Posted Feb. 5, 2020, 2:31 a.m. by Gamemaster Orchestrator (Gamemaster) (Sage Pennington)
Posted by Lieutenant Steven Leon Marsh (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Avik (XO) in Main Sim - Bridge
Posted by Gamemaster Orchestrator (Gamemaster) in Main Sim - Bridge
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The Europa had been sent to survey an asteroid belt near the Klingon border. As the mission approached its natural close, days began to blur into each other as data indicated that there was nothing special there beyond a few veins of dilithium scattered throughout the area. Everything was dead as the night shift handed the ship over to the day shift. And then the long range sensors detected a strange warp signature approaching.-GM Orchestrator
Marsh sat in his chair whistling off key anyone with a fantastic ear would be able to discern the ‘Imperial Death March’ from the raspy tune. He spun in his chair slightly as he reported. “Warp Speed object closing… bearing…”
Marsh went back to his sensors… determining direction, size, and anything else his sensors could determine.
Marsh
Dvorak swivled in the command chair slightly to face Marsh as he made the contact report.
Where do I know that tune from? he thought idly.
– Johann Dvorak, CO
The craft was inbound at 012 mark 25. It seemed to be an old craft, if the warp signature was telling of anything. Old and Klingon.
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“Bearing 12 mark 25, almost dead ahead.” Marsh subconsciously looked in the direction of the inbound vessel. “It’s an old class 7 Klingon warp engine. I don’t think they make parts for that ship anymore.”
Marsh
“That’s never stopped them from keeping relics like that in space,” Dvorak commented.
“Put it on the screen when it’s in range.”
From the direction on Marsh’s console, a K’t’inga class cruiser emerged from warp. Not purposefully, it seemed. Readings would show structural failures along the sections devoted to engine control.
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“Geeze she’s flying apart. Warp drive and structural integrity is below minimums.”
The viewscreen changed accordingly, showing what passed for state of the art in Klingon spacefaring technology nearly a century ago. “Geez, it might actually be from before the Khitomer conference,” Dvorak commented. The equivalent state-of-the-art Starfleet vessel from that era was permanently docked back at Black Rock… as the Fleet Museum.
Siennadye sat in the communications station, taking a bridge shift as a part of her training. The Klingon ship looked as old on the screen as Marsh hinted. “Should we hail them sir?”
Nox, CNS
“Yes, please do.”
– Johann Dvorak, CO
Marsh
The Klingon ship did not respond to hails. Minutes went by with no return.
After 5 minutes, perhaps by way of response, the other vessel fired a single torpedo over the Europa’s bow.
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Avik entered the bridge. Originally, she had come to relieve the CO of his duty and take his place. As the doors hissed closed, her ears caught the mention of a hail. Her eyes settled on the outdated Klingon ship floating in their screen. With a silent, effortless motion the XO quickly took her seat to be on the ready. She pushed down the unsettled feelings that stirred thanks to a past mission.
When the shot flew over the bow, her eyes locked with the CO’s.
“A warning shot?” Her question hinted to a second opinion and to be updated on the current situation.
–XO, Avik, Lt. Cmdr
“Must be… but I can’t imagine why they are warning us off? Not to mention, we probably could take them out with one shot.” Marsh hit a few keys. “I can try the light communication.” Star-ship had an old style light flash communication that was akin to a luminary type of morse code. It was slower but worked when the sub-space comms were down.
Marsh
After a few attempts, the Klingon ship flashed an identical signal back to the Europa.
-GM Orchestrator
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