USS Republic Sim log

[STSF_KBear 0]

Heather Jamieson -> "I hope we have this resolution.."

Jameson Bardolph -> @::silently hoping the engineer wakes up and punches the pale pain-bracelet snot in the face but it doesn't seem likely:: ::barks through the door:: Oy! Come on! What're you doing?

August Jax Robinson -> ::Enters quarters, crawls into bed, sulks::

STSF_BluRox -> @ ::finally wheeling the table to Bardolphs door, presses the button again to drop Bardolp to his knees while it places the engineer on a platform in the room with Jameson, reaches over for one of the bugs, placing it in the engineers mouth, and manipulates the jaw a bit to start the chewing process:

Joy -> Pick out anything really out of the norm, expecially if it doesn't look natural.

Joy -> We might add them to our survay course.

STSF_BluRox -> Mission Briefing:

STSF_BluRox -> The Republic searches for clues as to where it's missing crew members may have been taken, and by whom........

STSF_BluRox -> BEGIN SIM

STSF_BluRox -> BEGIN SIM

STSF_BluRox -> BEGIN SIM

Jameson Bardolph -> ::has just been tasered by an alien with poor decorating taste::

STSF_KBear -> Joy ? Ayumu are either of you picking up anything at all?

Joy -> Negative.

LtCdrJohnson -> ::on the bridge at the engineering station::

Ayumu Kasuga -> No sir

LtCdrJohnson -> ::looking over some of the readings from when the ship was scanned::

August Jax Robinson -> ::is on her forced break in quarters::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to KBear:: Commander...whatever that scan was, it managed to shut down our sheilds in an instant...it was more powerful than anything we have encountered including the Borg and the Dominion

STSF_BluRox -> @ ACTION: Bardolph awakens in a room by himself

Joy -> And about as socially advanced, judging from their actions so far.

Joy -> Or am I being unfair to the Dominion?

STSF_KBear -> ::sighs:: nothing ?

Joy -> Correct.

Ayumu Kasuga -> I'm afraid not, at this moment. As Jy said, they are a very advanced society and very good at covering their tracks

Joy -> Not even a warp trail, which is extraordinary given the speeds they were traveling.

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Joy:: My concern is that they may know everything about us....it is entirely possible that our databanks were downloaded during the scan

Joy -> Entirely plausible, Dave.

STSF_KBear -> There has to be a way to track them. Joy have you tryed scanning for the Impants that each team member has implanted?

Joy -> I'll try pinging them if you like, but their intended range is planet surface to earth orbit. It seems... unlikely.

Joy -> :: Pings for the comm badge transponders ::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::rolls over sleepily and for a moment can't quite remember where he is::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::but has a nice headache::

STSF_BluRox -> @ ACTION: Bardolph finds himself again in a plain white room, on the table, a bowl of some sort of white paste in it::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::mumbles something about never drinking Aldebaran spirits again and sits up, then blinks as he realizes he has no idea where he is::

Joy -> Are you making any sense of this, Heather?

Jameson Bardolph -> @Jaysus...you'd think they'd go for a bit of variety...::memory starting to return now, eyes the paste with skepticism and then sniffs at it::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to KBear:: Ma'am...with your permission, I'd like to get going on a way to modify our deflector a pulse that could relay data from a long range probe back to us...I could rig a class 5 probe to take the appropriate scans...it could help us locate our peo

August Jax Robinson -> ::Paces, can't sleep::

STSF_KBear -> Get working on it Johnson see if Cmdr Robinson is able to help you

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to KBear:: Yes Ma'am

STSF_BluRox -> @ Action: The bowl smells somewhat salty

LtCdrJohnson -> ::heads off the bridge and into a TL::

Heather Jamieson -> < now? >

STSF_KBear -> <<working>>

Jameson Bardolph -> ((pass))

Heather Jamieson -> < finally >

Jameson Bardolph -> @::sniff, sniff:: ::eyes the white salty paste with great suspicion:: What the hell?

LtCdrJohnson -> +Jax+ Johnson to Robinson

LtCdrJohnson -> Deflector Control

August Jax Robinson -> ::exits quarters heads back to the bridge::

August Jax Robinson -> +Dave+ Yes?!

STSF_KBear -> :: turns looking back to Joy:: any luck on those pings?

Joy -> No response to the pings.

LtCdrJohnson -> +Jax+ I am on my way to deflector control..I think I can modify it so that we can send out a pulse, which would allow sensor data from a class 5 probe to be relayed to us...which could help extend the range of our search...Commander Kawalas suggested

LtCdrJohnson -> that I contact you that you could help out

LtCdrJohnson -> Assuming you feel up to it Ma'am

Heather Jamieson -> :: turns to Joy :: "I'm checking some stellar data in this sector."

STSF_KBear -> Anyother Ideas Joy?

STSF_BluRox -> ::in quarters, studying star charts for this area, and realizing how inadequate the maps they have are, with a good bit of the space justmarked as 'uncharted' on it

Joy -> I'd like to check the vector where we first spotted them. That might have been something real.

STSF_KBear -> :: wondering if she should bother Blu , but she has no more information::

Joy -> Given their speed, it would have been awfully easy for them to have laid a false vector.

August Jax Robinson -> +Dave+ I will meet you there

Jameson Bardolph -> @::having a bad feeling about the paste, gets up and circles the room, looking for signs of an exit::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::exits the TL and heads for deflector control::

STSF_BluRox -> ACTION: Jameson sees a small window in the door

STSF_KBear -> Do we have their orginal approach vector?

August Jax Robinson -> ::Heads for deflector control::

Heather Jamieson -> :: brings up chart after chart of data on this sector, most not making sense to those not in science ::

Joy -> I asked Ayumu to save it. We also have the logs. We can get it.

Jameson Bardolph -> @::hops up to peer out the window, rapping on it with his knuckles:: Oy!

Ayumu Kasuga -> Yes we can

STSF_KBear -> Bring them up .. lets start there

Heather Jamieson -> :: swipes data aside for the approach vectors when this whole thing started ::

Jameson Bardolph -> @Let me out of here! What's this all about, then?

August Jax Robinson -> ::Enters deflector control::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::absently still feeling the small cut behind his ear, listening for any signs of anyone else around::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::wondering what happened to Weber and the Captain and Will's kid::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::walks into deflector control::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: You're fast

STSF_BluRox -> ACTION: AS JAMESON LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW, HE SEE'S ONE OF THE OTHERS, SOMEONE IN ENGINEERING YELLOW LAID OUT ON A TABLE ACROSS THE ROOM FROM HIS CELL.

August Jax Robinson -> I was on my way to the bridge when you called me

LtCdrJohnson -> ::nods::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::blinks, peers closer, trying to make out the face:: Who...oy! You there? You awake? ::bangs::

LtCdrJohnson -> They aren't having much luck up there Ma'am

August Jax Robinson -> ::nice Dave! ::Starts crying::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: But maybe we can...after all...engineers are often the solution to problems ::smiles::

STSF_BluRox -> :Blu pulls up the recent readings the ship has taken and tells the computer to overlay them on the old maps, frowning when seeing just how much of the space is still marked as 'unknown::

August Jax Robinson -> I don't know what I am going to do if we can't find him

LtCdrJohnson -> ::looks at her::

Joy -> << Not much with it tonight, I'm afraid. >>

Ayumu Kasuga -> ::looks at the viewscreen and her console readings::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: We'll find him...you understand, we will find him

STSF_BluRox -> +Joy+ I'm uploading some data to your console. I've overlaid the old navigational maps of the region that we were able to obtain, then uploaded our recent scans which have filled in a bit more. However, take a look at those please

Jameson Bardolph -> @<m> Son of a...::some word that definitely isn't "gun"::...

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: If it was my daughter, I'd probably be as upset as you are...which makes me even more determined to see that we get him...and the others back safe and sound

LtCdrJohnson -> ::taps a few panels and brings up the deflector schematic::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::wishing he had a tricorder; he's no blue-collar but maybe he could figure out what the white salt paste is all about::

STSF_BluRox -> I'm thinking..there is a large area marked as 'unknown;. I'm thinking we dont' know there they went, adn we've got this large area, it's almost begging us to look there...Your thoughts?

STSF_KBear -> Ayumu do ou have the coordinates that the vessle came from yet?

Jameson Bardolph -> @::snorts to himself, playing that thought over in his head for a moment, then bangs on the door again just for kicks before trying to figure out if there's any other modes of egress in the room::

Ayumu Kasuga -> Seems like a good place to start. ::looks to Kawlas:: Yes, I do.

August Jax Robinson -> ::Sits at the console::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: Alright...what we need to do has been done before...but never to create a search grid as wide as we can it to be...which means we need to expand the deflector buffers beyond their capacity

Joy -> As good a place to start as any.

Joy -> With their speed, I wouldn'g continue a stern chase. We're not going to win.

Joy -> If we could locate somewhere where they have a permanent presence, we'd be escalating the situation som.

LtCdrJohnson -> ::taps a few more controls:: I am re-routing power from the backup manifolds...we don't use them except for a tachyon sweep and we can always re-route power from non-essentials if we need that

Heather Jamieson -> :: begins to look at the new charts given ::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: Can you monitor the expansion for me and please tell me when we have hit 850..

STSF_KBear -> ::listening to Joy::

Ayumu Kasuga -> ::listens to Joy as well::

Joy -> But the culture gap seems very high. I do not know that either pusuing them or talking to them seems promising.

August Jax Robinson -> Alright ::Sniffles::

STSF_BluRox -> @ ::one of the tall pale aliens walks over to Bardolphs door to see what the fuss is

Joy -> We seem obligated to make the effort, both for crew's sake and this is too be an unknown to remain unknown.

Heather Jamieson -> :: switches the display to gravity readings ::

Joy -> But initial contact doesn't suggest they are looking for good neibhbors... or even that they would hold us in any esteem

LtCdrJohnson -> ::starts expanding the buffers so they will be able to send a pulse as far as it needs to go and relay it::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::jumps as a pale face suddenly appears at the window; lurches towards it like a drowning man going for a life raft:: Yes! Hey...you! Let me out of here! What do you want? ::slapping his palm against the door::

Joy -> :: comes to the end of her immediate comment ::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: You have to think of it like the Watson experiment

Heather Jamieson -> :: Notices how Joy can go on and how Heather loses the conversation ::

Joy -> ( too big an unknown )

STSF_BluRox -> @ ::the alien presses a button on a braclet it is wearing, causing Bardolph to drop to his knees in incredible pain from the areas where the insicion was healing

August Jax Robinson -> ::Snaps:: MY KIS IS LOST AND YOU WANT ME TO THINK OF AN EXPERIMENT?!

August Jax Robinson -> *KID

Jameson Bardolph -> @Come on, man, just tell me what's going on, you can't hold me he--eeeaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh! ::screams and topples sideways hitting his hands and knees, clutching his neck::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: Sorry Ma'am...it's the way my mind works...using a practical example to apply to our situation

Ayumu Kasuga -> Oh

STSF_BluRox -> , Then turns and goes back to the body on the table...

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: I'm concerned about Gunner...believe I am...as well as the rest...

Jameson Bardolph -> @::rasps:: Bloody...ahhhh...::removes his hand from his neck, tentatively checking to see if there's blood or something, every system in his body suddenly kicked into overdrive::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: But we need to stay calm...if we don't...we will never be able to approach this logically

Joy -> What i don't get is the extraordinary technology yet they don't bother with any sort of reasonable first contact sequence.

August Jax Robinson -> ::Gives Dave the stink eye:: I don't think I can sit here, i need to be moving

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: We're almost done

Joy -> Yet their actions were investigatory rather than overtly hostile.

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: I've expanded the buffers just about as far as they will go...has it hit 850?

Ayumu Kasuga -> That is odd. Maybe this is their way of getting to know their neighbours>

Ayumu Kasuga -> ?

STSF_BluRox -> + Ayumu+ Joy has new mapping coordinates and will forward them to you. Please proceed towards the location she indcates may be best to start with in that unknown stretch. Inform Kawalas I'll return to the bridge shortly. Blu out

August Jax Robinson -> in a second

Joy -> I suspect they might be trying to decide what cubbyhole in their belief system we fit in.

August Jax Robinson -> they hit is now

Ayumu Kasuga -> +Blu+ Acknoledged, Admiral.

Joy -> :: forwards the map to the unknown to Ayumu ::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: Good

Jameson Bardolph -> @::catching his breath, rolls over back into a sitting position and looks at the door:: Right. That's not bloody fair, is it?

Ayumu Kasuga -> directions received. ::Kawalas:: And the Admiral will return to the bridge shortly

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: Now a class 5 probe will be able to transmit data to us further...and over a wider area

Ayumu Kasuga -> ::inputs the course and engages::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: Thus expanding our search grid while we're sitting still...but since we're moving...it will widen

Joy -> :: Starts an initial scan of the unknown area, looking for obvious signs of advanced civilization ::

STSF_KBear -> ::nods:: Thank you Ayumu, continue with her orders.

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: I am configuring the probe to scan along all known subspace bands...and set for visual images...as well as audio and video

Ayumu Kasuga -> Proceeding to indicated location

LtCdrJohnson -> +Bridge+ Johnson to the Bridge

Jameson Bardolph -> @::paces around by the door for a moment, then circles around back towards the bed and the curious bowl of paste::

STSF_KBear -> +JOhnson + Go ahead

STSF_BluRox -> ACTION: Alien comes back to the door, looking at the bowl on the table and deciding it must not be appropriate

LtCdrJohnson -> +KBear+ Commander...Commander Jax & I have modified the deflector dish...and I believe we're ready to launch a class 5 probe towards whatever coordinates you believe will be helpful...the grid should be considerably expanded now and we'll be able to

Jameson Bardolph -> @::gives the alien a "back for more?" look and spreads his palms wide in a "bring it on" stance:: ::is rather understandably annoyed at this point::

LtCdrJohnson -> recieve more data at a longer range

STSF_BluRox -> and presses another button, the bowl disappearing and a new bowl with with a green liquid and some sort of insect swimming in it.

Ayumu Kasuga -> ::pilots the ship to its new course::

Jameson Bardolph -> @Erm?

Heather Jamieson -> :: feels helpless ::

Jameson Bardolph -> @Gross.

STSF_BluRox -> @ Alien turns and goes back tot he Engineer, rolling him over, and exposing his back::

Joy -> Thoughts, Heather?

STSF_KBear -> +Johnson+ Before launching the probe, what are Augusts thoughts on the idea?

Jameson Bardolph -> @::darts forward as the alien goes out the door but doesn't make it in time; swears under his breath::

Joy -> Just ramble.

Jameson Bardolph -> @::looks back at the bowl full of green and bug::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::turns to Jax::

August Jax Robinson -> ::Shrugs:: I don't know, I can't think clearly

August Jax Robinson -> ::Shakes head::

STSF_KBear -> +Johnson+ Ill get back to you hold your postition

LtCdrJohnson -> +KBear+ Yes Ma'am...Commander Jax is pre-occupied at the moment

Jameson Bardolph -> @This place gets weirder by the minute. ::approaches the bowl cautiously, jiggles it to see if the insect does anything::

Heather Jamieson -> :: looks confused :: "I am lost here, too many things flashing by me." :: pauses :: "Do we know the max speed which the probe approached us?"

STSF_KBear -> +Blu+ Kawalas to Admiral BluRox.

Joy -> Transwarp speed. Warp 9.98 plus.

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: I'm sorry if I have seemed insenstive to all of this...but the truth of the matter is that I've known you and Will for years now...and I consider you to be family...and that includes Gunner

Heather Jamieson -> to Joy: "The distance they could be at now is huge."

STSF_BluRox -> @ ACTION: ALIEN INSERTS A LARGE DEVICE INTO THE CENTER OF THE ENGINEER'S BACK, AND SCANNING THE REACTION

STSF_BluRox -> +Kawalas+ go ahead

Jameson Bardolph -> ((that's all in the other room behind hte door, yes?))

Joy -> Correct. We aren't going to find them in brute force purusit unless they want us too.

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: I'm as determined as you to help get him back...I can provide emotional support...a shoulder to cry on...a sounding board...but right now, I think you need me to be working on bringing him home

STSF_BluRox -> <<correct>>

STSF_BluRox -> <looking through the window>

STSF_KBear -> +Blu+ Admiral ,Mr Johnson has an idea ans has modified a probe and the deflector dish to scan along all known subspace bands...and set for visual images...as well as audio and video permission to allow im to continue?

Heather Jamieson -> to Joy: "How many sources of sensor data is available to us in this sector? Are we it?"

Jameson Bardolph -> @::can see the experiments going on in the other room; doesn't really want ot watch but can't look away::

Joy -> We are essentially it. No relay bouys. Engineering is working to build a probe.

Jameson Bardolph -> @::wondering if he's next or if there's something already in his back as well::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::abruptly twists and contorts a little, trying to check that hard to reach place in the small of his back::

STSF_BluRox -> +Kawalas+ Tell them to proceed, we might as well try to exhaust all possible avenues.

Joy -> But that would make the problem half implausible rather than just implausible.

August Jax Robinson -> thank you dave

August Jax Robinson -> ::Sniffles:: I need to go lay down.. I .. am tired

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to Jax:: You get some rest...I'll wake you if we find anything OK? ::smiles::

Heather Jamieson -> to Joy: "I don't understand. Is the probe going to simply search in another direction?"

STSF_KBear -> +Blu+ Aye Sir

Joy -> That is about all it can do, Heather.

STSF_KBear -> +Johnson+ Mr Johnson pemission to proceed with your probe and dish

August Jax Robinson -> yeah, thanks

Joy -> The search area is implausibly large. A prove might roughly half the search time.

August Jax Robinson -> ::Stands up and exits deflector control::

Joy -> But half o far to loong is still too long.

LtCdrJohnson -> +KBear+ Yes Ma'am

LtCdrJohnson -> +KBear+ I'll be right up

LtCdrJohnson -> ::exits deflector control and makes his way for a TL::

August Jax Robinson -> ::Walks down the hall towards crew quarters::

Heather Jamieson -> :: checking something :: "We should be able to scan for alterations in the local gravity profiles. I'll give that a try."

Joy -> Worth trying. Go for it, Heather.

STSF_BluRox -> @ :: Alien removes the device and turns the engineer over and run some sort of scanning device over him::

Ayumu Kasuga -> All right that

Joy -> It's something I'd only expect if an advanced race is present, yet you can pick it up at some range.

LtCdrJohnson -> ::enters a TL::

LtCdrJohnson -> Bridge

Heather Jamieson -> :: a green on black display came up, showing the effects of massive and not so massive objects and their alterations of space-time ::

Joy -> :: looks at Heather's display ::

Heather Jamieson -> :: The screen shows the Republic's path through this sector ::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::yells with pain and stumbles backwards, hitting the ground hard and breathing fast, trying to clear his head, doing so just in time to see the man get the unenviable pleasure of eating the bug::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::barely audible:: Gross...

LtCdrJohnson -> ::enters the bridge::

LtCdrJohnson -> ::walks back over to the engineering station::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::pushing himself up, rollilng over to try to block the alien's path out, staring at his face:: What do you want?

STSF_KBear -> Any results Johnson?

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to KBear:: I'm making some final modifications to the probe Ma'am...and it should be ready for launch

LtCdrJohnson -> ::to KBear:: Then we should active the deflector dish...with the modifications in place...and then...we wait

STSF_KBear -> Wait? how long?

STSF_BluRox -> @ Alien presses button again, halting Bardolph, places a bug in his mouth, then leaves::

Jameson Bardolph -> @::chokes::

STSF_BluRox -> PAUSE SIM

Jameson Bardolph -> @Ackpbth...

STSF_BluRox -> PAUSE SIM