USS Cherokee episode 848
Grand Theft Artifact, by Steve Weller, Part 4
12204.13

Starring_
Steve Weller as Executive Producer, Belan_Retrark, Lt_Exfeld and SO_Lt_Trix 
Zach Farland as CO_Capt_Daniels and OPS_Ens_Granger 
John Garrison as CEO_LtCmdr_Hull, and TO_Lt_Lvor
Absent
Pablo Delsoglio as CIV_Capt_Marek and FCO_Lt_Alvarado
The crew of the Cherokee are investigating the theft of the control pod from the Avandar museum in the Beta Theta system outside of Betazed.

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SO_Lt_Trix says:
::In the Avandar museum, continuing to run scans on the crime scene.::

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Looking at the dent in the wood flooring in the section where the module was stolen.::

Host Belan_Retrark says:
::Standing back, giving the Starfleet crews room to work but ready to answer if they have any questions.::

Host Belan_Retrark says:
<Forensic Technician> All: Going to be tough to pull anything useful here.  Museums exhibit like this?  Has to have had dozens of people here in just the last day or two.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  Is there any residual radiation, there should be some half-life remaining, that might be a clue.

Host Belan_Retrark says:
<Forensic Technician> All: At least anything like prints or DNA or anything.  Probably more for the post analysis group.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CEO: There is, but nothing I've ever seen before.  Computer is saying it's an Elway Shift type molecular alteration, but I am not comfortable relying purely on computer analysis.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  Well, it is a start anyways, "Elway" rings a bell from my Academy days, I'm sure the computer will give us a read-out, or perhaps we have an unexpected expert onboard with the crew, or with our Forensic/LE detachment.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
::Inputs into PADD to search for people to contact about Elway's Theorem.::  CEO: Looks like we're in luck, Lieutenant Exfeld, the Impulse Technician, apparently did his Senior Thesis on ways to use it.  Apparently the transport smashes your cells, inside and out, making it slowly turn you to goo from what I'm reading.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CEO: I think I remember it now.  Was discussed in a few Theory classes, one of those theories that just couldn't be applied to real science or technology.

Host CO_Capt_Daniels says:
All: The only thing I know of the Elway Theorem is it was used by Ansata terrorists of the planet Rutia IV, used with a device called an inverter.  It had a terrible cost to those being transported.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  Yes, yes, folding of space, like taking two edges of a piece of paper and joining the edges together, put that into space flight context and you have point-to-point transport, and it was quite deadly, perhaps the smashing doesn't occur with inanimate objects, or the users have perfected the smashing part? ::grins.::

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CO: I think that's it.  Ansata is referenced here.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CEO: Looks like there is some smashing still, but inanimate objects can take a bit more.  Way I'm understanding this is the jump is like doing a belly flop, except the force hits you inside and out.  One time isn't bad, but it is exponentially worse with further use.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
All:  Terrorists!  Swell, I dealt with the Kohn-Ma back during the Dominion War, they didn’t go on a theft campaign through the quadrant though.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CEO: Permission to call Lieutenant Exfeld in?  He's probably sleeping now but he might see something we miss here.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  Yes, I will transfer him temporarily to the forensic team

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  Have the ship put him in a shuttle and get him over here!

SO_Lt_Trix says:
*Lt Exfeld*: Lieutenant?  This is Lieutenant Trix from science.  Hate to bother you but we have a puzzle you might be able to help with.

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
@*SO*: Huh?  What?  I mean, sorry, what are you looking at I can help with?  I'm just an Impulse specialist, don't guess the Avandar site has much need for Impulse engines...

SO_Lt_Trix says:
*Lt Exfeld*: We're seeing signs of an Elway Shift, and...

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
@*SO*: An Elway Shift?  I'll be right there.  Give me two minutes to throw a uniform on.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
All: He's on his way.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::Looking at Lt. Trix::  SO:  That is how we do that!  

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  My compliments Lieutenant!  ::smiles::

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
@::Rushes through dressing, grabs a piece of fruit out the door and into a shuttle to the museum.::

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
::Upon docking, rushes forward, trying to not look too excited.::  CO/ CEO: Captain, Commander, good to see you.  Did the Lieutenant really say we might have an Elway Shift involved?

Host CO_Capt_Daniels says:
Exfeld: It's beginning to look that way.

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
::Looks around at the crews working.  Sees the damage in the walls and floor, then moves towards the big one at the back.::  SO: Hi, Lieutenant Exfeld.  What makes you think it's an Elway?  What happened here?

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
Exfeld:  Slow down, take a deep breathe, we have some preliminary findings of residual radiation from what the computer says is a remnant from an Elway Shift, take a look at Lieutenant Trix's tricorder see what you can make of the readings.

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
CEO: Oh, sorry sir.  But as far as I know, no one uses this tech.  No one, no where.  Maybe 5 people in the Federation see possible uses...

SO_Lt_Trix says:
Lt: Well, the video showed a flash, then the cameras seem to have just disappeared.  Scans showed molecular damage that matched the Computer's files on Elway shift.

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
::Looks at Trix.::  SO: Video showed a flash?  What color?  Can I see it?

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
Exfeld:  I would agree with you, but it seems to fit, we have other incidents all over the quadrant of thefts, which would require years of FTL travel, these incidents are all linked together, and now we have residual radiation of an Elway Shift Field where items have been stolen, see if you can make our theory fit.

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
::Nods his head.::  CEO: First I'd like to see the video, and then the scanner data.  Video may actually tell me more than the scanners, to be honest.  If it's...never mind.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
::Pulls the video from the cameras up on PADD and hands it to him.::

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
::Looks at the video, watching it twice and then starts fiddling with the controls a bit.::  All: It looks like his work, but I'd have heard if someone made it work.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
Lt. Exfeld:  There is a dent in the wooden floor that was under the module that was stolen, perhaps the Elway Shift took some wood along with the module?  

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
::points at the dented area in the flooring::

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
Self: Ugh, low quality camera.  But right here, at the end...
CEO: Quite possible.  Just like a regular Transporter, it is easier to grab a chunk than an individual.

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
::Turns the PADD to the others.::  All: The shift, and I'm pretty sure it is a shift just from this video, but the shift opened a brief pathway to the end point.  Last 2 frames there is a change.  This room is dark grey and brown and black.  Last frame shows a light blue wall.  Could be a glitch, but I don't think so.

Host CO_Capt_Daniels says:
Exfeld: What do you think it is?

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
CO: I'd guess it's from wherever the cameras were taken to.  Could be a ship, a building, a station, maybe could tell with a higher quality image, but this is where the cameras went.

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
CO: The shift stays open, very briefly.  It let the data come through as normal before it got out of range.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
Lt. Exfeld:  So how did the cameras still be transmitting back here, while they were no longer connected to the station? They were disconnected from the power conduit, did the Shift power the cameras during the Shift cycle?

Host Belan_Retrark Lt_Exfeld says:
CEO: They are remote, sending the signal via radio waves to the receiver in the museum.  They are supposed to keep scanning for up to an hour if they lose power.

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
CEO: That makes more sense.  I might have said there is a slight delay between unplugging, or removing the camera from the power in this case, and shut down but that makes more sense.

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
All: But this flash, the missing material from the deck, I'd bet big that someone is using Doctor Quenfeld's theories. Haven't heard from any of the others that they were even close.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
All:  So it seems to fit, the thieves are using an Elway Dimensional Shift, folding space to obtain their targeted items.  There are still questions on the technology, and the harmful effects to organic living cells.  Is anything traceable back to the originating site?  

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
CEO: I'd have to look at the scans, maybe run a few others.  I might, and I stress might, be able to figure out the direction, but not the distance.

SO_Lt_Trix says:
CEO: The others?  Doctor Quenfeld?  I think I'm missing a few things here.

Host Lt_Exfeld says:
All: Oh, sorry, I jumped ahead.  Doctor Quenfeld was my advisor on my Senior Thesis.  Well, co-advisor.  Starfleet required a Starfleet Academy Staff advisor as primary.  But he was the one with the knowledge to actually help.  The others are, well, don't know how to describe it, but we were his students.

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  Missing what?

CEO_LtCmdr_Hull says:
SO:  Oh! Lieutenant Exfeld's explanation.

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