Posted by Gamemaster Fossa (Gamemaster) in Main Sim - Start

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Serena Stone (Executive Officer) in Main Sim - Start

Posted by Gamemaster Fossa (Gamemaster) in Main Sim - Start
All was quiet on the Athena bridge. The ship sailed along on a routine patrol. A transmission came in from Starfleet Command, marked as urgent. Whatever break they had gotten since their last misadventure- it was over.

-GM

As soon as the notice came in Stone was on her feet. The steady thrum of the deck plates, and the quiet chirps and beeps from the various stations, the quiet conversation around the bridge, all forgotten. Life adrift in the black void was long stretches of boredom, but then something always showed up. While the CO of any ship was master and commander, it was the XO position that tended to run most things most of the time, handling the day to day operation and command. “On screen.”

Lt. Cmdr. Stone, Executive Officer

The screen filled with the image of an admiral, a bajoran woman in the throes of middle age who clearly had not seen sleep in several days. She did not hesitate before launching into orders. “USS Athena, this is Admiral Karel. You are being redirected immediately to coordinates being transmitted to you now.” The ship did receive coordinates. Square in the middle of nowhere. “We have a problem. Cargo ships are being targeted as they pass through this area. Doesn’t matter what the cargo is or how it is secured. A crew we cannot identify strikes and seizes the cargo at that point.”

-GM

Liam had settled into one of the bridge’s science stations. He hoped the peace might last longer as an incoming message came. After popping the message finished, he frowned and turned to the coordinates.

“Commander, these coordinates led to the middle of nowhere.”

-CSO, Liam J. Madison, Sci.