Posted by Fleet Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge (SIM START!)

Posted by Gamemaster Amdirgol (GMT) in Main Sim - Bridge (SIM START!)

Posted by Commander Shedda Mal’athar (Executive Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge (SIM START!)
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The bridge was quiet, calm as usual for when the ship was at Event Horizon. Officers sat at their respective stations, a slightly smaller crew than might staff the bridge during a mission, given the number of crew off-ship. NE Vasquez, at the back of the bridge, glanced down at his console and broke the silence. “Sir? Incoming message from Station Command.”

“Put it on the screen, Vasquez,” Mal’athar said from her chair and gave Cochrane a curious glance.

On the viewscreen, the image of one Commodore Fletcher, the Starfleet insignia framed behind her desk, appeared. “Captain,” the silver haired woman smiled, the lines on her face softening for a moment. “ Your leave’s up. I have your next mission. The Manhattan is to investigate the Arachnid nebula and research the composition and properties. Fairly straightforward.” She paused a moment, glancing down off frame, presumably at the console on her desk. “While you’re there, passing ships have gotten some odd readings, but you know how nebulae are, so take a look and see if anything’s different than expected. I expect to hear a report in the next few weeks. Any questions?”

Gamemaster Amdirgol
GMT

Cochrane smiled at the Commodore from his position in the Command chair. “And good to hear from you as well, Commodore.” he said with a hint of humor in his voice. “But I would ask why we are having our leave cut short for, as you said, a ‘fairly straightforward’ mission.” Cochrane hated when they were told a mission was ‘steaightforward’ or ‘simple’. It inevitably led to chaos. “And so you are aware, Ma’am: I have crew that went through the wormhole. It will take a few days to get them all back aboard.”

Cochrane, CO

Shedda had the same question as Cochrane just asked. Leave was never cut short for routine.

Cmdr. Mal’athar, XO

“Good observation, Captain,” she smiled faintly. “Take the time you need to get your crew on board - efficiently, of course - but this is something Command wants a bit of a closer look on. More than one ship’s thought they saw a Vulcan signature for a moment in the Nebula - but as far as we know, none of the member worlds have explored it yet, given its distance to the core systems. It’s likely nothing, but strange enough to merit investigation.”

Gamemaster Amdirgol
GMT

Shedda turned in her seat and looked at Fayth. She spoke softly so as not to interuot the Cochrane and the commodore. “Contact Cmdr Pierce on Event Horizon. Get a list of all Vulcan ships that have cone through the wormhole and their identification signatures.”

Cmdr. Mal’athar, XO

“We’ll get on it right away, Commodore.” Cochrane said. “And we will keep you posted on what we find. Are there any governmental bodies in the area we need to contact prior to arrival? Is the nebula in anyone’s known territory?” he asked.

Cochrane, CO

“Negative, Captain. If there’s anyone that claims it, we’ve yet to meet them,” Fletcher stated. “If you do happen to encounter anyone, you’re fully empowered to begin first contact procedures.”

Lieutenant Commander Arthur Flynn
Chief Science Officer

“Aye aye, Commodore. We’ll start preparations for departure right away. Manhattan out.” Cochrane said and then turned and looked at the bridge crew. “Comms. Issue a priority recall to all personnel. Report back to the ship immediately. Science, pull all the records and reports we have on the nebula and surrounding sector. Compile a briefing for the senior staff prior to departure. Engineering, make sure all systems are ready for the trip and let me know if we got the modified s-braces for the hydrostatic stasis pod in lab three installed. If they haven’t been, you’ve got a few days to get it done. Security, make sure all crew is accounted for and assist with any delays any of our people might run into getting back.” He looked at Mal’athar and said “XO, see what you can find about any present or past Vulcan activities around the nebula.” He took his seat and then said “Ok, all… let’s get to work.”

Cochrane, CO

Kaia was in her office, compiling a progress report on the repairs when the comms came in. “Hmm! Our next mission! Quite exciting.”

Lieutenant Kaia
Chief Engineer USS Manhattan

“Aye Sir,” Mal’athar stood from her chair and moved to one of the auxiliary stations at the back of the bridge and initiated a link up to the Event Horizon computer. She input her access code and made the request for the present and past Vulcan activities around the nebula. As well as records of all Vulcan ships that had come through the wormhole in the past year.

Cmdr. Mal’athar, XO

The report began compiling immediately: there wasn’t much, as expected given the relatively small time the Federation had had access to the region. There were no recorded missions within or near the nebula, but the following ships had passed by in the past 12 months:

T’Naras
Vri’lar
Kalhas
Soval

Gamemaster Amdirgol
GMT

Scott began to work on pulling the records quietly with not so much as a peep. As the data danced on the screen in front of him he simply said “Of course sir”, his voice blending in with the background hum typical of starships.

~Scott Smith, Science Officer~
The data began pouring in - there was plenty of surface level information but beyond what everyone on the bridge already knew, there was very little new information. Most interesting was that a higher than average number of small anomalies had been reported in the sector, but it wasn’t all that unique even among explored space in that - after all, an average necessitates results higher than average.

Shedda requested the mission briefings, flight plan, and crew rosters of all the ships. As well as the design specifications for each.

Cmdr. Mal’athar, XO

The requested data came through with only a small delay, compiling on her console. T’Naras, Vri’lar, and Soval had all been tasked with pushing into unexplored space and cataloguing it, while Kalhas was to begin in-depth study of an area of space on the far side of the nebula, about 100 LY out. All were fairly small top of the line science vessels, with crews of 80 to 120.

Gamemaster Amdirgol
GMT

Cochrane watched as the preliminary mission work began; and then pressed his comms button on the arm of his chair and sent a message through the ship and to all assigned personnel wherever they were. =/\= Attention all hands, this is the Captain. I regret to inform you that all shore leaves is cancelled and all personnel are to return to the Manhattan immediately to prep for immediate departure. All hands on board, begin inventories and systems checks. Cochrane out. =/\=

Cochrane, CO

Scott worked to compile the report, blossoming quickly to 15 pages going into detail on each and every anomaly in details that seemed to surpass the level found in the initial report yet when read had nothing new to add and also had the same effect as a gentle lullaby sung softly by a choir of the most bland angels. He continued to work and write, ensuring that each detail would be communicated in the most milquetoast way possible.

~Scott Smith, Science Officer~