From: JoGoodman2@aol.com Sent: Saturday, 10 July 2004 6:25 AM To: spectre-nrpg@freedom-squadron.com Cc: compiles@freedom-squadron.com Subject: Spectre compile June 20-26-04 (pt2) Spectre compile June 20-26-04 (pt 2) (Unknown place, Holodeck, Kahila Lono, 20:00) Kahila was in the bare room, with its forcefield barrier, where the alien had trapped her and Pierce. She was devising a plan in which they could use the alien's newly built portal apparatus to open the portal to their own reality. Though if they couldn't find a way past the forcefield, any further action would be impossible. She'd said as much to Pierce, and waited for his reply. Suddenly -- with no warning of sight or sound, she found herself in a different place. A . . .holodeck. For a few moments, she was certain that this was some trick of the aliens who had captured her (perhaps even the same ones who had captured her before). After an interlude of shock, in which she exchanged inner exclamations with Pierce, she glanced quickly around; and saw the Spectre crewmembers were all there -- or seemed to be there, along with a few newer Ensigns, including Ensign Meyron, whom she'd just left to guard the gemlike structure in the sand. She nodded to him, and said, "Things seem to be changing quickly, Ensign." reply Meyron When she made her way to where Captain Remae was talking with Ensign Octan, Kahila overheard the last phrases of Octan's explanation. She met the Captain's gaze, and said, "Can this be true, Captain? Everything that we experienced was a holodeck illusion?" reply Remae, Octan Kahila felt overwhelmed with emotion, relief as well as sadness -- that lovely life she'd shared with Tao, her robot creations -- none of it real! All illusion. "Well, this does simplify things. We won't need to change dimensions or realities to get our lives back to normal." She took her tricorder from the pack - which she once again carried, after having been forced to turn it over to the illusionary aliens not long before. She nodded. "These readings show a very similar structure to our familiar holodecks. But we are beneath the planetary surface." reply any posted by Josephine Goodman (Unknown place: Holodeck - Pierce Orde - 2000) Pierce blinked... and found himself in a holodeck, standing right next to Kahlia. "Neat trick -- I just wish it were one of mine," he quipped. Looking down, he still found himself in the same 'desert-dweller' clothing and armed as he was. ~This is good.~ He stuck with Kahlia, overhearing the last bits of Octan's explanation. Over on the ground... he spotted his old, favorite tricorder -- the one he had lovingly modified. He walked over and picked it up, switching it on and 'taking a look around'. "Captain, Commander Lono's right -- this place is a holodeck of some sort." Thinking for a moment, he scanned the area beyond the holodeck, picking up interference in all places but one. "Sir -- the door is thataway." (reply octan, Remae) (Posted by Lenox) (Unknown place, Holodeck, EO Ensign Meyron, 20:00) Kahila was in the bare room, with its forcefield barrier, where the alien had trapped her and Pierce. She was devising a plan in which they could use the alien's newly built portal apparatus to open the portal to their own reality. Though if they couldn't find a way past the forcefield, any further action would be impossible. She'd said as much to Pierce, and waited for his reply. Suddenly -- with no warning of sight or sound, she found herself in a different place. A . . .holodeck. For a few moments, she was certain that this was some trick of the aliens who had captured her (perhaps even the same ones who had captured her before). After an interlude of shock, in which she exchanged inner exclamations with Pierce, she glanced quickly around; and saw the Spectre crewmembers were all there -- or seemed to be there, along with a few newer Ensigns, including Ensign Meyron, whom she'd just left to guard the gemlike structure in the sand. She nodded to him, and said, "Things seem to be changing quickly, Ensign." "Aye, m'am!" Said Meyron and smiled (reply from none) (posted by Edward) <> (Unknown Place, Holodeck, CO, Captain Remae - 20.00) "Hello Captain, welcome back,", said Octan, with a smile. it felt like he hadn't seen the CSO for weeks. Remae looked around, the holodeck grid surrounded him. "Someone put us in this Holodeck somehow, gave us the lives they thought we would want, after having scanned us, and hoped we would be stuck here forever. Why, I don't know. Maybe to get us out of the way. I still think Doenitz might be involved." "Anyway, I think we are still somewhere on that planet and the Spectre must be nearby. We should try to get to her, before they figure out that we escaped their trap." "Can this be true, Captain? Everything that we experienced was a holodeck illusion?" "It sure looks that way.", said Remae, on his feet and examining the holodeck grid. "Well, this does simplify things. We won't need to change dimensions or realities to get our lives back to normal.", said the First Officer, "These readings show a very similar structure to our familiar holodecks. But we are beneath the planetary surface." "Captain, Commander Lono's right -- this place is a holodeck of some sort. Sir -- the door is that away." Remae looked around and walked over the FO, "Kahila, if the Spectre is on the surface still, we maybe able to detect it from here, extend the scanning range of the tricorder to maximum and see if you can locate the ship." "Octan round out the crew, were heading out." The CO opened up the equipment bag of the First Officer and withdrew a phaser, he aimed at the door and fired, blowing a large hole in it. "Let's go, Pierce, take point." NRPG: Although I would love to go hand to hand and make it a fight to the surface, real time is against us. RPG: (Planet's Surface, CO, Captain Remae - 21.00) They made it to the surface with no sign of opposition, if there was anyone around, they were gone now. Remae emerged through a hole they had made and he lifted himself up and onto the surface, rolling around in the dirt, in the darkness. If the Spectre was out there, he couldn't see it but the tricorder data proved it was there. "Commander, your tricorder please.", said the CO. With the instrument, he sent out an active signal in all directions, if the Spectre had even minimum power, it should respond to his access codes. The ship did indeed respond and Remae was into the emergency computer core, he accessed a few systems and engaged the flood lights, the Spectre lit up like a Christmas tree in the distance. "I've rerouted emergency power to the short range transporters, stand by.", said Remae as he began the beam out sequence. He climbed back down the hole they had made and watched as the crew, in groups of 20 or so began to dematerialise in front of him, it wasn't long before all that remained was the senior officers and they too disappeared leaving just the CO. Before tapping the sequence, he took one last look around, what was the point of all this? Who were these aliens and what were they doing for the past 2 days? Remae disappeared in the blue transporter beam. (Reply from ALL) (Posted by Anthony Keen) <> Planet's Surface: Somewhere - Pierce Horatio Orde - 2120) The transporter beam took Pierce... (USS Spectre: Bridge - Pierce Horatio Orde - 2121) ...and he found himself on the bridge. ~Feels good to be home,~ he sent over to Kahlia. Moving over to his station, he brought up the ship's tactical layout. Reports were coming in from around the ship as crew checked their stations. Running a shipwide scan, he found the ship in good order and ready to take off. "Captain, all crew accounted for," he reported. "Engineering is ascertaining our status, but it looks hopeful. (Reply Remae, Kahlia if desired) Mission: Unknown Country, Day 5 Stardate: 2406.05.14 (USS Spectre: Observation Lounge - Pierce Horatio Orde - 1315) Lt. Orde sat through the senior staff meeting, doing a fair job at keeping his composure. ~Routine science mission. Well, every day can't be the Borg or some superintelligence, eh?~ At his name being called for a promotion, he raised an eyebrow as he rose and accepted it, shaking Captain Remae's hand. (USS Spectre: Bridge - Lt. Commander Pierce Horatio Orde - 1330) Lt. Commander Pierce Orde reviewed his security roster from his station on the bridge. ~Perhaps I'll be able to get my staff some practice time during this mission -- it looks like it'll be slow. Maybe even wargames, if the Captain's willing. It's been a while since the entire crew's had practice.~ He wrote up a short proposal and left it for Commander Lono to sign and forward to the Captain. Mission: Convergence, Day -10 Stardate: 2406.09.20 (USS Spectre: Bridge - Lt. Commander Pierce Horatio Orde - 1010) Orde noted the arrival of Captain Lee, with some interest. ~Something is going down.~ The time off on the survey mission had gone well (and rather uneventfully) for his department. He'd even been able to finish one of his projects -- the retrofit and testing of the Photon Flux Cannon to the Spectre. Now this ship had some teeth -- and a cloak. Mission: Convergence, Day -5 Stardate: 2406.09.25 (USS Spectre: Bridge - Lt. Commander Pierce Horatio Orde - 1500) The pickup of Admiral Jopek raised another eyebrow on Pierce's face. ~Another key player, perhaps?~ Mission: Convergence, Day -1 Stardate: 2406.09.30 (USS Spectre: Bridge - Lt. Commander Pierce Horatio Orde - 1100) Orde, seeing the ships in space, was visibly impressed. ~Something is going down,~ he thought. ~Good thing I've kept my people drilled.~ He wondered if Firestorm was somewhere among those ships, safe from being used by the enemy. (USS Spectre: Bridge - Lt. Commander Pierce Horatio Orde - 1210) Geneva! So this was the focal point of everything. "Very well, the conference is set for tomorrow at 0800, until we get our new orders, you all have free time. Commander, please arrange the duty schedule so that a minimum crew is kept onboard at all time," Remae ordered. Pierce brought up his own duty schedule and arranged a few things, keeping many of the drills but arranging them so that his officers would have their free time. He also instituted a regular security sweep while the ship was docked. ~No reason to trust anyone, with all of the deceit afoot.~ (USS Spectre: Ten-Forward - Lt. Commander Pierce Horatio Orde - 1600) Pierce Orde sat with his 'parents'. "Maria, George, are you staying aboard Spectre?" Maria shook her head. "No, George here will be staying onboard as an engineering officer, but I'm going over to Geneva. There's not much call for my field of study onboard Spectre." Pierce nodded. "Take care, Maria." "Call me Mom if you want." "Aye, Mom." George kissed his wife and stood up from the table. "Good luck, honey. I've got some work left to do in Engineering. I'll see you before you leave." She nodded and stood herself. "I've got to pack." The two left. Pierce tapped his commbadge. "Pierce to Kahlia, care for a quiet drink in Ten-Forward? Informal discussion of work?" (Reply Kalhia) (Posted by Lenox) NRPG: *gasp* That's a whole lotta hopping... Let's saddle up and move out! USS Spectre, Bridge, CO, Captain Remae - 10.00) Remae had just completed his report to Starfleet Command, the mission certainly was different but what little they did know didn't make a good debriefing for Starfleet Command, a Science team was being sent to examine the holodecks and whatever purpose they may have served and if anyone was indeed ever on the planet. The Engineering teams did a quick job getting the Spectre off the planet, they launched with minimal damage to the hull, Remae planned to put them in for a commendation. "Commander, you have the Bridge.", said Remae returning to his Ready Room. (USS Spectre, Ready Room, CO, Captain Remae - 10.30) The Spectre had been ordered to a nearby sector of space, their mission, a routine system survey, Remae felt like they were being placed out of the way for some reason he wasn't been told about. A bit of quiet time is probably just what the CO needed at this point. He was working on PADD when he pressed his commbadge, "Commander Lono, would you come in here please?", he said. he needed to arrange a meeting for the Senior Officers. (USS Spectre, Observation Lounge, CO, Captain Remae - 13.15) Remae was going through what the 52nd Command had to say about their last mission, the Bajoran tried not to show the disappointment they showed but they understood the pressures the crew was under. "I hope our new crewmembers are settling into the Spectre, Ensign Crimson, I hope you managed to organise your Counsellor suites and offices without issue, Ensign Meyron, I hope you are becoming familiar with our warp core and engineering systems." "Our next job is to examine this area of space for colony potential planets, it's a simple planetary survey. Octan, I am making your mission OPS, please arrange the details. Now, finally, I have one other communication to pass on." He took another PADD and began to read from it. "After our last action and we've been out of touch quite a bit, we've not had a chance to review the roster, well, I am happy to say that we have. I have the following promotions to hand out." "Remae began to read form his PADD: Ensign (Jg) Raven Crimson is promoted to Ensign Senior Grade Ensign (Jg) Walter Peabody is promoted to Ensign Senior Grade Ensign (Jg) Ariana Torelle is promoted to Ensign Senior Grade Ensign (Jg) Selera is promoted to Ensign Senior Grade Ensign (Sg) Octan is promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade Lieutenant (Sg) Pierce Orde is promoted to Lieutenant Commander Finally, Lt Commander Kahila Lono is promoted to Commander." On each reading of the name, the aforementioned Officer came forward and accepted his or her pips and shook hands with their Commanding Officer. "We have a new position I've created on the Spectre, Third Officer and this position is assigned to Lieutenant Octan, congratulations Lieutenant. In addition, Doc is now the Chief Engineering Officer, congratulations Ensign Peabody." NRPG: If anyone wants to see their new pips and the roster, you can : http://www.sfintel.com/fleet_html/spectre/rosterpc.php RPG: "Congratulations to you all, if there is nothing else. dismissed." Remae waited for everyone to leave before looking at the roster once more and then heading back to the Bridge himself, they had a mission to complete. (Reply from Any) (Posted by Anthony Keen) (USS Spectre - Observation Lounge - EO Ensign(jg) Meyron - 13.15) Captain started usual talking and had a PADD that was full with the names of the Ensign. As Meyron could see, and he could better hear then see, but he centered his eyes. Yes, those names are the Ensign that are being promoted. "I hope our new crewmembers are settling into the Spectre, Ensign Crimson, I hope you managed to organise your Counsellor suites and offices without issue, Ensign Meyron, I hope you are becoming familiar with our warp core and engineering systems." ~OK, he's definitely wrigh, Meyron. Firts this Aliens from Holodeck, I guess what's next. A giant squid from space, maybe. OK, Meyron, time to listen to the Captain!~ -Meyron though As Meyron was thinking too much, Captain was over. "Congratulations to you all, if there is nothing else. dismissed." As Meyron exited the room, he stopped to smile on one of the younger Ensign, and as he saw, she smiled back. ~What a beautiful day. I better get down to engineering and tune that warp reactor.~ Though Meyron while looking at the Ensign (Reply from Any) (Posted by Edward) <> Mission: Convergence, Day -10 Stardate: 2406.09.20 (USS Spectre, Bridge, CO, Captain Remae Ktell - 10.00) 'Captain's Log, Stardate 2406.09.20. We've completed our exploration of the Honlya Sector, several sites of interest were discovered. We've forwarded our data to the Command Staff of the 52nd. We are heading to a set of coordinates at full impulse power, waiting for our next communication from Admiral LoDona.' "Captain, we've a Federation Starship heading our way at high warp, they are broadcasting the coded signal, looks like they are a part of the 52nd.", said someone, Remae wondered who they were but nevertheless, he wasn't taking any chances. "Yellow alert. Hail them." By the time the hail was answered, someone beamed onto the Bridge, Remae recognised the Captain at once, "Richard? Welcome aboard. I guess near warp transports are standard these days?", he said at the arrival of Utopia Planitia's Strategic Operations Officer. (Reply from Lee) Remae was handed a PADD with the orders he was waiting for, "Thanks. I'll look these over, make yourself at home, Captain.", said the CO. (Reply from Lee) "Commander, you have the Bridge.", said Remae as he headed to his Ready Room. (USS Spectre, Ready Room, CO, Captain Remae Ktell - 10.30) Remae had spent the past 30 minutes examining the orders, there wasn't a lot to tell, whatever Admiral LoDona had in mind, and it was clearly going to be told in person or not at all. A meeting of all the Commanding Officers was set for Starbase Geneva, which had spent the past few weeks being towed to a new location in the Alpha Quadrant, nearby something called Spacedock Phoenix, they had been ordered to the docks after collecting Admiral Jopek and then, they had to report to Geneva for the conference. "Ensign Selera, set a course to these coordinates that I am sending you, engage at warp 7. Engineering, this is the Bridge, we'll be going to warp for a few weeks, I hope you are all ready down there." After months at impulse, Remae suspected that they would be ready to fully test out the warp drive. Mission: Convergence, Day -5 Stardate: 2406.09.25 (USS Spectre, Bridge, CO, Captain Remae Ktell - 15.00) "Hail them.", said Remae as the approached the Vulcan Transport ship, "Vulcan long range transport, this is the USS Spectre, we're ready to received Admiral Jopek. =^= Received, energising. =^= A few moments later, the transporter room received the message that the Admiral was onboard. "Resume course for the subspace tunnel network, warp 9.", said Remae, they had to get to Geneva by the due date, otherwise, they would miss the meeting. Mission: Convergence, Day -1 Stardate: 2406.09.30 (USS Spectre, Bridge, CO, Captain Remae Ktell - 11.00) The Spectre exited the subspace network and as they did, in the distance, a sight few had rarely seen, over 100 starships had arrived at Geneva, all the COs that could make it had arrived for the meeting, Remae intended to join them but first, "Helm, lay in a course to Phoenix, warp 5. Engage." The spacedocks weren't far away but they had one more passenger to collect, "Captain Servant of the Boudicca had made it to the docks but he needed a quick ride to Geneva, Remae was only too happy to help. (USS Spectre, Bridge, CO, Captain Remae Ktell - 11.30) They approached the Spacedock which appeared to contain little in the way of docks but a lot of space, the framework for a starbase was under construction but it was little more than a shell, this was the construction that Jopek was going to command and the hub for all repairs and construction for the 52nd fleet from now on. =^= Transporter Room here, Captain Servant has transported aboard. =^= "Full house. reverse course Ensign, and take us to Geneva, warp 5.", said Remae and the Spectre entered warp once more. (USS Spectre, Bridge, CO, Captain Remae Ktell - 12.10) The Spectre had arrived and she had exited warp and began to close on the Starbase, "USS Spectre to Geneva, come in please - awaiting docking assignment.", said Remae and as they received coordinates for a place to wait outside, they began to pass some of the ships of the fleet. "Very well, the conference is set for tomorrow at 0800, until we get our new orders, you all have free time. Commander, please arrange the duty schedule so that a minimum crew is kept onboard at all time." Remae watched as the Spectre came to a stop in his parking orbit, a distance from Geneva but well within transporter range. (Reply from ALL, including Lee and Servant) (Posted by Anthony Keen)