Host SM-Trish says:
USS Cherokee 11104.10 The Return Part 11
Starring 
Trish Yarborough as Executive Producer and TO-Goldberg
Steve Weller as Cmdr_Ec`Thel`Ion 
Zach Farland as XO_Wells and Cmdr_Wells
Dawn Freeman as OPS_Nash 
Andrew Cotterly as CMO_LtJg_Talora and William_Stradiot

Absent
John Easten as CTO_Ens_Easten
Jane Rowley as CNS_Cmdr_Luchena 
Linda Baus as CSO_LtJG_Logan and Dr_Jekyl 

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Host Ec’Thel’Ion says:
::At castle, watching out for signs of the Borg coming back, wondering if this will end if these people can figure a way to "fix" Jekyl.::

Host TO-Goldberg says:
XO:  Sir?  My double and I would like permission to be circling the castle, just in case there are more Borg on the way.

CNS_Cmdr_Luchena says:
::~~~pokes~~~ around in Jekyl's mind.  Sees that the lights are on but no one is home, as the humans say::

CMO_LtJg_Talora says:
::Sighs and leans against the wall, thinking of what she's able to do to help::

Host XO_Wells says:
TO: Permission granted, make sure you both get something to eat too, okay?

Host TO-Goldberg says:
XO:  Thank you Sir, it has been a while.  Rations are my favorite but they are better than nothing.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
TO: They usually come every couple hours.  Never figured out why they never just did an all at once thing, but they don't.  If you're going, there's some trenches about the castle for cover if you find the need.

Host XO_Wells says:
::Smiles at Goldberg::

Host TO-Goldberg says:
::nods to his double and they sit down.  Pulling out rations, they quickly tear open the packages::

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
XO: If you get Jekyl able to stay over the rainbow, what happens to the "left behinds"?

Cmdr_Wells says:
XO: So, we get the designs all drawn up and then what?  We don't know anything about that gateway.  If both of each of us goes through, why wouldn't one of us be blocked just like the Huron doubles were blocked?

Host TO-Goldberg says:
::listening to all the conversations going on around him::

Host XO_Wells says:
Ec': That's our next road block.  How to get us all through.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
XO: We've come to believe we're stuck here.  May be wrong, hope we're wrong, but not sure if it would be better to be right or to be wrong.
::Leans against the wall and slides to the floor.::  
XO: Been a long time, starting to feel the crawl of time.

Host XO_Wells says:
Ec': There has to be a way for us all to get through.   We would either become one again or stay two it doesn't matter.

William_Stradiot says:
Ec: Join the club, Ec.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
Ec:  Sir, I apologize for interrupting, but has anyone thought that it might be something on the planet and not just the gate that is causing the problems?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::standing over the equipment, with a frustrated expression.::

Cmdr_Wells says:
Ec': Was everyone from the Huron away team doubled?  Did any go back, anyone not hear that was?

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
TO: With the equipment?  Yes, I've thought of it.  The material the gateway is made out of, there's stuff that seems like it all around in the ground.  If that's the case, than building new stuff once through the gate won't help.

William_Stradiot says:
Wells: We were doubled, yes.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
Wells: No one made it through.  For the left behinds, the gateway don't work.  We walk into the gateway and just pass through to the other side.  Not the other other side, but the other side of the gate here.

Cmdr_Wells says:
OPS: Feel free to take a break, Mrs. Nash, the engineers and science people can manage for a few minutes without you.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
XO:  Could it be something in the atmosphere as well which exacerbates the problems?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
Cmdr_Wells:  I think I will, this is even too complex for knowledge.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
OPS: It's old fashioned Engineering at it's worst.   A Tricorder could give what you need in one pass, but if that were the case...well, you know.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
OPS:  Is there anything you can jury rig to find anything of that nature?

Cmdr_Wells says:
Ec': So, what was the BOT saying about one of the doubles being dead and going through, would both be on other side, one dead, one alive or would there be just one, either dead or alive?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
Ec:  I understand that, I do have some knowledge of the old fashioned circuitry but this is out of my realm of understanding.

Host XO_Wells says:
OPS: We are brainstorming the gateway issue.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
TO:  Not sure.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
Ec:  It would be helpful if Jekyl or his counterpart were somewhat sane ::sighs::.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
Wells: Not sure, honestly.  I think it's all theory.  The ones who died, their double went through long before.  ::Bows head for a second.::  Don't even know if anything passed through when the BOTs tried to send them home.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
TO: He was somewhat until recently.  Somewhat being relative.  The "return" of Hyde scares me.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
OPS: What if instead of rebuilding, or trying to copy here, what if we brought the whole blasted thing to the gate?

Host XO_Wells says:
All: You would think the gateway issue would be as simple as causing it to work exactly in reverse?

Host TO-Goldberg says:
Ec:  Sounds good to me, however, how much does that thing weigh?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
Ec:  I suppose it could be possible, since some of our technology was brought through the gate.  But will it work on the other side like ours doesn't here?

Host TO-Goldberg says:
::sighs::  OPS:  Good point.

Cmdr_Wells says:
::Sees Jekyl working diligently on "his" project:::

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
TO/OPS: Don't know for sure on either point.  It's mass shouldn't be a problem, considering the numbers we have available.  I'd guess power adaptation may be an issue on the other side.  Don't think Sarium-krellide would power it directly.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
CMO:  What do you think?  You work with Biobeds and stuff like this?

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
::Whispered.::  XO: Be careful with him.  Jekyl is a bit of a pain, Hyde?  He's dangerous.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
Ec:  Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try to get this contraption through the gate to see if it will work there.

CMO_LtJg_Talora says:
TO: I work with the Biobeds, yes, but they're merely for monitoring the patient’s life signs. What are you suggesting?

Cmdr_Wells says:
Ec': We got "Hyde" thinking he's secure in his position, he has control of Jekyl and Jekyl has control of project.  Isn't a sense of false security a great thing?

Host TO-Goldberg says:
CMO:  Wouldn't this thing work along the same lines?  Do you know what they look like inside?

CMO_LtJg_Talora says:
TO: My training never really covered the mechanics of the Biobed.  I know of it's concept, but I’m not exactly a mechanical mind. It's possible to alter a Biobed to work as a makeshift charging station.

Host XO_Wells says:
OPS: I would just like us all to get back.  Wouldn't the kids be freaked out, huh?  I can see ZG and his other, other Dad living together.  Two and a half men, his nightmare.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
Wells: Yes, but he's...When we first came through, it was like Jekyl's double got all the evil concentrated in it.  I wouldn't let him out of sight once on the other side.  Keep a pair of eyes on him.  Tell him the eyes are an Engineer or Operations Officer if you need, have him on the project.  Just don't let him soothe you into that false security.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
XO:  Sir, this has been bothering me as well.  If technology doesn't work here, why or how do the BOT's work?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::chuckles slightly::  XO:  It would be interesting.

Host XO_Wells says:
Ec': I guess you didn't get it, its his false security not mine, I know all too well Jekyl's mental state and what he's capable of, we are watching.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
TO: They were built here, in this environment.  Different technology often does that.
XO: Good, not that I don't trust you all, but him?  He's a tricky one.

Host XO_Wells says:
OPS: I might be your husband's dream come true, however. ::Smiles at her::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
XO:  Maybe, maybe not.  However, my kids would be totally confused.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
XO:  I have another question.  How come the Bot's don't know what system or galaxy they are in?

Host XO_Wells says:
Ec': These BOTs are they like computers?  If so, give them the gateway problem and let them solve it.  Why does the blasted gateway double anyway?
Ec': Who and why was it designed to duplicate?

William_Stradiot says:
TO: The BOTs never really cared to explore. There were happy right here. Everyone came blundering in and causing a ruckus.  At least, that's how I understand it to be.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
CMO:  If you opened up the charging box Jekyl goes into, could you perhaps tell if the circuitry was any where near what the Biobed looks like?

Cmdr_Wells says:
All: Who built the gate?

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
XO: Not so much like computers in the computational sense.  More like designed artificial beings, like the semi mythical Soong types, but more "normal" in brain power.

CMO_LtJg_Talora says:
TO: Probably I could, yes.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
Wells/ TO: Gate seems a relic, left over...ironic word there...left over from the creators they think.  I haven't seen anything to suggest another reason or source.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
XO:  Didn't the Bot's say they were built after the Borg came here?

Cmdr_Wells says:
Ec': Did the white Andorians build the BOTs or did the same guys who built the gateway build the BOTs?

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
Wells: From my understanding, they were one and the same.  But hard to tell for sure.  Their literature has limited survival rates at best, and that's both fiction and non fiction.  I'd kill for a good book.

Cmdr_Wells says:
Ec': Well, just because the creators were here before the BOTs does that mean the creators built the gateway or could it have been here before the creators?

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
::Smiles.::  Self: Or a good ale.  A good meal.  A good night's sleep.
Wells: It's possible.  And it has precedent among other galactic examples.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
XO:  Sir, we have finished eating and will start making our rounds.

Cmdr_Wells says:
All: I just thought if we could figure out the history of this place, what the gateway was built for and by who we might know why things became the way they have

Host XO_Wells says:
XO: Thanks Goldberg, be careful out there.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
::nods as he and his double leave::

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
Wells: Ever play that camp fire game where you start a story and pass it along, see what it becomes after 8 or 10 retellings?

Host XO_Wells says:
All: ...and then, maybe what we can do about it.
Ec': Yes, I know the game.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
Wells: That's our history source.  The Bots, they've been telling the stories so long none are sure what's real and what's the retelling.

Cmdr_Wells says:
Ec': Playing truth or dare sounds more fun but, I get your point, the BOTs are clueless too.

CMO_LtJg_Talora says:
::Walks over to the recharging station and looks it over::

Host XO_Wells says:
All: Well, that might not necessarily be a bad thing, if the BOTs aren't sure that means there's hope.  They don't have the answers but that doesn't mean there isn't one.

Host XO_Wells says:
Ec': What kind of literature is around here, maybe some old journals or diaries belonging to the creators?

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
Wells: Point is though, they are sure the Borg were inactive until our arrival.  Well, Jekyl's arrival, but still.  If he's gone, they don't seem to show up.  This world could become something livable.

Host XO_Wells says:
All: The Borg think Jekyl is the key to assimilating the BOTs.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
XO: A few books.  Spent the first few weeks searching every building I could for books and so forth.  Problem is they have aged a bit badly.  Dangerous reading them and hard to keep them from falling apart.

CMO_LtJg_Talora says:
::seeing Jekyl in the corner talking to himself and being careful, moves around to the other side of the room to do her inspecting and looking.::

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
::Nods.::  XO: That's the theory, and I don't doubt it's right.  He's a hybrid, and proof the technologies can work together.  Can't let that happen.  They may not be biological, but they're real.

Host XO_Wells says:
Ec': Still, might be worth the risk to take a look.  There has to be an instruction manual or directions written down on the gateway and the BOTs for that matter.  Who invents something and doesn't make notes and an owner's manual?

Host TO-Goldberg says:
::checking the surroundings, sees nothing coming their way::

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
XO: If there is one, I haven't found it.  But we haven't moved about much.  Had to stay close in case the Toasters return.

Cmdr_Wells says:
All: There's millions of files in our computers just about how to use stuff like the toilets and showers... Has to be information someplace.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
::walks back to the gathering::  XO:  So far, so good, we haven't seen anyone coming.

Host XO_Wells says:
All: What about a possibility there's another gateway here?  There were two gateways on Alpha Kulpa.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
XO:  Has anyone asked a BOT straight out if there is anything like that in their memory banks?

Host XO_Wells says:
TO: No news is good news, Thank you, Goldberg.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
XO:  Perhaps we haven't asked the right question?  Like...show me the schematics for the gateway.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
TO: Honestly, not that I know of.  They don't seem to "know" much more about it than we do, but do have a lot of theories.

Host XO_Wells says:
CMO: Doctor, my head hurts, I order you to order us all to not speak of work for the next half hour.  We all could use a break.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
:;shrugs his shoulders::  Ec:  Couldn't hurt.

Cmdr_Wells says:
All: We should all eat something.  What we got?

CMO_LtJg_Talora says:
<CMO2> ::Smiles lightly:: XO: Naturally. ::Turns:: All: Alright, you lot. take five.

Host XO_Wells says:
TO: You can talk to a BOT over dinner.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
Wells: We honestly never got proof that the gateway worked.  Jekyl said our others made it through, but he also said they told Starfleet we were here.

Host TO-Goldberg says:
XO:  Thanks Sir!  I will see if I can find one.

Cmdr_Wells says:
TO: It's worth an ask.

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
Wells: What if we're not the left behinds after all?

Cmdr_Wells says:
Ec': He lied to us too.

Host XO_Wells says:
Ec': Or Neal did.  But stop, my head is killing me.

William_Stradiot says:
Ec: What on earth do you mean by that?

Host Ec`Thel`Ion says:
William: Just a bad thought, what if our doubles didn't make it through, and we're the only copy, stuck in this backwater...never mind.  Just dwelling on bad ideas.

Host XO_Wells says:
Ec': Stop talking.

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