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==[ORIGINS] USS HOOD: So Much for the Cavalry== | |||
===by Andy Catterick=== | |||
SD: 2260.293 | |||
MD: 5.1600 | |||
Scene: Bridge, USS HOOD | |||
“Try a general call.” Steele ordered. | |||
“I did sir.” The comm officer replied. “Three times after I failed to get a response from Commanders Merrick or Gar or Lieutenant DeSimms. I’ve also tried all frequencies.” | |||
“Equipment malfunction?” | |||
“No sir. Everything checks out fine.” She answered. “I’ll check again.” She added before the captain could order it. | |||
Jack stepped down onto the command deck and dropped into his chair. He didn’t like this. Sean wasn’t due to check in for another 10 minutes but they’d gone into the pyramid almost twenty minutes ago and he had expected to hear from them by now. He didn’t want to crowd his first officer but he had a bad feeling about this mission. Against his better judgment he had tried to communicate with Sean but found he couldn’t get through. Soon after they had discovered they couldn’t raise anyone from the landing party. | |||
Jack jabbed at his comm button. “Transporter Room.” | |||
[Chief Wilson here.] | |||
“Can you get a lock on the landing party chief?” | |||
[Lock’s been sporadic sir. Right now I do not have lock.] | |||
“Inform me the second you do. Steele out.” | |||
“Sensors can’t penetrate the local conditions at this moment sir.” Hemux added from the science station. | |||
“Where’s the shuttle craft?” | |||
“Approxiamtely 940 kilomters due east. Altitude is 300o meters.” | |||
Jack stabbed the comm button again. “Steele to JUTLAND.” He was glad he’d agreed with the HELM officer to allow a shuttle to taking sensor readings on the planet while they Landing Party had conducted their investigation. | |||
[Go ahead captain.] | |||
“Lieutenant I want you to head over to the landing party’s location. We’ve lost communications and sensor lock. Make sure they haven’t gotten themselves lost for me.” He had tried to lighten the growing tension on the bridge with the last comment but he could feel it fall flat. | |||
[On our way sir.] | |||
Scene: Shuttle JUTLAND NCC 1703/1 | |||
He had never experienced anything like it. As soon as he had closed the channel with HOOD Lieutenant Mitchell moved to enter the course change but as the shuttle begin to swing around he found he couldn’t direct a course that would lead them to the pyramid. It wasn’t that the shuttle wouldn’t accept the command it was that he couldn’t bring himself to input. Quietly he experimented with the controls. Each time he began to turn the craft he found himself either pulling out of the turn early or late. He knew he was doing it but just couldn’t control his fingers not to. | |||
Beside him his copilot finally stirred not being able to ignore it any longer. “Taking the scenic course Pete?” | |||
Like any pilot Mitchell was loathe to admit he had a problem. “Nick you try it.” | |||
Thirty seconds later Mitchell and Bradshaw stared at each other not knowing what to say. Finally Mitchell reached out to press his own comm button. “JUTLAND to HOOD.” | |||
[Steele here.] | |||
“Captain I think we have a problem.” | |||
<<<NRPG>>> | |||
Just a quick one to have the ship POV…and keep Steele busy. | |||
I went with JUTLAND for this post only …once we agree on shuttle naming convention (see my previous NRPG post) we’ll go with that. | |||
Respectfully, | |||
Andy | |||
CAPT Jack Steele | |||
CO, USS HOOD NCC 1703 | |||
ASR ORIGINS | |||