[19:01] This whole plot arc is by definition pretty open-ended. ;) [19:01] <[BGDC_Ironside]> Are we continuing with the flag on the shuttle? [19:01] * CRXO_Tal flips several toggels and punches several buttons as he fires up Coro's flux capacitor. ;) [19:02] We're all pretty much convinced reality is going to come crashing down...I think it may be a Linkin Park kind of a night. [19:02] I thought it was going to be a couple of days after. [19:02] Open-ended? Kinda like Xanadu at the moment?:) [19:02] Exactly like. ;) [19:02] <[BGDC_Ironside]> No, Xanadu's very closed now. ;-) [19:02] Yeah, closed for business [19:02] Brad: he said it would be several days until the tears started forming. [19:02] So we're picking up right after the last sim? [19:02] I was referring to the gaping hole where the 4th Chamber used to start... [19:02] * Obs[kinda]JHawke (James@9.81.252.64.snet.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [19:03] * Cloaked (~Ancntgrac@cdm-66-138-135-lkch.cox-internet.com) has joined #USS-Coronado [19:03] * Cloaked is now known as CloakedObserver [19:03] <[BGDC_Ironside]> Compared to the infinity of what the 4th chamber was, that gap isn't much. ;-) [19:03] I think we'll pick up about an hour later. Long enough to give people time to think what's happened through, not enough time for things in Xanadu to start freezing solid. ;) [19:03] <[BGDC_Ironside]> Jess says hi, btw. ;-) [19:03] Oh, so what happened with Tal, then? [19:03] Except for the moisture in the air I'd hope ;) [19:04] Tal is sitting on the bridge, Spuzz [19:04] ;) [19:04] I mean, security got summoned to the bridge because she was acting strange (if memory serves). [19:04] How do you tell the difference? ;) [19:04] Heh. [19:04] ,l,, [19:04] Anyway, 4 after. I think we'll get going. [19:04] * Jester is now known as RAGC_LoraKor [19:04] * CRS1_Drexler is now known as [CRS1_Drexler] [19:04] <[BGDC_Ironside]> Heheheh....Sum 41's "In Too Deep" just came up on the playlist. [19:05] * RAGC_LoraKor is now known as [RAGC_LoraKor] [19:05] * CloakedObserver sits in her corner quietly [19:05] <[CRS1_Drexler]> Still in Kelaka after an hour? [19:05] <[CRS1_Drexler]> okay. [19:05] LCARS, let's do the thing... [19:05] * CoroLCARS =/\= CPCO_Daren has called: ATTENTION ON DECK =/\= [19:05] * CoroLCARS changes topic to '=/\= U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901... http://www.jestertrek.com/coro2400/ =/\= Sim in progress! =-= Coronado sims at 9:00pm ET Mondays, with an after-sim most weeks immediately following!' [19:05] * CoroLCARS sets mode: +m [19:05] ::attn:: [19:05] <[CRco_Ma`Aru]> ::attn:: [19:05] <[BGDC_Ironside]> ::Attn:: [19:05] ::attn:: [19:05] ::attn:: [19:05] <[CRS1_Drexler]> ::attn:: [19:05] ::attn:: [19:05] ::attn:: [19:05] ::attn?:: [19:05] ::attn:: [19:05] <[LCen_Farley]> ::attn:: [19:05] ::attn:: [19:05] * [CRco_Ma`Aru] is now known as {CRco_Ma`Aru} [19:05] * Darkoven (~david@mail.blur.com) has left #uss-coronado [19:05] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Evening, everyone, and welcome to the first sim of Coronado's 7th and final season! :) [19:06] * [LCen_Farley] is now known as {LCen_Farley} [19:06] ::applauds:: [19:06] ::wipes away a tear:: [19:06] <{LCen_Farley}> One more year! [19:06] ::cries:: The end is coming! [19:06] ::mutters something about joining two seasons too late:: [19:06] <<#uss-coronado-ooc>> [19:07] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> "And I'm gonna be 40!" "When?" "Someday!" ;) Anyway, let's start with the briefing since it's rather repetitive. ;) [19:07] =Sim Briefing!= Please type "ack" after you've read it... [19:07] Stardate 240309.01: "Archangel", Part 1, by Jester. [19:07] SUMMARY: Duality. [19:07] U.S.S. Coronado completed her survey of the L036/L037 binary system. This system is incredibly rich in dilithium-based asteroids and planetoids orbiting a red/orange dwarf star pair. However, we now have reason to suspect the dilithium was being used as a beacon. [19:07] There's obviously no better way of getting our attention, and when we investigated, we found a Jjaro artifact: an ancient defensive tower identical to the one built in Alexandria, the city within the Xanadu asteroid- starship. This artifact has initiated a number of mysterious events. [19:07] Notably, we downloaded a large block of data from it, only to find that at least some of this data caused a "loop" in time, sending Coronado and the ships around her several hours into the past. This allowed us to correct some mistakes, but some events keep repeating themselves... [19:07] Briefing complete. [19:07] ack [19:07] ack [19:07] ack [19:07] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> ack [19:07] <[BGDC_Ironside]> ack [19:07] ack [19:07] ackity ack [19:07] <{LCen_Farley}> ack [19:07] <[CRS1_Drexler]> ack [19:07] ack [19:07] ack [19:07] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Easy reading. I for one will be happy when time gets going forward again, assuming you guys can figure out a way to make this happen. ;) [19:08] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> As you might recall, the last sim ended with the singularities at the center of Xanadu going dark, quite possibly signaling the symbolic ending of time as we know it. As a result, you no longer need worry about the mortgages on any housing you might have purchased on Reor'sa. [19:09] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> We're gonna pick up around an hour later, assuming time still has meaning as such. Any questions? [19:09] * Jacob (Jacob@roc-24-95-221-75.rochester.rr.com) has left #uss-coronado [19:09] ::raises:: [19:09] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Captain? [19:10] Just a continuity comment, briefly...I'd like at least one team out exploring Xanadu, helping with recovery/rescue...there should be at leat Maiko and Tal in a shuttle... [19:10] ::mock screams in horror at being in the same shuttle as Tal:: [19:11] Also, an engineering team heading to or at the Xanadu control tower trying to restablish contact with Alicia if that's even possible... [19:11] ::snorts:: [19:11] * CRXO_Tal has other plans. [19:11] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> ::nods:: Getting people out of Xanadu is also what Kelaka is up to. The popultion of the Second Chamber is normally a couple of hundred people, mostly researchers. [19:11] ::glowers:: The last time I was in a shuttle with her I ended up waiting 8 hours for her to come back. [19:11] Maiko can lead her own team of NPC's [19:11] It's just as per the logs that went out this week... [19:12] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> ::nods:: Sounds good. Any other questions? [19:12] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Right. Let's sim! :) [19:13] =.\= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SIM RESUME =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =.\= [19:13] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:13] ::standing at Tactical:: [19:13] * Savant (~mouse@h24-86-174-0.ed.shawcable.net) has joined #uss-coronado [19:13] * CoroLCARS sets mode: +v Savant [19:13] <{LCen_Farley}> ::sits at the helm awaiting orders:: [19:13] * LTHL_D`rall is now known as {LTHL_D`rall} [19:13] <{LTHL_D`rall}> ::trudges back into the shuttle, knocking the snow off her boots, muttering something about not making a fool out of herself in the snow this time:: [19:13] <[BGDC_Ironside]> ::sits with a hand covering his mouth and chin, watching a display for any appearance of a subspace anomaly:: [19:14] M> ::glances at the darkened Xanadu on one of his monitors, a sense of foreboding coursing through him again, as it has each time he's looked at it since it expired:: [19:14] * Peter (~pmello@205.240.224.164) has left #uss-coronado [19:14] <[CRS1_Drexler]> ::sits on Kelaka, rocking a bit in the seat, visibly distracted:: [19:14] =.\ction= Temperatures inside the Second Chamber are dropping rapidly now -- the interior surface temperature is at 5 degrees C and continuing to fall. Several small ships continue to ferry the last of the research teams out of the facility. [19:14] ::standing a this station leaning over his console as he monitors the rescue operations he has begun on the surface, Most of Alpha Company and Beta Company on the ground helping to round up the nessicary gear and motivate the scientists to "haul ass":: [19:14] * {LTHL_D`rall} is now known as _LTHL_D`rall_ [19:14] SB> ::shouts at the crews:: Get moving! I want people back aboard within the hour! [19:15] ::stands in watch of the interior of the second chamber from the bridge:: [19:15] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Kel> ::pulls Kelaka to within a 20,000 km of Coronado:: In position to transport group 18. [19:15] SB> ::punches commands into her padd and moves towards her shuttle:: [19:15] <[BGDC_Ironside]> +com+ Major Prescot, from Ironside. Report on the status of the retrieval of marine forces within Xanadu. [19:15] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:15] <_LTHL_D`rall_> ::watches the returning evac team escorting several shivering science officers with them from the warmth of the shuttle:: [19:15] SB> +taps+ Sickbay, from shuttlebay. [19:15] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:16] ::looks away form his console:: Do you think everyone managed to survive that Captain? [19:16] M> ::looking over a PADD in her hand:: [19:16] [Computer] ::beep beep:: The Semi-Autonomous Varied-Algorithm Network Trainer is on-line. [19:16] Kel> [Computer] ::beep beep:: The Semi-Autonomous Varied- Algorithm Network Trainer is on-line. [19:16] <_LTHL_D`rall_> ::slides into the pilot seat of the shuttle and prepares to depart:: [19:16] =.\ction= Several dozen people have reached Coro's Sickbay now, most of them suffering from various symptoms of exposure, including one frostbite case from a Cardassian man who was caught swimming when the lights went out. [19:17] SB> ::activates a comm panel:: +comm+ Tal to D'Rall. Status report, please. [19:17] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:17] +com+ almost 95% done sir.. Currently I have most of Alpha and Beta Company in hardsuits sir helping to movtivate scientists to remove themselves and their material from the surface in the second chamber. [19:17] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:17] M> ::turns his attention back to his patient, repairing the frostbitten skin:: [19:17] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Kel> ::glances at Drexler:: Commander, if it's not too much trouble, transport group 18 to Coronado? [19:17] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> Keep us near the normal entrance, Farley, but let's stay on this side for the time. [19:17] SB> ::glances at her padd:: [19:17] <[CRS1_Drexler]> Kel> ::sighs to himself and spares the energy to transport the appropriate people to Coronado:: Transporting now. [19:18] ::looks to Shar:: We're here to make sure nobody else gets left in the cold... [19:18] <{LCen_Farley}> Yes, maam. ::moves the ship to the position and holds there:: [19:18] SB> +comm+ D'Rall, please report in. [19:18] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:18] ::nods:: Understood Captain. ::looks at the viewer for a moment then put's his attention back his console:: [19:19] <_LTHL_D`rall_> ::powers up the engines, gently lifting off the surface:: +comm+ D'rall to Coronado, I've got... ::glances back briefly at the passengers:: 4 people who are going to need a little medical attention when we get back. [19:19] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:19] <[BGDC_Ironside]> +com+ Acknowledged Major. Alert me as to when the evacuation has been complete. [19:19] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:19] SB> +com+ Understood, Lieutenant. Please return as quickly as possible. [19:19] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:19] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Kel> ::turns Kelaka back toward Xanadu, clearly restless:: Commander, get me another status report from Vanguard on the M039 system. Any change? [19:19] SB> ::glances at her padd and adjusts several of the pieces of data on the display:: [19:20] +com+ Yes sir... The last group should be transported up soon... [19:20] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:20] <_LTHL_D`rall_> ::closes the channel and snorts:: What, she thinks I'm going to take my sweet time on this? ::sighs, the commander already getting back on her nerves:: [19:20] M> ::finishes with the Cardassian:: You'll be fine. Keep warm and don't expose the skin to any trauma for a few hours, at which point it should be fully healed. ::nods to him and turns to the next patient:: [19:21] M> ::walks over to Reed:: Anything I can do doctor? ::looks at him:: [19:21] =.\ction= The next patient is a young boy whose mother tells Reed he was climbing a tree at the penultimate moment. [19:21] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> ::idly bites her knuckle, looking at Xanadu's entrace through the viewport:: There are enough ships in there to handle the evacuation, right? [19:21] <_LTHL_D`rall_> ::in the darkness, forced to stick to sensors to avoid hitting the remains of the dome on the way out:: [19:21] <[CRS1_Drexler]> Kel> Tebrun, may I ask what is so important from M039 that would warrant five status reports in an hour? [19:21] SB> ::shakes her head and glances up as a badly damaged shuttle puls through the magnetic fields:: [19:21] <{LCen_Farley}> I'm not sure maam, should I check? [19:22] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> ::nods quickly:: Absolutely. [19:22] Kel> ::Savant appears without t6he usual cloud of light as a fanfare, she appears standing and off to one side:: Good afternoon. [19:22] <[BGDC_Ironside]> ::rubs his chin:: If this universe is to be destroyed, the Adversary should have no reason to maintain their hold over the Xur. [19:22] * Savant is now known as [Savant] [19:22] =.\ction= Commander Oswald and Ensign Canterbury rematerialize in Xanadu's Control Tower and beging working on a way to locate and contact Alicia... [19:22] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:22] SB> +taps+ Tal to Security. Please send an escort to the main shuttlebay. [19:22] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:22] M> ::nods to the mother and takes a quick scan of the boy:: Broken arm, two broken ribs. Nothing punctured. He'll be fine. ::smiles at the mother and then goes to work on the little boy:: [19:22] <{LCen_Farley}> +com+ Cerberus to Coronado Do you need another ship inside to help with the evac? [19:22] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:22] ::makes arrangements with the Vanguard for help assist in taking the scientists and the big small equipment that they carry:: [19:22] M> ::shrugs and goes to treat a patient, taking a medical tricorder:: [19:23] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Kel> 'afternoon, Commander. ::at Savant, then back to Drexler:: I don't know... something just feels wrong. If this universe is to be destroyed, why haven't the Adversary given up their hold on the Xur? [19:23] * ENtc_Canterbury is now known as |ENtc_Canterbury| [19:23] <_LTHL_D`rall_> ::swings around slowly to port, coming up behind Coronado in preparation to enter the flight pattern:: [19:23] M> ::looks at Dyson and gestures at the next patient over:: Broken leg and minor cold-related exposure if you want to tend to him. [19:23] <[CRS1_Drexler]> Kel> ... want to go ask them? [19:23] SB> ::watches dispassionately as former Marine Captain Serrold-Fel and his passengers disembark from the damaged shuttle:: [19:23] <_LTHL_D`rall_> +comm+ D'rall to Coronado, requesting approach clearance.... [19:23] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:23] M> ::nods:: Im already on it doctor.. ::smiles:: [19:23] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Kel> ::smirks, very slightly:: You have their comm frequency? [19:23] M> ::nods, turning his attention back to the broken bones:: [19:23] Oswald> ::looks around and whips out a tricorder, then looks to Canterbury:: Got a light? [19:23] SB> +comm+ Granted, Lieutenant D'Rall. [19:23] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:23] <[Savant]> Kel> ::She stayed off to one side, out of the way, to let the others converse without her interruption:: [19:24] M> ::sets the patient's bone with an osteotractic stimulator and gives him something for the pain, turning to the next patient:: [19:24] M> ::finishes mending the ribs, then turns to the arm:: [19:24] <[CRS1_Drexler]> Kel> ::checks the console:: I'm sure we can get their attention even if we don't. [19:24] <{LCen_Farley}> +com+ Cerberus to Coronado Do you need another ship inside to help with the evac? [19:24] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:24] ::monitors all of the comm traffic in and around Coronado and Xanadu, makes note of Tal's security request and sends an escort down to her:: [19:25] * CREN_Oswald is now known as |CREN_Oswald| [19:25] M> ::tends to the frostbitten skin and takes a dermal regenerator to it:: [19:25] <_LTHL_D`rall_> ::enters the landing approach for the shuttlebay at one- eighth impulse:: [19:25] <[BGDC_Ironside]> Kel> ::turns back around to the console and runs a wide-band multi-instrument scan on where the 4th chamber used to be:: [19:25] ::begins to diffuse the Xanadu Marine Regiment across the various Defender ships, the last group of Marines being transported over:: [19:25] SB> +taps+ Bridge, from Tal. I suggest you hold on to something. [19:25] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:25] <[Savant]> Kel> ::While Savant was outwardly calm, she was horribly, horribly busy inwardly, and more than a little bit worried, for several reasins. It certainly didn't show on her placid and pleased exterior though:: [19:25] <|ENtc_Canterbury|> ::glances around the tower before shining his wrist lamp on the tricorder:: [19:26] ::blinks and looks up:: Hold on to something? What does she mean? [19:26] <[CRS1_Drexler]> Kel> ::notes the request for resources from Ironside's console and glances voer:: What are you looking for? [19:26] ::looks to Shar:: Grat D'rall clearance... [19:26] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Kel> I just have the sense that Colonel Gregg lied to me. Or more accurately, I wasn't speaking to the being I thought I was. [19:26] <_LTHL_D`rall_> ::slows as the shuttlebay walls slide past, gradually costing to a stop, lowering the shuttle to a somewhat gentle landing on the deck:: [19:26] +com+ Major Prescot to General Ironside... The Xanadu Marine Regiment has been retrieved, the wounded are being treated and we are finding space for them on the various Defender ships. [19:26] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:26] <{LCen_Farley}> +com+ Cerberus to Coronado Do you need another ship inside to help with the evac? [19:26] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Kel> I've been assuming that the Gregg I talked to was one of those that defend the Spindle. [19:26] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:26] M> ::watches on his tricorder as the two pieces of bone fuse back into one and smiles slightly, a look of satisfaction on his face, then turns back to the mother:: He'll be fine. ::turns to the little boy:: Take it easy on that arm for a little while, okay? ::smiles at him, and then moves to the next patient, this one with a dislocated shoulder:: [19:26] +com+ We seem to be okay for the moment Cerbeus...might be good thing for you to be our eyes and ears out there... [19:26] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:26] SB> ::glances down at her padd and inputs the final sequence:: There is still hope... [19:26] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Kel> Reviewing the conversation in my head, though, I think he was the Adversary. [19:27] ::nods and looks down:: Apparently no need Sir. She's docked landed already. [19:27] <{LCen_Farley}> +com+ ACK Coronado, Cerberus out. [19:27] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:27] <[Savant]> Kel> ::She tried to follow along, but simply couldn't, so she had to ask. Her tone was far from worried, however:: What are we talking about? [19:27] M> ::smiles at the little boy then moves over to her next patient with a broken arm, tending to it:: [19:27] =.\ction= There's a flash, a sense of deja vu, and then Coronado is at slipstream, on the way to L036/L037. Yes, again. [19:27] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:27] <_LTHL_D`rall_> ::cuts the engines even as the aft hatch lowers:: [19:27] <[BGDC_Ironside]> Kel> +com+ Thank you, Major. ::turns to Drexler:: Any sign of the vessel that was approaching the third chamber. The fourth chamber is now an open cavity within Xanadu - if the vessel got close enough to the barrier to the third chamber, perhaps it survived. [19:27] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:27] =.\= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SIM PAUSE =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =.\= [19:27] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:27] <[CRS1_Drexler]> Kel> ::looks back to the Admiral:: Whose Adversary, Tebrun? I'm beginning to think things aren't as black and white as ... [19:27] <[Savant]> ::attn:: [19:27] ... [19:27] <[CRS1_Drexler]> ::attn:: [19:27] ::attn:: [19:27] ::Attn:: [19:27] ::Attn:: [19:27] ::attn:: [19:27] <[BGDC_Ironside]> ::attn:: [19:27] <_LTHL_D`rall_> ::attn:: [19:27] <{LCen_Farley}> ::attn:: [19:27] ::attn:: [19:27] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Your old friend Commander Tal just looped the thread. We're now back to yesterday, before we ever reached L036/L037. Carry on. ;) [19:28] <[BGDC_Ironside]> ... [19:28] * _LTHL_D`rall_ is now known as LTHL_D`rall [19:28] ::groans:: [19:28] <[CRS1_Drexler]> How? [19:28] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> "There is still hope..." ? [19:28] <[BGDC_Ironside]> Why? [19:28] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Anyone have any questions before we resume? [19:28] <[BGDC_Ironside]> And on who's authority? [19:28] * [Savant] is now known as Savant [19:28] yeah... answer Frasers question [19:28] <{LCen_Farley}> ::raises:: [19:28] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> I suggest you ask her. And I checked with Captain Daren if there were any limits on her computer access. [19:28] * |ENtc_Canterbury| is now known as ENtc_Canterbury [19:28] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> [19:20] ::nods:: Anything regarding weapons is restricted...other than that, no. [19:28] her command codes were revoked? [19:28] ::nods:: [19:28] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> The Jjaro data is not a weapon. [19:28] ::raises:: [19:29] <[CRS1_Drexler]> But it's flag-level authority. [19:29] <|CREN_Oswald|> should be considered one now.. [19:29] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Aggie, I have a feeling you're so dead. ;) Doctor Reed? [19:29] We retain everything from the previous loops still? [19:29] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> Yep. [19:30] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> I'll assume that means no more questions. [19:30] =.\= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SIM RESUME =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =.\= [19:30] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:30] <{LCen_Farley}> Do we still have the tower's info? Is so do we have to go there in the first place? [19:30] * [BGDC_Ironside] is now known as BGDC_Ironside [19:30] ::bolts upright in her bed:: Oh for CRYING OUT LOUD! ::Screams in fustration:: [19:30] <[RAGC_LoraKor]> <> [19:30] CIC> ::looks up:: ...who input the data? [19:30] ::shakes his head and looks around:: That is really annoying... ::pauses then adds:: I never thought I'd say this but I'd really like to see another birthday... [19:30] * [RAGC_LoraKor] is now known as RAGC_LoraKor [19:30] ::shakes her head and looks around:: [19:30] <[CRS1_Drexler]> CIC> ::falls to the deck:: [19:30] ::looks around the bridge:: Time...what time is it? [19:30] CIC> ::looks around, then sighs:: This is becoming quite annoying. +taps+ Bridge, from Flag. All stop! [19:30] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:30] Helm, set course for Xanadu. [19:30] ::looks around:: What the hell? Who did that? CAptain? ::looks over at Daren:: [19:30] CIC> ::Savant blinks, the hologram fizzing like soda poured into a glass too quickly:: [19:31] Q> ::is beginning to get sick of all these resets, pulling on her uniform again:: [19:31] M> ::blinks a few times, rather certain he was just treating a patient, before realization dawns:: +taps+ Reed to Tal, please report to sickbay immediately! [19:31] S> ::glances around, in the middle of his sentence:: Damn, this place is-- ::does a double take:: Oh, bloody 'ell, not again. [19:31] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:31] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> ::sighs quickly:: Get ready for the full stop, Farley/. [19:31] Helm, halt! [19:31] We're back were we started on this thread Captain. [19:31] <{LCen_Farley}> Yes, maam. ::gets ready like he's done the same thing a thousand times!:: [19:31] CIC> ::thinks for a moment, then opens the flap on his PPP holster, draws it, and tosses it to the other side of the room:: [19:31] Loops. ::nods and grimaces at Shar:: [19:31] Aye sir, all stop... ::drops out of slipstream:: [19:31] CIC> . . . owch? [19:31] =.\ction= Coronado drops back into normal space. [19:31] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:32] <[CRS1_Drexler]> CIC> ::writhes a bit on the deck, eyes tightly shut:: [19:32] Security, take myself and General Ironside into custody at once. [19:32] CIC> ::Savant pauses and places a hand to her temple:: [19:32] CIC> ::sees Drexler fall:: +taps+ CIC to Sickbay, medical emergency! [19:32] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:32] <{LCen_Farley}> ::follows Coronado to normal space:: [19:32] CIC> That tears it. The Eye is a trap. It has to be. [19:32] *> ::takes off at a quick trot out of her quarters for the turbolift:: [19:32] CIC> Sieven? ::Savant beams Drexler to sickbay:: [19:32] ::looks to Tal:: That's new. But yes, required. ::snaps his fingers at Shar:: [19:32] TL> Bridge. [19:32] <[CRS1_Drexler]> CIC> ::gets to his knees, but is whisked off to sickbay:: [19:32] CIC> ::spins around in time to see Drexler disappear:: Commander Savant? What happened? [19:33] Quickly, Mr Shar. We might not have much time. [19:33] =.\ction= Drexler rematerializes in Sickbay. [19:33] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:33] M> ::glances to Dyson:: You have sickbay. +taps+ On my way, Gen-- ::stops short as Drexler materializes; changes to course to his biobed without missing a beat and begins scanning him:: [19:33] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:33] CIC> I'd be the first to agree, Tebrun, but.... if it's a trap, would they put in such an easy escape mechanism? [19:33] <[CRS1_Drexler]> M> ::waves off the medical personnel:: [19:33] S> ::sits down and looks at his PADD, growling when he notices the data missing for the third time:: [19:33] CIC> I don't know, he fell to the ground. . . I was too busy reasserting my database at that point. [19:33] <[CRS1_Drexler]> M> ::curses aloud and slowly stands up, a bit dizzy:: [19:33] CIC> ::nods at Savant:: Indeed. I do not believe the Jjaro meant to trap us. [19:33] m> ::nods:: Aye sir [19:34] CIC> Who said we've escaped? ::heads for the holographic table:: Listen. ::puts L036/L037 on screen:: We've only been heading for the Eye because we think that the Xur want it. But the Xur could have taken it days ago. They only head for the system because Xanadu appears there. [19:34] M> ::moves over to Drexler, helping him to a biobed:: here...have a seat [19:34] Captain. I would like a moment to speak with you once the General and I are into custody. [19:34] CIC> The question that remains is whether there is any data of interest in that tower, or is it simply a means to move us to action? [19:34] ::steps out the turbolift onto the bridge:: I'm getting dizzy, would someone PLEASE stop making the time/space continuum spin? ::said as she slides into the helm seat, Kerman vacating to Mission Ops:: [19:34] <[CRS1_Drexler]> M> ::stumbles the couple of steps to the biobed:: [19:34] CIC> ::puts the approximate location of the tear from the previous iteration on the holographic display:: Xanadu only appears there to seal the tear. But I believe the tear only forms because we are causing a paradox in that system by restarting this moment in time over and over. [19:34] Captain did you activate that loop? ::looks at the Captain across the console:: [19:34] CIC> ::pauses:: [19:34] CIC> Wait a moment. [19:35] <{LCen_Farley}> ::Turns:: Maam, maybe we need to just skip tihs part and do something different all together? [19:35] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> (q) I wish our sensor logs carried over as well.. ::to farley:: Remember anything from the last Xur battle that might help us this time? [19:35] ::nods:: I'll be right down...however we have no authority to have the General detained. Shar, have Ensign Canterbury escort Commander Tal to the brig. [19:35] CIC> If our thread has been cut...why would looping it reattach us to the Spindle? [19:35] M> ::scans him:: What happened Sir? [19:35] CIC> ::She frowned slightly:: That's a good point. Without Xanadu there, though, we know that a rift will form. Regardless, that rift *has* to be closed. Can we avert that paradox, somehow? [19:35] * LTTC_Shar is now known as Alff_BBL [19:35] CIC> ::Savant nodded at Ironside:: [19:35] M> ::glances at the tricorder readouts, furrowing his brow:: [19:35] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> ::nods:: True, that probably would help. [19:35] CIC> Who said it was ever cut? Only the Stephen Gregg I talked to. [19:35] <{LCen_Farley}> ::looks:: Nothing in the computer comes back with us. [19:35] If the Admiral sees fit to have the General detained, then we will comply. But I'm not going to go around locking up people of higher rank on the Flag Staff... [19:35] CIC> And I think I must have been talking to the Adversary. [19:35] <[CRS1_Drexler]> M> It's the... the jumping back and forth. [19:35] He can be declared a threat to starship security. You can have him arrested, but we'll need Major Prescot and Admiral Kor to support the arrest. [19:35] * Farrell_AFK (CptFarrell@nh-mountvernon-cmts3a-1- 71.lndnnh.adelphia.net) has joined #USS-Coronado [19:35] * CoroLCARS sets mode: +v Farrell_AFK [19:36] * LTHL_D`rall (CptFarrell@nh-mountvernon-cmts3a-1- 71.lndnnh.adelphia.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [19:36] CIC> Then what happened to Xanadu? It was somehow separated...what if it still is? [19:36] * Farrell_AFK is now known as LTHL_D`rall [19:36] M> ::nods and gives him something to combat the dizziness:: that should help a little. [19:36] ::raises an eyebrow:: Why do you need me to support the arrest? [19:36] In the mean time, we need to get out of this system and set course for Xanadu. [19:36] CIC> No, the singularities are still present in Xanadu, I'm very sure of that [19:36] CIC> Xanadu rides a thread... or perhaps multiple threads. It might not even be part of our reality at all. [19:36] CIC> ::nods at Savant:: [19:36] CIC> Whatever Xanadu is, I'm very much a part of it now. [19:37] CIC> How do you know? [19:37] M> ::noting that Dyson has Drexler taken care of, he shifts his attention to other matters:: +taps+ Commander Tal, acknowledge. [19:37] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:37] CIC> ::looks at Savant:: [19:37] CIC> When the threads were cut in the last loop, most of my databases went with it. I'm in them, I'm fairly sure. Or somewhere else in the fourth chamber, perhaps the probability clusters. [19:37] <[CRS1_Drexler]> M> ::instinctively backs away from the hypospray, but Dyson manages to inject him with the drug:: ... thanks, I think. ::holds his head:: [19:37] <{LCen_Farley}> Maam, maybe we need to go to the system alone under cloak and do some recon? [19:37] Securit_Officer> ::stands behind Commander Tal, fixes her hands behind her back with restraints, and nudges her in the direction of the Turbolift... [19:38] ::nods and enters the turbolift:: [19:38] M> Its alright..it should work rather quickly [19:38] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> Think there is something out there we havn't seen already? [19:38] CIC> But when Xanadu lost the Fourth Chamber... then what? [19:38] Captain, I request to be remanded to sickbay for the time being. [19:38] CIC> ::she grinned weakly:: It felt a bit like a frontal lobotomy. [19:38] <{LCen_Farley}> We'll I'm thinking that alot of ships coming into the system could hide something leaving or even something to small to notice. [19:39] CIC> Most of my database crashed... not all of it though, mind you. [19:39] <{LCen_Farley}> Or even we could see what develops on it's own without every ship coming there. [19:39] ::nods to the security officer:: Ensign, I need to be taken to sickbay at once. The doctor has several scans he must run in regards to this arrest. [19:40] CIC> ::nods, turning away from the table and rubbing his temples:: What evidence do we have that Xanadu will appear in L036/L037 if we don't go there ourselves? Is the tear there now? [19:40] S> ::glances off to the side, looking at the security deployments:: [19:40] Sickbay? ::nods:: Very well, ::looks to the Security Officer:: To Sickbay, post two guards outside... [19:40] CIC> I could easily ask Alicia to keep it from going there. [19:40] CIC> ::swivels to a communications panel and requests a status update from Xanadu:: [19:40] <|CREN_Oswald|> E>::hums to herself while reading her smut novel in her office:: [19:40] TL> Sickbay, Deck six. Go. [19:40] ::finishes her diagnostics:: [19:40] CIC> ::Glances at Ironside:: Xanadu is fine, General. [19:41] TL> ::focuses her conscience down into herself, taking stock of herself:: [19:41] TL> ::frowns:: Damn. [19:41] <[CRS1_Drexler]> M> Is it okay if I just lay here for a couple of minutes? [19:41] M> ::frowns when his calls go unanswered:: Probably got herself arrested again. ::decides that she'll be here soon enough and turns back to observing Dyson and Drexler:: [19:41] <{LCen_Farley}> What do you think maam? [19:41] M> ::enters sickbay a few minutes later:: [19:41] No more ring around the posie...this ship doesn't move unless I have good reason or a direct Flag order...::looks to D'rall:: You got that Lieutenant? [19:41] M> ::nods:: Of course ::smiles soothingly:: [19:41] <[CRS1_Drexler]> M> ::lifts his legs onto the biobed and lays back:: [19:42] M> ::notes Tal's arrival and immediately produces his tricorder, pointing at the biobed:: [19:42] S> ::sighs as he looks at the PADD in his hand:: Well, I'm not going to write this yet again. ::puts the PADD down:: +taps+ Canterbury to Sanchez. [19:42] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:42] ::looks aft at the captain:: Um, with all due respect sir... what if *I'm* subverted? [19:42] M> ::nods at the security guard points her toward the doctor:: [19:42] ::looks over at D`rall:: then we would have to remove you from your console. [19:42] I mean, it's kinda silly if we can't trust anyone... [19:42] ENtc_Sanchez> *> +taps+ We looped again, huh? What's up? [19:42] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:42] M> ::hops up on the bio bed, hands secured behind her back:: [19:42] CIC> ::closes his eyes:: Where is Xanadu now? Still in J043? [19:42] M> ::glances at Tal and smiles, before going over to another patient:: [19:42] M> It is still present, Alec. [19:43] M> ::allows the tricorder to scan:: Yes, it is. ::comes around behind Tal, and notes the binders:: Oh, what is this? [19:43] CIC> ::frowns:: The Admiral does have a point in that the anomaly only began to appear after we made an attempt to retrieve the data from the station. Perhaps we should let time pass and see if it forms anyway. [19:43] ::shudders, turning back around:: Let's just hope it doesn't come to me being subverted then.... ::mutters something about not being a tackling practice:: [19:43] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> ::shrugs:: It could work, but would our being there screw up what wouldn't happen? [19:43] S> +taps+ Mind taking over the security office? I'm going to go visit the phaser range. [19:43] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:43] CIC> There's no tear there now [19:43] <{LCen_Farley}> I don't think so if we were cloaked. [19:43] M> ::glances over while treating another patient, seeing the binders as well:: [19:44] M> Precaution. Certify me ready to return to the bridge if you can. I must speak with Captain Daren at once. [19:44] CIC> ::Savant still flickered away, sorting through her vast database, now hosted in the vagaries of the Fourth Chamber:: [19:44] <[CRS1_Drexler]> M> ::listens to Tal and Reed with his eyes closed:: [19:44] M> ::nods, then shakes his head at the lunacy of the situation:: [19:44] M> If you cannot, then we must decide what to do next. [19:44] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> Think whatever is causing these loops can't see through our cloak? [19:45] ENtc_Sanchez> *> +taps+ Sure, no problem. [19:45] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:45] CIC> ::Savant paused, her holographic eyes widening a moment, before she sat down heavily in the Logistics chair:: [19:45] CIC> ::mutters quietly to himself as he takes stock of what he's seen, what he's been told, and what's happened in the past loops:: What are you up to, Stephen...and why place yourself so close, so long ago, only to disappear at the required moment? [19:45] M> ::closes her eyes:: But I must explain to the Captain that it was me who reset things. I believe that we must reach Xanadu as soon into this interation as possible if we are to save it. [19:45] ::rubs his chin:: Major Prescot, you have the ship... [19:45] ::taps a few commands, verifying position:: [19:45] <{LCen_Farley}> I'm thinking that the info we get is making the loops happen. ANd that is the info's only purpose. [19:45] I'll be in Sickbay... [19:45] =.\ction= There is a flicker, and Stephen Gregg appears in the CIC. [19:46] <[CRS1_Drexler]> M> ::sits up, glancing at Tal:: Savant, bring me back. [19:46] ::looks at D`rall for a moment before turning back to his console..... before turning back around:: Aye sir. hold position until ordered otherwise ::moves around to the captains chair and sits down as the Captain leaves:: [19:46] CIC> ::looks up:: [19:46] CIC> ::Savant looks over at Gregg blankly, and says to him in a smooth tone:: Mister Gregg. [19:46] +taps+ ::notices an empty tactical station:: Ensign Canterbury to the bridge... [19:46] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:46] CIC> Gregg> ::to Ironside:: We cannot intervene on this thread. This thread belongs to the Adversary. [19:46] CIC> ::Savant beamed Drexler back to the CIC:: [19:46] <{LCen_Farley}> I also think that the threads play into this too. [19:46] <[CRS1_Drexler]> CIC> ::stands before he's transported, staring at Tal with an odd glance:: [19:46] CIC> Who's adversary? Yours or ours? [19:47] <[CRS1_Drexler]> CIC> ::rematerializes and does a double-take as he sees Gregg:: [19:47] CIC> ::opens his eyes and looks at the voice:: [19:47] ::enters TL:: Deck Six! [19:47] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:47] TL> ::enters TL:: Deck 8... ::glances up:: Belay that. Deck 1. +taps+ Understood. [19:47] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:47] ::continues working on her console, inputing various commands:: [19:47] M> ::steps into Sickbay moments later:: [19:47] <[CRS1_Drexler]> CIC> ::fall into his seat weakly, eyes fixed on Gregg:: [19:47] CIC> ::Savant watched, standing from her seat at Logistics again:: [19:48] CIC> Gregg> Have you chosen sides? One who was once amongst you thought that you would. Your edifice touches the threads, but as yet, you and it are but a tool in the battle. [19:48] M> ::looks at Daren, nodding:: [19:48] M> ::looks over and notes the Captain's arrival:: Ah, just the man she's looking to see. [19:48] CIC> Gregg> Used and discarded at need by both sides. [19:48] M> ::hops off of the biobed and stands stiffly as the Captain approaches:: Sir. [19:48] ::monitors the various traffic coming across his chair and looking over the status reports:: [19:48] M> ::gives Dyson a quiet smile:: I understand Commander Tal was brought here a moment ago...::looks up and see's her:: Ah, there...Thank you, Doctor. [19:48] CIC> ::Somewhat irritated:: I am hardly an edifice. [19:48] CIC> ::glances at Savant, then makes a motion in his hand: flipping open a tricorder:: [19:49] <[CRS1_Drexler]> CIC> ::leans over to Ironside and whispers:: Tal looped us back. [19:49] ::exits the turbolift on deck *9* and assumes the tactical station:: [19:49] * [CRS1_Drexler] is now known as CRS1_Drexler [19:49] <> [19:49] CIC> ::SAvant didn't nod back at Tebrun, but the powerful sensing suites of Coronado opened their eyes, scanning the interior and immediate exterior of the ship:: [19:49] M> Doctor, any reason that these continue to be needed? ::indicates her binders:: [19:49] M> You had something you wanted to say? I'm...all ears. ::shrugs:: Again. [19:49] CIC> Gregg> ::looks over at Savant, then smiles very slightly:: You are not the edifice of which I speak. [19:49] =.\ction= There is a bright flash of light, and Coronado disappears from Cerberus's sensors, and is gone. [19:49] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:49] M> ::raises his eyebrow, then shakes his head:: No, I can't find any presently. [19:49] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> ::frowns deeply:: I really think in the last itteration we came really close to not being able to loop it back. This entire situation is increadibly complex, and I know I havn't seen enough to- ::looks up:: What the? [19:49] M> ::looks to Tal:: That's not his decision to make, it's mine. They stay. [19:49] CIC> ::raises his chin slightly:: You say we cannot interfere, but if we are but tools then how are we to interfere in the first place? [19:50] CIC> I'm still not an edifice. [19:50] =.\ction= Coronado reappears in close proximity to an orange giant star. [19:50] <{LCen_Farley}> ::alarm go off:: Maam Coronado is gone!! [19:50] What in the!! D`rall whats our position! [19:50] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> On ansible?\ [19:50] ::frowns:: I don't know what... ::checks her panel:: [19:50] M> Unless binders constitute cruel and unusual...which they don't... [19:50] ::glances at his console:: It wasn't me! [19:50] ::sees the screen with the big star:: Shields!! [19:50] CIC> ::Savant continues to scan, to try and verify her position:: [19:50] M> Captain, I - ::feels the shift in local gravity:: [19:50] <{LCen_Farley}> Checking. [19:51] M> ::grunts as the ship readjusts herself:: [19:51] ::looks aft towards Prescot:: System J043... And Xanadu's out there, 400,000 kilometers steady [19:51] CIC> Welcome to system J043. Xanadu is our nearest neighbouring celestial body. [19:51] * {LCen_Farley} (CCC@host-66-202-88-161.spr.choiceone.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [19:51] RandomTacGuy> Aye sir... ::raises shields:: [19:51] =.\ction= Coronado's shields activate! [19:51] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:51] * LCen_Farlay (CCC@host-66-202-88-161.spr.choiceone.net) has joined #uss-coronado [19:51] * CoroLCARS sets mode: +v LCen_Farlay [19:51] +Taps+ Captain Daren to the bridge at once... You're going to want to see this [19:51] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:51] CIC> Gregg> ::turns back to Ironside:: We cannot intervene, but you can. And you must. [19:52] M> Captain, I am the one who looped us again. I feel that we have to get to Xanadu as soon as possible if we are to save this universe. ::hears the call from the bridge:: Please. Take me with you. [19:52] =.\ction= Gregg vanishes as quickly as he appeared before. [19:52] * LCen_Farlay is now known as {LCen_Farley} [19:52] CIC> ::slowly moves slowly around the table towards Gregg, trying to pick out if the man has an aura:: [19:52] M> ::frowns:: +Taps+ What is this Major? ::listens to Tal:: [19:52] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:52] CIC> He's not terribly conversant. [19:52] CIC> He cannot intervene. But he told me one important thing. [19:52] +Taps+ Sir we are in J043 right now... somehow, but Xanadu isnt here [19:52] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:52] CIC> ::looks at Tebrun:: [19:53] CIC> He never has been - not for the twenty years I've known...it. [19:53] CIC> ::looks back at the Admiral:: [19:53] CIC> That wasn't the... man... being... I talked to... yesterday. Completely different mannerisms. More rushed, more emotional. [19:53] CIC> ::glances at the Admiral:: The angel, as opposed to the demon? [19:53] CIC> It supports your theory, it seems. [19:53] ::thinks for a moment and looks back at Canterbury:: What's the time Ensign... [19:53] ::pulls up the relevant data:: 9 planets in system. Not much in the way of interesting stuff here, aside from a stunted gas giant... [19:53] CIC> Or the demon. [19:53] CIC> I begin to understand how these forces operate. [19:53] CIC> ::nods, a bit hesitant:: I don't think those terms have any meaning. They denote a... polarity which I'm not sure exists. [19:54] CIC> Savant...is anything moving down the fourth chamber? [19:54] M> ::looks Tal deeply in the eye:: Why didn't you inform me you had the intention of looping us again...answer well if you want to come to the bridge...answer damn well... [19:54] CIC> There's less difference between the two sides than we've been led to believe. [19:54] CIC> No, General. [19:54] <{LCen_Farley}> +com+ ::over the ansible system:: Coronado from Cerberus do you read us? [19:54] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:54] M> ::almost subconciously moves into a supportive position behind Tal as the Captain's ire rises:: [19:54] CIC> Isn't talking to us at all intervention? [19:54] M> Sir, there are Adversaries everywhere. Had I made my intentions known - even to you - my attempts would have been sabotaged. [19:55] CIC> I can understand how the two sides could be so similar and so different. Two nations of the same peoples, fighting over an infinite battlefield where time is meaningless. [19:55] CIC> ::holds his head as he talks, still fighting the vertigo from the earlier loop:: [19:55] CIC> Not necessarily. Intervening implies taking an active role in events. Gregg... this Gregg... didn't do that. [19:55] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> Farley....red alert, cloak, and get us a slipstream course to 36/37 ready. [19:55] M> I apologize for end-running you, but I felt that it was the only way to make sure that those whom we oppose don't stop me - us - from saving this universe. [19:55] CIC> ::turns to Drexler:: Commander, L036/L037 to be quarantined, my orders. No ship is to enter that system under any circumstances for at least the next hour. [19:55] M> Xanadu is no longer here apparently, do you know how to find it? [19:55] ::glances at the console:: Just a few minutes until 1900 hours. [19:56] +Com+ Coronado here Cerberus [19:56] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:56] <{LCen_Farley}> ACK ::goes to red alert, cloaks and lays in a course:: [19:56] CIC> ::nods:: So Xanadu is normal? [19:56] <{LCen_Farley}> +com+ You have disappeared. Where are you? [19:56] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:56] CIC> ::Savant sits down again and lets out a slow breath:: There's so many threads out there... so many. [19:56] M> Full LORASON scan - 60 light-year range. We can find her if she's missing. [19:56] CIC> We must intervene. ::quietly, to himself, trying to come up with an internal explanation as to how he had been so blind for so long to Gregg's true nature:: [19:56] M> ::looks to Reed:: She checks out...a match with her Starfleet Medical records? [19:56] ::calls up the navigational logs, trying to figure out how Coronado was instantaneously transported from her stopped position to here:: [19:56] CIC> ::reaches to his right and begins drawing up a task unit to patrol and guard the system:: [19:57] M> No specific signs of subversion...or at least what I'm able to associate with possible subversion at this point. Checking the medical records. [19:57] +com+ System J043... Only Xanadu isnt here ::nods a thank you at Canterbury:: [19:57] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:58] M> ::points a finger at Tal:: You come to the bridge, but you come shoulder to shoulder with two of the largest Security personel on Mr. Shar's staff....any problems with that? [19:58] CIC> ::pauses for a moment:: Admiral, I believe we should proceed as we were when the thread was cut in the last loop. Our answers lie in Xanadu, if there are any answers to be found. [19:58] <{LCen_Farley}> +com+ DO you need our assistance? [19:58] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:58] ::turns:: Um, sir, Xanadu IS here. ::gestures at the holotank:: [19:58] CIC> I'd be very interested in heading to Xanadu as well. [19:58] M> ::jerks her head back towards the binders and clears her throat:: None at all. [19:58] M> Sir. [19:58] +com+ correctoin its just a few hundred thousand kilometers away... No we do not require assistance at this time [19:58] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:59] CIC> ::nods:: Agreed. I think we need to take a closer look at the Third Chamber machinery. We've been a bit too complacent about how the Fourth Chamber is generated, and now we have proof positive that the Fourth Chamber is inexorably tied to the singular-- to the threads. [19:59] <{LCen_Farley}> +com+ ACK [19:59] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [19:59] ::looks at the tactical console's sensors apologetically:: Sorry, Major... I'm really rusty with the tactical sensors. [19:59] M> Then let's go...::removes the binders himself and looks to Doctor Reed:: Thank you, again, Doctor... ::moves to the corridor and takes the two guards with him and Tal:: [19:59] M> ::nods to Daren and watches the two as they go:: [19:59] CIC> We saw the Fourth Chamber disintegrate, disappear, whatever, when the thread was cut. That means they're related -- strongly related. [19:59] TL> Bridge! +taps+ On my way Major... [19:59] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:00] CIC> ::shudders a little, silently, glancing over at Savant:: Kelaka. [20:00] ::turns back to her seat:: The question is, what can we do this time around to prevent anything from going wrong. [20:00] CIC> Aye, warming Kelaka. [20:00] +taps+ Aye Captain... Xanadu is nearby sir... I misheard intitall [20:00] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:00] M> ::follows closely:: One other thing, sir. I am still with child. ::smirks:: Just thought you would like to know. [20:00] ::steps out onto the bridge a moment later:: Report... [20:00] ::enters the bridge and moves to her station, the guards lurking behind her:: [20:01] M> ::chuckles:: [20:01] ::stands up:: we seemed to have been transported to Xanadu's location sir ::motions at the holotank:: As for why, I do not know. [20:01] ::moves back to his station:: [20:01] CIC> +taps+ Bridge, from Flag. [20:01] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:01] +taps+ Bridge here, Admiral. [20:01] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:01] <{LCen_Farley}> Maam Coronado says there ok and don't need assistince [20:01] +taps+ Savant to bridge. Kelaka is prepping for a mission to Xanadu, please be prepared for launch. [20:01] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:01] ::steps up to the Holotank:: J043? ::looks to the helm station:: [20:01] ::nods:: Yes sir [20:01] ::nods:: Orange star, 9 planets, none inhabited. [20:02] And I can't find anything in the navigational sensors that says how we ended up here. [20:02] And heavy one asteroid starship of mysterious origin...I get it. What the hell brought us here? [20:02] ::moves over to his console as he hears Savant make the call out:: +Taps+ Yes ma`am... You'll have your clearance as soon as you need it [20:02] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:02] M> ::shakes his head:: Xanadu magic. All of it. [20:02] ::nods at D'Rall:: Get us closer to Xanadu. Full impulse. ::glances at Daren:: We need to be there, sir. [20:02] CIC> ::smirks to himself:: +taps+ What she said, Bridge. [20:02] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:02] <{CRco_Ma`Aru}> ::shifts in her chair, resisting the urge to stand and pace:: Yeah, uhh, forward thrusters for a moment. Just as long as we're...moving, somewhere. [20:02] ::glances at Daren:: Sir? ::feeling somewhat ridiculous having to double-check orders now:: [20:02] +taps+ Understood, Admiral. Standing by. Bridge out. [20:02] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:03] ::nods:: Go ahead in Lieutenant... [20:03] CIC> I understand now why I'm invulnerable to them, I think. I'm not really an inhabitant of the universe anymore.... or i'm not really alive to begin with. One or the other. But what was the curse that Smith told me about? [20:03] <{LCen_Farley}> ::turns and gets the thrusters going:: Yes, maam. [20:03] ::crosses his arms in front of his chest:: [20:03] Captain, one other thought... [20:03] CIC> ::Grins at the Admiral:: Sorry. That was an automatic function. [20:03] ::turns back to the helm:: Aye sir. Full impulse, course 032 mark 14. ::enters the path as she says it and engages impulse engines:: [20:03] =.\ction= With a chirping sound from the Helm console, Coronado's impulse engines engage... [20:03] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:04] Suggest we have Cerberus retrieve the data from the Jjaro tower. In the event that we need to - ahem - try again - it would be nice to be able to do so. [20:04] Canterbury, get me a full scan of Xanadu...exterior, interior, the works... [20:04] ::looks back at Tal:: Ma`am I think the Admiral called for a quarintine of the system for a while [20:04] ::nods, and enters a few commands into the console:: It'll, uh, be a minute, sir. [20:04] CIC> ::nods at Savant:: At this point, you must be more tightly linked to Xanadu than Coronado. Your knowledge of other places is really knowledge of other threads... other realities. [20:04] I'm not in the business of ordering other ships in this fleet around, but if you'd like the make the suggestion to the Flag, be my guest... [20:05] Approaching Xanadu, slowing to entry speeds... ::adjusts flight path to intersect the entrance:: [20:05] ::nods:: +taps+ Flag, from bridge. [20:05] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:05] CIC> I'll always be Coronado, Tebrun, that's never going to change... but I don't think I could ever *fit* on her again. . . . there are so many other realities out there. I'm still trying to sort out what I saw when the threads were cut. [20:06] CIC> ::nods thoughtfully at Savant:: +taps+ Go, Bridge. [20:06] CIC> ::glances at Savant as she says that, a slight pang of premonition making him feel otherwise:: [20:06] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:06] ::brings the ship down to one-quarter impulse, then slower as she navigates the first chamber:: [20:06] CIC> ::heads for the TL:: We'll need an engineering team, I think, Commander Drexler. [20:07] CIC> ::Savant glances back at Ironside briefly:: [20:07] ::looks down at the console's sensor reports, and turns to the Captain:: Nothing's different about Xanadu this time around, sir. [20:07] CIC> ::nods:: +taps+ Daren, from Drexler. [20:07] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:07] Still in one piece, by the looks of it. [20:07] +taps+ Admiral, we would like to respectfully suggest that Cerberus retrieve any data they can from the Jjaro tower. It might be a trap, but I think that it's still worth investigating. [20:07] [CoroLCARS SOUND] [20:07] CIC> ::taps a few buttons and shuts down the console, rising and moving to follow the Admiral:: [20:07]