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The scene cuts momentarily back to the Dunbar, where the crew and the captain, obviously exhausted and barely holding on, are elated to receive word from the Darwin. They relay their status to Renos, and prepare to receive the Away team. | The scene cuts momentarily back to the Dunbar, where the crew and the captain, obviously exhausted and barely holding on, are elated to receive word from the Darwin. They relay their status to Renos, and prepare to receive the Away team. | ||
At this point, the Away team led by Cmdr Jorey prepare to board the distressed Dunbar via shuttlecraft, with the risk of the Zalkonians being nearby precluding the use of transporters. Jorey enlists Dragumov, Peters, Jellico, Lexicon, Malon, and Yael to accompany him. Peters joins both Jorey and Dragumov in the crew lounge, where he had stopped for a quick snack, where the three then make their way to Main Engineering for a situational report before proceeding to the shuttlebay. | [[Image:pizza.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Mortal risk to starship systems and Betazed sensibilities?]]At this point, the Away team led by Cmdr Jorey prepare to board the distressed Dunbar via shuttlecraft, with the risk of the Zalkonians being nearby precluding the use of transporters. Jorey enlists Dragumov, Peters, Jellico, Lexicon, Malon, and Yael to accompany him. Peters joins both Jorey and Dragumov in the crew lounge, where he had stopped for a quick snack, where the three then make their way to Main Engineering for a situational report before proceeding to the shuttlebay. Yael, Lexicon, and Malon each leave from previously assigned duties to join them in the shuttlebay. Piloted by Jorey, the shuttle alights in the Dunbar's cargo hold, and the Darwin crew proceed to offer assistance. | ||
As Cmdr Thomas reports to the bridge, Traenor and Valdivia continue to study the effects of the anomaly within the Zeta Gelis cluster, trying to predict how long the Away team will safely have to assist the freighter. Several theories and actions are discussed, but the final diagnosis is that only a few hours remain until the Dunbar is irretrievably caught in thrall of the rift, unless power can be reestablished and the ship is drawn away from its gravity well. | As Cmdr Thomas reports to the bridge, Traenor and Valdivia continue to study the effects of the anomaly within the Zeta Gelis cluster, trying to predict how long the Away team will safely have to assist the freighter. Several theories and actions are discussed, but the final diagnosis is that only a few hours remain until the Dunbar is irretrievably caught in thrall of the rift, unless power can be reestablished and the ship is drawn away from its gravity well. | ||
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1885264?sid=55068688399c6&p=51 "Not Just a Survey Mission"] | |||
! style="width:300px;"| The dire state of affairs on the Dunbar. | |||
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1885275?sid=55068688399c6&p=50 "On the Run"] | |||
! style="width:300px;"| A shady past is revealed. | |||
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1885440?sid=55068688399c6&p=36 "The A (Away) Team"] | |||
! style="width:300px;"| The Darwin Away team assembles. | |||
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|[[Image:Zalkonian_starship.jpg|150px|thumb|left|SWC Purity]]In a flashback sequence, we're introduced to a foreign bridge, manned by Zalkonians. It is the SWC Purity, and they are monitoring the imminent formation of a rift on the edge of Zalkonian territory, one similar to many that have formed in their space over the last several months. Their readings are disturbed by the arrival of a Federation ship, the USS Dunbar, and find that it is only a short distance away from the epicenter of the imminent rift. The cruiser's commanding officer, Akaym, holds a deep disdain for the Federation and chooses not to offer warning or assistance to the freighter, and they watch as it is heavily damaged and sent careening away by the explosive formation of the anomaly.<br style="clear:left;"> | |||
[[Image:Type11shuttle.png|150px|thumb|right|The Santiago]]Scene cut, aboard the Dunbar, the Darwin's shuttle Santiago has landed, and as her officers speak to Captain Dreyfus in the cargo bay of his crippled freighter, Malon and Yael set up a triage area. Peters prepares to lend technical assistance. Lexicon begins noting disturbing gravity spikes and subspace eddies in their immediate vicinity, and the assembled officers barely clear the cargo bay before a massive discharge blows out a section of the cargo bay's hull, taking their shuttle with it. | |||
Meanwhile, back on the bridge of the Darwin, both Renos and Thomas harbor misgivings about the comparison of the rift before them to those found in the Piktar system, only reinforced by a report delivered to the commanding officer by Shedet. The whole contingent of the bridge are startled by a blinding discharge visible on the viewscreen, and by the subsequent effects tempered by their hearty shields. When they turn their attention to the Dunbar, they see the grievous damage that has occurred, and are met with an inability to communicate with their endangered Away team. Inspired by and assisted by the Chief Engineer, Valdivia and Traenor work to re-establish comms through subspace damaged by the same effect from the rift that battered the Dunbar. Attempting contact after their efforts to overcome the comm difficulties, another flash disrupts the space around the two ships. As if confirming previous comments by Lexicon, Shedet notes the possible presence of an object or being in the rift during the latest flash. Valdivia confirms that something unknown is indeed in, or causing, the rift. Previous discussions regarding efforts to close the rift artificially are tempered by this news. | |||
[[Image:dunbarbreach.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Breach in the Dunbar's cargo bay]]On the Dunbar, her captain and the Darwin crew are collecting their composure. Jorey commands and disperses his crew. Peters, Jellico, and Lexicon make their way to the Dunbar's engine room to assist as needed, and Malon and Yael seek out the medical bay. Jorey then turns to converse with Capt Dreyfus. The conversation is disrupted when Jorey has a chilling experience... he sees a Dunbar officer, who fades from both sight and emotional empathy. Dreyfus senses or sees nothing of this supposed officer, but recognizes the description as one of his missing scientists. Wishing to confirm that he is still fit for duty, Jorey heads to the medical bay for a checkup while Capt Dreyfus heads to Engineering. Around the same time, back in his quarters on the Darwin, Torrin has a similar experience to Jorey's. | |||
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1885448?sid=55068688399c6&p=34 "Innocent Observer"] | |||
! style="width:300px;"| The Zalkonians make an entrance. | |||
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1885535?sid=55068688399c6&p=23 "Cargo Bay, What Cargo Bay?"] | |||
! style="width:300px;"| The rift deals a near-lethal blow. | |||
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1885536?sid=55068688399c6&p=22 "Scientific Engineer"] | |||
! style="width:300px;"| The senior staff remaining on the Darwin collaborate to overcome a crisis. | |||
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1885545?sid=55068688399c6&p=21 "No Going Back"] | |||
! style="width:300px;"| The Away team realize that they are stranded. | |||
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|Arriving in the Dunbar's engine room, the Darwin crewmembers are disrupted by a small console fire. Jellico urges Peters to carry on and check in with the acting chief engineer of the freighter while he douses the fire. A few minutes later, when Capt Dreyfus enters Engineering and the fire has been extinguished, nobody can find Peters. He has disappeared without a trace, much like the missing officers of the Dunbar. In Peter's point of view, however, he has stepped from the chaotic reality of the engine room into a hollow, pristine version where he is trapped and alone. The remaining officers on site start to consider the possibility of the missing Starfleet officers being trapped in subspace, and Jellico offers a suggestion of using subspace communications to try and test the theory. | |||
Like a mirage, Peters sees the 'other' Dunbar engine room and his colleagues, and overhears their conversation. Yet, he cannot interact with them or the environment. At this time, Lexicon catches the merest glimpse of the missing Darwin engineer. | |||
In the Dunbar's sickbay, Jorey has arrived seeking treatment for his apparent sightings of apparitions. Yael and Malon check him over, finding no medical or mental reasoning for any hallucinations. Still, just then Jorey experiences another premonition, this time of armed troops advancing on the sickbay. Again, the images and feeling fall on him alone, but to be safe Jorey recalls Dragumov to his location and starts conducting detailed scans. | |||
[[Image:rift.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Zeta Gelis rift]]Working in tandem now, the engineering and science officers on the bridge of the Darwin posit a theory that a modified tractor beam might work at freeing the Dunbar, if carefully timed to the peculiarities of the rift. Renos requests the bridge officers to look for a solution to beam everyone off of the crippled freighter. | |||
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1885694?sid=55068688399c6&p=12 "Oh Frack..."] | |||
! style="width:300px;"| A Darwin officer faces a strange fate. | |||
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1885774?sid=55068688399c6&p=7 "Brainstorming"] | |||
! style="width:300px;"| With many questions and few answers, the bridge crew weigh their options. | |||
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1885784?sid=55068688399c6&p=5 "What the Heck...?"] | |||
! style="width:300px;"| A strange fate continues for a Darwin officer. | |||
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