It's Now or Never

[Sergio Giovanni 0]

"It's Now or Never"

Log entry 22: 01 February, 2155

 

The Challenger slowly continued to creep up to it's designated co-ordinates. At the Tactical Console, Sergio's fingers danced just above the Torpedo Launch button ready to do his thing. According to his crack team of billiant assistants, a firing of five torpedoes in full spread duirectly into the asteroid at a frequency of about 5.944 MHz should be enough to divert it away from the colony.

 

An idea from the new Vulcan Scientist, Ens. T'Parek, the blast should generate a kind of "Seismic wave" and push the asteroid away from the planet. Hopefully sparing it and saving the colony. In the meanwhile, the Challenger's fleet of shuttlepods disembarked from the Challenger to retreive the colonists incase of failure.

 

Sergio knows he has to act fast. He monitored his assistant's progress of theorising and fine-tuning the seismic wave adnd simulators scrutinising the results. Finaly ascertaining that this seismic wave theory is the best and safest way to save the colony. 400 lives were at stake as well the livlihood of the people there. Error wasn't an option.

 

According to last check, it would be about s day before the asteroid was scheduled to impact with the planet. A beep from his console, told Sergio that the Challenger has reached her designated co-ordinates. Sergio pressed the Torpedo Launch button and watched as the five set of torpedoes streaked towards the asteroid on the view screen. Crossing his fingers, and saying a silent prayer in his mind Sergio hoped against hope that this would work and turn out fine.