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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 16:34:44 GMT
Mission 14 – “Shake Down” Part 2
Sim Date: September 10, 2016 IC Date: December 3, 2370 @ 13:15:00 Stardate: 47922.06 Attendance: 4 SokothQultuq as Captain Oliver Savage – Commanding Officer/Sim Master DharmaHelper as Commander Sullivan “Sully” Derringer – Executive Officer/Helmsman SpaceDaisy as Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer InsertNameHere as Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer
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If you know anyone who might have an interest in this activity, please feel free to actively recruit. The more we have the better.
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Stuff is broken! Were still flying to Vulcan currently at Impulse power. Were basically picking up where we left off last sim.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Location: USS Tempest NCC-1852-A, Deck 1 - Captains Ready Room
The usual view of the Captain’s ready room appears on screen; Oliver is sitting at his desk reading a PADD. “Captain’s log, Stardate: 47922.06. Like most shakedown cruises this one is not without its issues. We’ve managed to get our Warp Drive back online and are running it through its paces.” He shifts in his chair. “I’ve perhaps found a hidden talent in Mr. Cleveland as I asked him to interrogate our Prisoner. He was able to find out with the help of Fluffy that he belongs to the Orion Syndicate. The apparent leader of this particular faction goes by the name Brek’udan”.
Leaning back into his chair. “Starfleet is concerned as there have been several other bombings to Federation and Starfleet installations and vessels. The USS Merrimac was nearly destroyed when an apparent suicide bomber detonated inside the engineering deck of the ship. Quick thinking by the ships chief engineer saved the ship but at the cost of their life.” He tosses the PADD onto his desk. “A bunch of misguided thugs if you ask me.” He collects a mug from the table and takes a drink staring into it with a sour face. Standing he crosses over to the Replicator, deposits the cup and hits the recycle button causing the usual whirling sound from the device. “Tea, Hot, with Lemon!” he says and again the machine makes its sound and he pulls forth a steaming mug. Crossing back to his chair. “Starfleet has decided to commit some resources to this problem and has started looking into who this person is “Brek’udan” as they obviously have some influence. There have been nineteen incidents to date, and at last report nearly one hundred dead.” He settles into his chair and takes a drink from his mug.
“Were not far out from Vulcan now, perhaps about another seven hours on our current schedule. We should be on time for our rendezvous with the prison transport ship and for our cargo exchange, then its on to Denobula for another cargo drop, this time medical supplies. End Log!”
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 16:37:19 GMT
Mission 15 – “Shakedown ” Part 3
Sim Date: September 17, 2016 IC Date: December 4, 2370 @ 05:00:00 Stardate: 47923.85 Attendance: 5 SokothQultuq as Captain Oliver Savage – Commanding Officer/Sim Master InsertNameHere as Lieutenant J.G. Johnny Cleveland – Tactical Officer SpaceyDaisy as Lieutenant Commander Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer Bea as Ensign Eldrida – Head Councilor Epi as Corinthian – Security Officer
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= OOC & Pre Sim Information: The usual – Don’t Forget to post a biography of your character if you’ve not.
Recruiting – If you know anyone who might be interested in trying this please don’t hesitate to invite them. The more we have the better.
I found a way to better organize the Sim Master Actions from my Characters to better help with the flow of things in the Sim. Hopefully you will find this much easier to follow going forward.
We did have a visitor in Epignosis to try out the Sim but found it wasn’t for him. Hopefully he will give it a try again in the future.
Welcome to Bea as they have decided to join our intrepid crew as our new Head Councilor. Welcome aboard Bea.
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The USS Tempest has spent the last few weeks making its way to Vulcan testing out our new Warp Drive. So far everything has gone well. Engineering has managed to get some of the Transporters up and running. Lighting restored on some decks and various other things fixed. (I will update the list later), the ship is coming up on Vulcan we are about 10 Minutes out at the moment. At this layover we will be offloading supplies in exchange for medical supplies for our next leg. We have a few new crewbies reporting aboard (This is where Epi & Bea can bring their characters aboard? You guys can start on Vulcan at the space port waiting for our arrival. Our prisoner will be leaving our care at this layover. Any questions, comments, concerns or death threats?
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Location: USS Tempest NCC-1852-A, Bridge Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer
The bridge of the USS Tempest appears; Oliver is pacing the bridge. He passes the viewscreen which shows an image of Vulcan passing by on the left and another vessel which has just come into orbit ahead of the Tempest. “Captain’s log, Stardate: 47923.85. We’ve made standard orbit at Vulcan and have begun our cargo exchange. We are still awaiting the arrival of the prison transport ship to take possession of our prisoner, we did receive a transmission from them letting us know they were running behind but should be here before our schedule departure time. So far the cargo exchange has gone well.” He stops pacing staring at the viewscreen.
“Lieutenant Cleveland has been rushed to Sickbay by the doctor and our new councilor after some incident involving fluffy, I’m still waiting for the details. Hopefully this is just something new with Fluffy and nothing seemingly life threatening. The doctor didn’t indicate that this was such but hopefully I will get an update soon. Part of me wants to go down there but I know I will just be in the way. So business as usual.” He walks across the bridge and settles into the command chair. The camera panning the bridge to follow.
“Chief Vor has provided an update on our outfitting and continued construction of the ship. He’s managed to make good headway despite having less staff. I assume that has more to do with the fact that he’s not dealing with the yard staff. They are a bright bunch over there but common sense seems to be lacking in most cases when you deal with intelligence. Seems to be a constant in the universe no matter what time your in. End Log.”
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 16:39:19 GMT
Transmission Date: December 4, 2370 @ 14:57:01 Stardate: 47924.99
The normal intro music and image comes on screen of the Federation News Network indicating a special report is coming. A surreal scene appears behind a young woman standing in front of what appears to be a cargo depot, in the background people are frantically running around and a unbelievable fire rages in a large building which has clearly spilled over into the cargo container space. “This is Balinda McCroy reporting to you live from Denobula where an outrageous attack believed to have been made by Orion Syndicate members on this medical supplies facility on Denobula Prime. It has severely crippled the Denobulan medical community and their need for critical supplies to continue the efforts fighting the Tenebula Cellular Necrosis virus. In those containers burning behind me was those much needed supplies. This in a string of brazen attacks made by members of the Orion Syndicate today.” The camera pans away to show the level of destruction which spreads beyond the camera’s view, several fires can be seen burning in other areas of the storage facility. “To date the Syndicate have hit in total now twenty-nine targets all throughout the federation and Starfleet specifically. This on the second day campaign by the Syndicate.” The camera pans back to the golden haired human. “Back to you in the studio!” The view changes to a news room, several monitors in the background show pictures of various other incidents. “We’ve just been told that another incident has occurred aboard another Federation Starship, the USS Exeter which has left the vessel in grave danger. We go live to our correspondent who is aboard the Exeter. “the camera changes to a distorted image which clears up nearly to show the image of an Orion woman in a Starfleet Uniform who is checking the vitals of someone in the background who was dressed in civilian attire. “What happened?” someone called out as they enter the camera’s view. “Secondary explosion!” the Orion woman says as she stands up. “Life support?” he asks staring into the gaping black hole. She simply shakes her head and the two move out of the view of the camera. The sound of the intercom comes to life; a male voice fills the speaker. “This is the Captain speaking, all hands to emergency escape pods. All hands, abandon ship!” The camera feed cuts back to the studio. “Something clearly terrible has happened aboard the Exeter. This has been the scene across the federation for the last two days. Bombs and sabotage. The death toll has risen to an estimated two hundred now. More as our story develops!” the image of the Federation news network appears on screen.
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 16:42:00 GMT
Mission 16 – “Shakedown” Part 4
Sim Date: September 24, 2016 IC Date: December 4, 2370 Time: 18:30:13 Stardate: 47925.39 Attendance: 5 SokothQultuq as Captain Oliver A. Savage – Commanding Officer & Sim Master DharmaHelper as Sully Derringer – Executive Officer SpaceDaisy42 as Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer InsertNameHere33 as Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer DeezNutzRripe as Kosh – Head Chef
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I posted a new Audio Log, hopefully will have time to catch up with more over the next few weeks.
The sim is going to pick up on the next day, we will have departed Vulcan and on our way to Denobula.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Mission Briefing: We are essentially picking up form where we left off. The USS Tempest is currently in orbit still going through cargo transfer. The Transport were waiting for has been delayed. Johnny is just now being dragged into sickbay, Fluffy is nowhere to be found. Any Questions? Comments? Death Threats?
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The video recorder comes online showing Oliver standing against the star field of his window at the back of his ready room. “Captain’s log, Stardate: 47925.39, Supplemental. I’m sorry to report that it is likely that the crew of the S.S. Golden Nair was sacked by what we can only assume was Orion pirates. During our cargo exchange an audio report came in stating they had been attached and repelled but took damage to their comm systems. With some smart deductive thinking by our Executive Officer Derringer we were ready. The ship took very minimal damage, the chief tells me our shield grid handled the overload well and repairs were quick. We’ve finished our cargo exchange and will be departing from Vulcan in the morning.” He pauses in some sort of self-reflection. “I gave Sully the chance to lead the engagement against the S.S. Golden Nair, and he did exceptionally well. Though I had my doubts about taking on such a green executive officer I was very impressed with his reaction time and process.”
He shifts, “Mr. Cleveland seems to have recovered from his ordeal, from the doctors briefing it seems something happened between him and Fluffy which may have caused them to create some sort of bond. Deeper than just a chosen companion, a mental link. They can apparently talk and so far Johnny seems a bit…” he considers his words. “I am concerned, I thought this thing very well harmless until now and though it does seem to be harmless still I don’t know what to think of it. We do know that Fluffy is learning. So far it’s only really talked to the doctor and Johnny verbally so only time will tell. With them able to now scan fluffy who knows what we will find out about this creature.” He turns and glances at his desk and a pile of growing padds.
“Starfleet has informed me that at least six of their intelligence operatives were found by local authorities on Vulcan. They were brutally tortured which is likely how they knew about the prisoner transport. An encrypted message was found on one of the bodies, once Starfleet decrypts it they will be forwarding it on to us. For now our mission stays the same, on to Denobula for a cargo drop and continued shakedown of the ship. End log!”
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 16:44:39 GMT
Mission 17 – “Shakedown” Part 5
Sim Date: October 1, 2016 IC Date: December 9, 2370 Time: 14:20:55 Stardate: 47938.62 Attendance: 4 SokothQultuq as Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer DharmaHelper as Commander Sully Derringer – Executive Officer SpaceDaisy as Lieutenant Commander Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer InsertNameHere as Lieutenant Junior Grade Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= OOC & Pre Sim Information: We had a visitor to the sim to observe who may choose to join us from time to time. JenTroy.
The usual – Don’t forget to post a Biography on the forums if you’ve not done so already.
Updated Fluffy’s bio.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Mission Briefing: The USS Tempest has left Vulcan behind and we are currently in transit to the Denobulan homeworld to deliver much needed medical supplies. It's about 14:20, and we've been in transit for about 5 days. We are currently on duty.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Location: USS Tempest NCC-1852-A, Deck 1, Bridge Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer
“Captains log, Stardate: 47938.62, supplemental. The USS Tempest is currently in Transit to the planet Denobula to deliver much needed medical supplies in light of recent terrorist activity brought on by the Orion Syndicate. They’ve been bombing facilities all over the federation and word has reach Starfleet intelligence that the Klingons have been experiencing the same problems, though they are reluctant to divulge that information to us outright. Klingons have a certain way of not talking about their problems with outsiders. Regardless these supplies are much needed.” He shifts in his chair.
“Earlier this afternoon we ran across a surprise, a rather large comet. It didn’t really match anything in our database nor our hazardous spatial objects database so we choose to take a look. During routine scans we detect a structure on the large hunk of minerals and ice. Commander Derringer took a small away team over to the comet via shuttle to investigate. Their report upon coming back to the ship was nothing but a mystery. We spent the last several hours scanning, and sending over additional away teams to catalog the ruins and set up a navigational hazard bouy to keep ships from potentially running afoul of the thing.” He stands up and starts walking up towards the science stations behind the horseshoe taking a moment to look over one of the science officers shoulders a moment.
“While Sully’s team was exploring the ruins they came across a sort of chamber at the center of the only room, and of course Johnny Cleveland couldn’t help but touch the thing.” He nods, and starts moving back around towards the command area again. “There was a glowing object at the center of it, and upon contact with Johnny’s fingertips it cut him and caused the chamber to open. The Away team described a disembodied voice that spoke to them, and what they didn’t know is that we heard it here on the ship as well. It was quite disconcerting.” He shifts uneasy in his chair.
“So we’ve continued our exploration of this site, scans after the fact were able to determine that this was some sort of tomb as there was residual cellular decay found in the thing, and I’m told by the archeological team that the symbols found all over the interior are certainly from Earth, more specifically Greek origination, essentially its very old Cypriot Syllabary. Most of the writings are extremely worn but they were able to make out a few words, and what could only be a warning. Though they couldn’t make out the name entirely we know it contains the letters M, U, and S. The other three letters we have yet to make out. She clearly said she would be back which honestly makes me a little nervous. The doctor ran extensive scans of each of the away team members including Fluffy and were unable to find out anything specific that might have effected them adversely. I’ve informed Starfleet of the find, and they’ve given us another couple of hours to wrap things up since were needed terribly on Denobula. They have dispatched a science vessel to finish were we leave off. This has given us a chance to test our laboratories, as well as the ships sensor systems so it has been an advantageous diversion. End log!”
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 16:47:12 GMT
Mission 18 – “Through a looking glass” Part 1
Sim Date: November 5, 2016 IC Date: March 1, 2371 Time: 11:34:04 Stardate: 48162.96 Attendance: 5 SokothQultuq as Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer DharmaHelper as Commander Sully Derringer – Executive Officer SpaceDaisy as Lieutenant Commander Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer InsertNameHere as Lieutenant Junior Grade Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer Bea as Ensign Eldrida– Ships Councilor
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Just as a reminder, ensure that you’ve gone onto Star Trek: Engages website and created your character profile on the site. Were almost set up with them, they just need our character profiles set up so they can assign them to the ship in their system. Soon we should have everything up and going over there.
Thank you guys for your understanding and patience while we make this transition. It’s most appreciated.
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We’re jumping forward a ways, the Tempest made its rounds on its shakedown cruise coming back full circle to Utopia Planitia and was given her clean bill of health and set to operational status. We then transited on to our new duty station on the edge of Federation Space, a planet called Pacifica. An ocean world with very little land, which is primarily a resort. There is a small space station (Think Regula I sized) here which is a jumping off point for two other Starfleet Vessels exploring space near here as beyond this point is mostly unexplored. We left Pacifica about eight days ago and on our own mission of exploration. All in all, the trip has taken nearly 2 months to traverse from the SOL System to our present location. We've just dropped out of Warp near an unexplored solar system. It supports one class M world; most others are devoid of life but in some cases capable of supporting it.
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“Captains Log, Stardate 48162.96. Were about eight days out of Pacifica in our exploration mission, we’ve happened upon a mystery. A planet with a sensor dead zone. Try as we might our sensor will not penetrate the field. The Science department has determined that the thing is about a mile in diameter, while engineering is telling me that it shares some properties with a Warp Field. A mystery to be certain. Commander Derringer, Doctor Kestran, Lieutenant Cleveland, and councilor Trost all headed down to the surface in a shuttlecraft to have a look in person. They are still some time from checking in but I find myself concerned as we’ve lost contact with them. About twenty minutes ago there was a spike in energy from the dead zone field.” He shifts in his chair. “There was a very small spike in Chronoton particles. That alone has me confused.” He says. “I’ll give the commander the benefit of the doubt and wait before I get too worried. Then again his methods are somewhat unorthodox so waiting is the best option at this time. End log!”
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 16:50:45 GMT
Mission 19 – “Off Duty - Holodeck Antics”
Sim Date: November 12, 2016 IC Date: February 28, 2371 Time: 18:45:00 Stardate: 48161.04 ST:E Stardate: 11911.12 Attendance: 4 DharmaHelper as Commander Sully Derringer – Executive Officer SpaceDaisy as Lieutenant Commander Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer InsertNameHere as Lieutenant Junior Grade Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer Bea as Ensign Eldrida– Ships Councilor
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= OOC & Pre Sim Information: Due to unforeseen circumstances I was unable to be in attendance at this sim. Annie was great in taking the time to run something off-duty for the group that did show. Thank you!
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Mission Briefing: This was an off duty simulation that took place between our arrival at Pacifica and embarking on our exploration of space in and around Pacifica. Elianna had a Holodeck program she wanted to try out and invited Eldrida, Johnny, and Sully along.
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“Captains Log, Stardate: 48161.04. The USS Tempest has been on our predetermined course for the last two days, we’ve not found much in our exploration duties. The ship and crew have been performing admirably. Crew rotations are still in the works and I’m operating with about two thirds of my crew. There were some issues with crew transfers which are being worked out. Were due to be out on exploration duty for two months then back to Pacifica for system’s diagnostics and leave.” He settles back in his chair. “Since most of the crew is still green and has not had much deep space experience were easing them in. I won’t complain about some R&R on Pacifica, but I am looking forward to getting back to exploring. End log.”
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 16:53:22 GMT
Mission 20 – “Through the looking glass” Part 2
Sim Date: November 26, 2016 IC Date: March 1, 2371 Time: 12:29:35 Stardate: 48163.06 ST:E Stardate: 11611.26 Attendance: 4 SokothQultuq as Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer DharmaHelper as Commander Sully Derringer – Executive Officer SpaceDaisy as Lieutenant Commander Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer InsertNameHere as Lieutenant Junior Grade Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer
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If you’ve not gotten your Character profile put up on ST:E site please do. We need to make an effort to have them up on the site by this coming Saturday so they can open us up to recruiting. They are also going to start actively recruiting for us at this time. We want to have you in there so they can assign your character to the ship in your position. That is why it is so important. They don’t want any confusion when it comes to what they are recruiting for. So please help me out by doing this before the sim on Saturday.
IMPORTANT: This coming Saturday’s sim is going to have a major character development plot point for everyone. We’ve just been shoved 20 years into the future. Everyone we’ve ever known has suddenly aged 20 years. Anyone you left behind has just aged 20 years. 20 years of history has just suddenly passed us by. We’re going to find this out, and have to cope with it. Did you have relatives that died? Family or friends that died during the Dominion War? All stuff to think about.
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The away team has made it to the ship, you've detected a life sign coming from the ships Sickbay. You know that the ship is very old. It's been here for a long time, yet some of its systems are still functional. The vessel will of course never fly again. Life support systems are no longer functional accept for fans which help pump the outside air into the ship. It's rather dusty inside. Your still at the point of entry you made. I believe INH is still mostly covered in mud. If I missed something, please let me know.
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“Captains Log Supplemental, Commander Derringer and the away team have been down on the surface for nearly an hour now. The Commander popped out about ten minutes ago from the bubble and made a quick report that has me a little worried about the state of affairs down planet side. I may need to work more closely with Sully on his personnel handling skills. But then again he is down on the planet with Johnny.” He sighs “Part of me misses that job, going down with the away team. But a Captain’s got his place. Over the course of the last twenty minutes we’ve recorded some strange fluctuations in that sensor dead zone.”
“Captain, I’m getting some strange readings from the surface!” The ships Operations officer called out suddenly. “The away team just exited the bubble and are running for their shuttle. The sensor dead zone is expanding. Rapidly.”
“Get me the away team!” he said.
“I can’t sir, interference from the bubble!” she called back to him.
“Helm prepare to break orbit!” he said standing and crossing the bridge.
“The shuttle is away sir, that bubble is hot on their tail. It’s expanding rapidly!” she ran her hands across the console in front of her. “I’ve got an incoming transmission from the shuttle.”
Sully’s voice suddenly came to live over the bridge intercom. “Away team inbound!”
Oliver let out a sigh of relief. “We see it, get the hell out of there now!” There was a brief pause.
“One… umm sur… One additional.” Sully said.
“They’ve landed!” the operations officer said. “The bubble is still expanding!”
“Helm, get us out of here. Enga…” there is a sudden spike in static, bunch of odd noises. Bodies hitting the floor. Then Silence. Unnerving silence. The log continues to record for about an hour then finally auto closes.
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 16:57:15 GMT
Mission 21 “Through the looking glass” Part 3 Sim Date: December 3, 2016 IC Date: December 4, 2396 Stardate: 73923.95 ST:E Stardate: 11612.04 Attendance: SokothQultuq as Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer DharmaHelper as Commander Sully Derringer – Executive Officer SpaceDaisy as Lieutenant Commander Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer InsertNameHere as Lieutenant Junior Grade Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer Glorfindle/Corky as Cadet Corcoran – Science Officer ================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================OOC & Pre Sim Information: Thank you everyone for signing up for the Star Trek: Engage site so we can get set up. Our official launch should take place either prior to Christmas, or just after the new year I’d wager. They are very excited to have us. I’m likewise excited about our new partnership and what’s to come. Our crew should hopefully begin to round out. As soon as were live and our Forums are up on their site as well as our IRC channel has been added I will make sure to let you know. For now, you should see a roster for the ship available on the site with your character’s listed in the positions they fill. ST:E does not technically have a “Councilors” position so Eldra Trost will be listed as an “AUX” or auxiliary position. Aohibe said she would be having the site admin fix everyone’s ranks so that should be done soon. (Hopefully they fix that glitch on the page too..) Once we have forums up I will also be migrating our logs from the Syndicate site there too so there is a copy of the old logs as well on the new site. I will continue updating and posting logs to the Syndicate site too so we can keep up contact and appearance on the Syndicate site. Thank you again for helping us make this transition. You guys and gals are awesome! Another milestone and it may not seem like a lot but it is in today’s simming world, we’ve managed to break 20 Missions run. That’s 20 weeks and going. So congrats and great job. These things sometimes do not last very long when trying to kick start something in a seemingly stagnant world for Star Trek. So thank you very much for making this happen. So it’s officially announced, your essentially 22 years in the future. Not aged a day, but the rest of the galaxy has been through it. So you understand where we are in the timeline, read this when you have time: www.startrekengage.com/odn/game_history================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================Mission Briefing: The USS Tempest is currently adrift and in low power mode. Those of you who were in the shuttle wake up in the shuttle. You feel like you've slept for many days. The egress hatch on the shuttle is open, and Sully appears to be missing. Sully is in his quarters shortly after having done his logs. most of the crew is starting to wake up at their posts, disoriented. There are some minorinjuries from falling. 2 crewmen who fell a considerable distance will be brought into sickbay. ================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================Location: USS Tempest NCC-1852-A, Deck 8, Room 808 – Captain Savage, Oliver Alexander Quarters “Captains log Stardate 73923.95, the last few days have been trying for both myself and the crew of the Tempest. Realization that were not where we belong. Were a crew and a ship out of time. The last few days has been trying as we’ve been trying to piece together what to do, we’ve determined through all the options we can think of that going back isn’t an option. We’ve jumped 25 years nearly into our future. Loved ones have moved on, or have been lost. Wars have been fought. The very fabric of the federation has changed with shifts in power.” He pauses taking a drink from a glass tumbler full of a brown liquid. “I’ve been trying to think about how to approach both Johnny and Sully regarding their recent behavior towards one another. Their behavior upon returning from the away mission points towards some issues on both sides.” He pauses to consider his words. “Johnny has a lot to learn about his place in the world, owning up to his uniform and deciding if he wants to continue his career in Starfleet. It’s clear to me that if he continues on his course it will be a destructive one. Perhaps he’s my lost cause that I want to help find himself but I’m not sure if anyone can help Johnny but Johnny.” he takes another drink from the glass. “Sully on the other hand is the other side of the spectrum, a dedicated officer who wants to do bigger and better things with his career.” He leans back on the small couch. “Watching Sully and how he interacts with the crew I cannot help but think that his Ego is a bit too inflated and he needs some humbling.” He sighs, “Maybe realization that Starfleet’s in a recovery phase and is looking for new Captain’s might put some pressure on him to perform differently. Maybe the weight of being displaced in time will also carry some weight.” “Sully and Johnny did get into it on the bridge after returning from their mission, it was clear they had something they needed to work out so I let them. I took some time to think about bringing some sort of disciplinary action on the both of them but I have other things in mind. Sully will have to learn to work with Johnny, and Johnny’s going to have to learn to follow orders and to a certain extend respect the chain of command and Sully’s position. Going into the Academy my good friend Todd Neighbors and another Academy student Thomas Lightmore got into it nearly every single day at the Academy, all the way till our third year. They got sent off to do Survival Training together and when they came back the two of them were thick as thieves. Those two maintained a competitive spirit for a long time through the Academy, and even as they moved on. The two of them ended up as Captain and First officer on a ship during the Dominion war, they had a pretty amazing service record and survived all the way up to the last push on Cardassia where they both lost their lives.” He pauses and holds up his glass and takes a drink. “A lot of my classmates are gone.” He says mournfully. “It’s a sobering fact when you look into history, even a quick abridged version of it. You realize that you likely would have been part of the casualty list with as often as the Dominion targeted Galaxy class vessels. Part of me thanks my lucky stars, but part of me knows that our fate would have been different.” “Anyhow, I get the feeling that Sully knows more than he’s lead on. Speaking to Elianna about their return and waking up he wasn’t with them when they were conscious and the shuttle door was opened. Sully even made a log during his time still awake. Granted it wasn’t long before we all woke but why him? Why has he been reluctant to talk about it at all. I intend on discussing this with the councilor and suggesting strongly that she start seeing him. Might have to have Johnny go see her to work out some of his demons. Starfleet is already talking about sending extra councilors to see the crew to help them cope with what’s happened. We’re going to be here at Pacifica for a while so were going to make the best of it. Granted were mostly on shore leave until further notice, but who knows what kind of trouble that will bring.” He took another drink from his glass and paused for a long moment. “I was relieved to hear that both of my Sisters made it through the wars, and while one is still playing an active role in Starfleet Security the other left Starfleet to start a private practice on Denobula Prime. She would choose the galactic epicenter for medical things to take her practice. She’s apparently had quite the success. Now I have to make that most interesting communications call, to let my family know I’m still alive. It should be a shock.” He said setting down the now empty glass. “My crew and I have a lot of history to catch up on. I wager it will not be an easy transition for many of them. They were all young kids mostly, now they are still young while everyone they knew is 20 years older. End log!” ================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 16:59:49 GMT
Mission 22 – “Through the Looking Glass” Part 4 Sim Date: December 10, 2016 IC Date: December 4, 2396 Time: 14:48:05 Stardate: 73925.18 Attendance: 5 SokothQultuq as Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer DharmaHelper as Commander Sully Derringer – Executive Officer SpaceDaisy as Lieutenant Commander Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer InsertNameHere as Lieutenant Junior Grade Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer Glorfindel as Cadet Cameron Corcoran – Science Officer ================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================OOC & Pre Sim Information: Well the good news is we’ve already started getting new Crew on board, someone by the name of Sam has joined the crew as an Auxiliary crew person. Which I’m not sure what that equates to as far as a position yet but we’ve got our first crewperson from Star Trek: Engage! ================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================Mission Briefing: The crew of the Tempest has returned to Pacifica, the ship has essentially been impounded and the crew subjected to a battery of medical checks and a large variety of security checks. With the ship having been listed as missing and persumed destroyed it's been an interesting situation to say the least. As of right now the crew were given permission to occupy the ship once more but were still essentially grounded for the time being and technically on shore leave indefinably. We've been given the stations facilities as well as permission to visit the planet Pacific itself. If your not familiar, Pacifica is a water world of sorts, it has very little land mass, extremely deep oceans. There are a few islands that the pacificans have turned into resorts for the crew. (About the planet: memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Pacifica) (and about the inhabitants: memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Selkie) so you may choose to stay aboard ship or go roast on a beach or holodeck. Whatever your poison. Any questions, comments or death threats? ================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================Location: Pacifica, Lau Rhianna Continent, South Beach Source: COM UNIT 3252B21-116 – Uplink – USS Tempest NCC-1852-A A sounds of island music and a beach can be heard as the recording picks up. “Personal Log, I can’t help but feel like I’ve abandoned my crew, but at the same time I think it should help with team building. I did not lie about where I was heading. Now I’m deep into a good book on the beach drinking something tasty. Maybe Johnny is right, maybe it just hasn’t hit me yet.” He pauses. “Twenty years has passed, countless people have died, and I can’t understand why it is that I feel nothing.” He pauses lost in thought for a moment. “Something’s not right with Sully, he’s been acting strange since they came back from the USS Paris. I did take note of a security alert that Sully has been trying to access a level ten classified record. I took a bit of interest and attempted to access the file and found that I don’t even have access. I sent a request to command asking for access as part of our ongoing investigation, but so far I’ve gotten no reply. I’m starting to wonder if that’s why Starfleet is mulling over what to do with us, maybe were on to something. I think I’ll let Sully continue to poke around for a bit to see how it goes. I’ve got a backdoor program monitoring his progress so once he knows something I should as well. I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place not knowing what’s next, for now I guess I need to figure out my own issues with this and wait. Could be worse ways to wait.” He pauses as a very low rumble is picked up over the audio. “What the hell!” there are the sounds of concern in the background. “I think we just had an earthquake. End Log!” ================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 17:02:47 GMT
Mission 23 – “Through the Looking Glass ” - Part 5
Sim Date: December 17th, 2016 IC Date: December 5th 2393 Time: 09:50:12 Stardate: 73927.34 Attendance: SokothQultuq as Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer DharmaHelper as Commander Sully Derringer – Executive Officer SpaceDaisy as Lieutenant Commander Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer InsertNameHere as Lieutenant Junior Grade Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer Glorfindel as Cadet Cameron Corcoran – Science Officer
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= OOC & Pre Sim Information: Well were edging closer to our official kick off date with ST:E! We ran 22 Missions during the 2016 year, which is a great start since we began this endeavor back with our First Sim on May 28th, 2016. I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished. We did not get to sim on every weekend but this is the trials and tribulations of starting up one of these things when Star Trek as a whole is kind of in a lull. You guys have been great both in understanding, working with me with such a small crew. I think our partnership with ST:E is going to bring great things in our future. Thank you guys!
I believe the plan is that we will be over on ST:E’s chat system starting this weekend coming up. It is our first sim, might even have our own SM/Game Director, which will give me a chance to participate as a played character more so I am excited about that prospect.
I am looking forward to what is coming next.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Mission Briefing:
As a few of us are currently buried under rubble on the planet we will pick up where the new Game Master decides we need to kick off from otherwise I’ll twist something together. LOL So seeing that this stuff just happened and I’m buried with the rest of you, accept our Science Officer there will be no official log. LOL But it will all be summed up in my next one.
As of right now, here is where the crew stands.
Oliver, Johnny, and Elianna are buried by debris in the café they were in when the quake hit. However, no one is badly injured and the building materials were light since it was an open-air café not too hard to dig out.
Cadet Cameron was aboard the Tempest in orbit docked at the station, going over sensor readings. More of which will be revealed on the day of sim.
Commander Derringer was not with us so one can only assume he either went back to the ship or was in his room when the quake hit, and is otherwise unscathed.
Our councilor is still resting comfortably in sickbay.
Our new crewbies can decide where they want to start out from, just let myself or the Director know where you were when everything went down.
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 17:05:46 GMT
Mission 24 – “The Quake” Part 1 Sim Date: January 7th, 2017 IC Date: December 5th 2396 Time: 14:25:00 Stardate: 70927.87 ST:E Stardate: 11701.07 Attendance: SokothQultuq as Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer DharmaHelper as Commander Sully Derringer – Executive Officer SpaceDaisy as Lieutenant Commander Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer InsertNameHere as Lieutenant Junior Grade Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer Glorfindel as Cadet Cameron Corcoran – Science Officer CJ as Game Director ================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================OOC & Pre Sim Information: We ran into some hiccups with IRC during our first attempts at running our show over on the ST:E site but we still managed to at least get part of a storyline run. It was great to be more of an active role in the Simulation after having a Game Director for our activity. (Thank you CJ!!!) So here is a few things I recommend for those of you who had trouble with the IRC Client. I know one of the appealing ideas of ST:E was to not have to download a chat client but it might be advisable as a backup or a permanent solution. CJ the game director from this last weekend has a tutorial up on the ST:E forums which I will link below that suggests a client and gives a tutorial on how it’s used. I think I’m going to give it a try myself because it sounds like it might be less buggy and might have more features available than the Embedded one. Until James their network systems admin is able to add our room links to the IRC you will want to remember those command which I will also include those below. Just a reminder that ST:E does have a language restriction, we need to try and start being mindful of this to respect other age brackets and maturity levels that may be attending or reading our log sin the future. Thank you! Lastly thank you all for coming and being a part of our kick off mission officially with ST:E! Here is the link to the “Quick and Dirsty IRC-Client How to” by C.J. Short: forums.startrekengage.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=402Join any of the existing vessels IRC rooms then once it loads type in /join #ST_MissionRoom1 which is our RP room and once that one loads type in /join #SomaLounge is our OOC room. ================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================Mission Briefing: The USS Tempest remains in orbit of Pacifica, where Temporal Affairs has been investigating their sudden appearance 15 years after its disappearance. An odd earthquake had trapped part of the crew, though they are relatively unharmed, and are quickly being unburied. However, a new question has risen: what is the deal with that earthquake? As a terraformed world, it should have been minor at most... ================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================Location: USS Tempest NCC-1852-A, Deck 1, Ready Room Captains Log Recording File “Captains log Stardate: 70927.87.” He pauses for a moment and rotates an arm, grimacing. “A massive earthquake has devastated the planet Pacifica. The infrastructure on the planet was not intended to be involved in any sort of seismic event and it certainly shows. As of right now reports coming up from the surface indicate that nearly four thousand are wounded, and surprisingly only thirty seven dead so far. We’ve been lucky thus far and the Tempest crew has only seen injuries and no deaths but we still have several crew unaccounted for.” He pauses and leans back in his chair. “I’ve never been buried by a quake before, and I can safely say it’s not an experience I wish to re-live. Myself, Elianna, and Johnny were at one of the local café’s getting breakfast when it hit, brought the whole damn place down around our ears. Let me tell you, it does not help with a hangover. My head is still pounding!” We have been working closely with Emergency services to beam survivors out of rubble that search and rescue crews cannot access by conventional means, and all of our cargo bays, Soma Lounge and just about any empty space has been turned into a triage centers. We’re getting close to capacity as far as life support goes but were doing our part.” Standing he moves out from behind his desk, and begins pacing. “We’ve detected some interesting readings on the other side of the planet in the uninhabited zone of the planet, were going to reposition the ship and see about taking a closer look.” He stops staring at a painting on the wall; he seems suddenly lost in his own thoughts. “End log!” ================= =/\= ============================ =/\= =================
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 17:09:11 GMT
Mission 25 – “The Quake” - Part 2
Sim Date: 1/14/2017 IC Date: December 5th 2396 Time: 16:25:00 Stardate: 73928.09 ST:E Stardate: 11701.14
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Attendance: Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer Commander Sully Derringer – Executive Officer Lieutenant Commander Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer Lieutenant Junior Grade Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer Ensign Eldrida Trost CJ as Game Director
Noteable NPCs: Admiral Glenn Science Officer Mendoza Science Officer Nores Navigator Des Lieutenant Emily Reed – Formerly of the USS Paris – 102 Years from the past.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= OOC & Pre Sim Information: Elianna Kestran has advised me that she will not attend this week due to work. Thank you Annie!
So it is official we will become one with Sigma Rho, ST:E management is working out those details. This just means our scope just got much bigger, and you now have more responsibilities. Not just aboard ship but aboard a Space Station. I would encourage you to get to know the Sigma Rho station; her particulars can be found on the website. This is exciting as we will be taking on a DS9’ish like approach where we split our time between the station and the ship. It will still be several weeks before that transition occurs. I’ll keep you posted as I know more.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Mission Briefing: I am going to say that two hours have passed. The rescue and recovery operation on the ground is well underway, so you can all have returned to the ship if you would like. In that time, the ship has been taking scans of the planet's surface and trying to determine the source of the quake.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Location: USS Tempest NCC-1852-A, Deck 1, Bridge Duty Log Recorder File: Savage, Oliver A
The bridge is once again bustling with life and the crew is bathed in the amber lighting of the yellow alert status as the image comes online. “Captains log, Stardate 73928.09 supplemental. We have had several startling revelations in the past few hours. Science officers Mendoza and Nores have been pivotal in finding more information on this quake that has devastated the planet Pacifica, a notation of their good work will be entered into their service jackets.” He glances off to the side of the bridge as he watches the Admiral exit the turbolift and head back into the conference room.
“Admiral Glenn came aboard at the start of all of this and has been taking a very active role in coordinating the surface search and rescue as well as helping to get the planetary infrastructure back up and running on its own. For the first several hours the Tempest was serving as the planetary communications network which slowed our initial process in getting to the bottom of whatever is causing this.” He shifts in his chair. “The Admiral has done a fantastic job and I’m happy to say he has kept to himself and his task other than asking for occasional updates on our progress. It’s nice to have a flag officer around who just lets us do our jobs.”
“We broke from our standard orbit and have taken up a geostationary orbit over where we believe the origin of the quake has occurred. To our surprise, we have detected what appears to be Plasma Energy weapon residuals so were operating at Yellow Alert until we can surmise what exactly is going on. To make matters more interesting the sensor reading is coming from under the surface of one of Pacifica’s many oceans. We have opted to send down a Class III Planetary survey probe to see if it can help us get clear readings on the anomaly. If that fails, we have been given the optional use of a submersible to investigate the area which is still up in the air.”
“I’m a little concerned about Mr. Derringer. He has been acting rather odd lately and I am not sure what to think of it. He is starting to turn into a bit of a conspiracy theorist. Of his latest one is a fascinating idea and something to look into regardless if it is our fault or not, but he feels that we might be out of tune essentially with the universe having been misplaced in time. I am not sure if it is as server as he believes but since we have never known to have anyone stuck out of time permanently other than Doctor Gillian Anderson I feel it is perhaps something worth exploring. Since my go, too Science officer has been ill I believe I will pass this on to him once he is well enough to report for duty. Mr. Corcoran seems to be a bit aloof since coming aboard. Too much Starfleet, not enough Cameron. Just like most Cadets fresh from the Academy he’s got a lot to learn, but I have a feeling he’s going to fit in just fine.”
“Councilor Trost finally awoke as did our other time traveler, Lieutenant Emily Reed. They have been in a coma like state since we arrived in this time. I am thankful that she is all right however; I am told that Emily may not have fared so well. Once the councilor is up too it she is going to have one heck of a job in front of her.” He glances up at the viewscreen for a moment watching the small timer in the bottom tick off. “It’s going to be a long day ahead of us still. End log!”
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 17:13:03 GMT
Mission 26 – “The Quake” – Part 3
Sim Date: January 21, 2017 IC Date: December 5, 2396 Time: 18:04:27 Stardate: 73928.28 ST:E Stardate: 11701.21
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Attendance: Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer Lieutenant Junior Grade Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer Cadet Cameron Corcoran – Science Officer Ensign Eldrida Trost – Councilor CJ as Game Director
Notable NPC’s Used: Admiral Glenn Science Officer Nores Lietuenant Emily Reed – Formerly of the USS Paris – 102 years from the past.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= OOC & Pre Sim Information: Great job at the last meeting everyone, a lot of dynamic player interaction. I enjoyed what I saw a lot and I know I’m not the only one.
I believe the plan right now is that once we conclude our current story arc we will be integrating Sigma Rho so that is our current time frame for that to happen.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Mission Briefing: The Tempest remains in orbit of Pacifica, where it has discovered the source of the quake: a plasma-based explosion on an ocean bed. An atmospheric probe is gathering more data.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Location: USS Tempest NCC-1852-A, Deck 1, Ready Room Duty Log Recording File: Savage, Oliver A.
As the camera comes alive Oliver can be seen standing silhouetted by image of Star’s and a blue planet slipping past in the window at the back of the ready room. The camera slowly pans and zooms in, his expression somber as he stares out the window, his left hand holds what appears to be a clear liquid. “Captains Log Stardate 73928.28, Supplemental.” His voice is cold and distant, it’s as if he’s miles away.
“While conducting our survey with the Class III Planetary survey probe we lost contact with it for no specific reason. Before losing our telemetry with the thing we did determine that someone or something has mined the ocean bed and used some sort of Plasma Explosive to damage the sea bed. We have hypothesized that the debris that’s been stirred up down there may be preventing our sensors from penetrating all the way to the bottom.” He pauses and takes a drink from his cup.
“I’ve sent Lieutenant Cleveland, Ensign Cocoran and one of his fellow science officers Mr. Nores down to the planet surface to take a submersible down to investigate further. They were given orders to Observe and report back what they find. They didn’t even get into the turbolift before they began bickering.” He paused, his cheeks flushing a slight pink. “I clearly gave orders that Johnny was to be in charge of the mission, granted it is a Science mission but for whatever reason they decided it was a democracy.” He pauses as the color in his cheeks deepens. “I thought about stepping in and interjecting but as soon as I did Johnny seemed to put his foot down, and then summarily did a one eighty. I honestly don’t understand him sometimes.” He turned and leaned heavily against the window sill his attention on the small computer device sitting on his desk and the picture.
“Ms. Trost and Reed were apparently released from Sickbay, Eldrida was nice enough to see to our guests needs and get her settled in until we can figure out what to do with her. And ensure she’s in good health of course.” He closes his eyes for a moment then looks back out the window. “She’s going to have one hell of a job ahead of her. This crew needs help adjusting.”
“An update was sent up by the away team not long ago letting us know it would be about an hour before they arrive at the location of the disruption on the ocean bottom. So it’s a watch and wait game until then. End log!” The camera slowly fades to black.
Location: USS Tempest NCC-1852-A, Deck 1, Ready Room Personal Log Recording File: Savage, Oliver A
The camera slowly fades in; Oliver can be seen sitting on the small couch up against the wall in his ready room. A P.A.D.D. held in his hands, his expression is one of unmistakable sadness. His eyes are clearly red, and his cheeks streaked. “Personal Log….” He pauses to take a drink from the glass of water he had been nursing for the last half hour. His throat felt dry. “Where do I start…” he stars down at the P.A.D.D. in his hands. “How do you come back from the dead?” he muttered. “My family buried me. There’s a tombstone in my families plot with my name on it.” He slumped a bit as he shifted. “I’m dead to them. They cannot even acknowledge that I am still alive. I’ve heard of the many stages of grieving but then how does one react to a loved one coming back from the dead.”
A tear slowly worked its way from the corner of his eye down his cheek. “Johnny asked me how I was able to keep a straight face through this. How I acted like it never happened.” He paused taking in a deep breath, then blowing it out. “How indeed.” His hands tightened on the device between them and it groaned in protest. “A Captain has to be a rock for his crew, someone that they can look to in order to see that everything is all right.”
The P.A.D.D. groaned further in protest of the heavy handed twisting motion it was getting as Oliver tensed. “I’m not alright damn it!” he blurted as the device sparked suddenly and split in half violently. Both pieces went spinning across the room as he hurled them away. “I’ve lost twenty-two years of my life!” he blurted. “I was buried! They had a damn funeral!” his chest heaved a few times as he tried to compose himself. “Twenty-two years!”
“We don’t even know how!” he said standing. “Why someone would just hold us suspended in time for twenty-two years and then send us on our way!” he began pacing. “A cruel freaking joke!” he said. “I’ve looked at the logs, there was no way we would have made it out of the range of that blast from the Paris. We should be dead, but were not!” he clinched his fists. He so very much wanted something to punch, some way to let this anger, frustration, and whatever else was welling up inside him to just be done with it. Letting out a loud growl, he dropped back down onto the couch holding his head in his hands for a long moment. “I am a rock, I am strong!” he muttered to himself barely audible. “They need me to be a rock!” Several long moments passed as he sat there holding his head whispering to himself. Willing his emotions back under control.
Slowly he sat back picking up the glass of water. “I used to go to Crater Lake with my father, we’d spend hours walking some of the trails, camping, even did a little fishing up there. It was some of the only time I ever got to see him when he wasn’t working. My father passed away while I was gone. I’ll never get that chance to see him, to tell him goodbye. The best I can do now is visit his grave.” He took a drink of water.
“My mother was put into an assisted living facility; her mind they say is gone. She does not even remember her kids anymore. Happened shortly after they lost my father and me. They said my mother took it terribly hard. I was asked not to go see my mother. They said it might confuse her, cause her more harm than good. Lost for twenty-two years and I cannot even see my mother if I wanted too!” he stood up abruptly again.
“Oh now let’s see, Hannah! My oldest sister, still trucking along in Starfleet. Won’t speak to me, or acknowledge that I’m alive. Blames me for mom. How great is that. Find out oh after all these years that your bother is alive and won’t even take my Comms!” he said.
“How about my sister Rachael! She won’t see anyone, not since she was injured during the war. I was able to look into that and found out that her ship was nearly destroyed with her aboard. She was apparently horribly disfigured, and left disabled. She’s apparently down the hall from my mother at the assisted living facility. The dominion maimed my sister. She won’t see anyone, not even her brother who she cannot admit is back from the dead either.”
The camera began to pan, and follow Oliver as he crossed the room. Switching angles as he passed into the space where the Head and the replicator sat. He thrust the cup into the replicator to recycle it, but in his distracted state hit the back shattering the glass. “Damn it!” he said pulling his hand back then dropping the handle in the machine, and very forcefully hit the recycle button causing it to whirl and dissipate the glass and liquid. “Damn!” he said again through clenched teeth.
“I’m a rock, my crew needs me!” he says again to himself. Stepping into the bathroom, the lights came on in the small space. Reaching out he activates the cold water. “I am a rock!” he repeats as he leans over the sink. His voice trembling. “I am a rock!” he says stopping and staring at himself at the edge of the mirror. Slowly he pulls water into his hands and splashes it onto his face. “I am a rock!” he says again, and splashes his face with water. He repeated this a few more times allowing the water to ease the redness of his eyes, and clear away the signs of tears.
Slowly he stood erect, staring into the mirror. He forces his expression to change. Pushed back the hate, frustration, and sorrow he felt. Slowly there were no signs that there was any trouble what-so-ever, his expression was neutral like a Vulcans. He quickly ran a comb through his hair, and aside from a bit of water on his uniform vest it was as if what had transpired over the last few minutes had not happened at all. Taking in a deep breath, he let it out slowly. “Rock! End log!” he said, and slowly the camera faded to black.
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Post by CO_Capt_Savage on Mar 4, 2017 17:16:37 GMT
Mission 27 – “The Quake” – Part 4
Sim Date: January 28, 2017 IC Date: December 5, 2393 Time: 19:10:22 Stardate: 73928.41 ST:E Stardate: 11701.28
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Attendance: Captain Oliver Alexander Savage – Commanding Officer Commander Sullivan “Sully” Emily Derringer – Executive Officer Lieutenant Commander Elianna Kestran – Chief Medical Officer Lieutenant Junior Grade Johnny Cleveland – Chief Tactical Officer Cadet Cameron Corcoran – Science Officer Ensign Eldrida Trost – Councilor CJ as Game Director
Notable NPC’s Used: Admiral Glenn Anarel – Sub Captain The Naradra – Alien Species we’ve just made 1st Contact with.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= OOC & Pre Sim Information: As you know our partnership with ST:E has been withdrawn, we are going to be working with CJ and Aoibhe when they get something going so for now were going to push forward. CJ has said he is going to stick with us. I am excited by that prospect alone. Yes, we have lost something but now have the exciting prospect of being part of something new. However, I am excited to continue working with these two amazing people and looking forward to what is to come. Thank you all for being patient and being so willing to work with us and push through some of the rough spots.
Crew logs can be posted on the Syndicate bulletin boards under the same board that I have been posting my Captain’s logs. This will help with continuity, as the logs will be lumped together.
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Mission Briefing: The Tempest continued to investigate the quake that leveled much of Pacifica. Officers Cleveland, Corcoran, and Nores are on board a submersible headed for the site of an apparent explosion, and are about to arrive...
================= =/\= ============================ =/\= ================= Location: USS Tempest NCC-1852-A, Deck 1, Ready Room
The image fades into existence; a familiar sight of the Captain’s ready room appears. He can be seen standing in front of those windows again. This time with a steaming mug of dark liquid in hand. He takes a sip from the mug and nods as if confirming something to himself.
“Captains Log, Stardate 73928.41 Supplemental. We have been monitoring the situation down on the submarine with Lieutenant Cleveland since their first check in. Mr. Cleveland was kind enough to leave us an open communications channel as they explored the site of damage that this powerful quake originated. He apparently stumbled upon some alien species called the Naradra. I have to say their craft are interesting at first glance, elegant even as far as aquatic and space faring vessels are concerned.” He stops long enough to take another drink.
“Mr. Cleveland in his usual show of diplomacy nearly started a fight with our new found friends. I am reminded that he still needs time to develop. Commander Derringer has taken to reminding me of this fact and it is starting to become more frequent. I think their grudge match is starting to spill over, I’m honestly not sure right now if it’s the strain of the mission, or from our past experience that’s causing more issues between the crew.” He turns and moves over to his chair and drops down into it. “I managed to step in at just the right time and was able to open up a dialog with the Captain of the Naradra ship. Were set to have them come aboard for talks and perhaps dinner. They were kind enough to send us over their nutritional needs so we’ve got the Galley working up something special that will hopefully help smooth things over.” He frowns and leans forward.
“I’m actually a bit anxious about this meeting. This will be my first time meeting with an alien species as Captain, and a representative of the Federation. Even under my previous Captain, he handled most of our diplomatic encounters. I would like to think that I have learned a great deal but without any evidence, to the contrary I am concerned. My last diplomatic attempt almost ended with my life being lost.” He pauses and unconsciously rubs at one of his scars. “A hard lesson to learn, but worthwhile.”
“The Naradra Captain seemed to think that Pacifica was their home in time past, but it makes no sense. As far as we know the the Selkie species has always inhabited this world. It is possible that they could have been their prior to the Selkie, maybe they are related in some way. The Federation with the Selkie’s permission back in the 2260’s colonized Pacifica, and there is a fair amount of scientific history here. Doctor Gillian Taylor once conducted some oceanographic studies on the planet along with a companion humpback whale named Harpo.” He turned in his chair and stared out the window at the blue hue that was the planet. “Let’s hope for everyone’s sake that we can find a solution to this that is agreeable to all parties. I intend on asking Cadet Corcoran to look at the Selkie’s biological makeup and compare it with the Naradra to see if there is a connection. In addition, I intend on asking Commander Derringer to speak to the Selkie and see if they have anything in their history or even lore to account for this. A mystery needs careful unraveling. End log!”
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