("The Warhead")
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Setting: USS HATHOR, Bridge
On the bridge… all the systems were coming back
online. The COO felt much more comfortable with the
systems on his consol getting back online.
"Captain we got life support… short range sensors are also
coming back online," the OPS officer said calm.
"That's good to hear Ensign, get me a full diagnostic on that probe… I don't know how it attacked us… getting almost every ship's systems we have here onboard offline but I intend to find out," Serenna said clearly annoyed by what had happened.
"Yes ma'am, scanning now," Carft replied sounding a little concerned.
"Ensign Stormwind, I want you to fly us 2,000,000km away from the probe, I don't want us to be near it if it reactivates," the commanding officer said more comfortable.
"Yes Captain, taking us away warp 1," The Ensign answered.
"Captain I have scanned the probe, it seems to be completely deactivated, I am trying to get a better reading but we're getting to be to far away," the COO reported. He had not anticipated that the probe would possess some kind of sensor shilding making it difficult to get any internal readings from a distance.
"Mister Stormwind full stop, take us back to the probe… I want to take a closer look," The Human / Romulan hybrid said.
"Yes ma'am," the Vulcan answered as he complied with the order and turned the HATHOR around back towards the probe. "We're in range," the FCO announced only a few seconds later.
"Full stop," Serenna answered.
"On screen," she said as she stood up and glared to the view screen.
The view screen activated.
The Captain was looking at a silver probe. On the front of the probe, she saw a faint red light glowing, as she looked at the back of the probe she saw a big black hole. It looked like the fuel tank had exploded.
"That doesn't look like a ordinary probe," The Captain said concerning that there might be more.
"Your right captain, it's seems to be made of some kind of Titanium alloy," Ensign Kea said from behind his consol."
"You said it was deactivated?" Serenna asked not trusting the alien device in the least.
"Yes ma'am… whatever weapon it was going to fire, seemed to have been disabled… some sort of short-circuitry in the weapons systems… I am trying to get some more data from the probe navigational systems… sorry, it's security
locked, I can't access it from here," Craft said irritated.
"Could we beam it on board and take a closer look?" Uxtar
said raising his head from his consol.
Serenna thought about the lives of her crew she'd be putting at risk.
She thought about what it could be, could it be some kind of tracking
device… maybe a trap, or could it be bait. Her instincts told her that it could be dangerous, but it all clues pointed to the probe having been deactivated and rendered powerless due to the fuel tank having exploded.
"We'd be putting the lives of this crew at risk, but … lets do it,"
Serenna said reassured, answering to Uxtar question.
"Ensign Kea can you get a lock on that probe?" Serenna asked.
"I have a lock on it captain," The COO answered.
"Serenna to engineering."
=^= Dawson here. =^=
"We're beaming the probe that attacked us onboard, it seems to be disabled, but I am not taking any chances… errect a level 10 force field around the device as soon as it is onboard," Serenna said.
=^= Yes Captain, standing by. =^=
"Okay, Ensign, do it," she said as she looked to the OPS officer.
"Energizing... transport successful," Carft reported.
=^= We have it ma'am, =^= Lieutenant Dawson said over the com.
"Good work Lieutenant," Serenna answered.
"Ensign Kea keep scanning the area for more of these
probes," The Human Hybrid Romulan said.
"Yes ma'am, on it," Carft answered.
"Uxtar, I want you to review the data on that probe… if we encounter another I want to know how to disable it," Serenna said as she took her seat.
"Yes Captain," The Hirogen said as he turned his attention back to his consol.
"Mister Stormwind try to find anything that could hide our presence here until we get all systems back online," The Captain said with a commanding voice.
"Yes ma'am," the Vulcan answered.
"Serenna to engineering."
=^= Dawson here. =^=
"Could you start analyzing the probe's weapons, sensors and files… I want to know with what we are dealing with," Serenna said softly.
=^= Yes ma'am, Dawson out. =^=.
"Captain I have found residual warp trails, it's seems that our little probe was with at least two other probes," Carft said uncomfortable from what he discovered.
"Go to yellow alert, and keep me informed Ensign," Serenna answered.
"Yes ma'am," Carft said as he looked his captain strait in the eyes with hope, and turned back to his consol and continued his scans.
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Ensign Carft Kea 2006 post #054
Stardate: 60341.0840
Martin Saint
Chief of Operations
USS HATHOR
