USS Excalibur, 09/08/24, 10:00 PM ET

September 10

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USS Excalibur - Sundays 10 ET - Command Staff: Cptn Swain, CdrMirandaHawthorne

Between 9/8/2024 9:05 PM and 9/8/2024 10:12 PM

MISSION BRIEF: Many years ago, when we last played, in the darkness of July 2024(?), the crew had seemingly returned to the correct universe, but a few days prior to their original arrival. We're going to bump up a quick few minutes or so we don't spend half the time with you all walking in coordiors. Irene was going to run scans with the science equipment to find out if they were in the correct universe, Rex and Staunton are in the command center, Will is going to the complex's "engineering" with his minion to check on things there, while Indura is in medical getting stuff to stab us all with radiation sickness prevention drugs. Questions and/or telling me I am wrong about where you were going?

Nope

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Rex> Looks over to Staunton as the wait for the colony's administrator to meet them in a small room off what was, effectively, the command center You know, Riker got duplicated once. You think him and totally_not_riker ever, you know?

Irene's in the science lab working on figuring out which universe they're in. A difficult question, usually.

William is down in “Engineering” with Reynolds, looking through the various power displays.

Yaron> A young local teenager who wasn't officially part of the science team, but who had been hanging around a lot lately. So, you're Starfleet? to Irene

Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::Eyes Rex.:: Played cards? Shared a meal? Had a fist fight? What?

Rex> Tries not to smirk You know mimes hugging an invisiable person and makes kissing faces (edited)

Ens Reynolds> ::Scratching head in confusion, trying to puzzle through it all.::

Irene's hard at work at a science console. "Mm-hmm. What are you, work study?"

Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::Snickers and shakes his head.:: Don't you think that'd be weird?

:: Gets her hypo ready ::

Yaron> I guess. I like to skip school and come down here instead. Way cooler than learning about dumb stuff.

9:13 PM

Rex> I mean... I know lots of people who do it in the holodeck.

9:14 PM

Rex> quickly Not me, mind you.

William has the same confusion on his face. “You’d think there would be a power drain with what we experienced…no?”

Cdr Jalen Stanton> Mmmhmm. ::Dubious::

Redding> The Colonial Administrator, a tall, lanky woman with deep purple hair walks win with Colm in tow Hello Commanders.

Ens Reynolds> I thought so, too, but nothing. It's like they never even had a problem here.

9:16 PM

Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::Stands to greet her.:: To you, as well, Administrator.

“So then…what happened? Are we duplicated? Are we even in the right universe?”

Irene> Smirks. "Yeah, I get that. You planning on trying to join Starfleet?"

Redding> Mister Colm here filled me... uh... in on the details.

9:17 PM

Yaron> Yeah! I've read all the stories about Picard and Kirk and Janeway.

Ens Reynolds> And are we even going to show up here? And if we do, are we going to go through the same steps? Or did we solve the issue?

“Those are all good questions…that I don’t have a lot of answers for.”

Redding> So if I have this straight, at some point our colony was going to be pauses affected by some kind of science experiment that would effectivelt remove us from being in phase with this universe and your crew responded to a distress signal, from me?

9:19 PM

Redding> Then you fixed whatever it was but in doing so you ended up back here and the experiment never happened?

9:19 PM

Redding> But you're out of synch with your own timelime?

Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::Nods.:: Essentially, yes. And we don't know if that means our ship will never arrive. If the experiment will continue and threaten you all once again. Or if we created another reality entirely. We may be here for a while.

Redding> Pinches the bridge of her ridged nose God I hate time travel.

9:22 PM

Redding> Well, we can certainly contact your ship.

(Sorry, allergies flaring up)

Irene> "It's never that exciting, you know. I mean, it can be, if you're on the ship that gets sent to all the weird crap that Starfleet picks up. Cataloging gaseous anomalies, that's what you do most of the time."

Yaron> Which one are you?

Cdr Jalen Stanton> We would very much appreciate that. If only to see if we are in the same timeline at all.

9:25 PM

Ens Reynolds> So, does their science experiment not exist? Or does it just not exist yet?

Redding> Nods and walks over to a panel, tapping a few times to bring up the communications window. What did you say the name of your ship was? If they're in the same quadrant, we should be able to raise them pretty quickly.

“Oh Lord, if it doesn’t exist, we wouldn’t exist… Though the guy responsible is off planet for an indeterminate amount of time.”

(( Paradox mother ahs!))

Irene> "Which one what?"

Yaron> Exciting or makes face yawn

Irene> "Me? Exciting. But I like cataloguing gaseous anomalies."

Yaron> Oh. What are you doing now?

9:28 PM

Yaron> Giving off extremely Weasley vibes

Ens Reynolds> And if he comes back, someone should defintely punch him in the head

“Yes, indeed. Or convince him his experiment isn’t necessary.”

Rex> The Excalibur.

Irene> "Trying to figure out which universe I'm in." Apparently, she is making the most of her diplomatic upbringing.

Yaron> Oooooo

9:31 PM

Yaron> Maybe I can help.

9:31 PM

Yaron> I wrote a paper about multiverses this semester.

9:31 PM

Redding> nods Alright, let's see what we've got here.

9:31 PM

(( everyone, give me a number 1-20 ))

9:32 PM

(( 8 for Rex ))

(( 11 ))

(( 12 ))

(( 16 ))

Irene> "Oh, did you? I'm a xenobiologist, not a quantum physicist..."

Yaron> And they have you doing this???

"We're fresh out of quantum physicists, unfortunately."

(4)

ACTION> Excalibur responds!

9:35 PM

% +Redding+ This is Captain Swain of the USS Excalibur.

9:36 PM

Redding> +Swain+ Well Captain, there's no delicate way to tell you this, but I have your first officer here.

% Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::Looks at Swain in confusion.:: Excuse me?

% Blinks a few times Why do I feel like I have a headache coming.

((Ooooooooh noooooooooooo))

:: Goes to give everyone a hypo ::

Cdr Jalen Stanton> I already have one, sir. The short of it is that we're in a bit of a time loop after responding to a distress beacon on this colony. Several of us have been sent back a few days before we actually arrived.

% Frowns deeply Well. That's not good.

To Reynolds “You know, be diplomatic rather than punching people.”

Redding> Under attack from the clones here, I see. Trying to lighten the mood

Ens Reynolds> I'm not good with diplomacy. It's why I'm an engineer.

Colm> They're not really, clones ma'am

“Well, as a Starfleet officer, we’re supposed to be better at diplomacy than fighting.”

% Sighs, looks over to Staunton, then to the viewer Send us your coordinates and we'll head that way. Probably the only way to figure this out.

Irene> "...really..." Looking quite bemused at this current mess they're in, in general.

% Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::Aghast.:: Uh...

% on mute If you have a better idea, now's the time. But we certainly can't figure out if they are who they say they are from here.

9:44 PM

Rex> to Staunton I imagine that's going to be a fun conversation when they get off the line.

% Irene> "Well, uh... I'm a xenobiologist, not a quantum physicist, sir..."

% Rex> having a dawning realization about who would likely be on an away team and suddenly also had a headache coming on

% “Unless there was an explosion, I don’t think it was my fault sir…”

Cdr Jalen Stanton> No, Swain is probably trying to reassure me that they can't figure out who we are until they come here and verify we are who we say we are.

9:47 PM

Cdr Jalen Stanton> Get ready for intense questioning.

Rex> Opposite me isn't going to be much happier either. Do you know how much paper work this is going to be?

%Cdr Jalen Stanton> I... uh... don't have any better ideas, sir. I'm just a bit shocked. If they are imposters, what would be the point? To infiltrate Excalibur? We need code words so you'll know I am so I say I am.

Redding> +Swain+ I am sending you our coordinates now, Captain.

9:49 PM

% Gives Staunton a look We can work out the uh, infosec procedures on the way. I feel pretty certain that there is, in fact, guidelines for this situation in the handbook. You know, with how many times there are in' duplicates created through various accidents and plotdevices.

9:50 PM

% Clicks off mute Thank you, Administraitor. See you soon.

% Irene> "So You've Encountered Your Quantum Duplicate, 4th Edition (now with Delta Quadrant-specific information)."

%Rex> You know, Riker got duplicated once. You think him and totally_not_riker ever, you know?

% “Are we still on a hot mic?”

(( give me a number hahaha ))

9:52 PM

(( 1-20 ))

(( 8 ))

( 2 )

((lmao))

9:52 PM

ACTION> We are, in fact, still on a hot mic and everyone in the colonial administrative room heard that.

9:52 PM

Rex> stares at Jalen

9:53 PM

%Clark> quickly cuts off the comm (edited)

(( Well, at least we know that Rex is Rex. ))

%Oblivious Helm, once you've got the coordinates, set course at best speed. Mister Clark, let starbase know we're diverting to uh... investigate something.

Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::Eyes Rex.:: A freak in any iteration, I guess.

Rex> Well. Sheepishly I guess we know I am me.

9:55 PM

Redding and Colm> Looking at them both blankly

9:55 PM

%Clark> Yes, sir.

% William is just wondering how Swain is not mortified.

% Hmm I suppose we should ahve asked who was on the away team. Playing with a lock of hair But I guess that is easy to figure out.

% “Well, we know for sure that Stanton and Rex are there.”

% Val> "Aye, Cap. I'll pretend I heard none of that."

% Rex> Also completely unaware they were on a hot mic Well, generally sir, we probably would assume a normal away team. So, we know Staunton, so likely me, Mincine, Will, Dr. Ryssan, probably some assistants.

% “Oh god, Reynolds is down there…”

% Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::Nods.:: I would concur. Rex, inform the rest to report to the bridge. We need to have a team meeting before we arrive.

%Rex> nods Aye, sir.

9:59 PM

(( two minute warning ))

10:00 PM

ACTION> The Excalibur jumps to warp headed for the planet as the credits and TO BE CONTINUED roll.

10:00 PM

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You know, in all the years I've been doing this

10:02 PM

(I just passed my 20th anniversary of simming lmao) I have never done a QUANTUM DUPLICATES plot

(( actually 21 years, sometime in the summer ))

If I had a nickel for every time I was in a Star Trek sim dealing with out of phase crew members this past month. I’d have two nickels.

10:03 PM

Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?

next fall will be my 20th of running excalibur

10:03 PM

we've done out of phase before

10:03 PM

we've done dead people brought back before

10:03 PM

I've never done full on duplicates in the same timeframe

I have no memory of any previous plots, so it's all new to me.

@CdrMirandaHawthorne I am envisioning nan's visceral reaction to the idea of two destorie's

Nor do I want to think about how long I've been simming.

10:04 PM

LoL

WONDER TWIN POWER'S ACTIVATE

I think I was in Junior High the first time I was on Excalibur.

We did once do a plot I borrowed loosely from MTG about shattered planes of existence convering.

10:06 PM

And had versions of people who had died in our timeline walking around

Interesting

anyway have a good night! i should be aroiund again more

Night, all.

though something to ponder: how would people feel about moving back an hour-ish. no need to say y/n tonight

It honestly wouldn't matter to me. If I have anything on Sunday nights, its an all night deal. If not, I'm free all night.

The only thing would be dinner with the family, but now that I can sim on the phone reasonably easily it’s not as big a deal.

I'm fine either way.

William Chocox

I think I was in Junior High the first time I was on Excalibur.

I was a sophomore in High School and it was 17 years ago.

Maybe I'll not have this allergy thing

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