Tauxik Waste!

[Sergio Giovanni 0]

"Tauxik Waste!"

Log entry 21: 25 January, 2155

 

With Commodore Moose and the Suliban Tauxik in the Ready Room, Sergio sat at his Science station on the bridge. He was more than glad to be back on the Challenger after their brief stay on Epsilon Indi, where they learned about the Andorian "Cold Stone" project to overthrow the Vulcan High Command. Tauxik the Suliban, in a stark contrast to the first time they'd met, seemed to be very friendly to Moose and the crew.

 

But of course, Sergio still trusted him as far as he can throw him. Enroute to their next mission, Sergio did what he could to learn as much information of the region as he can, so he and his team would know what they're up against. But as he was finishing, the Challenger received a comm from Starfleet Command. It was Admiral Gartener, the man replacing Admiral Forrest after he died in that tragic explosion in Vulcan a few months back.

 

Admiral Gartner contacted the Challenger informing them that an asteroid was heading towards a colony nearby, and they were ordered to either get them out or stop the asteroid. The colony itself had a population of 400 persons, and few old transport ships. But noone knew yet if they could fly. The Challenger changed its course and headed to the colony at Warp 4.

 

Sergio got to work and instructed his assistants to find ways to stop the asteroid. Geex, this sounds like one of those 20th Century Sc-Fi flicks. He thought to himself. Actually, there was two movies released in the late 1990s on this very subject. Deep Impact, starring Morgan Freeman and Armageddon starring Bruce Willis.

 

In both movies, a giant asteroid was headed for Earth. In Armageddon, Bruce Willis attempted to place explosives on an asteroid the size of Texas in the attempt to destroy it and stop it from hitting Earth. But.. sadly, it failed and hit Paris. In Deep Impact, no action was made to stop the asteroid and the impact caused a giant tsumani wiping out the United States East Coast.

 

Not wanting a repeat on those unfortunate endings, Sergio and his team worked together to find a suitable explosives to destroy the asteroid and prevent it from hitting the planet. His teams planning on conducting simulations on varoious explosives. Meanwhile, the Challenger was placed on evacuation orders in the even that an asteroid crash cannot be prevented.

 

But with a crew compliment of 82 persons, and a maximum capacity of 100 people at most, the 225 metre Challenger wasn't designed as a transport vessel, and simply lacked the room for all 400 colonists. Sure, maybe they could squeeze some on the colonists shsips. If they have any and their still running, but it will be a tigt squeeze for both Challenger crew and colonists alike.

 

Sergio sighed as he knew he had only a few days top to work on a plan to either stop the asteroid, or cram 400 people in the Challenger safely. Time was against them. Didn't have a moment to lose. Sergio tapped at the keyboard researching asteroids, scanning this one and finding a way to help these people as best he can.

Edited January 25, 2005 by Sergio Giovanni