From alton.reich@snet.net Sun Jun 28 00:59:35 1998 Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 09:12:22 -0400 From: Alton and Elizabeth Reich To: distribution:@snet.net; (see end of body) Subject: USS YAMATO: The Long Road Home Newsgroups: alt.starfleet.rpg NRPG: I'm going away for the weekend and I wanted to get this out before leaving. I need to modify the time line from what Josh established in his last post a bit, but only in terms of our Arrival Time at SB OMEGA. Josh's post is set at FMD7.2315 and he says the YAMATO will reach OMEGA in 4.5 hours. Based on discussions with Jeff J the YAMATO should reach OMEGA later than that. Our arrival time should be around FMD8.1200. Enough chatter, on with the post! RPG: FMD8.0500 LT Michael Driver checked the YAMATO's position on the small star chart that was displayed adjacent to the center seat. He manipulated the display slightly until he was satisfied. Then he tapped his comm badge, "Bridge to CAPT Stern." [Stern here,] came the slightly groggy reply. "Sir, we've re-entered Federation space." In his quarters, Isaac thought for a moment that such a view of territory was not entirely accurate with the Dalriada involved. D-warp allowed their ships to launch an attack from here to there without ever crossing the space in between. [Prepare to decloak the ship and establish hyperwave communications with SB OMEGA. I'll be there in a few minutes.] "Aye, Sir. Driver out." The doors of the turbolift slid open about 10 minutes later and Isaac stepped out onto the bridge. "Decloak the ship," he said as he walked down the horse shoe, "and contact ADM Brooks." A few minutes later ADM Brooks appeared on the main view screen. Isaac thought the Admiral looked particularly worn, and Isaac wondered for a moment if he looked any better. "Admiral, we were able to penetrate the Burrakis system and recon the Dalriada defending it." "Good work, CAPT Stern. Is the system heavily defended?" "Upon our arrival in system we tracked and scanned 45 Dalriadan ships. 20 of them I would classify as cruisers, while the remaining 25 I would classify as destroyers. 15 of the lighters ships were patrolling the outer reaches of the system. One of the heavier vessels, which I would classify as a heavy cruiser, left the system shortly after we began our scouting mission. We cruised through her and performed a fairly thorough scan." "You cruised through her?" ADM Brooks asked. "Yes, Sir. The phase cloak allowed us an inside view," Isaac replied, "I'll send you the sensor data on this hyperwave feed. We observed that ship leave the system using some kind of d-warp drive system." ADM Brooks nodded, "They are using a propulsion system almost exactly like our d-warp drive. We observed the system in operation here yesterday." "OMEGA has already been attacked?" Isaac asked. "Not exactly, but there has been a skirmish," Brooks looked down at his desk for a moment, "CAPT, CAPT Slick is dead." The words rung in Isaac's ears, and for a moment he couldn't speak. Finally, he choked out, "The PROMETHEUS?" "Docked at OMEGA undergoing repairs. CAPT Slick was on the AGEMEMNON when she was destroyed by the Dalriada." Isaac nodded, "Who commands the PROMETHEUS?" "I have given command to CAPT Sovak," Isaac began to speak, but Brooks cut him off with a wave of his hand, "I'm aware of CAPT Sovak's shortcomings, but I'm short qualified officers and Vulcans have a way of rising to the challenges set before them. Now, is there anything else to report?" "I understand, Sir. The final item is that after we completed our survey of the system, we destroyed 2 of the Dalriadan picket ships in surprise attacks. We were able to decloak and launch attacks using flux torpedoes from short enough range that they couldn't react before they were destroyed. We also attacked and destroyed a cruiser while it was making the transition to D-warp. The YAMATO was damaged in the process." "How badly was the YAMATO damaged?" "The damage was not severe, Sir. Most of the repairs will be completed before we reach OMEGA." Brooks nodded, "Send the sensor data from those attacks along as well. OMEGA will be expecting your return and will be prepared to resupply and repair any remaining damage to the YAMATO." "Thank you, Sir. Stern out." ADM Brooks dissapeared from the view screen, and Isaac touched a control on the arm of his chair. "CAPT Stern to senior staff. Please meet me in the observation lounge at 0600. Stern out." **** [FMD8.0600 - Observation lounge] Isaac looked around the conference table at the faces of his senior officers. Dr. Lisa Mara sat across from LT Morgan Wolfe and they were a striking contrast. Where Lisa seemed calmer than she had in the past few days, Morgan looked worn. "I'll keep this brief," Isaac said, "I need to get a sense of where we stand. I want to get repairs completed as soon as we can upon returning to OMEGA. LT Wolfe?" "Shields, weapons and sensors are operating normally. Engineering crews have repaired the entire EPS grid. We will need to take on some additional spare EPS relays at OMEGA. Impulse power systems are in good shape. I want to replace all the matter and anti-matter injectors once we dock and power down," Morgan said. "How long will that take?" Alex asked. "About 6 hours if things go reasonably well," Morgan replied. Isaac nodded, "I want you to see what you can do to improve the reliability of the cloaking device. I would recommend EPS feeds from at least two busses with an automatic transfer relay between them. The cloaking device may save us and I want it's power supply to be as reliable as possible. Also, see what you can do to set up an inertial damping field around it. The fewer bumps it takes, the better off we'll be." Morgan thought for a moment, "I think we can do both, Sir." "Good," Isaac replied, "SB OMEGA has had a skirmish in the area, and they expect a full scale attack soon. We need to get this ship back into the fight as soon as possible. The Dalriada are unlikely to give us time to fix the ship before attacking. Any questions?" {NRPG: Further discussion is welcome.} Isaac nodded, "Dismissed. LT Wolfe, get some sleep, that's an order." Morgan smiled and the officers began to file out of the room. Isaac stood and said, "LT D'artgnan, wait a moment." Bregnan walked around the table to where Isaac stood. "LT, ADM Brooks informed me that CAPT Slick died yesterday when the USS AGEMEMNON was destroyed." Bregnan looked shocked for a moment and said, "Bloody bastards." Isaac nodded, "My sentiments exactly. I'm giving you permission to perform a little decorative artwork on our hull LT. I want the Dalriada to know that if they want a fight, we're going to give them one." NRPG: Josh feel free to add. Pat, could you handle docking at OMEGA some time this week? TIMELINE: FMD8.0500 Stern reports to ADM Brooks Alton FMD8.0600 Staff meeting in Observation Lounge Alton Respectfully submitted, CAPT Isaac Stern CO - USS YAMATO (NCC-1705-E) Alton Reich -- Alton & Elizabeth Reich alton.reich@snet.net "Dreams are sometimes catching / Desire goes to my head / Love responds to your invitation / Love responds to imagination / Respond, Vibrate, Feed Back, Resonate" -- Rush, Chain Lightning %%% overflow headers %%% To: Josh Young , jyoung@nqks.com, Pat Schumacher , Gabrielle Blair , Jeff Uribe , Les Chappelle , Vicke Denniston , vicden1@yahoo.com, Kristine Berg , Karen Fainges , George Harmon , Jeffrey Jenkins , Dana Loeblich %%% end overflow headers %%%