<Lt. Cmdr. Max Mortimer, Bridge>

As Beata collapses to the ground, Mortimer looks round for somebody to take the helm.

Why did I have to take Science and Engineering!

"Transporter room to Bridge. The captain has been beamed aboard, along with WO2 Rhine, and Lt. Bowers. They seem to be suffering from some kind of acceleration shock, and have been taken to sickbay for a checkup."

[O.O.C. Eric Bowers is having trouble connecting to MSN at the moment, so I thought this would be a good way of putting him on the sidelines for a few turns.]

That's just what we want. Our doctor needs a doctor.

"Standby Flight Control Officer to the bridge"

[O.O.C. This will give me the chance to introduce my new NPC]

Mortimer looks around for somebody trained in conn operation, but surprisingly none of the current bridge personnel have had the relevant training.

"Computer. Set course for the point of the USS Tintagel's last transmission. Warp factor nine point two."

"Course set"

"Engage"

I've always wanted to say that.

The Lafayette speeds to the assistance of the Tintagel. 

"Lt. Diego. See if you can raise the Tintagel. Tell them we're on the way, ETA twenty minutes, and ask them to send us a tactical plan of the area, so we can drop out of warp next to them. We can then pool our shield generators to create a single shield around our two vessels. As well as strengthening the shields, it will allow us to beam crew between our ships."
[O.O.C. You can send an Email to R_Wagner to talk to Captain Decker]

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[O.O.C]

IMPORTANT - Captain Decker of the Tintagel (Rolf Wagner) has created a thread for us in the Tintagel's folder. I think it's best if we don't create seperate meta-threads, to avoid cluttering up the Tintagel's folder. Most of our action will be on the bridge anyway, and Engineering controls have been set up there as well. I'm going to ask Rolf to post an introductory message explaining the current situation so we don't need to read through the messages there. If you use the 'Mark Conversations as read' option on your MSN menu, you can mark all Tintagel messages off and see when new ones are posted.