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Cdr Miranda Hawthorne

USS Excalibur Sim Log - 06.25.17

MISSION BRIEF: When we last saw our intrepid heroes, the medical team had hooked up with the rest of the ruins teams meaning we have TWO CATS in one room. Also the team found an protohologram left by one of the inhabitants that confirmed our working theory that something had gone wrong with the planet and it's star to cause their eventual extinction, though it did not elaborate on their plan to "change their destiny." Elsewhere, Arrain N'Dak and Ensign Harper have gone missing at the site of a large obelisk. Captain Swain has ordered most personnel to return to the Excalibur to avoid further incidents with the unpredictable weather, flora and fauna.

 

Cptn Swain: BEGIN SIM

Cptn Swain: BEGIN SIM

Cptn Swain: BEGIN SIM

 

Maryse Dubois: @ ::Had just met up with the others.::

William Chocox: @ Hey doc.

Indaura Ryssan: @ :: With Dubois ::

Tandaris Admiran: @ So, we just found a depressing hologram.

Hunter Matheson: (He said they were ordered to, so that's a futuristic order. Gotcha)

Indaura Ryssan: @ Hologram?

Hakran K'hal: :: consternated by how N'Dak and Harper's disappearance ::

Maryse Dubois: @ Glad to see everyone. ::Sighs:: So...We've learned that things tend to melt in the rain here. Especially vehicles...

Charlie Harper: ::kinda consternated too what with being not where intended::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ ::She blinked at Maryse.:: Rain?

Cptn Swain: NDak> ::Blinks awake, a faint, coppery taste in his mouth::

Indaura Ryssan: @ :: Scanning the others for medical issues ::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ Acid rain?

Tandaris Admiran: @ Ah, yes. Acid rain. Slightly better than basic rain.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> :: Tandaris :: You wouldn't think it better if it burned a hole in YOUR arm.

William Chocox: @ I prefer my rain neutral.

Tandaris Admiran: @ I remember one time we went to a planet with strontium hydroxide rain.

Cptn Swain: #NDak> Where uh, where are we?

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ Ah, it would explain some of the items that Matheson found in the storage room. Neutralizing agents.

Indaura Ryssan: @ Highly acidic.

Cptn Swain: #Augustine> ::Frowning:: No luck with the link up?

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ Are all of you alright? Were you injured?

Cptn Swain: #June> ::shakes her head:: Still nothing but traces, but also this obelisk... sensors are having trouble penetrating it.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> Well, other than the security officer that was eaten, nothing serious.

Cptn Swain: #Augustin> Could it be the interference you mentioned?

Maryse Dubois: @ We are fine, save for Rhan's burn. And of course our escort.

Tandaris Admiran: @ ...eaten?

Cptn Swain: #June> ::frowning, her nose wrinkled:: Doesn't seem like it.

Maryse Dubois: @ Nasty cats with scales. very resistant against phasers. Wouldn't recommend running into one.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ ::Miranda frowned.:: We lost one of the crew? ::She pressed her fingers to her temple.:: The Captain has ordered a planet-wide evacuation because of the turbulent weather and hostile wildlife.

William Chocox: @ ::to Tandy:: Masticated, consumed, ingested, I've got more.

Tandaris Admiran: @::Chocox:: I need to stop feeding you crosswords.

Indaura Ryssan: @ Cancelled my vacation plans here.

Tandaris Admiran: @ This away mission is proving less scenic than first advertised.

Tandaris Admiran: @ Commander, we've recorded all the data we can onto our tricorders. Aside from gathering any physical artifacts you want to take back to Excalibur, we're good here.

Charlie Harper: # ;:tugs at bound wrists:: At a guess, somewhere unpleasant with equally unpleasant people. This is not supposed to happen to science officers; you must be bad luck.

Cptn Swain: #NDak> This is like the fourth straight mission I've had something like this happen to me.

Hakran K'hal: @ :: wanders a few steps away for a quieter environment :: +Augustin+ Hakran to Commander Augustin.

Charlie Harper: #This is the kind of thing you should warn your mission partners about.

Cptn Swain: #Augustin> +Khal+ Augustin here.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ Then we should leave while we are able. One of our teams is currently missing, as well. I hope they didn't come across any predators.

William Chocox: @ Oh jeez.

Cptn Swain: #NDak> Would you still have came with me? Also why is my lip bleeding.

Hakran K'hal: @ +Augustin+ Any luck?

Hunter Matheson: @ ::standing by, listening::

Cptn Swain: #Augustin> +Khal+ None yet. It's like they just vanished. No sign of struggle.

Charlie Harper: # Decidedly not. And you have a bruise on your jaw. Looks sort of fist-like.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::idly picking dust and dirt off his uniform:::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ Let's go. Take what you can carry and let's get out to transporter range.

Hakran K'hal: @ +Augustin+ Very well, we're likely finished up here, I'd expect we'll move off your way soon to assist.

William Chocox: @ Aye ma'am. ::starts gathering some things::

Hunter Matheson: @ ::gathers other manuals he's found and whatever else seems important:::

Cptn Swain: #NDak> ::Sighs:: The last thing I remember was being at the obelisk and finding something... then nothing.

Indaura Ryssan: @ :: Folds up her tricorder, checks her small bag ::

Maryse Dubois: @ Hopefully it isn't going to rain...

Charlie Harper: # The last thing I remember was the weather getting worse.

Cptn Swain: #NDak> Maybe we're both dead and having a shared afterlife experience?

Indaura Ryssan: @ I am ready.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::grabs a ruck he found in the corner and stuffs it full of stuff:::

Hunter Matheson: @ Ready.

William Chocox: @ What do we do about the missing team?

Tandaris Admiran: @ We could load up one of these transport pods and take it to the nearest surface station.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ ::She looked at Tandaris.:: Do they travel underground?

Maryse Dubois: @ I hope everyone is ready for a nice relaxing time in decon, cause that's where we are headed once we get back. ::Already had her stuff on her and was starting to head back.::

Tandaris Admiran: @ Yes, it's like those tunnel transit networks your Earth used before transporters. Subpaths?

Charlie Harper: #::gives him the kind of 'are you kidding me' look perfected at lecture halls::

Hunter Matheson: @ ::mutters something about not caring because that means he can ditch his dirty utilities:::

Hakran K'hal: @ SubWAYs, Commander. And they still do use them on many Federation worlds.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::and maybe...just maybe... get a shower::

Cptn Swain: #NDak> ::shrugs:: It was just an idea.

Cptn Swain: #NDak> Hmm... so... these walls don't look uh, well they don't look like anything else on the surface.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> :: has no idea what any of this stuff is, so just grabs a random box ::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ Lead the way. Let's go. ::Shouldering a pack full of the alien rations and other items for Excalibur science teams to study.::

Charlie Harper: #::looks around the room curiously::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ ::Starts up the stairs that spiral upwards to the tunnels.::

William Chocox: @::walks with Hawthorne::

Hunter Matheson: @ ::falls in, making his way up the stairs, ruck secure and loaded:::

Indaura Ryssan: @ :: Glances at Dubois ::

Hakran K'hal: @ :: with his small bag containing only a few things of interest, meanders over to join the others on the climb ::

Maryse Dubois: @ ::Following the others since they seem more familiar with the area.::

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> Great, we climbed all the way down here just to come right back up. :: clomps up the stairs ::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ ::She grinned back at Rhan.:: No, you climbed down, so you could climb up with your arms full of stuff. Like a pack-mule, but feline.

Charlie Harper: #You're right; the architecture is completely different. This looks.... machined.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::small cough::

Cptn Swain: #NDak> If I didn't know better it looks an awful lot like a holding area in a Romulan br'tehh.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> :: grunts ::

Tandaris Admiran: @::helps carry items to the surface::

Cptn Swain: #Augustin> +Excalibur+ Augustin to Excalibur

Indaura Ryssan: @ :: With the group ::

Maryse Dubois: @ ::Looking to Rhan.:: If your arm is still bothering you, you can get someone else to carry that.

William Chocox: @::whistles "The Noble Duke of York"::

Charlie Harper: #::gives him the 'kidding me' look again, but this time with a lot less confidence behind it::

Cptn Swain: $Ops> +Augustin+ Go ahead Commander.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: ACTION> The team makes the way through the ruin tunnels to the underground transports without incident.

Cptn Swain: #Augustin> +Ops+ Can you double check to make sure Arrain NDak and Ensign Harper didn't return to the Excalibur?

Cptn Swain: $Ops> ::after a moment:: +Augustin+ Confirmed.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> :: Maryse :: Nah, just stings a bit still, but it'd do that if I was lying on a pack of pillows. :: gratefully stows the box onto the transport, however - is not the manual labor type ::

Cptn Swain: #NDak> Not that I... not that I have spent a lot of time in the br'tehh... but it does have that feel. Especially the flooring.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ ::Miranda put her supplies at the end of one of the transports and sank down into a seat.:: How do these things operate? Are they solar powered?

William Chocox: @::sets his items down:: I can't remember off hand.

Charlie Harper: #... Mother said take the lecturer position, but no, I said Starfleet... see the galaxy... one brig at a time...

Maryse Dubois: @ ::Sets her kit down and has a seat.::

Hakran K'hal: @ I think you have to click your heels three times and say "there's no place like station 3B, there's no place like station 3B, there's no place like station 3B."

Hunter Matheson: @ ::drops his ruck, secures it, and straps in::

Cptn Swain: #Augustin> ::Was really hoping they'd just been missed:: +Ops+ Tell security I want a level 2 sweep of all decks. perhaps the weather fried their comm badges.

Tandaris Admiran: @ We interface one of these tablet devices. ::demonstrates::

Hakran K'hal: @ :: not regularly as sarcastic as his brother, but can drop one occasionally ::

Tandaris Admiran: The power appears to be inductive in nature.

Cptn Swain: $Ops> +Aug+ Understood sir, Excalibur out.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::coughs::

Cptn Swain: #NDak> My mother wanted me to do the same.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> :: looks over at Hunter :: Coming down with something, Gunny?

Tandaris Admiran: @ The nearest surface station is about 2 km from our original beam-down coordinates.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::looks up:: Think it's the dust down there. Got a catch in my throat. ::squeaks it out:::

Tandaris Admiran: @ The weather appears quiescent for the moment.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::shrug:: I'm fine. Just need to get outta here.

Indaura Ryssan: @ :: Looks around ::

Hakran K'hal: @ So long as we don't linger too long in one spot.

Charlie Harper: #Do Romulans do lawyers? Hostage negotiations? ... access to the head?

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ So long as we can get to the surface where they can lock on to our signals, we'll be good. Base camp is broken down by now.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> :: Hunter :: You say so, but I'm sure one of the doctors will be scanning you with extra enthusiasm anyway.

Cptn Swain: #NDak> Depends on how charitable we're feeling. Though if this *is* a Romulan br'tehh I am going to be very confused what it's doing here.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ Admiran, does your interface show you the maps of the tunnels? Are there any stations in the vicinity of the obelisk that the teams are currently investigating?

Hunter Matheson: @ ::snort:: Probably so, Sir. Got no problem with that so long as it's on Excal.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::cough::

Tandaris Admiran: @ Let's see... yes, there's one practically underneath the obelisk.

Cptn Swain: #NDak> I mean why would a Romulan brig be on this planet? We have never graced it with our presence as far as I could tell looking over the records before we embarked.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ Alright, take us there. We can link up with Augustin's team and see if they require any assistance before we beam back to the ship.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> :: settles onto one of the sideways-facing benches alongside Hakran ::

Tandaris Admiran: @ Understood. ::directs the transport to that station:: ETA is 4 minutes.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::rests back against the bulkhead:::

Charlie Harper: #Doesn't a brig sort of imply a ship?

Cptn Swain: #NDak> Ie, though what would a Rihan ship being doing here, rhae au side of the neutral zone?

Hakran K'hal: @ :: both K'hals stretch out identically next to each other to rest through the ride; the only difference between them is their uniforms and Hakran's longer and pointier chin fluff ::

William Chocox: @::leans back::

Charlie Harper: #That is the question.

Maryse Dubois: @ ::Smiles at the two brothers, before glancing around at everyone else, watching them relax for now.::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ ACTION> The transports gets underway, heading toward the obelisk station. Halfway there, collision alarms sound and the transport comes to a grinding halt, tossing about the unprepared. A huge pile of boulders blocks the tunnel in front of them.

William Chocox: @ Was that there before?

Hunter Matheson: @ ::jerked against his straps:: What the...

Tandaris Admiran: @ There was no sign of it on the system map.

Cptn Swain: #NDak> I just don't know what about this planet would be interesting to my people.

William Chocox: @ I doubt they put rockslides on the map.

Maryse Dubois: @ ::Holds onto a pole, keeping her from going anywhere.:: Well that's not good.

Hakran K'hal: @ :: both K'hals slide forward on their bench seat until Hakran collides with a divider and Rhan smooshes into him ::

Charlie Harper: #::glances thoughtfully at NDak, then looks away::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ ::Miranda had to grab onto her seat to keep from spilling into the floor. She stood and walked to the front of the transport to have a look.:: It looks recent...

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ There's still dust in the air. ::Frowning again.::

Cptn Swain: #NDak> ::Sighs:: Let alone interesting enough to send a clandestine mission here crossing the neutral zone.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> :: picks himself off his brother, stands and straightens his uniform :: I hate this planet.

William Chocox: @::joins her:: Huh...you thinking that it wasn't an accident?

Hakran K'hal: @ :: also collects himself, but scans the rubble pile :: Good news, I don't see any bodies in or under it.

Cptn Swain: (( You know Rhan, I hear they're selling time shares in the city. ))

Maryse Dubois: @ ::Smiles at Rhan.:: You and everyone else. ::Stands, looking around.:: Everyone ok?

Hunter Matheson: @ ::checks out the window:: Probably why I'm coughing. Want me to take a look?

Hunter Matheson: @ ::thumbs up to the doc:::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ACTION> As if in response to Rhan's comment, the ground began to rumble and the transport started to shake. Large chunks of the ceiling tunnel began to fall, hitting the transport hard.

Indaura Ryssan: @ :: Gets out her tricorder, scans ::

Tandaris Admiran: @ This is probably not the best place to be.

Indaura Ryssan: @ Ah!

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> Back it up!

William Chocox: @ Back it the hell up!

Tandaris Admiran: @::finds the tablet, which was jostled and knocked from his hands, and holds it up:: Uh-oh.

Tandaris Admiran: @::pokes at the tablet desperately, but it is non-functional::

Cptn Swain: #Augustin> ::feels a small tremor, and lifts a brow::

Hunter Matheson: @ ::watching the transport's hull, hoping it doesn't collapse:::

Hunter Matheson: @ Don't recall anything about tectonic activity in those logs I found.

Hakran K'hal: @ :: still keeping his head, at least until something tries to cave it in - scans for anything useful that would get them out of this ::

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> We do call them "ruins" for a reason, Gunny.

William Chocox: @ Do we have another tablet Commander?

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ACTION> The small tremor turned into an earthquake and the tunnel began to collapse around them.

William Chocox: @ Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap.

Cptn Swain: #Augustin> ::looks to June as the earth beneath them begun to shake slightly::

Maryse Dubois: @ ::Finds herself unwillingly back in her seat for a moment.::

Cptn Swain: #June> ::Frowns:: Localized tremor below the surface. Looks like maybe in some underground tunnelways? Everything appears normal here.

Hunter Matheson: @ Take cover under the seat if you fit.

Tandaris Admiran: @::Ryssan:: Can you scan for a service exit?

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ ::Miranda held on to her seat, eyes wide.::

Indaura Ryssan: @ :: Turns her tricorder :: Doing so...

Hunter Matheson: @ Looks like the transport's integrity is intact. Could be built for this.

Cptn Swain: #June> I am fascinated by this obelisk though. Arrain N'Dak was spot on. It's definitely of later construction and none of these glyphs make coherent sentences or messages once you pull them out of the database and run them with one built with the rest of the lexicon we built so far.

Maryse Dubois: @ :;Clutching her medkit so she doesn't lose it.::

Hakran K'hal: @ :: matter of factly, looking at the rubble piling up outside the transport :: I think it might be too late for that.

Cptn Swain: #Augustin> ::trying to not let his eyes glaze over:: Yes, but what does that even mean... in lay terms?

Hunter Matheson: @ ::Rahn:: Yeah, ruins. Right.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ACTION> The tunnel collapsed completely around them, burying the transport, but the transport itself didn't crumple. The power went out, leaving them in darkness. The rumbling stopped and then it was very, very quiet.

Cptn Swain: #June> It could mean someone else built this obelisk, survivors perhaps? It's hard to say really.

Indaura Ryssan: @ :: scanning :: There's something in a back corner, but it's rather small.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> :: having given his light to Maryse, can't help much about illumination ::

William Chocox: @ ::turns on a light on his tricorder::

Hakran K'hal: @ +Augustin+ K'hal to Augustin, do you copy?

Maryse Dubois: @ ::Turns on the wrist lamp she was previously given.:: Sound off.

William Chocox: @ I'm here.

Cptn Swain: (( Give me a number 1-20 ))

William Chocox: (( 8 ))

Hakran K'hal: ((3))

Maryse Dubois: ((12))

Hunter Matheson: @ So, I'm guessing this was a common occurrence, since the transport is intact.

William Chocox: @ Or they just knew how to make something.

Hunter Matheson: (7)

Tandaris Admiran: ((19))

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ ::Miranda took a breath.:: Everyone alright?

Cptn Swain: ACTION> Static comes back on the comm badge.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::checking the hull:: I'm good, Commander.

Tandaris Admiran: @ I'm alive.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> Annoyed, but fine.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::fascinated with its construction::

Hakran K'hal: @ :: harrumphs :: Not getting a signal through, and Commander Augustin should be practically right above us.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::walks along the inside, looking for compartments;::

Hunter Matheson: @ ::tapping on the walls until he comes to a hollow sound, then stops:::

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> +Anyone+ K'hal to Augustin, K'hal to Excalibur, does anyone read me?

Cptn Swain: TWO MINUTE WARNING

Tandaris Admiran: @::Chocox:: What do you think? We could rig up something to allow the combadge to use the transport's hull as a giant antenna and boost the signal that way.

Cptn Swain: ACTION> Static.

Hunter Matheson: @ ::runs his fingers around that area, presses, and a door opens:: Huh...

William Chocox: @ Maybe...might still run into the same problem.

Maryse Dubois: @ ::Shining her light first on everyone just to be sure, then shines it on the transport itself. She looked at the structural points, making sure nothing was about to give.::

Indaura Ryssan: @ :: Still scanning :: I hope there are no more quakes

Hunter Matheson: @ ::feels around, pulls out a bunch of stuff:: This must have happened pretty regularly.

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> I just use the comms, Commander. Your call on how to make one better.

Hunter Matheson: @ Hey, Doc. Got a light over here?

Maryse Dubois: @ ::Shines it in Hunter's direction.::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: @ ::Miranda turned on her handlight to give the others more illumination, standing shakily to have a look through the windows.::

Hunter Matheson: @ ::checks the stuff out:: Looks like emergency supplies. I'm going to say this was a regular occurrence.

Hakran K'hal: @ Good news, we are getting a bit of air flow even through the rubble, so we shouldn't have to worry about asphyxiation... right away.

Tandaris Admiran: @::rummages around and locates an engineering kit:: Here. ::tosses it to Chocox:: Pull out some conductive filament and use it to connect the combadge's transceiver to the transport superstructure.

William Chocox: @::catches it and gets to work:: Aye sir.

Hunter Matheson: @ But not sure what kind. ::hands it out, then pulls out more stuff:::

Indaura Ryssan: @ :: yells :: Is anyone hurt?!

Tandaris Admiran: @::Hunter:: Any sign of a battery or emergency generator?

Hunter Matheson: @ This could be one. ::hands it over:::

Hakran K'hal: @Rhan> :: decides to go look at the random box he grabbed from the room to see if there's anything helpful in there ::

Cptn Swain: .and...

Hunter Matheson: @ ::stuff and more stuff:::

 

Cptn Swain: PAUSE SIM

Cptn Swain: PAUSE SIM

Cptn Swain: PAUSE SIM

 

 

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