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--- current_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_2 [2021/02/20 18:02] – cromwell
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-~~DISCUSSION~~
 ====== The Sword of Ophiuchus, Part 2 ======
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 **Timeframe:  Ten minutes after departing the Personal flier 'Aerosprite'**
-In the field, Starfleet Intelligence agents are used to improvising broadly and often.  Theo "Doug Forrest" Carter knew of hundreds of different unorthodox techniques to pull him and his team out of the most unpredictable circumstances.  Yet, there was very little left in his box of tricks when he and Saal Yezbeck found themselves alone, floundering in an energy-starved miniaturized Romulan personal yacht, stuck deep within the bowels of a gigantic lifeless and energy-deprived rouge intelligence base, which itself was cloaked in an uncharted star system floating in an unpredictable orbit around a star located in the farthest reaches of the known galaxy.  In effect, chaos theory had stretched the limits of plausibility, and therefore, it was only prim and proper that the universe snapped back into order by offering the two beleaguered men a chance at serendipity.
+In the field, Starfleet Intelligence agents are used to improvising broadly and often.  Theo "Doug Forrest" Carter knew of hundreds of different unorthodox techniques to pull him and his team out of the most unpredictable circumstances.  Yet, there was very little left in his box of tricks when he and Saal Yezbeck found themselves alone, floundering in an energy-starved miniaturized Romulan personal yacht, stuck deep within the bowels of a gigantic lifeless and energy-deprived rouge intelligence base, which itself was cloaked in an uncharted star system floating in an unpredictable orbit around a star located in the farthest reaches of the known galaxy.  In effect, chaos theory had stretched the limits of plausibility, and therefore, it was only proper that the universe snapped back into order by offering the two beleaguered men a chance at serendipity.
 Once they had pushed aside their bafflement at finding what they had thought was a ghost ship from their past, let alone why it was still intact when all the others had long ago crushed themselves into scrap metal, it didn't take long for them to pounce on the usual jury-rigging methods that the Intelligence branch was so renowned for.  The energy from charged hand weaponry was a common substitute for direct power feeds when a transporter has been rendered inoperable due to depleted EPS junctions.  Of course, it was only good for one-way transports, but that's all that Theo and Saal needed to abandon the Aerosprite and claim their new vessel.
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 **Location:  Bridge, deck 1, USS Republic nee Asgard**
-The expansive Galaxy-class control center was just as opulent as it's predecessors from ages past.  While it did not possess the ancillary science and engineering workstations to the port and starboard as the real Galaxy-Class Republic did four years ago, it still maintained the roominess and aesthetic quality that the designers at Utopia Planitia first intended for maintaining a comfortable workspace aboard deep space exploration cruisers.  The bright tan carpeting still matched the padded vinyl seating arrangement, and the smooth faux wood railings gave the impression of a homey feeling while also maintaining the utilitarian needs through a multitude of recessed LCARS-based control panels.
+The expansive Galaxy-class control center was just as opulent as it's predecessors from decades past.  While it did not possess the ancillary science and engineering workstations to the port and starboard as the real Galaxy-Class Republic did four years ago, it still maintained the roominess and aesthetic quality that the designers at Utopia Planitia first intended for maintaining a comfortable workspace aboard deep space exploration cruisers.  The bright tan carpeting still matched the padded vinyl seating arrangement, and the smooth faux wood railings gave the impression of a homey feeling while also maintaining the utilitarian needs through a multitude of recessed LCARS-based control panels.
 At this moment in time, all members of Task Force Trident were present on the bridge, either in person or on the main monitor in front, along with Theo Carter and Saal Yezbeck, the latter transmitting from sickbay.  Chief Petty Officer Towe - aka Deuce - stood at the tactical arch, while Commander St. John sat comfortably in the command chair, his elbow resting on the armrest in a leisurely pose.  Manning the Ops console was the ill-groomed Ensign Jensen, scratching at his rough-shaven face while Theo paced the space between the command chair and con.  Petty Officer Louise Clayborne joined audio-only from the transporter room, while on the main monitor, the split screen displayed Lieutenant Anderson on the left side of the screen, while Doctor Yezbeck and Crewman Baker stood on the right side.
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 //"What's your plan for getting back?"// Lieutenant Anderson asked with ambivalence after hearing Theo's request to take the ship to the Delta Quadrant.  //"We can open the Geodesic fold on this end using the base's verteron array, but if you hadn't noticed, the Republic is an older Galaxy-class baseline model from the 2360s.  She doesn't have the equipment to generate enough verteron particles for establishing another Geodesic fold once you get there.  At least not one big enough to pull a ship this size back through to the Alpha Quadrant.  It'd be a one-way trip."//
-"We don't need a fold big enough to pull the Republic back," Theo explained, continuing his pacing in the center of the bridge.  "Just Yezbeck, John Carter, and myself.  We can have the Republic generate the largest verteron beam it can, and then use one of the shuttles or a runabout to get back.  They both have transporters, and they can be locked into a diagnostic loop just like the one you used here."
+"We don't need a fold big enough to pull the Republic back," Theo explained, continuing his pacing in the center of the bridge.  "Just Yezbeck, John Carter, and myself.  We can have the Republic generate the largest verteron beam it can, and then use one of the shuttles to get back.  They're old, but they have transporters, and they can be locked into a diagnostic loop just like the one you used here."
 "Let me get this straight," reasoned Blake St. John sitting in the command chair.  "You want to abandon a Galaxy-Class starship in the Delta Quadrant?"
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 "It could take us DAYS to find John," pointed out Theo.  "Maybe even weeks or months if our coordinates are off any.  I don't think there's enough energy in the station's reactor to leave the fold open that long."
-"Correct," Commander St. John added.  "The verteron array will take every drop of energy left in the base's reactor core.  We'll have to drop the base's cloaking field just to generate the one short Geodesic pulse needed to create the fold."
+"Correct," Commander St. John added.  "The verteron array will take every drop of energy left in the base's reactor core.  It takes so much power, I doubt there's enough to keep it open even an hour.  We'll have to drop the base's cloaking field just to generate the one short Geodesic pulse needed to create the fold."
 //"Drop the cloaking field??"// shouted the voice of Petty Officer Clayborne over the comm system from the transporter room.  //"Do we want to even do that?  It was a miracle that no one saw us generate the pulse the first time three years ago!"//
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 "Take Louise with you, just to be on the safe side," ordered the commander.
-//"I'll start prepping some suits,"// the petty officer announced over the comm system. //"Clayborne out."//
+//"I'll start prepping some suits,"// the petty officer announced over the comm system.
-//"You know,"// the lieutenant warned.  //"It'll be a severe power drain on Republic to keep just one of those generators active for any length of time."//
+//"You know,"// Anderson warned from the screen after PO1 Clayborne closed the channel.  //"It'll be a severe power drain on Republic to keep just one of those generators active for any length of time."//
 "We don't need them to run long," St. John replied.  "Just long enough to get us through the Geodesic fold.  In addition to reinforcing Republic, I'd recommend projecting another structural integrity field forward of the ship as it enters the fold."

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