USS Cherokee 
Time Keeps on Slippin’, by Steve Weller, Part 3
11911.03

Starring_
Steve Weller as CO_Ayidee, CO_Artiset, SO_Watt, Flexor and Producer
Dawn Freeman as OPS_Nash
Zach Farland as CNS_LtJg_Daniels
Pablo Delsoglio as CIV_Capt_Marek
Absent
Topper Loghry as CTO_LT_Q`ten
Leave of Absence
Trish Yarborough as CMO-McIntyre
Ship's Log, Stardate 11911.03, Captain Ayidee recording.  We are moving the Cherokee closer to the newly formed, from our point of view, star system to get a better look.  The situation is still under investigation as we move forward.

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Host CO_Ayidee says:
::On Bridge, monitoring the ship's operations.::

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
::On bridge waiting to see what happens next::

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
::trying to make himself useful.. but mostly leaving the younger officers do all the job::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::at OPS, monitoring the ever important communications systems::  CO:  Captain, I'm picking up some subspace signals but the signals are coming so fast that the computer is unable to keep up.  Translation of the signals will take some time.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Understood, keep a team on that.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  You know that my team already have their assignments. ::smiles::

Host SO_Watt says:
All: Sensors are showing...activity.  Spacecraft, staying within their star system but making a lot of trips around the system, over and over.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CIV: Can you take a look, see if you can help science figure out what they are doing there?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: Aye Captain, will take care of that.
SO: May I see the last sensor scans results?

Host SO_Watt says:
CIV: Yes sir, transferring to your station.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO: The message my teams identified is coming through now.  I'm putting it on speakers.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
SO: ::nods:: ::self:: Let's see... ::scrolls the data::

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
All:If the opening where the chronoton particles came through is closed, is communication still possible?  I'm not even sure how we are still getting sensor readings.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<Audio Message>: To whomever may hear this, the people of Anarch send greetings.  We have detected signals sent over subspace frequencies, spread over great spans of time, and have wondered who or what we were hearing.  Some of our people even doubt whether any other societies still exist, but we of the search for Extra Anarchian Life know there must be others like us.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
::overhears the comm::

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO/SO: What stands out from the sensors scans, is the fact the ships have unusual shield signature on each of them... Even the energy pattern on their shield emitters are quite interesting... It could be say it's some form of anti-chronotron emissions.

Host SO_Watt says:
CNS: The sensors are working, but the problem is the computer is trying to compensate for the differences in chronoton levels.  Like trying to read a page in a book at super high speed.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  Captain, my assistant just informed me that the message has been on a repeat loop for several years.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CIV: Anti chronotons?  Any idea what they are trying to do with that?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
All: Maybe we are listening to their... past... we cannot be sure...

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Understood.  Their side of the chronoton imbalance issue I suppose.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: It is logical to assume that they realize about the different chronotron concentration on their time-space region of the space, and obviously are trying to compensate it in order to explore the rest of the space…

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  More than likely.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: Communication will need to come, but not sure how to handle the time difference.  If they ask a question, the asker will be dead before we can respond.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO It appears the next message was sent daily for about 5 years.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<Audio Message> To the vessel identifying itself as USS Cherokee, the people of Anarch send our greetings.  Our deep space scans located you after we detected your subspace signals and were able to track them, but we cannot tell what you are doing out there over such a long span of time.  Is your ship active or derelict?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
All: So we need to figure out how to identify a point in their time line, that we can consider their present... maybe some mathematic extrapolation from the audio messages? ::frowns::

Host SO_Watt says:
All: Captain Marek's take makes sense.  the "leveling" of chronoton particles with our space seems to have gotten slightly faster, especially closer to their planet.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: They seem to have noticed us.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
All: ...and they seem very nice.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
::hears the last comm:: All: The point is ... when did they notice us? in their past or in their present? Or maybe there is a fluctuation in the chronoton flux that could give us access to a stable comm link...maybe?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CIV: Hard to quantify that, it is their past, but for them hundreds of years have passed when for us it's been minutes.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
All: However they communicated with us, couldn't we do it the same way but in reverse?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: My point exactly... maybe we should try to answer the message .. sending it into their future... the question is how do we achieve that?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: We can send a message.  At least let them know we are aware of them and let them know what we are doing.  But what do we say?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
CO: We tell them we are on a different time span than they are, we send our salutations and explain that we are explorers under the United Federation of Planets.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: I would explain the situation .. the time predicament that prevent us to normally communicate with them... It is logical to assume they will understand

Host CO_Ayidee says:
::Nods.::  OPS: Open a channel to send a message.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::Opens channel:: CO:  Channel open, Captain.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
COM: Anarch: This is Captain Ayidee of the USS Cherokee, from the United Federation of Planets.  We have discovered your area of space in a different temporal progression rate and are working on a way to deal with the situation and make more traditional contact.  We apologize that this is taking so long from your end, but for us we have only been here a short time.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: Anything else I should add?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
All: Let's hope we get an answer... if they receive it no matter the time at least it will be a confirmation from them that we also noticed their existence.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<Audio Message> COM: Cherokee: Understood, since our last set of messages we realized the problem and have been working on our end to alleviate the imbalance.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
CO: They can do that?  That's good.  We won't have to.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
All: ::raises an eyebrow:: They found a way to compensate , that's for sure.

Host SO_Watt says:
All: Their ships are getting more active, and the time differential is getting a lot closer, we may be on par a lot sooner than we thought.  They seem to be working it well.  All: I think we may be safe to enter their zone in just a few minutes instead of weeks.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
SO: How exciting.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: Any ideas on how to help them?  Not sure how to alter the flow of time but...

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: Ask them how they manage to compensate, for starters. Then we can develop a plan for further actions.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  Captain, whatever they are doing on their end, it appears the messages are coming through on normal speed over radio waves.  However, there is no other subspace transmissions.

ACTION: A vessel is detected leaving the planet and heading for the Cherokee.  In the area between the ships flying about their world and the edge of the increased chronoton field, the ship's shields glow brightly, but the glow stops once they are back in "normal" space.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO: We are being hailed from the approaching vessel.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: On screen.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::does as asked::

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
::raises an eyebrow and watches the main screen::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
COM: Vessel: This is Captain Ayidee of the Cherokee, greetings.

ACTION: The view on screen is a very tall, bipedal being.  He is covered in a space suit, and moves very slowly and deliberately.

Host Flexor says:
@COM: Cherokee: Greetings Captain, from the people of Anarch.  I am Flexor, and I have been asked to escort your people to meet ours.  That is assuming you desire peace?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
CO: Maybe we should know them better before following them anywhere.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: Lt Daniel’s suggestion is wise, Captain.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS/ CIV: Would you prefer to meet with them here first then?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: Indeed. Safer ground to put it in a way.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CNS/ CIV: On board or over subspace?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
CO: We'd have the home court advantage then.  It might be better, that is, if they agree.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
CO: On board, I mean.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
COM: Flexor: Would you be willing to visit us on our vessel first?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: I agree with Lt. Daniels.

Host Flexor says:
@::Nods.::  COM: Ayidee: Understandable, Captain.  That is agreeable.  Shall we dock up?  Keep it more truly "neutral"?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
COM: Flexor: That would work well.  See you shortly.

ACTION: The communication ends and the Anarch ship moves to dock with the Cherokee's nearest docking port.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
All: ...and we have first contact.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: Let's make it a good one.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
All: It was time... pun intended.

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