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Post by lohnen on Jan 26, 2007 9:12:19 GMT
Danny was stunned at the Cadet's bold cheekiness and he was about to explode at being spoken to in that manner, but something about the Cadet's face made him think twice. Danny hesitated, still flabbergasted. Slowly, but surely, a smile rose to his face and then he couldn't stop it. Surprised at himself, Danny burst out laughing in the midst of the crisis situation. Never before had a junior officer spoken at him like that, let alone a Cadet. "I gotta hand it to you Cadet, you do know how to bring it," he replied at length.
Suddenly it all struck home. The strange occurrences, the strange readings, Ensign Parker rambeling on about a diabolical doll...... He looked Cadet Sharp straight in the eyes. "Let's get that damn thing off the ship," he concurred.
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Post by seijitsu on Jan 26, 2007 10:52:21 GMT
The ship was being hammered by the attack from the Borg Cube .. Seijitsu had ordered evasive maneuvers, but they were making little difference .. Although being ranking Officer on the Bridge at the moment, Seijitsu was primarily Engineering. He nodded to Major Lohnen, who understanding instantly the Commanders realization of his 'tactical' skills, returned the nod, before starting to bark orders in rapid succession ...
But even 'his' skill was unable to do the Hepta and her crew much good. Several times Danny used skill and sheer bloody-mindedness to avoid the Borg tractor beams. The inevitable had to happen though, as suddenly the ship was caught and both Cube and the Hepta herself came to a stop !.
The Borg began their usual speech about our pending assimilation, that's when Cadet Sharp almost burst onto the Bridge, babbling incoherently. Both the Major, and Seijitsu spun to face him ...
"What are you talking about Cadet?.. In case you haven't noticed, the Borg are about to assimilate us .. This is hardly the time to play with dolls!" said the Major.
"This doll .. Is whats causing all the problems on the ship .. We need to get it off of the ship .. And i have and idea .. Lets give it to the Borg." said Sharp, before deciding to push the point a little more, "Being sarcastic Major ? .. The only dolls i use are for target practice but if you want one for yourself we can get one for your birthday."
Surprised at the Cadet's outburst, but also knowing they wouldn't have a chance at getting it through the Borg's shield's, he smiled ..
"I gotta hand it to you Cadet, you do know how to bring it on .. Let's get that damn thing off the ship." Lohnen said, as Seijitsu spoke ..
"Put the doll on the floor in front of you Cadet." he said.
"But .. Sir .. This is what's cau ........"
"I fully understand that Robert." Seijitsu said quietly, hoping to calm the Cadet a little, "So please .. Put the doll down."
As Sharp did as ordered, and moved away, his eyes never leaving the almost 'innocent' looking little toy ..
Commander Seijitsu issued several orders ...
"Major .. Stand by to drop the Aft shields .. Transporter room .. Lock onto the object in front of the Bridge turbo-lift doors and beam it one thousand meters astern of us .. Weapons .. Lock onto that area and fire as the doll materializes .. At the SAME time .. Understand .. Do not wait for the transport to be completed !"
Several things then happened at once ...
As the transport began, Danny dropped the Aft shields just long enough to allow the beam-out, and the doll vanished .. The duty Helm Officer adjusted the view on-screen to show Aft .. As the doll began to re-appear, the phasers fired, for an instant, encountering resistance as they hit their target, then lancing into open space as the doll was atomized .. Danny snapped the shields back up and the view changed back to show the totally immobile cube ...
"Hmmf." said Major Lohnen, "Lets hope thats the last we see of dolls !"
"Indeed .... " said Seijitsu, looking glumly at the Borg Cube before them ..........
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2007 20:45:09 GMT
Suddenly, there was a scream on the Bridge as the officer at Navigation console pointed to the area immediately in front of the turbo lift on the deck of the Bridge.
The doll had returned! None the worse for the blast it had undergone, and with a hideous frown on its face!
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Post by blacard on Jan 27, 2007 3:53:47 GMT
Leo was dipping and dodging his way through the corridors of the ship with every manner of blades flying about his head. He was fighting the urge to check to see if he still had any hair.
'I'm lucky I've still got a head for to have hair upon,' he thought to himself, 'at this rate I'll have a buzz cut before I get to the bloody bridge!'
Suddenly, he came upon a crowded observation deck ... he didn't remember there being one before, but alas, there was one now. He bolted toward what appeared to be a "thin area" and struggled through, but found himself bogged down. There was a scream as the stunned crewmen noticed the sword swinging, blue eyed, devil on his heels. They started to panic and Leo started screaming.
"Officer in danger, make a hole, people, make a hole!!" he shouted as he felt an ax blade swipe through the fabric at his back, "Yoi! Move it, people!"
One crewmember stumbled out of Leo's way, but managed to trip him up in the process. Leo hit the floor hard and he finally glanced back and saw that his troubles had gotten much, much worse. Where there had been one heathen female hot on his trail, there were now five ... nearly identical to one another in that they all seemed to want Leo's head on one of their rather sharp spears. Somehow the effects of the doll had multiplied ... just ... just as they had when they had attempted to destroy the doll. Leo got to his feet at warp speed and started down the corridor once more ... this time with a forrest of spears at his back. Leo tapped his combadge as he darted around a corner.
=^=Blacard to Sharp, what's going on up there cadet? Has something happened?=^=
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Post by robertsharp on Jan 27, 2007 4:32:14 GMT
=^= yes the doll was beamed off of the ship and destroyed by the ships phasers. I'm on my way to the shuttle bay to personally hand this doll over to the Borg. Meet me in the main shuttle bay.=^= <tag Leo Blacard >
Sharp leaves tatical station and picks up the doll.
"Commander Seijitsu I'm taking a shuttle craft and I'm gonna personally hand deliver this doll to the Borg. No arguments I'm removing this doll from the ship for security reasons."
Sharp enters the turbo lift "main shuttle bay"
As Sharp enters the shuttle bay notices that no one is in the shuttle bay.
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Post by blacard on Jan 27, 2007 4:59:20 GMT
Leo stopped mid-run when he heard Sharp's plan.
"Give it to the borg ... that's a great idea ... wait ... there are borg ..." he said to himself as an amazon, surprised by his apparent loss of self preservation skills, nearly ran into him.
Leo ducked and dodged to the right and the beautiful heathen warrior fell to the left and he bolted back through the crowd of women still barrelling down the corridor. Leo was off toward the shuttle bay at a speed he did not think himself capable of achieving. He launched himself into a turbolift as yet another spear lodged itself just over his head. After he managed to start breathing regularly again he yanked the spear out of the turbolift wall and turned back toward the closing door with an expression of pure exhaustion and irritation on his face.
"Either get some better aim or stop throwing stuff at me!" he yelled at no one.
When the doors opened once more, he popped his head out and looked around for his entourage of death. Holding the spear like a battle ax he quickly moved toward the shuttle bay doors. As he opened the door yet another spear sailed over his shoulder.
"Oh, for the love of ... !"
Leo leapt through the opening and sealed the door behind him. He looked around and noticed Cadet Sharp and the miserable little doll.
"Alright ... shall we go?" Leo asked as a severe thumping and banging sounded on the shuttle bay doors.
Sharp tried to argue, but Leo cut him short.
"Cadet, I am the one that has to give that horrid thing away, so there is no point in arguing, I'm coming," Leo said plainly as he marched over to the shuttle.
"Are your girlfriends coming along, Commander?" Sharp asked with a smirk.
Leo turned about sharply and glared at the cadet.
"No," he said after a rather long pause.
The two of them shuffled into the shuttle and began going through the launch procedures. Sharp kept looking at Leo and finally, the counselor turned to him.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing ... you ... well, you just seem to be missing some hair, sir."
Leo's hand darted to his head and felt bald spots everywhere.
"Ugh."
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Post by blacard on Jan 27, 2007 6:41:51 GMT
*This is a joint post with Leo and Sharp*
The preflight check is done and Sharp opens the shuttle bay doors and nothing happens.
"Ok, I'm not a navigator ... is that supposed to happen?" Leo said in the highest pitched voice he happened to have, "'Cause I don't think that's a good thing ... "
"No it's not but i can take the phasers and blow out the doors."
"Something tells me the captain wouldn't appreciate that too much," Leo replied glancing sidelong at the cadet, "Lemme check this console thingy ... "
"But considering replacing the bay doors to loosing the ship I don't think he will mind."
Leo clicked a few buttons and turned back to the cadet, "Ah hah! I figured it out, I think our signal was too weak ... try it again."
Sharp tried again and the shuttle bay door opens.
"Wonderful!" Leo exclaimed as they lifted off and started out into the fire fight. The Borg cube was hammering the Hepta viciously, but had not noticed the shuttle. Leo quickly refigured their shields to match those of the academy vessel. "We're ready to set off, but I think we're gonna be under heavy fire as soon as we leave the shadow of the Hepta. You keep 'em busy, I'll figure out how to ram our way inside those shields."
Sharp turns the shuttle towards the borg cube and a beam from the borg ship heads towards the shuttle craft on the starboard side. Sharp makes a sharp pitch to port and the beam misses and Blacard groans at the sharp pitch.
"Ok, ok, let me re-swallow my stomach," Leo mumbled as he started trying to adjust their shield modulation, "The Hepta has worn their shielding thin on the far port side around the bottom there, but watch out for the fire from our ship!"
"aye baldy" Sharp heads towards the spot the Commander pointed out. and avoids fire. They are now at the coordinates.
Leo glared at the cadet as they soared toward the borg cude at an astonishing speed, "Ha ... ha ... ha," he mumbled to himself as he fought the urge to touch his head once more. They slammed into the shielding and the shuttle rocked, but they managed to slip through with only a little trouble.
"Ok, we're in, find a spot to beam this thing to ... I'll open a channel."
Sharp scanned for a place to beam the doll over. "Sir, i found a spot to beam over the doll."
"Great, well done, Cadet," Leo replied as the Borg replied to his hail. "We are Borg, prepare to be assimilated." "We have an entity to be assimilated, we are beaming it to your vessel, do you accept?" Leo asked plainly.
"We are the borg you and your technological advances will be assimulated."
Leo turned to the cadet and shrugged, "Send it over, we'll just have to see how this is going to go ... if it goes badly we'll just have to get used to being drones."
"Speak for yourself commander." Sharp beamed the doll over to the borg cube.
"Hahaha," Leo replied with a snarky grin on his face. He waited with baited breath and turned to the cadet, "Start plotting an escape course, just in case this doesn't work ... "
"sir planting the course back to the Hepta.Sir the course is laid in."
A few moments later the borg ship started to ... disassemble itself. It was uncanny, the ship started to break apart and and the interiors began ripping away from the exteriors in the most spectacular way. The debris started to gravitate toward their shuttle and the cube's shields faded into non-existance. Leo turned to the cadet as a piece of the cube bounced off their own shielding. "Get us out of here, cadet!"
"aye aye sir." Sharp heads back toward's the Hepta. A debree from the Borg ship heads towards the shuttle's port side and Sharp turns hard to the starboard side. Commander Blacard groans and starts complaing. The shuttle bay of the Hepta is just ahead. Sharp Approches the shuttle bay and lands the shuttle.
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Post by lohnen on Jan 27, 2007 13:52:48 GMT
Compliment: Great JP Mr Blacard and Mr Sharp. Good team work!
The view from on the Bridge of the Hepta was spectacular. The main viewscreen showed the shuttle dodging tractor beam after tractor beam, trying to get near enough to the Borg vessel to beam over the doll. Danny and Commander Seijitsu nodded appreciatively at each other. Sharp seemed to be a good pilot.
Suddenly, the cube stopped firing their cutter beams at the Hepta. It made an odd leap and pieces started flying off their hull. Danny looked at Seijistu, who merely exclaimed "it worked, it worked, it really actually worked!" in an awed voice. Drones came flying by and the Cube started making irrational course changes. "Helm, take us bak fifty kilometres, I don't want that thing hitting us." "Aye sir," replied the Ensign at the helm and the Hepta moved away from the cube. "Sergeant Pepper," Danny inquired, "is that comm badge we had to plant on the doll to beam it over still active?" Sergeant Pepper had taken the Tactical station. "Yes sir, it's still transmitting." Danny looked at Seijitsu, a savage pleasure glowing in his eyes. "It think we could use a little audio on this one," he said, tapping a button and remote-activating the comm badge on the doll. The sounds were gratifying............
Strange sounds began to fill the Bridge. The doll had been planted smack in the middle of the cube, using a Starfleet comm badge to lock onto. The remote-activated comm badge sent sounds of confusion, madness and rage back to the Hepta. Terrible screams of Borg who had suddenly been disconnected from the Hive mind echoed through the Bridge, sending waves of thrilling enjoyment through Danny, who had always hated the Borg with an almost inhuman hate after they had destroyed an outpost that one of his closest friends had been serving on. Nothing pleased Danny more than to repay the Borg by utterly tearing them apart one piece at a time.
The screams were not the only sounds though. Some Borg seemed to still be functioning and trying to keep the Hive mind together on the cube. They were unsuccesful. From the Borg who came tearing past the Hepta, Danny deducted that some of them were even actively suicidal. It was unheard of in the history of the Borg. After a few minutes, Commander Seijitsu intervened. "I think that's enough, audio off," he ordered. Reluctantly Danny tapped the button again and deactivated the comm link. Danny and Seijitsu looked at each other. "What do you think their worst nightmare would be?" Danny asked. "Individuality," came the answer from Commander Seijitsu.
Suddenly, Sergeant Pepper cursed violently. They all turned around and looked in his direction. "Sirs, Radiation is increasing exponentially in the Borg's warp cores. She's gonna blow!" Danny turned to his console to confirm the readings. Pepper was right. "Helm, get us the hell out of here, warp 9!"
The Hepta shot away at high warp, while behind them the Borg cube exploded, sending a shock wave half-way through the system. They were just in time to get out. They were safe.
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Post by robertsharp on Jan 27, 2007 15:44:50 GMT
Shuttle bay
AsRobert and Leo left the shuttle bay. They head for sickbay to inform the captain.
Robert and Leo enter the turbolift. The turbolift heads for sickbay.
As Robert and Leo enter sickbay they head over to where the captain is.
Cadet Sharp givng the captain the good news. "Sir the doll has been given to the Borg and the Borg cune has been destroyed."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2007 22:13:34 GMT
Polly jumped up with a cheer, punching the air as she did so. "Yay!" she shouted, then sat back down with a deep blush on her cheeks. This was sickbay after all, a place with many wounded people, a place that ought to be quiet where sound was concerned.
Instead, she now rushed from her seat, gave Sharp a quick but tight hug and thumped him on the back as encouragement. "Well done!" she praised as she returned to the bed, scooped up her husband and tenderly hugged him as well and kissing him on the cheek as if she had almost lost him. (which in fact she nearly had) Then she propped up several pillows behind his back, taking good care not to hurt him.
Polly knew TJ was still very weak and that he'd lost a fair amount of blood between being cut down and being beamed to sickbay. He still looked fairly pale but his gaze was alert at least. "They've done it," she whispered excitedly, "no more nightmares...we're safe."
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Post by duplicate on Jan 28, 2007 4:08:02 GMT
Alex had been sleeping for days, and woke up again screaming. She hated the dreams she was going through, and hoped they would end. The nurse came over and gave her a seditive yet again. She went back to sleep hoping it would be better not worse.
She looked around her spying the same place it had happened. Alex kept reliving when she was attacked and heard it behind her. She turned and raised her hands just when it was about to leap on her and harm her again. She closed her eyes knowing there was no escape.
Suddenly it changed, and she felt something else. Instead of being harmed, she opened her eyes to a land with warmth and green grass flowing beyond what they eye could see. She laid down in the grass hoping this would be her dream until she woke again grateful for the reprieve.
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Post by seijitsu on Jan 28, 2007 14:30:19 GMT
Everyone on the Bridge watched the scene before them, with something approaching 'Awe' .. The Borg cube was simply dismantling itself .. Small fires could be seen within its interior, but no massive explosions .. It was simply 'falling apart' .. That didn't last though, as Sgt Pepper informed them of an imminent core breach on the cube ! "Sirs .. Radiation is increasing exponentially in the Borg's warp cores .. She's gonna blow!" Danny turned to his console to confirm the readings. Pepper was right. "Helm, get us the hell out of here .. Warp nine !" he ordered. As the shock wave dissipated, Seijitsu began to breathe a little easier, as, it seemed, did Danny ... "Lay in a course for Starbase Conqueror .. Reduce speed to warp four .." Seijitsu ordered. ~~~~~~~~~~As the USS Hepta vanished into the distance .. A small object, totally immobile, but non the less, completely untouched by the massive destruction that a matter/anti-matter explosion can cause, remained .... The Doll watched passively ... It could wait ........... < tag : All > OOC : Going off whats been posted, I'm assuming the mission is coming to a close .. Leaving the doll intact can be used, or disregarded as you all see fit ..
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2007 16:43:09 GMT
Mr. Seijitsu... A really excellent "end" on the doll! I like that.
And, yes, you are correct. The mission is over.
TJ breathed a sigh of relief. It was about all he could do, excepting for a weak smile, in his weakened condition.
However, insofar as was possible, it would be a good idea for Engineering to make a check of the systems that had anything to do with life support, in case anyone's "nightmares" had anything to do with the malfunction of those systems.
"Polly, I'm thinkin' it would be a fine idea t' have a check made o' th' systems relatin' in anyway t' life support an' general safety o' th' crew. Relay that t' our Engineering Officer, would ye?"
As Polly indicated she'd see to it, TJ then turned to Cadet Sharp.
"'Tis headin' home we are... an' when we arrive, you'll be findin' a pleasant surprise, I think, at your graduation. Excellent job, Mr. Sharp."
Thus ends the mission "A Nightmare's Gift".
Someone post us as arriving into port at SB Conqueror, and in a couple days I'll post the graduation ceremony.
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Post by seijitsu on Jan 29, 2007 17:35:22 GMT
The trip home was uneventful .. The day to day running of the ship was getting back to normal, minor repairs, mainly cosmetic, were being done en-route .. Anything bigger would wait until they were back .. The Captain too, was back where he belonged, on the Bridge. Still not one hundred percent, but he was getting there .. "Sir .. Starbase Conqueror confirms they are ready for our arrival." said Commander Bern at the Helm. "Then begin out approach." said TJ, watching as the massive Starbase grew in size. A silver and blue jewel in the blackness of space .. "Maneuvering thrusters only." After several moments they felt a tell-lale nudge .. "Tractor beams have locked on to us Sir." said Major Lohnen. =^= Enjoy the ride Hepta .. We have control =^= said the dock-master. The Hepta slowly moved forward, seemingly gliding through the outer doors of the docking ring and into bright light .. As she neared her assigned mooring, people watched from several observation points. It was always good when a ship returned home. The Hepta began to slow until she was completely stationary, meters from the dock. "Connect all walkways and umbilicals." said the XO. =^= Engineering to Bridge =^= =^= Bridge =^= =^= I have confirmation that all umbilicals are now connected .. I'm switching to external power now .. Switch confirmed so I'm locking down and taking the warp core off-line =^= said Seijitsu. =^= Thankyou Commander .. Bridge out =^= replied the Captain, sighing, and finally relaxing somewhat, he smiled to himself. The Hepta was home .......... As Captain Edwards says, the mission is now over .. I would like to thank everyone for making my first outing on the USS Hepta such an enjoyable one.
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Post by lohnen on Jan 29, 2007 22:04:31 GMT
It was a great mission, with one of the most original story lines I've participated in in my years at Section. The newbie Instructors (Seijitsu (couldn't you have picked an easier name to spell! ) and Blacard) really fit right in and all's well that ends well. Now, let's wrap this puppy up on the Hepta and grab some R&R on Starbase Conqueror before the graduation ceremony begins and the new batch of rookies arrives!
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Post by lohnen on Jan 30, 2007 21:19:43 GMT
It was a great mission, with one of the most original story lines I've participated in in my years at Section. The newbie Instructors (Seijitsu (couldn't you have picked an easier name to spell! ) and Blacard) really fit right in and all's well that ends well. Now, let's wrap this puppy up on the Hepta and grab some R&R on Starbase Conqueror before the graduation ceremony begins and the new batch of rookies arrives! I've posted an arrival post on Starbase Conqueror. Since the mission is over, shall we continue simming there?
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