Cmdr JFarrington

=/\= USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #693, STARDATE 51201.09 =/\= The Manticore has arrived at the secret Federation base on Distare-27 to pick up a new super weapon that can protect what is left of humanity from the mysterious enemy, if they decide to return. The base is run by George Melville, the former Consul General who has tried to disgrace and murder Atragon-9 as well as destroy the Manticore on many occasions. The crew has been briefed on the weapon, a dangerous "matter compactor" and now the ship is undergoing a retrofit to be able to deploy the compactor weapon. 120109.txt

::headdesk::

=/\==/\= STSF ACADEMY =/\==/\= =/\==/\= 1/3/2012=/\==/\= Game Master (GM) - TMir Game Master (GM) - Cmdr JFarrington Mission Commanding Officer (MCO) - TMir Mission Executive Officer (MXO) - Meddycakes Helm/Operations/Tactical Officer (TOPS) - Capt "Crash" Calestorm Chief Engineering Officer (CENG) - Kerris Kea Chief Medical Officer (CMO) - Cmdr JFarrington Chief Science Officer (CSCI) - TKAR The USS Avenger USS Avenger (post-Voy Miranda-class) is busy patrolling neutral space where several civilian freighters have either disappeared, or those fast enough have reported being attacked. Starfleet has decided that a show of force is required. 120103.txt

=/= USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #692, STARDATE 51112.26 =/= The Manticore has arrived at the secret Federation base on Distare-27 to pick up a new super weapon that can protect what is left of humanity from the mysterious enemy, if they decide to return. The base is run by George Melville, the former Consul General who has tried to disgrace and murder Atragon-9 as well as destroy the Manticore on many occasions. Thought to have died, more than once, Melville is onboard the ship, working with A9, Sovak and Margaux Roget to hand over the weapon. 111226.txt

CO =STSF Jami XO = STSF Borgette CMO = Ethan Neufeld AMO1 = Arizhel AMO2 = TKAR CSCI = Heather Jamieson ASCI = Meddycakes The USS Medivac ( Galaxy Class Refit), is en route to Suchara IV, bringing medical supplies and new medical equipment. 111221.txt

=/\==/\= STSF ACADEMY =/\==/\= =/\==/\= 12/27/2011=/\==/\= . Game Master (GM) - TMir Game Master (GM) - Cmdr JFarrington . Mission Commanding Officer (MCO) - TMir Mission Executive Officer (MXO) - Ethan Neufeld Helm/Operations Officer (HOPS) - Capt "Crash" Calestorm . Chief Medical Officer (CMO) - Meddycakes Assistant Medical Officer (AMO) - TKAR Assistant Medical Officer (AMO) - Cmdr JFarrington USS Avenger (post-Voy Miranda-class frigate) is currently orbitting Ord Sonderstrom, which has sent a medical distress call. An away team has just materialized on the planet. 111227.txt

=/\= USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #691, STARDATE 51112.19 =/\= The Manticore is enroute to Distare-27, a secret base that is even a secret to us secret-y people. The Federation C&C group on the devastated Earth has asked us to get to this base and come back home with a new super weapon that can protect what is left of humanity from the mysterious enemy, if they decided to return. We are about to reach the coordinates now. 111219.txt

=/\==/\= STSF ACADEMY =/\==/\= =/\==/\= 12/20/2011=/\==/\= Game Master (GM) - TMir Game Master (GM) - Cmdr JFarrington Mission Commanding Officer (MCO) - TMir Tactical Officer (TAC) - Arizhel Helm/Operations Officer (HOPS) - Cmdr JFarrington Special Guest Visitor (SGV) - STSF Scooter Chief Security Officer (CSEC) - Xemion Xethrill Assistant Security Officer (ASEC) - Ethan Neufeld Chief Engineering Officer (CENG) - Karl A.Schultz Chief Medical Officer (CMO) - TKAR USS Avenger (post-Voy Miranda-class frigate) is currently enroute to Ord Sonderstrom with lots of brightly colored packages in her cargo bay. 111220.txt

=/\= USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #690, STARDATE 51112.12 =/\= The Manticore has reached Earth and found devastation! Over 85% of the planet's land mass has been bombarded from space by artificial meteors causing almost total eradication of life on the planet. Small pockets of humanity survive and Manticore is performing a sensor sweep of the surface to get a complete analysis. We have received a request to contact a secure Federation C&C outpost in Australia. We have no idea what to expect or who is left alive on Earth. 111212.txt

Game Master (GM) - TMir Game Master (GM) - Cmdr JFarrington Mission Commanding Officer (MCO) - TMir Chief Medical Officer (CMO) - Xemion Xethrill Assistant Medical Officer (AMO1) - Cmdr JFarrington Assistant Medical Officer (AMO2) - TKAR Chief Security Officer (CSEC) - Logan Keller Assistant Security Officer (ASEC) - Capt Calestorm Assistant Security Officer (ASEC2) - Arizhel USS Avenger (post-Voy Miranda-class frigate) is currently in orbit over Eta Draconis VI The colony there has sent out a distress call, with an outbreak of unknwon virus The ship has sent down a medical team with security to assist colonial officials and the Away Team has just finished beaming. 111213.txt

Hi Wolf! Glad you found us. I've not seen you in the academies yet, but look forward to whenever you can come.

“What I feared has come upon me. What I dreaded has happened to me.” ~Job 3:25 Contact Numb didn’t even come close. It had only been a year since the Battle of Wolf 359. Thirty-nine Starfleet vessels had been destroyed and 11,000 lives lost. But it could have been worse. The Borg could have made it to Earth. Earth could have been obliterated. Totally. The same gut-wrenching, paralyzing fear gripped Jami now as had gripped her a year ago. The devastation of the fleet, the grief of losing so many colleagues, so many friends, was all too fresh. No one had gone unaffected. And now... it had all come true. The who or what and the why seemed immaterial, except for wondering if they or it could or would return to finish the job. The Federation Council gone? And the fleet... were they gone, too? Admiral Gutarez seemed to have that impression, and Manticore was the only one in orbit at the moment. In true form, Admiral Atragon had ordered a complete sweep of the planet, looking for any signs of life. He was a master at focusing the crew, giving them purpose, keeping them from despair. The search kept everyone busy, eager to find life - find what might be there - instead of focusing on the death and destruction - what was not there. Be thankful for what you have; don’t obsess over what you don’t have. It was a technique she had employed many times as counselor. Now, more than ever, even the counselor herself needed it as she manned the operations console. Still, sweep after sweep after sweep had turned up nothing, underscoring the destruction, the futility of their search becoming more and more obvious as the hour passed... Had it only been an hour? It seemed an eternity. Then, at half past the second hour, a faint, broken communication came from the surface. "Helm, lay in a course for Latitude -23.700071; Longitude 133.88065 - full impulse!" Atragon’s command broke through their shock, moving the bridge crew to action, until.... "Calling all ships in the sector, this is the Secure Command and Control commline. If any Federation ships can hear this message, please respond on the ELF frequency of 20 Hz and transmit your C&C code.” “I need an ELF transmission set up right away.” ELF frequency? Extremely Low Frequency, fifty to eighty Hz, not used since the 21st century? “Aye, Admiral,” Jami responded. “It’ll take a few minutes, but I’m on it.”

CO --> STSF Atragon XO --> STSF Jami HELM --> TKAR CSCI --> Ethan Neufeld ASCI --> mariposa 2ASCI --> logan keller Mission Brief: The USS Pegasus is in orbit around Keenwah-9, collecting archaeological samples from a huge excavation on the planet below. 111207.txt

Seems to me I remember A.C. Crispin telling us that science fiction should, most of all, be believable. Remember her totally disrupting the audience mood by laughing at the absurdity of Armageddon? She did calm down, fearing she and family would be ejected from the theater, but I remember that illustration really well. We laughed, too, hubby being a petroleum engineer and all. His reaction was more along the lines of, "What the....?" Yeah, above all, science fiction should be believable. Voyager.... eh.

=/\= USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #689, STARDATE 51112.05 =/\= Following the encounter with the nanite infestation, the Manticore has been ordered back to Earth to report to the Consul General. We have just reached Sector 001 and are only an hour from the Federation Council in old Geneva and Starfleet Headquarters in old San Francisco. 111205.txt

Game Master (GM) - TMir Game Master (GM) - Cmdr JFarrington Mission Commanding Officer (MCO) - TMir Mission Executive Officer (MXO) - Ethan Neufled Helm/ Operations Officer (HOPS) - Capt "Crash" Calestorm Chief Security Officer (CSEC) - Robert Long Assistant Security Officer (ASEC) - Logan Keller Chief Science Officer (CSCI) - Xemion Assistant Science Officer (ASCI) - Cmdr JFarrington Mission Brief: USS Royal Oak (post-Voy Sovereign-class) has just entered orbit around Canis Minor VII, responding to reports of a plague outbreak. A Science and Security have just finished beaming down to evaluate before Medical responds. 111206.txt

There is a "command presence" that a good leader must exhibit. This is not only for military, but from CEOs down the dept heads and teachers in the classroom. When that person enters the room you know without a doubt that he/she is in charge. Some of this is the character, some is the writer, but most of it is the actor. Picard had a command presence, and Kirk did... to a certain degree. What a command presence is *not* is acting like you're at a pajama party. My favorite quote came from my daughter, and I quote it freely. "Mom, there's a reason why she's lost in space."

Meritorious Achievement Award The Command Staff is Pleased to Present The Meritorious Achievement Award for Exceptional Logs to Vilanne Chalice for Double Down

She has a command style?

Wishing you the best of the best of the best, Sir! ::snappy salute:: Hope your Birthday was full of good friends, good cheer, and, most of all, CAKE!!! Wooo...

I was surprised that Eugene knew little, if anything, about what his dad was doing or the impact it had on a good portion of the population. I enjoyed seeing Gene, Sr. onscreen again, and Majel.

=/= USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #688, STARDATE 51111.28 =/= Thanks to Engineering and Science, the Manticore has been purged of the nanite infestation that had killed members of the Iota-18 research team and then turned them into "zombies." As the ship flies to Earth to report to the Consul General, Dr. Chalice and Admiral Atragon-9 are recuperating from their nanite-induced medical emergencies. 111128.txt

=/\==/\= STSF ACADEMY =/\==/\= =/\==/\= 11/22/2011=/\==/\= Game Master (GM) - TMir Game Master (GM) - Cmdr JFarrington Mission Commanding Officer (MCO) - TMir Helm/Operations Officer (HOPS) - Capt Calestorm Chief Science Officer (CSCI) - Xemion Xethrill Assistant Science Officer (ASCI1) - Cmdr JFarrington Assistant Science Officer (ASCI2) - STSF Borgette Chief Medical Officer (CMO) - TKAR USS Serenity (post-Voy Danube-class runabout) has just entered an uncharted star system to conduct a sensor sweep. The scanners come alive, picking up several promising planetoids. No lifeforms are detected on any of the scanners, all planetoids are less than 1 billion years old and contain strategic minerals. 111122.txt

=/\= USS MANTICORE BRIEFING #687, STARDATE 51111.21 =/\= Thanks to Engineering and Science, the Manticore has been purged of the nanite infestation that had killed members of the Iota-18 research team and then turned them into "zombies." The nanites had started to spread to everyone on the ship, but a mass transporter procedure onboard has "cured" everyone. Now, the sickbay is just focused on the job of healing those affected who had not been killed by the plague, including Dr. Chalice and Admiral Atragon-9. 111121.txt

The Manticore has responded to a medical emergency from the Iota-18 research station, whose lead researcher is Manticore's former CMO, Dr. Kyle Mele. A Medical and Security team visited the station to assess a nanite-infused epidemic. They have been released from Medical quarantine and some autopsies were about to be performed when some of the dead bodies began to show neural and blood flow activity and even muscular-skeletal movements. Is this normal post-rigor twitching, or do we have zombies onboard?