USS Skytoucher - Mission 3: Joint mission with USS Rivendell

[Woo Tee]

Captain.

[Skon]

Ensign, information on this system is limited, but the latest long-range scans from Starfleet indicate that there may indeed be an asteroid field or other navigational hazard along our present course. I have no visual confirmation, but fluctuations in the gravity fields would seem to indicate the presence of a body or bodies in addition to the planets we're aware of. I am forwarding the files to your station, so you can feed the information into your navigational sensors. I shall coordinate my scans with yours so we can determine what we're dealing with.

(Edited by Skon at 5:38 pm on Mar. 22, 2003)

[Tomas Goransson]

Good, you may proceed with your plan.

I want that class 1 probe launched towards that hole ASAP!

[Jean Michel Vartin]

Very well, Lt. Skon... *enters commands on the console*

Reducing speed by one third. Adjusting heading...

*fifteen minutes later*

Lt., we are now half a kilometer from the moon and the haven't shot us yet. Do you want to get closer? The gravitational well I read on the nav sensors is equivalent to a medium sized ship, equivalent to an intrepid class.

[Jean Michel Vartin]

Reverting course. 1/2 impulse. Our ETA to the Skytoucher is 10 minutes. Preparing landing protocols.

[Tomas Goransson]

*Whispers to Skon*

It may be, but I wont take any chances...

*Dont bother to stand up, talking with a higher voice to Derath*

The will of your elders...? You have not got the will of OUR elders. To search out life, and we found it. Second, we have lost a ship, and we will not leave untill we find it again. And, if you destroy this ship as well, don´t you think that star fleet will send more ships? Better, stronger and faster ships then even the Rivendell. We are not intrested in war, but you shall be informed that we do not hezitate if we must go to a war.

[Skon]

Thank you, Counselor. Let me know if there's anything I can do to assist you in communicating with these beings.

[Tomas Goransson]

*Tomas stiffened at the word whimp...*

Whimp? Whimp!? You shall see that it is YOU who underestimates us! That beam was not even intended for you! I swear, if you fire so much as a prope on this ship again, I WILL blow you to dust...

*He ordered the comm channel silent and ordered the weapons to get ready*

[Skon]

Welcome aboard, Captain.

[Skon]

*Transmits information to Jace's station*

(Edited by Skon at 5:37 pm on Mar. 22, 2003)

[Jean Michel Vartin]

Captain, I could go on a class II shuttle with Mr. Skon and scan the moon without risking the ship. This way it'd be a lot more difficult for anyone to detect us.

[Skon]

* Skon turns to Vartin and raises an eyebrow *

Lt., if these aliens are using an unknown type of electro-telepathic technology, the object ahead may not be a moon or a hologram, but a mental image placed directly into our minds. Since we cannot be certain what is "real" and what isn't, you should proceed with caution.

* Skon turns back to the sensors *

By the way, Lt., I do not mean to be rude, but I do not think it would be proper for me to refer to you as "Jean," especially while we are on duty. Vulcans tend to be more -- reserved -- about such matters than humans. However, when we get back to the ship, I would be delighted to provide you with a full set of v'tpar schematics from the historial archives of the Vulcan Science Academy. I would be interesting in seeing what sort of holodeck program you could devise.

[Tomas Goransson]

Status report of the away team?

[Thomas Stiegler]

Captain, I have to contradict Lieutenant Skon in one point. Because of the mental impressions I received when Commander Dereth was talking to us, I can now definitely say that he and all his crew are real human beings. They are not using any telepatic powers - at least not their own ones, because I detected that some of the telepatic-energetic lifeforms which seem to live in the planet's atmosphere are also aboard that ship... and they are scared! They are screaming...

Oh... so... much pain... no... more energy... too strong... need... help... peace...

Captain, they're dying! The NSC seems to misuse those lifeforms' mental abilities and life energy against their own will. I believe, they forced them to create that illusion of the 'moon' and to make us believe that the Rivendell had disappeared. As Lt. Skon said, maybe the Rivendell is still where she was when we last saw her...

Captain, these lifeforms don't just have some telepatic abilities... they seem to have overwhelming telepatic and telecinetic powers! But their life signals are getting weaker and weaker. They are a peaceful species, we must stop Dereth misusing them and their powers!

(Edited by Thomas Stiegler at 10:11 pm on April 23, 2003)

[Skon]

Aye, Captain. My calculations are complete. I am attempting to contact the Rivendell now.

*Skon transmits the message*

(OFF: Posting the message in the Rivendell forum)