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<font style="font-size: large; font-stretch: expanded; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">TOTAL OCTOBER 1996 POSTS: '''49'''</font>
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<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Maril Finally Arrives</h3>
<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Maril Finally Arrives</h3>
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''"Chief Carden, I am sending down our preliminary findings. I want you to find out whether the substance
''"Chief Carden, I am sending down our preliminary findings. I want you to find out whether the substance
ytterbium, when used in a weapon such as a phaser beam or photon torpedo, could create a large enough explosion to destroy the Serapis. I also need to know whether there were any chemicals on board the Serapis which would
''ytterbium, when used in a weapon such as a phaser beam or photon torpedo, could create a large enough explosion to'' ''destroy the Serapis. I also need to know whether there were any chemicals on board the Serapis which would''
react to the presence of ytterbium. Cadet Bergmann, I need an in-depth analysis on whether ytterbium would be able to shield a warp core."''
''react to the presence of ytterbium. Cadet Bergmann, I need an in-depth analysis on whether ytterbium would be able to shield a warp core."''


As time and analysis continued, Science and Engineering eventually
As time and analysis continued, Science and Engineering eventually
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Hmmm...I guess when Zane talks with Ross (in one hour) he won't be
Hmmm...I guess when Zane talks with Ross (in one hour) he won't be
as totally forth-coming as I originally thought!;)
as totally forth-coming as I originally thought!;)
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: Finishing Data Collection</h3>
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Kristen Gant 10-29-1996</h4>
Stardate: 81029.1411<br>
Scene: Runabout Nogura<br>
MD: 4.1800<br>
It had been a busy though uneventful shift though the Serapis wreckage for
the two officers on the Runabout. Krysa was impressed with the level of
information they were able to collect from the wreckage using both the
Delphi and the shuttles in conjunction.
Looking over at Terri she thought he looked a little bored. "Nothing
interesting enough for you?"
He grinned, "Well not as interesting as an asteroid belt."
"Oh please, don't remind me. I was scared out of my wits!" Krysa chuckled.
<Runabout NOGURA, This is the FEYNMAN. We have company.>
The two officers looked at each other, and Krysa turned her sensors away
from the debris field and toward the approaching ship.
"What is it?" asked Jerran looking toward her console.
"Looks like it's probably an Issahi Warship. Heavily armed for battle too,
from the look of it."
"Let's hope that isn't what took out the Serapis." Said Jerran.
Krysa chuckled, "Nope. Whatever took out the Serapis was a hundred times
worse." She winked at him. "Of course, what it might do to a bunch of
shuttles in a debris field wouldn't be pretty."
He nodded, "I agree, let's stay out of it's way."
There was a chirp as the channel reopened to the FEYNMAN. When the bridge
of the starship appeared, she spoke, "Seems we have some visitors."
<We think it's an Issahi warship but we're moving to intercept. Try to keep
yourselves out of trouble.>
"We've got enough here to keep us busy. Don't worry about us sir. NOGURA
out."
Krysa turned the majority of her scanners back to the debris field to
continue their search, though she kept an eye on the new ship. Jerran also
kept an eye on it. Krysa chuckled, knowing that he was much more interested
in the Issahi warship rather then the debris.
****
Krysa had become intent on some interesting readings in the debris field,
when Jerran said, "Their powering down their weapons."
She looked at him. "You should almost disappointed."
He chuckled, "Well, it's be kind fun to see some tactical moves from that
ship."
"Shall I inform the Captain and see if we can get them to show off for you,
Lt.?"
"Do you think they would?" he joked.
Zane's face once again appeared on the comm screen. <We will be visiting
the Issahi homeworld as soon as your investigations are complete here.>
Krysa nodded, "That should take another 5 or 6 hours to be complete, sir."
"Five or six hours," Jerran moaned from the pilot's seat.
<That's fine.> said Zane ignoring the FCO, <I'm not going to rush you.
Though Koreth and Meleah have a theory they're working on. Perhaps it'll
help narrow our search.>
"Excellent." Krysa said.
<I'm downloading the information to the NOGURA's computers now.>
Krysa looked over as a terminal began to flash. "It's coming though,
Captain."
<Okay, let me know when you think you'll be done here.>
Krysa nodded as the screen faded.
***
With the help of Meleah and Koreth's findings, they were able to narrow the
search and find everything they needed in only three more hours. Soon the
shuttles were headed slowing back to the FEYNMAN.
Regards,<br>
Lt. Krysa Jenn<br>
****<br>
NRPG: Sorry Joseph .. I'm not a very patient person :}:} I'm ready to get
on to the Issahi homeworld ..
Kristen<br>
<nowiki>--------------------</nowiki><br>
Kristen & Scott Gant<br>
http://homepage.interaccess.com/ ~sgant/gant.htm<br>
<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Is Anybody Else Cold Here?</h3>
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Max Felsher 10-29-1996</h4>
SD 81029.03009 (GMT)<br>
MD 4.1400<br>
SCENE Somewhere out in space
The entity continued to seethe, waiting for the right opportunity to strike. It
had waited long enough; soon the metaphor-being would be in its power. There
was no way to stop it this time. Its power was much greater closer to the source.
Soon, it would have control of the humanoid and its vessel with it.
USS Feynman:Bridge
Maril felt a shiver pass through his body, as though he had just woken up from
a dream. He looked around him, but everything was fine.
"Are you okay, Commander?" Captain Zane asked, looking up from his
armrest console.
"Fine, sir," Maril replied, trying to look relaxed. "Just a breath from Kirerdo."
Zane nodded knowingly, although his eyes still focused on Maril for a second.
Slowly, he turned back to the armrest.
Maril still felt strange, though. That shiver had been no ordinary shiver. It had
been colder, almost like an icy grip that had grabbed him without warning.
"What the-" came Lt.(jg) Allard's voice from behind.
"Is there a problem, Lieutenant?" Maril asked curiously, turning his head, as
the Captain swung around to look at Allard.
"Ah, no, sir, just a bump in the level of graviton particles about 5 AU's to our
starboard for about three seconds. It was probably just a sensor glitch, if it was
anything."
"Get someone to check on that, Lieutenant," Zane ordered calmly.
"Aye, sir."
As Zane looked back at a PADD and Allard talked to a junior officer about the
sensor array, Maril wondered: was there something really happening, or was he
just seeing reskolins in the waves?
MD 4.2000
After a few moments of whispering between Zane and Maril, Zane finally got
out of his coveted chair and walked into his Ready Room. Maril didn't sit down in
it, however. Although he would have liked to, it was past his shift, so he simply
announced:
"Alright, ALPHA shift is over, BETA shift crews take stations. Lieutenant
Meleah, you have the Conn."
Meleah looked surprised as she got up from the science station and sat down
in the Command Chair. That was odd; Maril doubted that the android had
forgotten about her shift. Perhaps it was part of her emotion program.
MD 4.2100
First Officer's Office
Maril glanced at the information collected at the Serapis's destruction site.
Remembering the cold grip he had felt earlier, he shivered again. Would this
feeling of dread never go away?
The sun has met the sea,<br>
Lt. Commander Onta Maril,<br>
First Officer, USS Feynman,<br>
aka Max Felsher<br>
NRPG:
So, that's that.
Sorry for not posting in a while.
I'd estimate that we'll reach the edge of Issashi space at about 6.1200. This
would agree with Andy's post which said it would be over 36 hours to the nearest
system along that heading. (FYI, Jerran has the shift after Meleah, and Jenn and
Koreth have BETA and GAMMA shift the next day.
A weapon which would destroy our SIF would definitely be dangerous. I was
reading my tech manual and it seems that if our SIF/IDF fails, the most we can
accelerate is 30 m/sec/sec, while full impulse speed can sometimes cause
accelerations more than 300 times that.
My best guess on exactly how this weapon would work is that the ytterbium would
somehow react with the ceramic-polymer composite that conducts the SIF,
thereby not allowing the SIF to operate (since there would be no way to create it.)
<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.<br>
<b>
<nowiki>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>=/\=<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<</nowiki><br>
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>
</b>
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>
Respectfully,<br>
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