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Main Sim - Bridge

Posted Aug. 14, 2022, 8:18 a.m. by Major Stanley Wong (Professor of Psychiatric Medicine) (Bob Spicer)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Troy Hunter (Doctor) in Main Sim - Bridge

Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Main Sim - Bridge
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He thought he would find out where those missing crew had gotten to. =/\= Helmsman NE Fandango and Communications Officer Lt(jg) Lovejoy, please report to the Bridge =/\=

Things on the bridge were quite quiet. Not much was happening over the past few hours on the ship or externally on sensors within the system. As another couple of hours ticked by NE Barns at one of the aft auxiliary consoles rubbed his eyes. Then has he had done for each half hour of his shift, leaned over to peer through the ship’s long range scanners to see if anything interesting was happening. Rotating the dials on the scope he did eventually a 360 degree view around the ship out to the max visual scanning range. “..Huh…well that wasn’t there an hour ago..” he muttered to himself.

Still peering into the visual scope he worked some dials to try to get a better focus on what he was seeing, as he did so he spoke up to whoever was the officer in charge right now on the bridge. “..Uh, so I’m picking up a possible ship about 8 light years out. Its currently moving at about warp 2.3 on a heading possibly towards this system if it doesn’t change course..” he said finally getting a clearer picture on scans. With it in focus and some surprise he flipped a switch to direct the result up onto the main view screen. The ship appeared to be like an elongated three leveled arrowhead. In between the top and bottom layers were angular conical shaped devices that seemed to be the ship’s warp or similar nacelle housings. Connecting all three pointed levels in the center was a large spherical hull. The hull’s coloring was a bright silver tone which had an odd glittering like effect visually in passing light sources. “..There’s no ID in the database, probably an unknown species from out in this region..” he said then turned back to the scanners.

”..Long as it doesn’t change course or accelerate its speed, it’ll be here in 3 or so days. Exact readings are hard to tell at this distance, but the craft is powered by some manner of matter/antimatter reaction for sure. Maybe about 40-70 or so life signs. No signatures of weapons, but visually I would bet those forward protruding ports at the front conceal some kind of torpedoes or something. And those green lit banks in patterns along the top and bottom I’d put good credits being some kind of energy weapon. Wish I could give you more but the distance is too great for anything better..” Barns said.

“Thanks Barns!” replied Kahuna. “I’d better let the Captain know.”

Hercules Kahuna moved quickly from from the Comms console to the auxiliary console. His fingers played across some other controls before he moved quickly back to the Captain’s chair. He then contacted Captain John T Glen, who was currently down on the Habitat in a meeting with the Dol.

=/\= Merrimack to Captain Glen, This is Lieutenant Kahuna on the Bridge. We have detected an unknown craft heading on a course for this system with about 50 crew. It’s doing 2.3 Warp, so should arrive in three days time. it looks to be an armed military craft to me but the distance is too far to be sure. Matches nothing in our databases and… =/\= Kahuna spoke in a quieter voice, even though he was broadcasting. =/\= I’ve checked that additional secret database that the Merrimack has, that you told me about. The one that came from the ahem! NX Memorial… Permission to open hailing frequencies and contact them, Sir? I was wondering if the Dol knew who they would be. I’m sending a picture to you for identification now. =/\=

The Picture showed an elongated three levelled arrowhead. In between the top and bottom layers were angular conical shaped devices. In the centre was a large spherical hull of a bright silver tone with a glittering like effect visually in passing light sources. There were forward protruding ports at the front and green lit banks in patterns along the top and bottom.

=/\= Standby Kahuna =/\= Glen told his Weapons officer.

There was a long pause while the Captain spoke to the Dol

=/\= Captain Glen to the Merrimack. The Dol believes that the ship is a non-hostile, free-trading, long range, transport ship from a race known as Sybl. Their ships are armed with particle beam and missile launchers, but they are not a threat. A ship was scheduled to arrive in two weeks time, so is early. If it is the Sybl, then they are only two feet tall. You are welcome to hail them and check, but don’t mention anything about their stature to them as they get touchy about it. Glen Out! =/\=

Kahuna was relieved at that news. If were an expected delivery from a trading partner then he could relax again.

Helmsman NE Clem Fandango returned to the Bridge and took his position at his station, but Communications Officer was still absent and Kahuna wanted her to open hailing frequencies with the detected ship. Kahuna gave Fandango the eye.

Kahuna tried again to contact McKenzie =/\= Second call for Lieutenant Lovejoy. You are required at your station on the Bridge =/\=

=/\= I’m on my way. Sorry.=/\=. As she responded. She then got to the turbolift and pushed a button to get to the bridge. Once she stepped off the turbolift, she looked at the Weapons Officer and said “Sir what can my skills do sir?” As she sat down in her seat on the bridge and smiled.

“Glad you could join us, Lieutenant!” replied Kahuna. “There is a vessel approaching us. It is three days out and seems heavily armed, but the Habitat believe it is a trading vessel on a scheduled run. I’ve contacted the Captain and he has authorised that we open hailing frequencies and make contact with them. Doctor Cross has fallen ill and is being treated separately from the main tour group, She has the COS with her. The Captain and CE are meeting with the Dol. The rest of the landing party are touring the school at present. I think that’s all you need to know. if you could do the honours and hail that ship please?”

“Of course I’m on it.” She hailed the ship. “Unidentified vessel this is the federation starship Merrimack please respond.” As she hailed the unidentified vessel. “Sir. I’ve got them.” She said to Kahuna. “If you’d like I can put them on.” She added.

“You’ve only hailed them, Lieutenant” Kahuna said, “Let’s see if they will respond first! (OOC: That’s really up to the Gods, err… the GM!)

“According to the logs I just received, we’ve also had a shuttle arrive and a passenger disembark… A Doctor Wong, apparently! The Captain hasn’t told me to expect anyone else arriving since your own arrival. Could you contact Sickbay and find out what his business is please, so that I can also relay that to the Captain. Thanks McKenzie!”

  • Kahuna, Weapons

“Copy that.” She said. “Bridge to Sickbay. Doctor. The Weapons officer up here on the bridge is wondering who this Doctor Stanley Wong is. Who is this person? Did he ever check in after me or something? The problem is doctor the captain wasn’t really expecting anyone else other then me.” She asked the doctor.

=/\= Hunter from sickbay, apparently Dr Wong is a psychiatrist with a PH.D.I happen to meet him by accident =/\= a pause followed =/\= From what I understood he is not part of the crew and responds to no one what ever that means ,maybe that is why the Captain was not informed. He told me he’ll be working from an office in sickbay, somehow I have this gut feeling that someone decided that we as a crew are to be guinea pigs =/\= .

The doctor was about to end the conversation then remembered =/\= And who ever has taken the Captain’s chair, may I remind him to keep sickbay informed, I had to hear it from another source that a trade ship is on its way towards us =/\= he’s voice was held at a neutral dead level.

“Ask him what this other mysterious source was that he heard it from?” Kahuna told McKenzie. “NE Barns only just picked it up on long-range sensors and we aren’t entirely sure that it is even heading here yet until they answer our hail.”

Kahuna was finding this Doctor Hunter irritating now, throwing around his slight seniority and poking his nose in where it wasn’t needed. However, he only needed to get through a couple more hours of this Bridge duty and he could take the Command Exam. if he could ignore the irritation just a little longer and get through this morning.

Lt Lovejoy would hear the Comm shut down from Hunter’s side.

“I guess that we’ll never find out then!” Kahuna told McKenzie.

Some time later the bridge door opened and in stepped the doctor, he looked at no one but rather just walked to the front of the Captain’s seat .
Now standing in front of Kahuna and in the most self controlled manner said ‘’I need a word with you in private, perhaps the Captain’s office would be ideal’‘.

Meanwhile Hunter kept his hands behind his back in the hope of resisting picking the man up from his throat.

“We don’t have permission to use the Ready Room, so the Computer won’t open the door to us,” Kahuna told Hunter. “Anyway, if you want to say something to me, I’d like it on the record. I’ve been placed in charge of the Bridge while the senior crew are away, and I have strict instructions not to leave this spot. I just want to get through this morning uneventfully. You’ve been placed in charge of Sickbay, yet this is the second time you’ve been up here, and I don’t appreciate your aggressive manner when you have spoken to me or sent messages to me. If it continues then I will make an official complaint of bullying. Now, please can I get on with my job and inform the Captain about this Psychiatrist, and also find out if this vessel is a trade ship or not?”

-Kahuna, Weapons

‘’Very well if that’s want you want ‘’ Hunter replied lowering his voice ‘’May I remind you that the chair you are sitting on require immense responsibility and obligations ,I as acting CMO have mine.You did not even bother to let me know that another ship, who according to Dol is a trade ship ,which I happen to find out when a security came to change the one who’s shift ended in sickbay ‘’ the doctor kept eye contact with Kahuna ‘’Lt has it occurred to you that things may change for the worst in a matter of minutes ? My duties require to know what is going on, so sickbay would be fully prepared ‘’ .

Hunter now whispered in the man’s ear ‘’Remember you are not alone on the bridge, you played games and then dozed off,so I suggest not to make things worse for yourself ‘’.

Now the doctor stood up and moved a few paces backwards ‘’I knew nothing of how the away team was faring or progressing thus my first visit here,I don’t trust Dol one bit ,knowing he puts children in pods and throw them in that abyss ‘’ he pointed at the screen as he went on ‘’Not caring what could happen to them and the last thing, this psychiatrist Major Wong suggested we get to know each other better and when I have more information I’ll definitely let you know .That’s true leadership ‘’.

Hunter was now moving away ‘’And please, making an official complaint of bullying....... we are not in kinder-garden’‘.

Hunter Dr.

Yet one more thing Stanley didn’t appreciate about star ships were the lifts. Too fast, too slow and the stops never seemed to be…well appropriate. As he had gotten into this particular lift, he stood in the back corner with the palm of his left hand pressed back into one corner and the palm of the other hand on the other corner behind him. He stared at the ceiling of the lift as if praying, took a deep breath and then boldly murmured, “Bridge “Oddly enough the lift started smoothly and continued on in the same fashion. The stop was much the same.

Stanley so glad that the lift worked so wonderfully stepped off with a big broad grin on his face as he rubbed his hands together and looked around. He was now dressed in what appeared to be a set of green scrubs and white tennis shoes. He frowned quickly as he heard some of the exchange between Hunter and the crewman. As soon as the frown appeared it seemed to disappear as he walked further onto the bridge a big grin on his face as if someone had just made his wildest dreams come true. “Ahhhhh so this is the bridge, eh?” he said as he looked around. He looked to Hunter then and said,” Oh! Doctor Hunter there you are again! And how are things going? Is there someone here who is ill? Perhaps I can help!”

Dr. Stanley Wong

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