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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2007 21:10:46 GMT
Daniel looked at Vander before he responded to his question “I would suggest we follow the orders we received, to put the timer into the transport buffer, and then get to the secondary section” Daniel watched as bridge officer took that as an order and started to work. “set us to red alert and get shields and weapons ready” Daniel shouted as he took the XO’s seat for the Tertiary section. As the sped towards the other parts of the Olympia he began to wonder what they were about to run into.
As they approached Vander took over and began giving orders of targets on the Klingon ship, Daniel watched helplessly as events unfolded. Daniel was suddenly brought back to himself when he wondered if comm. were possible with the secondary section as they had lost communications when they started to make their way back to her. “Lieutenant Kel please attempt to make contact with the secondary module, if you get though then relay their tactical information to Commander Halthor to co-ordinate our attack” Daniel hoped Vander would not feel he was over stepping his position. <Tag Vander>
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Post by David Tan on Sept 3, 2007 22:28:07 GMT
David had had his suspicions about K'Vok and his motives for wanting to help, for some time ..
As the secondary section edged her way toward the Klingon vessel, Tan ordered the Helm Officer to rotate the ship through thirty degrees port, while holding their course ..
David was now more than happy that K'Vok was blocking transmissions ..
"Stand-by to beam our section of the weapon to the Klingon vessel." he said, "Co-ordinates .... "
"Sir .. The Klingon's have locked-on to our segment and are transporting it off the ship !"
For a second, Tan was confused, but it suddenly dawned on him what was happening ... Unfortunately, it was too late ...
"Commander !" Lieutenant Harwyn suddenly shouted, "The Klingon vessel is beaming all three parts of the Tauri Burst off our sections simultaneously !"
"I KNEW IT !" exclaimed Tan, leaping out of his Command seat, "Stand by for warp .. ANY heading !"
"But that will place us directly in the path of ......" the Helm Officer fell silent, as the full impact of what Commander Tan had just ordered, sank in ..
"The Klingon's are going to warp Commander !" said Harwyn ...
David looked at his crew for a second, then gave the one order he never thought he'd give ...
"ENGAGE !" ...
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The collision of the secondary section of the USS Olympia, and the Klingon vessel T'Prind was something no-one would ever want to witness again ... Matter and Anti-Matter collided in an explosion almost bright enough to rival the death of a Star !
The Primary, and tertiary sections of the Olympia were thrown almost a hundred thousand kilometers away, and apart from each other. Suffering damage and loss of life among the crew in the process ...
As the stars returned, and space became black once more, Steven Smith looked at the view screen .. As blood ran freely from a cut on his head, he morned the loss of part of his ship ..........
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Post by vanderhalthor on Sept 4, 2007 1:17:45 GMT
[white]Daniel looked at Vander before he responded to his question “I would suggest we follow the orders we received, to put the timer into the transport buffer, and then get to the secondary section” Daniel watched as bridge officer took that as an order and started to work. “set us to red alert and get shields and weapons ready”[/white]
"Indeed we should Commander, it is a precious time right now, and with the materials we have with us they are time sensitive so the best precautions are necessary. " Vander replied then called to the officers in there areas of correspondence.
"Transport Officer put the timer that we have and put it inside your transport buffer, make it so" Vander made the decision he needed to make with prompt attention.
[red]=^=All personel get to the secondary section, immediately, this is not a drill, after the timer is put in place we will have no time.=^=[/red]
"Red Alert" Taking the order the ship was put into a red status with flashing red lights and a black shade.
[white]As they approached Vander took over and began giving orders of targets on the Klingon ship, Daniel watched helplessly as events unfolded. Daniel was suddenly brought back to himself when he wondered if comm. were possible with the secondary section as they had lost communications when they started to make their way back to her. “Lieutenant Kel please attempt to make contact with the secondary module, if you get though then relay their tactical information to Commander Halthor to co-ordinate our attack” Daniel hoped Vander would not feel he was over stepping his position. [/white]
"Get ready everyone, were going in for a rough ride" as Vander replied the klingon shuttle was on its approach.
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Post by Crystal Rose on Sept 4, 2007 9:19:22 GMT
OOC: Sorry I didn't post over the weekend and a lot has happened.
PRIMARY MODULE: CARGO BAY
"All sections, this is the XO, remove the timing column of your section of the Burst, and place it in transporter suspension, defer to Commander Rose for any instructions. All sections copy when this is completed" Tiberian's words rang around the cargo bay as Tonja and Crystal worked frantically to sever the last few connections. Crystal yanked the detonator free she suspected she would have burns later but right then didn't care.
A second or so after that the detonator was safely in the transporter buffer.
=/\=Tertiary section to Rose=/\= Crystal recognised V'Sel's voice over the comm. =/\= Our detonator is in suspension.=/\= The comm line cut again. That was two out of the three. Now, where was Merdon. Given an order he would follow it to the letter....
**************************************************** SECONDARY MODULE: TRANSPORTER ROOM
Merdon had heard the suggestion over the combined comm link and was setting to work on the dismantling of the Tauri Burst. Suddenly, the ship shook and he was thrown to the floor. Merdon dragged himself to his feet, he seemed to be in working order. He noted the scratch his laser cutter had made in the floor as he had fallen without letting go of it. He checked the Tauri Burst over and carried on working.
He checked the counter and noted the rate was increasing. He tagged his comm badge. =^= Transporter room to Bridge =^=
=^= Tan =^=
=^= Lieutenant Merdon Sir .. I'm not sure whats going on up there but the countdown has increased speed .. We currently have less than forty minutes before our section .. Along with half the quadrant goes up in the biggest explo ...... =^=
=^= I understand what you're saying Lieutenant =^= Tan interrupted ..
=^= Prepare to beam our section of the 'burst over to the Klingon vessel .. I'll supply co-ordinates as soon as I have them =^=
Comm link close and Merdon stood puzzled for a fraction of a second before setting to work on this new order. He didn't know what was going on but he had his orders and would follow them.
He was surprise when a short time later the partially disassembled Tauri Burst dematerialised before his eyes. That wasn't good, he wasn't sure how safe it was it transport in its current state.
*************************************************** PRIMARY MODULE: BRIDGE Mark K'Ther was still on duty although now he didn't have much comm traffic to manage, everyone was waiting. He was watching the scene played out on the view screen in a horrific kind of slow motion. he didn't understand how things had progressed this far this fast.
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Post by David Tan on Sept 4, 2007 16:37:48 GMT
As the stars returned, and space became black once more, Steven Smith looked at the view screen .. As blood ran freely from a cut on his head, he morned the loss of part of his ship ... But had to look again as he saw both the secondary section of the Olympia, and the Klingon vessel had survived the massive collision ... Both were severely damaged. The secondary section was spinning end over end. While the Klingon ship was now seemingly devoid of power, or life ...
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The primary and tertiary sections of the Olympia were totally silent .. Everyone was utterly shocked at what had happened .. Then the Comm came to life ...
=^= Transporter room to Bridge =^=
When there was no reply, the message was repeated ..
=^= Transporter room to Bridge .. Captain ! =^=
=^= Go ahead Transporter room =^= Steven said dejectedly.
=^= Sir .. They're here .. The crew from the secondary section .. They just beamed in from ...... =^=
=^= Understood .. Bridge out =^= the Captain said, grinning at his Exec' ..
Moments later, Commander Tan walked onto the Bridge and round to face the Captain ...
"Welcome back David." Smith said, grinning widely, then nodding toward the view screen, "I assume you have the means to pay for that !"
"Sorry Captain .. No." Tan replied, smiling and placing his wrists together in mock surrender ...
"Scan both ships." The XO said, quickly jumping from his seat, "If there is a chance we can regain the Tauri Burst .. I want to get there before the Klingon's come to their senses !"
The Bridge became a hive of activity ..........
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2007 21:00:37 GMT
"Waht are your thoughts?" The Captain asked Tiberian.
"Well sir" He began, before a flash on the viewscreen cut him off.
The explosion of the secondary section sent the primary section hurtling backwards in a somersault, the crew being thrown about in the process. Tiberian himself was thrown back from his standing position and into his seat, whilst the Captain was thrown into his.
"FIRE ALL FORWARD DORSAL THRUSTERS, FULL BURN!" Tiberian shouted above the din "LEVEL US OFF!"
The helmsman dragged himself forward to his console, fighting against the g forces as he pressed the keys to carry out Tiberian's orders. Outside, all the thrusters on the upper forward side of the ship fired in synch, and the ship lurched forwards, levelling off at 0 degrees elevation.
"Damage report" Tiberian shouted as he staggered to his feet, ignoring the blurr of colour in his one real eye, and the crackle of static in his one false one.
"Stations reporting in" T'Ser said from tactical "Three dead, seventeen wounded on this section. All en route to sickbay or the cooler. Damaged EPS relays on decks 1 through 5, hull breashes on decks two and three, emergency forcefields in place, and minor damage to the impulse drive"
"Maximum possible speed" Tiberian ordered "Get us back to that collision site"
=^= Transporter room to Bridge =^=
When there was no reply, the message was repeated ..
=^= Transporter room to Bridge .. Captain ! =^=
=^= Go ahead Transporter room =^= Steven said dejectedly.
=^= Sir .. They're here .. The crew from the secondary section .. They just beamed in from ...... =^=
=^= Understood .. Bridge out =^= the Captain said, grinning at his Exec' ..
Moments later, Commander Tan walked onto the Bridge and round to face the Captain ...
"Welcome back David." Smith said, grinning widely, then nodding toward the view screen, "I assume you have the means to pay for that !"
"Sorry Captain .. No." Tan replied, smiling and placing his wrists together in mock surrender ...
"Scan both ships." The Tiberian said, quickly jumping from his seat, "If there is a chance we can regain the Tauri Burst .. I want to get there before the Klingon's come to their senses !"
"I think I've got a signature that matches" a science officer recently arrived on the bridge told him, but based on my extrapolation, given that all three parts have been in close proximity for so long, we only have a few minutes before..."
"Just give me the location" Tiberian asked, marching round to the viewing panel at the back. The burst was located in a cargo area of the Klingon vessel, still in pieces, but all of the very close together. The officer's calculations were also on the screen, and there was no disputing them; the burst was going to detonate in a matter of minutes. Just then, a thought struck Tiberian.
"Is this system inhabited?" He asked quickly.
"There are five planets" the science officer reported back "All three of which are hospitable to life are inhabited"
"What about the other two?" Tiberian pressed urgently.
"One is like Mercury, very close to the sun, poisonous sulphur atmosphere, high temperature"
"And the other?"
"At the far end of the system, kind of like Earth's moon. No atomshpere, deep penetrating craters, spatial temperature"
"Perfect" Tiberian rounded on the Captain and Second Officer "We don't have much time sir. The way I see it, we don't have time to re-seperate the timers and run, so all we can do is make sure that the explosion doesn't kill anyone" He pointed at the screen "If we drop the three parts into seperate craters on that outer planet, the explosion would be diminished, and we wouldn't be endangering any lives. We can't transport, so we'll have to send a team onto the Klingon ship to open the cargo bay up, and then tractor the three parts seperately with shuttles. If we do it, then we ahve to act fast"
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Post by Crystal Rose on Sept 5, 2007 12:43:23 GMT
PRIMARY MODULE: CARGO BAY
The remains of her third of the Tauri burst suddenly shimmered out of existence in a haze of transporter. Crystal was just raising her hand to her comm badge to ask exactly what was going on when the ship shook violently. Crystal, Tonja, various other people and lots of pieces of equipment went flying about in all directions.
Crystal rose to her feet. She didn't seem to be damaged beyond bruises, the hand she had burned earlier was now starting to itch. Looking about her she realised that not all had been as lucky as she. There hadn't been many people in the cargo bay but there had been a lot of things to go flying around. Tonja seemed to have broken an arm and there were a couple of other holding what could be broken ribs. A Lieutenant from security seemed to have started organising the injured getting to sickbay. Crystal felt that there was no more she could do here so she headed for the bridge
She reached the bridge and noted the damage here. The secondary module and what appeared to be a klingon battle crusier filled the view screen; both were very badly damaged. Crystal winced and worried about Merdon and the rest of the science staff that had been assigned to that module. Then she took in the presence of Commander Tan on the Bridge and hoped that everyone else was all right.
People were talking at her and she really didn't know what was going on. Crystal walked over to the science station and was pleased to find Mark still on duty. He and the active displays on the science station soon brought her up to speed on the situation.
"Scan both ships." The XO said "If there is a chance we can regain the Tauri Burst .. I want to get there before the Klingon's come to their senses !"
"I think I've got a signature that matches but based on my extrapolation, given that all three parts have been in close proximity for so long, we only have a few minutes before..." Mark said, Crystal was grateful that he had left her an extra few second to think.
"Just give me the location" The XO said as he walked towards the science station. "Is this system inhabited?"
"There are five planets" the science officer reported back "All three of which are hospitable to life are inhabited"
"What about the other two?" Tiberian pressed urgently.
"One is like Mercury, very close to the sun, poisonous sulphur atmosphere, high temperature"
"And the other?"
"At the far end of the system, kind of like Earth's moon. No atomshpere, deep penetrating craters, spatial temperature"
"Perfect"
The XO turned back towards the Captain and the Second Officer "We don't have much time sir. The way I see it, we don't have time to re-seperate the timers and run, so all we can do is make sure that the explosion doesn't kill anyone" He pointed at the screen "If we drop the three parts into separate craters on that outer planet, the explosion would be diminished, and we wouldn't be endangering any lives. We can't transport, so we'll have to send a team onto the Klingon ship to open the cargo bay up, and then tractor the three parts separately with shuttles. If we do it, then we have to act fast"
Crystal thought frantically. "We still have the detonators in transporter suspension on the primary and tertiary modules. So the secondary module's third should be our priority. Once the parts of the burst were in a crater we'd be able to simultaneously beam down the detonators and get out of here."
Tag: Anyone on the bridge.
"It's possible that the pieces of the burst could have been damaged in the explosion" Crystal couldn't believe how calm her voice sounded. "I'd like to be on the team that goes over to the Klingon ship, sir"
Tag: Anyone on the bridge.
************************************************** SECONDARY MODULE: TRANSPORTER ROOM Lieutenant Merdon had just been informed that the Klingon ship had beamed over the Tauri Burst. It was only a few second later that he was dragged on to the transporter platform and beamed away. He didn't know quite what was going on. The secondary module transporter room faded and was replaced by a very similar on the primary module. Merdon staggered off the pad and steadied himself against a wal as further crew arrived.
****************************************************** TERTIARY MODULE: CARGO BAY V'Sel was working efficiently on her third of the Tauri Burst when it was snatched from in front of her by a transporter beam. She recognised the beam as not being was about to contact the bridge, when the ship shook and things were flung about the room. V'Sel ended up battered and flung into a corner. Something hit her in the head and for a second she saw stars that had doing to do with space outside. She brought a hand up to her head and her fingers came away with a smear of green on them. V'Sel stood up carefully and looked around the cargo bay. There had only been one other person present when the ship had shaken. Petty Officer Walter Feanov who was now impaled on what had been racking. She tagged her comm badge and walked across to him.
She reported the situation and as soon as the medics had arrived V'Sel headed for the bridge. She had very little idea of what was going on but knew it wasn't good.
The turbolift doors slid open and she stepped on to the bridge. She looked around and absorbed the noise of people talking. It did not take long before she knew more or less what had happened.
"What should I do to help?" She asked, ignoring the fact that the cut on her forehead was still seeping blood.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2007 19:36:35 GMT
Daniel watched as the Klingon and the Secondary section both jumped into warp, the explosion that followed hit their section throwing Daniel to the floor. As he came round from the impact Daniel quickly looked around the bridge, most were returning to their stations but a few were not Daniel hit his comm. badge “medical team to the bridge”. As he turned to find Vander he found him returning to a consol, Daniel moved to the nearby consol that was receiving damage reports and began to read out the general points “Shields are down to 20%, we have lost all weaponry systems as well as transporters, we have short range communications but not long range. 32 Causalities reported and 11 fatalities, we have also lost warp capability and by the looks of this report we need to get into a dry dock to repair half the hull, we have lose most of the lower half of the sections hull plating in the explosion” Daniel turned to Vander, “the jamming has stopped we should be able to contact the primary section and find out what is the situation there”
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Daniel watched as Vander took his suggestion, while Vander did this Daniel scans of the secondary section as if he knew David as much as he thought he did David would have got everyone off the section before the explosion and the primary would more likely be wondering what to do about the Klingon, scanning the secondary section he found most of the section was extremely damaged, especially where the warp engines had been, but Daniel found that the docking clamps for attaching the three sections together were still functioning to as much as the sensors could tell. ‘Well at least we will not need to drag it with us back to the star base should we get though this’ Daniel then got a list from Sickbay of the fatalities from their section which he forwarded to the primary section. Daniel became worried about his staff but he could do little until the situation was dealt with.
Daniel saw as the science officer who ha been working on the burst walk onto the bridge and request orders, as Vander had not noticed her he turned and gave her the best order he could think of for her skills, "Right now, we need ever person who has ever worked in or near engineering to help get this section back into somewhat working order, i suggest you start there". As she left Daniel turned to see Vander finishing off with the Primary section bridge “So what are they planning and what are we to do?”
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Post by Crystal Rose on Sept 6, 2007 11:24:48 GMT
TERTIARY MODULE: BRIDGE
"Right now, we need every person who has ever worked in or near engineering to help get this section back into somewhat working order, I suggest you start there"Commander Biers said.
V'Sel nodded primly in response and turned heading for engineering. She had heard the damage report and knew that it made sense to prioritise the warp drive and shields over the weapons and long distance comms. V'Sel call the rest of the science staff who weren't in sickbay to join the repair effort
She arrived in engineering to find it in a state of barely managed chaos, there had been a lot of injuries here when several power relays had blown out. The Lieutenant in charge seemed grateful for the extra pair of hands and assigned her to tracing and replacing burned out relays. It wouldn't be too long before the warp drive was operational again. From what V'sel over heard it sounded as it the shields weren't far behind. She just hoped it would be soon enough.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2007 20:25:58 GMT
"We still have the detonators in transporter suspension on the primary and tertiary modules. So the secondary module's third should be our priority. Once the parts of the burst were in a crater we'd be able to simultaneously beam down the detonators and get out of here."
"I agree Commander" Tiberian said nodding "We'll have to make sure that it is the first one to get towed. Whoever remains in command can then work all the transporters simulataneously"
"It's possible that the pieces of the burst could have been damaged in the explosion" Crystal couldn't believe how calm her voice sounded. "I'd like to be on the team that goes over to the Klingon ship, sir"
"Well I'll be damned to hell if you're going over there alone" Tiberian said turning with a sense of purpose to the science officer "I'm coming over with you and a team of marines. We'll cover you whilst you get the job done"
Both Smith and Tan exchanged a look, and opened their mouths as if to object. Tiberian cut across them firmly.
"Look, Sir, Commander, I'm the one of the most combat experienced senior officers on the ship, it's my job. Anyway, after being blown a few hundred thousand kilometres away, what's a little firefight with the Klingons" He smiled "Someone open a channel to the tertiary section"
The screen went from it's view of the stars to the faces of a beleagured Biers and Halthor.
"Alright gentlemen, it would seem that we have to save the galaxy yet again. I want you both to get a wingman and launch in two shuttles form your section, and get over to these co-ordinates just outside the Klingon ship" He tapped on the panel, sending the co-ordinates via the transmission "Leave someone sensible to tend to your section. When the cargobay doors open, use your tractor beams to grab old of one part of the Tauri Burst each, and fly it to the outermost planet in this system. Drop it in craters as far away from each other as possible, then break away from each toher and gun it as far away from here as fast as you can. We'll rendezvouz at Sigma Leonis V as planned. Anything need clarifying?"
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The transmission closed, Tiberian turned to Tan.
"Commander, for you it's exactly the same thing but with one difference. Once you've dropped your bomb, I need you to make a pit stop at the Klingon ship and pick us up before you set off. My men are tough, but even we're in no state tyo take on a warship fll of several hundred Klingons"
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"Ok, we'll put some sort of transponder on the secondary module's part of the burst, as that's the one more liable to go up first. You can grab that and then dump it before the others, and then have time to get back to us. It should work out just as evenly timed, I think. Well, I hope"
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Tiberian now turned to the Captain.
"Far be it from me to give you orders sir, but if I might make a tactical suggestion" He and Smith exchanged a smile "The tertiary section has lost warp capability, and the secondary section is a mess. The primary is the only one capable of maintaining any decent sort of speed. So I think that it's probably best, once the strike team and shuttles have departed, that you tractor the other two modules and get as far away as fast as you can sir, don't hang around for us. We can rendezvous at Sigma Leonis V if you agree sir"
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Tiberian put his arm around Crystal, as he led her to the turbolift.
"Come on petal, let's save the quadrant as we know it" He tapped his commbadge.
=/\=Wong to Marine Squad Alpha, assemble with full kit in transporter room one asap, I say again, transporter room one asap=/\=
~Two minutes later~
Tiberian and Crystal walked into the transporter room, where ten amrines were gathered in flak vests, backpacks and carrying phaser rifles. Martinez was present, and handed Tiberian his vest and pack, whilst a Staff Sergeant helped Crystal get a backpack full of scence paraphenalia on. Tiberian picked up his phaser rifle and checked the setting, gesturing to a PFC to hand Crystal a side arm phaser.
"Ok people, set to stun. Don't use lethal force unless necessary. I want to be in, to open the bay doors, and to keep the Commander so we can get out as quickly as possible. Stay smart, stay safe, watch out for each other. Oorah"
The away team assembled on the transporter pad, and Tiberian nodded to the transporter operator.
"Get us as close to that cargobay as you can. Energise"
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Post by Crystal Rose on Sept 7, 2007 16:33:21 GMT
PRIMARY MODULE: BRIDGE
"It's possible that the pieces of the burst could have been damaged in the explosion" Crystal couldn't believe how calm her voice sounded. "I'd like to be on the team that goes over to the Klingon ship, sir"
"Well I'll be damned to hell if you're going over there alone" The XO said turning with a sense of purpose to the science officer "I'm coming over with you and a team of marines. We'll cover you whilst you get the job done" Crystal was surprised at the force in the XO's voice but she knew she shouldn't be. She was too busy wondering why she had volunteered for this. 'Oh yes, she was CScO and had spent the most time with her hands on the Tauri Burst..'
Crystal listened as the other members of the senior staff discussed the mission but found that she didn't have anything to add and so didn't say anything.
Tiberian put his arm around Crystal, as he led her to the turbolift.
"Come on petal, let's save the quadrant as we know it" He tapped his commbadge. Crystal suppressed an urge to giggle, they must look a sight given that the XO was about 25 cm taller than her and much broader.
=/\=Wong to Marine Squad Alpha, assemble with full kit in transporter room one asap, I say again, transporter room one asap=/\=
Tiberian and Crystal walked into the transporter room, where ten marines were gathered in flak vests, backpacks and carrying phaser rifles. Martinez was present, and handed Tiberian his vest and pack, whilst a Staff Sergeant helped Crystal get a backpack full of science paraphernalia on. Tiberian picked up his phaser rifle and checked the setting, gesturing to a PFC to hand Crystal a side arm phaser. Crystal looked at the phaser as if it were going to bite her for a second, she'd put in the compulsory time on the range back at the academy but that had been a while ago, still she knew which end was the dangerous one. She holstered the phaser on her hip reasoning that if they beamed over and ended up in some sort of fire fight her best bet was to keep her head down and stay out of the way.
"Ok people, set to stun. Crystal knew that part of the order was definitely not for her benefit she'd all ready checked that her phaser was set to heavy stun and a fairly wide beam. Don't use lethal force unless necessary. I want to be in, to open the bay doors, and to keep the Commander safe so we can get out as quickly as possible. Stay smart, stay safe, watch out for each other. Oorah"
The away team assembled on the transporter pad, Crystal found herself wedged in the center of the group then Tiberian nodded to the transporter operator.
"Get us as close to that cargobay as you can. Energise"
They arrived in the Klingon ship's cargo bay although the only bits of it Crystal could see from her current position were the floor and ceiling. The air was smoky and acrid. She opened her tricorder and started scanning. There were a few phaser shots but they all came from the marines. Crystal supposed sentries were being dealt with.
Her scans ended with a muffled beep, the pieces of the Tauri Burst were here and the timer was still counting.
"They're over there."Crystal said. A started across the cargo bay. One of the marines caught her elbow and looked at the XO.
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Post by David Tan on Sept 9, 2007 20:51:52 GMT
David did as ordered .. But once he'd safely deposited his portion of the bomb, he felt it necessary to go back to the secondary section .. After all, it was his actions that had caused the damage ..
He moved close to the Klingon vessel, then opened a Comm link with Wong ..
=^= Tan to Wong .. Are you ready to beam out ? =^=
=^= Ready .. Yes .. I think 'ready' just about covers it Commander =^= Wong replied, seemingly between bouts of phaser-fire ...
'Just cant stop being a Superhero !' Tan thought to himself, as he readied the transporter ..
=^= Beaming you out now =^= he said, slightly un-necessarily.
Major Wong and his team filled the shuttle, Tan headed for the secondary section, that was still spinning end over end ..
"Where are we going Commander ?"
Tan turned to face the XO, he was determined to fix the mess he'd caused, and wasn't about to take any 'crap' from the jumped-up Marine ..
"I'm going to the secondary section 'Major' ... I'm going to try to stabilize her so the Captain can perform a successful docking maneuver .. I caused the crash .. So i'm going to do my best to rectify it."
The shuttle was deathly quiet, as the Marines eagerly awaited their Senior Officers' response .. They were disappointed ..
"Very well Commander." Wong said, after thinking the situation over for a few seconds, "I'll send several of my men to assist you .. Though I would 'suggest' that you get the secondary section out of the blast radius ASAP .. Otherwise the chances of docking would become a moot point !"
David brought the shuttle to a halt only meters from the hull .. He then matched the rotation .. Once satisfied, he rose from his seat and moved toward the transporter pad ..
"With your permission .. Major ....." he said.
Wong nodded to the Marines cramped into the shuttle. Several moved aside to make room, while two joined Tan on the small transporter pad ..
"Best of luck .. Commander." Major Wong said ..
Tan felt the beam embrace him, then seconds later, he was back on the secondary section ..........
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The instant of the marines arrival on the ship, their phaser rifles went up in the air, firing at the sentries stumbling about the cargobay. Tiberian's rifle let out a double tapped burst, felling a Klingon near the Burst who was in the process of drawing his disruptor.
"They're over there."Crystal said. As started across the cargo bay. One of the marines caught her elbow and looked at the XO. Tiberian nodded.
"Gunny Maxwell, take two men and get up into theat gantry control room. Weld the upper access door, and open the main cargobay door. Stay in the gantry to provide aerial cover. Everyone else, typical alpha defense pattern on me. Move"
The marines spread out as they proceeded into the centre of the room, allowing Crystal to do her work with the Burst, amrking the secondary component for Commander Tan to pick up. Moments later the cargobay doors were opened, and the marines withdrew to behind a rack of cargo containers as three tractor beams entered the bay and drew out each of the components.
"Alright people" Tiberian called out moving into the open "Let's get ready for out pick u..." His words were cut short as an enormous explosion ripped through the cargobay, one of the walls having been blown completely inwards. The marines ducked back behind the rack, with Tiberian diving on top of Crystal, knocking her to the floor and holding her there, as firing Klingons poured through the breach.
"You'll thank me for this in the morning" Tiberian said pointedly, seeing the disgruntled look on Crystal's face "Return fire at will!" He shouted to the men, all of whom began firing bursts, both from behind the crates, and from atop the gantry, creating a crossfire, and driving the Klingons onto the defensive.
=^= Tan to Wong .. Are you ready to beam out ? =^=
=^= Ready .. Yes .. I think 'ready' just about covers it Commander =^= Wong replied between bouts of phaser-fire
The amrine team and Crystal rematerialised on the now execptionally cramped shuttle. Tiberian did a quick head count, and checked for injuries amongst his men, a thankfully pointless exercise. He then turned back to Tan.
"Where are we going Commander ?"
"I'm going to the secondary section 'Major' ... I'm going to try to stabilize her so the Captain can perform a successful docking maneuver .. I caused the crash .. So i'm going to do my best to rectify it."
The shuttle was deathly quiet, as the Marines eagerly awaited their Senior Officers' response .. They were disappointed ..
"Very well Commander." Wong said, after thinking the situation over for a few seconds, "I'll send several of my men to assist you .. Though I would 'suggest' that you get the secondary section out of the blast radius ASAP .. Otherwise the chances of docking would become a moot point !"
David brought the shuttle to a halt only meters from the hull .. He then matched the rotation .. Once satisfied, he rose from his seat and moved toward the transporter pad ..
"With your permission .. Major ....." he said.
Wong nodded to the Marines cramped into the shuttle. Several moved aside to make room, while two joined Tan on the small transporter pad ..
"Best of luck .. Commander." Tiberian said, as Tan, Gunny Maxwell and a PFC dematerialised.
Tiberian moved back to the main console and sat down, scanning the furthest planet for any signs of seismic activity. Once the Burst went up, three sections of the planet would have holes blown in them the size of the British Isles, sending millions of asteroids hurtling at them. Tiberian hoped he wouldn't be around at this point. Martinez came and sat down next to him as the marines fell out in anxious anticipation.
"I can't believe you take that from him" Martinez said, a sense of incredulity in his voice "You do realise he's a junior officer"
"I like him" Tiberian said, smiling inspite of himself "He reminds me of someone else, who wanted to get he job done his way, and didn't like pushy XO's getting in his way. And it was best to either get behind them or get out of their way, but never to stand in front of them"
"He reminds you of yourself?" Martinez was now lost for words.
"He's good at his job" Tiberian shrugged "Anyway, as far as friends go I've done a lot wor..." For the second time in an hour, Klingons interrupted him mid speech. A flashing alarm had just ignited on his screen, informing him of the powering up of the Klingon cruisers primary systems, including weapons. Despite it's badly crippled state, the behemoth began to move in a slow nad jerking manner, trying to bring its forward weapons to bear on the Secondary module.
"Oh s...ugar lumps" Tiberian caught himself, raising shields and arming the twin pohasers on the shuttle, then amnouvering it into the protection of the secondary module.
"Commander Rose" He called out "Would you please man the weaons whilst I fly" Martinez left his seat, which was taken immediately by Crystal.
=/\=Wong to Commander Tan. Commander, if you wouldn't mind hurrying up, we appear to have a little problem out here=/\=
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"Alright gentlemen, it would seem that we have to save the galaxy yet again. I want you both to get a wingman and launch in two shuttles form your section, and get over to these co-ordinates just outside the Klingon ship" He tapped on the panel, sending the co-ordinates via the transmission "Leave someone sensible to tend to your section. When the cargobay doors open, use your tractor beams to grab old of one part of the Tauri Burst each, and fly it to the outermost planet in this system. Drop it in craters as far away from each other as possible, then break away from each toher and gun it as far away from here as fast as you can. We'll rendezvouz at Sigma Leonis V as planned. Anything need clarifying?"
Daniel looked at Vander then returned his gaze to the XO "well it is nice to be informed of the plan,i have no questions just remember i am probably the worst shot in this sector, and i am sure my assistant can confirm this." Daniel knew he couldn't hit the side of a barn from the inside even with a ships targetting system. As the connection closed Daniel grabed the highest ranking tactical officer on the bridge and made his way with Vander to the shuttle bay. "Well good luck Commander" Daniel said as he turned to enter the second shuttle.
Sitting down Daniel took control of navigation and left most of the rest to his fellow officer. "I hope you do not mind me avoiding the weapons but i am not willing to try shoting at the Klingon ship and somehow hitting the other shuttle" Daniel joked to the man who just sniggered and turned back to his consol. Daniel preped the shuttle to leave while he waited for shuttle one to leave, he noted that the shuttle's sensors had detected that their sections warp drive was starting to build up power again, 'well that is at least something'.
As Daniel watched the other shuttle leave daniel set a course out of the bay and to the Klingon ship to wait for something that he would have prefered to never see again.
-- Primary Module
Evan was sitting in the counselor's chair on the bridge when the explosion rocked the section, Evan had been releaved to hear that both Daniel and L'Vel were safe and sound, and was mildly annoyed that the infernal cadet had survied as well. As things calmed down Evan was more pleased when the XO opened a channel to the teritary section. As Evan listened to what was beng asked of Daniel he became very concerned but would not show it to Daniel or he would never let him live it down, "well it is nice to be informed of the plan,i have no questions just remember i am probably the worst shot in this sector, and i am sure my assistant can confirm this." Evan did not speak but he did nod to the Chief Science officer as he listened, 'well if i remember correctly he scored the lowest in the academy's history in the target range test.
As Evan sat down to review the work L'Vel had done while seporated from them as he knew dan would hat having to look though every report when this was all over but then again Dan would probabily moan because he was once again stepping on Dan' toes.
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Post by Crystal Rose on Sept 11, 2007 14:33:42 GMT
Crystal bent over the secondary module's section of the Tauri Burst. She slapped a transponder tag on it. It seemed that all three of the pieces had survived the explosion remarkably well but there was some scorching on the outer casing. Crystal set to work scanning the devices and doing her best to ignore the marine who was standing right behind her and the occasional phaser shot that rang across the bay. The casing was intact and she was sure they would all survive a tractor beam tow. She activated the transponder and watched as the bay doors started to open. Crystal rapidly followed the marines behind a rack of cargo containers and watched as the three components were pulled out by the shuttle tractor beams.
"Alright people" Tiberian called out moving into the open "Let's get ready for out pick u..." The XO was cut off by an explosion that ripped one of the walls inwards. Before Crystal could form a coherent thought the XO had bowled her over and pinned her to the deck. She could barely breath.
"You'll thank me for this in the morning" He said. 'That depends on how much I drink tonight' Crystal thought but it remained a thought as she lacked the breath and coherence to give an answer. All the same enough of her brain cells were functioning that Crystal knew he was right: being flattened by Tiberian was infinitely preferable to being shot but right now she could feel various pieces of her kit digging into her back and not a great deal else.
"Return fire at will!" He shouted. Crystal could hear the shots fired as a response to the XO's order but given that most of her field of view was occupied by the green of Tiberian's shoulder and the only other things she could see were the ceiling and smoke she really didn't know what was going on.
=^= Tan to Wong .. Are you ready to beam out ? =^=
=^= Ready .. Yes .. I think 'ready' just about covers it Commander =^= Wong replied between bouts of phaser-fire
The marine team and Crystal rematerialised on the now exceptionally cramped shuttle. The XO let Crystal up off the floor, she silently checked herself over while he did a head count. They'd all gotten off and no one was injured. Crystal knew she now had bruises on her bruises and her hand was starting to itch again. She listened to the XO and SO talk as she checked over her kit.
She knew they still had their differences but it seemed they were united by duty. Commander Tan and a some of the marines beamed away to the gently rotating secondary section. Crystal wished them luck.
There wasn't a lot of her to do at the moment so she settled back against a vacant bit of bulkhead and waited. "Oh s...ugar lumps" Crystal heard Tiberian's voice rise above the general chatter in the shuttle and all the more incongruous for the swallowed curse. She wriggled her way forward, far more effective than pushing given her size relative to most of the marines.
"Commander Rose" He called out "Would you please man the weapons whilst I fly" Crystal took the seat next to the XO that had just been vacated by one of the marines. She checked the targeting sensor were on line although she doubted she could miss the lumbering cruiser that now filled most of their view screen.
=/\=Wong to Commander Tan. Commander, if you wouldn't mind hurrying up, we appear to have a little problem out here=/\= That Crystal thought was an understatement.
She checked her screens trying to figure out where the bit of this monster that she could actually damage were... The engines and shields were definitely up as were weapons although fortunately none of them were at anywhere near full strength. Crystal's first couple of shots were aimed at the cruisers weapons array however they were absorbed by the larger ships's shields Crystal focused on her screens ignoring the twisting starfield visible out the view screen as Tiberian through the shuttle in a complex pattern of maneuvers. It seemed that one of the cruiser's shields wasn't on at all. Sadly it wasn't over the weapons, engines or shield generators.
It was however above one of the main sensor arrays. Crystal smiled a sightly skewed expression that any of her professors would have known meant that she had just had a good idea.
She fired again. This time the shots hit the hull of the ship and she was rewarded with a small explosion. She smiled and turned to Tiberian.
"Given that, that ship has just lost its main targeting sensors. How close can we get?"
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"You see there's just about room for this shuttle between their hull and their sheilds..." Crystal thought this was possible but then again she was a scientist and knew that sometimes there was a vast difference between theory and practice.
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Post by David Tan on Sept 13, 2007 17:24:18 GMT
Beaming back, David was surprised .. He'd really expected the secondary section to explode, destroying both it, and the Klingon vessel.
The shields had taken the brunt of the collision, though power was now at a minimum and the artificial gravity was less than one hundred percent ..
"Gunny .. See if you can do anything with the gravity .. Over there." Tan said, noting the fact that the Marine didn't flinch at being given a task obviously not within his repertoire.
The PFC stood to one side, his weapon in constant motion. It was easy to see he would react instantly to any form of threat ..
As David checked his console, he saw that main power was not attainable, that meant warp drive was out of the question .. He began checking the readings for the impulse drive as the floor seemed to fall away from him. But only for a second, then gravity took hold once again, this time with a steady grip on the men ..
Gunny Maxwell turned from the Engineering panel, a broad grin on his face ..
"What next Commander ?" he asked, moving down to where Tan was standing ...
"We've got impulse .. But looking at these readings .. I cant honestly say for how long." Tan replied, bringing the impulse engines on-line ..
He halted the pitch and yaw of the secondary section, finally getting her stationary and stable as the Comm came to life ..
=^= Wong to Commander Tan .. Commander if you wouldn't mind hurrying up .. We appear to have a little problem out here =^=
=^= I'm doing my best Major .. We're going to be heading back toward you in under two minutes =^=
=^= Hold that thought Commander .... =^=
David could hear Crystal speaking in the background, she was talking to Wong, so he sat, waiting to continue ..
=^= ...... "Given that, that ship has just lost its main targeting sensors. How close can we get ? ... You see there's just about room for this shuttle between their hull and their shields ......" =^=
=^= Commander .. Stand by but do not move the secondary section until my order .. Repeat .. Do not move .. I want the Klingon's to ignore your section .. Mr Rose has come up with an idea .. Wong out =^=
Tan frowned, he hadn't heard all Crystals conversation, but it sounded like the Major was about to be going to visit the Klingon's .. Sitting, he motioned for his companions to follow suit ..
All they could do now was wait ..........
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"Given that, that ship has just lost its main targeting sensors. How close can we get?"
"Within a matter of metres I'd gauge" Tiberian answered quickly
"You see there's just about room for this shuttle between their hull and their shields..."
"Which would allow us to get up close and distract them within their own shield bubble" Tiberian saw where Crystal was going "Good idea Commander"
He worked his console, scanning the Klingon ship for vulnerabilities as quickly as he could. He saw a variety of ssystems congregated together, the only problem being that they were deeply embedded within some very heavily armoured hull plating. The shuttles phasers were inadequate for such a job, and Tiberian was fully aware of what force of explosion would be needed.
=/\=Wong to Commander Tan. Expand your transporter field to encompass all the occupants of the shuttle except for me. Beam them over on my mark, and then stick to my previous order, no movement. I'm about to do something particularly stupid, and I'd appreciate it if you would still be there to bail me out when I need you to. Wong out=/\=
He turned to Crystal.
"Commander, when you get over there, I need you to get the navigational deflector back online. Do whatever it takes, compromise whatever system you have to, but get it back online and ready to fire a sequence of high yield broad frequency tachyon pulses straight at the Klingon's shield grid when i give the signal. Ok"
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"One more thing. I need you to have the transporter set to a wide beam pattern. Timing will be critical, but I need you to beam the entire shuttle back into the secondary sections shuttlebay. Tell Tan that the second I rematerialise, he's to put his foot to the floor and run like hell. We're probably going to have the Burst and the Klingon ship all going off at once. Think you can handle it" Tiberian asked, despite the question being fairly rhetorical; she'd have to handle it one way or the other.
<TAG Commander Rose>
Moments later, Tiberian signalled the secondary module, and the entire crew vanished in spiralling light. Turning back to the console, he gunned the shuttle at full impulse into the shield gap, firing the twin phasers in a random strafing pattern, scraping paint off their hull. The Klingons attempted returning fire, failing to hit the shuttle even a galncing blow. Dropping into a risky port roll, Tiberian swept under the craft, causing them to turn to keep up, drawing them away from the secondary module. Tiberian then pushed upwards, turning the shuttle around, evading Klingon fire, and eventually reaching the top of the Klingon warship.
=/\=Wong to secondary module, commence tachyone fire=/\= Tiberian ordered, just as the secondary module opened fire, creating a gap in the shields.
"Computer" Tiberian nervously ordered "Prepare to jettison the warp core"
"Warning. Proximity alert. Warp core jettison at this range could produce a lethal explosion"
"Override, authorisation Wong 64 Theta Proxima" Tiberian said, arming the warp core jettison sequence. This had to be time just right, or something very unfortunate could happen, namely the destruction of yet another of the Olympia's shuttles. Tiberian's own death was also on the cards. He strafed about the top of the ship, firing the phasers to wear down the hull above the ships primary reactor. He then maneouvered directly over the small breach he had made.
"Computer, jettison the core on my mark. Three, two, one, mark"
There was a flash underneath the shuttle, and the thin blue warp core now slid out of the gap, falling towards the Klingon ship. Tiberian crossed his fingers, praying that Crystal had the sense to work out when to beam the shuttle up.
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Post by David Tan on Sept 13, 2007 21:38:49 GMT
David used almost sixty percent of his available power reserves to beam everyone to the secondary section ..
He was less than happy that Wong had yet again go 'gung-ho' on the mission. He was putting his own, and everyone else's lives in danger .. But David was coming to the conclusion that he actually liked the man. His methods left a lot to be desired in Tans view, but there was no doubting Major Wong's dedication, and his need be be Marine !
Tan locked onto the personnel in the shuttle, instructing the computer not to include the XO. Then as the order came in, he beamed everyone over ...
Crystal materialized, and immediately ran to Tan .. She explained what Wong needed, but even as she spoke, David was shaking his head ...
"There's NO way I can do what you are asking Commander .. We have less tha ......"
=^= Wong to secondary module .. Commence tachyon fire ! =^=
Crystal spun and attempted to do as her XO ordered, but only managed one tachyon burst before the power levels dropped below life-sustainable levels .. She hit the panel then turned to face Tan ..
"I NEED more power .. He's going to be killed over there !" she said with no regard for whom she was addressing ..
"Take it !" Tan said, "IF you can find any Commander .. Please go ahead and do as you were told .. IF Major Wong had let me get a word in he would have know our situation .... As it is .. HE is on his own .. While WE are dead in space !" he finished, resignedly.
Tan took his seat, letting the weight of his statement sink in .. Wong either finished off the Klingon's ..
Or they were all dead ! ..........
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Post by Crystal Rose on Sept 14, 2007 15:52:05 GMT
=/\=Wong to Commander Tan. Expand your transporter field to encompass all the occupants of the shuttle except for me. Beam them over on my mark, and then stick to my previous order, no movement. I'm about to do something particularly stupid, and I'd appreciate it if you would still be there to bail me out when I need you to. Wong out=/\=
He turned to Crystal.
"Commander, when you get over there, I need you to get the navigational deflector back online. Do whatever it takes, compromise whatever system you have to, but get it back online and ready to fire a sequence of high yield broad frequency tachyon pulses straight at the Klingon's shield grid when i give the signal. Ok"
"I understand, sir". Crystal said. She had been planning on staying on the shuttle but it seemed he had other ideas. She had half an idea of what he planned
"One more thing. I need you to have the transporter set to a wide beam pattern. Timing will be critical, but I need you to beam the entire shuttle back into the secondary sections shuttlebay. Tell Tan that the second I rematerialise, he's to put his foot to the floor and run like hell. We're probably going to have the Burst and the Klingon ship all going off at once. Think you can handle it" Tiberian asked
Crystal nodded. She was feeling scared now, the XO had just put his life in her hands and there was no way it was going to be easy to do what he had just asked of her buts she was going to put everything she had into it.
The shuttle vanished in a swirl of light and Crystal landed on the secondary module practically running. Time was running out faster than ever now. She started explaining what was going at high speed while running back and forth between bridge stations and recruiting slightly bemused marines to monitor things.
"There's NO way I can do what you are asking Commander .. We have less tha ......"
=/\=Wong to secondary module, commence tachyon fire=/\=
Crystal fed power through the navigational deflector and send out pulse. The power levels dropped rapidly and the tachyon pulse cut before she meant it to. There had to be more power.
She hit the panel ignoring then turned to face Tan ..
"I NEED more power .. He's going to be killed over there !" she said with no regard for whom she was addressing ..
"Take it !" Tan said, "IF you can find any Commander .. Please go ahead and do as you were told .. IF Major Wong had let me get a word in he would have know our situation .... As it is .. HE is on his own .. While WE are dead in space !" he finished, resignedly.
Crystal stared at the Commander in silence. She knew things were bad over here but she couldn't give up. She wouldn't. There had to be something more she could do.
She cut life support and artificial gravity to all decks but deck one. There had to be more energy..... 'Shuttle's' Crystal thought. The secondary section still had two shuttles sitting in it's shuttle bay and each of those had a perfectly functioning warp core. She powered them up.
Crystal heard muttered curses of surprise from the marines. Apparently the Tiberian's shuttle had started warp core ejection procedures. She knew she didn't have long. She sent power to the transporters. It was cutting things closer than she would have liked buts she didn't have time to worry about that now.
As the warp core cleared the shuttle she energised the transporters hoping that there was enough power to dematerialise and contain the shuttle and then rematerialise it.
Her controls said the transport had been a success but... =/\=Rose to Major Wong, please tell me you're alive=/\= Her voice sounded ragged, she was gasping like she had been running. She was still pressing buttons as she waited for the XO to respond.
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Crystal sent every joule of energy she could find to the shields, well what was left of them) deflectors and SIF. There was gong to be four very big bangs very soon and without enginees they would have to ride them out.
"Hang on to something" Crystal yelled. She personally was clutching the engineering station so hard her knuckles had turned white and she was half-expecting to see finger shaped dents.
Then the world rocked and spun......
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=/\=Rose to Major Wong, please tell me you're alive=/\=
Tiberian simply stared blankly at the flashing console, allowing a pause before he answered. The explosion of the warp core had just been about to engulf the shuttle when he had felt the transporter beam embrace the whole craft, and drag him back into the shuttlebay.
=/\=If I wasn't Commander, it would be a bit bloody pointless to ask me if I was=/\= Tiberian's exasperated reply finally came =/\=Thanks Crystal. You did good=/\=
He stood up and walked to the hatch, about to open it to walk to the bridge, when he realised that the secondary module had absolutely no atmosphere, save on the bridge.
"No prizes for guessing where she got the power for the transporter" Tiberian said aloud to himself, as he got in the shuttles personnel transporter and beamed himself to the bridge.
Less than a moment after he rematerialised, the force of an explosion threw him from his feet, ramming him into Crystal at the engineering station. Obviously the warp core breach had detonated the Klingon's primary reactor as he had intended. Regretablly, he had not intended on the secondary module still being there when it happened. The force of the explosion sent the secondary module rocketing away from the ship's former location, heading, unknown to the those onboard, in a very unsavoury direction.
"We really have to stop meeting like this" Tiberian joked as he puled himself up of the top of Crystal, brushing himself down "Give me the bullet?"
"We have a problem" Martinez stated simply, his eyes fixed on one of the science consoles.
"What is it Jose" Tiberian asked, curious as they had outridden the Klingon ship's destruction with minimal damage.
"We're on a course headed directly for the outermost planet. The ship isn't under our control; we're just moving under the momentum from the explosion. We're on a collision course with the Tauri Burst"
Everyone on the bridge, Marine and Starfleet alike swore at the top of their lungs. This was literally as bad as it got.
"Estimated impact in two minutes. Estimated Burst detonation in one minute fifty five seconds" a PFC read out from another console.
"Well" Tiberian shrugged sitting down in the XO's chair "At least we'll be blown to atoms before we all get crushed to death"
Just then, a shadow appeared on the viewscreen, one which became progressively clearer as it drew nearer to the secondary module. The other two sections of the Olympia were flying towards them at top speed.
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Post by David Tan on Sept 15, 2007 8:47:06 GMT
As the XO materialized, David relinquished the center seat .. Wong didn't take it !, he stood, scanning every console he could in rapid succession ..
Tan had moved over to the Opps panel .. He could see they were essentially dead weight. There was no power in the sections' warp core, and he was impressed at how Crystal had 'patched-into' the shuttles' cores ..
It only gave them enough to keep the environmental systems and artificial gravity going. The rest of the section would now be approaching zero degrees, and would continue to drop .. A Marine spoke to Tiberian ..
"We have a problem" he stated simply, his eyes fixed on one of the science consoles.
"What is it Jose" Tiberian asked, curious, as they had out-ridden the Klingon ship's destruction with what he thought was minimal damage.
"We're on a course headed directly for the outermost planet .. The ship isn't under our control .. We're just moving under the momentum from the explosion .. We're on a collision course with the Tauri Burst."
Inertial dampers had not only kept the section level, with no pitch or yaw as they arrowed toward toward the planet, but thankfully, though Tan was beginning to wonder about that, it saved everyone from being instantly killed as the section was flung onto it's current trajectory ..
"Estimated impact in two minutes .. Estimated Burst detonation in one minute fifty five seconds !" a PFC read out from another console.
Suddenly, proximity warning began to sound as the Primary section caught up with them ..
As the primary section moved above them, the secondary section automatically raised the massive locking pins, several containing turbo-lift shafts ready for the primary sections connection .. Artificial gravity suddenly faltered as they took even more power from the shuttles ..
Everyone was seemingly holding their collective breath now, as Tan's eyes flicked from the timer on the console, to the view of the primary section on-screen ..
"Come on Captain !" he heard someone whisper..
David silently echoed the statement, only just resisting the impulse to cross his fingers ...
It was up-to the Captain, and whoever was at the Helm now .. Because this was the be all and end all of 'one chance only' maneuvers ! ..........
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Post by Crystal Rose on Sept 17, 2007 10:00:28 GMT
=/\=If I wasn't Commander, it would be a bit bloody pointless to ask me if I was=/\= Tiberian's exasperated reply finally came =/\=Thanks Crystal. You did good=/\=
Crystal barely heard the XO's reply as she frantically tried to get the secondary section ready for impact, but her stomach unknotted. At least that gamble had worked out.
She braced herself off the engineering station knowing that the Klingon ship was going to go up any second. The ship rocked, someone was flung into Crystal. She registered a green uniform which meant it wasn't Commander Tan. She landed on the still shaking deck with Tiberian. She hadn't even registered his arrival on the bridge. She was glad to see he was all right but wished he had landed on someone else...
"We really have to stop meeting like this" Tiberian joked as he pulled himself up of the top of Crystal. She nodded feeling slightly dazed and unable to find the words for the comeback she wanted to make which was along the lines of at least expecting a drink before ending up in this situation.
Crystal grabbed the engineering station and hauled herself a little unsteadily to her feet. She was all ready inventorying damage to the ship and to herself. There was surprisingly little new damage to the ship which was something she was grateful for. As for herself: well, she now had bruises on her bruises on her bruises. Her burned right hand had lost some more skin but wasn't exactly bleeding and her left wrist was feeling decidedly wrenched but nothing was seriously wrong.
"We have a problem" Martinez stated simply, his eyes fixed on one of the science consoles.
"What is it Jose" Tiberian asked, curious as they had outridden the Klingon ship's destruction with minimal damage.
"We're on a course headed directly for the outermost planet. The ship isn't under our control; we're just moving under the momentum from the explosion. We're on a collision course with the Tauri Burst"
Crystal muttered a few choice phrases and set to work on the engineering station once again. She was trying to convince the thrusters to come on line but it was an uphill fight.
"Estimated impact in two minutes. Estimated Burst detonation in one minute fifty five seconds" a PFC read out from another console.
"Well" Tiberian shrugged sitting down in the XO's chair "At least we'll be blown to atoms before we all get crushed to death" Just then, a shadow appeared on the viewscreen, one which became progressively clearer as it drew nearer to the secondary module. The other two sections of the Olympia were flying towards them at top speed.
Crystal kept fighting with the thrusters. They weren't safe yet.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2007 11:24:33 GMT
The Olympia's primary and tertiary section raced towards the secondary section at top speed. When they were in range, they slowed down, almost to a halt.
"Initiate re-connection." He called out, sweat pouring from his forehead. If things didn't hurry up, they were all about to be blown to pieces.
The two sections of the Olympia moved closer to the secondary section, but they weren't moving all that fast. The main reason for that was that the Secondary section was in such a bad state, the re-connection would need to take a little more time....time which they did not have.
One minute and forty seconds later, the bridge of the primary section rumbled as the USS Olympia was reformed as one whole ship. Steve stood up very quickly, "Get us the hell out of here." he said, before sitting down again, due to getting a head rush.
Within a couple of seconds the Olympia powered up and warped out of the area at maximum speed.
"Captain Smith to all 'section's....report."
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Post by Crystal Rose on Sept 18, 2007 9:43:33 GMT
Crystal listened as the XO reported in for those on the secondary section. She was still at the engineering console and was now leaning on it as she realised how tired she was feeling. Not to mention battered and bruised.
She wondered idly if Tonja had witnessed the reconnection, Crystal had but the drink had not been present. Actually she could use a drink or maybe a few not to mention a long sleep. She scraped at her hair most of which had now escaped from her pony tail. In the end she gave up and pulled the band free. She was just too exhausted to care. She wanted to sleep but that wasn't going to happen until she had unwound a bit.
The communications to the main bridge had finished and the secondary module was now running off power from the other modules. That meant they at least had gravity and air. The people on the bridge were beginning to get ready to leave.
"I'm going to get a drink." Crystal announced "Anyone else coming?" She waited a minute or two and then headed for the lounge.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2007 20:38:04 GMT
"Captain Smith to all 'section's....report." The Captain's voice was heard over the intercom.
"Major Wong to Captain Smith" Tiberian replied as he slouched back into the XO's seat, finally able to breath easy "Secondary section reporting in Captain. Minus one or two chunks like, but we're here"
"I'm going to get a drink." Crystal announced "Anyone else coming?"
"I sure as hell am" Tiberian announced, standing up and stretching his back "And so are all the rest of you, that's an order. I think we could all do with getting blathered round about now" He walked around to the back of the centre circle and towards the turbolift, followed by the rest of the bridge crew.
Suddenly, a bright flash occured on the viewscreen, causing them all to turn around and look. The rapidly diminishing sight of the Burst had just erupted, sending a large proportion of the crust splintering into space, leaving red hot craters of molten rock and ore deeply embedded into the planet.
"I sincerely hope that those don't actually hurt anyone" Tiberian said, remembering the inhabited planets in the system "But it's too late now I guess" He turned and entered the turbolift with the others.
~In the bar~
Entering the bar, Tiberian was greeted by the hubub of the rest of the bridge crews from the other modules congregated around the room. To no-one's particular surprise, Tiberian leapt over the counter of the bar and landed on the other side, speaking to the senior staff first.
"Alrighty then, what's everyone having?"
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