Mission 12: "When It Rains..."

[Orpheus]

Orpheus shimmered into existence on one of the conference table's emitters. "Ma'am, I'm sorry to interrupt, but we're receiving a communiqué from Starfleet. It states that a task force is being dispatched to assist in Captain Taurik's rescue. I've detected five Starfleet signatures, they should rendezvous with us in approximately seventeen minutes."

[Givrillian Sarpedon]

"Aye, Ma'am!" Sarpedon said firmly, as he began powering up the new drive. It took slightly longer than a normal Warp drive, since the computer was completely unfamiliar with the thing. Eventually, Sarpedon had it powered up, and the ship jumped forward into Transwarp speeds.

"Course set, Transwarp drive engaged. Drive power fluctuations are stable....BattleGroup Thirteen is following. All systems normal" he reported.

[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."~

[Morgan Freeman]

"Lets see, if we wanted it to be safe, why don't we just install some safe guards around the drive so that we don't have to worry about the ships safety.  If we isolate the drive and build a conduit buffer in between it and the rest of the Rivendell's power systems then we just open the buffer when we want to use the drive and close it again when we don't.  I could even add it to the jump drive activation sequence so that we wouldn't run into any problems."

Morgan programmed an additional simulation of the buffer in mind that could completely isolate the drive unit itself until called for.

[Taurik]

"Petty Officer, you should now have access to the upgrades recently installed to the warp core," Taurik said as he nodded to T'lana to make sure it was true. "Take a moment to familiarize yourself with it's operation. It is primarily computer-controlled, but it functions somewhat differently than a warp coil. Feel free to run a few simulations on your console. As soon as you feel comfortable in it's basic use, begin to charge the drive and prepare for a test jump."

[Taurik]

"And I would imagine that your many attempts at assimilating them have failed?"

[Givrillian Sarpedon]

"Aye." Sarpedon said, as he typed in the commands on his console, opening a channel with Avalon Station.

=/\="Avalon Station, this is the USS Rivendell, requesting permission to dock."=/\=

[T'lana]

"It would be prudent to wait for him to return to the Rivendell. I am sure you will have time to purvey your sentiment when he returns." Stated T'lana.

[Tigerlead]

The Prometheus class starship got bigger and Tigerlead could see the markings on it... U.S.S. Rivendell NCC 84540-B as the shuttle made a high turn and aligned with the ship.
=^= This is shuttle Aurora 5 to USS Rivendell, requesting permission to dock. I am delivering a new crew member =^=
=^= This the USS Rivendell Flight Control you are cleared for docking on the upper shuttlebay =^=
The pilot maneuvered the shuttle into the bay and set down, then turned to Tigerlead and said "Here we are sir.Good luck!"
Tigerlead smiled at the pilot and said "Thank for the ride!" Then exited the shuttle, took a look around and exited the shuttlebay.
He saw a crewman in the corridor and asked "Crewman, i was just posted on this ship by Starfleet, i want to introduce myself to the captain, where can i find him?"
The crewman look at him like if he was mesuring him then said "Welcome aboard,sir! Well you will find the captain and the first officer in Engineering... well actually you'll find most of them in Engineering..." then smiled and turned away.
Tigerlead walked to the Turbolift and entered it. The door closed with a metalic hissing noise. "Engineering" Tigerlead said. The computer answered with a calm voice "Please reformulate request" Tigerlead looked to the ceiling like waiting to see the computer above laughing at him... ~What the...~ he thought to himself... "Computer locate the captain!" the computer answered "The captain is on Deck 5 in Main Engineering". Tigerlead thought to himself ~That figures...~ then said "Main Engineering", the tubolift moved but it seemed to have stopped in an instant ~Well that was fast~ the doors opened and Tigerlead saw the main engineering hall... lots of people where about... on the side there was a man dressed in security uniform his insignia showed him as Security Chief... or a moment his body flashed like it wasn't there...~A hologram~ Tigerlead thought to himself... farther in front a group of persons where talking among them seemed to be the captain, but one person in particular caught his eye... a young women, but something seemed strange about her, it probably was the skepticism of the security trainings but she seemed out of place, the silver baton at her waist seemed like a weapon, but Tigerlead didn't see any weapon like that in his life. He aproached the group and said "Ensign Tigerlead reporting for duty"

[Givrillian Sarpedon]

"Aye Sir."

Sarpedon pulled up the data relevant to the upgrade on his screen. It was an impressive piece of technology. He didn't understand all the science behind it, but if what his console was telling him was correct, they'd be able to travel enormous distances almost instantly.

He began running some simulations on his console, with a 99% success rate. The other 1% was due to some instabilities created by the wormholes, the effects of which seemed to differ each time they occurred, though Sarpedon programmed in a set of subroutines that should easily compensate for it.

"Ready when you are, Captain." he said. "Spinning up the new drive."

[Voyager]

((OOC:  Sorry for interrupting again, but there is a slight conflict with canon.  The Vaadwaur had encountered the Borg sometime before the 15th century and the Borg then only had assimilated a handful of star systems.  Therefore, it seems unusual that the Borg would have encountered the Gallifreyans and the Na'jigat with Borg Cubes when they were only just starting out and also conflicts with the idea the Borg knew the Gallifreyans for "millenia" when they themselves were only about one millenium old.  I doubt she could be bluffing, since the Borg don't lie.  I just wanted to point that out.))

[T'lana]

"Aye Captain." T'lana took the Command Chair once again.

"Mr. Sarpedon, contact the Dock Master, request permission to dock, do so once approved."

[T'Kar]

"That will be fine. Thank you"

[T'lana]

Commander T'lana looked up from the Main Engineering Console to see another new security officer approach. T'lana had to admit, it was nice to see more crew members coming aboard the Rivendell.

"Welcome aboard Ensign, Starfleet has already forwarded your transfer papers. So make yourself at home, as you humans say."

[T'lana]

T'lana nodded back to Captain Taurik and left the Science Station to observe Petty Officer Sarpedon's progress.

"Very good Mr. Sarpedon, it is agreeable that we are testing the Jumpdrive with you at the helm. Bring us out of Warp first before making the test Jump."

T'lana then went ahead and briefed Mr. Sarpedon on the Jumpdrive's operation, quietly enough that only Givrillian could hear her.

"Because Stellar Cartography is updated constantly, there is no need to compensate for stellar drift, so refer to Stellar Cartography before making a Jump, then it is just a simple matter of using the ship's long range sensors to select an exit vector. The Jumpdrive takes one minute to spin-up, two minutes cool down each jump and one minute to spin-down."

T'lana decided it would be prudent to give the Petty Officer some praise as humans seem to thrive on support.
"I am confident that you will do well Mr. Sarpedon, once out of Warp, collapse the Warp Field, then Jump at your discretion."
T'lana walked away from the Helm Sation to stand not far from the Captain, there was no point being at the Science Station and sometimes just sometimes, being next to a fellow Vulcan brought comfort to her.

Looking to Mr. Freeman, T'lana nodded,

"Monitor the collapse of the Warp Field Chief and monitor the flow of Vacuum Field Energy and the Gravito-magnetic flux."

Quietly speaking to the Captain, she stated,

"Captain, initial tests by Spec-Ops Medical, showed that certain people, especially humans, could be susceptible to moderate to extreme disorientation after a Jump. So the Chief Medical Officer should be informed."

"I must say Captain, Mr. Sarpedon is an adept Helm Officer."