=/\= U.S.S. Elara Stardate 10405.30 - "Travelling minds, part IV" =/\=

The USS Elara remains at impulse, side by side with the comet.

The Shuttle Renegade is landed, oblivious to what happened to the away team.

What did happen to the away team?

Meanwhile, on the ship, Captain Wall faces a brand new dilemma: Stay as Captain of the Elara or move on to a new ship, new crew, and new adventures?

=/\= =/\= =/\= Resume Mission =/\= =/\= =/\=

#ACTION: The away team find themselves looking over and endless grassland under a blue sky. There is no apparent sun yet its daylight, like a morning on planet Earth. They can move freely but there is nothing in the vicinity

@ACTION: At the same time, on the comet's surface the same away team continues its investigations. After the door opened and that initial pull, the light ceased and all went back to normal

ACTION: On the ship everything seems OK

CO Capt Wall says:
::in RR just turning off his computer after transferring data to a PADD::

FCO Diego says:
@::in the shuttle powering down the Engines::

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#::looks around at the grassland:: FCO/SO: Anyone have any idea where we are? Is it possible we are on the m class planet in the system?

FCO Diego says:
#::just looks at the CTO and blinks::

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@*FCO*: How is everything going in there ensign?

SO Goodelia says:
#CTO: Is this how the inside of a comet looks like?

FCO Diego says:
@*CTO*: That big pull is gone.

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#SO: I don’t think so, however it could be some sort of holodeck ::checks the readings on his tricorder::

CO Capt Wall says:
::stands up from his desk of his RR and walks over to the window looking out::

#ACTION: Timrok is the last to wake up, he barely moves but is standing

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@*FCO*: Yes, I think it might be a good idea if we prepare to leave, we should investigate that light reading from the safety of the ship

CNS Ens Juuls says:
::is on the bridge looking a little lost after her words with the CO turns to Solie, still not 100% comfortable with him after the incident:: : OPS: Where are the Away team? Have we heard from them again?

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#SO/FCO: Strange, my tricorder isn’t picking up anything, according to this we are not standing on anything, in fact according to this we don’t even have life signs!

OPS Solie says:
CNS: No we haven't but I am still requesting them on the surface

FCO Diego says:
@*CTO*: Agreed.

FCO Diego says:
#CTO: Well that is some mystery.

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@*Elara*: Mesme to Elara, we are preparing to leave the comet and return to the ship.

SO Goodelia says:
#CTO: Neither is mine. Are we here or are we not?

OPS Solie says:
::puts the CTO's message for all to hear::

FCO Diego says:
#CTO: I believe the first order of business is to set up a temporary shelter.

FCO Diego says:
@*CTO*: Engines are ready.

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#FCO: What with? ::points out the barren nature of the grassland::

CO Capt Wall says:
::with the PADD in his hand his looks at it, it has the senior staff officer profiles of the USS PARIS, study through each one::

CNS Ens Juuls says:
OPS: How long has it been since we last heard from them?

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#SO: That is a good question, it could be that the tricorder is malfunctioning, it defiantly feels like we are here

FCO Diego says:
#CTO: We dig a hole and cover it.

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@*FCO*: Understood, we are returning to the shuttle ::motions to the SO:: SO: Lets go, we will return later when we know what has happened here.

#ACTION: Timrok is finally fully awake

CO Capt Wall says:
::he turn the PADD off a drops his hand alongside his hip turnaround from the window and exits the RR back on to the bridge::

FCO Diego says:
@XO: We are leaving.

SO Goodelia says:
@::nods to the CTO::

FCO Diego says:
@::does pre-flight::

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@FCO: Ok

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#FCO: Perhaps we should look around first, something has brought us here, there must be some way to get back

OPS Solie says:
CNS: We just heard from the counselor, they are returning

FCO Diego says:
#CTO: Good idea.

CO Capt Wall says:
CNS: status of away team? ::with the PADD in his hand he steps toward his chair on the bridge and sits::

FCO Diego says:
@::fires up the engines::

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@::arrives at the shuttle and opens the airlock, steps inside::

FCO Diego says:
@ALL: Buckle up.  The fasten seatbelt sign is on.

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@ ::Fastens himself in::

FCO Diego says:
#::looks for a way out::

CNS Ens Juuls says:
::turns to the CO with a smile seeing him back on the bridge but does straighten her stance:: CO: The are returning Sir.

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
#All: what just happened?

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#::sees the XO is now awake:: XO: We don’t know sir, somehow we were pulled into the light on the comet and have ended up here

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@FCO: Is there a problem?

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
#::shakes his head::

FCO Diego says:
@::gives full power to the engines and tries to take off::

@ACTION: The shuttle doesn't lift

CO Capt Wall says:
CNS: good I take it they got what they needed

FCO Diego says:
@ALL: It appears we cannot take off.

CNS Ens Juuls says:
::shrugs:: CO: Presumably sir, I have not spoken to them myself since last updating you.

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@ :: starts reading console data to figure out what’s happening with the shuttle::

#ACTION: All around the AT, the scenery slightly changes. The grass is still there but, above it a series of huge cubes rise from the floor. All have thousands of buttons on either side

FCO Diego says:
@::shuts down the engines:: ALL: We should check the engines.

CNS Ens Juuls says:
CO: It’s still a puzzle how that dead officer has come all this way.

#ACTION: The AT find themselves in sort of a clearing beside the cubes

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#XO: the strange thing is sir, the tricorders do not detect this environment, or our life signs for that matter... ::looks at the rising blocks::

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@ ALL: the shuttle is functioning normally, but were not moving

FCO Diego says:
@*Elara*: The shuttle does not want to lift off. Please advise. Over.

CO Capt Wall says:
CNS: have they determined the identity of the officer?

CNS Ens Juuls says:
::glances towards Lost again wondering if now would be the time to bring things up::

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@All: Perhaps we should try to beam back to the ship; we can always come back for the shuttle later

OPS Solie says:
CO: Message from the away team

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@All: something is holding us

CO Capt Wall says:
OPS: very well put it through

ACTION: The FCO message can be heard on the bridge "The shuttle does not want to lift off. Please advise. Over."

FCO Diego says:
@XO: Well let’s try to get the ship to beam us out.

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@ ::Nods::

CNS Ens Juuls says:
::nods and then heads over to the computer not remembering:: CO: It was an officer who was killed during wolf 359. Lt Sandra Galin from the USS...::her voice trails off that is not what she wanted to hear from the away team::

CNS Ens Juuls says:
::looks to the CO with a worried expression::

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#::watches the buttons on the blocks with interest, wonders if he should press one::

CO Capt Wall says:
COM: Renegade: can you find the cause or do you require assistance

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
#CTO: could this be a hologram?

CO Capt Wall says:
OPS: can you get a lock on the away team or the shuttle itself

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#XO: It could be sir, but I cannot detect anything. My best guess would be that it is some sort of holo projection though.

FCO Diego says:
@*CO*:We need assistance. Please beam us out.

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@COM: Elara: cause unknown - any help you can give us would be appreciated

OPS Solie says:
CO: We can get a lock but last time we tried, we couldn't beam anything from the comet to the ship

CO Capt Wall says:
COM: Renegade: understood

OPS Solie says:
::shakes his head::CO: Again I try to beam them over but nothing arrives here and I still register them on the surface

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#XO: This technology looks like the technology of the door on the comet; perhaps we should press one of the buttons and see what happens

CO Capt Wall says:
OPS: ok why couldn’t we bean anything from the comet to the ship do we know what was the cause?

CNS Ens Juuls says:
OPS: Is there anything interfering with the transporters?

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
# CTO: looks like some kind of control interface perhaps - it’s like nothing I've ever seen

OPS Solie says:
CO: Unknown ... we can get a lock but nothing dematerializes there or materializes here

OPS Solie says:
CNS: Good question

OPS Solie says:
::runs a diagnostic on the transporters::

CO Capt Wall says:
OPS: that’s what we need to find out, there may be something blocking or interfering perhaps we can compensate and get around that

FCO Diego says:
#ALL: Perhaps we should use the universal translator on the buttons.

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
# FCO: give it a try

#ACTION: There is nothing in the buttons to translate

FCO Diego says:
#XO: It did not work. Nothing on the button.

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#::moves a bit closer to a cube, picks a button at random and presses it::

CO Capt Wall says:
OPS: what about the tractor beam, we could pull them off the surface perhaps?

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
#All: I hate to start blindly pushing buttons, but I don’t see any other option

#ACTION: A humanoid being appears near the pressed button. Its body is filled with brown fur and it has 5 yellow horns

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@All: Looks like we are going to be stuck here for a little while.

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@ FCO: shut off the engines - I'll take a look outside - maybe we snagged something

#ACTION: Beside it a series of strange words appear

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#FCO: You might want to use a universal translator on this though... ::steps back::

FCO Diego says:
#::Tries to translate the words::

FCO Diego says:
@::shuts them down::

#ACTION: Slowly the words turn into English on their own; it starts "Gnarish was born in the galactic year 346789 on the planet Krtar on the big Magellan cloud ..."

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@ ::meanders outside and around the shuttle - looking for any reason it might be stuck::

#ACTION: It continues telling the story of Gnarish' life apparently till his death

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
#::looks at the others:: CTO: try another one

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#::nods to the XO and presses another button::

FCO Diego says:
#ALL: It says Gnarish was born in the galactic year 346789 on the planet Krtar on the big Magellan cloud ... And It continues telling the story of Gnarish' life apparently till his death.

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@::shakes his head seeing no problem:: FCO: everything looks ok :: pulls out his tricorder and gives the shuttle a once over::

#ACTION: The first being disappears and another appears. Same species. It reads "Fratish was born on the galactic year of 65434556 on the planet Krtar ..."

CNS Ens Juuls says:
::hovers close to OPS looking worried hoping he can find something wrong with the transporter:: CO: Perhaps I can use the science console to try and determine what force is keeping them on the comet maybe when we understand that we can get things off it.?

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#All: It looks like some sort of archive.

FCO Diego says:
@*XO*: Well that is bad.

CO Capt Wall says:
CNS: yes good idea proceed

CO Capt Wall says:
OPS: what about the tractor beam, perhaps we could pull the shuttle off?

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@*all*: Curious, imp reading a massive gravity field holding the shuttle in place

CNS Ens Juuls says:
::steps up to the science console then begins scans of the comet for anything unusual::

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@*XO*: It must be coming from the door we opened.

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
# All: this is fascinating but it doesn't really help us

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#::moves to the next cube and presses a button:: XO: Perhaps the way to get out is somewhere inside these records?

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@All: it is only targeting the shuttle - this can't be any accident

FCO Diego says:
#ALL: This is a huge mystery.

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@ ::scratches his head::

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
# ::scratches his head::

CNS Ens Juuls says:
::checks previous information regarding the comet, possible origin and flight path::

#ACTION: Another being appears, this one walks in four legs, is hairless and it’s all black with 4 blue eyes. It reads, "Wera was born in the galactic year of 63455 on the planet xisp ..."

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
# All: I wonder if were in this thing?

CO Capt Wall says:
COM: Renegade: Timrok we are trying to find a solution up here to get you back, any data you can provide?

#ACTION: If the AT looks up ahead, they will notice some cubes almost button-less

FCO Diego says:
@::opens data transfer with the ship::

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@ COM Elara: I’m uploading the information we have to you now - these is a massive gravity field holding the shuttle in place

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#XO: Well if we are here long enough we might find out ::smiles::

CNS Ens Juuls says:
CO: The comet has still got that strange Duranium/Tritanium signature, It has lost a circular structure which was showing as present before the Away team beamed down.

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
#CTO: we don’t seem to be going anywhere

CO Capt Wall says:
COM: Renegade: very good we will go over the data and advise

FCO Diego says:
@ALL: Perhaps one of us use an EVA suit and try to fly to the ship.

CO Capt Wall says:
CNS: the away team is sending data from the shuttle on a massive gravity field holding the shuttle

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#XO: That’s true sir... ::makes his way down the row of cubes pressing buttons as he goes and watching, briefly, the data displayed::

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
# ::takes a seat and prepares to be educated about the life and times of some of the universes more bizarre creatures::

#ACTION: In each cube a different alien and a different story appear

CNS Ens Juuls says:
::looks interested:: CO: I shall let you know if I find anything useful from their data, Sir.

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@::steps outside the shuttle:: XO: Perhaps if we manage to shut the door we will be able to take off

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@FCO: Its worth a try

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@FCO: that’s very risky, but I'll keep in mind - as a last resort

FCO Diego says:
@::nods::

CO Capt Wall says:
Duty FCO: get us a closer stance alongside the comet

FCO Lost says:
CO: Aye sir. The best I can do with no danger to us is 500 meters

CO Capt Wall says:
FCO: understood

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#::makes his way at last to a cube with much fewer buttons on it, picks one at random and presses it::

@ACTION: The Away Team can see the Elara approaching

FCO Diego says:
#::follows::

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
@:: watches the Elara approach ::

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
@::looks up at the Elara approaching:: All: They are getting rather close, don’t you think

FCO Diego says:
@*CO*: You are coming up awfully close for comfort.

#ACTION: A Klingon appears this time "K'lath was born on the Galactic year of 4722529 on Quo'nos ..."

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
# ::watches from where he is ::

CNS Ens Juuls says:
::is eager to begin going through the shuttles information::

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#::calls to the XO:: XO: Sir, I think you should come and see this, I have found a Klingon.

CO Capt Wall says:
COM: Renegade: FCO I know, just focus on your situation down there

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#::moves to the next less well filled cube and presses a button::

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
#::stands up and looks at the Klingon image with interest before studying the cube:: CTO: looks like we’re getting closer to home

#ACTION: Goodelia appears "Goodelia was born on the galactic year of 3765541 on Arkonnian prime...."

SO Goodelia says:
::was quiet just looking, now she watches herself horrified::

FCO Diego says:
#::looks shocked::

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#XO: Very close to home, it looks like it...

XO Cmdr Timrok says:
#::nods:: ALL: perhaps we are being recorded, as if this thing records everyone who finds it

CTO LtCmdr Mesme says:
#XO: I would think it is more likely it just records everyone, but the question is, why and a better one is who built it?

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