[6:03][DOIC]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:** The STAR TREK: PILGRIM is once again replaced by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-6FyeyeGMM *
[6:03][DOIC]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*theme )
[6:04][DOIC]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:** We open on a shot of one of the Talon of Beryxia’s cargo bays dominated by a large metallic cube as the investigatory team moves around it, measuring and scanning. It has certainly seen better..
[6:04][DOIC]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:days, with traces of veracysium still clinging to its sides where it could not be removed, but it shows no outward signs of having been breached by death metal. As the nerds continue their analysis.
[6:05][DOIC]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:we fade over onto the bridge, where the crew there is in the process of evading the notice of a nearby Prowler patrol that had appeared about ten minutes earlier. As Tamin edges them away from..
[6:05][DOIC]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:their formation, Inara cloaks their minds, and Elise tracks their movements diligently for any deviation to suggest they’ve been revealed, T’Pang’s log plays as a voiceover...*
[6:07][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:Captain's Log, Stardate 100280.3. It has been about ten hour since we aquired what can only be described as an elder obsidian fossil from the Acanth mining facility
[6:09][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:Our science trams have been studying the object since then to determine if it is safe to open. We are all curious to know if what is inside is worth all the trouble we went through to get it
[6:11][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:Meanwhile we continue to work at evading Imperium patrols. The patrols are becoming much more common as we draw closer to the Duhelen system
[6:14][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:Ain informs me that this system has the birth planet of the Emperor Gallias Pyr and the celebration of his birth has recently occured. Its seems logical the Duhelen would be the ceter of suc
[6:15][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:celebrations. As a matter of fact the Emerpor himself was likily on hand for such celebrations. i am sorry i missed him. I would have like to offer my birthday wishes
[6:17][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:We are quickly approaching a desciion. Son's course has us divert aroung the Sor nebula. a move that take more time but avoids passing through the nebula
[6:19][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:However, after the the disruption caused by the loss of the gate the patrol patterns given to use by Son are no longer accurate and it is becoming increasing ly difficult to continue avoiding them
[6:20][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:We could save time and avoid all the patrols by passing through the nebula.. But theere is a travel advisory in effect
[6:22][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:ocassional anomalous spacetime occuances, is how the bulliten decscribes them. Do i want to risk that? would it make our jouney esier or more difficult? End Log
[6:23][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-keeps an eye on the current Prowler detail they are seeking to avoid, updating as needed as they continueto elude them
[6:23][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*Holds his PADD out as well as his tricorder, then texts something on the PADD.
[6:24][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*Eagerly, Dahlia entertains her curiousity going over the data as they scan the object.
[6:25][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Tamin] "Go on, off on your way, dumb prowlers...
[6:25][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Captain, I got some progress. There is biological material on the inside, but the elder obsidian does not allow me to determine what race it is from. -However-, I can tell you there's no red
[6:25][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Blight or other viruses or any explosives on the inside.
[6:25][DOIC2]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--sets her log recorder down on the desk
[6:25][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-smirks- Agreed..und yet..it would be soo easy to pounce now and gut the
[6:26][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "If you give the go ahead, I'm gonna start cracking the sumbitch.
[6:26][DOIC2]T'Pang@Demoncheru:=^=Understood lieutenant, is that your recommendation that we open it?"=^
[6:26][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The cube was about 10 feet long and wide, with traces of veracysium still clinging on to the sides.
[6:27][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Tamin] "Don't tempt me, Leftenant...." *The blonde bajoran shot her a smirk.
[6:27][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Things like that have a way of ending up open one way or the other. Better that we open it up here than on the Citadel.
[6:28][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"T'ghor, it might be prudent to attempt communication first. There was something salvaged from the previous war by another ship that turned out to be a sentient, and an ally.
[6:28][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-grins and feigns a sigh- Ja Ja...secrecy must be maintained..duty first und all of zha
[6:28][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] "We could knock!" *The irushey offered as she stood by a console nearby.
[6:28][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"I know of K'rika, but I don't want to risk telepathic communication this close to an enemy ship.
[6:28][DOIC2]T'Pang@Demoncheru:=^=I suppose so, i want full biological containment protocols in place as it is opened. Just in case.=^
[6:29][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "You know it, Captain." *He then turned to Dahlia.* "I fear the Nirizeans would pick up if any telepathy happens and then we're cooked.
[6:29][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I was thinking, using old codes from the database that would identify us as dawn alliance.
[6:29][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"I don't exactly see any way to communicate with the sealed box." *He smirked at San.* "...Except knocking.
[6:29][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Tamin] "Too bad how that works out... but at least on the way back we'll get to tear into them.
[6:30][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Tight beam, directed internally at the object, not externally. Perhaps a harmonic, instead of a subspace.
[6:30][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-chuckles- Ach Ja..far more satisifying..makes the trip vorthvhile does it not
[6:30][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"I think the veracysium would completely drown it out.
[6:30][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Let's take it one step at a time. Everyone who's not brought their brown pants, clear out and start the biological containment procedures.
[6:31][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] "We could try to remove it? But okay!
[6:31][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Does it hurt to try? Or set it up on repeat so when you finally do crack it, they are getting that instead of a surprise?
[6:32][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"I am afraid that if we take a mining laser to the box we may damage whatever or whoever is inside.
[6:32][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "Indeed, you two. And when we're on our way back, we'll be rushing toward your reinforcements... with fortune.
[6:32][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*Dahlia is attempting to match what they found to anything in the database they had gotten from Eirene.
[6:32][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Orestes] "I mean, assuming they're not caught up in some horrible war on the other side while we were away...
[6:32][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He chewed on his inner lip a moment.* "Doctor, can you see if you can find those old codes?
[6:33][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:(Inner cheek*
[6:33][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I am working on that.
[6:33][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:I think they vill be there...my people thrive on 'horrible var'..ve are used to such
[6:33][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Let me know once you have them." *He approached the box and ran a finger over the veracysium.
[6:34][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The veracysium, as always, immediately gave T'Ghor a frost burn.
[6:36][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"we definetly need a small sample for analysis. What ever it is, is resistant to red blight.
[6:37][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "Non-biological materials are resistent to it, Doctor. Usually the biomass moves away from nonorganic objects after the Blight has gone worldwide, coalescing in deep places... oceans, canyons
[6:38][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:caves and such. It's rare for an item to be swept into the mass, but it does happen.
[6:38][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*Letting the database searches run, she sets up a recursive based on new data to be added to searches as she moves on to analysis
[6:38][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He nodded to Len.* "What worries me is how to get the veracysium off without damaging whoever is inside. Some parts can be chipped off, but others are too thick.
[6:38][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"We'll have to laser it.
[6:38][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "We could try to get a thinner layer off of it and then determine if we can cut into the cube.
[6:39][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "Gets us inside and we don't have to peel it all off.
[6:39][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*Nods to Len.* "That was my thoughts. First, we remove what we can, then we broadcast the doctor's codes.
[6:39][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*nods in agreement
[6:39][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*Rolls his eyes at his PADD
[6:39][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-looks at her console and smirks at a response
[6:40][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Len, c'mere and chip away with me. Doctor, can you please queue up your beam? San, I want you to monitor for any sort of response from the cube once the beam starts.
[6:40][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He picked up his fancy 25th century tools and went to start removing the thinner layers.
[6:41][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Not sure if we even have them, but I am hoping. I would think it to be a first contact protocol in our current ... Yes, I will set it up while I wait to see if the computer can find a lingual code.
[6:41][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--T'Pang entered the bridge. she paused and looked around a moment. Something seemed different, but she could not quite place it.-
[6:41][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] "Will do, Mr. T'Ghor!
[6:41][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"status report?
[6:42][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:My Kaptain, No change in target aspect at this time, the Prowlers continue on zheir way. They either do not detect us..or do not question the presence of a nearby stalke
[6:42][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"No worries, Doctor. You got time while we play miner.
[6:43][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] *He took a miniature version of the modified veracysium mining laser, heading over to offer it to T'Ghor.
[6:44][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"good.. I uncertain how long we can keep this up. Eventually we will be caught somewhere we are not supposed to be.
[6:44][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I'm really hoping for a survivor, or a record of the people of that poor destroyed world, but it's just as likely to be a shipping container full of spoiled frut a million years old.
[6:44][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:*Istrin stood at his console and made sure everything was up to par
[6:44][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-nods to that- Und then ve engage und defeat those vho caught u
[6:45][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He nodded to Len, checked settings and got started.* "We have no way to know, Doctor. Better safe than sorry.
[6:45][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"We either continue on like this to the target and hope for the best. or we cut through the nebula to avoid the patrols and shave some time off our trip.
[6:46][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "Well, it's hardly a good present if we know what it is beforehand." *He winked at Dali.
[6:46][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-quirks a brow- How bad could the nebula be
[6:47][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Orestes] "Famous last words, Leftenant.
[6:47][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:Lieutenant can you double check the scanners again? Please. I've got a bad feeling. *to Elise
[6:47][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:(Roll T'Ghor
[6:48][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-nods and does so immediately- Running secondary sweep toverify Leftenan
[6:48][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*T'Ghor and Len got started on the veracysium residue, slowly chipping it off to reveal more of a dull grey surface covered in scratches.
[6:48][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"I always hated surprises.. Except that time Amanar got me a dinosaur-themed shot glass set for my birthday...
[6:48][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Any idea of vhat I am to look for
[6:48][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:(Roll, Elise
[6:48][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"that is just it leftenant, i have limited information. The travel advisory calls it, occasional anomalous spacetime occurances. and the Imperium seems to avoid it if they can.
[6:49][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "The Imperium also has a refinery in it... where they send some of their more expendable workers. There are plenty of ghost stories from there.
[6:49][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"When is your birthday T'ghor?
[6:49][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*T'Ghor had set up his tricorder next to the box, waiting for it to beep in case removing the thinner layers can reveal something new.
[6:49][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-scowls and shakes her head- I am not seeing anything out there beyond the tracked prowlers..,,,do you sense a prescence Leftenant
[6:50][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"any stroies that you have heard?
[6:50][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"1st of March.
[6:51][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "Mostly the workers being driven mad by visions of home and what they're missing while they're away... of dead workers coming back to seek vengeance on any Tanausans who'd disgraced..
[6:51][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:themselves enough to be sent there, and the souls of the angry dead from wars and rebellions long past who have yet to find the peace of death.
[6:51][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:I just sense danger nearby.. and if it wasn't for Inara and her work. we'd be in deep trouble by now I feel..
[6:51][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*multitasking multiple stations, running searches for like matter as data scans pull it on one, language search on another with short range communication wave set up to it...>
[6:52][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*And eagerly looking at the data on the third.
[6:52][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:(Roll Dali
[6:52][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"i see. I am inclined to believe that it is mostly exxagerations of superstitious workers.
[6:52][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*T"Ghor chipped away at what he could.
[6:52][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-frowns and recycles and runs her sweep again, looking for any cloaked ships..or possible sensor shadows
[6:53][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I was thinking, you know how the elder obsidian robs you of heat when you touch it?
[6:53][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Running another check -to Ish
[6:53][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:Sorry that I'm not of much help at the moment.
[6:53][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Just because ve do not see anyting...does not mean there is nothing there to fear.
[6:53][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Yes?
[6:54][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I was thinking, maybe what this cube is, is frozen. After you get that stuff off of it, it might just thaw.
[6:54][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-soft hiss- Again..sensors show nothing..the prowlers are beyond our sensor range..acordingto sensors ve are alone atpresen
[6:55][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"helm how far to the nebula?
[6:55][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"It's very possible. Either that or the veracysium is layered atop a mechanism. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
[6:55][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"First we gotta get all this stuff off.
[6:55][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:Thanks for trying
[6:56][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*laughs* "I'm just glad to be doing some research again. I spent the last couple of months up to my neck in wounded and sick patients.
[6:56][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-nods- I vill keep vigelant, I trust you -returns to her sweeps
[6:56][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Tamin] "About an hour, ma'am, if we change direction now.
[6:57][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"huh... data is actually showing it is starting to thaw, it was frozen. Either by the elder obsidian or because of exposure to vaccum of space.
[6:57][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Agreed. This is so refreshing. I've been doing stuff way outside my usual field for way too long.
[6:57][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:*he nodded back
[6:57][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Granted, we didn't have anything about any of these in the archaeology lectures, but I'll take it." *He then nodded.* "Good catch, Doctor.
[6:58][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Months past your birthday or not, I hope you get some good archeology in on this. Speaking of, I heard you did great work with the Orazul project.
[6:58][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--looks at Ain-- "I am thinking our safest path is through the nebula and away from patrolling Prowlers.
[6:58][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He chipped some more veracysium away and popped back some, taking a look in his scans just in case he has something new.* "Thanks. It was a bit of a touch and go.
[6:58][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "If you believe that is wise, Captain. I know we've faced worse anomalies than some ghosts.
[6:58][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Hmm, some better resolution starting to coalesce. I believe we are seeing 4 distint entities encased in this ice.
[6:59][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"Exactly my thinking Ain, we are a science crew afterall. Anomalies are our business.
[6:59][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Hrmh. Interesting. Can you more or less catch their size?
[6:59][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Tamin] "It'd also shave a day or so off our trip...
[6:59][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"Helm adjust course we are going to cut through the nebula.
[7:00][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Orestes] "Yes... fly into the nebula full of angry refinery worker ghosts, I'm sure nothing will go wrong," *she deadpanned.
[7:00][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I'll try to get a better figure on that, if nothing else to we can set the cutter to a little deeper without risking the inhabitants.
[7:00][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Tamin] "Aye ma'am... adjusting course.
[7:00][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:*Istrin frowned
[7:00][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He nodded.
[7:00][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:(Another roll, T'Ghor
[7:00][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"My thoughts exactly..." *He kept removing the lower-risk bits of veracysium first.
[7:00][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"we have faced worse than some angry ghosts Orestes.
[7:01][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--T'Pang presses the all hands intercom button-
[7:01][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I wonder if that would work... a cryogentic suspension, in an inorganic fluid that the blight can not interact with. Life boat of sorts.
[7:01][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*Len and T'Ghor were making great progress now that they had figured out where to start, and had already cleared a hole about a meter in diameter on the lower edge of the cube face.
[7:02][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:=^=Attention all hands, we will be cutting through the Sor nebula on the way to our objective. This move should cut a day off our time and allow us to avoid the bulk of imperial patrols. So al
[7:03][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"I wonder if it was even intentional.
[7:03][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:departments perpare for nebula operations. Captain out.=^
[7:03][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Doctor, focus scans and your comm beam on the clear zone about here, please." *He tapped the cleared area.
[7:03][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "Only one way of finding out." *He knocked on the cleared area too.
[7:03][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Who knows... oh my... I hope this ship does not present a large wake through the nebular particles.
[7:04][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "If it does, I doubt there will be many around to even notice.
[7:05][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Tamin] "En route, ma'am. ETA, 53 minutes.
[7:05][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Yeah, travel advisory and all that. We should be safe.
[7:05][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Well, safe except for the interdimensional brain vampires or whatever in the nebula.
[7:05][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-softly as she scans- 'Hüten Sie sich vor den Viedergängern, es geht ihnen nicht um Ihr Leben, sondern um Ihr Gewissen.
[7:06][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "At least it's not the other nebula in the Imperium." *He chuckled.
[7:06][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "At least it's not the other nebula in the Imperium." *He chuckled.
[7:07][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] "So, uh... if they're frozen, could they even respond to comms if we sent them?
[7:07][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"I distrust nebulas. Every time we go into one I end up talking to ghosts or someone attempts to eat their crewmates' heads.
[7:07][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"No, they cannot. I am more waiting on the doctor's scans, I want to see if this clearing will help us see anything new.
[7:07][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "Depends on their stasis modules are hooked up to the comms... if they even have them.
[7:08][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"If their comms modules work two million years from the activation, I'd be seriously impressed.
[7:08][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*glancing over that the other screen, she changes from harmonic to just audio, in preparation for when the computer finally settles on a linguistic pattern.
[7:09][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I don't think they can now San, with cryogenic storage, if they can be revived, I think just audio will be best.
[7:09][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The computer continues to show a lack of any matches for said pattern.
[7:09][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:(Roll for scans Dali
[7:11][DOIC]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--sits back in her chair, confident she has made the right choice that wont get them all killed.-
[7:11][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--sits back in her chair, confident she has made the right choice that wont get them all killed.-
[7:12][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Len, if the scans show nothing new, we take the leap. Increase laser intensity by 5%.
[7:12][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:*Istrin looked rather worried instead
[7:12][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Getting genetic profiles... Latejo, two adult, two juveniles.
[7:13][DOIC]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:** Without warning, the power across the ship just shut off, casting them into darkness.*
[7:13][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--as usuall T'Pang did not notice istrin-
[7:13][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Captai-
[7:13][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"SHIT!
[7:13][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"what the ..
[7:13][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:*And as usual Istrin silently stood there in pain
[7:13][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-hisses some and says- Ich fürchte keine Geister, ich fürchte sie nicht
[7:14][DOIC]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:** Before they could even react too much, the power was restored! Lights flickered back on and consoles reloaded! *
[7:14][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*Attempting to turn on light from tricorder
[7:14][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Can't do shit on this ship... San, biological containment restarted?
[7:14][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] "I didn't touch anything!
[7:14][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"Someone report, what just happened?
[7:14][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"I know, nobody's blaming you.
[7:14][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-cant resist- the power ist offline my Kaptai
[7:14][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:*He checked to see if they had intruders
[7:15][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-checks to see if her console has finished recycling
[7:15][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"obviously.
[7:15][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:=^=Bridge to engineering=^
[7:15][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*Uses the tricorder light to be able to see what they are doing.* "Is main power out, and auxilliaries at once?
[7:15][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-runs a sensor sweep the moment she has her console back
[7:16][DOIC2]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Corundi] =/\= "Engineering to... oh, good timing, Captain. That was one of these fucking lunks, we're working on making sure it doesn't happen again but it looks like our cloak might be fried.
[7:16][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"...It's already back on.
[7:17][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Vell that shall make things most interstin
[7:17][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:=^=understood, see what you can do with the cloak..we may need it later. But, for now prepare for nebula operations.=^
[7:17][DOIC2]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Corundi] =/\= "We can replace it, but it's going to take us a bit... I suggest finding somewhere to camp out unless you wanna explain to the next patrol--- oh. Aye, ma'am, sure.
[7:18][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "T'Ghor to Captain T'Pang. We know what's inside the box now. Two latejo adults and two kids. Is power gonna be stable enough for us to attempt opening?
[7:19][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"iguess that settles the matter, we are forced into the nebula by circumstances anyway.
[7:19][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Don't wanna risk this without a reliable bioloogical containment.
[7:19][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:I vonder if that vas somevones or somezhings...intent My Kaptain
[7:19][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:As if ve are now left no choic
[7:20][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Orestes] "We'd already decided on the nebula... but it's a bit suspicious, yeah.
[7:20][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:=^=You may want to consult with engineering before opening, they assure me they are working on making sure such and outage does not happen again. I am not sure where they are on that process.=^=
[7:20][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-nods- Und seems to share the timing vith the Leftenant's feeling
[7:20][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-nods to Ish
[7:20][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Got it, Captain.
[7:21][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "T'Ghor to engineering. Can you guys guarantee me the biological containment protocols in lab 1 will get enough power to hold?
[7:22][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:I detect no intruders at the moment captain
[7:22][DOIC2]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Corundi] =/\= "It's gonna hold, don't you worry your bubble butt about it. Issue was with one of our engineers, he's in time out now.
[7:24][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Right. Getting on it.
[7:24][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Len... Let's open this up.
[7:24][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"thank you lieutenant. stay alert and make sure all key areas of the ship are secured.
[7:24][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He started cutting to free the latejo.
[7:24][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Bubble butt?
[7:24][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Don't be jealous.
[7:24][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] *He assisted T'Ghor.
[7:24][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Just confused.
[7:24][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:(Roll T'Ghor
[7:25][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*attempting to recall and be sure no data gotten was lost.
[7:26][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*Very, very slowly they were able to slice through the metal, creating a small hole to peek through. When the panel fell away they were hit with a rush of cold, and they could barely see inside..
[7:26][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:from a buildup of frost.
[7:27][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"We got an opening!" *He covered his face with his forearm from the blast of cold.
[7:27][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:You remember that danger I talked about lieutenant? It's amused now
[7:27][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*Checking on bio-containment and then running deeper scans
[7:27][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "T'Ghor to Vaax. Can you post some security people in front of Lab 1? Make sure they're armed heavily, who knows how pissed off these latejo will be.
[7:28][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-hisses and runs her scans again looking for Ish's Poltergeist
[7:28][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:=^= Copy that, sending a team now
[7:28][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Scanning..your geist no longer amsues m
[7:29][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Thanks.
[7:30][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Bad news... according to the new data... they were dead before put into this contaiment. No pathogens, analyzing for cause of death.
[7:31][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Understood." =^= "Captain, bad news. The latejo were dead before being stuffed into the locker. We're trying to figure out cause of death now, but it is -not- related to pathogens.
[7:31][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Len. Cut away the ice with me. Low laser settings, we don't want to damage the bodies, but I want to look at them.
[7:32][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He fiddled with the laser's settings to be enough to melt the ice without slicing any limbs.
[7:32][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] *He nodded as he assisted T'Ghor.
[7:32][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:(Roll to not cut the latejo into chunks, T'Ghor
[7:32][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-hisses sharply= Verdammt! -fits hits her console- Ich sehe dich jetzt!!!
[7:33][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-turns- Kontact my Kaptain
[7:33][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Computer, what we know of Latejo methods of record keeping? Would they mark their dead or leave records with them?
[7:33][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:A faint glimmer of a trail..aspect has to be a trailing Stalker..she ist hlding back keeping us at the very edge of their sensors..but they got just close enough for me to spot the
[7:34][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*gasps
[7:34][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Oh no.. no, this awful.
[7:34][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Computer] "Latejo funerary practices require the burning of bodies.
[7:34][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Doctor?
[7:35][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"so we are being trailed.
[7:35][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*T'Ghor and Len carved away to reveal the interior. The children and the female were both laid out in dignified poses on the floor, one child still clutching a doll in her hands. The male was..
[7:35][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:collapsed in the corner.
[7:35][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:I knew it.
[7:35][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"The... adult male died of suffocation, the other three, more, immediately, as their necks were broken. I believe by the adult male.
[7:35][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-marks the distant contact as 'Stalker-012'- Javohl Kaptain..indeed ve are..Leftent Vaax has pciekd up on their cluster or a Nirizean for sur
[7:36][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Tamin] "And we don't have a cloak. Shit.
[7:36][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-to Ish- Alvways trust yourself leftenant..i knew it as vell -nods- Gud Jaeger in yo
[7:36][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Act of desperation, I imagine.
[7:36][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Ve could lure them into the nebula..und kill the
[7:36][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"Continue on course to the nebula helm.
[7:36][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Likely trapped, no hope of escape. I can't imagine....
[7:37][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:(Roll T'Ghor
[7:37][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:I do not belive they are avare i spotted the
[7:37][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*T'Ghor would see what appeared to be an ancient PADD-like device laying near the male.
[7:37][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"indeed leftenant, we will need to deal with them before they becom aware of our target and our intentions.
[7:38][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"We got a PADD in there.
[7:38][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*T'Ghor would reach in to take the PADD, carefully and respectfully.
[7:38][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-smiles to Tamin at that and nds to TPang- Javohl Kaptai
[7:38][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The PADD was crusted with ice and showed no sign of power after all the years.
[7:39][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*T'Ghor would very carefully start melting around it to be able to retrieve a small block of ice with the PADD inside.
[7:39][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:*he looked at Elise and nodded* Thanks.
[7:40][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Tamin] "I wonder if they'll follow us in... would be nice to give the angry ghosts another target than us." *She smirked.
[7:40][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"let's see what they do.
[7:40][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Agreed ... get the geists on our sid
[7:40][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*With a little work and determination, T'Ghor had himself an ice cube.
[7:40][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Captain... three of the latejo were killed by the family's patriarch, he then killed himself.
[7:40][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Act of desperation. Nothing dangerous to our ship. I have retrieved a PADD, going to study it now.
[7:41][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] *She frowned deeply at this.
[7:41][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Or well, he suffocated. Still grim...
[7:41][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "For a Latejo to take such measures, there must have been no other choice available.
[7:41][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:=^=that is most unfortunate leiutenant. So this object was little more than a casket?=^
[7:41][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*T'Ghor went to put a PADD near a source of warmth and wait for it to thaw.
[7:42][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "At least it seems so for now, Captain. I am waiting for the PADD to thaw, then I am going to try and retrieve its memory banks. I will let you know as I progress.Ë
[7:42][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--to Ain-- "i imagine their circumstances were most dire.
[7:42][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*looking at San* "Did your people know what the metal they were mining had come from? About the red blight or deaths involved?
[7:42][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:=^=thank you lieutenant.=^
[7:42][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The ice began to melt off of the PADD fairly rapidly.
[7:43][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] *She shook her head sadly.* "We didn't learn that until we came to join you.
[7:44][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I wonder how the latejo peple would feel, if they knew a world they inhabited had been harvested to create that damned metal.
[7:44][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Orestes] "Stuck in a metal cube in a red blight biomass turning into veracysium... yeah, my claustrophobia says no.
[7:44][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"We do not know what these latejo knew... they may have known about the blight. Once this all is over, I'm putting in a request to the captain to have the brothers of brulla give them a proper latejo
[7:44][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Funeral.
[7:45][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] *He examined the bodies a bit.* "They've all had the last rites done to them... damned shame.
[7:45][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Seems proper. I'll have the bodies put into cold storage till then. Do what we can to record their peticulars, genetic code and aspsects, but nothing more we can do for them.
[7:46][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "Hey, check it out, though." *He broke off a bit of ice and pulled out what looked like the hilt of a two-handed blade.
[7:46][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*Nods to Dali.
[7:46][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He then went to check what Len pulled.* "Intriguing... Could I take a closer look?
[7:46][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "Sure." *He handed it over.
[7:47][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"keep an eye on our admirer back their, in case they try to stop us from entering the nebula.
[7:47][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Tamin] "We're ten minutes to the nebula, ma'am. Hopefully we make it.
[7:47][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*T'Ghor took the hilt and carefully spinned it in its hand, looking over the craftsmanship, comparing it to what he knows of modern latejo or other racecs.
[7:47][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Ja my Kaptain -does exactly that
[7:49][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-considers- How vell vere they preserved
[7:49][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The hilt was a thing of utter beauty; both simplistic and elegant, with a polished purple stone on the pommel.
[7:51][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"...That's fucking awesome..." *He blinked and stroked it a moment, before going to place it next to the PADD.
[7:51][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He shook his head.* "Dammit, T'Ghor." *He grabbed his tricorder and ran a scan of it, before sending the hilt to the database for comparison.
[7:52][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Very nice... You know, this would be proof, that elder obsidian, is people. That the miners are .. for all my descriptive capabilites, collecting their remains and souls to be put to use for them
[7:52][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Very nice... You know, this would be proof, that elder obsidian, is people. That the miners are .. for all my descriptive capabilites, collecting their remains and souls to be put to use for them
[7:53][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I have to wonder if any of them know this horrid fact.
[7:53][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:My Kaptain? Trailing stalker maintains speed und distance from us..they are exhibting no change in aspect as of yet
[7:53][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"We still do not know if its proof. For now, it is just a latejo casket." *He checked to see if the database came in with matches for the hilt's design, before turning to see if the PADD's thawed.
[7:54][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "The Imperium knows," *he sighed and shook his head as he kept looking around the box.
[7:54][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"looks like they intend to follow us into the nebula.
[7:54][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-nods- So far that appears true My Kaptai
[7:55][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:They know..They're waiting to see what we do next
[7:55][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-to ish- Vell then..ther eve have it.
[7:55][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Orestes] "So they're voyeurs. Great.
[7:55][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:*Dahlia has the body bag 25th century versions brought up by medical staff so they can put them into storage.
[7:56][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He scraped the rest of the ice in the PADD by hand and tried to see if power can be restored to it, giving it a scan now that the ice is off.
[7:56][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The medical staff quickly got to respectfully bagging and moving the bodies.
[7:56][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"leftenant, tactically how does the Talon compare with our admirer back their?
[7:57][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Much to my disapointment, there is little I can do here to help you T'Ghor. I wish you best of luck with that device and the weapon. I should return to helping with scanning since we are moving int
[7:57][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:the nebula.
[7:57][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "Imperium ships are built uniformly, Captain. We'd be more or less on even footing.
[7:58][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Their ship is an indentical klass to ours..however I vould be remiss if i did not point they are most likely a veteran crww vith experence and training vith he
[7:58][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--nods-
[7:58][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:und ve are a prioze crew abaord a stolen klass of vesse
[7:58][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:The tactical edge ist for now..their
[7:59][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Tamin] "Approaching the nebula now, ma'am.
[7:59][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Thanks, Doc. I'll be fine, PADD just needs to rest a bit and I'll power it up.
[7:59][DOIC3]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I'll be on the bridge if you need me.
[7:59][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He went up to the replicator and replicated a bowl of rice... then put the PADD in it.* "Gotcha, doc. Good job today.
[7:59][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"We need to find a way to shift the tactical advantage in our favor.
[8:00][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:The nebula ist a sound equalize
[8:00][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-to Tpang-= Sauce for the T'irgha...the odds vill be the eve
[8:00][DOIC]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:** An external view showed the Talon easing up to the edge of the nebula before simply slipping inside, the dusts enveloping her. *
[8:01][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*As he waited for the PADD to thaw, T'Ghor snapped a couple of photos of the hilt.
[8:01][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:*Coming back up to the bridge, Dahlia is anything but elated. She takes an open station and signs into the sensor network to help analyze sensor data.
[8:02][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-keeps a wachful eye out for the sstalker as they slip inside the nebula..as nbest as she can
[8:02][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*As T'Ghor waited for the PADD to dry out, he pulled up his books on LMC weaponry and got looking into it.
[8:03][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"for now let's watch them and see what they do.
[8:03][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Ja Kaptain..eyes up -nods
[8:03][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:*Dahlia sends T'Ghor a file, linked to an old Film with a note* 'I had hoped for something more fun, like this.' *the film is Encino Man
[8:03][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"Assumiing the nebula does not have other plans.
[8:04][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"what is our status, any impact on our systems from the nebula?
[8:05][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "None reported yet, ma'am.
[8:05][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-checks sensors status
[8:06][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"i never asked Ain, but do you know what this refinery is doing out here? What do they refine?
[8:06][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He rubbed his temple and stood up, walking around some, before taking the hilt again, and starting to look it over, now scanning it to see if it has any technological aspects to it.
[8:06][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Kontact vith the stalker has been lost...nebula ckutting effectiveness of the sensors reduce
[8:06][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "There's many useful gasses out here in the nebula, I believe they harvest and refine a little of everything.
[8:07][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Nebula are notorious for having harvestable materials, just have to suck them in without destroying your engines in the process.
[8:08][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"right, i was just curious if they refined anything particularly noteworthy.
[8:10][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "I believe hydrogen and helium are their main products.
[8:10][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Speaking of which... Captain, has engineering identified anything of perticular hazard to the ship we should avoid?
[8:10][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"nothing has been reported doctor. other than the ghosts.
[8:11][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*At the word 'ghosts,' the bridge felt ever so slightly colder.
[8:11][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I'm sorry, Ghosts?
[8:11][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-looks to Ish
[8:11][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*T'Ghor pressed the switch on the hilt.
[8:11][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Tha tis them ist it not? Our stalker
[8:12][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*Immediately a blade of pure blazing purple light extended from the hilt, nearly piercing into the floor from the sheer size of it.
[8:12][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"This nebula has a travel advisory attached to it from the Imperium doctor, occasional anomalous spcetine occurances.
[8:12][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Whoa! Holy fuck!
[8:12][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] "Wow!!
[8:12][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He jumped back, lifting the blade up, trying its heft.
[8:13][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The balance was breathtaking, the weight just enough that he could properly feel it when he lifted it.
[8:13][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"Ain reported that workers from the rinfery reported various ghost stories.
[8:13][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:*he shrugged
[8:14][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"This thing is incredible." *He stepped closer to the metallic box, now that the bodies were away, and gently ran the tip of the blade over a bit of veracysium.
[8:14][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The tip could not pierce through the veracysium, but it was able to pop the chunk off of the box.
[8:15][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "T'Ghor to Vaax. When's the nearest time you can free up one of security's training rooms for a weapons test?
[8:15][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Interesting. Though not surprising that might happen. Couldn't happen to nicer people.
[8:16][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-looks up at that- Veapons test
[8:16][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:Uhm.. Lieutenant.. yes ghost.. *he blinked then* Wha
[8:17][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:=^= T'ghor sir, say again
[8:17][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Maybe he found the rest of that sword in the ice.
[8:17][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--T'Pang looks off into the distance, distracted by something.-
[8:17][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Weapons testing, Vaax.
[8:18][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "You know. Training dummies, tricorders for recording weapon specifics, that kind of thing.
[8:18][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-to Ann- Sword Doktor
[8:18][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] *He headed over and checked the PADD in the rice.* "Sir? I think it's dry.
[8:18][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:*he looked at T'pang* =^= Uhm, I could get one ready for you but.
[8:18][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"In the ... for lack of better terms, crypt, that we collected from the miners.
[8:18][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Thanks. Let's plug it in." *He pressed the button again to deactivate the sword, and went to get the PADD started.* =^= "But?
[8:19][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:The family ? Ja i heard..vere they not vell preserved
[8:20][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] *He handed T'Ghor a battery pack.
[8:20][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--T'Pang looks at Istrin-- "what was that lieutenant?
[8:20][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Well preserved, but they died in that thing. Very sad, it looked like they took refuge against the blight and dad was forced to put his family down rather than watch them suffocate.
[8:21][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*T'Ghor grabbed the battery pack and plugged it in.
[8:21][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-frowns some- Vhy not simply repair the physical damge und revive
[8:21][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The PADD came to life. There were four files on it.
[8:21][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Too far decomposed.
[8:21][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:Should I grant T'ghor's request ma'am
[8:21][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"what is he requesting?
[8:21][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Ach Ja, that ist vhy i inquired about their state of preservatio
[8:22][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*T'Ghor played the first one.
[8:22][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"They didn't freeze, the died in a room without air supply, and then it froze over time soon after it seems.
[8:22][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:und..still beyond vhat you can do
[8:23][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The PADD began to play an audio file.* "I am Envar dzo-Massadan hu-Tridathe. I record this on the day of my death. Mine is not a glorious end on the field of battle, but a slow, freezing death..
[8:23][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Unfortunately. Cellular decay too far gone.
[8:23][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:He's requesting a trainning room to be clewared out
[8:24][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:encased in a crypt surrounded by what were once my people. An ignoble end for any Nymati… but the attack that our world suffered was one of cowardice and cruelty. I have seen nothing else like it..
[8:24][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"Cleared out? why?
[8:24][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*T'Ghor is setting up a secure hard drive on a console to store the first log there as it plays.
[8:24][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Ma'am, it was quite a disappointment, and he is klingon. Perhaps using the ancient Latejo sword would be his way of honoring the dead.
[8:24][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:in all of my years; not here, certainly not on our ancestral worlds. Crimson spores rained from the sky, bursting over our major population centers and liquefying every living thing it came into..
[8:25][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:contact with. Burning it held it back, but it could not be contained. Most of our ships had already been destroyed fighting off the Tanausan Republic. But there was no warning this time, no..
[8:25][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"Ancient Latejo sword?
[8:25][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"Doesn't sound particularly dangerous.
[8:25][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:battle; I know not which of the Dark Goddess’ wretched servants even launched it in the first place, but I know no other force in this galaxy that is capable of such horrors. I refused to let my..
[8:26][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-tries again- Frau Doktor
[8:26][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"He found a weapont hilt, looked like... a two handed swrod. I am guessing here, he found the rest of it in the ice and put it back together. He's a klingon, of course he wants to try it out.
[8:26][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:wife and daughters succumb to such a fate, and in so doing, I fear I have instead doomed them to another. I thought this capsule was going to be our shelter; instead it is our tomb. There is no..
[8:26][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-waits seeing sh eis on a different topic
[8:26][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:way out, and the temperature is dropping rapidly every day. I don’t know why; perhaps the fleshy mass is changing or evolving in some way after all these weeks. It won’t be enough. We lost..
[8:26][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--to istrin-- "grant his request, at your discretion lieutenant.
[8:26][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:power six hours ago, and between the cold and the lack of air our fate is certain. My family will not suffer their last moments in agony. I have seen to it.
[8:27][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Sorry, did I leave something unanswered?" *directed to Elise
[8:27][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*That appeared to be the end of that entry.
[8:28][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "About what we expected... but why'd he refer to his people as Nymati?
[8:28][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Captain... The PADD's contents are a log of the Latejo... Nymati... family's last moments and a recounting of the blighting of their world.
[8:28][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-does half turn- You must forgive me Doktor..I am a soldier not a doktor...but perhaps our medicineis more advanced. However i do know ve have had luck with such revivials vith our machine
[8:28][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Nymati is their people's original name, I presume.
[8:28][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He nodded to Len and played the next file.
[8:28][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:=^= T'ghor granted.. Let me work on that
[8:28][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:I do nit vish to appear as if i am ..questionig your expertise..more..offering our techniwues perhasop for you to review
[8:29][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Thanks, Lieutenant.
[8:29][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The next entry seemed to be a fervent prayer.* "Forgive me, Great One, Father and Mother of All, Keeper of the Red Sun. Forgive my weakness. Forgive my cowardice. Forgive that I die without..
[8:29][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:battle, for I am weaponless against my circumstances. Let my children know the taste of sweet repose in the Great Fields. Bestow my mate with the greatest of glories as both true wife and shield..
[8:30][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--T'Pang takes one more look around the bridge befoer going to sit back down-
[8:30][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:maiden. Let my kin on the Ancestral Worlds never come seeking us. Let my kin trapped here without the Song Gate find strength to continue to fight against the Dark Goddess. Let my ancestors...
[8:30][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The file went on like that for a while.
[8:30][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I would be willing. We put the bodies into cold storage until we return to citadel station. If your science can revive them, perhaps you should have the chance then.
[8:31][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He sighed and copied this file as well, more out of respect for the dead, before moving on to the third.
[8:31][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-blinks at that- Nein..not I...I have little to no knowledge..i -sighs- I am sorry..i only offered my best guess to ..i did tno like to see you as deflated as you seemed when your eturned to the brid
[8:31][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:U thoght perhaps something my people's literature or techniques may help you..a true heale
[8:31][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--T'Pang suddenly stand and turns and looks behind her-
[8:32][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Orestes] "Whatever their chances at being brought back, it's not like we have the facilities on the Talon.
[8:32][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*There was no one there.
[8:32][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I only meant your scientists and doctors, of your people.
[8:33][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-nods keeping her eyes down- Of course my Doktor..again I hope i did not offend you
[8:33][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--looks around the bridge suspiciously-
[8:33][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The man seemed much more haggard in his words, seeming to have trouble with his breathing already.* "To all of my kin who may hear these words, know this. I have witnessed a power unlike anything.
[8:33][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"of course not... no true scientist ever believes that they know everything even on their own expert subject. There is always more to discover, more to learn.
[8:34][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:we knew in our ancestral worlds. The raw, primal wrath of the divine unleashed not in holy fire, but in suffocating darkness. The rending of reality itself which depletes all around it of..
[8:34][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-smiles- Danke Doktor..the Partys Physicans..vere not as forgiving as you aree..i appreciate vhat you just said und respec ti
[8:34][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:warmth, of light, of life… the sheer force of a Goddess’ rage which can be challenged by no man of flesh. I was there when she tore the Song Gate asunder. I could hear her scream of fury and..
[8:35][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:insatiable hate like an icicle thrust directly through my skull and piercing my brain, the paralytic chill rendering us frozen in place as we were forced to bear witness to her desecration. I..
[8:35][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:don’t know if I even have the words to do justice to the experience of watching a great and ancient being die, much less be mutilated before our eyes. It was like watching the sun being pulled..
[8:35][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:from the sky… and that was not even the worst of it. We felt her die, too. Her song changed when it happened, and I couldn’t describe the melody but it’s burned into my soul; all the agony, the..
[8:36][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:sorrow suddenly… gone, in a moment. Many of the people I served with on that ship did not make it back to Acanath. Many blades turned on their own masters that night. *He trailed off for a whil..
[8:36][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:before the recording ended.
[8:36][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"The song gate... You don't think..." *He turned to Len.* "Sister of Artesia's?
[8:37][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "Never heard of anything like that around here." *He shrugged.
[8:37][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"If it was destroyed... that would make sense." =^= "Captain, I am sending you a clip to listen to, it sounds like a sister of Artesia's. The man is speaking of the death of "The Song Gate".
[8:38][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:=^=understood,=^
[8:39][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] *She frowned slightly at hearing this.* "Can such a thing even happen?
[8:40][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He backed up this file as well, before moving onto the fourth.
[8:40][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"i am uncertain.
[8:41][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*His breathing was much more laboured now.* "I can still hear the Dark one... even now. She uses it... that terror and despair she inspires through her ruinous acts... as a tool for penetration..
[8:41][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I wonder where it was... or... if perhaps this nebula is the remains. If it was something of that power, perhaps the ghosts, are echos of her song.
[8:41][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:into your mind. She whispers directly into your being... her words like spiders spinning their sticky, dripping webs through your thoughts. Artificial neural pathways, perhaps. She weaves a new..
[8:42][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:person over the framework of what you once were; darker, colder... crueler... and then has the audacity to try and convince you she merely revealed your true..
[8:42][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:nature. She is a liar. One with capabilities that demand respect, certainly, but who is not worthy of your devotion. And I... I will listen to her no more.
[8:42][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*The entries end there.
[8:42][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Ve Kzari once spoke of a gate of song to beyond the stars...maybeit was gate to yet another galaxy perhaps
[8:43][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:BUt it vas just legen
[8:43][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"worth investigating perhaps.
[8:44][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He sighed and backed this up at well, tapping his fingers thoughtfully on the table.* "I... think that will be all for now, Len... Thanks for the assist.
[8:44][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Suggesting the Latejo people were not from this galaxy.
[8:44][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "Their origin has always been a mystery even to them.
[8:44][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Perhaps Doktor...we have ..giants in our myth
[8:44][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "Perhaps the Latejo of the Imperium are the survivors of the Blighting of Acanath.
[8:44][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Und I do not just mean the Titans like the Pex Predato
[8:45][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"or correcting myself, the Nymati people.
[8:45][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-chuckles- Starfleet...=shakes her head
[8:45][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "Yeah... I think I need a beer after listening to that.
[8:45][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Even in var..you discover thing
[8:45][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Captain, I am sending you the other files as well. I suggest we make them available to all our latejo crewmembers.
[8:45][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-seems impressed
[8:46][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Why is that strange? Are your people not curious?
[8:46][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] *She sniffled and wiped tears from her eyes.
[8:46][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He nodded to him and gave San's shoulder a little pat.
[8:46][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:=^=understood, I will listen to the files myself and then consider yyour request to make them available to Latejo crewmwmbers.
[8:46][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:=^= "Thank you.
[8:46][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] "it's so sad... why can't anyone just be kind to one another??
[8:47][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:*Dahlia sends a text to T'Ghor's PADD, just two words* "happy birthday
[8:47][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Just not the way the world works, sad as it is.
[8:47][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"ill be in my ready room, listening to these files.
[8:47][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-a softer smilee to the doctor- Ve are..by nature if has been fdrille dinto us to search fo a useful vay to exploit the dsicvery as a veapon to hold her back..for even just alittle longe
[8:48][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] "Well I'm going to make it work better when I'm in charge of a starship." *She nodded once.
[8:48][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Ve have always been force dto veaponize..you..you do it for knowldge ..pure knowldg
[8:48][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "Yes, Captain.
[8:48][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"That's conditioning, caused by survival instinct. I don't blame you.
[8:49][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*Nods to San.* "That's a noble goal. Me... I'd much rather just explore. Not happening anytime soon, though.
[8:49][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:nods and offers a smile- Howver..by becomiong yoru friwends..that too ist changing for us..i envy your ability to seek sucht hings..even in wa
[8:49][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:You neve rlose you appetite for i
[8:50][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] "Well you got to do a little bitty bit of exploring today, didn't you?
[8:50][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--T'Pang head for her ready room and then stops suddenly and looks as if responding to a sound-
[8:50][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He smiled.* "Yeah... and did good progress, too.
[8:50][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-smirks at a text
[8:51][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"Doctor.
[8:51][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Small as it is, this may be the start of piecing the latejo's ancient history together.
[8:51][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:My Kaptain
[8:51][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Yes?
[8:51][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:*he raised a brow as well
[8:51][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] "Yes! It's like when you found out about the ancient Irushey for me!" *she beamed.* "They're going to be so happy!
[8:52][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"monitor the crew for any unusual symptoms. hallucinations, hearing voices that sort of thing.
[8:52][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-blinks- Ist he serious
[8:52][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Of course, are you hearing voices or seeing something?
[8:52][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He smiled and nodded.* "And they're going to be free eventually.
[8:52][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"hearing voices yes.
[8:52][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[San] "Yes! All of us are.
[8:53][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Orestes] "The usual voices, or is it the Protector telling you to bake your baby in the oven or something?
[8:53][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Forgive me, but with you being sensative to ESP, perhaps you should concentrate on listening to what they are saying. It might be important.
[8:54][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He nodded his head.* "For now, I hope the captain makes these files available to our crew... maybe all latejo defectors once we return to the Citadel.
[8:54][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"If I were them, I'd want to hear this.
[8:54][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "And all the Latejo who're still loyal here in the Imperium," *he shrugged and packed up their tools.
[8:54][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-to Ish- Leftenant...ist the Kaptain under sttack by the Nirizeans..or ist it these nebula geists she hears
[8:54][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I'm sure you can trust yourself to not be influenced, but it is a possible avenue of discovery.
[8:55][DOIC1]T'Pang@Demoncheru:"perhaps doctor. But, i still need you to monitor the crew to see if these effects are wide spreaqd or confined to me.
[8:55][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:If she's hearing their screams of pain and longing for our warm lives then.. It's the ghost but.
[8:55][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Und doktor...do you mind a quick question
[8:56][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Of course captain." *she turns back to the station, and puts out an all hand medical directive* "Go ahead, I don't mind.
[8:56][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:*He nodded to Len.* "Will be difficult to get it out to them.. but it's our duty to try.
[8:56][DOIC3]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Len] "You got it to me, didn't you?' *He smirked.
[8:57][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Vhen you insepcted TGhor's sword..did you take a scan of the field holing the energy blade into form..to ascertain how stable it vas
[8:57][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:The nirizeans are still watching.. What the captains experiencing is nebula ghosts..but.. they don't seem as malicious
[8:57][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:--- Immediately report any odd symptoms, visual hallucination or auditory hallucination to medical personell---.--
[8:58][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Sorry, energy blade?
[8:58][DOIC3]T'Ghor@bulgariandragon:"Damn right we did.
[8:58][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I only saw a hilt, he was working on that. I was on the remains.
[8:58][DOIC1]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:[Ain] "I believe T'Ghor activated it when the doctor was here on the bridge with us, Leftenant.
[8:58][DOIC2]T'Pang@Demoncheru:--enters her ready room and sits down-
[8:58][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-nods- Ja..TGhors sowr dof lght as he calls it.how stable vas its blde's containment field
[8:59][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Oh...vell he has asked me to inspect it..maybe doktor yo vould care to join us vhen ve do so
[8:59][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"I don't know." *she attempts to access T'ghor's scans of the blade
[8:59][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Oh...vell he has asked me to inspect it..maybe doktor yo vould care to join us vhen ve do so
[8:59][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:For this..purpsoes of..diskovery
[9:00][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Energy blade you say... heh... reminds me of an old movie. Of course I would want to see it. If it is what I imagine, I might geek out.
[9:00][DOIC2]DGM Apocalypse@liorexu:*It was eerily quiet now.
[9:00][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-chuckles- Geek out...i see..vil that be messy or painful
[9:01][DOIC1]Istrin@the5of43:Hopefully not.
[9:01][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"Only painful later if there is video evidence.
[9:02][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:-chuckles- as soon as the Kaptain releases..they ve go Ja
[9:02][DOIC1]Dalliance@Gonz.:"The scan record shows a slight instability, but it was marked as suspected to be caused by method of storage and time since last activation.
[9:03][DOIC1]Elise@Isis:Interesting...so a simpl recalibration may been neede