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 ==== Preparing for Departure ====
-With eighteen hours before departure, the senior officers prepare for the transfer. Chief engineer Lieutenant Ssleestak decides to leave the majority of his personal effects on the //Solstice//, but he does pack a small bag and brings his smaller heating rock. Chief science officer Lieutenant Commander Fal Marik decides to reset his circadian rhythms and grabs some extra sleep. Beyond that he keeps a loose eye on his science department and draws up a proposal for the restoration of the shower-phasers, which he then submits to Captain Melva Deline.
+With eighteen hours before departure, the senior officers prepare for the transfer. Chief engineer **Lieutenant [[trek:solstice:pcs:ssleestak]]** decides to leave the majority of his personal effects on the //Solstice//, but he does pack a small bag and brings his smaller heating rock. Chief science officer **Lieutenant Commander [[trek:solstice:pcs:fal]]** decides to reset his circadian rhythms and grabs some extra sleep. Beyond that he keeps a loose eye on his science department and draws up a proposal for the restoration of the shower-phasers, which he then submits to **Captain [[trek:solstice:pcs:Mel]]**.
-Chief flight control officer Ensign Phillip Dade spends his downtime with gamma-shift tactical officer Ensign Peel Atuun, and they go to the holodeck. Phillip expects some Capellan clan battle, but Peel tells him, "Your turn." Phillip thinks for a moment and then decides to recreate a small skirmish in feudal Japan. The skirmish features more bladework and finesse, and Peel truly enjoys it. She admits to Phillip, "Ever since our dinner with Cidhela, I have been quite curious about Japanese history and culture."
+Chief flight control officer **Ensign [[trek:solstice:pcs:phillip]]** spends his downtime with gamma-shift tactical officer **Ensign [[trek:characters:peel]]**, and they go to the holodeck. Phillip expects some Capellan clan battle, but Peel tells him, "Your turn." Phillip thinks for a moment and then decides to recreate a small skirmish in feudal Japan. The skirmish features more bladework and finesse, and Peel truly enjoys it. She admits to Phillip, "Ever since our dinner with [[trek:characters:cidhela]], I have been quite curious about Japanese history and culture."
-Mel spends her down time eating, resting, and checking up on all of the niggling details of a transfer while junior counselor Ensign Jessa Tyr walks her dog Raj, holds office hours, and gets as much sleep as she can. Operations manager Lieutenant K'tral resumes some repair work, while acting executive officer Commander Christopher Hall settles in. Chief of security Lieutenant Shan'taar th'Vorish orders a level-2 diagnostic on all the //Varich's// weapon systems, while chief medical officer Lieutenant She-Who-Swims-Amidst-the-Stars starts drawing up plans in case sickbay on the //Varich// remains configured for bipeds.
+Mel spends her down time eating, resting, and checking up on all of the niggling details of a transfer while junior counselor **Ensign [[trek:solstice:pcs:jessa]]** walks her dog [[trek:characters:rajdog]], holds office hours, and gets as much sleep as she can. Operations manager **Lieutenant [[trek:solstice:pcs:ktral]]** resumes some repair work, while acting executive officer Commander [[trek:characters:hall]] settles in. Chief of security Lieutenant [[trek:characters:shantaar]] orders a level-2 diagnostic on all the //Varich//'s weapon systems, while chief medical officer Lieutenant [[trek:characters:swims]] starts drawing up plans in case sickbay on the //Varich// remains configured for bipeds.
 ===== Stardate 49397.05, Thursday May 25th 2372, 0745 hours: =====
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 ==== "Is Duck Tape Made From Terran Ducks?"====
-The senior officers gather at 0745 hours in the conference room on the //Solstice//; once again, Ssleestak brings cinnamon rolls. The officers take their seats and Commander Christopher Hall opens the meeting. Ssleestak reports that he has completed a level-2 diagnostic on the //Varich// and while he intends to double check everything, all results show their new ship is ready. The other officers run down their respective departments, and when it gets to science Fal does bring up his request for shower-phasers. Mel laments, "I would approve, but SCE has put the kibosh on any of that. However, I do have a solution. I'm happy to take a phaser, and duct tape it to the showerhead for you."
+The senior officers gather at 0745 hours in the conference room on the //Solstice//; once again, Ssleestak brings cinnamon rolls. The officers take their seats and Commander Christopher Hall opens the meeting. Ssleestak reports that he is completed a level-2 diagnostic on the //Varich// and while he intends to double check everything, all results show their new ship is ready. The other officers run down their respective departments, and when it gets to science Fal does bring up his request for shower-phasers. Mel laments, "I would approve, but SCE has put the kibosh on any of that. However, I do have a solution. Take a phaser, and duct tape it to the wall."
-Shan'taar insists, "Captain, someone will get injured." Ssleestak remains guardedly neutral, while Armina, Swims, and Shan'taar all look pointedly at Mel. Ssleestak asks, "Is duck-tape made from Terran ducks?" Fal explains the idiom while Mel provides a bit of context. Shan'taar reveals that the security department has two betting pools currently going. The first is if and when Alexandria Tovan even notices she's on a different ship. The second is if the //Varich// accidentally leaves Lieutenant Park still on board. The meeting breaks up shortly after that and Ssleestak hits the gym to get some exercise. He still covets a heavy disruptor to deal with changelings but realizes the only way to find a black market on Starbase 212 is to first create said black market.((Sorja Enterprises is working on it!
+Shan'taar insists, "Captain, someone will get injured." Ssleestak remains guardedly neutral, while Armina, Swims, and Shan'taar all look pointedly at Mel. Ssleestak asks, "Is duck-tape made from Terran ducks?" Fal explains the idiom while Mel provides a bit of context. Shan'taar reveals that the security department has two betting pools currently going. The first is if and when [[trek:characters:alexandria]] even notices she's on a different ship. The second is if the //Varich// accidentally leaves Lieutenant [[trek:characters:park]] still on board. The meeting breaks up shortly after that and Ssleestak hits the gym to get some exercise. He still covets a heavy disruptor to deal with changelings but realizes the only way to find a black market on Starbase 212 is to first create said black market.((Sorja Enterprises is working on it!))
-))
 ==== Mel Christens the Varich ====
-At 1130 hours, the crew of the //Solstice// meets in the observation lounge directly in front of the //Varich//. Lieutenant Merek'miir also attends but it is very clear that she has no idea what is going on. Ssleestak informs her, "This is the most important religious ceremony!" K'tral interjects, "Shut up." As the //Varich's// first captain, Mel has the honor of the christening. She slots a bottle of champagne into a small launcher and aims for the upper hull. She fires and the crew watches as the bottle arcs end over end gracefully until it explodes right on the NCC! With that auspicious sign, Admiral T'konra officially transfers the command codes to Mel and the ceremony is briskly concluded. Merek'miir is still really confused so Ssleestak tries to explain, but K'tral keeps kicking him when he misinterprets things.
+At 1130 hours, the crew of the //Solstice// meets in the observation lounge directly in front of the //Varich//. Lieutenant [[trek:characters:merekmiir]] also attends but it is very clear that she has no idea what is going on. Ssleestak informs her, "This is the most important religious ceremony!" K'tral interjects, "Shut up." As the //Varich//'s first captain, Mel has the honor of the christening. She slots a bottle of champagne into a small launcher and aims for the upper hull. She fires and the crew watches as the bottle arcs end over end gracefully until it explodes right on the NCC! With that auspicious sign, Admiral [[trek:characters:tkonra]] officially transfers the command codes to Mel and the ceremony is briskly concluded. Merek'miir is still really confused so Ssleestak tries to explain, but K'tral keeps kicking him when he misinterprets things.
 ==== Casting Off With A New Ship ====
-The newly transferred crew boards the //Varich// and takes their stations. At Mel's command Phillip disconnects from the umbilicals and uses maneuvering thrusters to pull away from the docking berth and towards the spacedock doors. His flight is a little showy, but not overly so. He's also a little unused to having Merek'miir to his right. The //Varich// exits spacedock and increases speed to full impulse. At 12:45 hours the //Varich// reaches the edge of the New P'Jem system. Once clear, Phillip goes to warp. This is the first time the //Varich// has tested her warp engines, and Ssleestak and K'tral are eyeing their stations carefully. However, there are no problems in the EPS grid, and Phillip gently increases the speed from warp one all the way up to warp nine in less than three minutes without a single power hiccup. Lieutenant Merek'miir plots of course to the Rupture Zone and Phillip announces, "At warp nine it will take eight days to get there. It's roughly thirty light years from here." Mel decides not to push it and orders, "We'll stick to warp nine for most of the trip, with a few bursts just to test the engines."
+The newly transferred crew boards the //Varich// and takes their stations. At Mel's command Phillip disconnects from the umbilicals and uses maneuvering thrusters to pull away from the docking berth and towards the spacedock doors. His flight is a little showy, but not overly so. He's also a little unused to having Merek'miir to his right. The //Varich// exits spacedock and increases speed to full impulse. At 12:45 hours the //Varich// reaches the edge of the New P'Jem system. Once clear, Phillip goes to warp. This is the first time the //Varich// has tested her warp engines, and Ssleestak and K'tral are eyeing their stations carefully. However, there are no problems in the EPS grid, and Phillip gently increases the speed from warp one all the way up to warp nine in less than three minutes without a single power hiccup. Lieutenant Merek'miir plots a course to the Rupture Zone and Phillip announces, "At warp nine it will take eight days to get there. It's roughly thirty light years from here." Mel decides not to push it and orders, "We'll stick to warp nine for most of the trip, with a few bursts just to test the engines."
 ==== The Accidental Kidnapping Of An Engineer, Part II ====
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 Much to security's amusement, the //Varich// did indeed leave spacedock with Lieutenant Park still on board. Ssleestak slots him into a duty roster and ambles down to sickbay. He finds the entire medical staff casually going about their business, but everyone eyes the lieutenant under another panel, waiting for him to even notice. Ssleestak slides under the console next to Lieutenant Park once again and says, "Lieutenant, advise me of your progress." Lieutenant Park replies distractedly, "I think I'll be done in another three hours, sir. I've almost got the proper balance."
-Ssleestak grins and informs him, "You've been assigned to temporary quarters on deck four. Cabin 443, I think. Dinner tonight is meatloaf. Here's your duty roster." Lieutenant Park whips his head around and immediately recognizes Ssleestak. He insists, "Wait, sir. I'm not going with you." Ssleestak's grin grows deeper as he says, "Oh yes, lieutenant, you are now. We're already at warp." Park groans and mutters, "Oh shit." He gets up from under the console and Ssleestak follows to find K'tral standing there. Ssleestak begins informing Park of his new duties, but Park replies weakly, "I technically report to her, sir. I am Operations." Ssleestak shrugs good-naturedly while K'tral takes and modifies Ssleestak's paperwork and hands it back to Park for his authorization.
+Ssleestak grins and informs him, "You've been assigned to temporary quarters on deck four. Cabin 443, I think. Dinner tonight is meatloaf. Here's your duty roster." Lieutenant Park whips his head around and immediately recognizes Ssleestak. He insists, "Wait, sir. I'm not going with you." Ssleestak's grin grows deeper as he says, "Oh yes, lieutenant, you are now. We're already at warp." Park groans and mutters, "Oh shit." He gets up from under the console and Ssleestak follows to find K'tral standing there. Ssleestak begins informing Park of his new duties, but Park replies weakly, "I technically report to her, sir. I am operations." Ssleestak shrugs good-naturedly while K'tral takes and modifies Ssleestak's paperwork and hands it back to Park for his authorization.
-On the bridge, Christopher informs Mel that they have once again abducted an engineer. Mel groans, "Did we even check?" Christopher grins and replies, "Yes."((Christopher may or may not have skewed the betting pool!
+On the bridge, Christopher informs Mel that they have once again abducted an engineer. Mel groans, "Did we even check?" Christopher grins and replies, "Yes."(([[trek:characters:hall|Christopher]] may or may not have skewed the betting pool!)) Mel orders Shan'taar to send a message back to Starbase 212. He complies and then reports a few moments later, "Captain, we have their response. It just says, //'We know.'//"
-)) Mel orders Shan'taar to send a message back to Starbase 212. He complies and then reports a few moments later, "Captain, we have their response. It just says, //"We know.'"//
 ==== Phillip Gets His Head Shrunk ====
-Phillip reports to Armina's office at 1615 hours and finds it empty other than the two of them. Armina gestures for him to take the couch and then she activates the privacy screen, separating her part of the office from Jessa's half. She settles in and says, "Let's start simply. I want you to relate to me the first disjunction you experienced." Phillip immediately replies, "There was a hamster." He explains how he was briefly in Daphne Hatfield's body, her hamster at flight control, and how the //Solstice// was fighting someone called the Tokari. He finishes with, "And then we blew up."
+Phillip reports to [[trek:characters:armina|Armina]]'s office at 1615 hours and finds it empty other than the two of them. Armina gestures for him to take the couch and then she activates the privacy screen, separating her part of the office from Jessa's half. She settles in and says, "Let's start simply. I want you to relate to me the first disjunction you experienced." Phillip immediately replies, "There was a hamster." He explains how he was briefly in [[trek:solstice:pcs:z_daphne]]'s body, her hamster at flight control, and how the //Solstice// was fighting someone called the Tokari. He finishes with, "And then we blew up."
 Armina moves on to the second temporal disjunction, and Phillip responds, "It was a matter of moments." He talks about the details of the knife until Armina asks, "What happened exactly?" Phillip hesitates and then describes where he was standing, the terrain all around him, the flora and fauna, the clothing he was wearing, the clothing his dead opponent was wearing, and even the clothing that the crowd was wearing behind him. It takes him several minutes before he finally admits, "When I got there the knife was already heading for his chest."
-Armina gives him a few moments to calm down before she asks, "You have not told Peel?" Phillip retorts, "I'm still alive." Armina leans back and reminds Phillip, "Remember what Meridian told us. These temporal disjunctions are other timelines. In our timeline, our history, Peel's father died of poisoning." Phillip remains deeply uncomfortable and Armina asks, "Is this the first time you took a life?" Phillip retorts hotly, "I've been in many space battles and I've helped blow up many ships." Armina says gently, "So have I, ensign. But there's a big difference between destroying a starship from hundreds of kilometers away and seeing someone's life fade away right in front of you."
+Armina gives him a few moments to calm down before she asks, "You have not told Peel?" Phillip retorts, "I'm still alive." Armina leans back and reminds Phillip, "Remember what [[trek:characters:meridian]] told us. These temporal disjunctions are other timelines. In our timeline, our history, Peel's father died of poisoning." Phillip remains deeply uncomfortable and Armina asks, "Is this the first time you took a life?" Phillip retorts hotly, "I've been in many space battles and I've helped blow up many ships." Armina says gently, "So have I, ensign. But there's a big difference between destroying a starship from hundreds of kilometers away and seeing someone's life fade away right in front of you."
 it is 1645 hours at this point, and Armina offers, "We can pause here, or we can keep going." Phillip really does not want to talk about this, but Armina says, "I understand, Phillip. But you have to. It will eat at you, until you do. I want you to come back tomorrow, at the same time as today. I'll see you then." Phillip departs the counselor's office and realizes he cannot go back to his cabin. He considers playing a game of basketball, but then decides to head down to the shuttlebay. Once there he performs every single busywork detail he possibly can, double- and triple-checking everything. Thankfully, his crew can tell something is wrong, and they offer no complaint.
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 ==== "Think of the Carpet Prestige!"====
-After alpha shift, Fal decides to invite his entire department to Two-Forward for a drink. Unfortunately, the invitation comes out super awkward and ends with, //"If Two-Forward even exists on this ship."// Thankfully, it does, and the Ferengi Paj has already set up shop. The science team gathers and then must inform Alexandria they are already on the //Varich// after she asks, "Why is the carpet different? Is it kinetic-absorbing?" After explaining the new ship, Fal decides to test if the carpet is actually kinetic. This leads to many scientists drinking synthehol and throwing themselves onto the floor. Paj mutters, "You are all insane, but a kinetic carpet? I can patent that."
+After alpha shift, Fal decides to invite his entire department to Two-Forward for a drink. Unfortunately, the invitation comes out super awkward and ends with, //"If Two-Forward even exists on this ship."// Thankfully, it does, and the Ferengi [[trek:characters:paj]] has already set up shop. The science team gathers and then must inform Alexandria they are already on the //Varich// after she asks, "Why is the carpet different? Is it kinetic-absorbing?" After explaining the new ship, Fal decides to test if the carpet is actually kinetic. This leads to many scientists drinking synthehol and throwing themselves onto the floor. Paj mutters, "You are all insane, but a kinetic carpet? I can patent that."
 Ssleestak decides to grab some dinner. He enters Two-Forward and sees the scientists bodily throwing themselves onto the floor. He stares at Fal incredulously and Fal explains, "We're testing to see if the carpet is kinetic." Ssleestak says nothing, but he knows the carpet is definitely not kinetic. K'tral confirms the room assignment for Lieutenant Park and then decides it's time to test the replicators in Two-Forward. She enters to see the same inane sight, and asks Ssleestak, "What are they doing?" Ssleestak explains what's going on, and K'tral replies, "I see. Haven't they figured out yet that the carpet is not kinetic?" Fal comes over and insists, "Please be quiet, someone might catch on!"
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 Mel walks into Two-Forward to get something to eat and does a double-take. She assesses the situation and realizes the scientists have got quite an audience at this point. She sidles up to Fal and asks, "Is there a problem with the gravity?" Fal insists, "We are operating at 100% functional gravity. We are approximately 97.6% convinced that we do not have a kinetic-absorbing carpet." To emphasize his point, Fal immediately throws himself on the floor. Mel asks, "if we don't have a kinetic carpet, why don't you invent it?" Fal gets to his feet and his face lights up as he declares, "We need to do science for this!" Mel agrees and crows, "Think of the carpet prestige!" Fal immediately grabs his entire science department and starts working on a kinetic-absorbing carpet while Paj walks up to Mel asks, "Why are you encouraging them?" Mel insists, "I'm not encouraging them, I'm //directing// them."
-Meanwhile Jessa takes Raj to the arboretum for a walk and runs into the temporally displaced Ensign Jen Kras and her dog Simon. Raj is overwhelmed with all of the new smells and places to pee, while the older Simon promptly chooses several critical trees to mark with his scent.
+Meanwhile Jessa takes Raj to the arboretum for a walk and runs into the temporally displaced Ensign [[trek:characters:jen]] and her dog [[trek:characters:simondog]]. Raj is overwhelmed with all of the new smells and places to pee, while the older Simon promptly chooses several critical trees to mark with his scent.
 ==== A Whole Week Where No One tries to Kill Them ====
-A week passes as the //Varich// continues at warp nine without a single problem. The science department is consumed with creating a kinetic-absorbing carpet, with the 'hard' scientists working on the physics and the 'soft' scientists writing papers about all of it. Phillip continues seeing Armina and exploring Japanese culture and history with Peel; now that she has had a taste of the samurai code Peel is devouring everything she can about Japan and her warriors.
+A week passes as the //Varich// continues at warp nine without a single problem. The science department is consumed with creating a kinetic-absorbing carpet, with the "hard" scientists working on the physics and the "soft" scientists writing papers about all of it. Phillip continues seeing Armina and exploring Japanese culture and history with Peel; now that she has had a taste of the samurai code Peel is devouring everything she can about Japan and her warriors.
-Jessa organizes several playdates for the dogs and tells Jen, "Desrai misses you." Jen grumbles and Jessa tells her of hologram shenanigans, little Arcadian fans, and other hijinks she's been up to. Jen retorts, "Isn't there patient you shouldn't be stalking?" Jessa replies cheerfully, "Nope! I fobbed Phillip off on Armina." She diverges to yet another topic, and Jen asks, "Are all Trill this irreverent?" Jessa jokes, "No, I'm one of a kind. And so far, no explosions this time!" This sidetracks the two women as they realize Crewman (1<sup>st</sup>-class) Chilp has probably named all the new torpedoes. Jessa wants to go down to the torpedo bay to find out but Jen retorts, "If you get within a foot of that door, Shan'taar will jump you." Jessa does not argue that point and decides to bring Jen to Two-Forward for dinner.
+Jessa organizes several playdates for the dogs and tells Jen, "[[trek:characters:desrai|Desrai]] misses you." Jen grumbles and Jessa tells her of hologram shenanigans, little Arcadian fans, and other hijinks she's been up to. Jen retorts, "Isn't there a patient you should be stalking?" Jessa replies cheerfully, "Nope! I fobbed Phillip off on Armina." She diverges to yet another topic, and Jen asks, "Are all Trill this irreverent?" Jessa jokes, "No, I'm one of a kind. And so far, no explosions this time!" This sidetracks the two women as they realize Crewman (1st-class) [[trek:characters:chilp|Chilp]] has probably named all the new torpedoes. Jessa wants to go down to the torpedo bay to find out but Jen retorts, "If you get within a foot of that door, Shan'taar will jump you." Jessa does not argue that point and decides to bring Jen to Two-Forward for dinner.
-K'tral and Ssleestak spend the week bored out of their minds. They are not repairing anything, and the //Varich// is running completely smoothly. Ssleestak spends time in the gym to bulk up more while K'tral decides to pester Fal with questions about the Bajoran religion. Luckily for her, Fal is more than open to discussing his faith. Ssleestak also gets daily assessments from SCE and real-time communication with Sola.
+K'tral and Ssleestak spend the week bored out of their minds. They are not repairing anything, and the //Varich// is running completely smoothly. Ssleestak spends time in the gym to bulk up more while K'tral decides to pester Fal with questions about the Bajoran religion. Luckily for her, Fal is more than open to discussing his faith. During his conversations with K’tral, Fal focuses more on the historic aspects of his faith and economical law, specifically referring to the recent Aattainder of Darsic Kor. As their conversations continue, K’tral notes that Fal has adapted his faith to be able to serve in Starfleet. He has become less orthodox in some aspects, but to compensate he's become more orthodox in other aspects. She also notes that Fal himself is not consciously aware of this adaptation.
-As they travel, the //Varich// drops subspace buoys to allow for real time communication with Starbase 212. Thanks to this, they receive frequent updates about the situation on Earth. They learn that there has been no Dominion invasion fleet, although Starfleet troops remain on the streets of every major city on Earth. Captain Benjamin Sisko has gone into seclusion with Starfleet Security.((A.k.a. Been arrested by Admiral Leyton
+At one point she asks him point blank, “What about the children?” Fal refers to his other lifetime as Ota Veric, where he raised several children and grandchildren in context with a //hasperat// shop. He notes the cycles of parenting, especially how he was strict with his children and then his children were more open to his grandchildren, thus restoring the equilibrium. He also brings up Jennifer Kras but adds a disclaimer about this being an unprecedented situation, as she is an off-worlder that has been declared a Hand of the Prophets. They have several conversations over the week of travel and K’tral shamelessly plies Fal with liquor to keep him talking. However, Fal has no problem with any of that. As the conversations continue K’tral forms a thesis and starts planning a paper to write.
-)) Most of the crew checks in with friends on Earth, with Ssleestak sending messages almost daily. He also scans everything the Wabai Unity have on the Rupture Zone.
+As they travel, the //Varich// drops subspace buoys to allow for real time communication with Starbase 212. Thanks to this, they receive frequent updates about the situation on Earth. They learn that there has been no Dominion invasion fleet, although Starfleet troops remain on the streets of every major city on Earth. Captain [[trek:characters:sisko|Benjamin Sisko]] has gone into seclusion with Starfleet Security.((A.k.a. Been arrested by [[trek:characters:leyton|Admiral Leyton]])) Most of the crew checks in with friends on Earth, with Ssleestak sending messages almost daily. He also scans everything the Wabai Unity have on the Rupture Zone. Ssleestak also gets daily assessments from SCE and real-time communication with Sola. Meanwhile, Mel is leery about the situation on Earth. Nothing checks out properly, and her suspicions continue to increase.
 ===== Stardate 49418.92, Friday June 2nd 2372, 0745 hours =====
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 ==== Old Wounds ====
-Mel and Fal return to the bridge and Mel notes that after eight days, Armina has still not acknowledged Christopher Hall in the slightest. Christopher starts sliding over to the XO's chair, but Mel calls out, "Armina, can you join me in my ready room?" Armina gets up as Christopher reverses course. Armina follows Mel into her ready room but refuses to sit down when offered the couch. Mel asks her, "it's obvious you're not happy that Commander Hall is here." Armina's face remains blank, but her voice has an edge as she explains, "Lieutenant Commander Christopher Hall was the tactical officer on board the //USS Phoenix//. When Captain Maxwell entered Cardassian space illegally and I objected, it was Christopher who marched me off the bridge at phaser point. He was blindly following orders."
+Mel and Fal return to the bridge and Mel notes that after eight days, Armina has still not acknowledged Christopher Hall in the slightest. Christopher starts sliding over to the XO's chair, but Mel calls out, "Armina, can you join me in my ready room?" Armina gets up as Christopher reverses course. Armina follows Mel into her ready room but refuses to sit down when offered the couch. Mel asks her, "it's obvious you're not happy that Commander Hall is here." Armina's face remains blank, but her voice has an edge as she explains, "Lieutenant Commander Christopher Hall was the tactical officer on board the //U.S.S. Phoenix//. When Captain Maxwell entered Cardassian space illegally and I objected, it was Christopher who marched me off the bridge at phaser point. He was blindly following orders."
 Mel concedes, "Having a phaser in your face can be traumatic." Armina insists, "You don't understand, captain. It's very different when the person holding the phaser to your face is wearing the same uniform as you." Mel considers Armina's words and concedes, "Having never experienced that, I believe you are correct. It's just that your reticence to engage him has made things uneasy on the bridge." Armina replies, "in all fairness, he has evolved. The reason that I could serve under Colin Buldini was that while he supported Captain Maxwell, he hesitated, and he had doubts. Christopher Hall did not. However, if my presence is disruptive, I will leave the bridge."
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 ==== Eight Years Uptime? ====
-Mel turns to Fal and he reports, "I've detected thirty-seven separate chroniton streams emerging from this area of space alone. The ruptures here are so bad that the entire space-time continuum is affected." Mel wonders, "Could the Rupture Zone have been created by temporal events?" Christopher orders, "Fal, K'tral. I want intensive scans on that message and whatever you can get from that probe." Fal states, "There is a second message compressed in the stream under the first; I shall attempt to separate it." K'tral assists him with multiple filters to remove the white noise and they manage to get a closer scan of the probe. In doing so, they inadvertently provide an uplink, and the probe immediately starts uploading all of the data it has collected. With this linkup, Fal reports, "This probe is Starfleet, captain! Identification code states it belongs to the //USS Varich-A//!"
+Mel turns to Fal and he reports, "I've detected thirty-seven separate chroniton streams emerging from this area of space alone. The ruptures here are so bad that the entire space-time continuum is affected." Mel wonders, "Could the Rupture Zone have been created by temporal events?" Christopher orders, "Fal, K'tral. I want intensive scans on that message and whatever you can get from that probe." Fal states, "There is a second message compressed in the stream under the first; I shall attempt to separate it." K'tral assists him with multiple filters to remove the white noise and they manage to get a closer scan of the probe. In doing so, they inadvertently provide an uplink, and the probe immediately starts uploading all of the data it has collected. With this linkup, Fal reports, "This probe is Starfleet, captain! Identification code states it belongs to the //U.S.S. Varich-A//!"
-Fal works for a few minutes and then the second message plays. The bridge crew hears over the intercom, //"I am Captain Shay'taal of the Federation starship// USS Varich//. We have run aground on a subspace sandbar. Do not attempt a rescue. I repeat, do not attempt a rescue. This region of space is so destabilized, another attempt could have vast repercussions. We believe a subspace implosion may allow us to escape. We have dispatched a network of probes to scan the region and to warn off anyone else from entering."// Fal reports the timestamp on the message is 57636.42;((August 20<sup>th</sup> 2380, 2218 hours
+Fal works for a few minutes and then the second message plays. The bridge crew hears over the intercom, //"I am Captain [[trek:characters:shaytaal|Shay'taal]] of the Federation starship// U.S.S. Varich//. We have run aground on a subspace sandbar. Do not attempt a rescue. I repeat, do not attempt a rescue. This region of space is so destabilized, another attempt could have vast repercussions. We believe a subspace implosion may allow us to escape. We have dispatched a network of probes to scan the region and to warn off anyone else from entering."// Fal reports the timestamp on the message is 57636.42;((August 20<sup>th</sup> 2380, 2218 hours
-)) eight years uptime from now. Lieutenant Jericho MacDougal's voice echoes form the intercom, //"Engineering to bridge. Captain, we're getting unusual energy readings throughout the ship, almost identical to the energy ratings from Kordikar."// Ssleestak begins a thought experiment of trying to undo the entire Rupture Zone until he registers MacDougal's report.
+)) eight years uptime from now. Lieutenant [[trek:characters:macdougal]]'s voice echoes form the intercom, //"Engineering to bridge. Captain, we're getting unusual energy readings throughout the ship, almost identical to the energy ratings from Kordikar."// Ssleestak begins a thought experiment of trying to undo the entire Rupture Zone until he registers MacDougal's report.
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