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Star Trek: A Call To Duty presents…

USS Andromeda presents
“Through the Looking Glass” (Mission Transcript n. 233)

	Starring...
Janne Nikula as Commanding Officer, Captain Sketek Zhnirev;
Nuno Cruz as Executive Officer, Commander Rie-Mann Z’heta;
Miika Nikula as Chief Tactical Officer, Commander Senek Zhnirev;
James von Hoyweghen as Ship’s Counsellor, Lieutenant Commander Tal’el Jordaïn;
Conor Power as Chief Engineer, Lieutenant Conor Power;
Lília Perfeito as Chief Science Officer, Lieutenant Junior Grade Laeena Saprin;
Matt Coe as Operation’s Officer Ensign Morrinn Nishtrra;
Daniel Marsden as Chief Medical Officer Ensign Aaron Fielding;

	and...
John Sea McDermott as Planet President and himself

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Resume USS Andromeda "Through the Looking Glass" 10509.11

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Scene: The Population of the Planet have signed a peace treaty in the late 20th Century and avoided doom

CO Captain Sketek says:
All: It seems they are going through different variations of development.

CO Captain Sketek says:
CTO: Make certain that we remain hidden and safe.

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Scene: Local Radio and Television Transmission across the Planet carry sounds and images of celebration of peace

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CO: Its like someone is exploring every different possibility for human development..

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CO: Which appear to be getting closer to reality. Or at least to a less doomsday scenario

CTO Commander Senek says:
::Plans the course of the Andromeda so that the ship stays hidden behind an asteroid::

CO Captain Sketek says:
CSO: Yes, they might get closer to what actually happened. Which would mean that the people would soon discover warp travel.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CO: We are getting it all on record but I wonder where it will lead. or if it will ever end

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
::nods:: CO: That is a very likely event

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Scene: Thirty Minutes pass, the equivalent of two centuries, political transmissions indicate a summit towards the formation of a world government

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: Make certain that our warp engines are in shape so that we can quickly escape if it becomes necessary.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CO: They passed the time Earth did her first warp experiment and are still working on getting a world government. They are on the right track, only late

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CO: Compared to our records of Earth history of course

CO Captain Sketek says:
CSO: Also I doubt that the Vulcans would be here to make first contact.

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CO: Aye sir

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
::Activates the engineering console and begins calibrations of engines::

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
::nods:: CO: They didn't, not that we could detect. The time displacement appears to be happening only in the matter of this system. I doubt they will have external interference

CO Captain Sketek says:
All: Let's just keep observing and see what happens.

CTO Commander Senek says:
CSO: We are an external interference.

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Scene: Sensors indicate the construction of the first space dry dock being constructed, the world government is approved and the first order of business is the passage of the space exploration bill providing funding for off world colonization and the prototype of the warp one engine

CTO Commander Senek says:
CSO: And if their time keeps running faster than ours, it might be impossible for us to avoid detection once they start exploring nearby space.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CTO: I meant external but in the given time frame. For example, I would be surprised to see 21st century vulcans arriving

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
All: The designs for the 1st warp engine were approved, its only a matter of years ... o should I say hours before its launched

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: Do you think it would be possible to communicate with these people using Andromeda equipment?

CTO Commander Senek says:
CSO: Understood. But I am also speculating on the reason why the creators of the experiment allow us to stay here in this system.

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CO: It should be possible to use Andromeda's equipment to communicate with them

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CTO: Or even why they don't communicate with us ...

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Action: Time slows to normal at the exact moment the dry dock is finished and the first warp one starship is completed

CO Captain Sketek says:
All: As they have developed warp travel, the prime directive no longer applies but we will still remain hidden for the time being.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CO: They are now at the same pace as us, the warp vessel is complete

CTO Commander Senek says:
CO: We can't rely on staying undetected for long. In addition to their first warp ship, they are constantly developing more advanced sensor systems.

CO Captain Sketek says:
CTO: They are now running in same time so that their development is not fast.

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Scene: Plans for the first colony are being discussed in the Senate

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
All: Well, they are in the same time frame as us now, so the next advancements will really take years. But they have warp, as the CO pointed out, the prime directive shouldn’t apply

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CTO/CO: We could do a recon mission to find out exactly where they are with their research

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: That would mean interference.

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CO: But maybe we are meant to interfere, do you not think its very odd this happens when we arrive?

CTO Commander Senek says:
CO: But we aren't cloaked. Our shields might protect us from active EM scans, but there are still ways to detect us otherwise, especially from a position closer to us than their planet.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CTO: Agreed and they used some of their best equipment on the warp vessel

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CO: If we don't interfere we could cause a temporal explosion wiping out this entire system

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: It might be that they are testing us whoever they are.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CEO: Temporal explosion?

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: But honestly any contact them would be extremely uncomfortable because we know that they are test subjects who might be torn apart to atoms at any moment.

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin: If I remember temporal mechanics correctly there is some certain events that are meant to happen and if they are prevented it causes a temporal explosion

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CSO : That’s it in a nutshell

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Action: A champagne bottle is broken across the bow of the starship and she is named the USS Hope, the ship lights up like a Christmas tree as the sun breaks across the curve of the planet behind the dock, she pulls out to cheers across the planet on radio and television

CTO Commander Senek says:
CO: From another point of view, we are in exactly the same position as the early Vulcan explorers who were passing by Earth as the humans made their first warp.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CEO: This is not really Earth and its not our own time line. Its independent so to speak. It only moves forward like us but at a faster pace. Then all is erased and starts over

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CO : We don't have to be public about it, take a shuttle and bring it in on thrusters only. I seriously doubt their sensors would detect us

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CEO: I don't think temporal paradoxes will be a issue here

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CSO : That’s a possibility, but what if it is a temporal paradox.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
All: The ship launched, they should go to warp any minute now

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CEO: Then we wouldn't be here

CO Captain Sketek says:
CTO: That is partially true but on the other hand the humans on Earth were like many other intelligent beings who discovered warp travel. The people on the planet aren't.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CO: I believe they are the same, only time passed in a different way to them, in relation to us. As they recently discovered time is relative to the  observer

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Action: The ship goes to warp for a quick jump in a burst of light and ends up on the far side of the system near the 9th planet

CTO Commander Senek says:
CO: It is true that they are experiment subjects, but can be we sure we aren't?

CO Captain Sketek says:
CTO: We aren't sure about that.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
All: Warp test a success, they dropped to normal space past the local Pluto

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CTO: Even if they are experimental studies, they are no better or worse than any race. By all our standards they are alive and sentient

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Action: Sensor alarm, the people are new at warp physics, the core is beginning to overheat

CO Captain Sketek says:
All: Fine. We'll initiate first contact.

CTO Commander Senek says:
CSO: Yet they are in complete control of the creators of this experiment.. but I agree that disputing your point would get excessively philosophical.

CO Captain Sketek says:
All: Let's see what happens to their ship before we initiate.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CO: They are in distress, their warp core is overheating. I believe the ship is doomed

CTO Commander Senek says:
CO: Their core is in risk of breaking down at any moment. We should help them.

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Scene: 5000 Kelvin and increasing, the reaction is overheating, the planet is worried that the ship is overdue

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: Beam the people out of the exploding ship.

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CO: Sir, we're too far way

CO Captain Sketek says:
CTO: Move us next to that ship.

CTO Commander Senek says:
::Lays in the course for warping next to the warp ship::

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
All:If we get out we will be seen. This is the moment of decision but I think the Captain has made it ::looks at the CO::

CTO Commander Senek says:
::Engages warp::

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Action: The ship doesn’t have a core ejection

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
::looks for signs that they were detected on the surface::

CTO Commander Senek says:
CO: Aye, sir.

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: Beam them out as soon as you can.

CTO Commander Senek says:
CO: For better or for worse, we have now initiated first contact. Regarding that, I think it would be good if we restricted the humans on our ship from meeting these humans, at least for the very first close encounters.

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Action: From out of no where, the USS Andromeda appears from warp space next to the doomed ship, the Ambassador class ship dwarfs the tiny experimental ship, the crew of the ship look on in awe

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
::Programs the transporter to beam crew members as soon as in range::

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Action: Transport complete

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: As soon as they are in transporter rooms, beam then in a closed and locked rooms with no crewmembers inside.

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
::Transports them to locked rooms around the ship::

CO Captain Sketek says:
CTO: Move us next to their space station.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CO: They are probably very scared with the transport beam

CTO Commander Senek says:
CO: Aye. ::Warps the ship next to the planet's space station::

CO Captain Sketek says:
CSO: They probably are but that can't be avoided.

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Scene: The ship explodes, the tiny warp core in the anti matter chamber blows the first ship to a million pieces which bounce of the Andromeda's shields, glowing in red pieces as they dissolve, warp experiment a success, however engineering failure

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
::nods::

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: Open a channel to their space station.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CO: Their ship is gone. No damage to the Andromeda

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
::Opens a channel to the space station::

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Action: The Andromeda jumps to the space station

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Scene: The Planet doesnt use subspace signals so no response, some engineers on the dock look at the Andromeda in fear

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: Find their method of communication.

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CO: Aye sir

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: Once found, open a channel using that method.

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
::Begins probing the stations communications systems to see how they communicate::

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CO: Sir, its an advance form of radio, I believe I can modify our systems to communicate with it

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Political Situation: Emergency Session of the Senate called, one faction favours military response to the "alien threat" another favors "first contact"

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
::Begins modifying comms system to transmit over radio::

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: Do so and try to open a channel.

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
::Tries open a channel::

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Action: Channel open

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
CO: Their government is deciding what to do to us ...

CO Captain Sketek says:
CTO: Initiate red alert silently just in case.

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
Self: hurrah

CTO Commander Senek says:
::Raises security level to maximum without sounding an alert, prepares shields and weapons::

CO Captain Sketek says:
Space station: This is Captain Sketek of the starship Andromeda representing the United Federation of Planets. We come in peace. Please respond.

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Ship Status: Alpha through Gamma shifts activated to battle stations, deflector shields up, all weapons charged, blast doors sealed, bridge secondary deflector activated, forward and aft tubes loaded, security deployed to bridge, phaser control , engineering and sickbay

Host ACTD John Sea says:
Scene: The signal is routed to the Senate, the people ponder their response

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
Self: Bureaucracy...

Host Planet President says:
Comm: USS Andromeda: <audio> Do you come in peace and have you seen our ship?

CTO Commander Senek says:
::Wonders how the crew of the warp ship is feeling::

CO Captain Sketek says:
COMM: President: We have observed your first warp flight. The ship exploded due the engineering error and lack of safety mechanisms. We have rescued the crew and will return them to a location of your choice.

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: Get a transporter lock on the rescued crew and prepare to beam them back to their planet.

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
::hopes the rescued people won't have a heart attack::

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
::Starts beaming USS Hope crew back to the planet, in the middle of the Senate::

Host Planet President says:
Comm: USS Andromeda: We will await their return, we invite you to our planet

CEO Lieutenant Conor says:
CO: I think it will be a nice touch.

CO Captain Sketek says:
CEO: I hope so.

Host Planet President says:
Action: The rescued people arrive in the Senate, confused, and faint from the transporter experience, medics are called

Host Planet President says:
Comm :USS Andromeda: What have you done to our people!

Host Planet President says:
::shakes fist::

CSO Lieutenant JG Saprin says:
::Frowns at the President's words::

CO Captain Sketek says:
COMM: President: They might be shocked because they were about to die and then rescued in a way that looks like magic.

Host Planet President says:
Comm: USS Andromeda: Why should I believe you have you experimented on them, hmmm

CO Captain Sketek says:
COMM: President: We will leave if you want that to happen.

Host Planet President says:
::thinks:: Comm: USS Andromeda: We will give you the benefit of the doubt and invite you to dinner

Host Planet President says:
Pause USS Andromeda "Through the Looking Glass" 10509.11