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--- trek:solstice:recap:39_act_1 [2020/09/26 23:31] – [Preparing for Departure] anagramofbrat
+++ trek:solstice:recap:39_act_1 [2021/01/07 15:56] (current) – [Eight Years Uptime?] verbena76
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 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 [[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:shan'taar]] 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.
+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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 ==== 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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 ==== Phillip Gets His Head Shrunk ====
-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:characters: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."
+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."
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 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 [[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.
+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.
+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 [[trek:characters:shaytaal|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 [[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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