Event report #1

When the U.S.S. Sally Ride entered the Sol transwarp gate to begin her mission, there was an anomalous energy pattern from the ship's main deflector, and then a violent explosion. The ship was heavily damaged and thrown wildly off course, coming to rest at the far edge of KDF-controlled territory. In addition to massive casualties throughout the ship, Captain Walker suffered a severe spinal injury and fell unconscious. Rather than risk her recovery by attempting to revive her, medical stabilized her condition and put her into a medical regenerator. Specific command succession was unclear, given Walker's unusual habit of frequently shuffling the chain of command and the rampant casualties.

Medical scans of several of these casualties found near the epicenter of the damage were even more troubling. Bioscans revealed that the crewmen's internal anatomy conflicted with their apparent species. They all appeared to be Federated species, but below the skin, belonged to Klingon ally groups. Scans are ongoing on surviving crew for similar signs of surgical alteration, but this has placed additional strain on the already busy medical department.

The medical crew aren't the only ones working around the clock. Engineering has its hands full coping with the massive damage to the ship's systems. Their heroic efforts in the aftermath of the disaster were barely able to restore minimal warp and deflector capability. The ship is currently limping toward the nearest system, a sparsely trafficked Klingon settlement, but the Sally Ride's armaments and defensive systems are still totally offline. The science department has done what it can to reduce power consumption and mask the ship's emissions, but her arrival was accompanied by a burst of exotic particles that won't go unnoticed for long.
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OOC NOTES:
GREAT event, everybody! You surprised me with cool ideas several times, and I think the situation is shaping up into something really exciting. Some odds and ends:

• All players should report to me any attempts they make to repair the ship or do anything else to improve her chances of survival. Use in-game mail or PM me here on the site.
• We'll be doing a mini-event in a few days to mark the arrival in the nearby system, so keep an eye out for that announcement!
• Got something you'd like to report? Feel free to add an IC or OOC reply here to fill in the details of your character's experience at or since the event.
• If you missed the event, no problem. Get on the SFRoleplay channel and do some pick-up scenes with your crewmates -- they'll get you up to speed.

Commander Seven of Eleven was trapped, unconscious in the science lab for the first few hours of the disaster that disabled the ship. After joining the acting Chief Medial Officer and Acting Captain in sickbay he asked for an examination by the Doctor. The Doctor found that some of his Borg nano-probes had been removed from his body while he had been unconscious. He also found that his cortical node had been tampered with and the past 48 hours of his short term memory had been erased.

Commander Seven of Eleven then returned to the Astrometrics lab to try and repair some of the damage done to the senors. The main EPS grid in the deflector control room had been completely destroyed. The Commander took an engineering team to the main deflector control room, where they were able to repair most of the damage. Once power had been restored to the system he ran a full system diagnostic. He is still waiting for that diagnostic sub-routine to complete so that he can determine how badly the system was damaged.

Personal Log: Counselor Vondra Kelsan
Stardate 90239.8.

Today was not the best first day I've had aboard a vessel. I got in late last night and didn't really put anything away before trying to rest for a bit, so the room was a mess when I awoke. I was rushing around to get ready only to trip over a boot and knock myself out.

When I came to, the ship was barely staying together. With a massive lump on my head, I tried to piece things together. The Doctor on board patched me up with no more than a gesture; I felt kind of silly needing a bump on the head fixed when so many others were injured. I'm still trying to piece together what's going on, and everyone's trying to piece the ship back together. I just hope I'm awake for the next hullabaloo...

Alpha Watch Ops Officer Report
Ensign Kiera Medart
Stardate 311638.54

I had my first shift as Alpha watch Ops officer. It was rather fun. The Conn officer, Ensign Benton, and I had a chat. He and I are both from the West Coast of America, Earth. He's kinda funny. I think he'll make a great friend.
The Alpha watch is certainly a different atmosphere from the night shift. Not as much joking or laughing, except Ensign Benton. I leaned that he has a passion for computers.
The sensors picked up a plasma trail off our port bow. The computer identified it as warp plasma from a 23rd Century Klingon freighter, supposedly not used since the early 24th Century. Ensign Benton adjusted our course and speed.
The sensors also picked up a distortion in the warp field, similar to what happened to the NX-01 U.S.S. Enterprise when a cloaked ship was using the Enterprise's warp field to "hitch hike" along with it. It turned out to be just a sensor ghost. The sensors still haven't been fully repaired. I have to trust that Commander Sev can get the sensors operational as soon as possible. I don't like flying nearly blind in enemy territory.

Ensign Medart, out.

After reviewing the results of the Main Deflector Dish Diagnostic, Commander Seven of Eleven surmised that it was indeed the focal point of the explosion that threw the ship so far from home. In fact, it appears to have actually amplified it. This leads him to believe that it was the main target of the saboteur, and the purpose was to bring the ship to this location deliberately, not accidental as first suspected. As the main deflector is damaged beyond Repair, Commander Sev directed his repair crews to begin rerouting all main deflector controls and functions to the secondary array. It wont be as accurate, but it will be better then what they currently have. When we get the other main repairs completed we can reassess the main deflector to see if any of it is salvageable, his hopes are not high of this however.

The Sensor grid is another matter entirely, the sabotage has flooded the Sensor grid with so many exotic particles that they keep sending out false signals and sensor ghosts. He has already herd several reports from all shifts stating that the sensors are continuously unreliable. If we are ever going to get out of this mess we will need to get them sorted out, and sooner rather than later. Trying to repair the system now would require us to drop out of Warp and lose sensor function across the ship for hours or even days at a time, we just cant afford to do that right now. The best I can offer the Captain is a manual purging of all sensor grids and hope that we clear out as much of the exotic particles as possible.

OOC: I wanted to share a fun little link to the Nova Class ship page on the memory alpha website. Lots of great little tid bits about location of facilities and crew compliments and ship capabilities. This might help with getting the creative juices flowing!

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Nova_class

Benton. His name is Benton.

David Nicholas Benton! :lol:

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Benton. His name is Benton.

David Nicholas Benton! :lol:

I remembered that it started with a B, and there was no 'r' in it :P

Commander Sev has finished his analysis of the Main Deflector system's status. The majority of the system was completely useless. However, there were enough salvageable components left to create a few sub-amplification boosters for the secondary deflector array, this should boosts its capacity by 10%. He will need an experienced engineer to help install these salvaged components.

Additionally, The Commander found something odd during his salvage operation. He is hoping to meet with the Captain and CMO soon to discuss these findings.

OOC: I would like to have a scene with the Acting Captain and the Acting Chief Medical Officer at their earliest conveniences to discuss these odd findings.

I would also like to meet with the acting chief engineer to have a scene repairing the secondary deflector array.

They can be all at the same time if everyone is OK with it!

Acting Captain's Log:

I'm not sure how much the computer was able to record over the last several hours, so I'll try to give a brief summary. Our ship has been severely damaged by KDF saboteurs disguised as Starfleet officers. None of them survived the explosion, so we weren't able to interrogate them to find out their intentions. I have yet, however, to rule out the possibility of there being other operatives on board. I am therefore continuing the investigation. Our current location is deep inside Klingon space. We’ve managed to patch the warp drive together long enough to get us to a nearby star system. Once there, we will look for a good hiding spot to make repairs (this is where being Romulan really comes in handy). The system is sparsely populated which hopefully means that we won’t run into any trouble.

The captain is… incapacitated. I don’t really understand the injuries she’s sustained, but Dr. Lindstrom tells me that her recovery will take quite some time. I almost wish I had paid more attention during basic medical training. Almost. In fact, most of the senior officers were incapacitated during the explosion. This has left the ship in the hands of several inexperienced junior officers (I include myself on that list). We’re all trying our best to get through this, and I feel that the remaining crew members have performed admirably under the circumstances. I can’t say that I’ve known the captain for long or that I know her well, but I’d like to think that she would be proud of us. I hope we’ll get the chance to find out.

As we travel at low warp to the aforementioned system, I will put my weapons systems training to use by attempting to repair the phasers. Acting captain or not, everyone has to contribute at this point. I will provide supplemental updates as time and circumstances permit.

End of log.


OOC: I'm free this weekend during the mornings and afternoon (CST/ GMT-6:00) for any pickup scenes.