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A follow-up visit should be made with Second Lieutenant Greaves to assess any psychological impact from his injuries – particularly if they affect his capacity for operational deployment. | A follow-up visit should be made with Second Lieutenant Greaves to assess any psychological impact from his injuries – particularly if they affect his capacity for operational deployment. | ||
Signed<br> | |||
Lt. Cmdr. Alexander W. Brodie; Psy.D, Ph.D.<br> | |||
Chief Counsellor, USS Thor<br> | |||
{{Heading|THR-AWB-COU-MIS-0007|Teal}} | |||
'''THR-AWB-COU-MIS-0007'''<br> | |||
TO: Starfleet Medical Central Records<br> | |||
CC: USS Thor Central Records<br> | |||
Following a period of shoreleave in orbit or Ferenginar, Fleet Captain [[Aron Kells]] departed abord the USS Tharsis, under the command of Captain Otombo to further investigate a rare sighting of a Gormagander pod. Lieutenant Commander [[Geoffrey Teller]] was assigned as acting captain of the USS Thor as the vessel conducted a test flight to perform diagnostics on the quantum slipstream drive (QSD). | |||
The Thor left orbit on schedule and prepared to make the transition to quantum space. Upon engagement of the QSD system, however, the Thor was impacted by an unknown object which was able to bypass the vessel’s shields and struck amidships at deck twelve. The object continued along its initial trajectory and finally came to rest on deck fifteen. This cause significant damage to the Thor’s hull and internal systems including sensors, communications and plasma distribution. | |||
Further, it became clear that the object, hereafter referred to as a ‘mine’, was the source of a gravity well that would result in the total destruction of the USS Thor should it disengage the QSD and leave quantum space. In addition, QSD technology is not designed for long-term use and would critically overload and initiate an auto-shutdown – which would also result in the complete destruction of the Thor. | |||
Acting Captain Teller called a remote conference of the senior staff and formed a multi-faceted plan to address both the situation and the root cause. Doctor [[Addison MacKenzie]] was to coordinate the disaster response efforts from the primary sickbay on deck ten along with Doctor [[Quen Deena]] and Doctor [[Alieth]]. Lieutenant Commander [[Krindo Pandorn]], supported by members of the security and marine units – including Ensign [[Dar Elandra]] and First Lieutenant [[Wes Greaves]] were to assist in the recovery of trapped crew and render aid where possible. Ensign [[Sirok]] and Junior Lieutenant [[Kortho Yang]] were tasked to stabilise the systems and superstructure of the USS Thor and ensure the QSD remained stable while repairs were affected. Lieutenant [[Lorian Lovar]] and Ensign [[Tara Wilkins]] were assigned to investigate the source of the gravity well and begin examining possible ways to remove the threat. | |||
This officer was asked, once more, to act as Executive Officer during this period. It should be noted that this would typically fall to the Second Officer (Lieutenant Commander Ben Garcia) but Commander Garcia was required to remain at his station at the helm of the Thor. Third Officer (Lieutenant Commander Addison Mackenzie) was required in sickbay as already reported. Initial reports from Commander Pandorn revealed that the mine was, essentially, a piece of subspace. In addition to this a Laudean member of the crew, Crewman 3rd Class Kerr, was able to confirm this using their Fielding ability. It appears that the mine existing in subspace allowed it to penetrate the shields and hull of the Thor before becoming entangled in our own subspace field. | |||
It was decided at this stage that Doctor Addison MacKenzie would lead an evacuation flight of all non-essential personnel to the nearest Federation outpost as the Thor passed close to the Bajoran sector. The operation was not without risk due to the QSD field and runabouts and shuttles making the transition to normal space but all vessels successfully evacuated. | |||
Following this Captain Teller formed a new strategy to attempt to remove the mine from the Thor – this would take the form of a three-phase approach that would involve destabilising the link the device had to subspace, find a way to neutralise the mine and, more vitally to continue to maintain the security of the QSD to give the maximum window of opportunity to put any devised plan into action. | |||
This officer was assigned to head up the first of these assignments alongside Ensign Sirok, Lieutenant Lovar and Ensign Kinnear. It was decided that, if the appropriate subspace frequency could be identified then it may be possible to disrupt that frequency and cause the mine’s anchor to subspace to be broken. This was to be conducted using a subspace differential pulse via an array of class-four and class-two probes arranged close to the alien artifact. During these frequency detections, however, beta and gamma wave emissions were detected but, more worryingly, theta waves were also detected. These appeared initially to be a series of brainwaves that were somehow connected to the device. Further, frequency applications to the mine resulted in tetryon particle bursts that risked causing significant damage to the ship. It was decided to consolidate efforts in a final attempt to free the Thor from the object. | |||
Work carried out by Commander Pandorn and his team to prepare the bulkheads and forcefields to allow a controlled hull-breach were in place and a series of probes emitting a synthetic QSD drive signature were placed into a ship synchronous orbit. These features, combined with the destabilisation frequencies, allowed a controlled release of the device from the vessel as the ship exited quantum space under the helmsmanship of Lieutenant Commander Garcia. This, however, was not without incident as further damage to the structural integrity field and inertial dampeners led to further damage to the superstructure. | |||
While the Thor was now safe and free of the alien mine the damage to the vessel together with the isolated nature of the ship beyond the furthest reaches of the Federation the regretful decision was made to abandon ship. The preparations were made for this eventuality but it was not required due to the timely intervention of Fleet Captain Kells aboard the USS Tharsis leading a taskforce, that also constituted the USS Indefatigable and USS Alameda, who had been advised of the situation aboard the Thor by Docotor Mackenzie. | |||
This taskforce towed the Thor back to Federation space where she is currently in dock at Deep Space Nine, in the orbit of Bajor, awaiting repairs. The final fate of the mine remains unknown. | |||
This event placed and intolerable burden on the entire crew of the USS Thor and particularly on Acting Captain Geoffrey Teller. Captain Teller, however, never failed to act in the best interests of his crew or the safety of his ship under these circumstances and this should be reflected in the official record. | |||
Finally, it is the solemn duty of this officer to report that, at this time, the number of fatalities connected with this incident stands at one-hundred and eighty-three. A full list of those lost is appended and should be forwarded to the office of personnel management as soon as all appropriate verification processes have been completed. | |||
<font color="red">'''Classified: Command Level Only'''</font><br> | |||
The nature of this ‘attacker’ remains shrouded in mystery. It is speculated that it may have been an anomaly in subspace with the Thor simply unfortunate to encounter it rather than a targeted attack. This, however, cannot be ruled out. The device does not seem to conform to any technology in use by any hostile, neutral or friendly galactic power. | |||
As noted above, the device produced an effect determined by a Laudean member of the crew using their innate sensitive to energy fields (Fielding: See Laudean LFI File). It also, however, produced a separate reaction in a civilian aboard the Thor (Dar Kalib: Medical Records Attached). Kalib is of Bajoran and El-Aurian heritage and suffered significant psychological impairment since the mine attached to the Thor and Doctor Alieth conducted a Vulcan Mind Meld in an attempt to learn more of his condition. | |||
It was during this that she discovered a name in the mixed consciousness: The Mandate. It is unknown if this is an organisation or an individual and should also be observed that this mind meld was conducted under a significant level of stress. As a result of this perceived memories may have been adversely affected and cannot be taken as verifiably accurate. | |||
A biological sample, recovered by Doctor Quen, is also currently held in secure stasis aboard the USS Thor awaiting further analysis. In addition, detected theta waves – together with all other frequency data – was recoded onto probe memory cores. These remain isolated in high security containment until this can be verified as safe for transfer to the main memory core for investigation.<br> | |||
<font color="red">'''End Classified'''</font><br> | |||
'''Personal Notes'''<br> | |||
As noted above, this event placed and intolerable burden on the entire crew of the USS Thor and particularly on Acting Captain Geoffrey Teller. A follow-up with Commander Teller regarding this following his reaction to the on-going casualty reports. Follow-ups are also recommended with Dar Kalib and Doctor Alieth to ensure they are not adversely affected by their melding of minds. | |||
Additional Starfleet Medical Corps. Personnel are also requested to be available over the coming weeks to help treat and counsel those injured and traumatised through this period. A monitoring protocol should also be established. | |||
Finally, Doctor Addison MacKenzie should be commended for her bravery and leadership in safely evacuating non-essential crew to the safety of Deep Space Nine. | |||
Signed<br> | Signed<br> | ||
Lt. Cmdr. Alexander W. Brodie; Psy.D, Ph.D.<br> | Lt. Cmdr. Alexander W. Brodie; Psy.D, Ph.D.<br> | ||
Chief Counsellor, USS Thor<br> | Chief Counsellor, USS Thor<br> | ||