USS Skytoucher - Mission 2: The Van'Gu Cluster

[Zack Mannion]

Hm... I think... I think you have right, in a mad way. But I tell you, if something is going wrong with the Validium after we got it, it is your head they will take, not mine.

**Mannion to Göransson**

Dissable your shields, we have wounded here that needs to be transported to your sickbay!

**Göransson here**

WTF are you think are you doing!? I will dissable the shields, and after I have got the sick persons, I will beam you two to a permanent cell!

*Skytouchers lowers its shields while Peter realizes that Mannion just spared them a battle.*

[Zack Mannion]

No *Mannion suddenly says. Svensson just looks at him as if Mannion was mad.*

Peter: What did you say?

Mannion: I said: No, I will not help you with your mad man plans for the federation! This thing has darkened your judgement!! Don´t you understand that this thing MUST be destroyed! Don´t come and say that you are acting for the best of the federation!

*Before Svensson can react, mannion are at the weapon console and fires a photon torpedo at the container. When it hits it, it comes a huge blast that makes both Skytoucher and the Yzakian ship shiver and are throwned back a bit by the shockwave, the two men on the Yzakian ship are throwned to the floow, and when they stands up, Svensson are not happy by Mannions action.*

Svensson: You have betrayed the federation and your beloved president! YOU! Not me! If there shall be someones head on a stick, it will be yours! TRAITOR!!

Mannion: You are mad Pete. You know that? All this power have not been good for you, there got to be a stop of that. And if you not are strong enough to realize that, then I have to try to help you. Becouse even if you like it or not I´m your friend Pete! Maybe not your best friend, but I am still your friend! You need to dropp this now!! Come on Peter, let´s get the heck out of here before the Skytouchers captain gets us, uh?

[Tomas Goransson]

Of course. You will be given a ambassadorial quarters. If you follows me.

*A while later.*

Hail avalon.

=A=Commandar Göransson=A=

This is Göransson requesting a freighter loaded with ten warp cores. It is for a peace treaty with a species called Yzakians. Please reply.

(Edited by Tomas Goransson at 10:33 pm on Dec. 27, 2002)

[Geordi]

(Off: There are no life signs as Manion and Svenson have been beamed of the yzakian ship, long before we got to it)

(Edited by Geordi at 5:28 am on Dec. 30, 2002)

[Thomas Stiegler]

'Bridge.'

The doors closed and the turbo lift started gliding up silently. Only a few moments later, the lift stopped and its doors opened. Counselor Stiegler left the turbo lift and entered the bridge. He took place on the chair next to the captain's one.

[Valkiro]

Captn, we are within hailing range, cokmunications channel open and standing by.

[Geordi]

(Off: Could we hurry this mission along a bit please and get it happening.)

[Tomas Goransson]

Yes Major!

XO, you have the CONN.

*Leaves the ship emidiatly*

[Sister]

*On her way during the Search of Daughter, Sister enters the Sector of the Cluster....*
....Localisation
...Cluster
...Composition
....ASTEROIDS!
...Satisfaction
....Decision
...Recording for Nesting possibilities
...Informations for Mother
...Scanning
...NO DAUGHTER
...Unsatisfaction
....Object
......Description
....Ship
...Analysing
....Energy potential for LifeForm regenerating
......ADEQUATE!
.....HUNGRYYYYYYY!
*Sister rushes to the Ship. She is ABSOLUTELY greedy.*

[Jace]

Haven't seen him around Sir, but I believe he is somewhere on the ship. Maybe he is on the engeering deck? I think we need to check the ship's systems. It looked like nothing happened to us but who knows.. better check it don't you agree, Sir?

[Grady OScott]

I am sorry. I was away on a holiday.....
Now, What was the thing?

[Grady OScott]

Life-form? Hmmm......Science, see if we can lauch a probe towards it rigged to bioscan

*In Engineering*
*Skytoucher enters the Cluster*
Hmmm.....this is weird...
Lieutenant Svesson? Do you know what going on here? Are we running a test or somethimg? The Energy Imput/output levels are wacked. We are imputing less energy than we are producing! We are creating matter!

[Pax]

The Yzakian Prime officer puts his both hands on his head and bows, indicating it is their way of greeting.

"We are honored by your arrival.  Our sensors detected your ship long before when you were on your way here already, so we decided to await you.  Our homeworld is inside the Van'Gu cluster, do you wish to follow us and be our honored guests?"

[Peter Svensson]

And this is exactly the thing that happened here again, despite my actions to try and prevent it.

I was doing some detailed scans on this unique Van'Gu cluster, when I suddenly noticed the similar subspace waves.  I remembered them from a year ago on the USS Excalibur, and I knew what would happen.
But I noticed them too late.  Too late to contact you, captain, and explain you the danger of them.  And surely, general ship's sensors wouldn't even notice them.
The only option I had left to prevent a disaster, was to shut down the ship computer's artificial intelligence. That way, there was no danger for interference with the subspace waves.  Though, I could not do that from my panel in engineering, and it could only be done at the bridge.  And so I contacted Mannion and gave him a directive to input that would shut down the artificial intelligence of the computer.

But, as you can see, not even my quick actions were quick enough, because I couldn't prevent it after all.
I'm sorry for not explaining it to you, but I had to take my chances to prevent this, though they were in vain.