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Previously on Arcadia: While on route to investigate a spatial anomaly, the U.S.S. Cygnus was swallowed up by it.  It turned out to be a wormhole through both space and time, hurtling the ship 3 thousand years into the future and into the depths of the Beta Quadrant
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Once in the future, they found their ship engulfed in a borg ship of some sort
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The crew was then whisked away to a field where they encountered an army of Q
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According to them, at some century in the past, the Borg assimilated Q
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When we last saw our heroes, they were wisked away once again by a flash of white light
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<<<<<<<<<< RESUME "The Early Bird" -- Part III >>>>>>>>>>
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
ALL: Is everyone alright? ::Looks around.::
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
CO: I'll let ye know when we stop bouncing about playing hopscotch Boss. ::looks around the area, holding her stick ready::
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
::Nods at the CTO, glancing at the others.::OPS/FCO: You two alright?
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
::in instinct he closes his eyes when he feels the environment slip away::
FCO_LtJg_Maui says:
::looks around:: CO: I'm ok I hope this planet is safe though.
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INFO: All is dark
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
FCO: Yes. I as well.
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
ALL: Ok everyone stay close, follow the sound of my voice. Can anyone see anything.?
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
::opens his eyes:: ALL: Anyone there I can't see a thing.
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
::Listens as she carefully kneels to touch what they are standing on.::
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
CO: Just the little lights on the little boxes yer carryin' Boss. ::reaches out with her senses using methods learned in her Klingon combat training::
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
ALL: Ok don't go wondering.
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
::flips open his tricorder:: ALL: I can hear you all, scanning for any sign of life.
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INFO: The CO can feel nothing below her.  Her hand goes lower then her feet, while she is being held upright, she appears to be standing on absolutely nothing
FCO_LtJg_Maui says:
CO: not even my eyes can see in this darkness its a little unnerving
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
::Stands..::ALL This is disconcerting but we appear to be standing on nothing.
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<voice> OPS: put that away, it will make it easier for him to find you
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
::Turns to the sound of the new voice::
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
OPS: Do it.
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
::slowly closes his tricorder:: Voice: The damn thing wasn't working anyway, where are we and who are you?
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Voice: Who the Qoug?
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::Pauses letting the mystery voice reply.::
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<voice> CO: Of course, who else?
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
::wishes very much there where lights::
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<voice> All: I'm sorry for the darkness, this is my hiding place, it's one of the few places I can hide from him that he hasn't found
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
Voice: Right... and ye'd be... whom... exactly?
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
Voice: Any the rest of my crew?
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<voice> CTO: A better question would be who was I?
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
::Notes she has her phaser back and draws it, keeping the stick too, just in case::
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<voice> CO: I wish I could say I rescued them too, but I can't pull them from his grasp
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::Glances at the CTO::
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
Voice: Okay i will bite, who where you then?
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<voice> All: When I was something, I was once Q
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
Self: Well that explains one mystery.
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
Q: Right... so what are ye now then?
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<voice> CTO: Now I may as well be a Tarkellian slug for all the difference I cause in the universe, I don't even leave this empty place for fear of being hunted down
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
Q: But ye decided to help us... why?
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
Q: What happened and can we get the crew back?
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
CO: I like how you get right to the point Captain.
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<voice> CTO: I doubt you will consider what I have done once I tell you that it was I that brought you to the future in the first place.  I created the wormhole, hoping it would bring help from a time when the Q and Borg were not one
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OPS: priorities Lt. ::she whispers.::
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::Glances at the CTO with a 'you've got to be kidding me' look::
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
Q: Right... so you brought us here... because you needed our help. With what, exactly?
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<voice> CTO: Well I wasn't looking for you specifically, in fact one federation ship from the 24th century, and a simple nova at that is hardly what I would have hoped for, I was hoping for a 29th century temporal battleship, or perhaps some of my Q brethren from the past
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
Q: Ah, right. Well, beggars canna hardly be choosers, eh? So I guess yer stuck with us then. So, what's the story?
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
Q: Well you could cast less of a random net. I don't suppose you had a choice.
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
::Mutters to self, "Simple Nova"::
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
Q: Can I cal you Q is that alright? So you opened a tunnel into the past like a whole in the ground and just hoped it would suck in someone useful?
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
::For once doesn't comment on OPS's comments...::
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
CO: Werll heck we are here now, perhaps it would not hurt to ask him if there where anything we could do to help. He is obviously distressed and we have to render aide if we can right?
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<Q> All: If I were to be more specific, he would have found it and shut it down quickly, and then assimilated me into his collectinuum, I needed to be stealthy, it took me centuries to figure out how I could sneak a wormhole past his ever watchful eye
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<Well>
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
Q: I see I assume you have a plan?
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<Q> OPS: Quite right you are, I called you from the past (more or less) to have allies in an assault against the collectinuum
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
Q: Right, settles that then. ::nods:: So, now we're here, what can we do to help?
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
CTO: He merges with the Borg and wonders why he lost control.::Mutters.::
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<Q> All: I'd never stand a chance alone, but if I make you all Q, then perhaps together we have a chance, albeit not a very good one.
FCO_LtJg_Maui says:
::listens not sure how they could help::
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
CO: Well, no accounting fer taste Boss. ::smirks::
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
~~~ senses the uncertain feeling from the FCO ~~~
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<Q> CO: It wasn't I that allowed the borg to assimilate us... I did everything I could to stop it, so did most of the continuum, but we were no match for what He could do when he gave ALL of the Borg Drones his power
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::Glances at the others.::
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
Q: You can do that?
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
ALL: Right... so it's half a dozen against the universe when the whole continuum failed. So... when do we get started?
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<Q> CTO: Well if we can save your crew before he assimilates them, it will be more than a half dozen
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
Q: Right... Can we do that then? Saving them sounds like an awfully good start.
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
Q: I'm for that. Times awasting...
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
Q: I mean no offense but I can see the problem here, the Q had little use for starting or managing wars have they? You have to have something worth losing to understand how to fight. Since the Q have everything they ever wanted when few fights ever do erupt among the Q I am sure it must be difficult to manage.
FCO_LtJg_Maui says:
Q: I'm not understanding if the rest of the continuum couldn't stop him with all his Drones how are we going to. we are 4 strong 5 including yourself how many Q tried to stop him to start with?
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ACTION: The crew hears the snapping of a finger, and then suddenly all of them feel powerful, as if anything they wish could be theirs in an instant
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::Her concern for her crew is almost overwhelming. She forces her attention to the FCO.::
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
Q: You can have all the tools of war in the world, but if you lack collective support if I can use that term and a unified reason to stop such a thing it must have been hard to plan a counter attack.
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
Q: Just one thing Q... why dinna ye go back in time and fix the problem where it started before this all got out of hand then?
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
CTO: Valid Point lieutenant.
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<Q> CTO: as I said, any major attempts to fiddle with time draws his attention immediately, and I can't make the change fast enough, it's like... 
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<Q> CTO: Think of it this way, think of everything the Q do as making a certain amount of noise, attempting to change the time line would be like running into a room full of enemies by yourself screaming at the top of your lungs, the enemy is going to mow you down before you get to your target
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
Q: So what is yer plan then, once we get our shipmates back?
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
Q: What do we need to know about our enemy? ::Her entire focus is on getting her crew back first off...::
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
Q: You said there where Q that where unwillingly assimilated what if we could find those people some how and free them first and give them back their individual powers back?
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
ALL: First step we get our crew back. Q: Can we bring them back here?
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<Q> CTO: I... don't know
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<Q> OPS: But how would we get to them, and free them from the collectinuum?
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
Q: Well, I can think of one thing. When we get our mates, we can send them off as divesrions. With enough noise going on, maybe ye can get yer changes made.
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
ALL: Also what if we could trap them all someplace trap us all some place like lock us into a battle field until a victor is decided.
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<Q> CTO: A Diversion, yes, that would help, but it would have to be huge, something to distract enough of them
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
::Smiles::
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
ALL: I doubt that will be a problem ::Glances at CTO and OPS.::
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
Q: Well, there's about 80 of us in the crew, send them all off in different directions...
FCO_LtJg_Maui says:
OPS: i dont think that would be wise. All: we need to get Qorg all one or with as few drones with him as possible.
Host Nick says:
<Q> OPS: They outnumber us 10 goglplex to one, trapping them on a battlefield with us would be suicide
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
Q: I can see how complicated that might be, what of the Q that made this happen instead of trapping the Quorg what about just trapping him is the original rogue Q still a single Q? can we lock him personally into a fight then beat him, then return and reverse the Borgified Q after he is defeated?
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
::Listens as she tries to calm her mind, knowing that if they are to defeat this threat and get their crew back they'll need to keep their cool.::
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
::Clams up too, already having said what she needed to say and gotten her major questions answered::
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<Q> OPS: The Borg still operate on the same principle they did in the past, there is a single unified consciousness, but it's manifest in a ruler, just instead of a queen, they unify their consciousness in Him
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
ALL: So we cut off the head? ::said musingly.::
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<Q> All: If we could trap him, and sever his link to the collectinuum, the rest of the Borg would be severed.
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
Q: So that sounds like our best option we draw him out but some how keep his drones destracted?
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<Q> Self: Hmm, now what would make him leave his protection to come out to play....
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
ALL: Just how on earth do we destract a Googleplex. ::looks at the CTO::
FCO_LtJg_Maui says:
All: we sould get the rest of the crew as soon as posable.
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<Q> Self: It would have to be something big.... something he couldn't resist....
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
OPS: Me an me Tactical folks with our new superpowers start running amok. ::grins::
Host CO_Cpt_Harker says:
ALL: The FCO is right. We need a distraction and we need it quickly.
OPS_Ltjg_Chambers says:
CTO: Yeah but does he care if we sow chaos through the Galaxy?
CTO_Lt_Murphy says:
CO: I could start blowing up a few stars here... making a few black holes there...
FCO_LtJg_Maui says:
All: so in the end we need bait to lure him out
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<Q> ::appears and gives a grin:: OPS: If it's the right type of chaos.... perhaps... just perhaps
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