Post by la'Quv Pok on Jan 17, 2008 19:46:00 GMT -5
yoH'tIq la: ::Humming as she rides the turbo lift to the meH::
Lesli Morris: ::wanders her little self on up to the meH::
Norman Mark V: ::Stands stoically at his station reciting Spock's litany to himself for guidance. "Logic is a little bird tweeting in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers that smell bad".::
Lesli Morris: ::exits the lift and wanders her way to the helm chair, saluting anyone taller then her::Qapla'
Norman Mark V: Qapla, Lesli Morris. It is agreeable to see you.
Lesli Morris: ::grins::ditto buddy
Lesli Morris: how goes it?
Norman Mark V: I am fully functional, thank you.
Lesli Morris: that's good
Norman Mark V: I trust you are in good health as well.
Lesli Morris: yep, I ain't been knocked off yet
YoH'tIq la: ::turbo lift comes to a halt as the door opens.. Steps out onto the meH and quickly looks around::Qapla'
Lesli Morris: ::salutes yoH as she exits the lift::Qapla' qaH
YoH'tIq la: ::returns her salute with a nod::
YoH'tIq la: ::moves to the tactical console then glances around the meH:: How fares the night tonight?
Lesli Morris: ::grins at yoH::du no......night ain't over yet
YoH'tIq la: that is true.. ::grins as she looks to the android::
Norman Mark V: ::smiles::
La'Quv Pok: **The HoS is en route to an uncharted planetary system on the outskirts of Klingon territory**
Lesli Morris: helm>::maneuvers the HoS along the prescribed course, the computer mapping everything the nav sensors pick up::
YoH'tIq la: TAC> :;tapping away at the console rechecking tactical systems::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console looking over the data coming across his screen:: 8 planets qaH, none appear to be habitable
Lesli Morris: helm>::watching for any moving objects::
La'Quv Pok: CO>::nod to Lesli:: Lets check it out anyway. High command has reported Ferengi activity in this region and if the Ferengi are coming here, there has to be a reason why. I aim to find out what
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps:: We are nearing the system qaH
Norman Mark V: CENG>:: At his station on the bridge checking over all the power allotments, matter/anti matter ratios and calibrating the intermix regulator.::
Laquv Pok: CO>Drop from warp, YoH, cloak the ship!
Lesli Morris: helm>ya got it qaH::arcs toward the system::
YoH'tIq la: TAC> Ay' ::taps the cloaking button cloaking the HoS:: Ship cloaked
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps:: qaH, I am detecting a high energy output between the 6th and 7th planets. It appears to be some kind of cloaking field.
Lesli Morris: helm>::slows some more for approach::which planet ya wanna check out first qaH?
Laquv Pok: CO>Ah, I new there was something here to discover. Find the source of that cloaking fields power
Laquv Pok: CO>Lets head towards the 6th Lesli
YoH'tIq la: TAC> :;hopes the engineers keep the power levels leveled out. monitoring the cloaking system::
Lesli Morris: helm>lu' qaH::moves toward the 6th planet::
KtongaFae La: SCI> I have a beacon on sensors, It is transmitting a warning signal on a low power subspace frequency
Norman Mark V: My scanners showed a momentary reading of residual Tetryon particles. There may be a signature as we get closer.
Laquv Pok: CO>::rubs his chin:: Hmm,. Ferengi, a cloaking field, warning beacon and Tetryon particles... Such a combination
YoHtIq la: TAC> Perhaps the Ferengi are working with others.
Lesli Morris: helm>could mean only one thing qaH.......them liver heads' hidin somethin
Laquv Pok: CO>Maintain cloak until we find out more information. KTonga, I want more scans. Norman, what more can you tell me about the Tetryon particles?
YoHtIq la: TAC> Cloak holding, maintaining cloak. :;goes back to monitoring the cloaking system::
Lesli Morris: helm>::aligns with the 6th planet but stays a safe distance away::
Norman Mark V: CENG> Very low traces at this distance. They are sometimes used in certain varieties of cloaks. that is one possibility.
KtongaFae La: SCI>::continuing to scan:: HIja qaH
Laquv Pok: CO>::looks at the planet onscreen:: Anything KTonga?
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps:: According to my calculations the cloaking field is probably much more spread out than the object it is cloaking. I think we can enter the field safely
Lesli Morris: helm>maybe if we go in real slow we don't mess it up
Laquv Pok: CO>::shifting in his seat to look at Norman then to Lesli:: La, take us into the cloaking field, ahead 1/8 impulse.
Norman Mark V: Tetryons can exist for a limited time in normal space.
Norman Mark V: A race was once discovered that used them to live in a subspace domain. They are also hazardous to energy and beam weapons.
Lesli Morris: helm>lu' qaH::approaches at this "slow" speed::
Norman Mark V: The race known as "Caretakers that abducted a Federation Starship used Tetryons to scan galactic distances.
Laquv Pok: CO>Sounds like these Tetryons are a powerful substance
Lesli Morris: helm>::hears Norman then holds up a shuriken::won't bother nothin like this
KtongaFae La: SCI> We will enter the cloaking field in 1 minute.
Norman Mark V: ::nods:: And Sir, They are also employed in the Cloaks of D'Deridex class Warbirds.
Lesli Morris: helm>::glares off at mention of the Romulan ship class::
Laquv Pok: CO>::nods to Norman:: I didn't know that. So this means that Klingons could possibly be involved..
Lesli Morris: helm>or them stinkin Romulans
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;listening to meH talk about Tetryons as she continues monitoring the cloaking system::
Laquv Pok: ***The HoS enters the field, the ship bouncing rumbling and shaking as they traverse through the field**
Lesli Morris: helm>::continuing to move the HoS forward toward the cloak field::
Lesli Morris: helm>::has always wondered what happens when 2 cloak fields cross::
KtongaFae La: SCI?::taps as he holds himself steady:: Sensors are not functioning while inside the cloaking field. They should resume normal working order when we exit the field itself on the other side.
Lesli Morris: helm>::scans for minds::
Laquv Pok: ***HoS Emerges out of the cloaking field on the other side****
Lesli Morris: helm>we're out, nav sensors's coming back to life
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::holding on as the ship rumbles through and exits the other side:: tactical systems flickered but seem to be functioning fine now.
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console:: Sensors back online, I am detecting 8 vessels in orbit of an M class planet, Four Ferengi transport, two Ferengi cruisers and two Klingon vessels.
Laquv Pok: CO>::rubs his chin in thought:: Any registry on those vessels?
Lesli Morris: helm>::can sense the Klingon minds but not the Ferengi minds::
KtongaFae La: SCI> I am detecting no transponder signals from any of the vessels qaH
Laquv Pok: CO>Lesli, move us in closer
Lesli Morris: helm>this don't feel right qaH
Lesli Morris: helm>::does so::lu' qaH
Laquv Pok: CO>It never does when there's going to be trouble Lesli, YoH, standby weapons and shields just in case.
YoHtIq la: TAC> Ay, qaH. :;turns to the console tapping several different buttons::
Norman Mark V: I'd better get down to engineering if we are going to fight.
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::taps the final button as the weapons hit hot stand by:: Shields and weapons on hot standby.
KtongaFae La: SCI> qaH, I am reading several thousand people on the surface of the planet. Most of them are located in a centralized area.
Lesli Morris: helm>:approaches the planet::something big's goin down qaH
Norman Mark V: ::Salutes the HoD in Klingon fashion and heads for the TL.::
Norman Mark V: ::stops and waits to see what the scanner are revealing.::
Laquv Pok: ::salutes Norman and pulls on his beard some more and looks at the planet onscreen::
KtongaFae La: SCI> There is little industrialized activity on the surface. Other than a few operations, most of the settlement is primitive.
Laquv Pok: CO>Then the planet must be rich in some type of ore to draw the attention of Klingons and Ferengi. This system is too far out of the way to offer any military significance
Lesli Morris: helm>::feels the minds of the people on the planet that she can read::
Norman Mark V: Dilithium, or perhaps Benamite crystals would bring them out here.
YoHtIq la: TAC> Hmm.. with these races working together, it has to be something maj
Lesli Morris: helm>what's Benamite?
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::nods her head agreeing with him and wonders the same thing as Lesli::
Norman Mark V: It is a rare substance found mainly in the Delta quadrant used for powering Quantum slipstream engines. Lesli.
Lesli Morris: helm>Borg fuel?
KtongaFae La: SCI> If so, it is buried deep into the planet, sensors indicate nothing other than typical ores found in most planets
Norman Mark V: They used transwarp coils and conduits mainly.
Lesli Morris: helm>my bad
Laquv Pok: CO>::looks at the screen and then to Norman:: You have no data on this planets existence in your data banks?
Lesli Morris: helm>::gets a mental image from someone on the surface::holy.......
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;standing there listening to the conversations then looks to Lesli::Everything ok, Lesli?
Norman Mark V: No surveys have been officially done by the Empire. As you stated, the system has little or no military use, and is listed as a primitive world. No geological or planetological data
Norman Mark V: at that time has been collected.
Norman Mark V: Making it an ideal place for some sort of clandestine operation.
Lesli Morris: helm>I'm gettin somethin from the planet qaH.....like a super long elevator shaft goin majorly deep down
Laquv Pok: CO>Not a good place to stage an invasion, a fleet would be detected long before they reached Imperial territory of any importance
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;blinks hearing Lesli::
Norman Mark V: No, but perhaps your firs instinct was correct. They are mining something, or extracting something. And they certainly don't want us, or anyone else to know about it.
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console bringing a small schematic of the planet on his screen:: qaH, I think we are receiving a false reading over the northern hemisphere. I am detecting a strong source of power coming from that region but
Lesli Morris: helm>::to Norman::do people dig these majorly rare crystals outta mine shafts like ya would Dilithium?
KtongaFae La: sensors are reading desert terrain
Laquv Pok: CO>::stands from his seat and walks over to KTonga's console:: another cloaking field perhaps?
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::maintaining the cloak:: Our cloak is holding.
KtongaFae La: SCI>::studying the console:: Doubtful qaH but...::taps his console a few times:: I think it is possible that we are viewing a holographic image of the desert terrain and something is offering false sensor data
Norman Mark V: It can be mined in a number of ways. It is very unstable and cannot be sorted easily. It also has a very fast rate of decay.
Lesli Morris: helm>::settles into orbit::we're parked in orbit over the area I'm thinkin a mine shaft's at
Laquv Pok: CO>::looks at Lesli knowing she is quite knowledgeable in mining operations:: What do ya think they could be mining La?
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps:: Well, sensors are useless as long as what ever is disrupting them is operational. in a two kilometer are I am not even detecting dirt!
Lesli Morris: helm>somethin majorly important qaH, I'm seein movement up and down that in my mind, ain't sure what's bein dug yet
KtongaFae La: area
Lesli Morris: helm>might be somethin I ain't never seen before
YoHtIq la: TAC> It must be some importance, they are hiding it.
Laquv Pok: CO>Well, we aren't going to find out from here. Lets take a shuttle down to the surface
Lesli Morris: helm>want me to drive it qaH?
Laquv Pok: CO>::stands:: HIja La!
Norman Mark V: Can we get to the surface undetected?
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::nods once hearing Pok, turns to the console tapping a few buttons::
Laquv Pok: ***Ten minutes later the bridge crew are onboard the shuttle***
Lesli Morris: helm>::heads to the lift to go prep a shuttle::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::settling into his seat on the shuttle:: Only if we cloak and aren't detected
Lesli Morris: helm>::finished doing the preflight check::we're maj to go qaH, gettin clearance from the meH now
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::takes over tactical systems:: Lets do it! Detected or not. ::grins::
Norman Mark V: ::Sits at the ops/Engineering panel::
Laquv Pok: CO>::glances at Norman and the others then motions to Lesli:: Initiate launch
Lesli Morris: helm>we're clear to launch qaH
Lesli Morris: helm>::as the bay door opens the shuttle launches, she assumes the cloak is being engaged::
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;taps the console as it comes to life, then brings weapons to ready point but not targeting anything in particular::
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;taps the button cloaking the shuttle:: We are cloaked.
Lesli Morris: helm>::arcs toward the planet, getting ready to descend into the atmosphere::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console:: Sensors are sporadic at best qaH
KtongaFae La: sporadic*
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::tapping the console maintaining the cloaking system::
Norman Mark V: Subspace interference from the planet.
Lesli Morris: helm>::penetrates the atmosphere at the proper attitude::
Norman Mark V: ::Head over to the replica tor, punching in a design spec. takes the new part, then opens his abdominal panel to install it.:: This will protect my circuits form the Tetryon radiation.
Laquv Pok: ***The shuttle descends on the planet***
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console:: qaH, I am detecting...::looks up:: a Borg ship beneath the holographic image of the desert!
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::looking at the monitors as she blinks::Ohhh.
Lesli Morris: helm>sheist!!
Lesli Morris: helm>::starts to pull up::
Laquv Pok: CO>::turns to KTonga and mentally puts the brakes on then motions to Lesli:: Ease back on that throttle La!
Laquv Pok: CO>::grumbles:: I'm not encountering a Borg ship in a shuttle. Lesli, return to the HoS!
Lesli Morris: helm>done qaH::attitude less pitched, nearly horizontal::
Lesli Morris: helm>::arcs up and out of the atmosphere::
YoHtIq la: TAC> We would be no match for the Borg.
Laquv Pok: **A powerful tractor beam from the surface grabs hold of the shuttle as it attempts to leave the atmosphere***
Lesli Morris: helm>::cusses in Russian::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console:: I am detecting a sensor sweep, we are being scanned! Tractor beam holding us in place
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;watching the monitor screens as we are caught::jay'
Laquv Pok: CO>Lesli, full power!
YoHtIq la: TAC> they can scan through cloaking systems.
Norman Mark V: Transferring all available power, Yoh, try a polaron beam on the source of that tractor!
Lesli Morris: helm>::tries punching the shuttle's warp drive::
Laquv Pok: ***Shuttle is held fast by the beam***
YoHtIq la: TAC> Ay. :;taps on the he console preparing a polaron beam::Beam ready...
Lesli Morris: helm>no can do qaH, we're stuck like a gob fly on flypaper
Norman Mark V: Fire it right onto the source!
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::taps the firing button sending the polaron beam straight for the tractor source::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console:: qaH, the HoS is moving to intercept us. Two Klingon vessels moving towards our position
YoHtIq la: TAC> Doing so ::grins::
Laquv Pok: ***Tractor beam is knocked offline and the shuttle zooms towards the HoS with the two Klingon ships in pursuit**
Lesli Morris: helm>::races to the HoS::we're free qaH
YoHtIq la: TAC> We're free.
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;grins::
Laquv Pok: CO>Get us onboard
KtongaFae La: SCI>::Taps:: they are firing on us
Lesli Morris: helm>::moves toward the shuttle bay::
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;tapping the console taking tactical offline as they head for the shuttle bay on the HoS::
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::smacks herself and gets weapons back online:: Weapons back online.
Laquv Pok: ***The shuttle zooms towards the shuttle bay door with a torpedo right behind it, shields go up around the HoS as they enter the bay, the torpedo exploding against the warships shields***
Lesli Morris: helm>::lands the shuttle and opens the door::lets move
Lesli Morris: helm>::heads out of the shuttle running for the lift::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::moves to exit the shuttle as the HoS rocks from weapons fire::
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::taps taking shuttle weapons back offline as the shuttle rests in the HoS::
Laquv Pok: **Pause***
Norman Mark V: ::exits the shuttle hading for the TL::
YoHtIq la: ::aa::
Norman Mark V: ::AA::
KtongaFae La: ::AA::
Lesli Morris: ::wanders her little self on up to the meH::
Norman Mark V: ::Stands stoically at his station reciting Spock's litany to himself for guidance. "Logic is a little bird tweeting in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers that smell bad".::
Lesli Morris: ::exits the lift and wanders her way to the helm chair, saluting anyone taller then her::Qapla'
Norman Mark V: Qapla, Lesli Morris. It is agreeable to see you.
Lesli Morris: ::grins::ditto buddy
Lesli Morris: how goes it?
Norman Mark V: I am fully functional, thank you.
Lesli Morris: that's good
Norman Mark V: I trust you are in good health as well.
Lesli Morris: yep, I ain't been knocked off yet
YoH'tIq la: ::turbo lift comes to a halt as the door opens.. Steps out onto the meH and quickly looks around::Qapla'
Lesli Morris: ::salutes yoH as she exits the lift::Qapla' qaH
YoH'tIq la: ::returns her salute with a nod::
YoH'tIq la: ::moves to the tactical console then glances around the meH:: How fares the night tonight?
Lesli Morris: ::grins at yoH::du no......night ain't over yet
YoH'tIq la: that is true.. ::grins as she looks to the android::
Norman Mark V: ::smiles::
La'Quv Pok: **The HoS is en route to an uncharted planetary system on the outskirts of Klingon territory**
Lesli Morris: helm>::maneuvers the HoS along the prescribed course, the computer mapping everything the nav sensors pick up::
YoH'tIq la: TAC> :;tapping away at the console rechecking tactical systems::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console looking over the data coming across his screen:: 8 planets qaH, none appear to be habitable
Lesli Morris: helm>::watching for any moving objects::
La'Quv Pok: CO>::nod to Lesli:: Lets check it out anyway. High command has reported Ferengi activity in this region and if the Ferengi are coming here, there has to be a reason why. I aim to find out what
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps:: We are nearing the system qaH
Norman Mark V: CENG>:: At his station on the bridge checking over all the power allotments, matter/anti matter ratios and calibrating the intermix regulator.::
Laquv Pok: CO>Drop from warp, YoH, cloak the ship!
Lesli Morris: helm>ya got it qaH::arcs toward the system::
YoH'tIq la: TAC> Ay' ::taps the cloaking button cloaking the HoS:: Ship cloaked
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps:: qaH, I am detecting a high energy output between the 6th and 7th planets. It appears to be some kind of cloaking field.
Lesli Morris: helm>::slows some more for approach::which planet ya wanna check out first qaH?
Laquv Pok: CO>Ah, I new there was something here to discover. Find the source of that cloaking fields power
Laquv Pok: CO>Lets head towards the 6th Lesli
YoH'tIq la: TAC> :;hopes the engineers keep the power levels leveled out. monitoring the cloaking system::
Lesli Morris: helm>lu' qaH::moves toward the 6th planet::
KtongaFae La: SCI> I have a beacon on sensors, It is transmitting a warning signal on a low power subspace frequency
Norman Mark V: My scanners showed a momentary reading of residual Tetryon particles. There may be a signature as we get closer.
Laquv Pok: CO>::rubs his chin:: Hmm,. Ferengi, a cloaking field, warning beacon and Tetryon particles... Such a combination
YoHtIq la: TAC> Perhaps the Ferengi are working with others.
Lesli Morris: helm>could mean only one thing qaH.......them liver heads' hidin somethin
Laquv Pok: CO>Maintain cloak until we find out more information. KTonga, I want more scans. Norman, what more can you tell me about the Tetryon particles?
YoHtIq la: TAC> Cloak holding, maintaining cloak. :;goes back to monitoring the cloaking system::
Lesli Morris: helm>::aligns with the 6th planet but stays a safe distance away::
Norman Mark V: CENG> Very low traces at this distance. They are sometimes used in certain varieties of cloaks. that is one possibility.
KtongaFae La: SCI>::continuing to scan:: HIja qaH
Laquv Pok: CO>::looks at the planet onscreen:: Anything KTonga?
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps:: According to my calculations the cloaking field is probably much more spread out than the object it is cloaking. I think we can enter the field safely
Lesli Morris: helm>maybe if we go in real slow we don't mess it up
Laquv Pok: CO>::shifting in his seat to look at Norman then to Lesli:: La, take us into the cloaking field, ahead 1/8 impulse.
Norman Mark V: Tetryons can exist for a limited time in normal space.
Norman Mark V: A race was once discovered that used them to live in a subspace domain. They are also hazardous to energy and beam weapons.
Lesli Morris: helm>lu' qaH::approaches at this "slow" speed::
Norman Mark V: The race known as "Caretakers that abducted a Federation Starship used Tetryons to scan galactic distances.
Laquv Pok: CO>Sounds like these Tetryons are a powerful substance
Lesli Morris: helm>::hears Norman then holds up a shuriken::won't bother nothin like this
KtongaFae La: SCI> We will enter the cloaking field in 1 minute.
Norman Mark V: ::nods:: And Sir, They are also employed in the Cloaks of D'Deridex class Warbirds.
Lesli Morris: helm>::glares off at mention of the Romulan ship class::
Laquv Pok: CO>::nods to Norman:: I didn't know that. So this means that Klingons could possibly be involved..
Lesli Morris: helm>or them stinkin Romulans
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;listening to meH talk about Tetryons as she continues monitoring the cloaking system::
Laquv Pok: ***The HoS enters the field, the ship bouncing rumbling and shaking as they traverse through the field**
Lesli Morris: helm>::continuing to move the HoS forward toward the cloak field::
Lesli Morris: helm>::has always wondered what happens when 2 cloak fields cross::
KtongaFae La: SCI?::taps as he holds himself steady:: Sensors are not functioning while inside the cloaking field. They should resume normal working order when we exit the field itself on the other side.
Lesli Morris: helm>::scans for minds::
Laquv Pok: ***HoS Emerges out of the cloaking field on the other side****
Lesli Morris: helm>we're out, nav sensors's coming back to life
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::holding on as the ship rumbles through and exits the other side:: tactical systems flickered but seem to be functioning fine now.
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console:: Sensors back online, I am detecting 8 vessels in orbit of an M class planet, Four Ferengi transport, two Ferengi cruisers and two Klingon vessels.
Laquv Pok: CO>::rubs his chin in thought:: Any registry on those vessels?
Lesli Morris: helm>::can sense the Klingon minds but not the Ferengi minds::
KtongaFae La: SCI> I am detecting no transponder signals from any of the vessels qaH
Laquv Pok: CO>Lesli, move us in closer
Lesli Morris: helm>this don't feel right qaH
Lesli Morris: helm>::does so::lu' qaH
Laquv Pok: CO>It never does when there's going to be trouble Lesli, YoH, standby weapons and shields just in case.
YoHtIq la: TAC> Ay, qaH. :;turns to the console tapping several different buttons::
Norman Mark V: I'd better get down to engineering if we are going to fight.
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::taps the final button as the weapons hit hot stand by:: Shields and weapons on hot standby.
KtongaFae La: SCI> qaH, I am reading several thousand people on the surface of the planet. Most of them are located in a centralized area.
Lesli Morris: helm>:approaches the planet::something big's goin down qaH
Norman Mark V: ::Salutes the HoD in Klingon fashion and heads for the TL.::
Norman Mark V: ::stops and waits to see what the scanner are revealing.::
Laquv Pok: ::salutes Norman and pulls on his beard some more and looks at the planet onscreen::
KtongaFae La: SCI> There is little industrialized activity on the surface. Other than a few operations, most of the settlement is primitive.
Laquv Pok: CO>Then the planet must be rich in some type of ore to draw the attention of Klingons and Ferengi. This system is too far out of the way to offer any military significance
Lesli Morris: helm>::feels the minds of the people on the planet that she can read::
Norman Mark V: Dilithium, or perhaps Benamite crystals would bring them out here.
YoHtIq la: TAC> Hmm.. with these races working together, it has to be something maj
Lesli Morris: helm>what's Benamite?
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::nods her head agreeing with him and wonders the same thing as Lesli::
Norman Mark V: It is a rare substance found mainly in the Delta quadrant used for powering Quantum slipstream engines. Lesli.
Lesli Morris: helm>Borg fuel?
KtongaFae La: SCI> If so, it is buried deep into the planet, sensors indicate nothing other than typical ores found in most planets
Norman Mark V: They used transwarp coils and conduits mainly.
Lesli Morris: helm>my bad
Laquv Pok: CO>::looks at the screen and then to Norman:: You have no data on this planets existence in your data banks?
Lesli Morris: helm>::gets a mental image from someone on the surface::holy.......
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;standing there listening to the conversations then looks to Lesli::Everything ok, Lesli?
Norman Mark V: No surveys have been officially done by the Empire. As you stated, the system has little or no military use, and is listed as a primitive world. No geological or planetological data
Norman Mark V: at that time has been collected.
Norman Mark V: Making it an ideal place for some sort of clandestine operation.
Lesli Morris: helm>I'm gettin somethin from the planet qaH.....like a super long elevator shaft goin majorly deep down
Laquv Pok: CO>Not a good place to stage an invasion, a fleet would be detected long before they reached Imperial territory of any importance
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;blinks hearing Lesli::
Norman Mark V: No, but perhaps your firs instinct was correct. They are mining something, or extracting something. And they certainly don't want us, or anyone else to know about it.
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console bringing a small schematic of the planet on his screen:: qaH, I think we are receiving a false reading over the northern hemisphere. I am detecting a strong source of power coming from that region but
Lesli Morris: helm>::to Norman::do people dig these majorly rare crystals outta mine shafts like ya would Dilithium?
KtongaFae La: sensors are reading desert terrain
Laquv Pok: CO>::stands from his seat and walks over to KTonga's console:: another cloaking field perhaps?
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::maintaining the cloak:: Our cloak is holding.
KtongaFae La: SCI>::studying the console:: Doubtful qaH but...::taps his console a few times:: I think it is possible that we are viewing a holographic image of the desert terrain and something is offering false sensor data
Norman Mark V: It can be mined in a number of ways. It is very unstable and cannot be sorted easily. It also has a very fast rate of decay.
Lesli Morris: helm>::settles into orbit::we're parked in orbit over the area I'm thinkin a mine shaft's at
Laquv Pok: CO>::looks at Lesli knowing she is quite knowledgeable in mining operations:: What do ya think they could be mining La?
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps:: Well, sensors are useless as long as what ever is disrupting them is operational. in a two kilometer are I am not even detecting dirt!
Lesli Morris: helm>somethin majorly important qaH, I'm seein movement up and down that in my mind, ain't sure what's bein dug yet
KtongaFae La: area
Lesli Morris: helm>might be somethin I ain't never seen before
YoHtIq la: TAC> It must be some importance, they are hiding it.
Laquv Pok: CO>Well, we aren't going to find out from here. Lets take a shuttle down to the surface
Lesli Morris: helm>want me to drive it qaH?
Laquv Pok: CO>::stands:: HIja La!
Norman Mark V: Can we get to the surface undetected?
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::nods once hearing Pok, turns to the console tapping a few buttons::
Laquv Pok: ***Ten minutes later the bridge crew are onboard the shuttle***
Lesli Morris: helm>::heads to the lift to go prep a shuttle::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::settling into his seat on the shuttle:: Only if we cloak and aren't detected
Lesli Morris: helm>::finished doing the preflight check::we're maj to go qaH, gettin clearance from the meH now
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::takes over tactical systems:: Lets do it! Detected or not. ::grins::
Norman Mark V: ::Sits at the ops/Engineering panel::
Laquv Pok: CO>::glances at Norman and the others then motions to Lesli:: Initiate launch
Lesli Morris: helm>we're clear to launch qaH
Lesli Morris: helm>::as the bay door opens the shuttle launches, she assumes the cloak is being engaged::
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;taps the console as it comes to life, then brings weapons to ready point but not targeting anything in particular::
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;taps the button cloaking the shuttle:: We are cloaked.
Lesli Morris: helm>::arcs toward the planet, getting ready to descend into the atmosphere::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console:: Sensors are sporadic at best qaH
KtongaFae La: sporadic*
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::tapping the console maintaining the cloaking system::
Norman Mark V: Subspace interference from the planet.
Lesli Morris: helm>::penetrates the atmosphere at the proper attitude::
Norman Mark V: ::Head over to the replica tor, punching in a design spec. takes the new part, then opens his abdominal panel to install it.:: This will protect my circuits form the Tetryon radiation.
Laquv Pok: ***The shuttle descends on the planet***
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console:: qaH, I am detecting...::looks up:: a Borg ship beneath the holographic image of the desert!
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::looking at the monitors as she blinks::Ohhh.
Lesli Morris: helm>sheist!!
Lesli Morris: helm>::starts to pull up::
Laquv Pok: CO>::turns to KTonga and mentally puts the brakes on then motions to Lesli:: Ease back on that throttle La!
Laquv Pok: CO>::grumbles:: I'm not encountering a Borg ship in a shuttle. Lesli, return to the HoS!
Lesli Morris: helm>done qaH::attitude less pitched, nearly horizontal::
Lesli Morris: helm>::arcs up and out of the atmosphere::
YoHtIq la: TAC> We would be no match for the Borg.
Laquv Pok: **A powerful tractor beam from the surface grabs hold of the shuttle as it attempts to leave the atmosphere***
Lesli Morris: helm>::cusses in Russian::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console:: I am detecting a sensor sweep, we are being scanned! Tractor beam holding us in place
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;watching the monitor screens as we are caught::jay'
Laquv Pok: CO>Lesli, full power!
YoHtIq la: TAC> they can scan through cloaking systems.
Norman Mark V: Transferring all available power, Yoh, try a polaron beam on the source of that tractor!
Lesli Morris: helm>::tries punching the shuttle's warp drive::
Laquv Pok: ***Shuttle is held fast by the beam***
YoHtIq la: TAC> Ay. :;taps on the he console preparing a polaron beam::Beam ready...
Lesli Morris: helm>no can do qaH, we're stuck like a gob fly on flypaper
Norman Mark V: Fire it right onto the source!
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::taps the firing button sending the polaron beam straight for the tractor source::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::taps his console:: qaH, the HoS is moving to intercept us. Two Klingon vessels moving towards our position
YoHtIq la: TAC> Doing so ::grins::
Laquv Pok: ***Tractor beam is knocked offline and the shuttle zooms towards the HoS with the two Klingon ships in pursuit**
Lesli Morris: helm>::races to the HoS::we're free qaH
YoHtIq la: TAC> We're free.
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;grins::
Laquv Pok: CO>Get us onboard
KtongaFae La: SCI>::Taps:: they are firing on us
Lesli Morris: helm>::moves toward the shuttle bay::
YoHtIq la: TAC> :;tapping the console taking tactical offline as they head for the shuttle bay on the HoS::
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::smacks herself and gets weapons back online:: Weapons back online.
Laquv Pok: ***The shuttle zooms towards the shuttle bay door with a torpedo right behind it, shields go up around the HoS as they enter the bay, the torpedo exploding against the warships shields***
Lesli Morris: helm>::lands the shuttle and opens the door::lets move
Lesli Morris: helm>::heads out of the shuttle running for the lift::
KtongaFae La: SCI>::moves to exit the shuttle as the HoS rocks from weapons fire::
YoHtIq la: TAC> ::taps taking shuttle weapons back offline as the shuttle rests in the HoS::
Laquv Pok: **Pause***
Norman Mark V: ::exits the shuttle hading for the TL::
YoHtIq la: ::aa::
Norman Mark V: ::AA::
KtongaFae La: ::AA::
