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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2006 11:19:08 GMT
Trey and his team of marines left the holo deck and headed to there lockers, as the walked through the halls trey cont not help notice the slight buzz of activity and whispers in the air, he stopped one of the crewmen and asked
“What’s all the excitement about?”
“Where have you been?” the crewman responded but trey just gave him an unknowing look “our CO has given berth to lovely baby girl” he finally answered
“What!?, when did this happen.”
“I think it was last night” the crewman answered “I thought she still had a few months to go” the crewman gave no answer “thanks for the 411” said trey as he made his way to the turbo –lift
“Deck three”
As the doors to sickbay opened trey walked in only to find mother, child and doctor missing. He turned to one of the nurses
“Excuse me, where is commodore sonak and child?”
“Sorry lt. but they have already been discharged.”
“And doc. Nack, his whereabouts”
“He has already left for the party sir.”
“Thank you” trey then made his way back to the turbo-lift and then quarters. After he had freshen up he made his way to his desk, he took a seat and began work on some new tactics of his team of marines
=/\= gunner to maverick =/\=
=/\= yeah what can I do for you gunner =/\=
=/\= I thought you might want to know that our CO gave ber….=/\=
=/\= berth to a brand new baby girl. I know =/\= he said cutting off gunner
=/\= soooo =/\=
=/\= so what? =/\= he asked gunner
=/\= aren’t you going to the party? =/\=
=/\= I guess not =/\=
=/\= why? =/\= asked gunner a little suspired
=/\= not that it is any of your business but it seems that someone neglected to tell me, so I was not invited, maverick out =/\= and on that note he continued with his work.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2006 19:12:27 GMT
"There's no need to be rude," Jatan shot back as he beckoned the civillian to follow him. "He's here but in a pesky mood," he told his wife, making sure she was comfortably supported by the pillows behind her back.
Sonak nodded then motioned for him to keep the other children company. "I can handle him," she whispered, a small smile playing at the corners of her mouth, "please do not be worried." She accepted her baby daughter back and shifted the weight on her arm, making herself more comfortable. Then she looked up at Teyno. "Mister Teyno, I am grateful that you have so promtly responded to Jatan's call. I have not yet had the opportunity to properly thank you for your support during my...during childbirth."
She held up the tiny infant for him to see, then motioned for Teyno to please sit in the chair Jatan provided. "How are you settling in aboard the Vesuvius?" she finally asked, after a long and uncomfortable silence. It was quite clear to Sonak that the new civillian had a distinct dislike towards her, and he made no effort to hide it either.
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~somewhat later~ Accompanied by her husband, Sonak gracefully strode into the brightly decorated holodeck. "I see Logan has had to scramble for the power to be able to do this," she commented, "though he seems to have done quite an adequate job of restoring at least minimal gravity to most parts of the ship."
Noticing Nack's sour face, she guessed that his domain was still without gravity. "Doctor," she called, waving him over, then motioned towards Claire, "counselor. I hear that you two have done most of the work to accomplish this. I really do appreciate it, however it was quite unnecesary." Then her smile brightened. "On the other hand, you seem to have made Logan work much harder to fix the ship. Be careful or you will establish a reputation for him as miracle worker. I doubt Nick would appreciate that." She winked at Claire, knowing the counselor knew exactly what she meant.
She smiled at Nack. "Claire and I go back a long way," she explained, then she nodded towards L'Ola who just walked in. "As does L'Ola." Then she looked around, as if searching for someone. "Did anyone remember to invite Lieutenant Maverick?" she finally asked, after not being able to locate the young marine officer. She tapped her combadge. "Lieutenant Maverick, report to the holodeck on the double! I want your rear in here yesterday!" she snapped, though her eyes showed her amusement.
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Post by teyno on Nov 23, 2006 0:13:45 GMT
There's no need to be rude," Jatan said in an irritated voice.
"I wasn't aware that I was being rude." Said Teyno, in an equally irritated tone.
"He's here but in a pesky mood," said Jatan to Sonak, adjusting her pillows as he did so.
"You know, some people think it's rude to talk about people behind their backs." He said disdainfully to Jatan.
Sonak nodded then motioned for him to keep the other children company. She accepted her baby daughter back and shifted the weight on her arm, making herself more comfortable. Then she looked up at Teyno. "Mister Teyno, I am grateful that you have so promtly responded to Jatan's call. I have not yet had the opportunity to properly thank you for your support during my...during childbirth."
"Think nothing of it," said Teyno, "I did what I had to, you would've done the same."
She held up the tiny infant for him to see, then motioned for Teyno to please sit in the chair Jatan provided.
He hesitated at first but then sat down with a small sigh.
"How are you settling in aboard the Vesuvius?" she finally asked, after a long and uncomfortable silence.
"Well enough to suit me. I try not to settle too far into places." Said Teyno, wondering what the commodore really wanted by bringing him here.
The Vulcan glanced up at him, raising an eyebrow in response. "Would settling in not help you fit in better with the crew you serve with? I understand that you do not wish to stay in one place too long, but I have the distinct impression you are on your own far too much to have even a limited bonding with my crew. Therefor, I expect you to attend the party that has been arranged in honour of Miriya's birth."
She paused, then reached over and deposited the baby in his arms, whether he liked it or not. "You are her godfather," she informed him, "she bears your name as well. And you are attending the party. With me." Then she smiled softly. "If you will not do it for me, then do it for your god-daughter."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2006 12:23:47 GMT
After trey was done with his work he sat in his chair leaned it back a bit and put his feet up on the desk. A few minutes later there was a voce over his com badge
=/\="Lieutenant Maverick, report to the holodeck on the double! I want your rear in here yesterday!"=/\=
=/\= on my way ma’am=/\=
As he made his way out the door he realizes that he did not have a gift for the new crewmember, he pondered for a moment on what to get, he had no real idea on what to get for a baby and things were ever more difficult being the gift had to be for a baby girl. Trey looked a round his room for something suitable. He had just about given up when he looked in one of the corners, there it was leaning against the corner wall. He leaned over a picked it up and made his way to the holodeck. Moments later the door to the holodeck slid open and he made his way through he glanced in the direction of a few of the senior staff as he made his way to commodore sonak who was chatting with her husband and Mr. Teyno
“sorry am late my invitation got lost in the mail, this is for the little one” he said as he handed over the gift, sonak eyed it curiously.
“it’s a snowboard ma’am” he said answering her unspoken question “ I hope she’ll make better use of it that me” he added with a smile
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Post by teyno on Nov 25, 2006 15:14:46 GMT
Would settling in not help you fit in better with the crew you serve with? I understand that you do not wish to stay in one place too long, but I have the distinct impression you are on your own far too much to have even a limited bonding with my crew. Therefor, I expect you to attend the party that has been arranged in honour of Miriya's birth."
"In my experience, Commodore, when you form emotional attachments to people, it invariably ends in pain.
She paused, then reached over and deposited the baby in his arms, whether he liked it or not. "You are her godfather," she informed him, "she bears your name as well. And you are attending the party. With me." Then she smiled softly. "If you will not do it for me, then do it for your god-daughter."
"You know nothing about me, Commodore. If you did, I doubt you would want me to be godfather to your child. However, if you insist, I'll attend for a short while."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2006 0:26:26 GMT
Sat in her quarters trying to do paperwork, L'Ola's mind was on overdrive. That was part of the reason she'd asked Emily to take over for her on the Bridge. If anything went wrong again they needed someone who could concentrate. Try as she might she just couldn't stop her mind wandering.
She looked at the next PADD she had to work on and realised she needed more data from the computer. Walking over to the console in her room she entered a few commands... and the readout crashed. "Oh well that's going to help" she said to the otherwise empty room.
The ship was in no state to do anything. The repair teams were working hard, but without the resources of a starbase they would never be able to make any real progress. *Stuck on a piece of junk in the Beta quadrant* she thought *I'd almost be better off with my stupid adoptive family that are practically next door...*
She put down the PADD she was holding as an idea hit her straight in the face. *Now where was that party being held?*
L'Ola was happy for an excuse to join the festivities, in truth. She was trying to avoid a few people, well one in particular, but didn't really want to be mean to anyone. Especially Miriya.
She quickly located Sonak. "Commodore! Congratulations! Umm... can I tak to you about something?" She glanced away and back again to indicate that she wanted to talk away from the main group.
Slightly confused, Sonak nodded in agreement. Once they had moved to the side she spoke, "What did you wish to say?"
"I had this crazy idea. You know how we really need to go to a starbase to get all these repairs done? Well I think I can get us a push there."
"Explain"
L'Ola smiled, "My ex-adoptive sister Mareen just got some new contacts. We've been in touch a lot more in the last few months. Should I ask her?"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2006 5:18:43 GMT
Sonak almost smiled and resisted the urge to pat her former science officer and former first officer now turned security chief on the back. The chief was slowly on her way to redeem herself in the Vulcan's eyes, and she appreciated the fact that for once L'Ola came to her and ran a suggestion by her, instead of implementing it straight away.
"I will join you on the bridge," she suggested, glancing back at the feasting crew, "parties are...not quite for me." She repositioned the sleeping baby against her chest and followed Kanz out of the holodeck. She knew Jatan and the other children would be amusing themselves for a while and she wasn't going to draw anyone away from the party, except Teyno. "Mister Teyno, please come with us," she called him.
Sonak shared a glance with Kanz, and both nodded simultaneously, as if they were in agreement that Teyno could be of assistance. The young man had been around in the universe, and he may be able to persuade the Klingons to get them a tow, should Maureen not be so kind to offer it straight away.
"Please contact Maureen," Sonak suggested, once they entered Mercury's bridge, "and send out a distress call. I believe the Black Tulip is near the Federation/Klingon border. I am quite certain Admiral Elron would be willing to give us a tow back from the border to Bellicose." ~and I will never hear the end of it from him either~ she thought grimly, imagining how Elron would respond upon seeing her poor battered ship.
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(everyone else, continue attending the party...or return to your duties)
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Post by fox on Nov 29, 2006 7:41:12 GMT
On the party Fox walked arround smiling with plates with food and drinks. "It had felt a bit like old times." he thought, a bit glad Logan had to take the replicators in the messhall offline as well to assure they had gravity in the holodeck. This meant Fox was picked to prepair the food for the party.
He smiled, thinking back about previous times he had been picked as "cook". Nothing be good memories had remained of those times.
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Post by teyno on Nov 29, 2006 22:56:57 GMT
Teyno was glad to have been pulled away from the party, he wasn't fond of social gatherings, well, at least not these sorts of...polite social gatherings.
They entered the bridge and Sonak said to L'Ola, "Please contact Maureen, and send out a distress call. I believe the Black Tulip is near the Federation/Klingon border. I am quite certain Admiral Elron would be willing to give us a tow back from the border to Bellicose."
Teyno accessed a computer console nearby and found out their position.
"I know the Klingon commander for this sector of space. He owes me a favour. I could get him to arrange for a tow for us if you like, but then that would be quite embarrassing for you, and then you'd owe me a favour."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2006 5:42:04 GMT
The Vulcan glanced sharply at her mission specialist, knowing that L'Ola was already working on contacting her Klingon adoptive sister. "Do it," she ordered, sighing as she sat down in the command chair. She still tired too easily, and it irked her more than she'd ever acknowledge. ~perhaps we are just due some shoreleave~ she thought as she watched Teyno move to the OPS console and contact his Klingon friend.
Several hours later, two huge Klingon warships appeared right off the port and starboard bow of the crippled Starfleet vessel. And both were hailing the Vesuvius. "On screen," Sonak ordered, watching L'Ola comply with practiced ease. She motioned Teyno forward.
Two Klingons appeared on the screen; a male with a distasteful scowl on his face and a hansome female who looked quite a bit more friendly. "Maureen, I am very grateful for your quick response and for your assistance," Sonak addressed the female, then turned to the male. "My mission specialist has graciously offered to contact you. And I am grateful for your assistance."
This time she looked at both Klingons. "My ship was badly damaged several days ago and the cause is still somewhat of a mystery to us. Before that, we were attacked by Falconians in Klingon vessels, and we had a very bumpy ride through a rift. As you can see, my ship is missing the top two decks and we are mostly without gravity and propulsion. We would appreciate a tow back to the Klingon/Federation border. The Second Fleet Flagship USS Black Tulip will take us home from there."
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Post by teyno on Nov 30, 2006 15:39:36 GMT
"Do it." Ordered Sonak.
Teyno sat down at the ops station and opened a channel. A Klingon man with greying hair and beard appeared on the ops screen. His eyes widened when he saw Teyno and an expression of anger came across his face.
"You!" The Klingon said, "How did you get on this channel?"
"Hello Kratagh." Said Teyno, "Long time no see. Never mind about how I got hold of you. I'm currently on a Federation ship and we need a tow back to the border."
Kratagh laughed a very Klingon laugh, "If you think I am going to help you, then you are a fool."
"Perhaps you've forgotten our deal, Kratagh? After all, it would be a shame if someone found out about..."
"Silence!" Roared Kratagh, "You wouldn't dare."
"Try me Kratagh." Said Teyno, smiling, "I'm sending you our coordinates. Be here in three hours."
He cut off the channel, leaving the Klingon with an outraged expression on his face.
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"My mission specialist has graciously offered to contact you. And I am grateful for your assistance." Said Sonak.
"Mission specialist?" Kratagh laughed heartily, "Is that what he is nowadays? If I were you, Captain, I would watch that man very carefully, and I would get him off your ship as soon as possible. Personally, I'd throw him out the nearest airlock, but that's not how you do things in Starfleet, is it?"
"Charming, isn't he?" Said Teyno, smiling.
"I never want to hear from or see you again!" Roared Kratagh at Teyno.
"My ship was badly damaged several days ago and the cause is still somewhat of a mystery to us. Before that, we were attacked by Falconians in Klingon vessels, and we had a very bumpy ride through a rift. As you can see, my ship is missing the top two decks and we are mostly without gravity and propulsion. We would appreciate a tow back to the Klingon/Federation border. The Second Fleet Flagship USS Black Tulip will take us home from there." Said Sonak, trying to direct the conversation to a more civilized area.
"Prepare for tow," Said Kratagh, "and may I suggest, Captain, that you not come back out here until you are able to defend yourselves properly."
He laughed and closed the channel.
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Post by Elron on Dec 1, 2006 0:35:12 GMT
Several parsecs away, Fleet Admiral Elron was sitting in his ready room on the USS Black Tulip. For the past couple of hours, the crew of the fleet flagship had been conducting sensor sweeps of an anomalous stellar phenomena in the Zeta Eridani system. By now, though, they'd taken all the data that they could; all that was left was routine number-crunching.
As the Admiral sat there, feet on the desk, tossing scrunched-up balls of paper into the replicator and watching them gracefully disintegrate, the comm panel next to him chirruped urgently. He paused, lobbed one last scrap of paper into the replicator, then swung his legs off the desk and tapped the comm panel.
"Commodore!" he exclaimed warmly when Sonak's face appeared on the screen. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"
The Admiral tried to stifle a grin as the Gamma Squadron Commander outlined her humble request...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2006 5:39:13 GMT
Sonak watched her Avari CO's expression carefully and frowned down on him when she discovered he was trying very hard not to laugh. She resettled the now sleeping infant in her lap as she gazed at him. "This is hardly a laughing matter admiral," she answered, more coldly than she had intended, "we do not know how we lost gravity, but Commander Byrne has promised he will find out. We must be grateful to the Klingon Commanders who are giving us a tow back to Federation space, otherwise we could be afloat here for a long time."
Quietly she began explaining how they had ended up in Klingon space, how they had rescued Nova and sent him home on a test-rig, which she assumed was now safely docked at Bellicose, and how the Majesty had departed them after a treasure hunt of sorts. "We were not under attack since the Falconians fled," she finished, "and I do not recall encountering any storm."
Then her expression softened as she regarded the admiral. "However, I am grateful for a tow back to Bellicose." She glanced sideways at L'Ola and Teyno, then tapped her combadge. "Bridge to engineering, prepare for a swift tow back to Bellicose once the Klingons release us."
She turned back to Elron. "What is your ETA admiral?"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2006 6:20:46 GMT
Nack, embarrassingly, forgot that the holodeck was not replicating synthehol due to the power loss. The drinks he was drinking were real. After five drinks Nack sat back in the chair at the main table. Looking around, he saw Claire, but didn't see the Commodore anymore.
"I hope I didn't say anything to," ::hiccup::, ", offend her" Nack blurted.
Nack looked over at Lieutenant Steenberg. "I think this is the best ship I've ever been on.." Nack swung his arm in gesture to the ship around him. His whole body seemed to follow behind his arm as he made the movement, and he knocked over a glass sitting on the table. The holodeck safety controls dematerialized the glass as it shattered.
Nack couldn't tell if Claire was interested or not. However, at this point, Nack would talk to anyone present.
"Have you ever wondered why we are here?"
Somewhere in the room , somebody was thinking "Oh jeez, here it comes...", rolling their eyes.
"I mean, what if this universe was just a spec, and that spec was on... the fingernail... of a giant.." Nack's head bobbed up and down the last few words of the statement and he passed out.
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Post by logan06 on Dec 1, 2006 6:21:56 GMT
As Byrne sat at the man engineering panel, he kept trying to follow the cascade failure that caused the gravitational failures that plagued the ship. Tapping a few buttons, he came across a small area of the EPS grid that was damaged during the fold in time event that the Minerva module suffered while linking up with the Epsilon Omega shuttle craft. Rerouting the command procedures, he was able to create a new pathway for the plasma to regenerate the gravitational generators on all decks. Much to the ease of the rest the crew. Easing the other areas into gravity, Logan set about using the existing conduits to allow life-support to be vented into the areas that were once off-limits. Getting the okay from the Bridge, Byrne contacted L'Ola and Trey to send crews into the unoccupied areas to search for survivors or data information that could be have been compromised during the power shutdown. Relaying the status report to the Bridge, Logan heard that they were on there way back to the Alpha Quadrant for docking with the main Starbase. Just not to happy that he couldn't do it on his own.
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Post by Elron on Dec 2, 2006 3:01:28 GMT
Elron composed himself and listened to the Commodore's story with interest. It was certainly a tale worthy of the USS Vesuvius.
"What is your ETA admiral?" asked Sonak eventually.
"Coincidentally, we're just a few light years from the Klingon border. We're still in the Zeta Eridani system, but we were planning to head back to the Majoris sector later today. We can be waiting for you near the Eridani outpost base along the old Neutral Zone within minutes," Elron replied.
"We look forward to seeing you there. I'm sure our Klingon friends will have no problem taking us as far as the border."
Elron smiled. "We'll keep an eye out for you. Just don't let the ship fall apart any more than it already has." Sonak simply raised an eyebrow. "Elron out."
Despite his initial reaction, there was something about this that troubled the Admiral slightly. The Vesuvius was practically a brand new ship; for her to mysteriously lose her gravitational systems was not a good sign. As for the rest of the damage... Elron could only shudder at the thought of the Second Fleet's maintenance expenditure this year.
He tapped the comm panel again. "Elron to Engineering."
=/\= Singh here. Go ahead, sir. =/\=
"Lieutenant, make sure the QSD's at its optimum calibration. We're going to be giving the USS Vesuvius a tow back to Bellicose, so I don't want us looking slow!"
The CEO laughed inwardly. When you're travelling by slipstream, there's little chance of you looking slow. He knew that the Admiral was hoping to impress the Vesuvius with his prized engine. =/\= I'll make sure she's at her best, sir. =/\=
"Oh, and one more thing," Elron added quickly, "keep an eye on the artificial gravity and engineering systems in general. If anything unusual appears, let me know right away." This confused the Chief Engineer somewhat, since the Tulip hadn't experienced any problems recently, but agreed anyway, of course.
Now that he had something to do, Elron was feeling a bit more lively. He marched onto the bridge and instantly began issuing orders. "Bema, set course for the Klingon border. Today we're Starfleet's official breakdown service."
"Aye, sir," the CNO responded with a baffled frown. "Course entered."
Elron took the centre seat from Disasterman, who moved to his usual position. With an involuntary gesture, he gave the traditional command. "Engage!" On the view screen, the mesmerising blue vortex opened up before them and the Tulip plunged into slipstream-space.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2006 20:10:36 GMT
This time, Sonak smiled at the blue-skinned Fleet Admiral, who happened to be one of her closest friends. "Thank you admiral, we shall be looking forward to meeting up with you. Our Klingon....hosts...shall be doing their utmost best to get us there as soon as possible. Vesuvius out."
Sonak nodded at L'Ola to kill the communication, then turned towards Teyno again. "How much do you know about gravitational systems, and what has happened to my vessel. Can it be prevented from happening again?"
Nodding at his explanation, she motioned for him to take the engineering station. "Brigde to engineering. Logan I need a damage report, and I need it yesterday!" She tapped her combadge again. "All senior staff report to briefingroom two in fifteen minutes. And you all had better have reports to give to me! Party on holodeck will be ending now, we have a lot of work to do!"
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Fifteen minutes later, Sonak walked into the briefingroom, noting a very tired looking chief medical officer. Having left Miriya in Jatan's capable hands, Sonak now had her hands free to help out if needed. She knew the CMO would be telling her off soon enough but as he didn't even appear to be sober, she doubted he'd care right now. "Doctor, when is the last time you had any proper rest?" she querried, "or has Doc Caldwell been giving you a hard time? I can assist in sickbay if you need an extra pair of hands, after all I am a qualified medical doctor."
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She turned towards the counselor. "How is crew morale counselor, have the two recent parties done anything to improve it?"
(Claire)
"Fox, status on sensors? Have you managed to get internal and external long-range sensors online yet?"
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"Maverick, status of marine teams. How are they coping with the strain of being towed by Klingons? Are their training drills running well?"
(Trey)
Her glance shifted from the SMO to her CTSO, knowing full well how low an opinion L'Ola had of marines. "Security drills Commander Kanz, how have they been performing? How well are we able to defend our ship under present conditions? Are weapons and shields operational?"
(Kanz)
Finally, her eyes rested on Logan. "Damage report Commander Byrne," she demanded, "what is the extent of damage on my ship and how are repairs progressing? I need to be able to tell the admiral what needs emergency repairing and where your crews may need the assistance of his maintenance teams."
(Logan)
Sonak hadn't missed the fact that Nick was missing from the meeting. She knew he was still grieving for Kate, and trying to spend time with Yannis, but she couldn't condone his continued absence much longer. She tapped L'Ola on the shoulder. "I have an additional task for you and Lieutenant Steenbergen. I want you both to have a chat with Commander Martens. Claire, I want you in for separate observation after L'Ola has had a chance to talk to him alone. And I expect a report on his well-being."
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Post by logan06 on Dec 4, 2006 5:06:57 GMT
"Commodore, I have some information that is a little problematic. After running scenarios as to the cascade failure of the grvitational field generators, I was under the assumption that this was caused by fractures in the plasma grid during our last mission, but (Byrne got serious), the extent that this progressed is way beyond strutural failure. I propose that someone, or something caused or influenced this to happen on the scale that it did. I am aware that we are in route to Federation space, but someone hiding a soft spot has let us carry on this long,"stated Byrne, glancing around the table.
Standing up and placing his PADD in front of the CO, Byrne retook his seat and lowered his head.
Tapping the buttons on the PADD, Sonak allowed the following recording to be played.
"This is Commander Logan Byrne, and this is a record of the findings to the USS Vesuvius-A catastrophic failure of the gravitional fields, after checking the structural casings of the EPS feeds to the upper decks, I have found micro-vibrational generators attached to the lower parts of the connecting plates of the larger main modules of the ship. These generators were placed out of sync with the ship's main sensors. Hence, why we could not see them. Using the LCARS net, I could not placed a signature on the harmonics being used. Thus, could not get a trace on the source or tech used in creating it. Personally, I can't assume a reason, and won't. But, one thing, Commodore Sonak, I can tell you one thing, without outside interference, this happened with a reason."
Looking towards Commander Byrne, the CO shot the 'you have gall' look at Byrne. After listening to the reports from the other senoir staff, Byrne stood up and followed the comand staff to the Bridge. <TAG Sonak>
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2006 7:02:32 GMT
"I'm fine..."
Nack was well aware of what was going on, and his only wish was for the Commodore to talk quieter.
"I should be alright in sickbay."
A Ferengi has a four lobed brain, and it seemed to Nack that all four lobes were throbbing simultaneously. The hypospray he gave himself on the way to the briefing room was enough to counter the effects of alcohol, but the hangover was unbearable. He tried his best to compose himself as Sonak moved on. Nack fancied she hadn't noticed his irritability, but he was only fooling himself. Sonak continued addressing the rest of the chief officers.
Nack was rubbing his temples when Logan mentioned possible sabotage.
Nack didn't know what to make of it. There was always something going on around here it seemed.
"Commodore, may I be excused? I believe I could use some rest." Nack naturally yawned, but lengthened it to emphasize his sleepiness.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2006 18:41:52 GMT
Keeping her eyes on Logan, she nodded towards Nack. "You are hereby ordered to take a rest of at least eight hours doctor," she told the Ferengi medical officer, "Doctors Reckus or Caldwell can keep an eye on sickbay in your absence. You may take that rest in sickbay, so that they can keep an eye on you."
She motioned for the rest to leave the briefingroom, but held her hand up when Logan started to follow. "Commander Byrne, please remain. We need to have a talk." She tapped Kanz on the shoulder. "You have the bridge until Commander Martens decides to come back on duty or when I return to the bridge. Please keep the ship on course towards co-ordinates specified by Admiral Elron. Or rather, make sure the Klingons get us there. Teyno, make sure your friend does not abandon us. Claire, start crew evaluations. Start with our dear doctor, and advise him to lessen his use of alcohol? It appears he is unable to hold his liquor."
Once the senior staff had left the briefingroom, Sonak tapped the PADD Logan had given her. "What is the meaning of this commander? Are you serious about the sabotage suggestion?"
Logan merely nodded, presently at a loss for words. It was well known that Sonak tended to single out her chief engineers as a point of dislike. This time was no different. "Have you any evidence to base this on? Any suspects?"
Logan nodded again. "If you think about it, there are several options." He nodded towards the PADD, holding out his hand to get it back. Sonak handed it to him and he accessed a second file, then handed it back to her. "Ma'am," he added, belatedly.
Sonak glanced at the file, her eyes widening in surprise. "Surely you are not serious about this?" She glanced at the list, which read a few names:
Lucy Kanz Teyno Nack Kaylana Cornette Michael Aarons Falco Hawk
Of those names, Logan had highlighted the most likely suspects:
Lucy Kanz Teyno Hawk
"You had better be able to explain this to me Commander Byrne," Sonak snapped at her chief engineer as she smacked the PADD down on the table. "I do not believe for one second that Lucy Kanz would sabotage this vessel. We are the only family she has, she would not consciously try to destroy us. I refuse to believe that. Teyno has had no opportunity, nor has he any motive. And I believe it very unlikely that a respectable officer like Commander Hawk would try to sabotage our vessel. He has no motive either."
She shoved the PADD back towards him over the table. "You sit here and think over the consequences of false accusation, should you be wrong," she answered. "I will recommend that Teyno be detained until further notice, and I will also put out a notice to the detaining of Commander Hawk and Acting Ensign Kanz. But if you are wrong about this, it is you who shall be detained. Am I clear?"
Without awaiting his answer, she turned her back on him and marched onto the bridge. "Commander Kanz, please escort Civillian Teyno to the brig. He will remain there until further notice. Allow him limited access to the ship's library, but restrict his access to the outbound communications network." After Kanz had left the bridge, she beckoned Trey Maverick. "Contact the Nevada and the Majesty, and get their respective security forces question Acting Ensign Kanz and Commander Hawk."
off note: at this point we don't know yet that there is no Nevada anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2006 17:14:02 GMT
Nick sauntered back up to the bridge. Repairs were coming along nicely, with temporary gravity being restored to the command deck. He discretely sat down in the first officers chair next to L'Ola, who was sitting reading a report in the captains chair.
"So what's going on?" he said softly. L'Ola jumped slightly, surprised by his appearance. She glanced at him.
"Lets see, Sonaks worried about you and Byrne found the problem with the gravity."
She pulled up the sound file Logan had played during the briefing. His brow furrowed.
"Those shouldn't have caused the crash," he muttered. L'Ola looked at him curiously. He pulled up his construction logs from a couple years earlier, only to find the generators in that section were installed installed by him. In fact it was the sweet spot that Yannis and him would relax in.
"I've gotta talk to Sonak," he said closing down the file.
"She's in there with Logan now," L'Ola said pointing at the briefing room.
Like magic Sonak emerged from the briefing room, a dark cloud about her. She blurted some orders to L'Ola who looked like a deer in the headlights.
"Yes Ma'am," she sputtered slightly confused. She got up and went back to her station.
Sonak took the center seat and looked at her first officer, who was dressed in civilian clothes.
"It is good to see you back up here Commander. I take it you're feeling better?"
"Yeah," he said coily, "I've spent the last few days floating in the space over deck 2 thinking and watching the stars go by. Decided it was time to get back to life and move on."
"Well it is good to have you back," she gave him a soft smile.
"Ma'am I may have some information about the failure."
He went on to explain the sweetspot and how he and Yannis would use it as their relaxation center. How it'd been a low gravity section since the ships completion.
"Now Logan is going to look into who installed the units and he's going to find out who installed them," he paused.
"Who would that be?" she inquired.
"Me."
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Post by Elron on Dec 6, 2006 1:57:25 GMT
Back at the Klingon-Federation border, sitting on the bridge of the Tulip, FA Elron was monitoring fleet activity. He'd noticed the Vesuvius' request for Cmdr Hawk to be detained on the Majesty, and was obviously concerned.
"Mr Richards, how far away is the Vesuvius?" he asked.
"They're on long-range sensors now, sir. The Klingon ships don't exactly seem to be the fasted in the KDF."
Elron pondered for a moment. "Give me a secure-shell link with the Vesuvius' operational computer logs," he ordered finally.
"It'll need your personal command codes to access the restricted system logs," the Ops Officer answered.
"Thank you, Lieutenant."
Elron's fingers ran quickly across the panel next to him as he accessed the Vesuvius' computer records via encrypted remote link. After entering his authorisation codes, he pressed his thumbprint in the appropriate spot and began scrolling through the engineering system records. Once he got to the gravitational field generators, he scanned the automated logs looking for the first signs of anomalous activity. He soon found the point where the cascade failure had commenced. Surprisingly though, it wasn't a progressive cascade as one would have expected. He wasn't an expert, but it didn't look to Elron as if this was caused by your average 'wear-and-tear' fault at all. The matrix failure appeared to have started a cascade almost instantly, without any compensation from the safety protocols. It was almost as if the cascade had been kick-started by something else. There was no data available in the Vesuvius' records to account for this though.
"Mr Richards, ask Commodore Sonak to contact me at her earliest convenience. Transfer her straight to my ready room when she does. I'd like to ask her for a fuller account of the damage to her ship." With that, Elron stood up and walked back to his ready room. "You have the bridge, DM," he said to his First Officer.
The Admiral was beginning to regret his initially flippant reaction to the Vesuvius' call for help. This didn't seem as insignificant as the Commodore had led him to believe...
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Post by logan06 on Dec 6, 2006 2:42:43 GMT
Bursting past Sonak, Logan went straight for to the turbolift. Feeling the glare from the Commodore through the back of his head, as the doors closed, he mumbled the deck he wanted. Entering the Science Lab, he encountered Commander Fox bent over his latest experiment. Lightly tapping him on the shoulder, he motioned him to a nearby office. Showing Fox his PADD, Byrne highlighted the list of names of the people he suspected of sabotaging the ship <TAG Fox>
Explaining his suspicions, Byrne outlined his plan of attack. He the asked Fox to monitor the movements of the crew during the last days since the mission with the time/space doorway. Heading to Engineering to gather a private team of specialists to help him check the areas where the damaged systems were located. Using forensic techniques, the team was able to obtain 6 sets of DNA traces and fingerprints.
Once gathered, he then relayed this to Fox, who was at this time joined by Jatan, to analyze. Tracing the data, they were able to isolate 4 key persons on the list. Now just a way to isolate the list to people who would have had time and motive. <TAG Fox and Jatan>
Once Byrne re-established the conduit guides to the primary gravity generators, his arm alert signalled a vibrational distortion coming from a bypass box located behind a false bulkhead. Using his tricorder, he was able to isolate the frequency and record, then jam it. Pulling the box out, Logan severed it's power source, setting off a Red Alert.
Sliding down the ladder, byrne was surrounded by the warning alerts and the rush of crew members. Tapping his commbadge, he called the Bridge, =^="Bridge, this is byrne, what is going on? I found the frequency transponder and pulled. But I don't know what triggered the Red Alert. On my way to the Bridge, Byrne out". <TAG Bridge crew>
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2006 5:50:07 GMT
Green eyes stared hard and long at the Tandaran first officer. "You...installed them," Sonak repeated, "and did you ever think to check whether that may compromise ship's security and integrity? You may be the designer of this vessel, you may even have been both security chief and chief engineer, but you do not install anything without my prior consent...is that understood?"
(Nick)
Meanwhile Jatan had joined Fox and Logan with a forensic kit. "Just why exactly am I needed?" Jatan querried, "shouldn't Doctor Nack do the honors on this?" When he started to tap his combadge, Logan snatched his wrist.
"No," Logan answered curtly, "just do your job doctor, all will become clear soon.
Jatan shrugged and set to work, later handing the data to Logan as ordered. He didn't know what was going on, and he felt he shouldn't ask either.
Back on the bridge, the navigator on duty reported that he was getting the Black Tulip on long-range scanners. The Klingon vessels seemed to be speeding up now, clearly wanting to be rid of their status as scow as soon as was possible.
Red alert claxons started blaring without warning and Sonak whirled about to face L'Ola. "Shut that off!" she ordered, while covering her sensitive ears. L'Ola worked swiftly to comply and the noise stopped.
As Sonak sat down in her chair, her disapppointment in her first officer quite evident, Logan hailed the bridge. =^="Bridge, this is byrne, what is going on? I found the frequency transponder and pulled. But I don't know what triggered the Red Alert. On my way to the Bridge, Byrne out".=^=
"I do not know commander, but you had better have some good news. Remember what I told you." Just then, the duty operations officer announced that a message was coming in from the Black Tulip to call at earliest convenience. "I seem to have some time now, hail the Black Tulip."
As soon as contact was confirmed, however, she shimmered out of view right before her crew. To her own surprise she found herself not materialising on a Klingon vessel, as she had half expected, but rather in Elron's readyroom. "Sir?" she querried as she felt her stomach churn. Transporting only a matter of hours after giving birth never was a very sensible idea. And only because Elron caught her in time was she spared the embarassment of collapsing right in front of a senior officer.
"I must apologize for that," she murmured, then glanced up at Elron. "You could have warned me that I was about to get transported, then I would have told you I would be taking a shuttle instead." She looked as angry as she felt. "Why have you beamed me here? I have a situation on my ship...I am needed there."
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2006 6:40:13 GMT
Nack was on one of the sickbay beds, sleeping, when he was awoken from a red alert. The noise from the red alert siren was never pleasant for a Ferengi. Even more so with this Ferengi, due to the hangover that was almost completely gone.
During the initial confusion, Nack's monitor indicated in incoming encrypted message. The message was from Jatan, who seemed intent on not letting anyone know he was sending it.
"Dr. Nack, I have some fingerprint and DNA samples I am transporting over to you that I want you to look at. They are probably clues to who sabotaged the ship. Commander Byrne insists that I do this myself, but he is acting very perculiar... I would feel much better if you did this. And keep it quiet, I don't want it to go on record that I disobeyed anyone. Thanks Doc"
The communication ended, and a couple standard transport bio-containers materialized on Nack's desk.
Nack started the DNA analysis. He ran the fingerprint analysis immediately after. The results came immediately for the fingerprints, and the results set Nack back. Five of the six prints were similar, and one set was smudged beyond recognition.
Nack invoked the computer. =/\= Encrypt the following message and send to Jatan Reckus, authorization Nack alpha-5-zeta. =/\=
~/\~ Begin Message ~/\~ the computer responded
=/\= Doctor Reckus, it's Doctor Nack. I ran the samples you gave me, and I know who to point the finger at... no pun intended. =/\=
Nack looked over at the DNA analysis which had just finished. The findings reconfirmed Dr. Nack's findings with an 85% accuracy rate.
=/\= It seems that Nick Martens has his bio signature all over this one. =/\=
Jatan acknowledged, but only after a long pause. "Perhaps we should tell Son--- Commodore Reckus..."
=/\= Indeed =/\=
=/\= Dr. Nack to Commodore Reckus =/\=
No answer
=/\= Computer, locate Commodore Reckus =/\=
~/\~ Commodore Reckus is no longer aboard the ship. ~/\~
"GREAT! Now what should I do?" Nack thought. The person naturally in charge is the suspect. Nack reenacted the encrypted communication with Jatan and told him.
=/\= I'm going to go to the bridge to see what's going on. =/\=
Nack ended the transmission and left sickbay, short of his complete rest.
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