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Once Bre, Cross, and the medical team had left, Drudoc turned to Glen. “..Captain, I believe it would be best if I return to my ship now. Lt Trainor should be able to ensure the safety of your ship from the particle located. I’ll contact you shortly if there are any other findings we came across, or major alternations to our given plans. If not, I suggest we begin to scan for wave form patterns matching those we showed in the briefing and prepare our defenses and weapons as discussed for the coming engagement when it happens. We may have hours, or we may have days, but either way when they show it would be best the fight is on our terms and not there’s with ourselves unprepared..” She said.

“Certainly,” replied Glen. “We can keep in contact by comms. Kord and Mthunzi will prepare the weapon. I’m slightly concerned about these reports of ghosts, as it appear to be a real phenomena, and is likely to indicate some rip in the fabric of the space-time continuum.”

Drudoc nodded, “..It is possible given how the serpent’s seem to operate space and time anomalies would crop up the more incursions they create along our reality past present or future. As I mentioned though, you may try rigging a mobile forcefield emitter, modifying it to a frequency range of 10.38 Giga Cycles off its normal operating parameters, this should reduce the local anomalies if they frequently show up within the fields area of effect. You might also try adjusting your internal scanners to emit similar pulses when one is sighted. Both should be more then doable with your technologies currently on hand here..” She suggested. “..In either case, I would imagine that once the Serpent’s are dealt with from intruding upon our reality and temporal stream, these anomalies will fade..”

“I’ll have Engineering get onto that right away,” replied Glen.

Once Glen had replied, Drudoc tapped her comm badge on her chest, “..Andone to Ark Angel. I’m ready to return then, once I’m aboard signal the XO to meet me on the bridge if he’s not there presently..” she said. Turning to Glen, “..Once this matter is settled Captain, I shall pray that your path among the stars is a safe and productive one..”

“Thank you. Right then, I’ll have someone show you the way back to the Transporter Room…” said Glen.

=/\= Aye ma’am, stand by..=/\= came a female voice. A second later a blue transporter pattern field engulfed Andone and she vanished from sight.

”…or you could just leave from the Bridge,” Glen said to the empty space. “I guess that’s what you call technology?”

=/\= Engineering. This is Captain Glen. I need force-field emitters that are mobile, and modified to a frequency range of 10.38 Giga Cycles off their normal operating parameters. Placed wherever we see these ‘ghost’-like localised space-time anomalies, they ought to reduce the field area of effect. =/\=

Glen sat back in his seat. The Bridge seemed very empty. Bre was off giving birth. Kord was down in the shuttle bay creating his bomb with Mthunzi. The CSO and acting CE were dealing with the Boron particle. His navigator had not returned from the meeting and Kord had still not sent him a replacement Helm, as he had requested.

Glen, CO Merrimack