VAdm Blackthorne: Alright, so tonight we're en route
to the spot where we were attacked by the crystalline ship to see if we can
pick up some leads on our new friends.
VAdm Blackthorne: Science and Medical are still trying
to figure them out, but at least this time we have backup with us, the USS
Discovery.
VAdm Blackthorne: Questions?
LtDougMcKnight: No, but I'd advise people steer clear of the
holodecks.
MajorAZinthys: ::chuckles::
VAdm Blackthorne: ::Grins::
VAdm Blackthorne: One announcement before we begin...
VAdm Blackthorne: Our resident quack Dr. Airell has
decided that she's tired of tortur- the medical field, so she will taking over
the role of quack shri - Counselor.
ElRiov trIdrys: ::looks at Marlowe::
7:55 PM
WillFMarlowe: ::whispers to Idrys:: I had nothing to do with
it. I swear.
LtDougMcKnight: Oh, wonderful, I've in all likelyhood assaulted
our new CMO.
VAdm Blackthorne: Now that she's messed with your
bodies, she gets to follow up with your minds!!
MajorAZinthys: I've known girls like that...
ElRiov trIdrys: ::thinks: we're done for ...::
VAdm Blackthorne: So, with that, it's my pleasure to
promote Lieutenant JG Marlowe to the position of Chief Medical Officer!
LtDougMcKnight: It's alright. I never go to checkups anyway.
Lt jg D Ellis: lol
VAdm Blackthorne: Congratulations, Dr. Marlowe!
ElRiov trIdrys: Congrats both of you
Lt jg D Ellis: ::claps::
WillFMarlowe: Thank you, Admiral.
ElRiov trIdrys: :::clapclapclappityclap:::
MajorAZinthys: ::applauds::
LtDougMcKnight: ::claps::
WillFMarlowe: I am happy to report that I am fully prepared
to make you pay--uh, proud.
VAdm Blackthorne: Yeah, he'll work as the new quack.
VAdm Blackthorne: Alright, since we've dilly-dallied
for a while, let's get started.
VAdm Blackthorne: BEGIN SIM
VAdm Blackthorne: BEGIN SIM
VAdm Blackthorne: BEGIN SIM
MajorAZinthys: ::standing at tac::
LtDougMcKnight: ::Sits in his office, playing whatever they
call Gameboys in the future::
Lt jg D Ellis: ::heading towards the sci lab::
ElRiov trIdrys: :::doing the usual inventory with T'Nal:::
VAdm Blackthorne: ::enters the bridge from his RR::
WillFMarlowe: ::in his office, buried beneath a
mountain of PADDs::
8:00 PM
Kiley Airell: ::enters her new office and looks around::
MajorAZinthys: Admiral on the bridge!
VAdm Blackthorne: As you were. Report, Mr. Zinthys.
ETA to our former location
VAdm Blackthorne: ?
MajorAZinthys: About 10 more minutes, sir
Lt jg D Ellis: ::walks into the lab and sees that
the fragment is no longer dorment.. it's kinda twitching::
VAdm Blackthorne: Yellow alert.
MajorAZinthys: Yessir. ::Yellow light bathes the
ship::
WillFMarlowe: ::peers out the door and into
sickbay proper, wondering A) if he will ever leave this office, how inconsiderate the new ship's
counselor was in bailing out with all this paperwork left unfinished, and C)
how he can get even::
Lt jg D Ellis: Hmm.. So what has you all antsy?
:;walking around the containment chamber::
Kiley Airell: ((LOL))
LtDougMcKnight: ::Looks up at the yellow flashing lights::
Alright, that's our signal, people. Security detail to the airlocks. Rifles,
body armor.
VAdm Blackthorne: Any trace of them on sensors?
MajorAZinthys: minute. There are crystal shards,
but nothing the size of a ship.
8:05 PM
Lt jg D Ellis: ::walks over to where she was
running the tranlastion programs pulls up what was done over night:: Hmmm..
primative.. Not much to go on but lets give it a shot.. Computer translate the
first section of the recording where you can..
VAdm Blackthorne: Check for warp signatures leaving
the system.
LtDougMcKnight: ::Leaves his office, and heads for the security
command center, from where he can monitor all marine positions, and if
necessary, patch into the audiovisual feed from their helmet cams.::
MajorAZinthys: ::does:: no. none.
Lt jg D Ellis: Computer> scee scee scee sire
scee on bar scrr shit..
WillFMarlowe: ::notes the yellow alert status and
calls a few extra nurses into sickbay, then leaves the office:: Dr. Idrys?
Lt jg D Ellis: ::blinks::
Lt jg D Ellis: I don't think that's quiet right..
ElRiov trIdrys: ::turns:: Yes?
VAdm Blackthorne: ::frowns::
Lt jg D Ellis: Try the next section..
Kiley Airell: ::decides to head up to the Bridge::
VAdm Blackthorne: Scan for any subspace anomalies.
Perhaps they don't use warp in the same way we do.
MajorAZinthys: they are definetly reforming,
though. there is no doubt.
MajorAZinthys: Yesssir.
MajorAZinthys: ::starts scanning::
Kiley Airell: ::exits the Turbolift onto the Bridge::
WillFMarlowe: Last time we saw this part of space,
a lot of plasma burns, radiation burns, and shrapnel cases poured through that
door. Let's get ready for those especially, all right?
8:10 PM
ElRiov trIdrys: ::nods:: Understood Sir. ::turns and nods to
T'Nal::
Lt jg D Ellis: Computer> scee aflack scee
puss!
ElRiov trIdrys: (( AFLACK!! ))
LtDougMcKnight: (lol)
Lt jg D Ellis: ::shaking head:: Nope.. Somehow I
doubt that's right either.. ::signs:: Lets see if we can clear this up a
little..
VAdm Blackthorne: There aren't anywhere near as many
shards. ::watching the viewer::
WillFMarlowe: I've got Nelson and a few other
nurses in total charge of triage. Don't worry about that bit. Also, if we take
another suicide attack, I may need you to make house calls.
Lt jg D Ellis: try the last section..
MajorAZinthys: is it possible they split?
VAdm Blackthorne: Given their quick rate of
reformation when we left, I'd say they'd be finished and out of here by now.
ElRiov trIdrys: ::nods:: understood
MajorAZinthys: A trap?
Kiley Airell: :;watches the view screen::
Lt jg D Ellis: Computer> Depends onshelves!
VAdm Blackthorne: Or perhaps they finished their ship
and had parts left over.
MajorAZinthys: INteresting.
MajorAZinthys: Wait. I'm picking something up.
VAdm Blackthorne: What?
Lt jg D Ellis: ::looks up from her station:: You
have to be kidding me? Since when do you have a sense of humor?
MajorAZinthys: It's faint... but...
LtDougMcKnight: ::Considers calling in all marines, but decides
to wait until some justification is found to sound general quarters::
MajorAZinthys: it could be a warp signature.
Lt jg D Ellis: Computer> Please restate the
question..
Lt jg D Ellis: Never mind the moments passed..
::goes back to redoing the program she worte::
VAdm Blackthorne: All stop.
MajorAZinthys: ::Stops the ship::
8:15 PM
MajorAZinthys: I don't even know how to explain
it... it's like the echoes of a song.
LtDougMcKnight: ::Monitors the warp signature on sensors from
the main console, but waits to see if it matches any engine configuration in
the database::
VAdm Blackthorne: A song?
LtDougMcKnight: (Uh...guess that'd be a no on the database
match then.)
MajorAZinthys: It's the best explanation I can
give. I'm not a scientist. There's something there bouncing around off each
other, causing a noise, but there's nothing really there.
LtDougMcKnight: +Zinthys+ Major, McKnight here. Permission to
sound general quarters for security department.
WillFMarlowe: ::returns to his office and, almost
a little disappointed that nothing has crashed into the ship, returns to the
impressive array of duty logs, patient logs, inventory logs, Yule logs, Lincoln
logs, etc., etc. on his desk::
MajorAZinthys: +Doug+ Negative, Lieutenant. That's
not neccessary at this time.
ElRiov trIdrys: (( LOL ))
Lt jg D Ellis: (lol.. yule logs and lincoln logs?
and I thought my desk was over crowded)
VAdm Blackthorne: How can there be a noise in space?
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LtDougMcKnight: ::Bites back a protest::
LtDougMcKnight: +Zinthys+ Yes, sir. McKnight out.
MajorAZinthys: ::Shrugs::
Kiley Airell: I didn't think it was physically possible for there
to be noise in space.
VAdm Blackthorne: ::turns to Airell:: So we're led to
believe... can you put it on speakers, Major?
MajorAZinthys: I believe so.
MajorAZinthys: ACTION> The speakers pick up a
low volume, high frequency "tink tink" sound, like wine glasses at a
toast
8:20 PM
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VAdm Blackthorne: Of course... crystal!
MajorAZinthys: Sir?
Lt jg D Ellis: Ok lets try this again.. Computer
replay first section of the recordering..
VAdm Blackthorne: Crystalline glasses make a
distinctive ting like that.
MajorAZinthys: ::nods:: So it'd defintely them.
Lt jg D Ellis: ::gets the same thing only with
the added phrase "exlax scee scee on our mounds"::
Kiley Airell: ::still does not understand how any noise can be
heard in space::
Lt jg D Ellis: Oh yeah.. This'll be a transcript
I wanna share with everyone.. ::blows a strand of hair out of her eyes::
VAdm Blackthorne: Crystalline harmonics that we can
"hear" through space...::strokes his chin::
8:25 PM
MajorAZinthys: This has many possibilities, I'm
sure.
LtDougMcKnight: ::Plays Pac Man on his PADD::
Lt jg D Ellis: ::sits.. starts to tap the side of
her foot against the bottom of the station which seems to irrtate the
fragment::
VAdm Blackthorne: Does it seem to lead anywhere?
LtDougMcKnight: So now, the hunter becomes the hunted...
LtDougMcKnight: Marine> Sir?
LtDougMcKnight: ::Looks up:: Uh...Sun Tzu.
MajorAZinthys: Near as I can tell... basically at a
path perpendicular to that which we were on.
MajorAZinthys: ::Shows it up on the view screen::
LtDougMcKnight: Marine> Uh...right, Sun Tzu. Of course sir.
::Goes back to his console.
VAdm Blackthorne: ::Stands and looks at the path, then
looks at the tiny shard floating beyond::
8:30 PM
VAdm Blackthorne: Counselor... ::without turning:: Do
you feel anything here?
Kiley Airell: ::watches the view screen:: No Sir.
Kiley Airell: I'm not sensing anything
WillFMarlowe: ::makes a few notes on a duty
roster, switching some nurses and techs around based on his experience with
each crewmember::
VAdm Blackthorne: ::Frowns::
VAdm Blackthorne: Major, beam aboard all of the remaining
shards.
VAdm Blackthorne: Keep them in isolation, of course.
MajorAZinthys: Uh... yessir. Where to?
VAdm Blackthorne: Cargo bay two will do. Get security
to guard them.
MajorAZinthys: Aye
LtDougMcKnight: ::Turns to a 2nd lieutenant next to him:: Juarez,
I want you to prepare a handful of the Mark V tactical EV suits, in case we
have to take a shot at boarding one of these ships this time.
MajorAZinthys: ::Transports all the crystals into
cb2::
MajorAZinthys: +Doug+ Zinthys to McKnight.
Lt jg D Ellis: ::sighs:: arug! translating Noah's
baby babble would be easier then this is..
VAdm Blackthorne: I have a feeling we're looking at
their dead.
LtDougMcKnight: +Zinthys+ McKnight here, sir.
MajorAZinthys: +Doug+ Mr. McKnight, assign a detail
to watch over Cargo Bay 2. There are some crystal shards there that we needed
to keep an eye on.
LtDougMcKnight: +Zinthys+ Do we suspect these of being live
shards, sir?
8:35 PM
Lt jg D Ellis: ::rewrites more of the program::
Ok again.. play first secion..
MajorAZinthys: +Doug+ Unsure
LtDougMcKnight: +Zinthys+ Acknowledged. McKnight out.
Lt jg D Ellis: Computer> scee scee fire scee
scee on bar scee ship.. scee scee traspass scee scee on our mounds..
Lt jg D Ellis: ::looks up:: Well that sounded a
little better.. ::plays fill in the blanks::
LtDougMcKnight: ::Considers what level of security to
implement, and inevitably decides as always that paranoid is the way to go,
assigns 2 marines in full body armor to watch over the shards, and sends them
on their way to cargo bay 2::
Lt jg D Ellis: ::crewing on her stylis as she
thinks::
Lt jg D Ellis: (test)
ElRiov trIdrys: ( pass )
Kiley Airell: ( fail )
8:40 PM
VAdm Blackthorne: Major, inform the Discovery that
we'll be following that harmonic trail.
LtDougMcKnight: Juarez> ::Enters into the security lockup
with a tricorder, and starts performing a basic diagnostic on a half dozen of
the Mark V EV suits.::
Lt jg D Ellis: +Admiral+ Admiral I think I may
have something..
WillFMarlowe: ::puts one PADD aside and picks up
another, this one asking for evaluations of nurses and med techs he hasn't seen
for months::
MajorAZinthys: Aye, sir. ::does::
VAdm Blackthorne: +Ellis+ Go ahead, Lt.
WillFMarlowe: ::stands and walks to the office
door:: Dr. Irdys, I need to speak to you.
ElRiov trIdrys: Yes Sir. ::heads towards the office::
Lt jg D Ellis: +Admiral+ I may have two possible
sentences from the comm recording.. "fire on out ship" and
"Tresspass on our grounds"
Lt jg D Ellis: *our
MajorAZinthys: ::narrows his eyes::
VAdm Blackthorne: +Ellis+ Excellent work, Lt. Keep it
up, we'll need to be able to talk back to them ASAP.
Lt jg D Ellis: +Admiral+ Aye Sir..
8:45 PM
WillFMarlowe: ::returns to his seat:: I need some
help with these evaluations. I haven't observed half of Beta shift in two
months. Do you know Nurse Whicknorth?
VAdm Blackthorne: So they claim this is their space.
WillFMarlowe: Enough to give me something to say
on her evaluation report?
Kiley Airell: that's what it sounds like Admiral.
MajorAZinthys: They have an odd way of letting us
know that.
VAdm Blackthorne: We did run into their ship.
ElRiov trIdrys: ::ponders:: Wicknorth, Wicknorth ... oh yes. Very
efficient.
VAdm Blackthorne: Though I wonder if they have a word
for accident in their language.
WillFMarlowe: ::tap tap:: Technician Nonombre?
ElRiov trIdrys: Does well in a pinch.
Lt jg D Ellis: ::goes back to working the bugs
out of the traslantion program:: Alright you bucket of chips.. We have
something to build on so lets see what we can get out of it..
MajorAZinthys: You'd'a though they could say 'hi'
first.
MajorAZinthys: thought*
WillFMarlowe: ::tap:: Nurse Rosencrantz?
VAdm Blackthorne: It would have been nice.
VAdm Blackthorne: Set your course to follow their
trail at warp seven.
ElRiov trIdrys: Quite good, as is the case with Nurse Guildenstern.
MajorAZinthys: Then again, they're probably as
perplexed about our language as we are of theirs.
MajorAZinthys: Aye, sir. Warp seven.
MajorAZinthys: ::Informs the Discovery of their
velocity::
WillFMarlowe: ::tappity tap:: . . . And Technician
J'Doe?
MajorAZinthys: ::Fires up the warp engines::
8:50 PM
VAdm Blackthorne: Execute.
ElRiov trIdrys: Up to par.
MajorAZinthys: ::Pushes the big red button::
LtDougMcKnight: +Ellis+ McKnight to Ellis. Got a sec?
WillFMarlowe: ::tap tap tap tappity:: Am I
forgetting anyone? ::goes over the PADD once more::
Lt jg D Ellis: ::looks down at her screen::
+McKinght+ Um.. Yeah I think I can spare a couple..
VAdm Blackthorne: ACTION> Atlantis jumps to warp,
followed by Discovery.
ElRiov trIdrys: Only T'NaluMor ... and she's the best. ::grins::
WillFMarlowe: ::tap tap:: She's here now, is she
not?
VAdm Blackthorne: ::takes his seat::
ElRiov trIdrys: Indeed she is. ::leans out door:: T'Nal ... got a
moment hon?
VAdm Blackthorne: Keep a close eye on that trail, and
extrapolate it. Any planetary systems on the way?
ElRiov trIdrys: T'Nal > :::comes to office door:: You called?
MajorAZinthys: A few.
LtDougMcKnight: +Ellis+ Yeah, you've been giving these crystal
fragments the full battery of tests, right? I was just wondering if you could
give me your impression of how these guys would respond to a blast from one of
our hand phasers?
MajorAZinthys: ::Compiles the list and sends it
over to the Admiral's console::
WillFMarlowe: ::looks up from his PADD to T'Nal::
How have you been feeling?
LtDougMcKnight: +Ellis+ I'm assuming, of course, that the
occupants of that ship share some characteristics with their ships, but given
what we saw on the view screen, it doesn;t seem like a horrible guess.
ElRiov trIdrys: T'Nal > ::sticks her purty face in:: Fine Sir.
WillFMarlowe: It seems that you've been
double-shifted. I'm giving you the day off tomorrow, if you want it.
Lt jg D Ellis: +McKnight+ Hand phasers don't have
an effect.. The crystal will shard but it will regroup and reform quickly..
ElRiov trIdrys: T'Nal > ::grins:: Thanks, I'd love some
downtime.
WillFMarlowe: ::nods:: Dismissed.
LtDougMcKnight: +Ellis+ But they will break? I mean, it won't
just suck up the blast energy?
ElRiov trIdrys: ::heads out with T'Nal::
8:55 PM
Lt jg D Ellis: +McKnight+ No.. It'll break but it
won't stay broken..
WillFMarlowe: ::leans back, looking at the PADDs::
I don't think I've ever felt so important and so abused at the same time.
::returns to work::
ElRiov trIdrys: (( LOL that's what it is to be a Dept head ))
VAdm Blackthorne: Major, get all of that data on the
harmonic signature down to Science and have them find out why we can hear it in
space.
LtDougMcKnight: +Ellis+ Do you have an estimate on how often
we'd have to go back and break it again? Would it depend on how far the
fragments were scattered?
MajorAZinthys: On it.
MajorAZinthys: ::Starts to get together the meager
data he has::
VAdm Blackthorne: Counselor, I never knew you were a
pilot. How'd that get hidden from your records?
Lt jg D Ellis: +McKnight+ Not really. From what
we've seen of the piece we have the more you blast it the faster it regroups..
You'd have to blast it and phycially seperate the pieces... or find a way to
nullify the rejoining..
Kiley Airell: ::grinz:: Guess you didn't look carefully enough
Sir. Prolly figured that since I was a doctor, I wasn't a pilot.
MajorAZinthys: <<It's been fun but I;m
falling asleep. 'til next week>>
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LtDougMcKnight: +Ellis+ But we would have to blow it apart?
Stun and kill settings don't do anything?
EnsAaron Markus has joined this chat.
LtDougMcKnight: (Heya, Markus.)
VAdm Blackthorne: Could be. Will you be signing up to
join the fighter squadron?
VAdm Blackthorne: << ::hands Markus an alarm
clock:: >>
9:00 PM
Kiley Airell: I'd love to. I miss flying.
EnsAaron Markus: <<My apologies>>
Lt jg D Ellis: +McKnight+ Not from hand phasers..
and since the one the ship blasted rejoined not from ship phasers either..
VAdm Blackthorne: Glad to hear it. ::smiles::
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