Mission : A Blast from the past

Laurence · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:44 am Post subject: Mission : A Blast from the past

Mission : A blast from the past

Stardate : 2478.05.12

USS Wolfheart – Captain's ready room – CO Captain Ksour – 1016

Thalia settled in her chair behind her desk, for once, everything was quiet. The ship, after it's baryon sweep, seem to work better. Must admit that for the fleet, the construction of that important station, to perform this task was a priority, baryon radiation was making repairs of ships difficult. She picked up the 4 reports on her desk and started to read the first, she was halfway through when the communication signal resonated.

“Yes!”

-We are picking up a distress signal Sir.-

“Interesting... did you try to open communication?”

-Nothing, just the distress call.-

“Change course to intercept, go to yellow alert and weapons on standbye. Keep trying to contact them, we might be to far and tell me when we will have visual Number one.”

-Understood... Lichfied out!-

Thalia return to her reading, holding the pad with one hand and with the other caressing her pregnant belly. The baby was moving about. She was seven month pregnant and felt like a beach whale. She finished to read the reports, put her signature, so the computer would class them in it's memory banks. She turned to more personal correspondence, Wilson send her letters and also a few stuff. She had the surprise to see in her quarters last week that a box had arrived for her. Inside was a crib. It made her wonder about what he felt and yet she was ready to raise that child by herself. She kept him informed of course, and his letters were concerned that she was sent on that mission even if it was one of exploration. The communication signal resonated.

-Captain, still no answer but we will have visual in a few minutes.-

“Understood... I'm coming.”

She put down everything and return to the bridge. Walking down the slop, she look at the main view screen, for now, only stars shows. She sat in her chair.

“Let's see what we can see. Xerxes, magnify!”

“Yes Sir!”

“That's one weird whip, the computer doesn't recognize the configuration of it. It would be part organic part mechanical Captain.”

“Still no communication! Put the Wolfheart in orbit matching this ship.” Thalia got up and took a few steps forward stopping short from the steps that would take them between the helm and ops console.

“No acknowledgment of our signals.”

“I know there are people on board that ship, I can feel them. And that ship... there's an intelligence behind it.”

“I guess it's your turn Captain. Maybe a figure of authority might make them answer.” Suggested Lichfield, getting up by her side.

“Might be right. Open a channel, send in all frequencies.”

“Ready Sir!”

“To the people in the ship in orbit around this planet, this is Captain Thalia Ksour of the Federation starship USS Wolfheart. We are responding to your distress call, and we know that there is people on board, please answer our call.”

It took fifteen seconds before finally an answer came.

-USS Wolfheart, sorry about that. I'm Captain Francis Drake. My ship didn't want to relinquish the communication systems. It was also the one who send the distress signal. We are alright here.-

Thalia look at the man who appeared on the viewscreen... he look good. She gave him a smile. “Do you have problems with you computer? Or with your intelligent ship?”

-I frankly don't know what happen Captain Ksour, but I think I know why it did that.-

“What is the problem? We might be of help for you!”

-Tell me, are you part of the federation who was in the delta quadrant... before the war?-

“Yes we are.”

-Then, you might be of help to someone on board. But talking like this is distracting... could I come on board your ship to talk.-

“Of course you can. Number one, arrange that please. I will be in the conference lounge waiting.”

Lichfield gave her a smile. “At your orders Captain.” Thalia observed him leave the bridge and return her attention to Captain Drake. “Captain Drake, standbye for transport. Ksour out.”

Communication was cut of and Thalia made her wait to the conference lounge where she stop and look at the view. There she had a good look at the alien ship. A few minutes later, Captain Drake was introduced. Lichfield took a seat.

“Captain Drake, welcome on board.”

“Thank you.” He took a seat with an air of nonchalence. “What I need to tell you is a long story... hope you have time?”

“We have the time Captain.”

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Laurence · Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:09 pm Post subject: Blast from the past#2

Mission : A blast from the past

Stardate : 2478.05.12

USS Wolfheart – Conference lounge – CO of the Scorpion Captain Drake, CO Captain Ksour, FO Comdr. Lichfield – 1030

When his ship stop in orbit and send a distress signal, Drake wonder what was going and he had his crew search the reason for this reaction. What he didn't realized was that his ship picked up on it's long rang scan another ship... a federation ship. The brief conversation he had with the captain of the Wolfheart, her resemblance to someone he knew just to well made him connect to that reason. Now it was time for explanation. He was beamed on board the Wolfheart, the FO escorted him to the conference lounge. He found the Captain observing his ship and was surprise to see she was pregnant.

“Captain Drake, welcome on board.”

“Thank you.” He took a seat with an air of nonchalence. “What I need to tell you is a long story... hope you have time?”

“We have the time Captain.” She took a chair and turn her attention to him.

“My ship and my crew were transported through time and space from the past, the year was 2406. I was sent on a rescue operation.”

“Rescue operation... whom send you?”

“That is when it gets complicated. From a starship Commander. I would suggest your FO to search for two names. Captain Alexandra Lowell and Commander Talhmari, her husband.”

Ksour gave a look at Lichfield, he simply nodded. “Keep going, you are picking my curiosity.”

“Something was happening in the internal affairs of the Federation at the time. Command send Alex... Captain Lowell in an important mission even when she was five months pregnant. At least, it must had been important, because if it wasn't I have a bone to pick, well would have a bone to pick with the Command at the time.” He gave a corner smile but return to his narration. I managed to find Captain Lowell's ship cut up a some sort of temporal flux, I went in and rescued her and our son who was still with her. That is when, what ever held us, stop it's grip on us and we lost control. We were project millions of light years away from the stellar position we had. We have just managed to arrive here.”

“Captain... here are the bios and last orders.” Lichfield read them prior to give it to her.

“Thanks!”

There was a pause, where Ksour read the profile. One of her left eyebrow lifted. “Interesting. I heard about her at the academy... a real spitfire.”

“You have no idea!” Drake gave her his best corner smile.

Ksour did the same. She wasn't about to ask what was the relationship between him and Lowell, yet she was curious. ~Those questions are for later.~ “Tell me... where is Captain Lowell?”

“Twenty five years ago, we went on a survey mission. She had been with us only for a couple of years then. We were searching for ship resources when a swarm of insects attack us. She pushed me out of the way, to safety but she got stung by one of them. She tried to find a counter agent for the venom invading her body, but the only remedy would take to long and she would have died. She put herself in a cryotub, the only way for the remedy or find help for her. She made a complete file about the venom, what she had done and so forth. I could give you a copy of it for your science and medical team to analyze. I don't want to get her out of that cryotub before we are sure that she can be saved.”

“Of course and yes. Maybe our science and medical labs can find a cure. We found a lot medicinal plants in this part of the quadrant.”

“Tell me... was that mission that important.” He lean forward, she could sense that he was frustrated for a long time about that question.

“Yes, it was important... I guess the failure of this mission was also not predictable. Command suspected that a renegade group in the federation was using ancient technology, with deadly force. With her knowledge and resource, she was the right person for the mission.”

“Good then.” He look at his ship and had a feeling that Ksour couldn't help to pick up herself. “The Scorpion unfroze the command control... I guess that it's what it wanted after all.”

“It's a logical idea. Do you have with you the file Captain Lowell created?”

“It's in my pocket, I took it before I left my ship.” he put it on the table and wonder if he could hope for a miracle.

“According to your file Captain Drake, you had another federation member on board your ship. Counselor Cantarzini?” As she said the name, she felt his pain.

“She died five years ago. We were searching supplies, water and food. Then, a storm formed quickly, then a tornado, in less then an hour. The atmosphere was charge with ion particulates and other stuff that I don't remember, impossible to use the transporter. She was taken by the tornado winds.”

Ksour could feel the pain in him. ~Just remembered why a never wanted to be a counselor.~ She gave a sign to Lichfield to leave giving him the box Drake had put on the table. This one had got up and was now in the corner looking at the view, yet she knew that right now he wasn't looking at his ship.

When he came out of it, Drake was surprised to see that he was alone with Captain Ksour. She had got up and was standing a couple of meters again from him, looking at the same view. He gave him the time, to see and get himself out of that memory.

“Tell me Captain, why are you doing here? I know there's no regulation per say that tells a pregnant woman can't go on a mission, but still.”

“I have a boring mission to do... mapping the sector, detecting gasses anomalies and such. Nothing that should put me in trouble.” She gave him a smile. “You are the most welcome unexpected incident Captain Drake.” ~A little bit of humor shouldn't hurt.~

“Nice to be of service. Now, what do you want me to do Captain Ksour?”

“Well, we will escort you to Terra Nova, we have a Starbase Athena, to see Fleet Admiral Aden Iskra. In the mean time, and hopefully, we will have found a cure and you just might not be alone to meet him.”

“Nice plan... I like it. Now I need to go back to my ship and give orders.”

“Of course, I will escort you to the transporter room.”

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Mission : A blast from the past - Stardate : 2478.05.12

Scorpion – Bridge – CO of the Wolfheart Captain Ksour – 1100

Thalia was impressed by the ship and even more so by what she was picking up from it. It definitely sense the presence of the Wolfheart or maybe her. Being Betazoid, she might have been picked up by this intelligence. Captain Drake escorted her to the holodeck and as the door open, they saw Captain Lowell practicing staff fighting. She stop once she saw them.

“Computer... stop program and recreate livingroom setting.”

The computer bip and the simulation changed. “Alex here is Captain Thalia Ksour, Captain... Captain Alexandra Lowell. I will leave you two to talk and see to your officers.” He gave a smile to Alexandra and left them, the door closed.

Thalia observed Alexandra walking toward her, the battle staff shrink quickly and she put it on the coffee table. It didn't took long to know. “Captain Ksour... you are Betazoid.”

“Yes, I am.”

Alexandra motioned her to take a seat on the sofa. “I guess that Drake told you what happen to me?”

“Yes he did... how have you been doing?”

“Good days and bad days. I feel sometimes a bit trap in this holodeck.” Alexandra sat at the other side of the sofa.

“I can only imagine but I must admit. I don't feel your emotions right now.”

“Probably because I'm an hologram here. Ironic.”

“Why do you say that Captain?”

“Did you read my file Captain Ksour?”

“Yes, but because of the war, certain information got lost I know that you were married, you discovered that you had a son, and when you left for that mission, you were 5 months pregnant. You were listed lost and after some year dead.” Thalia wondered if she should talk about Tahl, her husband. She decided to wait and see.

“There's more. You know that I am... was one of the heads of the anthropology and archeology department. Specialist in linguist and a few more things. When we discovered the T'Kon station, a part of me felt like a kid in a candy store. Making that find is something that an archeologist and anthropologist dream on and might happen to stumble on once in his or her life. And there is was. In there, many things had happen, I mean before we arrived there. When we arrived there, it was a dangerous place but once we have managed to gain control, well, at the time it was partial control, then we were safe enough. Time went on and that is there I met Tahl. Then, there was that mission on Planet A where we lost 10 crew members. Tahl and me were slam together, separated from the rest for many days and trying to get to them. We had to have each others backs and we learn about each other. When we came out of this mission, the captain had a nervous breakdown and resigned. I got promoted and Tahl and me got closer. Not closer, closer, but friend like would be the right word. Many months went by. I studied how to fight with that battle staff you saw me practice. Tahl, and me got closer. Then came the day of the move, to the USS Cochrane. I needed to make an extensive report to the anthropology and archeology department. A team was coming to study the station, maybe even restore it to it's former glory. I was searching through the station in sector where the scans couldn't get into. The guardian put me into a stasis pod and my mind into a virtual world. Later, it did the same with Tahl.”

Alexandra seem to look uncomfortable and got up before picking up the story. “To make a story short, well might be to late on that one.” Alexandra chuckled. “It changed us, because after that we were joined, our consciousness were link. Our proximity to each other we could feel what the other feel and when we were... well you know... it was magical, but the word is too weak. Do you understand?”

Ksour understood just too well, that was the feeling she had with Wilson. She touch a growing belly without realizing it. “Yes I do. T'Kon people were telepaths or at least empathics. But could you read others?”

“No, well, this ship I could. The station, sorta, it would be complicated to explain this. Let just say that this experience, made me and Tahl grow in unexpected ways.” Alexandra paused and Thalia didn't want to rush it. She could see that Alexandra's pain was on the surface. Then she saw her turn around to look at her straight. “Do you know what happen to Tahl?”

~Here is the question.~ Thalia took a deep breath and look at the coffee table before answering.

“He continued for a while, but kept at it to try to find you. A few logs are still in the computer about it, I imagined there should have been more. When you got listed as dead in 2414, he left starfleet. He had all arranged and simply left. After that, nothing, no information but like I said, with the war a lot of information got lost.”

Alexandra wanted to cry badly but just couldn't. “I was afraid he would do that. If it had been the other way around. I might have done the same thing.”

“Captain Lowell, I think I will leave you. I'm sorry to have been the barer of bad news. I will ask Captain Drake to come to you. A friendly face is what you need.”

Alexandra let herself fall on the armchair and started to cry as Thalia let herself out of the holodeck.

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Mission : A blast from the past - Stardate : 2478.05.12
USS Wolfheart – Holodeck 5 – Exobiologist - Lt Somak – 1100

When he arrived to the holodeck doors, he keyed in his access code and the door open. He entered immediately to see in the middle of the naked holodeck, a human female.

“I guess the computer took in account Captain Lowell analysis to put a woman wearing patient clothing. Computer, where was Captain Lowell wounded.”

The computer modified erased and reappear the woman but from the back side. The shoulder had been free and he could see it.

“Hummm... very bad wound indeed. Play the sequence, hour by hour, each hour 10 minutes. Don't key in the intervention Captain Lowell took to combat the infection.”

The computer beep, and the simulation started. The infection site started to change color and veins around it started to show sign of infection. Second hour, tissue infection increased, by 13%. Third hour, fourth, sixth, seventh... the infection changed for a fever and the injection site seem to look better. Somak took his holodeck tricorder and kept on scanning. This was a first change in the venom. The simulation kept on going. Eighth, ninth, tenth, eleven, twelveth, the patient started to have pains, starting to the arms, legs. Second change on the infection. Thirteenth, fourteen, fifteen... the patient as more and more difficulty to move. The nerve in the spin cords are under attack. As time progressed, the patient finally was on the floor, immobilized. That is when he observed the skin of the patient, patch of skin changing color. He analyzed one and saw that the cells of what ever he was scanning were regrouping, forming, changing again. Somak got on his feet.

~Fascinanting!~

Computer, stop program, take out the patient on the floor. He stop for a moment, and work with the tricorder, taking notes on his notepad.

“Computer, it would seem that this infection follow a predetermine pattern in 3 stages... in a normal population with those insect, what would be the survival rate.”

[Analyzing... zero survival rate.]

“Zero... now, take into account the steps Captain Lowell took to combat the infection.”

[Analyzing.... the subject would take longer to die.]

“How come?”

[Analyzing... Captain Lowell is a foremost expect in nanotechnology. They are combating the infection and for the beginning, would have set balance, but after the virus increases it's number and overwhelm the body.]

“Ok... now Captain Lowell is in stasis... what is her survival rate?”

[Analyzing.... the virus would become dormant, the nanotechnology would continue the work, but at a slower pace since the heart functions are considerably decreased.]

“How long would it take for the nanites to cure Captain Lowell?”

[Unable to analyzed... information is missing.]

“Tell me the cure rate for every stage.”

[First stage, 100 %, Second stage, 60%, Third stage, 23%. ]

“Considering the patient is at the second stage and in cryosleep. How long would take the nanites to cure a patient?”

[Analyzing... need information about set patient. In normal humanoid. 57 to 113 yrs before patient would be 100% cure.]

“So far so good... she is still in there and need to stay there.”

[Additional... do you want to see the metamorphoses of this species?]

Somak lifted his head and his left eyebrow shout up.

“Explain.”

[The virus cells are merging together to form a new lifeform.]

“I don't want to see the transformation... instead. Analyze each stage of the infection, DNA sequence, on the wall I'm facing. Show me the changes in the DNA.”

The computer beep several times, and as Somak watch the display of letter, it stop once and a while to show the DNA changes. He was taking notes without looking at the notepad.

Somak suddenly had a hunch, but he wasn't about to say the work, it would have went against his scientific mind, but knew that ignoring it, could put people in danger in the worst case scenario. So he ask. “Computer stop... I have a question. Are those changes natural?”

The computer beep.[No]

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