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As the Ark Angel returned to the system, they dropped out of warp just after the Merrimack had done the same, the two ships soon picked up the Merrimack away team on the rubble of the third moon protected from its destruction by the twin blasts of the two ships and red matter by some kind of high energy shielding.

A moment later as things cleared up the Merrimack hailed them on audio. Once Drudoc had NE Bills put her through she said, =/\= Yes Commander, everything ok on your end?=/\= She asked.

=^=Aye Captain, except we need to mount a rescue party for our crew who was on the moon when it disintegrated. They’re in some kind of force field bubble.=^= Kord responded

=/\= Understood commander, we’re dealing with some clean up of a boarding party on our end, is there any help you require?=/\= she asked

=^=I can not say for certain Captain.=^= Kord replied to Drudoc.

=/\= Understood Commander, let us know if we can assist..=/\= She said.

“Captain, I’ll be sending you a ship wide damage report as soon as the departments report back.” Lieutenant Trainor announced. He didn’t expect a long list of damages, but knew a few systems would need to be repaired.... or at least cleaned out, after the coolant suppressant was released.

”..I want a full report ready from all department heads in 2 hours, Lieutenant. Lieutenant Sadie begin temporal calculations to return us to our own century once we finish up things here..”

Chris sighed, finally able to relax a bit. He tugged the cuffs of his shirt down a bit closer to his wrists while he watched his panel. Minor damages to the hull, which wouldn’t be to hard to repair thankfully. The serpents caused a bit of damage internally before they were stopped with the coolant suppressant. The damage control teams were already working on getting everything cleaned up and repaired. A few EPS conduits had ruptured from the impact sites, but it wasn’t anything serious that couldn’t be re-routed. “Lieutenant Trainor? The damage control teams are already working on the majority of issues, should be able to have a list of damages here shortly for everyone..”

“Thanks, Emmitt.” Tenzing replied. “A few of my guys have already checked in with your section chiefs, so we’ll be able to get these repairs done faster.” The Lieutenant added.

“In the meantime, I have a team compiling a list of needed replacement parts....so that should be finished once we get the final update.”

Tiglath returned to the bridge a few minutes later. He saw the XO and approached him. “Commander, as soon as we went to warp, these creatures just dropped dead. It would seem that they have a limited range, and are controlled like puppets on a string.” he explained when the XO had a moment.

Cochrane looked at the CTO and listened as he spoke. “That’s… interesting. Maybe that is an indication of a central hive mind or something. Thanks for the information, Lieutenant. Good looking out. I’ll let the Captain know. And can you give me a status report on all weapon and tactical systems asap, please?”

The mentioning of a hive mind by the XO brought Trainor’s attention over to the Borg. The Lieutenant quickly wiped that thought out of his head as he focused his attention back to getting an updated list of damages to the Captain.

A second thought occurred to Cochrane right then, and he turned back to Tiglath. “Lieutenant, have Security teams quarantine all Serpent remains and get Science on scene to move them to the labs to begin autopsies. Tie in Medical as well, if you would please.”

As the all clear seemed evident Drudoc spoke, “..Stand down from yellow alert but keep weapon crews on hot standby just in case. Comms, hail the Merrimack..” she said. Also picked up was that the away team from the Merrimack had been beamed back safely to their ship.

=/\= This is Fleet Captain Andone, seems we pulled through this without issue, Commander. Is Captain Glen safely aboard and free to speak?” she asked.

GM CockRoach / Drudoc Andone CO