USS Pandora Mission Transcript -11411.28

USS Pandora Cast of Characters
Position	Character	Player	Present	Excused	
CO	Captain John J Adams	Bob Baldwin			
SC	Captain Satok Z Marek	Pablo Delsaglio			
XO	Commander Gaeb	Gabriel Marceau			
FCO	Ensign Gordon H Banks	Gerry Brinkman			
OPS	Lieutenant Xara Xetani	Julie Léger			
CTO	Lieutenant D’ghor Rustazh	Gilles Léger			
TO	VACANT				
CSO	Lieutenant (jg.) Vertan Trix	Steven Weller	Absent	Yes	
SO	VACANT				
CEO	VACANT				
EO	VACANT				
CMO	VACANT				
MO	VACANT				
CNS	VACANT				

USS Pandora - Magnum Opus - Stardate 11411.28

When last we left our stalwart crew, they were heading to investigate a spatial anomaly. As they get closer, they find that it is actually coming from a star system 4-light years from their last position.

Now, to find out what it is.

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FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: sitting at the helm driving the big duranium ship ::
CO_Capt_Adams :
ALL: All stations, report?
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
:: standing at tactical looking imposing ::
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Nothing new on sensors reading Captain.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Helm is steady as she goes, Sir... calculating ETA now...
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
CO: The area is clear of any traffic, Sir. No vessels of any kind in the area.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: ...and we are 15 minutes out, present speed. Nothing on navigational sensors.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: I'm getting a lot of noise, as from spatial radiation.
CO_Capt_Adams :
FCO: Take us down to warp factor one.
CO_Capt_Adams :
OPS: Direction and distance?
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Aye, Sir. :: hits controls :: Answering to warp one... now.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: It seems to be coming from exactly where we are headed, Sir.

CO_Capt_Adams :
CTO: There's got to be something there. That static isn't coming from nothing.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: overhears :: CO: Still nothing on navigational sensors. :: tapping controls :: Attempting to refine scans.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: I would swear that..... just a minute....
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
:: checks the sensors once again :: CO: I have no vessels in the area.... sensors detect an asteroid somewhat "behind" the anomaly... I am attempting to intensify the sensors in that area.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: It's very faint Sir, but, I think I'm picking up a distress call.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Sir, I'm getting something that looks like... a debris field on refined scans. Slow to impulse?
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
:: grunts ::
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Confirming a signal - might indeed be a distress call.
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
CO: There might be a vessel behind the asteroid that is on the other side of the anomaly, Sir. Obviously sensor readings are distorted somewhat.
CO_Capt_Adams :
FCO: Drop to impulse and circumvent the location of the signal.
SC_Capt_Marek :
:: his consoles beeps :: CO: Sir, the sensors picked up something... The spatial anomaly seems to be changing it size.. It grows then shrinks then grows again... like a beating pulse.
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
CO: We will need to get closer to get more information, Sir.
CO_Capt_Adams :
OPS: Explain
FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: taps controls to prepare probes in case they are needed ::
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: A fascinating pattern. :: raises an eyebrow ::
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: You won't believe this, but, it has a Federation signature.
CO_Capt_Adams :
SC: Speculation Captain?
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: I sounds like an automated distress message.
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Not enough information to elaborate a logical hypothesis... but I think it is related to energy emission or consumption...
CO_Capt_Adams :
OPS: Repetitive?
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: Yes, Sir.
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: I will try to find out, Sir.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Distance is 0.00002 light-years and closing - ETA 10 minutes.
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
CO: I recommend we send a probe before getting the ship closer.
SC_Capt_Marek :
:: goes back to the screen and tries to refine the sensor data ::
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Class 4 probe is ready, Sir.
SC_Capt_Marek :
Self: Interesting...
CO_Capt_Adams :
XO: Agreed, go ahead and launch one.
CO_Capt_Adams :
FCO: :: nods in acknowledgement ::
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: The size variation is practically minimal... a micron or smaller... but it is there...
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: It says......This is the Federation Freighter Michael Angelo, then it garbles and I can't make out the rest.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: hears the order to launch probe and waits for the command from the XO ::
CO_Capt_Adams :
FCO: Let's exercise a little caution - half impulse and give the anomaly some space.
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
:: moves to the science console ::
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Aye, Sir. Slowing to one-half impulse. :: exhales as he enters the commands and slows the ship ::
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
:: upload the proper scan routine and trajectory to a probe standing by ::
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Sir, I can plot a course that will keep us this distance from the anomaly as we circumnavigate it.
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
:: launches the probe ::
FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: notes the XO likes to action things himself and files that under good information to know ::
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
CO: I have an ID on the vessel behind the asteroid. It is a Federation Freighter - Antares Type - Identified as the Michael Angelo.
CO_Capt_Adams :
FCO: Excellent, exactly what I have in mind.
XO: Commander - keep a closer eye on "it" as "it" might be watching us as well.
SC_Capt_Marek :
:: links the probe sensors to his console to cross its reading with the ship's sensor grid lectures ::
CO_Capt_Adams :
:: thinks that's a really old, old class ship :: CTO: Antares class???? Any record of that particular one?
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
CO: Records show the vessel was lost more than 15 years ago. Presumed to be destroyed.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Aye, Sir. :: taps controls again :: Course laid in and executed.
SC_Capt_Marek :
:: another beeps in his console ::
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
CO: Probe launched.
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Captain, a small asteroid fragment has been detected... approximately 170 meters in length. The Computer confirms that is a small class S asteroid, mainly metallic in its composition, 80% iron, 20% mixture of nickel, iridium, palladium, platinum, gold and a few other precious metals.
CO_Capt_Adams :
XO: Let me know what the telemetry is when it starts coming in.
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
CO: The freighter Michael Angelo was registered from Jupiter Station. Captain Benjamin Clark in command; last seen in the area of Moab IV.
CO_Capt_Adams :
SC: Meaning?

SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Wait a moment, Sir.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: taps controls at station and brings up reference entries on the Antares class and begins to read it with one eye on the navigation sensors ::
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: It is clearly part of a much larger asteroid; there is a debris field behind the fragment...
CO_Capt_Adams :
SC: Mid-space collision?
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: It is a possibility, Sir.
CO_Capt_Adams :
FCO: ETA to the Angelo?
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Sir, the Antares class is over a century old, but still in use as freighters in outlying areas for short jumps. It has little to no defensive capability compared to us, at least according to LCARS.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Present speed, if we changed course, about 2-hours - If I increased to warp 1, about 15 minutes.
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Sensors also picked significant amounts of several elements like calcium, potassium, manganese... some radiation readings too... Definitely these elements were part of a planet, Captain.
CO_Capt_Adams :
FCO: How in the heck did it get all the way out here then? :: more a rhetorical question than a real one ::
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Spatial anomaly - maybe it found the other end of a wormhole at Moab IV, Sir? I'm just speculating. There's no way that ship could have travelled from there to here without something like that.
CO_Capt_Adams :
SC/XO: Can you extrapolate backwards to see what size planet it was, as well as its orbit?
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
:: frowns :: CTO: I detect three life signs from the Michael Angelo, Sir... alive but very faint.
CO_Capt_Adams :
CTO: Alive?
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Will work on that, Sir... :: turns back to his console ::
FCO_Ens_Banks :
ALL: Life signs changes the game, Sirs. I can get us to within transporter range in 44 seconds.
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
:: nods :: CO: Yes Sir. Human life signs very faint.
CO_Capt_Adams :
FCO: Get us there now Ensign....
SC_Capt_Marek :
:: makes the computer to process a large quantity of algorithms ::
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
CO: Probe is sending data; basically the anomaly is decreasing rapidly.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Yes, Sir! :: taps the controls :: ETA 42 seconds... 41... 40...
CO_Capt_Adams :
CTO: As soon as you can get a lock on them, and I want a full security detail on them when they get here.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
ALL: ... 28... 27... 26... 25...
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: Sir, we are within visual range of the asteroid.
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
CO: Directly to Sickbay or the transporter room, Sir?
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Captain, the calculations estimate than the planet was comparable to Venus in size... Probably the second from the sun if we considering its plausible orbit around the system's sun.
CO_Capt_Adams :
:: thinks about introducing the back of the FCO's head to the front of his palm ::
FCO_Ens_Banks :
ALL: ... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... Entering transporter range now. :: slows the ship to one-half impulse :: Slowing to 1/2-impulse.
CO_Capt_Adams :
SC/XO: Speculate on the overall system prior to the alleged collision
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Aye, Sir... :: makes the computer to start making the required calculations ::
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
CO: Sir? Do we send them to Sickbay or the transporter room?
CO_Capt_Adams :
SC/XO: and, the class of planet it used to be...
FCO: Are we there yet?
CTO: Lock on and transport to Sickbay.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: :: smirks and is glad his face is away from the CO's line of sight :: Yes Sir. We are here now. And we can leave just as quickly. :: readies escape routes for multiple scenarios ::
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
:: sends message to security team to converge in Sickbay :: *Sickbay*: Prepare for incoming casualties. Three humans.
SC_Capt_Marek :
:: computer beeps and shows the data to Marek :: CO: Captain, the calculations indicates that it is highly probable that it was a planetary system with eleven planets... One of the them, the 9th, had a moon that broke lose at a certain point...
MO_Payne :
*CTO*: Acknowledged! Sickbay will be ready.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: waits for the order to take the ship out ::
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Also the destroyed planet was an N class one. Two M class planets in the system too.
CO_Capt_Adams :
SC: Broke loose? How does "that' happen?
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
*Transporter Room*: Energize
CO_Capt_Adams :
:: thinks whatever caused this had to totally screw up the entire planetary system, and any life that was on any of the worlds in it ::
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: Sir, we are in visual range of the asteroid.
CO_Capt_Adams :
OPS: On screen.
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: It is possible that an event of immense proportions caused the destruction of that N planet and also that moon to break orbit from its planet... but nothing conclusive so far.
CO_Capt_Adams :
CTO: You'd better get down to Sickbay and check it out. Report as quickly as you can.

ACTION: The view screen shows an asteroid fragment about half the size of the Pandora with a trail of debris consisting of asteroid and what appear to be planetary fragments behind it.

FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: monitors relative position of the asteroid and keeps the ship at a constant distance to it ::

MO_Payne :
*CTO*: Bridge... we have three female patients suffering from radiation poisoning. I shall keep y'all updated.
CO_Capt_Adams :
:: but, they're alive? ::
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: Sir, I found the command codes for the freighter, shall I discontinue the distress call?
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO/All: That is the asteroid with the debris... :: raises an eyebrow at his obvious remark ::
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
::nods:: CO: I am on my way, Sir.
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
:: heads to the turbolift as TO T`rget mans tactical ::
FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: pulls up the solar system schematics and compares them to scans of the area from about 8-years ago, noting there is no previous scan of the area ::
CO_Capt_Adams :
OPS: Yes, but leave a navigational warning beacon on for as long as it can operate one.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: Aye Sir, I will also download all its computer data as well and send it over to science.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Sir, we could set one of our own. It will take about 30 seconds to prepare one. A lot more power on ours.
CO_Capt_Adams :
FCO: Good thinking Ensign. Go ahead and set it up
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
:: exits turbolift and marches into Sickbay ::
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Aye Sir. :: taps controls for a b out 25 seconds :: Deploying. :: taps launch button ::
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: Would you like me to review the logs or shall I send them to Commander Gaeb?
MO_Payne :
CTO: Stay out of my damn way! If you are going to guard, guard from over THERE! :: points to a corner of Sickbay far from the patients ::
CO_Capt_Adams :
OPS: You take a close look, copy the XO, and send me the "Cliff Notes" version when you figure it out.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: Aye Sir.
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
:: send commands to the probe to keep scanning the sector and send back the data to Starfleet by the nearest communications array ::
FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: runs navigational scans of the immediate area to confirm possible escape routes if they are needed ::
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
:: grunts and continues to hover near the doctor ::
CO_Capt_Adams :
SC/XO/OPS: Other than the crew of the Angelo, are there any, and I mean any, other size of civilization, life or whatever in this system? :: all the while, still keeping the back of his mind on that anomaly ::
MO_Payne :
:: moves from patient to patient and almost hits D'ghor :: CTO: Oh for Kolker's sake...... Take two steps back or I'll give you a hypo and infect you with Rop'ngor you big oaf!!
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Sir, I'm happy to report that we are at stable situation for the moment.
CTO_Lt_D`ghor :
:: growls and takes ONE step back ::

OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CO: I'm not getting any communications from any of the planets, Sir.
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Working on that... :: taps on his console ::
CO_Capt_Adams :
FCO: By "stable," I'm assuming you're meaning nothing's happening with that anomaly at the moment?
TO_T’rget :
CO: No other vessels in the system, Sir. We are alone, just the Michael Angelo and us.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Or anything else in the immediate vicinity, yes, Sir.
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Captain, Planet 5 seems to have some forms of life. Humanoid beings, Sir.
FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: calls up scans of the fifth planet to see what Captain Marek is talking about ::
CO_Capt_Adams :
SC: Ah, I knew there had to be something in this system. Can't have that many planets, that many M or close to M planets and not have anything alive..... Gather what we can here as quick as we can, and then we need to see what's up with the 5th planet.
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Aye, Sir.
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
CO: The anomaly is resolved, nothing recorded now by the probe
FCO_Ens_Banks :
:: taps a course in in preparation for the command from the CO to go to the fifth planet ::
CO_Capt_Adams :
XO: Resolved?
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Too many extreme events took place recently in this system... I am pretty sure they all had an element in common... and we need to find out which one it was
MO_Payne :
*CO*: Sickbay to Bridge..... I have three female humans suffering from radiation sickness. I do NOT need a chaperon! I'll accept one guard not five! So have the big guy clear my Sickbay!
FCO_Ens_Banks :
CO: Course laid in, standing by, Sir.
CO_Capt_Adams :
SC: I'm pretty sure it's got something to do with that anomaly,
SC_Capt_Marek :
CO: Mostly probable.
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
CO: There is nothing there anymore
CO_Capt_Adams :
*MO*: Sorry Doctor, but until we know more about this situation, I'm not taking any chances. The sooner you get those people ready to chat with us, the sooner we'll be able to reduce the level of security threat.

ACTION: One of the patients blinks awake and grabs the MO's tunic.

Jade :
MO: You're human!!! Thank the powers that be! :: passes out. ::
CO_Capt_Adams :
XO: Nevertheless, there was, and call it a suspicion, but watch that space..... closely.

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