Posted by Lieutenant Keval Vras (Chief Engineer) in Main Sim - Bridge

Posted by Gamemaster Wombat (Gamemaster) in Main Sim - Bridge
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Emmy resisted the urge to roll her eyes at the flag officer in front of her. If she’d had the information she needed to ensure the successful and safe completion of the Challenger’s mission, she wouldn’t have been poking around for it and this admiral would be happy engaged in his overuse of alcoholic beverages.

“Whatever the Potterfield was carrying has abducted several members of my crew. My XO is currently engaged in negotiations for their safe return. I require the complete history of the cargo the Potterfield was carrying so as to ascertain the situation that he is dealing with.” Her tone left little room for negotiation in it.

=^= Captain. I have made contact with their leader. She is sending someone to investigate why it is getting cold in here. =^=

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

A discreet hand signal muted the events on the Challenger from the prying eyes of the admiral as Davis turned her back to the view screen. Her facial expression belied her unpleasant reaction to that news.

=/\= Acknowledged. Davis out. =/\= came her simple reply, not wanting to provide any information that the leader could overhear.

=/\= Davis to Vras. Representatives of the hostile race will arrive at your position imminently. What’s your status? =/\=

Davis, CO

=^= The ship is beginning to cool, except for Sickbay and Cargo Bay 3. It will take time for the ship to cool down completely. I could increase power to the environmental systems, which might speed up the process, but I can’t predict what will happen given the compromised power distribution system =^=

After a pause, Vras’s voice over the comm again. =^= Any idea when our plant friends are going to get here. I doubt they will be happy to see what I’m doing. =^=

-Lt. Keval Vras, CE

Emmy turned back to the cadet again who had been handling all of her requests. “Can you track the life signs on the Potterfield and estimate the arrival time of the hostiles?”

=/\= Increase the power as much as you feel comfortable, Lieutenant. I’ll be back to you with a time estimate… =/\=

A nod at the comms officer returned the commodore to the view screen.

Leska smirked a moment as he leaned back, one eye sagging in a drupe. “I doubt very much that your whole crew carries sufficient clearance. I will have the redacted file sent to you using your CO credentials to decrypt.” He paused a moment then rested his eyes before opening them again, “And if you do this again, or abuse the information provided to you, the Commandant and I will be having a long discussion regarding the future of your commission, yes? There is a penal colony near Terell that is in sore need of a Warden that I think would be a good fit for your skill set. Or maybe the listening post at Malgor five. Very high clearance to sit out on the other side of Cardassian space. Quite the long trip to get there.” With that the Admiral ended the communication.

A few moments later the promised encrypted report arrived at the Challenger.

GM Wombat

Emmy’s head tilted to the side in confusion as the image of the commodore disappeared from the view screen. If she was going to get into trouble for ensuring her crew had as much information as possible to keep themselves safe, perhaps this command experiment wasn’t for her. She shook her head and then looked at the ranking officer on the bridge.

“You have the bridge, I’ll be in my ready room.”

Davis, CO

The added flora made it difficult to get a clear reading but it seems like the two infested were making their way at a fairly quick clip towards Engineering.

The bridge officer opened the channel to Vras again. =/\= Inbound in T- minus five minutes and counting sir.=/\=

GM Wombat

The Chief Engineer’s voice came back. =^= It’s just me here, Challenger. I’ll lockout the systems and try to escape. I’m not sure if I can hold Engineering on my own.=^=

-Lt. Keval Vras, CE

Keval’s voice came back on five minutes later. =^= Vras to Challenger. I’ve escaped from Engineering. I’ll head to Sickbay and see what I can do to get the crew members transported out. I’m fine if it gets colder, even if my suit gets compromised, but I’m not sure about everyone else on the ship. I won’t be able to monitor the environmental systems anymore. =^=

-Lt. Keval Vras, CE