USS Seleya Mission Transcript 11002.14
Mission Number 588
Bathed in Darkness IX

DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Lília Perfeito as Captain Alexandra Margarida Gomes (CO – Commanding Officer)
Andrew Cotterly as Lieutenant William Grenth Stradiot (XO – First Officer)
Scott Knight as Lieutenant Caelan Alexander Trigger (CEO – Chief of Engineering)
Tim Schols as Lieutenant Dylan Cedric Pandora (OPS – Operations Officer)
Charlie Nance as Lieutenant JG T’Rae (CMO – Chief Medical Officer) 
Mike Hiles as Lieutenant Maximus Heller (CTO – Chief Tactical Officer) npc TO Griffin 
Karriaunna Scotti as Lt Brianna Rose (SO – Science Officer) NPC’s SO Selven, Gridst

Time lapse:  3 min

Ship Manager 
Karriaunna Scotti

Last time on the Seleya:

The council members have been successfully awakened by the CMO & Seven with only minor complications which the crew will keep an eye out for.  Security keeps watch, but so far things remain basically quiet. The council had decided they wanted to awaken the rest of their people to their new lives.  The XO will work with them in helping to choose a new home, as the new one they had chosen was primarily a water world, not their first choice, but the closest habitable planet they could get to relatively easy.

OPS and CEO continue to work on setting up a transport pathway that will safely allow the colonists and crew to be to and from the planet.  However, they are interrupted as the entity from the planet below is finally found… heading for the Seleya.  Not only does the entity move quickly but it was able to pass easily through the ships shields, absorbing some of the shields energy.  Once through, it headed for engineering where a forcefield is placed around it.

The order is given to cut power.  As that occurs, the entity seems to loss interest and turn toward the CEO.  Eventually the captain orders minimal power output.  OPS has reduced power consumption throughout the ship to preserve power as he works with maintaining the ships sustainability of her crew.

The energy emanating from the entity does not appear to be of any one type, but a variety, one that seems to shift each time it ‘absorbs’ another living being. So far contact with the entity has not been successful… but what of the others?  Maor ‘senses’ the voices of his crewmates while around him he gets the impression of not being alone, not to mention he is beginning to understand the voices.  Now things are slowing down around him but within him is a growing sense of purpose.

Within the entity can be seen more of the lights then before.  The CEO sent energy pulses of low intensity.  After that, the lights seemed to align.  He has sent surveillance footage of the entity to see if there is any discernable pattern to the lights.  His impression is the lights are not an actual part of the entity itself but something else inside trying to escape; possible Maor and the missing Edans.  If this is true, the question is, can they reach Maor… what will the CEO do to attract Maor that only the Commander would know?  And how would they bring energy back to their bodies… their missing bodies?

Captain's log, stardate 11002.14. Things are proceeding as planned on the planet. On the ship, we were attacked, apparently by the same energy entity that kidnapped some of our crew and the Edans. We are attempting to understand what it wants.

XO Log Stardate 11002.14: Down on the surface, we've explained the situation to the council and we're just about ready to bring everyone back up to the ship...I'm going to try and contact the Seleya and hopefully nothing's changed since we've left.

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 CO Capt Gomes says:
::on the bridge of the Seleya monitoring the situation::
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@::Stands up and presses his combadge:: COM: Seleya: This is the Away Team, Come in Seleya.
CEO Lt Trigger says:
::looks at the lights within the entity and taps his Com Badge:: *SO*: Brianna, do we have a list of the people who are missing in action down on the surface?
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@XO: Sir, we are ready to start the process of wakening the others, however we need to setup some triage areas, as well as see to the provissioning of the masses as they awaken.
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
*SO*:  No, I was not given one... I am not sure if any was put together.  All we know about is our crew.  :: continues looking through the sensor data.::
CEO Lt Trigger says:
*SO*: We have crew missing?
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@::Turns:: CMO: We don't have the provisions to awaken everyone. Awakening everyone else might have to wait a couple of days until the other Federation vessels arrive.
OPS Lt Pandora says:
::On the bridge, trying to get an overview of systems still operating::
TO Griffin says:
@;:on the surface keeping an eye out for any sign of the entity returning.::
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
*CEO*:  Commander Maor and ensign Morley.
OPS Lt Pandora says:
::Hears the XO's message:: COM: XO: Seleya here, go ahead.
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@XO: Understood. I will begin working with the concil and the computer to prioritize the wakeups.  The more we can get there people to help, the quicker the process will become
 CO Capt Gomes says:
::remembers something and taps her badge:: *CEO*: Can you try to access the transporters and get a lock on anything inside the entity?
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
*CEO*/CO:  There is definatly some kind of pattern here that was not seen before.  Each one of the 'lights' has a different signature... almost as if they are individuals as was suggested.
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@::Nods to the CMO:: COM: Seleya: We've awakened the Council members, they've chosen a planet and we're currently waiting for the Federation vessels to help out...What's going on up there?
 CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: Does any of those signatures match the bio signs of our missing crew?
CEO Lt Trigger says:
Self: Maor... perfect, I'll never hear the end of this. ::speaks up:: *CO*: At the moment I have no idea how the transporters would affect the entity, it might see it as a sign of retaliation and retaliate... the last thing we need is to all end up in there.
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
CO:  I would need to access their medical profiles for that.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*: We are running out of options. If there is anyone inside, the transporters are the only way I can think of, to get them back
OPS Lt Pandora says:
COM: XO: We're experiencing some difficulties in Engineering, sir, it seems the entity that was previously on the planet, is now in our main engineering.
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@::Walks over to the main computer, and begins using it to access the vast database of individuals in stasis in the facility.::
TO Griffin says:
@XO:  Area looks clear, don't see any sign of the entity in the area.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: Please do. Access all that is not under medical secrecy
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
:: Nods and sends a request to medical, waiting for the files she needs.::
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@::Looking for those individuals who may be most useful to awaken first, Doctors, nurses, scientists, notices an extreme lack of any engineering types in the database::
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@::Turns:: TO Griffin: That would be because the entity is currently in Engineering. ::Sighs:: COM: Seleya: Understood. Orders from the Captain?
CEO Lt Trigger says:
*CO*: From a tactical point of view I would advise against it... from a medical point of view we have no way of telling how they would come out on the other end and from my own point of view... if this thing eats energy then all transporters are going to do is feed the thing.
 
ACTION:  At the CEO's voice, the lights seem to reach out toward him... but so does the darkness as it starts to make its way to the engineer, the shields nothing to it... other then more energy.

TO Griffin says:
@XO:  That explains why we haven't seen it.
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@SO: We need to figure out what kind of plans they had for provisioning there populace after there hibernation.  They might have had some form of food replication system we might still be able to access.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*: What is your suggestion then?
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
:: As the files are received, she quickly inputs them, looking for a similar patter within the entity::
CEO Lt Trigger says:
::panics slightly and holds his hand up to the entity:: Entity: That's close enough, I bet I can shut down all power on this ship before you can get to me. ::holds his finger over a command key on the console::
OPS Lt Pandora says:
COM: XO: Stand by, sir.... ::Turns in his chair:: CO: Captain, the away team has completed the awakening of the council members, lieutenant Stradiot is requesting orders.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
OPS: Put him on speakers
CEO Lt Trigger says:
*CO*: I've been trying to find a way of communicating with it, or at least with the lights inside, it's unclear at the moment who's controlling who.
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@::Nods:: TO: It would indeed.
OPS Lt Pandora says:
CO: Aye captain. ::Enters a command:: On speakers now.
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
CO:  I have both the neural patterns of Commander Maor and Morley.  And I have a match within the entity.  I have no idea where their bodies are though... I am not picking up biomass.
 
ACTION:  The entity continues forward, but slowly as there is a shift within of the lights.
 
CO Capt Gomes says:
COM: Away Team: This is the Captain. We have a situation on the ship, but I am not happy with leaving you there. As soon as you are ready, bring the shuttle back to the ship with anyone that is alive and out of stasis. When you are in orbit, stand by until we have this situation figured out
 CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: They might have been turned into energy. Do you think we can use the transporters to convert them back?
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@COM: Seleya: Understood....We don't have enough room in the shuttle for everyone however.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*: Lt Rose has a positive match on both Maor and Morley. I also don't know what is controlling what. But they are in there
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
CO:  If there is no biomass, I don't know how else to get them back but to use the transporters.  But that will only work for our own two as we have records of them within the transporters.
CEO Lt Trigger says:
::watches the movement of the entity and smiles as the penny drops:: *CO*: I can tell you this much, there's definitely a struggle for power going on... the lights appear to be trying to hold back the cloud now.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: Understood
CEO Lt Trigger says:
::shouts:: CIV: Come on Maor... you can do better than that!!!
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@*CMO*: Bring everyone to the shuttle, we're going to be leaving.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
@COM: Away Team: Are you positive about that? Loose unneeded equipment. Perhaps it’s warranted to go a little over the safety limits in this situation
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*: Rose agrees with me that the transporter is the only way to get them out of there. I am willing to try it, but if we succeed, we have to get rid of the rest immediately
CEO Lt Trigger says:
*CO*: There we have a problem, until we can find a way of expelling the entity from the ship, the life forms inside are the only thing stopping it from taking more.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
OPS/SO: Prepare the transporters. I want to try and get a lock on as much energy that matches Maor and Morley' signals as possible. then feed that into the buffers. Together with what is stored in our computers we have to reconstruct them
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@COM: Seleya: For present moment, due to the issue on the Seleya and avoiding unnecessary risks, the away team can stay put for now. Once everything is settled, then we can decide from there.
OPS Lt Pandora says:
::Monitors the ship's power levels as time grows longer::
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*: I understand. We know its attracted to energy. We can rig a torpedo and explode it a few Km off the ship. but how do we stop it from returning?
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
:: Looks over towards Pandora::  OPS:  How do you want to do this?  Do you just want me to send you their signature?
 CO Capt Gomes says:
Self: what if ....
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*/SO: What if we made a fly by near the star? do you think it would choose it instead of us?
OPS Lt Pandora says:
::Hears the CO's order and nods, slowly, as he starts to reactivate the transporter system:: SO: Yes please, as long as I have that, the targeting sensors can take care of the rest...
CEO Lt Trigger says:
*CO*: What if you launched a heavily shielded probe modified to emit a high energy signature in to the sun?
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@XO: Are you sure that is wise sir?  I can have everyone rounded up and ready to go but suggest we reconsider staying put for now, until we can get more help here.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
COM: Away Team: Acknowledged Commander. We will keep you informed of any updates. Be safe
CIV Cmdr Maor says:
# ::Tries to focus as a single voice becomes clearer, closer. The voices sounds familiar yet foreign at the same time. It sounds almost like someone was attempting to reach him through whatever that surrounds him. Faint memories of the entity suddenly came pouring to him as flashbacks from as early as few hours ago suddenly showed up, some more clear than the other. At the sound of that familiar voice his senses came
CIV Cmdr Maor says:
 to life in full force, as whatever it was seemed to attract everything around him as everything seemed to change as the voice grew louder, clearer::
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
CO:  Possible... it could have found easy 'food' with the Edan's when it took what it wanted from their star.
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
:: As her fingers finish hitting the send button...::  OPS:  You should have the data you need.
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@CMO: I quite agree, the Captain and I just came to that, actually. ::Lightly Smiles:: COM: Seleya: Understood.
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@CMO: Still, it'd be better if we were all here and ready to go if something happens.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
::nods:: SO: We will have to try it
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*: that might be a good idea, but this probe would have to emmit more energy than our warp core
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
CO:  The nearest star?
OPS Lt Pandora says:
::Looks as he sees the data being received:: OPS: I do, thank you... ::Looks at his console for a moment, then quickly gets up:: CO: Captain, if we are going to do this, I need to get to a transporter room to prepare the systems for a long term utilization.
CEO Lt Trigger says:
*CO*: With the core powered down that shouldn't be too difficult.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: I would rather one in a system where we are not are. How far is the nearest one at Warp?
CIV Cmdr Maor says:
# ::Suddenly his subconscious became aware of others like him, some as clear as he is and some more distant, less focuses. Were there others trapped wherever he was?::
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@XO: I have a priority list of a few thousand, that are medical personnel or life scientists,  one we get them awakened, they will be a great help in awakening the others.  I am still looking for any signs they had plans to provision there populace outside of the ships that were either destroyed or stolen
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
:: Pulls up the star maps::  CO:  Their is a small star, long life, about a day from us.  :: turns around::  what about the Edans it has?
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@::Nods:: CMO: Good, however we should hold on that until help arrives. We don't have provisions for a few thousand.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: They may be lost for ever. If the surface sends us their biosigns, would you be able to get a lock?
CEO Lt Trigger says:
::shouts in the direction of the entity:: CIV: Maor, if you can hear me I need a sign of some sort!
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@XO: Agreed, without the ships they had waiting for them food will be a major issue
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
:: Looks toward Pandora who has already left::  CO:  Ummm... I honestly have no idea.  Doing what we are planning for our crew may have repercussions.  It is not the norm to use previous transporter data to reform someone... otherwise we would have the fountain of youth.
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@::Nods:: CMO: Indeed.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: Patterns fade over time. That is one of the reasons we can not do it more often. The other is that you have the risk of creating clones
 CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: But here, I still do not have any alternatives
 CO Capt Gomes says:
OPS: Proceed
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
CO:  If one of their scientists who created their system were awakened... we might have better luck.
OPS Lt Pandora says:
::Nods and heads for the bridge's exit, stepping onto the turbolift:: TL: Transporter room 1.
CIV Cmdr Maor says:
#::Acknowledges the CEO's request and attempt to gather all the energy inside the entity to cause some sort of a sign in Engineering::
 CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: I will try, Lets hope there is still time
 CO Capt Gomes says:
COM: Away Team: Gomes to Stradiot
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@COM: Seleya: Stradiot here. Yes, Captain?

ACTION:  The dim lights of enineering flicker and go off briefly before returning back on.

 CO Capt Gomes says:
COM: Away Team: We may have a chance to save the Edans that the entity took. but for that we need enough data to recreate their bodies in our transporter. Is there anyone awake in there who could send us that information? 
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@::Turns:: CMO: You have the data of those awakened and are still asleep. Who would have this information?
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@COM: Seleya: Hold, please. We're checking on it.
CO Capt Gomes says:
COM: Away Team: Acknowledged
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*: Is there any change in the entity?
CEO Lt Trigger says:
::checks the console and notes an extraneous power drain:: Self: Good. ::shouts:: CIV: Good! there are more of you in there... find them!
OPS Lt Pandora says:
::Exits the turbolift near the transporter room, and quickly walks over towards the entrance::
CEO Lt Trigger says:
*CO*: I think I've managed to get through to Maor... he can't get a message out but I think he understands me.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*: Good. Then maybe he can convince it to go to one of our shuttles
OPS Lt Pandora says:
::Enters the transporter room and walks over to the control console::
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@XO: The council members have given me limited biographical information to help in deciding on who to awaken, but they may have access to more detailed records
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@XO: Sir, if this entity is not native to Edan, can we safely assume all the life signs within it do not come from other worlds as well.
CEO Lt Trigger says:
*CO*: If we can power up a shuttle and bring the rest of the ship to a cold and dark status that would do the job just as well... from what I've seen so far the entity is slightly stronger than the the beings inside.
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@::Nods:: CMO: Tis very true...COM: Seleya: Captain, we don't even know if this entity only has Edanians within it. Perhaps it's not native here in which there could be other life forms as well within it.
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
:: concern in her voice:: *CEO*:  That entity is just a wee bit close to ye for my comfort.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*: We are gathering data to try to save as many as possible inside. But we must move soon before we are out of power
OPS Lt Pandora says:
::Taps a few buttons on the console, pulling up the data Rose had forwarded earlier, and sends a query to the internal sensors to scan engineering and locate all particles corresponding with the data provided::
 CO Capt Gomes says:
COM: Away Team: I am aware of that. But we can only take from there whoever has signatures we can recognize and whose body we can recreate in the transporter room. That is our crewmember and perhaps the Edans. but if there is no one on the planet who can give is their signatures, then the Edans are lost as well
CEO Lt Trigger says:
*CO/SO*: I'm going to try and lure it to the shuttle bay, I'm hoping that the beings inside will be able to keep it off me if I walk fast enough.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*: Very well. Keep me informed of your progress. And be careful

ACTION:  The console beeps green, informing OPS it has the required source.

CEO Lt Trigger says:
Computer: Activate emergency power in the saucer section ONLY, prepare to shut down main power on my command. ::grabs a couple of flashlights from the cabinet under the console::
CIV Cmdr Maor says:
# ::Finally tires of this feeling of hopelessness as he attempts to rally all the energy beings around him against their :: 
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
:: shudders mentally at his idea, but says nothing::
OPS Lt Pandora says:
::After some time, he gets a complete lock on Maor's signal:: *Bridge*: Pandora to bridge.
   Computer says:  
 CEO: Acknowledged.
 
#ACTION:  Those capable, join forces with Maor.
 
CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: What do you think would happen if we put all of the signatures inside the entity in our transporter buffers? Could we keep them to sort them out later?
XO Lt Stradiot says:
COM: Seleya: Since the signatures were created at a time where everyone was in stasis, i don't think anyone has that information. We'll check though...it might take a little while however. ::Turns:: CMO: Ask the council about signatures of Edans that have disappeared and if they have them anywhere.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
COM: Away Team: Acknowledged
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@XO: Understood
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*OPS*: Go ahead
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
CO:  Captain, we are treading on the lines of theory.  I have no record of anyone trying to do that before.  :: frowns::  What about the holodeck that was suggested earlier?
CEO Lt Trigger says:
::activates the flashlights and shines them directly at the entity:: Entity: Come with me if you want to live! ::walks toward the door:: Computer: shut down main power!

ACTION:  The main power shuts down.

OPS Lt Pandora says:
*CO*: Captain, I have a lock on Maor's signature inside the entity, standing by for your command to proceed.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: Do you mean beaming the signatures into the holodeck? Can we keep them there?
CEO Lt Trigger says:
::walks along the corridors using the flashlights to find his way, turning every so often to check that the entity is following::
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@::Walks over to Gridst:: Gridst:  It appears there are energy signatures trapped within the entity.  We belive that some of these could be the missing Edanites from the stasis chambers.  It would be helpful if we could locate any data that may contain transporter traces of these individuals
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*OPS*: acknowledged. I will wait until the entity is approaching the shuttle. How soon can you di the same to Morley?
SO Lt Rose-Trigger says:
CO:  I am thinking they could take forms of energy there for a time... after that, we could figure out what to do with them?  :: trying to pull up possibilities::
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*CEO*: We are ready to beam out Maor. I would prefer to do that when the entity is in the shuttle
 CO Capt Gomes says:
SO: Its better than nothin. start working on the best way to do it
CEO Lt Trigger says:
*CO*: Getting there, give me about five minutes.
OPS Lt Pandora says:
*CO*: At the moment, I can only do this one at a time.. Though I expect it shouldn't be too long... But, do I understand correctly, the entity is going to be moved?
Gridst says:
@ CMO:  Hmmm... I don't know.  Some of our medical personnel and the creators of the cyro-chambers would better answer that.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*OPS*: yes. The CEO is taking it to a shuttle
OPS Lt Pandora says:
CO: Understood, I may loose the signal on the way over, but I'll see what I can do. Should be enough coverage in the Shuttle bay, and I now know what to look for.
XO Lt Stradiot says:
@::Nods to the CMO hearing the conversation:: Gridst/CMO: Let's awaken them, then. We need to move quickly.
 CO Capt Gomes says:
*OPS*: Understood
TO Griffin says:
@::Continues to survey the surrounding area, just in case there is something else around that will threaten them.::
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@Gridst: here is a list of medical personnel, and scientist I have been able to find so far can you identify the individuals we need
Gridst says:
@ CMO:  Yes, doctor.
CMO Ltjg TRae says:
@::hands Gridst a padd with a list of names on it::

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