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BTW, for those of you who played Wing Command III the Issahi ship
BTW, for those of you who played Wing Command III the Issahi ship
resembles a Terran Confederacy Longbow bomber...just a bit bigger.
resembles a Terran Confederacy Longbow bomber...just a bit bigger.
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>
<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Unwanted Answers</h3>
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by
Andrew Catterick 10-28-1996</h4>
SD: 81028.1200<br>
MD: 4.1645<br>
Scene: Readyroom<br>
[Captain, you have two messages coming in.]
"Thank-you ensign." Zane replied as he swung his desk terminal
around to face him. "Pipe them in here."
Powering up the display he noted that the first was a Starfleet
communique from the SILVER JAG office someone had flagged it for him and
forwarded it along. Opening the message he scanned down the text at first
with a scowl and then with a grin that quickly erupted into a laugh. It
seemed his one time blackmailer, Dee, had been picked up by Starfleet
Security for impersonating the daughter of a dignitary from the planet
Dexertos III. He forwarded the message along to the rest of the senior
staff with a flag for both Krysa and Glin'kharr. He wondered which of the
two would be more satisfied with Dee's current fate.
The second message was a video recording from Dee herself. It was
a rather lengthy message which went from her commendnation of the
FEYNMAN's captain to her flattery of him. But one thing was made
perfectly clear, she expected Zane to help her out of this mess or she
would be talking to Krysa soon after. With a laugh he forwarded Dee's
video message along to Krysa. He couldn't wait to get back to EPSILON and
see Dee's face when he told her she could do her worst and he didn't
care. There was nothing quite as satisfying when the wheel turned.
> [Tarrant to Commander Zane... you better come to Holodeck 2.]
>
"On my way." He answered as he stood. So much for his good mood,
Koreth did not sound happy by any stretch of the imagination.
<nowiki>_______________________</nowiki>
MD: 4.1700<br>
Scene:Holodeck 2<br>
Zane strode into the holodeck to find the USS SERAPIS being pulled
apart in slow motion as Meleah and Koreth 'stood' in space quietly
watching. They turned as they heard the Captain enter.
"Reset program." Koreth ordered. The SERAPIS flickered from near
oblivion to its once proud form. In the backgroud the dark mystery ship
approached.
"What have you got?"
"Begin program. Half speed." Koreth ordered.
The scene played itself out as it had done so in the past and 30
seconds later when it ended Zane could not seen any breakthrough. The
mystery ship arrived fired its weapon and the SERAPIS was gone. The
Captain looked at the two officers. "So?"
"Computer replay program at time index 325.7 1/4 speed."
Again the simulation reconstituted itself but this time it began
with the beam from the marauder hitting the SERAPIS. Slowly the SERAPIS
began to split apart, and then exploded. The simulation ended. "Some
sort of disruptor beam?"
"No sir," Meleah began and she quickly ran down their theories of
the ytterbium and its effect on the structural integrity field. Zane
considered the theory for a few moments. "It sounds plausible and would
certainly explain why so much of the internal effects remained whole.
But even if the ship was moving at only a fraction of impulse the crew
would have been a thin paste on the bulkheads a millisecond after the SIF
failed."
"Thats what we're trying to figure out now." Koreth answered.
"Logically the SERAPIS would have to be at a near stop before the
beam hit. Perhaps it also contained a tractor beam." Meleah added.
"Either way it seems this is a powerful weapon." Koreth frowned,
a weapon the FEYNMAN or any other Starfleet ship could not withstand.
"We are not entirely sure it is a weapon." Meleah continued. "It
could be anyform of beam, perhaps a sensor scan, the only credible theory
so far is that a beam containing ytterbium was responsible for destroying
the SERAPIS. We can not speculate on intention without further evidence."
Zane and Koreth exchanged a silent glance of agreement. It *was*
a weapon. "Continue your tests but I need a write up of your preliminary
findings to send to EPSILON as soon as possible. If you come up with
anything else I'll be on the bridge."
<<<NRPG>>>
Hmmm...I guess when Zane talks with Ross (in one hour) he won't be
as totally forth-coming as I originally thought!;)


Respectfully,<br>
Respectfully,<br>
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