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Main Sim - Main Engineering

Posted Sept. 30, 2021, 5:04 p.m. by Cadet Katherine (Katie) Hobbes (Engineer) (S. Kimmel)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Dael Stadi (Chief Engineer) in Main Sim - Main Engineering
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Dael felt the sharp thud of something hitting him in the head, failing to see the tricorder before it was too late. He was too distracted by the chaos that had erupted in his engine room and the killer headache all the strong emotions were causing his telepathic brain. One of these days he’d have a shift that didn’t end in a migraine, one of these days. He looked around at the brawl around him and moved out of the way of a few more wild swings, noticing the security cadet getting up off the floor. Seeing the entire deck involved in this madness had the effect of actually cooling Dael down a bit. One or two crewmembers getting into a brawl, while definitely unwelcome, didn’t strike him as too strange. His entire engineering crew? This had to be something else. Also as he got his head more level, it seemed oddly cold in the engine room once his blood wasn’t that far up. Oh, they better hope this was something else and not some childish brawl. They’ll think a court martial is lucky by the end if it isn’t.

He then tapped his communicator, trying to stay out of the fight as much as possible. He was no slouch if need be, especially if he needed to deal with the original blitzers, but the sheer amount of fists flying meant it safer to duck into an engineering alcove for the moment.

=^= Stadi to Security, you’re definitely going to need more people here in Engineering, we have a full brawl going on. Attempting to secure it as best I can at the moment.=^-=

Out of the turbolift, Henry redoubled his pace. =^= Rodier to Kleine and Engineering, copy. =^=
With a sigh, he realized the other call he had to make. Great impressions on the new Captain.

=^=Stadi to Bridge, a large melee has erupted in Engineering. I’m unaware of the cause but it appears the entire shift crew has suddenly decided to turn my engine room into a Klingon battle room. Currently working with security to try and contain the issue.=^=

After that he looked around hoping to find some Engineering cadet not taken by the sudden need to cave everyone’s skull in around them so he could get a better handle on this situation.

-Lt. jg Dael Stadi, CE

Jordy picked up his phaser from the ground and saw the fight expanding out of engineering he wallked to the chief engineer. ‘Do you have an idea what happend dont think the whole deck is fighting for no reason, maybe some mind-control or virus.

Cadet Jordy Kleine - Security

“I agree Cadet, it’s extremely out of character for my team. I’m not ruling anything out at the moment.” Dael replied while dodging another wild swing from a nearby crewmember. “I’m going to remember that one, NE Doohan!” he called out after him.

Only moments after Stadi and Kleine had called for backup, the CoS arrived. Unsurprisingly, he stood in shock for a couple of seconds, just taking in the scene unfolding before him. But as soon as he snapped out of it, Henry reached for his commbadge. =^= Rodier to all nonessential Security officers, report to Engineering, condition-red readiness. Lock phasers to stun. =^= The thought of bringing armed officers into an escalating situation wasn’t exactly his best, but as far as the Chief knew he didn’t have the authority to order a room-wide anesthetic. Still…

No. He’d keep that option in mind, but try the conventional response first. So for now, he approached Kleine and Stadi, who would have to handle the situation themselves for the moment.

~ Lt. jr. gr. Rodier - CoS

As Aaron stepped into Main Engineering, he stopped and tried not to groan. He should have grabbed a phaser on his way down. Spotting Lt Rodier, he quickly made his way over.

“Lieutenant. Any ideas of what happened here? This is definitely more your job, but I think we need to end this rather quickly.”

Cmdr. Foley - XO

“Commander, I’ve got no idea. Half the department’s on their way, but I’m not sure more people is the solution here.” Though Henry did always like to keep a phaser with him in case of emergencies, he, too, had left his back in its compartment in his office.

~ Lt. jr. gr. Rodier - CoS

‘Commander,Lieutenant nice to see you two are not fighting,i wonder why they are fighting i think some sort of mind control or virus, if not what is the reason they fight,and why are we not affected.’

Cadet Jordy Kleine - Security

Shortly after Commander Foley’s arrival in Main Engineering, Cadet Javal and his two-man team approached the growing mass of officers huddling together just by the entrance. Making a quick glance around the room, Javal was curious to spot a most perplexing situation - it appeared as if a sizable number of the Engineering crew were engaged in brutal melee combat, and the ferocity of each of the combatants appeared to be comparable to the feverish rage of a Vulcan’s plak tow during Pon farr.

After taking stock of the situation, Javal glanced over to the huddle of officers and found that the Chief Engineer was not among them. If the Lieutenant was still in one piece, may have already tried to position himself nearer the warp core to ward off any attempts at sabotage. If he was to get nearer to him and what remained of his crew, he’d need to somehow make his way through the riot.

His glance finally fell on a man with Commander’s pips on his lapel. The XO is here as well. Approaching the group while being careful to keep his head down, he addressed Foley first.

“Commander, Cadet Javal reporting. I am here with NE Syme and Lister from Sickbay. We are ready to deliver first aid where needed. Have any of your men received any trauma from the fighting?” he said to the XO.

[Cadet Javal - doctor]

“I’ve got a migraine the size of Sol if that counts.” Dael called out as he made his way over to the group that was starting to form around the entrance to the deck. He tried to bob and weave as best he could to get away from the chaos that was ensuing around him. “Commander, Lieutenant, I think the security cadet is running with some ideas as to why this is happening…” he stopped calling across the room to grunt and move as he was pushed aside by some more brawling technicians. “I can say though this is definitely not normal for my team. Engineers can be a surly bunch but this is just ridiculous.” The Betazoid was having enough trouble keeping his telepathic senses from overloading from all the chaos around him, let alone the tricorder hit he’d sustained. This was shaping up to be a very bad day. He quickly scanned the room and made a note of who was there and what shift was working. He then tapped his commbadge, working to remember who was not currently on the Engineering deck.

=^=Stadi to Cadet Hobbes, there’s a situation in Engineering. I want you to get to the nearest Engineering console you can find and work on either erecting safety force fields in place around our key systems to protect them, or if you’re able, contain the team that’s on duty right now. Transporters to the brig, cargo bay, hell, individual force fields separating the deck, your choice. We just need to contain them.=^=

-Lt. jg Dael Stadi, Chief Engineer

=^= Understood, sir. I’m in sickbay at the moment. EPS Support and Transporters 1&2 are just one deck up from here. I should be able to do something from there. Hobbes out. =^=

It only took Katie a few minutes to find her way to the Transporters on Deck 3. It was a deck she hadn’t been on and one that was generally off-limits for cadets because of the VIP and senior officer quarters. The transporter tech looked startled when she approached him. She paused just a moment to read his name on work overalls.

“Technician Camara,” she said looking at him and mastering all the authority she could. “There’s a situation in main engineering.”

“Main engineering? What is happening?” Camara asked.

“I’m not certain. All I really know is that there are a lot of people in there who are endangering critical equipment and we need to get them out of there right now.”

“I’ll need authorization… cadet,” Camara said. Katie bit her lower lip. Of course she should have expected as much. She forced a smile, took her communicator off and pressed the replay button on the back. Camara was quick on the uptake. “There is only eight individual cells in the brig.”

“Then get the eight individuals closest to the control consoles and transport them to the brig. Then put the others…” Katie paused. Where should should put them? It was Camara who made the key suggestion.

“The Auxilliary cargo bay on deck 13 is empty,” Camara said.

“Put them there then. Thanks Camara. I owe you one,” Katie said. She started running down the corridor toward the EPS Support. There should be a console there. She had no idea how long it would take Camara to transport everyone out of Engineering so she still needed to safeguard the critical systems. Isolating the controls should keep anyone from doing anything too dangerous… But what the h*ll was going on in Engineering anyway?

=/\= Cadet Katherine (Katie) Hobbes, engineer


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