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-Commodore Nigel Straun, Executive Officer, INDIGO FLEET<br> | -Commodore Nigel Straun, Executive Officer, INDIGO FLEET<br> | ||
-Commander Horatio Sinclair, Fleet Intelligence Officer, BLUE FLEET<br> | -Commander Horatio Sinclair, Fleet Intelligence Officer, BLUE FLEET<br> | ||
<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: The New Mission</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Mike Dawe 9-27-1996</h4> | |||
SD: 80927 | |||
The Feynman Captain was swiftly admitted to the Admirals office. He | |||
had received the notice about the third ship loss the day before and was not | |||
surprised to see a haggard Nicholas banging on a PADD while yelling orders | |||
into a comm. | |||
"Look, do what you can but I need facilities for the survivors. Get | |||
McDaniels and company to pull their heads out of the clouds and set up a | |||
very large triage and emergency shelter. I need a second team to be ready | |||
to lift to recover the Tesla pods." | |||
[Lift in what?] | |||
"You tell me. With the Falcon out rescuing the Regent we need a | |||
ship to take them there. It will have to be large enough . . . " he waved | |||
for the Captain to sit. "to carry the emergency crews and a full rescue team | |||
to see if anything survived on planet." | |||
[Is that all?] | |||
"Don't get smart, just find me a big ship." He closed the channel | |||
and turned to find the Captain smiling and deep in thought. | |||
"Hrrmph, well then I received your reports and I think your mission | |||
went even better than I might have hoped. We have managed to push the Greys | |||
back and you made some inroads in the Pirate situation. Well done Captain." | |||
"I think we may have also done something else . . . we might be able | |||
to solve your transportation problem." Zane nodded. | |||
"No, the Feynman has a mission that cannot wait for you to ferry the | |||
rescue teams." | |||
"I was not referring to the Feynman but the 'prize' we brought back | |||
with us." | |||
The Admirals eyes widened at the audacity of the suggestion. | |||
Actually two prizes had been brought back but only one would qualify for the | |||
job ahead. "Your suggesting we send a vessel whose capabilities we do not | |||
even know out on a rescue operation?" | |||
"The Husnock vessel is large enough and ven has an auditorium that | |||
could double as a triage staging base. I have had a skeleton crew working | |||
it who could be put on detached duty until your crews are more familiar with | |||
the ship. But I will insist upon keeping my command staff." | |||
The Admiral snorted. "Afraid I'll steal them away?" | |||
"Word gets around." | |||
"As it should. OK. So we take your crew, a chancy vessel and send | |||
it to the site of the Tesla destruction. Want to know where you will be in | |||
the meantime? I expected you might. You also heard about the destruction | |||
of the Serapis? Her logs have been recovered from the emergency buoy and | |||
this was what they showed. . . " | |||
Cut to the view of a standard starship running smoothly. Then from | |||
behind it came. | |||
The dark ship came swiftly into view and showed incredible | |||
maneuverability as it made the first pass past the Serapis. Before shields | |||
could be raised or even before the bridge crew could react a series of | |||
blasts raked the hull of the vessel. All hails ignored the second pass was | |||
even more devastating than the first and power losses crippled the ability | |||
of the federation ship to mount any sort of defence, let alone anything even | |||
resembling a counter attack. | |||
Zane listened to the damage reports with an air of fatality. He | |||
knew what the reports would say, he could feel the ship dying bebeath him. | |||
With a heavy heart he ordered the evacuation of the ship. Life pods started | |||
to eject from the crippled vessel and jet off into the endless night. Some | |||
were intercepted and destroyed by the malevolent ship while others escaped | |||
its notice. It seemed to be scanning each as it could before firing or | |||
letting them pass. A blue beam enveloped the dying Serapis, another deep | |||
scan. It was looking for something. Moment later the third volley from the | |||
ship fininshed the job and the once proud member of the Silver fleet was an | |||
expanding cloud of debris . . . nothing more. | |||
The log ended and the room was silent for a moment. "I don't | |||
recognize the ship." Zane ventured. | |||
"Nobody has, yet. I want you to take your ship out and do a | |||
detailed forensic scan of the debris field. We need information. That ship | |||
looked like it was looking for something, it was viscious and direct. I | |||
want to know if we have a new border to defend or if this was a one time | |||
occurance. Now hear this and hear it good, Captain. You are investigating, | |||
you may follow up any leads but do not, DO NOT engage any vessels. The | |||
Feynman is not a warship, but its sensor suite makes it perfect as a | |||
investigations ship. Questions?" | |||
Of course there were many, on both sides and the meeting went on for | |||
hours. The Admiral briefed Zane on what the Serapis mission had been and | |||
took details on the Husnock vessel. Orders were sent out for the transfer | |||
of personel and the Husnock vessel was clear before the meeting even ended. | |||
<<<nrpg>>> | |||
Right, that tags one thread for future reference and starts a new one. Zane | |||
(Andy) will be getting the serapis mission under a seperate cover and will | |||
trim it to fit what he tells you (his choice, its the only way to keep a | |||
mutinous crew in line) | |||
mike--->tying threads together | |||
Vice Admiral Azariah Nicholas CINCSILVER<br> | |||
Captain Christof Fife USS REGENT<br> | |||
GM USS SARATOGA<br> | |||
Lt. Cmdr Eskat Eskat USS HERMES<br> | |||
Lt James Cardiff USS SARATOGA<br> | |||