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The cloaking field of Gamma Serpentis Base extended to a sphere almost six kilometers in radius around the colossal station. | The cloaking field of Gamma Serpentis Base extended to a sphere almost six kilometers in radius around the colossal station. | ||
- | Technology and artifacts were bountiful throughout the quadrant, and by using a series of snatch-and-grab missions following observational analysis by cloaked science probes, collected hundreds of unique and powerful devices that allowed them to survive. | + | Technology and artifacts were bountiful throughout the quadrant, and by using a series of snatch-and-grab missions following observational analysis by cloaked science probes, collected hundreds of unique and powerful devices that allowed them to survive. |
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- | At the sounding of the order, | + | At the sounding of the order, |
"Power transfer complete," | "Power transfer complete," | ||
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Moving at ninety-five percent of lightspeed, Republic nee Asgard smoothly followed the linear verteron beam towards the red giant star known as Ophiuchus 42 on the Starfleet Gamma Quadrant charts. | Moving at ninety-five percent of lightspeed, Republic nee Asgard smoothly followed the linear verteron beam towards the red giant star known as Ophiuchus 42 on the Starfleet Gamma Quadrant charts. | ||
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"Not at all," the man formerly known as Doug Forrest remarked with a touch of sarcasm. | "Not at all," the man formerly known as Doug Forrest remarked with a touch of sarcasm. | ||
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- | As the image switched to a digital computer map of the star system, the highly-elliptical orbit of Gamma Serpentis Base around the red giant came into view on a grid-patterned visual. | + | As the image switched to a digital computer map of the star system, the highly-elliptical orbit of Gamma Serpentis Base around the red giant came into view on a grid-patterned visual. |
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Meanwhile, on the bridge, the control center was bathed in red light while alarms and warnings sounded. | Meanwhile, on the bridge, the control center was bathed in red light while alarms and warnings sounded. | ||
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Unlike a humanoid standing on the floor of the bridge, Blimpy' | Unlike a humanoid standing on the floor of the bridge, Blimpy' | ||
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On the main front monitor, a tactical display of the Ophiuchus 42 system showed the telemetry downlink from the Gamma Quadrant subspace buoy network. | On the main front monitor, a tactical display of the Ophiuchus 42 system showed the telemetry downlink from the Gamma Quadrant subspace buoy network. | ||
- | Suddenly, the computerized dot that represented the gigantic attack platform in the system vanished, immediately followed by an expanding red ring representing a class-ten shockwave. | + | Suddenly, the computerized dot that represented the gigantic attack platform in the system vanished, immediately followed by an expanding red ring representing a class-ten shockwave. |
"... What just happened?" | "... What just happened?" | ||
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- | "Based on my rough estimates of the straight-line direction of the Geodesic fold, along the intensity of the verteron beam, my best guess is that the target star was somewhere in the Delta Quadrant. | + | "Based on my rough estimates of the straight-line direction of the Geodesic fold, along with the intensity of the verteron beam, my best guess is that the target star was somewhere in the Delta Quadrant. |
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"Well you won' | "Well you won' | ||
- | //(to be continued)// | + | //([[current_story: |
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