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Max then took a seat at the command chair and started looking at things on the screen on the command chair. He knew he needed to reach out to the Klingons so he believed the best thing to do was ask the communications officer to open a channel. He then looked over to the communications desk and asked the officer at the station, “Please open a channel so I can request for information from the Klingon vessel who should still be in the sector.” He waited for a response so he could reach out to the Klingons.

NE Marconi at Comms replied, “Yes, Sir! Monitoring all frequencies and trying to to open a channel now!”

With the channel open, Mullins was ready to ask for assistance from the Klingons. He then spoke, “This is Lt Mullins of the USS Merrimack. I am temporarily in command. We have some bacteria going through the ship and we need some assistance. Is anyone aware of this type of bacterium,. I will be sending data through subspace for additional information. This is for anyone who is still within in the area. Any information about it would be ideal. Please respond.” Max then entered the data into the command seat to send over the subspace channel which was open. He hoped for a quick reply in order to relay down to sickbay to the executive officer.

“Trying!” said NE Marconi. “I’ll repeat that contact signal every five minutes, Sir!”

Verity stepped out of the lift and onto the bridge. She saw Mullins in the command chair. “Lieutenant Mullins, where is the Captain and the Commander?” She asked as she looked around the bridge, her eyes stopping on the ready room door. “Do you know if we have been able to make contact with the Klingons?”

Max saw the Lieutenant walk onto the bridge. He then heard the question and responded, “The captain is still in sickbay and the Commander is still with the child and trying to figure out what is going on. The Commander requested that I take control of the bridge and ship and attempt to reach out to someone for any assistance with the bacterium. I have attempted to contact the Klingons or any one else, but we have not heard anything as of yet. ” He then looked over to the communications officer and said, “Do we have any updates on the signal as of yet? Have you attempted to send the signal out on every frequency as that might help? Please advise.” Max was hoping for something very soon otherwise, this might blow up in his face and he did want to that to occur at this point. He was hoping for a quick resolution. He then waited for a response from both Lt Aphelion and the communications officer.

NE Marconi replied, “No response from our hails on any hailing frequencies, Sir! I’ve tried all known Klingon frequencies! It’s dead quiet out there!”

Only a few seconds later the turbolift door slid open again to reveal Joe stepping off and as he did he eyed the door suspiciously and was muttering, “Who keeps grabbing that lift as soon as I get there?” He scratched. His head and then jumped in surprise at seeing Verity . “Oh ! Hi Lieutenant! How are you doing?” Then he spoke to Mullins saying, “Mister Mullins how goes it?”

Lt. Cmdr. Joe Mullins XO