Posted by Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist (Weaver of Webs) in Main Sim - Bridge: A Mid-afternoon Anomaly.

Posted by Fleet Captain Ghubari Koraia (Captain) in Main Sim - Bridge: A Mid-afternoon Anomaly.

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Liam Madison (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge: A Mid-afternoon Anomaly.
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Ghubari was on the move before the warning even finished. She joined Va’rek at the engineering stations. “What the hell is happening to my ship!” she muttered. not expecting an answer. “There has to be an intrusive program in the system. Find it!,” she ordered. “I’ll deal with the warp core.”

Hands moving quickly, Koraia looked over the readings. =/\=Bridge to Engineering , the core is about to breach. I’m venting plasma and shutting things down, but get everyone out of there. Now!=/\= Venting plasma would reduce the pressure, which should buy them time to shut things down. There was no way in hell she wanted to dump the core in this alternate universe. She intended to get her crew home and refused to strand them here.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

OOC: Orvos goes on a little away mission, and when he gets back, I have a feeling he will have a lot of questions. Lol.

-Tony

Inwardly, Va’rek sighed in relief as the medical staff was beamed to safety. He wanted to contact Jessica, make sure she was ok… But orders came. He’d find her as soon as he was able. Until then, he’d have to hope she was alright. His heart hurt over it… However, the Vulcan seemed to undergo a change as he threw himself into his work. “Aye, Captain” He called as he immediately began running system diagnostics on the primary systems. Programs, command trees, and code began to scroll furiously over his console screens as he began systematically searching for rogue code in the programming. He utilized programs he’d written himself to sift through the primary system code, hoping his tools could find the problem before it was too late…

-Lt.J.G. Va’rek

The console went dead, right across the bridge, all the consoles went dead.

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

Ghubari slammed her hand down on the console in frustration. “Damn it!” It sure as hell felt like the right response right now. =/\=Bridge to Madison. What’s your status? We just lost computer access up on the bridge. We need someone to shut down the warp core. I can’t get down there fast enough.=/\=

She looked over her shoulder at ‘Merri’. “I’ll gladly take any suggestions…”

OOC: I will leave that to you to cross-post Ian if if is allowed to go through to the transporter room.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

OOC on it :-)
IC
Merri’s face was also a mask in frustration. “One of the most damnable things about my job is the phrase “need to know”, unfortunately, this current dilemma isn’t one I was briefed on. I do know however that there are many players in this drama and that Lieutenant Va’rek would do well to look for any hidden players”. She placed some heavy emphasis in the last sentence and then looked around almost as if she was worried she was going to get her hands smacked for some unknown reason.

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

“Something cloaked?” Ghubari said. It made sense.

Luka’s voice came from inter-vessel communications. =^=Shuttle to Athena Bridge. What’s going on and how can we help?=^=

Luka, XO

She had very briefly forget about the one away team in all the chaos. =/\=Koraia here. We’re dealing with some sort of intrusion in the ship’s computer and whomever is behind it is trying to kill us. Currently, the warp core is headed for a breach in about, oh, thirty seconds,=/\= she said, far more calmly than she felt. =/\=Are you all alright? Is Delany and the baby safe?=/\=

=^= Madison to Bridge. I’m in the transporter room. My scans show unauthorized access into the ship’s program. It originates a mile from the Athena’s port side. We can’t shut down the warp core due to the transporter inhibiting shields and no time to move people to safety. I’m trying to see what we can do from this end, but the source needs to be shut down fast.=^=

–CSO, Liam J. Madison, Sci

Nodding, Koraia moved over to the tactical station. =/\=Send me those coordinates, Liam,=/\= she ordered. “Va’rek, what’s the warp core’s status? Take over and do whatever you can to lock things down down there. We’ll dump the core as a last resort.”

=/\=Luka, you hear that? As soon as I have those coordinates, I’m going to fire on them. If you’re safe to do so, R’han, I could use your skills too. We’re going to shake our shadow loose.=/\=

Outwardly, she was serene and focused as she tossed out orders. But it was a spectacular performance. Later, oh later, if they even survived any of this, she would allow herself to feel it. But not now. She couldn’t risk it.

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

Merri was very studiously saying nothing… but she was also intently looking at a point on the viewscreen equidistant between them and the base below…

Junior Gamemaster Conspiracy Theorist

OOC: I also forgot that we have no working consoles on the bridge! Let me see if I can salvage the little mess I made.
IC:
=/\=We’ve lost consoles. Luka, take down that ship! I’m going to dump the core, so make sure you clear the blast radius. =/\= Koraia said, her tone utterly flat. It wouldn’t be a great surprise that she was loathe to do this under their current circumstances, but so far hadn’t been given an alternative.

=/\=Madison, send the coordinates to the shuttle, and do what you can to dump the core from your end since you seem to have more access than we do.”

Turning, Ghubari leaned against the console and stared at the viewscreen, her mood visibly darkening. She cast her gaze towards Merri with almost slight disdain. “I am not in the mood for games, nor do I have time too. I don’t care what rules you have to break. This ship is about to blow up with everyone on board. If you can help, do so! Do you really want to die here?, Because I surely don’t!”

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO