Crystal Rose
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Post by Crystal Rose on Jul 17, 2007 13:40:02 GMT
There were a lot of people in the cargo bay and a lot of words being spoken. Crystal wasn't sure if her words had gone unheard or not. She knew she wasn't the greatest public speaker but now was really a bad time to get stage fright.
She took a deep breath ready to try a long louder and more precise explanation of her idea when Commander Halthor walked over to her "Commander, seeing as you're up to your eye balls in work, I can try to ease the pain and suffering of this situation and probably see if we both can figure this out together. With my expertise in tactical and security measures you'll need me in a situation like this. So give me the word and I'll do exactly that"
Crystal smiled at the Commander's flowery turn of phrase, trust him to know how to relieve tension. She closed her eyes for a second before responding. "As far as I have been able to tell so far the timer is made up of three distinct parts and pulses are set between them which operates the timer. If the parts of the timer are further apart then the timer will slow down." 'I hope' she added mentally.
Crystal turned to address a handy member of the engineering staff, they were everywhere now monitoring every conceivable feature of the burst but there simply wasn't room for too many people to actually get their hands into the device itself. "Ensign, can you monitor the rate of the countdown and report at once if there is any change in the rate." Although the young man had blanched somewhat under his freckles he nodded firmly and pointed his tricorder at the timer's readout.
They both worked relentlessly at the work together not knowing if the timing would slow down. Vander was the one to spot a small anti tamper device that could have slowed work up considerably by giving everyone in range a nasty stun blast, he was also the one who quickly and efficiently disarmed it.
The timer parts turned out to be nearly a metre in length, the Tauri Burst was clearly not meant to be easy to disassembled.
"Lets hope we can decrease the time on this, I wouldn't want the ship to go kaput's" Vander replied with the hope the Olympia would be safe in the procedure.
"I couldn't agree more." Crystal said with a half smile. She looked at the first timer part as it lay looking apparently innocent on the deck. It was an elegant timer with no parts to jam but what she saw chilled her to the marrow. The timer was purely subetheric, that made their job so much harder. She cursed.
"Commander, timer has slowed by 0.001%" The ensign, Rodgers she thought his name was, said. Crystal nodded.
"We are going to have to get these elements a lot further apart if we want to buy ourselves any appreciable amount of time." Crystal said, she addressed herself mainly to Commander Halthor but there were other members of staff within ear shot. She straightened up, sighed and scraped several strands of hair out of her face. She suspected she wasn't explaining things very well but they were barely making sense inside her head at the moment.
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"I guess we should fill the Captain in then." she said.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2007 22:37:19 GMT
Daniel saw no point in him remaining in cargo bay 1 as there were officers much more capable of dealing with this situation, and Daniel had noticed that all but the CMO and ACMO were present in the cargo room ‘well who is on the bridge’. Daniel saw this as the best place for him as confusion over what was happening must have spread after the captain came to the cargo bay in a rush. Arriving on the bridge Daniel saw that they were curious to know what was happening but were not to worried yet, making his way to the command chair Daniel decided that he would seat in his usual chair instead of the captain’s.
Seated Daniel quickly got those on the bridge working again, ‘leave people aimless for too long or to their own devices they wonder why they have been let to do this’ Daniel remembered his teacher’s words clearly. “Ensign how long till we arrive at Sigma Leonis V?” Daniel had no idea how long they had till the burst went off, but it was always good to know when the captain returned. “We shall arrive in just over 52 hours, sir” it took Daniel a few moments to remember that the ensign was talking to him. “thank you ensign” Daniel quickly ensure the other departments were ok before turning to the engineer checking some reports from engineering, “Lieutenant, could you ensure that engineering is ready to go to high warp at a moments notice, we may require it” Daniel knew he had no authority to order the ship to warp anything but he knew the captain would want the ship going as fast as she could if the burst could not be disarmed by Crystal. “Yes Lieutenant, engineering is ready for us to go to warp 9 at a moments notice, repair half the ship in under an hour and even separate the ship” he heard a note of laughter behind the last bit. “Thank you Lieutenant”
Daniel returned to his chair and quickly compiled a report for star fleet command on possible pushing for full information on any person going onto a star ship in the future. ‘well I messed up, the captain asked me to find out if he was a threat and I didn’t’ Daniel leaned over to pick up a Padd the captain had most likely dropped in his haste to get to the cargo bay, quickly noting what it was he returned it to the captain’s chair. Daniel could not see what he should do, he had little power to help in this situation other than to ensure the crew remained calm and informed, Daniel made a mental note to remind the captain to inform the crew of what was happening as half will know something is up by now and hiding it will only make them more panicked later.
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Post by David Tan on Jul 19, 2007 15:37:03 GMT
Standing with the Captain, David waited while Steven got reports on the situation from several officers .. The First Officer was on his way to sick-bay, it was touch and go if he would survive the weapons blast that almost succeeded in killing him. But that was frankly the least of the Olympias' problems ..
The countdown to detonation of Sagan's Tauri Burst was underway, it would decimate all life within umpteen light-years .. It couldn't be allowed to ...
As Second Officer, David made a suggestion to the Captain ..
"Sir .. I think we should alter course .. Head for the remotest area we can find .. At least until we know what, if anything we can do with this." Tan said, pointing to the object before them.
"Good idea ..." Crystal said from the floor.
Steven looked down at her, then back at Tan, before tapping his Comms badge ..
=^= Captain to Bridge .. Alter course .. One two nine mark two zero .. Increase speed to warp five =^=
=^= One two nine mark two zero at warp five .. Aye Sir =^= replied Biers .. 'So much for keeping out situation quiet' he thought as he passed on the course change to the Helm ..
Tan looked round the room .. It was decidedly over-crowded ..
"Security." he said, as the Captain studied what Crystal was doing, "Have the room cleared of all but essential personnel .. Post a guard on the door .."
"Sir." said the Officer, talking to his men, then ushering several people and Marines out of the room ..
Everyone thought it best not to speak, trying to give the people working on the weapon every help in concentrating on the task at hand ..........
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2007 20:55:19 GMT
With Tiberian being rushed to Sickbay and the Olympia heading for an out-of-the-way place in space, Steven had a few moments to himself to think. He approached David.
"I don't think it needs to be said, but I'll say it anyway. With Mr Wong incapacitated for the time being, you are now temporarily acting First Officer until he is out of the woods and back to himself again."
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Steve smiled to David, nodded and then walked over to where Miss Rose and Mr Halthor were discussing something.
"Is this a private conversation, or can Captains join in too?" He said, chuckling. He then saw the serious looks on their faces. "I don't like the looks you have......what's the problem?" He asked, beginning to get a little worried.
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Post by David Tan on Jul 19, 2007 21:26:44 GMT
"I don't think it needs to be said .. But I'll say it anyway .. With Mr Wong incapacitated for the time being .. You are now temporarily acting First Officer until he is out of the woods and back to himself again."
"Yes Sir." David said, waiting for the Captain to speak ..
"Computer .. Note Commander Tan as Acting First Officer .. To be revised on Major Wong's return to active duty." Steven said.
"Noted" replied the ship.
David followed the Captain to where Halthor and Rose were working on the countdown timer ...
"Is this a private conversation or can Captains join in ?" Steven said, chuckling, then he saw their faces. "I don't like the looks you have .. Whats the problem ?" he asked, beginning to get a little worried ..
As Crystal began to run through the problem they were having, Vander carried on trying to slow the count ..
"Captain .. I'll get up to the Bridge if i'm not needed here .. I'd feel better if I knew where we were and just how far from 'everything' we are." Tan said, grinning and appreciating the fact that the Captain did the same ..
"So .... Where are we up to .... ?" David heard the Captain asking as he left the cargo-bay and headed for a turbo-lift ..........
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Post by kiralmallen on Jul 20, 2007 2:15:19 GMT
=/\=The Tauri Burst isn't leaking so no radiation to worry about. Sorry, Doctor. I'm not the best person to talk to right now. The Professor manually activated the Tauri Burst and I'm currently up to my elbows in it.=/\=
=/\= I understand. Just a necessary precaution. Sorry to bother you. =/\= Kiral responded simply and sincerely. The science officer's sharp reply had not fazed her in the slightest. She knew what it was like to be under pressure, and realized that it had not been the best time to ask. Of course, if the ship exploded, the answer wouldn't matter either way.
Kiral shook her head violently. Olympia was not going to explode. Some of the best people in Starfleet were on this vessel to make sure that didn't happen. Kiral was an optimist, but unfortunately, the Mallen symbiont was not. As a result, she simply saw the reality of the situation-- it was very likely that they were all going to die. At least the seven lives she had lived had been good ones.
=/\= Mallen to the Captain. Major Wong is alive and stable. Unfortunately, he's comatose for now. There's no telling when he may wake up. I'm writing my report now, and I will be sure alert you if the Major wakes up. =/\=
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2007 13:40:15 GMT
Daniel wondered how things were going when the captain gave him new orders, =^= Captain to Bridge.. Alter course .. One two nine mark two zero .. Increase speed to warp five =^= Daniel considered why the course change, after the officer on helm confirmed he had it Daniel replied =^= One two nine mark two zero at warp five .. Aye Sir =^= ‘well now people will know something is up if we change course’ looking around the bridge he noted a lot of the officers were discussing what the problem might be, Daniel could not hear what they said but he could feel that they were concerned, not worried just concerned. ‘Well they saw the captain run off the bridge, that does not happen often’ Daniel considered making an announcement but before he could begin David arrived on the bridge.
“Commander, all is quiet all thing considered.” Daniel looked around the bridge to check where everyone was and then lowered his voice “how is the situation down there, I left before Lieutenant Rose arrived” Daniel looked hoping David had some news on the burst.
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“Well the bridge is yours, I will remain in case I am needed” Daniel doubted he would be needed but he would be here just in case.
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Crystal Rose
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Post by Crystal Rose on Jul 20, 2007 16:18:48 GMT
Crystal stared at one of the tubular timing mechanisms as if it were her own personal demon. 'There has to be a way to slow the timer, there has to be' the thought was rolling round and round in her head. Crystal was half convinced that everyone else in the area could hear those words.
"Is this a private conversation, or can Captains join in too?" He said, chuckling. She looked up at the words and found herself staring, unsurprisingly really, at Captain Smith.
He then saw the serious looks on their faces. "I don't like the looks you have......what's the problem?" He asked, beginning to get a little worried.
Crystal took a deep breath, now was not a good time to let the stress get to her. She couldn't help being stressed but she knew she had to carry on and, more importantly, think regardless. Besides it might help to explain this all to someone else.
She indicated the timer which now read just over 4 hours 20 mins. "We've managed to slow the timer a little by moving the elements of the timer apart. The timer works on subetheric pulses travelling between the three elements. If we could get these elements far enough apart we could buy ourselves as much time as we wanted." She sighed. Crystal was aware that she was sort of looking through the Captain now and beginning to treat him as a sounding board. "The problem is, subetheric pulses are faster than light so we are going to need to get the timers at least several light years apart before we are going to see any noticable reduction in the timer rate."
Crystal stared at the timer for a few seconds trying to think if she had ever read anything about a successful blocking of subetheric pulses, they were generally worse than neutrinoes for being blocked by anything which was why they had been dabbled with as a possibility for long range communications for a while.
Crystal glanced up again suddenly realising that that Captain was talking to her and she was effectively staring at the floor with her mind elsewhere. However an idea was starting to form.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2007 17:36:09 GMT
Time was ticking. In under 4 and a half hours, the Tauri Burst was going to detonate, and take the Olympia with it. Crystal had just told Steve that the three elements of the burst would need to be separated by a very large and significant amount if there was going to be any hope of stopping the timer.
As Crystal stopped talking, Steve looked at her and began to formulate a few ideas in his head. He approached the Burst and looked at the timer....its display now read: 04:15:25. '4 and a quarter hours' He thought, shaking his head.
Steve then turned back to Crystal and Vander, an idea just popping into his mind. "Let's say he put the three parts in separate shuttles and have them get the hell out of here at maximum warp.....would that work?"
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Steve sighed, and looked dejected. "Thats true....of course the shuttles would never be able to get far away enough in time." Steve turned and began pacing...time was still ticking. Then all of a sudden, he stopped, clicked his fingers and span round.
"Have either of you two come across the Multi Vector Assault Mode before?" Steve asked, a grin beginning to form.
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Crystal Rose
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Post by Crystal Rose on Jul 25, 2007 15:10:04 GMT
"Let's say he put the three parts in separate shuttles and have them get the hell out of here at maximum warp.....would that work?" The Captain said. Crystal barely had to think before answering, it had been her first thought as well.
"I don't think they'd be able to get far enough away from each other in the time available." she said she was hoping that she didn't sound too discouraging.
The Captain looked dejected, which worried Crystal a bit. "Thats true....of course the shuttles would never be able to get far away enough in time." He turned and began pacing...time was still ticking. Then all of a sudden, he stopped, clicked his fingers and span round.
"Have either of you two come across the Multi Vector Assault Mode before?" Steve asked, a grin beginning to form.
It took a moment for Crystal's brain to process an idea coming from outside and to dredge up what little she had heard of MVAM. "That's when a ship can split into several parts to surround a target isn't it? I've heard of it but I can't remember the specifics." She was sure the others could her her brain whirring.
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Post by David Tan on Jul 29, 2007 11:57:56 GMT
The Olympia was now heading away from all inhabited area's in the region .. They needed to put as much distance between the ship and civilization .. 'If' the Tauri Burst was to detonate, it would be catastrophic !
The ship was currently traveling at warp five, but that was not fast enough ...
"Helm." Tan said, "Increase speed to warp seven."
"Warp seven aye Sir." replied the duty Navigation Officer.
The added speed wasn't that noticeable, but the Olympia was eating up thousands of kilometers more then they were. This 'hopefully' would give the Captain time to think about what to do next ..
With little more to do than await Steven's decision, David contacted Sick-bay .. He needed an update on the First Officer .. He tapped his Comms badge and spoke ...
=^= Commander Tan to Doctor Mallen =^=
=^= Mallen =^=
=^= Doctor .. What's the current status of Major Wong ? =^=
=^= I've briefed Captain Smith Commander .. I've placed Major Wong in an induced coma .. He's going to be able to heal much quicker this way ... I hope =^=
=^= Thank you Kiral .. If there are any changes .... =^=
=^= I'll let you know Commander .. Mallen out =^= the Doctor assured him before closing the Comm.
Tan sat watching the screen as the Olympia arrowed into empty space ..........
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Post by kiralmallen on Jul 30, 2007 22:11:42 GMT
After her exchange with Commander Tan, Kiral went back to work on her report.
Well, she was going to, when a couple of nurses brought in another body. She looked at it for a moment, puzzled, and then remembered the security guard who had been in the cargo bay. In light of the Professor's suicide and Major Wong's critical condition, she had forgotten about the body that had, from the looks of it, been dead for a while. She thanked the nurses, identified the unlucky crewman, and started an autopsy.
It was more of the same. He had been killed with the same weapon that had killed the Professor. It was a short autopsy, and she asked the closest nurse to put the body in stasis until something proper could be done with it.
She then proceeded to check on the Major. He was still comatose, but a doctor was working on his chest wound. His vitals were fine and stable. Mallen smiled, confident that when he woke up, he would be alright.
Her tasks in sickbay were keeping her mind off of the bomb in the cargo bay. In fact, until she finally finished her report, it didn't cross her mind once.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2007 10:59:45 GMT
Steve smiled at Crystal's response.
"That's roughly it, yes." He replied. "MVAM isn't just for surrounding a target though." He added, adjusting his standing posture.
"Basically, all Prometheus class vessels such as the Olympia are capable of Multi Vector Assault Mode. What this specifically means is that the ship can break away into three separate and self-sustainable sections. So yes, it can surround a target, or even split off and go to separate locations. Each section has their own warp core, and is capable of reaching the same speeds that the fully connected ship can." He paused for a moment to allow what he just said to sink in.
"Do you see where I am going with this?" He asked, hoping they would have caught on to his idea.
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Crystal Rose
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Post by Crystal Rose on Jul 31, 2007 15:44:11 GMT
"That's roughly it, yes." The Captain replied. "MVAM isn't just for surrounding a target though." He added, adjusting his standing posture.
"Basically, all Prometheus class vessels such as the Olympia are capable of Multi Vector Assault Mode. What this specifically means is that the ship can break away into three separate and self-sustainable sections. So yes, it can surround a target, or even split off and go to separate locations. Each section has their own warp core, and is capable of reaching the same speeds that the fully connected ship can." He paused for a moment to allow what he just said to sink in.
"Do you see where I am going with this?" He asked The words hit Crystal. She knew exactly where the Captain was going. She made a few calculations (and a mental note to properly read up on the Olympia's specs) and then looked at the Captain with a large grin seeping across her face. She guessed she must look like some small child on Christmas morning.
"That'd definitely buy us a significant amount of time." She tapped a few more buttons on her tricorder and continued "we should be able to get the timer rate down to a second every seven or eight minutes before the counter gets into it's last 90 minutes and then the rate can slow beyond that....." Crystal realised she was babbling a little and took a deep breath before continuing.
"I guess we should get the other timing column out."
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She thought for another second or two, it must have crossed the Captain's mind all ready but she wasn't sure she had specifically mentioned it. "The timing columns are non explosive. I mean.. they are designed to shatter when the rest of the Tauri Burst detonates but away from it they are 'safe' and stable."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2007 20:09:22 GMT
Daniel had finished writing his orders to Evan to ensure that his department was still working when this was all over, he looked at David to see what he was thinking and Daniel saw only worry in his eyes, but nothing on his face. ‘A perfect commander’ Daniel thought as David began asking Commander Mallen about Tiberian. =^= I've briefed Captain Smith Commander .. I've placed Major Wong in an induced coma .. He's going to be able to heal much quicker this way ... I hope =^= Daniel breathed a sigh of relief, ‘well that sounds better’ Daniel looked around the bridge, the staff on were approaching the end of their shifts so they looked reasonably tired.
Daniel looked at his consol to find a new message waiting for him to answer, reading it Daniel began to wonder how long it will take before Evan tried to kill the cadet. DANIEL, IF YOU DO NOT CONTROL THIS CADET I AM GOING TO GO INSANE, HE ALWAYS WANTS TO DO THINGS ON HIS OWN BUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN HE COULDN’T WORK OUT A PERSON’S EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS WITHOUT THEM WRITING THEM DOWN INTO HIS REPORT FOR HIM! IF YOU DO NOT SAY SOMETHING I AM GOING TO THROW HIM OUT AN AIRLOCK. EVAN ‘I leave him alone for one minutes and he wants to throw staff out the nearest airlock. =/\=Lieutenant Lohrne, you will report to me immediately and bring the cadet with you=/\= ‘I am ending this, this brat of a cadet doesn’t deserve to be out of his first year of training let alone on a training mission’.
Daniel turned to David “Has there been any word from the Captain, I would have thought they would have a plan by now”
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Post by David Tan on Aug 5, 2007 17:02:44 GMT
David was edgy, but he wasn't about to show it, because that would have had a knock-on effect on the rest of the Bridge crew .. Something they, and the Captain in particular, could do without at the moment ..
But even David was getting worried about how things were going below .. He'd just about decided to leave the Bridge to re-join the Captain when Commander Biers spoke to him ..
"Has there been any word from the Captain .. I would have thought they would have a plan by now ?"
"I'm sure the Captain is doing everything possible Councellor .. I'd like you to check general morale among the crew if you could .. I don't want any sort of panic spreading through the ship."
Daniel knew that Carl was simply giving him something to do, rather than ask questions that had no obvious answer. He nodded, giving the slightest of knowing smiles to the acting Exec as he turned to leave the Bridge ..
David was relieved in a way .. He wanted to know what was going on as much as the next person. He decided to give the Captain and people working on the Tauri Burst another ten or fifteen minutes, then he'd go down there and see what was going on himself .. He idly signed-off on several departments' reports, normally Major Wong's job, but as he was still comatose, it gave Tan something to occupy his mind for a while ..........
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2007 15:53:59 GMT
Tiberian stirred slightly, flashing lights dancing merrily before his now solitary eye. He tried to open it, but was unable due to the immense pain, and so lay back, emitting a groan. Moments later he tried again, and this time was successful, seeing through the pain of the bright lights the rough outline of sickbay and the people within it.
"Status report" he mumbled, his tongue claggy and his mouth dry. He tried to produce saliva to lubricate his mouth, but none came, and he degenerated into a dry hacking cough.
"Doctor, Doctor Mallen!" A voice beside him shouted urgently "He's awake doctor"
Tiberian recognised Martinez's voice, which was then followed by the rapid movement of two to three people towards him. His remaining right eye was prised open, and a light was shone in it, peoples bombarding questions at him from all angles.
"My name is Marine Major Tiberian Wong" Tiberian answered firmly, using his depleted reserves of strength to forcibly bat away the light "I'm in the sickbay of the USS Olympia, present with Sergeant Major Jose Martinez, Doctor Kiral Mallen, and other medical personnel. I have lost my left eye due to an attack by a nutjob with a power cable, and I have got to go and check on that damn bomb" He tried to sit up, but four pairs of hands restrained him.
"You're not going anywhere Major" Doctor Mallen said to him with a distinct firmness behind her eyes that invited no argument "In case you haven't realised, you have lost your left eye, suffered burns over more than 50% of your body, had your internal organs hit by a massive burst of energy, and, if you didn't know, you were dead for several minutes" She finished, folding her arms.
"Well I'm much better know" Tiberian said, making a further thwarted attempt to make himself vertical. He looked around at the staff present, havign to turn his head more to compensate for the loss of half his vision. "You do realise I am the XO" He said pointedly.
"You could be the President of the Federation for all I care" Doctor Mallen answered firmly "You are my patient, and my patient is staying in bed"
"Sergeant Major Martinez" Tiberian said, looking formly at Doctor Mallen "Please find me a uniform and my equipment belt, now" Martinez shuffled sheepishly, indecisive as to who he should be more afraid of, the Doctor or Tiberian. Tiberian answered that question for him. "If you do not Sergeant Major, I swear that as soon as I can get to a console, I will send a subspace transmission to your wife on Luna, and tell her what I caught you doing with that twentysomething engineering technician in the support juncture"
"Well...er, how bad is he, really doctor?" Martinez was now on side.
"He's missing an eye, so he'll have poor equilibrium and damaged depth perception, not to mention a diminished field of vision, that'll make running a problem, and make shooting out of the question"
"I'll stay off the holodeck and firing range then" Tiberian said as he sat up, this time unobstructed by the medical staff.
"The burns he suffered have made him dehydrated and anaemic, he'll need blood transfusions for at least 24 hours. As for his brain, it looks as if his higher brain functions are intact, but he could still collapse from shock, it's uncertain"
"I'll take my chances then" Tiberian said standing and promptly losing balance. Martinez caught and steadied him, and Tiberian returned to his full height "I'll come back hourly for blood and fluids, plus whatever drugs I need to stay upright. Other than that, I'll be hwerever the ship needs me"
Then with Martinez, he staggered out of the sickbay and headed towards his quarters. After nearly twenty minutes of misguaged depth, Tiberian had finally managed to dress himself as usual. Even this simple task had fatigued him, something which Tiberian detested immensely. To cover the gaping charred hole that had replaced his left eye, Tiberian had replicated a black leather eyepatch, which he though looked quite ridiculous. As soon as they were out of the woods, he would need an occular implant fitted. He stood and staggered to the door, and passed through, grabbing hold of Martinez on the other side for support. Together they used a turbolift to gain access to the bridge. Walking out, the bridge fell silent as they turned to view him.
"Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated" He said with a wan smile as he was helped down to the centre circle "But not by much" he added, as he fiddled with the eyepatch. He came face to face with Commander Tan.
"Hello Commander, can I trouble you for an update"
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"Thank you for your concern Commander, it means a lot, but I'm not dead yet, and our situation warrants every able bodied man should do his duty. So, what's our situation"
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Post by David Tan on Aug 6, 2007 17:37:26 GMT
He was as surprised as everyone else on the Bridge when Major Wong, aided by Martinez, stepped out of the turbo-lift .. He all but staggered his way round and down to stand between the view-screen and Tan. David didn't feel the need to get up and simply looked up at the disheveled Major ..
"Hello Commander .. Can I trouble you for an update ?"
"I'm not sure you are in any condition to ask let alone absorb any information at the moment Major .. Maybe you should return to sick-bay until you are discharged." David said quietly.
"Thank you for your concern Commander .. It means a lot." said Wong, with a hint of sarcasm, "But I'm not dead yet .. And our situation warrants every able bodied man should do his duty .. So .. What's our situation ?"
Two medics stepped out of the turbo-lift as Wong was speaking. Tan now motioned them to approach .. They stood, completely ignoring Martinez, either side of Wong himself ...
"The doctor informed me of you 'method' of departure from Sick-bay .. You may or may not be aware that when you were injured I was made Acting First Officer ....." David said, talking both quietly and slowly, so there was no mistaking his words, "..... Those orders have yet to be changed by the Captain .. As and 'when' you are fit to return to your duties .. Which according to Doctor Mallen .. Should be within the next twenty four hours."
Wong knew full well that the Operations Chief was correct, but it took all his will-power to stay silent while Tan continued ...
"Now Major .. Your Gung-ho do or die devotion to that uniform is well known .. But this is a Federation Starship .. As such you are required to follow the orders of your superiors .. and before you say anything ...." Tan said, holding up a hand to silence Wong, "I know 'my' position is temporary .. But the Doctors isn't .. Now do I need to have Security assist your return to your bed ......."
Wong held his ground for a moment then brushed past the medic to be steadied by his friend .. As they entered the turbo-lift, Wong spoke ...
"Please inform the 'Captain' I would like to see him at his earliest convenience."
"He already knows you will want to see him Major .. He'll be with you as soon as our situation allows." David said, as the doors closed ..
As he sat back down, he sighed .. 'Wong is a fighter as well as a Marine' he thought ..........
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2007 13:00:37 GMT
Steve listened as Crystal spoke about the timing columns.
"Good." He replied. "Now we just need to get the parts as far away from each other as possible. As seeing as we have to means to do so, let's go on with it."
He turned to Vander. "Mr Halthor, as CTSO, I require you to take command of the tertiary section of the Olympia and take her well away from here in an opposite direction to the other two sections. Command of the primary section will be mine, obviously," Steve added, grinning...."while the secondary section will be commanded by Mr Tan, in the absence of our XO."
Turning back to Crystal, Steve put his game face back on. "Crystal, I need you to work on permanently stopping the countdown, so you will stay on the Primary section. Once a solution is found, it would need to be transmitted to the other two sections as soon as possible, which I think goes without saying."
"If there is nothing else I am needed for here, then I will let you carry on." Steve said as he edged closer to the exit.
<Tag Rose/Halthor>
Upon exiting, Steve made his way back to the bridge. He entered to see David a little flustered.
"What's wrong?" He asked, then put his hand up before David could respond. "On second thoughts, join me in my ready room." Steve added, heading through the doors.
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Post by Crystal Rose on Aug 7, 2007 15:38:25 GMT
"Crystal, I need you to work on permanently stopping the countdown, so you will stay on the Primary section. Once a solution is found, it would need to be transmitted to the other two sections as soon as possible, which I think goes without saying."
Crystal nodded. She had expected nothing less, she was the one who had all ready been elbow deep in this thing after all. She wondered briefly what her family would say if she messed this one up then shook her head a little and pushed the thoughts away.
"If there is nothing else I am needed for here, then I will let you carry on." Steve said as he edged closer to the exit.
Crystal couldn't think of anything she wanted to add.
After the Captain had left, Crystal set to work removing the second timing column. The counter was now reading 4 hours 13 mins and still ticking downward. She looked across at Commander Halthor "Since it seems I am being deprived of your company I don't suppose you could recommend some else to join me down here? Preferably someone with bomb disposal skills" She was attempting to lighten the mood a little more but wasn't sure if it was going to fall flat or not.
<tag: Commander Halthor>
The column soon slid out of the Tauri burst and lay looking innocent on the other side of the weapon from the first. "Timer has slowed a further 0.001%" Rodgers said, Crystal had almost forgetten he was there. She smiled a little - this was going to work.
Crystal made another scan of the Tauri Burst it seemed that at least part of the detonation mechanism was in cased in a radiation emitting foam. Crystal sighed and tagged her comm badge.
=/\=Commander Rose to Dr Mallen, I was wondering if you had any suggestions for shielding against delta and theta radiation?=/\=
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=/\=I thought I recalled them being using for medical sterilisation one upon a time. Although of course we're looking a doses a little larger than medicinal.=/\=
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=/\=Thanks Doctor=/\=
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Post by David Tan on Aug 8, 2007 19:48:18 GMT
David rose from the Captain's seat as Steven entered the Bridge ..
"Sir .." Tan said, moving aside ..
The Captain must have seen some hesitation on the face of his Operations Chief, because he spoke quietly ...
"What's wrong ?" He asked, then put his hand up before David could respond, "On second thoughts .. Join me in my ready room." Steve added, heading through the doors.
Hesitating for a second first, he followed the Captain into his ready room .. Steven was already seated, he silently motioned David to sit ..
"OK ... Whats the problem David ?"
"Sir." David began, "I need to inform you that Major Wong turned up on the Bridge a short time ago ..." Tan reviewed what had taken place and how he'd dealt with it, with the Captain smiling slightly as he spoke.
"From what you say .. The Major was in no way fit for duty and had in fact not been released by Doctor Mallen." Steven said, shrugging slightly, "I'll go down to Sick-bay and speak to him as soon as I can."
"Thank you Sir .. I'd appreciate that." David said, getting up to leave.
"Hold on David .. I need to bring you up to speed on the situation with the Tauri Burst ..."
Tan re-seated himself and waited for the Captain to continue ..........
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2007 18:35:09 GMT
Wong re-entered sickbay to come face to face with Doctor Mallen, arms folded and eyes narrowed.
"Please Kiral" Tiberian said in a near defeated manner "Don't start"
He got up onto the biobed and removed both his tunics, sitting there in his regulation green t-shirt. A nurse approached and hooked up a device to his arm.
"It's a rapid infuser" she explained, smiling as she worked "It will allow us to give you the blood products and fluids you need faster. At this rate you'll be ready for very light duties in about six hours"
"Define light" Tiberian asked as the nurse fed a packet of cross matched blood into the machine. It began whirring, and the red fluid flowed quickly down the clear tubes and into his arm.
"Paperwork" the nurse said as she worked a small console "That's pretty much it"
"Great" Tiberian laid back as his eyepatch was removed "When are you going to fit an occular implant?"
"Now" Doctor Mallen had approached, already scrubbed for surgery "You'll be out for about one hour, and then you'll need a few more to adjust to the new type of sight you'll be experiencing. I'm afraid that due to the intensity of the heat damage you will have a scar"
"I already had one" Tiberian smiled, thinking back to the knife injury when he was sixteen. He laid back, and allowed the doctor to anaesthetise him.
~A little under one hour later~
Tiberian came round groggily, reaching either side of himself absentmindedly, and then trying to sit up. Martinez put him back down firmly.
"Easy sir, you've just had a new eye put in. Rest for a bit, eh"
"My head is killing me" Tiberian complained, his left hand reaching to his forehead. He opened both of his eyes. From his right eye he saw normal vision, but the occular implant gave his left a completely different view. He could now see bojects with clearer distinction, his iris constricting to maginfy objects if he so willed it. He could register light, heat and other radiation intensity, and when he turned to look at Martinez, his brain suddenly found itself to be noting his temperature and heart rate. He collapsed flat onto his back.
"Whoa" Tiberian's shocked response pretty much said it all.
The doors to sickbay opened, and the Captain entered. Tiberian both saw the man, and the figure with a core temperature of 37.47 celsius and a pulse of 120, understandable given the explosive situation they were in. Tiberian pushed himself up as far as he could go, that beeing a sort of sitting position and saluted.
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"Yes sir, I did leave earlier" Tiberian explained "But I was only trying to do my duty. Granted Commander Tan was right that I wasn't in the best shape, but that's changed now. I've got a new eye and the doctor said I should have enough fluids in me in about four hours for reasonably light duties. Will you at least think about waiting until then, sir"
<TAG Captain Smith>
"Thank you sir" Tiberian saluted again as the Captain left, having at least managed to obtain the promise of a later re-evaluation. He pushed himself back, so that his back now rested against the back of the biobed.
"I at least want an update" he said, unsure whether it was to Martinez or himself "There's no harm in that, and I may as well contribute with my brain if not my body. Most of the senior staff will probably be working on the bomb, so..." He thought.
=/\=Major Wong to Counsellor Biers, would you attend on me in sickbay at your earliest possible convenience=/\=
Within a few minutes the counsellor had arrived.
"Daniel" Tiberian said, suddenly realising he had started calling everyone by their first name all of a sudden "Come and sit down. If it's not too much trouble, I could do with a status report"
<TAG Commander Biers>
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2007 21:28:49 GMT
In his Ready Room, Steve brought David up to speed on the situation with the Tauri Burst. Down in the Cargo bay, they had come to the conclusion that if the three parts were separated at had enough distance between them, it would slow down the timer completely until a way could be found to disable it. The way that this would be accomplished would be to activate the Olympia's Multi Vector Assault Mode and take the Burst pieces far away from each other.
David had just listened without saying anything while Steve went over this. Steve paused, and then carried on:
"Now, in order for the ship to go to MVAM, I need people to pilot the three sections of the ship. I will obviously be piloting the Primary section, and I have asked Mr Halthor to assume command of the tertiary section. Now, with Mr Wong holed up in Sickbay, the task of piloting the secondary section falls on your shoulders. Think you can handle it?"
<Tag David>
"Good, well I will let you go and get things sorted. I want the ship ready to separate in 15 minutes."
<Tag David again, if you have anything further to add>
When David left the Ready Room, Steve followed him out and went straight to the turbolift and headed towards Sickbay, moving faster than normal so he had extra time before the separation. The doors to Sickbay opened on his approach, and Steve entered looking for Tiberian. Upon finding him, Steve approached the Biobed.
"Ah, Mister Wong, it's very good to see you awake. You gave us all one hell of a scare." Steve said, looking Tiberian over. He had sustained quite severe injuries in the explosion, but right now, not many of them seemed apparent. The one thing that did stand out was that he now had a cybernetic eye. 'I wonder how he is adjusting to that?' he thought to himself.
"I have heard reports that you left Sickbay without being discharged and tried to carry on with your duties as if nothing had happened. Is this correct?"
"Yes sir, I did leave earlier" Tiberian explained "But I was only trying to do my duty. Granted Commander Tan was right that I wasn't in the best shape, but that's changed now. I've got a new eye and the doctor said I should have enough fluids in me in about four hours for reasonably light duties. Will you at least think about waiting until then, sir"
"Four hours, eh?" Steve answered, then sighed. "As long as Doctor Mallen signs you off, then yes, I will allow you to resume light duties....and I mean light. Understood? I will make sure reports are filtered down to you in the meantime, so you are at least aware of what is going on. Now, rest up...and no more escape acts, ok?" Steve said, smiling and heading towards the exit.
"Thank you sir" Tiberian saluted again as the Captain left
Steve arrived back on the bridge, and sat in his command chair. "Report." He ordered, to no-one in particular.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2007 22:38:03 GMT
Daniel marched into his office to find Evan fuming near his desk and the cadet looking just as angry sitting nearby. “Right you two, I have had enough of your bickering. What happened this time and I want you cadet to go into the other room until I have heard Lieutenant Lohrne has to say.” Daniel looked at the cadet who almost spoke back to him, then walked into the next room and sealed the door. Daniel turned on Evan “right what the hell happened, and I want the truth and in order if you could be so kind.” Daniel sat in his chair to listen ” Well first of all he looked at one crew member who walked in here and said he was mad for whatever reason I can not remember, the next thing I know he has entered a report starting that the Ensign was not of sound mind and should be removed from active service. I re evaluated the ensign and found nothing wrong with him expect a fear of the turbo lifts, which in itself is rare but not unheard of. And that was the fifth person he has done that to.”
Evan continued to list every person who had been evaluated by the cadet, as he came to a stop Daniel pointed him to the door the cadet was behind and watched the stares they gave each other as they passed. “Right Cadet I want you versions of events, and I will remind you that I want the truth nothing but it” the cadet looked at him and responded ” Well that idiot in there believes that the patients I have seen are all fine when they are obviously not …” As the cadet continued Daniel stopped listening, he could tell he was lying though his teeth, he did not need to read his mind to see that. As the cadet stopped Daniel picked up a Padd. “Right Cadet, I want you in your quarters effective immediately, you are not to leave them for any reason barring an emergency, if I find out you have, you will spend the remainder of this mission in the brig. You will learn never to insult or talk back to a superior officer. Now get out of my sight.” as the cadet in shock stormed out of the room Daniel started a report that he knew would get him blacklisted by half of Starfleet’s admirals.
STARDATE 9308.13 DURING THIS MISSION I HAVE TAKEN A CADET FOR HIS TRAINING MISSION, WHICH IS HIGHLY IRREGULAR. DURING THE MISSION I HAVE SEEN ACTIONS THAT I WOULD NOT EXPECT FROM A CADET FOURTH CLASS. I HAVE NOW PLACED HIM IN HIS QUARTERS UNTIL THE END OF THE MISSION AND I REFUSE TO PERMIT HIM TO PASS THIS TRAINING MISSION. THE LIST OF CHARGES ARE AS FOLLOWS: DISRESPECTING A SUPERIOR OFFICER ACTION UNBECOMING OF AN OFFICER GROSS INCOMPETENCE THIS HAS LEAD ME TO BELIEVE HE HAS BEEN ACCELERATED THOUGH THE ACADEMY.
IF YOU WISH TO OVERTURN THIS, THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO SPEAK TO MY SUPERIOR OFFICER.
LIEUTENANT BIERS
As Daniel finished the notice and sent it he quickly made a report for the cadet’s file he remembered that Evan was still in the other room. Moving quickly to open the door he found Evan in a state ‘well he knows this happens every time he gets angry’ “Right Evan, he is off the books, if you see him out of his quarters tell me and I have his head. And try to be nice to our ensign, I am unwilling to lose everyone this mission.”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2007 22:40:57 GMT
Just as Daniel settled down to continue evaluations of Evan and Lucy when he heard the XO’s voice =/\=Major Wong to Counsellor Biers, would you attend on me in sickbay at your earliest possible convenience=/\= Daniel descided he would not respond and in stead walked out of his office and made his way to Sickbay.
As Daniel walked in he spotted Tiberian in the corner with the marine that Daniel could not for the life of him remember his name. “Daniel" Tiberian said "Come and sit down. If it's not too much trouble, I could do with a status report” Daniel looked at the XO and wondered if he was well enough for hearing reports. “Well sir, I will tell you what I know and what I have heard but that will be all. Well you know the Burst was activated and Lieutenant Rose was working on a way to shut it off. I have heard a few of the science officers mentioning MVAM but I have no idea how that would help things. That is all I know, but I am worried about the crew, they know something is up but at the moment not everyone is fully aware of all the details. Most know there is something worng because the captain ran off the bridge and you turned up with an eye which has put people into a worried state” Daniel opened up his mind to let in the jumbled thoughts of everyone aboard the ship “they want to know what is happening but no one is telling them, I should push this with the captain really but what do you think?”
<Tag Tiberian>
OOC: sorry for the double post guys, to many thoughts and not enough room to write them down lol
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