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<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Alien Cargo Bay</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Joseph Baker 2-13-1996</h4> | |||
SD: 80213.2047<br> | |||
Dr. Tok was the first to speak as the group of officers stared at the | |||
gaping hole in the doors leading to the cargo bay, "Now we have a good | |||
idea of what happened to the crew." | |||
"Yeah," said Lt. Jenn. "But the question now is to find out what | |||
happened to the thing that was in there." | |||
Jerran moved closer to the door to get a better look inside. None of the | |||
lights were on, so he had to switch on a small light that was strapped to | |||
his wrist. All along the cargo bay were bodies, about a hundred of them | |||
at Jerran's first guess. They all looked like the felinoid creature | |||
which they had seen in the log up on the bridge. And none of them were | |||
in too good of a shape, either. | |||
Jerran pulled out his tricorder and moved in, cautiously scanning the | |||
room with it, the light, and his phaser. Commander Maril was close | |||
behind, covering Jerran with his phaser as Lt. Jenn and Dr. Tok brought | |||
up the rear. Tok pulled out his medical tricorder and began scanning one | |||
of the bodies nearby. | |||
"This can't be right," said the blue skinned Bolian CMO. "The bodies | |||
haven't decomposed a day since they died, but by not only the log, but | |||
also the atomic decay levels in their bodies, they've been dead for over | |||
five centuries." | |||
Jerran nodded as he continued to look cautiously around the room. "The | |||
ship probably lost life support a short time after the crew died. Some | |||
sort of automated system may have brought it back online once the FEYNMAN | |||
came near it." | |||
Jenn glanced out towards the door as she said, "That would be consistant | |||
with the sudden energy readings we detected upon our approach." | |||
"And if they did loose life support," Tok said as he continued to scan | |||
the bodies, "Then the ship might have dropped in temperature enough to | |||
freeze the bodies and slow their decomposition to a halt." | |||
Maril didn't like the sound of that at all as an idea formed in his | |||
head. "Doctor. If the temperature of the ship was brought down far | |||
enough, would that also mean that it could be possible for whatever did | |||
this to still be alive somewhere on this ship, protected by suspended | |||
animation?" | |||
Tok looked up from the body and said, "That is a distinct possibility, | |||
sir. That would also mean that our arrival has awoken something that | |||
killed the entire crew of this ship." | |||
"And if it is here," Jerran said, "Then we might not have picked it up on | |||
our sensors because it could just be waking up, in which case it wouldn't | |||
put out any life signs." | |||
Jenn stood up and looked towards Jerran saying, "And there's also the | |||
possibility that whatever it is might not register on our sensors." | |||
"That might not be entirely true," the XO said as he looked at his | |||
tricorder. "I'm detecting some movement. It's on this deck, just a few | |||
bulkheads foreward of the cargo bay, and moving towards us." | |||
<NRPG> | |||
I think it might be time for a hasty departure, unless there's something | |||
wrong with the FEYNMAN's transporters <EG> I'll leave it up to the rest | |||
of yall to decide what happens next <G> | |||
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***************************************************************** | |||
* I study nuclear science! * jobaker@chuma.cas.usf.edu * | |||
* I love my classes! * jbaker@deans2.cas.usf.edu * | |||
* I've got a crazy teacher, **************************** | |||
* Who wears dark glasses. * LTJG Jerran Terel * | |||
* Things are goin' great, * Flight Control Officer * | |||
* And they're only gettin' better! * USS Feynman/NCC-66000 * | |||
***************************************************************** | |||
* Joseph W. Baker * | |||
* Physics Major, College of Arts and Sciences * | |||
* University of South Florida * | |||
***************************************************************** | |||
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