USS Cherokee 
Time Keeps on Slippin’, by Steve Weller, Part 19
12004.19

Starring_
Steve Weller as CO_Ayidee, Lowaferth, Barhatsu, and Producer
Dawn Freeman as OPS_Nash
John Garrison as CEO_LtCmdr_Hull
Zach Farland as CNS_LtJg_Daniels
Absent 
Pablo Delsoglio as CIV_Capt_Marek
Leave of Absence
Topper Loghry as CTO_LT_Q`ten
Trish Yarborough as CMO-McIntyre
Ship's Log, Stardate 12004.19, Captain Ayidee recording.  The Away Team, except for Counselor Wells, has returned to the ship to investigate the apparent reopening of the wormhole that initially flooded the area with chronoton particles.  Our next task is to figure out just what is causing this to occur, and if there is a way around it.

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Host CO_Ayidee says:
::On Bridge, overlooking the Science Station and trying to figure out what the data means.::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::on Bridge, at OPS::

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
::On the Bridge, trying to not get in the way of people who can actually do a proper analysis... He reflects on this and smirks to himself::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::waiting for the probe telemetry to start, blankly staring at the Engineering 1 Console::

ACTION: The probe starts sending data, but at a faster than expected rate.  Currently the data flow is coming at twice the expected rate, and accelerating as the probe travels.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::gets a communication from the USS Scott::  CO:  The USS Scott reports that they are holding position and they are available to assist us should we need it.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Looking at the bitrate of the feed::  CO: Captain, the feed from the probe is twice the normal bitrate, this is an anomaly.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Trying to buffer the feed transmission::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Thank you.  Ask them to conduct full scans from their position so we can get a look at this thing from a few angles.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
@ Freehet: Doctor Lowaferth has informed me of your hospital's mental health department.  What do you have in the line of psychosomatic medicines?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  Aye, Sir.  ::she does ask instructed::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CEO:IS that a sign that the time flow is already increasing nearer the wormhole?

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
::overhears the crew while double checking the tactical reports::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
CO:  I believe it is Sir, especially when chronotons are involved.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@< Freehet> CNS: That's a question of semantics.  Most of our psychology is based on finding the root problem, so if any sort of medication is required, that indicates there is a physical problem, not a psychiatric one.  We do have some, categorized by ailments.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
CO: ...buffering is not solving the problem either Sir, it is speeding up at the source - the probe ::looks back at his console::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Attempts another algorithm in slowing the telemetry from the probe -- it works, the feed drops down to expected speed::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
CO:  Captain, I've slowed the probe's telemetry down to an expected rate!

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
@Freehet: So you don't really use brain chemical changing drugs?  That's good.  Drugs were the go to treatment for psychiatrists a few hundred years ago on my adopted homeworld, Earth.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CEO: Excellent.  That will help us figure out what is happening here.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  Captain, I just got word from Anarch Control that they are about to launch their fleet.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
@Freehet/Lowaferth:  We've found other methods of treatment.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Acknowledged.  Let them know we are investigating and if they need assistance, let us know.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
::sets tactical sensor on the anarch ships::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@Freehet: There was some of that with us as well.  It...did not work as well as hoped.  Or often claimed.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO: Aye, Sir.  ::does as instructed::

ACTION: Anarch ships begin launching from the surface and breaking orbit, heading towards the anomaly.  They are of the same type that crisscrossed the area during the lowering of the chronotons the first time.

CIV_Capt_Marek says:
CO: I just set tactical sensor grid to monitor the Anarch Fleet,  just in case that could give us some useful data on the phenomenon.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
CO:  We are being hailed from Anarch Science Minister Barhatsu.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
OPS: Put it on screen, please.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
::activates the viewscreen.::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
Bridge Staff/CO:  Sir, the computer is finished analyzing the probe data - There is another wormhole - it is to another universe, this time with a much, much greater chronoton level than before.  The computer suggests that the flow is in our direction.  ::Looking closer at the readout::  The other side of the wormhole event horizon looks locally situated, but the time flow has alot of differences.  The computer still has more to report...

Host Barhatsu says:
#COM: Cherokee: Cherokee, I am minister Barhatsu.  We have dispatched our temporal fleet to try and slow the flow of time into this area, but at this time we just don't have the capacity to stop it.  And if this keeps repeating, then keeping contact with your part of the universe will be...difficult.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
@Freehet: Well, I've taken up too much of your time and I better get back to my ship before they leave without me.  Just kidding.  I guess we're going to try to assist your people with your chronoton problem.  Thank you for your time as well as these samples.  You'll make our ship's botanists happy.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
COM: Barhatsu: Understood, we stand ready to assist.  We are currently trying to get a better idea just what is causing this effect, and if it can be adjusted.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@<Freehet> CNS: It was good getting to meet one of your people.  Something to "write home about".

Host Barhatsu says:
#COM: Ayidee: Thank you, Captain.  Is it all right to call you Captain?  I'm kind of...behind on your social protocols.  We have never encountered a wormhole first hand so this is all new to us.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
@Freehet: Good bye and good luck.  ::Leaves the green house with his box of plants.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
Bridge Staff/CO:  Additional analysis from the computer... Now using sensor and probe data, the analysis is making better sense of what it is seeing....the wormhole is indeed orbiting a quantum singularity, the computer theorizes from the data, that the wormhole is 20 light years from here, but also has a -/+ Z through half a dozen dimensions.  The orbit path isn't spatial but dimensional jumping from one dimension to another, another finding suggests that there isn't an anchor dimension meaning it is a wanderer.

Host Barhatsu says:
#COM: Cherokee: Is he saying this thing is wandering dimensions?  Fascinating concept, but not good for us.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
Bridge Staff/CO:  Captain!  Further computer analysis reveals that the wormhole is not stable, the computer advises that the wormhole will close in a few more revolutions! 

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CEO: That is something, but still an issue.  The first cycle took them through millions of years before it petered out.

Host Barhatsu says:
#COM: CO: Yes Captain, but this time we are already working to counter the effect...at least to some extent.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
CO:  No telling where they will end up, even if they do dampen the chronotons

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
@ ::Taps COM badge:: *Cherokee Transporter Chief Otis*: One to beam up.  Standing by.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<Otis> *CNS*: Yes sir, initiating Transport.

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
@Lowaferth: Thanks for everything, my friend.

Host Lowaferth says:
@CNS: It was a pleasure.  Good travels to you.

ACTION: The CNS is transported to the ship.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
All: Based on what we know, what are our options?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
::Rematerializes in the transporter room with his box wondering if the samples should have been put in stasis until they're deemed safe to have on board.::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
CO:  Sir, the safety of the ship and crew are paramount, The Scott and the Cherokee should move to safe distance.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
CEO: We will before the time flow increase reaches us.  But is there anything we can do to effect this?  And if not, what happens to the Anarch?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
::Proceeds to take the samples to the botany labs::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
CO:  Anarch is a traveler like the wormhole Sir, there is nothing the Scott or Cherokee can do to stop this cycle.

Host Barhatsu says:
#Com: Cherokee: Well, we are a traveler in time.  But the end result is the same.  There is little to be done.  Our world will continue, and from our point of view little will change for us.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
CO:  Chronoton Torpedo might have an effect, targeting the wormhole's event horizon, but we don't know what will happen in the other dimensions, I doubt we have time (excuse the pun) to replicate one or even have enough chronotons to arm a warhead. 

Host Barhatsu says:
#COM: CEO: Would that even be possible?  The amount of energy anti chronotons produce is vast when contacting chronotons, but would that be enough to prevent the wormhole from returning?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
::Enters the botany lab and sets the box of samples down on an empty table::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
COM: Barhatsu:  Sir, it is just an out-of-the-box solution off the top of my head...worth a try - a "best-guess".

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<Botanist Thumb> CNS: Ah, Counselor.  What do you have there?

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Thumb: Medicinal plant samples from Anarch.  I took the opportunity to get these.  Good thing I did.  We may not get another chance.

Host Barhatsu says:
#COM:CEO: An intriguing notion nonetheless.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<Thumb> CNS: Really?  That's great!

CNS_LtJg_Daniels says:
Thumb: I thought so.  ::Smiles::

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