USS Cherokee 11306.02 0838 part 3

Starring
Jon Benson as CEO_Salor and Guest Producer
 Steve Weller as Captain Ayidee  
Zach Farland as CNS_Ens_Daniels
 Andrew Cotterly as CMO_Lt_Talora
Dawn Freeman as OPS_Cmdr_Nash
John Easten as FCO_Fischer

Absent
  Trish Yarborough as Executive Producer

Ship's Log, Stardate 11306.02, Captain Ayidee recording.  We still have no solid reason for the apparent time stop, but we are testing reactions for certain actions to see if we can map out what is happening right now.  I am confident we will find an answer, but in the short term things could look better.

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Host JonB says:
<TR Chief>  CMO: Diagnostic is complete, everything working fine.  You can transport when ready.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
::Standing on the transporter pad waiting to see what happens::

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
::In Shuttle Bay prepping a shuttle::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
::On Bridge, monitoring Science sensors through arm console.::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::at her post on the Bridge::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::In the transporter room with CMO and CTO ready to go away on the Away Team::  CMO: Are they sure this thing is okay, now?

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
*CNS*: Have fun over there buddy. Try to come back, will ya?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Nods:: TR Chief: Thank you. ::Turns:: CTO/CNS: You all ready?

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
*FCO*: We'll bring back all the latest gossip.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*AT*: I am sure I don't need to remind you, but keep communications lines open.  And play it conservative, no rush.  We seem to have all the time in the world...literally.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: Yes, Ma'am.  ::Stands ready on the pad::

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
TR Chief: Energize.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
CMO: ready as I'll ever be.

@Action: The away team materialize in the Station’s Transporter Room and standing before them, behind  the transporter console, is a transporter tech.   He is seemly standing still, looking to be in the middle of doing something with his console.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@*FCO*: You too.  Be careful.  If you come back, I'll buy you lunch.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
*CO*: Captain, Fischer here, shuttle is prepped and ready for launch on your order.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Materializes:: *CO*: Captain, we're on the station and everything seems frozen here as well.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CTO: Good to see you.  Where you been?

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@::Looks around at everything::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*FCO*: Very good.  Take her out and circle the station then return.  Link up shuttle sensors in case you can see something we don't.  And good luck, Ensign.
*CMO*: Same situation?  0838 hours?  Then at least we have a few more parameters.  Can you access the station systems or are they frozen?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@::Looks at the console to try and figure out what the stiff was doing at 0838::

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CMO: It would seem that only we are affected by the time displacement.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Steps down off the pad and looks around.:: CTO: I'm inclined to agree...

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
*CO*: Don't worry Captain this'll be a walk in the park! ::Brings shuttle engines online and lifts off::

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@:: Pulls out his Phaser and starts looking it over:: CNS:  Anyone know where the Phaser range on this place is?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::she is still monitoring the sensors in hopes of finding some sort of movement somewhere.::

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
#*OPS*: Cherokee, this is Shuttlecraft Newton, I have cleared the Bay and am approaching the station.  Things seem just as dead out here as they do onboard.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CTO: Why? Do we want to go there?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Looks at the TR console:: *CO*: Everything is frozen. We'll get nothing from the consoles.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*CMO*: What about automated systems, like the doors?  Are they functioning?

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CNS: I figure it would be the safest place to fire a Phaser.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
*FCO*:  Understood, be safe.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Shakes head:: *CO*: No, sir...

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO/CTO: So, the ship isn't what is keeping us immune.  What is it about us that makes us the exception?

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
#*OPS*: Let's link the shuttles sensors with the Cherokee's and see what we can find out.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@CNS/CTO: It's almost like a dream-state...

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CTO: Don't they usually keep some Phasers stored in the transport rooms?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Can you link up with the Station's computers?  Some simple, unsecured system?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO: Like we're in a Salvador Dali painting, but with us being the only thing animated.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CNS: I'd just as soon use my own.  Everything on the station seems to be frozen, so there's no reason to think that the station Phasers wouldn't be frozen as well.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Walks over to the TR Door and opens the door by pushing it.:: CNS/CTO: We aren't getting far on this deck though. I don't quite feel like climbing our way through the station. We built Turbolifts for a reason...

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  I'll see what I can do.  There are no guarantees that I will succeed.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CTO: No, I can't imagine anything here works.  It's kind of creepy, huh?

@Action: As the AT opens the doors, several station personnel are in the middle of doing various things in their normal lives , just not moving.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
#*Cherokee*: Captain, Shuttlecraft Newton here, nothing to report yet. I am still approaching the station.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@::Looks over at the unmoving station transporter tech:: CNS: What if everything were normal except for us?  What if we're not the only ones not affected, but the only ones that are affected?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO: That's definitely creepy.  ::Sees people suspended in time::  It's like the clothing department at Macys, all the surreal mannequins standing around.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::after a few tries, she discovered that she cannot link up to the Station's computers.::  CO:  Captain, as I feared, I cannot link up to the Station's computers as there is nothing that our system can link to.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Pulls out her Tricorder and starts scanning.:: CNS: Macys?

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CMO/CNS: What if somehow we sped up to the point that everything around us seems frozen?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CTO: I believe that, too.  This is definitely our problem.  We need to find away back into the timeline.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Understood.  But it had to be tested.
*FCO*: How do the sensors show us on the ship?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO: Department store, they're a franchise, have stores all over the Alpha Quadrant.  I hear they just opened a new branch on Qo'noS.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
#::checks readings:: *CO*: Everything seems normal, out here and in there. Sorry Captain but I haven't found anything useful.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  Of course, One piece tested and many more to go.  Hopefully that key will be found soon.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Frowns and looks again at the reading from the TR Chief on the station.:: CNS/CTO: I got something...looked like a heartbeat...

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*FCO*: In a situation like this, no information is often as useful as information.  We can't assume anything here.  Complete the orbit of the station and then return to the Cherokee.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO: Where's it coming from?

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CMO:  Doctor, have you taken any  samples of the crew since this started?

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
#*CO*: Aye, sir finishing the sweep and then heading home.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@CTO: No...I've had no need to. ::Keeps scanning.:: All: Another beat...

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CNS/CMO: If what I am thinking is true, then something in a history lesson I learned about a long time ago, may hold a key as to what's going on.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
*CO*: Just an update sir.  I'm picking up a couple of heartbeats here and there from these frozen people.  I don't think time has stopped...it would just mean that we're going incredibly fast.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CMO: Can you determine how fast, using a heart beat as a kind of time line?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Still scanning to try to hear another heartbeat from the TR Chief.::

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
#::Pilots shuttle around Station then brings it back to the Cherokee:: *Cherokee*: Cherokee, this is Shuttlecraft Newton, coming in for docking.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CTO: Care to elaborate?  ::Following the CMO to the heartbeat::

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CNS: Something I read in a history book once concerning Captain James Kirk and the old Enterprise and a race of Aliens that moved at hyper speeds.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@::Scans a station crew as to cellular mitosis acceleration to determine if the frozen are aging::
CTO: Hyper speed, is that getting into quantum physics?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@*CO*: Roughly every half hour is equal to one heartbeat. Judging by the blood flow...

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
*FCO*:  Understood., Welcome back.

Action: The outer shuttle bay doors open for the shuttle to come in.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
::Waits for doors to open and smoothly lands to the shuttle:: *CO*: Just touched down, coming to the bridge ASAP.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*CMO*: That at least gives us a better look at what is happening.  Now we just need to find why.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
*CNS*: How are thing over in the land of the dead?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CTO: So what happened with this Kirk guy?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Tries to push the TR Chief.::

@Action: The TR Chief falls over, but still remains in his fixed position as he was when he was standing.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO: They're aging, but at a very slow rate of speed, like really slow.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@CNS/CTO: We're still able to affect our environment, both with animate and inanimate objects.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO: We shouldn't have a problem with them all starving to death.  That egg salad sandwich they had for lunch will sustain them for months.

@Action: A wall display disappears from a wall close to the Away Team.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
::Steps off Turbolift onto bridge:: CO: That was an uneventful trip, sir ::Relieves current FCO and take station::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO: Ooops, you want me to stand the guy up again?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*CMO*: Are there other things you think might help put more light on things Lieutenant?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Looks over and points:: CNS/CTO: Did...either of you see that?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@*CO*: Looking, sir.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CNS: I can't remember the exact details but the aliens had got on board the Enterprise, but they moved so quickly the even the ships internal sensors couldn't detect them.  Gives a whole new meaning to "the hand is quicker than the eye".

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO: See what?  ::Setting the stiff upright again::
CTO: So, you think we're doing something like what these aliens could do?  But, why us?

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CNS: Not sure, but that's why I asked the Doctor here about samples from the crew.

@Action: The Transporter Room Chief disappears.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@CNS: Looked like a wall display just disappeared. ::Sees the TR Chief Disappear.:: CTO/CNS: Not so good I feel...

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@ALL: Whoa! Where'd he go?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@::Sees it that time:: CMO/CTO: Hey, I saw it that time.  Where did he go?
::Takes a scan in the spot where the TR Chief disappeared::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
::Listening to the AT open channel.::  *AT*: What's happening?  Where did who go?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@*CO*: Sir, we've just had a person that I've interacted with disappear. Be ready to pull us back at a moments notice...I don't want to push things too much here.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CNS/CMO: I think it's time to see if I'm right, or grasping at straws ::aims his Phaser at a wall::

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
::Listens intently to open channel::

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@::Fires his Phaser::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO/CTO: Shouldn't there be some kind of trace of transporter activity after a beam out?  I don't think he was teleported out.

@Action: The Phaser fires a stun shot at the wall, as normal.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Lock on Transporters.  All Transporter Rooms establish the lock just in case one lock is lost.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CNS/CMO: Well that means our equipment is affected as well.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CTO: Well, the wall won't do it again, I'm sure.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Steps outside the TR and looks around.::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*CMO*: We are setting up multiple, redundant Transporter locks to be certain.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@*CO*: Thank you, sir.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO: Where you going?  ::Follows the CMO out into the corridor::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  Aye, Sir. ::gets transporter locks on the away team and tells everyone in all the transporter rooms to do the same.::

@Action: Some one up the corridor disappears.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CMO/CNS: But the disappearance of the transporter chief and the wall display means that my theory is wrong. They wouldn't just disappear.  They would be moving as normal, but we're just so much faster we can't perceive their movements.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CMO: Where are they going?  Can the ship detect anything, you think?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@CNS: Looking around. ::Sees someone else disappear.:: *CO*: People are disappearing that have had no contact with us.

@Action: A section of wall before them disappears, behind the wall is someone’s quarters.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CTO/CMO: Wait a minute.  Did they get sent somewhere or did time affect them and they just moved someplace else so fast we didn't see them?

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
@CNS: That wouldn't explain sections of walls disappearing.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
@::Sees part of the wall disappear:: *CO*: Pull us back.  Parts of the wall are disappearing now. I'm not going to risk this team to have a part of the hull go.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*CMO*: That is unusual.  You are still in the EVA suits, corr...understood.  Pulling back.
OPS: Get them back, we need to rethink.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
@CTO: No, I guess it wouldn't.  ::Thinks some more::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO: Aye, Sir.  ::beams the away team back.::

@Action: As the away team dematerialize, they witness all around them humanoid beings ( transparent looking) doing various things.  Most are doing things to the station personnel. Others are messing with the walls and floors and everything else. Nothing else can be seen as the away team appear back on the Cherokee.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Appears back on the Cherokee:: CNS/CTO: Did you see that?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Rematerializes in the Cherokee's Transporter Room::  CTO/CMO: Did you see that?  There's were some phantom looking alien guys messing with our people on the station.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
CMO/CNS: What or who the hell was that?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: Yeah, I saw that..

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: I don't know.  That was sooooo freaky.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS/FCO: If we are in some altered state of time, how would we be able to alter it back permanently?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: Could you tell what they were doing to the station crew?

Action: The ships chronometer advances to 0839.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
CNS: Too hard to tell.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
::Notices change in time:: CO: Captain... look at the time...

Host CO_Ayidee says:
FCO: Noted.  And that is another strong piece of evidence our time flow has altered.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
CTO/CNS: Lets get back up to the bridge and let the CO know what we just saw...he may have ideas about this.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
CO: Captain, our apparent situation was proceeded by a Kemocite explosion, if we could recreate that explosion we might be able to escape.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
CMO: Is it possible to transport back to the station but be held in the transporter beam without materializing?  Maybe we can figure what those things were and what they are doing?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
FCO: Risky, even if we could find enough Kemocite.  Kemocite reactions affecting time are seldom "controlled".  Not to mention they are not usually safe.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
CTO: I suppose it's possible. I'm not good with that sort of technology though. You'd have to ask engineering or even the TR Chief. We still need to inform the Captain, however.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: I'd be willing to do that, be held in the buffer, maybe see something.

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
CO: Yes sir.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
CMO: I say we go have a talk with the Captain then.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Nods:: CNS: You've had much more luck in the past with communicating with foreign beings.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: I'm good at observation too, as long as I don't talk a lot.

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
::can't help the chuckle that escapes at the CNS comment::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: Maybe the Captain should come here?

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
::Smiles::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CMO: That's not an order, just a suggestion.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Smiles back, because she started it::

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
CMO/CNS: Even if it would work, could we do anything but watch?  Is it possible to interact while in a transporter beam?

FCO_Ens_Fischer says:
*CNS*: What's taking so long? I made it back, I want my free lunch.

CMO_Lt_Talora says:
CNS: If I'm right, they'll still be there if we go to the bridge first. ::Walks out of the TR and towards the bridge.::

CTO_ENS_Q`ten says:
::Follows the Doctor::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: The information we get could help us figure out what to do.  It’s a good starting place.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Follows CMO::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
FCO/ OPS: There is a reason Kemocite is a controlled substance...

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::nods at the CO statement.::

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