Cmdr Shelev joined the chat (7:05:27 PM)
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7:18:37 PM majdougmcknight: So...how about that local ball team?
7:18:49 PM cmdrshelev: sorry we were busy killing dragon
7:18:56 PM vadmblackthorne: dragon is die lol
7:19:42 PM cmdrshelev: actually I just died on my way out the
door
7:20:19 PM vadmblackthorne: Shield/ Hearth you n00b.
7:20:42 PM cmdrshelev: no I was going to feralas anyway and I
don't want to cross the sea twice for no reason
7:23:31 PM vadmblackthorne: I poked T'Kirr, she should be
coming.
LCdr TKirr joined the chat (7:24:04 PM)
7:24:12 PM lcdrtkirr: Lost track of time o.O
7:24:36 PM majdougmcknight: Welcome.
7:24:41 PM majdougmcknight: 4 people. Hmm.
7:24:45 PM vadmblackthorne: Alright, let's get started with
what we have.
7:24:51 PM cmdrshelev: o snap
7:25:42 PM vadmblackthorne: We've done it before.
7:26:00 PM majdougmcknight: I suppose we have.
7:27:24 PM vadmblackthorne: ::Waits for the whistle::
7:27:48 PM cmdrshelev: We don't need no whistle with four people
7:28:07 PM lcdrtkirr: 2 people, no. 4 people, yes.
7:28:22 PM cmdrshelev: ::TWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET:: etc etc
7:28:25 PM majdougmcknight: ::AA::
7:28:26 PM lcdrtkirr: ::AA:: etc etc
7:28:36 PM vadmblackthorne: Thank you.
7:30:23 PM vadmblackthorne: Okay, tonight Shelev is hot (read:
cold) on the trail of the missing Tagan.
7:30:41 PM vadmblackthorne: McKnight's Marines are
investigating the Serdith, which seems to have killed its own crew.
7:31:25 PM cmdrshelev: very cold
7:31:28 PM cmdrshelev: freezing in fact
7:31:39 PM cmdrshelev: (( I haven't thought about it since last
week ))
7:31:41 PM vadmblackthorne: Questions?
7:31:49 PM cmdrshelev: yes what is our deadline
7:32:58 PM vadmblackthorne: No deadline, it's up to you.
7:33:21 PM cmdrshelev: good STALL AHOY
7:34:19 PM vadmblackthorne: In that case.
7:34:21 PM vadmblackthorne: BEGIN SIM
7:34:22 PM vadmblackthorne: BEGIN SIM
7:34:23 PM vadmblackthorne: BEGIN SIM
7:34:40 PM vadmblackthorne: ::lording over T'Kirr's console,
expecting scan data of the Serdith::
7:35:07 PM lcdrtkirr: I've... ::hesitates:: *completed* my scans
of the Serdith.
7:35:30 PM cmdrshelev: +Transporter Chief on Atlantis+
Transport, prepare for site-to-site transport. Six to beam directly to the
bridge of the Matis.
7:35:37 PM vadmblackthorne: ::looks at her expectantly::
7:35:41 PM cmdrshelev: To Marines> Prep.
7:36:00 PM lcdrtkirr: I've completed them as much as I can, that
is. I cannot read anything near
the center of the ship.
7:37:16 PM lcdrtkirr: Normal scans show nothing abnormally
peculiar about the vessel... however, when I performed them in more detail,
I've found conflicting results.
7:37:27 PM vadmblackthorne: Both sides then.
7:37:48 PM lcdrtkirr: ::blinks:: Admiral?
7:38:06 PM vadmblackthorne: The results are conflicting. Give
me both sets of data.
7:39:24 PM lcdrtkirr: ::taps her console to bring up two columns
of information:: As I said, normal
scans show nothing out of the ordinary.
However, ::points:: these show organic components I have never seen
before.
7:39:40 PM majdougmcknight: ::I don't think McKnight had left
the bridge yet as of last sim, so he should still be there:: Sir, Captain Montrose DID make mention
of conferring with the Xindi fleet.
His report might help clear up...whatever's not clear.
7:39:44 PM cmdrshelev: +Transporter Chief+ Energize.
7:40:19 PM majdougmcknight: I suggest we order the marines
already onboard to establish a holding pattern until we've had a word with him.
7:40:30 PM vadmblackthorne: ::nods to McKnight:: Agreed.
7:41:33 PM vadmblackthorne: Unknown organic compounds.
Self-defense mechanisms.
7:41:43 PM cmdrshelev: ::The world fades from the dim lights of
a Xindi bridge to bright blue, back to dim lights, this time green. Five xindi
reptilians fail to act surprised and instead draw weapons::
7:42:04 PM majdougmcknight: +Montrose+ Captain, do you have
those supplies yet?
7:42:41 PM vadmblackthorne: Many species build automated
defenses for their young. Few organics are more valuable.
7:43:07 PM cmdrshelev: Hello there. We come in peace, for now.
7:43:25 PM cmdrshelev: Drop your weapons, please.
7:43:45 PM lcdrtkirr: It does not appear to be unique to the
Xindi insectoid design. I believe
it is somehow malfunctioning.
7:43:49 PM cmdrshelev: ::The Xindi do nothing.::
7:44:59 PM cmdrshelev: I have been authorized to ensure that
your cooperation with the rest of this fleet is secured. I am authorized to do it
by unleashing extreme vengeance in order to ensure peace.
7:45:03 PM lcdrtkirr: It's possible this compound is affecting
the ship in unexpected ways. Why
it was introduced into its network, I cannot say.
7:45:03 PM vadmblackthorne: Being that it killed its crew, I
agree.
7:45:04 PM majdougmcknight: @Montrose> +McKnight+ Yes,
sir. The first supply crates are
materializing now. Now that we've
got Atlantis and those fancy long-range transporters back, I suggest you start
evacuating the Xindi survivors immediately.
7:45:55 PM majdougmcknight: +Montrose+ We'll commence beaming
people off that ship now, Bill.
Starting with you. Order
the men to break out that assault gear and establish a holding pattern. We're all very curious over here to get
the closest thing to a
7:46:00 PM majdougmcknight: full report we've got time for.
7:47:27 PM cmdrshelev: Random Xindi> You shouldn't have left
your ship, Commander. We are more than capable of defending ourselves.
7:47:41 PM cmdrshelev: But not against the Machen Bren.
7:47:49 PM vadmblackthorne: ((OH SNAP))
7:48:01 PM lcdrtkirr: <<Just realized that probably
doesn't sound very clear--meant its organic nature isn't unique, not foreign
organic compound>>
7:48:10 PM majdougmcknight: (Wow. Owned.)
7:48:40 PM majdougmcknight: (Ah, thank you. I actually was sort of confused about
that.)
7:48:56 PM vadmblackthorne: (Same here, thank you.)
7:49:16 PM cmdrshelev: RX> We were drafted into this cowardly
evacuation. We would rather have perished on our homeworld than throw ourselves
at the feet of the Federation.
7:49:39 PM majdougmcknight: @Montrose> ::Seems reluctant for
a moment to a moment to abandon the operation, but it passes:: Of course, sir. If you'll give me a minute, I'll stand
ready for transport at your convenience.
7:50:21 PM majdougmcknight: +Montrose+ Acknowledged,
Captain. Atlantis out.
7:50:46 PM vadmblackthorne: At least we'll have our men off of
that deathtrap.
7:51:02 PM cmdrshelev: I'm not here for political reasons.
What's done is done.
7:51:19 PM majdougmcknight: +Sickbay+ Bridge to sickbay, we need
you to prep medical teams and get them on their way to transporter rooms 1 and
2. We expect wounded from the
Serdith.
7:51:52 PM cmdrshelev: RX> Leave our vessel, outsiders. We
will handle our own affairs.
7:52:42 PM majdougmcknight: (Well, someone's going to look silly
whith a marine boot up his ass in the near future.)
7:52:49 PM vadmblackthorne: KileyBot> +McKnight+ Aye Major.
7:52:50 PM majdougmcknight: (With, too.)
7:52:56 PM cmdrshelev: Like dealing with the ambassador who
drafted you, I bet. Is he here? There's been an awful lot of noise directed
towards this fine vessel of yours.
7:53:39 PM cmdrshelev: ::RX starts to smirk, which is not an
easy thing for a walking reptile to do.::
7:54:36 PM cmdrshelev: RX> So that's why you put us all under
martial law. Your pawn went missing so you had to take matters into your own
hands?
7:54:38 PM vadmblackthorne: This would all be far easier if we
could get one of them to explain that ship to us.
7:54:47 PM majdougmcknight: +Transporter rooms+ Transporter
rooms 1 and 2, this is McKnight.
I'm told we're in range now, so please lock onto Captain Montrose's comm
signal, then begin locking onto all Xindi lifesigns throughout the ship.
7:55:20 PM lcdrtkirr: Agreed. I'm curious to know if they are aware of the foreign
element. And if they are, why it
is there.
7:55:38 PM cmdrshelev: Not at all, captain - assuming that's
your rank. Since you're not going to going to be open with us, I see no reason
to tell you why we left you to fend for yourselves.
7:56:30 PM vadmblackthorne: Difficult without even a contact
among them. That ship is becoming a liability.
7:57:35 PM cmdrshelev: ::RX ignores the comment, and begins
walking around the perimeter of the bridge. He's dropped his weapon, but the
rest of the bridge crew has the away team at arms.::
7:58:20 PM cmdrshelev: RX> No, you left your marines
scattered all over our ship like a mother trying to care for her young, while
you went off to pick up something you left behind.
7:58:29 PM vadmblackthorne: I'll bet that if we stopped towing
it, someone would call us to complain.
7:58:35 PM majdougmcknight: ::Presumably, Kiley does her thing
with the wounded. As for Montrose,
he beats feet in the direction of the nearest turbolift, eager to get thus over
with. He doesn't like the thought
of his men stranded on that hell hole of a
7:58:44 PM majdougmcknight: ship any longer than necessary.
7:58:54 PM lcdrtkirr: ::perks a brow at Blackthorne's solution::
7:58:55 PM cmdrshelev: RX> Did you get your pilots back? I
hope you treated them better than you've treated the 3,000 Xindi under your
care.
7:59:14 PM vadmblackthorne: Then we would get an explanation.
7:59:42 PM cmdrshelev: ::Shelev ignores the comment, but seethes
anyway.::
8:00:41 PM cmdrshelev: I've already had to resort to threatening
one bridge crew today. I don't want to threaten another.
8:01:05 PM cmdrshelev: XD> Then leave this ship or we will
make you leave. We do not need interference in a Xindi internal affair.
8:01:40 PM vadmblackthorne: I'll save that option for after
Montrose's report, however.
8:01:43 PM lcdrtkirr: <<makes ya wonder why we were asked
to save these guys =P>>
8:01:53 PM cmdrshelev: You're beginning to sound like Klingons.
I don't work well with Klingons. These guys do, however.
8:02:27 PM cmdrshelev: ::Turns to the marine Sergeant.:: Subdue
him.
8:02:51 PM lcdrtkirr: ::studies silently at her terminal,
awaiting orders::
8:03:31 PM majdougmcknight: ::Speak of the devil. Just then, Montrose steps off the
bridge turbolift and comes to attention::
8:03:40 PM majdougmcknight: Montrose> Sirs, reporting as
ordered.
8:04:13 PM cmdrshelev: ::Two phaser stuns hit the Xindi captain
at once, knocking him out. Two bridge officers let off shots that miss Shelev,
as he is currently diving under a console.::
8:04:16 PM cmdrshelev: ::The other four marines succeed in
stunning the two armed officers and the two that dropped their weapons as soon
as the shooting started.::
8:04:30 PM vadmblackthorne: ::nods to Montrose:: Captain. At
ease.
8:04:54 PM cmdrshelev: +Atlantis+ Atlantis, Shelev. Please
disregard that weapons fire. Situation is under control.
8:05:35 PM vadmblackthorne: +Shelev+ Good to know, Commander.
8:05:41 PM cmdrshelev: ::Picks himself up off the floor.::
8:06:16 PM cmdrshelev: ::Tries to pull his tricorder out of its
holster and fumbles it onto the floor.:: OK, I think we can work in this
atmosphere a bit easier.. Barricade that enterance, will you?
8:06:41 PM majdougmcknight: Montrose> ::Takes a more relaxed
stance:: With all due respect,
it'd be great if we could hurry this along...not that what I know will take
long to tell. That ship just gives
me the creeps, and I'll be a lot happier once
8:06:55 PM majdougmcknight: all our people are back to being
nowhere near it.
8:07:12 PM lcdrtkirr: ::watches Montrose::
8:07:14 PM cmdrshelev: ::Ambles over to the rear console that
looks the most like a computer and tries to puzzle it out with his tricorder.::
8:07:39 PM vadmblackthorne: Report then, Captain.
8:09:19 PM majdougmcknight: Montrose> As I said, we don't
know that much, though I was finally able to track down an insectoid who could
give me some details...not until after we came under fire, unfortunately.
8:09:25 PM cmdrshelev: ::Tries to find a list of landing and
departure logs for the shuttlebay.::
8:09:48 PM vadmblackthorne: Better than what we know here.
8:11:17 PM majdougmcknight: Montrose> It's what they call a
hatchery ship...kind of like a flying nursery. As you're no doubt aware by now, the thing's bristling with
automated defenses, all controlled by a central...well, calling it a mind is a
little
8:12:39 PM majdougmcknight: generous, but basically, the ship
itself is semi-sentient, conditioned with a pretty fierce maternal
instinct. Why it's suddenly come
to regard everything around and inside it as a threat, which seems the most
likely explanation at
8:13:36 PM majdougmcknight: this point...we have no idea. Neither do the Xindi. In the absence of Atlantis, we figured
out only option was to beam through in force, and just carve a damn path
straight through to the core, rescuing any survivors as we went.
8:14:04 PM vadmblackthorne: I'm sure it seemed like a good idea
at the time.
8:14:18 PM vadmblackthorne: ::turns to T'Kirr:: Commander.
8:14:39 PM majdougmcknight: Montrose> Like I mentioned
earlier, sir, none of the Xindi ships has the transporter range to manage the
extraction carefully.
8:15:07 PM lcdrtkirr: ::to Montrose:: Are you aware of a foreign
compound within the Serdith's network?
8:15:10 PM majdougmcknight: (Er...safely. he means safely.)
8:16:17 PM lcdrtkirr: << + 'organic' somewhere in
there>>
8:16:42 PM majdougmcknight: Montrose> Honestly, maam, the
whole ship looks pretty darn foreign.
If you mean something unusual for an Insectoid design...hell, I wouldn't
know it if I saw it.
8:17:22 PM majdougmcknight: Montrose> Our hope was that once
we'd blazed a trail so to speak, an insectoid might be able to make some sense
of it.
8:17:40 PM lcdrtkirr: Are there any Xindi insectoids we could
speak to about it?
8:18:29 PM cmdrshelev: Well, shit.
8:18:49 PM cmdrshelev: +Blackthorne+ Admiral, Shelev. Do you
have a moment?
8:19:09 PM vadmblackthorne: +Shelev+ Go ahead, Commander.
8:20:34 PM cmdrshelev: +Blackthorne+ Good news: Tagan landed on
this ship, the.. what was this one? The 'Matis' yesterday. He hasn't left, and
I can't find him on internal sensors because half of em are broken.
8:20:55 PM cmdrshelev: +Blackthorne+ We're going to need some
more men to tear this ship apart if we want to find him.
8:21:09 PM cmdrshelev: +Blackthorne+ And did I mention that the
locals aren't happy, or did the weapons fire take care of that?
8:21:55 PM vadmblackthorne: +Shelev+ I gathered that. I'll have
the Major send some more Marines to assist you.
8:22:22 PM cmdrshelev: +Blackthorne+ Acknowledged. Send em to
the bridge of this beast.
8:23:13 PM vadmblackthorne: +Shelev+ Understood. Blackthorne out.
8:23:20 PM majdougmcknight: If you'll excuse me, sirs, it sounds
like I better go take a look at this myself. Captain Montrose is more than qualified to handle things on
this end.
8:23:44 PM vadmblackthorne: ::nods to McKnight:: Take a squad
or two with you, sounds like the Matis isn't happy with us.
8:24:36 PM majdougmcknight: ::Walking toward the
turbolift:: From the sounds of it,
the feeling is going to be more than mutual, sir.
8:24:53 PM majdougmcknight: ::Enters the lift:: Deck 7.
8:24:58 PM vadmblackthorne: PAUSE SIM
8:24:59 PM vadmblackthorne: PAUSE SIM
8:25:01 PM vadmblackthorne: PAUSE SIM
8:25:02 PM lcdrtkirr: ::pauses::
8:25:11 PM cmdrshelev: woot I get another week to decide if
tagan is alive or dead :v
8:25:18 PM lcdrtkirr: rofl
8:25:56 PM vadmblackthorne: Heh heh.
8:26:04 PM vadmblackthorne: Okay, see y'all next week, and
thanks for coming. :)
8:26:07 PM cmdrshelev: this sim needs more horta
8:26:36 PM lcdrtkirr: o.O
8:27:07 PM cmdrshelev: jason go find someone to RP a horta for
us
8:27:12 PM vadmblackthorne: PAIN
8:27:15 PM vadmblackthorne: GREAT PAIN
8:27:16 PM vadmblackthorne: PAIN
8:27:22 PM cmdrshelev: good god get that vulcan an aspirin
8:27:22 PM vadmblackthorne: how's that?
8:27:37 PM lcdrtkirr: Uh, wha?
8:27:45 PM cmdrshelev: go watch more TOS plz kthx