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==[ORIGINS] USS HOOD: Eavesdropping== | |||
===by Harry Iha=== | |||
SD: 2261.118 | |||
SCENE: Bridge | |||
MD: ? | |||
<snip> | |||
And then it was all over. "Hold fire." Came the order. Hal wanted | |||
to object still in the heat of the moment. Fortunately Cedria’s | |||
cooler head prevailed. "We still have people aboard that ship." | |||
<end snip> | |||
"Ensign, hail that ship," ordered LT Zade. | |||
Already anticipating the command, ENS Yoshi Tamura made a final | |||
adjustment to the antenna and terminated the comm circuit. | |||
"Hailing frequencies open, Ma'am." | |||
While Zade bantered with the alternate universe's acting captain, | |||
Tamura kept a close watch on his panel. The other HOOD's antenna | |||
assembly had been destroyed during one of the battles, and he had | |||
to keep the directional signal aimed at the crippled ship in order | |||
to keep the communications line open. | |||
In addition to keeping the circuit open, Tamura monitored the | |||
carrier signal and conversation. Hiding signals in the carrier | |||
wave was not an easy trick, but one with the potential to cripple | |||
HOOD. The computer automatically guarded against such potential | |||
threats, but the young ensign did not fully trust it, so he | |||
manually monitored the signal as well. Fortunately, neither the | |||
computer nor the human discovered any sign of duplicity coming from | |||
TSS HOOD. | |||
When the other HOOD suddenly closed the connection, Tamura left the | |||
channels open in case the other ship wanted to reestablish | |||
communications. "Signal terminated at the other end, Captain," he | |||
reported automatically. | |||
"Very well," acknowledged Zade, with just a hint of annoyance at | |||
being cut off. | |||
That is when Tamura noticed some strange signals coming from TSS | |||
HOOD. He quickly reconfigured the antenna to optimize the gain at | |||
the new frequencies and was rewarded by weak, but clear signals. | |||
It took just under 10 seconds for him to identify the signals. | |||
"Shit!" he blurted. "Captain!" | |||
"What is it?" | |||
"I'm picking up internal comms from the other ship. The 1MC and | |||
other circuits are piping an abandon ship order. Sounds like they | |||
activated the self destruct circuit." Tamura pushed the Feinberger | |||
deeper into his ear and subconsciously frowned in concentration. | |||
"Confirmed, Ma'am. Detonation in nine minutes, 30 seconds." | |||
NRPG: | |||
All: Sorry for my long silence. Call me "Short attention span." | |||
Also, I have moved, which explains much of my short attention. | |||
Please note my new e-mail address below. I will likely eventually | |||
phase out the accesscom address. | |||
Andy: cc'ing you as well in case this one does not get posted | |||
either. Hopefully coming from a new address will solve that | |||
problem. Thanks. | |||
Respectfully Submitted, | |||
ENS Yoshi Tamura | |||
Communications Department Head | |||
USS HOOD NCC-1703 | |||
http://boi.alt-starfleet-rpg.org/ORIGINS:_USS_Hood | |||
Harry I. Iha | |||
hiha_asr@... | |||