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First off, All are welcome!
Hey, I used to post on the "These are the Voyages" role playing thread, but that thread died. I still want to role play but that thread is a bit intimidating for new people to join because of the length. I am creating a new one to start with a clean slate and to encourage new people to join!
Rules: As with any role playing thread, please be respectful of other posters. Please do not create overpowered or unwinnable scenarios. Under no circumstances kill/destroy another poster's characters/ships without their permission. Please refrain from using cannon characters unless absolutely necessary. Please quote the post you are replying to.
Posts should follow this format:
- Characters that are talking should have their name precede the dialog. example(Kran: Jump to warp now!)
- Actions should take place between asterisks. example(*Kran's ship jumps to warp.*)
- Out of character conversations are allowed but must take place after OOC declaration. example(OOC: but I thought Kran's warp drive was disabled. How was he able to jump to warp?)
The timeline should start right now with Command Battlecruisers just being produced.
Feel free to introduce your ships and characters in interesting ways! And remember, we are doing this to have fun, be respectful.
Remember: I am just as much a player as anyone else. Please tell me if I overstep my bounds.
Hey, I used to post on the "These are the Voyages" role playing thread, but that thread died. I still want to role play but that thread is a bit intimidating for new people to join because of the length. I am creating a new one to start with a clean slate and to encourage new people to join!
Rules: As with any role playing thread, please be respectful of other posters. Please do not create overpowered or unwinnable scenarios. Under no circumstances kill/destroy another poster's characters/ships without their permission. Please refrain from using cannon characters unless absolutely necessary. Please quote the post you are replying to.
Posts should follow this format:
- Characters that are talking should have their name precede the dialog. example(Kran: Jump to warp now!)
- Actions should take place between asterisks. example(*Kran's ship jumps to warp.*)
- Out of character conversations are allowed but must take place after OOC declaration. example(OOC: but I thought Kran's warp drive was disabled. How was he able to jump to warp?)
The timeline should start right now with Command Battlecruisers just being produced.
Feel free to introduce your ships and characters in interesting ways! And remember, we are doing this to have fun, be respectful.
Remember: I am just as much a player as anyone else. Please tell me if I overstep my bounds.
Only one thing is certain -- that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false. -Ancient Paradox
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Ellen: As you would expect for a repair visit to Earth, nothing of particular note. Although one of the repair team members almost fell down the warp core shaft. All of the crew is aboard and we have permission to depart on your command.
Kran: Thank you Ellie. Helm, take us out. Once we are clear of Earth Spacedock, plot a course to the Dyson Sphere Gateway. We've been assigned to the Delta Quadrant.
Helm Officer: Speed sir?
Kran: Warp 7
Helm Officer: Aye sir, warp 7.
*The Umbra clears ESD and prepares to go to warp.*
*Type 9 shuttlecraft was approaching to giant spacedock type station located in the vicinity of Deneva system, under quarter of impulse speed. Human-cardassian hybrid has been navigating it towards hangar doors of starbase which were opened at the moment while a Galaxy X class vessel was coming out from it.*
''Whoa! Watch for that ship captain!'' - said a man sitting right next to a human-cardassian hybrid.
''Don't worry chief. I will not crash us into that Galaxy X.'' - human-cardassian responded with expression of slight amusement on his face as he was moving shuttle dangerously close to a hull of leaving Galaxy X class starship.
A Vulcan female sitting behind human-cardassian captain now addressed relatively young lieutenant: Do not bother with our captain's flying style, Mr. Sheppard. His recklessness so far proved to be trustworthy.
Hearing that human-cardassian formed a little smile with his lips before he opened a channel to station's flight control: This is Captain Sirius Verax, I'm requesting permission for final approach.
Just a moment later one of the female flight officers responded to him: Permission granted. You may proceed to docking place S-047.
Alright, here we go people. - said Sirius as he guided shuttle quickly through hangar doors and towards docking space for shuttlecrafts.
*A many different vessels could be seen inside docking bay. Some of them were in the process of docking, while others were undocking. There were also numerous shuttles going in and out of station, including the one flied by captain Verax. Few minutes later, Sirius successfully found designated docking space and gently landed the shuttle while everyone else inside it took their bags and prepared for exit.*
Ok, now it is time to get to our ship. - lieutenant commander Sheppard said as he stepped out from the shuttle with a large black bag with Starfleet insignia in his right hand.
Sirius stepped out of the shuttle last, closed its door and told to him: Yes it is. Let's go!
*It didn't took long for them to leave the shutttlebay and enter one of the corridors that was connecting it with the rest of the starbase and with starship docking places as well. Halfway to their ship, a middle-aged bald and somewhat plump man approached them while carrying the pad in one of his hands.*
Sirius immediately noticed him and greeted him: Admiral Hammond, it is great to see you!
The pleasure is mine captain Verax. - responded to him admiral and continued: I assume you have come back for your ship.
That is right, sir. We are ready to get back to our duties. - Verax confirmed his presumption.
Good. - admiral said satisfied before asking: So, how was your shore-leave?
It was very pleasant admiral. Thank you for asking! - Sirius answered him with smile on his face and right after Sheppard added: It could have been better, but I'll live with it.
Now the admiral formed a smile too and said while handing over the pad to Sirius : I see. Well, before you proceed to your ship, I want you to take a look at this pad.
Of course admiral. - Sirius agreed before he took the pad and looked at it. Delta quadrant?! That is definitely nice change, sir. - he said cheerfully.
I thought you'll like it. - Hammond formed a smile again and then he concluded: Well, better not to keep you captain. I wish you farewell and look forward to meeting you again.
Thank you admiral Hammond! We'll see each other again, don't worry - Sirius responded to him in kind and shook his hand with him.
*After that admiral Hammond left them and headed towards nearest turbolift, while they resumed towards docking place of their ship. Through large windows Sirius and others could saw docked starships and as they were closing to their docking place, they momentarily noticed modified Sovereign class vessel with the name of USS Dragonstar (NCC-80000) at her port side.*
There she is! - said Sheppard excited while looking at large starship.
Yes, lieutenant. It is definitely nice sight. - Sirius agreed with him, while Vulcan remained uninterested.
*Soon after that brief pause, they continued to docking corridor and it didn't took them long to enter the ship trough one of its port airlocks. There they were met by some of ships crewman who offered them to take the bags they were holding to their quarters. They accepted the offer except the Sirius who decided to take the bag himself as he was not too fond of letting other people in his quarters when he is not present. It wasn't long before Sirius arrived in his quarters, left his bag and set out for the bridge.*
Captain on the bridge! - Sirius' first officer, Andorian female announced as he stepped out of turbolift.
At ease, number one. - said Sirius before settling in his chair located at the middle of the bridge while his first officer settled in chair to the right of him.
*Moment later, young female ensing stood in front of him and gave him a pad.*
Here are listed all the modifications of the ship and crew replacements. - she told him.
Two phaser spinal lance cannons, ablative generator and new complement of fighters. Nice! - noticed Sirius while reviewing the pad while his lips formed into a smile.
And a new doctor too! - he said with an expression of satisfaction on his face and then he tapped his commbadge: Mrs. Keller, I would like to see you in my ready room as soon as you are ready.
Aye captain! - a female voice responded him over the communicator.
After that Sirius took another look at the pad and just a few moments later he returned it to ensign: Very well, please put it in my ready room.
Female took the pad and left to the ready room, while Sirius asked: Chief, status report?
All the systems are fully operational and working at 100% efficiency. - Sheppard replied to him quickly.
Excellent! - Sirius cheerfully exclaimed and then he started giving orders: Helm, release all docking ties and take us out of the starbase with one eight of impulse speed.
Aye sir. - young Cardassian at the helm console said and started carrying his orders.
*Soon the airlock of the Sovereign class ship disconnected from station's docking corridor after which her impulse engines began slowly moving her away towards the giant station's hangar doors. After some time of navigating through stations interior and avoiding other ships, Dragonstar reached the hangar doors and started moving through them. A few minutes later, ship was out of the station, and her helm officer increased her speed to quarter impulse.*
We are cleared from the station, sir. - Cardassian ensign announced when Dragonstar was about 100 000 km away from Starbase 12.
Set a course for a Dyson sphere gateway and go to warp 8. - Sirius ordered to him.
Yes sir. - Cardassian said before he entered the coordinates and pulled leveler at his console which accelerated ship to warp speed.
*At that moment, USS Dragonstar quickly disappeared in the bright blue flash leaving the Starbase 12 behind.*
(OOC: Sorry if it turned out a little longer than I originally thought it should have been, but at least I hope it is good and entertaining to read
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OOC: Everyone is welcome to post here.
*A few days later the Umbra drop out of warp in the Dyson Gateway system. Kran is sitting in his readyroom.*
Kran: Computer, display the current roster for the Delta Quadrant exploration mission P783-GAMA.
*The display on Kran's desk switched to a screen displaying two ship names: USS Umbra - Guardian Class - NX-92887-G - Fleet Admiral Kran Su - Command-ship, and, USS Dragonstar - Modified Sovereign Class - NCC-80000 - Captain Sirius Verax.*
Kran: They sent two ships to explore such a wide area? Hmm... Computer, display personnel file on Captain Sirius Verax and technical specifications on the USS Dragonstar.
OOC: This is were you are going to have to provide the data for the computer. I don't know what it would say.
Toh: This is the, merchant frigate, Dominar. We have taken heavy damage in a Vaadwaur attack and need assistance. I am repeating, to all vessels nearby we need assistance.
*The message repeats continually along all frequencies. Very hard to miss. The ship is a small round affair, with ridged protrusions like bands at intervals along it's length. It used by a gold color, but the attack had left it a burned out shell. It had minimal weapons, and seemed to be emitting a form of radiation with a trace almost like subspace, but different very slightly.*
*The door-chime for Kran's ready-room beeps.*
Kran: Come.
*Ellen walks in.*
Ellen: Sir, Delta Quadrant Command has informed us that they have received a distress call from just outside the sphere. We may still be in the Beta Quadrant but we are the closest ship in range.
Kran: Well, looks like Captain Verax will have to wait.
*He gets up and heads to the bridge.*
Kran: Helm, set a course to through the gateway. We've got someone to save!
*A few minutes later the Umbra drops out of warp 20 km from the the Dominar.*
Kran: Hail them.
Com Officer: Channel open.
Kran: This is Fleet Admiral Kran Su of the Federation Starship Umbra. How can we be of assistance?
*Datum opened his eye slowly, only to close it again immediately against the pain of the harsh lights above him. At least he assumed it was pain. His neural net had been designed to represent damage to his self or projection as pain in order to help him prevent permanent damage, as well as to help the crew around him feel more comfortable from his reactions, but this was different. It felt different. Perhaps it was a left over effect from the modifications during his last mission?
Then it struck him. He'd died.
At least the partially-assimilated Vaadwaur he'd had his neural net uploaded to had died. There had been no time to beam out after the final command sequences where established for a transporter lock, and he could almost remember the pressure of the explosion from the assault the Firewall has launched against the Borg cube. Yet he was here.
He needed to gain an understanding of his surroundings, which meant he needed his eyes. Slowly Datum turned his head to the side, away from the lights, and tried to open them again. The 'feeling' of sight was not a result of digitized-photon-processing; he was seeing through organic eyes. Somehow his temporary host has survived; it wasn't until he saw his own hand that he understood.
The Vaadwaur's skin color was in line with that of many standard humanoids. Yet, as looked at his hand now, the skin carried a slightly grayer hue and several blue-hued spots. Flexing the hand slowly, Datum then ran it along the top of his head. His hair was gone, his cranium was slightly elongated.
His host had indeed died, and it appeared his corpse had been located by the Kobali.*
'unknown voice': "Greetings Ketlian, I know this is all very confusing, but if you stay calm I promise I'll explain everything."
Datum: *sitting up sharply, turning his eyes to the speaker* "Apologies for the correction, but the situation is abundantly clear. My records contained an explanation of Kobali reproductive methods. Given the proximity of my previous mission to Kobali Prime, I would assume this body was taken into your facilities for that process.
My name is ETH-Admiral Datum of U.S.S. Firewall."
'unknown Kobali doctor': *His jaw hangs agape, disbelieving of Datum's words* "That's... that's not possible. You can't have this much residual left!"
Datum: "From my understanding, it is not unusual for a recently reborn Kobali to possess a great deal of their original memories."
Doctor: "True, but that usually only lasts a few days. We've kept you in a medical-induced-coma for three weeks. None of the original personality should be left!"
Datum: *ponders for just a moment before speaking* "The situation of my being present in this body is... complicated. As I have retained my memories, and as a result information that should not be shared outside of my own ships crew, might I request you initiate contact with my crew so that we might find a solution to this situation?"
Doctor: "Normally, we try to restrict access to outside communication for the newly reborn, but I suppose, given the circumstances... "
*The doctor reaches for his data pad and begins typing through a series of screens before outwardly displaying an expression of concern*
Doctor: "Ketlian, Datum, I'm sorry. The U.S.S. Guardian left Kobali space over two weeks ago. Their path indicated a direct course to the Dyson Sphere..."
Datum: "After the loss of a commanding officer, it would make sense that they've returned to Federation space. Perhaps you could put out a hail to the closest Federation ship with a brief description of the situation?"
Doctor: "Of course..."
(OOC: Open hook, anyone who doesn't mind giving a Kobali Fed a ride, feel free to recieve a hail!)
OOC: It's perfectly fine if you want to join! Welcome. I think it's great that so many people came so quickly! Guess I'm going to have to break out one of my back-burner characters. Unless you want someone else to respond to your distress call. If you do, just let me know and i'll delete the rest of this post.
*Just as the distress call is being sent a Scimitar class dreadnought drops out of warp in orbit of Kobali Prime.*
Coms Officer: Commander, we are receiving a distress call from the planet! Something about trouble with a convert.
Commander: With the number of Kobali there they can't handle one problematic convert? Very well, open a channel.
*A channel opens to the Kobali command center.*
Commander: This is Commander Tol'ina of the R.R.W. Alidar's Revenge. What seems to be the problem?
(OOC: Thank you for letting me join. No, I'm not a native English speaker, but you've got to admit I am pretty good at it
NAME: Sirius Crais Verax
GENDER: Male
SPECIES: Hybrid (half human-half cardassian)
PARENTS: Erem Verax (Cardassian father) and Tyffany Verax (Human mother)
BIRTH DATE/STARDATE: 04 h 08 min 47 sec, 07. August, year 2378./stardate 55597.7336
BIRTH PLACE: Sigma Draconis Capital
AGE: 32
HAIR: Shoulder long, black
EYES COLOR: Indigo
SKIN COLOR: Between white, pink and grey
BUILD: Medium height and weight
HEIGHT: 185 cm
WEIGHT: 90 kg
RANK: Captain
SPECIALIZATIONS: Command, tactical and helm
SPECIAL TRAITS: Eidetic memory, night vision, high endurance, high pain threshold and resistance to some toxins and illnesses
PREFERRED WEAPONS: Phaser assault rifle, two phaser guns and combat knife, sometimes a bat'leth as well
SERVICE RECORD:
- Joins Starfleet Academy in 2392.
- Graduated Academy in 2396. (certified in command, tactical and helm)
- being one of the better academy cadets, Sirius was assigned to the USS Raptor (Norway class) as her helm officer
- acquired rank of lieutenant junior grade due to the exemplary piloting skills during an skirmish with Orion pirates
- promoted to lieutenant in at the very end of 2397.
- in the beginning of year 2400. reassigned to USS Hurricane (Akira class starship) as her tactical officer
- acquired rank of lieutenant commander in 2402. due to successful aid in rescue of Miral Paris
- in later half of year 2403. USS Hurricane was destroyed in ambush by combined True Way and Alpha Jem'Hadar forces, Sirius manages to save several of his fellow crewmates with a shuttlecraft and evades capture
- in 2404. reassigned to USS Proxima (Nebula class) as her tactical officer first, and later that same year he became her first officer
- at the beginning of 2405. Sirius was promoted to rank of commander
- during 2406. Proxima confronts with several klingon battlecruisers; her captain gets killed in the incident and Sirius assumes command of the ship
- in first quarter of 2408. Sirius was promoted to the rank of captain and later that year reassigned to the USS Dragonstar as her commanding officer
- during 2409. and 2410. Sirius fought in many battles against various enemies including Klingons, Orions, Gorn and Naussican pirates, Tal Shiar, True Way forces, Alpha Jem'Hadar, Dominion, Breen, Borg, Undine, Elachi, Vaadwaur, Voth, Tholians, Fek'Ihri, Iconians, Devidians and even Terran Empire forces from mirror universe.
USS DRAGONSTAR TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
TYPE: Sovereign class assault cruiser/carrier
COMMISSIONED: 2408. - present
LENGHT: 700 m
BEAM: 250 m
HEIGHT: 100 m
DECKS: 26 habitable
MASS: 3 300 000 metric tons
CREW: 800 (700 enlisted and 100 marines)
PROPULSION: Overcharged warp core type XIV feeding two warp engines; Combat Hyper-impulse engines mk XIV
WEAPONRY: 16 phaser arrays type XIV, 10 retractable dual-cannons pulse phaser turrets, 6 forward and 4 aft rapid firing torpedo launchers type XIV (400 photon, 200 quantum and 100 transphasic torpedoes)
SPECIAL WEAPONRY: 2 spinal phaser lance cannons located at the ventral side of Dragonstar's saucer section
DEFENSE SYSTEMS: High capacity regenerative shields type XIV, Heavy structural integrity, Tetraburnium/tritanium double hull, ablative armor (30 cm)
SPECIAL DEFENSE SYSTEMS: Ablative generator
DEFLECTOR: Graviton deflector dish mk XIV
WARP SPEED: Normal cruise - warp 8, maximum cruise - warp 9.9999 for 24 hours, maximum speed using quantum slipstream drive - approx. warp 20 for 2 hours
CARGO CAPACITY: Approx. 50 000 metric tons
AUXILIARY AND SUPPORT CRAFT: 10 Workbees, 6 Type 9 shuttlecrafts, 4 Type 11 shuttlecrafts, 4 Delta Flyers, 2 Yellowstone Runabouts and 20 Gryphon fighters stored in two shuttlebays + 1 Captain's yacht located at the ventral side of Dragonstar's saucer section
HIGH OFFICERS ABOARD DRAGONSTAR:
First officer/Executive officer (Commander) - Lissan Endilev (Andorian female)
Chief tactical officer (Lieutenant Commander) - T'Luminareth (Vulcan female)
Chief security officer (Lieutenant) - M'Toui (Klingon male)
Chief engineering officer (Lieutenant Commander) - Daniel Sheppard (Human male)
Chief medical officer (Lieutenant) - Ashley Keller (Human female)
Science/Operations officer (Lieutenant) - Scarlett Miyazaki, 3 of 8 (Liberated Borg drone/human female)
Helm officer (Ensign) - Bronar Lukin (Cardassian male)
And now the conclusion:
*USS Dragonstar has been moving at warp speed through space while her captain was looking over the pads containing various data about his ship, personnel and a several mission logs. Suddenly he heard sound of ready room's doorbell.*
Sirius: Come in!
*A young and slim women with a long blonde hair entered the ready room.*
Sirius: Oh, you must be doctor Keller! (Sirius exclaims with a bit of excitement) I'm glad you finally managed to see me. Please have a sit (shows at the seat in front of his desk)!
Keller: Yes I am. Thank you sir (sits in the chair)! But you may call me Ashley.
Sirius: Well maybe I will, but that depends on how long are you planing to stay aboard my ship (he chuckles a bit).
Ashley: I think I will be here pretty long enough. After all, your ship was one of the best Starfleet could offer me, so here I am.
Sirius: Yes, that's true. I mean, it is definitely one of the safer ships in the Federation and maybe even further than that.
Ashley: We'll see about that, but until then I think I should just take your word for it (smiling).
Sirius: Well, now that we have resolved that matter...(he makes a brief pause before he assorts question in his mind)...I would like to ask you have you familiarized yourself with our sickbays, EMHs and other medical staff?
Ashley: Yes, captain. I've just wanted to report you that everything is at peak efficiency and that the both sickbays are ready to receive patients whenever necessary.
Sirius: That is good to here Mrs. Ashley. I hope that you will cherish the time aboard the Dragonstar and that you won't have too many casualties. Welcome aboard doctor! (he extends his right hand towards her)
Ashley: (accepts the handshake) Thank you sir! I'm glad to be here.
Sirius: Well, that's it I guess. You are dismissed.
*At that moment Ashley stood up from the chair, walked towards the door and left the ready room. After she left, Sirius brought up his computer screen and addressed ships computer.*
Sirius: Computer, please display all the assigned ships designated for the Delta Quadrant exploration mission P783-GAMA.
*Screen on Sirius's desk switched from Starfleet logo to a screen displaying two ship names: USS Dragonstar - Sovereign Class retrofit assault cruiser/carrier (NCC-80000) - Captain Sirius Verax and USS Umbra - Guardian Class command ship (NX-92887-G) - Fleet Admiral Kran Su.*
Sirius: (curiously speaking for himself) Why the hell they would send only two ships for such a large area of space?!
*At that moment his communicator chirped and Sirius instantly answered it.*
Sirius: Verax here, go ahead!
Female voice: We have just received a message relayed through the dyson sphere gateway. It's a distress signal, sir.
Sirius: Alright, tell Mr. Lukin to accelerate to maximum quantum-slipstream speed. I'll be on the bridge in a minute.
*Soon after Dragonstar entered greenish-blue quantum-slipstream tunnel and accelerated to enormous speeds while in the meantime, Sirius got to his quarters and took his personal shields and sidearms (two phaser guns and a combat knife). After that he headed straight for the bridge.*
Scarlett: (announced when seeing Sirius exits from the turbolift) Captain on the bridge!
Sirius: (while walking to and sitting in captain's chair) ETA to gateway?
Lissan: Less then five minutes sir.
Sirius: Alright, as soon as we arrive, go to yellow alert and head through the gateway. Once we are in the Delta quadrant, make a full sensor sweep of the area and do the tachyon scan as well.
Lissan: Aye, captain.
*Four and a half minutes later Dragonstar drops out of slipstream tunnel and proceed to gateway with full impulse speed.*
Sirius: I guess Umbra has already gone through the gateway.
Scarlett: (puzzled) Sir?
Sirius: The other ship designated for this mission.
Scarlett: Or it is simply not here yet.
Sirius: Well, we are going to find that out, aren't we. Mr. Lukin, take us into the breach. Engage!
Bronar: (while typing commands in his console) Aye, aye. We're going in now.
*Dragonstar flies into the gateway's event horizon and reappears in the Delta quadrant. Then she goes to warp and finally arrives to location of Dominar.''
Scarlett: Initiating full sensor sweep. Tachyon scaners online.
Sirius: Good, let's see what do we have here.
Scarlett: (few seconds later) We have one Guardian class starship, Starfleet registry NX-92887-G and one damaged ship of unknown classification.
Sirius: Alright, those are probably the Umbra and Dominar. (addressing Bronar at the helm console) Mr. Bronar, open hailing frequencies to both ships.
Bronar: (typing commands in console): Hailing frequencies open!
Sirius: This is captain Sirius Verax of the Federation starship Dragonstar. Please explain the current situation and how we can be of assistance?
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*Several beeps and zapping sounds are audible over the comm channel as the alien works at the display. A fuzzy image would appear, before snapping into focus. The alien looks human, except for his eyes, which had a retina like a thin blue ring without any pupil. Half of his face was covered in a makeshift mask formed out of a warped duranium plate.*
Toh: I apologize for my current state, EPS conduit nearly blew my face off. Now, a repair team or two would be nice if-
*He is cut off as an alarm begins to sound*
Toh: Singularity core breach? How about an emergency transport!
OOC: Ok, this is going to be a long OOC. First off, sovereign47, yes you do speak English incredibly well! I was a little worried you would take my question the wrong way. I just think its cool that we can have such a diversity of people roleplaying at the same time. Also your information on your ship and captain is very detailed! Its really well done. Oh, and when I said the Umbra was a command ship I didnt mean the Guardian class was a command ship, I meant that the Umbra was the commanding ship of the exploration mission given that Kran is a Fleet Admiral. Now, on to the story.
Kran: Understood. Captain Verax, Ill handle transport. See what you can do about delaying that breach.
*The Umbra begins mass transport of Toh and his crew strait to her cargo holds. At the same time, the Dragonstar extends her structural integrity field to the Dominar. Once all of her crew are aboard the Umbra, the Dragonstar drops the field and they both move to a safe distance. In the cargo hold a Klingon enters.*
Klingon: I am Tort, Chief of Security aboard this vessel. Welcome to the USS Umbra. Which of you it Toh?
OOC: I hope you dont mind that I took control of the Dragonstar for that sequence. It was the only way I could make the rescue make sense.
DELTA QUADRANT
Sirius: This is captain Sirius Verax of the Federation starship Dragonstar. Please explain the current situation and how we can be of assistance?
A response came soon from both the Dominar and Umbra:
Daniel Sheppard: (before Sirius managed to say anything) Captain, if you let me take just two more engineers and transport to Dominar I might be able to prevent that singularity core breach.
Sirius: Yes, and if you don't succeed I'll lose one of the best chief engineers I had, and two more of my crew with him. I don't think you should go, it is too dangerous.
Daniel: Sir, I'm positive that I can prevent that. There's no need to worry. Besides, if you think we're not gonna make it, just beam us back.
Sirius: (after a moment of rethinking) Alright, you have a go, but we'll monitor your progress from here and if you're not sure you can make it, I'll beam you back immediately. Is that understood?
Daniel: (without hesitation) Perfectly captain!
*Right after he said that, Daniel stormed in the turbolift and took it to the nearest deck with ship's transporter. A male and female engineers joined him while he was running through the corridor towards the transporter.*
Daniel: (to transporter officer) Energize!
*Daniel and his engineers are being dematerialized from Dragonstar, and rematerialized right next to the Dominar's singularity core and are momentarily starting on it's repairs.*
OOC: I hope this will be good enough. So far this was my shortest post in this RP
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OCC I am at work on my phone right now. Will post the rest when I get home. So don't wait on me, I will catch up. Just giving you a heads up now. Spelling will get better then to.:D
Douglas MacArthur - Quote on the dedication plaque of the U.S.S. Ranger NCC-97332-A Armitage class Fleet Heavy Strike Wing Escort.
NAME: Jack Damian Taybourne
GENDER: Male
SPECIES: Human
PARENTS: John & Amy Taybourne ( both deceased)
BIRTH DATE/STARDATE: 24 August 2384 / 60731.22
BIRTH PLACE: Nimbus III
AGE: 26
HAIR: Brown
EYES COLOR: Brown
SKIN COLOR: Caucasian
BUILD: Medium height and weight
HEIGHT: 190.5 cm
WEIGHT: 102 kg
RANK: Captain
SPECIALIZATIONS: Command, tactical and security
PREFERRED WEAPONS: Two advanced fleet MK XIV phaser pistols, Jem'hadar MK XIV auto rifle, MK XIV TR-116 sniper rifle, crystalline sword,
SERVICE RECORD:
- Joins Starfleet Academy in 2402
- Graduated Academy in 2406. With honors in tactics
- Promoted to lieutenant j.g 2407. Serves on USS Olympia as security.
- Promoted to lieutenant 2408. Serves on USS Asgaard as chief of security.
- Promoted to lieutenant commander 2408. Serves as a MACO.
- Promoted to commander 2409 for actions at Vaga during Borg invasion.
- Given command of USS Ranger, servers in Omaga Force.
- USS Ranger suffers heavy damage fighting Undine.
- Promoted to Captain, given command of USS Ranger A.
- MACO Commander
- Omaga force operative
USS RANGER NCC-97332-A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
TYPE: Armitage class Fleet heavy escort carrier upgrade.
COMMISSIONED: 2410. - present
LENGHT: 500 m
DECKS: 17 habitable
CREW: 500
PROPULSION: MK XII Elite Fleet warp core
Impulse: MK XII MACO Impulse engines
WEAPONRY: MK XIV Advanced fleet phaser beam array, MK XIV Omnidirectional phaser beam array, MK XIV quad phaser cannons, MK XIV wide arc dual heavy phaser cannons, one forward and one aft MK XII torpedo launcher. Armed with gravametic photon and neutronic quantum.
SPECIAL WEAPONS: Borg Cutting beam and console.
DEFENSE SYSTEMS: MK XIV MACO Shields and two layers of fleet neutronium alloy
DEFLECTOR: MK XII MACO
WARP SPEED: Normal cruise - warp 8, maximum cruise - the equivalent of warp 20 for 24 hours, maximum speed using quantum slipstream drive - equivalent warp 30 for 2 hours
AUXILIARY AND SUPPORT CRAFT: 4 Workbees, 6 Type 9 shuttlecrafts, 4 Type 11 shuttlecrafts, 2 runabouts, 8 Delta Flyers, 12 Romulan Scorpions ( with Romulan Republic crew on exchange program) and 1 Captain's yacht.
occ: wow. That took way longer then I thought it would, and I was using the other guys as a template:eek: like I said before, I will catch up.
Douglas MacArthur - Quote on the dedication plaque of the U.S.S. Ranger NCC-97332-A Armitage class Fleet Heavy Strike Wing Escort.
*Kran sends an agnolagment of the report to Quinn. He then sends the folowing message to the Ranger:
USS UMBRA TO USS RANGER
Currently located 2947.6 by 387.5 by -4803.4. Responding to distress call.
Rendezvous at Dyson Staging Area in 2 hours.
*
OOC: aiurdae, are you going to respond to Tort?
Jack: computer what time is it?
Computer: the time is 0417.
Jack: 0900 is never going to get here.
*looking out the windows he can see the internal docking bay of Earth space dock. Getting up Jack gets dressed in his red sierra uniform and heads to the bridge. In space dock the bridge is usually empty, but as Jack stepped out of the turbolift on to the modified sovereign bridge an Andorian woman, also in red sierra, jumped up from the center chair.*
Jack: Really Shelana? Braking it in already.
Shelana: Why not, you are going to get yourself killed sooner or later.
Jack: As my XO your not supposed to let that happen.
*they set down in their chairs*
Shelana: So, you couldn't sleep ether?
Jack: No. I am ready to get back out there. How is our new ships councillor?
Shelana *grins*: He is taking the crew as a personal challenge.
Jack *laughs* Good, maybe he will last longer then his predecessors.
*Shelana thought back to when they had selected the crew for the Ranger. They were new and between the war and senior captains, good crews were hard to find. Then Jack did what did best, looked at it from a different way. They looked for people best in their field but with poor personal records. One of the out going ships councillor described Ranger as a flying psycho ward. Sure it was chaos sometimes, but Jack had made it clear. We were going into combat and the best way for them to survive was to do their jobs.*
Shelana: You going to stay up?
Jack: yes, might as well.
*A Trill woman in blue sierra uniform appears before them.*
Nizure: I can give you something to help you sleep.
Jack: *laughs* Keep your potions to yourself witch.
Nizure: Science is not witchcraft and I am not a witch.
Jack: Says the woman that just appeared out of thin air.
*the three smile at the old joke*
Jack: I am going to go work out, get some breakfast, do some paper work. By then it should be time to depart.
*an entirely to long time in coming, Ranger leaves Earth space dock*
Jack: Attention all hands, we will be engaging the transwarp drive shortly. Prepare accordingly. *he knew some of the crew were sensitive to the transwarp travel. All to soon they were in the delta quadrant*
Jack: Ops hail the Umbra. Inform Admiral *the console beeps*
Ops: Its a message from the Admiral, Sir
*Jack pulls the message up on his command chair interface*
Douglas MacArthur - Quote on the dedication plaque of the U.S.S. Ranger NCC-97332-A Armitage class Fleet Heavy Strike Wing Escort.
OOC: well that quote broke itself...
OOC: I'll give aiurdae until the end of the day today. If he is not back by then, I'll drop his characters off at a starbase.
OOC: Ok slight modification to my previous post. Instead of the cargo bay, Toh is transported to the main transporter room. Tort comes in and says the following:
Tort: Welcome to the USS Umbra. I am Tort, Chief of Security on this vessel. Please come with me. The Admiral would like a word with you.
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OOC: aiurdae, could you please wright a response to Tort so we can continue. Again, I'll give him until the end of the day. Otherwise I'm dropping him off at a starbase.
Toh: Well, let's hear what he has to say.
*The half-faced alien would follow the Klingon to the Admiral's office*
OOC: I understand school making responses hard. I am taking my high-school courses and a collage course. The point is that I don't want this thread to stagnate.
*Tort leads Toh to the Umbra's conference room. Kran is already sitting there when they arrive. Tort leaves once Toh takes his seat. Kran looks Toh up and down in a way that made it seem like Kran could see his darkest secrets.*
Kran: I have a few questions. The Dragonstar has beamed crew over to your ship to stabilize the warp-core so I need to know if they are an any danger. Of course besides the danger that repairing a warp-core breach represents. Also that ship seems way to big for a crew of one. Were is the rest of your crew? And of course you said you were attacked by the Vaadwaur. Any information you could provide on them would be useful.
Jack: All senior staff report to the conference room.
*Jack, Shelana, and Nizure go to the back of the bridge and enter the conference room. Within a few minutes the rest arrive. Sllegi, the male Saurian chief engineer, Cilly, a Bajoran woman and the Tactical officer, Toechena, the ops officer, an alien male who's species Jack can't pronounce, Foabyngoa, a Rigelian female and head of security, and Z'liz, female Vulcan and chief medical officer.*
Z'liz: Dr. Le-ratgho is in a counseling session. *answering Jack's unasked question about where the male Efrosian was*
Jack: He can be filled in later. I want to be sure every one is up on Delta quadrant threat forces.
Foabyngoa: The creation of the alliance stabilized most of the sector.
Jack: Yes, but most of the powers are fragmented, packs of Hirogen and sects of Kazon being two examples. Review the tactics, I want tactical, engineering, and science teams ready for whatever anyone throughs at us.
Nizure: This is an exploration mission.
Jack: Suppose to be, but when does a mission go like it is supposed to.
Nizure: Can we at lest try to do some research?
Jack: Ofcorse, that is the mission. You have everything in science ready?
Nizure: Just have to finalize the duty roster and make sure engineering and ops is ready for our higher power and sensor usage.
Jack: Is there any reasons engineering or ops can't support the science labs.
Sllegi: Everything is good in engineering.
Toechena: Ops is ready.
Jack: All right then. Keep each other in the loop. Z'liz your staff up on Delta quadrant species.
Z'liz: Yes sir.
Jack: Good. Lets get to work. Dismissed.
*everyone starts out to return to there stations, except Nizure.*
Nizure: You really think we will have problems?
Jack: I hope not, but you never know.
Nizure: I am going to go down to astrometrics to get the work schedules laid out.
*Jack watch's his photonic science officer disappear before returning to the bridge*
OOC: wasn't there also someone playing a Kobali?
Also should have warned you most of my RP experience is pen and paper games.
Douglas MacArthur - Quote on the dedication plaque of the U.S.S. Ranger NCC-97332-A Armitage class Fleet Heavy Strike Wing Escort.
*Something about Toh made it seem like at least one of those statements was a lie*
Sirius: Ensing, please hail Mr. Sheppard again.
Bronar: (starts hailing Dominar over his console) Aye sir.
*Moment later Daniel appeared at Dragonstar's wievscreen.*
Sirius: Hello again! How is it going chief?
Daniel: We are nearly finished sir, just need to establish...
*suddenly one of the conduits violently disconnected from the singularity core plasma injector*
Female voice in behind: We a plasma breach, sir!
Daniel shouting back at her: Seal it off then!
Sirius: (sarcastically) Almost finished you say?
Daniel: Don't worry captain, that is just a minor setback. Nothing that we cannot handle.
Sirius: Well that's ok. I know you are the best when it comes to engineering, but please finish it soon so you can attend to our ship. It seems like our new warp core needs some adjusting since last quantum slipstream ride was a bit shaky.
Daniel: (surprised) So you've noticed it too?
Sirius: We all did Daniel. Just didn't want to tell you anything so we could focus on the given task and rescue operation.
Daniel: Alright then. I'll get to it, as soon as we are done here and that should take ten to fifteen minutes max.
Sirius: Very well! Notify me if something goes wrong.
Daniel: I will, Sheppard out. (picture at the wievscreen is switched back to an image of Dominar)
*As Daniel said, about fifteen minutes later he and his team returned to ship unscratched, and Sirius' troubles vanished with their return. At least they did for a few moments.*
Sirius: Mr. Lukin, please hail Umbra again and tell them we fixed Dominar's singularity core.
*Almost instantly after Sirius said that, Bronar sent the message to Umbra. Suddenly a console of Dragonstar's science officer Miyazaki beeped.*
Scarlett: Captain, our long range sensors detected several Vaadwaur ships on an intercept course!
Sirius: How many ships?
Scarlett: Eight, sir.
Sirius: Red alert! (turning towards his tactical officer) Mrs. T'Luminareth, charge our spinal lance cannons and load quantum torpedoes. Have all of our pulse phaser turrets ready for action.
Lissan: (to security chief over communicator) Mr. M'Toui, prepare your teams for possible boarding situation.
M'Toui: Right away commander! (starts assembling marines for battle ahead)
Sirius: (to chief over communicator): Daniel, finish those adjustments as soon as you can, beacause we are going in a firefight very soon.
Daniel: Understood captain!
Lissan: Mr. Lukin, prepare to execute evasive maneuvers as soon as enemy ships start firing upon us and send another message to Umbra so they can prepare themselves for battle.
Bronar: Yes mam!
Sirius: (adding) Also send a distress call in all frequencies. These could be rough so we will need all the help we can get.
*Bronar immediately started following given orders by typing different commands in his console.*
Lissan: (to Sirius) We are all set, sir.
Sirius: Good.
*Dragonstar and her crew are awating for their Vaadwaur attackers at full battle alert*
(OOC:: Here, I hope it's ok that I make our situation a little more interesting.
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OOC: No, that is perfectly fine. Time for some action!
Kran: Is that so... I-
*Just then the console at Kran's end of the table beeps. He taps it and it displays both messages from the Dragonstar. Kran jumps out of his seat.*
Kran: Please excuse me but, it seams we have an emergency on our hands.
*Kran walks on to the bridge and takes his seat.*
Kran: Ellie, I assume you have seen the message from the Dragonstar.
Ellen: Yes sir. Your orders?
Kran: Raise shields and bring phasers to maximum. Bring us into a position to protect the Dominar. Comms, send a message to the Ranger.
*The message to the Ranger is as follows:
USS UMBRA TO USS RANGER
Disregard previous orders. Rendezvous at USS Umbra's current location. Maximum speed.
Be prepared for combat.
*
Toechena: Captain, a message from the Umbra.
*Jack pulls the message up on his chair interface*
Jack: Helm, change course for the Umbra's postion, maximum warp and engage slipstream. Ops acknowledge message recived and that we are inbound. ALL HANDS BATTLE STATIONS.
OCC: don't know how you want to time this. you can just cue me with something like your Ops guy saying "Ranger is coming out of slipstream"
Douglas MacArthur - Quote on the dedication plaque of the U.S.S. Ranger NCC-97332-A Armitage class Fleet Heavy Strike Wing Escort.
OOC: Just jump in when you see an oprotunity. Though I may signal you if you take too long.
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*Eight Vaadwaur warship dropped out of warp at the edge of the sector and started moving in attack position by full impulse speed*
Scarlett: (looking at new information coming to her console) Vaadwaur ships just dropped out of warp and are closing in attack positions.
Sirius: What kind of ships do they have?
Scarlett: I'm reading one dreadnought, two battleships and five assault cruisers.
Sirius: Ufff...this one is going to be though. (then he paused for a moment before giving new orders) Alright, Mr. Bronar take us into the protective position of Dominar next to the Umbra. Mrs. T'Luminareth, charge all phaser, load torpedoes and deploy our turrets. Have our fighters and spinal lance cannons at the hot standby. Target their dreadnought and fire on my mark.
*In a matter of seconds, Dragonstar moved into defense formation with Umbra and all of her dorsal and ventral pulse phaser turrets were raised from underneath her hull. Soon after, all 20 Gryphoon class fighters have been launched from both Dragonstar's shuttlebays.*
Lissan: Everything is ready. We are prepared for combat sir.
Sirius: Wery well. Let's get on with this.
Scarlett: Vaadwaur ships will be in weapons range in the less then 30 seconds.
*About 25 seconds later, all of the Vaadwaur ships opened fire at both Federation ships and Dominar. Several torpedoes flew towards Dragonstar closely followed by numerous polaron beam discharges. Dragonstar's bridge slightly shuddered from impacts.*
Sirius: (yells orders) Evasive maneuvers ensign! Mrs. T'Luminareth, return fire, now!
*As soon as he said that, Bronar started moving Dragonstar out of the harms way of enemy weapons fire, while at the same time, T'Luminareth launched salvo of quantum torpedoes followed by a heavy fire from several phaser arrays. In the meantime, Dragonstar's fighters started attacking the Vaadwaur ships too with their pulse phaser cannons and quantum micro-torpedoes. A combined weapons fire from both Dragonstar and her fighters struck heavily shields of Vaadwaur dreadnought.*
Sirius: (yelling again) Discharge spinal lance cannons now!
*Just a moment after, large beams erupted from both of Dragonstar spinal lances at the ventral side of her saucer section. Another several quantum torpedoes were launched again almost simultaneously. Both the beams and torpedoes slammed hard against dreadnought's shields.*
T'Luminareth: Their primary shields are down to 50% and their secondary are at 80%.
Sirius: Well done! Just keep that up subcommander and we might get out of this pretty soon.
*It wasn't long before response from enemy vessels arrived and many polaron beams started draining Dragonstar's shield and a lot of torpedoes flew in her direction.*
Scarlett: (yelling) Brace for impact!
*This time the bridge shuddered much harder from all the weapon impacts at Dragonstar's shields and hull.*
Daniel: Our shields are 65% and holding.
Sirius: Ensign, send a message to Umbra that we could use some help here and tell them that their priority target should be that dreadnought. And get us out of their forward weapons arc.
*Bronar acknowledged his commands and started typing sets of different commands in console by which he relayed message to Umbra and started moving Dragonstar away from dreadnought's forward weapon arrays. At the same time two of Vaadwaur assault cruiser started moving towards Dominar an opened fired at her.*
(OOC: Ok, you may join now as you see fit. Just don't destroy my ship or fighters and keep in mind that dreadnoughts can take some serious punishment before they go down
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