"Ok-kayyyy.... Gambit?"
"Gambit, here."
"The Closest ship around?"
"Welll, the Brigand. Why?"
"One Zygon Transport unity for Avalon StarBase..."
"Ahahahahahahah! This willl fill its lockers, ya know?"
"Yepz, I know."
"Okay, I transmit. Over."
*Looks at Mr Detrell.*
"It's done. You will have this Unit, in some days."
+++bleep!+++
"Yes? *sigh* Who's calling?"
"Anita Marlow, you forget, Cap'?"
"Uh, no, but...."
"Understand, Cap'. If you want your StarFleet Guys to have a complete Phase Cloack, CAN YOU TELL THEM TO WORK ALSO ON THEIR SHIEDS TURBINES?!!!! Please."
"Uh, owwh, yes."
"THANK YOU! Over."
*Looks again at Mr Detrell*
"Girls, girls, girls... Some other job, Mr Detrell...."

*Kresterling looks at the Chief Operations with atonishment. He raises his eyebrows and takes a deep breath.*
"Oh! Detained? What did you do wrong? Misbehaving or bothering a High-Ranked Officer?"
+++Bleep!+++
///Et merde!///
"Yes?"
"Gambit, here."
"Yes?"
"Challenger Brigand en route to Avalon Station. The Ship will be there in some days."
"Good to know... Any other information?"
"Yes... We have sent probes in Morgenstern sector. The StarBase is destroyed. Too much radiations in the Desert to hope to build an other Outpost. Decision has been taken to move the HeadQuarters to Deska City and AVOID Morgenstern at any cost. That's all."
"Ok-kayyy."
"Over!"
///Well, well, well. Nothing is perfect, right?///

"Mwell, Mr yungi...man, if you want to give an help, maybe you should take your tools and join the teams already working on the Phase Boards and Devices on the Hull. You could make a good job, this way."
*takes his comms padd*
++Bleep++
"Balterian?"
"Raaaaahh, bordel! Krest! I'm fixing a serious damage in the hull, in my sector. Call me later!!! http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/angry.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry:'> "
"I just wanted to tell you that StarFleet Engineers Reinforcements have arrived."
"No kidding!"
"Myep!"
"Send them on the hull and may they take tools and Phase Devices and Nodes and join the wokrgroups. An other news?"
"Nope, all is calm on the waves."
"So, over! And call me LATER for something important, this time. Okay?"
"Okay!"
"Over"
*show the hull of the Station and the workgroups.*
"After you, Mr Yungiman."

*After 10 minutes of intense checking...*
<<<Hermes reporting... And this is not a good report for the Station Avalon.
1/ All decks seriously damaged
2/ Shields responding at 30%, but restoring.
3/ Hull damaged at 44 %
4/ Armament not available
5/ Docking bays not available

6/ Phase turbines : OK
7/Zygon Regenerative System : OK
8/ Computers systems : OK

Beginning Regeneration of Shieldings and Hull....>>>
*Some crackles, some flashes and it is like if the matter around, in the space surrounding Station Avalon, was desorganised and... reorganised. Pieces by pieces, tons of metals and matters of the hull were returning to an original shape, with more intensity and more strengh.
<<<Rapidity of Regenerating System average. Initiating Planetary Phase Cloack for more regenerating speed.>>>
*Suddendly, every people on Avalon Station could hear a neverending sound. Like if Avalon Station was gaining a skin. From every undamaged part of the Station, a sort of rock-metallic combined bio-skin was expanding, expanding and filling holes between parts of the Base. Slowly, but surely, Station Avalon was regaining its vaste Shape.*
///Heheheheheh!!! That is fun!///
<<<Regeneration of Shields estimated in 20 Minutes.
Regeneration complete of hull estimated in 30 minutes.
Planetary Phase Cloack fully operative in 5 minutes.
Main Weapons operative in 35 minutes.
Will I stop the test or will I finish?>>>
"Finish, please."
<<<I'm always enthousiastic when working with human specie.
Taking full control of the Operations in course.
Continuing current regenerating mission.>>>
*And Captain Woodrow looks at the Starfleet Officers.... busy to look at the Hull that, magically it seemed, was returning to an original state. Woodrow has a smile.*
"Fun, hey?"

"Aw! That ain't a good news, Mr Taurik. If you need some kilometers of cables and wires, I can ask the Gambit to send some in a carrier."
*checking his padd*
"Hummm, not that much, in fact. http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('> Only 10 kilometers remaining. *sigh* For your armaments, wel, we can't really do anything. We have had no room no more when we loaded the Defenses and Regeneration Equipments. I'm sorry."
*opens a channel*
"Beltarian, how the hull repair is doing?"
"Mwell, Captain, the metal alliages is stronger than our own alliage; the components are a bit howtosay differents and various. So, the Bio-Regenerative Matrix is adapting. With Regeneration Capabilities, this Station will become a Fortress as strong as Kythal."
"Good to know... In how much time do you think you and your people will set up the complete system?"
"Mwell, these StarFleet guys are making a real good job. That helps A LOT! Gimme three days and you'll have this system ready-to-use."
///3 Days! It can happen many things in 3 days!!!///
"Okay, do as your best, Balterian."
"As usual, Captain, as usual. Over!"
*Looks at the Starfleet Officers, a little bit embarassed*
"Mwell, erm, it's life, after all. Nothing goes as planned, right?"

+++Bleep+++
"Yes?"
"Captain, Beltarian, here. All matrixes and boards are implanted. Phase Turbine ready to work."
"Goood, very good. Tanya?"
"Cap'?"
"What about the Regenerative Turbines and Boards?"
"Gimme only...... some.... bloody screwdriver!!!.... seconds and....It's done! Regenerating Turbines ready. Boards ready. You can proceed to the tests, if you want to...."
"Well done. Mathieux???"
"Yep, Captain?"
"What about the AI implanted in the Computers of Avalon Station?"
"Already done, Captain. It was a kiddie game."
"Okay, people of the Corporation and, please, every StarFleet member, leave your current positions and join safe places in Avalon Station. We will proceed to the First Test, now."
*Some minutes passed... Then....*
"Okay, people. Stand clear. I launch the Proceeding."
*Captain Woodrow pushes only one button*
<<<Please, some instants... Checking station in course.>>>
"Now, we will see what we will see. Admirals, Officers, prepare for the unexpected."
*Woodrow is frushing his hands*

"Mwell, Mr Eric, I would be glad if you could assign an Engineers Team to your Shields Turbines. We will test in some hours if everything is working well. And we want to try to start regenerating your Hull. So..."
*Suddendly, everyone can hear some crackling noises in the background, a rumbling vibration and a small explosion and a light.
And some Corporation Engineers running far from the dangerous sector.*
///Ok-Kayyyyy...///
*takes his padd*
"What's going on, over here?"
"Cap', Teena, here! Marlow has inverted two positronic circuits and one board is totally..."
"Marlow, Marlow, my ass! Heh, when I asked you to gimme As-PGS cables, you gave me wire!!"
"Cap', that ain't true!"
"Yes, it is!"
"CALM DOWN, you two. Whoever the guilty may be, your dispute does not help the job, here. So, finish this stuff and return to this board. I want it to be repaired in TEN minutes."
"Cap'!!!"
"Ten Minutes?"
"YES. No more no less. Over."
*Looks at the StarFleet Officers*
"Sometimes, you have to kick some butts http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink2.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':wink2:'> "

"AW! Mr Detrell, I suppose *checks the name besice the ranking of the officer...* yess. Well, there is a lot to do, yes. And the Regenerative System and the Phase Cloack we are installing in Avalon Station will not be abloe to work it the hull is not totally repaired. Can you have more WorkGroups on the hull to, erm, heummm, fill the holes, please?"
*Wondering a bit while he looks at the Officers disappearing in the transporter rooms.*
///Maybe we should add a Zygon Transport Facilities in the Station... I have one idea!///
"Mr Detrell, I have suddendly one idea. After some research about the Zygon technology, we have discovered that they had a Bio-Transporter in one of their damaged Ships. This transporter is able to block a Borg Transport beam even if your Shields are down and can also beam some assault teams in an ennemy Ship while its Shields are up...
I can ask the Gambit to call for an other Ship to carry one for the Station. I have Full Credits Orders from Counsellor Keriadoc, so I think it would be a gain for your Avalon.
You aggree with that?"

"HEY! HEH! Ah ben non alors! ///OKay, I have lost my colleague. *sigh*/// I don't want to be the Only Oficer, in here..."
*A Corp worker passes by*
"I don't know if you have noticed, Cap', but there are some Starf Lieut's, there."
///Tsx-tsx-tsx!///
*And the Corp Worker runs away*
*sigh*
"Liberate me ex populis....."

"No problem, Admirals... er, with due respect. When you know how to, erm, "talk" with Hermes, he will give you all the informations you need about that stuff. And you will find also all the Schematics of the Turbines and the Boards. So, be free to copy them.
Don't steal the ©opyright, though... After all, it's maybe Freeware, but we worked a lot on it."
*activates his comm padd*
"Gambit?"
"Yes, Captain?"
"It seems all is working well, in here. Beam everyone on board. We have something special to do in Kaidlin, now."
"Yes, Cap.... One moment, please..."
"Uhhhh... Okay?"
*some soft voices in the background, then....*
"Uhhhh, Captain?"
"Yes, Gambit?"
"Many trouble in Deska. A battle. The Brigand will not come at Avalon Station. It has been destroyed in the same time as the FireStorm. I think we should get outta there and go for help! Sir!"
*Captain Woodrow has a deception grin... then looks at the Admirals.*
"Mwell, I have to leave you with Hermes, now. Maybe they will need my teams for repairs or something else, in Deska..."
*opens an azimut channel*
"Corps teams, report."
"Balterian, we're ready."
"Tanya, here. What, Cap'?"
"Mathieux, here. Yes?"
"Everyone leaves. Bordello in Deska. Grab your tools then prepare for beaming on board.
Gambit, proceed!"
*smiles at the Admirals, especially Admiral Vorak, and salutes them.*
"It's THAT, the Life in the Corporation. Always in front line... *sigh* Always hurrying and a few rest. Maybe we will meet later in Deska..."
*salutes the admirals.*
"Gambit?"
"Yes, Captain?"
"One person on the Bridge, please..."
"Okay!"
*In a flash, Kresterling Woodrow disappears.*

*Kresterling blinks, surprised.*
///Im' not THAT sure they have understood what I was speaking about. Hummmmm, I have to give more explanations. *sigh* And what is KeyHole doing?http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>///
*gestures to the StarFleet Officers*
"Gentlemen, gentlemen!!! Please. I'm not sure you have understood anything about this modified phase cloack we have built. Lemme explain as short as I can.

This Planetary Phase Cloack we are giving you WILL NOT MAKE your Station become invisible. It will only Strenghten your hull and your shields. We are currently installing ALSO one reactor and one turbine in conjunction with your own. So, you will be able to use ALSO your Shields and Armaments while being in PPC.

To say something more, we have discovered that we could use the Zygon Regenerating Matrix to give Planetary Ground Resistance to a metallic hull. Though, you will not have the capability to have True Phase Cloack like on a Negh'Var, but a Daughter will have to think twice before attacking your Station later. Because she will smell/feel something familiar and will avoid the Station as if it was pest.

And, for a Mother... Well, she will be certainly disoriented for a moment before she decides to leave the sector. Our probabilities of such an event : Mother leaving are about 97%.

So? What do you think about that?"
:biggrin:

"Ah! Nice to meet you at last, Mr Sanchez! *looks at his rank* Uhhhh! Okay. It seems you are a sort of Major or am I mistaking? Whatever! Lemme explain what we are trying to do. We are modifying your Hull Structure so that we could add our Zygon Regenerative System in combination with a Panetary Phase Cloack. This cloack is a modified Klingon Phase Cloack which....."
+++Bleep!!!+++
///Sigh!/// "One moment, please, Mr Sanchez.... YES!"
*You can hear a voice from the Gambit's bridge.*
"Captain, KeyHole Starbase still not replies."
"Oh! Any Ship around?"
"Wait... I'm checking... Only the Revanche but at Deska."
"And no Senior to call?"
"Ahem..."
///Sigh!///
"Try again later, please..."
"Yes, Captain... Over!"
///I don't have enough problem with the base, here, now I will have to inform Counsellor Keriadoc that we have maybe lost KeyHole. And I don't know why...///
"So.... *turns back to Mr Sanchez* What was I saying, some minutes ago?"

"Krest! Krest!" *THAT was the voice of a really really hurried engineer. And Captain Woodrow sighed.*
///Again!///
"What?"
"I don't find the neural positronic device for the IA to install in the Security Comps of the StarFleet guys. You don't know where to find it, by hasard?"
///They will never learn!!! http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/disagree1.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':disagree1:'> ///
"You will have to ask permission to a High-Ranked Officer of this Fleet, BEFORE. Understood?"
"Okay, okay, don't be mad at me. I just want to do my job! http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/angry4.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry4:'>  . And where the #### are they? And where are these BLOODY StarFleet Engineers! Marty needs to have one on the hull, for the Zygon Shieldings and Regenerating Capabilities."
"May I suggest you use your COMM PADD?"
"Very good idea!" *And the Engineer goes back to his position.*
"I already don't like this job." *Woodrow whispers between his teeth*

*There is a lot of endlessly beamed persons in strange uniforms in the Operations Center of Avalon Station. And runabouts and carriers are tracting their loads and their furnitures around and inside the Station.*
"Marty, bordel! What are you doing HERE! You're assigned to the Shielding Facilities of the Base!"
"Okay, Krest! I know! But where are these dammned StarFleet Engineer Officers!!?? You can be easily lost in this labyrinth. Even KeyHole is not BIG!"
"Rah, s$$t! Hey, you Cadet, give an help to my Chief Engineer Operations!!! ///My my... This Station is a pure wreck.... And only a Mother? I don't like that... Whatever....///"
*Looks around*
"Damian, where are the Zygon Phase Cloack furnitures?"
"Already in the Hull Sector, Cap' ! I think Balterian is already working on this http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/disagree1.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':disagree1:'> Station. And they call that a Station!!! Tsx-tsx-tsx!"
*Captain Woodrow has a smile*
"Bah you can face it, right?"
"Hummm, maybe we should call our Senior Lady Sullivan... to help us?"
"Why not. *opening his padd* Gambit?"
"Ya, sir?"
"Contact Senior Sullivan on Morgenstern. I think we need her help."
"Er, mouais, but, KeyHole is not responding."
"Okay, try it again later."
///Allons bon! What's happening again? *looking at the Station...* By the God of the Engineers... What a job! What a job!///

(Edited by Kresterling Woodrow at 4:58 pm on June 22, 2003)

"Yes, Gentlemen, you have understood well the Principle of our Phase Cloack. Just a lil detail : imagine a Daughter glued to your hull while the Zygon Regeneratin System is fully working and the Planetary Phase Cloack also. She is imprisoned and can't dig a hull in the hull. And, more, she can be howtosay "eaten" by the Zygon Matrix which needs environmental material (let's say, the matter around the Station) to create more and more protection...
You get it, now?"
+++Bleep+++
///I hope it's good news, now///
"Gambit, here."
"Talk, Gambit"
"Just received a command from Counsellor Keriadoc. We will stop trying to contact KeyHole."
"Ah."*takes a deep breathe* "And he told something about....?"
"Nope, but assuming the Metatraxi has attacked the Station Avalon, I don't want to imagine what happened to KeyHole StarBase, with a drastic reduced team on it."
"Understood, Gambit... Our Flag?"
"On Memory Stade, Sir."
"Well done. Over."
///Wellwellwell, it has costed much, this sector. And it is not finished. Better concentrate on our Job around here. It would be better....///
*takes his padd*
"Balterian? How is it going?"
"Already twenty-four Regenerating Nodes implanted and eleven Phase Boards connected. These Engineers konws how to work. That would be good to have some in our Teams, if you see what I mean.... Heheheheh! Some news about HQ?"
"Later, if you want to."
"Okay!! http://expansionfleet.sparks.priorweb.be/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> I return to job. Over."
*Looks at the stars by the big holes in the Hull of Station Avalon*
"Long is our way from Your home....."