USS Cherokee 
LATEOT, by Steve Weller, Part 2
11810.21

Starring_
Steve Weller as CO_Ayidee, CO_Maxwet and Producer
Dawn Freeman as OPS_Nash
JR Klein as CEO_LtJG_Truus and Adm_Skalic
Zach Farland as CNS_LtJg_Daniels
Pablo Delsoglio as CIV_Capt_Marek
Absent
None
Leave of Absence
Topper Loghry as CTO_LT_Q`ten
Trish Yarborough as CMO-McIntyre
Ship's Log, Stardate 11810.21, Captain Ayidee recording.  The Cherokee has been sent to investigate an anomaly 2 LY from Earth, one that arrived with a neutrino surge but has been a constant source of Matter/ Anti matter reaction since it started.  We are just now pulling into Short Range Sensor Range.

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Host CO_Ayidee says:
::On Bridge, reviewing sensor scan reports.::

CEO_LtJG_Truus says:
::at the science console::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::at OPS::

ACTION: Sensors are just starting to get through the interference.  They detect a very large vessel with a central control area and 4 sections splitting off from it.  The 2 upper ones are smaller than the lower, and one of the 2 lowers is practically disintegrated.  The Matter/ Anti-Matter interaction is occurring right at the ship's shield edge.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Helm: Bring us to within 1 million kilometers and then all stop.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
CO: Do you think they caused the Matter/Anti-matter or they're just victims of it?

CEO_LtJG_Truus says:
::takes the helm and sets course::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: I am not sure, but if they are the cause, then where is it coming from?  It meaning the anti matter.  Every reaction needs a source after all.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
CO: Well, we can tell where it might have been; that destroyed section of their ship.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: A logical assumption.  It looks like that section exploded, as in from the inside.  That is a lot of storage space for a ship that size though.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  The Universal Translator finally finished the message that was detected.  It is on audio.  ::she puts the message on audio::

INFO:  The message says "This is the LFS Breach Jumper to anyone who can hear this.  We exited our Jump far off course and are now trapped in some sort of Anti Matter cloud.  Shields are holding but we can not engage engines for return trip  Assistance desperately needed."

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: Anti matter cloud?  Any signs of that on sensors?  Has it dissipated or something?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<Tactical> CO: Nothing we're seeing, and no reaction with shielding here.  Not sure what they mean, Captain.

CEO_LtJG_Truus says:
All: It seems the antimatter part of the reaction is coming from inside their shield.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
ALL: I wonder how that could have happened.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CEO: Inside?  Like a fuel leak?  Would explain the exploded tank but it doesn't match the rest of the signs.

CEO_LtJG_Truus says:
::looks at science console again... blinks several times:: CO: This can't be right... According to these readings, the ship itself is made of antimatter.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CEO: The ship is made of...how is that...So that means the anti matter cloud they report was our normal space?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
CEO: I didn't think that was possible.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<SO> All: Hypothetically possible, but never proven.  There is a theory that at the Big Bang our area of space was filled with matter, but throughout the universe the mix of matter and anti matter would have to be about equal.  Which means certain areas would be made of anti matter.  If life developed there, and built ships...

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
OPS: Now that we are closer, can we hail them yet?

CEO_LtJG_Truus says:
CO/SO: But if that's the case, how can they even be here without causing a violent reaction?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CNS:  I've been trying but nothing is happening yet.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
All: I never talked to anti-matter people before.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CEO: Those shields are pretty powerful, might be enough to hold the reaction down a bit.  For a while anyway.

Host CO_Maxwet says:
@COM: Hail: Cherokee: This is the LFS Breach Jumper to the ship approaching, we are stuck in some sort of anti=matter cloud.  Take great care.  However, if you can provide aid, we would be appreciative.

ACTION: Just  before the message, shields on the strange ship dropped and another jump in reaction power preceded it.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
All: Wow.  I know nothing about this kind of thing.  I'm afraid I'm going to be of no use on this one.

CEO_LtJG_Truus says:
::uses the science console to try and create a containment field around the other ship::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: Knowledge specialization is a very important trait on a starship.  I am certain we will have a need for your skills.

CEO_LtJG_Truus says:
Helm: Bring us closer, I can't do much from here.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
Helm: Bring it in as close as shields will allow for now.
CEO: What are you thinking?

CEO_LtJG_Truus says:
CO: Their shields are failing and I don't want to think about what will happen after that. We need to create a containment field to help them.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
CO: That's alright.  I'll just keep you guys company and ask a lot of dumb questions.  A lot of inspiration has come as the result of someone asking a dumb question.  ::Smiles::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
::Nods.::  CEO: Or assist their shields to make them last longer, good thinking.

CEO_LtJG_Truus says:
<Helm officer> ::brings Cherokee to the nearest safe distance::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
COM: Breach Jumper: CO: Captain Maxwet, this is Captain Ayidee of the Federation Starship Cherokee.  We are coming to assist but are detecting a few...issues. To put it mildly.  It doesn't appear you are from around here, to say the least.

Host CO_Maxwet says:
@COM: CO: We are not sure where we are, to be honest.  There was a problem with the jump, we think we hit some sort of energy burst, threw our breach off. From what we are able to tell way, way off.

CEO_LtJG_Truus says:
CO: Ask if their navigation computer is working.

Host CO_Maxwet says:
@COM: CO: To be honest, we can not even identify the stars within scanning range or identify any stellar landmarks.  We don't even know if we are in our own galaxy even.  How are you dealing with the anti matter cloud?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
CO: So, they need a fix and directions.   Umm, where were they going?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
COM: Maxwell: The antimatter is a long story, but from our sensors it seems that your section of space has an opposite matter matrix from ours.  Your anti matter appears to be our matter.  Are your ship's systems operational?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: They seem to be from very far away, not sure if they know how to describe where home is.

Host CO_Maxwet says:
@COM: CO: All systems operational, except for primary deuterium storage tanks 1.  Your matter is our anti matter?  Is that even possible?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@::In the background Maxwet's science officer begins explaining the hypothetical possibility.::

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
CO: So, they don't know where they are and thus, can't know where to go from here and we can't give them directions.  I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS: First step is making sure they don't annihilate themselves from contact with our matter.  Finding their way home will be the next puzzle.  ::Doesn’t' add "if possible.::

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