Theo Whittaker: Difference between revisions

[[File:Theo_&_Mirra_2.jpg|thumb|Theo and [[Ezo, Mirra|Mirra Ezo]] on shore leave on [[Echevarr]].]]'''[[Nightmare (Columbia)|"Nightmare"]]''' Columbia is invited by the [[Romulan Republic]] to investigate the sudden loss of contact with a mining colony called Freedom's Hope on Estava. Theo is recalled to duty following his medical leave and is assigned to find a way to keep the away team safe from harm. Working with First Officer, [[Renynn, Rendal| Lieutenant Commander Rendal Renynn]] they also encounter a problem in 'fistrium'- a mineral in the planet's crust that interferes with ship's sensors and will prevent transmissions being between the crews on the planet and the ship. Plundering the Starfleet database, he adapts a special coating once used by the crew of the ''Starship daVinci'' to get around a similar problem. Shortly after the away teams beams down to Estava, contact is lost thanks to jamming and Theo sets about modifying the main deflector to shift communications into another quantum domain (a trick learned from his mother who learnt it from former members of the Bajoran resistance) when a test signal fires back a strange, piercing sound. Soon after he develops an intense headache and then collapses in a turbo lift. While unconscious he finds himself in a mine on Estava and watches as a Reman woman is dragged to her death by a composite of limbs. He comes around terrified and discovers that CMO [[Johanna MacLaren]] also experienced the same thing. Puzzled, she runs a comparison scan of Theo's neural activity and discovers abnormalities which may mean he is either developing telepathy or is now prone to telepathic communication- and posits that this is likely due to the Iconian's assault he suffered during the events of [[Paved with Good Intentions (Columbia)|Paved With Good Intentions]].