Anari Erias

Lt. Erias Personal Back Log Entry Home, now, was just a few hundred light years away. Anari took the transport back towards Earth; her parents may be waiting for her, and no doubt the science directory, wondering what took her so long. Back in that time, Arcadia wasn’t too far away either. She wandered around the transport to a window, sat down and gazed upon the warping stars. How long could she hide it? How long could she hold back the thought? She didn’t intend to leave her post for long, but she didn’t know the extend of her mentor’s ailment. The old teacher, also a retired ambassador, was old. How old exactly she didn’t know, Vulcans have the habit of not telling you their age. She the transport near her destination, she continued to wonder. She only had been assigned to Arcadia for less than a year; maybe her friends are still in training, more extensive. Maybe some were still here. Her hopes brightened. Only a year and something was able to drag her from deep space all the way back to Earth. What in her mind did “Assignment” mean? “We’re arriving at Sky Harbour Aegis, passengers designated for this destination please proceed to the air lock, we’ll be refuelling and will resume our journey to Earth in one hour. Guests are permitted to leave the ship but must return by the deadline or you will be staying.” The intra-ship communications said. Staying or take a walk around the promenade. I’ll stay. She decided. The stars are prettier from the view she was sitting at.

Lt. Erias Personal Back Log Entry A Trill freighter landed on the platform and a Starfleet uniformed person stepped out. The aft door to the freighter closed with a hiss. The freshly on-leaved Anari Erias made her way back to her home. The door was open, she wondered why but entered it nevertheless. She thought about the possibilities of what her homecoming greeting would be like, warm with hugs and kisses? Or with harsh criticism from her mother while her father tried helpless to defend her. Or would there be bad news that they both have been killed in a traffic accident… She sighed deeply, wondering of all the places she could have visited, before heading to Earth for official business matters, and she decided to go home. “Hello? Anyone home?” She called out, fearing what might come next. But no answer came, but a small rustling that came with the wind. The window was open. “Hello? Mom? Dad? Uncle?” She again called out. This time, a response. “Yes, yes I’m coming …” It was an elderly voice that she did not remember, or haven’t heard in ages. But it was familiar and had a familiar tonation to it. It couldn’t be, she thought. “Grandpa?” She impulsively blurted out. “ ‘Grandpa’?” The elderly man squinted at Anari’s face. “ Ari?” He said in the traditional Trill. She recognized this name, it was her nickname, and she smiled and held up her grandfather’s hands. “Yes, I’m here. Where are mom and dad?” Grandpa Erias coughed and went into the kitchen to get two cups. Although he was of 78 years of age, he moved quickly freely with out trouble. If you ignored his coughing, you might have mistaken him for her uncle. “Come, Ari, parents went to see you, they went to Earth.” He placed the cups with warm tea in it on the table. “I wonder, why are you here?” “Oh, I was heading to Earth after I disembarked from Arcadia but I decided I wanted to see family. Oh, they must …” She trailed off. “They are, they miss you, and so do I. Lucky me, you thought of home.” Grandpa Erias smiled slowly. The two of them had tea and talked. Soon she felt right where she left off, home. Just the way she left it. “You are tired, Ari. I see days have been long.” He raised his finger as if to point but stopped and stood up. “You know where your room is.” She smiled. Home was just the way she left it.

Lt.Jg Erias Assist. Sci. Officer Duty Log Entry RE: Temporal Discontinuities TO: Lt.Cmdr. Lo'Ami, CSCI This document contains all notable discrephencies that have had occured in the last two days. - Internal Sensors detect position shift of Lt.Cmdr. Lo'Ami, from bridge at 1422 hours to transporter room one 2 seconds later - Internal Sensors detect position shift of Ensign T'Vin, from bridge science console one at 1422 hours to transporter room one 2 seconds later - Internal Sensors detect position shift of Captain Moose from bridge at 1422 hours to transporter room one 2 seconds later - transporter pattern buffer records two alien humanoids with notable quantum variance upon further analysis Currently, that is all the available data regarding recorded discrephencies, interviews as suggested should be conducted with the individuals stated above. More information will be disclosed as soon as they are found.

Joint Log Entry Planet Side Risa Power Plant Alpha-5 By Kestra And Anari SD 0505.14 Anari and Kestra made their way through the streets of Risa towards the nearest power plant station. As they moved away from the resort areas, they found themselves alone. Anari looked at Kestra. "Reminds me of ghost towns." Kestra shook her head in disbelief. "Just a couple of days ago people were everywhere. Everything was perfect." Anari looked around and nodded. "I'll take your word for it, I never visited here in my life time. How long have you been transported here?" "I arrived here about a week ago. It’s my first time being here, but I was so anxious about being posted to the Arcadia that I didn’t really enjoy Risa." She stopped and leaned down to clear some debris blocking their path. Anari stooped down to help. "Ah, well, let me the first to say 'welcome aboard' as soon as we find a ship for ya." Anari tried to make light of everything in spite of what had transpired. Of course it wasn't working. "Bad joke." Kestra didn’t know how to respond. "So how long have you been on board the Arcadia?” She moved to the left. “We need to head this way," she added, glancing at her open tricorder. Anari followed. The power plant building was just ahead a few meters, its surface battered and dusty with age. She felt strange also, remembering suddenly and vividly her long leave of absence, her former mentor being ill and of Starfleet’s science section's messy investigations. "I've been aboard the ship for around 8 months; I took a leave of absence after that and returned a few months ago. Then she was destroyed ..." Kestra couldn't imagine what Anari was feeling right now. The Arcadia had never been “her ship.” The uncomfortable silence was broken when they arrived at the entrance of the building and walked inside. The building had been humming with activity when Kestra had seen it just two days ago. Now as they entered, she saw lights flickering on control panels in an attempt to get the attention of people who weren't around. Anari and Kestra made their way to the equipments locker. "Looks like people left in a hurry. I wouldn't be surprised." Anari picked up a sealed power cell and examined it while Kestra scanned it with her tricorder. She nodded to Anari. "This one's still good. We're going to need more than that though. If we don't find what we need in the lockers, we may have to start stripping panels." Anari had no choice but to agree. "I think we will probably have to reverse engineer this entire section." They set to work searching for more power cells, plasma relays, transmitters and frequency modulators. Kestra winced with every component she pulled out. Some other engineer had logged hours on the careful maintenance of these systems. And here she was, destroying their work. After awhile, she looked over at the supplies they had gathered and ran through the components in her mind. "I think we've gotten pretty much what we can from this power station," she called out to Anari. Anari bagged the components into a duffle bag that she had found in the supply closet and went back to the console where Kestra was working. "I think so. Now we wait for the guys to get transportation and we'll be on our way to a communications relay. I hope you're feeling better; its not a nice feeling to know that the ship you applied for just blew up and you have no idea what is going on .... " She sighs. "The universe is not a safe place." Anari sat down and placed her head into he lap. Kestra tried to lighten the mood. "They left this out at the Academy," she joked. Then she sighed and sat down next to Anari. "I've seen wounded people before. Practically everyone in my family is in the medical field; I've grown up around it. But everything here on Risa … nothing felt real. When it all started happening I felt like I was in one of the simulations at the Academy." She got quiet. "I didn't know it would be like this." "In real life, every one is required to face all possibilities. In the academy it always had been simulations. This is real." Anari coughed. "This is really real." She raised her head. "I hear movement; I think the guys are back." She stood up and held her hand to Kestra. "Welcome aboard, nice to meet you." Kestra rose and returned the handshake. This was only her first day with the Arcadia. She couldn't even imagine what the rest of her assignment would be like.

Anari Erias Assistant Science Officer USS Arcadia Clouds Of Memories Part I I had taken time off that fall; there was something I needed to get off my chest. I left the Arcadia last fall; I took a ride by a Vulcan freighter that was heading to Earth. Right, it was only fall on Earth. It might have been eternal summer on Vulcan or harsh winter in another obscured planet in the galaxy … universe. I had remembered why I suddenly ran off to pursue a quest on my own, without the help from any one, not my commanding officers or my department chief. There were the people that I missed on Earth, my old academy instructors, my old science lecturers in the science academy and of course, my old Vulcan mentor. Past four years of training and studying with those people had burned into my memory that I could not forget. And I couldn’t just lie there and do nothing while my old mentor, the person I’ve known since seven, became ill. There was of course my mother and father who I haven’t talked for some time now. I left Arcadia because memories deep within my mind now surfaced. I stepped off the freighter at Star Base 001 and transported to the old science academy. After bringing my resignation paper work to the personnel office I checked in and was assigned to be an instructor technician in the science academy. It was a sad feeling that I had, leaving Arcadia. It was even harder to not be depressed about leaving my only home in the stars, leaving all the people that I knew so well and the people that I worked with every day. I stepped out and looked at the sky that day. It was clear, though with some cloud covering, but it was blue and clear. The air smelled good, the scenery looked good. I was glad to be … no, it was not my true home, my parents did not live here, it couldn’t be my home. But it still had a nice aura about it. ------- It was getting dark on the plague planet, but the clouds were still visible. I walked with Dr. Sasbas towards the compound that held the entire medical staff and a few engineers. We slipped into the compound and every thing was in mere madness, the clouds above took me away to the memories that I had, but this was the present, time was short I had snap out of it. Back to reality …

By: Erias and Sas Jointlog SD 10503.23 Anari sat by a tree, looking at the samples she and Sas had already collected. The wilderness looked green, which was about it. Everything was very uneventful, the surroundings were very quiet, and the noise present was the squawking that birds made as they flew overhead. Sas loved being outdoors. She looked at the scenery then at the weird collection of the red plant they collected. “Can’t wait to get readings on it. Anari what do you think of that red plant, sure is different, isn't it?” "Yes, it's ... red." Anari studied the plant, prodding its leaves with a toothpick, which she had in her science kit. “Don't prod it too much we don't know what it is. Maybe it is responsible for the plague.” Anari stopped prodding the plant at once and placed it back into its container. Replacing the toothpick with a scanner in her hand, she scanned the plant to see what it actually was. Sas watched Anari scanned plant while she took readings on Anari. “How do you feel Anari?” Sas asked while continuing the scans. "I feel fine." Anari looked back at Sas, who was taking a reading of her. "Um ... how about you?" "I feel great even though I was close to it I think." Sas looked back at Anari "Why are you looking at me like that?" "What do you mean?" Anari looked back to the scan results of the plant. "That's how I look at every one else, if I don't look at you how would I know you're there?" "True but you had me going there. Thought maybe I was growing an extra ear or something since I was concerned about you poking the plant when I was the one who climbed and got it." Sas puts tricorder down "Well you check out fine." Anari looked back at Sas, still a little bit confused. "Oh ... well you don't have an extra ear growing ... I was just asking if you felt anything abnormal. Do you?" "No I am fine for now anyways. Do you feel like continuing our expedition now?" Sas looked at Anari, she wanted to see more of the outdoors. Anari closed her tricorder and nodded. "Sure, this plant checks out fine, its harmless for now. Lets keep going." Anari placed the plant container into her science kit and stood up. "Which way?" Sasbas looked to the right and points that way. "How about we head to the right there seems to be a hill there lets see what's up and over shall we??" "Okay right it is." Anari nodded and began walking. Sas followed Anari, smiling to herself. "Well lets go to the top of the hill and see what is up and over it" Sas Said. Anari nodded and began to climb the hill. "Hope there's something over there." As Sas climbed up the hill she looked over at Anari "There has to be, I just have a gut feeling that we will find something. Besides nothing ventured, nothing gained" Sas laughed lightly. As they headed up the hill Anari smiled and nodded. "Right!" The science and medical officers continued their expedition up the hill to see what wild and exotic plant and animal life grew there and hopefully to uncover a source leading to a cure of the plague.

Updated after return ... not so much to update either

Lt. (Jg) Erias Assistant Science Log Entry Sat at the back scanner's console on the thought-sensitive vessel, Anari Erias concentrated her thoughts on Lo'Ami and the rest of the team in the power plant, she opened her eyes and saw the team and the enemy, in a form of red dots and green ones. Red for enemy, green for friendy, she gathered. The small but powerful ship slide with little sound through the air as it made its way towards the powerplant, Jaruq, Jacob, Fitz and herself were aboard to the rescue of another away team. On Anari's boards there were 6 humanoids with 6 arms each as dots. She thought hard to get a accurate sensor reading and scanned again, yes there were 6 of them alien guards. She made another pass of busy fingers through the board. Lo'Ami, Dana Quest, David Quest, Holden, Peyton and others. (I say others cause i forget who the others were heh heh sorry ...) they were in danger, three of them were separated from the main group and red dots all around them, there were weapon discharges and debris flying around. The ship noticed the Trill's troubled thoughts but it was helpless to help her to do what she wanted to do. Which was impossible anyways. The ship maintained its course for the powerplant, with Jaruq at the helm and Jacob at the weapons station, Fitz at a Engineering console and her self at the sensors they were going to rescue them. Anari shifted in her seat and tapped upon the blinking board again, although she was skeptical about their chances and about the ship's offensive capabilities she knew the other team will be rescued. The ship seem to notice these thoughts as well, as she felt assurance for some unknown reason. Perhaps she was really connected with the small ship in a unknown way but she was sure and on target. To the rescue! She thought as the tiny ship shrieked towards the powerplant.

Lt. (jg) Nemesis and Lt. (jg) Erias Science officers A joint log Anari sighed at her thoughts and looked around, the science staff were silent and the other officers were murmuring among themselves, the room looked grim. Nemesis still stood there his anger was slowly going away but was still evident in his stature. Anari finially saw the black smoldering soot lying there with many pairs of eyes staring at it, hers included. She wiped her forehead and adressed Nemesis. "Did he ... " She said adressing the black remains as well. "Did he what!" Nemesis snapped at Anari, and then he realized who it was "Yes, he did ... die" He answered. Anari blinked at Nemesis, what she thought was right he was angry, very angry. "I'm sorry ... I ... " Her voice wandered, could she blame him? His friend sacrificed himself for the others, yet he's angry. "Do you require something Lt?" Nemesis said to her in a very rude tone. "He was your friend ... I'm sorry ... " She trailed off again and looked back at the pile of black soot" The smoke was dissipating but the vivid emotions hung thick in the air around the room, the tone of Nemesis' voice was hinting all of it. "He was, but now he is no more." Nemesis said glaring with hateful eyes towards the soot that was once Seiben. Anari glanced at the Monkien, who evidently looked as if he was going to explode soon. "Are ... Are you ok?" "That is not your concern Lt." Nemesis snapped at her "Again is there something you want?" Anari nodded her condolences and looked away. "No there isn't ... Thank you any ways ..." She had the answers now, about what had happened, the protomatter and Seiben's death it wasn't hard to connect those two things together, especially when that black smoldering pile was there for all too see. "Then do not waste my time" Nemesis told her as he looked away from her and went back to staring at the soot. "ok ... " She replied silently, she wasn't going to disturb him now, she walked away hoping to let Nemesis' emotion calm and hopefully he would come to terms with his friend's death.

Lt. (Jg) Erias Assistant Science Log Entry Anari stood on the surface of Axaia, only moments after she had came to, what had happened? She didn't know but it seems that the other officers were grimly faced, especially the science department. Loami was standing there, staring at something, Nemesis was nearly red faced. Anger? She thought but she couldn't put a finger on it. She rubbed her head and shook the dizziness off, the other officers were whispering to eachother. She over heard a couple of conversations, the most commonly mentioned name was "Seiben" or "Hansel". She wrinkled her nose and overheard something else. "Why did he sacrifice himself." She felt confused, but she resisted against raising an eyebrow. She looked at LoAmi again, the beard was still but his humor from his face was drained away, or washed away by something else. What could that be? Sorrow? Anger? She didn't know but she was going to get some answers soon. Or she hoped so ...

::stares at Tachyon's Avatar:: Ooooooo

Loami

Lt.(Jg) Erias Assistant Science Log Entry Anari stood by the window with her chief, Cmdr. Lo'Ami and Ens. Lukeini behind them who seemed worried. She watched the wavey splash of colors fade and disappear as the ship came out of fold-space. This, of course, gave new insights of what this ship was capable of travelling through folded space from point A to point B within minutes. And it was only a matter of minutes but those minutes were well spent, secrets of the drive somewhat revealled. But she didn't care for this feat of engineering stature it was pretty. Well at least it was pretty for a few minutes there. The blue had now faded back to a grey black now empty space with few stars shinning in the distance. The clear window now reflected Chief Lo'Ami's face Anari caught sight of it and tried not to laugh or giggle or anything that a Vulcan, in her childhood, had claimed to be emotional. But she couldn't help it, it was a funny sight she never imagined the chief of science to have a beard ... fur ... like this ... well it was just too funny. She lost the control and snickered and looked away. One more like that out of her could mean a talk with the captain later. She shook the image of Lo'Ami out of her head and stopped giggling. She sighed and moved to the bunk beds and sat down relieved that she couldn't see Lo'Ami's face any more, she turned her head else where in search for something to look at while the ship moved to Axaia. She found Ens. Lukeini in her gaze, he had a worried look on his face. What was he thinking. Ahh well it didn't matter I'm a strange person. She thought and glanced at Lo'Ami before she laid down on the bed. A strange thought hit her. He was kind of cute ... she shook her head and forced her eyes shut and repressed any image of Cmdr. Lo'Ami and that beard of his or fur or whatever you call it but the image slipped by with no trouble her quiet composure lost its intergerty and she bursted into laughter ... boy, is she going to get it if she didn't stop. Oh well. She thought. At least he was ... cute.

Lt.(jg) Erias Log Entry SD 10609.17 Anari sat on the bridge science stations though she wasn't paying much attention to the data she saw on the screen. She sat her head on her hand and glanced at the screen and scrolling down, trying to find some data that was going tell them what happened to the Borg, a lone cube stuck in an area of .. no where. She was thinking about them, the Borg, with a set of programs to find and assimilate technology, their sole purpose. She continued to stare at the screen, but after reading these logs for so long, she couldn't feel her arms. She stood up and shook her arm reactivating the bloodflow to her arms and brain then she sat down. She was tired of looking at one boring section of the Borg data, then she delete the data currently placed on the screen and loaded a different padd full of data in to her console. She sighed and scrolled the data yet again. But this section of data was more interesting, it was more detailed it contained encryption data, and encryption protocols. She read every line and learned more about the Borg. Even though the Borg drone was still in the brig it seemed its consciousness was guiding Anari through the Borg data soup. She was being taught by the Borg, she learned more about their assimilation process and drone management. As she read through the data storing whatever she could in her head but it took most of her concentration and energy, she read till the 87th page but that was the end of her effort, it took a long time but she read them. She stood up and wearly carried her collection of padds to the TL and ordered the mess hall, for that moment she cared about nothing else but a bite to eat and relax. The sensors were being repaired, everything was being repaired, those Coalition engineers were repairing the ship. Then the thought occured to her - why? Why? can't our own engineers repair the ship, it is our home! She remembered roughly a week ago she helped Commander LoAmi with the sensor systems and she enjoyed it getting in to engineering messes in fact it was fun. She noted no one was in the TL with her. "It was fun ..." And it was, it felt great to see something that wasn't functioning then you touched it then it functions again, it was great to know that it was you who repaired your home not a bunch of people you just met. It was true, it felt safer, for her, to know that she helped repairs albiet not professionally but it was her own hands, she saw it. She mumbled, trying to grab hold of what she was thinking at the moment, due to exhaustion she still couldn't straight. The TL doors opened and she walked out and proceed to the mess hall. She walked into the mess hall and blinked. It was nearly deserted, perhaps two or three officers were eating. She didn't care how many people were there. She grabed her package of rations and glass of water and sat in a seat close to the windows. Though the thought of coalition engineers taking over their home but the thought of being safe was good to have. For the first time after being assigned to this ship she could finally relax. She watched the strange looking coaltion repair pods darting around from the window and sighed. Yes. She thought. She could finally relax but how long would this peace last? According the lessons she'd learned in the past, not long. There will always be dangerous times ahead, the cost of being on a starship, the danger of being lost so easily. She turned her attention to the rations and began to eat her "Dinner", she didn't care if it was rations and bread and water, it was peaceful and that thought was enough. She ate her food in peace.

Lt(jg) Erias Science officer SD 10406.12 It has been a confusing and stressful week. Anari thought. She thought getting that tranceiver data would be a easy task and quick. But it turned out to be other wise. Anari stood looking at her quarters. Everything was not where they were suppose to be, the picture frame, the desk and the closet. She took a seat at her bed and sighed. She looked down at the padd with the needed data, remembering what it took to get it. She remembered the look on Dr. Telano's face, no, the feature of the face was enough. That face, pale and grey, just like the drone's face. He was no doubt being assimilated. She remembered the Drone, the security officers were doing their best to disable it, and eventually knocked it down. She wondered, at that time what was going through the Borg's head as it saw beams of phaser fire hit its Exoarmour or when a security officer tackled it. The Borg had done almost nothing to stop the officers only tried to assimilate Mr. Anderson. John, it almost got him. She thought remembering the assimilation tubes ready to puncture Mr. Anderson's neck. She felt her own neck, afriad that a few stray nanoprobes might be digging into her skin and turning her into one of them. But she was too tired, forgetting things and her head hurt, she placed the padd down and let her self fell into the softness of her bed. She needed rest, albeit only a little, but it would be enough. She fell asleep, forgetting the Borg, the ship, only thought on her healing.