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S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« on: September 03, 2017, 12:56:43 am »
First Officer's Log, stardate 72670.7

What should have been a simple inspection of a civilian research station wound up as a mass evacuation of all the personnel there due to an AI system that took over the outpost as well as infecting a few of our systems as well. We were successfully able to ferry the outpost crew to a new, temporary settlement, and now the
Shran is en route to the beta quadrant for a routine patrolling mission in the Beta quadrant. Though after our last ‘routine' assignment, I am not entirely certain that this will provide any relief for my crew.

End Log.


[Bridge]

T'Ra had taken a seat to the right of the captain's chair, musing over recent events. She watched as the stars raced by, entering and exiting the main view screen in linear fashions at incredible speeds, completely at odds with the thoughts rattling around her head, plodding along in slow, fruitless circles. Hoping to break this cycle, T'Ra tapped her comm badge.

=/\=Bridge to Engineering, how are things shaping up down there? Any lingering effects from the outpost's AI program?=/\=


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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2017, 05:07:45 pm »
First Officer's Log, stardate 72670.7

What should have been a simple inspection of a civilian research station wound up as a mass evacuation of all the personnel there due to an AI system that took over the outpost as well as infecting a few of our systems as well. We were successfully able to ferry the outpost crew to a new, temporary settlement, and now the
Shran is en route to the beta quadrant for a routine patrolling mission in the Beta quadrant. Though after our last ‘routine' assignment, I am not entirely certain that this will provide any relief for my crew.

End Log.


[Bridge]

T'Ra had taken a seat to the right of the captain's chair, musing over recent events. She watched as the stars raced by, entering and exiting the main view screen in linear fashions at incredible speeds, completely at odds with the thoughts rattling around her head, plodding along in slow, fruitless circles. Hoping to break this cycle, T'Ra tapped her comm badge.

=/\=Bridge to Engineering, how are things shaping up down there? Any lingering effects from the outpost's AI program?=/\=

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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2017, 05:37:10 pm »
[Crew Quarters]

After the frustration of the last mission, Zex decided to make the best of her time off.  She slept in as late as she could.  And enjoyed the comfort of her warm bed.

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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2017, 11:19:34 pm »
[Engineering, Chief Engineering Officer's Office]

Caelene had been incredibly busy - actually 'busy' was an understatement. Just before they'd finally gotten the last of the away team and station personnel on board the Shran, their systems seemed to start responding better. After hearing the away team's report, the system issues they'd been experiencing finally made more sense and without further interference from Cara, they'd been able to start untangling the mess.

Since the incident, the Engineering staff had been pulling quite a few double shifts to get the ship's systems restored. Now that they were on their way to their next assignment, Caelene hoped things would calm down and she could let some of her staff get some much deserved R&R time - as much as they could considering they were still on a mission, anyway.

The Trill sat at her desk, eyeing the hot mocha steaming in a mug next to her stack of PADDs. She needed to sign off on the various reports and tests that had been done; it seemed daunting considering the sheer size of the stack, but she would methodically make her way through. As she reached for another PADD, she paused as she heard T'Ra's voice.

=/\=Bridge to Engineering, how are things shaping up down there? Any lingering effects from the outpost's AI program?=/\=

=/\=Tam here, Bridge. I think we have finally untangled our systems from the ordeal, but I wouldn't rule out lingering residual issues. We're monitoring the ship's systems from here and are running additional diagnostics. The worst of it should be over, but if something comes up let us know. There is one replicator that seems to be stubbornly refusing to make anything other than the orange Jell-o, but I have Petty Officer Lestrade (NPC) looking into it.=/\=

It seemed odd that there was just one replicator refusing to cooperate, but if that was the only problem they still had to contend with, Caelene would simply be grateful. Luckily, it seemed they wouldn't need to continue working double shifts anymore. Or at least the others wouldn't...she might need to pull another just to get through all the reports. The Trill frowned, eyeing the stack of PADDs resignedly.  Back to work.

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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2017, 02:28:14 am »
=/\=Tam here, Bridge. I think we have finally untangled our systems from the ordeal, but I wouldn't rule out lingering residual issues. We're monitoring the ship's systems from here and are running additional diagnostics. The worst of it should be over, but if something comes up let us know. There is one replicator that seems to be stubbornly refusing to make anything other than the orange Jell-o, but I have Petty Officer Lestrade (NPC) looking into it.=/\=


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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2017, 05:33:23 pm »


[Bridge]

After a nice warm shower, the Deltan was ready to face the world again.  She dress quickly.  And then had some breakfast.

With that done, she headed up to the Bridge for her shift.  "Good morning, Commander.  I'm preparing to log in.  Do you need anything in particular from me at this time?" she asked before heading to her duty station.

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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2017, 10:48:12 pm »
[Sickbay]

After what had turned out to be one of the most confusing events of her life thus far, Amynta had absolutely crashed in her new bunk; she didn't even bother to unpack her things and it had taken everything she had just to change into a more suitable outfit.

After waking, though, she had immediately jumped into her duties as ship's counselor, and was surprised to find that several crew members had already made appointments with her using the digital scheduling tool. It was a busy first few days; meeting new patients and getting to know the medical staff was enough to keep her extremely busy down on Deck 9, and she hadn't had much time to spend on the bridge with those she had met during that eventful first day. She was admittedly a bit disappointed--she had enjoyed working as a team with Ardyn and Commander Jones--but there was sure to be plenty of time to make friends after things were a bit more settled.

Now they were embarking on a patrol of some kind, but she hadn't even had time to read the briefing that had been sent out very closely. As it was, she had a few things to accomplish in Sickbay first. One of the crew she had just met had been taking sleeping medication for more than six months, which had originally been prescribed by a family doctor back on Earth. For the last few weeks, though, the buildup of medication in his system had been giving him overly vivid dreams and night terrors--and he hadn't thought to share this with the medical staff until there was a counselor on board. She needed to speak with the medical staff about cancelling his prescription, and make sure that they stopped the medication in the safest way possible. It seemed that Dr. Buehler was busy with another patient, so she approached Dr. Trea instead, although he didn't seem quite as genial. She would just have to be as pleasant as possible, and try not to be intimidated.

"Hello, Dr. Trea. Do you have a moment to help me with something?"

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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2017, 11:54:30 pm »

[Bridge]

After a nice warm shower, the Deltan was ready to face the world again.  She dressed quickly.  And then had some breakfast.

With that done, she headed up to the Bridge for her shift.  "Good morning, Commander.  I'm preparing to log in.  Do you need anything in particular from me at this time?" she asked before heading to her duty station.
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"Na'shaya, Miss Zex," T'Ra replied by way of greeting as the Deltan approached the science console. She might have been at the station herself if not for the holographic raptor still sitting on her lap. You're going to have to move at some point, you know that? she thought, but for the moment there was no pressing need. "Nothing in particular at the moment, Ensign," she added, "unless there is anything you'd specifically like to see while we're out in the beta quadrant."


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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2017, 08:34:45 am »
[Crewman's quarters]

After her ordeal starring as Cara, K-5 had been absolutely exhausted. Figuring out a relationship and a bunch of new emotions with it proved to be it's own challenge. Takur seemed laid back enough, even if he could get a little uptight every once in a while. He'd insisted on trying to keep the relationship as modest as possible. His people weren't known for their promiscuity.

His room was directly beside hers and she was fine with that. Maybe it was all the new changes and moving too fast? Whatever the reason, she was glad they had decided to take everything slow. K-5 pulled on her tank top and uniform shirt and made sure her comm badge was pinned firmly in place. She left he room and went into Takur's to grab her hair tie. Even If they had decided to take things slow, didn't mean they couldn't have a little fun every once in a while. She grabbed her hair tie off the bedside table and placed a kiss on Takur's sleeping forehead. She smiled fondly and left to put her hair in a ponytail and get to the bridge for work.

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Everything was going lowly, which could get interesting sometimes but he knew Kay, as she'd told him to call her, would appreciate the slowness. He could understand that she was, in fact, not a completely biological form of life, and her programming could overload with all the new things and still needing minor resetting from Cara's leftovers. After he heard the doors open and close, he knew Kay had dropped by. He smiled and started to do his morning routine. Another day, another dollar.

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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2017, 06:54:24 pm »
[Bridge]

"Na'shaya, Miss Zex," T'Ra replied by way of greeting as the Deltan approached the science console. She might have been at the station herself if not for the holographic raptor still sitting on her lap. You're going to have to move at some point, you know that? she thought, but for the moment there was no pressing need. "Nothing in particular at the moment, Ensign," she added, "unless there is anything you'd specifically like to see while we're out in the beta quadrant."


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Zex watched as the hologram sat on the Commander's lap.  It was quite an odd experience.  Like a mother somehow caring for a child, but she tried to keep that idea to herself.

She shook her head.  "No ma'am.   I will start a diagnostic when I log in.  I just hope to not have the same problem as my last shift.  That was awful" she said with a slight smile.
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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2017, 02:34:24 am »
[Bridge]

Zex watched as the hologram sat on the Commander's lap.  It was quite an odd experience.  Like a mother somehow caring for a child, but she tried to keep that idea to herself.

She shook her head.  "No ma'am.   I will start a diagnostic when I log in.  I just hope to not have the same problem as my last shift.  That was awful" she said with a slight smile.


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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2017, 04:20:16 am »
[Engineering, Chief Engineering Officer's Office]

As she awaited a response from the bridge, Caelene frowned as an Ensign dropped off another small stack of PADDs. He shrugged and offered an apologetic smile before leaving her office quickly. At this rate, there was no way she wouldn't be pulling a second shift unless some of these reports were a lot more succinct than she feared.

Steve perked his head up at the mention of orange jello, but he soon nestled his head back down, where T'Ra rubbed it with one hand, reaching for her comm badge with the other. =/\=Acknowledged, Engineering. And keep up the good work, Miss Tam. I'm sure you and your team will have everything sorted in no time. Keep us apprised. Bridge out.=/\=

It was good to hear that T'Ra had faith in her and her team. After the fiasco with the ship's systems, the Trill had wondered if she would get demoted since it had happened on her watch. At the very least, she assumed she wouldn't be asked to be in charge of the bridge any time soon.

However, the opposite had actually been the case. It seemed that James and T'Ra felt she had handled a difficult situation well under pressure; they had not only promoted her to Lieutenant Commander, but also Second Officer of the Shran. Caelene had been completely shocked and just barely managed to thank them as she had been at a loss for words. Even now she found it hard to believe, but her slender fingers moved up to her collar and brushed over the new third half-pip.

Picking up the next PADD, she carefully read through the report regarding the main power system. A level one diagnostic had been completed and they found a few remnants of the rogue coding that Cara had used to disable the system. It had then been removed and a second diagnostic turned up no additional anomalies. Even with that in mind, Caelene had already decided that Gamma shift would regularly run level 5 diagnostics - or higher level ones when they could - just to be certain that nothing out of the ordinary was happening.

[30 minutes later]

After wading through several more reports, she was growing restless and felt the need to do something. Her eyes moved to her toolkit, which she quickly picked up and headed for the door. Caelene looked around Main Engineering until she spotted the person she was looking for. "Lieutenant Revan (NPC), I'm going to take a look at that replicator with Lestrade (NPC) and the holodeck systems. Until I return, you're in charge. If something comes up, contact me."

Seeing him nod in the affirmative, she gave him a small encouraging smile before she turned to the doors and left. It would be good to do some real work. The reports were necessary of course, especially since she was the department head, but that didn't mean she couldn't or shouldn't get involved. And it would give her a chance to see how Gabriel was coming along.

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Re: S1-M8 Crackpot of the Empire
« Reply #13 on: September 06, 2017, 11:23:20 am »
Bridge

The journey over to the quadrant had been a quiet one and Miriam's job had become somewhat quiet. She did her best to help out in engineering with anything which needed doing and had been doing her duties in ops, helping with basic repairs and also doing any admin which needed doing.

Miriam looked down at the console and noticed Starfleet Command had hailed them. She looked up towards T'Ra. "Commander, we have an incoming hail from Starfleet command." Miriam finished.

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