The waiting game - Lt. Jg. Goad Personal Log

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The Waiting Game

Lt. Jg. Goad Personal Log – Stardate... my clock is broken and we are about to be boarded.

 

Spencer sat staring blankly at the view screen. The Romulans had just communicated their intentions very clearly; they were going to board the Manticore. Obviously Melville’s vast knowledge of the Manticore had played a role in the events of the past hour. The Romulans (and Melville) had seen through the cloak, were able to fire disrupters right through the Manticore’s shielding, and they were taking no damage from a full spread of the Manticore’s torpedoes. “They simply outsmarted the Manticore.” Spencer said to himself.

 

Glancing around the bridge he noted the feelings of shock and frustration on almost every member of the bridge crew. Spencer felt the same way for the most part, but he also knew it was the Manticore that had broken just about every rule in the book. The Romulans now had a right to do whatever they wanted with her… and her crew. He shuttered at that thought, what would the Romulans do with them? Maybe they didn’t want the crew killed outright, since they were not planning on blowing up the Manticore? Or maybe they just wanted the ship, only later to kill the crew.

 

Spencer shook that thought out of his mind, “No reason to dwell on that now” he thought. “The Romulans haven’t boarded yet”. What could they do about it though? Looking down at his console, Spencer tried to run scans of the Romulan vessels. He soon gave up on this as the Manticore’s power was severely drained, and sensor systems were inoperative. Spencer glanced at the upper left hand corner of his console, the place were the Stardate and time was always displayed. This time however… there was nothing. Mumbling to himself he said “Today is probably a good day to die, and I don’t even know what today is!” Slamming his first into his console, Spencer now knew that there was only one thing he could do… and that was to play the waiting game.