Arcadia Mission 11101.31
The Echo of Your Last Goodbye: Episode 3
 
starring
 
Jeremy Castro as FCO Lieutenant Commander Logan Cartwright 
Christina Doane as SC Captain Paige Juliet Harker 
Jeffrey G. Brown as XO Commander Kraight 
Eduardo Oneto as CEO LtCmdr. Edward Luc On 
Karriaunna Scotti as CNS Commander Azhure Powers 
Christopher Dickinson as CSEC Commander Billy Bob Powers, Jr.
Bruce Oriani as CSO Lieutenant Commander Trikk Starr
Mitch Travis as CO Captain Sulek
 
with
 
Keith LaHue, Ship Manager
 
Last time on Arcadia: ​ The USS Quirinus was dispatched from the station in order to discover the reason why they had suddenly been cut off from the Delvian system. Upon their arrival, they discovered that the Delvian sun had gone nova, and all of the planets in the system had been destroyed. A lone space station remained, and with it possibly the only clues as to what happened here...
 
=/\==/\=  BEGIN Arcadia Mission 11101.31 : The Echo of Your Last Goodbye  =/\==/\= 
=/\==/\=  Episode 3  =/\==/\=

Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
::on bridge:: Sci: Do we have a possible heading for the recorded object?
Host FCO_Ens_Airhart says:
:: is at station on helm, ready to input the course.::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
<TO_Lt_Nishi> :: watching long range scans for possible signs of the object ::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: On the bridge, going over general data.::
Host FCO_Ens_Airhart says:
::Checking area charts.::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: trying not to pace near the rear of the Bridge ::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
<SO Durrell> CO: The data from the Delvian science station is incomplete. However, the most probable course takes the object through the Zeta Ophiuchi system.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Helm: Lay in course  and engage warp 5.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Finished, she begins to write a report, relatively simple.::
Host FCO_Ens_Airhart says:
CO: Understood.  :: Plots best course and engages at Warp 5 ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Nishi: Any thing on long range tactical?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
<TO_Lt_Nishi> CO: All clear for the moment, Captain
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: Did we get any residual from the probe telemetry we sent before us?
Host FCO_Ens_Airhart says:
CO: ETA 3.4 days.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
XO: Mostly radiation readings and remnants of a massive gravimetric disturbance. It seems likely that the latter was responsible for the Delvian star going nova.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Standing, she moved toward the captains chair and handed it over to him.::  CO:  There was nothing I found, that was obvious, that would help us any.  :: she nodded to the PADD ::  That is mostly just a list of items.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CO: Captain, the Zeta Ophiuchi system supports a pre-warp civilization of roughly eight billion people.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: The Prime Directive will be in effect, then.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CO: Indeed.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: Does the directionality of the gravimetric indicate possibly a source from the unidentified object?
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: With nothing to contribute, he simply nods her head and head off the bridge to her office.::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CO: There is no other plausible source for the disturbance. It had to have been caused by the passage of the object.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
:: he looks at the PADD ::  Azhure: They had no time to prepare.  It is all they could do.  Recommend we send what we can from our upload to Starfleet and request an anthropology team to recover the rest.

ACTION: Three and a half days later, the ship drops out of warp at what they think is the object...and the crew are stunned. The object on the viewscreen is massive, well over 100 kilometers in length. It seems to twist and turn in ways not possible in three-dimensional space, and the eye cannot focus on some parts of it. It all seems to be made of some substance that appears matte black, yet one perceives some form of texture.

ACTION: Sulek and Kraight recognize the object immediately. It is identical to the living, sentient bioship that the Quirinus encountered years before.

CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Sitting in her office, she signs off on one of her patients.::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
:: looks at Sulek ::  CO: Could that be Serena?
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: Indeed...
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
:: turns to the science console :: CO: Commencing scans... comparing to library records. 
Host FCO_Ens_Airhart says:
:: looks shocked but holds the ship at a safe distance ::  CO: Holding at safe point...::Awe in her voice.::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
::Starting to lean back, she suddenly sits up as she picks up a sense of agony.  She looks around her office.::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Slowly she stands up and slowly walks around the room, trying to orient herself on the intense pain.::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CO: All parameters match the bioship that called itself Serena.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: But Serena self destructed.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: After a moment, she closes her eyes and centers herself.::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Ops: Hail the bioship.
Host FCO_Ens_Airhart says:
::Listening, trying to make sense of what she's seeing on the view screen.::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
*Azhure*: You first reported great pain but not Delvian... could it be grief?

ACTION: There is no response to hails.

CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Opening her eyes, she moves toward the part window and looks out.::
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
<TO_Lt_Nishi> :: Still trying to make any sense of the sensor readings... ::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CO: So it appeared to us. But what if she translated to a parallel reality instead?
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Frowns::  *CO*:  Yes... what am I seeing out my window?  I am picking up pain... intense pain.  But... :: she pauses to gather her thoughts::  I do not know if it is the same or not... I do not know if it is mental or physical pain it is suffering at the moment.  For me... its thoughts are very... alien.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: Or what might even be another of her kind.  If it is her... your contact may be one she recognizes.
Host FCO_Ens_Airhart says:
::Keeps trying to make sense of the alien vessel and keeping an eye on helm as the senior staff discuss.::
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CO: Possibly. I recommend caution. If this is not Serena, we cannot be certain that it will be friendly.
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: You dealt with her more than any other... you approach as you feel is best.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CO: Understood.   OPS: Send the standard hailing sequence.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
<OPS Romberg> XO: Aye, sir.  :: taps controls ::

ACTION: No response.

Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
*Azhure*: We have seen a ship like this before.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
*CO*:  I do not recognize it... can you tell me more?
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Turning, she heads out of her office for the bridge.::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: Call up  the signature communication files from our contact with Serena.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CO: Aye.  :: opens the requested files ::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
*Azhure*: Check the records for five and a half years ago.  It was a bioship called Serena.
Host FCO_Ens_Airhart says:
::shamelessly listens in the senior officers conversation while keeping an eye on her station..."Now that would be a ship to fly.." she thought enviously to herself.::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: Pauses as the doors to the lift open::  CO:  Serena?  :: she looks toward Kraight.::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Azhure: Yes...  :: he sees the direction of her look ::  ...he was linked to her.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CNS: The bioship from the future. We thought she had destroyed herself to prevent a universe-threatening singularity. It appears she may have survived.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CO; Captain, the bioship does not answer standard hails. You may be right  --  if this is Serena, she may respond to me. Permission to open voice communications with the ship?
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: Can we extrapolate the appropriate hail using the first contact files?
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: She steps off the lift, the doors swishing closed behind her, she moved toward Kraight.::
Host CO_Capt_Sulek says:
Kraight: You may also try direct voice.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CO: Thank you, Captain.   *COM* Bioship: Unidentified vessel, this is the Federation starship Quirinus. Please respond.
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
:: She stopped by Kraight.  Quietly...::  XO:  Are you alright?
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CNS: Yes, fine. I am intrigued by the possibility that Serena may have survived.

ACTION: The ship does not respond.

CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
:: Thinks he'll need to spend some time with the library computer.. or the ship's logs... to learn about this one ::
CNS_Cmd_Azhure says:
XO:  Can you... touch her mind?  :: Looks toward the screen::  She is in great pain.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
CNS: I cannot sense any mental contact.
XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
 *COM* Bioship: Unidentified vessel, this is the Federation starship Quirinus. Please respond.

ACTION: Still no response from the bioship.

XO_Cmdr_Kraight says:
*COM* Bioship: We respectfully request that you identify yourself. Are you the entity that calls itself 'Serena'?

ACTION: At the mention of Serena's name, the bridge is flooded with a keening, high-pitched screech that hurts the ears of everyone listening. Its effect on Kraight is even more pronounced... he collapses to the deck, unconscious.

=/\==/\= END Mission =/\==/\= 
 
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