A Web Unbound (Denali Station)
| Denali Station | ||
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 ACTIVE STATUS | ||
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Shore Leave on Denali Station is recalled after a sensor in the operations department picks up strange, possibly dangerous readings from somewhere within the Market District. Simultaneously, a door opens on the ominous spired building that doesn't look like any of the other buildings in the City.
Characters
| Senior officers taking part in the mission | |||
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| Name | Position | Notes | |
| Oddas Aria | Captain | ||
| Kalia Qinn | First Officer | ||
| John Kendrick | Chief Security and Tactical | ||
| Dekas | Head of Infrastructure Development | ||
| Kettick | Engineering Officer | ||
| Sera | Engineering Officer | ||
| Tomas Falt | Chief Science officer | ||
| T'Lea | Science officer | ||
| Karise Indobri | Chief Medical Officer | ||
| Ashley Yael | Counselor | ||
| Zaaia Leix | Marine Major | ||
| PNPCs & MSNPCs | |||
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| Name | Position | Notes | |
| Stelek | Operations Officer on Denali Station | PNPC simmed by Oddas Aria | |
| Neshala | Helm & Comms Officer on Denali Station | PNPC simmed by Karise Indobri | |
| Wilhelmina Leynen | Security Officer on Denali Station | PNPC simmed by John Kendrick | |
Mission
Start
Lieutenant Stelek finally gets sensor data to the Upper Operations floor of the Station, only to get a strange, anomalous reading on one of the sensors in the Market District. She contacts Fleet Captain Oddas about it, who recalls Shore Leave to help figure it out. At the same time, a door opens on the ominous, spired building. No one knows why, and they don't know if it's connected to the strange reading.
The Market Plaza
Captain Oddas herself leads a team to investigate where the anomalous reading was found with Kettick, Sera, Tomas Falt, Zaaia Leix, Neshala, Wilhelmina Leynen, and Lumm. They take a shuttlecraft to the location, and within minutes find trace amounts of residual Carbon 14 and aren't quite sure what put it there.
The Spire
A team of Kalia Qinn, Stelek, T'Lea, John Kendrick, Dekas, Karise Indobri, and Ashley Yael take their own shuttle to investigate the open door of the previously sealed spire. A building that is ominous, and looks like it doesn't quite fit with the rest of buildings in the city.
Upon arrival at the Spire, they enter, and the door shuts behind them. T'Lea touches a wall, and a green light spans over everyone in the room, and all the technology they were using stops working. Including Commander Qinn's blindness accommodating tech. John Kendrick turns his tricorder off before the light can clean his technology. Suddenly there is another flash of light, and in front of them is an energy barrier, where a Bolian petty officer is unconscious behind it. No one recognizes him, and they can't tell if he is alive or not. But they cannot get past the barrier, as they aren't sure whether or not it will hurt them to do so.
Dekas suggests that maybe it will respond to thoughts as a few things on the Ring in general have. T'Lea touches the wall again, and the telepaths in the room feel a slightly telepathic response to touching it. Commander Qinn takes the initiative and actually touches the barrier itself, putting in mind her intent to simply get to the Bolian.
Another flash of light. And all except John Kendrick are outside on a semi-transparent platform on the top of the Spire. The Bolian is with them, but John is underneath them, and seemingly upside down.
In the middle of the platform is a console, whose controls are in an unknown language.
Stelek finds what looks to be a communication interface.
The Bolian wakes up and turns out to be a construct of the Spire. One that is having trouble working correctly for reasons they don't know yet. Yael helps to guide it to the console in the middle, the Bolian clinging tightly to the counselor's arm, and all but refusing to let go.
T'Lea connects to the Spire telepathically to speak to John, connected together through their minds and the spire, figure out that the Spire needs an avatar to properly communicate. And since the current avatar is not working correctly, the connection is trying to use them as avatars in its stead.
T'Lea can now somewhat interpret the console but tells it that she won't help until they get John back from the upside-down place.
John is given back, and learn that the Bolian construct and the Spire itself are something of one and the same, but are currently are divided. Whether through malfunction or a lack of use is unclear. But it's clear that they need to be reconnected somehow.
The Bolian reaches for a control. Upon activating it, it shows a schematic and Dekas asks the construct if it is part of the construct itself, and it affirms that fact in its own simple way. Never once releasing Yael's arm. Dekas realizes they may have to do some Robot Surgery to help.