[18:00] How the bloody heck am I supposed to survive this without a science officer who can tell me what to do....? =) [18:01] Interestingly enough, there are several perfectly valid ways to survive tonight's sim, using a equally diverse variety of methods. ;) [18:01] hehe [18:02] I came up with three, you shot all of them down. :P [18:02] ::grins:: I only remember two. [18:03] Well, the first one was run and hide......;-) [18:03] Ah, that's right. ::chuckles:: [18:04] ::stomps around wondering where everyone else is:: [18:05] *** Jester is now known as CRCO_Lora [18:05] Well, I'm going to proceed from the assumption that they're going to arrive in mid-teaser. ;) [18:06] LCARS, let's get going. [18:06] Heh. * CoroLCARS 8,5= 0,5/\ 8,5= 12CRCO_Lora has called: ATTENTION ON DECK 8,5= 0,5/\ 8,5= [18:06] *** CoroLCARS changes topic to 'U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901 8,5= 0,5/\ 8,5= Sim in progress! ' [18:06] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +m [18:06] ::attn:: *** Sound requests OFF [18:06] ::attn:: [18:06] ::attn:: [18:06] ::attn:: [18:06] ::attn:: [18:07] OK, due to our rather low attendance tonight, I'm gonna do a little creative rewriting of history until a few more people show. [18:07] I'm gonna assume that everyone here is part of the Away team that beamed down to variation 43. ;) [18:07] :) Cool. [18:07] Joy. [18:07] Once there's enough people to run the ship too, then we'll see what's what. ;) [18:07] Welcome to Andor. =) [18:07] Here's the briefing: [18:07] ::hands everybody those glasses you use to watch nuclear detonations:: Enjoy the show. [18:07] 12=Sim Briefing!= Please type "ack" after you've read it... [18:07] 12Stardate 239908.30: "Illusion Weavers" , Part 3, by Jester. [18:08] 12SUMMARY: When last we left our intrepid heroes, they were facing atomic death! (insert cliffhanger music sting here) [18:08] 12Twenty hours have passed since Coronado's arrival in the MJ-1020 "system," and in that time, we've learned much more about the system's single planet and its neutronium ring. In particular, the planet, nicknamed "Blinker" by the Science staff, goes through 81 distinct variations, each taking about 2.2 minutes. [18:08] 12In addition, close-range scans of the neutronium ring circling Blinker indicate that it is spinning at very nearly the speed of light. Whether this is a mechanism for maintaining the ring's orbit, or is the manner by which Blinker blinks is not known at this time. An Away team has beamed down to variation #43 to investigate. [18:08] 12Meanwhile, aboard Coro, we have learned that the ring structure probably acts as a gateway through time and space -- a gateway that might or might not reopen at the time and place the Away team beamed down. The Away team is facing their own problems: variation 43 is actually Andor of 500 years ago, and in the midst of a nuclear civil war! [18:08] ack [18:08] ack [18:08] ack [18:08] ack [18:08] ack [18:09] *** Nephy (~nephy@Star5162.ils.net) has joined #USS-Coronado [18:09] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +v Nephy [18:09] 12Computer recognizes Nephy. Authorization codes enabled. [18:09] 12Nephy = Lieutenant Traqzis Trq, Chief Science Officer. [18:09] *** obsvrNyxx (Nyxx@Star6999.st-louis4.mo.pub-ip.psi.net) has joined #USS-Coronado [18:09] As I recall, the AT was on a hillside overlooking a town that was about 45 minutes from being destroyed by a primitive but effective atomic missile. [18:09] ::puts on the glasses:: Remember, if you start mutating, it's just the excessive amounts of radiation.... [18:09] *** Nephy is now known as LTSI_Traqzis [18:09] <> [18:10] <> [18:10] The helmsman has no business being on the planet ;) [18:10] He's content to stay and fly the ship. [18:10] < LOL! Fine. Kosh and Dejat are on the ship. Everyone ELSE is on the planet. ;) [18:10] Any questions before we get going? [18:10] No, Ross. THe entire away team is here, why do that? [18:10] << joy LOL ;) >> [18:11] ::chuckles:: If you're on the planet, please put your nicks in [ ]. [18:11] My question as well. [18:11] Yeah... What if you're a male black widow spider... What do people call you? [18:11] A greedy gigalo. [18:11] *** LMMC_Ironside is now known as [LMMC_Ironside] [18:11] * LTTC_Drexler feels ignored, but ok [18:11] *** LTTC_Drexler is now known as [LTTC_Drexler] [18:11] *** LTSI_Traqzis is now known as [LTSI_Traqzis] [18:12] Works for me. :) Let's sim! [18:12] * CRCO_Lora 8,5= 0,5/\ 8,5= 12 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SIM START =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 8,5= 0,5/\ 8,5= [18:12] ::keeps a safe distance from Blinker....but not too safe:: [18:12] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::looks across the horizon across the city, then in the opposite direction:: Mr. Traqzis, any recommendations would be most appreciated.... [18:12] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::looks at the Andorian officer peculiarly...:: It's amazing how they're going to conveniently wipe each other out... [18:12] 12=.\ction= On the ship, it is a little under 45 minutes before variation 43 reappears... but will the away team reappear with it? [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:13] ::crosses back to his command chair:: +taps+ Bridge to Engineering. [18:13] ::files away the final overhaul report for the impulse engines:: [18:13] ::runs some scans from the tactical console:: [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:13] 12=.\ction= Meanwhile, on the surface of the planet, the townsfolk appear to be streaming back into the gates of the city, where a number of bells and gongs are ringing. [18:13] +taps+ Bentall here Captain. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:14] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Who are we to tamper with history? ::looks towards the city:: [18:14] *** [LTSI-Traqzis] (nephy@Star5167.ils.net) has joined #USS- Coronado [18:14] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +v [LTSI-Traqzis] [18:14] 12Computer recognizes [LTSI-Traqzis]. Authorization codes enabled. [18:14] <[LTTC_Drexler]> If this is what happened in our timeline, I'd like to keep it that way. [18:14] ::sites back down:: +taps+ Estimated time until you can complete repairs on the engines? [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:14] <[LMMC_Ironside]> I don't wish to tamper with history, Mr. Drexler. I simply wish to survive this detonation.... [18:14] +taps+ Just finished them now Sir. Was just about to let you know. [18:14] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::begins walking to towards the town:: [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:15] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::looks down at his pulse rifle:: For example, among all of us, we have enough energy in our weapon power cells to create a forcefield that could withstand the assault, but no way to produce that....::watches Drexler walk off:: [18:15] +taps+ Well done, Lieutenant. Report to the Bridge -- we have another problem. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:15] +taps+ Aye sir. On my way. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:15] ::heads out into main engineering and towards the TL:: [18:15] ::turns to Kosh:: Ensign, I need a full sensor sweep on that ring. [18:15] ::enters TL:: Bridge [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:16] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::stops 3/4 of the distance down the slope, looking back up:: They did develop a nuclear weapon, you think maybe there's a chance they developed something against it? [18:16] Mr. Dejat, you're in on this, also. What do you know about relativistic travel? [18:16] ::begins sweeping the sensors:: aye [18:16] <[LMMC_Ironside]> If they did, they didn't use it according to history.... [18:16] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Then again... ::Looks back at the town, how they're all gathering together:: [18:16] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Maybe they want to die. [18:16] ::shrugs:: It's rather annoying, which is why I try to avoid it as much as possible at impulse. The exceptions being when we need to get away from something. [18:16] <[LTTC_Drexler]> And I intend to find out. ::continues towards the town:: [18:17] ::arrives on the bridge and looks around to try and catch up with the situation:: [18:17] ::nods, standing:: We know that relativistic travel has an effect on time -- the faster you go, the slower relative time seems to pass. [18:17] Time dialation effects are rather disturbing as well. For you it can be 1430 and for someone else it can be 1845 and for another person it can be 1108. [18:17] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::nods:: Perhaps....but your idea has merit ::turns to the Andorian Marine:: Sergeant, get into some civilian dress and see what you can find out from those townsfolk... [18:17] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::turns back:: Mr. Drexler! [18:17] ::nods and indicates the ring with a nod of his head:: Is it possible that ring functions in much the same way? [18:17] <[LTSI-Traqzis]> ::steps to Ironside's side and shakes his head:: All this preparation for adverse conditions on the planet surface, and now we're even more helpless than if I'd just beamed down alone. [18:17] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::calls over his shoulder:: Yeah? [18:18] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::motions to the Andorian Marine:: I think these people have had enough of a shock as it is. A being from another planet I think is not what they need right now. [18:18] ::taps a few more buttons in on the console:: [18:18] ::clears his throat:: You wanted to see me Captain? [18:18] 12Andorian Marine> ::approaches Ironside and salutes:: Yes, sir? [18:18] *** [LTSI_Traqzis] has quit IRC (Ping timeout ) [18:18] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Glad we thought of that when sending him ::points at Traqzis:: to make first contact. [18:18] *** [LTSI-Traqzis] is now known as [LTSI_Traqzis] [18:18] ::nods:: It's a good bet. In fact, it even delves into the range of being likely. ::smiles:: I'd normally be able to answer you, but I try to steer clear of neutronium as much as possible. Don't care for it much. I find it rather...disturbing. [18:18] ::looks to the comptain:: i'm getting a pretty good picture... [18:19] ::nods at Dejat and turns to Bentall:: Lieutenant, it's my theory that if we can somehow control that ring, we might be able to control where and when the Away team reappears. [18:19] There seems to be bulges, at regular intervals. I'd say about 12 of them... [18:19] I don't relish the thought of variation 43 reappearing and them being long dead, or not arrived yet. [18:19] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::stops and turns to the Andorian marine:: Both sides of this battle are physically similar, right? Both Andorian? [18:19] ::raises an eyebrow:: Control a ring of that size, Captain? [18:19] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::murmers to Traqzis:: Use your infinite scientific wisdom and see if you can't think of something to save us. ::pats the Lieutenant on the shoulder before asking to the Andorian marine (can we give him a name allready?) to see what he can gleam about the situation from the locals. Including any possible defences they might have come up with:: [18:19] 12Andorian Marine> ::nods:: Of course, sir. [18:20] ::turns to Kosh:: Any indication as to what the function of the bulges is, Ensign? [18:20] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Well, I was waiting for the amusing debate to subside... [18:20] *** Aurie (aurie@Star6215.btigate.com) has joined #USS-Coronado [18:20] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> I've picked up signs of a series of caverns under the city itself... [18:20] That's a rather tall order Captain. In theory it may be possible but in reality it might be a tad difficult. [18:20] ::taps a few more buttons on the console:: well... [18:20] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::nods:: OK. I can't see them letting you in to their town, then. Unless.... wait, yes. ::looks at Ironside:: What if we use that man's clothing? ::points at the captured Andorian:: [18:21] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::smiles minisculey:: Then this just might work. [18:21] ::nods at Bentall:: Difficult, but not impossible. I find those acceptable odds. Put your heads together, and come up with something. [18:21] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> There's materials in the bedrock and supporting structural enhancements enough to protect anyone from the effects of a nuclear weapon of the type that was used in this time period here... [18:21] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::turns to Traqzis:: Caverns? Natural or artificial? [18:21] <[LTTC_Drexler]> It depends on whether they actually want to commit suicide, in which they'll let him in, or if they think he's an enemy spy. [18:21] I'd say the might keep the ring at a constant... that could be speed or size, or even the angle... [18:22] 12Andorian Marine> ::nods wryly:: I doubt anyone in the city is thinking clearly just now, Major. It's possible they wouldn't notice a large Klingon walking among them. [18:22] ::sits down at the engineering console and brings up several files that may or may not be of use:: [18:22] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Possibly both. They have been modified, so it's likely that everyone in that city knows about them. [18:22] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Or at least, some *important* people know about them. [18:22] ::turns to Kosh:: Any possibility that they are some kind of... I don't know... propulsion units of some kind? [18:22] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::looks back at the stream coming from the city:: Most definitely not everybody.... [18:22] <[LMMC_Ironside]> <> [18:23] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::remains unmoved by any of the report:: Perhaps they want to try a little Noah's Ark thing. Kill the unpure, then recivilize the country sort of motif. [18:23] ::looks over at Dejat:: Any ideas Lieutenant? [18:23] 12=.\ction= The bells fall silent, but the exodus into the city continues. Meanwhile, on the far side of the city, a glaring orange light becomes visible. [18:23] <[LTTC_Drexler]> <> [18:23] <[LMMC_Ironside]> <> [18:24] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::continues thinking aloud:: I wonder how this is connected to the Killers. [18:24] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::looks over as the orange light flares:: I believe they're launching their counterattack.... [18:24] ::stands and moves over to Bentall, exhaling largely, obviously very tired:: Well, tractor beam is out... [18:24] ::taps his console:: that could be possible... yes. [18:24] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> This is somewhat puzzling... If history records that these people were killed by nuclear weapons, and yet they have access to these caverns beneath their city... [18:24] 12=.\ction= The orange light becomes brilliant yellow-white and resolves itself into a series of missile launches out over the Away team's heads. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:24] <[LMMC_Ironside]> Mr. Traqzis, are there any entrances into those underground passages outside the city walls? [18:24] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::ignores the missiles and watches the population below:: [18:25] <[LTTC_Drexler]> I can't tell. What are they doing? [18:25] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Which theoretically should protect them... ::puts up a finger to indicate that he's almost done his thought:: [18:25] ::nods:: I really should have paid more attention to my classes that dealed with time travel and it's effects. ::groans inwardly and the prospect of messing up really bad:: [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:25] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Are they cheering or huddled together... dammit. I've got to get closer. ::begins moving:: [18:25] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::frowns slightly and turns to walk up beside Drexler, handing him a pair of macrobinoculars:: [18:25] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> So if they died out despite having the protection, either the protection was not enough, or they didn't find shelter in those caves, but rather a trap.. That is, if they do decide to head into them... [18:25] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Thanks. ::stops and takes them, looking into them:: [18:26] ::tries to keep from standing over the Bridge crew's shoulder:: [18:26] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> I'm scanning for alterior entrances, but I didn't find any in the first two sweeps. [18:26] ::frowns:: It's probably too big to fit subspace field distortion amplifiers to, so moving it with artificial engines is out... [18:26] <> [18:26] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::turns back to Traqzis:: Is there any similar rock formation nearby that we might be able to dig into with our weapons and create our own shelter? [18:27] *** ObsJetrel (Akira@Star7401.minneapolis6.mn.pub-ip.psi.net) has joined #USS-Coronado [18:27] 12=.\ction= Missile launches continue... [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:27] ::looks up:: Captain... if i assume correctly do you plan on trying to control the speed of the ring to get the away team back?? [18:27] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Hmm... ::observes:: They're gathered around the city center... three buildings there, and ... ::pans just slightly:: They're going into the buildings. [18:27] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Wait, Major... I've pinpointed a series of entrances approximately one kilometer away from our current position... [18:27] It appears to me that size is the biggest problem we are going to have. I don't think controlling time on this scale has ever been done before. Not to mention the fact that it isn't a stationary target. We have to get the right planet as well. [18:27] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::turns to Trq:: Any idea what's in those buildings? [18:27] ::nods at Kosh:: That's my working theory, yes, Ensign. If we were to slow the ring very slightly, I believe that might accelerate the time at which, from the Away team's perspective, we would reappear. [18:28] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::calls out:: Hastings! Gregg! Double time to those entrances and give me a report, but stay low! [18:28] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> The entrances themselves are shielded from standard sweeps... They're hidden beneath a solid rock plateau... [18:28] 12=.\ction= The Marines nod and a quick scouting patrol moves out. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:28] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> I didn't detect anything of note in the buildings, but I haven't been looking too actively, either. [18:28] <[LTTC_Drexler]> That'll take about five minutes for them to get there, if they hustle. [18:29] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Well, they all seem to be going into those three in the center of town. [18:29] ::nods:: Time travel has always bothered me. I'd much rather be trying to beam them through an impermeable defense field while dodging planetary based phaser arrays than trying to control time. [18:29] <> [18:29] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::looks back towards the city:: [18:29] ::smiles wryly:: Fortunately, that's not what we're facing, Lieutenant. [18:29] We know that the Killer's machines communicated with those needles using some kind of subspace signal -- is it possible that the bulges could be controlled in the same way? [18:29] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> It's entirely possible that this series of caverns is the reason the city was built here... [18:30] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::looks around at the general area, getting a feel for it:: Whatever it is that they're doing, it didn't work. ::looks at the Andorian marine:: Sergeant? Did anybody survive this war? [18:30] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Are there any other cities or villages or buildings within... 50 kilometers? [18:30] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Yes... Highly probable in fact. The archetecture and general layout of the city appear to conform to the exact mapping of the caverns and stresspoints themselves. [18:30] 12=.\ction= In the city, the last few people surrounding the buildings go inside. Meanwhile, what is apparently the last missile arcs over the Away team's heads. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:30] It worked before... i dont see a problem with trying it again... [18:30] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::looks up:: I wonder how they produced those. [18:31] 12Andorian Marine> ::shakes his head:: No, sir. There were reports of survivors, but nothing ever confirmed. As I said, this area was a wasteland for centuries after this war. [18:31] ::grins in agreement for a moment:: Ok. Assuming we do get the ring to slow down enough for us to get the right planet in it's scroll through all the other planets how do we know if they are in the past, present or future and then get them back before the next variation appears? [18:31] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::looks back at the city:: They've all gone inside. [18:31] ::smiles wryly at Bentall:: That's why I have you gentlemen. All I have is a theory. [18:31] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Maybe we should go there and check it out. [18:31] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::nods:: So, the caverns either didn't hold against the bombardment, or they couldn't survive the fallout afterwards. [18:31] *** Cdtsc_Oswald (snelson@Star6831.mdm.mke.execpc.com) has joined #uss-coronado [18:31] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +v Cdtsc_Oswald [18:31] 12Computer recognizes Cdtsc_Oswald. Authorization codes enabled. [18:32] <[LMMC_Ironside]> If A), then we're in some trouble. If B), then we might be able to survive until the Coronado reappears. [18:32] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Hopefully, the only item of concern for us is when the Coronado can make its rescue attempt. [18:32] We don't....but wait a second...what if we used the sensor logs? I'm sure that one of our sensors must've taken a temporal reading during that time. If we can get the right point in time, then play around with the ring a bit--assuming we figure out that part--then we might just be able to get them back. [18:32] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Well, until then. ::heads towards the city again:: [18:32] *** Cdtsc_Oswald is now known as Cdtsi_Oswald [18:33] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::refrains from swearing, but nods at a couple of marines to follow Drexler, waiting for a report from Hastings and Gregg before following:: [18:33] ::has a thought, totally seperate from Dejat's latest idea:: We still have one of those killer machines in the science lab. What if we attempted to reprogram it and use it as a controlling device for the ring? ::stops then shoots his own theory down:: That won't work. We'd have to understand it's makeup and that could take years. [18:33] ::nods at Dejat:: Good plan, Lieutenant. ::turns and notes Oswald entering:: Cadet, time to stretch yourself. I need you to calculate relativistic effects of slowing down that ring. [18:33] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::reaches the bottom of the hill and begins crossing an opening of about 300 m to the gates:: [18:33] What we need is an exact percentage to slow the ring in order to make the Away team reappear when variation 43 reappears. [18:34] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::hears the marines following him and nods to himself, then comes upon the gates:: [18:34] :;sits down at her counsel:: yes sir [18:34] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::doesn't see an immediate way to open them:: [18:34] Now we need to figure out how to do it. ::looks at Bentall with a renewed sense of determination:: [18:34] 3Marine scouting patrol> +taps+ Patrol 1 to home -- we've reached the caves. There's an extensive network that heads further down and inward, toward the city. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:35] <[LMMC_Ironside]> +taps+ Acknowledged. Is there any sign of guards? [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:35] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::begins climbing the wall, though it was not meant to be climbed:: [18:35] How much power, on average, can we safely generate with the warp core? [18:35] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> ::nods to the report and taps Ironside on the shoulder:: Major... Scans are erratic, but from what I can tell, the entire city's population has moved into the caves. [18:35] 3Patrol> +taps+ Negative, home. No sign of life at all. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:36] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> They're certainly not hanging around above ground at this point. [18:36] *** Brad (garstini@Star7406.dialup.mindspring.com) has joined #USS-Coronado [18:36] *** Brad is now known as [LTTC-Drexler] [18:37] So the next thing to figure out would be controlling the ring itself so that when the time comes we can actually put all of this to use. Is there anyway we can simulate the signals that the machines have been using in all our different encounters with them? And make the signals make sense to who or whatever is receiving them? [18:37] *** CRCO_Lora sets mode: +v [LTTC-Drexler] [18:37] <[LTTC-Drexler]> <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::begins climbing the wall, though it was not meant to be climbed:: [18:37] <[LTTC-Drexler]> <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::slips down once, then gets a running start and pushes his way up the wall, getting to the top, and peering over:: [18:37] <[LTTC-Drexler]> ::looks down at the marines:: I'll be right back. [18:37] ::listens to Bentall and turns to Kosh:: Ensign, you were monitoring when the machines signalled the needles in the Zadar system. [18:38] <[LTTC-Drexler]> <> [18:38] *** [LTTC_Drexler] has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer ) [18:38] <[LMMC_Ironside]> <> [18:38] ::furrows his brow:: Where, exactly, did those machines transmit to? [18:38] <[LTTC-Drexler]> <> [18:38] Any ideas on what signal format we need to use? [18:38] <[LMMC_Ironside]> +taps+ Roger that. Home out ::changes frequencies:: Mr. Drexler, the cave openings outside the city are accessible more easily, and we won't have to deal with the Andorians. If you'd like to join us.... [18:38] 12Computer recognizes Brad. Authorization codes enabled. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:38] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Just a guess here... Maybe since all these people end up dead in our timeline, the best place to be would be somewhere FAR away from them? [18:38] I'll get right on that... ::starts tapping his console vigorusly [18:38] <[LTTC-Drexler]> +taps+ One moment, major. ::hops down into the city and walks carefully over to the buildings:: [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:39] ::scoures the data bank for anything useful:: [18:39] ::looks at Dejat:: I was assuming to each other or the rings. Or a central control. [18:39] <[LTTC-Drexler]> ::looks around, the place completely deserted, then looks into one of the three buildings:: [18:39] ::watches the clock:: 20 minutes until variation 43 reappears, people. Talk to me. [18:39] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::growls as he sees Drexler disappear over then hill, then motions to the marines to get moving:: Unfortunately, Lieutenant, we don't have the luxury of enough time to get far enough away. [18:40] ::nods:: If it's to the rings, that means that there's got to be some sort of control circuit. Which means we can always do a little...::grins:: creative accessing. [18:40] 12=.\ction= Under Ironside's orders, the strike team moves out in the direction of the caves, watching for anything moving while en route. [18:40] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Perhaps you fellows could modify your phasers here to generate some sort of directed force shielding for us... [18:40] ::grins:: That's what I was thinking. ::waits for Kosh to fins the signal:: [18:41] ::nods:: Lieutenant Dejat, chances are we're not going to be able to control the ring for long -- we'll need a course that takes us over where the Away team is likely to reappear that exposes us to the gravity fields in the area for the minimum possible time. [18:41] <[LTTC-Drexler]> <> [18:41] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::nods:: I had that in mind, but only as a last resort. I can't guarantee we can generate a field that will last long enough to survive the blast and the fallout. [18:41] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> You know, just as a failsafe in case something gives... [18:41] *** [LTTC-Drexler] is now known as [LTTC_Drexler] [18:41] ::turns back to Lora:: Well, ::smirks:: you didn't ask for something easy , you just asked for something, sir. [18:41] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Well as the superstition goes, I've got my fingers crossed. [18:42] ::nods, amused:: Remember to account for the orbit of the planet -- chances are, it's turned a bit in three hours. [18:42] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::remains on top of the ridge, watching the city and checking his chrono:: +taps+ Lieutenant Drexler, please report. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:42] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::peers inside one of the three buildings:: [18:42] 12=.\ction= High above the Away team, there is the whistling crack of a sonic boom. [18:42] I think i have it... i used the same steps that were used for the machines... ::transferres it to the other consoles:: [18:42] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> << you know, in keeping with my character's strict adherence to science and logic ;) >> [18:42] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> ::tricorder beeps:: [18:42] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::looks up:: Oh, wonderful. +taps+ Mr. Drexler, let's go. ::turns and grabs Traqzis, pulling him with him towards the caves:: [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:42] ::runs a scan on the rings looking for anything that might be recognizable to an engineer and is rewarded with somthing:: This is interesting. Captain? [18:43] <[LTTC_Drexler]> <> [18:43] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Well, I'll be damned. [18:43] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> << your life flashing before your eyes? :) >> [18:43] ::turns to Bentall:: Let's have it, Lieutenant. [18:44] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::nods to himself, then does a double-fast sprint back to the wall, sailing over it, then leaving the marines in his dust:: [18:44] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> ::enters the caves with Ironside:: You know, Drexler is still up there. [18:44] *** Cdtsi_Oswald (snelson@Star6831.mdm.mke.execpc.com) has left #uss-coronado [18:44] <[LTTC_Drexler]> +taps+ Drexler to Ironside ::breathing stuttered with each step:: Lead the way, please, I'm running. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:44] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> ::tricorder beeps again:: [18:44] <[LMMC_Ironside]> He's coming....::calls out:: Deeper into the caves! [18:45] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> I've got a fix on what caused that sonic boom now... [18:45] ::points a finger at one of the bulges on the rings:: That appears to be a gravimetric drive of some sort. I had the computer scan it looking specifically for anything that could be some sort of propulsion and it zero'ed in on that. [18:45] 12=.\ction= The Marines find a passage that leads to a deeper level. The walls are coated with some kind of crystaline deposit. [18:45] <[LMMC_Ironside]> Modify your rifles to emit a graviton field, we might need to hold up these caverns if they start collapsing...::turns to Traqzis:: Yes, Lieutenant? [18:45] <[LMMC_Ironside]> +taps+ Follow the Marines, they'll home in on my signal. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:45] ::sends the calculated signal frequency to bentall's console:: [18:45] *** obsEric (enelson@Star6195.dynamic.minn.net) has joined #uss-coronado [18:45] ::looks at the screen and grins:: Well I'll be a... [18:45] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +v obsEric [18:45] 12Computer recognizes obsEric. Authorization codes enabled. [18:46] ::nods at Bentall:: So, that's how they spun the ring -- low-level gravimetric drive output, probably for years. [18:46] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Primitive, but still deady missile, equipped with a nuclear warhead. [18:46] <[LMMC_Ironside]> Warhead yield? [18:46] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::has reached a decent speed and glides over the smaller crannies in the ground, then flies by Ironside, not able to stop fast enough, and slides on the ground; he then stands and dusts himself off, moving to the caves:: I think I beat them. You really should... train them more. ::just slightly out of breath while going into the caves:: [18:46] *** obsEric is now known as ENen_Titan [18:46] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::smiles slightly as he waits for the last of the marines to pass him before following deeper into the caves:: [18:46] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> I can't tell, the interference from the caves is causing problems scanning. [18:47] ::nods:: I suppose we could probably find a way to use them ourselves and accomplish what we are trying to do here. [18:47] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Exact trajectory of the missile is unknown, but based on its recorded flight path, I'd say we're gonna know when it hits. [18:47] <[LTTC_Drexler]> You wouldn't believe what I saw in there. [18:47] ::turns to Kosh:: Have any kind of signal we can try, Ensign? [18:47] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::frowns:: Well, let's hope that it's less than several megatons, or we're going to have a lot of rock crashing down upon us.....what's this crystal deposit? [18:47] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::looks at Drexler:: Inside the buildings? [18:48] Yes... i just sent it to Bentall's console ::taps his console a few times:: [18:48] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Yeah. They were the other entrances to the caves. Lots of native writing on the walls. Completely deserted, and there were stilll a few radiation suits left in the closet. ::looks at Ironside:: Radiation suits. Maybe they don't want to die after all. [18:48] ::looks at the sensor logs on the machine signals:: [18:48] ::turns to Bentall:: Let's try it. Cycle the frequency and the modulation. [18:49] ::heads back for his chair:: Leiutenant Dejat, you may start your run. [18:49] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> It's an unusual bond... Seems to be a naturally occuring iron-nickel polyalloy... [18:49] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::nods:: That still doesn't explain why no one survived......perhaps they didn't have enough food supplies? [18:49] <[LTTC_Drexler]> It was most definitely the foyer to a bomb shelter. [18:49] <[LMMC_Ironside]> Alloy? ::turns to Traqzis:: [18:49] ::nods and jogs back around to his console, relieving the watch officer and sliding into position:: Okay...::begins tapping:: here we go... [18:49] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Perhaps they died from impact itself. [18:49] 12=.\ction= There is a high whistling noise, followed by a ground-shaking explosion nearby... [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:49] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Like that one. [18:50] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::feels the temperature rise several degrees in a matter of seconds:: Here we go.... [18:50] ::programs the frequency and modulation into the main communications array:: Ready to give it a shot sir. I've got it going out through the communications array. We can try the sensor dish if that doesn't work. [18:50] 12=Description= The cavern rocks and virtually everyone is thrown to the ground. [18:50] ::taps on his console:: [18:50] ::nods and sits:: Let's do it. Yellow alert! [18:50] 12=.\ction= The automatic alert warning sounds as the ship's alert status changes to 8,1 yellow . [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:50] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::braces himself against the corridor wall and quickly taps on an interior panel of his rifle through all the shaking:: [18:50] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::is on the ground, hans covering the back of his head:: [18:50] ::preps the sensor dish just in case:: [18:51] 12=.\ction= Dejat's firm control, Coro swivels, then roars down the gravity well toward Blinker, already starting to shudder as the massive ring makes its effect known. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:51] ::looks up an notes no one is at Tactical to control communications so he transfers control to the engineering console:: [18:51] Any reaction to our signals? [18:51] ::glances down at his console, zoning everything else out and concentrating on just flying and keeping the ship together:: [18:51] +taps+ Bentall to Titan... Keep those impulse engines going at all costs. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:51] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::pushes himself off the wall slowly as the shaking ceases:: We're lucky....it wasn't an airburst detonation. [18:51] ::looks over:: Nothing yet Captain. [18:52] 12=.\ction= A second explosion causes the ground to heave and the ceiling to vibrate, raining dust and rocks down on the Away team. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:52] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> ::manages to pinion his weight exactly between both legs and keep his footing during the sudden shock, most like due to his psi-sensitivity having told him to expect the shock moments before it happened:: [18:52] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::sighs, remaining in position, a couple of larger rocks dropping onto his back:: [18:52] ::continues to scan the rings for any movement:: [18:52] +taps+yes sir [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:52] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::grunts as he falls to the ground from the second explosion and calls out:: Marines! Get that shielding up! ::continues working on his own pulse rifle:: [18:52] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> ::coughs and waves dust out from in front of his face:: [18:52] ::looks up:: should i try transmitting it through the sensor dish?? [18:53] ::runs a scan on the impulse engines:: [18:53] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> I think it's pretty much clear why these people died, Major. [18:53] ::notes some activity:: Captain!? I've got movemment on the ring. It's slowing down. Half a percent so far. [18:53] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> These caverns aren't strong enough to withstand the blasting, their stress points have almost all been compromised already. [18:53] 12=.\ction= The Marines set their rifles to graviton emissions and begin firing at the ceiling, which is holding... barely. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:54] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::looks over at Traqzis, levering himself up:: Wonderful.....Double time, Marines! ::finishes his own modifications and activates the weapon:: [18:54] <[LTSI_Traqzis]> Apart from the outskirts of the caverns themselves... I think pretty much everything these people were using as shelter has been compromised in some way. [18:54] 12=.\ction= The Coro begins vibrating even more forcefully as the ring and Blinker grow larger in the tank... [18:54] <[LMMC_Ironside]> How long until we phase back to the Coro? [18:54] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::tosses a phaser into the fray:: See what you can do with that. ::peers in the direction of the tunnel opening:: [18:54] ::yells over the vibrations:: How long until variation 43 reappears? [18:54] ::shouts above the shaking:: My apologies, gentlemen...there's not too much I can do. [18:55] <[LTTC_Drexler]> Umm... shouldn't be too long now. [18:55] *** ObsJetrel (Akira@Star7401.minneapolis6.mn.pub-ip.psi.net) has left #USS-Coronado [18:55] <[LMMC_Ironside]> Good, because we only have so much energy....::watches the power reading on his rifle begin to drop steadily:: [18:55] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::remains on the ground, hands protecting his head:: [18:55] 12=.\ction= A third explosion rocks the caverns -- one of the corridors leading to the cavern in which the Away team is sheltering collapses. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:56] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::grimaces:: You'd figure they'd realize they only needed one..... [18:56] ETA to Blinker orbit? [18:56] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::remains unemotional, simply waiting to be contacted:: [18:56] *** [LTSI-Traqzis] (nephy@209.135.121.000) has joined #USS- Coronado [18:56] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +v [LTSI-Traqzis] [18:56] 12Computer recognizes [LTSI-Traqzis]. Authorization codes enabled. [18:56] ::spares a glance at the ETA readout:: 45 seconds... [18:56] <[LTSI-Traqzis]> Major, we'd better start planning a way out of here... [18:56] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::coughs as dust begins to puff down the corridor:: Mr. Traqzis! Is there any way we can modify the crystalline deposits in these caves so that they are more structurally sound?! ::yells over the noise:: [18:56] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::mutters:: Maybe they were trying to kill themselves. Wipe out the race completely. [18:56] ::turns to Bentall:: Stand by on transporters and transport extenders, Lieutenant! [18:57] ::notice some micro fractures appearing on the hull and sends a team to fix it:: [18:57] ::continues to scan the planet:: Standing by Captain. [18:57] <[LTSI-Traqzis]> Even if we do manage to survive the assault, it will hardly matter if we're shielded from the Coronados transporters... [18:57] ::increases power to the transporters:: [18:57] 12=.\ction= Variation 42 disappears and is replaced by variation 43 -- apparently, some kind of forest fire has erupted at the beamdown point... [18:57] ::scans for the AT's signals:: [18:58] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::senses something very vague:: It's time! [18:58] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::quickly swaps in a new power pack as his old one is drained:: [18:58] *** [LTSI_Traqzis] has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer ) [18:58] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::looks over at Drexler, then activates his communications gear:: +taps+ Away team to Coronado, do you read? [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:58] <[LTSI-Traqzis]> << Smoky the Bear appears on Andorian Television and says "Only you can prevent forest fires. Send your nukes into urban sprawl, not our home!" :) >> [18:58] Captain I'm not getting the AT signals at all. Too much radiation. It looks like many nuclear blasts down there. Not a fire. [18:58] ::glances down:: Captain, we're in position. ::continues compensating:: But this is not easy to hold. I give it two minutes at best. [18:58] 12=.\ction= The communication is almost totally scrambled by ionic interference and the deposits in the cave walls. [18:59] ::boosts power to the sensors:: [18:59] ::turns, going pale:: If they're alive down there, where would they be, Mr. Bentall? [18:59] 12=.\ction= Several of the Marines' rifles lose charge and fail -- the cavern ceiling begins to vibrate... [18:59] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::growls as he levels himself up:: I give us at a maximum, two minutes outside before we succumb to the radiation gentlemen. If we're going to leave the caves, now's the time to do it. [18:59] ::thinks:: If they survived the nuclear blasts I would hope they are in some sort of shelter Captain. [18:59] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::nods:: There's a sign. Lets move! [18:59] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::sprints out:: [19:00] 12=.\ction= On the ship, the clock is ticking... 75 seconds before variation 44 appears... [19:00] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::leaps out of the cave, running manically away from the city, avoiding the fireballs:: [19:00] ::console beeps:: Wait... I'm getting somthing here sir.... [19:00] <[LMMC_Ironside]> Go! Go! Go! ::holds his own rifle, extending the reach of the gravitons to hold more of the cavern, with less pressure:: [19:00] <[LTTC_Drexler]> +taps+ Coronado, now, please. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:00] ::ties the targeting sensors into the mains, giving Bentall more power:: [19:00] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::begins backing out of the cave:: [19:00] <[LTTC_Drexler]> ::continues running:: [19:00] Their signals are near the city Sir. [19:01] ::glances at the counter:: One minute, Captain! :: [19:01] 12=.\ction= The Away team reaches the surface, which is a nightmare of burning wasteland and destroyed city... several Marines fall. [19:01] ::turns:: Get them out of there, Lieutenant! [19:01] ::energizes the transporters:: [19:01] ::begins using the impulse engines to hold the ship stable, the RCS thrusters just not cutting it anymore:: [19:01] 12=.\ction= The transporter activates, wrapping the Away team in blue quantum mist... [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:01] <[LMMC_Ironside]> ::exits out onto the blasted land, immediately feeling nauseous:: +Taps+ Coronado, we require immediate.....::Demat/remat:: [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:01] *** [LTTC_Drexler] is now known as LTTC_Drexler [19:01] *** [LMMC_Ironside] is now known as LMMC_Ironside [19:01] <[LTSI-Traqzis]> ::picks up one of the fallen marines and practically throws him to his feet:: [19:01] Beam them directly to Sickbay! Helm, once they're aboard, get us clear!@ [19:01] ::rematerializes:: [19:01] ::knows they cut it close:: Damn it. [19:02] *** [LTSI-Traqzis] is now known as LTSI_Traqzis [19:02] ::reroutes the signal to sickbay:: [19:02] 12=.\ction= Variation 44 appears. [19:02] ::sees he's in sickbay:: Oh, radiation is sooo pleasant! ::is itching alll over: [19:02] ::drops to his knees as he remats on the transporter pad:: +taps+ Medical emergency.... [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:02] Okay, that's good enough for me. ::throws throttle to full, straining the engines to their limit and blasts away from Blinker:: [19:02] You should know Captain. Not all of them made it. [19:02] +taps+ Drexler to bridge. Greeeat timing, as always. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:02] ::goes down on all fours and refrains from vomiting, suffering from extreme radiation poisoning from the massive exposure:: [19:02] ::gets an alarmed look on his face:: Oh dear. Captain... [19:03] ::gets an injection from a nurse:: [19:03] ::nods grimly:: Understood, Lieutenant. Ensign Kosh, stand by to deploy marker bouys. [19:03] ::double checks:: We're not going to be able to break away! [19:03] +taps+ Bentall to Titan, Status on the impulse engines? [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:03] ::stands up:: Warp drive? [19:03] ::scratches his neck:: Dammit. [19:03] ::preps a few bouys for launch:: aye [19:04] +taps+there damaged but i'm working on it [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:04] Sir, I would strongly recommend against using warp drive this close to a gravity well of this magnitude. It's doable , but it's very rough on the ship and the plane. [19:04] <> [19:04] 12=.\ction= Straining against the pull of the ring's gravity, the ship automatically goes to red alert. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:04] ::sighs quietly, resting in sickbay with the others, coughing out dust occasionally:: [19:04] +taps+ Understood. Keep working. Bentall out. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:04] ::sighs, getting a little lightheaded, leaning over to the biobed:: This really isn't fun. ::helps himself, lying down on his back:: [19:05] 12=.\ction= The Medical team and the EMH swarm over the Away team, hyronalin and other radiation treatments doing their best... [19:05] ::is rolled up onto a biobed and fed anti- radiation medicine, wincing as the medication begins to fight the massive dose of gamma and x-ray radiation that has bombarded his body:: [19:05] ::stands and crosses to the Helm:: Lieutenant, are you familiar with a gravity slingshot manuever? [19:05] ::rushes around engineering franticly trying to keep the engines online [19:05] ::is ready to launch the bouys as soon as we excape the gavity wells:: [19:05] ::spins around to Lora:: You're joking. [19:05] ::blinks, eyes going wide:: Holy ... oh...::starts to say something, then doesn't, just staring at the ceiling for a few moments, speechless:: [19:06] ::leans over the Helm:: Do you see any other way of breaking free? [19:06] ::pushes a hypo away:: Check your species first, ensign. Hyronalin would put me into toxic shock in seconds. My adrenal secretion sample replicator code is on file... [19:06] ::smiles resignedly:: No. [19:06] ::is about to comment but then listens in on the Captain slignshot theory:: Uh sir? I'm not so sure that's a wise idea. It'll be harder on the ship then going to warp. [19:06] ::simply lies still, knowing that he can do essentially nothing at this point but wait for the medication to work....but not liking it one bit:: [19:06] ::nods:: Take us as close as you dare. ::turns to Bentall:: It's either that or fall back into Blinker, Lieutenant [19:07] ::begins to calm down, looking around, then grabbing a nurse and finding out how much radiation his body was given:: [19:07] ::heads back for his chair, muttering:: Assuming that ring doesn't turn us into antimatter first. [19:07] ::grumbles to himself as the ensign goes off to find her patient's file:: [19:07] Well...that's a record [19:07] +allcall+ All decks, this is the Bridge -- brace for impact! I say again, all hands, brace for impact! [19:07] ::sighs, not sure what to make of what his brain is telling him, somehow ... remembering... something:: [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:07] ::sighs:: Here we go...::begins the opening maneuvers of the gravity slingshot:: [19:08] ::mutters:: Just what I need. I'm about ready to vomit and they're going to shake the ship.... [19:08] ::gets ready to launch the bouys:: [19:08] 12=.\ction= In a long sweeping curve, Coro turns and falls back toward the neutronium ring, picking up speed as it rockets inward... [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:08] ::nods:: I know sir. I guess we should just be prepared to need a massive overhaul on the entire ship once we're free sir. [19:08] ::wraps his large hands around the sides of the biobed and pulls his back down to the firm cushioning:: [19:08] ::grabs his console [19:08] ::holds onto his seat as tight as possible:: [19:08] ::nods at Bentall, concentrating on hanging on:: She'll hold together... [19:09] ::is searching his mind, trying to understand what he's seeing in his head, as if he were being enlightened:: [19:09] 12=.\ction= The vibrations grow worse for a moment, then smooth out as Coro stops fighting the gravity and starts trying to make it work for her... [19:09] ::gingerly reaches down and grabs the side of the biobed, closing his eyes and attempting to meditate:: [19:09] ::mutters:: C'mon, baby, hold together... [19:09] ::watches the acceleration, relative velocity, and compensation readouts all simultaneously:: [19:10] ::begins thinking of all the bad things that will most likely happen if this fails:: My first ship as chief engineer and this happens. ::muttered under his breath:: [19:10] ::with one hand taps the console making a sweep of the hull:: [19:11] Bring us about... now! Full impulse! [19:11] ::hears more than one occupant in sickbay begin to vomit from the radiation and the violent shaking:: [19:11] ::throws in the full impulse engines and leans hard on the controls:: [19:11] 12=.\ction= Like a rock skipping across a pond, Coro skitters along the outside edge of the neutronium ring, streaking in a circular arc, moving at almost relativistic speeds herself, before pulling away... [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:12] <> [19:12] ::taps his console to release the bouys:: [19:12] Mr. Kosh, deploy marker bouys! Full quarantine on this system! I'll record the voice over later. [19:12] ::watches satisfactorily:: And away we go! [19:12] Already done sir... [19:12] *** LTSI-Traqzis (nephy@209.135.121.000) has joined #USS- Coronado [19:12] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +v LTSI-Traqzis [19:12] 12Computer recognizes LTSI-Traqzis. Authorization codes enabled. [19:13] 12=.\ction= The IDF struggles to keep up, but for the first time in the careers of most aboard, gravity aboard a starship increases... [19:13] ::begins fighting the increased gravity:: [19:13] ::feels heavier all of a sudden:: [19:13] ::feels the increase of gravity in the ship and smiles slightly, having grown up in high gravity and finding himself feeling right at home:: [19:14] ::is oblivious to most of what's happening around him, being highly introspective:: [19:14] ::hangs on, jaw clamping shut and speaking through gritted teeth:: Confirm... breakaway... distance! [19:14] ::fights the feeling of nausea:: [19:14] ::reroutes power into the IDF to try and boost it's effectivness:: [19:14] 12=.\ction= Unnoticed, variation 45 gives way to variation 46 behind the ship. [19:15] ::finds himself feeling quite better as the gravity reaches a level almost that of his home planet:: [19:15] 12=.\ction= It is clear that Coro will getaway from the giant flytrap, however -- gravity returns to normal and the shuddering subsides. [19:15] ::flicks his eyes across the console:: Stand by... [19:15] *** LTSI_Traqzis has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer ) [19:15] ::frowns, slightly dissapointed as the gravity begins to decrease and looks around for a nurse to request that the gravity in his area be altered:: [19:15] ::releases the biobed and yawns as if the whole ordeal were nothing out of the ordinary for him: [19:16] ::floats over the biobed momentarily about 3 inches high, then falls back down:: [19:16] *** LTSI-Traqzis is now known as LTSI_Traqzis [19:16] ::sits up immediately, looking around:: [19:16] ::releases his deathgrip on his chair:: Report! [19:16] ::breaths deeply:: Ah, much better. We have broken away. [19:16] ::starts requesting a damage report from all key systems:: [19:16] ::nods and turns to Bentall, amused despite himself:: Give it to me straight, Lieutenant. [19:17] * LTTC_Drexler feels the hyronalin treatment spreading through his body now, having been unaware of it before... now seems rather noticeable of the most subtle things:: [19:17] +taps+titan to bentall sir i'm reporting micro fractures in the hull [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:17] <> [19:18] Impulse engines offline. SIF severly weakened. ::sighs at Titan's report:: Micro fractures in the hull. several other not as important systems minorlly damaged Sir. [19:18] ::manages to convey to a nurse his wish to have his local gravity tuned upwards, but gets the feeling he isn't going to be completing the request anytime soon:: [19:18] +taps+and the inpulse engines are gone [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:18] *** LJHL_Dejat has quit IRC (StarGate.FL.US.StarChat.Net KeyWest.FL.US.StarChat.Net ) [19:18] ::stands and straightens his uniform:: Very well. Proceed with repairs immediately; I'll be in Sickbay. [19:19] <> [19:19] ::grins:: For once the shields weapons and Warp drive are ok still. [19:19] ::arches an eyebrow slightly as he feels the gravity increase, surprised that the nurse complied, and immediately begins to feel better again:: [19:19] ::laughs and nods:: You have the Bridge, Lieutenant Bentall. [19:19] *** LJHL_Dejat (mcclure@Star6344.snet.net) has joined #USS- Coronado [19:19] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +v LJHL_Dejat [19:19] 12Computer recognizes LJHL_Dejat. Authorization codes enabled. [19:19] +taps+ Understood Ensign. Begin repairs on those systems immediatly. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:19] ::enters TL:: Sickbay. [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:19] ::nods:: Aye Sir. [19:20] ::takes the command chair:: [19:20] ::looks over to the bio-bed of the marine he flung into transport range, and senses that the man is barely alive:: [19:20] <> [19:20] ::sends a team to begin work on the micro fractures and takes a team with him to work on the impulse engines:: [19:20] <> [19:20] ::arrives at Sickbay, steels himself, and enters:: [19:20] <> [19:21] ::looks across sickbay, seeing colors much more vivid than before, if only slightly:: [19:21] <<::whistles innocently:: I haven't the faintest clue what you're talking about. ;-)>> [19:21] <> [19:21] ::spots Ironside and Trq, and heads for them:: [19:21] ::decides he'd better lie back down:: [19:22] ::opens his mouth to warn the Commander about the increased gravity around his bed, but is unable to before he hits it:: [19:22] ::checks over the engineering report for more details:: [19:22] ::immediately sits up and offets the captain his best attention:: [19:22] ::just about collapses in his chair:: Captain, time for shoreleave. ::smirks:: [19:22] ::almost stumbles as he hits the gravity shelf around Ironside's biobed, then recovers, smirking:: Interesting therapy method you have there, Major. [19:22] ::aligns the power relays and starts on the conduet:: [19:23] +taps+ Bridge to engineering, Estimated time for repairs to be completed? [19:23] ::smiles minisculely:: Makes me feel more at home, sir. ::loses the smile:: How many? [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:23] ::looks from one to the other and nods:: Casualty report, then let me know what you found out. [19:23] ::looks to bentall:: Its most likely going to be tricky getting those bouys into a stable orbit... [19:23] +taps+titan to bridge how bout an eternity [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:23] ::looks up at Kosh:: They should have done that automatically Ensign? Are you telling me they aren't? [19:24] I didn't see how many men fell, skip, and I don't know how many we had to start off with... [19:24] ::looks around sickbay and guages the number of men and women in it:: No casualties outside of radiation poisoning.....if all marines were beamed from the planet..... [19:24] +taps+ Very funny Ensign. Now how about a real estimate this time? ::grinning inspite of himself happy to be alive:: [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:24] ::gives Lora a questioning look, his mouth tight:: [19:24] ::nods, relieved:: Yes, they were. And radiation poisoning is something we can treat, fortunately [19:24] I doubt they have taken into account all the gravity wells... They keep being pulled out of there orbit by the ring... [19:25] ::nods:: Looks like the science personnel made it safe, thanks to the marines. [19:25] What I don't understand is what that firestorm was doing down there in the first place. [19:25] *** obsvrNyxx (Nyxx@Star6999.st-louis4.mo.pub-ip.psi.net) has left #uss-coronado [19:25] +taps+ atleast three hours [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:25] ::nods thankfully, then looks back up:: Sir, I'm afraid that we are the cause of an Andorian civil war, 500 years ago. [19:25] ::nods at Kosh:: Try moving them out from the planet until they stop being affected by the gravity well then. [19:25] ::sits up slowly, as if coming out of a trance, then drapes his feet off over the edge of the biobed, seeing Lora a few meters away, giving him an odd look:: [19:25] ::blinks:: Major, I think you better tell me this story in detail. [19:26] Not the exact cause, but we were the catalyst for what you say happen down there. [19:26] +taps+ Understood Ensign. Bridge out. ::mentally adds two hours to the total:: [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:26] saw happen that is. [19:26] ::quiets as Ironside is queried:: [19:26] ::nods and begins transmitting orders to the bouys:: [19:26] ::nods and begins to recount the events on the planet, paying close attention to detail so as not to leave anything out. In short, he gives a full verbal report:: [19:26] * CRCO_Lora 8,5= 0,5/\ 8,5= 12 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 12 SIM END 12 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 8,5= 0,5/\ 8,5= [19:26] ::attn:: [19:26] ::attn:: [19:26] ::attn:: [19:26] ::attn:: [19:27] ::attn:: [19:27] ::Attn:: [19:27] OK, hope everyone enjoyed that. :) Any comments or questions before we break up? [19:27] ::raises his hand:: [19:27] That was a good one. :) [19:27] yeah i thought it was too [19:27] ::nods at Ironside:: Yes, Major? [19:27] Eh [19:27] Can we force UCIP to change networks.......at gunpoint? [19:28] Yeah... What do you call a black widow spider if it's a guy? Guys can only be widows if they're uhh... Not straight, right? [19:28] i have a request [19:28] Everyone, mutiny in #backroom! ;) [19:28] Good sim, but it ran too long ;) [19:28] ROFL! Needless to say, I'm going to determine an answer to that question. ;) [19:28] Here, here Major. [19:28] Yes, Ensign Titan? [19:28] that we ask starfleet for a shipment of duct tape =) [19:29] LOL [19:29] ::chuckles:: [19:29] LOL!!. :) [19:29]