Mission 13: "The Heist"

[T'Kar]

(OOC: What the heck, I'll try to speed it up.)
T'Kar walked out of the alien ship's sickbay and got an idea. He thought about it. ~is it appropriate to request such a thing to the captain?~ He decided to try it anyway. =^= T'Kar to captain Taurik, I have an idea that may help us repair the ship. I would like it if I met with you to discuss it. Where would be the appropriate place to meet?=^=

[Taurik]

(OFF: Everyone but Freeman left, captain's orders. And even if you were somehow on board, you can't repair a warp core that has detonated, and you can't repair a crippled Federation heavy destroyer all by yourself.)

"Have the Heraani reinforcements arrived?" Taurik asked without preamble.

"Yes," replied Stevens weakly.

"Then we cannot go back. With any luck, they will be able to escape detection or capture, and make it to safely. As grim as it may be, I will not risk the lives of the majority of the crew to save the minority."

Taurik stepped forward to the command altar. "Set a course for Starbase Avalon and engage slipstream drive."

[Taurik]

--Bridge--

"Set a course for the Heraani border and engage at warp factor seven. Hold position just outside the border once we arrive."

[kloek8]

Kloek8 walks in to Eneneering


"hi chief how are you?"

"sorry i am late"

[Luke Voison]

"Yes sir, I'll see to it that I preform both my duties as efficiently as possible," He replied, curiously watching the other ensign leave the room.

[Luke Voison]

OOC: Ah, Stargate and Battlestar Galactica.. My favourite couple http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

[T'lana]

T'lana nodded back to Luke and closed the access ramp of the Kelata. T'lana got up from the helm and went to the dual dedicated Transporter Pad an located Larial via the sensors, being the android to the Kelata.

Once Larial was converted from a matter-stream to her original physical construct on the Transporter Pad, T'lana walked back to the Helm and sat down.

"Welcome on board Larial, please take a seat, we could use your assistance if that is acceptable."

T'lana cloaked the Kelata, opened the Hangar Doors and piloted the Vulcan prototype surveillance/Reconnaissance Stealth Shuttle out of the Rivendell.
The Kelata's Cloaking Field Generator produced a high intensity electromagnetic field around the vessel, bending light and other forms of electromagnetic energy, such as sensors, in such a way that the vessel was rendered invisible, as most cloaking devices do.
The Treaty of Alganon does not apply to the Kelata, as it was not created by Starfleet, nor was the Stealth Shuttle used for the Federation. The Kelata was designed by T'lana and built in a private V'Shar Facility, using only Vulcan technology.

The Gravitational Engines were almost silent save for a quiet hum of power heard from inside the Stealth Shuttle only, as the Kelata slid easily through space. T'lana then brought the Kelata to an all-stop five hundred meters from the Rivendell.

=A=Kelata to Cardinal Virtue and Viper=A=

"Captain, Chaya, we are in position."

=A=Kelata Out=A=

T'lana's idea was to wait by the Rivendell until Taurik and Chaya Sar left for their part in the operation. Then bring the Kelata close to the Heraani stations Hangar Bay. It didn't really matter how close the Kelata was, the Cloaking Device was almost perfect and the Gravitational Engines were totally silent and undetectable whilst the Stealth Shuttle was cloaked. The effect had nothing to do with T'lana's designs though, she was not arrogant to think that, it was a simple matter of physics.

[Chaya Sar]

Chaya Sar piloted the Viper into the stations Hangar, noticing that a few Heraani were there with surprised looks on their face. Chaya fired the Viper's Turbolasers, turning their surprised looks into shock horror as they died.

Landing the Viper, Chaya deactivated the Viper's Ion Turbine Engines, but kept the Power Converter going, allowing her a quick get away if necessary.

Chaya Sar was pleased to see what else was in that Hangar and ran over to the Blue Harvest and hugged the Corellian Freighter as much as she could.

"Oh, it is good to see you again old girl."

Not expecting an answer and a tad embarrassed, she subconsciously looked around the room and straightened her robes. When she was satisfied that no one had seen her dote over a machine, the force whispered to her of a presence aboard the Freighter.

"Now for the reason I am here." Whispered Chaya to herself.

Removing her Lightsaber from it's hilt on her belt, Chaya ignited the weapon and made her way quietly up the ramp of the Blue Harvest. Aboard were two Heraani, making their way through the Harvest with their version of those Tricorders Starfleet uses. Chaya was pleased to see that the Blue Harvest was still intact and nothing had been touched.

Using a mind-trick on one of the Heraani, Chaya had successfully convinced him that there had been a noise off in the distance, allowing her time to run him through with her Lightsaber. The second one wasn't as gullible as the first and was waiting for her with his brace activated. The Heraani attempted to attack her with his brace, slashing through the air, which Chaya countered with a parry and force-push, which knocked the Heraani into the Bulkhead behind him.

"Hmm the Heraani can fly." Chaya stated as she sliced off his head.

Deactivating her Lightsaber and hilting it, she dragged the Heraani and their parts out of the Blue Harvest. She then activated the hidden switch to close the Ramp, which hissed shut on it's hydraulic arms.
Making her way to the inner corridor, beyond the Hangar she stopped, made sure no Heraani were present and took out her comlink.

@"All is clear T'lana."@

Chaya Sar pocketed her comlink and palmed her Lightsaber again, but not activating it until it was needed. She waited for T'lana and her team to arrive.

[Voyager]

((OOC: Sorry for the intrusion, but I just realized there was a slight discontinuity.  As I remember from my bored readings, according to canon, the Kelvan Empire originated from the Andromeda Galaxy and was a significant power there.  Here's the link: http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Kelvan_Empire" target="_blank">http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Kelvan_Empire . Since I don't believe there is a Kelvan Empire in Star Wars that is a major power, there is a slight contradition of canon in the origin of our Jedi friends here.  Just want to point that out.  Sorry again for intruding.))

[Taurik]

Taurik left the Kelata as soon as he was able and headed straight for the bridge. The Cardinal Virtue had already made it safely back onboard, he noticed as he passed out of the hangar.

By the time he made it to the bridge, they had already jumped away from Hera. However, it wasn't long after he arrived that the entire ship jolted.

"Report?" Taurik barked, after he regained his balance.

[Taurik]

(OFF: Warp 9 and above is extremely fast, after all.)

"Target the lead ship and fire all weapons."

The Rivendell shook hard as the first volleys of plasma fire began striking the ship.

[T'lana]

OOC: Err...ok http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> It does normally help reading previous posts.

IC:

<Main Engineering>

T'lana didn't wait for Morgan to come, one; they really needed the Jump Drive operational and two; Freeman probably had his hands full anyway.

T'lana removed the Exotic Matter Lens, which was quite hot to the touch. Calling it a lens isn't entirely accurate as it was neither a convexed or concaved piece of clear silicate. But it's operational design was similar, the Exotic Matter Lens is designed to focus and confine the Exotic Matter stream from the collector to the dynamo, which by the use of an electromagnetic field and a graviton-neutrino generator, produced the field necessary for the induction of a wormhole.

T'lana discovered Exotic Matter quite by accident when she was working on the Kelata and it's Quantum Slipstream Drive. Exotic Matter is a non-baryonic matter with a negative energy density, that repels against gravity rather than being attracted to it and exists naturally subspace.

The Quantum Slipstream Drive is the same as the Jump Drive in that they both use artificially induced wormholes for Faster-Than-Light travel. It is how they induce wormholes that are different. The Quantum Slipstream Drive manipulates spacetime at the quantum level to produce a wormhole, also known as a spacetime vortex, or subspace vortex. The Jump Drive sticks with the traditional method of wormhole induction by using exotic matter to 'fold' spacetime and further use the exotic matter to maintain the wormhole during the 'jump'. Both have their pros and cons, so it is a simple matter of choice as to which one a interstellar species would prefer to use.

The Industrial Replicator nearly lost power three times as T'lana was replicating a new Exotic Matter Lens. But as luck would have it - if a Vulcan actually believed in luck - the replication process completed and the new Exotic Matter Lens past inspection.

Replacing it back into the Jump Drive, T'lana replaced the access panel and took the lift down to the Main Engineering deck. Walking quickly to the Jump Drive control panel, T'lana took a quick look around the room to make sure all was well, satisfied, sat down and began the Jump Drive activation sequence.

=A=Engineering to Bridge=A=

"Captain, the Jump Drive needed repairing, but will be completely spun up in two minutes."

=A=Engineering Out=A=

[Taurik]

Taurik had just finished mopping up two more fighters when the Cardinal Virtue shook under fire. Pressing a key on his panel, he brought up a rear-view display of a pair of interceptors firing at his aft section. Taurik slid his fingers along the LCARS throttle control, bringing the engine power to zero.

With the ship now drifting, he pulled back hard on the controls, and the Virtue flipped on it's back, allowing the captain to see the seemingly-inverted interceptors firing on him. The fact that the engines were cut allowed the ship to maintain its current heading while freeing Taurik to bring the forward-firing weapons to bear. He targeted a single quantum microtorpedo, and it slammed into the lead interceptor hard. The out-of-control ship crashed into it's wingman, just as Taurik hoped, and with no further pursuers, he righted the ship and reengaged the engines, bringing it about to face the next set of interceptors that he might come across.

[Taurik]

(OFF: Perhaps. I wasn't referring to any one person, just the extreme degradation of any sense of order in this thread. Replace "idiocy" with "lunacy" if you wish, my meaning would remain the same.)

Although it was Gallifreyan custom for the ranking warrior to take command of any vessel he or she is on, Taurik allowed the Thurokiir to keep his seat. The Sanctity jumped into quantum slipspace, but kept a low velocity, in order to catch up with (but not overshoot) the shuttles that had set course away from the battle.

As soon as a majority of the shuttles were in communications range, one of the Gallifreyans opened a channel. "This is Captain Taurik," the Vulcan stated. "The Heraan have been held off, but will send reinforcements soon. Make way for the Sanctity with all possible haste, and we will depart for Starbase Avalon."

[kloek8]

Quote (T'lana @ Feb. 12 2008, 2:05 pm)

OOC: Kloek, you are not an engineer. Morgan Freeman is the only one left on the Rivendell, you would be on the Gallifreyan vessel. It is also impossible for you to have fixed the Rivendell's Warp Drive due to the fact that the main core and the two secondary cores were ejected because of a core breach. Big bada boom, get the picture. http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

OCC: i tid not leave  never left the ship in the first place