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Star Trek: A Call To Duty presents…

USS Paula Greene presents

Executive Officer in Training

Host SM Steve says:
The Paula Greene has found the crippled Chronus, keeping just ahead of a bubble of altered space, within which there seems to be a greatly stronger nuclear force causing a kind of cold fusion.  The ship is heavily damaged, but the surviving crew seem to know what seems to be the cause.

Host CO Uester says:
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Host CO Uester says:
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CEO Bishara says:
::thinking on the extent of the damages and  how in the world she will get the Chronus moving again::

CEO Bishara says:
::enters the TL: Computer: Observation lounge express.

Host CO Uester says:
::In Observation Lounge.::  Staff: Just tell me again, you can fix it, right?  Now that we have the help?

CMO Hayes says:
::entering the TL after she gave her instructions to the MED staff:: TL: Observation Lounge.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
::On the Observation Lounge, talking to Captain Uester::

CEO Bishara says:
Self: The amount of damage is just incredible and how do they expect to get her moving again?

CO Captain McAllister says:
::gets up from his chair:: OPS Ford:  I'm heading to the OL, you have the bridge.  If you notice anything unusual, I want you to interrupt us in the meeting.

CO Captain McAllister says:
<OPS Ford> CO:  Aye sir, understood.

Host CO Uester says:
XO: Commander, thank you for your assistance.  It seems we had an experiment go very off the mark.

CEO Bishara says:
::as the TL stops on Deck 1 she walks out and into the Observation Lounge quickly with her PADD's::

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CO Uester: I see.  I wasn't aware this was an experiment.  Will you be kind to tell us the details during the debriefing?

CEO Bishara says:
::taking her seat she looks out the windows and sees what is left of the Chronus and cringes::

CO Captain McAllister says:
::enters the OL and makes his way to the XO::

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CO: Captain, good to see you.  Captain Uester was just telling about a misfortunate experience.

CMO Hayes says:
::exits TL and heads for the OL::

CO Captain McAllister says:
CO Uester:  Captain, sorry we have to meet on such unfortunate circumstances.

Host CO Uester says:
XO: Of course, of course.  Everything we know, you will know.  Most of the pertinent data was recovered before you arrived.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
::Looks at the CEO and makes a small head bow::

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CO Uester: Good to hear that.  If you need anything, we have a replicator just over there.  Perhaps a coffee?

CMO Hayes says:
::enters the OL:: ALL: Sorry for the lateness, we have a lot of injured in sickbay.

Host CO Uester says:
CO: Yes, so am I.  So much for the 'semi-retired' life the Chronus is supposed to be.  I guess she wanted one more pass with excitement.
XO: No, I am fine for now.

CEO Bishara says:
::nods back at the XO in same::

CEO Bishara says:
::takes her usual seat and waits patiently sensing all of the emotions in the OL::

CMO Hayes says:
::sits down::

CO Captain McAllister says:
CO Uester:  Not the kind of excitement one would hope for.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
::Looks back:: CMO: Hello Doctor.  We haven't started yet

CO Captain McAllister says:
CMO:  How are the injuries going down in sickbay?

CMO Hayes says:
CO: Senior staff have been taken care of. We have over 20 injured left and some are badly hurt. My staff is on it.

CO Captain McAllister says:
CMO:  I have no doubt that you and your dedicated staff will do all that they can for those that are injured.  ::smiles::

CO Captain McAllister says:
CEO:  Lt., have you had a chance to assess the damage on the Chronus?

Host CO Uester says:
CMO: Please, do what you can for them.  Our medical facilities didn't fare well, and they've made due with what they had since then.  Doctor T'Rasha... ::Nods to a Vulcan female standing at the back of the room::  can help if you need any background.

CEO Bishara says:
ALL: Yes I have and it isn't good at all.

Host CO Uester says:
<C-CEO Johansan> Self: That's an understatement.

CMO Hayes says:
CO Uester: Once the debriefing is completed, it would be appreciated if Doctor T'Rasha came with me in sickbay.

CEO Bishara says:
ALL: I have prepared these PADD's for all of us to read.  I think you will find them self explanatory. ::hands out the PADD:s::

Host CO Uester says:
CMO: Of course, of course.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
::receives his PADD and hands one to the CO::

CEO Bishara says:
C-CEO: You are very correct.  It will take days to make her space worthy since most of the shipis missing except the front half of the saucer section is intact.

CO Captain McAllister says:
CO Uester:  If it's okay with you, my XO here will be handling this meeting.  I believe we should get started.

Host CO Uester says:
CO: Yes, please, that would be best.

CEO Bishara says:
ALL: As for getting her under way it will be a miracle in its self.  Our tractor beam is keeping the SIF intact so we have removed our shielding from the Chronus.

CEO Bishara says:
ALL: As you all know the Chronus has no warp core so getting her home with be a long and arduous voyage in itself but what concerns me the most is the wide spread of destruction that was observed.

CMO Hayes says:
::puts her padd on the table and listens to the CEO::

CEO Bishara says:
C-CEO: Are you sure there were no energy spikes observed just before you jettisoned the core?????

CO Captain McAllister says:
CEO:  Can you elaborate on those concerns?

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CEO: Given the loss of mass of the Chronus, can we tractor her and still travel at warp?

CEO Bishara says:
XO: In order to do that we would have to re-extend our shields and travel no more than warp 5 to maintain the shield integrity.

Host CO Uester says:
<C-CEO> CEO: We didn't exactly jettison it, it was the first to go, and honestly it did it's job to the end.  Blew to pieces, but the explosion pushed us clear.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CEO: Understood.  That would be better that Impulse speed only.

CEO Bishara says:
C-CEO:  You didn't jettison it?  Then why did it explode first?

CEO Bishara says:
C-CEO: The extent of the damage was not done by a warp core breach.  If that was the case you all wouldn't be here now.

Host CO Uester says:
<C-CEO> CEO: That bubble out there makes any free hydrogen fuse into Helium.  Anti Hydrogen does the same thing.  We got lucky that it threw us far enough out to be safe before it started to do the annihilation thing.

CEO Bishara says:
C-CEO: Did anything look out of the normal at anytime leading up the explosion?

XO Commander Z’heta says:
C-CEO: Would another core pushed into the bubble explode again and create a bigger bubble?  Or would it destroy the bubble completely?

CEO Bishara says:
XO: Sir that is not an option at this point.  Since there are no spare cores to use.

Host CO Uester says:
<C-CEO> All: I don't think so, but it was Commander Gorge and Ellasa who understand the rift.

CO Captain McAllister says:
::leans back in his chair as he listens to the conversation::

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CEO: Yeah, but there will be 3 vessels joining us soon.  And besides I would give up on our core if it saved the alpha Centaury system...

CEO Bishara says:
ALL: I am still bothered by one thing.  In this case a single warp core breach even when factored by the hydrogen fusing to helium can not make a tear or bubble for that matter of the magnitude that we have witnessed here.  There is something more to it and I believe it is going on the line of quantum theory.

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
XO: That won't be necessary, Commander.  It's not a typical subspace rift, it's a zero point field device gone wrong.  It wasn't the ship blowing up that caused the problem, it was the problem causing the ship to blow up.

CMO Hayes says:
::tries to follow the conversation which reminds her that even if she is in MED she should keep her ENG and SCI knowledge up-to-date::

CO Captain McAllister says:
CEO:  Hypothesis Lt.?

CEO Bishara says:
CO: Well sir if you add Quantum theories to this equation then you have enough power to cause this magnitude of destruction.  Could it be possible that some one some on got a quantum torpedo on the Chronus with out being seen?

CO Captain McAllister says:
CEO:  I would certainly hope not.  ::turns to the C-CTO::

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
All: Not quite getting one on board unseen.  What happened was Commander Ellasa and I were working on an improvement to the Quantum Torpedo system.  Problem is we hit too strong a level, and the reaction didn't perform as expected.  And then it stayed open.

CEO Bishara says:
CO: Me either but that is the only logical answer I can come up with right now.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
::listens with great attention::

CEO Bishara says:
C-CTO:  Indulge my curiosity.

CEO Bishara says:
CMO: Can you add anything from the medical standpoint as to the type of burns you have treated?

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
All: We've been assigned to the Chronus to fulfil R&D's requirement that it's researches take time in space.  This ship is, was, a good place to serve and still work on projects.  We've been trying to increase the yields to the Quantum torps by reaching deeper levels.  It looks like we succeeded.

CMO Hayes says:
::repeats the CEO's question in her head and quickly scans in her head the cases she saw::

CMO Hayes says:
ALL: The burns we treated were not special. They were typical from huge explosions.

CEO Bishara says:
C-CTO: Succeeded yes but with how many lived did it pay for?

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CMO: And the sensor scans you made show a zero point quantum state that is stable?

CEO Bishara says:
CMO: So none of the burns revealed anything.  Good.

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
CEO: Do you think I don't know that?  Believe me, if I could go back I would.

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
XO: The point is deep inside the bubble now, and it's not stable.  The reaction pulled so much power that the "pull" was able to stay open, and keep drawing material.

CMO Hayes says:
XO: None of the scans revealed something out of the ordinary.

CEO Bishara says:
C-CTO:  Yes Mr. Gorge I can sense your emotions so you don't have to shout.  This is a meeting for us to get all our information together.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
C-CTO: I see.

CO Captain McAllister says:
::whispers to the XO::  XO:  You're losing control of this meeting.  I suggest you take charge.

CEO Bishara says:
C-CEO: Is it possible to re do this disastrous explosion again and possibly reverse the process to close the rift?

XO Commander Z’heta says:
::Nods at the CO::

CEO Bishara says:
::sits back and begins to run simulations on her PADD while the meeting continues::

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
XO: Basically, what we need to do now is set up another reaction to undo it.  We have the how to make the reaction, problem we have is rigging up a way to do it without the normal energy source.  Can't get a Photon warhead to pass that deep through the system without blowing up on it's own.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CEO/C-CTO: Let us stay calm and work on a solution.

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
<C-CSO> XO: Commander Gorge and I were thinking we could tap the pull and the free energy in the bubble to do it, but our immediate concern was keeping ahead of the bubble and, even worse, we had very little to work with the last couple days.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
C-CTO: what about several photons? would they work?

CEO Bishara says:
::is now deep in thought as she works on a possible way to shield one photon torpedo to penetrate the bubble's density::

CO Captain McAllister says:
CEO:  Is there a way we could make sure we stayed ahead of the bubble?

XO Commander Z’heta says:
C-CSO: that seems a good idea.

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
XO: Problem isn’t' the energy yield, problem is that once the Photon warhead enters, it's anti matter will go into fusion and it would blow up long before reaching target.

CEO Bishara says:
CO: Sir?  Oh I am sorry just working on a way to allow one torpedo to enter the deepest most part of the bubble.

CEO Bishara says:
CO: Well sir as I did indicate before I could keep us and the Chronus intact and ahead of the following explosion and energy wave.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
C-CTO: What if we made a anti-helium warhead? It wouldn't do a fusion, because it's already helium

CO Captain McAllister says:
All:  Well, that helps us with one of the problems.  Now, all we have to do is work on the bigger problem.

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
XO: That could work, if we could get the Anti matter into Helium as well.  Although that also assumes that the cold fusion stops with Hydrogen, but for now we have to hope that.

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
<C-CSO> C-CTO: I told you, the Helium inside seems stable, it would work.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
C-CTO: At least it would go nearer the target.

CO Captain McAllister says:
CEO:  Lt., does that sound like it would work?

CEO Bishara says:
C-CTO: It could work but have you found a way of keeping the fusions from not blending in the heat and or energy of the mini big bang???

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CMO: Doctor, did your scans of the bubble showed stable helium in it?

CEO Bishara says:
C-CTO: I could design a photon torpedo casing that would keep the inside stable until it reached the designated target area.

CMO Hayes says:
XO: Yes. But know that the helium wasn't reacting inside.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CMO: Understood.  It can react to anti-helium, though

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
<C-CSO> CMO: We think that the other universe we tapped into has a stronger nuclear force, but apparently it's not strong enough to allow cold fusion of Helium at this stage.

CMO Hayes says:
::nods at the C-CSO and takes notes of it::

XO Commander Z’heta says:
C-CTO/CEO: Prepare a anti-helium warhead.  Use extra power to make it if you have too.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
C-CSO: Run a computer simulation to show if an anti-helium torpedo in fact will collapse the bubble

CEO Bishara says:
::makes notes on her padd::

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CMO: Scan the bubble again to confirm it's quantum state.

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
<C-CSO> XO: The Anti Helium will actually power the zero point reaction, so there should be no problem there.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CO: do you agree with this course of action?

CMO Hayes says:
XO: Aye

CEO Bishara says:
XO: Understood sir.

CO Captain McAllister says:
XO:  Not until I hear what, if any, the risks are.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
ALL: I don't want the bubble to evolve beyond the point where an anti-helium torpedo is worthless.

CEO Bishara says:
XO: That is the main point here I think.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CO: Yes Captain. C-CSO: I still want that simulation to make sure no extra explosions will occur

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
CO: Captain, there is on record a case where something like this happened, although the sustained opening wasn't as strong.  We've modified the solution used then to match our original set up.  All our data shows it can collapse the opening again.

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
<C-CSO> XO: Aye, will do.

CEO Bishara says:
XO/CO: Sirs I can use a small amount of .......::stops cause she knows just how unstable the substance:: I can fit a small liquid nitrogen system to keep the chemicals cool enough for the torpedo to reach the centre of its target.

CO Captain McAllister says:
C-CTO:  Understood.  I will then leave the decision in Cmdr. Z’heta's hands.

CO Captain McAllister says:
CEO:  You have my permission.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
ALL: You heard the Captain.  No necessary risks will be considered.  CEO: I want you to test if the nitrogen is sufficient to keep the torpedo from blowing up too soon.

CEO Bishara says:
CO/XO: I already have the layout of it already sirs.  Will work on it right away.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CMO: Give us a deadline: how long before the nuclear forces are strong enough to fuse the helium too?

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CMO: You don't have to give an answer right now: scan the bubble and do an estimate of the time we have.

CMO Hayes says:
XO: I can give you an answer, sir. There is nothing to indicate that they will indeed get stronger in scans.

CEO Bishara says:
ALL: Well if that is the case then we should be able to pull this off.

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
<C-CSO> XO: That's what we've guesses as well.  What is happening is the laws of physics for the other universe are creeping in, so what's inside should be stable.

XO Commander Z’heta says:
CMO: good. We need only to worry about the bubble it self…

Host C-CTO Gorge says:
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Host C-CTO Gorge says:
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