Stargate Hail Ba'al Rambling

rattler2

Krystal: I don't know why you're here, but... it was important. *pulls away from Jessica, more relaxed now* Tala said something about Time, and you were talking about another version of me... must have been desperate to try and use Time as a weapon.

rattler2

Krystal: I don't know why you're here, but... it was important. *pulls away from Jessica, more relaxed now* Tala said something about Time, and you were talking about another version of me... must have been desperate to try and use Time as a weapon.

westx211

Jessica: Yeah it looks like too much has changed though. We tried to change the timeline by erasing something from time.

rattler2

Krystal: *thinks for a moment, using the knowledge she retained from the Borg* The farther back you go, the more pronounced the change. Go back far enough, and just stepping on a bug would be enough to drastically change the Galaxy. The Borg tried to assimilate the past and failed.

westx211

Jessica: I think what we were trying wasn't supposed to change too much but looks like we failed.

rattler2

Krystal: I don't know what you intended the result to be, but its possible that you created some unforseen complication. I... without any more data... I honestly don't know. I don't know what you were trying to prevent vs what is now.

westx211

Jessica: And I'm not sure what to do now... *sighs*

rattler2

Krystal: *looking a bit more like the version Jessica knows* We'll figure it out. Whoever you were targeting must have been powerful. We both know the Borg have experience with time travel. We know Starfleet Regulations regarding the subject. What was so scary you actually tried to alter history?

westx211

Jessica: Demons of air and darkness. Iconians.

rattler2

Krystal: Iconians... the name sounds familiar... *closes her eyes* Advanced species... examples of their technology all over the galaxy but no sign of them. The Borg tried to assimilate the tech many times and failed. They know of the Iconians. *opens her eyes* I... if I knew what you tried to do... I might be able to find where things went wrong. But... it would mean...

It would mean accessing a data node directly. Either one of us could do it easily. Anyone else and they'd be slowed down because of the interface. Our best chance... *sigh* is on Romulus. The planet was assimilated around twenty years ago. There is a full fledged Unimatrix in orbit, complete with Transwarp Gate. The Federation and Klingon Empire set up a quarantine around Romulan space. No civilian traffic is allowed anywhere near the Quarantine Zone. Couldn't stop the Borg from coming out though. If we're there... I... I should be on the Bridge.

westx211

Jessica: Are you sure?

rattler2

Krystal: No... I'm scared to death of the prospect. Facing the constant reminder that I am Borg... the voices when they're close... but I am still a Starfleet Officer. My duty is to protect the Federation.

And... it'll... Because of the Collective, I helped assimilate... countless innocent people. I forcefully injected nanoprobes into people. Men... women... children. It has to end. If there is anything I can do to make up for the crimes I was forced to commit.

So yea... I'm scared. And maybe I'm going about this the wrong way by giving into anger. But I know Romulus. Short of having a Romulan who knew where things were... I'm probably the only one who knows exactly what's in system.

And... and you're a big help Admiral. Maybe... I need to face my demons. If I give in... if I keep running... I...

westx211

Jessica: You aren't responsible for anything you did as a borg Krys. I have to believe that neither of us is responsible for things that we were forced to do.

rattler2

Krystal: It will still haunt me Admiral. I have to do something.

westx211

Jessica: And my actions still haunt me too. *sighs* We should see if we can make something to suppress the collective's influence on us.

rattler2

Krystal: Probably a good idea.

westx211

Jessica: Wanna get to work on that?

rattler2

Krystal: Sure.

icerose20

Capt Rose: Ok getting out of the cloak field. (The ship changes it emissions to match a normal star frieghter used by numerous species. It's registered as a Ferengi frieghter called VOC Duyfkyen.)

As soon as it shows up, 3 Borg probes decloaked and attack the Turner. Thankfully her shields were still up at full power.

Capt Rose: What the hell?

Axel: 3 Borg probes decloaked and attacked us.

rattler2

Tala: Borg? Here? Bridge to Sickbay. Jess, we got Borg in the Romulus System. Borg with frickin' Cloaks!

westx211

Jessica: Lets get to engineering and get started.

*Quinn leaves*

Jessica: *to Tala* I heard from Krys they were here.

rattler2

Krystal: Oops... forgot they adapted Cloaking tech... *heads for the door, then stops* Um... where's Engineering?

icerose20

The Turner pull an amazing turn and dispatches the three Borg probes, however 2 Cubes decloaked and try to grab the Turner.

Ishikawa: I thought cloaking was not compatible with Borg.

Capt Rose: Tell them that. Kira, turn to 135 mark 45, get ready to punch it.

Axel: that will take us towards one of the cubes.

Capt Rose: and keeping his buddy from shooting at us.

rattler2

*Lexington opens fire on the probes, revealing her presence to the Borg as well.*

Tala: Jarok... gonna need your big guns if this keeps up. And where's Alex?

westx211

Jessica: I'll lead the way. *takes Krystal's arm and leads her to engineering*

rattler2

Krystal: *looks around* Sovereign class? About 700 meters long... torque sensors might be misaligned by 3 microns... Wow... I can hear that even over the phaser fire and... Phased Tetryon? I guess a few Borg enhancements can be a perk... Although getting them is something I would rather avoid in the first place...

westx211

Jessica: Agreed.

rattler2

Krystal: *as they arrive at Engineering* We should hurry.

westx211

Jessica: So where should we start?

rattler2

Krystal: I... I don't know. I was kinda hoping you had an idea.