[18:05] LCARS, let's get going. :) [18:05] * CoroLCARS =/\= FCCO_LoraKor has called: ATTENTION ON DECK =/\= [18:05] *** CoroLCARS changes topic to 'U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901 =/\= Sim in progress!' [18:05] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +m [18:05] ::attn:: [18:05] ::attn:: [18:05] ::attn:: [18:05] we have hallmark chevroilete here [18:05] ::attn:: [18:05] ::attn:: [18:05] ::glows:: *zap* [18:05] ::attn:: [18:05] ::attn:: [18:06] ::attn:: [18:06] ::attn:: [18:06] *** Obs_t`Manda (evileye_xc@kdfs-23296.btopenworld.com) has joined #USS- Coronado [18:06] ::attn:: [18:06] Evening, everyone. :) [18:06] evening [18:07] Think I'll jump right into the briefing tonight, as we have a lot of ground to cover (literally >;) ). [18:07] =Sim Briefing!= Please type "ack" after you've read it... [18:07] Stardate 240104.23: "Fiat Lux", Part 3, by Jester. [18:07] ackety ack [18:07] SUMMARY: Though we didn't know it at the time, it fulfilled an ancient prophecy... [18:07] The good news is that Task Group 5.4 has regrouped, and now includes more than a dozen combat ships and their support vessels. The bad news is that most of our ships are damaged, we are escorting a captured Romulan destroyer and several civilian craft, and we have been blockaded into the Hayashi blue-white supergiant system by a Romulan hunter group. [18:07] woops, i'll wait till after ^_- [18:07] Blue-white supergiants like Hayashi are relatively rare phenomenon, and are very old main sequence stars nearing their end-of-life. We entered the system to rendezvous with the rest of the task group and intended to move on. Unfortunately, we've discovered that Hayashi is in an unstable pre- nova state and has disabled sensors, communications, and warp drive. [18:07] With the damaged condition of our ships, we cannot risk a battle. Fortunately, reinforcements will arrive soon. However, they are going to be too late: the trilithium weapon is in its final dive toward the star, and we have only minutes to escape. While TG5.4 prepares for a likely suicidal run out of the system, Kelaka has uncovered a Traxati hypergate in orbit... [18:07] ack [18:07] ackety ack [18:07] ack [18:07] ack [18:07] ack [18:07] ack [18:08] ack [18:08] ack [18:08] ack [18:08] ack [18:08] ack [18:08] Hopefully, everyone has read the e-mail teaser as well. :) [18:08] * Savant certainly has ^_^ [18:08] If you haven't, speak now or forever hold your peace. ;) Those of you aboard Kelaka, please [ ] your nicks now. [18:08] ::waves a glowing hand dismissively:: [18:08] *** CRHL_Dejat is now known as [CRHL_Dejat] [18:09] no havent [18:09] *** ENIO_MaAru is now known as {ENIO_MaAru] [18:09] We'll be picking up seconds after the end of the teaser which itself is only seconds after last week ended. [18:09] *** {ENIO_MaAru] is now known as [ENIO_MaAru] [18:09] ::has a question:: [18:09] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Perfect songs for those on Kelaka: Walking on Sunshine or Walking on the Sun. [18:09] also if anyone wants to see the picture hanging in the Captain's Ready Room, let me know ^_^ [18:09] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::jumps up and down:: I do! [18:09] http://plaza.powersurfr.com/cpinnell/ghosts_at_panora.jpg [18:09] Kath, the teaser is: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uss- coronado/message/807 [18:09] what is is savant i do [18:09] k [18:09] Commander Daren, you have a question? [18:09] *** LCEN_Oswald is now known as [LCEN_Oswald [18:09] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Nifty! [18:09] half of it, anyways.. it's too big to fit on the scanner bed [18:09] *** [LCEN_Oswald is now known as [LCEN_Oswald] [18:09] Wait... [18:09] <> [18:10] I didn't get a teaser... [18:10] ::nods:: Since I wasn't here last week, where would you like to me put myself? ;) [18:10] Gar, go ahead and read it on-line. [18:10] Coro? Kelaka? [18:10] Brig? [18:10] ;) [18:10] Daren, since you weren't here last week, you'll be rushing up to the Bridge of Coro this week. ;) [18:10] Why didn't it come over the listserv? [18:10] ::nods:: Sounds god [18:10] good [18:10] It did; it probably bounced for you, Gar. [18:10] Any other questions? [18:10] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ::raises:: [18:10] Ensign? [18:10] <[ENIO_MaAru]> Bridge or CinC? [18:11] Duh, you're right. CIC, Daren. The Bridge is closed off due to radiation. [18:11] ah ok [18:11] And again tonight, if you have no location symbol, you're in the CIC, not the Bridge. [18:11] Any other questions? [18:11] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Yes... [18:11] That could have been bad [18:11] Yes, Commander? [18:11] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Kelaka is how far from the Hypergate? [18:12] For some reason, it says I'm not on the list. [18:12] Close enough to see it visually. Maybe 250,000 km, maximum. [18:12] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Question 2. [18:12] <[CRHL_Dejat]> How long until we're terminally exposed, or have we past that point already? [18:12] * Savant sits down and listens to everyone play 20 questions [18:12] Ah, that's an interesting question. [18:13] You're not dead yet, but you don't have enough time to get back to Coro and survive. Schweitzer might have the facilities to keep you alive. [18:13] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Schweitzer... [18:13] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ...is what? [18:13] It's a bit like being 20 minutes away from work 10 minutes before you have to get there. ;) [18:13] The Olympic. [18:13] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Ah, gotcha. [18:13] Schweitzer = the task group's medical ship. [18:14] <[CRHL_Dejat]> So we're not dead yet. [18:14] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Q3. [18:14] Correct. But you've passed the "bingo point", as a fighter pilot would say. [18:14] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Is any destination visible through the hypergate at this point? [18:14] No. [18:14] <[CRHL_Dejat]> The bingo point? Wait, I'm lost now... [18:14] lol [18:14] Nevermind, Ryan. ;-) [18:14] Bingo point = the point at which a pilot has to turn back or run out of fuel. [18:14] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Have we been exposed to too much radiation that we're not going to be able to recover, or what? [18:15] * LTTP_Clayton has a question. [18:15] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Ah, okay, so no, we're not terminal yet, but we can't get home fast enough [18:15] When a jet reaches the point where it has to turn back or it'll run out of fuel before landing, the computer goes "Bingo, bingo" [18:15] Blah. I'll try this one more time. If you returned to Coro now, you'd be too late to survive. [18:15] There isn't enough time left on the clock for you to make it to Coro. [18:15] You have to go somewhere else. [18:15] <[ENIO_MaAru]> wait, i'm still lost, perhaps another analogy? ;) [18:15] point of no return [18:16] Colonel, mind explaining this to the Commander? [18:16] (In message, I mean. ;) ) [18:16] ::raises:: [18:16] <[LCEN_Oswald]> :;raises her hand:: [18:16] Lieutenant Clayton, you're up. [18:16] I'll try, Captain. ;-) [18:16] * Savant groans [18:16] Yeah, what's a hypergate? [18:16] :) [18:16] <[CRHL_Dejat]> This is what you get for talking like a Vorlon, Ross ;) [18:16] he is a vorlon [18:16] *** LtSI_KJaneway (~captainkj@kdfs-3488.tnt1.jackson.ms.da.uu.net) has left #USS-Coronado [18:16] Hypergate = a Traxati invention that connects two distant points in space. It's a doorway to somewhere else. [18:16] Is that what appeared in front of the Kelaka? [18:16] *** LtSI_KJaneway (~captainkj@kdfs-3488.tnt1.jackson.ms.da.uu.net) has joined #USS-Coronado [18:16] *** CoroLCARS sets mode: +v LtSI_KJaneway [18:16] Computer recognizes LtSI_KJaneway. Authorization codes enabled. [18:16] like a wormhole, only no worms [18:17] Not appeared, but yes, there's one there. [18:17] * LTTP_Clayton can't access the teaser unless someone finds a direct url. [18:17] Master Chief? [18:17] <[ENIO_MaAru]> << http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uss-coronado/message/807 >> [18:17] sir, I never understood this. wouldn't inertia keep them going anyway? [18:17] It's not a question of fuel. They have lots of that. There's too much hard radiation in the system. [18:18] ok. Thanks. Wasn't paying attention. [18:18] <[CRHL_Dejat]> And we kinda have some major external hull problems and no aft-starboard shields ;) [18:18] Commander Oswald? [18:18] <[LCEN_Oswald]> if the three females in the ship kill Dejat before he dies of radiation posioning will we be court martialed? [18:18] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::smiles sweetly at Dejat:: [18:18] Well, it depends on if the females involved survive themselves. ;) [18:18] <[CRHL_Dejat]> I think our doctor passed out ;) [18:18] Lots of questions tonight. ::chuckles:: Anything else? [18:18] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Worrying too much or something. [18:19] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::confers with MaAru:: [18:19] OK, that means no. Let's sim! :) [18:19] * FCCO_LoraKor =/\= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SIM START =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =/\= [18:19] ::blinks:: Captain...Kelaka is reporting that the gravimetric distortion they've encountered is a Traxati Hypergate. [18:19] ::sits at flight control in the CIC:: [18:19] * Savant flickers and wavers, the hologram unable to maintain any coherency in the blizzard of hard radiation [18:19] =.\ction= The ships of Task Group 5.4 continue to set up for their end run. Meanwhile, Kelaka continues toward the hypergate... [18:19] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:19] ::enters CIC:: [18:19] <[LCEN_Oswald]> can I suggest we take our chances and go through the gate? [18:19] chapel>::To himself:: here I am again. Looking for some action. [18:19] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::just blankly looks at the hypergate, then looks at Oswald, then looks back at the hypergate:: I was just going to say the same thing. [18:20] ::blinks and turns:: Here? We're hundreds of light- years from the closest gateway? What are the Traxati doing in this system? [18:20] <[LCEN_Oswald]> then can you do it... [18:20] chapel>+taps+ sav, you around? [18:20] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:20] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ::looks at oswald:: It would seem that we have no other options... [18:20] <[LCEN_Oswald]> preferably before we die of the radiation... [18:20] ::trues desparately to get any info from the science dbase:: [18:20] <[CRHL_Dejat]> +com+ Coronado, from Kelaka. I think the hypergate is a better bet than a suicide run. [18:20] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:20] * Savant murmurs, "It sounds like a gift from the heavens, Sirs." [18:20] ::shakes his head:: I don't have an explanation, Captain. Kelaka has launched a probe into the gate, however. [18:20] ::nods:: Transfer data to the flagship. [18:20] ::turns hurriedly to a side console and starts feeding command codes into it:: [18:20] <[CRHL_Dejat]> +com+ Request permission to enter the gate. [18:20] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:20] <[LCEN_Oswald]> I doubt anything on the otherside can be as bad as this side... [18:20] ::nods and taps his console quickly, relaying the information to Stirling:: [18:21] +Com+ Kelaka, this is Coronado. Maintain stationkeeping position and establish a data feed fromt he probe to Coronado. Over. [18:21] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:21] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::glances back at Oswald:: Unless there are a bunch of Traxati over there... [18:21] =.\ction= The trilithium weapon is approximately 6 minutes from impact. [18:21] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:21] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::looks at Dejat:: we're pass asking permission... [18:21] <[LCEN_Oswald]> I doubt that could even be as bad... [18:21] ::looks at the Captain:: They're asking permission to enter the gate, Sir. [18:21] ::thinks:: Going through the gate could be just as suicidal, there's no telling what could be going on the other side. ::looks at the large holographic display in CIC:: [18:21] Six minutes until the trilithium weapon detonates. [18:21] <[CRHL_Dejat]> +com+ Negative, Savant. We need to get out of this radiation. Either we go to Schweitzer or we go through the gate. I suggest we all go through the gate, and we can go dock with Schweitzer then. [18:21] E> :: Continu he's sensor analysis on the deflector:: [18:21] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:21] chapel> ::Waits for sav to materialize:: she's probably taxed. How does an enlisted man make use of his time on a ship? [18:22] +taps+ Hello Olme ^_^ How are you? [18:22] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:22] ::nods, hurrying:: Savant, ask them what data they're getting from the probe. Is there space on the other side? [18:22] Aye sir. [18:22] E> ::scans the read outs:: [18:22] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::looks at the doctor, who's passed out on the floor in back:: umm... let's go? [18:22] ::glances at another display:: Captain, two Starfleet vessels approaching the system at transwarp velocities. [18:22] ::finds much of the readings interfered with by raduation:: [18:22] chapel>+Taps+ sav. Nice to hear from you. I see you're buisy. PErhaps we can dine together later. [18:22] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:22] +com+ Kelaka, please establish data stream from the probe to Coronado. Report on the conditions through the gateway. Over. [18:22] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:23] <[CRHL_Dejat]> +com+ Space is clear. Standard red giant system with no planets. [18:23] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:23] Chapel>+taps+ tlaloco to engineering. you down there, Farley? [18:23] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:23] <[CRHL_Dejat]> +com+ Radiation count, thankfully, is normal. [18:23] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:23] +taps+ It sounds delightful, Olme... but for now, i'm more concerned about getting us away from this pre-supernova star. [18:23] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:23] +com+ Stirling, from Coronado... incoming data from our runabout on conditions on the far side of the gate. [18:23] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:23] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ::runs the numbers through the computer and coments to anyone listening:: at six minutes until impact, plus a thirty second detonation time the six seconds it will take to blast to reach the gate gives us...well...6 minutes 36 seconds.... [18:23] Savant, transmit the data as we get it. [18:23] E> +taps+ Farley here [18:23] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:23] * Savant gives the Captain a curt nod [18:23] ::works on personal project in lieu of anything actually going in that is involved in:: [18:23] chapel>+Taps+ you guys need a hand down there? [18:23] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:23] +com+ Stirling, from Coronado. Based on position of gate Two-Charlie-Alpha, recommend we take the task group through this gate, then readdress for Two-Charlie-Alpha. [18:24] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:24] chapel>+Taps+ we'll get away, Sav. [18:24] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:24] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::relays data to Coronado:: Damnit, I wish they didn't have to relay it. And when we get back, I'm installing bigger tractor emitters. If they were still there, I'd go over and tug Schweitzer with us. [18:24] E> +taps+ Could use all the help we can get! [18:24] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:24] Captain, that gate will not survive the destruction of the star. ::glances over at the other console again:: U.S.S. Vanguard and U.S.S. Phalanx have arrived outside the system. [18:24] chapel>+taps+ on my way. Tlaloco out. [18:24] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:24] <[CRHL_Dejat]> +com+ Coronado, urgently suggest we go now. [18:24] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:24] ::stares at the holographic displays of the various areas of the system:: [18:24] +com+ Kelaka, this is Coronado. Please maintain your position. We'll let you know as soon as you can go.. [18:24] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:24] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::rubs her temples before going back to taping on her console:: [18:25] <[LCEN_Oswald]> can I set the course and make us go through the gate... [18:25] Sir, the other side of the gateway is rather... mundane. A star system, red giant class III [18:25] <[LCEN_Oswald]> I personally would rather live to be court martialed... [18:25] the background radiation is a little off. [18:25] ::looks around sighing hating the long waits:: [18:25] *> ::nods to the attractive lieutenant, as he wanders toward the turbolift:; [18:25] =.\ction= +com+ Coronado, from Stirling... concur. [18:25] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:25] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::glances back at Oswald, then murmurs:: Sorry, Coronado, that's just not going to happen. +com+ Negative, Coronado. Proceeding now. ::nods to Oswald with a grim smile, then turns back and charges full-bore at the gate:: [18:25] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:25] ::turns to Ironside:: Send 'em through. [18:25] however, it looks far more pleasant than our current orbit [18:25] ::nods:: +com+ Kelaka, go. [18:25] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:25] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::absently recognizes the permission as he enters the gate...:: [18:25] E> Sky, What do you think? Is there much more we can do? [18:25] TL>engineering. [18:25] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::mutters thanks to some God:: [18:26] =.\ction= +com+ All ships, from Stirling. Abort end-run, I say again, abort end-run and proceed to coordinates... [18:26] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:26] ::cuts off the transmission:: Clayton, get us moving. Best possible speed. [18:26] E> Not really I'm affraid. [18:26] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::glances up, reflexively:: Kelaka, you still with me? [18:26] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Kelaka> Affi--ative. [18:26] Adjusting course. ::comes about and charges towards the gate ahead of the other ships:: [18:26] <[LCEN_Oswald]> remind me to have a talk to the captian about chain of command and asking permission not to die... [18:26] ::smirks as his console beeps at him with a rather unorthodox message:: Captain, Admiral Marshall wishes to know why we're turning around. I don't think they can see the gate. Shall I relay the information? [18:26] * Savant sparks and flickers as the Coronado maneuvers through a gust of solar wind [18:26] =.\ction= Kelaka enters the gate. This gate... "feels" a little different from the last one Coro went through. [18:26] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:26] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::nods:: Begin maximum radiation decontamination procedures. ::turns to Oswald and MaAru:: an objections to stasis? [18:26] E> That's what I was afraid of. [18:26] <[CRHL_Dejat]> <> [18:27] E>::enters engineering:: Sirs! Reporting for duty. [18:27] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Kelaka> Confirmed. Radiation venting in progress. [18:27] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ::shakes her head, with a slight smile:: none, commander [18:27] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::suddenly feels an odd sensation...almost like he's being watched:: [18:27] E> Yeah. Me to. [18:27] ::turns to Ironside:: Tell them, but give them the countdown. [18:27] It's gonna be close... ::watches the eta reading:: [18:27] E> so what's our status? [18:27] ::monitors the status of the tri-lituim weapon as well as the radiation level inside the ship:: [18:27] Too close, Mister Clayton, Sir. [18:28] E> ::sees Tlaloco enter E:: Ok we need to keep what is still running running ok [18:28] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ::feels as if she is being examined somehow as she goes through the gate"" [18:28] ::monitors the radiationj off the solar winds:: [18:28] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::furrows his brow, then looks at his companions:: Do you feel that? [18:28] ::nods and sends what will most likely be the last update message to Vanguard before Coro enters the gate, giving the countdown until the trilithium detonation:: [18:28] * Savant pings a few scans out at the romulans [18:28] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Like something's...watching us. [18:28] <[LCEN_Oswald]> I'm all for stasis... we better get the doc in it first... she's the worse... [18:28] ::watches the meters jump around violently:: [18:28] =.\ction= Kelaka arrives on the far side of the gate... the blacked out, adjusted for the blinding Hayashi system -- viewscreen doesn't show much more than a large red ball in the distance. [18:28] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:28] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::looks at Dejat::... [18:28] <[LCEN_Oswald]> yea... [18:28] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::glances at the viewscreen and adjusts the opacity to normal:: [18:28] the romulans are leaving the system at best speed, i would suggest we follow suit. [18:28] E> what systems are down?::to farley: [18:28] =.\ction= The trilithium weapon begins its final dive. [18:28] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:29] E> Don't worry about the down systems. Just keep the others from going down. [18:29] E>::checks the board, and whistles:: Guys, how did you break all this stuff? [18:29] ::turns:: Colonel, if Vanguard isn't going to make it, tell them to RUN. [18:29] * Savant turns her sensors in throught eh gate, trying to find out more about their destination [18:29] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ::shakes slightly and looks back down at the console:: [18:29] Trilithium weapon is reaching impact with the star...::watches a monitor:: [18:29] E>Well, there's impulse. We have deflectors. [18:29] =.\ction= The trilithium weapon impacts with the Hayashi star. Meanwhile, the first few ships transit the gate. [18:29] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:29] Approaching warp gate... [18:30] <[LCEN_Oswald]> :;shrugs:: let's get into stasis... it'll at least make this feeling go away... [18:30] E> Keep the engines online [18:30] ::nods:: She's already falling back, Captain. I think the Admiral wants a piece of the Romulans. It looks like she's attempting to lead the blockade towards his task group. [18:30] ::looks:: IMPACT! [18:30] The weapon's beginning to cut into the photosphere... I'm registeirng an impact with a dense hydrogen cloud. [18:30] ::nods:: +acalert+ All decks, brace for hypergate transit! [18:30] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:30] E> Easier said than done, sir. [18:30] ::begins monitoring the shockwave:: A shockwave has emerged from the Star! [18:30] E> BTW we didn't broke anything here..... :: The console explode but hurt no one.:: Let's say so... [18:30] Ten seconds... ::banks the Coronado directly towards the hypergate...:: [18:30] ::braces himself, standing a little more upright and gripping his console:: [18:30] E> I know but we must do our best [18:30] Five. [18:30] ::begins calculating the speed of the shackwave and the ships current position:: [18:30] =.\ction= Coronado transits the gate a few seconds behind her sister ship, Renegade. Other ships dive in after. [18:30] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:31] * Savant watches serenely [18:31] Mark. [18:31] E> OK, besides getting out and rowing, I think we can do something. [18:31] ::hngs onto the console watching the readings and futilely setting all science sensors for continuous record:: [18:31] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Alright, well, we're not getting any healthier. Kelaka, rig for auto-evasion until Schweitzer comes through the gate, then request docking clearance with immediate radiation treatment. ::looks at MaAru and Oswald:: Hang on. This will be disorienting. ::Taps his console, sudenly 'freezing' the entire compartment in time; statis field activated:: [18:31] Whoa... ::watches the console readings spike and fall oddly:: [18:31] E> I'll take care of this console. ::smile:: [18:31] E>::hands flying:: how far are we from the event? How much time do we have? [18:31] =.\ction= The Hayashi star supernovas. [18:31] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:31] ::scuence sensors all going crazy at once:: [18:32] E>rerouting power to the shields, maybe we can bodysurf the shockwave. [18:32] ::looks around:: Thats odd.... [18:32] <[CRHL_Dejat]> <> [18:32] * Savant captures the supernova with the rear sensors, raising the palettes' protective screens as they begin to overload [18:32] ::blinks as the transit commences, getting the very odd feeling that something or someone is looking at him, the feeling much more prominent after so many years in combat:: [18:32] E> I don't know. They don't tell me anything ::gets the funny feeling of being watched so looks over shoulder:: [18:32] ::turns to look directly behind him, but sees no one there:: [18:32] =.\ction= Coronado completes her transit of the gate. [18:32] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:32] ::looks over his shoulder at the captain... feeling odd:: [18:32] ::shakes his head and loosens as the transit completes, attempting to locate Blackrazor and Stirling:: [18:32] ::passing through, I turn suddenly feeling someone's eyes staring down my neck, but no one was there:: [18:32] ::blinks, then shakes his head as if to clear it:: Clayton, warp speed, any heading! Go! Go! [18:32] E> What happened? Who did that? [18:33] ::startled, turns to his console:: We're clear. Engaging. [18:33] E> That's funny it felt like someone was staring at me?? [18:33] * Savant frowns and flickers a little, though the hologram began to settle back to it's regular appearance, the interference form the radiation gone [18:33] E>::looks accusingly at the two engineers:: What were you looking at? [18:33] ::engages warp engines:: [18:33] =.\ction= The Coronado's enginges engage, and the frigate flashes to warp! [18:33] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:33] E> Did what? ::look affraid:: [18:33] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Kelaka Computer> +com+ Kelaka to Schweitzer. Request immediate dock. [18:33] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:33] =.\ction= The other ships of the task group scream in groups through the gate, many of them also jumping to warp. [18:33] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:33] ::stops monitoring anything thats going on with the ship:: What was that? [18:33] ::manages to snag Kelaka in a tractor beam as Coro jumps to warp:: [18:33] E>Look guys, if you're going to talk behind my back, I can find some other place to be. [18:33] E> It's you who were looking at me, isin't? [18:34] ::something briefly registers and then suddenly is gone, but the feeling of being probed is still with me:: [18:34] E> You may rank me, but don't fun me, sir. [18:34] E> Wasn't me. [18:34] =.\ction= White hot plasma and superheated gasses explode through the hypergate, the result of the Hayashi supernova. [18:34] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:34] * Savant frowns, the internal sensors picking up an odd theme int he conversations across the ship [18:34] ::becomes very unnerved and looking to the left and right:: [18:34] E> Then who was it? [18:34] =.\ction= The firestorm continues for a few seconds, then is cut off as if by a switch. [18:34] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:34] E>::looks at skylooker:: [18:34] E> Ok I feel strange as if someone is scanning me, or even us I don't know, bad feeling. [18:34] Hypergate is clear. [18:35] E> I feel the same way? [18:35] I believe, sirs, that we may have been brought here for some ulterior motive. [18:35] (q)I didn't know i would undergo scruitiny on every mission I am on, I thought the exams were finished when i graduated. [18:35] E>::Shouts:: get off it, you two! I've had enough of this little joke.' [18:35] Someone is definatly watching us....::to everyone in the area::....don't you feel that? [18:35] Aye, sir, confirmed, all clear. [18:35] * Savant frowns [18:35] ::sets em sensors to ghost hunt:: [18:35] the COBE count is off here, sirs. And i'm not reading *any* time beacons or subspace relays [18:35] <[CRHL_Dejat]> Kelaka Computer> +com+ Kelaka to Coronado. Request emergency beam-out of four life-forms for immediate transport to USS Schweitzer for immediate emergency treatment. Lifeforms are currently in stasis. [18:35] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:35] =.\ction= Schweitzer swings in and tractors Kelaka. [18:35] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:36] ::checks his readings:: Mr. Dejat has put Kelaka's compartment into stasis. They need to get to the medical ship as soon as possible. [18:36] E> Look I'm not joking and I don't find it funny. Something is going on and I don't know what. so we better find what soon . [18:36] =.\ction= A few seconds later, Kelaka's crew is beamed to Schweitzer's extensive medical bays. [18:36] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:36] E> I'm not doing anything funny? [18:36] <[CRHL_Dejat]> <> [18:36] E>+taps+ tlaloco to sav. Quit undressing us with your sensors, OK, Honey? [18:36] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:36] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::remats in Schweitzer's medical bay:: Ah, so nice of you to drop by. ::promptly passes out:: [18:36] * Savant blinks once [18:36] ::glances at the astrogator readings:: Captain, nothing on the charts that we can familiarize with just yet... so far unknown territory. [18:36] ::reestablishes the link with the task group:: Captain, I have a casualty report on the Task Group. [18:36] +Taps+ Engineering. . . it wasn't me. [18:36] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:37] Hold on that, Lieutenant Clayton. Let's hear it, Colonel. [18:37] E> On your blood, guys, this isn't a joke? [18:37] *** Obs_t`Manda (evileye_xc@kdfs-23296.btopenworld.com) Quit (Leaving: ) [18:37] ::shudders at uneasiness and a feeling of momentary coldness::(q)I havent felt like this since I snuck through the officer's graveyard in the middle of the night at the academy my second year...to find out if ghosts danced at night [18:37] E> No joke here? [18:37] E> No, at least not from me. [18:37] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ...do you mean by stais ::finds herself in the Schweitzer and desides to take a short nap:: [18:37] ::pulls out a tricorder and begins scanning for lifeforms:: Someone or something is here...::looks at the tricorder and sees nothing:: Hmmm [18:37] All vessels transited from Hayashi with the exception of one of Pearl's support ships, the SS Mount Rainer. Antares class, crew of thirty. They just weren't fast enough. [18:37] * Savant murmurs, her scans flickering away. She drifts back to the science console, glancing over at Kath [18:37] You know something? [18:38] E>+Taps+ Tlaloco to bridge. Possible intruder alert in engineering. Could someone please do a sensor sweep? [18:38] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:38] Ma'am, could you confirm for me that you aren't reading any COBE radiation or time beacons? [18:38] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::vaguely senses himself hoisted up by firm, tender hands--Oswald? Physicians? Yes, probably physicians--and placed onto a firm, soft surface--a bio bed?:: [18:38] E> Sensors are offline [18:38] none Savant [18:38] * Savant nods, frowning [18:38] +taps+ Engineering, from CIC. Please begin radiation decontamination procedures of the irradiated decks. [18:38] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:38] E>can't we get sensors on the shuttlecraft to do an internal sweep? [18:38] I'm going to attempt to get a lock on local stars to determine our position. [18:39] ::wonders why the medical staff hasn't ran around with the hydronalin injections...:: [18:39] There is no damage to the hypergate indeed it appears normal, made of carbon neutronium...and solid. [18:39] E> +taps+ Farley to CIC , Will do [18:39] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:39] <> [18:39] E>+taps+ tlaloco to jaguar team. Radiation procotocol alpha, on the double. [18:39] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:39] ::nods at Ironside, listening to the reports as they come in:: [18:39] * Savant frowns and drifts over to the Command dais, beside Ironside [18:39] What i read before I lost sensors is that there is a definite anticlock spin of .9581 C [18:39] E> ::looks at both Sky and Tlaloco:: Alright we need to do decontam on all decks [18:40] E> ::Go to a console with a lot of flashing button:: Hey Farley, systems are coming back on-line, but with severe radiation damage. [18:40] ::turns to Janeway and nods:: Yes, that's normal, Lieutenant. [18:40] sirs, i'm afraid that i have to report that i fear we're no longer in the Milky Way Galaxy. [18:40] You should be reading gravimetric drives on the surface of the gate. [18:40] E> I gotta monitor medbay. We can vent the bulkheads from here. [18:40] ::unable to concentrate on anything:: What was that? [18:40] ::turns to Savant and nods again:: It shouldn't be a problem, Commander. We've been out of the galaxy before, thanks to one of these gates. [18:40] ::watches over the scanners:: Yeah... I... have to concur. [18:40] There's another gate just outside Gamma quadrant. [18:40] there seems to be remants of about a dozen things...not sure what, but they have definitely been burned off by pure plasma [18:40] E> Lets see what systems are worse off and prioritize them [18:41] We'll just respin this one to the matching speed of that gate and be on our way home. ::grins:: The Romulans will never figure out how we esca-- ::tursn to Janeway:: [18:41] ::scratches his head, feeling just a tad nauseous suddenly:: [18:41] E> Sure. [18:41] mm. Yes, of course, Sir. I worry that our would-be savious may not have the most virtuous of intentions, however. [18:41] ::rubs his chin, looking through the ship's own casualty reports as they flow into his console:: We haven't sustained any fatalities. Numerous reports of irradiated crew members, but nothing fatal. [18:41] ::very slowly:: Lieutenant Janeway... I'm quite sure I didn't hear that correctly. [18:41] all across the ship there are reports of a feeling of "being watched" [18:41] There is nothing visible on the exterior of the gate sir. [18:41] ::glances at Janeway, then the Captain:: [18:41] *** ObsSTQ (Soloplay@kdfs-21585.s433.apx2.lnh.md.dialup.rcn.com) has joined #USS-Coronado [18:41] ::closes his eyes for a moment and lets out a single deep breath from his nose:: [18:41] E> We should consolidate operations and close down as much as possible along the hull. [18:41] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ::lying on a bio bed, having a very distinct dream of an egg frying on the Kelaka's tac console:: [18:42] Confirm that, Lieutenant. You should be reading several dozen gravimetric drives on the exterior surface. [18:42] ::turns to look at the sciene report:: [18:42] * Savant turns her head and gives Janeway a crisp nod. [18:42] E> Work on the least affected systems and areas and move up the list [18:42] the3re is nothing showing on the surface sir [18:42] I can confirm what the Lieutenant is scanning, sir [18:42] ::shakes his head soberly a couple of times:: Shall I inform Stirling, Captain? [18:42] E>+taps+ tlaloco to Janeway. What are the radiation levels, and where are they on the specturm? [18:42] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:42] It could just be the sensors they seem to be going out and coming back on [18:43] but during each scan i get no external structures [18:43] E>Looks like medbay is effected. [18:43] My best estimations place us some 25 million light years form the Milky Way, sirs, with a ten million light year margin of error. My best guess is that is Galaxy S-29. [18:43] =.\ction= The Kelaka crew regains consciousness on Schweitzer... they are together, and immobilized in a radiation treatment room. [18:43] ::looks at Janeway, then punches up a visual of the hypergate, snapping a split second photo of the edge of the spinning ring, placing it in the main holographic projection hanging over the room:: [18:43] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::blinks, looking around, though immobile:: [18:43] * Savant lifts a hand and displays a hazy hologram of stars, "a barrel second-generation galaxy." [18:44] +taps+ I can't get accurat readings as I cant trust the sensors at the moment...I will try to get those levels to you shortly [18:44] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:44] Savant, I need a full LORASON pulse directed at that hypergate. Were the drives never there, or did the supernova burn them off? [18:44] ::tries to get some readings on the area on the CICs matrix:: [18:44] E> I'll check if the deflector is stile there. ::go to the explode console and start to replace damage plasma relay:: [18:44] E>+taps+ much oblidged, science. Tlaloco out. [18:44] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:44] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ::sits up and looks around the treatment room:: [18:44] =.\ction= +com+ All ships, from Stirling. Confirm damage and crew casualties, and transmit to the flagship. [18:44] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:44] <[CRHL_Dejat]> <> [18:44] E>I'm reading some die back in the bio gel pacs. [18:45] E> ::starts working on the power systems:: [18:45] +taps from what i can see is there is an even balance above IR and below UV but nothing substantial in the middle [18:45] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::looks over at Oswald and smiles:: See? I told you we'd make it. [18:45] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::looks over at Dejat and sticks her tongue out at him:: [18:45] ::runs his hands through his hair:: Colonel, transmit the requested data to Stirling. [18:45] <[ENIO_MaAru]> <> [18:45] <[LCEN_Oswald]> I don't think I've ever felt worse than this.. [18:45] ::checks the LORASON controls:: Savant, I'm having some difficulty getting the LORASON array to respond [18:45] except from what the ship has abosorbed on the exteriour hull and the inner crawl spaces throughout the secondary hull [18:45] E> REplace what you can [18:45] ++taps++ [18:45] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:45] E> I'm attempting to replicate some - Snap! Replicators just went offline. [18:45] ::nods and forwards the latest damage and casualty reports to Stirling, along with a private message to Admiral Aldur concerning the hypergate's missing gravimetric drives, including his snapshot:: [18:45] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::chuckles and leans back, closing his eyes:: That's because you haven't given birth yet. ::makes a small effort to suppress a smirk:: [18:46] the Lorason is currently offline unfortunately [18:46] E> ::Replace one more relay.......and power light up the console:: [18:46] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::sniffs and looks over at MaAru:: are you alright? [18:46] E>compensating. OK. I've got a replicator. [18:46] E> ::gets some power back online:: [18:46] E> ::Look on the console:: ....... Farley I need your help here for a second. [18:46] I'm reading a jammed set of valves, and a blown capacitor relay. [18:46] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ::mumbels something about never flying with a cardasian again::yeah....just....fine [18:46] Captain... ::looks up from a return message from Stirling:: [18:46] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::laughs:: [18:47] ::feverously works to repair the inline recorders without destroying the loaded data cubes:: [18:47] +taps+ engineering, this is Savant. Lorason requires priority repairs in Capacitor set 29, and its mail EPS junction. [18:47] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:47] E> ::goes over to Sky to help:: What you need? [18:47] ::finds the closest chair and settles into it, still listening in on the reports coming in from all decks:: [18:47] E>We need to set up a secondary medbay. +taps+ Sav, do we have an area of low-radiation? [18:47] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:47] <[LCEN_Oswald]> I think you're right... Cardasians should be able to fly...especially around stars that are about to nova... [18:47] E>Sensors are useless here. [18:47] =Description= The general gist: Coro is in one piece but she isn't happy. Random systems all over the ship are off-line due to radiation damage. [18:47] E> Tell me if this reading is real or that the deflector think we are a long way from home? [18:47] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::grins:: I'll be sure to lodge a protest with your pilot. [18:48] <[LCEN_Oswald]> <> [18:48] E> It looks real to me?? [18:48] +taps+ Deck 11 sections 5-9 is relatively free of radiation, in comparison, Olme ^_^ [18:48] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:48] =.\ction= As bad as Coro is off, a couple of the other ships are worse: Odyssey is visibly burning in space, three other ships surrounding her, obviously trying to support the ailing Sovereign class vessel. [18:48] ::looks back down at his console, then at the snapshot hanging in the CIC of the hypergate:: Captain, I'm getting a message from Stirling confirming their readings that the gate is missing its hyperdrives. They must have been burned off in the nova, however, there were only 12 drives to begin with. [18:48] ::nods:: Power is down to the LORASON array, +tap+ CIC to Engineering, see what you can do to restore power to the LORASON and other sensor arrays on board...we need to be able to study that Hypergate [18:48] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:48] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::looks at Dejat:: oh would you be so kind? [18:48] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::continues to grin:: In fact, I'll even ensure that he puts in hours of work that deprive him of his family in order to make sure that his ship is never so vulnerable again. ::sees how that sits:: [18:48] E> +taps+ Will do our best CIC [18:48] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:49] E>+taps+ Thanks, sav. I'll send up a medical team there. I can't raise the doc. [18:49] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:49] Could it be gyroscopically driven, interior wise? Sorry, just thinking aloud sir [18:49] <[LCEN_Oswald]> ::glares at Dejat and tries to move so she can slap him:: [18:49] E> Ok. ::walk away from the console and start rerouting power to keep use system online:: [18:49] E> ::looks over to Sky:: Can you reroiut some power to CIC? [18:49] ::nods toward Ironside:: Thank you, Colonel. ::laughs a bit tiredly:: I don't suppose you can think of any way to adjust the spin rate of something weighing several billion tons. [18:49] ::nods:: One hypothesis is that we might be that this gate is much older than the others we've come across. An outdated version, perhaps. [18:49] <[LCEN_Oswald]> you're only lucky that I can't move... [18:49] ::turns towards the command area:: Maybe an ancestor to the hypergate Coronado encountered before? [18:49] ::still feels the feeling of eyes and it is keeping me very unsettlede:: [18:50] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ::sighs and stares at the ceiling:: [18:50] <[CRHL_Dejat]> ::grins:: Hm. Sounds tempting. [18:50] E> ::nods:: yes I'm doing it now. ::reroute power to CIC:: [18:50] I think that may be ignoring one thing, though, sir. [18:50] ::thinks for a brief moment:: If the task group were to use their warp fields to reduce the apparent mass of the hypergate, it might be possible to adjust its spin by adjusting its moment of inertia. [18:50] E> +taps+ CIC power is on it's way to you. [18:50] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [18:50] ::turns to Janeway:: No, it's all right. Normally, these gates were controlled by the gravimetric drives. The fact that they WERE there indicates that this gate probably operated the way we've seen other gates operate in the past. [18:50] ::Gives Ironside a glance and continues smoothly:: The reports of being "watched" throughout the ship are not a co-incidence. [18:50] E>Sirs, I've been able to re-establish containment fields on some levels thoroughout the ship. [18:51] E> Good work [18:51] ::looks at Savant, pauses for a moment, then nods, sending a query back to Stirling concerning the 'feeling of being watched':: [18:51] we could use a stream of bea,s from the deflector to return its s[in to normal sir just a shove in the right direction [18:51] ::smiles at Ironside:: No need to ask Stirling, sir, i already have [18:51] E> ::Grins:: thanks. I think I should head up toward the triage now, I'm getting reports of some of my men down. [18:51] Ah, of course, thank you Savant. [18:51] Then it isn't my imagination! [18:51] the entire Task Group is making the same complaint. I have the distinct impression that we're the latest lab-mice, dropped intot he maze. [18:52] E> OK Thanks for all the help [18:52] ::glances at the local star chart:: Interesting maze. [18:52] though, the feeling has passed. It's. . . curious. [18:52] * Savant smiles [18:52] E>::Smiles:: Anytime. [18:52] <[LCEN_Oswald]> :;counts the dots on the ceiling:: [18:52] ::grins at Savant:: Note it down as one possible hypothesis, but let's not jump to any conclusions yet. [18:52] At what speed is the hypergate rotating right now? [18:52] as the scanners are re-establishing themselves i've been scanning the local star group... very interesting indeed ^_^ [18:52] of course, Sir. [18:52] Or... this hypergate is extremely old and we just happened to feel the effects of it, effects meant for whomever first passed through it. [18:52] Lieutenant Clayton, what would the combined effect of the ship's subspace fields be on the gate? Can we lower its mass enough to respin it? [18:52] it may havbe passed you but my grandmother's talents inherent in all janeways tells me something wrong is going on [18:53] E> ::works on more power relays:: [18:53] Well, sir... ::glances at the mass readings again... then thinks:: [18:53] * Savant gives Janeway a sage nod. [18:53] E>::heads to the TL:: [18:53] One ship, a task force of ships, it'd be like trying to move a planet, sir. [18:53] <[ENIO_MaAru]> ::says quietly, more to herself:: They really should paint something interesting on the ceiling in here... [18:54]