Posted by Lieutenant Commander Jarred Alindor (Chief Engineer) in Main Sim - Engineering

Posted by Ensign Vadoma Romani (Engineer) in Main Sim - Engineering

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Jarred Alindor (Chief Engineer) in Main Sim - Engineering
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NE Musk who was wrestling with one of the consoles further into Main Engineering called out in response to Vadoma’s own call. “The power arrangement isn’t compatible with our Core, the computer won’t respond to our commands to adjust it properly,” a console near him exploded as if to emphasise his point. “Maybe we could try manually adjusting the Core’s power arrangement by realigning the Isolinear chips? That might override the program that is trying to control it or at least give us time or more control.” NE Musk wasn’t able to identify what the computer was actually trying to do however.

Vadoma, not thinking, nodded and pointed to the section. “Ok, open the panel, NOW!” She frowned and grabbed a portable suppression canister and put out the small console fire as she ran towards the console, grabbing the canister from the wall as she did so. Once out, she moved to the panel with the NE and between them they attempted to realign the chips so they could gain manual control from the next nearest console. She was still listening to those around her in case the Chief was looking for her.

Next to Corinne, a face appeared on a console. It was a woman with stunning blue eyes who Dalton would recognize immediately. There was a difference, her hair was cut very short and her face wore an expression of disgust and frustration. “What do you mean not intelligent?” Her voice was the same as Cori’s, but harsher. “What have you done to me? I’ll make you pay for this, all of you, even if you have sabotaged me I will make you and that Alliance scum pay.” Without waiting for an answer, the face in the console disappeared.

Dalton stood there with her mouth agape. She did not see that coming.

Cori would feel at that moment the Saracen pass through the rift that was before them and into the Mirror Universe. In response the computers seemed to settle slightly and Communications was restored, although access was still limited by something in the system as Cori had identified. Cori regained some measure of access, but was still limited in what she could access. Mirror Cori seemed to be fighting her every step of the way and had an advantage, she was inside the system.

Seconds later with the restoring of ship wide comms, a message from the Bridge came in

=/\= Engineering this is the Captain, report. We have entered the Mirror Universe and two Klingon ships are closing with us. What’s going on down there? =/\=

Captain Knight, CO

=/\=Trying to stop some surges… we didn’t do it I swear!=/\= Alindor said as he looked around with a confused gaze at all those around. Wondering if they had a better information.

The echo of a second similar voice caught the engineer’s attention. “Hang on..” She stood up and looked towards Dalton. “Was that ‘you’ on the computer comms? I mean, how did we hurt you if you are with us here?” She had vague knowledge of the AI now being corporeal and wandering the ship. She had even passed her a few times prior to the interesting arrival in engineering thru a crawl tunnel.

Not aware it was two different entities talking to one another, not a fractured, singular one, she shook her head. “You need to tell yourself that WE aren’t the problem. They are!” She pointed in the general direction of ‘outside’ where the CO had just announced that Klingons were gathering. She was upset and there was a barking edge to her voice that was swiftly approaching insubordination. She just couldn’t wrap her head around the idea of a machine fighting with itself about who was right or wrong.

Vadoma
Engineer

Cori shook her head. “That’s not me,” she said flatly. “I can’t split like that. It’s not how it works,” she said trying to keep her voice even. “But we’re in another universe, right? So it stands to reason that somehow something similar happened to me. I don’t get how that’s possible given the circumstance that led to me becoming… this. But regardless, I need to get back into the system if we want to stand a chance of fighting back,” she added adamantly.

But the Captain’s comm was an important opportunity. =/\=Cori here, Captain. We’re dealing with a power surge that’s threatening the warp core. And it appears there’s a Mirror version of… me, that somehow has access to our systems and is fighting our efforts to take back control. I do not have full acces.=/\= Hopefully he’d understand the delicateness of the situation.

~Corinne Dalton

“This isn’t going to end well…” Jarred said upon hearing this.

Vadoma had an idea. Her voice rose excitedly. “Cori,” she used the name the woman had because they hadn’t been introduced yet and wasn’t exactly sure what was happening. “Instead of arguing, tell it to look. Look at the system its in. It will recognize the Saracen even if we are ‘off’ from her own system. Try and get her to see we aren’t the enemy. You can help her maneuver in the system if she will help save the ship and educate us on what happened. Don’t try and fight her, ask her how we can help.”

“I like that idea… go with it… we come in peace… we come peace.” Jarred said emphatically.

It was a long shot but it didn’t seem much different than any person joining a new crew. The old crew didn’t like new ways and the new crew felt lost. It took cooperation to make it work. Maybe this would work as well.

Vadoma
(Still venting and rotating to buy minutes at a time to keep from exploding)

Alindor, CE

Alindor, CE

=/\= Get that surge under control Commander, =/\= Dante’s voice cut through the comms again. =/\= Cori, you appeared here on the Bridge as well, you, she, whatever, is trying to gain control of weapons and is talking about us trying to sabotage her. We need her contained, Sinclair is activating Biological and Mechanical security locks, but you have a better idea of how effective those might be and I have no idea what you, she, whatever, might think we are doing. We have an, issue, with the inhabitants of the Mirror Universe. They might not be as friendly as we hoped. I need my ship back people. =/\=

As Vadoma and the NE changed the isolinear chips, they seemed to be getting some measure of stability and control back to the warp core, but at the same time, Alindor would see a program pop up on his console. It appeared to be a self destruct command that wasn’t fully compatible with the Saracen, it seemed to have been activated but for some reason had been interrupted, for now. The display read 27 seconds.

Captain Knight, CO