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To:	steven_davis@startrekmail.com
From:	rapidity@thespeedoflight.co.uk
Subject:	[USS Galileo] Stardate 9905.29 TAc Log
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On Sat, 29 May 1999 16:06:45 +0000 (GMT), rapidity@thespeedoflight.co.uk writes to USS Galileo : --142896713.927994005572.JavaMail.root@www0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Atlanta and Ta'ra separated and went to their individual rooms. It was late= and they were both on duty in the morning, but before going to sleep Atlan= ta decided that she had to make sure nothing untoward would happen whilst s= he was unconscious, so she walked over to her computer and sat down. The computer flickered for a second and then a blue screen appeared, charti= ng all the ships systems. It replied. Atlanta paused for thought and then carried on. replied the computer. Atlanta sighed in relief. She hadn't yet = used this programme. She never had any need for it before and it had only b= een installed as a link between Tactical and Security to maintain control o= f weapons and other systems during attack or occupation. As far as she was = aware, no-one else onboard the ship knew about this programme and because o= f this it was surrounded by high security. =20 Atlanta had completed what she needed to do and so finally went to bed, aft= er an exhausting day of paranoia. She knew that she and Ta'ra had found som= e common ground and was pleased that she had a friend on board the ship, ev= en if before hand she never gone out of her way to talk to the half Klingon= .. They had walked in very different circles and there had never been any ne= ed for them to communicate out of work hours. ~~~~~~~~~The next morning~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An alarm sounded and Atlanta fell out of bed with a bang. She ran over to h= er computer, however, she then realised that it had only been her wake up c= all. She showered and dressed quickly and them managed to wander over to th= e replicator. She said half yawning. She tried again. This time it worked and she was = presented with a large bowl of a twentieth century breakfast cereal. She wa= lked over to the computer and checked the readings. 'Good' she thought. No-= one had tried to access and programmes yet. She ordered. < Captain Davis, Guest quarters 1> Atlanta grimaced. Even the computer was recognising the new crew members an= d Dach was back at sickbay again. She glanced at the time and panicked. She= was nearly late, so she grabbed her COMM badge, pinned it to her and ran t= o the bridge. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bridge~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Everything seemed to be in working order. The tactical station hadn't been = touched, but that was hardly suprising seeing as there wasn't really anyone= about yet. She decided to give the weapons systems a quick test. Phasers w= ere firing at optimum capacity, shields were down, but that was because of = the holocloak. She wondered if it was wise to substitute the holocloak for = the shields, especially now that the natives had found the ship anyway. She= would speak to Dach about that. came a groggy reply. Atlanta asked concerned. Dach replied and there was a sound of singin= g in the background. Apparently the holodoc had decided to take up singing = the Sound of Music. Atlanta continued testing the systems, beginning with the tachyon beam, th= e tractor beam, and the photon torpedoes. She just wanted to make sure that= they were all on line and that they had not been adversely affected during= the attack, so she performed a few simulations. There was a chance that th= ey would need to use them against the natives, should they continue to atta= ck, or have vessels with which they could pursue the Galileo when trying to= use the portal. The crew would have to be armed with phasers in the event = that there was a ground attack. Atlanta felt uneasy about this, but she kne= w that it was a more necessary precaution than keeping the new crew members= without weapons, leaving everyone defenceless to a surprise attack. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Atlanta=92s quarters~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Atlanta returned to her quarters to retrieve her PADD and to get a quick bi= te to eat. She really didn=92t want to go to the empty Mess Hall, a constan= t reminder of the accident and so she opted to replicate herself a piece of= toast and an orange juice. As she walked over to the replicator, she spott= ed the computer screen out of the corner of her eye, covered in readings. S= he moved swiftly over to take a look. < Activation Security Console Emergency Procedure Alpha Two. Authorisation = Unknown> Atlanta frowned. This wasn=92t Ta=92ra=92s work. She had been in sickbay mo= st of the day and besides she wouldn=92t have placed all systems on manual = override, an action which would hinder her work and also Atlanta=92s. Whoever had initiated it, must have encountered the =91Self destruct mechan= ism=92 and attempted to deactivate it. Atlanta asked. The reading came up. Davis and Moraine had been in the cargo bays, however = Ktryna had been in the Security Office. Atlanta thought for a while. The se= curity office hadn=92t been touched since the crash, maybe Ktryna was just = intent on repairing it, not actually causing any harm, however she still sh= ould have consulted them first instead of trying to access programmes witho= ut authorisation and activating Emergency Procedure alpha 2. Atlanta decide= d to first discuss the situation with Dach, who however was still in sickba= y and then talk to Ktryna about the boundaries. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sickbay~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The holodoc was attending to the Captain again when Atlanta walked in, she = acknowledged him with a brief nod and then proceeded to ask the doctor if D= ach was still there. Dach had just left to go to the holodeck and the EMH w= ent on to tell Atlanta what had happened. Atlanta replied = and began to walk off. The Captain called Davis replied and Atlanta left Sickbay. As she made her way down the corridor a voice came from her COMM Badge "Dach to Atlanta," came a voice from her comm badge. "Meet me in the Stellar Cartography ASAP." "I think I have an idea how to get us home, but I need your assistance working out the details." "It is my guess that if we can create a warp field that is compatible with the portal's composition, we should be able to use the portal to travel." "We use the bussard ramscoop to collect photonic energy to create a compatible warp field, it will be an alternative warp drive system. We can use the warp field 'bubbles' to simulate the gyroscope effect!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Stellar Cartography~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Atlanta waited for Dach to arrive. It took her longer than she expected "We have no choice Atlanta, but to trust Ktryna. If I would force the issue= we would end up with more problems than we started out with." Atlanta sighed deeply. "How is it possible. How can she have the authority = to access the entire security grid." "I don't know, I really don't. Nothing seems to make sense right now. Any a= ction I take now is being monitored, so that doesn't leave much space for a= counter attack without making things worse for ourselves. Besides," Tar'a = laughed, "anyone who can beat me at my own game deserves my respect." "I don't see how this is funny, I really fail to see the humor in this," At= lanta said somewhat annoyed. =93I can=92t monitor every move that she makes= without becoming too obvious and do my job at the same time which she is s= everely hindering with this maneuver.=94 "Well, if you are still worried that the telepaths on this ship can read yo= ur mind, or even feel your emotions use the neurotron emitter," Tar'a respo= nded as she handed Atlanta a small cylindric object not larger than the nai= l on her thumb. "You place it behind your ear, and it will drastically redu= ce the radiance of your neural activity outside your body." "Like a mental blockade," Atlanta asked while playing with the neurotron em= itter. "Yes. However, you need to realize that this can add to the suspicion of Da= vis=92 team. If you wish I can change the setting in such a way that they a= re still able to pick up your emotions, but in a highly reduced manner. Tha= t way you can boil from anger inside, but you only radiate a slight discomf= ort or indifference to a telepath." =93No I don=92t think it would be prudent to take this course of action. I= =92m confident that I can repress some of my feelings, enough anyway. I too= k training off a Vulcan whilst on my parent=92s ship and he gave me lessons= on extracting emotion during times of crisis. I should be fine. How about = you? Maybe you should use it.=94 Ta=92ra shook her head. =93You=92re right. It=92s probably more trouble tha= n it=92s worth=94.=20 With that out of the way, they focused their attention at the current proje= ct, nicknamed 'Bubblegum Crisis'. They compared notes and fed their conclus= ions to the computer. It would take a long time before they would be able t= o run their first successful simulation. There were so many changes that ha= d to be made in order to get safely back home. "Tar'a," Atlanta asked as she eyed over various screens filled with graphic= al interpretations. "Yes Atlanta," Tar'a replied while tapping various sequences into the conso= le. "I can see how you want to emulate the gyro effect, but how do you alter the holo-cloak into a phasing cloak?" "Well, it will not be a full phasing cloak since we don't have the correct = equipment here, but a holo-cloak is in essence not much different. The only= difference is the way we deal with matter solutions and how we fill the ga= ps between the molecular structure. The holo-cloak fills it with an altered= version of holo-matter. What we do is adjusting the state of the cloak to = synchronize with the portal. We have to do this real time and slowly phase = in, altering the molecular structure in such a way that we are able to pene= trate the portal down to its center." "You realize that one miscalculation and we're history," Atlanta replied sc= eptical. "It is very risky. The portal is a highly dynamic phenomena, but a= lso unstable. However, I can see the need for a real time adjustment, but aren't there any calculations you can do before we enter?" "That's why I need Ruckwood to help filling in the gaps. I'm also sending o= ut my proposals to the entire crew asking for feedback." Again they headed back to work, feeding the computer with all the informati= on they possibly could think off. When they ran a new simulation the graphi= cal interpretation of the shielding on the ship showed a small irregularity= around one of the cargo bays. It was enough to place the gyroscope effect = out of alignment. Compensating with the Structural Integrity Field was not = enough, and they ended the simulation. "We need more power," complained Atlanta frustrated. "Maybe we can cut off power to the holodecks and the weapon systems and fee= d that to the holo-cloak systems, the structural Integrity field and dampen= ing fields. Let's see how that shows on the simulation," Tar'a said. They both typed up the changes into the simulation and the results were far= more stable. Tar'a immediately made some changes on the control panel and = locked out power for the holodecks. When she was about to deselect the powe= r to the weapon systems she hesitated. Ktryna would not be too happy about it, and before the action could be misi= nterpreted she decided to contact Ktryna. "Dach to Ktryna. I'm about to cut off the main power to the weaponry system= s and reroute them to all available shields. Don't be alarmed. If you wish = you can access the data I've collected so far, including the results of the various simulations. Use my personal code to a= ccess, Gamma Delta One Seven Epsilon. This gives you the possibility to kee= p up with my progress. If you need power back, let me know. Dach out." Atlanta scrutinised the readings Without waiting for a reply she touched the= necessary connections on the control panel and a slowly fading power surge= went through the entire ship as large amounts of energy were redirected to vario= us control systems. Both the impulse engines and warp drive provided energy= to the most essential systems inside the ship, and the bussard ramscoops w= ere going to be used to provide the propulsion and as alternative energy so= urce for the holophased cloaking device. However, the damaged door at the cargo bay still disrupted the attempt of s= tabilizing the gyroscope effect. "I head down to the cargo bays and fix that door. In the mean time, I hope you can do some adjustments here? The plasma flow regulators below the bussard ramscoop need to be altered, so they can deal with the photon based energy. If possible can you also program a few protocols to deal with the alternative power source? I set up the safety guide system for the power source grid and set out a route to the holo-cloak control systems when I come back." Without waiting for an answer she picked up her toolbox and headed for the cargobay. Atlanta decided to go down to engineering. She needed to come up with an al= ternate programme with a split energy pathway which would allow energy to t= ravel to the holophased cloaking device, but still maintain the possibility= of bringing the original holocloak back on line.=20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~engineering~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Atlanta set about altering the plasma flow regulators, she tried a higher f= requency and then a lower one. At each of these frequencies they operated e= fficiently for a period of 2 seconds so she she set them to an alternating = frequency with a cycle of four seconds. She programmed some safety protocal= s, for the shields to come back on line if the holophased cloaking device b= ecame disrupted during entry into the portal, to give them some protection = at lease and for the holocloak to become operational after exiting the port= al, so that there was no chance that they would get pulled back in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Atlanta=92s Quarters~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It had been a long day and Atlanta slumped on her couch after taking a long= sonic shower. She hadn=92t gotten round to speak to Ktryna about her actio= ns, but she made a note to deal with it the next day. The new members had m= oved out of the guest quarters and into the crew quarters, something which = didn=92t bother Atlanta too much. She would be able to co-ordinate with the= m better if they were closer by. The doctor had been reprogrammed by the Ca= ptain and given his own personal access code. Davis had most probably been = annoyed by him and so wanted to prevent her and Ta=92ra from having any mor= e fun. She wondered if any of the crew were still up. Atlanta looked puzzled, but really wasn=92t in the mood to think about it a= ny further. She has no interest in what the Captain and his first officer g= ot up to in their off duty hours. She switched the lights off and went to g= et some sleep. -- How hot is your mail? Get juicygossip.co.uk or spillthebeans.co.uk Only from http://www.funmail.co.uk --142896713.927994005572.JavaMail.root@www0--

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