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** There is a suspicion the Warp XV drive is interacting with the Rift in an unusual way; | ** There is a suspicion the Warp XV drive is interacting with the Rift in an unusual way; | ||
** The warp coils hold an unusually high tachyon charge—they should have discharged by now, but something is preventing it/recharging them; | ** The warp coils hold an unusually high tachyon charge—they should have discharged by now, but something is preventing it/recharging them; | ||
** 34 crew disappeared during the first Blip | ** 34 crew disappeared during the first Blip. | ||
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** The Triumphant’s shuttlecraft, the Essington, is parked in the shuttlebay; | ** The Triumphant’s shuttlecraft, the Essington, is parked in the shuttlebay; | ||
** Minimal power, and not answering current attempts to hail; | ** Minimal power, and not answering current attempts to hail; | ||
** Intermittent lifesigns hint there are still people aboard | ** Intermittent lifesigns hint there are still people aboard. | ||
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** No escape pods have been launched, and its 2 Type IX shuttles are still docked; | ** No escape pods have been launched, and its 2 Type IX shuttles are still docked; | ||
** Minimal power, and not answering current attempts to hail; | ** Minimal power, and not answering current attempts to hail; | ||
** Intermittent lifesigns hint there are still people aboard | ** Intermittent lifesigns hint there are still people aboard. | ||
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** One survivor aboard (see below), sent to sickbay; | ** One survivor aboard (see below), sent to sickbay; | ||
** Passed through a debris field after leaving the Sasu Gol; | ** Passed through a debris field after leaving the Sasu Gol; | ||
** Seems to be the nexus of Rift activity on the Gorkon | ** Seems to be the nexus of Rift activity on the Gorkon. | ||
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* Dealing with the rescued survivor. | * Dealing with the rescued survivor. | ||
** '''Team:''' Lieutenant [[Corliss Fortune]], Lieutenant JG [[Loxley]], and Ensign [[Saralai]]. | ** '''Team:''' Lieutenant [[Corliss Fortune]], Lieutenant JG [[Loxley]], and Ensign [[Saralai]]. | ||
In sickbay, Fortune, Loxley and Taeval provided aid to the ensign rescued from the Sasu Gol’s escape pod. The young Denobulan man was covered in blood, though had no obvious wounds, and was in a state of extreme agitation, refusing to allow anyone close. The trio worked together to calm him down enough to get him onto a biobed for scans, and then sickbay experienced a Blip. With several members of the team experiencing aftereffects, it was Halat who had the worst reaction and collapsed into a coma immediately afterwards. Diagnostic tests showed no injury, infection, or other cause. All they could determine was that his brain activity did not show a clean transition from active to inert and that his lower brain functions were still intact. | In sickbay, Fortune, Loxley and [[Taeval Sienelis|Taeval]] provided aid to the ensign rescued from the Sasu Gol’s escape pod. The young Denobulan man was covered in blood, though had no obvious wounds, and was in a state of extreme agitation, refusing to allow anyone close. The trio worked together to calm him down enough to get him onto a biobed for scans, and then sickbay experienced a Blip. With several members of the team experiencing aftereffects, it was Halat, the Denobulan ensign, who had the worst reaction and collapsed into a coma immediately afterwards. Diagnostic tests showed no injury, infection, or other cause. All they could determine was that his brain activity did not show a clean transition from active to inert and that his lower brain functions were still intact. | ||
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Despite finding a lab coat and a prosthetic eye belonging to one of the crew, there were again no further signs of life. From there, they moved into sickbay, where they made the grim discovery of a dead crew member (later identified as Chief Petty Officer Toaxx), ominous writing, and continued to experience sensory hallucinations—though the startling attack on one set of sickbay doors was all too real. | Despite finding a lab coat and a prosthetic eye belonging to one of the crew, there were again no further signs of life. From there, they moved into sickbay, where they made the grim discovery of a dead crew member (later identified as Chief Petty Officer Toaxx), ominous writing, and continued to experience sensory hallucinations—though the startling attack on one set of sickbay doors was all too real. | ||
From there, they proceeded to the life support bay, where they discovered the current minimal settings had been entered and locked three hours ago by the ship’s captain. Though they could make no changes, they realised they could use the life support monitoring systems as a proxy for searching for the crew, looking for changes in heat, oxygen levels and so forth. They proceeded to the upper level of the shuttlebay and after battling to ignore the most intense hallucination yet | From there, they proceeded to the life support bay, where they discovered the current minimal settings had been entered and locked three hours ago by the ship’s captain. Though they could make no changes, they realised they could use the life support monitoring systems as a proxy for searching for the crew, looking for changes in heat, oxygen levels and so forth. They proceeded to the upper level of the shuttlebay and after battling to ignore the most intense hallucination yet. This revealed there was dream/nightmare-like activity in people’s brains, along with the unnerving discovery the creatures likely feed off the energy from living beings, as well as the ship’s energy sources. | ||
====Aboard the Sasu Gol==== | ====Aboard the Sasu Gol==== | ||
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The group was soon drawn back to a memory of Cardassia Prime during the bombing raids at the end of the Dominion War. Frightened and in crisis, the group hid from the Jem'Hadar groups that plagued the city, murdering every civilian or Cardassian in sight. | The group was soon drawn back to a memory of Cardassia Prime during the bombing raids at the end of the Dominion War. Frightened and in crisis, the group hid from the Jem'Hadar groups that plagued the city, murdering every civilian or Cardassian in sight. | ||
While in hiding, they encountered [[Meidra Sirin]] who had been trapped in that No-Place when she travelled to join the crew of the Gorkon. As they were about to be trapped, their world mutated and transformed into the bridge of a starship during the events of Wolf 359. Searching for clues on how to flee the place and while avoiding the Borg drones, they came across Caedan Nkai, the owner of the flashback, embracing the dead body of a Vulcan crewman. | While in hiding, they encountered [[Meidra Sirin]] who had been trapped in that No-Place when she travelled to join the crew of the Gorkon. As they were about to be trapped, their world mutated and transformed into the bridge of a starship during the events of Wolf 359. Searching for clues on how to flee the place and while avoiding the Borg drones, they came across [[Caedan Nkai]], the owner of the flashback, embracing the dead body of a Vulcan crewman. | ||
They get the Rodulan to focus and use his telepathic abilities to contact [[Corliss Fortune]] who was acting as a beacon on the outside of No-Space. With this, the group manages to escape from the No-Space and join the group aboard the Triumphant. | They get the Rodulan to focus and use his telepathic abilities to contact [[Corliss Fortune]] who was acting as a beacon on the outside of No-Space. With this, the group manages to escape from the No-Space and join the group aboard the Triumphant. | ||
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With the warpcore back online they receive a new attack from the creatures, which they manage to avoid. | With the warpcore back online they receive a new attack from the creatures, which they manage to avoid. | ||
There they manage to create a hole to the dimension from which the creatures emerge, unfortunately, as [[Samira Neathler]] and [[Loxley]] | There they manage to create a hole to the dimension from which the creatures emerge, unfortunately, as the creatures appear, [[Samira Neathler]] and [[Loxley]] are dragged into the void. | ||
With the captain helping to assist the counsellor [[Corliss Fortune]] in playing as a telepathic beacon, they manage to use the hole to bring the crew back, with the admiral's team coming out last. | With the captain helping to assist the counsellor [[Corliss Fortune]] in playing as a telepathic beacon, they manage to use the hole to bring the crew back, with the admiral's team coming out last. | ||
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After fleeing the madness unleashed by Diir, the team arrived at Engineering, finding it riddled with homemade traps that prevented them from easily reaching the warp core. As they carefully made their way towards it, they encountered the missing members of the Triumphant away team: Commander Jal Desoa and Lieutenant [[Petra Bjarnadottir]]. | After fleeing the madness unleashed by Diir, the team arrived at Engineering, finding it riddled with homemade traps that prevented them from easily reaching the warp core. As they carefully made their way towards it, they encountered the missing members of the Triumphant away team: Commander Jal Desoa and Lieutenant [[Petra Bjarnadottir]]. | ||
After some initial tensions, they teamed up to separate the umbilical and allow the triumphant to escape or be towed out of the Rift. No sooner had they accomplished their goal, however, | After some initial tensions, they teamed up to separate the umbilical and allow the triumphant to escape or be towed out of the Rift. No sooner had they accomplished their goal, however, the group was attacked by the mass of shadow that Diir had joined. | ||
The creature managed to trap both [[Alieth]] and [[Petra Bjarnadottir]] and, while Commander Jal Desoa managed to wrench the latter from the creature's arms, Lieutenant [[Cory Stoyer]] failed to restrain the Vulcan, who was apparently consumed by the creature. | The creature managed to trap both [[Alieth]] and [[Petra Bjarnadottir]] and, while Commander Jal Desoa managed to wrench the latter from the creature's arms, Lieutenant [[Cory Stoyer]] failed to restrain the Vulcan, who was apparently consumed by the creature. | ||
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The team, dressed in EVA suits, advance through the wreckage looking for survivors, but the structural integrity of the area and unreliable sensors make the advance dangerous and put both their lives and the lives of those they want to rescue at risk. | The team, dressed in EVA suits, advance through the wreckage looking for survivors, but the structural integrity of the area and unreliable sensors make the advance dangerous and put both their lives and the lives of those they want to rescue at risk. | ||
After failing to find | After failing to find living survivors and having to make a decision on what to do with them, the team moved into the most damaged area of the deck. There, they find a Tellarite crewman, Ensign [[Tzim-Shah]]. The crewman's condition was critical, even more so considering there were others wounded in the area so, while discussing what to do and getting the other survivors to safety [[Lephi]], ignoring Dr. [[Bryce Tagren-Quinn]]'s advice and listening to the Tellarite's desperate plea, cut off his trapped arm with a plasma torch. This reckless and desperate act resulted in a great shock and put the ensign's life in danger. Concerned about the situation, it was determined to create a triage unit at the brig and Lieutenant Commander [[Jona ch'Ranni]] marched over there to organise it, taking the badly injured Tellarite with him. | ||
The team was now captained by Lieutenant Commander [[Kero Rix]], who pushed the team forward towards the most damaged section of the deck. | The team was now captained by Lieutenant Commander [[Kero Rix]], who pushed the team forward towards the most damaged section of the deck. | ||
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Just as they were about to run out of ideas to save them, [[Robert Peek]] informed them that the transporters were back online. At first, they attempted to lock on to life signs, but sensors and interference made extraction by transport impossible. With limited power and time still in mind, they decided to transport the debris to the Rift instead, to clear the field, thus revealing the two Vulcanoids. They discovered that one of them was badly injured and the other was in late labour. | Just as they were about to run out of ideas to save them, [[Robert Peek]] informed them that the transporters were back online. At first, they attempted to lock on to life signs, but sensors and interference made extraction by transport impossible. With limited power and time still in mind, they decided to transport the debris to the Rift instead, to clear the field, thus revealing the two Vulcanoids. They discovered that one of them was badly injured and the other was in late labour. | ||
The team quickly moved to the sickbay. As [[Christopher Johns]] followed them through, [[Bryce Tagren-Quinn]] and [[Tali Namura]] helped the little | The team quickly moved to the sickbay. As [[Christopher Johns]] followed them through, [[Bryce Tagren-Quinn]] and [[Tali Namura]] helped the little Human/Romulan girl into the world. | ||
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