Arcadia Station SB-101
SD 11309.02

Starring:
Mike Johnson as Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine 
Christina Doane as Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor
Bruce Oriani as Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole
Barbara Moline as Nyira Santiago, Civilian

Station Manager Nick Moline

Featuring:
Mike Johnson and Nick Moline as Operations Officer Lieutenant JG Tracy Lorin
Nick Moline as Lieutenant Anthony Peterson
Christina Doane as Engineering Officer McShane 

Special Guests:

Absent:

TIME LAPSE SINCE LAST MISSION: None

Episode #635: "A Beam of Light" Part VIII: Previously on Arcadia: Nyira is missing, lost somewhere in the past due to an accident when attempting to use a subspace transmission to hold a transporter pattern buffer to transport people and items over great distances. The crew has been making excursions into the past looking for her but so far have come up empty. A sudden change in the timeline has given a strong suspicion that Nyira was sent to the space station K7 in the 23rd century specifically to an incident involving Klingons, grain, and furry little perpetually pregnant creatures that are very cute but can often cause havoc by multiplying quickly. The crew is readying Captain Bodine's SFI Runabout to take it into the past to see if Nyira is there, and if so, rectify the changes to the timeline caused by her presence changes that involve the complete destruction of Starfleet and the massive expansion of the Klingon Empire
Captain John E. Bodine: 	
Captain's Log Stardate 11309.02:  After searching three locations and coming up with three dead ends I start to worry if we will ever find Nyira Santiago. Every Starfleet Officer understands there are risks involved in their work. That is a fact of life when you are exploring the unknown, but we do try to keep the civilians out of it. That is why I hope we can rescue Nyira and why I hope this temporal disruption is just the clue we need to find her.
We may need a place of safety for the next part of this mission. That is why I have decided we will take the Runabout U.S.S. Tigress from my last SFI Mission and use it for operational needs on the mission to K-7. We just need to get the entire runabout into the past with us, and I have an Idea on how to accomplish that.

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Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::on the bridge:: Tracy: Mister Lorin I just need to know, can we use the cargo transporters to beam the entire U.S.S. Tigress into the pace by bouncing it off the shields just as we did the objects and Miss Nyira?

Operations Officer Lieutenant JG Tracy Lorin:
CO: You want the entire runabout with you? ::thinks a moment:: It should be possible. I will have to widen the angular confinement beam and draw a great deal more power not to mention the subspace data stream will be huge.

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
Lorin: Just use the Advanced Primary array on the roof. And be sure to calculate for potential orbital drift put us a good 10,000km off K-7. I am sure we will be fine. I have faith. ::smiles at the Operations officer::

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
::Works at station in ops::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::taps his comm badge:: *CEO/FCO*: Report to Runabout pad C right away please. ::begins to head there himself::

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
*CO*: On my way

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
::acknowledges and heads to the runabout.::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::enters the Turbolift:: Computer: U.S.S. Tigress.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
::enters TL with CO::CO: according to my calculations, the transport should put us there on Stardate 4523.3 several hours BEFORE The Defiant arrives on 4523.7

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
::arrives at Runabout Pad C::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
*OPS*: Open the space side door to cargo bay one.

::he and the CEO Arrives at the Runabout to find Doole:: ALL: You both have been read into the Tigress so I won't go into it again. What you see inside and what it can do is still classified. It is also important we don't leave this thing in the past not any part of it.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
CO: Aye Sir

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
CEO: Lets hope we don't interfer with the Defiant or have to board her. We are the Defiants future in this case as well. No discussion on anything that occures to them got it? We don't want to risk changeing the dominion war events.

::enters the runabout:: FCO: Take th helm. CEO: Handle Science/Ops

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
CO: Aye Sir ::Goes to her station and checks the systems, impressed how it looks so far. Trying to memorize everything::

Operations Officer Lieutenant JG Tracy Lorin:
*CO*: Acknowledged, space door open, you are clear to pilot the runabout to the cargo bay

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
FCO: I need you to get us onto tghe cargo transporteri n Cargo bay 1. It should be 3 decks down and to starboard. Do so quickly and carefully. Don't break us, the station or my ship. Proceed.

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
::sits in the pilot's seat::: ::quietly but still audiable in the small runabout:: Time to dance with the devil in the pale moonlight. ::fires the manuevering thrusters::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::takes a seat and tries not to look tense::

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
::Glances over at the FCO in puzzlement::FCO: What?

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
All: Hang onto your butts ::notices the CEO's puzzled look:: CEO: Just something my father always said before flying into the unknown.

ACTION: The FCO pilots the runabout away from Runabout Pad C and towards the cargo bay which has it's doors open

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
FCO: I see, interesting saying ::"Sort of" her face said as the Bajoran CEO returned her attention to her instruments.::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::watches as they clear space doors and descend down to cargo:: FCO: Specs say we should fit. Though I can't say I have ever tried this.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
CO: Science and Ops stations online and functioning well

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
CO: Trust me. I'm a master. ::with the precision of a master surgeon, maneuvers the runabout through the station, down three decks, and into cargo bay 1 and onto its transporter pad::

Lieutenant Anthony Peterson:
::in the cargo bay finishing the modifications to the cargo transporter:: @*CO*: the cargo transporter is ready for beamout.  We are going to do this one a little differently.  We've had the beamback transponder attached to your runabout's warp core, leave it switched off until you are ready to come back.  We will attempt to beam back every 15 minutes until we are able to lock onto the transponder.  Once you switch it on, we should be able to lock onto the Tigress' warp core and beam back the runabout.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
::mutters to self, "Should? great odds"::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
*Peterson*: We are ready for transport. Attempt to pull us back in 2 hours, after the first 15 minute failure. I want you to not use power unnecessarily. We should be able to stay safe that long.

Lieutenant Anthony Peterson:
@ *CO* Are you sure sir?  That's potentially a long time to be at a point of apparently such a high historical significance.

@*CO*: If you get into any trouble you have no way to contact us to get you back.

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
*Peterson*: I understand first 15 which assume we found nothing then 1 hour after that because we had reason to stay. Let’s do this. Energize

Lieutenant Anthony Peterson:
::runs his fingers across the transporter console to prepare the cargo transporter for beamout.:: @*CO*: As you wish sir.  Energizing ::slides up his fingers on the console::

ACTION: The entire runabout shimmers, but doesn't dematerialize yet

Lieutenant Anthony Peterson:
@COM: Tigress: Having trouble, boosting the power

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
::Holds very still, staring at her instruments::

Lieutenant Anthony Peterson:
@*Engineering*: Cargo bay to Engineering, I need to boost the power to the cargo transporter, I need at least twice this power.

Engineering Officer McShane:
@*Peterson*:Acknowledged, rerouting power now...::Taps keys on his console...::

ACTION: Peterson receives the additional power and applies it to the data compression, the runabout flickers for a few moments more and then vanishes, at that moment, a power surge in the console causes the transporter console to explode, throwing back Peterson with 3rd degree burns.

ACTION: The runabout shakes and buckles in the transporter pattern, consoles spark and flicker, internal sensors show a surge of chroniton radiation, a few moments later, the shaking stops, all the screens are flickering with white noise, but the large window shows a space station.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
::Engineering detects the explosion and sends a team immediately. Sends request to medical just in case.::

INFO: All the consoles show buzz and white noise, a result of the chroniton radiation, the space station K7 is visible.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
::Tries to get her consoles to operate properly, checking systems.::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
FCO: What is out position.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
CO: Systems are all white noise... ::continues to work on them.::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
CEO: Check the time and date and confirm with the FCO that is in fact K-7.

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
CO: working on it captain

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
CEO: Do you need my help getting systems back up?

ACTION: Takor is able to filter out the effects of the chroniton radiation and the white noise starts to filter out, the consoles slowly adjusting and stabelizing.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
CO: One moment Sir...filtering the chroniton radiation....ok I think I can fix this..its slowly stabilizing...::Consoles to fine tune::

::Mutters to the shuttle, "Oh you're a fine one aren't you, that's the way..."::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::smiles at Takor, but thinks to himself: Does she knows I talked to the ship like that too when I was alone with her for 4 months::

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
::looking over consoles:: CO: Cap, we are where and when we are supposed to be. 10k km from K7 and on Stardate 4523.3

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::outloud:: CEO: It is easy to get attached to the things that keep us safe. Ships, equipment, people ...

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
CO: Aye Sir..::with a smile, the smile faded as she noted a transmission::

CO: Sir a transmission from the station.....it’s a Code 1 Alert, used by Starfleet of the Time as an emergency distress call, signaling near or total disaster, invasion, or the outbreak of war

CO: Scanning area but it may be us they are detecting... ::Checks sensors and systems...::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
CEO: Can you detect the Enterprise or the D7 yet?

FCO: Find us a reasonable place to hide I don't trust the ECM 100%. Maybe we can attach safely to the bottom of one of the station modules or something and blend in to the hull.

ACTION: Station is broadcasting a code 1 distress call on all frequencies, perhaps due to the sudden arrival of a ship of unknown design 10,000 kilometers from the station.

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
FCO: Hide us now. ::gets up and checks the status of sensor scramblers::

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
FCO: ECM systems back online...

::Mutters to the shuttle, "come on girl, keep us safe"::taps keys trying to aid the FCO::

ACTION: A Short distance away, the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 under the command of Captain James T. Kirk receives the Code One Alert, goes to Red Alert and accelerates to Warp 6 to get to the station faster.

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
CO: We..are..a..ghost ::fires the engines and in the blink of an eye, maneuvers the runabout to be "off sensors" oto the station

CO: The enterprise has just jumped to Warp 6

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
CO/FCO: Stealth systems working at top efficiency, maybe they will think its a glitch?

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
::manuevers the runabout to "become one with the station"::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
FCO: Can you attach us so we can all go and investigate? We may need to leave the ship unattended.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
CO: Are you sure that's wise? shouldn't we leave a 'get away driver'?

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
CEO: I need you, and I want the Ensign wiith me. so yes I am sure.

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
CO: Attaching to the station...now.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
CO: Aye sir ::tries quickly set up remote access to the shuttle via a tricorder as a backup to their comm units::

::making sure to use the 23rd century lookalikes made for this mission::

::checks her civilian garb, all seems in order.::

::Hides the tricorder in a purse::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::stands on the cramped transporter pad:: Computer: Replicate era approprate uniforms and comm gear during transport and link to remote command interface. ALL: Ready for an adventure? ::turns off the transponder::

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
CO: well we are a ready as we'll ever be

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::after all 3 of them are on the Pad, barely:: Computer: Transport to K-7 Promenade. Energize.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
::after they beam in activates their devices to protect them from detection then scans::

ACTION: The away team beams off of the runabout, onto the Station, and onto the pages of history.

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::on K-7 looking around:: CEO/FCO: No scans yet till we know what is going on use your senses. ::starts walking::

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
::Sighing puts the tricorder away, feeling like someone told her to cover her eyes and smell them out..::

::Sees a public console and goes to check against what she remembers in the records.::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::flanks Takor so she is not easily observed motions the FCO to cover the opposite side::

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
::mutters to CO/FCO::FCO/CO: The ship belonging to Cyano Jones is missing, its supposed to be here...

Flight Control Officer Ensign JT Doole: 
::trying hard not to stand out, by looking casual, which is really hard considering he towers over everyone on the entire station, flanks the CEO on the opposite side of the Captain::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
CEO: That is odd, and we are sure on the current date? Is there any record it was ever here in say the last month?

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
CO: Checking...

CO: No records show he changed his mind, something about urgent business elsewhere...

CO: He was supposed to dock a few hours ago..

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
CEO: Find out the current station staff compliment from the computer, and information on who is in charge or in command of K-7. Then Match that information with our records as well.

Chief Engineering Officer Lieutenant JG Jadera Takor:
CO: Aye Sir, noting no other differences, getting information now..::taps a few keys, studying the readouts.::

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::flips open his com link and tilts his head to the left slightly speaking low and close to the receiver:: COM: Tigress: Initiate a sensor sweep of Cyrano Jones ship. use the historical database as a guide. Inform me when its complete.

Computer:
*CO*: Vessel heading away from K7 at Warp Factor 2, 0.2 lightyears away

INFO: Takor's tricorder receives telemetry from the runabout indicating that Jones' ship is on a course towards where Arcadia will eventually be

Commanding Officer Captain John E. Bodine:
::gently puls Takor away from the console and motions to Doole:: ALL: Lets get back to the ship. ::finds a diserted coridoor:: COM: Tigress: Computer: 3 to transport.

ACTION: The away team returns to the runabout

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Time Lapse:  30 min