Mission 12: "When It Rains..."

[T'lana]

Givrillian had his hands full, but in Multi-Vector Assault Mode, the stardrive sections could work independently from the primary Command Section. So T'lana lowered the shields herself.

=A=Bridge to Transporter Room Two=A=

"Chief, the transport enhancement beacon is in place, beam them back immediately."

=A=Bridge Out=A=

=A="Aye Ma'am."=A= The Transporter Chief locked onto Beta's Mobile Emitter and the Transport Enhancement Beacon and beamed them both to the Rivendell's Primary Section as the secondary sections kept firing on the Borg Sphere.

=A="I have them Ma'am."=A= Stated the Transporter Chief surprised that this actually worked.

=A="Good work Chief, have Mr. Beta come to the Bridge."=A= Stated T'lana, raising the shields again.

=A=FLEET WIDE=A=

"Battle Fleet Thirteen, this is the USS Rivendell, we have the Transwarp Node. Destroy the Borg Sphere, repeat, destroy the Sphere."

=A=Rivendell Out=A=

All the able vessels in Battle Group Thirteen as well as the Rivendell, fired everything they had at the Borg Sphere.

The Sphere put up a pretty good fight, they were just lucky there was only one. But like wasps stinging an elephant, the Borg Sphere finally succumbed to the constant 'stings' from the fleet and exploded.

All vessels in the fleet pulled away in time before getting caught in the blast wave, but they were not without collateral damage.

=A=FLEET WIDE=A=

"On behalf of the crew of the Rivendell I thank you for your assistance. Coordinate with our AI for repairs and ordinance acquisition."

=A=USS RIVENDELL OUT=A=

"Orpheus, reintegrate the ship and coordinate with the other vessels, on repairs and restocking of armaments."

=A=Bridge to Engineering=A=

"Mr. freeman, we have a present for you. See if it is possible to integrate the Transwarp Node into our systems."

=A=Bridge Out=A=

[Chaya Sar]

Chaya Sar found it interesting how similar their two galaxies really were, including the space naval tradition. She remembered being on the Bridge of a New Republic Battlecruiser as it was being docked. The difference being, the Battlecruiser was actually landing on the planet Coruscant - Capital planet of her galaxy - but the chain of command and ways of doing things were the same.

"What do I do?" Chaya Sar asked T'lana, confused.

[Taurik]

"Yes, I was considering the possibility as well. When she is done in the science lab with Commander Freeman, I will have a talk with her and discuss her plans, assuming her final decision is to remain with us."

[T'lana]

"Aye Captain." T'lana made her way to the turbolift and stepped in.

[Morgan Freeman]

"Lets head to the engineering lab and run a few tests. I wonder if there is a way to fix the bleed off problem by blocking the connection to the core from the Jump drive until we need it.  Any suggestions?"  Morgan walked with the XO towards the engineering lab

[T'lana]

T'lana raised an eyebrow at the new security officer and stated succinctly.

"That depends on your marksmanship and whether or not you remember to duck, does it not Mr. Tigerlead."

[Givrillian Sarpedon]

Sarpedon stood up and approached the Captain to receive his new rank pip, a large grin on his face. "Thank you, Sir!" He said, saluting his CO

[Chaya Sar]

~"Yes I sense it too, there is a great darkness coming, but it is not from our new allies, it comes from else where. How of our passenger? Is she with you? Is she alive?"~

[T'lana]

T'lana walked onto the Bridge after Morgan to hear what he said to Givrilian and Captain Taurik, with Larial right behind her.

"Mr. freeman has a point Captain, if we test the Jumpdrive and there are cloaked vessels around the station. It is logical to assume they will attempt to investigate one way or another."

"In order to get their attention, we should attempt an intra-system Jump away from the Station and back. Their sensors will register the Rivendell folding spacetime, bare in mind it takes one minute to spin-up the Jumpdrive, one minute cool down after each Jump and one minute to spin-down. The maximum distance we can Jump is twenty light years."

[T'lana]

T'lana got up from the Science Station and left the bridge, taking the turbolift to the deck her quarters were on.

Once in her quarters, T'lana took a sonic shower and a change of uniform. After doing her hair and make-up, T'lana walked to the replicator and ordered Plomeek Broth, followed by a Caesar salad and an iced Vulcan Spice Tea.

Finishing her meal an hour later, T'lana meditated, making sure she lit her favorite candle scented with frangipani.
Vulcans never used perfume, or deodorant, having no sweat glands there was no need. T'lana was the only Vulcan she new of who used certain scents to accentuate her personage. Perhaps being around humans for so long had corrupted her, or maybe she just really liked the smell of frangipani.
Frangipani is a desert flower, mainly found in the northern areas of Australia where T'lana spent several years in the consulate of New Maryborough, Victoria. During which time T'lana traveled around Australia, taking in the diverse wildlife and the still untouched areas of the desert. That was where she came across the frangipani flower and the various uses of it's oil, especially perfume.

Once T'lana finished meditating, she went back to the en suite and grabbed the bottle of frangipani perfume from the vanity. Spraying herself lightly with the beautiful scent.

Leaving her quarters, T'lana went to engineering to see how the repairs were going, at least that was her excuse anyway, the real reason was that she just didn't want to be alone at the moment.
Entering engineering T'lana noticed Beta, the new crew members and Commander Freeman, all in engineering busy.

[Larial]

Larial was fascinated by the USS Rivendell which is only natural having never set foot onto a Starship before, having only been "born" a few weeks ago.

"This is quite amazing Father, T'lana and this must be the Captain."

Larial made her way up to the Command Chair and held out her hand.

"Na'Shaya Captain, I'm Larial, an android." Stated the beautiful blonde matter-of-factly.

If she hadn't stated what she was , no one could have known. She never acted robotic or showed any other signs of being Synthetic. Of course this was thanks to her creator's expertise and T'lana's mind-meld with her Positronic Neural Net.

[Taurik]

Taurik lunged toward the other Heraan with amazing speed. As the Heraan drew his own energy bracer, he slid under the alien, tripping him. Taurik took this opportunity to leap onto the Heraan, cutting his weapon arm off, and placing his boot to the alien's throat.

"Why are you here?!" he projected into the alien's mind with such force that it almost seemed afraid.

[T'lana]

"That sounds logical enough."

T'lana took out her Tricorder and opened it. Accessing the memory for the scans she took of Chaya Sar's vessel, the scans in particular showed the potential energy of the Viper.

"Take a look at this. The potential energy of Chaya Sar's vessel is off the scale in comparison to the potential energy capabilities of anything Starfleet and for that matter, the entire galaxy has achieved. According to these readings, her vessel produces the potential energy on the scale of Planck Energy, that is ten to the nineteen billion electron volts. That is the maximum amount of energy any mechanism can achieve."

[Taurik]

As soon as Chaya drew her lightsaber, Taurik instinctively drew his own khala. The Vulcan master tried to project the peaceful intent of himself and his crew, but due to the alien's telepathic nature, he was unsure if she understood.

Once Taurik noticed that Mr. Freeman had recalibrated the universal translator, he knew he could communicate properly. He sheathed his khala.

"We did not respond because we could not understand. Our universal translator is now programmed to your language, however. My name is Taurik, I am the captain of this vessel, the U.S.S. Rivendell."

[THE BORG COLLECTIVE]

"More posturing Three of Twelve?" The Borg Queen asked angrily.

The Borg Queen directed her transport and 50 Borg Cubes to go to Transwarp.

"NAVIGATION, SPACIAL GRID 0285 BY 9947 by 1441. ENGAGING TRANSWARP DRIVES."

Both the Borg Queen's Royal Transport and 50 Borg Cubes engaged their Transwarp Drives for the rim of the Milkyway Galaxy in the Gamma Quadrant.

Two hours later, the Borg vessels emerged from Transwarp. On the screen of the Central Plexus, a decimated star system could be seen, with only a few chunks of eviscerated rock floating around clouds of dust particles, orbiting a compressed ball of Uranium-258, that used to be the system's star.

The Borg Queen released Taurik from the security field, allowing him to get up from the Assimilation Table.

"Come here." Ordered the Borg Queen to come standing where she was in front of the Holographic Display. "This is the result of the Na'Jigat, the entire sector is the same. A Borg Cube witnessed the destruction from a distance." The Borg Queen showed the visual telemetry from the cube that was monitoring the system prior to assimilation, but holding off due to the arrival of the Na'Jigat.

The Holographic Screen show space with the system in the distance. A blue swirling mass of energy suddenly appeared and began to envelope the system. All transmissions from the system ceased. The monitor switched back to real time.

"Three more systems making up the sector, were similarly decimated." The Borg Queen continued, "Where were your precious order? We were on our way to offer the population of these planets perfection and immortality. Unfortunately we were too late." Stated the Borg Queen, sounding like she actually cared.