Star Trek: A Call To Duty

USS Ganymede NCC-65675  - SD 10608.02

Starring:

Scott Knight		as 	[CO]Commander  Liam James Gibbs
Einar Örn		as	[XO] Lieutenant Commander Jim Reeves
Rob Van Den Dungen	as	[OPS] Ensign Rob van den Dungen
David Gibson		as	[CMO]	Lieutenant Dr. Thy’rik Tales

Absent:
Julie Lucas		as	[FCO] Lt.Kysia Merlanne Kcirtap
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With 2 days past the USS Ganymede drops out of warp as they arrive at the Grazer system. At the edge of the system, the large asteroid is already visible on the scanners. And still moving on the calculated impact trajectory towards Grazer V. All they need to do now, is find Grazer, evacuate and get out.

=/\==/\==/\= Begin Mission - Breaking the ice Part III =/\==/\==/\=

CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::sat in the Big chair (tm) on the bridge::
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::sits in the medium chair, going over reports::
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
OPS: Mr. Van Den Dungen, how is the preparations going with the new transporter systems in the colony pod?
 
CMO Lt Tales:
::sits behind the desk of his temporary new home in the colony pod, reading mission reports::
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
Self: Where's that damn pilot?
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
Computer: Locate Lieutenant Kcirtap.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::looks up from his station:: XO: The preparations are still in progress, Sir.
 
<Computer> 
CO: Lieutenant Kcirtap is currently in her quarters.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
:: he is happy to see that short of a few minor issues, the sickbay facilities of the colony pod are up and running, with the new medical staff reasonably integrated::
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::nods:: OPS: Thank you, please work with Doctor Tales on testing the new transporters in his pod.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
XO: Aye Sir. ::stands up and walks over to the TL::
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
XO: See if you can get the new pilot to report for duty, I'll be in my ready room. You have the bridge Commander. ::storms off to the RR::
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
CO: Aye Captain. ::stands up and moves to the Big Chair (tm)::
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::in TL:: Computer: Pod sickbay.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
*XO*: Dr Tales to Commander Reeves.....
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
*CMO*: Go ahead Doctor.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
*XO*: I’m pleased to report that the new medical staff and systems have been integrated with our own
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
*CMO*: Good news Doctor, I assume you have a full staff to run Sickbay as well, should the need arise?
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::grabs a coffee from the replicator and takes it to his desk::
   
CMO Lt Tales:
*XO*: I've left my Assistant in charge of our sickbay, I've only moved a few of my staff up here, but I've taking full operation control of this facility myself
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::arrives at wanted location and exits TL::
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
*CMO*: Alright Doctor, Mr. Van Den Dungen is on his way to make sure everything is ready Transporter-wise. Reeves out.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::reads the PADD in front of him:: Self: What have you gotten yourself in to now Adam?
 
CMO Lt Tales:
*XO*: Aye Sir, Tales out.
 
<OPS_LtJG_Whoosywoo> XO: Sir, we're in the vicinity of Grazer V.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::taps his badge::*FCO*: Lt. Kcirtap, report to the Bridge.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::enters the pod and looks around::
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
OPS: Thank you Lt. Please set a course and move us into orbit. Let me know when we are in comm. range.
 
Action: The XO gets no response from the FCO.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
::heads out into the main reception area of the colony pod and sees Mr. Van Den Dungen meandering:: OPS: Lost Lt?
 
<OPS_LtJG_Whoosywoo> XO: Aye sir, plotting course. ETA is 6 minutes at warp 5. ::plots course::
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::has another look at the PADD::
  
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
*FCO*: Lt. Kcirtap, this is Commander Reeves, get to your post immediately.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
OPS: Thank you.
 
Action: Once more the XO receives no response from the FCO.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
CMO: No, just looking around. I'm here to do the final checkup for the transporter systems to see if everything works as it should.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
*CO*: Reeves to Captain Gibbs, we are 5 minutes out from Grazer V, sir.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::looks up and taps his badge:: *XO*: I'll be right out.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
Computer: Computer, place the alarm clock in Lt. Kcirtaps quarters to maximum and activate.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::walks out of the RR and heads for his chair:: XO: Have we cleared the interference yet?
 
Action: The large asteroid now passes the outer planet in the system. Grazer XI. Because of the immense size of the planet, the asteroid almost looks like a pebble.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
OPS: The XO asked me to over see the final checks on the colony pod, do you know where the transporters are Mr.... Dung... sorry I forgot your name
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::stands up:: OPS: Mr. Whoosywoo, can we contact the planet?
 
Action: The alarm clock in Lt. Kcirtaps quarters go off. The loud sound can be heart throughout the corridor. Unfortunately there is no one turning it off.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
CMO: Van den Dungen, it's a Dutch name. I've been here before so I know where they are. Thank you
 
<OPS_LtJG_Whoosywoo> XO: No sir, we're still out of comm. range.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
OPS: I meant no offense Lt., I'm sure you would have difficult pronouncing my full Andorian name
 
<OPS_LtJG_Whoosywoo> XO: As soon as we are in orbit we are able to initiate communications.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
OPS: Thank you let me know as soon as we can.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
CO: Captain. Do you have a course of action should the colonists be unwilling to leave?
 
<OPS_LtJG_Whoosywoo> XO: Aye Sir, ETA is 1 minute.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::nods to the OPS::
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
CMO: Yes, I guess so. That's one thing you have to cope with in Starfleet, difficult names. ::grins::
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::sits in his chair waiting for some good news::
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
XO: I know Hamilton personally... he, for one will not be willing to leave.
 
<FCO_Sharp> XO: Sir? We have reached the planet. What do we do from here?
 
CMO Lt Tales:
OPS: My names Thy'rik out of interest, anyway shall we head over see how you team is getting on with the transporters::
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::nods, then turns his attention to the FCO on duty:: FCO: Put us into a standard orbit.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
CMO: Let's do that
 
<OPS_LtJG_Whoosywoo> XO: Sir, we are in comm. range. Shall I open a channel?
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
OPS: Yes Lieutenant, try and reach Dr. Hamilton.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
XO: Finally.
 
<FCO_Sharp> ::Nods:: XO: Aye sir. ::Presses some buttons on his console and the Ganymede takes up an orbital position::
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::opens channel and hails Dr. Hamilton::

CMO Lt Tales:
::Heads of towards the transporters::
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
*OPS*: Lt. Van Den Dungen, please report to the Bridge as soon as you are done down there, we have reached the planet.
 
<OPS_LtJG_Whoosywoo> ::gets confirmation the hail is answered:: XO: Sir, channel opened, on screen.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::taps combadge:: *XO*: Aye Sir. We're running the final checks on the transporters. Van den Dungen out.
 
<Dr. Hamilton> COM: Ganymede: Who dares to interrupt me during our most delicate discovery?
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::thinks Dr. Hamilton has a flare for the dramatic::
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
COM: Hamilton: Don't take that tone with me Adam, have you checked your spatial scans recently?
 
CMO Lt Tales:
::walks into the Tranporter area and leaves OPS to do his stuff::
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::arrives at the transporters:: *OPS_MCPO_Hey*: Mister Hey, are you ready for the final check of the pod transporters?

<Dr. Hamilton> COM: Ganymede: Gibbs, which rock did you hide behind? We don't need to check the scanners, we have Starfleet doing that for us.
 
<OPS_MCPO_Hey> *OPS*: I'm ready Sir. Standing by.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
COM: Hamilton: Which is exactly why we're here... pack your gear Hamilton, you're being evacuated.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::initiates first transport cycle:: *OPS_MCPO_Hey*: Initiating transport.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::listens intently to the conversation::
 
Action: As the asteroid passed Grazer IX, the asteroid started spinning more and gained twice the speed it was traveling at.
 
<OPS_MCPO_Hey> *OPS*: Sir, transport completed successfully. The biological cargo is beamed away.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
::watches the testing intently::
 
<Dr. Hamilton> COM: Ganymede: Sorry Gibbs, no good. We just found this incredible mineral which could make all our ships obsolete. ::pauses for a moment.:: Why are you here anyway?
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
*OPS_MCPO_Hey*: And dematerialized successfully over here. Ready for cycle two? Initiating in 15 seconds.
 
<SO_Lech>XO: Commander, we are showing an increase in the asteroid’s speed. Almost doubled.
  
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::initiates transport:: *OPS_MCPO_Hey*: Transport in progress.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::turns around:: SO: Estimated time of collision?
 
CMO Lt Tales:
OPS: Well that’s a good sign, don't want people turning up with two heads do we now....
 
<SO_Lech>XO: 48 hours, sir. We gather that the gravity well of the outer planets is influencing it's speed....there are more planets in it's path.

CO Cmdr Gibbs:
COM: Hamilton: That rock I was hiding behind, is roughly twice the size of a Sovereign class starship and will hit your position in no more than 2 days.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::grins:: CMO: No, most certainly not. That doesn't look quite right, but they would have remarkable vision then.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
SO: Keep me updated of any minor changes.
 
<OPS_MCPO_Hey> *OPS*: Sir, cycle completed successfully. Preparing massive transport over here. One moment.
 
<Dr. Hamilton> COM: Ganymede: An asteroid? Impossible. Starfleet would have told us and blasted it from its course long before it would reach us.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
CMO: And now the final test, emergency transport.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
OPS: Either that or they'd end up with antennae on there heads.... wait ::moves his hands up to his head:: that already seems to have happened to me...
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
COM: Hamilton: Check your readings... it's there, it's big and we've come to get you out of its way before it flattens you all now get your gear packed.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::laughs:: CMO: I don't want to know how you looked when you were born without antennae. ::smiles::
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
*OPS_MCPO_Hey*: Transport completed succesfully, initiating emergency transport procedure on your mark.
 
<Dr. Hamilton> COM: Ganymede: Gibbs... you know that this will not work for me. Blow it up or fly your ship into it for all I care. I am not leaving. Hamilton out.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::shakes his head:: CO: He's fun.
 
<OPS_LtJG_Whoosywoo> CO: Sir, he has closed the channel.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
OPS: You don't want to know.... Anyway things seem to be good here, yes?
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
XO: Where are we with those transporters?
 
Action: SO Lech can see the shields of the colony are being activated.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
CO: Waiting on a report from Mr. Van Den Dungen.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::tries to come up with something to call the OPS, since his name is too long::
 
<OPS_MCPO_Hey> *OPS*: We're ready here, initiate transport now.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
OPS: Just one query, how long do you expect it will take to transport the entire colony at full transporter capacity?
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
*OPS_MCPO_Hey*: Initiating emergency transport, stand by and watch the readings, Hey. ::initiates emergency transport:: CMO: This is the final transport. If this works out right then the transporters are working as they are supposed to be.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
XO: Keep at him until you have some good news for me.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
CMO: What's the size of the colony, Mr Tales?
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
CO: Aye sir.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
*OPS*: Reeves to Lt. Van Den Dungen, got some good news for me?
 
<SO_Lech>CO: Captain, the colony has raised it's shields. Transport will be blocked.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
OPS: I'm expecting around 3500, hopefully all healthy, but you know how these things go
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
CO/SO: Did anyone see this coming? Wait.....yes.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
SO: Scan the shield, I want composition, frequency and modulation.
 
<SO_Lech>CO: Yes Captain, scanning now.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
CMO: With the capacity of approximately 700 per hour, it would take about 5 hours.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
CO: Captain, might I suggest I take an armed away team and beam down just outside the shielded area.....for diplomatic talks of course.
 
<OPS_MCPO_Hey> *OPS*: The results are looking promising, transport completed without any problems.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
*XO*: Tales to Commander Reeves
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
XO: You want to send an armed away team? What's the idea? Kidnap them all?
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
*OPS_MCPO_Hey*: Perfect, well done mister Hey. Then let's get ready for some action. Assemble all transporter personnel needed. Van den Dungen out.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
CO: Captain, it's all about showing strength....we need that shield down, and we are most likely -not- going to aim our phasers at them from orbit.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
SO: Lech, where are those results?
 
Action: The Asteroid is now passing another planet, Grazer VII. In size it is a lot smaller, but still manages to slightly increase the speed.
 
<SO_Lech>CO: Looking at them now sir....seems to be a standard Starfleet outpost shielding.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
::taps his comm badge again:: *XO*: Dr. Tales to Commander Reeves.
 
<OPS_LtJG_Whoosywoo> ::console starts beeping:: CO: Sir, the speed of Grazer V just increased due to the gravitational forces of Grazer VII which it passed.
 
<SO_Lech>CO/XO: Sirs....the asteroid has picked up some more speed.....estimated time of collision...32 hours.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::moves up to the Tactical console and scans for the shield generators::
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
*CMO*: Yes Doctor.
 
<OPS_MCPO_Hey> ::contacts all needed transporter personnel::
 
CMO Lt Tales:
*XO*: I can inform you that transporters are ready and the Pod is fully operational.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
*XO*: I also have a request.....
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::stands up and watches the Captain:: *CMO*: Thank you Doctor......yes?
 
CMO Lt Tales:
*XO*: I feel that maybe myself or some of medical team should go down to the planet, make sure those that may need medical attention are transported first...
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
*CMO*: Yes, I was thinking the same thing Doctor....I will contact you if we decide to go down there. Reeves out.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
CMO: MCPO Hey will be over here to handle the transporters, I'll be on the bridge if you need me.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
*XO*: Thank you Commander. Tales out.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::discreetly taps into the shield control for the colony and observes the modulation and rotation patterns::
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
CO: Well Captain, we have some good news. All transporters systems in the pod check out. And Dr. Tales is ready for casualties.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
OPS: Thank you Mr. Van den Dungen... a pleasure, I shall see you anon
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::nods to the CMO and heads for the TL::
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::watches the Captain....wondering what course of action he will take.....hoping for the best::
 
CMO Lt Tales:
::heads back through the colony pod reception area to ensure that sickbay is ready::
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::in TL:: Computer: Bridge.
 
Action; The asteroid seems to be heading directly past the moon of Grazer VI in about 7 hours.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::sets the colony shielding to a constant loop and locks out all colony control::
 
<Computer> CO: Unable to set colony shielding to a constant loop. Unable to lock out colony control. Access denied.
  
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::tries some of Hamilton’s old security codes::
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::arrives at the bridge and exits the TL::
 
<Computer> CO: Access denied.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
OPS: Welcome back, please see if you can assist the Captain in accessing the colony's shield controls.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
::notices the computer say 'Access denied'::
  
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
XO: Aye sir. ::walks over to the CO:: CO: Can I be of any assistance, Sir?
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::paces the Bridge, trying to think on his feet::
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
OPS: I need to gain control of those shields.
 
CMO Lt Tales:
::walks into the Pods sickbay:: Medical Team: All hands to stations people, I need you all ready!
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
CO: If I may, Sir, perhaps I can use the known encryption algorithms to unencrypted the code. The computer works much faster.
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
OPS: Tried that already... just see if you can punch the transporters through it.
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
CO: Acknowledged. I'm trying to find a weak spot in the shielding.
 
XO LtCmdr Reeves:
::wonders if firing phasers at them will help.....but thinks Starfleet might frown upon that::
 
CMO Lt Tales:
::wanders around looking over shoulders, ensuring that everything is as it should be::
 
OPS Lt Van den Dungen:
CO: We could use the deflector to create an opening right here. ::points to a weak spot detected by the sensors::
 
CO Cmdr Gibbs:
::opens a channel to the colony:: COM: Hamilton: We now have 32 hours 'til crunch time, we're beaming you out of there, it's up to you whether we get your research or not... Gibbs out!
  
Action: Now that they have made contact, Hamilton responded just as Gibbs expected. Perhaps they go back too far. Maybe Hamilton has thought most of Gibbs plans through already.
Perhaps there are different ways to persuade Hamilton in leaving with them.

=/\==/\==/\= Pause Mission =/\==/\==/\=

  Star Trek: A Call To Duty - USS Ganymede
 
 Original Air Date: 2nd August 2006
 Executive Producer: Rob Lemmens
 Copyright 2006: A Call To Duty
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