Posted by Captain Sidney Parker (Commanding Officer) in Bridge, SIM start, Current time line

Posted by Lieutenant Steve Johnson (Chief Engineer) in Bridge, SIM start, Current time line
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Corbin looked over at her.

“No worries here Ensign. This is the Olinski. Whomever is out there should be worrying.” He said smiling.

He was ready for the mission. After the first go around he now felt he was experienced and part of the team.

Dallas

The Captain settled into his chair now knowing that with the decision made it was time to wait and see.

Parker CO

A few moments later the Chief Engineer came onto the Bridge and stood beside the Captain at attention. “Lieutenant Steve Johnson reporting as ordered sir.”

Lt. Steve Johnson, CE

” At Ease. Lt. We are going into the Argolis system which has heavy gravitational distortion fields. We need to be ready on how that can affect us, Especially the warp engines. I dont want to be in a situation where we need to get out of there fast and cannot.” He explained. “Plus the people who steal experimental weapons tend to be ready to use them on others. So make sure we are ready for combat readiness and damage control.”

Parker CO

Going to the at ease position, Steve listened to the captain. “Roger that sir. I’ll go start making the all of the adjustments right away and fine tune them when we arrive. Will that be all sir?”

Kolar finished assembling his tentative away team roster and handed the Padd to Sidney to review the results and announce the individuals on the list. Of course he was on it. It was one of the perks of being the XO however experimental weapons raised the stakes of this away mission.

Balfor Kolar XO

The new aCOS and young ensign in Security, Abbie Wainwright, Ensign Dallas and the CMO Siegfried.

“You sure on all those?” He asked the XO and then shrugged.
” Dallas, Seigfried, Wainwright you are with the XO on the Away Team.” He called out.

The Captain knew the risk of Away Teams but he himself always liked them. The chance to see for yourself and solve the mystery and not to mention the possibility of danger.

Parker

Dallas heart missed a beat. The Away Team!

“Aye Sir.” He said and then calmed himself. He must have sounded like a first year cadet.

Dallas Ops

Abbie had been watching the screens ready to deal with any ambush or threat or whatever else was lurking in the dark of this part of space.

She heard the captain name the away team, she was surprised to hear her name listed, especially given how green she was still. “Aye Sir” she said almost at the same time as the Ensign on ops. She managed to fight the urge to giggle as she wasn’t the only one who sounded eger to go.

-Ensign Wainwright

As the ship emerged from warp, the sensors immediately detected the missing cargo vessel. It was covered from bow to stern with burn marks from disruptor fire. There was a massive hole in the hull outside the main cargo hold.

-GM

Abbie almost let out a low whistle when she saw the damage, whoever was on that vessel had, had a real rough time. She imediately started scanning the damage looking for the signs that would indicate where the blasts came from.

-Ensign Wainewright

Scans would indicate that the bulk of the fire had come from directly to starboard of the ship, but also indicated that the attacking vessel was significantly larger than the cargo ship.

Once back in engineering, Steve made the adjustments to the warp core and warp field. He fine tuned the deflector dish to help with all of that and to minimize the gravitational distortions and to be sure that when they need to leave in a hurry, they can. Pressing his com badge, =/\= Chief Engineer to the Captain. I have fixed the gravitational distortion and we should be able to leave at a moments notice if the need arises. We are operating at 94% with all of the modifications. =/\=

Lt. Steve Johnson CE

Kolar didn’t smile outwardly but was amused as the crew reacted to their names being called for the away mission. It was reminiscent of field trip day where one found out the group they would be assigned to and who would be their chaperone, only now the field trips could kill you and your chaperone could ground you and not just threaten it. The musing dissipated rapidly as the now derelict vessel came into view.

“Scan the vessel for life forms and weapons signatures,” he called out to medical and tactical. “Also have long-range sensors look for any traces of another vessel in the vicinity,” Kolar ordered. Once the scans were done he and the away team would beam over for a more hands-on look

Balfor Kolar XO

There were no life signs, but there were weapons onboard.

-GM

The Captain looked at the vessel as they emerged from warp. He remained calm as he heard his bridge crew react and Kolar give orders.

“Yellow Alert.” He said cool and calm. “Lets not get caught with shields down just in case.”

Parker CO

“Sir no life signs but I am detecting the weapons we were looking for still on board.” Dallas reported.

He also saw the ship. He knew that something that was built for combat had hit it. He also knew it was Securities job to report on the damage of the ship and most likely weapons used to attack it.

Dallas Ops

“Security report. What type of weapons were used? Are we dealing with Romulans, Klingon, Cardassians etc…” He asked.

He knew weapons left clear signatures and Starfleet knew pretty much all known weapons signatures.

Parker CO

Abbie muttered at her first scan, trying hard not to call the system names that would get her thrown off the bridge. “Do what I asked… you… argh machines” she said frantically changing the scanning parameters to see if she could distinguish the signature of the race the weapons had come from “Sir, just trying to get that information for you, the first scan wasn’t clear, I do know it was a much bigger ship that did this.” Abbie could have kicked herself, first time stuff she had to do something and she couldn’t get the scanners to work, this was why she was a secuirty ensign not an engineer, computers disliked her.

-Ensign Wainwright

Scans from the security station indicated it was a Jem’Hadar battleship.

-GM

“Yes!” Abbie hissed in triumph, finessing this computer was going to take many hours of bridge time. “Captain weapons appear to be Jem’Hadar” as soon as the words were out of her mouth her brain instantly realised what she’d said and the realisation began to sink in.

-Ensign Wainwright

The Captain didn’t flinch but inwardly he was not happy. Jem Hadar were not known to be merciful. What did this mean? They had been neutralized as a large scale threat but did this mean they had turned to piracy or was this something much more serious for the sector.

“Away Team get to it. We won’t find out too much more from this perspective.” He ordered.

Parker CO

“Aye Aye Captain,” Kolar said standing up from his seat next to the Captian. Calling out the list of names on his PaDD, Kolar summed it up with directions to meet in the transporter bay within the next five minutes. With the Jem’Hadar involved it was best ot get what they needed to accomplish and then move on.

Kolar XO

After the Away Team left the Captain thought about the situation. If it was indeed a Jem Ha’dar battleship it would be a considerable match for the Olinski, which was usually the one with the upper hand. He also knew the Valiant, many years ago, had been able to get very close to a Battle ship before due it its size.

=^=Captain to CIC. We might be dealing with a Jem Ha’dar Battle ship. Plug that into your planning. We might need the fighters or bombers to be able to get in close.=^=

Parker CO

=/\=Understood=/\= Kolar replied in a tight voice.

Kolar XO

Pressing his com badge. =/\= Lieutenant Johnson to the Captain. Ensign Knowitall and myself will be reinforcing the shields and the warp core. I will let you know when it is done. It should take about 15 minutes. Johnson out. =/\=

Lt. Steve Johnson, CE

=^= Captain Parker to CE. I am clear.=^=

The Captain eased back in his chair. He was wondering on the status of the Away Team but he was not ready to check with them yet.

Parker CO

After about 20 minutes Steve pressed his com badge again. =/\= Engineering to Bridge. The reinforcement of the warp core and the shields are complete. We are better off now.=/\=

Lt. Steve Johnson, CE

=^= Captain to CE. Clear. Make sure you run the team through fire drills. I think given the circumstances we need to be ready and as efficient as possible. I would concentrate on heavy weapons fire damage scenarios but that’s your call.=^=

Sid did not like the feeling of the mission. It had a feeling this meant a fight at some point against a determined and ruthless group.

Parker CO

“Captain I can set up short combat drills for every department.” Dallas suggested. “I think we have to be concerned with boarding parties as a possibility.”

Dallas Ops