Thorne moves around the bridge, talking to the command crew and letting them know what he wants them to do, as they struggle against being enveloped by the spatial rift; which won’t be easy without any power to the engines!

XO: Cmdr, as soon as I get done speaking with staff, I’m heading down to Sick Bay to see if I can find out just what it is these “guests” of ours want and why they felt it necessary to kidnap a Starship.  You will have the conn until I return.  I don’t think there’s much we can do until we enter the other side of this rift, but keep me informed.

CTO/TO: Keep on working on getting the weapons and shields as ready as you can.  Get the launchers ready to go, if we have atmosphere in the Tac pod, and the foreand aft launchers.  Mr. Nomad, if we can get this ship ready for whatever waits for us on the other side, I want you to return to the Nokomis and finish preparing her for transmission of that virus, if you haven’t already.  That little program may save our lives.  As soon as possible, get LRS and SRS readings for me when we come out of the rift; if we can’t get out of it otherwise.  Have Special Ops stand by to either board a ship, or, if worse comes to worse, have them ready to repel boarders.

CMO/CNS: Mr. Lammel, Dr. Paith, please continue to find out all you can about our guests.  If you’ve figured out their language, send the translation codes to the bridge and Mr. Oreck.  I want us to be able to decode any signals we may get on the other side of the rift.  I will be heading down to meet our guests just as soon as I finish up a couple of things here.   If you can give us anything on their physical makeup that will help us understand them better, that would be helpful as well.

FCO: Mr. Anderson, as soonas we get propulsion systems back online, be ready to find us some cover until we can assess the situation.  That is, if we have the time to do that.  Otherwise, be ready to go with any maneuvers you feel will help us out in a tight situation.  Once again, please coordinate with Tactical on these maneuvers.  If we come out of this rift near a planet, be ready to go to a high orbit until we can scan the planet and space around.  I’ll let you know when to go to a standard orbit.

CEO: Mr. Ray, you and the Engineering staff are to be commended.  You all did a very good job under less than perfect conditions.  Keep on repairing systems for now.  I can’t promise you we won’t be going into a combat situation, so concentrate on the weapon and shield systems for now.  I have complete confidence in you and your staff to handle anything that comes our way.

OPS: Mr. Jarek, thank you for getting the bridge repressed so quickly.  I’d also like to thank you for coordinating so well with Mr. Ray.  Now that we seem to be getting an upper hand on ship’s systems, concentrate on four key areas for power distribution.  The four are: 1) Sensors; 2) Weapons; 3) Shields; 4) Maneuvering.  I didn’t list these in any order of importance since this situation is so fluid right now.  I know you’ll do an excellent job of getting us the extra power when we need it.

CIV: Mr. Oreck, when you are able to, please take over Science on the bridge.  Get me any readings you can on the rift we’ve entered, and, much more importantly, the area of space we come out in.  Scan for the nearest inhabited planets, and see if any one of them has readings that match our guests in Sick Bay.  We’ll need to know everything we can about where we’re at, so I’m counting on you and Tactical to give me an accurate picture of the area.  I’d also like to commend you on your efforts to stop the fires in the JT earlier.  Good job!

ALL: I am leaving the bridge in Cmdr Dane’s care.  I will be going to Sick Bay to meet our guests and find out exactly what’s going on.  I’ll be there if anyone needs to speak with me.

USS Triton, NCC – 65817
SD 10207.11  Mission Briefing