Posted by Gamemaster Kenson Koh (Gamemaster) in Bridge, Current Time Line, attn CNS

Posted by Lieutenant Michael Gould (Chief Engineer) in Bridge, Current Time Line, attn CNS

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Balfor Kolar (Chief Science Officer) in Bridge, Current Time Line, attn CNS
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“Torpedo is tracking on the target.” Kolar watched for a moment. It didn’t take a wild winding course as some might theorize the torpedo was working on long straight lines, with only slight adjustments every fraction of second or so.

“I think we may be dealing with a psionic weapon here. For all intentes that fighter pilot should be able to control that ship. So the only reason I can see for it still moving forward is that the pilot is still moving it forward without being able not too.” He surmised.

“Science start setting up a counter measure to that beam. We cannot keep shooting torpoedos is that works. Do the modification to the dish if that is our best possible alternative. I want to board the Dragoon with a science and engineering team and we cant do that if they get caught back up in the beam.”

Parker CO

Helm

“Psionics?” Kolar didn’t see any evidence of that although he didn’t have evidence to the contrary. He was glad he wasn’t asked to counter that… Microwaves he could counter theoretically. “There aren’t really projective counters to microwaves.. .they just pass through things. We could use the shields and the Olinski as a block to the waves. But if our calculations are off we will lose power or consciousness… or whatever happened to the other that came before us.”

=^=Counselor Michaels, report to the bridge!=^= Jason called. If the trouble was telepathic in nature, Trevor Michaels would be either the most susceptible or the most resistant. Either way he might be able to sense a powerful psionic presence before the Olinski got too close.

Jason Harn, XO

As the Olinski creeped forward, Ch’zaolrirh began receiving additional coordinates from the CAG. Analyzing them for a moment, he decided to target the location of what appeared to be the largest central emitter on the planet. After a moment his terminal displayed a targeting confirmation. The torpedo was ready to go. “Torpedo away Sir.” Anyone was paying close attention to the forward monitor, they would be able to see a brief flash as the torpedo shot passed the bow of the ship.

The COS continued to watch its trajectory on his terminal carefully. If things went according to plan, the Torpedo would burst open above the emitter below - close enough to disrupt the device, but far enough to prevent any collateral damage.

COS Ch’zaolrirh

As the tension grew, Michael’s voice came over the comms. =/\=Gould to bridge. I’ve been watching the fighters and I think I have a way to get Lt Primage out.=/\=

-Lt. Michael Gould, CE

As the message came in, the sensors showed that there was a halt in the microwave emissions.
-GM

As the emissions stopped, there was a moment of silence, then the voice of Apex came over the comms where they were monitoring the pilots. =/\=Hum is gone for me. Repeat, hum is gone! I think the torpedo did its job. Sehlat, if you can hear this, we’re gonna bring you home.=/\=

-Lt.(j.g.) Ael Khev, Apex

The Captain reminded silent. Until he had his people back safe he had no intentions of celebrating.

Parker CO

Jason let out a breath he hadn’t realized he had been holding. =^=Go ahead, Gould,=^= he called.

Jason Harn, XO

=/\=I think we can use a probe as a signal repeater to boost the transporters. Give the probe instructions to lock onto her biosign, and retransmit the exact coordinates to a transporter control station. The probe then boosts the ship’s transport signal so that we can lock on to her. We can beam her out of the fighter, get her to medical, whatever we need to do, then reclaim the fighter separately. Option B: lock onto the whole fighter and beam it into a cargo bay. Same system, larger scale.=/\=

-Lt. Michael Gould, CE

Kolar CSO

What the tactical station’s sensors started to show was that there was a lot of movement in the planet below. People were scampering around. There was also a sudden burst of activity: there were actually computers and machines that were seen. Sensors showed that these devices could have been masking their own activity, giving the impression that the planet was in a very primitive state.
GM

OOC: Now that is interesting.

Sidney

=^=How long will it take to modify a probe to be able to do that?=^= Jason asked. As far as he knew no one had ever channeled a transporter beam through a probe before.

=/\=Not long. It’s just program commands. I can set up the program while they’re loading it up to fire, and transmit the orders to it ready to launch.=/\=

=^=Make it so,=^= Jason ordered, quoting his old CO from the USS Galaxy.

=/\=Aye-aye, sir.=/\=

The sudden flurry of sensor activity caught the COS’s attention. It was as though they had poked a bee’s nest. Not only was he detecting an increase in biological activity, but there was a stammering amount of electronic activity as well. It was incredible to think that a society like this could have so easily hid itself from not one, but two Federation Starships.

He called out to the CO, “Captain, the planet has come to life. I am picking up a large amount of electronic activity from the planet. We will likely need to act fast before the microwave emitters are reset.” The Andorian began running a surface scan of the planet. He was attempting to determine just how advanced the society was, and perhaps get a handle on how long the Olinski’s crew would be able to safely interact with Xandra and the Dragoon.

COS Ch’zaolrirh

The Counselor had been checking in with a few of his patients when he was requested to the Bridge. He stepped out of the lift when the Security Chief stated that the planet had come to life.

With a concerned look on his face, the Counselor moved over to the command hub. “Commander?” The Lieutenant asked, looking over at the XO.

CNS

-Lt. Michael Gould, CE

“Trevor, just the man,” Jason mused as he looked Trevor straight in the eye. “How are you feeling, Counselor?”
Jason Harn, XO

“Its a trick sir, that planet isn’t a primitive world,..” He did some calculations. “I think we should maintain distance. If they can hit us with that microwave beam, we are a dead duck.” He put his head down and started calculating the microwave interference shield frequency.

Balfor

=/\=Gould to bridge. We’re ready.=/\=

-Lt. Michael Gould, CE

Sensors showed that after the torpedo activated, the fighter that was moving to the planet had changed direction and was moving away from the planet.

GM

“Lets get everyone back first. We know what we wanted to know and it all worked as we had hoped. We know that the Dragoon was hit with these beams and we know how to combat those. Lets see just how advanced these people really are. Help open a com channel and send it in every known possible way to the sight of that activity.” Sid said. It was time to see if they wanted to talk and he figured they could if they wanted too.

=^= This is Captain Parker of the Federation ship Olinski. We have so far acted out of self defense from what appears an attack from your planet. We are here to investigate the other ship that arrived here. We do not want to do so but will use force to make contact and rescue our fellow members. We prefer to talk.=^=

The Captain waited for a response.

“Tac prepare the torpedo Gould modified but do not fire yet.” He ordered.

“Science give me more to go on. Humanoid? What are we dealing with?” He asked.

“Counselor, anything you want to add?” He asked Michaels.

Parker CO