Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Cara Meow (Xenoanthropologist and Sociologist) in Main Sim - Bridge - Arrival at Ardan V
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Morris stepped closer to the comms station to hear the discourse between the doctor and M’Mera. According to his transfer papers, M’Mera was his CO who he was supposed to have been meeting shortly. “Excuse me,” he said looking back at the console from where he had launched the probes. He wanted to see if they were still under the effects of the field or if they were now responding, =/\= Lt. M’Mera, have you and the captain been able to disengage the dampening field on the planet? =/\=

M’Mera returned to the comm to the bridge,=^=The Aenarr’ss ssay they have disscontinued the interrferrence they werre caussing to the machinerry. Thingss should be fine now.=^=

Cross listened to Morris ‘’ Say since M’Mera made contact with us meaning what was interfering with the comms is no longer there I’ll try to contact the team on the surface ‘’.

She flicked open her transmitter while grumbling about such an outdated method they had to use.

Lt Cmdr. Sanks stepped off the turbolift from sickbay and walked onto the bridge. He had listened Chief Medical Officer Cross update him on the situation since he collapsed. He heard them talking to the away team, so he stood in front of his chair on the bridge and listened to them. “that’s a good question, cause I don’t think we should approach the planet again until that shield is turned off.” He stated. “We found the source, or where you think it’s coming from on the planet, have we tried to see what would happen if we tried to fire at it? May be a last resort type idea, but I’d like to know if it may be a card to have on the table.” He suggested.

’’ Cmdr I personally don’t think that’s an option we should consider since the COS has managed to make contact , which means whatever was interfering is not there any more and I’m waiting for Guy to respond if he does we would have made contact with all the landing party ‘’.

Cross didn’t blame him for the suggestion, after all he had just come out of sickbay .

=/\= Yes. Fleegman here. Is everything okay =/\=

=/\= Glad to hear your voice and yes we’re okay , Lt M’Mera has also made contact with us =/\= Cross replied back. She was hoping that the away party would soon be transported back on the ship .

“While firing on the source of the field was my thought as well, sir,” Morris said to the XO, “Unfortunately, the source seems to be where the landing party was and could still be, which is what prevented us from taking that action. Currently, I am trying to reestablish contact with the probes we launched in order to see if the field is in fact out of commission. If so, then we should be safe to move back into orbit and get the crew back aboard.”

Contact with the probes was easily reestablished as if the interference was completely gone now. The Merrimack could scan the entire planet with ease, including where the Engineering party was and the Captain’s away team below the surface with approximately 15 other life forms that seemed to be surrounding them.

Cross stood quietly listening ,she fully agreed with what Morris said and did not blame the Cmdr since it seemed that it was now that he fully grasped what had happened . After all the CMO had only briefed him on what she knew , taking care of the injured she was neither on the bridge nor at the engineering dept . Cross eyes fell on the security for she had already warmed up to him, having helped her with the unfortunate injured crew member who had been stuck in the jefferies tubes.

“Understood, it was a thought of last resort anyway. I agree, please try to reestablish connection to the probes.” Lt Sanks stated as he watched the viewscreen. He scanned the bridge watching as everyone worked at their stations. “Let me know what we find.” He continued.

Since they established contact and Sanks seem to be his old self again ,Cross decided to return to sickbay ‘’Cmdr I’m heading back to sickbay , if you feel unwell call me ‘’.
She then turned looking around ‘’Thanks for all your hard work to restore everything back to normal ‘’ and with that she walked to the lift to exit the bridge.

“Connection reestablished with the probes sir,” Morris said, “We should be able to maneuver into transporter range and retrieve the away team. Should I have the brig prepped as well?” Thinking of the 15 other life forms that were being read by the sensors around the away team.

“Thank you Lt. I’ll keep you updated, if anything else happens.” Lt. Cmdr. Sanks responded to the Chief Medical Officer as she entered the turbolift. Then he turned to the security officer. “Good, then let’s head back and hope for the best, as for the brig, I honestly hope it doesn’t have to resort to that type of event, but better to be safe than sorry, so it’s not a bad idea to have it ready and a couple security officers at the ready to handle any type of situation we may be walking into.” He stated to the security officer.

“Aye, Aye!” Dariusz responded to the order to ‘head back’ and took the necessary manoeuvres to place the ship back in the standard, lower, geostationary orbit above the miner’s base and tunnels, which they had held earlier. That orbit should allow for better comms, and for transporters and sensors to work again.

• Dariusz, Navigator

From the Engineering party Stella took a deep breath then and called the Merrimack. =/\= This is Lieutenant Gagnon. I’ve just communicated with Doctor Hunter and he assures me that all is going well with the away team. =/\=

As Doctor Cross had now left the Bridge, Cara stepped back to the Communication station and took the message. =/\= Hello Stella. Sorry for the delay, I’m not use to being Comms officer, so please come back soon. I’ll let Commander Sanks know that good news. =/\=

“Commander,” Cara told Roger Sanks, “the two away teams have made contact and both are okay and whatever they are doing down there is going well!”

• Cara, Science

Orbit was established with no untoward difficulties. Scanners would work normal now.

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