USS Claymore Mission Transcript  10508.09
                                           Episode #218
                                       Sector 920 - Part 7

<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> ::standing next to the man in purple robes...eyeing him and giving a friendly smile::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::standing with her handphaser in hand still waiting::
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: On the bridge, watching the stranger called Fizer, ready to grab her twin if she decided to leave the show too soon.::
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> ::Standing near the Captain, holstering her phaser as ordered
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> Computer-r:  Deck eight.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::now puts her hand phaser back under her console and still remains standing::
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::standing next to her sister, wondering what is going to happen next, and ready to turn to the turbolift and work with her twin... from sickbay's relative safety::
<Fizer> CO:  Captain Taylor, is it?  ::bows slightly:: Pleased...  now, what business was this you wished to discuss?
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::looks at the captain and then back to the CTO::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::satisfied that things have calmed down she takes her seat and double checks the heading they are on::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> Fizer: Ah..Yes.  Business
 .  Fizer, we have inquiry into the anomaly ahead of us.  It's expanding...and needs stability...any thoughts?
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::rolls her eyes, now tempted to warn the Captain not to give the 'magician' ideas?
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Sir it is getting very hard to stay still now.  The pull on the engines is really putting them in th red.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Turns to look at the sensors.::
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> ::Listens closely to the conversation between Fizer and the Captain::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: Understood Lt.  Is there anyway to redirect a few systems to pull a little more energy?
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::looks down at the screen and taps it, splitting it in two. One to continue reading about Fizer. The other, to keep an eye on the anomaly, just in case she gets an idea that can actually be carried out without needing to change the universe's atomic mass::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Well from what I know about engineering, the only safe way to do that is to put the ship into grey mode.  Minimial life support and everything else offline except necessary systems.
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> :: exits the lift on deck eight ::
<Fizer> CO: You are but explorers!  That is what you do best!
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::throws Fizer a sideways glance::
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  Sensors read the life forms are still stable, and the galaxy is still expanding, but at the slower rate.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: Make it so...  Fizer: Fizer, you are quite right and however sometimes even explores need a little help.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Understood sir taking ship to grey mode.  ::keys in the command and makes a shipwide announcement::
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::whispers:: CSO: If it could be placed in a small jar, we could explore it from the outside.
<Fizer> CO: As explorers, you cannot see what's in front of you?  You have been a gracious host to this point, but do not try my patience.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Looks at her twin.  Subvoice::  CMO:  The galaxy?
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ALL: Attention all crew, the ship is going into grey mode all unnessary systems will be offline until further notice.  Life support will be brought down to minimum levels as well.  All crew are expected to keep their use of power down to necessary functions only.  This is ordered by the Captain.  Thankyou.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::hits the correct code and the ship goes into grey mode::

ACTION: Claymore's non-essential systems shut down, and Claymore goes into "grey mode".

<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: Thank you...   Fizer:  So I would assume we are to explore...and let this galaxy expand?
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::nods at her twin and keeps whispering:: CSO: I wouldn't mind.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Watches as everything dims and what is not needed goes offline.::  CMO: Ummm... sis... it is a bit large to put into a jar.  Unless you have a very large jar.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> *Engineering*: This is the FCO.  You should be getting more power now from all nonessential areas of the ship.  Shunt all power to main engines and stabilize the SIF and IDF fields.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::does not like where the Captain's conversation is going::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::listening to the conversation and is not satisfied with what she hears::
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> :: wanders a bit unsteadily around to primary computer core and sits down on the deck pulling out an access panel ::
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> CSO: If it could be put in a jar, it could also be made small enough to fit... ::sighs:: never mind.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> <Engineering> *FCO*: Sir all power is now at your disposal sir.  It isn't much but it should hold for another few minutes or so.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::executes the power switch over for the engines and engages them with more power::
<Fizer> ::ignores the CO and whirls to the CSO and CMO as they whisper to each other::  CMO:  What a quaint idea!
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::decides to get to work and... Fizer startles her. She swallows hard:: Fizer: Not really.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> Fizer:  You could do that?
<Fizer> CSO: I certainly could if I were so inclined.  However there is an easier spell...
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> :: puts in a remote access link and closes up the panel, making her way back to the lift ::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::texts to the CTO console:: CTO: Sir I think that our visitor is looking for information and is using our answers to possibly plot something against us.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> Fizer:  I am probably going to regret asking this, but what spell is that and what will it do?
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::completes Eris' thought:: Fizer: Will we like it?
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> Computer-r: Deck five.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::hears the CMO and looks at her and sees that the CTO is standing near the CO::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> ::Stands thinking hard...we are explorers...so many possibilites...very uncertain...continues to watch Fizer::

 ACTION: Fizer waves his cane in  a circular motion, and says a few unintelligible words, then there is a brilliant purple flash of light.

<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> Self: Damn.......::sees the blinding purple flash as it momentarily blinds her::
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> ::Squints at the sudden flash of light and instinctively grabs her phaser from her holster::

ACTION: At first, nothing seems to be different, except that Fizer has disappeared.

<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::whispers a small prayer in her native language::
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Sighs as she looks at her twin::  CMO:  I hate it when we can't get an answer.  And I have a feeling, your answer would be no.  Ah well... :: waits to see what happens next.::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> ::Looks around and see the purple flash fade...and Fizer gone::  CSO: Sensors?
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CSO: Do a sensor sweep quickly.
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> ::Does a visual of the bridge, looking for Fizer then moves quickly to the tactical console::
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Looks down at the sensors, looking through the telemetry.::
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> :: Exits the lift walking wearily through the doors of the lounge not feeling particularly hungry ::
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> CSO: I suggest you scan for glass.
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> ::Shoves her phaser back into the holster and taps the tactical console to bring the short-range sensors online::
<SMDave> ACTION: All systems on Claymore are now operational.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: Anything?
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::immediately checks her console and the ships position and that of the power systems::
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> ::Just for the heck of it tries the long-range sensors::
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::her heart pounding, she watches Eris' actions closely::
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  Hmmm... according to sensors, and according to records, one needs to use both sensors and ones senses, we are currently on the edge of a normal spiral galaxy.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Did you cancelle the grey mode???  I show all ships power is back on and at full.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO/FCO: What?   Spiral Galaxy?  Cancelled grey mode?
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> *Engineering*: Did you guys just put the power back from grey mode?
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: I didn't cancel it.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: What galaxy are we at the edge of?
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::takes a step back, wondering if this would be a good time to make a graceful exit, still... she feels incredibly curious::
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  Spiral galaxy.  :: Does a comparison of their current status with that of 10 minutes ago.::  The anomoly.  It is now a normal spiral galaxy...
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> :: looks around the lounge and then rests her head against her hand thinking she'd rather sleep than eat ::
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::looks down:: Self: I knew it.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Let me explain, when the wizard waved his cane a brilliant flash of purple light was seen and then he was gone and that is when ships power suddenly returned to full and grey mode was cancelled.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  And according to records... the galaxy is stable... :: Fingers dance along the console.::  And we are basically the same... however... ummm... not the same.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: Thats very interesting...and it seems he fixed the galaxy expanse.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: How this happened is anyones guess.  But I know something is not right.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> CSO: And the difference is...
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> ::nods to the CMO's question::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Assuming he did.  But there is a difference sir.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::closes her eyes and concentrates::
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Steps aside for her twin to see sensors better.::  CMO:  Unless you see something different, we and our ship, are but a dot on a pin... actually, more atom sized.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::searching for anything different::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: What?
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::shakes her head:: CSO: I knew it.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Lifts her fingers and brings them together touching.::  CO:  Itty bitty... we are.  I guess you will get to explore after all.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CMO:  Think of it this way... you get to see that protomater first hand now.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::with her eyes still closed::CO: Sir I have a feeling of something not right here.  What it is I can not tell at this point in time.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::hears the Captain and starts thinking again about leaving, still, she has something else left to find out:: CSO: Are we ::signals for themselves and the galaxy:: in a jar on someone's night table?
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> ::Taps the console making adjustments to the long-range sensors:: CO: Sir, long-range sensors are back online.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  And the anomaly is no longer a threat to our existence.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: Seems so...Interesting...well I guess we should head towards the center...thats my best bet.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> CSO: Nice. We are explorers. ::shakes her head::
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> :: her eyes are feeling very heavy ::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO/CTO: Understood
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  The center is the best?  Why?
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Looks at her twin with a raised brow.::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: Sounds good.  ::grins::FCO: Lt. I want you to head towards the center of this galaxy.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CSO: From your scans is there any thing that might interfere with the helm or our engines??
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Sir??  Are you sure??
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  Hmmm... before we go...
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::shakes her head, kowing it ended up being her fault and she can't lay the blame on anyone else::
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> CO: Long-range scans are clear of vessels.  Only stars, Sir.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Looks at her twin.::  CMO: Will the protomater about affect us in anyway?
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CTO: Understood...  CSO: Yes?
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Quietly::  CMO:  It was not your fault... get that out of your head now.  After all, this was not what you suggested anyways.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  Sir... just want to make sure the protomater does not play with us.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: Good idea.
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> ::slowly droops toward the table laying her head on her arm ::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: And yes...we will be going momentarily.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::smiles weakly, certainly not convinced:: CSO: It won't necessarily affect us, but it is, by nature, unstable. We should proceed with extreme caution.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Understood sir.  ::enters the correct heading and waits::
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::looks at Eris' readings:: CSO: Even if now it looks more stable than it should be.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  There is no telling... anything goes.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CMO: Good enough for me.  FCO: Proceed with caution...  CTO/CSO: I want all eyes on scans...and sensors.  If anything seems off..I want you to report immediately.
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> CO: Aye, Sir.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> *Engineering*: I believe you might want to strengthen the shields by a factor of 10.  We are going to need it.  FCO Out.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Understood sir engaging now.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: We have to move forward...I think we have to.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::taps the controls and the ship moves off::
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> CO: Not good enough for me, but thanks for your concern. Still, it would be best to stay clear from big masses of helium.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CMO:  Twin, protomater is youre expertise.  If you are not needed in sickbay...
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: You heard the CMO...watch masses of helium...and any other gas pockets.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> <Engineering> *FCO*: You got any idea of what we are headed into?
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  Sir... I did not get a chance to mention this, but perhaps I should now, given the instability and changability of protomater.  Fizer likes to... entice people to become as he is.  This could... be a trap into that.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Understood sir looking for pockets of Helium and any other type of gas pockets.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::just when she was ready to leave, she wishes for a sudden emergency Dr. T'ail can't handle himself:: CSO: Well... if you say so...
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> CO/FCO: That would be stars... and probably the galaxy's core as well.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: I understand...I kind of figured he was playing with us...I guess my charm and whit...won't win us an award today.  But I feel if we don't move ahead...it maybe worse.  And possibly indulging him a little...may benefit.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  It is a game for him... a game where he will not shed a tear if any of us are hurt.

ACTION: Fizer's disembodied voice echos on the bridge..

<Fizer> CO: You learn quickly, my son...
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Stops and listens.::
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> ::Looks around quickly as the voice echoes off the bridge walls::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::steadily watches the scan and looks up when she hears the voice again::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> <helium=hydrogen>
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::looks up as she hears the wizard's voice::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> Fizer: Thank you.
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> :: runs through spinning caverns of darkness in her sleep never quite being caught by the invisible monster behind her ::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> ALL: I hope I won't be taking you all into danger...but...unfortunately I have no choice.  This is our course...and we must see it through.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: So far, so good, sir.  I show a clear path infront of us.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> ALL: The answers are ahead of us...I know it.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::does not feel so confident, but is in it for the ride, just like everyone else::
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: curious::  CO:  Do you have precognition?
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> ::Watches the sensor display as it scolls from left to right, showing the newly forming stars::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: If only...No I just believe that we will find our answers ahead of us...its logical in a way.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::forgets all about digging up more information on Fizer and concentrates on the problem at hand::
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Eyes him dubiously, but does not know this man, so she really had no true thought on his statement.::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: Take the ship to warp 5...and mind the pockets.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::brings up all the Genesis Project files, believing it is time to dust them and see if there's anything to learn from them, besides what 'not' to do::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Understood sir. Taking the ship to warp 8 and watching for pockets of hydrogen gases and other stellar gases.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::engages the helm and she responds quickly::

ACTION: As Claymore reaches warp 8, instruments show that she's covering more distance than she should.

<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Blinks as she reads the sensors.::  Odd...
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Glances over at the FCO.::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: This is not correct sir.  We are at warp 8 but according to my readings we are moving faster than our normal warp scales.
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> ::Watches as her sensor screen scrolls faster and faster:: FCO: What's going on?  Are we increasing in speed?
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: Really...well must be Fizer wanting us to get to the answers faster.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: According to my console we are at warp 8 but according to our distance and speed to the galaxy we are traveling faster.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  At a guess... in comparison to norm, which one can only assume this is not, we are going closer to warp 14.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Any faster sir and we will have problems with the hull integrity.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: Very interesting indeed.
<CTO_LtCmdr_Ryan> ::Mumbles:: Self: Yeah or we'll turn into anphibions.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: Well I guess you could say we've made a record. ::grins::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: Understood.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  Well... you could always see what max will then be.  At the moment, our ETA has been shortened quite a bit.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::looks up:: CO: Captain, if I may...
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CMO: Yes?
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Looks at her twin.::
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> :: sinks further into sleep a combination of exhaustion and hypoglyemia ::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> *Engineering*: We are traveling to an equivilant of warp 14. I suggest that you reinforce SIF fields by a factor of 5 and bring them to 115% over norms.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::feels the heat of the spotlight:: CO: It's not my area of expertise, however I do believe that our CEO could reinforce our shields differently, with a subspace field.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> <Engineering> *FCO*: That is impossible sir.  Warp 14 does not exist.  But we will increase the SIF Fields by a factor of 5 bringing them to 115% above norms.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CMO: What do you have in mind?
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> CO: The trick would be to keep the subspace field' frequency as close as that of the regular shields as possible.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Glances over where Cmd Chaser should be, wondering if she was alright.... if she should...::  Hmmm...  ::Quietly::  *OPS*:  Ma'am, just to let you know, we are currently atomic sized and zipping through the anomoly to the center.
<OPS_LtCmdr_Chaser> :: is completely oblivious of the CSO's call ::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CMO/FCO: Make it so.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CSO: You are quite correct.  A subspace field would help us a great deal.  For that the shield woul have to be approximately 1 meter close to the hull.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Pulls up internal sensors, making sure she is alright.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::looks lost for a second, then at the FCO, then back at her screen:: FCO: I'll send you and engineering the rough draft so it can be implemented.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CMO: Understood, sir.

ACTION: Claymore is within range of the center of this galaxy.

<CSO_Senn_Eris> CMO:  Twin...
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::taps her screen fast and sends. At the speed they're traveling, they certainly need waste no time::
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> CSO: Yes...?
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Sir coming into range of the galaxy sir.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Shows her the sensor reading of Chaser.::  CMO: Are the commanders readings correct?  I am not familiar with her species, let alone her hybrid.
<CO_Capt_Taylore_III> FCO: Undersood...once we arrive at the center begin to slow.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::receives the information::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Understood sir but it will be tricky as we are going at a faster rate of speed than I see on my board.
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::blinks, then turns to Eris' console:: CSO: Let me see...
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: Begin to slow now.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: I was going to sugges that sir.  Beginning breaking maneouvers sir.
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> ::slowly begins to to slow down the big Akira class ship::
<CSO_Senn_Eris> :: Letting her sister do her job, keeps a close eye on sensors for anything they needed to know.::
<FCO_Lt_Rochelle> CO: Sir, we are braking much faster than anticipated.  Protomatter is helping us slow down.

 ACTION: As Claymore drops to impulse, LRS show something unusual at the very heart of this galaxy.

<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> FCO: Good.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  Captain, I am reading an anomoly at the center of this galaxy... then again, what is norm is unknown.  :: Narrows the sensor field.::
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: Any details on the anomoly?
<CMO_Lt_Senn_Eos> ::taps her badge:: *Sickbay* Dr. T'ail, please have Commander Chaser transferred to sickbay, ASAP. She's on... ::checks:: deck 5. The lounge.
<CSO_Senn_Eris> CO:  It appears to be a solid spherical mass in the center.  It is approximately the size of Sol's Mars.
<CO_Capt_Taylor_III> CSO: Curious...  FCO: Take us closer to the sphere

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