Host Susan says:
Mission Summary: 10711.29  #249
Host Susan says:
Shore leave is over for the crew of the USS Don Johnson. They are to remain near Vulcan until new orders are received.
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Host Susan says:
ACTION: A message is received from Command directed to Captain Arca or Commander Stidd.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::sitting in her quarters::
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::in main engineering, helping over see impulse and warp drive ramp up::
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
::at the helm just cruising along::
CSO_Sojyngra says:
::cleaning lab equipment::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
Self: Where are those orders we were supposed to receive?  I guess they are a little late.
OPS_Jankara says:
::heading up to the bridge after checking on a latest minute supply addition::
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
In her quarters, playing with Rose::
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
*CO*: Captain, We have received a message from Command addressed to either you or Commander Stidd.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::raises an eyebrow:: *FCO*: Pipe it to my quarters.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::picks up a PADD and looks over the daily maintenance items::  EO_Hicks:  Hey Hicks, It says here that EPS relay J-15A has failed.  Didn't you just fix that?
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
*CO*: Aye, Captain. ::routes the message to the captain's quarters::
CSO_Sojyngra says:
::checking and double checking the Starfleet equivalent of an eye-flush station::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
Self: Now why would SF send it this late?  Oh well.  ::walks to  her console and opens the computer::
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
<EO_Hicks>::Looks at the PADD::  EO_MacLeod:  Yeah, last shift.
Host Susan says:
ACTION: Message reads as follows:
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
EO_Hicks:  Well, it’s down again.  Since you worked on it last, you wanna go up and have another go?
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
<EO_Hicks> EO_MacLeod:  Yeah, I'll get right on it.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
<EO_Hicks> ::grabs a ENG Kit and heads out::
Host Susan says:
Captain, reports from the USS Demitris note a large passenger liner (SS Mainstream) traveling on impulse on a parallel course with the Romulan neutral zone. According to the report no life forms have been detected.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::reads it twice::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
Self: Not possible.
Host Susan says:
The USS Don Johnson is to intercept the ship before it crosses over into Romulan space. Last known coordinates and the Demitris report are attached.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::makes a note on the PADD, then motions to EO_Reese::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*FCO*: Set course for Romulan Neutral Zone warp 6.5.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
::Rose brings her favorite chew toy and waits for it to be tossed::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*FCO*: I will be sending coordinates to you shortly.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
<EO_Reese> ::approaching::  MacLeod:  Ensign?
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
*CO*: Aye, Captain, setting course and speed.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::hands Reese the PADD::  Reese:  Here, start at the top of the list and let me know what you don't get to today.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
<EO_Reese>  ::takes the PADD and shuffles off muttering his displeasure::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*EO MacLeod*: Seamus your engines will be tested son so see to them.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
Rose: Okay girl.  One last time and then I have to get to work :;smiles at the dog whines::
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
*CO*:  Aye Captain.  We're ready down here.
OPS_Jankara says:
::runs through checks on the bridge seeing all power on green::
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::double checks the propulsion monitors...  Everything’s in the green::  Monitors:  Good, stay that way.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*OPS*: Assuming all supplies are onboard, we have to leave Vulcan space quickly so please monitor all communications.  We are looking for anything coming from the Romulan Neutral zone concerning one SS Demitris.  She has gone off course and is going to go into the Neutral zone.  We need to get to her before she crosses.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
::tossing the toy, Rose bounds after it, just barely avoiding crashing into the wall to the closet::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*CTO*: Commander I need you on the bridge now.
OPS_Jankara says:
*CO*: Everyone is on board, Captain, we're ready to go as far as Operations is concerned.  I'll set up extra relay checks so anything with the word Demitris will flash at me.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::sends the coordinates to the FCO and the balance of details to OPS and closes her computer and leaves for the bridge::
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
::Brushes off her pants:: *CO* On my way
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*OPS*: Good news.  Is Commander Stidd aboard?
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
Rose: Be good girl.  See you after my shift.  We'll go for a run on the holodeck.
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
::gets the coordinates from the captain and sets the course for those coordinates and engages at warp 6.5::
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
::Rose barks and wags her tail, then goes to chew on her toy::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*CSO*: Get me what you can on the SS Demitris and anything else you can on her.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::watches and smiles as the warp reactor ramps up::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::enters the lift and orders it to the bridge::
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
::heads to the lift, waits for one::
CSO_Sojyngra says:
*CO* On my way. ::heads for the bridge::
OPS_Jankara says:
*CO*: Commander Stidd plus one are on board, Captain.  We received request for his wife to join him.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::as the lift stops she bumps heads with her friend Fowler::
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::looks over the warp field geometry display and nods::
OPS_Jankara says:
::frowns as she catches a message::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: Welcome to the lift.  ::laughs.
CSO_Sojyngra says:
::Asks the computer for the basics as she walks::
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
::looks up:: CO: Captain.  ::enters the lift:: Fancy meeting you here :;smiles::
OPS_Jankara says:
*CO*: Captain, I just found a message regarding an empty ship, at least supposedly empty, traveling under impulse power.  The message is from the RNZ area, Ma'am.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: It seems that we will be hunting a ship called the SS Mainstream.  Apparently she is without people and is heading under impulse into the Neutral Zone.
OPS_Jankara says:
::grunts:: Self: Oh, isn't that beautiful.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*OPS*: Understood.
OPS_Jankara says:
*CO*: Captain, that empty ship has a tag along.  Its course is being mirrored by a Romulan Warbird.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
::both eyebrows raise:: CO: No one on board or no life signs?  Sounds interesting
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: Apparently no life signs at all.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*FCO*: To hell with protocols warp 8 now.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*OPS*: Keep your eyes on that Warbird.
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
*CO*: Aye Captain, Warp 8.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
CO: Hmmmm.  I'll call up what information I can on the Mainstream
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: Please do and keep an eye out for that Warbird.
CSO_Sojyngra says:
::Still listening to information about the wrong ship as she enters the lift (separate from the CO and CTO's lift)::
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::eyes the master monitor board as the warp reactor ramps up again::  Self:  Well, we got in a hurry all of a sudden.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*CSO*: Gonna need you to find out the passenger list of that liner that is supposedly void of all life.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
CO: Warbird... ::shakes head:: never a dull moment for us, eh T'Ponga
OPS_Jankara says:
*CO*: I can keep my ears on it, Captain.
OPS_Jankara says:
Self: We're a little too far for me to watch it. ::grins slightly as she works::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::looks at her long time friend:: CTO: Well let’s get at  it then.  ::steps off the lift onto the bridge::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
<got to get>
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
::watches the engines to see if she needs to tell the engineers to give her more juice::
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
CO: Aye  ::follows T'Ponga off the lift and heads to her console, tapping away at it::
Host Susan says:
ACTION: The Warbird reports detection of two faint life signs on board the ship.
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: Captain!  I'm monitoring communications from that Warbird.  They just reported life signs on the empty ship.
OPS_Jankara says:
::hands fly over the console and she translates more information::
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
::two beeps from her board::  CO: Captain, the SS Mainstream is a passenger liner from Betazed.  Usually they fly form Betazed to Vulcan and Betazed to Earth
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
OPS: It has what?
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: They found two faint life signs on the ship.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
FCO: Increase to warp 9
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
CO: Warp 9, Aye.  I'll give her the gas.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: Take us to red alert but keep weapons on stand by for now till we get to with in firing range of the Warbird.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
CO: The Mainstream left Betazed 6 weeks ago with 205 total.  30 crew and 175 passengers
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::notes the warp drive ramp up yet again, begins to divert power from non-essential systems to ease the stress::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*EO*: Seamus you might want to put some fusion reactors on hot stand by.  I don't know the situation yet.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
CO: Red alert, aye ::taps the button for shipwide:: Shipwide: All hands red alert.  Repeat, Red alert, this is not a drill
CSO_Sojyngra says:
::enters bridge:: CO: Aye, captain. I'll... ::stops:: What's the Mainstream?
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
*FCO*:  Whets the rush?
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CSO: SS Mainstream is a passenger liner out of Betazed to Vulcan and back but she has strayed from her course and is going to enter the neutral zone
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
*EO*: We're pursuing a ship that's being shadowed by a Romulan Warbird.
OPS_Jankara says:
::listens for more information::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::doesn't sit but silently paces::
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: Captain, the Warbird has a team ready to board the vessel.  That are in transporter range but it's still inside the Neutral Zone.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
*FCO*:  All-right, I'll see what I can do to keep more power in reserve.  
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
*EO*: I'd appreciate it.  I don't think Lieutenant McPhee would like it if I burnt out his engines.  Even if he is my husband.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
Out Loud: Damn it.
CSO_Sojyngra says:
::obviously is missing something:: CO: Is that ship somehow connected to the Demitris?
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
OPS: Hail the Warbird.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
*FCO*:  Don't worry, I'll shut them down before it comes to that.  ::smiles::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CSO: It was the USS Demitris that reported her to us.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
::Trains sensors on the area of space where the Mainstream is.  Calls up a list of the names of those on board::
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
*EO*:Thanks, Seamus.
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: Aye, Captain.
OPS_Jankara says:
::opens a line with the Universal Translator active toward the Romulan’s::
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: Commline is open, Captain.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
COM: This is USS Don Johnson: Romulan Warbird: This is Capt. Shemara Arca, Jo Lan Tru.  You are pursuing one of our passenger liners that has drifted into the zone we are here to recover her.  Please respond.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::works controls::  Self:  Okay, Power flow regulators?...  Are optimized...  Reactant flow?...  Stable...  Field geometry?...  needs tweaking.  ::opens the warp field parameter sub-routine and starts to make adjustments::
CSO_Sojyngra says:
::at her post, putting the information in the computer together with what the CO just told her to create a more detailed report as everyone seems to already have the basics::
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
CO: I'm asking Betazed for the crew and passenger list, Captain.  Maybe there is someone on board of importance
Host Susan says:
<Gauter> COM: Don Johnson: This is Sub Commander Tevold, we have a team... ::screams can be heard behind the Commander:: <other voice> SC: They're gone, the entire boarding party has disappeared from sensors. They're dead.
Host Susan says:
ACTION: Channel between the two ships is closed.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
COM: Subcommander Tevold,........::looks at OPS::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
OPS: What happened?
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: I don't know. ::tries to check the line::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
OPS: Try to get the com back.
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: They must have cut transmission.  We've just lost them.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
::looks up:: All: That did not sound promising.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: Warm up the weapons.
OPS_Jankara says:
::tries to reopen the line, waits for a response back from Tevold::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*EO*: Seamus we will have to back down after 12 hours of warp 9.  We are going to be going into a unknown situation.  Keep your eyes and ears open.  Arm your people.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
CO: Aye ::taps the command and has a small satisfied grin:: Weapons hot and ready, Ma'am
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
*CO*:  Aye Captain.  ::motions to others in the engine room to break out their side arms::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CSO: I need to know what happened.  Use your sensors to see if you can find out what is going on.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
Self:  Why do I get the feeling I picked the wrong time to come back to Starfleet?
CSO_Sojyngra says:
::Tries not to react to the Romulan voice, though she still thinks of them as her people:: ::buries herself in the sensor readings::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*EO*: Seamus now is the time to show me just how good an engineer you have become.  I have faith in you son.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::enables secondary coolant system to assist the primary system::  *CO*:  Prepare to be amazed then.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
*EO*: Show me son.
CSO_Sojyngra says:
CO: Nothing yet, captain. Whatever it was, it was too far out.
EO_Ens_MacLeod says:
::disables warp safety interlocks::  CEO:  Forgive me Lieutenant.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CSO: Keep scanning.  You will get something back soon.
OPS_Jankara says:
::feels her heart drop as she listens to the next communication::
CSO_Sojyngra says:
CO: With all due respect, I did say "yet." I also have the records of the signal itself to look at.
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: Captain, Romulus is looking for Tevold.  They've lost all contact.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
OPS: That does not sound right.  Something else is out there.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CSO: Get a team on scanning for temporal rifts.
OPS_Jankara says:
::replays the communication from Tevold to the Captain in her earpiece::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
FCO: Keep her running at 9.98 for 12 hours and back down to warp 9 for the duration.  Keep an eye out for any unusual anomalies.
CSO_Sojyngra says:
CO: Aye, captain. I'll also have them look for other types of spatial anomalies while they're at it.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
OPS: I remember hearing some one say dead.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
OPS: Make any sense to you?
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
::The list comes in from Betazed, she doesn't recognize any of the names, tags it and sends it to T'Ponga's armchair viewer::
CSO_Sojyngra says:
::hates it when the CO jumps from hypothesis to working theory with nothing remotely resembling sufficient evidence, as Sojyngra fears the captain is on the verge of doing again::
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: Just before the line dropped, that other voice in the background...he said they'd lost contact and their away team was all dead.
FCO_Newell_McPhee says:
CO: 9.98 for 12 hours then back down to 9.  Aye, Captain.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CSO: Be patient Sojyngra I have no intention to confuse your staff or you for that matter.  Right now we need facts and there is no one else on this ship that can give me the correct facts like you and your department.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
OPS: Suggestion?
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
CO: Captain, I've gotten the list of names for the Mainstream.  It's waiting for you on your personal viewer
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: Suggestion?  Not at this time.  Supposition?  Something is on that ship and it's murdering everything it finds.
CSO_Sojyngra says:
CO: ::realizes the captain has sensed her irritation and probably felt it heighten with that bit about confusing her, before it began to ebb with the CO's actual intent::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
OPS: I agree but the question is what?
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: Thank you.  ::pulls up the list and shakes her head::
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: I wish I knew, Captain. ::frowns again:: New message from Romulus.  The Warbird has been detected.  It's running parallel to the Mainstream but no life signs detected.
CTO_Cmdr_Fowler says:
CO: We can guess all we want, but until we get closer..... ::sighs::
OPS_Jankara says:
CO: They still show two life signs that are pretty faint, on the Mainstream.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
OPS: This doesn't make any sense at all.  Now the Warbird is devoid of life forms.  What the hell is going on.
Host Susan says:
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