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Star Trek: Apache - Episode #22
Week #4
Mission: "The City of the End of Things"

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In orbit of the Bajoran colony of Trevan, the Apache and her crew continue their two investigations … the investigation into the disappearance of the inhabitants of the colony, and the appearance of a drifting Cyanite vessel.

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In the middle of their investigations, they began to notice a growing unknown field interfering with the Apache's transporters. Meanwhile, on the surface, Cmdr. Storal and Dr. Naegle theorized that the colonist may be "phased" out, and modified their tricorders to scan in a different frequency.

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As they did, they were captured by a strange tachyon field and, along with the rest of the away team, propelled into a different reality. The Apache's investigations turned for the worse with not only the disappearance of the away team, but also Jaxlt Burta and Jenia Prue. Now, her crew scrambles to find them before its too late.

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<<<<<<<<<< Begin Mission Week #4 >>>>>>>>>>>

CEO_Yeung says:
::on the bridge, reviewing transporter and internal sensor logs::

XO_Storal says:
@::walks around the council chamber taking a mental count of Apache crew that are here::

EO_Tana says:
::on his way out of Sickbay, clutching a single-use hypo he'd much rather drop in a recycler::

CIV_Torsian says:
::on the bridge at the tactical console trying to monitor the marines on the surface::

Host CO_Linard says:
::strides out of her Ready Room onto the bridge::

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: Nice of you to stop by. ::grins::

CIV_Torsian says:
All: Captain on the bridge! ::stands at attention::

CMO_Naegle says:
@::in the council chambers looking around and hoping she's not as tattered as everyone else::

Host CO_Linard says:
CEO/CIV: Any sign of our team yet, gentlemen?

XO_Storal says:
@::nods in acknowledgement:: FCO: How many of us are here?

CEO_Yeung says:
::shakes his head glumly:: CO: None yet Captain, and still no trace Jax or Jenia.

EO_Tana says:
::looks back in the direction of Sickbay, relieved that the slight feel of nausea he'd experienced since beaming aboard has dissipated:: TL: Engineering… ::rests his hand on the handrail as the lift descends::

FCO_Terman says:
@::waves his hand over the crowd:: XO: A little under that many … according to the villagers, several hundred.

CMO_Naegle says:
@::walks over to where the FCO and XO are talking::

MO_Powers says:
::climbs out of the damaged shuttle and into sickbay holding two cases; one case contains his clothes and the other contains the pieces of the artifact he found while he was stranded::

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: Are they all ours?

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: Yes sir … the colonists have been providing what housing they can over the years.

CIV_Torsian says:
::begins to get errors from his tactical scans and attempts to correct them:: CO: Sir...

CIV_Kerlan says:
::resting his hands on the side of a desk, still nosing into lab results::

MO_Powers says:
::heads for sickbay::

Host CO_Linard says:
::sits in her chair:: CIV/CEO: I see...

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: Mister Sevastas mentioned something about us being the first to disappear. Do you know anything about that?

CEO_Yeung says:
CO: Captain, due to the growing low-yield tachyon emissions our sensors aren't able to scan the surface any longer.

EO_Tana says:
::steps out of the lift and heads toward Engineering's main doors::

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO/FCO: So what have we got here, gentlemen?

XO_Storal says:
@CMO: How are you feeling, Janet?

Host CO_Linard says:
CIV: Yes Mister Torsian?

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO: I'm a bit worn out and groggy … yourself?

FCO_Terman says:
@::shrugs:: XO: Who knows what he means. You were still there when I left.

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: Sir, I lost contact with the marines.  They seem to have disappeared. I believe they have ... I can't get a reading on the surface.  There seems to be a growing low-yield tachyon emission that is stopping me from locating their fighters.

MO_Powers says:
::enters a turbolift:: TL: Sickbay…

XO_Storal says:
@CMO: I’ll be okay.

Host Jaxlt_Burta says:
@::lumbers up towards Terman, Storal, and Naegle offering them each a sack of water:: All: Drink ... you haven't had anything in a long time, you could dehydrate.

CEO_Yeung says:
CO/CIV: Those emissions are limiting our sensor detection to forty thousand kilometers in all directions.

FCO_Terman says:
@CMO: We have a bunch of colonists and a couple of hundred Apache crewmembers ... oh, and Miss Prue.

XO_Storal says:
@Jax: How did you get down here?

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO: Good.  ::eyes the sack of water suspiciously::

CIV_Torsian says:
:: looks towards the CEO:: CEO: Is it possible that it's man made?  A ship perhaps?

XO_Storal says:
@::takes a sack and drinks some water, still looking  around the  room::

EO_Tana says:
::makes his way back to the rear of Engineering to the ship's small complement of Engineering labs and workshops where Emma’s other head awaits::

FCO_Terman says:
@::takes a good drink of water:: Jax: Thanks.

Host Jaxlt_Burta says:
@::smiles benignly:: XO: I've been here almost five years, Commander. It was like I fell asleep on board the Apache and woke here. ::hands out the drinks to everyone::

CMO_Naegle says:
@FCO: And Jax apparently … do we have any theories as to how we got here and how to get back.

MO_Powers says:
::exits the turbolift and enters sickbay::

CMO_Naegle says:
@::follows the lead of the XO and FCO and takes a sack of water and drinks::

Host CO_Linard says:
::nods:: CIV/CEO: Do we know where these emissions are coming from?

CEO_Yeung says:
CIV: I don't know. It could be natural, but we need to know more...

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: Nope! ::said with a smile on his face and a glint in his eye::

SO_Bern says:
::weaves his way back through the biobeds and into the medical lab, returning from the restroom::

MO_Powers says:
::goes to his cubical to put his cases away::

CIV_Torsian says:
::tries to frantically detect his team or get in contact with them:: Self: This is not good.  CO: Perhaps we should take a shuttle to the surface.  It would have the advantage of being able to lift off and return at will, unlike our teams on the surface.

CEO_Yeung says:
::shakes his head:: CO: No sir.

EO_Tana says:
::picks up and places the decapitated robot head under a multi-frequency tunneling spectroscope and keys it up, stepping away a bit as the sensors bombard the head with various energy waves for testing::

XO_Storal says:
@All: Well, I can only speak for the two of us Janet. It must have had something to do with our concentrated scans.

CIV_Kerlan says:
::looks up at Bern's entrance::

Host CO_Linard says:
::nods:: CIV/CEO: Okay gentlemen, consider that your task for now ... and Sergeant, keep trying to get in touch with your teams.

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: What were you doing before you arrived here?

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: Sir, yes sir. What about the shuttle?

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO: Did we open some kind of gate, maybe?

EMMA says:
@::sends repeated requests to the ship's computer for a data update but gets none regarding the away team's whereabouts, so scans on her own pacing the enclosure::

CEO_Yeung says:
::nods to the captain::

SO_Bern says:
Kerlan:  Anything happen while I was gone?

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: I was walking around the village. My mind was playing tricks on me, and the next thing I know I'm here. I thought I was just seeing things for the first couple days.

Host CO_Linard says:
CIV: I'll keep that in mind Mister Torsian, but considering we've lost two teams already I'm not going to risk anymore until I know what we're dealing with.

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: Sir, yes sir.  ::walks over to the CEO:: CEO: So how do we figure out what this thing is?

Host CO_Linard says:
*MO*: How are things going, Mister Powers?

XO_Storal says:
@CMO: Well we must have opened up a rift. But the question is ... why is everyone else here.

CMO_Naegle says:
@::notes what the FCO said:: FCO: That's the way it was with me.  Hearing voices, seeing things.

CIV_Kerlan says:
SO: Quite a lot, actually. Four Klingons managed to take over the ship and have pressed us all into their Imperial Circus. ::picks up one of the medical wipes:: This is your costume, can you walk the high wire?

Host Jaxlt_Burta says:
@XO: A lot of these people have had a long time to think about it sir ... the general consensus is that we tripped over something when we picked up that Cyanite vessel.

MO_Powers says:
*CO*: I just got back from leave so it'll take me a minute to get up to date. Do you have any specific requests for me sir?

CEO_Yeung says:
::thinks for a moment:: CIV: Well, for starters, we have to get around these emissions so we can use our sensors...

CMO_Naegle says:
@::nods to the XO::XO: That is the question.  And it's up to us to find out the answer.

CIV_Torsian says:
CEO: Should we try, perhaps, a focused calibrated phaser beam to dissipate the energy?  You know, burn it up?

XO_Storal says:
@::nods:: Jax: The colonists have been here the longest?

EO_Tana says:
::sits on a stool while the scans complete the last set of tests, reviewing the preliminary results but finding little out of place::

Host CO_Linard says:
*MO*: Well, I'm hoping you can help Dr. Kerlan with that body found on the Cyanite vessel.

SO_Bern says:
::dryly::  Kerlan:  No, but at least they'll have you to press into service at the dunk tank.  I'm sure that'll be entertaining enough.

Host CO_Linard says:
*EO*: Linard to Mister Tana.

Host Jaxlt_Burta says:
@XO: Well yes ... they were born here. We're the intruders, and they've been surprisingly hospitable to my understanding.

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: I wonder if they've noticed we're gone yet.

CEO_Yeung says:
::shakes his head:: CIV: I don't think that'll work. Besides, we'd have to cover an awful lot of area with our phasers.

CIV_Kerlan says:
::smiles dryly:: SO: Somehow I know the tank you construct would have no exit. ::stands up:: Now, how soon does your captain want this little mystery of yours solved Lieutenant?

MO_Powers says:
*CO*: Yes sir, will do sir…

EO_Tana says:
::turns off the machine as it completes:: *CO*: Tana here Captain, go ahead.

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: It’s a good bet. I was talking to the Captain just before I phased.

CEO_Yeung says:
::checks his console:: CIV: Damn, our sensor range is being reduced at a rate of a thousand kilometers a minute.

Host CO_Linard says:
*EO*: How is Emma doing?

SO_Bern says:
::smiles somewhat::  Kerlan: I haven't spoken with her lately.

CIV_Torsian says:
CEO: Then perhaps we should try a photon torpedo with an increased yield?  We could kind of make a bubble.  ::puts his hand on his shoulder and leans against a console and hears the CEO and runs back to his station:: CO: Captain, we must move away, we are attracting the tachyon field.

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO: I think my tricorder still works, sir.  Shall I try scanning the area?

EO_Tana says:
*CO*: Uhh ... which one, ma'am?

Host CO_Linard says:
::raises her eyebrows:: CIV: How so?

CEO_Yeung says:
CIV: Yeah, a modified torpedo might work...

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: You don't happen to like Bajoran food, do you?

Host CO_Linard says:
*EO*: Both ... but I am more interested in what you have on that second Emma head.

XO_Storal says:
@CMO: Yes except ... scan in the upper bands. We found the phase when scanning in the gamma range. Lets see if the opposite is true.

CIV_Kerlan says:
SO: Pity, I've heard she's charming company. Anyway, it's obvious that this… ::waves his hands around:: …isn't the place where my superior intellect and your access codes are going to solve this mystery of hers. Perhaps we should return to the scene of the crime?

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: Our sensor range is being decreased very rapidly.  Whatever is out there is getting closer.  CEO: Then let's get started, you are an accomplished engineer, you would know the specifics, I'm only a grunt. 

MO_Powers says:
::walks over to the man he does not recognize in sickbay:: Kerlan: You're Doctor Kerlan I presume. I'm MO John Powers.

CMO_Naegle says:
@::nods:: XO: Aye sir.  ::sets her tricorder for the upper bands and begins scanning::

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: Do fish swim in water? ::grins:: Why do you  ask?

CEO_Yeung says:
CO: The emissions are still growing. Our sensors will be useless in less than half an hour.

Host Jaxlt_Burta says:
@XO/All: I think you're wasting your time ... the crew is here, not back there. It's time to move forward, not backwards. If anything we should be trying to bring the others through to our side. Not to mention the Apache herself.

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: Because that's about all you'll be eating.

SO_Bern says:
Kerlan: Fair enough. ::nods to Powers:: I'll start down. ::moves out of the way and toward the exit to the medical lab::

Host CO_Linard says:
::nods to FCO V'Taran:: FCO: Take us out of orbit, Mister V'Taran. Keep us at a safe distance from the planet.

EO_Tana says:
::looks at the results:: Self: Oh… ::taps his combadge:: *CO*: Captain, Emma-1 is still on the surface with Commander Storal’s team. I believe he was using her to continue the scans. The artifact is consistent with the Emma that I created. Nothing appears to be particularly wrong with the head itself … except some carbon residue and blast scoring near where the neck joint would have connected with the body. ::hesitates:: *CO*: It seems that Emma was killed.

MO_Powers says:
::watches SO Bern as he leaves the med lab::

CEO_Yeung says:
::pulls up specs of a torpedo:: CIV: Still, it won't be a permanent solution. The emissions will just fill up the hole...

XO_Storal says:
@Jax: No. My guess is the rift was small. Colonists began to stumble through it. The rift has grown. If we don’t close it then the entire Alpha quadrant may be pulled in.

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: Sir ... it's all around us, we need to blow our way through, using Commander Yeung's torpedo idea. CEO: We can create a break in which to escape through.

CMO_Naegle says:
@::shakes her head:: XO: All I'm getting is the local vegetable and mineral life. Want me to scan deeper?

SO_Bern says:
::wonders whether that would be down, or up, and decides since there isn't any up or down in space, it really doesn't matter::

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: I don’t have a problem with that. ::grins::

SO_Bern says:
::meanders back through sickbay, exiting into the corridor::

XO_Storal says:
@CMO: Yes, if there is a way in then there must be a way out.

Host CO_Linard says:
*EO*: How is that possible if no one was down there? Is there anyway to tell when the ... damage took place?

CIV_Kerlan says:
::smiles at Powers and hands him the cloth wipe:: MO: You might want to hold this for the lieutenant while I help him work on his somersault. ::smiles again, wrinkling his ridges:: Good day, doctor. ::makes his way back toward the door, following Bern::

Host Jaxlt_Burta says:
@XO: It already has been pulled in ... it turned out Trevan was just a staging point for the main battle which occurred around Earth, Vulcan, and a half a dozen other worlds. Shortly after Starfleet wrote the Apache off as lost, the Cyanites launched their main offensive. From what I understand, we were completely overwhelmed.

FCO_Terman says:
@::grimaces:: XO: I'd rather have my replicator, personally.

Host CO_Linard says:
CEO/CIV: What are the risks involved?

CMO_Naegle says:
@::smiles:: XO: I'll give it my best shot, sir. ::resets her tricorder for deeper scans and begins scanning::

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: Eat … it’s good for you.

CEO_Yeung says:
::gets a team to prepare the torpedo::

CIV_Torsian says:
::looks to the CEO:: CEO: All yours.

XO_Storal says:
@Jax: I can’t believe that.

SO_Bern says:
::traces his path back the way he came, to the 'lift where he holds the door for Kerlan to enter::  Turbolift:  Shuttlebay.

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: I do, how do you think I've survived for... ::thinks:: …two and a half years I’ve been here.

EO_Tana says:
::nods unnecessarily:: CO: Yes ma'am. ::punches into the request and waits:: Please stand by, Captain. The computer's doing some pretty fancy calculations it looks like.

CEO_Yeung says:
CO: At best, none, and we simply lose a torpedo. At worse, the entire space around us explodes.

XO_Storal says:
@::pats the FCO on the back:: FCO: Good.

CIV_Kerlan says:
::joins Bern in the lift::

Host CO_Linard says:
*SO*: Mister Bern, what's your status?

Host Jaxlt_Burta says:
@::mutters before lumbering off:: XO: Wait a few years...

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: Believe it, the Federation is toast.

CIV_Torsian says:
::raises both eyebrows to the CEO's response and nods agreeing:: CO: Shields to full, photons, full spread.

CMO_Naegle says:
@::shakes her head again:: XO: Commander, it appears to be a one-way entrance.  I'm sorry.

XO_Storal says:
@All: Once you quit the game is over. I wont quit, and  neither will all of you.

EO_Tana says:
::frowns at the answer and then taps his combadge:: *CO*: Tana to the Captain.

SO_Bern says:
::sidesteps out of the 'lift and proceeds to the shuttlebay::  *CO*: Captain, the medical team is still working on the autopsy.  We don't have too much new information, but Doctor Kerlan and I are returning to the shuttlebay to see if we can find anything there.

MO_Powers says:
::watches Kerlan exit as well and puts the cloth down. Curses under his breath as he goes to look at the body and mumbles:: Self: Great, I'll have to start from scratch … damn SO.

Host CO_Linard says:
::shifts slightly in her seat, pondering:: CEO: Go ahead, Commander...

MO_Powers says:
::decides to follow Kerlan and runs off after him::

CMO_Naegle says:
@All: I agree with the Commander.  We need to try to find a way out.  If we all work together, we can do it.

SO_Bern says:
::walks over to the shuttlebays computer console and checks on the forcefield::

Host CO_Linard says:
*EO*: Captain here. Go ahead, Ensign.

CEO_Yeung says:
CO: My teams are already modifying the torpedoes as we speak.

Host CO_Linard says:
*SO*: Acknowledged, keep me posted.

XO_Storal says:
@::begins to pace the room::

CIV_Torsian says:
::nods with approval and slaves over more power to the shields and shield emitters::

FCO_Terman says:
@::pats the two on the shoulders:: XO/CMO: Good luck.

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: Ready to fire on your order. ::thinks to himself ‘or a second before’:: 

SO_Bern says:
::looks around, seeing the engineering team has already departed ... or never showed up::

Host STOPS_Sevastas says:
@::having been watching the proceedings:: XO: But sir ... what is there to quit? The crew is here, not back there. It would seem to me that your duty is to the present, not to the past. We're ready to fight back, ready to reclaim this galaxy. All we've been missing is a leader ... but now you're here.

Host CO_Linard says:
CIV: Standby.

EO_Tana says:
*CO*: Ma'am, the computer's calculated the date the damage was inflicted. ::pauses:: It was inflicted some time thirty years from now, ma'am. Somewhere in the early twenty-fifth century.

Host CO_Linard says:
CEO: All right then, let me know when they're ready.

SO_Bern says:
Kerlan: Wasn't someone from engineering coming to take a look at this thing?

MO_Powers says:
::catches up with Bern and Doctor Kerlan:: Kerlan: I'd like to know what you know about the body that was found on the Cyanite ship.

CMO_Naegle says:
@::watches the XO pace, knowing his mind's wheels are turning::

CIV_Kerlan says:
::stands off a bit, looking at the craft when the voice comes from behind him:: MO: Of course, what would you like to know, doctor? ::approaches the craft again, and Bern::

CEO_Yeung says:
::receives a notification from his engineering teams:: CO/CIV: Torpedoes are ready to fire.

SO_Bern says:
::walks around the Cyanite craft, and glances up at hearing Doctor Power's voice::

CIV_Kerlan says:
::shrugs:: SO: You're the officer on this vessel. Execute someone till you get answers.

Host CO_Linard says:
::listens to Ensign Tana's report:: Self: Thirty years...  *EO*: You're saying that this head is 30 years old?

Host Jafo says:
ACTION: Sensor range has dropped to approximately 25,000 km ... less than transporter range.

EO_Tana says:
*CO*: Yes ma'am, give or take an error margin of a few days.

Host CO_Linard says:
CEO/CIV: Fire at will gentlemen.

XO_Storal says:
@Sevastas: The present and the past is not a one-way street. If we got here, then we can get back. We are caught in some kind of temporal anomaly.

SO_Bern says:
Kerlan:  Sadly, one and a half pips aren’t enough to order anyone to the gallows. But maybe I can get some information through more diplomatic means.

CEO_Yeung says:
::nods to Torsian:: CIV: Go ahead, Lieutenant.

CIV_Torsian says:
::with the index finger on his right hand in a big swooping motion he pushes the fire button:: CO: Torpedoes away! Shields to full!

MO_Powers says:
Kerlan: What is it's relationship to the Cyanite Vessel, who is it, how did he die?

Host CO_Linard says:
*EO*: That may be one of the answers we're looking for, Mister Tana. Thank you.

Host Jafo says:
ACTION: The torpedo streaks out of the Apache's torpedo tubes and slices through space towards the low yield tachyon barrier. It slams into the barrier as if it were slamming into a wall. The torpedo breaks apart, cracking into pieces and disintegrating on impact. There is no explosion, because the warhead had not yet armed.

CIV_Torsian says:
::bangs on the console:: CO: I will send out another torpedo pre-armed sir.

Host CO_Linard says:
::holds up her hand:: CIV: Let's wait and see what this one does first.

CIV_Kerlan says:
::just smirks at Bern before returning to his opportunity to dazzle:: MO: The body in your Sickbay is one of the vessel's occupants ... a Cyanite, I suppose. As for who he was, they might not even have names and he died for reasons neither your staff nor Captain Bern here can identify. ::smiles thinly:: I like to assume he, she, it, was loved.

XO_Storal says:
@::emphatically slams his fist into the palm of his hand:: All: I refuse to believe that this is it!

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO/Sevastas: Why don't we try to solve the problem instead of arguing about it, gentlemen?  I know you're stressed, Commander.  But we can figure this out.

EO_Tana says:
::looks at the head, somewhat subdued:: *CO*: Yes ma'am.

CIV_Torsian says:
::looks up from his console and from under his brows plays back the events of the torpedo on the main screen:: CO: It did nothing sir...

SO_Bern says:
::before calling anyone on the comm, walks over to the computer again, and searches for a report, hoping that if someone did take a look at the vessel, they've filed one already::

Host CO_Linard says:
::nods:: CIV: Go ahead.

CEO_Yeung says:
Self: That's some thick emissions...

MO_Powers says:
Kerlan: So you have no idea then?

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: So did I ... for a while. After a bit you move on.

CIV_Torsian says:
::loads another torpedo making sure the torpedo has armed in the tube and with another big swooping motion pushes the big red fire button:: CO: Torpedo away.

XO_Storal says:
@::nods at the CMO and places his hand on her shoulder:: FCO: I’ve been thru worse and I’m not going to give up now. Neither will you, that’s an order.

CIV_Kerlan says:
::grins winningly:: MO/SO: Of course I have ideas, and theories as well. I was merely hanging about with Lieutenant Bern so I would have solid evidence to accuse him of stealing my work so I can get his name off the report and take all the credit myself.

Host CO_Linard says:
::waits to see what the torpedo will do::

Host Jafo says:
ACTION: The torpedo again streaks out of the launch bay, this time pre-armed, and slices through space towards the tachyon barrier. It collides with the barrier as if striking wall and the explosion is reflected inwards like the ripples on a pond. The Apache shakes and reverberates as the explosion sends everyone grasping for a handhold.

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: I haven't given up. I've just put it on hold permanently.

EO_Tana says:
::feels the slight shudder through the ship as the torpedo launches but ignores it, retrieving the head from the sensor table and puts it down on an exam desk, pulling up his tool kit again::

XO_Storal says:
@All: What about the mountain range and the magnesite deposits?

CIV_Torsian says:
::grabs onto the head of his console for stability:: Self: What happened?

SO_Bern says:
::grumbles under his breath, finding no results::  Powers/Kerlan:  I guess engineering either didn't get around to it, or they didn't file a report, because I don't see one on that ship in the computer yet.  ::walks back over to them::

CIV_Torsian says:
CEO: Did you calibrate the torpedo properly? ::checks his instruments::

MO_Powers says:
Self: Figures. Kerlan: You don't know any of the answers to my questions and maybe we could find actual answers to these questions if I didn't have to come chasing after you.

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: It's rock. How's it going to help us?

Host CO_Linard says:
::shaking in her seat while gripping her arm rests:: CEO/CIV: Well?

Host STOPS_Sevastas says:
@::cowers slightly, ever so slightly afraid of the Executive Officer and his legendary Bajoran temper::

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: Has anyone checked out that range?

CEO_Yeung says:
::holds onto his seat:: CO: Okay, let's try the high intensity phaser beam idea.

MO_Powers says:
Kerlan: Is this how you always work?

Host Jafo says:
ACTION: Sensor detection range has dropped to 20,000 km.

Host CO_Linard says:
::nods:: CEO: Go for it...

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: I go hiking up there with the kids once in a while. There's a nice lake a ways up.

CIV_Torsian says:
CEO: Make sure the calibration is set to the appropriate flux of the field, because our last attempt was like hitting a brick wall with a hammer.

CMO_Naegle says:
@::looks for the FCO's answer::

CIV_Torsian says:
::waits for the CEO's thumbs up on the calibration to fire the phasers::

CIV_Kerlan says:
MO: Not always, but often. ::smiles:: SO/MO: Perhaps we should try to retrieve some more bodies from the craft. Perhaps one of them will give us a physical cause for their demise.

CEO_Yeung says:
CIV: Fire away.

CMO_Naegle says:
@FCO: I think he means with instruments to detect anomalies.

CIV_Torsian says:
::with his little pinky, goes over to the side console and lightly taps the phaser fire button:: CO/CIV: Phasers away. ::puts the point of fire on screen::

EO_Tana says:
::opens his tool case and lines up the wires from the head carefully, splicing linkages and pipes into the ruined cabling::

XO_Storal says:
@Sevastas: What sort of equipment and weaponry do we have?

Host CO_Linard says:
::covers her eyes:: CIV/CEO: I can't look ... tell me when it's over.

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: Nothing suspicious has happened in the mountains; we've had no reason to scan them.

CEO_Yeung says:
Self: Ho boy...

Host Jafo says:
ACTION: The phasers fire out from their arrays and dance across the tachyon field, splintering out like shards of glass along the various astral planes ... but have no apparent effect on sensor range.

SO_Bern says:
MO/Kerlan: Maybe. ::looks at Powers:: MO/Kerlan: And perhaps the Doctor could take a look at the inside, maybe give us some more insight into that medium they live in.

SO_Bern says:
MO:  If you don't mind, of course, sir.

MO_Powers says:
Kerlan: So your 'superior intellect' allows you to accuse people you are working with of stealing your ideas and to decide that we might want to look for more bodies.

CEO_Yeung says:
Self: Good grief!! What is that stuff?

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: No effect, perhaps it's time now to send out a probe to collect more data so that we can modify our tractor beam to emit an anti-tachyon pulse.

CMO_Naegle says:
@FCO: Did you  try when you first got here?

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: Why don't you just relax, we've got all we need here. You could have a good life.

Host CO_Linard says:
CEO/CIV: Or the main deflector?

Host Jafo says:
ACTION: As they work in the shuttlebay, Bern suddenly realizes that aside from himself, Doctor Kerlan, and Doctor Powers, there is absolutely no one else in the rather large bay ... no technicians, no pilots, nor any maintenance workers...

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: The Federation has been known to use hidden research stations to keep an eye on developing pre-warp societies. Perhaps the Cyanites are doing the same here … for all we know this is a weapons experiment.

MO_Powers says:
SO: Have you looked inside yet, Lieutenant?

SO_Bern says:
::glances to the ship for just a moment and blinks repeatedly before turning on a heel and looking around the large shuttlebay::

CIV_Torsian says:
CEO: Is that possible? To set up an anti-tachyon pulse using our main deflector?

CIV_Kerlan says:
::turns around, a joke forming on his lips:: MO: Bern was in a very embarrassing position when last he bent over to look… ::sees the look on Bern’s face::

Host CO_Linard says:
::looks back at the CEO:: CEO: I doubt a probe would get very far, Commander.

CMO_Naegle says:
@::raises eyebrows at the XO's comment::

XO_Storal says:
@CMO: If this thing is working outward ... perhaps we can find the origin?

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: Why would they bother? We're probably so boring that even if they did they'd have left long ago.

CEO_Yeung says:
CO/CIV: It's worth a shot ... I'll prep the deflector. ::begins modifications to the main deflector to output an anti-tachyon pulse::

CMO_Naegle says:
@::nods:: XO: It's worth a try, Commander.

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: Know your enemy, Mister Terman.

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: Would you come here for a second, I believe I am having difficulties with my scanners...

Host CO_Linard says:
::gets up from her chair and heads over to the CIV::

SO_Bern says:
::takes a few steps, looking every which way::  Self: Where is everyone?

FCO_Terman says:
@XO: We aren't an enemy! So far, we haven't even shown any interest in developing technology. We know what waits up there. ::points his finger to the sky:: Death, exactly the same as in the past.

XO_Storal says:
@CMO: Begin scanning in the gamma range again … except … begin scanning for chronoton particles. If this is an anomaly … then there should be evidence everywhere.

CEO_Yeung says:
CO/CIV: Okay, main deflector is ready to fire the pulse.

CIV_Torsian says:
::brings up a sensor display of all space around them:: CO: Sir, even through the distortion that the photon blast created, I am still having difficulties assessing our sensor range. They're saying that space equals 20,000 kilometers circular.

EO_Tana says:
::tests the connection and then plugs a replacement sarium-krellide battery into the linkage, bringing power to the head::

FCO_Terman says:
@::wonders why he never noticed how irritating the XO was before::

Host CO_Linard says:
CIV: Fire at will, Mister Torsian.

MO_Powers says:
SO: What are you doing, Lieutenant?

CEO_Yeung says:
CO/CIV: It's like it's a bubble shrinking around us...

XO_Storal says:
@::glares at the FCO:: FCO: I want you to think  about something Mister Terman. If you wanted to conquer a race or area you’d pick the weakest part to start at, right?

CIV_Torsian says:
::sighs at his own ignorance of sensors and discharges the main deflector:: CO: Deflector pulse is firing…

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: Our weapons couldn’t touch them before.

CMO_Naegle says:
@:nods:: XO: Aye Commander. ::moves away from the group to make the changes to the tricorder and begins scanning::

Host Jafo says:
ACTION: The Deflector dish fires giving off an impressive color and light show as it strikes the tachyon boundary ... but having no significant effect.

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: In their eyes ... we are weak.

Host CO_Linard says:
::sighs as she hears the reports of her CIV and CEO:: Self: Oh to have a really big needle right about now...

CEO_Yeung says:
::sighs:: Self: Nothing...

Host CO_Linard says:
::looks at the viewscreen curiously as if deep in thought:: CEO/CIV: What will happen when that bubble closes in on us?

CIV_Kerlan says:
::looks around:: SO/MO: Isn't there supposed to be more people in here? Technicians, engineers … assorted underlings?

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO: Commander, I've got something here.

FCO_Terman says:
@::nods:: XO: Are we done yet?

CEO_Yeung says:
CO: We should send a probe straight into it and see what happens.

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: Deflector pulse has had no effect. I think we’re looking at this wrong, sir.  If my sensors are correct, we are isolated in an envelope of space that has become separate from the rest of the known universe. We need to find a portal … or perhaps a wormhole … to facilitate our escape.

SO_Bern says:
Kerlan: Yeah ... kind of odd, now that you mention it.  I thought there was always supposed to be someone on duty up there.  ::points to the empty flight operations area::

EO_Tana says:
::splices a transmitter into Emma’s data cable so that the computer can record the data from the head and her voice box can operate normally::

MO_Powers says:
SO: Strange.

CIV_Torsian says:
CEO: We did, the torpedo that was not armed.  It would have the same result.

XO_Storal says:
@FCO: For now... ::turns and walks over to the CMO:: CMO: What do you have for me, Janet?

Host CO_Linard says:
CIV: I've already considered that Mister Torsian...

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO: I'm detecting a chronoton particle fountain in the center of the conference room.

CEO_Yeung says:
::thinks about it:: CIV: Yeah, you're right. It'll have the same effects.

Host CO_Linard says:
CEO: Is the bubble still closing?

XO_Storal says:
@CMO: Excellent! There we have it.

MO_Powers says:
::looks up at where the SO is pointing:: SO:  Yeah where are they? I’ll have to report them for not being at their stations while on duty.

FCO_Terman says:
@::sarcastically:: CMO: Yeah, that's where we get our water.

CIV_Torsian says:
CEO: So what can we detect that causes dimensional folds? 

CEO_Yeung says:
::checks:: CO: Yes, it still is...

CIV_Kerlan says:
::smiles at Powers:: MO: You're my kind of tyrant. ::wanders back over to the ship and places his hands on the dark Cyanite ship::

Host CO_Linard says:
CEO/CIV: Can we change the frequency of our shielding to let us through that wall?

MO_Powers says:
*CEO*: Have the engineers from the shuttlebay been moved elsewhere sir? It's a bit quiet down here.

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO: It seems to be the focal point of the event.

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: Captain ... sensors report there is nothing, I repeat, nothing outside those walls.  Please check my work to confirm this.

MO_Powers says:
Kerlan: Tyrant? What makes you say that?

CEO_Yeung says:
*MO*: No … they should all be down there.  Do you still need another team down there?

Host Jafo says:
ACTION: Emma's iris pops open and looks left, right, up, and down almost in a frantic motion before locking onto Tana.

EO_Tana says:
MO: Mmm? ::engrossed in what he's doing, reopening the hatch they checked into before::

SO_Bern says:
::shakes his head, clearing the cobwebs, and shrugs::  MO: Anyway, there's some kind of medium inside the ship, in which the Cyanites live.  I was hoping you might be able to tell us what purpose it served.

Host EMMA says:
EO: I am undamaged?

MO_Powers says:
SO: Do you still want an engineering team down here?

EO_Tana says:
::feels an odd sort of heartache:: Emma: You're fine, I've got you now. But I need you to do me a favor, all right? I need you to show me your most recent data files.

XO_Storal says:
@CMO: Now we have the cause. Now we need the solution.

SO_Bern says:
MO: Sure. Particularly the ones that were checking it out before, if that even happened.

FCO_Terman says:
@::hopes the XO and CMO get sucked into a temporal vortex and are never neither seen nor heard from again::

Host CO_Linard says:
CIV: I'm sorry Mister Torsian, but I cannot believe that there is ‘nothing’ out there.  And I won't stand here and watch my ship be crushed by some unseen force.

SO_Bern says:
::thinks::  Computer:  Can you tell me whether an engineering team has visited the shuttlebay in, say, the past three hours?

Host Jafo says:
ACTION: Emma's iris blinks then a download commences to Tana's station.

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO: Agreed.

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: The warp core … use the warp core.

Host Computer says:
*SO*: Negative.

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO: But first, don't you have a disciplinary matter to attend to? ::nods to the FCO::

MO_Powers says:
*CEO*: We would still like the team, sir. Has anyone checked the ship out before?

Host CO_Linard says:
CIV: Explain.

MO_Powers says:
SO: What do you mean by medium?

FCO_Terman says:
@::heads over to Sevastas and asks him if he really wants to go back to the past, only to be killed by the Cyanite invasion::

CIV_Torsian says:
CO: Warp bubbles, I remember reading about them in the Starfleet Times.

XO_Storal says:
@CMO: The problem is noted and will be addressed once we return to the Apache.

CEO_Yeung says:
::nods to CIV: CO: We could use the warp engines to form a warp bubble, to essentially change the space around us.

Host STOPS_Sevastas says:
@::shakes his head emphatically no, but wants to fight the Cyanites here, in this time::

SO_Bern says:
::aside::  MO:  It's some kind of semi-aqueous suspension ... they float in it, and it completely fills the interior.

EO_Tana says:
::watches the data download on the small display and sees a clock counting down ...3...2...1... and then hears static from her voice box:: Emma: Oh Emma... ::places his hand on the cold head::

CMO_Naegle says:
@XO: Aye sir; noted and filed for reference.

XO_Storal says:
@Sevastas: What kind of weaponry do we have in our arsenal?

MO_Powers says:
SO: Like amniotic fluid?

CIV_Kerlan says:
::pulls out an arm covered in the stuff:: MO: I prefer to call it "goo", but I think that's trademarked.

SO_Bern says:
::glances to Kerlan, smiling in acknowledgement:: MO: Something like that.

Host CO_Linard says:
CEO/CIV: How much time do we have before that thing completely closes in on us?

XO_Storal says:
@::whispers:: CMO: Have you done a medical scan of the colonists?

Host Jafo says:
ACTION: With a startling suddenness, the computer shrieks out an alarm. "Warning, pressure on structural supports rising. Structural failure in 1 hour."

Host Jafo says:
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