Host Beth says:
Summary: the grisly work of recovery has been completed.  LtCmdr Hawkes body was found and will soon be on it's way back to the Pharaoh.  The black box is being analyzed.  But no body for the Captain.  As the crew mourns their loss, they are still preparing to leave the planet for good and set the timeline right....if they can.

Host Beth says:
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CSO_Sumner says:
@::In the science lab, checking over some results::

CMO_Balena says:
::scans what remains of the FCO body::

Host CTO_Quchant says:
::checking on the crew still on the planet and making sure everyone is prepared for departure::

Host CTO_Quchant says:
::heads over to the crash site::

XO_Santiago says:
::Shifting through the debris looking for clues.::

CMO_Balena says:
::closes the tricorder and leans back against a tree::

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*XO*: Have you found anything yet?

CMO_Balena says:
::places his head in his hand::

CSO_Sumner says:
@::Hums softly to himself, going through a quick mental checklist::

XO_Santiago says:
::Straightens up and looks to the sky and then closes her eyes.:: *CTO*:  Lots of wreckage.  The exact cause won't be known for awhile.  We will recreate the shuttle in the cargo bay.  How is the evac going?

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*XO*: Almost done...just a few hangers on and the crash site team to go

XO_Santiago says:
*CTO*:  As soon as we are finished here, I want the virus sent and us out of the system.  Ideally I'd like to be underway within 2 hrs.

Host Beth says:
<Hickock> :;standing looking over the crash site:: XO: I just wanted to tell you how sorry we are about your friends.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*XO*: I'll get on the Doctor about that now

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*XO*: Quchant out

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*CMO*: Doctor...has your team prepared all the common cold we need to?

CMO_Balena says:
::lifts his head out of his hands and taps his common badge:: *CTO*: Sir it has already been transported to the Pharaoh

XO_Santiago says:
::Looks over at Hickock::  Hickock:  Thank you.  They were two of the best officers that I've served with.  ::looks to the ground::  You know, I hate to run here, but you know we have to leave...

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*CMO*: Understood.

CMO_Balena says:
::gets to his feet and unzip his jacket::

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*Pharaoh*: This is Commander Quchant.  I want the cold virus ready for atmospheric dispersal in 90 mins

CMO_Balena says:
::takes his jacket off and places it over the FCO’s face ::

Host Beth says:
<Hickock> ::nods:: XO: I understand.  You've got a job to do.  Just do me a favor and don't forget about us....we can use all the help we can get.

CMO_Balena says:
::places the commbadge on his teal shirt::

XO_Santiago says:
::Sees Balena place the jack over Hawkes.::

CMO_Balena says:
::says a silent pray to the prophets::

CSO_Sumner says:
@::Nods slowly, sighing to himself:: Self: That's it... *CTO*: Sumner to Quchant.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*CSO* Quchant here...go ahead

CSO_Sumner says:
@*CTO*: Sir, I think I may have an explanation for the time shifts, and a way to get us back.

XO_Santiago says:
::still looking at Balena::  Hickock:  No worries there.  The cold virus is almost ready for dispersal.  Before we leave we will disperse the virus and that should take care of the lizards and then you can live your lives in peace.  ::A small smile comes across her face::  Maybe if we don't find what we are looking for we could come back.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*CSO*: ok...you've got my interest....start talking

Host Beth says:
<Hickock> ::smiles:: XO: Ya'll are always welcome back.  We haven't had a good house and barn raising in years.

XO_Santiago says:
::Chuckles a bit::  Hickock:  That is something to look forward too.  My Grandmother would love it.

CSO_Sumner says:
@*CTO*: The white lights were temporal displacement strands. It appears we came in contact with one large enough to send us through time.

CMO_Balena says:
::moves away from the body and over to the XO:: XO: Any sign of the captain sir?

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*CSO*: Sounds like a game I used to play as a child....called snakes and ladders....you'd up go ladders and down snakes.   You're saying we just got unlucky and kept hitting snakes?

XO_Santiago says:
::Shakes her head slowly::  CMO:  I'm afraid not.  She must have been thrown far.  

CMO_Balena says:
XO: Or disappeared like some of the other crew

XO_Santiago says:
::Turns once again to Hickock::  Hickock:  I need one favor friend...if you find the Capt, can you give her a decent burial?

CSO_Sumner says:
@*CTO*: It's more like flying through a tear in the fabric of time, but yeah, that's more or less it.

XO_Santiago says:
CMO:  That is possible but there hasn't been any disappearances in ions...why would it start again now?

Host Beth says:
<Hickock> ::nods grimly:: XO: Of course....we'll put her in our own family plot.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*CSO*: Can you find us a ladder?

CMO_Balena says:
XO: Don't know sir but I'm just pointing out theories

XO_Santiago says:
::Clamps him on the shoulder.:: Hickock:  Thank you for that.

CSO_Sumner says:
@::Is silent for a moment, utterly confused by this point:: *CTO*: If you're asking if I can get us back, then yes.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*CSO*: How long do you need until we can try?

XO_Santiago says:
CMO: And considering what we've gone through a good theory.  One we can't discount.

CMO_Balena says:
XO: Maybe if we fix this timeline everyone would reappear and this accident would never have happened

XO_Santiago says:
CMO:  Have the crew start packing up here and transporting the debris.  We leave the surface in 1/2 hour.

CSO_Sumner says:
@*CTO*: Just a moment, sir... ::begins running some calculations::

CMO_Balena says:
::looks back at the body, then to the XO:: XO What about the FCO?

XO_Santiago says:
::Looks at Balena with tears in her eyes.::  CMO:  I really, really hope that you are right.

XO_Santiago says:
CMO:  We will bring him home.  He needs to go home to his family.

CSO_Sumner says:
@*CTO*: It shouldn't take me more than an hour to set up the sensors.

CMO_Balena says:
XO: Aye sir. He'll be on the first transport up. Care to join me on the transport?

XO_Santiago says:
::turns to Hickock.::  CMO:  I'll be the last off the surface...but thank you for the offer.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
*CSO*: Ok....start working on it.  I'll let Commander Santiago know

Host CTO_Quchant says:
::arrives at the crash site having been walking all this time::

XO_Santiago says:
Hickock:  My friend, It's time to start saying our goodbyes.  It's because you and your good people that we have survived this long.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
XO: Commander....a moment please

CSO_Sumner says:
@*CTO* Aye, sir. ::Gets out of his seat, leaving the lab and heading for a turbolift.::

XO_Santiago says:
Hickock:  Excuse me.

XO_Santiago says:
CTO:  Yes Cmdr?

CMO_Balena says:
::looks over at the CTO::

Host Beth says:
<Hickock> ::nods::

Host CTO_Quchant says:
::beckons her over to him::

CMO_Balena says:
::moves back over to the FCO's body and gets a body bag ready::

XO_Santiago says:
::Walks over to the Cmdr::

CSO_Sumner says:
@::Steps into the lift, stating his destination and going over a few more calculations in his head::

XO_Santiago says:
CTO:  Everyone off the surface within 1/2 hour.  ::Trying not to shake.::

Host CTO_Quchant says:
XO: Sumner says he's figured out the time jumps...and a way to get us back

XO_Santiago says:
::That catches her interest.::  CTO:  Oh?  How is that?

Host CTO_Quchant says:
XO: Did you ever play a child's game called snakes and ladders?....your objective was to avoid the snakes and climb the ladders.  If you hit a snake you'd be sent backwards.

XO_Santiago says:
::nods:: CTO:  Yes it was one of my favorite games when I was 7.  ::Thinks a moment:  Are you saying we hit a snake?

CMO_Balena says:
::closes the body bag and tags the bag::

Host CTO_Quchant says:
XO: Several apparently....every time there was a flash of light

CSO_Sumner says:
@::Steps onto the bridge, moving to the Science station. He brings up the sensor arrays, and gets to work, setting up the right frequencies::

CMO_Balena says:
::kneels next to the bag and rest a hand on it:: Self: Goodbye my friend and may the prophets guide you to your afterlife

XO_Santiago says:
CTO:  So we have to find ourselves another snake to hit?  ::Speaking softly::  Couldn't that propel us into another timeline or put us in a position we none of us exist any longer?

Host CTO_Quchant says:
XO: No...Sumner is aiming at a ladder

XO_Santiago says:
::A small smile::  CTO:  A ladder will be good.  How long until he is ready?

Host CTO_Quchant says:
XO: An hour to set up the sensors he said

Host CTO_Quchant says:
XO: I'll get everyone up to the ship....the shuttle is ready for...you all

CMO_Balena says:
::signals a crewman to help him the body bag::

XO_Santiago says:
::nods::  CTO:  Excellent. another 15 mins and everyone should be off the surface.  You head back yourself.  I'll be the last off the planet.  Once I'm on board disperse the virus and we will make haste out of the system.  Once we reach open space Sumner should be ready.

CMO_Balena says:
::starts to move the body toward the shuttle::

CSO_Sumner says:
@::Smiles as the sensors comply, starting to like these Defiant-class vessels::

Host Beth says:
ACTION: The last of the crew leaves the planet with the towns people waving a tearful goodbye.  As the XO leaves she looks back and sees the torn blackened Earth where two of the Pharaoh crew will forever be a part of this time and place.

Host Beth says:
ACTION: The Pharaoh and crew are once again ready to take up their duties in space again.

XO_Santiago says:
::Back on the ship, she heads for the bridge.:;  AFCO:  Ens, please be ready to leave on my Mark.

CMO_Balena says:
::steps onto the bridge:: XO: Sickbay is ready sir. Could I help up here?

XO_Santiago says:
::Entering the bridge.::  CMO:  Lt, is the virus ready for dispersal?

CSO_Sumner says:
::Smiles to himself, everything ready. All they needed now was a torpedo and a filament, and he could guide them right back to where the timeline split::

Host CTO_Quchant says:
::double checking the virus insertion points around the planet::

XO_Santiago says:
::Takes her sit.  The fit feeling very, very wrong.::

CMO_Balena says:
XO: Aye sir we are good to go

XO_Santiago says:
CTO:  Cmdr, as soon as you are ready disperse the virus.

XO_Santiago says:
AFCO:  Take us out of here.  Once we hit the edge of the solar system go to warp Four.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
::nods at the XO::

XO_Santiago says:
<AFCO> XO:  Aye Cmdr.  ::Taps the buttons and engages engines at 1/2 impulse.

XO_Santiago says:
CSO:  Ens, are you ready to get us home?

Host CTO_Quchant says:
CMO: On my mark....release...

Host CTO_Quchant says:
CMO: Mark...

CMO_Balena says:
::moves over to a console and press a few commands::

Host Beth says:
ACTION: The virus is spread in a wide dispersal across the planet.

XO_Santiago says:
CSO:  Ens, find us a way home.  We are overdue.

CSO_Sumner says:
::Looks over to the XO:: XO: We're gonna need a torpedo, sir. I know it's a little late, but I’m slightly confused about some things...

XO_Santiago says:
::Nods:: CSO:  Confusion is ok Ens.  Nothing about this mission is straight forward.  If you need a torpedo use it.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
::logs the inventory usage of one torpedo to the science department::

Host CTO_Quchant says:
CSO: Confusion now is not necessarily a good thing...what's up?

CMO_Balena says:
::looks at the last image of this Earth on the view screen::

CSO_Sumner says:
::Curses himself quietly:: XO: Sir, once we get back to the point where the timeline changed, how are we going to stop the Snakes?

XO_Santiago says:
CSO: We will stop them by hopefully giving them a cold.  They outgun us, so we can't fight them.  We do our best as usual  and hopefully our happy go luck security guy has something up his cute little sleeve.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
::looks at the XO:: XO: he's got a point, unless this is truly a parallel dimension.  However...we could use the virus dispersion here as a test...travel back in time and do it again.

CMO_Balena says:
::moves to a open seat and takes a seat::

CSO_Sumner says:
::Nods:: XO: Aye, sir... Searching for a fissure.

XO_Santiago says:
CTO:  I don't want to go time hoping.  Too much can go wrong.  Temporal Investigation interviews give me a headache and that won't be good if you want to marry my sister.  You need me on your side.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
XO: ...thereby stopping them from every taking over in the first place.  Then none of what we did would have actually happened.  Perhaps all the people that have disappeared will come back then...including those we've lost

CSO_Sumner says:
::aligns the sensor arrays to search for temporal distortions like the ones that sent them here::

Host CTO_Quchant says:
XO: Bah...the TI always think it's Thursday...

CSO_Sumner says:
CTO: Perhaps, but there's no accounting for chaos theory...

XO_Santiago says:
CTO:  Fine you can go and tell them it's Wednesday.  ::laughs::  The less we have to do with them the better.  No we need to go forward.

XO_Santiago says:
CTO:  I want them back as much as you do.  ::Serious now::  Too much really can go wrong.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
CSO: We could well find ourselves dimension jumping here...you've heard the many worlds theory I take it which states whenever there is a choice made an alternate universe is created for every outcome

CSO_Sumner says:
::quickly scans the sensor results:: XO: Sir, there's a strand that will work just outside Sol... ETA, 15 Minutes.

CSO_Sumner says:
::Begins making modifications to the torpedo::

XO_Santiago says:
CSO:  Acknowledged.  AFCO:  Increase speed.  ::sees the FCO nod.::

XO_Santiago says:
CSO:  ETA?

Host Beth says:
ACTION: The Pharaoh takes off in a soaring swoop and heads towards the coordinates the CSO has given.

CSO_Sumner says:
XO: I've modified the torpedo to adjust when it reaches Zero-point energy. When it detonates, it should trigger the strand. I recommend raising our shields as a precaution.

CSO_Sumner says:
XO: 15, sir.

XO_Santiago says:
CSO:  Still?  This ship must be standing still then.

CSO_Sumner says:
XO: The strand appears to be moving, sir. At this speed, we should catch it in 15 minutes.

XO_Santiago says:
CSO:  Lasso the sucker Ens.

Host CTO_Quchant says:
::keeps checking the sensors::

Host Beth says:
ACTION: The Pharaoh heads straight towards the strand in a last ditch effort to save themselves, their worlds and their friends.

Host Beth says:
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