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Post by logan06 on Nov 7, 2006 2:51:57 GMT
Reaching the lower level, Byrne got rushed by an engineering mate yelling that the Commodore just materialized in Main Engineering. Taking off his boots, Logan rushed in to the lobby and found a screaming Vulcan command officer lying on the floor holding her stomach. 'Oh crap", thought Byrne,"What the helis going on and where is the Medical staff?". Ordering up a grav-sled, they remaining crew members in the area eased the Commodore onto it.
Tapping the comm-panel on the wall, Logan tried to reach the Sickbay and all he got was a loud screech and dead static.
=^=" Computer, where is the Primary Medical staff?" "Unable to comply, unable to penetrate interference", replied the monotone computer voice.
=^="Computer, locate the source of the interference", commanded Byrne. "The source of the interference is located thru the Primary EPS conduits feeding the gravity generators in the upper level decks."
'Explains why the system reported a small failure in the grav fields on the Med Deck. Just wish I could get the bloddy systems up, because, now I have a pregnant Vulcan and I have no idea how do deliver a baby, especially in Engineering", Byrne thought.
Turning around, Logan ordered the relief crew to escort the Commodore to his office, thank the Gods they had the sled. Grimacing in pain, the Commodore tried very hard to control her emotions, just seemed like something else was trying to make that hard for her, Byrne noticed. And then out of nowhere, Teyno appeared out of a adjacent hallway offering help if the Medical crew didn't appear.
=^="Computer, replicate a ration medical nutrition pre-natal packet. I also need a pre-term med kit."=^= "Lt., I need you to gather a small group to attend to Sonak, while I get that freaking grav system taken care, so I can get the Mediacl staff down here to deliver this baby, I am so not looking forward to playing mid-wife, contact me if her situation changes. I have the emergency transporter band on me to get back quickly", said Logan to a nearby officer.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2006 5:58:58 GMT
After a bunch of yelling and screaming, out came a healthy baby boy. He was small for his species, but the birth had been difficult. Nack wrapped the baby in a nearby blanket, while comforting the mother.
"Is he all right?"
Nack nodded "yes", with an apologetic expression. She didn't know it, but she was dying, and Nack didn't have the heart to tell her. Instead, he handed her baby to her, and ran another scan with the tricorder.
Her life signs were fading... but the happiness that eminated from her body overwhelmed the mood of the situation.
"What are you going to name him?" Nack asked.
Quickly responding, showing that she had been ready for this day for a long time, she said, "I'll name him Jeraddo... after the Bajoran moon."
With that, she smiled once more as she passed away.
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Nack sat in sickbay, waiting for communications to come online, remembering the first time he had delivered a baby. The experience was sobering. He was only twelve, and his parents had been helping in a different village on Bajor when the woman trickled into the abadoned camp where Nack was left behind because it was safer. She was badly injured, from what appeared to be a phaser wound, but she appeared to be in no pain. Medical supplies in the camp were low. The baby was delivered safe, but there was nothing Nack could do to save the mother. The experience tempered his ego. It was a life experience he hoped he would not have to repeat again. Luckily for him, Sonak was still doing ok, and he still had time to get down to Engineerring... or get her to sickbay.
Jatan walked into sickbay. Nack righted himself in midair, wishing he could have the grav boots back.
"Engineering must have emergency forcefields in place. I went down the corridor, and it appears the intersection with the next corridor has been depressurized. We are pretty much stuck in sickbay. Have you tried the transporters again?"
Nack responded, peaved at the current situation. "Yes.. I can't get through to Engineering. Everytime I think I hear them, all I get is static. However, I was able to do something when the consoles came briefly online. I was about to call you but I didn't have much time." Nack paused to spin himself upright relative to Jatan -- again -- and continued. "I was able to confirm with the computer that Commodore Reckus, " Nack cleared his throat, "..er... your wife... well, the transporter logs verified a pregnant Vulcan transported successfully to Engineering."
Jatan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now, Commander, all we have to do is play the waiting game... I'll keep trying the computer, and you can look for a way out of here."
"Deal." Jatan sounded as if he had been given a second chance at life, and walked out of sickbay. Nack floated back to his office, in the dark, waiting for any sort of communique to make its way through the interference while he pinged the computer for transporter access. All the while, he was thankful that Sonak was ok. It was a risky move to transport her, but with power surges starting to eminate from the biobeds, one resulting in an impressive arc, Nack knew he made the right decision.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2006 19:54:52 GMT
Sonak's eyes snapped open again as her mind registered Logan's words. Her hand shot out and snagged him by his sleeve, yanking him closer. "You are not going anywhere commander." Her hand clamped down on his hand in a vice-like grip, while her other hand nearly crushed Teyno's as another contraction passed.
She glanced from civillian to officer and back to civillian, her eyes narrowing as she took Teyno in. "You have experience in this?" She was panting for breath, dread building up as she wondered what was keeping Nack and Jatan. "You really are a jack of all trades then. I would kiss you if you pull this off."
This earned her an odd look from both men, as it was obvious that their commanding officer wasn't exactly thinking straight right now.
Meanwhile, Commander Mark Harper exited the turbolift and used the wall for leverage, pushing himself off to float onto the bridge. Reaching beneath him, he snagged the security console and came to a halt beside L'Ola Kanz. "Status of the evacuations?" he asked, "any word from Lieutenant Maverick?"
He glanced expectantly at the security chief. "And where are Commodore Reckus and Commander Martens?" Then he turned piercing grey eyes on the Betazoid commander. "And shouldn't you be at the farewell party? I'm here now, so if you'd like to go you'd better do so now. Everything seems to be fairly calm at the moment. I'll know where to find you should I have need of you or your teams."
Then he glanced towards Claire, who'd re-entered the bridge also. "Please take the OPS station commander, and start working on a way to stop our spin. It's making me feel disoriented."
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Post by logan06 on Nov 8, 2006 3:20:01 GMT
Practically falling back from the pull from the Commodore's grip, his jaw dropped wen he heard her words after that. 'All you, Teyno, I'm not getting on the bad side of her husband. I've seen what an angry Vulcan can do', smirked Byrne to himself.
Releasing himself once the contraction past, Logan stood up and righted himself. "Ma'am, we are able to assist you with this, but we need to get you steady. Once we get this bloddy interference cleared up, we can beam the Medical team here, but I can't say how long it's gonna take. Teyno, you seem to have way more experience with birthing than I do, can you stay with the Commodore until we can touch base with Nack and Jatan? I have to get a team up north to cut off the EPS conduits from vibrating and possibly taking out the grav control down here as well. You up for it," turning to Sonak, "Ma'am, exceptable?"
Sonak nodded, knowing the chief engineer was right in what he just said. However, the angry Vulcan comment stung and she was about to retort when...
Just then, there seemed a burst transmission from the Bridge, trying to relay the location of key personnel in the ship. reading the Main System Display, Byrne followed the line of forcefields cutting thru the ship. <TAG Steenbergen>
"Aw, crud", he yelled. Turning to Teyno, he motioned the specialist to leave the side of the pregnant Vulcan. Shadowing the board, Byrne pointed to a section of the LCARS display. Teyno's disposition dropped, whispering to Logan, he made several motions to the aft area of the Main Engineering where Commodore Sonak was lying on the grav-sled. <TAG Teyno>
Grabbing a portable transport emitter, Byrne walked over to the Commodore matter of factly. "Commodore, I need to set up this emitter to isolate you and 3 others to keep you in a quarantined area to keep you and the baby sterile. Teyno will monitior your vitals from the station in my ofice, but I need you to try and focus that Vulcan discipline you are so proud of, right about now. We will have Nack and Jatan here once we bypass the interfrence in the mid-ship. Faster to tranport them here then have them bounce their way down here. We show have back in Sickbay before you have the baby", said Byrne as he cautiously placed his hand on her clenched hand holding her robe in a death-like grip. 'Nack, you better come soon', thought Byrne. <TAG Nack>
Again the Vulcan nodded, no longer able to muster the effort to speak. All her concentration went into fighting for her control, and the birthing process. Frantically she tried to concentrate on remembering what she had to do, but she needed jatan's support. She gripped her robe tightly with her left hand, grateful for the brief support Logan gave her, while her right still held a crushing grip on Teyno's hand.
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Post by fox on Nov 9, 2006 8:19:14 GMT
Taking off his boots, Logan rushed in to the lobby and found a screaming Vulcan command officer lying on the floor holding her stomach. Fox had remained on the upper level to monitor sensor readings after the "Byrne manouvre". In de background he could hear all the hustle on the lower level, but couldn't make anything of it. The readings clearly indicated that they were no longer moving further away from the planet they had pinpointed with the improvised sonar earlier. "The manouvre worked." he thought. Still wondering what was going on on the lower level he walked to the rail for a brief moment and peered down, but couldn't see anything and walked back to his monitor.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2006 19:27:31 GMT
L'Ola nearly laughed as she replied to Commander Harper, "Considering you just asked me 4 questions straight after each other, it is quite calm yes. The evacuations were completed within normal time limits. I haven't heard from Lieutenant Maverick recently, no. Commodore Reckus is somewhere, hopefully sickbay, quite possibly in labour. Commander Martens is also somewhere but presently off duty. And yes I should be at a party."
Luckily she got a smile back. "That's fine, I can definitely take care of things here for now."
"Of course you can. If you need security teams and it's not a dire emergency, then could you possibly call Lieutenant Keggin first?"
"No problem, enjoy the party."
She had a weird feeling as she drifted towards the music. This wasn't going to be the last time that she saw Lucy, that much she was sure of. And it wasn't as if Lucy had been around much lately. But it still felt kind of final. Given Lucy would never be back on board in the same way again it kind of was.
L'Ola was impressed with the decorations that had been put up. Sam and Ed had done a lot in the short space of time available. She contmplated going into the games room to see what was going on, but after working for so long the smell of pizza was irresistable.
Entering the room she grabbed 4 pieces and immediately started to eat one. Looking round the room she noticed Sam at the newly created bar and went to say hi.
"Good work with the decorations"
"It's not too bad is it. Thanks for the space." He didn't sound particularly happy.
L'Ola was a bit concerned, "You not so happy that she's going again?"
Sam shook his head, "She only just got back, why on earth did someone decide to send her away again?"
"Just happened I guess. Don't worry, she'll keep in touch. You know that right?"
He did know that. Lucy had managed to stay in contact with him even when outside contact was forbidden. But he didn't want messages left for him to pick up. He wanted her to stay.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2006 22:07:04 GMT
Jatan yelled back to his Ferengi counterpart, "Hey - I think I think I found something." but even with big ears, Nack didn't hear over the sound of the rhythmic pulses the emergency generators were emitting. Jatan ran back to sickbay.
"Did you hear, doctor?", Jatan caught his breath, "I think I found a way!"
Nack grabbed on to the back of Jatan's collar while he walked back to the jeffries tube where he had found the passage. Nack was seriously considering pulling rank to get those grav boots earlier, but now the free ride was welcome.
"I'm quite familiar with this ship, and I'm positive this tube leads to engineering. It was blocked earlier by forcefields, but look at this- " Jatan pulled out his tricorder and took a standard scan of the tube. The forcefield visibly pealed itself back at the point of the scan.
"The forcefield is pretty weak here. And - there is nothing that the scanner can see that would really stop me from getting down there. The forcefield must be only for structural purposes."
Jatan shut the tricorder off. "I don't think opening it up for us to get through will be a big deal."
Nack nodded... it seemed plausible. Nack gave the go-ahead.
Jatan went first. Nack scanned the forcefield, and it pealed back as it did before. This time, a noticeable creaking noise came from the tube as Jatan crawled in. The creak continued to grow until Nack stopped scanning,
Now it was Nack's turn. Jatan aimed the tricorder at the field. In a flash of light, the tricorder burst, pushing Jatan down the tube. Suffering a dislocated shoulder, he yelled up to Nack, "These stupid boots don't help when you want to stop yourself from falling!"
Nack assessed the situation. If he were to try again to get through the forcefield, then he could cause more structural damage. He didn't even know how much he already caused. He made his decision.
Yelling downward, "Commander--- Go to engineering and take care of the Commodore. I'll be there as soon as possible!"
Jatan yelled back.. "I'm not going to be much help in the delivery. You must get down here! My shoulder is dislocated, and my medical tricorder was broken in that explosion."
"Well - at least you'll be there for the delivery. You go to engineering. I'll work on a way to get down there in the mean time without killing myself in the process."
Jatan climbed down to a little landing, and disappeared into one of the many tunnels running through the innards of the ship.
Nack went back to sickbay to resume his constant polling of the communication systems and transporter status, determined to get to Sonak before the delivery started.
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Post by lucykanz on Nov 9, 2006 22:08:18 GMT
<Okay this is going to start at the end of the party, but feel free to backpost your characters dropping in, in fact please do! (and I'll reply to any backtags)>
"Catch" Ed called out as he flung another banner in Lucy's direction. The three of them were wearing grav boots but kept switching them off occasionally to fly through the air. For this particular item though she didn't need to move at all.
"Finally getting the hang of it then!! Well done"
"It's taken me long enough. Okay one more down here and then we'll move into the rooms. Sure you want to be helping with this?"
Lucy nodded, "Definitely. I owe you guys so much. Besides, I leave in a few hours. Who else is there to hang out with?"
Ed grinned, "Glad to hear it. So where are you going to go again?"
"Most likely to Bellicose to visit Carrie and Pete, and then go see my grandparents for a bit."
Sam actually spoke for the first time in about 10 minutes, "I can't believe you actually want to spend time with Vulcans. Assuming you mean those grandparents."
"Well they aren't all like Commodore Hormones. And of course I mean those grandparents, I never met the others." She replied, wondering, not for the first time, what any of her biological grandparents looked like. Maybe that was something she could do when she got back...
"Sounds like a plan" Ed commented, uncharacteristically avoiding a conversation about Lucy's family. Today wasn't the day to go delving into her past. There were more pressing things to worry about.
The three of them began to pack away the games that were set up. "Looks like all the doughnuts went." "You surprised?"
The conversation levels were fluctuating. The sense that they didn't know when the 3 of them would next be together was becoming overwhelming.
Lucy looked thoughtful for a moment. "When you guys do end up nearby you will give me a call won't you so we can meet up?"
Ed moved over and put his hands on her arms, "Lucy, you will be lucky to get rid of us. Seriously. Besides, you'll get so many messages you'll know where we are to the nearest cubic metre."
Lucy laughed but felt very reassured. She'd never had friends as good as those guys and didn't want anything else to go between them.
Half an hour later the rooms were back to normal. "You gotta head up to the Bridge now?" Ed asked.
"Yup. Have to go say goodbye to your esteemed CO first though. If I can find her."
There was a moment's silence as they worked out what to say next. "Oh, we added a few things in to your shuttle" Sam mentioned "We thought you might find them useful to kill the time."
"I'm sure I will" Lucy looked between the two of them and then hugged each of them in turn. "Bye Ed." "See you around, Teri" "Bye Sam" "Take care, Luce"
She left her boots attached to the floor and sprug off into the anti-grav again, waving back until she'd gone round the corner. If she'd been able to see back round to where she had been, she'd have seen one very upset looking guy and another very pensieve one.
Having decided that turbolifts weren't probably that viable an option, Lucy was taking the scenic route of jeffries' tubes between decks and corridors along them to break it up a bit. Plus she got to see more of the ship that way.
As she was passing Main Engineering she heard quite a commotion from inside. She went in to take a look out of curiousity, rationalising that she could hardly be doubly thrown off the ship.
The scene that greeted her nearly made her crack up laughing. Most of the engineers appeared to be stood around Sonak in a state of panic. Still, she didn't really have the time to drop by again later so she walked over anyway *as long as they don't try to get me to help out*.
"Umm, hi Sonak... I just dropped by to say goodbye. I'll be leaving in the next hour or so."
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After the slightly disturbing visit to Engineering, Lucy was quite glad to reach the Bridge. "Hey Lucy, you ready now?" the friendly, familiar voice greeted her.
"Looks like it."
L'Ola nodded in acknowledgement, "Okay, I'll take you back down there. Commander, is it alright if I leave the Bridge for a while."
"Take your time." Harper replied, "Have a good trip, Lucy"
"Thanks, bye everyone!" she called to everyone on the Bridge. The two Kanz girls linked arms and bounced out the room.
The journey to the shuttle bay seemed to go far too quickly. "Well, this one's yours. As promised, you got the new one."
"I can't believe you actually swung that"
L'Ola smiled, "Sonak's been a little busy lately so I sent it through Nick instead."
"That explains it." The pair of them went inside the shuttle and sat down. "Right so the route's already plugged in?!
"Yep, just adjust for any minor alterations you may require on the way."
"Okay and then just send back to you when I get to Bellicose" Lucy was ticking things off her mental checklist.
L'Ola nodded, "The shuttle should recognise the Ves. But I'm sure you can improve the homing beacon by the time it needs to use it."
Lucy sighed, "I guess it's really time to go."
"Say hi to your grandparents for me" She still found it funny that Lucy called them Grandma and Grandad when she'd never called them mum and dad.
"Will do, I'm sure they'll be wondering how you're doing."
Getting up to leave, L'Ola gave Lucy a hug, "Take care of yourself, okay?" "You too. And I mean it."
The elder Kanz left the shuttle and between them they went through the whole takeoff procedure.
Wandering back up through the ship L'Ola felt kind of alone. She really hadn't wanted that part of her to go away again.
"Right, computer, we're going to be stuck together for a while. So we'd better get to know each other. I'm Lucy."
"Voice recognition confirmed, Lucy Kanz. Message outstanding."
Lucy was a little confused by this, "Huh, must be from the guys. Computer, play message."
"Hey Teri. I just thought I'd leave this for you. Really hope it doesn't bother you too much, but it should be a while before it affects you anyway so..."
*Just get on with it already* she thought, suddenly impatient.
"Basically, I get the feeling that Sam's not going to tell you this before you leave. Which is a shame because I think you need to know and that really he wants you to know. Teri, he's been in love with you for over a year now. It tore him apart the last time you left and will probably do the same this time. So please make sure you keep in touch, okay? Hope I haven't wrecked your day or anything. See you sometime."
There was a sudden silence as Ed's voice stopped being piped through the shuttle, and it wasn't broken for a long time. It would take a while for Lucy to process what she'd just heard. She couldn't believe it. Well she kind of could, but she still couldn't.
She'd just have to get the confusion out of her system by the time she got where she was going.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2006 7:23:59 GMT
OOC: This is a joint post between Nack and Logan Byrne. With all of the commotion in Engineering, Byrne's head was now pounding. Watching for any change in the status in the readings from the forcefields, he noticed a small fluctuation in the mid-section of the ship. Tapping the board a few times, he realized that a person had caused a small disturbance in the integrity of the field system. Checking back to the bio-board, he saw that a humanoid had passed through a section of the field causing more distortions in the structure between the upper two modules.
Out of nowhere, there was a thud in the jefferies tube behind him. Whipping around, he saw the crumpled body of a Human who just hit a gravity rich area of the ship. That, and the grav boots, made accelerations in any direction ridiculously large. Attempting to right himself the officer winced at the pain in his arm.
"Lt. Mitchell, I need a medical hypo over here for a possible sprain. Commander, are you OK, your wife is lying in the Engineering office. Follow me."
"I'm fine," replied Jatan... "I just want to see my wife."
Jatan could hardly keep up with the panicky Logan. "I don't think I'm going to be much help, though. It hurts to move either arm, really."
Lt. Mitchell came back empty handed. "I can't find the hyposprays, Commander Byrne."
Jatan swallowed the pain for a bit longer. "Dr. Nack had all of them removed to be refitted before we entered the rift on our last mission. Apparently they weren't up to his 'standards'". Jatan made quotation symbols with his fingers around "standards", and cringed when the pain of doing so kicked in. It was becoming a theme on the Vesuvius to question the new CMO's unique style.
Entering the office, Byrne questioned the Commander about his little ride to the Engineering deck and how he bypassed the forcefields. Stepping aside, he allowed Jatan to sit beside his wife to console her and assist her in a true Vulcan birthing. Only problem was that the CMO was in the other part of the ship and someone had to aid in this moment, especially seeing Jatan was of no use but to aid his wife mentally.
After about 10 minutes, there was a burst communication from the Sickbay.Nack was upside down above his desk frantically asking if anyone was there, knowing that Sonak was about to pop. As he was about to give up, he heard a response from a terrified Logan. Nack could only make out certain words, due to his hyperactive tone. Sonak, according to Logan, was due any second. It was too late for Nack to get down here, they were going to have to start without him.
"Let's just stay calm, Commander. Jatan is more than capable of delivering a baby."
"He can't move his arms doctor!" Logan exclaimed, as if Nack should have known.
"What's wrong with yours?" Nack said the last statement with a tick of resentment, while rubbing his own swollen elbows.
Silence was heard. It lasted so long, Nack had to confirm that Logan was still in communication with him. "Did you hear me?"
Logan grunted a "yes"
"I'll walk you through it Commander. We'll let Jatan tame the Vulcan emotions that the Commodore is so horrible at hiding."
Jatan tapped his com-badge. "Commander Byrne. You need to get in here if you are going to do this. I think its coming."
"Commander, the first thing you need to do is..." Nack started to walk Commander Byrne through the delivery, laughing a couple of times at Logan's expression of disgust. The delivery went quickly, and no noticeable complications emerged.
At last, a crying noise was heard. Nack received the news that Commodore Sonak Reckus had just given birth to a healthy baby girl.
"You owe me one, doctor" Logan said into his badge.
"Yeah yeah... I'll forget about the incident with the gravity, and we can call it even."
Engineering was filled with onlookers. While someone asked "What are you going to name her?" Commander Byrne immediately retreated to search for a way to get back to sickbay. The delivery went fine, but the baby would need to get a neonatal checkout soon.
<tag anyone>OOC: Congratulations Sonak and Jatan, it's a healthy baby girl! I would also like to give a special thanks to Commander Byrne for being in cahoots with me for the better part of this week, in order to pull this off.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2006 10:23:44 GMT
The Vulcan commodore barely registered Lucy's brief visit as she was concentrating on delivering her baby. She was extremely grateful for Jatan's support, even though he indicated he was in no shape to physically help her. On her other side still sat Teyno, who'd gone unusually quiet.
Jatan acknowledged the mission specialist and thanked him for his presence, promising to make it up to him at some time in the future. He glanced down at the young man's hand. "Oh dear, that hand's a mess Teyno," he murmured, "we'd better get you to sickbay too once we can get there." He laughed softly. "What a mess we are in, aren't we?"
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Meanwhile, Sonak cradled her newborn daughter and glanced up in the direction of where she'd heard a question come from. "Miriya," she whispered, cradling the wailing infant closer to her chest. One of the engineers had taken off his shirt and offered it to her to wrap the newborn in. She'd gratefully taken the offer. If she hadn't already made up her mind on who the godparents would be, she would've asked both Logan and Teyno. Though, to her knowledge there was no limit on how many godparents a child could have. Her first choices had been her closest friends, Elron and MC7of9, and she'd still ask them.
But there was no reason to ask both Logan and Teyno to be 'uncle' to the child as well. She glanced up to civillian and officer. "You two had better be around for when she needs your advice when she grows up," she mock-demanded, waiting expectantly for their answer. "Without your support, and quick thinking, we may not have made it."
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Jatan leaned closer to have a look at his newborn daughter. The baby looked up at him with dark blue eyes, and waved her tiny fists at him in protest. "May I?" he asked, holding out his arms as best as possible considering his injury, figuring his wife could do with some rest.
Sonak nodded and handed the baby up to him, watching him wince as he carefully cradled the infant. "Miriya," he repeated, glancind down at his first biological child. Then he pointed at Teyno and Logan in turn. "Miriya Teyno Logan Reckus," he announced, "unless you two can offer a female variant of your names." Then his smile widened. "I have a daughter!" he cried as he placed the infant back into her mother's arms.
(logan/teyno)
He walked over to the nearest console and opened a shipwide communication. "Ladies and gentleman, it's my pleasure to announce that we'll have a party as soon as this ship is functional again. Your commanding officer just gave birth to a beautiful daughter! You'll be able to visit in a couple of hours, after mother and child have had some chance to rest."
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Post by clairesteenbergen on Nov 10, 2006 14:31:35 GMT
Claire listened to Jatan's message. Then she made a dance of joy, or more like a turn and a swing of joy, with gravity still not working. She knew immediately she had to help with the party. It came out very conveniently too, as she just got her job back as councellor.
She liked OPS... for a little while. But it was too stressful a job. All those flickering lights, broken relais, rerouted power, the nagging people that complain about things not working... Now she could do the nagging again or better the listening and commenting. She knew some of the crew considered it as nagging. Besides, the only thing she was really good at, was throwing PADDS around.
She smiled, then frowned as she thought about how she could organize a party in a ship with no gravity. She frowned, then grinned again as a possible solution sprang up in her mind.
"I need to talk to Fox and Kanz about the holodeck," she thought, "maybe there is a way to get gravity back online there."
She touched her combadge.
<Fox, Kanz>
She made her way from her office -with boxes floating everywhere, oh well, tidying up the office was very difficult right now, anyway. She pushed herself trough the door and made her way to see the couple with their newborn child. She just had to congragulate them in person.
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Post by teyno on Nov 12, 2006 2:43:11 GMT
As he looked at the tiny bundle, Teyno felt a joy he hadn't experienced in a long time. His face broke into a smile, he almost laughed as he remembered...but then he remembered it all and his expression turned dark again, as did his soul. It was as if a light had briefly shone, but now all was dark once more.
"Miriya Teyno Logan Reckus," Jatan said, beaming, "unless you two can offer a female variant of your names."
"I don't deserve that honour." Said Teyno, "and if you want me to give your daughter advice, here's my first and only piece: she should stay as far away from people like me as possible."
With that, he turned and walked out of engineering, with no particular destination, he just had to get out.
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Post by logan06 on Nov 12, 2006 3:22:28 GMT
Rushing to Teyno's side, Byrne laid a careful hand on his arm and said, "Buddy, I don't know you, and probably won't, but thank you for what you did back there. I don't know your past, but you had a hell of alot more command of that situation than I did. Guess you and the Commodore really go back. Maybe someday, we could be friends."
Shaking his hand, Byrne returned to his duty to repairing the ship. After getting the structural vibrations under control, he reset the life suport systems aside from the main grav power generators. This allowed him to reactivate the systems in the fore section of the ship, hopefully allowing the Commodore and her child some rest in a gravity based area of the ship.
<TAG Fox> Checking the charts from OPS, he kept trying to follow the flight, or whatever it was doing, of the ship. Sending the OPS command details about the RCS thrusters, he was able to give the bridge some form of control of the ship.
*More to follow*
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2006 7:09:43 GMT
=/\= Dr. to Commander Byrne =/\= Nack was getting tired of being stuck in sickbay. He wanted to make sure the baby was indeed alright. He wanted to go to his quarters and take a sonic shower. Anything but remain here another minute!
The commander responded, affirming that he was indeed trying to get the integrity fields modulated so he could assess any damage and ultimately turn them off.
=/\= Great! =/\=
=/\= Dr. Nack to Commander Steenbergen =/\=
Claire responded in a festively excited voice.
=/\= I would like you to consider giving Commodore Reckus a ful.. *~~~* Pretty good yourself? *~~~* ah, good. *~~~* Yes, I'm new here.*~~~* yeah i know, that's what I'm contacting you about. Anyways, as I was say... *~~~*Yes, but I think we have other pressing issu.. *~~~* Yes, holodeck, got it, but I really thin.. *~~~* I don't know how to replicate that, is that a Vulcan dish? *~~~* ::sighing:: As I was saying, I think she needs a psychological workup. You can do it in sickbay if you'd like, if you can ever get here. *~~~* No, I don't like shells in my snail juice. How did you know I like snail juice? *~~~* Good guess indeed. So do you agree with my recommendation? She has been quite emotional, and I *~~~* ok ok, I'll check the console for the recipe later. I'm pretty good at holodeck programming, you know. Although, all my programming has been done for more... profitable ... endeavors. I'm sure I could whip something up if you need it. =/\=
<Claire>
=/\= Thanks Commander. Nack out =/\=
=/\= Commander Byrne, Dr. Nack again. Let me know when you can get mother and child up here. I'm going to go to sleep for awhile. Please don't drop me this time. =/\=
Nack floated over to the darkened space above his desk and went to sleep.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2006 4:01:44 GMT
Nack woke up from his sleep, finding himself floating in the middle of sickbay. Somehow he had floated out of his office, around the bulk head, and in the main triage center.
Forcing himself upright relative to what "down" is when gravity is on, Nack looked asked the computer for the time.
He had slept a full night's sleep in 12 hours.
"I wonder if I can get out of here yet!?" Nack questioned aloud, as if someone was listening. The computer responded.
** Please restate question. **
"Nevermind."
Nack sighed when he walked down the corridor and saw that the structural integrity fields were still in place.
=/\= Dr. Nack to Commander Byrne =/\=
Byrne responded.
=/\= Did you get anything fixed yet? I still can't get out of sickbay =/\=
<Byrne>
=/\= Dr. Nack to Lieutenant Steenbergen... How's the party planning coming along? =/\=
<Steenbergen>
=/\= Well at least someone is doing something around here! I haven't heard a word about anything in the last day! It is getting quite lonely here in sickbay! =/\=
Nack was growing restless in sickbay, and made one final communique.
=/\= Dr. Nack to Commodore Reckus. =/\=
The Commodore responded in her usual monotone voice. Nack was about to start complaining about the lack of communication among the ship members, but his nurturing side got ahold of him first.
=/\= How are you, Jatan, and... Meer- ee- ya ... is that right? How is everything? =/\=
<Sonak>
In his first communique with Lt. Steenbergen, she had told Nack that the newborn was named Miriya.
Nack ended the transmission. He was happy things were working out for somebody. In the meantime, he gave himself an injection of Dramamine to counter the effects the weightlessness was having on his vertigo.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2006 5:48:10 GMT
Sonak was now quietly resting in the chief engineer's office. She was getting stronger by the minute and had just nursed her newborn daughter when the call from sickbay came through. "We are settling in just fine doctor," she answered, "and Miriya seems to be healthy. Jatan has given her a quick check-over but of course we want you to verify her health when we can get to sickbay."
Engineering didn't seem to be cut off from the rest of the ship, as visitors kept pouring in to see the newest addition to their crew. Jatan had gotten very protective and barred anyone but senior staff access. He smiled as he caught sight of Claire Steenbergen, who was wearing a bright purple party hat on her head. "Claire!" he called, waving her over, "how're things up there?" He pointed towards the bridge in a meaningful manner. "L'Ola any happier these days or is she still sulking about her....warden leaving for the Nevada?"
(Claire)
"Fox is up there, if you need him. Poor science chief hasn't had the heart to come down here yet. You'd think since Sonak and him go back a while, he'd be the first to show his face here wouldn't you?"
(Claire/Fox)
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Post by clairesteenbergen on Nov 15, 2006 17:33:02 GMT
OCC: This post isn't finished yet, I will make additions soon, but I'm quite busy right now...
IC: Claire entered engineering and a smiling Jatan welcomed her.
"Claire!" he called, waving her over, "how're things up there?" He pointed towards the bridge in a meaningful manner. "L'Ola any happier these days or is she still sulking about her....warden leaving for the Nevada?"
"First let me congratulate you with your newborn daughter!" and Claire gave three kisses on Jatans cheeks. Then she laughed and blew a whistle. Luckily her purple party-hat was attached with an elastic string under her chin or it would've fallen off her head with her enthousiastic movements. Then she looked down to the little bundle of joy in Jatan's arms. "Ow, is this her? She's so cute!!" Claire stroked the cheeks of the baby gently with her finger. Claire noticed she couldn't wipe away the broad smile on her face as she looked at Miriya enjoying her touch. Then she saw Jatan was looking at her with questions in his eyes.
"Oh yes..., L'Ola, she was kinda... short in her answer to my question about the party on the holodeck. However, by the look in her eyes I can tell she's a little excited about the party. But I'll find a nice task for her soon. Anyways, where's Fox?"
"Fox is up there, if you need him. Poor science chief hasn't had the heart to come down here yet. You'd think since Sonak and him go back a while, he'd be the first to show his face here wouldn't you?"
"You're, then I'll remind him soon to congratulate your wife too. Maybe he's got something on his mind...," Claire wondered. I really need to talk to him, she thought. "Well, I'd better be going. Enjoy yourself, aye, Jatan," and Claire winked at him before she turned around to go to see Sonak.
Claire was already on her way as Jatan was trying to call her back. "Wait Claire, a party, on the holodeck?..." Claire turned around and yelled back as she was walking backward: "Don't worry, leave it to me, you've got a baby to care for."
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Post by fox on Nov 16, 2006 12:20:07 GMT
Claire was already on her way as Jatan was trying to call her back. "Wait Claire, a party, on the holodeck?..." Claire turned around and yelled back as she was walking backward: "Don't worry, leave it to me, you've got a baby to care for." Not much later Claire stood behind him. She gave him small hints about why he didn't go down yet to congratulate Sonak and Jatan. He smiled understanding the hints. "Ok, i'll go now, if you want to stay here till i come back." Claire nodded as he headed to the steps to get to the lower level. "And Fox." she called after him. Immediately he climbed up a little again. Only his head was visible. "I want to talk with you about something when you get back." he smiled and nodded. "Okay." and climbed further down again. On the lower level he walked to Jatan, extending his hand to him, to shake hands. "Congratulations Jatan." he said smiling, who thanked him in responce. "Can i see Sonak? Or is she resting?" He shook his head and said "She's in the CEO's office." Fox nodded and walked to the office. Looking at Sonak he said smiling "Congratulations Ma'am." <Sonak> Some time later after his visit to Sonak, Fox returned to the upper level in engineering. Claire was still there and started about planning a party in the holodeck and if it was possible to get the gravity control to work there again. He looked at a schematic showing all the emergency fixes that were made to prevent life support from failing. He smiled. "It might be possible." he pointed at the schematic. "Civilian quarters on decks 8 and 9 aren't used right now and Cargo bay 1 doesn't really need gravity. We can reroute power from those to the gravity control for the holodeck. Then we can organize a party there." He looked at Byrne, seeing if he agreed on this plan. <Logan>
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Post by logan06 on Nov 17, 2006 3:36:34 GMT
Checking on the status of the ship, Byrne ran a diagnostic on the integrity of the grav-generators in the effected areas. Nodding to Commander Fox, Byrne agreed that shunting power from the unoccupied areas would work, as long as the power wasn't maxed out. Tapping up the LCARS panel in front of him, he assisted Lt. Steenbergen thru the grav-generator start-up routines, and kept a stern eye on the EPS conduits feeding the vacant areas. After a few moments, they were successful in restoring gravity to most of the occupied areas, including Sickbay(incoming falling again, Nack!)
Waiting for the medical team to arrive to assist the newborn and her mother to their quarters, Logan counted the minutes till he could have his office back. Quietly smiling, he remembered the look on the Commodore's face when she held her newborn infant in her arms. 'Good thing I'm not Vulcan and female, I don't think I could have restrained my emotions like she did', he thought to himself.
Finally getting the Engineering Deck cleared, Byrne was able to get the Navigational Deflector Array functional and tagged OPS to find their present position. Using the long-range sensors, Logan was able to feed the Bridge with their current location, which by luck was near an entrance to a wormhole to the Alpha Quadrant. Only problem now was, how to take care of the new mother and infant and get the systems running again to make the ship flyable.
Using the data he downloaded into his arm, Byrne was able to create a computer generated scenario which would have the bulk of the vessel functional and establish minimal bursts of warp to get them to the 'doorway' of the wormhole. Once Logan set the parameters, he excused himself from Engineering to join the party in the newly energized holodeck. <TAG Steenbergen>
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2006 5:42:22 GMT
Sonak was quite relieved to finally be out of engineering. Supported by two nurses, she walked back to her quarters on her own accord, while Jatan carried their newborn daughter. She knew Nack would be there to check on both of them, and she welcomed the presence of the little Ferengi doctor.
At first, she'd had her doubts about the suitability and capability of the new Ferengi doctor, but she'd had to adjust her opinion of him as he seemed to be adjusting himself to life aboard the Vesuvius quite well. Additionally, he'd proven himself to be quite capable indeed.
When the small group reached the Reckus family quarters, they were met by four small cheering children and a Human nanny. Lily Andrews smiled at her childhood friend, then peered at the small bundle in Jatan's arms. "She's beautiful," the Aboriginal woman smiled, then glanced up at Jatan. "And she looks very much like you, though I imagine she'll have her mother's grace."
Jatan, Sonak and the two nurses entered the quarters upon which the two nurses settled the Vulcan commanding officer comfortably in her bed. "Don't get up too much," one of the nurses admonished her, casting her a stern glance.
Having worked in sickbay herself, Sonak knew these two nurses quite well. The down side was, that they knew her extremely well too, and the warning was not given in vain. "Understood," Sonak replied, somewhat warmly as she motioned for the nurses to leave.
Jatan placed the baby in her arms again, then motioned the two twins to approach. "You four have a baby sister now," he told them as he knelt before them to be at eye-level with the children, "her name is Miriya. Now, I want you all to be very quiet as your mother needs to rest. Soon, you'll be able to see your sister and perhaps hold her."
It wasn't long before Nack arrived, armed with a med-kit and a tricorder. "She's in the bedroom," Jatan motioned, "I'll be going to contact Claire now about that party she's organising."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2006 4:51:06 GMT
"It's going to be fun. Claire asked me to bring some Vulcan kreila. From the recipe it looks like it will be some sort of flat bread. Probably bland, we all know how you Vulcans don't care much for taste," Nack nudged Sonak, who responded by pulling her shoulder inward to show she did not wish to be playful at the moment. Nack continued anyway, checking Miriya's vitals. The Vulcan dominance in genetics was a given, and was most noticeable in the pointed ears. Human traits commonly surfaced, however, which was evident to Nack when Miriya tugged on his ear and giggled when Nack winced in pain.
"Well, I see her emotional side is developing."
"Despite the fact that her mother is such a prude." Nack thought to himself. He wished Vulcans weren't so.. so unemotional.
Nack continued his scans, accompanied by his rambling.
"I am also planning on replicating a Tongo set for the party. I would have replicated a Dabo table, however we lack volunteers on the ship to be a Dabo girl. It would have taken me a week to save up enough replicator rations.. and with the ship's power being unreliable, I probably shouldn't be..." Sonak's usual appearance of disinterest was not enough to deter his frank attitude to conversation.
Nack closed the tricorder. "Mother and child seem fine. I would like to check on your daughter every few days for the next couple of weeks. Cross-species physiology commonly experiences problems, and if they do have problems, they are usually found in the first few weeks.
Sonak looked at Nack with a look that was probably the closest to concern a Vulcan could logically muster.
"Any condition that I can possibly think of at this point is maintainable or curable. Don't worry." Nack packed up his gear.
"I'll see you at the party, Commodore."
Dodging two holo-toys, and having another child exclaiming, "You have big ears!", to which Nack replied "You have pointy ears!", Nack made his way to the door and exited.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2006 9:55:35 GMT
Dr. Nack was poking around sickbay, unsure of what to do. He wasn't tired, yet he was not on duty.
Alice hurried over at the sight of the Ferengi's arrival.
"So how was she? Is she as cute as everyone is saying?"
Nack didn't know how to respond. The baby was healthy. He didn't inspect its cuteness.
"Sure," he said, figuring it was the answer Alice wanted anyway.
"And she's healthy?"
"As healthy as can be!" Nack attempted to act cheerful, but didn't convince Alice.
"What's wrong?"
"Eh... it's the Commodore. Every time I interact with her, she seems... unemotional."
"Well she is a Vulcan." Alice said in a tone meant to state the obvious.
"Maybe unemotional was the wrong word. I feel like every time I am with her, she treats me as if she doesn't like me." Nack didn't think discussing personal matters between himself and the Commodore with the nurse was appropriate, but he was tired, and appropriateness was thrown out the window when his snail juice replicated without a glass and spilled all over him.
"Nah... I think you're imagining things. I never had problems like that," Alice replied. "What did she do to make you think that?"
"I dunno," Nack said pensively, "... when I was up there checking on her and the baby, I was joking around with her, and she pulled away when I tapped her in jest."
Alice looked dumbfounded. "That's it? That's why you think she doesn't like you?" Alice started laughing. "I've known Cardassians that are less paranoid than you are, doctor."
Nack didn't care what Alice thought.
"In fact, doctor, this just came for you today. I was going to give it to you at the party later on, but it seems prudent that I give it to you now."
Nack unwrapped the package, filled with thoughtful items such as the newest medical tricorder model (not even put into formal rotation yet), a jar of flaked blood fleas, and a gold plated tooth sharpener. A card accompanied the collection of items. Nack read it loud enough for Alice to hear.
------------- Dr. Nack, thank you for all of your help these last few weeks. We really appreciate all you have done. You are a valued member of my crew.
Commodore Sonak Reckus, and family. -------------
Alice gave a look at Nack, as if to say "I told you so.", and Nack felt stupid.
"Maybe, since she is a Vulcan, you are expecting her to act negatively toward you. Maybe you are only seeing what you want to see."
Nack supposed she was right. After all, she was raised by humans... so while her emotional side is hidden, she is very capable of showing distaste or happiness.
"And, doctor, I hate to admit it... but..." Alice almost wished she hadn't started the sentence.
"Yes, Alice?"
"well... you do talk a lot." Alice quickly recovered, "... AND, with someone needing a lot of rest like Commodore Reckus, it could get a bit annoying."
Nack agreed, taking the constructive criticism in stride. The Commodore was probably tired, and she was receptive when he first arrived... and then there was the shuttle mission through the rift. The sense of trust she instilled in him must mean something. Perhaps he really WAS perceiving something that wasn't there.
"When the Commodore is better suited for visitors, and you go in there with a more positive outlook on her emotional response toward you, you will find out that she really is a great person... er.. Vulcan." Alice winked.
"Thanks Alice, I owe you one." Nack held out the blood fleas in a gesture asking if she wanted some. Alice made a nasty face, signaling her distaste. They both laughed. Nack stuck around and helped her with some of the sickbay chores, waiting for the party to begin.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2006 17:51:34 GMT
Sighing tiredly, Sonak was relieved when the talkative doctor finally left. She leaned back in her pillows, cradling the now sleeping Miriya on her chest. The hybrid baby was pronounced healthy though Sonak could understand Nack's concern. There could be unknown complications, however Sonak sensed none.
She smiled up as Jatan returned. "Would you please take her for now?" she asked, feeling that she was neglecting her other children. "The twins will want to have a good look at her now."
Jatan nodded as he leaned in to cuddle his Vulcan wife. "That and I'll contact Teyno and Logan for you," he grinned, knowing already she was going to ask. "And when you're up to it, there's going to be a party in the holodeck in a few hours. You are rather expected to make an appearance with Miriya."
She sighed again. "Very well, tell Claire that I shall make an appearance with our daughter. But please tell her not to overdo it? Knowing her, she can get carried away. And...please tell Logan well done on restoring most of the gravity. I would like to learn how he pulled it off."
Jatan nodded and left her to rest for as long as she could. "Jatan to Claire. Sonak wishes you to know not to overdo the party and she says she'll make an appearance when you give the word."
(Claire)
The human ex-CMO tapped his combadge again. "Teyno, would you please come to our quarters? Your attendance is required." He knew Teyno didn't particularly like his bondmate, not since she rebuffed him on a particularly sensitive issue. Jatan had taken no insult, but would step in if Teyno would overstep his bounds of decency again. While Sonak tolerated this behaviour towards her, and still tried to gain the man's friendship, Jatan had no such desire.
(Teyno)
Tapping his combadge a final time, Jatan contacted engineering. "Commodore Reckus wishes a report on gravity restoration progress, delivered personally," he told the CEO, making it sound far more grave than it actually was. Jatan liked the CEO, and made it apparent by joking around with him a little. "Right this minute," he added, sounding rather stern. However, a huge smile played around his lips as he said it, while gently swaying the sleeping baby girl on his arm.
(Logan)
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Post by teyno on Nov 20, 2006 0:00:29 GMT
Teyno awoke, he was still fully clothed, as he had gone to bed last night. He was surprised he had managed to sleep at all with all the disturbing thoughts that had been racing through his head. Yesterday's events had brought back all the thoughts that he usually kept buried.
He tried to get back to sleep again for ten minutes or so, but it was useless, he couldn't sleep now.
"Teyno, would you please come to our quarters? Your attendance is required." Came the voice of Jatan Reckus.
Teyno rolled his eyes and said, "I'll be there shortly."
He had a quick sonic shower and then made his way to the CO's quarters. He tapped the chime and then entered.
He entered and saw Jatan.
"You requested my presence?" He asked, indifferently.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2006 7:54:11 GMT
OOC: Time to get these parties started people!
Since Nack didn't make it to Lucy's goodbye, partially due to the fact that he was stuck in sickbay, and partially since he hadn't had the privilege to meet her yet. He decided to replicate twice as many spore pies as he originally planned, which would bring the count to 2 wedges. Let's face it, Ferengi cuisine was not the best in the alpha quadrant... or beta quadrant... and Nack was pretty much making it for himself. His Vulcan dish replicated at too high of a temperature, and he was waiting for it to cool before he left for Sonak's party. Luckily the bread didn't need to rise, or the lack of gravity in sickbay would have been a problem.
Nack floated his way to the turbolift, which was an interesting endeavor without gravity even though inertial dampers were online.
Arriving to the desired deck with two spore pies that had sandwiched the Vulcan bread into a gelatinous mess, Nack headed toward the holodeck unaware of the disaster he was carrying. Upon entering, he was surprised to see he was the first one there aside from Lieutenant Steenberg. All the ship's power had been shunted, save life support systems, for this party. Where could everyone else be?
The guests of honor had not arrived yet, and only Claire was present, busy programming more decorations at the arch.
"Do you mind if I give you hand? I'm pretty good with holo-programming."
Claire shrugged. It couldn't hurt.
Nack and Claire made the last finishing touches just before everyone started arriving.
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