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current_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_2 [2021/02/28 06:03] – cromwellcurrent_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_2 [2021/03/17 04:06] – cromwell
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 "I remember you, Towe," Yezbeck acknowledged.  "Who are your friends?"  "I remember you, Towe," Yezbeck acknowledged.  "Who are your friends?" 
  
-"Commander Blake St. John," the young, blue-eyed ranking officer introduced himself.  "Team leader of Task Force Trident."  Motioning to the red-haired lieutenant behind him, he added "this is my number one, Lieutenant Shelia Anderson."  Pointing to the three other individuals in front of the transporter platform, he presented the rest of his team that was composed of a wide-eyed twenty-something human male with unkempt black hair and facial stubble to boot; a tall, brawny woman with braided blond hair who sported the largest piece of automatic weaponry of the team; and an almost teenage-looking younger man with a squat face, protruding lower lip, and a very close crew cut that almost made him look bald.  "That's Ensign Carson Jensen, our computer specialist.  Next to him is Petty Officer First Class Louise Clayborne, our second heavy weapons specialist aside from Deuce here.  Finally, that's Crewman Brian Baker, our medic, fresh out of his Starfleet Medical training program."+"Commander Blake St. John," the young, blue-eyed ranking officer introduced himself.  "Team leader of Task Force Trident."  Motioning to the red-haired lieutenant behind him, he added "this is my number one, Lieutenant Sheila Anderson."  Pointing to the three other individuals in front of the transporter platform, he presented the rest of his team that was composed of a wide-eyed twenty-something human male with unkempt black hair and facial stubble to boot; a tall, brawny woman with braided blond hair who sported the largest piece of automatic weaponry of the team; and an almost teenage-looking younger man with a squat face, protruding lower lip, and a very close crew cut that almost made him look bald.  "That's Ensign Carson Jensen, our computer specialist.  Next to him is Petty Officer First Class Louise Clayborne, our second heavy weapons specialist aside from Deuce here.  Finally, that's Crewman Brian Baker, our medic, fresh out of his Starfleet Medical training program."
  
 "Wait!" Lieutenant Anderson halted the conversation.  "Where's Blimpy?" "Wait!" Lieutenant Anderson halted the conversation.  "Where's Blimpy?"
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 Theo was lost in thought as the commander concluded his remarks.  Saal was looking at his friend quizzically, knowing full well that the gears were turning in Theo's head; an expression that only he would have noticed.  As for the other members of Task Force Trident, they slung their weapons over their shoulders as Commander St. John handed out orders. Theo was lost in thought as the commander concluded his remarks.  Saal was looking at his friend quizzically, knowing full well that the gears were turning in Theo's head; an expression that only he would have noticed.  As for the other members of Task Force Trident, they slung their weapons over their shoulders as Commander St. John handed out orders.
  
-"Louise, stay here in the transporter room and take stock of the landing party gear and EVA suits.  We may need them before too long."  Turning to his second-in-command, he continued.  "Shelia, take Blimpy back to engineering and do a full engine diagnostic.  If everything checks out, bring the mains and impulse deck back online."  Turning to the young medtech with a crewcut, he said, "Brian, why don't you and Doctor Yezbeck check out sickbay and see what medical assets are still good after their contact with the Geodesic radiation?  If we're the only ones left out here in this part of space, I don't want to be without operational medical facilities going forward."  Finally, he turned to Deuce and Jensen.  "You two, you're with Commander Forrest and I.  We'll head to the bridge and get the sensors back online."  Turning to Theo, he asked "are you good with that, commander?"+"Louise, stay here in the transporter room and take stock of the landing party gear and EVA suits.  We may need them before too long."  Turning to his second-in-command, he continued.  "Sheila, take Blimpy back to engineering and do a full engine diagnostic.  If everything checks out, bring the mains and impulse deck back online."  Turning to the young medtech with a crewcut, he said, "Brian, why don't you and Doctor Yezbeck check out sickbay and see what medical assets are still good after their contact with the Geodesic radiation?  If we're the only ones left out here in this part of space, I don't want to be without operational medical facilities going forward."  Finally, he turned to Deuce and Jensen.  "You two, you're with Commander Forrest and I.  We'll head to the bridge and get the sensors back online."  Turning to Theo, he asked "are you good with that, commander?"
  
 Theo nodded in compliance, his thoughts still wandering to St. John's inadvertent discovery of a means to survive a Geodesic fold. Theo nodded in compliance, his thoughts still wandering to St. John's inadvertent discovery of a means to survive a Geodesic fold.
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 "Right," the commander backed him up at the captain's chair.  "And if Deuce is going, we're ALL going."  As a momentary silence fell upon the bridge, each individual considered the potential mission that Theo had just laid down in front of them. "Right," the commander backed him up at the captain's chair.  "And if Deuce is going, we're ALL going."  As a momentary silence fell upon the bridge, each individual considered the potential mission that Theo had just laid down in front of them.
  
-"Shelia," asked St. John after a moment.  "Any way you can scavenge some of those Borg structural integrity field generators from the base?"+"Sheila," asked St. John after a moment.  "Any way you can scavenge some of those Borg structural integrity field generators from the base?"
  
 //"Blimpy and I will have to do an EVA,"// she replied.  //"It might take some work, but I think we can do it."// //"Blimpy and I will have to do an EVA,"// she replied.  //"It might take some work, but I think we can do it."//
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 "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." "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."
  
-Shelia's eyes lit up.  //"Hey!  Good idea, Blake!  That'll give us an extra line of defense against the magnetic eddies!"//+Sheila's eyes lit up.  //"Hey!  Good idea, Blake!  That'll give us an extra line of defense against the magnetic eddies!"//
  
 St. John smiled.  "That's why I went to command school," he remarked wryly.  "You may want to have Blimpy also modify the main deflector for multi-phasic shielding as well." St. John smiled.  "That's why I went to command school," he remarked wryly.  "You may want to have Blimpy also modify the main deflector for multi-phasic shielding as well."
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 "If you live up to what your reputation says you do best, commander," St. John replied with a crafty smile.  "Then you and I need to rig this station for the biggest demolitions operation the Gamma Quadrant has ever seen..." "If you live up to what your reputation says you do best, commander," St. John replied with a crafty smile.  "Then you and I need to rig this station for the biggest demolitions operation the Gamma Quadrant has ever seen..."
  
-//(to be continued)//+//([[current_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_3|to be continued]])//
  
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