Brett:
 Summary: The Delphyne crew, reassembled after thirty relaxing days of R&R, prepare to take their ship out of dock and once more into deep space.

Brett:
 <<<< Begin Mission: "At least it isn't the Romulans again. - Part 1">>>>

CTO_Marshall:
 ::Walks out of the turbolift toward the tactical station, taking in a deep breath.::

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::having checked in with sickbay, leaves there and prepares to go up to the bridge::

CO_Mordane:
 ::sitting in the command chair, feeling strangely at home::

XO_Mash`ev:
 :: Sitting on the bridge, trying to get the feel of this new job while trying to get the feel of the new chair. ::

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::in main engineering, rear legs and tail sticking out from under a pannel as he inspects some work that was done and runs a spot check::

CO_Mordane:
 Bridge:  All stations report in.

CTO_Marshall:
 CO: Shall I run a diagnostic on the main shield system and prepare the crew for some battle drills sir?

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::pushes the button to call the lift::

CTO_Marshall:
 CO: Tactical Reporting in sir.

CO_Mordane:
 CTO: We should probably wait until we're out of docking before running the battle drills... the diagnostic wouldn't hurt though.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::is pleased with what he see and extracts himself from under the panel::

CO_Mordane:
 *CEO*: Engineering, how are we doing?

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::enters the lift:: TL: Bridge.

CTO_Marshall:
 CO: Understood sir, ::Turns from the CO and looks over his panel keying in a sequence of commands beginning the diagnostic on shield systems::

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::exits the lift on the bridge::

CO_Mordane:
 ::turns to see the CMO enter::  CMO: Doctor... I trust sickbay is in order?

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 *CO*: So far, so good sir. We are currently operating under internal power.  We can leave at your command.

CO_Mordane:
 *CEO*: Thank you Commander.

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: All stations reporting ready, sir.

CO_Mordane:
 XO: Very well, Chief, take us out.

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::surprised the Captain noticed her so quickly:: CO: Yes sir... Sickbay is indeed in order. I came along to check on crew availablity... starting with the bridge officers first. I have both you and Ta- ::clears throat:: Commander Mash`ev's physicals completed. I just need everyone else's now.

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: Aye, sir. ::Suddenly nervous at commanding his first, non-simulated piloting out of space dock hoping that none of the disasters encountered there would be encountered here. ::

CTO_Marshall:
 ::Turns and watches the main viewer as the ship begins to leave spacedock::

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::Glad to see the panel he was looking at, which was his station, was designed for someone his height, he pulls up the power flow data on his monitor, as well as displays of the various power sources.::

XO_Mash`ev:
 OPS: Get final clearance for departure. Retract moorings when we're clear and notify FCO.

XO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Prepare to leave dock at one-eighth impulse, dead ahead.

CO_Mordane:
 CMO: Well doctor, as long as you can find someone with idle time on their hands, they're all yours.

Brett:
 Action: Duty OPS contacts Starbase 39-S departure control and receives clearance.

Brett:
 <Duty OPS> XO: We are cleared for departure Commander.

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::feels relieved that the Captain didn't notice her almost slip up::

CTO_Marshall:
 ::Turns back to his display as his console beeps informing him that the dianostics are complete:: CO: Sir, shields are performing within standard efficiency.

XO_Mash`ev:
 OPS: Thank you, ensign. FCO: Once the moorings fully retract, ahead one-eighth.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::Keys up main display to show the current intermix of anti-matter to matter in the warp core and then checks on the plamsa flow, making a point to log all the current settings to be used as a comparison for a post refit, before tinkering with the settings::

XO_Mash`ev:
 :: Monitoring the departure from space dock, making sure the FCO doesn't scratch the fresh paint. ::

Brett:
 <FCO> XO: Aye sir.  ::Engages engines::

Brett:
 Action: The Excelsior-class Delphyne glides forward, slipping gracefully from the engineering framework that had surrounded her like a skeleton for the past six weeks.

XO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Steady as she goes...

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::smiles at the XO for a moment::

CO_Mordane:
 ::leans over and whispers to the XO::  XO: So rumor has it your "physical" went well.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::Feels the ship move and takes a look at the impulse engines::

XO_Mash`ev:
 :: Turns and sees the CMO then the CO looking at him. ::

Brett:
 <FCO> XO: She's a bit slugglish turning to starboard... looks like the portside thrusters are out of synch by .13%.

CO_Mordane:
 ::simply grins and leans back in his seat::

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: Uh.. yes.. er.. aye, sir. :: turns slightly bluer in shade ::

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::antennae leap and rigedly stand up a moment as she hears the Captain's whisper, turns to leave the bridge::

CTO_Marshall:
 ::Overhears the CO say something about a physical and raises an eyebrow::

XO_Mash`ev:
 ::Trying to focus on getting out of dock in one piece.::  FCO: Very good, ensign. Compensate controls and we'll get an engineering team on it right away.

Brett:
 <FCO> XO: Aye sir.

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::also a bit bluer, hoping her back to everyone hides her embarassment, hops in the lift as it arrives:: TL: Sickbay.

CTO_Marshall:
 ::Commits scanners to look for any unidentified craft or objects::

XO_Mash`ev:
 *CEO*: Commander, when you can spare a small team we need to get the flight control system inspected. FCO has a report of slightly sluggish controls. Your team can get the details from the FCO.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::is pleased with what he sees::

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 *XO*:sluggs controllers? Sounds like the flight controller out pratice.  But I can send someone up in a few minutes.

Brett:
 <FCO> ::Stiffens in his seat at the CEO's accusation::

XO_Mash`ev:
 *CEO* Excellent. We're compensating for now, until you can have someone inspect.

XO_Mash`ev:
 :: Notices the CMO has left the bridge while he was occupied with getting the ship under weigh. ::

CO_Mordane:
 XO: You were never that defensive, were you?

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::arrives in sickbay and then begins scrolling through the list of people who need to come to sickbay for their physicals::

Brett:
 Action: The Delphyne passes the outer marker bouy for Starbase 39-S, and enters open space.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::Dispatchs an engineering detail to the bridge but makes sure that the team takes a holodeck training progarm to give to the helm officer on duty::

CTO_Marshall:
 CO: We have entered open space sir, we are clear of Starbase 39-S.

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: Not to anyone's face. I just assumed they were wrong and appeased them by inspecting what they requested. :: winks ::

CO_Mordane:
 XO: And you always claim you're not a diplomat...

CO_Mordane:
 CTO: Acknowledged Ensign.

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: I learned a few things from my parents. ::smiles, adds jokingly yet diplomatically:: Sir.

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: Shall we set course now?

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 <Eng_Gorkey>::heads to the bridge::

CO_Mordane:
 FCO: Set course to rendezvous with the USS Carter and engage at warp 1.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::keeps an eye on the panels::

XO_Mash`ev:
 *CEO* We're going to go to warp momentarily, commander.

Brett:
 <FCO> CO: Aye sir.  ::Enganges warp drive::

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::brings in her first paitent for their official exam::

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 <Eng_Gorkey>::Arrives on the bridge and heads over to helm:: FCO:I heav you ave hawing pvolbems with dviving.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 *XO*: we clear to warp 4, sir.

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: Did you hear that?

CO_Mordane:
 XO: Take us to Warp 4 then, Chief.

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: Aye, sir. ::smiles, enjoying the thrill of running a ship through its paces. ::

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::As the biobed goes through its paces on her first patient her mind goes somewhere else...  she idly thinks about someone big and blue.... too bad her frist patient is a Betazoid.::

XO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Take us to Warp 4.

Brett:
 <FCO> EO: The portside thrusters are out of alignment.  My guess is that the yard engineers didn't do a proper calibration.

CMO_P`Trell:
 <Ens Arwen> CMO: You um... look preoccupied... anything on your mind?

Brett:
 <FCO> ::Increases speed to warp 4::

Brett:
 Action: A slight vibration begins in the deck plates.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 <Eng_Gorkey>::hits some buttons on the panel, pulls out his tricoder then hits a few more buttons, then slams the side of helm panel twice:: FCO:Duh pvoblem is fixed.

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::hears Arwen:: Arwen: Uh... no... ::smiles sheepishly::

XO_Mash`ev:
 *CEO* Are you registering those vibrations?

CTO_Marshall:
 ::Turns and looks around the bridge:: All: That can't be good.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 *XO*: Yes, sir.

CO_Mordane:
 ::feels the deck plates vibrating beneath his feet::  *CEO*: Commander... I do not expect this ship to run like the IKS QIb...Starfleet has better standards than that.

CO_Mordane:
 XO: Believe it or not, I got used to this... and worse.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 *CO*: We got a new warp core, it is going to take a bit to break it in, until we have the intermix ration set just right.  Two or three days, tops.

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::feels the deckplates vibrating:: Arwen: I don't like the feel of this... ::sounds and looks worried::

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: The engineer in me wants to rip the decks apart and figure out why this is happening. ::figits just a little::

CO_Mordane:
 ::chuckles:: XO: I wouldn't want to be around if you and Jake didn't agree on a solution.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::begins working on the anti-matter/matter injection rates and plasma flows::

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: Don't even joke. I know that different people approach the same problem differently but, ultimately, get the same results. I completely trust Jake to get the job done but I suspect I'll have to walk away sometimes.

Brett:
 Action: As time passes, the Engineers adjust and tweak the warp drive and Core systems, smoothing out the irregularities and removing the vibration.  Further shakedown tests prove the ship can reach its maximum rated speed.

Brett:
 INFO: Two days pass, while the ship travels on a parallel course with the Neutral Zone, on its way to the rendezvous point, still a week away.

CTO_Marshall:
 ::Sets the computer to continually scan the neutral zone::

CO_Mordane:
 ::Sits in his ready room going over paperwork, trying to focus on the PADDs that he's been staring at all day.::

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::sighs as she sits in her office doing paperwork::

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::In Main Engineering, glad to see the warp core is finaly humming along the way it should be::

XO_Mash`ev:
 :: Sitting on the bridge, watching reports come in from different departments in between watching the stars roll by. ::

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::sends her departmental status to the bridge::

CTO_Marshall:
 ::Hears the quiet alarm from his console and turns around surprised, enters in a command and reads the information streaming across the viewer:: XO: Sir I am recieving a distress signal.::

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::eats a chocolate covered ractajino bean::

XO_Mash`ev:
 CTO: Where is the signal coming from?

CTO_Marshall:
 XO: It's from the S.S. Hideki... Maru a cargo vessel, they report that a large plasma explosion has occured in their Engineering section.

XO_Mash`ev:
 CTO: Where are they? How far off our present course?

CTO_Marshall:
 XO: Bearing 030. Mark 10. Range 1.2 Light Years.... they are requesting immediate assistance.

XO_Mash`ev:
 FCO: Set course for the S.S. Hideki Maru, bearing 030 mark 10.

XO_Mash`ev:
 *CO* Captain to the bridge.

XO_Mash`ev:
 CTO: How close to the neutral zone will that put us?

CTO_Marshall:
 XO: It will bring us well away from the Neutal Zone, sir.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::runs a low-level diagnostic on the warp core::

CO_Mordane:
 ::Wonders what could be going on and comes out of the ready room::  XO: Report.

XO_Mash`ev:
 ::Stands up when the Captain enters and stepping to the side.:: CO: Sir, the cargo vessel SS Hideki Maru reports a large plasma explostion in their Engineering section and are requesting assistance. We have coordinates laid in and are awaitng your order to change course.

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: We are the closest ship, sir.

CO_Mordane:
 FCO: Engage new heading. ::moves to the command center of the bridge::

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: It's 1.2 light years away.

CO_Mordane:
 XO: Understood.

CO_Mordane:
 FCO: What is our current speed?

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 ::Feels the ship chance course::

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 *Bridge*: Is there a reason we changed course?

Brett:
 <FCO> CO: Warp 4 sir

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::finds she really can't concentrate on her work, and swiftly gets up to exit sickbay::

XO_Mash`ev:
 *CEO/CMO* We've just received notification of a ship requiring assistance. Please coordinate with CTO for details.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 *XO*: Acknowledged.

CO_Mordane:
 ::takes his seat in the center chair::  FCO: Increase to maximum sustainable warp.

CEO_Jakuharrr:
 *CTO*: What assitance does this vessel require?

CMO_P`Trell:
 ::was heading to the holodeck for a "training" session but hears the XO:: *XO*: Understood.

XO_Mash`ev:
 CO: I'll see if we can't boost long range sensors to get some more information, sir. ::Crosses to Science station.::

Brett:
 <FCO> CO: Aye, sir.  ::Increases speed accordingly::

CTO_Marshall:
 *CEO*: The ship is reporting a large plasma explosion in their engineering sections.

Brett:
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