Mission Summary 11311.14

The USS Don Johnson has finally received word from Starfleet Command.  They have received their new sector assignment, and their new mission orders.

One hour has passed as the USS Don Johnson nears the coordinates ordered by the CSO.

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CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: Called to the bridge as they arrive in the system, she makes it to the bridge,::

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: As she arrives, the CTO reports to her at the same time needing to take care of a security issue below.::

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::On the bridge, at the helm, monitoring course and speed::  CSO: Reaching our destination, Commander::

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
::on the bridge at the tactical console;:

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: Makes her way over to the science station.::  SO Shaytani:  How do things look?

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: nods and turns toward Ki::  TO:  Launch the probes when ready.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  Aye.  ::inputs the target coordinates::

SO Shaytani says:
CSO:  Rather interesting.  I am picking up electrical patterns.  There is a small gravity well, possibly a black hole... but it would be a very small one.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  Initiating launch  ::does so::

SO Shaytani says:
:: as the probes launch, he shifts one of the sensor pallets to pick up the incoming telemetry.::

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::acknowledges a navigational proximity alert, "gravimetric distortion detected"::

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: Steps down to the main chair.::  All:  Any issues of safety to keep us from getting closer?

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::adjusts thruster and impulse settings to compensate for gravity distortions::

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
:;studying the sensor readings for signs of any tactical threats::

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: Looks toward Quinn::

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::looks back at CSO::  CSO: Some gravimetric sheer, nothing we can't handle, for now.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: In the back of her mind, she considers Rain's comment on a small black hole.  Small or not, it should be more obvious then a possibility.::

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
FCO:  How close can we get?

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
CSO: we should be able to get within half an A.U. without too much trouble, closer if I can more power to the thrusters.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
FCO:  possibly later... take us in as close as we can safely go.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: Turns slightly::  TO:  Any indication of anyone else about?

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::begins laying in intercept course::  CSO: Aye sir.

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::engages one quarter impulse::

ACTION: Minor expected electrical and gravitational forces are felt across the hull of the ship as the USS Don Johnson approaches the anomaly.  Tactical sensors begin detecting anomalous metallic readings that are not registering on flight sensors.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  Not that I can see.  There's no sign of engine emissions of any kind, alth..... hang on!

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
SO:  Any indication of the creation of this anomaly?

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
::looks over the sensor readings::

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::taps lightly on his console while monitoring course and speed::

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  Metal?  We're detecting metal not of the sort one expects to find randomly floating around space.

SO Shaytani says:
CSO: The age corresponds two when starfleet first picked up readings three years ago.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
SO:  Three years ago?  :: looks toward the screen.::  why are they sending someone now?

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::hears the TO, and looks at the nav proximity sensors::  Self:  Hmmm.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
TO:  What kind of metal?

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
::fine tunes the analysis in the hopes of finding more details::  CSO:  I'm working on it

SO Shaytani says:
CSO: Something disturbing the gases has them curious.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  Its refined metal, common to starships in general.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
FCO:  Any reason you are not picking it up?

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
TO: Can you recover any of it?

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
::tries to get a sense of the mass and dispersion::  CSO:  I'll try to isolate a sample.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
SO:  Life signs?

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::brings the ship to a full stop upon getting a gravitational distortion alert::  CSO: not sure...  But, I'm going to hold us here though. Gravitation eddy currents are getting a little out of my comfort range.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
FCO:  I will not argue that.  If they increase, don't ask, just take us back.

SO Shaytani says:
CSO: None sensors are detecting.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  The electrical field in the nebula is interfering with a transporter lock.

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::nods in response to the CSO's request::

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: looks toward Ki and considers.::  TO:  Do we have any reports of missing ships in this area?  Take it back as far as three years.

SO Shaytani says:
CSO:  I have lost contact with te probes.  Most likely the same issue preventing the lock.  The CTO had engineering set the time for the first one for fifteen minutes.  The second one was set for an hour before returning.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  I'll get the computer searching that.

ACTION: An electrical discharge hits the aft saucer section near an impulse engine knocking out the artificial gravity in that section.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
::setting up the search parameters::

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: Hearing and feeling the ship 'shift', she turns back toward science questioningly.::

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::feels a strong shutter in the deck plates::  Self: What was that?

SO Shaytani says:
CSO:  Some kind of electrical charge.  It hit aft the saucer section.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
*Engineering*:  Report...

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
CSO:  Propulsion systems seem unaffected sir.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
FCO:  Take us back a bit.

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::reverses thrust::  CSO: Backing off

EO_Glock says:
*Bridge*: Ensign Block, I mean Glock, reporting.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  Affirmative on the missing ships.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: raises an eyebrow at the name issue.::  EO:  What is the situation?

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  And the disappearances coincide temporally with the appearance of the nebula.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
TO:  Ships? How many are we talking about and do we have reports of their last known locations?  If so, map them.

EO_Glock says:
*CSO*: Well... I was a little late to relieve the watch, but otherwise I don't think anyone's TOO mad.  Wait, who is this? Jamie?

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: No... not another off balanced engineer.  Takes a deep breath.::  *EO*:  This is commander So'tsoh.  The ship was struck aft.  Was there any damage?

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  Unfortunately, the records don't show exactly where, just in this region of space.  Give me a sec on the numbers.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
FCO:  It would have been nice if someone had let us know ships had gone missing in this area.  What was that old story about a place on Earth... an area of the ocean...

EO_Glock says:
*CSO*: Oh, sorry Commander.  You sounded a lot like my wife for a moment there.  Yeah, we're looking into it.  Looks like we almost lost Impulse Fusion Reactor #2, but the EPS relays that were supposed to take the hit, took the hit.

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
CSO: The Bermuda Triangle...  I did a report on it, in high school.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  It looks like around 10 or so.  Some of them were freighters, private transports, ships that wouldn't necessarily be tracked or even missed for a while.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: briefly wonders if that is good or bad::  EO:  Anything we need to be concerned about?

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
TO:  Ten missing ships... that seems quite a few to go unnoticed.  When did the last one go missing?

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
FCO: What are our chances of going in?

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
OPS:  Inform starfleet about the missing vessels... that we may have located one.  Send our current data.

EO_Glock says:
*CSO*: I'm always concerned, but then again, I've been concerned for three generations.  You know, the Trill joining the third time was the least painful from what I recall of the first two.

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
CSO:  goin in isn't a problem...  Getting back out?...  Different story.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: Has nothing to say to that.::  *EO*:  Keep me informed.  So'tsoh out.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
FCO: If you cannot climb down the tree, don't climb up it.

EO_Glock says:
::shrugs and goes to grab a coffee from the replicator::

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  Well, the private pleasure craft Fuzzy Dice was expected to pass through this area about three months ago.  She never arrived at her destination.  If she vanished here she'd be the latest one.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
TO:  Fuzzy Dice..?  :: shakes her head.::  Passenger size?

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::nods::

ACTION: The port nacelle is struck with a similar random electrical discharge causing the bussard collector to shutdown momentarily.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  The model could hold 20.  Doesn't mean there were that many aboard though.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
FCO:  I do not wish to join the other ships... especially if we have no life signs.

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
TO:  Then their chances of survival all this time would be slim.

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
::looks at alarm displaying on his panel::  CSO: Agreed...  ::works flight controls::  Attempting to increase our distance.

ACTION: As the USS Don Johnson moves away from its previous position, an automated distress call is received from the far side of the nebula.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  If the ship were intact, they could still be alive

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
:: Her eyes express a concern about that possibility.::  TO:  Prepare warning buoys for this area.  If nothing else, we will keep other ships safe from this fate.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
CSO:  Yes.  Of course.

OPS Tandom says:
CSO: I am picking up an automated distress call... on the far side of the anomaly.

TO_Ltjg_Ki says:
::spends some time looking up the people who typically handle this sort of thing, then passes on the order::

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
OPS:  Can you determine who sent it?

CSO_Cmd_So`tsoh says:
FCO:  Any reason we cannot go around this object?

FCO_LTjg_Quinn says:
CSO: No reason at all.  ::updates the helm settings::

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