Deep Space 102 - 11105.13

A shore(t) leave

"First Contact"

Previously on DS-02:

Two crewmembers that were previously telepathically paralyzed by contact with an ancient powerful telepathic creature are now beginning to function and report information on contact with the creature.

Ostensibly, this creature may have been one of a number of species that use the probe that affected Sol III approximately 85 years previously when two humpback whales were returned to the oceans on that planet to save the entire world.

Contact is ongoing at this time. Let's find out what will happen next...

Host Gerry says:
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CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@::Reaches up and holds his head and begins to set up;:
CO_Yo`Ghi says:
:: standing in front of his chair on the Bridge of the USS Scorpius ::
SC_Capt_Marek says:
::at secondary Operations console, manning the sensors::
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: continues to keep in contact with the CNS::
CO_Yo`Ghi says:
OPS: Do we still have contact with the away team?
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
::At a station on the Bridge, monitoring the away team.::
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: At the moment I am still in contact with the CNS.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@::looks around:: ALL: The creature does not have hostile intentions.
FCO_LtJG_Raash says:
::in her quarters, closing the comm from her prolonged meeting with her home world government::
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@::continuing to 'speak' with the creature::
CEO_Cmdr_Mahl says:
::At the engineering console on the Bridge:: 
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@::Looks to the CNS and back to the creature:: Creature: What was you trying to tell me. I could not understand
SC_Capt_Marek says:
CMO: Doctor, I know you have severe objections about tampering with the creature electrical field, but have got any ideas on how we can break the contact between the creature and the crew, without hurting them, I mean, if it is an emergency.
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
@<Sec_Grines> CTO: we have already been informed of that Lieutenant.
FCO_LtJG_Raash says:
::sighs heavily and climbs out of her seat, taking a moment to stretch::
CSO_Cmdr_Horn says:
CO: I am getting some scans on this creature.
CEO_Cmdr_Mahl says:
SC: Has anyone thought to simply ask it to stop the telepathic connections?
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
SC: I do not believe that the telepathic link is harmful at this moment. The Counselor was speaking with us, and she did not appear to be in any immediate danger. Breaking a telepathic link at any time would be more dangerous than leaving it be.
SC_Capt_Marek says:
::turns to the CEO and raises an eyebrow:: CEO: Actually... none did...
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@::looks to Grines and stands up:: SEC: What else is there known? *SC*: I have awakened Sir.
CEO_Cmdr_Mahl says:
SC: Sometimes, the simplest idea might be the best one.
SC_Capt_Marek says:
::hears the CTO::
CO_Yo`Ghi says:
CSO: Anything interesting about it?
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
SC: Captain, maybe we can simply have Commander Rand ask it to lower its shield?
CSO_Cmdr_Horn says:
CO: It’s big!!
SC_Capt_Marek says:
CO: Captain, Lieutenant Salor is in the comm. Reports he is awake
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@::glances from the creature to Salor:: *OPS*: He isn't hostile, he is continuing to speak to us on a slower more understandable level. He realizes that he was speaking much too fast.
CSO_Cmdr_Horn says:
CO: It’s extremely resistant to internal scans and its electrical field is masking a lot of my scans, however what I am reading is its size.
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
@<Sec_Grines> CTO: The Counselor has been in contact with the creature and has been asking about someone named George and Gracie.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@CNS: I do not understand what he wants. It is too much.
SC_Capt_Marek says:
OPS: That would be a plausible option, Commander.
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@CTO: Salor, it is good to see you awake. Yes, he is trying to slow to our level. In many ways we are quite primitive to him.
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
*CNS*: Counselor would it be possible for the creature to lower the shield that it is emitting some what so we can get better reading on it?
CSO_Cmdr_Horn says:
CO: From my scans, it’s approximately 40 meters long 12 meters wide and weighs about 12 tons
CO_Yo`Ghi says:
CSO: Any idea if it can harm the local people? Can it use its electric field to harm?
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@CNS: I understand that. And I do know for a fact he is not hostile... I can sense as much from him.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@SEC: I am not familiar with those two crewmen.
FCO_LtJG_Raash says:
::feels a bit of energy return to her body::
CSO_Cmdr_Horn says:
CO: in his best Scottish accent:: There be whales here Captain!
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
@<SEC_Grines>: CTO: Sir, I don't believe that they are crewmen; however, I am not sure who they are either.
CO_Yo`Ghi says:
CSO: By the way, can you get me a picture of what a whale looks like?
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@*OPS*: I will ask. ~~~~Creature: Our people aboard ship are asking if you would lower your shielding, they are interested in learning more about you and the shields are interfering with their sensors.~~~~
CSO_Cmdr_Horn says:
CO: On screen now.
SC_Capt_Marek says:
::hears the CSO and watches the screen::
CSO_Cmdr_Horn says:
CO: Unless this thing can fly there shouldn’t be much harm to the land based population but it can affect all electrical instruments on the planet.
FCO_LtJG_Raash says:
::heads out of her quarters and up to the Bridge::
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@CTO: Yes, he is exuding a peaceful aura. He is quite curious about us and interested in learning more about two humpback whales known as George and Gracie.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@SEC: As it seems the counselor has made contact, we will stay and monitor the communication between them and see both the creature and Cmdr Rand are safe.
CO_Yo`Ghi says:
CSO: So we are talking about a big fish?
CSO_Cmdr_Horn says:
CO: Mammal actually sir.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@CNS: I understand now. I have studies that period in time following Captain Spock’s exploits. Perhaps, if he would allow contact with me, I can give all the information I have.
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
CEO: Perhaps you can engineer up a holographic image of the whales, George and Gracie, in our database and send it down to the surface.
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
@<SEC_Grines> CTO: Well sir it is not like we have any choice in the matter as the ship can't transport any one in or out at the moment.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@SEC: I see. Then we must try to reason and understand what the creature wants.
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
OPS: You should find out if there is more than one of him, Commander.
CO_Yo`Ghi says:
CSO: You sure you know your biology Commander?
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
@<SEC_Grines> CTO: Pardon me sir but isn't that what the counselor is doing now?
FCO_LtJG_Raash says:
::enters the Bridge and moves quickly to her station, relieving the duty Flight Officer::
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CMO: I will let Commander Rand know about it and see what she can find out Doc.
CEO_Cmdr_Mahl says:
CMO: I don’t know if that would work. If memory serves me correctly, George and Gracie were intelligent animals. For this creature to see them, I am sure it will want to converse with them.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@SEC: I was merely stating the facts.
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@~~~~~::communicates the CTO's proposal to the creature::~~~~
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
CEO: The creature is looking for information about George and Gracie. We can provide a visual for him to see.
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
*CNS*: Commander if is not to much bother the Doc would like to know if there is any more of his kind on the planet?
CEO_Cmdr_Mahl says:
CMO: The other problem is how do we project a holo image onto the planet?
FCO_LtJG_Raash says:
::checks into the reports to see what is happening::
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
CEO: That's why they pay you the big bucks, Joran; to figure that one out. ::Winks at him.::
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@CTO: He agrees, but do you know of them now? How they have progressed or if their species has continued?
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: If the creature lowers its force field a little we could possibly transport down some holo projectors.
CEO_Cmdr_Mahl says:
CMO: I am sure it can be done. I can put a large crew on designing emitters, then we can replicate all the parts. Give me a few weeks, and it might work ::sticks his tongue out at the CMO::
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
OPS: Right. It may be enough to satisfy the creature's curiosity.
CO_Yo`Ghi says:
Self: a swimming mammal, who would have thought
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CMO: However at the moment all we can do is wait and see how the counselor does.
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
OPS: Yes, Commander. I'm just trying to think outside the box.
FCO_LtJG_Raash says:
::reads the reports and shakes her head:: Self: Where's Jonah when you need him?
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@CNS: Yes, I know of their fate. ::walks closer to the creature:: Creature: If you will and understand me. Allow me to touch your mind, and you shall see the fate of the ones you ask about.
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@*OPS*: Yes, there are many of them, but they tend to fellowship in the deepest regions of Velonesia. However, every age some of us become curious and will ascend from the depths to explore the advancements of our kind and cousins.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@::awaits to see if the creature will lower itself to allow him to touch him so they my see each others mind::
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
*CNS*: Thank you Commander
Host Gerry says:
ACTION: The creature closes distance quickly and lowers its head for Salor to contact physically
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@*OPS*: Of course. 
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
Out loud: I am picking up on sensors that the whale has approached Salor. Someone might want to warn him, "Don't touch that amphibian whale-like creature!"
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CMO: From what the Counselor says there are many of them and once in a while one of them get curious and come up from the depths to see what advancement our kind has made.
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
OPS: Now that is very interesting. Thank you, Commander.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@::places his hands onto the creatures head:: Creature: take it slow, my mind can not speak at your pace. ::pauses:: My mind to your mind, your mind to mine. ::closes his eyes::
Host Gerry says:
ACTION: The creature allows the mind meld with Salor
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@::brings up the image of George and Gracie, very ancient, old creatures for their species, many children, happy grandparents of a pod of 50 to 60::
SC_Capt_Marek says:
::continues his work in his console, paying attention to the frantic activity on the Bridge::
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@::thinking of the whales of earth today, the holo images he has studies over the years::
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@::not intruding into the foreign mind but letting that mind into his own::
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
*CNS*: Counselor how are thing progressing there?
CEO_Cmdr_Mahl says:
CMO: Doctor, has anyone asked, or thought as it may be, the creature if it is capable of scanning our data banks? If it can, we can give it all the information on George and Gracie that we have.
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
CEO: That is true, Joran, but I don't recommend it. We want him to have access to information about George and Gracie, not all our Starfleet secrets.
CEO_Cmdr_Mahl says:
CMO: Well, we could program a data PADD with the information too. That way, the creature wouldn’t have total access to the ships computers.
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@*OPS*: It seems to be going well. Lt. Salor is sharing all the knows of George and Gracie, the creature seems happy of their development
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
CEO: That is true. I'm still really interested in being able to give images of them too.
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
*CNS*: That is good to hear please let us know if anything changes.
CEO_Cmdr_Mahl says:
CMO: All that would be integrated into the information PADD. Its a lot faster, and a lot easier, than trying to set up portable emitters, and programming them for whales swimming.
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@*OPS*: Understood, will do.
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
All: It seems that our Lieutenant Salor is quite well informed about this George and Gracie and is now sharing that information with the creature.
SC_Capt_Marek says:
::hears Twelk::
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@CNS: He is asking if I know of Spock. ::still touching minds and showing him as he speaks:: Creature: Spock is of another pod as mine, he is away trying to bring our kind together.
CMO_Ens_Unger says:
OPS: Thank you, Commander.
FCO_LtJG_Raash says:
::works quietly trying to find a way to be of help::
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@::shows him the image of Spock he knows and of him between the different races, Vulcan and Romulan, and bringing them together:: Creature: He is doing the work of a prophet.
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@::smiles:: CTO: He did say he was curious.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@Creature: Yes, I shall tell him of your exploits, he would be pleased. ::sends a mental image of the planet they are on, showing the people here and the freight the creature is doing to them:: Creature: We will make sure they understand you. It is time that we both must return to our home. You will be safe I shall see to it.
Host Gerry says:
ACTION: The electrical field drops and transporter locks reappear
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: Captain the field has dropped and we now have transporter locks on everyone.
Host Gerry says:
<Creature> ALL: ::audible voice:: It has been my great pleasure to meet you all! I shall tell my people about you and your exploits.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@::steps away for the creature::
SC_Capt_Marek says:
::goes back to secondary operations console, to assist Commander Twelk::
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@CNS: He is very pleased.
Host Gerry says:
ACTION: The creature swims away rapidly and disappears beneath the waves again...
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@*SC,CO* All is well, there is no danger. We shall leave the creature in peace.
CO_Yo`Ghi says:
OPS: Good news. Is the team done down there?
CO_Yo`Ghi says:
*CTO*: So, no possibility of danger for the population?
SC_Capt_Marek says:
CO/*CTO*: That is indeed good news.
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: As far as I can tell Captain the creature has left and returned back to the lake.
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@::nods:: CTO: Yes, in many ways.
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@*CO* No sir, no danger
CTO_LtJg_Salor says:
@CNS: I ::pauses:: feel honored to have touch a creature such as that. There is nothing to compare or come equal.
OPS_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CO: I have informed the planet's government and have given them all the information that we have on the creature as well.
CNS_LtCmdr_Rand says:
@CTO: It is a unique experience, one to be treasured.
Host Gerry says:
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