would be all over and we would get back to exploring the galaxy again. Three beeps alerted the petty officer to a problem with the sensors. "Lateral Sensor Array Offline," read Julia out loud. "What the…" A few more taps on the computer confirmed it. She reached down and touched her comm badge. "Williams to Engineering." =^=Engineering. Ensign Adams speaking,=^= came the voice on the other end. "Adams," responded Julia. "This is Julia Williams in the Life Sciences lab. I'm trying to use the long range sensors to scan one of the systems we passed a few days ago, but the computer is saying the Lateral Sensor Array is down. What's going on?" =^=Upgrade to the power conduits on Deck 35,=^= responded Adams. =^=Power has been cut to almost the entire deck while the work is going on. Sorry, Williams, but we had to get these systems upgraded now before resume our patrol.=^= "I saw the posting of the outage, but I thought it was supposed to be done by now," said Williams. "The report I read said that it would be done by 0200 hours. I don't have that much time before we move on and the society I'm studying goes out of sensor range." =^=Sorry, but all the people and equipment needed to do the upgrade were diverted to the Sunda to help them get their ship back in working order,=^= explained the ensign. =^=We're back logged on all of our maintenance here on the Paladin. Sorry, but the maintenance reports must not have been updated with the new completion dates.=^= "Wonderful," responded Williams sarcastically. "So, when will power be restored to the deck?" =^=The upgrade is going to take 19 more hours,=^= responded Adams. =^=So it won't be back up until 2100 hours.=^= "2100 hours!" exclaimed the life sciences tech. "That's outrageous. I hope you all love your little war, while the science by which Starfleet was founded gets pushed aside." =^=Sorry, ma'am.=^= said Adams apologetically. =^=Not much I can do about it.=^= "Fine. Williams out." Julia touched her comm badge and cut off the signal and then slammed her fists into the sensor table. "Argh," she shouted in frustration. After a few seconds of letting herself calm down, she looked up the list of Science Officers who were on call. Maybe one of them could talk some sense into Ensign Adams and get the sensors back up sooner than 19 hours from now. Julia once again touched her comm badge. "Williams to Belden" (reply Belden) "Sorry to call you so early in the morning, sir," said Williams. "But, this is urgent. I'm doing long range scans of the Dessica System studying a pre-industrial society on the sixth planet. It's very critical that I get more time on the lateral sensor array before we head off back on our patrol of the Neutral Zone border. However, the array is down. Apparently Engineering is doing some maintenance and power to the deck won't be restored until 2100 hours. Can you believe it? How could a power upgrade take so long? Is there any way you could contact Engineering and talk to Ensign Adams? Get him to speed it up?" (posted by Jason) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 7, Life Sciences Lab - Petty Officer Julia Williams - 0235) Life Sciences Technician Julia Williams had just received news from engineering that the lateral sensor array was down and it wouldn't be ready until 2100 hours. This was going to be way too late for her to continue her study of the pre-industrial society on Dessica VI. She had contacted the Science Officer on call, Ensign Olesia Belden, in order to complain. =^=Well,=^= came Ensign Belden's groggy voice over the comm system. =^=I believe that the auxiliary array is still operational. Why don't you try that for now?=^= "Unfortunately, the Dessica System is too far away for anything other than the lateral sensor array," explained Williams. "The auxiliary array doesn't have the power. Besides, it's being used by Stellar Sciences. They are pulling double duty studying the rift and how it formed before we have to leave the area." (posted by Jason) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 5, Olesia's Quarters - Science Officer Ensign (jg) Olesia Belden - 02:38) =/\=Williams to Belden"=/\= Olesia's hand appeared from under the bedcovers, where she had settled an hour or so earlier. It slowly moved towards the comm panel, and pressed the respond buttion. Groggily, she said, "What is it?" =/\=Sorry to call you so early in the morning, sir,=/\= Williams came Williams' voice, =/\=but, this is urgent. I'm doing long range scans of the Dessica System studying a pre-industrial society on the sixth planet. It's very critical that I get more time on the lateral sensor array before we head off back on our patrol of the Neutral Zone border. However, the array is down. Apparently Engineering is doing some maintenance and power to the deck won't be restored until 2100 hours. Can you believe it? How could a power upgrade take so long? Is there any way you could contact Engineering and talk to Ensign Adams? Get him to speed it up?=/\= "Well, I believe that the auxiliary array is still operational. Why don't you try that for now?" (posted by Spencer) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO's Office - Ensign JG Christopher Adams - 0904) Ensign Christopher Adams stood outside Chief Engineer Matrix's office. His duty shift was done and it was time to review the Activity Report with his CO. PADD in his left hand he reached out and pushed the door chime. (reply Matrix) The doors opened and Ensign Adams approached Lieutenant Matrix's desk. "Ready to review the Activity Report?" asked Adams. (reply Matrix) "The upgrades to the power conduits on Deck 35 are almost complete. We had to take Transporter Room 5 and the lateral sensor array offline while the conduits were repaired. The Life Sciences Group are pretty stressed because we told them the sensor array would be back online by now. It should be done around 1300 hours. "There was an incident in the main shuttle bay. One of the transports which was ferrying people between the Paladin and the Sunda pulled in too fast and damaged one of the walls. It ruptured a plasma conduit, but it was contained and repairs have been started. "Some of the holo-emiters in Holodeck 3 are in need of repair. The luau that went on last night must have been pretty wild. I've added it to the repair list, but haven't started repairs. I've entered a standard warning if someone tries to use the holodeck until repairs are made." (posted by Jason) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO Office - LT Steven Matrix - 0904) Matrix had been at his desk since 0431. It was going to be a long day. Repairs around the ship were underway. Damage to the Paladin was widespread, but not major. As Matrix studied the condition boards the door chimed. "Enter." said Matrix. The young Ensign entered and stood across the desk. "Ready to review the Activity Report?" asked Adams. Matrix looked up at the Ensign, almost annoyed at the interruption. " Yes Ensign. Proceed." "The upgrades to the power conduits on Deck 35 are almost complete. We had to take Transporter Room 5 and the lateral sensor array offline while the conduits were repaired. The Life Sciences Group are pretty stressed because we told them the sensor array would be back online by now. It should be done around 1300 hours. "There was an incident in the main shuttle bay. One of the transports which was ferrying people between the Paladin and the Sunda pulled in too fast and damaged one of the walls. It ruptured a plasma conduit, but it was contained and repairs have been started. "Some of the holo-emiters in Holodeck 3 are in need of repair. The luau that went on last night must have been pretty wild. I've added it to the repair list, but haven't started repairs. I've entered a standard warning if someone tries to use the holodeck until repairs are made." Matrix was visibly annoyed at the Ensign's report. "Very well Ensign. Have the transport pilot who damaged my wall report to me immediately. Also, let Ensign Cohen know about Holodeck 3, he may have had some experiments running. Also, fine job Ensign. Thank you." replied Matrix. (Reply Adams) "Oh, Ensign. I'd like a list of all who personnel who attended the luau too. I'd like to know who's tearing up my Holodeck. Dismissed." said Matrix. (posted by Steve) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO's Office - Ensign JG Christopher Adams - 0906) Ensign Christopher Adams sat in a chair in Chief Engineer Matrix's office looking down at a PADD which contained the activity report for Gamma Shift, the shift that Adams commands. Looking up the ensign could tell that Lieutenant Matrix was annoyed at what went on during the early morning hours. "Very well Ensign," said Matrix. "Have the transport pilot who damaged my wall report to me immediately. Also, let Ensign Cohen know about Holodeck 3, he may have had some experiments running. Also, fine job Ensign. Thank you." "Yes, sir," replied Adams. "Thank you, sir." He started to get up from his chair. "Oh, Ensign," interjected Matrix. "I'd like a list of all who personnel who attended the luau too. I'd like to know who's tearing up my Holodeck. Dismissed." "Aye, sir," responded Adams quickly. He wanted to get out of his CO's office as fast as possible. He could tell Matrix was not in a good mood and he didn't want the chief engineer's wrath to start heading his way. Adams left Lieutenant Matrix's office, door sliding shut behind him, and he headed over to one of the engineering stations and touched his comm badge. "Ensign Adams to Crewman Frederik." There was silence then finally someone answered. =^=Yes?=^= came a groggy voice on the other end of the comm signal. "That's, 'Yes sir?', crewman," corrected Adams. =^=I'm sorry, sir. Yes, sir,=^= responded Frederik. =^=I was asleep. Rough night, as you know.=^= "Yes. I know," said Adams. "And now Lieutenant Matrix knows. He wants to see you right away." =^=Great,=^= Frederik yawned. =^=I already got an ear full from Chief Brant. Now I have the Chief Engineer pissed at me too. Acknowledged. I'll be down there in a couple of minutes.=^= The comm signal ended and Adams reached down to the engineering station and pulled up the Holodeck 3 status sheet. He forwarded the damage warning to Ensign Cohen so that he would know about the problems. With a sigh he touched his comm badge again. "Ensign Adams to Ensign Trei." (reply Trei) "Hey…uh…yea," stammered Adams. "Hey, Dentron. There was some damage to some of the holo-emiters on Holodeck 3 last night and Lieutenant Matrix is pretty mad. Do you happen to have a list of everyone who attended the luau last night?" (posted by Jason) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Security Quarters - ACTO Ensign(jg) Detron Trei - 09.08) Detron was eating some breakfast in his quaters when his com badge chimed. ^= Ensign Adams to Trei^. Do you have a list of participants at the Luau last night?^= Detron tapped his com badge. ^= Trei Here. I am having breakfast in my quarters. The list is here with me Is there a problem?^= (posted by Edward) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 51, Engineering - Ensign JG Christopher Adams - 0909) After reporting the damage to Holodeck 3 from the Luau last night to the Chief Engineer, Ensign Christopher Adams had the duty to getting a list participants. He knew Ensign Dentron Trei had organized the party, so he decided to find out if he could get the list from him. =^=Trei here,=^= responded the young security officer over the comm system. =^=I am having breakfast in my quarters. The list is here with me. Is there a problem?=^= "About mid-way though Gamma shift," started Adams. "I had my men run a level three diagnostic on all holodeck systems. It's standard procedure because Gamma shift is usually the time when most of the holodecks aren't in use. Anyway, the diagnostic revealed that several of the holo-emitters had been damaged. I reported it to Lieutenant Matrix this morning in my standard Activity Report for Gamma shift and he wanted to find out who attended the meeting. I assume he wants to get down to the reason why his holodecks are getting damaged. You know what, maybe you should contact him directly with the list of people. You probably know more about what happened in the party, since you set it up." (posted by Jason) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Security Quarters - ACTO Ensign(jg) Detron Trei - 09.11) Detron tapped his com badge . ^= Trei to Matrix. Trei to Matrix. I have the list you want as follows: -- ACTO Ensign(jg) Detron Trei (host of Luau) -- CSO Lieutenant(jg) Mathew Brownlee -- ACOM Ensign(jg) Christian Brownlee -- MO Aya Weir -- COUN Kellita (sorry I don't know you yet) -- CMO Nissa Whetari ^= Trei out^= Detron tapped his com badge and went back to his breakfast ~We just had some fun at the Luau. What is the problem?~ (posted by Edward) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO Office - LT Steven Matrix - 0913) =^= Matrix to Ensign Cohen. =^= "Aye, Sir Peter here. What can I do for you?" =^= Peter, Ensign Adams has shutdown holodeck 3 and he'll let you know that shortly. I just wanted to give you a heads up if you didn't already know that. Did you have any simulations running there? =^= The sound of a tricorder could be heard hitting the floor. The familiar offline beep sounded just after the impact. Peter cringed, "Aye Sir I did the luau took up all of the processing power so I saved and closed the program." =^= What was that sound? Drop something Ensign? Where are you? =^= "I'm in the main shuttle bay working on repairs to the plasma conduits. Some shuttle pilot grazed and damaged the port wall....and yes I dropped a tricorder. I'm almost done here and was going to head over Deck 35 and see if I can lend a hand." replied Peter. =^= Very well Peter, sorry to interrupt your work. When Ensign Adams contacts you, you should give him a hard time about the holodeck repairs. A good 'ol Star Fleet razing if you know what I mean? =^= Matrix smiled. "Yes sir! I shall do that. Cohen out." replied Ensign Cohen. (posted by Steve) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 51, Engineering - Ensign JG Christopher Adams - 0918) Ensign Christopher Adams was standing at an engineering station finishing up some last minute tasks before heading off duty while Alpha shift started ramping up for the day. After his duty shift activity report, Chief Engineer Matrix wanted him to contact a few people, one of whom was Ensign Peter Cohen, who was conducting some experiments in the now damaged Holodeck 3. "Ensign Adams to Ensign Cohen," said Adams after touching his comm badge. (reply Cohen) "Not sure if you would get my message, so I thought I would contact you by comm system," explained Adams. "Apparently the luau caused some damage to Holodeck 3 and Lieutenant Matrix wanted me to contact you to make sure you knew about the damage. He said you might be conducting some experiments?" (posted by Jason) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO's Office - Crewman 2nd Class Thomas Frederik - 0922) Crewman Frederik was still trying to rub the sleep out of his eyes when he exited the turbolift on deck 51. He was not looking forward to this. Five hours ago he had accidentally crashed one of the transport shuttles into the side of the main shuttle bay. His CO, Chief Brant, had given him an ear full and had actually pulled him off the flight roster. Now, the Chief Engineer wanted to see him. He stood in front of Lieutenant Matrix's door and straightened out his uniform before pressing the door chime. (reply Matrix) The door slid open and Frederik walked into the office and stood at attention. "Crewman Frederik reporting as ordered." (posted by Jason) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO Office - CEO LT Steven Matrix - 0922) Matrix was reviewing his day's work; repairs and his crew contingent when his door chimed. "Enter!" said Matrix "Crewman Frederik reporting as ordered." Matrix stood up, "Aye crewman Fredrik, nice of you to stop in. So, tell me, are you responsible for the damage to the main hanger deck?" Matrix sat on the corner of his desk looking intently at the crewman. (Reply Frederik) Matrix folded his arms, "How long have you been piloting shuttle craft crewman?" (Reply Frederik) "Well crewman, I'll let your CO deal with your flight prowess. I just wanted to meet the person responsible for tearing up my shuttle bay and causing undo crew hours to repair. I can't imagine what you did to the shuttle craft." Matrix stood up and walked around to his chair and sat down. (Reply Frederik) "Did you get the occupants aboard safely crewman? Matrix asked in a snide tone. (Reply Frederik) Matrix smiled, "Excellent. That is the most important thing I guess...but be careful you could have killed yourself and your crewmates. We can repair the ship and equipment." (Reply Frederik) "Very well crewman. Dismissed." replied Matrix. (posted by Steve) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin - Deck 51, CEO's Office - Crewman 2nd Class Thomas Frederik - 0924) Crewman Thomas Frederik had spent most of the night shuttling the crew and equipment back to the Paladin after their repair mission on the alien vessel, Sunda. The transporters weren't always reliable in the vicinity of the rift, so the shuttle crew was called into duty. On his last run, he was bringing the last of the engineering crew back, when he forgot to decelerate once he cleared the force field. He was coming in too hot and was able to get the shuttle under control, but not before ramming the side of the shuttle into the bay wall. He was now standing at attention in the Chief Engineer's Office, who wanted an explanation on why his shuttle bay was damaged. Lieutenant Matrix sat on the edge of his desk glaring at the shuttle pilot. "So, tell me, are you responsible for the damage to the main hanger deck?" "Yes, sir," Frederik responded quietly. "Well crewman, I'll let your CO deal with your flight prowess. I just wanted to meet the person responsible for tearing up my shuttle bay and causing undo crew hours to repair. I can't imagine what you did to the shuttle craft." Matrix stood up and walked around to his chair and sat down. "Yes, sir. Chief Brant has already pulled me off duty," explained Frederik. "The shuttle's starboard side struck the wall during the incident almost ripping off the nacelle." "Did you get the occupants aboard safely crewman?" Matrix asked in a snide tone. "Yes, sir," responded the pilot. "Your engineering staff is safe. Just a few bumps and bruises. The inertial dampeners absorbed most of the blow." Matrix smiled, "Excellent. That is the most important thing I guess...but be careful you could have killed yourself and your crewmates. We can repair the ship and equipment." "Aye, sir. I will, sir," said Frederik still looking towards the wall at attention. "Very well crewman. Dismissed." replied Matrix. Crewman Frederik nodded, did an about face and walked out of the chief engineers office. When the doors slid shut behind him, he exhaled a deep breath. He was so nervous his hands were shaking. Then a giant yawn appeared on the crewman's face. He stumbled back to his bunk and fell fast asleep. (posted by Jason) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin, Chief Ops office - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor - 1130) Michael sat as his desk going over supply requests from the various departments. The had fired up the industrial replicators the previous day, and he wanted to make sure they got all the requests filled before they shut her back down. He had just filed some miscellaneous requests that had been made prior to the task force splitting up when his stomach growled loudly. "Quiet," Michael said as he put aside the PADD he had just finished with and pulled out the next request, "I'll feed you in a..." Michael started to say as he read which department the request was from. "Better idea, I'll feed you as soon as I make an appointment," Michael said putting down the PADD and leaning back, tapping his comm badge. "Ensign O'Connor to Lieutenant Rath," Michael said with a smile on his face and a happy voice. (Reply Rath) "Do you happen to be busy in half an hour?" Michael asked quickly. "Cause if you're not, I was wondering if you'd like to grab a bite to eat with me. I want to make up for not being able to take a look at Isis after I promised you I would. I heard about this place down on the Promenade, figured we could try it together?" Michael asked, suddenly nervous that she might say no. He didn't quite know why he was nervous, it wasn't like she had been avoiding him, they had just both gotten really busy and they didn't have time to meet since the party. (posted by Patrick) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin, FSXO's Office, FSXO 1st Lt. Stephiea Rath, 1132) Steph sat at her desk working over the various administrative duties that came with being the Flight Squadron Executive Officer when her comm-badge chirped suddenly. =/\=Ensign O'Connor to Lieutenant Rath.=/\= "Yes Ensign O'Connor," Steph replied. =/\=Do you happen to be busy in half an hour?=/\= Michael asked quickly. =/\=Cause if you're not, I was wondering if you'd like to grab a bite to eat with me. I want to make up for not being able to take a look at Isis after I promised you I would. I heard about this place down on the Promenade, figured we could try it together?=/\= "Hmmm.."She replied seriously with a mischievous smile tugging at the corner of her mouth. ~Make his sweat a little.~ She thought as she leaned back in her chair grinning. "Let me check my schedule," She said, closing her eyes and counting slowly to ten. "Mmmmm... I think I can squeeze you in," She said, fighting to keep from chuckling. "What did you have in mind?" (posted by Wes) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin, COPS Office Office - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor, 1133) =/\=Hmmm..=/\=She replied seriously, =/\=Let me check my schedule,=/\= She said, =/\=Mmmmm... I think I can squeeze you in, What did you have in mind?=/\= Michael relaxed in his chair, at least she wasn't upset, and he couldn't tell if she was teasing, however as long as he got to see her, he wasn't much worried about it. "I was thinking a nice lunch, my treat, someplace other than ten forward," Michael said. "I was thinking the Promenade?" Michael asked, hoping she'd agree, it would be quieter than Ten Forward at mid day. (posted by Patrick) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin, FSXO's Office, FSXO 1st Lt. Stephiea Rath, 1134) =/\=I was thinking a nice lunch, my treat, someplace other than ten forward,=/\= Michael said. "I was thinking the Promenade?=/\= "Alright," Steph said, allowing her smile to show in her voice. "You have some place specific in mind or shall we just wander aimlessly till we find something that catches our eye?" (posted by Wes) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin, COPS Officer - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor, 1135) =/\=Alright,=/\= Steph said, allowing her smile to show in her voice. =/\=You have some place specific in mind or shall we just wander aimlessly till we find something that catches our eye?=/\= Michael smiled, finally now that he was sure she was looking forward to lunch. "I've heard some rumors about a good place down there, serves food from just about every corner of the known galaxy. The place is called the Universal Bounty, have only heard good things so far about it. How does that sound to you, it will be my treat." Michael said. (Reply Rath, going to assume yes, if not, I'll repost or something) "Excellent, I'll see you at 1200 hours in front of the restaurants lower entrance," Michael said with a audible grin. (posted by Patrick) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin, Deck 68, Promenade, Universal Bounty - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor - 1200) Michael stood outside the Universal Bounty waiting for Stephiea to show up. In her defense however, he had shown up at least 5 minutes early just to make sure he wasn't late. When she finally did make it, Michael smiled at her and waited for her to walk over. "Afternoon Lieutenant," Michael said with a grin. "I hope your day is going well." (posted by Patrick) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin, Deck 68, Promenade, Universal Bounty, 1st Lt. Stephiea Rath, 1201) Steph walked up to the entrance to the Universal Bounty and stopped next to Michael. She looked inside the Universal Bounty, which seemed to be fairly busy, and looked around with a confused expression on her face. Then she turned around and looked across the Promenade as if she was looking for someone. Finally she turned toward Michael as if seeing him for the first time. "Hell Ensign," She said, looking past him again as if looking for someone then looking up at him with a small smile on her face. "This handsome Irishman invited me to lunch. You wouldn't of happened to see him have you?" She then looked around again as if looking for someone before smiling up at Michael. (posted by Wes) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin, Deck 68, Promenade, Universal Bounty - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor - 1202) "Hello Ensign," She said, looking past him again as if looking for someone then looking up at him with a small smile on her face. "This handsome Irishman invited me to lunch. You wouldn't of happened to see him have you?" She then looked around again as if looking for someone before smiling up at Michael. Michael just smiled back, learning very quickly that Steph was the playful sort, something he very much liked in her. "I can't say that I have lass," Michael said, not bothering to cover his accent. "But some men just don't seem to know when they've stumbled across a good thing. I would certainly be honored if I could take this scoundrel's place on your lunch schedule, and I promise you, I'm never late if I can help it, unlike some too laid back Ensigns I know." Michael said offering his arm to Steph, a very large grin on his face. (posted by Patrick) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin, Deck 68, Promenade, Universal Bounty, FSXO 1st Lt. Stephiea Rath, 1203) "Oh, that Cad!" Steph said giggling slightly as she place her arm in Michael's and walked into the Universal Bounty with him. She looked around at the dinning room noting that they seemed to be doing a pretty decent lunch business. ~Must have pretty good food to get this many people away from 10 Forward at this time of day.~ Steph thought as she looked toward a hostess that had walked up to them. "A table for two?" The Bajoran woman asked, grabbing two menu's from the podium next to the entrance. "Yes," Steph said, "Can we possible get a table with a view?" She looked up at Michael. "That's alright isn't it?" She asked. (Reply O'Connor) They followed the hostess through the dinning room to a small table near one of the many large view ports showing the stars. The hostess set down the menus and pulled the chairs out for them and waited until they were both seated. "Your waiter will be Ren'der," the hostess said, as a bus boy came up to the table and placed two glasses of ice water on the table, one in front of Steph and the other in front of Michael. "Our specials today are Vulcan Polmek soup, Bajoran Hasperat, Earth BBQ pork rib dinner, and Tellerite steroin stew dinner." The hostess then bowed slightly took a few steps backwards before turning and heading back toward the door. Steph, picked up her small digital menu, her eyes widening at the large selection of food. "Wow," She said looking up at Michael. "They certainly have a very extensive menu don't they?" She placed the menu down on the table. "So, your invitation to lunch, was it for business or pleasure?" She asked with a smile. (posted by Wes) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin, Deck 68, Promenade, Universal Bounty - COPS/3O Ensign (sg) Michael Ian O'Connor, 1205) "A table for two?" The Bajoran woman asked, grabbing two menu's from the podium next to the entrance. "Yes," Steph said, "Can we possible get a table with a view?" She looked up at Michael. "That's alright isn't it?" She asked. "Sounds fine to me," Michael said, he thought about adding that as long as she was at the table there'd be a wonderful view, but decided it was a little to They followed the hostess through the dinning room to a small table near one of the many large view ports showing the stars. The hostess set down the menus and pulled the chairs out for them and waited until they were both seated. "Your waiter will be Ren'der," the hostess said, as a bus boy came up to the table and placed two glasses of ice water on the table, one in front of Steph and the other in front of Michael. "Our specials today are Vulcan Polmek soup, Bajoran Hasperat, Earth BBQ pork rib dinner, and Tellerite steroin stew dinner." The hostess then bowed slightly took a few steps backwards before turning and heading back toward the door. "Wow," She said looking up at Michael. "They certainly have a very extensive menu don't they?" She placed the menu down on the table. "So, your invitation to lunch, was it for business or pleasure?" She asked with a smile. "Pleasure, to be completely honest, but I was prepared to use business if it was necessary to get to see you." Michael said. "I really am sorry that I've been so busy lately. First patrol duty, then angry aliens...I swear, fate is conspiring against me." Michael said, as he quickly took a drink of his water. (posted by Patrick) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin, Ready Room, CO Captain Eva Straton, 1300) Eva lifted the steaming cup of herbal tea from the replicator and moved over to her desk. Sitting down, she took a small sip of the tea before placing it down on her desk. She lifted the PADD containing all the reports from the Sunda on it and looked it over again before placing it down again. Picking up her tea again she leaned back in her chair and took another sip. "Computer begin recording," She said. The computer chirped to signal that it was recording. "Captain's Log: Stardate 2407.01.30. Having received a distress call from a ship of unknown origin while patrolling the Romulan Neutral Zone, the Paladin set course to render whatever assistance we could. We arrived to discover an alien craft trapped inside a subspace rift. Unable to establish communication with the craft, I ordered an Away Team to beam aboard to search for survivors and render any medical or technical assistance possible. Several wounded aliens that outwardly resembled Vulcanoids, but internally are vastly different, were beamed to the Paladin's sickbay to treatment. A second alien ship arrived identifying themselves as the QHL Aiglos of the United Kingdom of Kiria. While trying to explain our presence to the commander of the Aiglos, communication was suddenly cut when the ship trapped in the rift suddenly activated their warp drive resulting in the rift expanding and disrupting communications and transporters. At this time we lost contact with our away team as well as our transporter lock on them. Hostilities nearly broke out between the Paladin and the Aiglos, but luckily cooler heads prevailed and I lead a second away team aboard the Aiglos to met directly with their commander and discuss exactly how we could work together to recover the trapped ship, which we learned called the Sunda. The Aiglos used their version of a tractor beam to drag the Sunda out of the rift while the Paladin used her tractor beam to re-enforce the Sunda's structural integrity. Once the Sunda was towed to a safe distance from the rift our Away Team was beamed back on board and a senior officers briefing was called. "After the briefing the Paladin crew assisted the crew of the Aiglos and the survivors of the Sunda in determining what had caused the rift and how best to seal the rift. After a through investigation over the last two days it was discovered that the Sunda's warp drive, which is a quantum singularity drive similar to what the Romulan's use, was indeed sabotaged by a Romulan spy on board the Sunda. Further investigation into the Sunda's computer system lead to evidence of a number of Romulan spies operating within the Kingdom of Kiria. The Commander of the Aiglos was quite upset to learn of their allies duplicity and has promised to launch a full investigation once he returns to their home world. With the knowledge of exactly how the warp drive was sabotaged our respective science departments were able to work with engineering to seal the rift. The Commander of Aiglos was very impressed with the work and professionalism of the crew and has expressed interest in the possibility of opening formal relations with the Federation and will be forwarded to Fleet Commander for follow up. "Now with the rift closed and all teams back on board the Paladin, we are preparing to return to our patrol of the Romulan Neutral Zone. Commander Rulestaad has been in contact with the Battle Group through out the current mission and with nothing major to report. We shall be heading out within the hour. End Log." The computer chirped that it was no longer recording and Eva lifted her cup of tea to her lips for another sip as she reflected silently on the events of the past few days. ~Hope that Romulan spy enjoys his stay in the Aiglos's brig.~ (posted by Wes) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin,Sickbay, Pilot officer Smith, 1330) Jennifer entered sickbay. It was as many other sickbay that she had worked in in her last job. ~Well now that I am here I better ask. Its also in my own time as well~ She saw I nurse who was working buy the nurses station. She crossed over and waited until the nurse looked up. "Hallo, my name is Jennifer Smith. I was wondering if I could seek to the 'Sister' in charge. If that possible." (reply T’Rihn) "The reason why I ask is that I got my wings I was a registered nurse. I'm wondering if I could spend some time in sickbay so that my registration dose not expire?" (posted by Robbie) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin – Sickbay – Pilot officer Smith– 1337) “Great…I will have to obtain the CMO’s approval, but we should be able to have you in here at least once a week. I have a patient now who is complaining of chest pains and some trouble breathing, if you would like to assist?” Jennifer looked at Chief Nurse Rulan and nodded. “Yes Chief Nurse Rulan. That would be grate.” She to followed Rulan over to the patient. As they approached the patient a couple of things came into her mind. The first was that she would have to inform about her doing nursing work. Although it would be in her own time, it would be polite to keep him informed as he was her boss. ~I’ll do it when I finished my shift here~ As Rulan introduced him self to the patient her mind changed to work. ~Okay Jennifer get you brain in gear. Chest pain as well as being sort of breath. Could be the signs of a heart attach or could just be that patient has done a lot of strenuous activity lately. Don’t run before you can walk lets see what the patient tell us~ She stepped beside, gave the patient a nod and a smile as Rulan introduced her. (posted by Robbie) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin – Sickbay – Ensign JG Interim Chief Nurse Rulan Jikar – 1338) Walking quietly over to his patient with the tall volunteer nurse by his side, Jikar wondered if Dr. Whetari would be angry with him for putting Ms. Smith to work right away. Somehow, he doubted it, as Dr. Whetari tended to leave nurse staffing decisions up to him. She had even remarked on what a precise job he had been doing. ~Well, I’ll mention it to her nevertheless…perhaps we can get a small emergency medial corps started.~ They arrived at the patient’s biobed and, from the corner of his eye, Jikar noticed that she looked a bit nervous, but that she smiled and nodded at the patient. He took a look at the young man, who appeared pale and worried. “Crewman Johnson, this is Nurse Smith and she will be examining you while I evaluate the results of the scans that I ran on you a while ago.” Jikar turned to Ms. Smith with a smile. “All yours, Nurse.” (posted by Sarah) ======================================================================================================================== (USS Paladin – Sickbay – Pilot officer Smith – 1342) “Crewman Johnson, this is Nurse Smith and she will be examining you while I evaluate the results of the scans that I ran on you a while ago.” “All yours, Nurse.” Jennifer nodded to Jikar as he left them. Then looked back at Johnson and gave him a reassuring smile. "Hallo I'm Jennifer, She new that he had just been told who she was but some patients who are worried don't always pick things up the first time. "Aren't you a pilot." She smailed at him as she sat on a chair next to him. "Yes I am. I'm the boss of Shark bait squadron." He founded for a moment "May I take your pulse?" She asked putting out her hand. If she had wanted she could have looked at the monitors and got her answers but she had always been told that using your own senses is far better then relying on mechanical devises. She placed her figures on his wrist and found his pulse. "What are doing here if your a pilot?" "I Was a nurse during before I trained to be a pilot. I need to do some shifts or I louse my registration." ~hmm he is short of breath and his pulse is racing~ "Apart from you chest are you in pain any where else?" "No." She glanced at his sats and his blood pressure. ~Sats are dropping slowly and his pressure is creeping up~ She looked at his drug PADD and found that he was prescribed oxygen. ~Good~ "Mr Johnson. I'm give you a little oxygen if that's okay." Johnson nodded. Jennifer placed a mask over his head ans started a flow. "I need you to try and take some slow but deep breaths." "But it hurts when I breath deep." "Okay. Try and take some good breaths any way and I'll go and see if we can get on top of the pain." Jo gave him a reassuring smile and headed over to Jikar. she wondered whether she should refer to him as ensign but she decided against it. He was the Chief Nurse and deserved that respect. "Chief Nurse Jikar. Thanks you for that. Do you know if crewman Johnson has any past medical history that could account for the chest pain?" (posted by Robbie) ======================================================================================================================== Hope you enjoyed!