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<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: You Play With Ytterbium, You're Gonna Get Burned, er...Lose Your SIF</h3>
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Max Felsher 11-17-1996</h4>
SD 81117.1430 (GMT)<br>
MD 6.2100<br>
SCENE: Bridge<br>
Maril looked over the PADD containing information on the search for the "Piaget".
It had been Bepela's quest for the jerexi (unicorns). Nothing. Not even a clue.
Sighing, Maril stood up from the center chair. He quickly glanced about him,
then walked over to the Operations console.
"Mr. Garret, do you think we could narrow the search?" Maril asked, placing
his hand on the back of the chair.
"I don't see why not, sir."
"Well, we're looking for a Federation Type 15A shuttlepod. So, why don't we
reduce the search to Federation impulse speed trails."
"Aye, sir."
<nowiki><<<<NRPG:Garret probably isn't even on the ship anymore, but my rotation lists
are very outdated. :| This is probably a good time to remind everyone to send in
their current rotation rosters. And if you don't...., well, let's just say you better
remember. <evil laugh>>>>></nowiki>
Maril sighed, looking at the PADD again, and walked over to the Command
Chair. He started to sit back down, but, as he did, Garret called out, "Sir, we've
got a trail. It's heading away from the Issahi homeworld towards a belt of
planetoids."
The FO smiled, sitting down, and ordered, "Mirabi, his sails unfurled. Towards
the mountains."
The helmsman looked questioningly at Maril, causing the Tamarian to laugh.
"Set course on that heading. Full impulse."
"Setting course, sir, at full impulse."
"Engage."
Time passed. Maril read over several reports contunuously updating him on
the situation. He paced the Bridge, waiting for them to find something of
significance. Finally, he just sat down again, thinking that he would be taken by
the storms of Ivepic, the Mind-Stealer. And there was always that cold feeling
lurking just on the edge of his mind--not acting, but waiting.
"Sir, we've reached the trail's end," Garret reported.
"Where does it lead?" Maril asked, grateful to have the silence broken.
'It, just seems...to go right into the surface of an asteroid."
"Some information on the asteroid?"
"It's about two kilometers in diameter, composed mostly of curium and
plutonium."
"Sir," Lt.(jg) Allard cut in, concerned, "I don't think that we should stay here
much longer. The radiation levels are very high, and they're blocking our
sensors."
Maril nodded. "Helm, set course out of the asteroid belt. We'll come back
when we have more help."
"Aye, sir, course set and laid in, sir."
"Full impulse, en-"
"Commander! A vessel has just moved from behind the asteroid. It looks like
they're weapons are powering up. And something that looks like a deflector dish
is emitting a lanthanide rare-earth element...atomic number 70...it's ytterbium."
Maril felt uneasy for a second, as if controlled by fear, but he quickly took
control of himself. "Computer, access data in Ready Room console. Compare
later ships to nearby vessel."
The computer took a few moments to find its answer, but finally, it reported,
<Ships compared. Styles match.>
Maril nodded, wishing they hadn't matched. "Helm, keep us in the exact same
position. Mr. Allard, power up phasers and arm photon torpedoes. Ops, I need
some way to keep the SIF up even with ytterbium."
Allard spoke up again. "Commander, we have a problem. In our current
state, if the SIF and IDF don't work, the slightest hit from a weapon could cause
inertial forces to exceed 5g."
Maril frowned. "Very well. Helm, set course, heading 343, mark 50,
accelerating at about 20 meters per square second."
"But sir! That's almost right on top of the other ship."
"Yes, they won't want to get in our way, will they? Engineering, divert as much
power as you can to the SIF/IDF and the shields."
"Course laid in, sir."
"Engage."
Almost as soon as he said the word, Maril regretted it. What if the SIF failed?
What if the Reavers called his bluff?
"1.5 kilometers...1.4, 1.3, 1.2, 1.1,..."
"The other ship is firing weapons. Shields are holding. What is that?"
Maril quickly turned around. "What?" he asked curiously.
".4, .2,..."
"It looks like an Issahi ship. The Issahi are firing on the other ship."
"We've passed the hostile ship, sir."
Maril nodded. "As soon as we've cleared the area, start decelerating
maneuvers, at 20 meters per square second."
"Aye, sir."
"Report, Mr. Allard," Maril turned back to the CSO.
"They're doing about equal damage to each other, but it looks like the Issahi
are getting the upper hand."
Maril allowed himself a small sigh of relief, but quickly got back to business.
"Keep those shields up, Mr. Allard."
"Aye, sir. It looks like the Issahi have disabled the hostile ship."
"Contact them and tell them not to destroy it. Any large explosion could
destroy us."
"They're receiving it, sir. They're hailing us."
"On screen."
A small Issahi on a bridge similar to that on the other ships they had seen
appeared on the screen. "Greetings, Feynman," the captain started. "It
appeared that you needed help. I hope we were of assistance."
Maril stood up, grateful. "You were. I thank you for your help. We should be
operational soon."
"Very well. We will be in the area if you need further assistance."
"Thank you. Feynman out."
The screen flickered back to a view of the asteroid field they had just left.
"Maril to Lieutenant Meleah."
[Meleah here.]
"I want you to keep working on combatting the effect of the ytterbium. That is
your top priority."
[Understood.]
"Good. Maril out."
The sun has met the sea,<br>
Lt. Commander Onta Maril,<br>
First Officer, USS Feynman,<br>
aka Max Felsher<br>
NRPG:
Well, as soon as we can figure out a way to keep the SIF up, I guess we're
heading back to the asteroid. I don't know what's there. A Reaver base? A
renegade landing pad? Something else? Who knows?
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