Posted by Gamemaster Roadrunner (GM) in MAIN SIM pt 1: Intriguing Nebula - Bridge
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Ari frowned. Instead of denying him, she merely completed the thoughts she was having. “So, we have to find the ships, not wake anyone with proximity alerts and discover why ‘this’ nebula was there chosen resting place. Do your reports happen to say who ‘sent’ them this direction? If they are in cryo, then who’s piloting the ships? Cause my guess is they didn’t leave an augmented awake to do it.” She shuddered mentally at the idea. ‘“So one of two possibilities. We sent them out here, and lost track. Or they somehow ended up in control of the ship. Either way, we will eyeball only the nebula till we find these ships and send word back where they are. Once we know who all is out here, we will discover what makes this nebula more appealing, and different from the others. We will get the utility pod set with a sensor pod. We can get what readings while we can while we sweep the area. Once we are sure where the Augmenties are, we will get more in depth scans.”

She glanced at both men. This wasn’t a question, it was a plan. Plain and simple. She settled her gaze back on Baumann. “Will that work? Or do you have additional or different suggestions?” It was a sincere, not sarcastic, question. She needed to make sure her plans weren’t counter to whatever intel the Commander had.

Ari
CO

“Again, they may not be here… this is just the most likely place for them to be,Captain. As to your plan, passive scans only and immediate verification of anomalous data and we should be as prepared as we can be. Permission to return to the bridge , Ma’am?”

Baumann, Intel

He was upset. “Dismissed.” She nodded with a mental sigh. Turning to the XO, she nodded. “Please see to the utility pod sensor change. And let’s get back to the bridge.” She rose up, “Any questions? Asking why I am after transports filled with Augments isn’t one of the choices.”

Ari
CO

“As you wish Captain and Commander Baumann. Go f##k yourself you pompous prick. I was just asking questions and did not mean to sound insulting. But you Germans take everything as Ann insult. I will go do as you say Captain.”

Jean left the room and if Baumann will try to stop him, then he will punch him, if the Captain tries he will remove her hand and continue without saying anything.

Alison had finally made her way up to the bridge. She was really looking forward to just a good old exploration mission. For once, no one will be shooting at them, or nothing would be blowing up.

“Alright,” she said sitting down at the science console. “Let’s see what we have here.”

She started programming a sensor sequence so they could do a thorough scan of the nebula.

Ltjg Barr - CSO

Commander Jean Francios Millet, XO

Ari was so stunned at the XO she actually couldn’t respond till she got to the bridge, right on the heels off the Commander.

“Commander Millett!” She called to him just before he got to the lift. “You are to go to your quarters immediately and stay there. I will come speak to you when time permits. And be thankful you’re not going to the brig.”

Glancing around she landed her sights on Barr. Her voice softened slightly so the woman knew her anger wasn’t directed at the CSO. “Barr, please take another science officer and see to the changing of the utility pod arm. We’re going to need the sensor on it. Let’s try and get one fore and one aft, shall we? Thank you.”

She was furious with the XO’s behavior. Her anger, plain on her face, mixed with surprise, was something few had ever seen.

Ari
CO

“Yes Captain. I’ll head down there right now, and see what we can do,” Alison said as she pushed away from the console. She set the sensors to start scanning once they got into range of the nebula.”

El heard the doors part; they grated in one spot signifying it needed an adjustment or that something was in the track. Peering out she saw some whom she’d not seen yet. Nobody looked happy and the captain looked livid. El had just yanked the offending board out. One end was still smoking but her attention was on the people emerging even as she wriggled more parallel with the console to not be trod on.

The following were reported to her from the various stations before heading into the conference room with Baumann and Millet. As she settled back in her chair, obviously more than a little irritated, she asked for status reports.

“Any more information on the sighting of the ‘phantom Bonnie’ off the port bow earlier?” She looked to the helm to see if they had come up with anything.

Glancing to the comms station, she called down to engineering once more. [O]Engineering, we need a repair up here on the bridge. Seems my comm station decided it didn’t like no longer being on vacation. Please send someone up as soon as possible. [O]

El winced and took a moment to garner up her courage. Emotions were running high here and that in turn was making her nervous. “I’m .. we’re here Captain,” she said from the deck. Should the Captain look in her direction she would wave the smoking board with an expression of ‘getting there’. “

“And someone get on another station and see what can be done about the comms and universal translator. I don’t wanna be in the dark if anything is out here!”

“Primary UT is operational Captain,” El said. “Secondary board, uh, burnt. I’ll have a replacement in shortly and test both primary and secondaries.”
- El, Eng

Kenneth was at the helm, and he wasn’t surprised by how natural it felt to sit in that chair. Just like coming home. When the ship was 15 minutes out from the nebula, he notified the Captain. “15 minutes till arrival.”

When the ship was 15 minutes out from the nebula, she asked all stations to report in.

Ari
CO
(This should get everyone involved at this point)

Baumann took a position between Scuence and Communications. He looked back and forth between both and said ” Any anomalous readings or indications of beacons or hails, report immediately. I would imagine we will get our fair share of both with the nebula’s activity.”

Baumann, Intel

“Would you like us to slow down pre-emptively to take a look from a little farther away, Captain?” The helm Officer asked.

Fleet, Helm

Baumann looked over his shoulder at Fleet and said “Helm, how long would it take us to travel the circumference of the nebula?”

Baumann, Intel

The Bonaventure, at cruising warp speed, would take a few weeks to travel along the outside of the nebula. If Lieutenant Fleet pushed the engines and tried to cut some corners close, it might be possible with a voyage of about 13 days.

Melissa notified the Bridge that she had two teams of MACOs standing by should they be needed.

MACO

Ltjg Barr - CSO

The original ‘Phantom Bonnie’ disappeared from sensor readouts, only to be replaced by two. One was now the same distance off of the port bow, now, while the other sensor ghost was being detected from within the nebula - obviously a ghost since actual readings of that space were too muddled with interference to make anything out from the ship’s position.

The universal translator system attached to the bridge panel had been subject to an overload, the EPS conduit was fine but the power delivery matrix would need to be replaced. Meanwhile, the main transceiver array was still online and picking up dozens of potential comm signals that, on further analysis, seemed to just be a source of subspace interference from inside the nebula - something else that was unexplained.

The comm panel lit up with a surge of new incoming transmissions. While most were immediately dismissed, two did stick around. Both signals seemed to come from the forward direction, from inside the nebula, but exact origin was impossible to tell. The signals, on different carrier waves, both contained a few short seconds of the open line’s static forming short- and longer- bursts in a way the computer flagged as unnatural, “.... . .-..”

GM Roadrunner

Isaac was on the bridge at his tactical station keeping his eyes out for anything that will be a threat to the ship. “I have a very bad feeling about this” he said to him self.

Lt. Isaac Black (AC)