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Main Sim - Bridge: A Mid-afternoon Anomaly.

Posted Feb. 10, 2020, 3:06 p.m. by Fleet Captain Ghubari Koraia (Captain) (Lindsay B)

Posted by Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist (Weaver of Webs) in Main Sim - Bridge: A Mid-afternoon Anomaly.

Posted by Fleet Captain Ghubari Koraia (Captain) in Main Sim - Bridge: A Mid-afternoon Anomaly.

Posted by Lieutenant Orvos Legen (Chief Engineer) in Main Sim - Bridge: A Mid-afternoon Anomaly.
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The main screen switched to an image of a starship bridge packed with sleek, high-tech consoles and crewed by personnel of many species. A Tellarite and an Andorian manned the forward stations. Bolians, Vulcans, Caitians, and Benzites worked at the aft consoles, and a woman with Vulcan ancestry stood at a panel not far from the center chair. But it was the middle-aged human man in that center chair who commanded their full attention. Lean and bald, he had a weathered, worldly look that his black-and-gray uniform couldn’t hide. His face was etched with the lines of a lifetime of sorrow, but in his dark brown eyes burned the light of a powerful intellect. He stood and with a small tug smoothed the front of his uniform jacket before stepping forward. Everything about him—his stride, his carriage, his expression—conveyed an unmistakable air of dignity and gravitas.

=/\= Captain Luc Picard commanding the free starship Enterprise, we have been sent to assist you in cleaning up the mess below =/\=

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist
OOC Author’s note, the paragraph above was copied and modified from “Rise Like Lions” by David Mack, my sourcebook for this little adventure.

Ghubari stepped away from tactical with another officer slipping in immediately. Approaching the middle of the bridge, she tilted her head slightly and bowed her head to him. =/\=Captain Picard, I am Captain Ghubari Koraia. I’m glad you’re on our side here. We have people on Rura Penthe who are trying to get free and we have crew going down to help them. But most urgently we have a shuttle with an abducted baby we to rescue. Any and all help is appreciated.=/\= Her voice sounded calm and collected and if she paused for a moment she even felt that way. Later, she knew, there would be a whole hell of a lot to work through, and it was going to be messy.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

From behind steepled hands, the man was about to reply when the statuesque Vulcan woman bent and whispered in his ear. He nodded and then replied. =/\=We’ve been tracking your shuttle Captain Koraia, it’s out of range. We’re preparing away teams of our own to go down. There are a few things down there we would appreciate your help in cleaning up. We intercepted a small Cardassian/Klingon war group on our way here that had been dispatched to end you=/\= He smiled briefly but his eyes were agate hard, =/\= They won’t be troubling you anymore, as for your kidnapped child, our away teams will be briefed to contact you if at any point they come across her =/\=

When the man said “her”, the Vulcan visibly flinched.

=/\= A description of the child and kidnapper would aid us in this =/\= He finished completely unaware of his slip.

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

=/\= Lemann to Bridge. The shuttle is en route to Rura Penthe’s auxiliary shuttle bay. =/\=

Dr. Lemann (crosspost)

=/\=Acknowledged, Sickbay. Bridge out.=/\=

Barclay’s face came up out of the console like a tsunami. “That’s where the Cyrano is Captain… they’re heading right to Orvos”.

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

Thought information was coming in at her rather quickly, Ghubari’s face remained impassive as she gazed upon the mirror version of the famous captain. She acknowledged Barcaly with a simple nod, but she really didn’t care if anyone knew that or not. =/\=Koraia to Orvos. Incoming shuttle your way. T’Pon’s baby is aboard. You must stop them,=/\= she said, all the while not breaking gaze with Picard.

=/\=Understood.=/\= came Orvos’s focused reply.

-Lt. Orvos Legen, CE

The Enterprise captain had made an error and those around him had enunciated it with their reaction. “I never said anything about the baby being a she,” she said flatly. “Give me one good reason I shouldn’t lock phasers and fire on your ship, Captain.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

Picard was about to reply when the statuesque Vulcan put a hand on his shoulder, quieting him and replying herself.

“My name is Saavik, Captain. I’m here to clean up Mr Barclay’s indiscretion’.

“By all means, do,” Ghubari said.

At that Barclay visibly winced.

The woman continued, “For some time now I have had operatives on the planet below. The director of Rura Penthe, Pierce Hamilton is somewhat of a megalomaniac and slipped at one point in front of our operatives about having met his time travelling counterpart from your Universe who warned him of your arrival and of a rather special girl child of mixed heritage who could be used to further his super-soldier research.”

So that’s what they want with the baby… Koraia thought.

She paused and then continued, “We didn’t mean to deceive you as to our purpose Captain but when it comes to time we’ve discovered that the less we share the fewer troubles we encounter”.

The woman stopped and waited for Ghubari’s response.

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

The empath couldn’t say for sure if her abilities were even fully useful here, but she had to trust her gut here in the very least. She finally gave a nod. “Alright then. What do you need me to do? My crew is scattered all over the place and we’re going to have to work together to get my people safely back to the ship.”

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

With a nod from the Vulcan, Luc Picard took over again. “We stand ready to assist you to return Meryidyith to your ship but our task after that takes us elsewhere in the quadrant and we need you to take the Orb of the Prophets back to Risa. For reasons beyond our comprehension, it’s place is there in the temple and our Universes need its placement to continue to keep them separate”.

“Sounds like a plan,” Ghubari said. Finally something concrete!

Picard grimaced slightly and gave a wan smile, “For our part, we will ensure that the remnant of the Klingon Cardassian alliance stays out of your way and we have a mission specialist on loan who would like to temporarily join your crew”.

Of course you do… Ghubari thought shrewdly.

A young woman stepped into the frame with long shoulder length purple hair and eyes shaped like a Caitian’s, “I decided to ask to come aboard this time Captain, rather than sneaking, I’ve come to know that sort of thing irks you”, Meryidiyth smiled her a little but there was a tightness to her mouth that showed she was under great stress.

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

It was impossible not to smirk at the confluence of events and the woman’s remarks. “about damned time someone bothered to care,” she said with the tiniest hint of a smirk that quickly faded. “But you do realize that by coming on board you will be creating… a tension amongst my crew, yes? One that may not be fair.”

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO


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