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Where Have all the Marbles Gone? - Mission 26 - 11201.03
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Summary:  36 hours have passed.  The children have returned to camp 3 unharmed.  The rebels continue to defend their positions around camp 3 from the night demons.  While the attacks are few and far between they seem to be looking for any signs of weakness.  In the Ominata Array room Doctor Raeyld and Ensign Hawk work on a reagent to cure the Xrevea.  Lieutenant Fong continues to access the Xrevea computer and monitor the Romulan movements.
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ACTION:  The communications still ring in every ones ears: COM: Captain T'Shara:  This is the USS Overton.  We are in route eta. 26 hours.  We will contact you when in system.  Understand unfriendlies are in the area.  Overton out…..
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
#::  In the Jarrow, using the modified equipment.  Somehow, when she played around with the items she thought she might need, doing this kind of work had not been in her plans.::
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@::out on one edge of the camp, surveying the rebel positions::
OPS_Lt_Fong says:
::looks at the tricorder for a moment:: CO: I think I can control the poloron cannon...if it is just the Overton coming...she won't stand a chance.
SO_Ens_Hawk says:
::Still working on the reagent as ordered.  Has now on his third device to analyze and create the reagent with two more lined up that he dragged over::
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
::Looks to Fong::  OPS: I don't want it controlled I want it disabled.
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
OPS: If it's still able to be controlled and the Romulans get their hands back on it it will be a quick fight.
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
::using a tricorder, attempts to figure out where the heck he's supposed to be.::
OPS_Lt_Fong says:
CO: I'll see what I can do.
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@::Sitting at the little resting spot he's staked out for himself on the cavern floor, gnawing at a ration::
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Working at one of the stations, running calculations and data back and forth between the equipment and her tricorder, using the translation algorithm heavily to assist her::
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# :: looks at her notes and the information she had recently acquired from the doc.::
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# ::To herself::  Damn... I wish I could get my hands on their sample.  From what I have...
OPS_Lt_Fong says:
::opens the Poloron weapon systems and begins looking for a way to cut power without alerting the Romulans::
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@::moves behind a massive rock, to the right of one of the other rebels, and kneels down for a moment::
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# :: Standing, she stretches and then pokes her head out the door, looking for Commander Davis.  Not seeing him, she mutters::  Never around when I need him.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Experiences a passing but intense moment of lightheadedness, leaning heavily against the machine to brace herself until it fades, staring steelily at the display as she waits::
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# *XO/CTO*:  Commanders, are either of you available anywhere?
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
::Watches Raeyld as she braces herself and walks over to her::  CMO: Are you okay Doctor?
OPS_Lt_Fong says:
::would prefer to take the warbirds down with the weapon, but he continues ghosting through the system looking for a way to rewire it.::  Self: Williams would be better
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::The moment passed, she glances to the Captain with a slight smile:: CO: Just a weak moment there...It's been quite the long day. ::Shrugs with another slight smile, and looks back to the tricorder, resuming her work::
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# :: Waiting for their response, she ducks back in to get something to drink.::
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@::sighs, deciding Damrok can handle this::
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  Damrok here.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# *CTO*:  I have some info to share.
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  By all means.  ::Props his left arm up on his left knee in his sitting position::
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
CMO: Long day.... I would say long few days doctor.  I know logically speaking you will not do so but perhaps you should take a few minutes. ::looks around for Hawk::
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# *CTO*:  Where are you?
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Smiles a bit more and nods:: CO: I'll do that. Thank you, Captain.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Wills hers eyes to focus on the tricorder, as she takes it into her hands and turns to Hawk:: SO: Ensign...Have you had much success with programming the restriction degests and litigations by the parameters I calculated?
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  Camp three, sitting out in the open.  Why do you ask?
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@::scans the dark corridor in front of them, wondering how they got into this mess in the first place, and even questioning whether they would be able to get out any time soon::
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# :: Nabbing something to munch, she headed out of the Jarrow and made her way to Damrok.::  *CTO*:  Because I need some exercise.
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
::Smiles slightly and nods. Finds Hawk behind the computer::  SO: Ensign I need your comm badge.
SO_Ens_Hawk says:
::frowns that the latest equipment he's using::  CMO:  I think so, but with this gear....  it's hard to tell.  Would a simple replicator be too much to ask for?
SO_Ens_Hawk says:
::stands::  CO:  Yes ma'am.  ::hands her his comm badge::
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
::Nods::  SO: Thank you Ensign.  ::Walks away from the others a bit before tapping the commbadge.::
SO_Ens_Hawk says:
::mutters::  That was special...  comm badges are overrated anyway.   ::Turns back to his work::
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# :: Nabbing something to munch, she headed out of the Jarrow and into the relatively quiet area.::  *CTO*:  You have the general information the doc and others found out about the original people of this place, correct?
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
::Taps the commbadge:: *XO*: T'Shara to Davis
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@ *CSO*:  Yes, I've got the basics, anyway.  Fascinating discovery.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Manages another weak smile and shrugs:: SO: Guess so. Do you feel up to constructing the homologous recombination to target the endogenous markers I've indicated on your own for a bit?
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@::looks back down in front of him, watching the still, dry dirt for a moment; he reflexively hits his comm badge::  *CO*: Go ahead.
SO_Ens_Hawk says:
CMO:  Of course.  ::Looks at her more closely::  What's wrong with you?
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# *CTO*:  Well I have some added info to pass along.  First.. and this part I do not understand if the equipment has been off for 100 years, but the inhabitants DNA is still in flux, constantly changing.  This changing is creating a rather... ravenous hunger in them... I would lay odds they are always feeling starved.
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  That certainly fits with their observed behavior.
OPS_Lt_Fong says:
::begins drafting a program into the tricorder, starting with simple and easy commands then drafting a less complex program to hide it he then switches to the Romulan programming language and starts over::
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# *CTO*:  An examination of the nasal cavity and the rather large clumping of sensory nodes there, I would say they have a very over developed sense of smell.  I can make a guess they are using it to help them hunt prey, but it could also be just an odd mutation or they are using for other purposes.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Nods at his original assent and sets her tricorder, with the necessary information, on the station at which he was working, then glances up, with a more casual, reassuring smile:: SO: I'm going to take a few minutes to think over how we'll actually distribute this when the time comes. I'm thinking probably some sort of biolistic, but I'm not sure if we really have the resources for something like that. I just need to mediate on it, distraction free, for a bit.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
*CTO*:  I looked at the stomach content of a few of them.  It looks like their usual main source of food are small cave dwellers, especially fish.  But given their need for food, larger prey would be more to their preference.  Hence their attack on humanoids... lots of easily digestible protein.... less work for the money in essence.
SO_Ens_Hawk says:
CMO:  Understood.  However, you didn't answer my question.  Should I assume that means you're not going to?
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  Again, that closely correlates with their observed behavior...  ::Lifts his PADD and begins taking some notes::
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  ...It's rather sad, when you think about it.  ::Shakes his head a couple of times::
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Blinks twice, tilting her head:: SO: What question?
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# *CTO*:  Yes... but there have been incidents in the past were civilizations have damaged their DNA.  They were not advanced enough to find a cure, but with Federation equipment... anything is possible.
SO_Ens_Hawk says:
CMO:  The, why do you look like crap and occasionally lean against stuff like you're dizzy... question.  Are you okay?
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
::slides up next to the CMO.:: CMO: apparently I'm supposed to hang with you?
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
*XO*: I need your thoughts on the current matter.  There is a dilemma do we cure the night demons which are the original colonist of this planet who were essentially transformed do to radiation from their array.  But, if we cure them then we will have to provide protection for them from the Romulans which will most likely slaughter them as they will be defenseless back in their original state.
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
*XO*: We just don't have the man power at the moment to protect them.
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@*CO*: Were they Federation colonists?
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
*XO*: No they were not federation colonist.  So we would be going against the Prime Directive as well.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Smiles oddly:: SO: I'm tired and my feet hurt as I've been standing or crawling or kneeling or hiking or shooting nightmarish demons for the better part of forty hours, and it just eventually makes it a little difficult for me to concentrate on the more abstract stuff.   I'm confident you can handle things here.
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@::Mulls it over a bit::  *CSO*:  I'm certain that's true.  It seems we would eventually be able to effect a cure.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Glances to Mariner with a smile and slight nod as she arrives::
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@::pushes himself back to his feet and heads back towards the main area::  *CO*: I don't think it's our mandate to protect them, then. Especially in light of the fact that we barely have the resources to protect ourselves..
OPS_Lt_Fong says:
::nods to himself and begins to type into the tricorder in earnest. Designing a virus to do two very simple things over a spread out period of time.  The biggest issue being covering the virus' trail and hiding it from the Romulan anti-viruses.  He programs a metaheuristic adaptive design to allow the virus' shell program to cloak it::
SO_Ens_Hawk says:
::Looks at the CMO with a clear "I don't believe you look", but only says::  CMO:  Understood.  I'll keep working.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# :: Taking a deep breath, she looks around wondering what the FCO was up to at the moment.::  *CTO*:  Well, I vote my two cents to doing so since precedent is already set.  Ummm... the captain's orders.  I can answer to a certain degree about their sense of smell.   But to answer her other questions, I need to do some more close up research...
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
CMO: with all do respect, you look like absolute shit, ma'am.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
#*CTO*:  Some anthropology work in essence.
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
CMO: where can I be of help.
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
*XO*: My thoughts exactly however we are now intimately involved.
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  That sounds...hazardous, to say the least.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# :: wrly:: *CTO*:  You think?  I am open to other suggestions.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Just closes her eyes for a moment in response to Hawk's look of disbelief, but she really needs to focus her energies elsewhere for now:: EO: Ensign... ::Glances about:: ...do you mind having a seat with me for a moment?
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
CMO: of course. ::pulls up a piece of ground.:: I still say thank god for our academy survival training and endurance training.
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@::Smiles with a brief chuckle::  *CSO*:  Yes...and I'm afraid I don't have any of those at the moment.  What would be the best approach for "close up research?"
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@*CO*: If there is no cure -now-, then you are risking all of us to save these...::pauses, unsure of what to really call them now::...things. It's really a matter of how much you want to risk us to save them.
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@::sees Damrok some 15 or 20 yards ahead of him through the corridor, either talking to someone via communicator, or talking to himself::
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
#CTO: Well... first, let me see what I can get from the transphasic sensors.  Our holo engineer said they would be online soon... and his soon is up.  They are not up to par, but they are a starting place.
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
*XO*: Well Raeyld is working with Hawk on a cure at the moment.  Walking away at this point would ultimately leave the Romulans here on the planet to slaughter the creatures at will.
Host SMDrew says:
#ACTION:  Inside the Jarrow the sensor panel blinks as the Holo Engineer looks over the new data.
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  Excellent.  How is the rest of the work on the Jarrow progressing?  I have not spoken with our holographic engineer in some time now.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Slides to ground, leaning back against the cavern wall, as she speaks with Mariner:: EO: If we get this cure together before someone loses patience with our efforts... ::has, after all, been in the same room with the CO for the past nearly two hours::...we'll need a way to distribute it. I was thinking probably some sort of biolistic.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
EO: Are you familiar with such?
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# *CTO*:  Depending on what I can get from them, the next step... I can create a pheromone that smells like them and work on some close up study... though I would rather that be my last choice given what they did to the Romulans... but ye know... maybe they like green blood better since they went after the Romulans with a vengeance.
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@::approaches Damrok::  *CO*: If you want to hold out until Overton gets here, we could try it. But we may be sentencing everyone to their deaths, on a hunch.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# ::Making her way back into the Jarrow she looks around for the holo-engineer.::  *CTO*:  Let me check.
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
::gives her a blank look.:: CMO: with all do respect, I'm an engineer, not a medical tech, so I have no clue of what you talk about.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# :: Finding the holo-engineer she gets a quick update.::  *CTO*:  Repairs ongoing and on schedule... pity, I would not mind some speed.  Most of the interior work is complete, though you will need a new interior decorator.  He has not started on the outside yet.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Smiles a little, then leans back, closing her eyes while she speaks:: EO: The basic idea is to utilize microscopic particles of some benign metal, traditionally, as a vector for the reagent that will stabilize the Creatures' DNA. The particles must be small enough to puncture the cellular phospholipid bilayer as well as the nuclear lipid bilayer without permanently damaging either, but large enough to transfer sufficient quantities of the reagent into the nuclear envelope.
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@::eyes Damrok for a moment::
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
::shakes his head.:: CMO: ma’am. In English? ::laughs.::
Host SMDrew says:
#<Holo_Engineer>  CSO:  Lt Commander.  We have isolated the main body of the creatures.  They are approximately 700 meters from this location.  About where the Jarrow broke through the ocean floor.   Their numbers seem to be 1430.  Of which 20 are out near Camp 3.
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  Very well.  I'd advise beginning work on the pheromone, but the implementation should probably wait until we see what further data we might need.  ::Looks up from his PADD::
OPS_Lt_Fong says:
::Once the program is in the Romulan network it should hide as a tiny background GUI file. Basically the particular shade of green on one of the Romulan system's buttons.  One of those things little nothings of a program that always run in the background of any system.  He trims the data and starts looking for something else::
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# Holo-engineer:  Dang...
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@::Quickly -- or at least as quickly as his tired, rather battered body will allow -- gets to his feet, standing at attention::  XO:  Sir.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# *CTO*:  You may have company.  Sensors are reading about 20 of the inhabitants near camp 3.
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@CTO: As you were.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Draws a breath, chalking up that she'll need to remand the chemistry bits to herself or Hawk, and tries again:: EO: We're going to make very small piece of metal carry a chemical. We need some way to propel them into the creatures in one big burst across a large area.
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@::Eases from attention, but remains rather tense at what Senn's just said::  *CSO*:  At what distance and in which direction?  ::Kneels to pick up his tricorder::
Host CO_Capt_TShara says:
*XO*: Overton won't be here for another 26 hours.  Exactly and I'm not sure it is worth risking everyone else’s lives.
Host SMDrew says:
#<Holo_Engineer>  CSO:  I'm also not detecting any other federation species within the area.  Either they have moved deeper in or there are no survivors in the other 2 camps.
Host XO_Cmdr_Davis says:
@*CO*: That's why you're paid the big bucks, Captain.
OPS_Lt_Fong says:
::checks the program's function still on the tricorder as he watches for a lull in the Romulan system's other user's activity, waiting for the person on the other end of the terminal to go to the bathroom, or the shift to change, the program ready to be uploaded into the Romulan network.::
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
::grins.:: CMO: and this is where I wish we had a cannon.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# :: Turns to look at the engineer::
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
CMO: or, maybe we can use torpedos.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
#CTO:  Commander, were there any orders to clear the other two camps?
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  If there were, I hadn't heard about them.  ::Sees a rebel nearby::  Rebel:  Excuse me, do you know anything about rebel movement from either of the other two camps?
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# :: quietly::  *CTO*:  We are not reading any other lifeforms near by... just about one thousand and ten of the inhabitants about three-quarters of a kilometer from the Jarrow... about where we entered originally.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Smiles a little, belatedly:: EO: Yes...something like that.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# *CTO*: As for your twenty, they are about one-hundred and fifty meters away... they are not moving.
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  Did you say...one thousand?
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# *CTO*:  Yes...
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@*CSO*:  Are they moving?
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
CMO: ok, so... torps, cannon's. overload of phasers. Setting them in places and remote detonate form the shuttle. their are possibilities.
Host SMDrew says:
@<Rebel> ::Pauses to answer Damrok.::  CTO:  I'm sorry Commander I think the standing order was for all camps to hold positions, but if they came under heavy attack they could have moved to save lives.  It is something that can and does happen.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
EO: Mm...Can't use anything explosive or with high heat. Would destroy the reagent.
OPS_Lt_Fong says:
::sees the moment he was waiting for and hits 'upload' on the tricorder dumping the tiny virus into the Romulan system then cutting off the access and deactivating and snapping shut the SO's tricorder::
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
CMO: hmmmm, their has to be a way. Can I borrow a tricorder?
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Nods, and points to a bag several feet away:: EO: Help yourself to a medical tricorder in the left outside pocket.
CSO_LtCmd_Senn says:
# :: Looks at that the sensor data.::  *CTO*:  The large group is moving around... but in a contained area, not toward or away from me.  The movement suggests more of a living area.
CMO_Cmdr_Raeyld says:
::Closes her eyes once more::
Host CTO_LtCmdr_Damrok says:
@::Nods to the rebel::  *CSO*:  I see.  That could be valuable information...
EO_Ens_Mariner says:
::crawls over, and snags a tricorder and moves back and flops next to the CMO and starts tapping away.:: CMO: give me a few with this.
Host SMDrew says:
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