Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Stella Gagnon (Communications Officer) in Colony: Engineering Team

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Ashley Walker (Engineering Physicist) in Colony: Engineering Team

Posted by Lieutenant Maximilien Mullins (Chief Engineer) in Colony: Engineering Team
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Guy turned back to Ashley. “How is it looking now on that read-out?” If the green dots were still there, the landing party was still alive.

“From what it looks like, yes. The green dots are still there.” She replied. “Stella. We must keep cool, we are Starfleet officers. Now I get it, this is your first, but we can’t just go into a shed, but at the same time, Guy is right, whatever is eating you up from the inside can’t affect you as a Starfleet officer, nor your job. As simple friends looking out for people, we need to be more civil. Not trying to be rude or anything.” She added.

Stella just smiled as she turned back to Guy and Ashley.” Sorry guys I’m just stressed out here. Anything you want or need me to do just let me know.”

“It’s alright Stella. I know being under these circumstances it can get tricky.” She said. “I think we should try and make contact with the other team if we can. Yes?” She asked.

“I’m sorry for my part too!” replied Guy. “I’m not a coward like everyone thinks I am, I’m simply a realist about the dangers we face and our life expectancies. I’m also frustrated and stressed like we all are. I want to do something, do anything! …but what we can do? We can keep trying to contact the other team, but that hasn’t worked so far and time is critical. At least you’ve been making some suggestions, Stella. They might have been brainstorming ideas, but I don’t see anyone else suggesting anything better, so I’m sorry about dismissing them!”

Guy’s transmitter bleeped =/\= Cross from bridge …do you copy? =/\= .

Guy was surprised at his own communicator chirping, since Stella and Ashley had already just spoken to the Bridge. =/\= 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 .

Max was listening to the message from Guy over the comms. He was in close proximity so he could hear it. After the message was stopped, Max said, “I believe the issue on the ship has been resolved? Do we have confirmation on that from the ship itself?” He wanted to make sure he had understood everything correctly and maybe their time on the planet was completed unless they wanted to more research to see if there was a potential way to prevent this from an engineering stand point in the future.

“You know as much as I do,” Guy replied. It certainly sounded as if the ship’s problems were now resolved. If so, they could return and pick them all up again.

Just the thought that anything might be back to close to normal seemed to reanimate Stella to somewhere in the vicinity of two hundred percent. =/\= Merrimack! =/\= she called out. =/\= If you have things working then could you please focus on the portion of the away team which is currently underground in a cave system? Maybe find them with scanners or something and beam them somewhere to the ship of on the surface at least? We think something is down there with them! =/\= Nearly the entire portion of Stella’s communication had been accomplished with her bouncing up and down on the tips of her toes. If they could just get her crewmates out of that hole in the ground, she’d gladly whup any bunch of darn red dots that tried to come get them. Only then did it occur to her to look around for something to fight with. She disappeared then into one of the engineering buildings and came back out with a length of titanium pipe. ” Yup” she said with a frown on her face. ” Gimme some lil’ red dots now!”

The interference seemed to be gone as machinery started back around them, including the generators. The tricorder showed the away team within speaking distance of the other beings, as if in conversation as they were all stationary.

“Stella let’s see if we can get a hold of the other team now. We should be able to speak with them.” She said.

Stella shook her head to clear her hair off of her forehead and chuckled before she responded to Ashley saying, ” Well common sense would say that the ships comms should work better than our communicators so yes, you’re probably right. All things considered in this pace we probably should be able to contact the away team. Boy I tell you what I’m going to give my comms a good going over if we ever get out of here.”

Stella then opened her communicator, checked the settings and forged ahead. =/\=Merrimack away team. This is Lieutenant Gagnon is anyone picking up our transmission? We need a status check on you if you do, please. =/\=

Doctor Hunter answered as the Captain was busy talking with the Aenars =/\= Hunter....Lt Gagnon we hear you loud and clear ,we have encountered other beings that actually live underground they call themselves Aenars and the Captain is having a dialogue , exchanging of information with them =/\= then as an after thought he went on =/\= Don’t say anything to the miners and their boss …em Pilatus ,let the Captain be the one to inform him . Maybe he’s already aware of their existence and said nothing who knows Hunter out =/\=.

Stella listened closely to what Hunter was saying. To be perfectly truthful he was about the last person she wanted to hear from. But that was her own problem to be solved at a later date. Then though as Hunter cut short his communication Stella was not sure that that would qualify as a very good status check. What else could she do though? Comms were working between the tunnels and the surface. Why they weren’t getting through to anywhere else was another problem for another time.

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. =/\=

Cara Meow replied from the Bridge of the Merrimack. =/\= 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. =/\=

• Guy and Cara

Ooc: did I miss information about our team being told the merri is in contact with the Captain again or are they still too deep in the mines.

Lt. Mullins
Chief Engineer

OOC: It was just the Merri is in contact with the captain again. That’s about it my friend.

Lieutenant J.G. Ashley Walker
Engineering Physicist
U.S.S. Merrimack

Sella waited a moment and looked calmly around her. While she was glad to hear that she may be getting away from this strange place soon she was also concerned about the part of the away team in the caves still. Even so she replied to Cara’s last message saying,” Thank you Cara, I for one will be happy to get back to the ship. And I look forward to relieving you of that duty of working those comms. “

Gagnon out.”

As the Away Team finished their conversation with the ship they noted Platus, the Mining Leader, as he rounded the Admin building and approached them at a hurry.
“ Good news! The equipment is all working again! As if there was never anything wrong! It’s amazing! I have sent the miners back to work.” Indeed the Away Team could see that various miners moved around now, tool kits or other equipment in hand as they approached equipment or entered other buildings.

“Was this your doing? Have you found my people?” He asked anxiously.

GM Nosferatu
Your Darkest Nightmare