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Main Sim--The discovery

Posted June 14, 2022, 3:16 p.m. by Gamemaster Capybara (GMT) (Katy Darrah)

Posted by Commander R’han (Chief Tactical Officer) in Main Sim–The discovery

Posted by Commander Orvos Legen (Executive Officer) in Main Sim–The discovery

Posted by Commander R’han (Chief Tactical Officer) in Main Sim–The discovery
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Codem muttered something quietly to himself, tugging at the hem of his uniform. They’d only been out a few days, but each passing minute took them further from the Montezuma and risked them getting caught.

“Would you calm down, Codem. You’re making me twitchy.” Alera, the sole female of the group, and the only other person besides Codem dressed in red, snapped, grabbing the Tril by the shoulders and pushing him into an empty seat. “I know you want to find Pandiri, I do as well, we all want to find it, but you nervously twitching isn’t going to make it work faster.”

“S’Dan, how long have we been away from the Montezuma?” Peter, the sole member of the group dressed in blue, said. “56 hours, 8 minutes and 49.638 seconds.” The Vulcan, S’Dan, said, barely glancing at the flight time. He heard a chirp from the computer, and as he turned to look at the readout, the lights and panels started to flash and flicker wildly.

“Uh, what’s going on?!” Codem asked, looking to the other Trill in the pilot’s seat. “We appear to have hit an ion storm, I’m rerouting us to the quickest way out of it.” Izzin said, fingers flying over the controls, and after almost 20 minutes inside the area of the ion storm, the shuttle’s electrical issues and rocking ceased.

“We’re going to definitely need to stop for repairs, we’re pretty banged up.” Izzin said, simply, as Codem spoke up. “Alright, I guess it’s time we look for bigger fish now. Let’s go over this again, make sure we have our stories straight…”

It was just a very minor blip on the Tactical station. A shuttle, forward and to port slightly. Federation in Origin, with 5 occupants aboard, 2 humans, 2 Trill (both of which appear unjoined, and a singular Vulcan. None of the occupants appeared injured in any way, though the shuttle was heavily damaged.

GMT Capybara

The Operations Chief was on bridge duty at the time, and the Tactical officer said “Commander, I’ve got something. Putting it on screen.” The main viewer lit up and showed the shuttle, obviously damaged and in need of help. The big Orion scowled and tapped his commbadge. =/\= Captain to the bridge. =/\= was all he said before he looked at the comms officer. “Open a channel, Ensign.” The Bolian nodded and then there was a chirp. =/\= Unknown shuttlecraft, this is the USS Athena. State your name, point of origin, and nature of your emergency. =/\=

=/\=We are the Federation shuttlecraft Psion, assigned to the USS Montezuma. The ship has been attacked and disabled, we’ve left the ship seeking assistance. However, our shuttle has been damaged by an ion storm, and we request assistance.=/\=

Hammor, Ops

R’han glanced up from his scanner. “Bearing 341 mark 12… Federation shuttle craft. Five aboard, 2 humans, 2 Trill and a Vulcan.” He looked back down and then up, “The shuttle has taken heave damage… I don’t know where she’s heading but she isn’t going to make it.”

R’han CTO

Despite the call being specifically for the captain, it was customary to him, that the first officer also show up. Orvos arrived quickly stepping out of a turbolift. He took in the situation, allowing the COO to continue as he was.

-Commander Orvos Legen, XO

Liam was assigned to the bridge for a change of scenery. Most of his junior officers knew he rarely left his office, but the conversation with the counselor had encouraged some change in his routine. He monitored the space conditions and shifted the data to the correct channels, ensuring a smooth course.

A frown cracked over his stoic expression when an officer found something. He shortly weighed in on what he knew or could theorize.

“It looks like she got caught in an ion storm.” Liam thought they were lucky that the Athena was in the area. Otherwise, the crew might’ve been floating for an who knew how long.

-CSO, Liam J. Madison, Sci.

Codem did a silent fist pump since the channel was audio only. They’d found a ship, so that was one part down, but they needed to get to Pandiri, so he turned to Izzin. “Send me all the doctored files from the Montezuma, I suspect we’ll need them.”

GMT Capybara

Hammor looked at the XO and shrugged slightly. “Commander, recommend we move within tractor beam range. They are obviously in distress.” He then went to the Ops station and tapped the officer on the shoulder, relieving them. Taking a seat, he began pulling the records of the Montezuma and its last known location. “Looking for the Montezuma now, Commander. Seeing if we are within range of assisting.”

Hammor, Ops

Captain Wallace stepped onto the Bridge from the turbolift and stepped over to her chair, glancing over at Hammor with a raised eyebrow before sitting down. “Status update, chief?” She nodded at Orvos and Liam as well, but said nothing to them.

Wallace, CO

Liam nodded back, acknowledging the CO entering the bridge. He stood on the ready for instruction as he let Hammor fill her in on the situation.

-CSO, Liam J. Madison, Sci.

Hammor didn’t look away from the search for the Montezuma, but said “Federation shuttlecraft Psion, Captain. Bearing 341 mark 12. 5 occupants aboard, 2 humans, 2 Trill, and a Vulcan. None of the occupants appeared injured in any way, though the shuttle has sustained heavy damage commensurate with an ion storm. Recommended to the XO that we come within tractor beam range and bring the shuttle in. Crew communicated they are form the USS Montezuma. They said the ship had been attacked and they escaped to look for help.”

Hammor, Ops

“Understood. Seems you all have it in hand,” Wallace nodded slightly. “I agree with that recommendation. Let’s get in contact with the Montezuma and let them know we found their people.”

The Athena was still about 8 hours away even at maximum speed, but they were still the closest ship able to assist. The last known location is listed as the Lion’s Mane Nebula.

GMT Capybara

R’han nodded, That confirmation reduced the odds of deception. “Did the Montezuma report the break down of the crew sent in the shuttle craft? Or the nature of the attack where a shuttle had a better chance of survival of the star ship.”

R’han

No such record exists, however, if what the survivors stated is true, it might just be that the record couldn’t be confirmed due to power failures on the Montezuma

GMT Capybara

“Once we pick up the shuttle, we should head directly for the Montezuma and see if we can lend a hand,” Wallace voiced, probably something that had already been suggested, but she figured it was worth repeating.

Wallace, CO

“If the shuttle has not been compromised.” R’han suspected a trap, of course that didn’t mean anything. R’han suspected everything could be a trap. “I find it improbable that a shuttle could escape a hostile situation that could cripple the Montezuma.”

R’han

“At this point, the only way to discover more information is by saving the shuttle officers and the Montezuma. After we do that, we’ll be able to piece together this mystery more accurately.” Liam pointed out and then added.

“A little bit of caution is reasonable, but we shouldn’t jump to conclusions before we have supporting evidence. I am not a fan of relaying on gut feelings to act.” It was honesty on his part.

-CSO, Liam J. Madison, Sci.

As they discussed the situation, Codem turned to the others inside the shuttle, after making sure the comm link was closed. “We need to use as many details that are factual as possible. So that S’Dan can keep everything together.”

At this, said Vulcan spoke, “it is illogical to assume they won’t eventually discover the full story.”

“That’s fine.” Izzin rebutted, “We just need to keep up appearances until we get where we’re going.”

GMT Capybara

Orvos noted that a communication was coming in for the captain. She took it in her ready room as the crew worked through the current situation. (OOC: Just trying to make note that Wallace is getting orders for a transfer as per Riley’s wishes.)

Orvos stepped forward. “Helm, lay in a course for this shuttle Psion and engage. Once we get there, let’s get her through the decontamination protocols and ensure that the crew is safe. Let’s talk to the crew and find out exactly where the Montezuma actually is.”

-Commander Orvos Legen, XO

“Aye sir.” NE helmsman James said, laying in the course to the psion. The shuttle wasn’t far, and soon they had arrived. “We’re within tractor beam range, sir.”

GMT Capybara.

“I will execute a full tactical scan for remote devices and explosives.” R’han stated. His recommendations were always strongly suggested, but him actually indicating he was going to do something before being ordered or acknowledged was very rare. He did pause long enough for the XO to countermand his decision.

R’han CTO

Orvos turned around and nodded to R’han as he stepped back to take his seat in the command chair for the moment.

He sat down, surprisingly comfortable for it ultimately being his first time aboard the Athena. He wasn’t about to get used to it, but perhaps he could at least recognize it as a place he’d likely sit time and again when the captain was busy. So long as scans panned out ok, a tractor was going to be his next suggestion.

-Commander Orvos Legen, XO

Scans detected no unusual devices aboard the shuttle, aside from the fact that there were a couple phasers aboard, but if the story of the survivors checked out, then that was explained by their leaving in the middle of a crisis.

GMT Capybara


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