Mission 12: "When It Rains..."

[Taurik]

(OFF: We are. Since we never really finished the last mision, we still need to make contact with the Heraan's new allies.)

"Try scanning for small amounts of gravimetric force. Any starship should produce a small gravity field, cloaked or not. It's entirely possible that if we detect none, there are none to be found. I simply wish us to be as prepared as possible."

"Mr. Sarpedon, engage on the plotted course at warp seven."

[T'lana]

At 1750 hours, T'lana walked into the Mess Hall and sat, awaiting the arrival of all the senior staff.

[T'lana]

OOC: It's not only fair Luke, it is mandatory. All counseling must be done in closed quarters under protection of anonymity, subject to review by the ship's commanding officer or first officer, where necessary. It is a military vessel after all.


IC:

T'lana nodded to Morgan and sat down in the chair vacated respectfully by him. Looking at the datastream uncovered a discrepancy that actually should not exist.

The data showed that the intermix chamber, deuterium storage and injector system, antimatter storage and injector system and Electro-Plasma System; were all functioning correctly. T'lana also scanned the telemetry from the Warp Nacelles. There was nothing wrong with the verterium cortenide warp coils and the electro-plasma was flowing correctly through the nacelles in alignment with the Verterium cortenide to create the warp field. In fact the entire Warp Drive system, was functioning correctly, then it hit her, after half and hour of going through the data.
T'lana pointed to the waveform grid display.

"It's as I suspected, the new warp core generates more potential energy, 2.4 billion electron volts. The previous core produced 2.1 billion electron volts. The additional potential energy, is causing the Jump Drive to spin-up prematurely, causing the power drain. As you know, the Jump Drive is connected to the Electro-Plasma System that travels from the warp core to the nacelles. The Jump Drive normally uses a switching system of anodyne relays that prevent the Jump Drive from spinning up prematurely, but they are set at the exact potential energy of the core. You will have to remodulate the anodyne relay switching system."

[Holographic Officer Beta]

<Immediately after his return to the Rivendell>

As soon as Beta materialised in the Transporter room, he stood straight from his slightly crouched position, and handed his rifle to one of the nearby NCOs, instructing them to put it in it's locker. He then headed straight for the Bridge, where he logged into his console immediately and relieved PO Sarpedon from having to concentrate on both Helm and Tactical, coordinating with Orpheus to utilise the Rivendell's weaponry as effectively as possible in conjunction with the other ships in the battle group and the other two sections of the Rivendell herself.

<After the Sphere's destruction>

Beta began cycling through the various post-battle diagnostics, citing the various readings for the acting Captain to hear.

"Minor hull breaches on a total of 4 decks, and microfractures throughout the hull. Overall shield strength has been reduced to 71% on section one, 59% on section 2, and 65% on section three. All three sections now integrating....distributing shield strength evenly." he reported, tapping in the various commands on his console.

[Taurik]

(OFF: Sorry for the long wait. With the launch of the new version of Mac OS X, I've been busy at work.)

"Enter."

[Taurik]

Taurik raised an eyebrow. "I am sure the engineers at Utopia Planetia Shipyards would... appreciate the input."

[Taurik]

"Yes. Yes they are."

Taurik paused a moment. "It seems that your goals and ours coincide. We both seek defense from the Na'jigat. It seems quite illogical for us to continue our struggles, which only weaken us, when there is a larger foe on the horizon. As you might say, our differences are irrelevant, if only for the time being."

[T'lana]

T'lana was suitably impressed with this girl, she looks so young, in yet seems to know so much.

"Then it is logical to assume that this gravity well generating ship was not functioning properly or you would not have been thrown into the Milkyway Galaxy. Given your information and the data your ship's Navigation Computer gathered, the Gravity Well Ship, created a micro-singularity within the Interdimensional Vortex your vessel was transitioning through. Causing the negative energy to work against it, apposing polarities as it will. This in turn, caused your vessel to be catapulted through Hyperspace. The Hyperdrive finally shut down, but not until it could neutralize the excess negative energy and that is where we discovered you here in the Milkyway Galaxy as the humans call it."

[THE BORG COLLECTIVE]

@@SHIP TO SHIP@@

"WE ARE THE BORG. LOWER YOUR SHIELDS AND SURRENDER YOUR SHIPS. YOUR UNIQUE BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS SHALL BE ADDED TO OUR OWN. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE."

[Chaya Sar]

~"Yes please. As for the Droids, good work, we do not want our own technology used against us. This galaxy's population does not use Hyperdrive technology, they use space-time warping technology commonly know as a Warp Drive. If these beings that captured you and my ship were to reverse engineer the Hyperdrive, they would have a distinct advantage over the rest of this galaxy. Let us hope, they do not find out about the Hyperdrive. Try to contact Aeryn Kae and assure her that I am coming to rescue you, get her to contact me."~

[Taurik]

"Very good. Open a channel with the base command center."

[T'lana]

T'lana noticed the frightened look on girl from another galaxy and knelt down beside her, giving comfort as best a Vulcan can.

"Are you alright?"

[T'lana]

T'lana received a Security Level 9 subspace message from Star Fleet Special Operations, marked "At your discretion".

T'lana placed in her old V'Shar Security Code to open the subspace communique, which would automatically delete any trace of it's appearance once closed, it read:

===Security Level 9 Communique===

To: Lieutenant Commander T'lana (Formerly V'Shar SpecOps)
From: Admiral Natasha Delacroix UFP SF Spec-Ops.

=Hello T'lana, just letting you know that the SR-1 project has been a complete success.

Thank you for your scientific input old friend, because without it this project would not have come into fruition.

The new Stealth Reconnaissance Prototype Vessel - SR-1 NORMANDY - Is complete and we are currently in negotiations with Expansion Fleet's High Command, to employ the vessel at the HC's discretion.

Because you designed the Jumpdrive, we are nullifying our previous contract with you and allowing you to employ your Wormhole Induction Propulsion generator at you discretion.

The employment of the SR-1 NORMANDY at Expansion Fleet is of course dependent on crew, so it maybe sometime to come yet.
The Na'Jigat are a real threat and the WHIP Jumpdrive you have designed may be a life saver.

Unfortunately my devision of Spec-Ops does not exist officially, so I cannot command your Captain to utilize the Jumpdrive, but given it's modular design can be installed on existing Warp Cores, but you already know this, silly me.

Anyway just letting you know, show this message to your Captain if you wish, remember that the poltergeist bot, will delete all trace of this message once closed.
Be well my friend.

Regards
Admiral Natasha Delacroix, Spec-Ops, Star Fleet Command.

===END MESSAGE===

T'lana sent the message to Captain Taurik's personal Terminal, awaiting a reply.

~~T'lana to Taurik~~

~"It would be a logical thing to do Captain, the Jumpdrive has a range of 20 light years and is completely modular.
It is similar in design, but not in power, to the Vortex Drive on Gallifreyan vessels.
It works by generating a Hyperdimensional Tunnel through the spacetime continuum, by manipulating gravity to fold spacetime. Another name for such a device, is a Hyperdrive.
Travel time is constant no matter the distance and almost instantaneous, at 3.26 seconds per jump. The modular design allows the Jumpdrive to be installed en route."~

[T'lana]

"Interesting." Stated T'lana, genuinely impressed. For in essence, a propulsion system like this would have infinite range.

[T'lana]

T'lana looked up from the main engineering console and turned to Chaya Sar. It amazed T'lana just how human Chaya Sar looked, even though she was from another galaxy. There are of course many internal physical differences. When T'lana scanned Chaya, when they first rescued her, she noted just how perfect Chaya's biological structure was. It was though Chaya wasn't born at all, but was created, a Replicant. Either way, T'lana noted that Chaya's biology had none of the usual biological traits of humanoid beings, she had no physical disabilities or disorders at all, that one would expect from a young humanoid woman.

It didn't really matter, T'lana just found it interesting from a scientific point of view. Of course, if any of the Starfleet personnel was to learn of Chaya's perfect biological structure, who knows what might ensue.

"Greetings Chaya, Captain. Captain, Mr. Freeman has noted a significant power loss during the initial engagement of the warp drive, but we believe we have discovered the cause."