Monsters all around us
Posted on Thu May 4th, 2023 @ 9:18am by Captain Maia Sterling & Lieutenant Steve O'Carroll & 2nd Lieutenant Saul Humphries & Ambassador Amanda Blake & Lieutenant Commander Robert Hendon & Lieutenant Kasey Tanger & Lieutenant Paisley P'Rar & Lieutenant Marina Tanger & Lieutenant Commander Rick Gibbs & Lieutenant Commander Havri Belbre & Lieutenant Isabelle Raal & Captain Karyn Somers
Edited on on Thu May 4th, 2023 @ 9:21am
Mission:
Monsters of the Past
Location: Advanced Weapons Research Facility
Timeline: 239504.20
Captains Log Stardate 239504.20
Marina Tanger is still in her coma-like trance, it's like she has been possessed. T'Plana'Hath has facilitated the mind link, but other than a dire warning that we need to leave now, We are no closure to finding out what happened to those El'Aurians that were stationed here. I am also getting strange reports from the crew that they are being chased out of the base by phantoms. and monsters of the mind. Commander Belbre has downloaded all the specs and diagrams of the weapons systems she could find. I don't think any of it will work with conventional power sources, as I think that the life forces of the El Aurains are what is magnifying the weapon's power levels to the extent they are at. I have ordered most of the crew back to the Leto to get the ship ready for evacuation.
Sterling Maia A
Commanding USS Leto NCC -80916
Log out
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[ON]
Maia was in sickbay watching over Marina and T'Plana'Hath, she had given the order to evacuate and most of the crew was or at least were doing just that. Dr Hendon was with her.
"Doc, what are the chances of moving her," Maia asked.
In all his experiences so far Robert had never seen readings like this. It was like there were two people lying before him. He also had an uneasy feeling something was watching them ready to pounce.
“ Either this scanning equipment is faulty or there is something else in there with Marina. Picking up two brain wave patterns…..sorry but we must get her out of here pronto! You know if I did not know better. This other brainwave looks El’Aurian.” Robert warned
Marina looked at Hendon. “Quite astute Doctor, but do not think it will be that easy to get rid of us. We will defeat the Borg, it is what we came here to do and we will continue to guard against them.”
Robert was shocked at how differently Marina was speaking. Whoever had taken her over had complete control. There was only one way to deal with this situation.
“ We are not here to stop you. If anything we can help you if you wish us to. But look at my manners who am I addressing?” Robert asked.
—Just outside the room—
Lt. Kasey Tanger was still connected to the other realm and yet he was able to manoeuvre himself when others were evacuated from the room where his sister was still being held. He made his way to the closest engineering station and started to work on what he was filtering from the realm still communicating with him. He entered some sub-routines and programs into the station and then started chanting "For the future, for the futile, for the fate of all life." He started to just repeat it over and over.
—Meanwhile back in the room—
Maia looked at Marina.
"No one is trying to stop you from defeating the Borg in fact we want to help with that as much as possible, to whom am I addressing? Maia asked.
Marina looked towards Hendon, then at Sterling. “We are not one single mind, we are many. You may address us through this one you call Marina. She allows us into this mind so you may communicate...” There was a pause as Marina’s own consciousness came forward. “Captain...Kasey, you need to help Kasey...”
"Dr Hendon, tend to Kasey, where is T'Plana"Hath is she with you?" Maia asked.
“ Yes,” Hendon replied.
Hendon scanned Kasey. The readings were not great he pressed a hypo into his arm and took some more readings.
“ It’s like looking at an old-fashioned record that’s stuck. They tried to take him over as they did with Marina. But for some reason, it failed and now he’s stuck in a mental loop. Hopefully, the injection I just gave him should knock him out of it.” Hendon said.
Marina simply stood blankly watching everyone and everything, taking it all in as the eyes and ears of those who spoke through her.
Elsewhere...
Karyn was organizing the evac with her Rifles, it was a little hairy, but there had not yet been any riots, so she put that down to being a good thing.
Paisley hauled her ass from the back labs to the transport area. "Capt. Somers," she said, by way of greeting. She ran a scaly grey hand over her eyes. "Getting a bit rough in here."
*Looking at the new voice* "Hello, you are not kidding on that one there. it makes a Wookie look bald, does this hairy situation" Somers said with a small smile.
Paisley chuckled. "I bet. Do you need some help? I am just standing around otherwise."
"Yes, help me with this evac, the more hands we have the quicker we can all leave," Somers said.
Paisley nodded and picked up a clipboard. "LT. Paisley P'rar, Chief Science Officer. Get in a line!" She hollered. She wasn't born half-Cardassian for anything. In fact, she put on her best Cardassian-so-don't-try-me face and then watched as they lined up. "Alright, Captain, your Marines are ready." She said. She glanced at the clipboard, but Marine-ese wasn't really her strong suit. "Get ready to pull out, we're needed elsewhere." That was the best she had.
"My Rifles are ready when you are El-tee," she said in response to Paisley
=/\= Captain to senior officers, we are getting the hell out of here, have your people get back to the Leto and initiate the start-up sequence =/\=
Tapping her Commbadge =/\= Somers to Leto, my section is ready to beam up as soon as possible =/\= Somers said and waited for the transporter beam to claim them and whisk them to safety.
She just snapped her head towards the transporter room and grabbed some gear. "Grab gear, one at a time, then head to the Transporter room to await further orders." Her voice was likely heard through the entire building, but she cared not.
LCMD Belbre replied =/\= Aye Captain on my way. This data looks too dangerous I plan to clear the data and destroy the storage unit afterwards. I don't want this infecting Leto's computer core. I will beam back in 5 minutes.=/\=
=/\= Havri leave it. Get the crew back to the Leto =/\= Maia ordered.
=/\=Transporter room One, 6 to beam back to the Leto.=/\= Havri ordered.
Once back on the Leto, she went to the Bridge to await the other's return.
Before heading to Bridge Hendon made sure Kasey and Marina were safe in sickbay.
“ I have T'Plana'Hath and Marina in sickbay. They’re stable but a little too quiet for my liking.” Hendon said.
"Not surprising considering the psychic forces involved. The El'Aurian remnant can make us see things in this warped reality of space, we need to get back into the nebula," Maia said.
Hendon wondered.
“ To be honest I am not sure what will happen as we pull away. They may be ok or there could be a violent reaction. I better get back to sickbay and keep a close eye on them.” Hendon said
Rick gave a glance around a moment, given that he was already on the Bridge. He didn't really have that far he had to go.
Finally, she was back. The safety of her lab provided some small comfort, but she quickly hauled herself up to the Bridge-if it was, indeed, a psychic attack, she probably needed to science up some kind of thing to help. P'Rar thought.
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A post by:
Captain Maia A Sterling
Commanding Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916
&
Lieutenant Steve O'Carroll
Chief Diplomatic Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916
&
Marine Captain Karyn Somers
Marine Commanding Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916
&
Lieutenant Paisley P'Rar
Chief Science Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916
&
Lieutenant Commander Havri Belbre
Chief Tactical Officer/ Security
USS Leto NCC-80916
&
Lieutenant Commander Dr Robert Hendon
Chief Medical Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916
&
Lieutenant Isabelle Rahl
Chief Counsellor
USS Leto NCC-80916
&
Lieutenant jg Marina Tanger
Asst Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Leto NCC-80916
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