ST:TTV225 | "Dejavu"
Updated: Mar 18
Stardate 94680.6
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Zhyl'ia@thecastellan quietly adjusts the chair Eunha@turtles#8407: Scene: The Valley Forge has been enjoying a quiet few days, the ship has been slowly cruising through uncharted space mapping out the area and all it's surroundings enjoying a the peace and quiet Eunha@turtles#8407: after the events of the interphasic parasites and the crazed emperor the officers are welcoming this time to catch up on rest and work while they complete their simple task Zhyl'ia@thecastellan stretches lightly in the chair "How are our scans coming along?" Eunha@turtles#8407 Moves onto the bridge carrying a few PADDs "Good morning Zee." she nods as she walks past Zhyl'ia@thecastellan waves as Eunha passes "Morning!" Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: Stellar Cartography is reporting they have completed 51% of the survey so far and expect to have completed up to 68% by the end of the day." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan smiles "Ah wonderful, keep up the good work" Eunha@turtles#8407: "All going well?" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan nods "So it would seem! It's nice to get some down time and get back to exploring" Eunha@turtles#8407: "It is, I'm quite glad I came back now and not last week when you had to deal with all the wonderful stuff. Is the Captain in the ready room?" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan nods "Yeah, probably has ner nose in a whole bunch of reports" Eunha@turtles#8407: Chag: "Heh the peace and quiet is too strange for me I like it when we have something crazy to deal with." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan chuckles "Careful what you wish for" Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: "Yeah what the Commander said Chag, one of these days one of these crazy situations we get ourselves into could be the game over for us." Eunha@turtles#8407: Chag: "You only say that because you are paranoid." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "You mean cautious" Eunha@turtles#8407: "Gotta admit Chag I do prefer T'Quila's approach." Eunha@turtles#8407: Chag: "Being Cautious is for chumps." he chuckles and he goes back to doing what ever he was doing Keelah@crystyll | Vrolmacht: rolls his eyes and growls something incoherently Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: "Commander Stellar Cartography are reporting an anamolous reading on long range sensors they are requesting we go closer to take a look as it will speed up our survey time by 2% as it would Eunha@turtles#8407: mean we would not have to come back to that area later." Eunha@turtles#8407: | Chag "Oh come on Vrolmacht don't have that attitude." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Ahh, anomolous readings.. Take us in carefully, let's try to go one outing without surprises" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan turns to Eunha "If you're visiting the Captain would you mind mentioning the course change to her?" Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: Course alterted and heading there are 3/4 impulse." Eunha@turtles#8407: "Will do." she moves to the Captains door Eunha@turtles#8407 Bloops the bell Keelah@crystyll | Chag: happily hums a tune as he works that totally isn't the TTV theme Keelah@crystyll looks up from her console to the door, "Come in" Eunha@turtles#8407 Chuckles at Chag and then heads in "Hello Stranger long time no see." Keelah@crystyll smiles warmly, "It's good to have you back Eunha" Eunha@turtles#8407: "It's good to be back, thought I'd just deliever you all the latest counselling news for you to catch up on and quickly say hello as I didn;t get the chance to when I first got back." Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: "I really hope we don't run into anything I have been really enjoying the break." Keelah@crystyll gestures for her to take a seat while standing and moving to the replicator, "Care for anything?" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan nods in agreement "Haven't we all. Do we have any info on this anomaly yet" Keelah@crystyll | Silvestrie: "I really wish you'd stop saying things like that Tee..." Eunha@turtles#8407: "I'm alright thank you." she smiles "Oh while I remember Stellar Cartography just made us change courseto investigate some anamoly but we won't be there for another 30 minutes." Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: "I can't help it okay!" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan chuckles "Come now, we're the Valley Forge! A little anomaly won't stop us!" Keelah@crystyll: "Sounds good. I'm glad they're getting a chance to push the forward arrays for what they're designed for and not more tactical priority" Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: "Give her break Silvestrie she is young I think we can understand why she is so worried." Eunha@turtles#8407 Nods "It's nice to come back to the ship doing something so calming for once." she chuckles Keelah@crystyll returns to lean more casually against the back of the chair with a raktajino in hand, "I like the new colour by the way" Eunha@turtles#8407: "Oh thank you I thought I could do with a change." she chuckles Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: 15 minutes until we reach our destination Eunha@turtles#8407: Chag: Geeze you sound like one of those really old earth Sat Nav Units Tee Keelah@crystyll: "I trust your trip was... fruitful?" she asks tentatively Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Second star on the right, straight on till morning" Eunha@turtles#8407 Nods "Granny looked after me and as she does calmed me down and made feel better. She is my counsellor." Keelah@crystyll smiles softly at the notion, "I was mortified to hear the news..." Eunha@turtles#8407: "These things happen." Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: Straight on until morning? But it already is morning. Zhyl'ia@thecastellan smiles "I think it's one of those human expressions, I don't understand them myself" Keelah@crystyll: "That they do... I am no counsellor Eunha, but I am still your friend. So should you find yourself in need of a talk at all when granny is out of reach.." she smiles Eunha@turtles#8407: "I'll come running into to your arms don't worry. Plus i'm fine you know me nothing can really rattle me." Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: We're now approaching the anamolies coordinates Keelah@crystyll chuckles, "As you have proven time and again" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan nods "Inform the Captain" Eunha@turtles#8407: "What can I say i'm a star." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan wiggles her antennae curiously and turns towards the voice "Yes?.." Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: *Looks flustered* me inform the captain? Keelah@crystyll: "Speaking of stars... you should know that Yoona did a fine job looking after things in your absence" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan smiles "Don't worry Tee, you can do this" Charlie@drcrippler: "Ensign Rivett, reporting for duty. I was directed to the bridge to report in," Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: *takes a deep breath* T'Quila to Captain Se'lai Eunha@turtles#8407: "Of course she did Yoona is my star...Looks like that's your cue." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Ensign Rivett? Well, welcome aboard the Valley Forge" Keelah@crystyll slurps down a gulp of klingon coffee as she turns to the desk, "Go ahead Tee" Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: We are now approaching the coordinates of the anamoly...if the counsellor informed you of it. Eunha@turtles#8407 Chuckles and says quietly "Oh I do love Tee." Charlie@drcrippler nods. "Thank you Commander. Where is the best station for my skill set?" Keelah@crystyll chuckles, "That she did, thank you. We'll be right out" Keelah@crystyll: "Well, let's go look at some stars of the more traditional variety, shall we" she gestures to the door Zhyl'ia@thecastellan ponders then gestures over to the right hand side of the bridge "How about you meet the Captain before you get yourself set up" Eunha@turtles#8407 Moves to her normal place next to Silve and smiles at him Charlie@drcrippler nods slightly and steps back slightly Keelah@crystyll: "So..." she starts with a light stretch as she walks in, "...what do we have now?" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan relinquishes the seat "An unknown anomaly, our scientists believe it'll speed up our scans. Oh! And a new ensign" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan gestures somewhat in Charlie's direction Charlie@drcrippler looks towards the Captain Keelah@crystyll glances to the not-MU-evil-doppelganger, "Aah, welcome aboard Ensign" Charlie@drcrippler: " A pleasure Captain. Where would you like me?" Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: "We've arrived at the coordinates of the anaomly Sirs." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Thank you Tee, now we get to find out what it is" Keelah@crystyll: "Wherever you feel most comfortable setting up" she nods, looking to the front, "Put it up" Charlie@drcrippler puts up at the front Eunha@turtles#8407 Kazra outs an image up of the anaomly on the view screen (There is now a view screen channel in discord!) https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/485622115438166016/485623331404513281/1940109b14806bd7eab4cdfa3dae5369.png Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: "Scans report it is a highly localised distorstion in space time continuum." Keelah@crystyll glances back to Zee, the trepidation clear in her voice, "Chag; keep us at a safe distance now..." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan nods "A temporal anomaly, could be extremely dangerous.." Charlie@drcrippler: "Interesting," Keelah@crystyll: "Exactly how localized are we talking here, what's the estimated span of the anomaly?" Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: "We appear to be nearly sitting right on top of it." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "On top of it? Perhaps we should pull back a little" Keelah@crystyll nods, "Back us off. Nice and easy now" Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila *Taps on the console but nothing happens and she looks a little flustered.* Helm control is not responding Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Thank you Tee, now we get to find out what it is" Keelah@crystyll: "Wherever you feel most comfortable setting up" she nods, looking to the front, "Put it up" Charlie@drcrippler puts up at the front Eunha@turtles#8407 Kazra outs an image up of the anaomly on the view screen (There is now a view screen channel in discord!) Keelah@crystyll: (ooh) Charlie@drcrippler sits in a bridge officer chair. Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: "Scans report it is a highly localised distorstion in space time continuum." Keelah@crystyll glances back to Zee, the trepidation clear in her voice, "Chag; keep us at a safe distance now..." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan nods "A temporal anomaly, could be extremely dangerous.." Charlie@drcrippler: "Interesting," Keelah@crystyll: "Exactly how localized are we talking here, what's the estimated span of the anomaly?" Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: "We appear to be nearly sitting right on top of it." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "On top of it? Perhaps we should pull back a little" Keelah@crystyll nods, "Back us off. Nice and easy now" Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila *Taps on the console but nothing happens and she looks a little flustered.* Helm control is not responding Eunha@turtles#8407: "Perhaps we should call our resident fixer of all things." she looks to Zee and Kelly Eunha@turtles#8407: keelah* Keelah@crystyll nods and taps her armrest, "Bridge to engineering. Kelly what's the status on our engines?" Charlie@drcrippler sits in a bridge officer chair. Keliaya@anncarise flickers before appearing beside Keelah, "Engines are functioning properly, captain. It seems to just be helm controls that aren't responding. We're diagnosing the problem now." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Oddly convenient it happens as we get here.." Eunha@turtles#8407: "We just have a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time Commander." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan snickers "It could be our motto" Keliaya@anncarise: "I don't see how this anomaly could knock out a single control. It is quite a coincidence though..." Keelah@crystyll: "Indeed..." she looks to Kazra, "Anything on sensors from that anomaly which may affect systems?" Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: *looks worried* I-I haven't done anything wrong have I commander? Charlie@drcrippler raises his eyebrows, very slightly Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: No, Stella Cartography are not reporting anything unsual at all." Eunha@turtles#8407: | As she says that the distortion on the view screen gets darker and the lights on the VF flicker and the ship goes dark- Emergency lights kick in but it is still quite dark on the bridge Keelah@crystyll: "Well clearly something is ami-..." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan raises an eyebrow "Something wrong Captain?" Keelah@crystyll: "Status report!" Keliaya@anncarise flickers erratically, "There goes our main power...we're running on auxiliary now." Keliaya@anncarise: "Cutting holo-feed, I'll still be on comms." Keliaya@anncarise disappears. Charlie@drcrippler feels like he maybe should have delayed his transfer by a day Keelah@crystyll: "You could say that Zee..." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan gasps Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Captain.. we need to leave.." Eunha@turtles#8407 Puts a hand on her head and seems breathless "I concur, guess we sense the same thing..." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan grips onto the chair Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Something is draining our power, captain." Keelah@crystyll looks between the pair, "Ladies...? You sense a presence?" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan shakes her head "No.. all I can feel right now is danger.." Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: Captain something is emerging from the anaomaly! Keelah@crystyll: <C> "Understood Kelly. Cut all non-essentials and keep me posted" Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "On it!" Keelah@crystyll looks to the screen https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/485622115438166016/485628137363734528/latest.png?width=600&height=371 Charlie@drcrippler: "I do believe that looks like a Federation ship Captain. Attempting to get more information now," Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "We've just lost power to the engines! Communications is still online and we've got the reserves to broadcast, I advise sending a distress...wait, we're seeing a Federation signature..." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Oh no.. Temporal mechanics.." Charlie@drcrippler: "The ship appears to be an old Akira class, the USS Zulu, NCC 84725. Currently registered as MIA from the year 2375. Current status puts the ship on a collision course with the USS Valley Forge," Keelah@crystyll: "Engines...?" Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: Still no response from the helm! Keelah@crystyll: "Hail them Tee, warn them to veer off collision course"! Eunha@turtles#8407 The Zulu will collide in 2 minutes Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: No Response sir! They are still coming for us Keelah@crystyll: "Ideas?" she asks of the collected brain trust that is her senior staff on the bridge Charlie@drcrippler: "I believe we may be able to discharge our weapons in such a manner the shockwave knocks the ship off course," Eunha@turtles#8407: Silvestrie: I can calibrate a tractor beam and attempt to veer the Zulu off it's current course." Keelah@crystyll: <C> "Kelly, can you give me anything to the tractor beam and/or weapons?" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Captain, might I suggest telling the crew to brace for impact in case of the worst?" Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "We've reallocated weapons power to other systems, but since the engines are offline at least for the moment we can spare some power for a tractor beam." Keelah@crystyll: <C> Do it! Keelah@crystyll: "Silvestrie; push them clear" and she nods to Zee, hitting the comm panel Eunha@turtles#8407 The Tractor beam activates! and the Zulu is beginned to be pushed away.... Keelah@crystyll: <C> All hands; brace for impact Eunha@turtles#8407: with only slight sucess the Zulu crashes right into one the ships nacelles and scrapes along the engineering section Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Tractor beam power is faltering, captain! We're-" Eunha@turtles#8407 The Ship rocks consoles explode all over the place Kazra, Chag and some random officers are all sent flying across the room due to their consoles exploding! Eunha@turtles#8407 Grabs onto the console to try and keep her balance Silvestrie holds onto her Zhyl'ia@thecastellan doesn't have a whole lot to grab onto.. Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: rolls 98 (1-100) Charlie@drcrippler grips the console tightly Eunha@turtles#8407 The whole ship is still shaking Keelah@crystyll braces in her seat Zhyl'ia@thecastellan keeps herself upright with plenty of help from the chair Eunha@turtles#8407: Silvestrie: Interinal dampners are offline! Keelah@crystyll: "I know that turbulence; everybody out! NOW!" Eunha@turtles#8407: "I'm getting Casulaty reports from all over the ship sir!" Keelah@crystyll: <C> All hands; abandon ship. Repeat; abandon ship Eunha@turtles#8407 Eunha and Silvestrie consoles suddenly explodes and they are both sent flying back wards dead Zhyl'ia@thecastellan blinks and runs over to check pulses Charlie@drcrippler does as he's told and slides the console data onto his PADD and begins to evacuate Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "She's.. she's dead Captain.. They both are.." Eunha@turtles#8407 A beam would suddenly fall from the ceiling and swing at Zee! Keelah@crystyll FX | The bridge escape pods slide open around the room Eunha@turtles#8407 Zee is hit hard Keelah@crystyll: "Tee, Chag; that means you too - out!" Charlie@drcrippler climbs into one and helps others into it Eunha@turtles#8407 Chag is dead Zhyl'ia@thecastellan slams meatily against the console from the force of the swing Keelah@crystyll turns to see Zee get slammed and runs over to check on her Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: "Okay okay i'm goi-... AHhh!" Tee's console explodes and she is killed instantly Charlie@drcrippler: "Captain, I would advise that you evacuate, now," Eunha@turtles#8407: Vrolmact: Captain we need to leave now! Zhyl'ia@thecastellan is Very, very injured. But alive Keelah@crystyll musters all her Vulcan strength to try and free Zee Keelah@crystyll flexes. Eunha@turtles#8407 A beam falls from the ceiling and crushes Vrolmact right in front of Keelah Keelah@crystyll: rolls 42 (1-100) Eunha@turtles#8407 The Turbolift suddenly starts to rock a lot and falls uncontrably! Eunha@turtles#8407 Keelah is barley able to move the beam but she can get Zee out Keelah@crystyll does so and pulls her free before trying to drag her to an escape pod Eunha@turtles#8407 A large whirling and screeching sound fills the bridge Zhyl'ia@thecastellan coughs up lots of blue as she is pulled out Eunha@turtles#8407 If anyone was to look up they would see the top of the bridge starting to show cracks before finally ripping off and everyone and everything is sucked out into space! Charlie@drcrippler looks around for the Captain and steps out when he spots her. As soon as he sees the bridge cracking he hits the eject button to save the escape pod! Keelah@crystyll floats away Zhyl'ia@thecastellan floats with Eunha@turtles#8407 The escape pod ejects with one lonely ensign inside and the entire ship explodes Eunha@turtles#8407: TIME RESET! Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: Straight on until morning? But it already is morning. Charlie@drcrippler steps out of the turbolift and looks around. Makes his way to the centre. "Commander," he says politely Zhyl'ia@thecastellan smiles "I think it's one of those human expressions, I don't understand them myself" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: wiggles her antennae curiously and turns towards the voice "Yes?.." Eunha@turtles#8407: "I'll coming running to you, but you should know nothing can rattle me." Eunha@turtles#8407: Yoona is currently bugging you in engineering Charlie@drcrippler: "Ensign Rivett, reporting for duty. I was directed to the bridge to report in," Keelah@crystyll: "As you have proven time and again" To Eunha@turtles#8407: Kelly gets the assistant chief to take over and try and ffigure out what's Yoona needs Eunha@turtles#8407: Yoona suddenly looks at Kelly strange as if they have done this before? Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Ensign Rivett? Well, welcome aboard the Valley Forge!" Eunha@turtles#8407 Looks slight confused for a moment "I feel like you have said that once before....oh well I am a star." Charlie@drcrippler nods. "Thank you Commander. Where is the best station for my skill set?" To Eunha@turtles#8407: Kelly reads Yoona's odd expression and asks if she needs to go somewhere more quiet to talk about what's wrong Keelah@crystyll: "Speaking of stars..." she pauses with a furrowed brow, "dejavu?" Eunha@turtles#8407: Yoona: Oh it must just be this funny feeling of deja vu that's all... Zhyl'ia@thecastellan gestures to the right hand side of the bridge "Well.. why don't you.. meet the captain first" Eunha@turtles#8407: "You're going to say yoona aren't you?" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan shivers ever so slightly Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: we're approaching the coordinates Keelah@crystyll nods, "You're getting the same sensation too?" Charlie@drcrippler glances at the door. "The Captain is in the ready room?" Charlie@drcrippler: rolls 22 (1-100) Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Thank you Tee, inform the Captain" To Eunha@turtles#8407: "I'm not psychiatrist but I've read something about the brain triggering upon encountering something with similarities to an old memory. Maybe it's that?" Eunha@turtles#8407: Yoona: Perhaps I have come down and bugged you alot actually. she laughs Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: me? *she looks flustered* Zhyl'ia@thecastellan nods to Charlie "Yes" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan gives her a small smile "Don't worry Tee, you got this" Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: Gulps "T'Quila to Captain Se'lai." Eunha@turtles#8407: But What I wanted to know is do you have you personnel reports all up to date? Keelah@crystyll pauses before Eunha can reply as she turns to set her mug down Eunha@turtles#8407: "There's you cue." Charlie@drcrippler: "I shall..." he pauses very slightly. "I shall..." he looks to T'Quila. "Wait until she comes out," Keelah@crystyll: "Go ahead Tee..." she glances back to Eunha, her face reading more dejafu Keelah@crystyll: *dejavu Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: "We're Approaching the anamomaly. if the counselor had informed you of it that is." Charlie@drcrippler steps back slightly Eunha@turtles#8407 chuckles and says quietly "I do love Tee." To Eunha@turtles#8407: laughs, "It could be that! And yes, engineering personnel records are all up to date as of the last report deadline. Do you need someone's in particular, or just checking?" Keelah@crystyll: "That she did, thank you. We... we'll be right out" Eunha@turtles#8407: Just doing a check as we've had some new transfers coming in lately Keelah@crystyll looks to Eunha again, "I do not like this feeling, Eunha. For one to experience it is something, but for both of us...?" Eunha@turtles#8407: "Perhaps it's this anamomaly another great scientific mystery." Keelah@crystyll nods, "Let's go halt our course before we get any closer. Just in case" Keelah@crystyll gestures to the door with an uneasy smile Keelah@crystyll: "Helm; all stop" Keelah@crystyll calls out as soon as she enters the bridge Eunha@turtles#8407 Smiles at Silvestrie Zhyl'ia@thecastellan feels an odd sense of relief as she stands and offers the chair Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: All stop. Keelah@crystyll looks from Zee to Charlie, "Ensign, welcome aboard the Valley Forge. Your station... wherever you feel comfortable..." Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: Scan results coming in now sir. Charlie@drcrippler opens his mouth and then shuts it again. "Captain..." tilts his head before setting up shop at the front To Eunha@turtles#8407: "They're all yours to look over! Come on." Keelah@crystyll looks back to Kazra as she sits Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: It appears the anamomaly is a highly localised distorstion of the space time continium Charlie@drcrippler wonders how on Vulcan she could have guessed what he was about to say... Keelah@crystyll: "Raise shields. Helm, back us off!" Keelah@crystyll looks up to Zee, "Has anyone reported a strong sense of dejavu?" Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: Helm control is not responding sir. Eunha@turtles#8407: Silvestire: Shields are up. Zhyl'ia@thecastellan looks down to the Captain "I've been uneasy.. but I haven't been able to place it" Keelah@crystyll: "Myself and Eunha too, something doesn't sit right..." Eunha@turtles#8407 Looks to Keelah and Zee "No helm control? Perhaps we should call for our resident fixer Kelly." Keelah@crystyll nods as she hits the intercom Keelah@crystyll: <C> Bridge to engineering; Kelly, what's our engine status?" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Fine" Keliaya@anncarise flickers before appearing beside Keelah, "Engines are functioning properly, captain. It seems to just be helm controls that aren't responding. We're diagnosing the problem now." Keelah@crystyll: "Diagnose quickly, and... bring the auxiliaries online, go to full power conservation. I just have this feeling..." Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: Stellar Cartography are not reporting anything unusual with the anamomaly." Keliaya@anncarise: "A good precaution. We're on it now." Keelah@crystyll looks between Zee and Eunha, "What about you two, sense any presence?" Keliaya@anncarise: "It's a bit odd for an anomaly to disable one control and not the whole ship..." Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: "I-I haven't done anything wrong have I commander?" Keliaya@anncarise speaks offscreen, "Crewman, see if you can find any viruses in our system." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Of course not Tee" Eunha@turtles#8407 As Kazra and T'Quila say their lines the anamomaly grows darker and the ships lights all go down and emergencies kick in! it's dark Zhyl'ia@thecastellan holds her breath "Incoming.." Keliaya@anncarise: "No viruses, but we are seeing a power drain." Keelah@crystyll: "Status report!" she calls out to the room at large Eunha@turtles#8407: Silvestire: Shields are down! Charlie@drcrippler feels like he should have delayed his transfer by a day Keelah@crystyll: "Kelly; kill all non essential systems; we need a way to manouvre!" Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: Still no response from the helm! Keliaya@anncarise flckers, "Main power is offline, good call switching to auxiliary..." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "We need to brace for impact.. call it a feeling" Keliaya@anncarise: "Helm isn't going to work and something tells me engines will go soon as well." Eunha@turtles#8407 A ship emerges from the anamomaly! Keliaya@anncarise disappears, <C> "Cutting holofeed now, I'll still be on comms." Keelah@crystyll: <C> All hands, brace for impact! Keelah@crystyll: "Ideas people! We need to divert that ship" Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Captain I suggest using combustion movement." Eunha@turtles#8407: Silvestrie: I could calibrate a tractor beam to knock the ship of course." Charlie@drcrippler: "The ship appears to be an old Akira class, the USS Zulu... we could fire weapons so that the shockwave...no...tractor beam," he nods at Silvestrie Keelah@crystyll: <C> Kelly? Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Jettison everything we can afford to save the warp core and detonate those." Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Tractor beam will only push it away from /us/. This will trigger shockwaves that impact both ships." Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Hopefully enough to put sufficient distance between us." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Yeah.. what if we move ourselves instead?" Charlie@drcrippler thinks and taps on his screen Keelah@crystyll looks up, "Zee? Keelah@crystyll: " Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: 1 minute to impact! Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "If we need to, we can create a large one with one of our warp cores, but that will not make for a pleasant report." Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Permission to attempt it with everything else first, captain?" Keelah@crystyll: <C> Prepare to jettison the secondary core, Kelly. We'll need intricate timing, so be ready" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "If moving the ship won't work, we move ourselves. But I don't have specific ideas yet.." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan shakes her head Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "We've got a simulation and an idea of what to do...it's not as precise as I'd like but it should work with only minimal damage to us." Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: 20 seconds! Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "The other ship, it will hopefully stay in one piece..." Keelah@crystyll: "We are out of options. Do it Kelly!" Keliaya@anncarise jettisons the secondary core and detonates it to create a shockwave to throw the VF and Zulu apart by sheer explosive force. Eunha@turtles#8407 Kelly is slightly too late! as Kazra calls out 1! and the Zulu crashes head on the with VF Eunha@turtles#8407 The Zulu scrapes along the top of the VF and opens up the entire saucer section to space and everyone is sucked out into space! Eunha@turtles#8407: time reset! Charlie@drcrippler steps out of the turbolift and looks around. Makes his way to the centre. "Commander," he says politely Zhyl'ia@thecastellan turns to Charlie and holds out a hand "Ensign Rivett" Eunha@turtles#8407: "Nothing can rattle me..." Eunha@turtles#8407: Yoona comes to annoy Keelah@crystyll 's brow furrows, "You're going to say you're a star aren't you..." Charlie@drcrippler looks at the hand and tilts his head. "Did they inform you I was coming up?" he shakes her hand Eunha@turtles#8407: "I was going too....because I am." To Eunha@turtles#8407: Kelly asks if something is wrong and if she feels this is strangely familiar. Eunha@turtles#8407: "You are going to say that Yoona is also a star." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan looks distant for the moment then stands up "Tee.. full stop.." Eunha@turtles#8407: Yoona: It does feel like I was here already Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: We have just reached the coordinates for the anamomaly Keelah@crystyll: "We've done this before. This is more than dejavu, come on" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan turns back to Charlie "No, they didn't" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan looks back to Tee "Give me as much reverse as you can, please" Keelah@crystyll walks out, "Helm, all s-..." sees they've already stopped Charlie@drcrippler looks at the Commander and then looks at the Captain. "I'll...set up wherever..." To Eunha@turtles#8407: "Odd...I don't think we usually talk here." Keelah@crystyll turns to Zee, "You feel it too..." Charlie@drcrippler sits in a bridge officer chair. Eunha@turtles#8407 Taps her Commabadge "Kelly what's our engine status?" To Eunha@turtles#8407: "One moment!" Charlie@drcrippler taps his screen and then spins around. "Captain, I have a message for you here. Something about the USS Zulu?" Keliaya@anncarise flickers and appears on the bridge, "Engines are fine, but I think we might be experiencing an issue on helm." Eunha@turtles#8407: T'Quila: I have just lost helm control... Eunha@turtles#8407: "Kazra stellar cartogrpahy are going to say nothings wrong..." Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: *turns* I did just get a message saying they can't detect anything unfamiliar Keelah@crystyll looks to Kelly as she sits, "It can't just be us sensing this. You feel it too, don't you?" Eunha@turtles#8407: Silvestrie: I'm going to raise the shields....but I don't think they'll be much use. Keliaya@anncarise nods, "I think we all do..." she looks to Kazra, "We've found an anomaly, right?" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Unless we can polarise them.." Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: Yes a highly localised distortion of the space time continuim - Eunha says all of Kazras words at the exact same time she does Charlie@drcrippler pauses and looks at the two before tapping at his screen Keelah@crystyll: "I believe we are caught in a temporal causality loop. Which means we have not yet found a way to break free from it..." Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Try giving it a tachyon burst. Something tells me that anomaly might be causing our ssystems power loss." Eunha@turtles#8407 Just as Kelly says that main power goes down and the ship goes dark Keelah@crystyll: "So much for that then..." Eunha@turtles#8407 Looks to the new Ensign "that message of the Zulu must be something we sent back to ourselves." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Any hints? Surely we've figured out pieces" Keelah@crystyll: "Kelly I... think you should prepare to jettison the secondary core" Keliaya@anncarise: "We've just lost main power...shutting off holo now, but I'll still be on comms." Keliaya@anncarise flickers and disappears. Charlie@drcrippler: "Captain I note the Enterprise was stuck in a similar sort of anomaly," Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "And about that secondary core, I was just thinking of that as a last resort method for mobility..." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "I have an idea, but I'm not an engineer so I can't say it'll work" Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "I'm shutting off all non-essential systems and preparing secondary core for emergency shockwave scenario." Keelah@crystyll: "The Zulu..." she thinks, then looks to the screen and braces tightly on her armrests, "The Zulu is going to appear!" Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Commander...did you say you had an idea?" Charlie@drcrippler: "We have to find a way to avoid contact with a ship... I assume the USS Zulu. But there are no ships here..." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan considers how to word it "Magnetism? or something like that" Eunha@turtles#8407: "But the Zulu has been MIA for years." as she says this the Zulu Appears! Keelah@crystyll: "You said records show the Enterprise - or one of them - encountered a similar effect? What was their resolution?" Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Reverse magnetizing the hull to push the USS Zulu away? That could work..." Charlie@drcrippler: "They...decompressuried the shuttle bay to move out of the way," Keelah@crystyll glances up to Zee, "That... doesn't familiar. I don't think we have done that on previous cycles" Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Depending on their velocity and the power we can allocate to the SIF..." Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: 1 minute and 30 seconds to impact. Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Call it a hunch, but if we keep colliding with them, make it so we can't" Keelah@crystyll: <C> Do it Kelly; draw from life support if needs be Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "On it. Secondary core is prepared for emergency last resort if necessary as well, captain." Keelah@crystyll: "Ensign, make ready to decompress the starboard hangar as well. Maybe between both methods we can make enough distance to avoid a collision" Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: 1 minute! Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "Either way, this is going to be a big knock" Charlie@drcrippler: "On it sir," Keelah@crystyll: <C> All hands, brace for impact! Keliaya@anncarise: <C> "Maybe we can eject anything combustable we don't need to provide additional force as well." Charlie@drcrippler begins to info dump into the memory core to store anything if they do this again Eunha@turtles#8407 The Zulu gets closer but the combined effort of the shuttle bay and the magnetised hull the the Zulu is pushed away from the VF and back in to the anamomaly! Eunha@turtles#8407 As the Zulu disappears the anamolmaly does so as well and all the lights and maon power go back online Charlie@drcrippler glances up. "So... we did it then?" Keelah@crystyll holds tense as she looks around, "Did... we do it? Did we break the cycle?" Keliaya@anncarise flickers and reappears, "Well commander...I think you just invented a new countermeasure to Klingon suicide attacks..." Charlie@drcrippler scans the anomaly Eunha@turtles#8407: "I have an idea...check out stardate with the nearest federation becon or outpost." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan blushes slightly blue "It was nothing really.." Keelah@crystyll: "The question is... how long..." Keelah@crystyll also has the same line of thought as Eunha Charlie@drcrippler: "The anomaly has disappeared and the nearest beacon is approximately 10 lightyears away," Keliaya@anncarise: "Provided that the ship enacting the countermeasure has the appropriate mass, power and a few other conditions, but it could be useful against future ramming instances." Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: Captain....Our dates are 15 Days behind that of the nearest becon." Keelah@crystyll: "Fifteen days... we've been stuck here for two weeks?!" Charlie@drcrippler tilts his head. "It does seem that way," Eunha@turtles#8407: "It could be worse, we could be the Zulu and stuck in it for over 40 years..." Keelah@crystyll groans, "This is not going to make a pleasant report to Command..." Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "We're going to be in so many meetings.." Keelah@crystyll: "What of the Zulu? Are they still... looping?" Charlie@drcrippler: "At least we now know the position of the USS Zulu. I will be able to update the records," Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "There's updating the records, then there's saving them.." Eunha@turtles#8407: Kazra: Unknown sir...also my I read the dates wrong we've actually only been stuck here a week I think I need to get my eyesight tested." Charlie@drcrippler: "First thing is first Commander, we have to get the report verified and only then can we launch a rescue mission," Zhyl'ia@thecastellan frowns "The anomoly may be gone by the time the report is through.." Eunha@turtles#8407: "Well 7 days isn't as bad as 15 Keelah@crystyll: "Still, thats a long time for us to be out of sync. Let us verify our condition before anything else; I want a full systems diagnostic and status reports from all decks" Zhyl'ia@thecastellan: "We should launch a warning bouy as well, to stop other ships suffering this" Keliaya@anncarise: "We need to check all our logs too. If we or any other Starfleet ship will be returning for a rescue mission I highly suggest we compile all datas and potential countermeasures against this anomaly." Keelah@crystyll nods, "See to it" Keliaya@anncarise: "Otherwise...well it's better to lose the Zulu than the Zulu and another ship as well." Charlie@drcrippler: "I believe I may be able to assist in that Captain," he looks to Kelly Keelah@crystyll: "We'll compile all we can, and-..." she looks to Charlie with a chuckle, "...and, I believe our new resident Intelligence officer would be the ideal candidate for such a project!" Charlie@drcrippler: "I believe I would Captain," he affirms Keelah@crystyll nods, "I would suggest you work closely with Eunha here on it, since much of the information we need to pool is coming from personal records and memory only" Charlie@drcrippler nods and glances at Eunha. "I will download the data and report to you Commander," he gets to work Eunha@turtles#8407: "Oh goody."
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SUBMITTED: Stardate 94680.6 FILED BY: CAPT K Se'Lai SECURITY: Level 3 - Restricted
LOCATION: Deep Space
MISSION: Encounter with temporal anomaly
OUTCOME: Hazard region cordoned with warning buoys
KEY PERSONNEL:
CAPT Se'Lai CMDR Meel [npc] CMDR Zh'Zhavis LCDR Eunbi LCDR Keliaya LCDR Vrolmacht [npc] LT Silvestrie [npc] LTJG Chag [npc] ENS Rivett CPO T'Quilal [npc]
NARRATIVE: During the course of our scheduled stellar mapping survey; sensors detected anomalous readings and the ship diverted to investigate in further detail. Caveat; whilst there is no doubt in this officer's mind as to the nature of events described herein, only direct recollection can be reported on in good conscious to avoid misinterpreted speculation.
Almost as soon as the Valley Forge altered course, many of the crew - myself included - experienced an overwhelming sense of dejavu. It was - at least for those of us with some degree of telepathic or empathic ability - far more intense however, to the degree of accurately predicting entire conversations and forthcoming events. At the time of this I was in my ready room with LCDR Eunbi and upon realization of what we were experiencing, made haste onto the bridge and ordered a full stop. Despite our - still relatively extreme - distance from the anomaly, it seemed that the ship was already within it's effect radius and we very quickly suffered a complete systems failure. Thankfully the shared dejavu among the crew had preempted this resulting in extraordinary reactions and proactive readiness of emergency systems.
As auxiliary power was brought online we assessed the situation - first confirming the dejavu sensation with the duty bridge staff and determining that we were experiencing events that had unfolded previously. Having deduced the most logical conclusion at this point being the effect of a temporal causality loop, I had ENS Rivett consult the Intelligence archives for all known information on such anomalies. Meanwhile, the focal point of the anomaly had intensified in it's energy output and we witnessed the emergence of another Starfleet vessel - USS Zulu NCC 84725. Currently registered as MIA from the year 2375 - in dangerously close proximity and on a direct collision course with the Valley Forge. With our power systems still predominately offline the Valley Forge was helpless to react by maneuvering and we quickly determined that this was the cycle point of the causality loop. Having reached the grim conclusion that we must have repeatedly failed to avoid the collision, ideas were quickly shared with the rapid disregard of several first choices due to the familiarity of perceived previous efforts.
Ultimately we opted to attempt an unfamiliar suggestion from CMDR Zh'Zhavis involving a polarization of the hull which was specifically attuned to be a perfect +/- reaction to the Zulu's deflector frequency which we thankfully had to hand, having already anticipated the ship's appearance and began research. ENS Rivett's also revealed that a remarkably similar experience was reported by the crew of the Enterprise-D. Reviewing the report of that incident, I ordered LCDR Keliaya to follow that example in accompaniment to CMDR Zh'Zhavis' suggestion and so we decompressed the starboard hangar bay at the same time.
Whether it was the result of one - or both - of these methods is a matter of speculation; but the end result was the Valley Forge narrowly avoiding a catastrophic collision with the Zulu. Unlike the comparable event reported by the Enterprise-D however, the ship we encountered still did not remain after we broke the cycle of the causality loop. Supposition would lead this officer to the conclusion that the Zulu remains trapped within it's own causality loop and the inadvertent addition of the Valley Forge was superfluous to it's circumstances; meaning the ship is - in theory - still repeating it's cycle of an undetermined duration.
After the Zulu disappeared, the anomaly disappeared from sensors and all ships systems quickly restored to full functionality. Once ship's safety was verified, we established a link to the nearest Starfleet comms. buoy to update ship time and determined that the Valley Forge was out of sync by 7 days; 14 hours; 38 minutes. Given the estimated duration of the causality loop cycle as it was effecting the Valley Forge; I calculate that we have repeated these events approximately 287 times during this period. Further speculation on the divergence of our experience from the only comparable record on file (that of the Enterprise-D) would lead me to the conclusion that the duration of our looped experience was significantly shorter, resulting in a higher volume of repetitions. With no better evidence to base a conclusion on; I can only surmise that it was this sheer number of repetitions that is responsible for the dejavu sensation experienced by the crew. As to how early in that cycle the sensation presented and we subsequently coordinated reaction efforts to suit would be pure speculation however.
RECOMMENDATION: Given the unusual nature of this experience by the crew; the Valley Forge has stood down from activity for a few days while mental and emotional wellbeing is established for the crew. The estimated region of influence for the encountered anomaly was bordered with warning buoys and no further action is required with regard to the Valley Forge herself as systems diagnostics have also been reconciled (some supply replenishment will be required the next time we make port owing to the hangar decompression, though thankfully all small craft were properly locked down at the time so material loss was at a minimum), while process has been followed to resync systems with Starfleet. Further investigation may be prudent however regarding the fate of the USS Zulu; as a minimum this encounter has been attached to the MIA record for that ship. Beyond that, it is my personal feeling that effort is warranted to recover this lost ship and her crew - if such a feat is even possible given the elusive nature of this anomaly. Having gained first hand experience with it now; the Valley Forge stands ready to assist in any such attempt at the behest of Command.