*Reedus and his team are sanitizing the scene as the data cole thinks he has was implanted by a mole.. Reedus findsa small bit that flew out of the mouth of the pile of ash.. including a device.....*
Reedus: Collect the items here and what you can then sanitize it.. I don't want Irons poking around here..
*When the place is burning the shuttle is packed with the material the capsule is in a tube green in color and contains unknown material and tech.. Reedus boards along with the men with him.. The shuttle leaves.*
Reedus: *on his comm* We have it.. I am returning to base..
As more ships arrive the Springfield warps away headed to earth with the survivors they picked up. Cole and thorne are in Coles ready room.
Cole: your thought .
Thorne: it was weird actually. The Borg seemed different. And that scan was incredibly odd.
Cole: I've already sent that scan to some friends in the science community. Did you see anyone that we should worry about.
Thorne: no sir I didn't see any one on our watch list but I was very occupied.
Cole: congratulate your team and get some rest while we head home. I need to talk to admiral O'Neal and give him the run down of Vega. He probably already has the report but you know him.
Thorne: aye sir.
As thorne leaves cole sits down at his desk looking over the action reports and looking at the energy scan.
Meanwhile
Slade having gotten all the data he needs makes his way to a shuttle
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
As more ships arrive the Springfield warps away headed to earth with the survivors they picked up. Cole and thorne are in Coles ready room.
Cole: your thought .
Thorne: it was weird actually. The Borg seemed different. And that scan was incredibly odd.
Cole: I've already sent that scan to some friends in the science community. Did you see anyone that we should worry about.
Thorne: no sir I didn't see any one on our watch list but I was very occupied.
Cole: congratulate your team and get some rest while we head home. I need to talk to admiral O'Neal and give him the run down of Vega. He probably already has the report but you know him.
Thorne: aye sir.
As thorne leaves cole sits down at his desk looking over the action reports and looking at the energy scan.
Meanwhile
Slade having gotten all the data he needs makes his way to a shuttle
*He finds the team waiting for him..and an Assassin that he knows too well.. and loaths.. *
Assassin: Slade ? Your kidding me this is the other guy that came with us? Aw.. man.. I saw the wanted poster on this guy 10 latinum more than me.. And I am me..
As more ships arrive the Springfield warps away headed to earth with the survivors they picked up. Cole and thorne are in Coles ready room.
Cole: your thought .
Thorne: it was weird actually. The Borg seemed different. And that scan was incredibly odd.
Cole: I've already sent that scan to some friends in the science community. Did you see anyone that we should worry about.
Thorne: no sir I didn't see any one on our watch list but I was very occupied.
Cole: congratulate your team and get some rest while we head home. I need to talk to admiral O'Neal and give him the run down of Vega. He probably already has the report but you know him.
Thorne: aye sir.
As thorne leaves cole sits down at his desk looking over the action reports and looking at the energy scan.
Meanwhile
Slade having gotten all the data he needs makes his way to a shuttle
*He finds the team waiting for him..and an Assassin that he knows too well.. and loaths.. *
Assassin: Slade ? Your kidding me this is the other guy that came with us? Aw.. man.. I saw the wanted poster on this guy 10 latinum more than me.. And I am me..
Slade: shut up now or I send you into the vacuum of space
He looks to the others
Slade: do I really want to know how you ended up with him?
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
Having received the support he expected T'Val had been able to stop the Borg advance. Though it cost them a number of ships the Empire was safe for now. And to him that was all that mattered.
T'Val: I'll be in my quarters if you require me
His bridge crew nods as he steps into the turbolift and soon enters his room. He lights a few candles sitting on the mantle as he sits down at his desk sipping some ale. He sends his report to command before shutting down his terminal and looks out the viewport towards where Romulus would be. He looks out the viewport a moment and then at a picture of his wife and son that had died on the home world.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
Cole and irons are soon at irons estate in the rocky mountains.
Irons: well its sad that the information was lost. But what can we excpect when dealing with drake.
Cole: what are your plans now.
Irons: I'm going to send Rommel to Vega to start looking into what happened. Drake most likely has cleaned the area already but I'm sure he will find something. He has done a very good job at getting results.
Cole: I've seen him a few times before he can make section 31 look kind.
Irons: he is a part of the command assult units. Him thorne and sinclaire.
Cole: well I suppose we have to wait and hear ba ck from our teams.
Irons: come on let's have a drink and some food.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
*She ports all four of them to a secluded area and starts forming a portal.*
Tara A: Dad, can you hear me? We're done here.
Assassin: Oh come on..
James *In her head*: Better hurry Cellos is already here.. Sasha, Shani, and Karas are already dead.. we don't have long.. Plus it seems we are having some kind of fissure pop up here are there any on your end?
Assassin: Come on Slade.. Its not like you can... kill me..
*Klingon space*
*The Borg forces have settled on a few planets on the Romulan-Klingon border.. Initial waves have failed to repulse them..*
*OOC: I see your point on the Klingon starting point but since the alterations have happened some things will have changed.. But I guess I can cover some of that.. *
*In the First City the Council and the Chancellor are in emergency session due to the recent developments and are debating whether their attacks on the Federation should be shifted to dislodge the slowly spreading Borg..*
Kali'nagh: The Federation can wait.. we need to dislodge the Borg before they spread too far..
*Back on the Vega Colony*
Chris: Northman.. away team for beam up.. We need to finish this up..
Northman *over the comm*: Aye sir..
*Before long they are aboard the patchwork repaired USS Khitomer.. the bridge is still tattered but useable.. the support beams and circuitry are still present on the ceiling.. the fires are out..*
Chris: Ross.. What is the damage..
Derek *Over the comm*: Right now I have the ship bypassed like a Christmas tree so don't bump it around too much.. as for the hull breaches those are still many and forcefields are holding.
Chris: Keep working on it Ross.. Shelana take over the tactical station for right now you are the XO..
Shelana: If your certain sir..
Chris: *As Shelana sets up shop by moving the rubble on her station.. * Kara I need you to set up shop down in Sickbay..
Kara: Right.. there are still plenty of wounded..
Northman: Sir.. We have found someone that can take over that roll and she is dealing with it right now..
Chris: Oh.. okay give me the run down on who is running what..
Northman: I am manning the com station relaying information to the patchwork fleet here right now.. But we have a lot of people who transported over here from doomed ships.. A lot of cadets and a lot of people from different ships..
Chris: Rambling..
Northman: Right sorry.. still trying to get used to this..
*He shakes his head and moves a tangled blonde lock from his face.. *
an Ensign Kimber is helping at the helm currently..
Kimber: Sir.. *Saluting*
Northman: Ichulda is helping Ross down in Engineering and managing the crews trying to patch the hull.. we have 9 of 10 as the second helmsman.. but right now we have no one at the science station..
Kara: I can take that.. My focus was in those areas... with some medical training..
Chris: Alright take the science station..
*He looks to everyone.. *
What we have to do is clean up the Borg still here.. We have to hold before the main fleet arrives.. to back us up.. I know we are beaten up and a lot of people did not make it. So lets not waste what they gave us right now. Lets make them proud..
Lets get to work..
*Northman cuts the comm*
Northman: Nicely said sir..
Chris: *snickers..* Had me on the ship wide comm hmm..
Northman: Felt like a speech moment..
Chris: Look Ensign.. is there a ship in need of a Captain..?
Northman: The Omaha..
Chris: Take command of that one Northman.. We need as many people as we can get and not enough people of rank to fill them..
Northman: But sir..
Chris: Look we all trust you Northman.. You can do it.. Just need to get past your nerves..
Northman: *Begrudgingly* Yes Sir..
*As he leaves the bridge... he sighs.. nervous but rubs his face as the turbolift goes to the transporter room.. *
Focus.. *Breathing heavily.. and sweaty..* You can do it..
*She ports all four of them to a secluded area and starts forming a portal.*
Tara A: Dad, can you hear me? We're done here.
Assassin: Oh come on..
James *In her head*: Better hurry Cellos is already here.. Sasha, Shani, and Karas are already dead.. we don't have long.. Plus it seems we are having some kind of fissure pop up here are there any on your end?
Assassin: Come on Slade.. Its not like you can... kill me..
*Klingon space*
*The Borg forces have settled on a few planets on the Romulan-Klingon border.. Initial waves have failed to repulse them..*
*OOC: I see your point on the Klingon starting point but since the alterations have happened some things will have changed.. But I guess I can cover some of that.. *
*In the First City the Council and the Chancellor are in emergency session due to the recent developments and are debating whether their attacks on the Federation should be shifted to dislodge the slowly spreading Borg..*
Kali'nagh: The Federation can wait.. we need to dislodge the Borg before they spread too far..
*Back on the Vega Colony*
Chris: Northman.. away team for beam up.. We need to finish this up..
Northman *over the comm*: Aye sir..
*Before long they are aboard the patchwork repaired USS Khitomer.. the bridge is still tattered but useable.. the support beams and circuitry are still present on the ceiling.. the fires are out..*
Chris: Ross.. What is the damage..
Derek *Over the comm*: Right now I have the ship bypassed like a Christmas tree so don't bump it around too much.. as for the hull breaches those are still many and forcefields are holding.
Chris: Keep working on it Ross.. Shelana take over the tactical station for right now you are the XO..
Shelana: If your certain sir..
Chris: *As Shelana sets up shop by moving the rubble on her station.. * Kara I need you to set up shop down in Sickbay..
Kara: Right.. there are still plenty of wounded..
Northman: Sir.. We have found someone that can take over that roll and she is dealing with it right now..
Chris: Oh.. okay give me the run down on who is running what..
Northman: I am manning the com station relaying information to the patchwork fleet here right now.. But we have a lot of people who transported over here from doomed ships.. A lot of cadets and a lot of people from different ships..
Chris: Rambling..
Northman: Right sorry.. still trying to get used to this..
*He shakes his head and moves a tangled blonde lock from his face.. *
an Ensign Kimber is helping at the helm currently..
Kimber: Sir.. *Saluting*
Northman: Ichulda is helping Ross down in Engineering and managing the crews trying to patch the hull.. we have 9 of 10 as the second helmsman.. but right now we have no one at the science station..
Kara: I can take that.. My focus was in those areas... with some medical training..
Chris: Alright take the science station..
*He looks to everyone.. *
What we have to do is clean up the Borg still here.. We have to hold before the main fleet arrives.. to back us up.. I know we are beaten up and a lot of people did not make it. So lets not waste what they gave us right now. Lets make them proud..
Lets get to work..
*Northman cuts the comm*
Northman: Nicely said sir..
Chris: *snickers..* Had me on the ship wide comm hmm..
Northman: Felt like a speech moment..
Chris: Look Ensign.. is there a ship in need of a Captain..?
Northman: The Omaha..
Chris: Take command of that one Northman.. We need as many people as we can get and not enough people of rank to fill them..
Northman: But sir..
Chris: Look we all trust you Northman.. You can do it.. Just need to get past your nerves..
Northman: *Begrudgingly* Yes Sir..
*As he leaves the bridge... he sighs.. nervous but rubs his face as the turbolift goes to the transporter room.. *
Focus.. *Breathing heavily.. and sweaty..* You can do it..
*Meanwhile, Ryan walks back onto the bridge of the Cleveland with Tala, who takes the tactical station.*
Ryan: Fill me in on what's happened.
Ops: There are several Borg vessels at the edge of the system near Vega IX - all heavily damaged. Admiral William Ross is forming a Task Force from what forces are left in the system to deal with them before they regenerate.
Ryan: Is the U.S.S. Oxford still operational?
Ops *confused*: Yes... sir...?
*Ryan sighs in relief.*
Ryan: Thank you. Set course to rendezvous with the fleet at Vega XII. Maximum warp.
*The tattered fleet is wrapping up probes as they arrive before they find something... Not a cube but vastly long and cylindrical... sort of battered but regenerating quickly. *
Shelana: What the hell is that..?
Chris: It certainly is Borg, but we need to..
*The red alert klaxon goes off as the larger vessel lights up a brighter shot and fires it at the fleet..*
Chris: Fleet wide evasive.. begin firing with phasers at the already damaged fields on the vessel and have a group of ships deal with the spheres...
*The blast is evaded.. for the most part outside of a Miranda class vessel being caught in it and instantly vaporized.. *
Kimber: The Fielder was just vaporized...
Chris: Another reason we need to stay moving.. Bat'rak help Shelana out at Tactical.. Crewman take the comm station we need to coordinate..
O'Neal just finished up a briefing with command about the Vega situation. The situation has everyone on edge as it is still in limbo on how well it is under control. It has also sent other nearby systems into an almost panicked state of concern.
Romulan space
T'Val has finished his briefing with command as he heads back to his ship. Its time to begin an assult on the Borg that have remained and invaded colonies in their space.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
*The tattered fleet is wrapping up probes as they arrive before they find something... Not a cube but vastly long and cylindrical... sort of battered but regenerating quickly. *
Shelana: What the hell is that..?
Chris: It certainly is Borg, but we need to..
*The red alert klaxon goes off as the larger vessel lights up a brighter shot and fires it at the fleet..*
Chris: Fleet wide evasive.. begin firing with phasers at the already damaged fields on the vessel and have a group of ships deal with the spheres...
*The blast is evaded.. for the most part outside of a Miranda class vessel being caught in it and instantly vaporized.. *
Kimber: The Fielder was just vaporized...
Chris: Another reason we need to stay moving.. Bat'rak help Shelana out at Tactical.. Crewman take the comm station we need to coordinate..
How long before Admiral Ross shows up?
Shelana: Northman said it would be some time..
*Meanwhile, the Cleveland is at Vega IX and assisting Ross' task force in cleaning up the crippled Borg Fleet as they regenerate. When the ship gets caught in a tractor beam, Ryan clasps his hands around the arms of the chair.*
Ryan: Cut power! Tr'zanac, lock torpedoes, full yield! Let's get rid of that tractor emitter!
Tala: Aye, sir!
*Two blazing red torpedoes scream forth from the Miranda-Class Starship's torpedo pod and blast against the skin of the cube, shaking the starfleet vessel violently as it breaks free, before a volley of quantum torpedoes rip into the cube, from the U.S.S. Bellerophon, commanded by Admiral William Ross.*
W. Ross: All ships, this is Admiral Ross. The 3rd Fleet is on its way to relieve us. We just need to hold out for 2 hours longer.
All ships which still have full shield and offensive capabilities report in and set course for Vega VI. The Khitomer is engaged by a large Borg Command Vessel and needs assistance.
Ryan: Bellerophon, Cleveland. Our shields are battered but we still have full weapons.
W. Ross: Where's Captain Chambers?
Ryan: He and most of the Senior Staff were killed assisting the Khitomer 6 hours ago, sir. This is Ensign Ryan Allington, Assistant Chief Engineer.
W. Ross: Ensign, good to see you're still in one piece. Report to Vega VI and assume a support role for the U.S.S. Khitomer and U.S.S. Typhon.
*The tattered fleet is wrapping up probes as they arrive before they find something... Not a cube but vastly long and cylindrical... sort of battered but regenerating quickly. *
Shelana: What the hell is that..?
Chris: It certainly is Borg, but we need to..
*The red alert klaxon goes off as the larger vessel lights up a brighter shot and fires it at the fleet..*
Chris: Fleet wide evasive.. begin firing with phasers at the already damaged fields on the vessel and have a group of ships deal with the spheres...
*The blast is evaded.. for the most part outside of a Miranda class vessel being caught in it and instantly vaporized.. *
Kimber: The Fielder was just vaporized...
Chris: Another reason we need to stay moving.. Bat'rak help Shelana out at Tactical.. Crewman take the comm station we need to coordinate..
How long before Admiral Ross shows up?
Shelana: Northman said it would be some time..
*Meanwhile, the Cleveland is at Vega IX and assisting Ross' task force in cleaning up the crippled Borg Fleet as they regenerate. When the ship gets caught in a tractor beam, Ryan clasps his hands around the arms of the chair.*
Ryan: Cut power! Tr'zanac, lock torpedoes, full yield! Let's get rid of that tractor emitter!
Tala: Aye, sir!
*Two blazing red torpedoes scream forth from the Miranda-Class Starship's torpedo pod and blast against the skin of the cube, shaking the starfleet vessel violently as it breaks free, before a volley of quantum torpedoes rip into the cube, from the U.S.S. Bellerophon, commanded by Admiral William Ross.*
W. Ross: All ships, this is Admiral Ross. The 3rd Fleet is on its way to relieve us. We just need to hold out for 2 hours longer.
All ships which still have full shield and offensive capabilities report in and set course for Vega VI. The Khitomer is engaged by a large Borg Command Vessel and needs assistance.
Ryan: Bellerophon, Cleveland. Our shields are battered but we still have full weapons.
W. Ross: Where's Captain Chambers?
Ryan: He and most of the Senior Staff were killed assisting the Khitomer 6 hours ago, sir. This is Ensign Ryan Allington, Assistant Chief Engineer.
W. Ross: Ensign, good to see you're still in one piece. Report to Vega VI and assume a support role for the U.S.S. Khitomer and U.S.S. Typhon.
9 of 10: Sir I could try something to scramble their network..
Chris: What did you have in mind?
9 of 10: A sort of ship to ship cyber warfare.. hack their systems and so on..
*The ship rumbles.. *
Chris: Do it.. Perhaps we can get this small fleet of ours alive..
*The ship rumbles more as blasts come through from the probes.*
Shelana: The Borg vessel is still damaged but we are still not doing enough to counter those shields..
Chris: 9... try and get that idea of yours to fluctuate the shields
Comments
*As he, Ryan and Tala help finish the remaining Borg forces in the Colony, they see Chris' group leave the tunnels.*
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*Chris looks at them and nods as he heads out to deal with the Borg remaining out there.. *
Assassin: Never saw your Great Grandpa huh? Or you either Jack?
*Eight waves*
Eight: Hey Chris.
Chris: Hey yourself 8 of 10.. We still have to deal with the Borg in the space above..
*Northman on the comms*
Northman: Alright Chris.. Derek has comms and other systems up and running on the Khitomer.. we are ready to continue the fight..
Chris: One moment..
Irons: so your thoughts.
Cole: I have my science teams looking at the energy scan. For now it remains unknown. Thorne and his team did retrieve the data as well.
Irons: good. I want to talk to you in person when you get back.
Cole: very well I'll contact you when I reach earth.
Reedus: Collect the items here and what you can then sanitize it.. I don't want Irons poking around here..
*When the place is burning the shuttle is packed with the material the capsule is in a tube green in color and contains unknown material and tech.. Reedus boards along with the men with him.. The shuttle leaves.*
Reedus: *on his comm* We have it.. I am returning to base..
Eight: oh I'm sure they won't be that difficult.
Northman: Sir...
*Kara kisses Chris...*
Northman: *Over the comm* I will leave you a moment.. sir.
Chris: *Nods and turns off the comm*
Cole: your thought .
Thorne: it was weird actually. The Borg seemed different. And that scan was incredibly odd.
Cole: I've already sent that scan to some friends in the science community. Did you see anyone that we should worry about.
Thorne: no sir I didn't see any one on our watch list but I was very occupied.
Cole: congratulate your team and get some rest while we head home. I need to talk to admiral O'Neal and give him the run down of Vega. He probably already has the report but you know him.
Thorne: aye sir.
As thorne leaves cole sits down at his desk looking over the action reports and looking at the energy scan.
Meanwhile
Slade having gotten all the data he needs makes his way to a shuttle
*He finds the team waiting for him..and an Assassin that he knows too well.. and loaths.. *
Assassin: Slade ? Your kidding me this is the other guy that came with us? Aw.. man.. I saw the wanted poster on this guy 10 latinum more than me.. And I am me..
*OOC: Um.. Hmm...What is going on here..*
OoC: Well our guys are going along an altered fed tutorial area so a Klingon is going along that path too.
Slade: shut up now or I send you into the vacuum of space
He looks to the others
Slade: do I really want to know how you ended up with him?
Cole: well that's not nice. I suppose I'll have to have a team go find the person who did this now won't I. Drake you are a pain in the TRIBBLE*
Having received the support he expected T'Val had been able to stop the Borg advance. Though it cost them a number of ships the Empire was safe for now. And to him that was all that mattered.
T'Val: I'll be in my quarters if you require me
His bridge crew nods as he steps into the turbolift and soon enters his room. He lights a few candles sitting on the mantle as he sits down at his desk sipping some ale. He sends his report to command before shutting down his terminal and looks out the viewport towards where Romulus would be. He looks out the viewport a moment and then at a picture of his wife and son that had died on the home world.
Seventeen: I can't wait for the festival tonight. *stretches then heads outside*
***
*In Klingon space*
Twenty: Great now the prisoner has escaped. Hell of a first day.
*He looks at the four time travellers.*
Tara A: No one, Ensign.
*She ports all four of them to a secluded area and starts forming a portal.*
Tara A: Dad, can you hear me? We're done here.
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Eight: She looks a little like Chris.
T'val : status report
Officer: sir we will arrive back at the capital in just under one hour.
T'val: good when we arrive begin shore leave let's get everyone a little rest while we are here.
Earth
Cole beams down into the facility as irons is waiting for him.
Irons: good to have you back in one piece.
Cole and irons are soon at irons estate in the rocky mountains.
Irons: well its sad that the information was lost. But what can we excpect when dealing with drake.
Cole: what are your plans now.
Irons: I'm going to send Rommel to Vega to start looking into what happened. Drake most likely has cleaned the area already but I'm sure he will find something. He has done a very good job at getting results.
Cole: I've seen him a few times before he can make section 31 look kind.
Irons: he is a part of the command assult units. Him thorne and sinclaire.
Cole: well I suppose we have to wait and hear ba ck from our teams.
Irons: come on let's have a drink and some food.
Assassin: Oh come on..
James *In her head*: Better hurry Cellos is already here.. Sasha, Shani, and Karas are already dead.. we don't have long.. Plus it seems we are having some kind of fissure pop up here are there any on your end?
Assassin: Come on Slade.. Its not like you can... kill me..
*Klingon space*
*The Borg forces have settled on a few planets on the Romulan-Klingon border.. Initial waves have failed to repulse them..*
*OOC: I see your point on the Klingon starting point but since the alterations have happened some things will have changed.. But I guess I can cover some of that.. *
*In the First City the Council and the Chancellor are in emergency session due to the recent developments and are debating whether their attacks on the Federation should be shifted to dislodge the slowly spreading Borg..*
Kali'nagh: The Federation can wait.. we need to dislodge the Borg before they spread too far..
*Back on the Vega Colony*
Chris: Northman.. away team for beam up.. We need to finish this up..
Northman *over the comm*: Aye sir..
*Before long they are aboard the patchwork repaired USS Khitomer.. the bridge is still tattered but useable.. the support beams and circuitry are still present on the ceiling.. the fires are out..*
Chris: Ross.. What is the damage..
Derek *Over the comm*: Right now I have the ship bypassed like a Christmas tree so don't bump it around too much.. as for the hull breaches those are still many and forcefields are holding.
Chris: Keep working on it Ross.. Shelana take over the tactical station for right now you are the XO..
Shelana: If your certain sir..
Chris: *As Shelana sets up shop by moving the rubble on her station.. * Kara I need you to set up shop down in Sickbay..
Kara: Right.. there are still plenty of wounded..
Northman: Sir.. We have found someone that can take over that roll and she is dealing with it right now..
Chris: Oh.. okay give me the run down on who is running what..
Northman: I am manning the com station relaying information to the patchwork fleet here right now.. But we have a lot of people who transported over here from doomed ships.. A lot of cadets and a lot of people from different ships..
Chris: Rambling..
Northman: Right sorry.. still trying to get used to this..
*He shakes his head and moves a tangled blonde lock from his face.. *
an Ensign Kimber is helping at the helm currently..
Kimber: Sir.. *Saluting*
Northman: Ichulda is helping Ross down in Engineering and managing the crews trying to patch the hull.. we have 9 of 10 as the second helmsman.. but right now we have no one at the science station..
Kara: I can take that.. My focus was in those areas... with some medical training..
Chris: Alright take the science station..
*He looks to everyone.. *
What we have to do is clean up the Borg still here.. We have to hold before the main fleet arrives.. to back us up.. I know we are beaten up and a lot of people did not make it. So lets not waste what they gave us right now. Lets make them proud..
Lets get to work..
*Northman cuts the comm*
Northman: Nicely said sir..
Chris: *snickers..* Had me on the ship wide comm hmm..
Northman: Felt like a speech moment..
Chris: Look Ensign.. is there a ship in need of a Captain..?
Northman: The Omaha..
Chris: Take command of that one Northman.. We need as many people as we can get and not enough people of rank to fill them..
Northman: But sir..
Chris: Look we all trust you Northman.. You can do it.. Just need to get past your nerves..
Northman: *Begrudgingly* Yes Sir..
*As he leaves the bridge... he sighs.. nervous but rubs his face as the turbolift goes to the transporter room.. *
Focus.. *Breathing heavily.. and sweaty..* You can do it..
Tovan: Can you help out in the fields we have a Khellid problem.
Seventeen: I guess so. I was hoping to have a day off though.
*Meanwhile, Ryan walks back onto the bridge of the Cleveland with Tala, who takes the tactical station.*
Ryan: Fill me in on what's happened.
Ops: There are several Borg vessels at the edge of the system near Vega IX - all heavily damaged. Admiral William Ross is forming a Task Force from what forces are left in the system to deal with them before they regenerate.
Ryan: Is the U.S.S. Oxford still operational?
Ops *confused*: Yes... sir...?
*Ryan sighs in relief.*
Ryan: Thank you. Set course to rendezvous with the fleet at Vega XII. Maximum warp.
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Shelana: What the hell is that..?
Chris: It certainly is Borg, but we need to..
*The red alert klaxon goes off as the larger vessel lights up a brighter shot and fires it at the fleet..*
Chris: Fleet wide evasive.. begin firing with phasers at the already damaged fields on the vessel and have a group of ships deal with the spheres...
*The blast is evaded.. for the most part outside of a Miranda class vessel being caught in it and instantly vaporized.. *
Kimber: The Fielder was just vaporized...
Chris: Another reason we need to stay moving.. Bat'rak help Shelana out at Tactical.. Crewman take the comm station we need to coordinate..
How long before Admiral Ross shows up?
Shelana: Northman said it would be some time..
Earth starfleet command
O'Neal just finished up a briefing with command about the Vega situation. The situation has everyone on edge as it is still in limbo on how well it is under control. It has also sent other nearby systems into an almost panicked state of concern.
Romulan space
T'Val has finished his briefing with command as he heads back to his ship. Its time to begin an assult on the Borg that have remained and invaded colonies in their space.
*Meanwhile, the Cleveland is at Vega IX and assisting Ross' task force in cleaning up the crippled Borg Fleet as they regenerate. When the ship gets caught in a tractor beam, Ryan clasps his hands around the arms of the chair.*
Ryan: Cut power! Tr'zanac, lock torpedoes, full yield! Let's get rid of that tractor emitter!
Tala: Aye, sir!
*Two blazing red torpedoes scream forth from the Miranda-Class Starship's torpedo pod and blast against the skin of the cube, shaking the starfleet vessel violently as it breaks free, before a volley of quantum torpedoes rip into the cube, from the U.S.S. Bellerophon, commanded by Admiral William Ross.*
W. Ross: All ships, this is Admiral Ross. The 3rd Fleet is on its way to relieve us. We just need to hold out for 2 hours longer.
All ships which still have full shield and offensive capabilities report in and set course for Vega VI. The Khitomer is engaged by a large Borg Command Vessel and needs assistance.
Ryan: Bellerophon, Cleveland. Our shields are battered but we still have full weapons.
W. Ross: Where's Captain Chambers?
Ryan: He and most of the Senior Staff were killed assisting the Khitomer 6 hours ago, sir. This is Ensign Ryan Allington, Assistant Chief Engineer.
W. Ross: Ensign, good to see you're still in one piece. Report to Vega VI and assume a support role for the U.S.S. Khitomer and U.S.S. Typhon.
Trials of Blood and Fire
Moving On Parts 1-3 - Part 4
In Cold Blood
9 of 10: Sir I could try something to scramble their network..
Chris: What did you have in mind?
9 of 10: A sort of ship to ship cyber warfare.. hack their systems and so on..
*The ship rumbles.. *
Chris: Do it.. Perhaps we can get this small fleet of ours alive..
*The ship rumbles more as blasts come through from the probes.*
Shelana: The Borg vessel is still damaged but we are still not doing enough to counter those shields..
Chris: 9... try and get that idea of yours to fluctuate the shields