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*'''''[[The Cost of Forever (USS Thor)| The Cost of Forever]] - Stardate 239801.05 - 239803.01''''' | *'''''[[The Cost of Forever (USS Thor)| The Cost of Forever]] - Stardate 239801.05 - 239803.01''''' | ||
After a well-deserved break on New (New) Bajor, the USS Thor reported a strange subspace signal, a mayday call originating from an unexplored nebula in the gamma quadrant. Upon analysis, it was discovered to be a ship in distress, trapped in the nebula's Edge: a storm of exotic particles threatening to tear the unknown ship to shreds. Commander [[Geoffrey Teller]] summoned Lieutenant [[Alieth]] & Ensign [[Jehe Saja]] to the intel centre to study the available data on the area and the possible threats they might encounter. With the prospect of contact with an unknown species, they coordinated with the other teams for the possibility of First Contact, perhaps with a pre-warp civilization or a very limited warp. Called upon by the Captain to act as first contact, the team transported over to the other ship. Upon arrival, they met with what seemed to be an abandoned control room. A moment later, two alien life forms were found hiding, and as the translator caught on to their language, they began to understand the strange beings who beamed aboard their vessel. After convincing the aliens that their intentions were altruistic and coming to their aid, they made their way to the ship's engine room, determined to use the ship's systems to power up the Thor's tractor beam and bring the ship to safety, while beginning to triage and evacuate the Penetrator's crew before the wave that the Thor's arrival had triggered in the Nebula struck. They succeeded at the very last second, and the Thor was able to envelop the massive ship in a warp bubble, saving it from destruction. However, the Penetrator lacked inertial dumpers, resulting in a broken nose and a flying Vulcan when the wave made contact. | |||
Two days after the rescue of the Golden Penetrator, the USS Thor managed to tow the ship to the Zet homeworld. Commander Teller, Lieutenant Alieth, Lieutenant Quen and Ensign Katsim beamed down to the Zet homeworld into a decaying, foul-smelling slum suburb where thousands of Zet huddled together. Their goal was to sort out the repatriation of the Penetrator shipwrecks who, for some reason, were being rejected on the surface. One of their Zet friends led them into the massive building to deal with the administrative headache of rehousing employees who had supposedly expired. The away team was shocked by the inhumane conditions the Zet employees lived in and were forced to wade through bureaucratic procedures to reinstate the status of the Golden Penetrator's crew. Finally close to success, the away team took a lift to the upper floors of the building where they discovered former Shipmaster Nokzu waiting to meet with management as well. The team invited her along, and despite the Zet woman's reservations, she accepted their help. The whole meeting turned out to be a trap however, and as soon as they were inside the meeting room, it was sealed and Eternal Anroc appeared on several monitors notifying them of their fate to be used as a bargaining chip. | |||
Some time later, the team team worked to devise an escape plan. Lieutenants Alieth and Quen devised a means to create an acid with the chemicals in a medical kit. They intended to melt a hole in the windows of the skyscraper, however the metal used for construction had an unexpected reaction with the acid causing a large explosion. No one was injured, but the team was forced to flee out on the window ledges and make their way to a Zet hover vehicle while being chased by Zet corporate security. Successfully taking control of the vehicle, the team was followed by a Zet security craft which attempted to shoot them down. The security craft employed a communication jammer to prevent the team from being identified, contacting the ship, or beaming out. Commander Teller discovered the field had a short range however and came up with a plan to escape. As their hover vehicle dove behind a building at several thousand feet, the entire away team jumped out into a free fall. The hope was that they would escape the jamming field and be beamed out before they hit the ground. The plan was successful, with one complication. The Thor locked onto the communicators of the away team, which meant that their Zet accomplice, Nokzu, was not beamed out. Furthermore the team's momentum was only slowed partially when rematerializing aboard the Thor and most of the team was injured in the resulting impact with the transporter padd. Despite injuries, Commander Teller managed to override the transporter safeties and beam Shipmaster Nokzu to the Thor just seconds before impact with the ground. | |||
With the crew safe, the Thor departed the Zet's system with the former crew of the Endless Golden Penetrator aboard as refugees with Vulcan as its destination... | |||
*'''''[[The Fallen Sword (USS Thor)| The Fallen Sword]] - Stardate 239804.14 - Present''''' | *'''''[[The Fallen Sword (USS Thor)| The Fallen Sword]] - Stardate 239804.14 - Present''''' | ||