Posted June 24, 2020, 8:14 p.m. by Lieutenant Ush'ast Rah-Triton (Security Officer) (Melissa Aragon)
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Royal Sinclair (Chief of Security) in Main Sim - Bridge
Posted by Commander Daniel “DaVinci” Colter (Chief Intelligence Officer/ 2nd Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge
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The system wasn’t co-operating. Commands would take, then be wiped a moment later. What she did see, just for an instant, was a surge in Warp energy from engineering. Then, that reading was lost.
At first, as Colter felt someone pulling away from the console, he resisted. He needed to get control of the weapons. . . . Realizing it was Sinclair (one of the few people on the ship that could move him so easily), he stop struggling and let the COS apply the medication to his smoking fingertips. “Thanks,” was his simple reply.
Colter (CIO)
“Aye. Now be smart. Got it?” and he finished applying the burn gel and began to bandage to cover the worst of it.
Sinclair, CoS
Graham waited examining his sensors… eventually they would tell him something.
Graham
Sha smiled as the Security Chief finished up. He’d said those words to her on more than one occasion when she first got to the ship. When her temper was as hot as her passion and her head wasn’t always in the right space.
Sha
SecurityThe Saracens Phaser fired, as if on an automated program aiming at one of the two probes that had been launched, the closest one. Graham would note the power reading from the burst was intense, enough to burn out the Phaser Strip it originated from. Colters console appeared to struggle with the surge and sparked once again, this time fading into darkness afterwards.
“Weapons console is dark,” Colter reported. He immediately got up and moved to one of the auxillary consoles.
As the Phaser blast struck the probe Graham would note something else, the energy of the explosion had opened a small ‘hole’ where the probe had been. As the ‘hole’ appeared the computers and consoles came back online, the Terran symbol flashing on them and the LCARS display settling into an unfamiliar colour pattern. The targeting solution on the second probe ended.
While the computers stabilized, more information flooded in through the ‘hole’. What was immediately of note on the sensors but not visible to the eye, was wreckage of a vessel on the other side of the hole and beyond that, sensors picked up two ships which appeared to be of an unknown Klingon style configuration.
Dante turned to look at the viewscreen, then at the consoles around him showing a Terran symbol and frowned. “How did the probe make that? Run a scan and find out what it is.”
Captain Knight.
Sha noted the engineering surge and frowned. She shook her head unable to find record of the surge. “Sirs,” her comments aimed at both the Captain and her Chief. “Just for a second, there was a warp surge in engineering.” She tapped the console to send a query to engineering about the surge to see if they could give her an answer. “Query sent to engineering.” She stated once it was done.
As the Terran symbol flashed again, she looked back towards the view screen and saw the ‘hole’. “What in the world?” Then once more, as commands were given, her head was back to the console and typing out furious commands to give her as much on the readings as she could.
She also checked the phasers to see if they had truly lost one to the power surge, or if everything was still ok and available if needed.
Sha
SecurityOOC: I’m going to let others reply and see if they have anything specific they want to scan for or do before I reply to that part
IC: Sha’s systems would confirm that one of the ships Phaser Strips had indeed burnt out from the overloaded blast and was now inactive.
Captain Knight
Sha growled. “And apparently one of the phaser strips burned in the surge. Engineering is aware.”
Sha
SecurityOOC: Pasting in Grahams response to keep the thread from separating, plus adding my own
IC: “The explosion opened a minor rift in the nothingness… Its not huge, but there is an causeway to real-space.” Teller’s head stared into the screen.
“In the real space, which I have to assume is an alternate universe, there are two unknown, but Klingon ships and a least one more that has been destroyed.” He looked back… “Sounds like the Klingons.”
“I’ll scan for life forms.”
Graham
Activating weapons from the aux console, DaVinci concurred with Sha. “She’s right, skipper. THAT phaser bank is dead, but the rest are still operational, if I can get control of them. . . .”
He looked up at the viewscreen. “In that universe, the Klingons formed an alliance with the Cardassians to overthrow the Terran Empire. We go through that opening, we’ll be targeted as soon as we appear, but at least we’ll be out of . . .here. I’m willing to take our chances on the other side, Skip!!”
Colter (CIO)
“Klingons and the Cardassians as the good guys… yup that’s the universe turned upside down.”
Sha had a strange idea. “Ummm I think I may have a way to buy us time in ‘that’ verse if we can get there. The question is, do we want to try? Another thought is, if we are on the horizon, would opening a hole opposite this one be a hole back to our verse? We may blow the other phaser bank trying. But it may be worth it.”
She glanced from the CO to Royal and wondered if her last assignment had made her overly cautious, or overly reckless.
Sha
Security“If we need to take a decision, it must be taken quickly guys. I suggest to try Sha’s plan. But this way, if we fail, we’ll be defenseless once we get in the other verse and perhaps we want the science dept. opinion, Captain.”
The XO supported Sha’s stratagem. ‘Interesting way to start a career… Oh well.’Walking all over the bridge, Yuri waited for the CO to reply while checking all the stations and still thinking about the other’s options viability.
‘We may perhaps operate the deflector dish, so the phasers could be still operative if we fail…’ he thought ‘But the energy necessary would be excessively depleting and a non-calculated and overseen procedure could make the whole ship to blow up.’
“Darn it!”Lieutenant Cdr. Yuri Scholz - Executive Officer
Sha looked to Royal and nodded her head for him to come closer. Once he was close enough, she lowered her voice only for him. “If we ‘have’ to go to the other verse, a Klingon seen at the helm may prolong issues.” She looked at him. “I don’t like the idea any more than you. But if we have to, it may be how we bide our time.” Her look to him was one of desperation. She had the idea, but how do you tell your Captain that you think putting yourself in the CO seat may save their lives. She was still second guessing herself and unsure if she should mention it.
Sha
SecurityCSO
Royal looked at her and said “Our uniforms and such aren’t the same from I have read of that place. But it may buy us some needed moments. Make the suggestion, Lieutenant.”
Davinci spoke up again, offering a possible way out. “Skipper, if we pop out out through that hole, we’ll catch the Klingons off guard. That should buy us enough time to jump to warp to get the hell out of the area. We find ourselves a nice little moon to hide behind until we can figure everything out and make what repairs we need. The ship seems to be back under our control. Cartography should be the same as our universe, so we should be able to tell where we are. Then we work out plan to get back to our space.”
Volter (CIO)
Sinclair, CoS
Sha nodded to Royal, “Yes, Sir…”
She took a deep breath and spoke up. “Captain, if we head out of the bubble, this area of space is ruled by Klingons. I know it’s unconventional, but I could pose as the Captain. It could buy us enough time to get clear of whatever ships are in the vacinity. Though I don’t recommend we go too far. If we came in this way, chances are we’ll have to leave this way.” She wondered if it made any sense to anyone else other than herself. Or if she was ‘wishful thinking’ about ease of exit.
Sha
Security
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