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This day was going from bad to worse. The last thing he needed was for crew to start disappearing.

Capt Foley - CO

” Sir, I ran a diagnostic again to be sure, one minute she was there in sickbay, and the next gone, but there was no transport or energy signature that suggested some sort of beaming had occurred” said NE at the science station.

The Challenger was now about 1000 meters from the hull of the ship, sensor show a large opening forming in the bottom of the other ship.

Mr Centauri GM extraordinaire

Aaron sat back heavily in his seat. “Keep searching. There are only so many place a she could go.”

There was only now thing left to do, and hopefully would work. ^=Attention all hands, this is the Captain. Secure all stations. I don’t know what we are going in to, but we are Starfleet, and we train to explore the unknown. Keep your eyes open, and stay safe.=^=

Capt Foley - CO

As the crew secured the ship, and prepared for what was to come, the crew also frantically tried to get the systems back under control. The alien vessel pulled the challenger toward the bottom of the ship and eventually created some sort of soft dock with the up 5 decks. Loud clanks could be hear as something latched onto the surface of Challenger.

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“Running continuous active scans of the alien vessel,” Demil reported, “10 second refresh rate. Perhaps with a docking port open we’ll be able to ascertain more details.”

Lieutenant Demil Lis
Chief Science Officer

The material is very denses, scans from the outside do not seem to be able to penetrate the hull. As Lieutenant Demil Lis searches for answers another powerful energy surge begins to build, similar to the last. Directly ahead of the ship, If the readings were correct there would be a transwarp conduit opening in the next two minutes.

Mr Centauri GM extraordinaire

“That will be a negative. I’m not comfortable opening up an airlock until we know what is going to be on the other side. Do what you can to find out what is going out there.”

=^=Bridge to Engineering. Whoever is out there has locked onto our hull. What’s your estimate of the amount of damage we could be expecting if we had to break free?=^=

Capt Foley - CO

=/\= Embers here Captain. We just finished locking down engineering. Still sorting the EPS overloads as well which until we’ve tracked those down and ran bypasses is preventing troubleshooting most other power related issues. However, with the engines still offline I doubt the RCS thrusters got the power to break us free. I might be able to try to get us a phaser burst or two from the emergency batteries if you wanted to take a shot. Or maybe a deflector pulse to try to disrupt the tractor beam. But it could also cause more harm then good at this point…=/\= She said

Lt Ruby Embers CE