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<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Away We Go</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by | |||
Andrew Catterick 10-30-1996</h4> | |||
SD: 81030.1100<br> | |||
MD: 4.1900<br> | |||
Scene:Ready-Room<br> | |||
[Bridge to Zane.] | |||
"Go ahead." The Captain answered | |||
[The last of the shuttles have landed sir.] | |||
"Thank-you Commander." Zane looked over at his desk computer | |||
before calling the CEO. "Zane to Koreth." | |||
[Koreth here.] came the instant reply. | |||
"Lieutenant the shuttles have returned can you continue your | |||
investigation with the data that has been collected or do you need more | |||
time on site?" | |||
There was a short pause as, Zane assumed, Koreth and Meleah | |||
discussed the situation. [Between the physical evidence and the | |||
information gathered by the shuttle teams and the main sensors I don't see | |||
there being much more information to gather. All we have to do now is put | |||
it all together.] That sounded overly optimistic but Zane knew Meleah | |||
and Koreth were developing into an excellent team. | |||
"Any more progress?" | |||
[Nothing substantial but the ytterbium theory is becoming more | |||
and more likely as additional information is added.] | |||
Zane frowned to himself. He was pleased with the results of the | |||
investigation thus far but the conclusions were not ones he had wanted. A | |||
beam that would rip apart a ship by using its own SIF field against it was | |||
unthinkable. Of course the end result was a destroyed ship, it really | |||
didn't matter if it was a ytterbium beam or an incredibly powerful phaser | |||
array. "Good. We'll be warping out within the hour. Zane out." | |||
He turned back to his desk computer and after a few small edits to | |||
his status report he re-read it for the final time. | |||
<nowiki>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>=/\=<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</nowiki> | |||
TO: Adm Nicholas Azariah, CINCSILVER<br> | |||
FROM: Capt. Zane, USS FEYNMAN<br> | |||
RE: Status Report<br> | |||
SD: 81030<br> | |||
<nowiki>----------------------------------------------------------------------</nowiki> | |||
1. Initial investigation of USS SERAPIS wreckage site complete. No | |||
additional remains recovered. | |||
2. Investigation teams speculate USS SERAPIS destroyed by energy beam | |||
containing element ytterbium. Ytterbium beam would use vessels SIF | |||
to pull ship apart. Examination continues. <<SEE ATTACHED>> | |||
3. Contacted by Issahi Confederacy Warship. Communication with Martin | |||
Ross <<SEE ATTACHED>> | |||
4. Universal Translator unable to decipher Issahi language due to minimal | |||
exposure. | |||
5. Proceeding to Issahi home world. | |||
Zane, commanding, sends. | |||
END | |||
<nowiki>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>=/\=<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</nowiki> | |||
A quick glance to make sure that the investigation teams | |||
preliminary reports as well as the tape of Zane's conversation with Ross | |||
were attached and the report was surrendered to subspace. "Computer how | |||
long for that message to reach Starbase EPSILON?" | |||
<Seven point three hours.> Was the pleasant response. | |||
Rising from his chair he headed for the bridge. "Mr. Allard open | |||
a channel to the VIGIL." | |||
"Channel open." Ross appeared on the screen. | |||
[You have finished Captain.] It was a statement not a question. | |||
"We have. Unfortunately we have been unable to ascertain what | |||
destroyed the SERAPIS. I'm afraid it will remain a mystery unless further | |||
evidence presents itself." Part of Zane did not like the fact that he was | |||
lying to potential new friends. His instincts told him they would be | |||
strong allies but his training reminded him they could just as easily be | |||
new enemies as well. | |||
The Issahi Captain hissed something at Ross. "We will depart for | |||
the homeworld immediately." The screen returned to a view of the | |||
starfield. | |||
"Captain. The Vigil is leaving the system." | |||
"Helm, stay with them." | |||
"Aye sir. Coming to new course three-four-eight mark four-five. | |||
Increasing speed to warp 6." | |||
Zane turned to face the science station. "Lt. Swanson, has the | |||
universal translator made any more progress with the Issahi language?" | |||
"A little sir. But we need a few more minutes of substantial | |||
dialogue before it will be able to translate with any accuracy." | |||
He turned back to look at Maril with a shrug and a grin. "No | |||
challenge if we had all the answers." | |||
Maril snorted in agreement. "I wonder just where we are going?" | |||
"Long range scans show several systems on or near this heading but | |||
at this speed they are 36 hours away." The officer at OPS added. | |||
Zane considered the information. "They'd have to be at least that | |||
far or we'd have heard from the Issahi long ago. I guess its a case of | |||
wait and see. Besides the longer we have the more time for Koreth and | |||
Meleah to figure out exactly what happened to the SERAPIS and hopefully | |||
come up with some sort of defence against it." | |||
"Like Jilati from the mountain." Maril offered wisely. | |||
"Exactly." Zane agreed wondered who the hell Jilati was and what | |||
he did on the mountain. He chided himself for not reading more Tamarian | |||
mythology. Until then he would never no how often his first officer was | |||
pulling his leg. | |||
<<<NRPG>>> | |||
Well here we go! The edge of inhabited Issahi space will probably be some | |||
distance away or as Zane said SF would have bumped into them already. And | |||
I imagine the home world will be some distance past that. Of course we | |||
don't have to RP a long boring journey but once we get into Issahi space | |||
proper I imagine there'll be things to see! | |||
Looking forward to actually getting there though. The Issahi seem to be a | |||
very enigmatic race. | |||
Respectfully,<br> | |||
Andy<br> | |||
-Captain Zane, Commanding Officer, USS FEYNMAN<br> | |||
-Commodore Nigel Straun, Executive Officer, INDIGO FLEET<br> | |||
-Commander Horatio Sinclair, Fleet Intelligence Officer, BLUE FLEET<br> | |||