: Posted by Ensign Coryn Vinoda (Security officer) in Bridge
: : Posted by Lieutenant Lars Helsfrieg (Chief Engineer) in Bridge
: : : Posted by SheNanigans (Gamemaster) in Bridge
: : : : Posted by Ensign Coryn Vinoda (Security officer) in Bridge
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : OOC: The above post is only for information purposes it actually occurred in engineering. I will give a quick summary of where we are.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 1. The bridge is now manned by Parker, Thorne, Lawrence, Balfor, Klem and our lovely Captain Bemla. O2 is at 85%.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 4. Lars is in Engineering's and his findings need to be communicated to the bridge so proper scans of entire ship can occur.
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 5. Someone could look out a window and see that you are not moving at the right speed or that you are not in the correct sector of space. But these can't be confirmed by sensors until you figure out a way to unhook the device in engineering.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : =^=Engineering to Bridge. We have located a phased piece of equipment hooked up to the main engineering console. We did not locate any actual intruders though. Using scans we can detect it but Im not sure how to remove it. I recommend shutting off all power to the main console. In effect severe its route of control. I can man engineering from Auxillary Control. Its either that or pull the plug which I have no idea what that may do. Im hoping whoever installed it didnt think of us just not using the main console.=^=
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Lars hoped it would work.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : =^=BTW I am detecting internal transporters working. Are you seeing the same?=^=
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Kolar's eyes were now closed he was concentrating on each word that was being said and reducing the rest of the stimulus coming in. =^=All transporter rooms report=^= Ships often had transports without clearing it but at this time with forcefields up and during general quarters... unacceptable.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Shirazi could see that Kolar was finally being affected. He looked like he was in incredible pain and he moved his head carefully---much like she did when one of the blinding migraines got her. If they didn't get this under control, all might be lost.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Viewscreen on. Show us what's outside the ship." She looked at Sidney. "I guess we can't rely on any sensor data for the time being. We should still be able to use tricorders though." She tapped her combadge. =/\=Security, send a team to each transporter room and set up guards on the inside. We suspect an intruder and unauthorized beaming. Do it now and report your findings. Thorne out.=/\=
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : It was Sid's call about shutting the power down to the main console in engineering, but he needed to decide quickly.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Mirri looked up and squinted at the stars "We are not moving as we should be." She said looking at her own controls and trying to figure out the discrepancy that was occurring.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Kolar looked up, but still didn't open his eyes, "Shut the warp drive down... shut it all it all down." There were too many things happening. Kolar couldn't process it all. "Red Alert, raise the shields." He didn't know what was going on inside their ship, but if they figured some way to stop it, he suspected someone from without would be by soon.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : =^=Engineering cut power to all systems except life support, weapons, shields, and the transverse force fields.=^=
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : The Red Alert klaxton began to sound and the ship's lighting changed to the warning red. The LCARS stations would indicate that the shields were up and it was shutting down when in reality the interface in engineering was merely mirroring the orders back so the crew would think they were in control. The real control of the ship had been in the hands of the Taul cruiser, attached to the hull of the Olinski for two days now. External shields did not really engage nor did the warp engines begin to shut down. When looking into real space it will also be noted that the stars are wrong.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : Umm GM the above post does not really show the actions of the CE. Pls see the engineering thread. I will email you.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : OOC: Okay, I wrote the passage below thinking I had a fix to discover we didn't have control of the ship. Now after a discussion in IRC, I find out that the viewscreen is hooked into the computer too, so the Taul are controlling it. I'm adding a bit more text to make it work.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : Through the viewscreen, Shirazi could see they were still moving. "Bring the ship to an All Stop!"
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: : : : : : : : : : : : The stars on the viewscreen froze in place and the mighty Olinski parked itself.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : Wanting to run some calculations and go over the ship schematics to look for any weaknesses, Thorne went to the ready room for a PaDD. As she stood in the doorway and looked out the windows behind Sid's desk, stars that should have been fixed points in space were streaking past.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : "I said All Stop, Lt!"
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: : : : : : : : : : : : She backed up until she could see the viewscreen again. Shaking her head, she looked at Sid. "Captain, you'd better have a look at this. We're still moving even though it looks like we're stationary from the bridge."
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: : : : : : : : : : : : Activating the ready room door again, she waited for him to come see what she was talking about.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : =/\=Engineering, Thorne here. The bridge computer is not answering commands correctly. Bring the ship to a full stop. If your tries don't make it happen, get someone to the axillary bridge and try it from there. Report with your findings.=/\=
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : OOC: This would be a good time to add in the CE comments about finding the phased device and moving to the aux bridge.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : ---Thorne
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: : : : : : : : : : : ~OOC~ Just as a note though though the GM has not responded to Lars actions yet.
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: : : : : : : : : : : Parker began walking that way when the CE called the Bridge.
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: : : : : : : : : : : =^=Bridge I have cut all power to the Main Control. Following the advice of the CSO I was able to detect a phased device hooked up to the Main Control panel and controlling the LCARS system or most of it anyway. I pulled all the isolinear chips to the controls in engineering. I am now in Auxillary Control. In theory this should now be the only way to control the engineering systems.=^=
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: : : : : : : : : : : =Chief this is the Captain. Understood. Do what you can to stop all systems except basic ones and Science so we can find these intruders. We need to figure out who has hijacked our ship. Take the transporters offline if it takes beating it to a pulp to do it.=^=
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: : : : : : : : : : : He was staring through the open door of his Ready Room at a ship that should be stopped but wasnt. He now knew they were boarded and under attack.
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: : : : : : : : : : : ¨Kolar I want these intruders out of phase and in our time space one way or the other. Hell I dont care whose time space they end up in." He ordered.
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: : : : : : : : : : Kolar bowed his head into his hands. With every moment this damned headache was getting worse and he suspected it was part of the effect that was causing everyone else to act nutty. Somehow he was able to fight it off, but he was now paying the price in pain and he suspected that it would only get worse. He didn't trust a single person right now.. not because they were unworthy.. but they could be compromised.
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: : : : : : : : : : =^=Aye Sir.-^- Kolar walked over to the med kit on the bridge and removed a hypospray of a pain reliever and anti-inflammatory, That should stop the headache without relying on anyone else.
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: : : : : : : : : : The security scans, force fields, didn't reveal anything... that left him few options. They only tool he had left was an accidental detection system that Data had used on the Enterprise a decade ago. anyon particles. What was problematic was nothing he ordered through the computer was working. He would have to do it manually.
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: : : : : : : : : : "I'm going to put something together in the science lab." Kolar rushed to lab one.
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: : : : : : : : : : OOC: I could role play putting an anyon projector... but since the ship was able to do it in TNG I presume it wouldn't be too difficult.
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: : : : : : : : : From the open doorway of the ready room, Shirazi watched Kolar exit the bridge and knew he was affected by the aliens too. He had ignored the orders of the doctor, captain and herself to go to sickbay when all this business started and he'd hit his head, and now he rushed off the bridge without taking care of the business at hand first. She tapped her combadge. =/\=Thorne to security. I want a two man team to each transporter room this instant! Do it now! We have intruders aboard.=/\=
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: : : : : : : : : A flustered voice replied. =/\=Aye Cmdr, sending them now.=/\= Before the signal cut out she could hear him giving orders to get it done.
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: : : : OOC: Sorry I've been out of touch, hoping I don't make too big of a mess by jumping in here. If I need to fix my post just let me know. Also w/o a COS, wasn't sure who I was supposed to be calling here.
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: : : : IC: Shortly after giving the order for two man security teams to be dispatched, Vinoda couldn't locate the second member of his team. =^=Vinoda to the bridge. I'm on deck 30 about to move to transporter room 10, but I can't find NE Roberts. He was supposed to be in the mess hall, but now the computer can't even find him. I'm going to proceed without him seeing as time has become an issue.=^=
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: : : : : : : : : She tapped again. "Thorne to the CE (Lars?). What conclusion are you getting? We need to know what the readings there on the aux bridge are. Please respond.=/\=
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: : : : : : : : : Now her gaze turned to Mirri. "Lt Lawerance. We understand you are following orders. It is the ship that is not responding." That was as close as she would get in trying to relieve the confusion of the helm officer.

Mirri barely acknowledge Thorne "I understand Commander." She said quietly as she once again tried to bring the ship to station keeping.
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: : : : : : : : : Moving a little closer to Sidney for the comfort it brought, she waited for responses from the crew.
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: : : : : : : : : ---Thorne
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: : : : : : : : Bemla watched closely the actions of those on the bridge. She was not as in control of these as she had been. Then Tam broadcast a status update from the transporter room, ~ Cordam has moved 320 crew off the ship so far. It is moving much faster than we had anticipated. Their transporting technology is making our work light. We will have half of them gone in one of their hours if we are not discovered.~
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: : : : : : : : Bemla was the only one that acknowledged their achievement. Looking around the bridge she knew they had already been discovered. ~ You will not have that long, do all you can for as long as you can. Thank you for your service. ~
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: OOC: Realized I probably should have posted these here also. These are the communications from Coryn to the bridge from transporter room 10
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: IC: =^=Vinoda to bridge I am outside of transporter room 10. I still have not seen Roberts, am I to go ahead and enter?=^=
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: : : : : : : After a few minutes an out of breath Lars responded.
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: : : : : : : =^=Bridge this is the CE. Im in the central computer core. The auxilliary control room cant help us. I can shut down a section of the operating system and it may give us control. It will slow the computer system down but that is about all. Awaiting orders.=^=
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: : : : : : =/\=Do it! Get the transporters offline. We are not in control of them and we can't be sure what's being transported off the ship! Keep us posted on the bridge about your efforts. Thorne out.=/\=
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: : : : : : She looked at Sid. "We may have to tell Lars to shut everything down except for life support. If Kolar can really come through with an anyon projector, we might be closer to a solution than we know. But what do we do when we find the intruders? If they have the ability to phase, how will we keep them contained?"
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: : : : : : OOC: Obviously, I don't know how an anyon projector works. Will it just detect phased objects, or will it force them to phase into our reality and keep them there?
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: : : : : OOC: According to STNG it forced out of phase objects visible and caused them enough pain to drop them to their knees. At the time of STNG Data was able to order to computer to do it without any difficulty.
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: =^=Vinoda to bridge. Are there any repairs scheduled for transporter room 10?=^=
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: : : As Lars implemented the engineering isolation maneuver on the system there were several short circuits that occurred, They were caused by the interference from the Taul ship.. A large power surge blocked the Taul's control for a brief 12 seconds during which time the LCARS operated correctly. The computer began to report on things it normally would be tracking and several things happened at once.
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: : : =/\= Intruder alert! Intruder alert! Detecting 5 alien lifesigns aboard=/\=
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: : : The science station would show unauthorized transporter use in room 10.
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: : : Bemla grabbed her head with the pain caused by the many frightened reactions of those in her chorus. She was so tired and weakened that she fell to her knees with the effort of remaining conscience.
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: : =^=Bridge this is Lars. I have initiated a complete shut down of the transporter system. The downside is a restart will take some time so we wont have them if this works=^=
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Mirri considered for a moment "Captain, Commander, what if our emotional responses are as a result of the aliens that are on board?" She asked "Perhaps is we fight the emotions that we're feeling that will led us to them?" She offered as a suggestion, forcing herself to feel happy and upbeat, just to see what would happen.

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