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USS FEYNMAN: Gearing Up
by Andrew Catterick 2-1-1997
SD: 90201.0930
MD: 1.1300
Scene: Holodeck
Husnock were here, you brought back proof of that yourselves. I want you to go back in and find if they had a base or any other ships. Since they liked to build large maybe we can salvage something. See if you can bypass the pirate involvement but don't fail to defend yourself if you encounter hostile forces." He looked to Maril "The train to Dumro."
Maril nodded slowly. A strike at supply lines would distract a
force that might have an upper hand otherwise. But this kind of mission was
a going against fleet intent. The Admiral was lending aide while sticking
to the letter of the orders but he was distorting the meaning.
Zane couldn't help but smile at that. A trip back into the sack
was going to be dangerous but he found that somewhat appealing. Perhaps
having his hands tied in the encounter with the Reavers made him all the
more eager. Besides, he thought, as she proved the last time, FEYNMAN was
built for the hostile environment of the sack. And, he noted with an
almost smug satisfaction, for disrupting SLOCs.
"So it is mapping and scavenging for you right now. I know it may
seem a little boring compared to the other ships but I am sure your people
could use the rest. As a matter of fact you might want to leave some behind
for extended R&R while you do this little errand." Grey eyes met those of
Captain Zane. There was a second meaning to the suggestion.
The admiral was probably right on that. Zane's initial reaction was to order all civilian's off the ship. But before he spoke Meleah broke in. "Captain will you be ordering civilians off the ship?"
In the background Bat cleared his throat but appeared to be engrossed in clearing up the buffet. He generally did not remain during the meetings but with the admiral here his curiosity must have got the better of him. He'd need Bat aboard if only to keep 10-Forward running smoothly. But he couldn't play favorites.
"We've been through dangerous missions before but this one could be a little more so. Ironically, all the civilians aboard are relations of each of you so I will leave it up to you to decide your individual case. I would 'suggest' that civilians do not remain aboard for this trip. However I will not be ordering my relation off.
"Your damn right you won't be." Came the reply from the buffet.
Zane turned to the admiral. "Will there be anything else sir?"
"No captain you and your people have a mission to get to. And I have some pressing business as well." They all stood.
"Very well, Commander we'll get under way at 1600 hours."
"Aye sir."
As the officers filed out of the room which had changed back to the black and yellow holodeck grid Zane grabbed Meleah's arm and pulled her closer. "Do you have a complete recording of this meeting?"
"Of course sir." She replied somewhat puzzled.
"See that you don't lose it."
<<<NRPG>>>
Short and to the point!;) Lets get back out there!
Kevin: We were in the sack the mission before you arrived. If you haven't already done so you may want to read the mission summary on the web page http://homepage.interaccess.com/~sgant/feynman.htm
(I'm going from memory, is that right Kris?)
Of course feel free to post reactions to the briefing, ask questions etc. Unfortunately I'm leaving for work so I wanted to make sure we were rolling after keeping us around for so long....
Respectfully, Andy-->Wondering why he always has to go to work when things get going:(
-Captain Zane, Commanding Officer, USS FEYNMAN
-Commander Horatio Sinclair, Fleet Intelligence Officer, BLUE FLEET
USS FEYNMAN: Starting the Search
by Jason Bostjancic 2-1-1997
SD: 90201
MD:1.1310
Scene: Outside Holodeck
Although it was a hard thing for the CEO to do, he had suppressed his inquisitive nature regarding the Husnock technology when the Feynman was sent away from their find during the last mission.
But, as Tarrant slowly fizzled from his stunned nature during the lift trip, that curiosity began to invade once again. The possibility of their being a Husnock Base... But if the Feynman was to find it, or any remnants of it, they'd need some insight.
"Stop Lift... Take me to the Bridge"
........
Scene: Bridge
A slightly quizzical Zane turned to see the who the arrival was. "What brings you to the Bridge, Lieutenant..*Commander*?"
The title still seemed odd. "Sir, before we break dock I'd like to see if we can get as much information as possible from Epsilon that's been cataloged from our Husnock ship's database."
"Anything in particular?"
"Star charts. From what I saw when we loaded up our core last time, the ship was full of data."
Zane's brow scrunched, "I doubt that we could carry too much of that data without filling our banks again, Mr. Koreth."
Tarrant nodded, "Yes, sir. That's why I'd like to limit it to nebula's or anything that we can define as being in the area. We might find something to at least lead us to the right direction."
"I can put in the request." nodded Zane thoughtfully, "but I'm not sure what you'll find."
...............
<NRPG>
Just a short one to get some gears turning. Perhaps the Sciences or Navigation would be interested in going over some of the charts?
Not that Jerran needs any extra-navigational aids, but It could help just in case he gets stuck into a shuttle with a new promotee... hmmm.
Respectfully,
Jason
Commander Tirrin Vorak - XO - USS BURKE
Lieutenant Tarrant L. Koreth - CEO - USS FEYNMAN
Potest esse nur unus
USS FEYNMAN: NRPG: "Most Intriguing"
by Kristen Gant 2-2-1997
>Anyway, it sounds like an interesting mission. Let's get going. BTW, does
>this mean instead of chemistry, I have to sound knowledgable about stellar
>creation????
<G> I think as Chief Science Officer they expect you to know everything :) This is were NPC deligation comes in. You know all the best managers are so good because they now how to deligate responsibility :):)
Kristen
Kristen & Scott Gant
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~sgant/gant.htm
USS FEYNMAN: Leads?
by Andrew Catterick 2-2-1997
SD: 90202.2200
MD: 1.1315
Scene: Access Hatch
With the meeting adjourned Zane escorted the admiral to the main access tube leading back into EPSILON. Both men, lost in thought, proceeded in silence. For his part, Zane went over various alternatives for best exploring the sack and finding a likely place for a Husnock base to hide, assuming there even was one. And that just might be a pretty weak assumption. He looked down absently at the computer chip that the admiral had handed him as they had rode in the turbolift. Apparently Mason, the pirate turned spy, that they had found on the pirate base had been fulfilling his part of the bargain Zane had offered. He just hoped the information Mason had provided would be useful.
"Well Captain you have quite a task ahead of you." The admiral said as they both came to a halt at the access way. The two marine sentries snapped to attention as they noticed Nicholas' presence.
"Anything else would be boring." Zane replied with a cocky smile he certainly didn't feel. "We won't let you down sir." He offered more earnestly.
With a nod the admiral turned and made his way down the gangway.
Zane watched him go and promised himself again that if anyone was ever
crazy enough to offer him an admiral's flag he'd run away screaming. All
the pressure, all the decisions, all the blame and little thanks. It just
didn't seem fair.
________________________
The turbolift doors parted to reveal a bustling bridge, not a rare scene on the FEYNMAN but certainly not standard for a ship in port. But only in port for two more hours and as always the promise of a new mission always served to energize the crew like little else.
"Commander, I'd like you to go over this file. Our friend Mr. Mason has provided us with some information, very little by the looks of it, on ship movements inside the sack. Cross reference it with our scans of the sack as well as SILVER's database and see if you can pinpoint likely places to find some supply lines to disrupt."
"Yes sir." The OPS officer replied. Zane tried hard not to laugh at the look on her face. She hadn't even seen the information but she had already guessed that looking for a needle in a very large haystack would be easier. Much easier. To her right Jerran chuckled quietly.
Behind him the turbolift doors parted and Zane turned to see LCDR Koreth emerge. So close to a launch and the CEO was not polishing the engines? That did seem strange.
<<Insert Jason's post here.))
The captain relaxed into his chair feeling a little more confident in the immediate future. With Krysa following one set of leads and Tarrant pursuing another they might even have a reasonable guess as to a destination before they arrived at the sack.
And what more could he ask for?
<<<NRPG>>>
Kevin: I've been racking my brains as to a description of the Xanthandi but I can't remember if we even had one. Unfortunately I can't keep past files:( Basically they are a warrior race that, if I remember correctly, are an offshoot of the Kzin. Essentially they have been hanging out in the sack locked in factional fighting but recently they have unified which is bad news for those who border the sack...SILVER and Kzin.
...someone please fill in any blanks and make any corrections.
Respectfully,
Andy
-Captain Zane, Commanding Officer, USS FEYNMAN
-Commander Horatio Sinclair, Fleet Intelligence Officer, BLUE FLEET
USS FEYNMAN: NRPG: "Leads?"
by Kristen Gant 2-3-1997
>Kevin: I've been racking my brains as to a description of the Xanthandi
>but I can't remember if we even had one. Unfortunately I can't keep past
>files:( Basically they are a warrior race that, if I remember correctly,
>are an offshoot of the Kzin. Essentially they have been hanging out in
>the sack locked in factional fighting but recently they have unified which
>is bad news for those who border the sack...SILVER and Kzin.
We only encounter their ships. We never actually met anyone from that race, so don't know much about them.
Kristen
Kristen & Scott Gant
http://homepage.interaccess.com/~sgant/gant.htm
USS FEYNMAN: Groundwork
by Andrew Catterick 2-5-1997
SD: 90205.1004
MD: 1.2330
Scene: After the shift change, Captain's ready room
"...and LT Stark and I have come up with a few ideas on slowing down the trade lines while we're there," Jerran said as he handed Capt Zane a PADD.
"During the occupation, some of the Resistance scientists came up with a
weapon to use against Cardassian shipping lines. Essentially, it fired a
particle beam of highly charged ions at the other ship. Those charges
tended to wreak havoc with the internal electronic systems of the ship,
disabling weapons, maneuvering control, and the like without effecting the
actual superstructure of the ship. Its main drawback is that the beam has
to come in direct contact with the hull, meaning that the shields have to
be pierced by phasers before this ion gun will work. But, against
freighters and transports, it shouldn't pose too much of a problem."
<<<SNIP>>>
"Good." Zane swipped at his still too hot coffee. "Casualties?"
"I don't anticipate any on either side but there is the possibility that someone might be killed by an exploding station etc. If these ships are like most bulk carriers I've seen then their state of repair," The FCO shrugged, "well they're not Starfleet."
"Zane to Ensign Fuhrman."
[Fuhrman here.] The transporter chief replied.
"Ensign what kind of a range would a transporter have on your average bulk carrier inside the stack?"
"Uhhh...not much sir. And even at close range there would most likely be a small degree of molecular breakdown."
"What if the FEYNMAN was providing site to site transport?"
[You'd definitely have more range and less chance of any anomalies.]
"And the NOGURA?"
[Same thing as the FEYNMAN but the larger the range the larger the power that would be drawn from primary systems.]
"I see. Consider it a problem and see if you can get us maximum range with minimum risk."
[Aye sir.]
"Sir?" Jerran asked.
"Back on the seas of ancient Earth commerce raiders and national navies used to disrupt an adversaries supply lines much as we are about to do. They found that merely disabling a vessel did only so much. It is often much easier and less expensive to repair than rebuild. So when they happened on a merchant vessel they would disable her, remove any interesting cargo and then scuttle her. The crew would either be taken prisoner, set adrift in lifeboats or even stranded on a deserted island. More often than not they found passage back to a safe haven."
"And you'd like to the same?"
"Yes, we aren't at war...yet." Zane replied, pausing to remember that he had said the same thing in the last mission, tens of parsecs away. SILVER was beginning to boil. "This mission the admiral has sent us on...I'm sure you realize the implications. The FEYNMAN class was originally designed to be a stealth ship, a 'black' ship if you like. We've functioned in that capacity before but never on both sides of the coin. Disrupting SLOCs is a necessary step, although not everyone will agree. But taking lives ups the ante. Considerably. If we're going to disrupt their shipping then were going to disrupt it as much as we can. If we find a convoy, I want it destroyed. We'll leave one ship to transport all the crews to as well as any medical supplies and the like that may be in transport. But everything else goes."
Jerran considered the problem. "It'll be a bit more dicey for the shuttles but I don't see any problems unless they have some heavy escorts."
"In that case you'll move on and look for another convoy."
"We'll need boarding parties."
"Agreed. You'll have to coordinate with Mr. Allard. But keep things loose for now. FEYNMAN's primary mission is still locating a suitable base so I don't know exactly where she'll be in relation to you and your shuttles. I don't want either group far from the other, its pretty hostile out there. If we hit a stoke of luck and find a suitable location we can land an away team and then use the FEYNMAN to support your operations and provide a platform for boarding/demolition parties."
"If the FEYNMAN is used for the convoys why even use boarding parties? Both the ship and the shuttles can disable and then after the crews have been transported a couple of torpedoes should finish the job."
"I'd prefer to stick with your plan and have the FEYNMAN provide point. Every indication points to the Xanthandi as being very able warriors. I'd feel safer if the FEYNMAN is doing its imitation of a hole in space so if the bad guys show up they'll have a very large surprise on there hands. Besides, I want teams aboard those ships to tell me what is being transported as well as finding out where it came from and where it is going."
"Will we be taking prisoners?"
Zane leaned back and thought for a moment. "No. We can't take prisoners because officially we were never there. Does this present any problems?"
"No sir. Other than the modifications discussed we're ready to
go."
"Very good, LT. It looks like you've got this part of the mission well in hand, in theory at least. Tell me, how is your new AFCO working out?"
"Quite well, sir. I knew that he was an excellent pilot, and now I also know that he's a rather good leader. My crew have come to accept his transfer here quite well."
"And LT Cartwright? How are your feelings on her absence?"
Jerran raised an eyebrow, as he had not expected this meeting to become a counseling session, least of all not one with the captain. "I have accepted her transfer as well, sir. Both of us knew that it would happen someday, and we've accepted it as a logical ending to a fulfilling relationship. It's regrettable that it had to end, but we both must move on."
Zane nodded and said, "I'm glad to see you're taking it so well, Mr. Jerran. I've seen perfectly good officers fall apart because of these sort of things, and I have no doubt that you'll never have a problem with that."
"Of course not, sir. I am a Vulcan, after all."
"And you never let us forget it. Thank you for the report, LT.
Dismissed."
<NRPG>
Well were not even there yet and we've got threads sprouting up all over the place:) Strangely I think we'll be lucky both in finding somewhere for the Away team to explore and for Jerran and his shuttles to play. That probably leaves me minding the store so like Zane says, who knows where she'll be so I just wanted to leave the door open so I can have some fun too!
Respectfully,
Andy
-Captain Zane, Commanding Officer, USS FEYNMAN
-Commander Horatio Sinclair, Fleet Intelligence Officer, BLUE FLEET
