USS Excalibur Sim Log - 08.25.19

[Cdr Miranda Hawthorne 0]

MISSION BRIEF: Several hours have passed and the crew has been working hard to ready the ship for testing Science's theory that an inverse tachyon beam could generate enough power to effectively punch a hole through space and time to get Excalibur back to it's original era. With the Enterprise's deflector dish modified, we are ready to begin testing (with probes) to discover and fine tune the exact beam modulations and variances needed for such a risky maneuver.

 

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Very good. Also, everyone give VonDrake a another welcome. He's going to be joining Will in Engineering.

Maryse Dubois: hiya

William Chocox: Whoo!

Rhan K'hal: Yay, someone to keep Will company in his constant attempts to fix the ship and/or blow up the ship.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Ensign Ryan Von Drake

William Chocox: Few things to keep in mind. That was one time that I nearly blew up the ship, and don't pay attention to whatever device I hide whenever Commander Hawthorne or Captain Swain enter Engineering.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: ::thwaps Will:: Don't pick up any bad habits, Ryan.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Because I'm always watching.

VonDrake: I'll try not to...

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Let's get started.

VonDrake: Emphasis on try.

 

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: BEGIN SIM

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: BEGIN SIM

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: BEGIN SIM

 

Rhan K'hal: :: having spent the last few hours making sure the science consoles are as good as they can get, has moved himself to his home console at mission ops ::

William Chocox: ::is in engineering waiting for the start signal::

Maryse Dubois: ::In sickbay, shuffling between Irene and our poor misguided helmsman.::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: ::Miranda was on the bridge in the BIG CHAIR to oversee the testing of the probes while Swain finished his paperwork, though she kept throwing glances at the ship status readings.::

Hakran K'hal: :: on the bridge at Sci 1, grateful for his brother's efforts, dials in the screens he'll need for the test ::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: ::To the Ops Kitty:: Mr. K'hal, please contact the Enterprise and inform that we are ready to launch the probes as soon as their deflectors are online.

Irene Mincine: :: Blue Irene is helping out as much as she can with the testing from a makeshift workstation in sick bay. Carillon, meanwhile, is quite unhappy at having been locked in sick bay waiting for the drugs to clear her system. ::

Rhan K'hal: Aye, Commander.

Indaura Ryssan: I can't stand the waiting... :: cleaning some supplies ::

Maryse Dubois: ::Looking to Carillon.:: Relax. It won't be long now and your body will crash on its own. Then it will be off to lala land.

Rhan K'hal: +Enterprise+ Excalibur to Enterprise. We are ready on our end, awaiting your go signal.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Enterprise engineers> ::Have all vacated the Excalibur in preparation for the testing in case something goes awry.::

Hakran K'hal: Kenet & Semek> :: sharing Sci 2, the former to help with the whole temporal mechanics stuff and Semek to monitor the planet ::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Enterprise OPS> +Excalibur+ Deflectors online and powered up. Ready for probe launch.

Irene Mincine: Irene> "Monitoring station beta is up and running, bridge." :: She called out to Rhan. ::

Rhan K'hal: We're good to go, Commander.

Irene Mincine: Val> "That's what you said four hours ago." :: Valerie was stewing. ::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Very well. Inform Engineering to activate probes and then launch.

Rhan K'hal: +Irene+ Acknowledged, Beta.

Rhan K'hal: :: nods ::

William Chocox: ::looks around:: Well, we're certainly less crowded. Hey you! ::points at Ensign Von Drake:: What's your name? I'm afraid I've forgotten it if we've been introduced.

Rhan K'hal: +Engineering+ Bridge to Engineering. Activate probes and launch at your discretion.

VonDrake: ::in Engineering, like he's been here the whole time:: Ensign Ryan Von Drake sir...

William Chocox: +Bridge+ Understood Bridge. ::turns to Von Drake:: Thank you Ensign, if you would be so kind as to push the button that launches the probe when I tell you?

Indaura Ryssan: So Doctor, do you think it will work this time?

Maryse Dubois: ::Scans:: You're doing well. Most of the caffeine has been processed. ::Leaves her alone for a few minutes, then returns with a warm cup of tea.:: Here.

Hakran K'hal: :: knowing Issaha is down in the lab doing his own monitoring, with a direct connection to Enterprise to adjust the inverse tachyon beam's settings, is content to monitor and fine tune via the probes ::

VonDrake: ::nods:: Will do.

Maryse Dubois: ::Looks to Indaura.:: It should. Or at least I would hope so.

Rhan K'hal: :: takes the liberty of activating yellow alert, because Excalibur ::

William Chocox: Alright, on my go. ::starts activating the probes:: +K'hal+ Launching in three...two...one...go.

Irene Mincine: :: Val looks at the thermos of tea sideways. :: Val> "Wait a sec. Isn't tea... full of caffeine?"

VonDrake: ::hits the button and receives acknowledgement from the system that the probes have been launched::

Rhan K'hal: Probes are away. :: beep boop boop beep :: Data communications with Excalibur are nominal, control relinquished to science.

Irene Mincine: :: Irene is hyper-focused on the console bank. :: Irene> "Secondary connection established. Monitoring for temporal abnormalities."

Hakran K'hal: Controls active, confirmed.

VonDrake: ::looks to Will:: Probes are away sir, everything nominal, control handed over to science.

Maryse Dubois: This is herbal. Chamomile to be specific..

Hakran K'hal: Sending Probe Alpha into position.

William Chocox: Thank you Ensign. ::waits for the next probe to be needed::

Hakran K'hal: Kenet> Encountering temporal instability.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: ACTION> Enterprise activates it's deflector array, which begins to generate the energy needed to gather the necessary particles and spit them out in a somewhat elegant arrangement that may or may not explode the universe. A beam pierces the orbit of the ruined planet and space/time begins to fluctuate.

Hakran K'hal: Kenet> Experience a LOT of temporal instability.

Irene Mincine: Val> "Oh. Haven't had that since I was a kid. That's the one that's... uh, well, the opposite of caffeine." :: Her expression softens. She grips the cup in her mechanical hand and takes a long sip. ::

Hakran K'hal: Adjusting probe position to match simulated run 1.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: ::Miranda leaned forward in her chair, one arm on the rest, staring at the main viewer.:: Make sure to keep us well out of temporal wake. I don't want another repeat of what happened before.

Irene Mincine: :: Irene frowns... :: Irene> "Energy readings are off the scale. If we were the probe, we'd be cooked already."

William Chocox: What's the first thing you're going to do once we get back to our own time Ensign?

Rhan K'hal: :: assumes d'A is still driving, isn't worried ::

Cptn Swain: <<Collective ACTION, time: Please think carefully. If the crew is willing to give up their stashes of peril cards, it would assure a favorable outcome. If not, *rattles dice* >>

Cptn Swain: << DM me with your choice >>

Hakran K'hal: (( favorable outcome for the probe or the ship? :: wants the fine print :: ))

Maryse Dubois: ((lol))

William Chocox: ((Wait, I take mine back depending on the answer to that question.))

Cptn Swain: (( The ship, and crew ))

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: ACTION> The first probe enters the anomaly and immediately explodes, but Excalibur does get back tons of readings that should give them enough data to make adjustments.

Hakran K'hal: Alpha is destroyed. Reviewing data.

VonDrake: ::thinks about it:: Well, the new grips for my wind and fire rings haven't been delievered yet, I'm hoping I can get a status on those when we get back. ::shrugs::

Maryse Dubois: Feeling a little better now?

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: ::She grunted.:: Send the adjustments to engineering and modify the beam as you see fit. Launch another probe when ready.

William Chocox: Wind and fire rings?

Hakran K'hal: :: puts heads together with Kenet, Semek, Issaha by remote, rattle off a bunch of scibabble at each other ::

Irene Mincine: Irene> "We got back a lot of info, bridge. It's gonna take a while for the computer to sift through it but I think we might have what we need." :: She sends up some very relevant temporal data to the bridge that helps along the technobabble convention. ::

Rhan K'hal: Enterprise is letting their deflector dish cool off a bit anyway.

Irene Mincine: :: Val swirls the tea around in the thermos. :: "Yeah. Takes the edge off, at least. It doesn't taste like replicated tea, either."

VonDrake: ::nods:: They are my taijijian tools. I haven't had new grips in a while. They were supposed to be delivered before I departed to Excalibur, but they didn't make it.

Hakran K'hal: :: lots of pointing, nearly unintelligible words, and brow raising/ear acrobatics ::

William Chocox: Ah, I see. Well hopefully they're in by the time we're back. ::starts making adjustments::

VonDrake: How about you sir? What do you plan on doing?

Hakran K'hal: :: finally, a group nodding of heads ::

Hakran K'hal: +Engineering+ Science to Engineering, sending updated specifications. :: boopity-boop-ding ::

Maryse Dubois: Cause it's not. :;Smiles.:: So you have a choice to make now. You can stay in this bed here, or you can go to one of the back rooms, which may have more comfortable beds. Plus you won't have to worry about traffic.

William Chocox: +Science+ On it sir.

Indaura Ryssan: We better not come up mutated from another time jump

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: (( If you say it out loud, it is bound to happen. ))

Hakran K'hal: :: allows Issaha to chatter with Enterprise's engineering about the necessary adjustments to the modulation of the inverse tachyon beam, runs a quick and dirty simulation through the Excal's maimed computer ::

Maryse Dubois: ::Grins at Indaura.:: I don't think that can happen.

Irene Mincine: :: Valerie considers it for a moment. :: Val> "We're about to try a really, really bad idea, right? You think I wanna be anywhere else than next to the CMO?"

Maryse Dubois: ::Smiles.:: Well it's your choice. a bed is a bed I suppose.

Hakran K'hal: :: looks over the results :: Good enough for a probe. Rhan, we're good to go when Engineering and Enterprise are.

Rhan K'hal: On it.

Rhan K'hal: +Engineering+ Bridge to Engineering, Science confirms they are ready when you are. Enterprise is ready to reactivate the beam as well. Launch when ready.

VonDrake: ::looks at William for the go ahead::

William Chocox: +K'hal+ Acknowledged...on my go ::to Von Drake:: Three...two...one...launch

Irene Mincine: :: Val nods, her eyelids finally drooping. :: Val> "Yeah, sounds good to me..." :: After Val finally falls asleep, Red Irene places a call to sick bay. :: Red> "I have a really weird feeling right now. I want to meet her. I feel like this is my last chance. The computer says she's still there, right?"

Hakran K'hal: +Irene+ Sci 1 to Monitor-Beta. On our next run, watch carefully for :: yadda advanced science blah blah blah ::.

VonDrake: ::hits the button again:: Away sir..

Irene Mincine: :: Blue Irene beep boops on her console. :: "Gotcha, bridge. I won't miss it. How's things up there?"

Rhan K'hal: Probe Beta is away. Data transmission confirmed. Control transfer to science... active.

Maryse Dubois: +Red+ The other crew has left, so I don't see why not.

Hakran K'hal: +Irene+ All is well in order. On the outside.

Hakran K'hal: Moving Beta into position.

Rhan K'hal: :: signals Enterprise for beam fire #2 ::

VonDrake: ::taps some more buttons:: Control transfer to science. All systems nominal.

Irene Mincine: Red> "Thank you." :: A few minutes later, Red Irene entered sick bay and went straight for Maryse. :: Red> "Um... where is she?"

Maryse Dubois: ::Nods.:: She's in there. ::points.::

Cptn Swain: ACTION> Messing with temporal anomalies is risky business, you know. As the Enterprise's second beam fire erupts in a brilliant cascade of CGI glory, the temporal fissure begins expanding much more rapidly than before, extending out and beginning to pull Excalibur, and Enterprise in towards it. Weeeeeee!

Indaura Ryssan: :: Sees an indicator :: It's starting.

Hakran K'hal: Whoa! Back them off, back them off!

Irene Mincine: Blue> "Adjust your field harmonic, bridge. That should provide a better re-- wait, hold on, the anomaly's expanding... it's sucking us in!" :: She's yelling in a side room. Red Irene stands outside. :: Red> "I... I don't think I should be bothering her."

Maryse Dubois: So it seems. Make sure patients are secure.

Cptn Swain: ACTION> Red Irene begins to not feel so good Mister Stark.

Cptn Swain: ::Comes onto the bridge:: Report!

Rhan K'hal: +Enterprise+ E-C, back off, back off, back off!

Hakran K'hal: The fissure has expanded Captain. We're getting pulled in, but so is the Enterprise.

Cptn Swain: ACTION> E-C reports they're having trouble shutting down the beam and are being pulled in as well.

Cptn Swain: ::Glances to Miranda::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: ::Miranda stood and gripped the railing.:: Why haven't they deactivated the beam?

Rhan K'hal: Dammit, they can't disengage.

Irene Mincine: :: Red Irene crashes against the wall with a thud, which gets Blue Irene's attention. She stops dead at her monitoring station, staring at Red through the perspex panel. :: Blue> "Maryse! Do something for her!"

William Chocox: ::is getting a bunch of shenanigan alarms:: +K'hal+ I'm getting alarms all up in here. What's going on?

VonDrake: ::to Will:: Doesn't look like the Enterprise can disengage.

Maryse Dubois: ::Rushes in, scanning.:: What happened?

Hakran K'hal: :: ponders :: Point the tractor beam at their dish and activate, wide field dispersion.

Cptn Swain: We should still be able to close the fissure with a static warp shell.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: ::She moved to the open engineering console.:: +Engineering+ I need extra power to the engines!

Hakran K'hal: We can't generate it fast enough to close it before they join us, Captain. We need them out of range. Now.

Cptn Swain: I know we were holding off on that test but I don't think we have any choice. ::Considers:: That might just make it worse K'hal, but give it a shot.

Irene Mincine: :: Red is in some kind of temporal flux. Blue is not taking it well, as expected when you think you're watching yourself die in front of you. She's frantic. :: Blue> "I don't know! I don't know! I... she..." :: Red> "I'm... glad I at least got to see you..."

VonDrake: ::slides over a console and starts tapping buttons::

William Chocox: +Hawthorne+ We'll give you what we can! ::turns to Von Drake:: You heard her!

VonDrake: ::to Will:: We can increase engine power by 20

VonDrake: %

VonDrake: ::starts tapping more buttons:: Transferring power from non-essentials to engines

Rhan K'hal: Let's see how good my touch is. :: calibrates the tractor, aims it very carefully :: Engaging tractor. :: bleepybleepybleepy ::

Maryse Dubois: ::Ponders.:: Help me get her into the other room. The bubble we used on you should help her too,

Rhan K'hal: Tractor engaged.

Indaura Ryssan: :: Goes to help Dubois ::

Hakran K'hal: :: watches, with his mind going warp 9 trying to come up with other alternatives to save the Enterprise if this one doesn't work ::

VonDrake: ::looks up at Will:: Done sir.

Cptn Swain: ACTION> The tractor does push enterprise away a bit, but it also pushes us in further. Ride is getting rougher.

VonDrake: ::bracing himself on the edges of the console he is at to maintain balance::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Mr. K'hal, you've got all the power we can spare on the engines. Is it enough to pull us out?

Irene Mincine: :: Blue tries to get it together enough to help, but her hands pass right through Red like she's not even there. Blue takes a step back, horrified. :: Red> "Tell Issaha... tell him I love him... in any dimension..."

William Chocox: Thank you Ensign. +Hawthorne+ We're giving you everything we've got!

Hakran K'hal: :: furiously taps away at his console :: Captain... :: shakes head :: it's now or never, no time to dip our toes in the water. Suggest activating warp bubble sequence immediately.

Indaura Ryssan: :: Watches ::

Maryse Dubois: ::Also seems to not be able to physically touch Red. In a snap decision, she grabs a tricorder and scans.::

Cptn Swain: Miranda, create the warp shell. We're going to have to chance it.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: ::She sent a ship-wide warning for everyone to hold on to their collective butts and then engaged the warp engines, gritting her teeth as the ship began to shudder.::

Cptn Swain: ::Takes the command seat:: Signal Enterprise of our intentions. +All+ This is the Captain, due to a testing accident, we're going to have to chance the transition now. All hands brace for impact and god speed.

VonDrake: ::glances over at some statuses:: All systems within limits so far. Engines aren't doing the job though.

Maryse Dubois: ::Grabs Blue and Indaura, pulling them to the floor.::

Rhan K'hal: +Enterprise+ Excalibur to Enterprise. So long and thanks for all the tachyons!

Rhan K'hal: Transferring ship attitude control to science.

Cptn Swain: ACTION> In a further display of CGI, the Excalibur opens a warp shell around itself as its engulfed in the temporal fissure.

VonDrake: ::eyebrows raise as he looks at Will::

Irene Mincine: :: Red's scans are fading slowly from existence the shakier the ride gets. :: Blue> "I... M-Maryse..." :: Blue has totally broken down, this being a whole lot more personal for her than anything else... she's dragged to the floor, which doesn't help much, either! ::

Indaura Ryssan: Great..

 

Cptn Swain: PAUSE SIM

Cptn Swain: PAUSE SIM

Cptn Swain: PAUSE SIM

 

 

AWARDS:

Cptn Swain: As i mentioned at the end of last week, we traditionally do awards on my birthday week, which is tonight.

William Chocox: Happy birthday!

Maryse Dubois: Happy Birthday!

Irene Mincine: happy birthday

Cptn Swain: Thank you. I want to also thank everyone for your continued support and participation on Excalibur. And if you don't get a "specific" award, know that I still value your contributions to our game.

Rhan K'hal: :: calls for the giant cake, and more importantly, the scantily clad yeoman inside it ::

Cptn Swain: So, first up...

Irene Mincine: the Best Irene award goes to

Cptn Swain: The Crispin Xavier Stamina Award will be delayed as we tabulate attendance.

Cptn Swain: So everyone gets a piece of cake, for now.

Maryse Dubois: woo

VonDrake: ::nudges the captain:: My attendance is 100% sir. ::wink::

William Chocox: ::eats::

Cptn Swain: Haha Von Drake

Rhan K'hal: This one has a smart mouth. I like.

Maryse Dubois: Fits right in

Cptn Swain: Captain's Quill and PADD award for outstanding contribution to Excalibur through a log or series of logs goes to ...

William Chocox: ::looks at the fine print:: Says here you must meet a minimum of 10 appearances.

Cptn Swain: Drum roll please

William Chocox: ((Do we have enough logs?))

William Chocox: ::ra pum pum pum::

Irene Mincine: they're floating down a river

Cptn Swain: Ensign Irene Mincine

Maryse Dubois: Yay

Irene Mincine: Yay

William Chocox: Whoo!

Irene Mincine: aren't I the only one besides you who writes any? :P

Cptn Swain: Hush

Maryse Dubois: Shh

Cptn Swain: Take the award.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Before I take it away.

Cptn Swain: Well its not an actual trophy anymore.

Irene Mincine: award!

Cptn Swain: I had to sell the real thing, but have this coupon for 2.99 off at Souper Salads,

Rhan K'hal: We'll all have plenty of time to log when we either a) get back to our own time and have to wait for a functional starship or b) have to make up backstory for new characters.

Irene Mincine: I had sushi for dinner so I'll accept that as my award

William Chocox: TELLARITE HERE I COME!

Cptn Swain: Alright next... Excalibur Starburst of Excellence, awarded to a player for their in-game contributions over the last year.

Cptn Swain: ::Looks at envelope:: I am so excited.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Don't mess up on the name this time.

Cptn Swain: And the winner is... The Brothers K'hal

Maryse Dubois: Woo

Rhan K'hal: Woo, Cait Power!

William Chocox: Excellent choice!

Irene Mincine: Yay

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Every year. It's K'hal, not K'hal.

Hakran K'hal: :: does one of those flying chest thump things ::

Maryse Dubois: hehe

Cptn Swain: You also get a 2.99 coupon to sopuer salads. You can fight over which one gets to us eit,

Rhan K'hal: Hak can have it, I don't eat rabbit food, I eat rabbits.

William Chocox: You sure it's not a Smeerp?

Cptn Swain: In addition, since you all handed over your peril cards. We'll be starting the "year" off with a new count. Everyone will get one "Get out of host Induced Peril" Card

William Chocox: Huzzah!

Rhan K'hal: :: puts it in the safe ::

Maryse Dubois: The real award.

Cptn Swain: So thats it for wards, though a big shout out again to our Order of the Round Table members: Miranda, Rhan and Maryse for their continued dedication to Excalibur.

Cptn Swain: Maybe next year we'll have some new inductees.