After a bit of a hiatus (and some player changes), the Tiberius was finally back in action! The session started with the crew in the the mess hall attending a light reception to welcome onboard the new crew. As the Alpha Shift was mingling about, one thing caught the crew by surprise: sitting in with the band and playing some old-Earth jazz was none other than Captain Ral!
A couple of days later, the Tiberius was taking some readings of a Delta Indi star, a blue star that is expected to go Nova in a few months. That's when a call for help came in.
Admiral Walker informed the crew that the USS Venture has stopped reporting in to Narendra Station. The Admiral wasn't sure whether it's just the anomalies in the Expanse or if there is a problem, but seeing as the Tiberius is the nearest ship, we were ordered to investigate.
Once we arrived at the last known coordinates of the Venture, the Tiberius was shocked to find no ship, or thankfully debris. The Chief Engineer made some quick adjustments to the ships sensors, and the Tiberius quickly and thoroughly scanned the area looking for signs of what happened to the Venture. Scans revealed a faint ion trail leading out of this system and into the nearby star system.
With little else to go on, the Tiberius followed the trail into the Avalon system where they found the Venture. However, the ship was running at full impulse toward an M-class planet that was under the protection of the Prime Directive. Scans of the Venture revealed no damage, all crew was accounted for but unconscious, and force-fields were erected all over the ship. Using the advanced sensors onboard the Tiberius, the crew also detected something out of place with the environment on the Venture.
The crew, releasing they probably couldn't transport over to the Venture, decided to board a shuttle and park in the main shuttlebay. As a precaution, the crew took and wore EV suits. Once outside the shuttle, the crew released there was some kind of airborne virus on the ship.
Once the crews dropped the force fields in the shuttlebay, they proceeded through the Jeffries tubes to main engineering to try to regain control of the ship. Once in engineering, Chief Engineer Foxwell realized something was wrong with the computer systems as the systems were saying everything was in order (but clearly they were not). Upon inspection of the main computer core (which was smoking), the crew determined a virus (with similar properties to the airborne one) has infected the bio-neural gel packs, the likely cause for the computer malfunctions.
Determining that a cure was needed, the crew split up, with some remaining in Engineering/Computer Core and the rest going to the sickbay. The crew at sickbay discovered the Ventures CMO's logs with some insightful information about the virus. With this data, the Tiberius' CMO Lt. Jerrynn was able to construct an anti-virus. Meanwhile, the engineering team was able to re-route communications (which were down on the Venture) through the shuttlecraft.
Meanwhile, the Engineering team, taking some drastic measures to stop the ship from colliding with the planet, physically removed the plasma injectors to the impulse engine. This was a delicate process, but Chief Engineer Foxwell managed to get the engine stopped so the Tiberius could gently nudge the Venture with the tractor beams to buy more time (almost another full day) before the Venture collided with the planet.
With communications working again, Dr. Jerrynn and team were able to transmit the anti-virus data back to the Tiberius, who was able to synthesize the anti-virus. Once the anti-virus was delivered to the Venture, the crew administered the anti-virus to a fallen crew member, which seemed to revive them. With more anti-virus created, the crew of the Tiberius was able to revive the crew and spread the anti-virus to the computer system. The crew was also able to program the transporters with the virus so the transporters could screen them out.
With the Venture stopped and the crew revived, the Tiberius remained nearby as the Venture continued repairs on the ship.
Join us next time on the continuing voyages of the USS Tiberius.
Monday, August 19, 2019
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Into the Expanse (Conclusion)
Having sent the Civilian Federation scientist back to the Tiberius, the away team decided to investigate the source of the problems on Orgun III. Scans revealed a power source 5 km below ground coming from a cavern a few clicks north of the city.
The crew arrived at the caverns and headed in. The journey was not easy as the cavern was narrow and winding at times and filled with hazards. While traveling deeper into the caverns, the team came across a room seemingly filled with some kind of fog. Tricorder scans revealed this cavern was filled with a poisonous gas, but the team was able to carefully traverse the ledge of this room and safely avoided the poisonous gas.
The team continued along for a few more minutes until they found another room that the team found was shooting hot steam. After a few moments and some calculations, the crew was mostly able to traverse the room, dodging the steaming hot steam. However, Lt. Cmdr MacKenzie, while traversing the room, slipped a bit and was hit by one of these jets of steam. However, MacKenzie only suffered a few scrapes and cuts and was able to continue.
At the end of the caverns, the team found an unusual metallic door, which opened when they approached it. This appeared to be an elevator that took the team deeper underground where they discovered a room filled with ancient computers (yet somehow still more advanced than what the team knew). The crew was able to study the machine and figure out a way to make some temporary repairs of the machine. Chief Engineer Foxwell estimated the repairs would hold for approximately 8 month, buying the Lormeans some vital time to evacuate. However, prior to fixing the machine, a powerful earthquake knocked some boulders onto the Doctor, though Lt. Cmdrs MacKenzie and Torc were able to quickly free the doctor from under the rubble.
Once out of the caverns, the away team and the scientists assembled in the conference room with Captain Ral to decide what to do next. After a rousing discussion, the crew was tasked to go back to the surface and make sure all of the scientists equipment is either removed or destroyed to prevent further contamination of the planet (per the Prime Directive). The team met with the Chief Minister once again, who continued to urge the team to help them. Reluctantly, and with Captain Ral's approval (but not Starfleet), a few items were 'not found' in the recovery.
The Tiberius is heading back to Narendra Station to transport the scientist to the base and to await their next mission.
The crew arrived at the caverns and headed in. The journey was not easy as the cavern was narrow and winding at times and filled with hazards. While traveling deeper into the caverns, the team came across a room seemingly filled with some kind of fog. Tricorder scans revealed this cavern was filled with a poisonous gas, but the team was able to carefully traverse the ledge of this room and safely avoided the poisonous gas.
The team continued along for a few more minutes until they found another room that the team found was shooting hot steam. After a few moments and some calculations, the crew was mostly able to traverse the room, dodging the steaming hot steam. However, Lt. Cmdr MacKenzie, while traversing the room, slipped a bit and was hit by one of these jets of steam. However, MacKenzie only suffered a few scrapes and cuts and was able to continue.
At the end of the caverns, the team found an unusual metallic door, which opened when they approached it. This appeared to be an elevator that took the team deeper underground where they discovered a room filled with ancient computers (yet somehow still more advanced than what the team knew). The crew was able to study the machine and figure out a way to make some temporary repairs of the machine. Chief Engineer Foxwell estimated the repairs would hold for approximately 8 month, buying the Lormeans some vital time to evacuate. However, prior to fixing the machine, a powerful earthquake knocked some boulders onto the Doctor, though Lt. Cmdrs MacKenzie and Torc were able to quickly free the doctor from under the rubble.
Once out of the caverns, the away team and the scientists assembled in the conference room with Captain Ral to decide what to do next. After a rousing discussion, the crew was tasked to go back to the surface and make sure all of the scientists equipment is either removed or destroyed to prevent further contamination of the planet (per the Prime Directive). The team met with the Chief Minister once again, who continued to urge the team to help them. Reluctantly, and with Captain Ral's approval (but not Starfleet), a few items were 'not found' in the recovery.
The Tiberius is heading back to Narendra Station to transport the scientist to the base and to await their next mission.
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Into the Expanse
After exchanging crew members at Starbase 117, the Tiberius was given their new orders. The Tiberius has been tasked to explore the Shackleton expanse to help Starfleet unlock its mysteries.
Starfleet was notified of a missing civilian ship, the S.S. Tesla, which went missing 6 weeks ago. The ship contained 6 Federation (though non-starfleet) scientists. The Tiberius picked up its trail and discovered the ship crashed on Orgun III, a planet with a pre-warp civilization protected under general order 1: the Prime Directive.
Scans from orbit discovered the crash site of the Tesla. An away team was assembled to investigate the crash site and to return the missing scientists. However, some electromagnetic interference coming from the planet temporarily disabled the ships sensors. Not wanting to take the risk of transportation, the away team took a shuttle craft to the surface. Although the ride was quite bumpy, the crew managed to set the shuttle down safely.
Investigation of the wreckage revealed that the crew took most of the sensitive equipment from the Tesla. Before any further investigation of the ship could occur, local shuttles appeared filled with Lormeans appeared. They promised the crew they could take them to their scientists.
The crew was taken into the heart of the Lormean capital city where they were keeping the Federation scientists. The scientist, along with the leader of the government, informed the away team of problems on the planet. Several months ago, unusual tremors and electromagnetic pulses started becoming problematic. The scientist agreed to help the Lormean's to try to solve the problem as well as to help with the evacuation procedures despite the breaking of the Prime Directive (which the scientists, as civilians, are not beholden to).
At this point, the away team needed to decided what to do: help the Lormeans in violation of the Prime Direction, or to at least try to mitigate the contamination of the scientists. The away team decided the scientists should return to the Tiberius while the away team agreed to investigate the power sources coming from under the city to see if they have anything to do with the tremors.
Will the team find the source of the tremors and power fluctuations? Will the Prime Directive be upheld? Find out in 2 weeks!
Starfleet was notified of a missing civilian ship, the S.S. Tesla, which went missing 6 weeks ago. The ship contained 6 Federation (though non-starfleet) scientists. The Tiberius picked up its trail and discovered the ship crashed on Orgun III, a planet with a pre-warp civilization protected under general order 1: the Prime Directive.
Scans from orbit discovered the crash site of the Tesla. An away team was assembled to investigate the crash site and to return the missing scientists. However, some electromagnetic interference coming from the planet temporarily disabled the ships sensors. Not wanting to take the risk of transportation, the away team took a shuttle craft to the surface. Although the ride was quite bumpy, the crew managed to set the shuttle down safely.
Investigation of the wreckage revealed that the crew took most of the sensitive equipment from the Tesla. Before any further investigation of the ship could occur, local shuttles appeared filled with Lormeans appeared. They promised the crew they could take them to their scientists.
The crew was taken into the heart of the Lormean capital city where they were keeping the Federation scientists. The scientist, along with the leader of the government, informed the away team of problems on the planet. Several months ago, unusual tremors and electromagnetic pulses started becoming problematic. The scientist agreed to help the Lormean's to try to solve the problem as well as to help with the evacuation procedures despite the breaking of the Prime Directive (which the scientists, as civilians, are not beholden to).
At this point, the away team needed to decided what to do: help the Lormeans in violation of the Prime Direction, or to at least try to mitigate the contamination of the scientists. The away team decided the scientists should return to the Tiberius while the away team agreed to investigate the power sources coming from under the city to see if they have anything to do with the tremors.
Will the team find the source of the tremors and power fluctuations? Will the Prime Directive be upheld? Find out in 2 weeks!
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Iconian Troubles
The Tiberius, having completed their mission on Moana III, was heading to Starbase 117 to deliver the Bluegill's Mother creature and the infected Romulans. Captain Ral informs the staff that there will be some personnel changes as well. First Officer Kingston has been promoted to Captain and will take over the reigns of the USS Kentucky. Ral escorted Kingston over to the Kentucky and left Lt. MacKenzie in charge of the Tiberius, a possible prelude to promotion.
Things started off relatively smooth for the crew. Lt. Vos & Ens Zaim started working in the science lab to study the crystal orb recovered from Moana III. While studying the orb, Ens Zaim, after touching the orb, developed a sudden migraine. A quick stop in sickbay didn't reveal anything too significant. A quick hypo-spray and Zaim went back to work.
This time, a larger crew assembled in the lab, including security, as the incident with Zaim concerned MacKenzie. However, before any additional work could be done, the team was recalled to the bridge to answer the hail of a Tellarite freighter, the Mork, who was in distress.
The Tiberius, only 2 hours away, was able to assist the Mork, who was having some engine troubles which was causing a slow radiation leak on the ship. A small away team, lead by Lt. Foxwell, beamed over to the Mork to begin repairs.
Shortly after the beam over, communications between the Tiberius and Mork were disrupted. Shields also went up but were not able to come down. Lt. Vos was also missing. Lt. MacKenzie (and others) started to suspect the ship was being infected by some sort of virus, perhaps from the Iconian Orb.
Meanwhile, on the Mork, the away team was able to make the needed repairs to the ship, while the Doctor treated the crew members for radiation sickness. However, the soon realized they were stuck on the Tiberius.
Back on the Tiberius, things were going from bad to worst. An unauthorized launch of a shuttle craft was detected. However, tractor beams were also taken offline. The crew tried to take another shuttle craft to chase after the previous one, no doubt controlled by Lt. Vos, but they were unable to leave the hanger.
MacKenzie ordered Zaim to go help search for Vos or what happened with him, but when he started to leave the bridge, he was quickly overtaken with pain and collapsed on the bridge. The medical team ascertained that the orb's previous effect had been amplified and was causing the problems. The medical team was able to devise a way to stop the orb from affecting Zaim (and the others) and was able to heal Zaim and prevent any long-term affects.
Meanwhile, a distress buoy was dispatched by the Tiberius in an effort to make the Mork aware of their situation. It seemed to work as the Mork, who was parked in parallel to the Tiberius, turned the ship to face them.
Meanwhile, a Lt Junior Grade discovered the orb was attached to the warp engines and was likely the cause of all the ships problems. Some quick thinking by the engineering team allowed them to find a solution they thought would, at the very least, give the Tiberius a window of opportunity to drop shields and return the away team, which had the ship's Chief Engineer onboard, to the Tiberius. It worked, and the away team was back just seconds before the shields went back up.
With Lt. Foxwell back, the engineering team was in better shape to deal with all of the problems. They were able to disconnect the orb from the computers and restore all the affected systems to their normal operational status. The Kentucky, having been hailed by the Mork, was racing back to the Tiberius to lend a hand, but things were relatively back in order by the time the Tiberius returned.
Captain Ral, while upset with the actions of Lt. Vos, was pleased with how MacKenzie and the entire crew reacted. This gave Captain Ral more confidence in wanting to pick Lt. MacKenzie to become his new First Officer.
The Tiberius is back enroute to Starbase 117 where an engineering crew will give the ship a once over to make sure no residual affects from the orb are found. While at Starbase 117, Captain Ral will continue his discussions with Starfleet about giving out some much deserved promotions to the crew.
Things started off relatively smooth for the crew. Lt. Vos & Ens Zaim started working in the science lab to study the crystal orb recovered from Moana III. While studying the orb, Ens Zaim, after touching the orb, developed a sudden migraine. A quick stop in sickbay didn't reveal anything too significant. A quick hypo-spray and Zaim went back to work.
This time, a larger crew assembled in the lab, including security, as the incident with Zaim concerned MacKenzie. However, before any additional work could be done, the team was recalled to the bridge to answer the hail of a Tellarite freighter, the Mork, who was in distress.
The Tiberius, only 2 hours away, was able to assist the Mork, who was having some engine troubles which was causing a slow radiation leak on the ship. A small away team, lead by Lt. Foxwell, beamed over to the Mork to begin repairs.
Shortly after the beam over, communications between the Tiberius and Mork were disrupted. Shields also went up but were not able to come down. Lt. Vos was also missing. Lt. MacKenzie (and others) started to suspect the ship was being infected by some sort of virus, perhaps from the Iconian Orb.
Meanwhile, on the Mork, the away team was able to make the needed repairs to the ship, while the Doctor treated the crew members for radiation sickness. However, the soon realized they were stuck on the Tiberius.
Back on the Tiberius, things were going from bad to worst. An unauthorized launch of a shuttle craft was detected. However, tractor beams were also taken offline. The crew tried to take another shuttle craft to chase after the previous one, no doubt controlled by Lt. Vos, but they were unable to leave the hanger.
MacKenzie ordered Zaim to go help search for Vos or what happened with him, but when he started to leave the bridge, he was quickly overtaken with pain and collapsed on the bridge. The medical team ascertained that the orb's previous effect had been amplified and was causing the problems. The medical team was able to devise a way to stop the orb from affecting Zaim (and the others) and was able to heal Zaim and prevent any long-term affects.
Meanwhile, a distress buoy was dispatched by the Tiberius in an effort to make the Mork aware of their situation. It seemed to work as the Mork, who was parked in parallel to the Tiberius, turned the ship to face them.
Meanwhile, a Lt Junior Grade discovered the orb was attached to the warp engines and was likely the cause of all the ships problems. Some quick thinking by the engineering team allowed them to find a solution they thought would, at the very least, give the Tiberius a window of opportunity to drop shields and return the away team, which had the ship's Chief Engineer onboard, to the Tiberius. It worked, and the away team was back just seconds before the shields went back up.
With Lt. Foxwell back, the engineering team was in better shape to deal with all of the problems. They were able to disconnect the orb from the computers and restore all the affected systems to their normal operational status. The Kentucky, having been hailed by the Mork, was racing back to the Tiberius to lend a hand, but things were relatively back in order by the time the Tiberius returned.
Captain Ral, while upset with the actions of Lt. Vos, was pleased with how MacKenzie and the entire crew reacted. This gave Captain Ral more confidence in wanting to pick Lt. MacKenzie to become his new First Officer.
The Tiberius is back enroute to Starbase 117 where an engineering crew will give the ship a once over to make sure no residual affects from the orb are found. While at Starbase 117, Captain Ral will continue his discussions with Starfleet about giving out some much deserved promotions to the crew.
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Resolution on Moana III
The crew started the session in the briefing room with Captain Ral, XO Kingston & Security Chief Azonan. The Captain gave praise to the away team for their efforts so far and said, due to security concerns of the ship, that it may be best that this team beam down to the surface and let the Senior Staff stay on board the Tiberius to protect her.
The away team beamed down to an area near where the runabout and lifesigns were coming from. Very quickly were they in a shooting match for with 5 Romulans. However, combat didn't last too long as the numbers were on the away teams side, and the Romulans were quickly neutralized. Then the away team proceeded to approach the human, one Ensign LaSalle, who quickly pointed a phaser at the away team and questioned who they were. Once satisfied with their answers, he quickly told his story of how he ended up on Moana III before being beamed on board the Tiberius.
The away team then proceeded to the Ruins and were able to successful decipher some control panels that were Iconian. Once they made their way to the structure itself, they were able to break through the security panel and gained access to the facility.
Once at the bottom of a turbolift, the crew discovered another Romulan, who was quickly neutralized but joined by 2 more. These 2 were also quickly subdued.
Once the team was done dealing with the Romulan threat, Lt. Vos explored what appeared to be a library of sorts. He found and examined a triangle-shaped orb, which nearly caused him some pain. He surmised that this was some sort library and these were data crystals.
Meanwhile, Lt. Foxwell discovered what appeared to be a power room. While studying at one of the consoles, he appears to have tripped a setting. A countdown was discovered followed by flickering of lights and what appeared to be power drain coming from the room.
The next room ahead was where the entire team headed next. Inside, they discovered the Iconian gateway, which is now powered on, a Romulan commander and 8 Uhlans. The crew quickly realized the situation and dealt with the commander immediately, neutralizing her before the rest of the Romulans knew what was going on. The commander pleaded with the away team to have mercy as they were the last of their species.
The away team was able to shut down the gateway and secure all of the Romulans and march them to the surface, all without making a decision on what to do. Upon reaching the surface, they immediately instructed the Captain to beam down to the surface to do the negotiations. The Captain agreed to take the Romulans on board the ship as prisoners and to allow Starfleet Command to decide their fate.
But for now, the threat from these parasites appears to have been neutralized. The team has returned to the ship and is setting course for the nearest starbase to turn over the prisoners and to await their next mission.
The away team beamed down to an area near where the runabout and lifesigns were coming from. Very quickly were they in a shooting match for with 5 Romulans. However, combat didn't last too long as the numbers were on the away teams side, and the Romulans were quickly neutralized. Then the away team proceeded to approach the human, one Ensign LaSalle, who quickly pointed a phaser at the away team and questioned who they were. Once satisfied with their answers, he quickly told his story of how he ended up on Moana III before being beamed on board the Tiberius.
The away team then proceeded to the Ruins and were able to successful decipher some control panels that were Iconian. Once they made their way to the structure itself, they were able to break through the security panel and gained access to the facility.
Once at the bottom of a turbolift, the crew discovered another Romulan, who was quickly neutralized but joined by 2 more. These 2 were also quickly subdued.
Once the team was done dealing with the Romulan threat, Lt. Vos explored what appeared to be a library of sorts. He found and examined a triangle-shaped orb, which nearly caused him some pain. He surmised that this was some sort library and these were data crystals.
Meanwhile, Lt. Foxwell discovered what appeared to be a power room. While studying at one of the consoles, he appears to have tripped a setting. A countdown was discovered followed by flickering of lights and what appeared to be power drain coming from the room.
The next room ahead was where the entire team headed next. Inside, they discovered the Iconian gateway, which is now powered on, a Romulan commander and 8 Uhlans. The crew quickly realized the situation and dealt with the commander immediately, neutralizing her before the rest of the Romulans knew what was going on. The commander pleaded with the away team to have mercy as they were the last of their species.
The away team was able to shut down the gateway and secure all of the Romulans and march them to the surface, all without making a decision on what to do. Upon reaching the surface, they immediately instructed the Captain to beam down to the surface to do the negotiations. The Captain agreed to take the Romulans on board the ship as prisoners and to allow Starfleet Command to decide their fate.
But for now, the threat from these parasites appears to have been neutralized. The team has returned to the ship and is setting course for the nearest starbase to turn over the prisoners and to await their next mission.
Saturday, April 20, 2019
The plot thickens
The crew began back onboard the Tiberius after investigating the outpost on Cordolan IV. They decided they first wanted to study the neural parasite more closely seeing how they had a Romulan with a parasite onboard the ship. Lt. Velesa and her crew did some meticulous work and was able to device a way to remove the parasite from the Romulan for further studies.
However, before any more information could be learned, red alert sounded and the crew was called back to the bridge. A Romulan Warbird, the Decius, had returned and was believing the story about the parasites infiltration of the Romulan Star Empire. The Decius came bearing knowledge of the location of the Iconian Gateway, which they transferred to the Tiberius. Soon as the message was received, the Decius blew up! Scans concluded that sabotage was the culprit.
Before the Tiberius could act on the coordinates they had just received, systems all across the ship suddenly went dark. Before sensors went down, they detected another Warbird on an intercept course, with an ETA of 12 hours. The crew had that much time to restore power to the ship or they would be dead in the water.
The crew sprang into action and determined that a virus was beamed onto the ship from the Decius along with the coordinates. The engineer team was able to locate the files, erase them, and reboot the computer system prior to the warbird from arriving.
However, the warbird, the L'Cata, was only minutes later in arriving and demanded the Tiberius and her crew be turned over to the Romulan Star Empire for destroying the Decius. After some tense negotiation, the Commander was beamed over to the Tiberius for further discussions. It was at this time that evidence that the Tiberius was talking the truth was presented, and the Commander agreed to help with Tiberius in ridding the Empire of the parasites. Convinced that the parasites were a threat, the L'Cata's Commander left the area to consult with her superiors.
The Tiberius then made her way to the Moana system, the supposed location of the Iconian Gateway. Once in orbit around the third planet, another warbird, the Axia, decloaked and immediately fired on the Tiberius, just barely missing her. The Tiberius responded in kind, landing to hard hits onto the Axia, causing a breach to her structure and sensors. Before the Axia could fire off another blast, the L'Cata arrived and fired on the Axia, damaging her significantly enough to cause the Axia to retreat.
Captain Ral ordered an away to to investigate the human life sign (and Starfleet runabout) on the surface and to locate and destroy the gateway.
Will the crew succeed in stopping the Iconian Gateway from being activated? Or will the parasites overtake the crew? Find out in 2 weeks for the conclusion!
However, before any more information could be learned, red alert sounded and the crew was called back to the bridge. A Romulan Warbird, the Decius, had returned and was believing the story about the parasites infiltration of the Romulan Star Empire. The Decius came bearing knowledge of the location of the Iconian Gateway, which they transferred to the Tiberius. Soon as the message was received, the Decius blew up! Scans concluded that sabotage was the culprit.
Before the Tiberius could act on the coordinates they had just received, systems all across the ship suddenly went dark. Before sensors went down, they detected another Warbird on an intercept course, with an ETA of 12 hours. The crew had that much time to restore power to the ship or they would be dead in the water.
The crew sprang into action and determined that a virus was beamed onto the ship from the Decius along with the coordinates. The engineer team was able to locate the files, erase them, and reboot the computer system prior to the warbird from arriving.
However, the warbird, the L'Cata, was only minutes later in arriving and demanded the Tiberius and her crew be turned over to the Romulan Star Empire for destroying the Decius. After some tense negotiation, the Commander was beamed over to the Tiberius for further discussions. It was at this time that evidence that the Tiberius was talking the truth was presented, and the Commander agreed to help with Tiberius in ridding the Empire of the parasites. Convinced that the parasites were a threat, the L'Cata's Commander left the area to consult with her superiors.
The Tiberius then made her way to the Moana system, the supposed location of the Iconian Gateway. Once in orbit around the third planet, another warbird, the Axia, decloaked and immediately fired on the Tiberius, just barely missing her. The Tiberius responded in kind, landing to hard hits onto the Axia, causing a breach to her structure and sensors. Before the Axia could fire off another blast, the L'Cata arrived and fired on the Axia, damaging her significantly enough to cause the Axia to retreat.
Captain Ral ordered an away to to investigate the human life sign (and Starfleet runabout) on the surface and to locate and destroy the gateway.
Will the crew succeed in stopping the Iconian Gateway from being activated? Or will the parasites overtake the crew? Find out in 2 weeks for the conclusion!
Saturday, April 6, 2019
We Are Not Ourselves
The Tiberius journeyed to the Cordolan system to investigate the whereabouts of the Tellarite freighter that was seen on the security camera's onboard Kortar Station. Initial scans revealed a mining outpost on one of the moons surrounding Cordolan IV. Upon reaching orbit around Cordolan IV, further scans revealed diamagnetic interference coming from the 6th moon of this system, which would make arriving on the surface more difficult. The crew sprung into action and, after some debate, decided their best course of action would be to use the transporters to reach the ground level of the mining facility.
Once inside the mining facility, the away team used their tricorders and were able to detect some life signs on the lower levels, but due to the interference could not determine what the life signs were. Upon further investigation of the ground level, they found a device connected to the main reactor, which was the cause for the interference. The away team was able to quickly and quietly disconnect the device and eliminate the interference they were encountering.
The away team then proceeded to the lower levels of the facility to further investigate the life signs. The arrived at the infirmary and found multiple dead Klingons and neural parasites. Scans revealed these bodies had only died a few hours ago. Scans also revealed that both the Klingons and the parasites were genetically modified.
As the away team continue to investigate the lower levels, they ran into 2 Romulans. The away team quickly neutralized one of the Romulans, but the other was not so easy to take down. But, with numbers on their side, it was just a matter of time before the away team neutralized the second Romulan. The away team then proceeded to interrogate one of the Romulans, who was quite confused as to what was going on. He did, however, make a deal with the away team that he would provide the senior staff onboard the Tiberius with whatever information he could in exchange for safe passage back to his Romulan ship. This was agreed to and the Romulan was transported to the Tiberius.
As the away team continue to dive deeper into the caverns below the surface, they came across a Trill by the name of Tal Duron. At first, Duron appeared quite hostile toward the away team, but eventually was able to be coerced into telling the away team how he was under the control of the Romulans and was beginning to think that he may have made a mistake in taking up this work. Duron told the away team of the prisoners ahead and of the guards. Duron also informed the away team of the parasites ultimate plan: to activate an Iconian Gateway.
Fortunately for the away team, they were quite prepared for what was waiting for them in the next chamber. Prior to beam down, their experience with past beings that were infected by the parasite made them grab some stronger weapons, including some grenades. Sure enough, one grenade proved to be too much for the 4 guarding the prisoners, and they were quickly neutralized. The away team, having brought pattern enhancers with them, were able to transport the guards (as prisoners) back to the Tiberius for further interrogation, though not before being interrogated on the surface. However, they were not able to obtain any useful information from the infected Romulan or Klingon, leaving the team wondering about the Gateway. The prisoners were then freed and escorted back to the Tiberius, where Captain Ral, after giving them a stern talking to, promised to return them to their ship, which they found hidden on the far side of the mining facility.
The away team then beamed back onto the Tiberius and are hoping to get some answers from their prisoners as to the whereabouts of the Iconian Gateway.
Once inside the mining facility, the away team used their tricorders and were able to detect some life signs on the lower levels, but due to the interference could not determine what the life signs were. Upon further investigation of the ground level, they found a device connected to the main reactor, which was the cause for the interference. The away team was able to quickly and quietly disconnect the device and eliminate the interference they were encountering.
The away team then proceeded to the lower levels of the facility to further investigate the life signs. The arrived at the infirmary and found multiple dead Klingons and neural parasites. Scans revealed these bodies had only died a few hours ago. Scans also revealed that both the Klingons and the parasites were genetically modified.
As the away team continue to investigate the lower levels, they ran into 2 Romulans. The away team quickly neutralized one of the Romulans, but the other was not so easy to take down. But, with numbers on their side, it was just a matter of time before the away team neutralized the second Romulan. The away team then proceeded to interrogate one of the Romulans, who was quite confused as to what was going on. He did, however, make a deal with the away team that he would provide the senior staff onboard the Tiberius with whatever information he could in exchange for safe passage back to his Romulan ship. This was agreed to and the Romulan was transported to the Tiberius.
As the away team continue to dive deeper into the caverns below the surface, they came across a Trill by the name of Tal Duron. At first, Duron appeared quite hostile toward the away team, but eventually was able to be coerced into telling the away team how he was under the control of the Romulans and was beginning to think that he may have made a mistake in taking up this work. Duron told the away team of the prisoners ahead and of the guards. Duron also informed the away team of the parasites ultimate plan: to activate an Iconian Gateway.
Fortunately for the away team, they were quite prepared for what was waiting for them in the next chamber. Prior to beam down, their experience with past beings that were infected by the parasite made them grab some stronger weapons, including some grenades. Sure enough, one grenade proved to be too much for the 4 guarding the prisoners, and they were quickly neutralized. The away team, having brought pattern enhancers with them, were able to transport the guards (as prisoners) back to the Tiberius for further interrogation, though not before being interrogated on the surface. However, they were not able to obtain any useful information from the infected Romulan or Klingon, leaving the team wondering about the Gateway. The prisoners were then freed and escorted back to the Tiberius, where Captain Ral, after giving them a stern talking to, promised to return them to their ship, which they found hidden on the far side of the mining facility.
The away team then beamed back onto the Tiberius and are hoping to get some answers from their prisoners as to the whereabouts of the Iconian Gateway.
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