Protector 4/29/2022

[9:36][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*The STAR TREK: PROTECTOR theme begins to play...
[9:37][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*The camera pans as it shows the Manta leaving orbit, heading out after a very...unorthodox celebration. It follows the Manta as it jumps to warp, and Marcus begins his opening log...
[9:38][DOIC]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:“Captain’s log, stardate 99001.55. With the strike force defeated and Irial temporarily secured, our friendly neighbourhood lizard men have begun to erect a complex system of mines around their..
[9:38][DOIC]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:planet and dig their heels in to keep their system free. Sidese, in the meanwhile, is being backed up by the Pilgrim and her task force, well, what remains of it after the loss of the Enigma
[9:39][DOIC]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:That leaves us to go on patrol and ring the alarm should the Tanausans try anything. We’re good at that, at least. End log.”
[9:41][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:*Bore was a very good boy who had been "Maintaining" the ship (Drinking in engineering), so he only had a very light headache as he worked.
[9:41][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] Did you hear about what happened
[9:41][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--Ezri sits awkwardly on the biobed-
[9:41][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-Is completely free of any such hang over effects as she quietly works at her ACCI Console
[9:41][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*Marcus looked over at the science console, pausing.* "Where's Tegan?
[9:42][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"About what happened with what?
[9:42][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"is this going to take a long time? I am supposed to be on duty.
[9:42][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-sides her seat- She is not at her console
[9:42][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--itches her arm, where the lizard scales used to be.-
[9:42][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Trust me, it was the first place I checked.
[9:43][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Helmkamp] She asked me to fill in, sir
[9:43][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:See there is the answe
[9:43][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"I see. Well, mind the sensors then..." *He shrugged.
[9:43][DOIC4]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Grace] Doctor T'lena is on her way...there appears to be an issue with one of the lifts
[9:44][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] The party..
[9:44][DOIC5]T'lena@Captain_Rien:*finally gets the lfit door to open up
[9:44][DOIC5]T'lena@Captain_Rien:=^= Bore.. trubolift 2 has a bad door sensor again
[9:44][DOIC5]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*It reluctantly complies.
[9:44][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"the lifts are not working...again?
[9:44][DOIC4]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Grace] That is just what I was told
[9:45][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:=^= "I'll send someone to deal with it Doc.
[9:45][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"And nopee, Kara. I was mindingg the ship.
[9:45][DOIC5]T'lena@Captain_Rien:=^= thank
[9:45][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:*enters sickbay
[9:45][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--Ezri exhales sharply-
[9:46][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:And how are we feelgin ms tegan
[9:46][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:No longer one with the Lizard people
[9:46][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:*Sends a goon to look at the door.
[9:46][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:*she takes out an old stethascope and eye light
[9:46][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"a little wierd.
[9:47][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:*using the light and glass to check ezri's pupils
[9:47][DOIC4]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] Scuttlebutt says there was some crazy local party drug that turned Lieutenant Tegan into a lizard
[9:47][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] Scuttlebutt says there was some crazy local party drug that turned Lieutenant Tegan into a lizard
[9:47][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"...The fuck? Ew!
[9:47][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] Approaching the next waypoint, sir
[9:47][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Well those are back to normal.
[9:47][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--pulls away-- "that is too bright doc.
[9:47][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Anything on sensors of note?
[9:47][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] I know right...insane
[9:47][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Describe feelgin weird?
[9:47][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"I could use a triocorder.
[9:48][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"all the colors are brighter..
[9:48][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-looks over at Not Ezri
[9:48][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Helmkamp] No sir...but there is a rather large nebula nearby..
[9:48][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Hunkler] Hmmm...if I wanted to hide my forces..
[9:49][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"The Erebus Expanse? Yeah, we know about it. Kirtascan hell.
[9:49][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Thats a symptom of withdrawal it will pass once your cells all return to normal.
[9:49][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:In a nebula that render anyone within unconscious
[9:49][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Beleiv eit or nto your not the first starfleet officer to to into a lizard and back.
[9:49][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--nods slowly-
[9:49][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Helmkamp] Our sensors from here are rather ineffective in that area
[9:50][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"According to starfleet records doctor that is not true.
[9:50][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"It is crazy... and I just imagined how many perverts would want to buy that drug for sex...
[9:50][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] I hope she's okay
[9:50][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] ...what?!?!
[9:50][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"Yeah, same here.
[9:50][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"There is the Styx Corridor, it was clear last time we checked but that was days ago.
[9:50][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:*ponders a moment
[9:50][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Oh right i guess they were amphibians.
[9:50][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"You know. All kinda furries and other degenerates with transformation fetishes would pay top latinum for this drug..." *Bore sounded like he had a business idea forming
[9:50][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"..oh you are right amphibians...not lizards..
[9:50][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Anyway. *she checks ezri's heartbeat
[9:51][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i guess I am the first..
[9:51][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*Dalby sighs.* You are NOT getting an idea..
[9:51][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"I am not.
[9:51][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Atleast the firs ton this scale.
[9:52][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Your performance was rather good. Have you been studying Kirtascan?
[9:52][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i guess that is one bright spot on my record.
[9:52][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--shakes her head-
[9:53][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Must have been slight telepahtic linguistics then.
[9:53][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"it was the shiney red I think..I just could do anything I wanted to..
[9:53][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Is the Corridor on our patrol route?
[9:53][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Maybe i'll have to look at the drugs more.
[9:53][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"..I don't know I have never been tested as far as I know..
[9:53][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] Alongside it, sir..
[9:53][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:So...n
[9:53][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] Good
[9:54][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"Commander Blaine didn't seem to react the same way.
[9:54][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] It is close enough that you could probably be excused for investigating
[9:54][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"We'll have to actually enter the corridor to clear it, our sensors won't be able to penetrate the Expanse.
[9:54][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"he just seemed to become more atrracted to Kirtascan females.
[9:54][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*Charity smirks at V'Tira.
[9:55][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Mr blaine is attracted to any females.
[9:55][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Add it to our route, Wiebe.
[9:55][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Helmkemp] Aye sir, that is correct
[9:55][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--nods-
[9:55][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"But if he showed that thats a good thing means his addcition to Nyzaria's sap has waned.
[9:55][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"You didn't know what I was thinkin'.
[9:56][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] Yes sir...*she keeps smirking as she makes a change to the route.
[9:56][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Take all necessary precautions. No direct viewing of the Expanse, it'll trap your brain in Kirtascan hell. Keep shuttlebay doors shuttered.
[9:56][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-to Charity- For clarity sake it is now within our patrol rout
[9:56][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"anyway I feel better doc..the shakes stopped last night I finally got a decent nights sleep.
[9:56][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Helmkamp] That sounds like superstition, sir
[9:57][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] It was nothing good
[9:57][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Yeah you are fit to retrun to duty.
[9:57][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i am starting to suspect that the shiney red was not actually candy.
[9:57][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"The Pilgrim traveled through here and wrote the advisory. Take it up with them.
[9:57][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"thanks doc.
[9:57][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--hops off the table.-
[9:58][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"I never think of bad stuff.
[9:58][DOIC4]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--head out of sickbay-
[9:58][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"Oh, by the way, you all are drinking with me after this shift. I got engaged.
[9:59][DOIC4]T'lena@Captain_Rien:*shakes her head
[9:59][DOIC6]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--heads through the corridors toward the closest lift-
[9:59][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Helmkamp] Noted, sir
[9:59][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] Really?!?! Congratulations
[10:00][DOIC6]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--puaes for a breath as she climbs on the lift, before calling out he destination-- "deck one please.
[10:00][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"Thanks! And yeah. I was preparing for a year or so but I kept chickening out last moment.
[10:00][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Hunkler] Given that risk, sir...I would estimate a lower likelihood of an enemy presence
[10:01][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--enters the bridge and quietly goes to her station-
[10:01][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] Mister Snow should have bullied you to do it earliker
[10:01][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--she taps Helmkamp on the shoulder-- "i can take over...
[10:02][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*Francoise gets up from her station.* Are you well, Miss Tegan
[10:02][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Less likely, yes. But it's still a good hiding space." *He looked at Ezri.
[10:02][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i'm fine...I am out of rehab now.
[10:02][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-quirks a brow at that
[10:03][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--sits at her station-
[10:03][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Helmkamp] Uhhh...of course. *She shrugs and heads off the bridge.
[10:03][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--looks over the board, checking the status of all the sensors-
[10:03][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*Personnel on the bridge are keeping an eye on Ezri after that comment.
[10:03][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"Oh, he didn't bully me. In the end, it was all my decision. I just thought "You know, there's a war, here we are with the Pilgrim, celebrating the first victory... so why the fuck not?
[10:03][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"In any case, it's not like we have any hull windows. We'd have to go out of our way to directly look at the nebula.
[10:04][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-turns and scowls some at each indicating they have consoles do they not
[10:05][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Hunkler] So readouts and viewers are not affected, sir
[10:05][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Sensors should be fine.
[10:06][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Hunkler] Then I would suggest...we are uniquely suited for this task, sir
[10:06][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Very much so. So a-snooping we shall go.
[10:07][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:*enters the bridge
[10:07][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] Good thinking
[10:07][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"Yupp. So now we have cause to celebrate.
[10:10][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*Eventually, those who were curious were warded off by V'Tira's scowls and returned to their duties.
[10:11][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-returned to her duties listening for any hidden or encrypted enemy transmissions
[10:11][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:-Ezri relaxes after she can no longer feel a bunch of eye staring at her-
[10:13][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--She moitors the sensors-
[10:14][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Eryvis] I don't see why pinkskins think one coupling is such a big deal
[10:16][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:So descent into the kirtascaan underworld it is today
[10:17][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:*Chuckles.* "Well, for your people it's a lot more complicated, what with needing four people to produce a single baby and all.
[10:17][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"A quick swim up the river Styx, anyway.
[10:18][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i am detectsome anomalies in the nebula...at least I think theya are.
[10:18][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"What do you mean?
[10:19][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i am detecting gaps in he nebula where it looks like something is there...but I have nothing to compare it to...so it could be normal.
[10:19][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--starts itching-
[10:19][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--scratches her arm-
[10:20][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"why do these uniforms have to be so itchy.
[10:20][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"We know there are pockets branching off the Styx, it's where the Scyrthi hid back when they were still our enemies a few years ago.
[10:20][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"But let's go see what's inside them today.
[10:21][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] Aye sir...if Miss Tegan will forward over the data...I will adjust our course
[10:22][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Eryvis] Yes...which is why only one isn't that big a deal
[10:22][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--stops scratching for a minute to transfer the data-
[10:22][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-remodulates her equiptment to compensate for teh effects of the corridor and listens for possible enemy transmissions
[10:23][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-to Ezri- If you continue to scratch..your skin will only become irritate
[10:25][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*Marcus scratched his beard and eyed his side console.
[10:26][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*The Manta enters the Erebus Expanse.
[10:27][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"Well, yeah, but you gotta take the cultural differences into account, yeah?
[10:27][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Mind the corridor... if you think what happens when you look at it is bad, think of what'll happen if the ship gets caught in the nebula.
[10:28][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Or the Nedubla changes to trap us
[10:28][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:*nebula
[10:28][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Hunkler] I think that is a experience I'd rather not be an expert in, sir
[10:29][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Then keep it that way and don't skim the sides.
[10:30][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] No pressure...none at all...*She takes a deep breath.
[10:30][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Eryvis] You mean our superior culture
[10:33][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] We are approaching the location of the anamolous readings
[10:33][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"That's not very federation-y of you.
[10:33][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"You all know what to do. Anomalise." *A pause.* "Analyse.
[10:33][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--studies the sensors to see if she can learn more about the anomalies-
[10:34][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Eryvis] Hmph...my people have been bickering with the other founding members for generations
[10:34][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] Thank you for your...expert guidance, sir
[10:34][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-listens for possible enemy transmissions in the area
[10:35][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"What, am I supposed to tell you what buttons to push?
[10:35][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-rubs the bridge of her nose at hearing 'Anomalise
[10:36][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"Isn't that true for all the founding species?
[10:36][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Sir...upon my current amtempt to Anomalise..I believe i have picked up a signal transmitting sensor data out of the nebul
[10:37][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Does it look Tanausan or Chantry?
[10:38][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:I am afraid it requires more looking into..in order for me to acquire more data for a comparative analysi
[10:38][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-continues to monitor the signal and runs it through her database for signal id
[10:38][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"..that is wierd.." --adjusts some settings on her console.-
[10:39][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Keep at it, then. Who would want data from -inside- the nebula? There's nothing here but brain melting vistas.
[10:39][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Eryvis] Well, you didn't have the Vulcans spying on you for generations
[10:40][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Um...stellar matter count..gasesous anomaly data..-sighs- yes sir...who indeed..-continues her signal id work
[10:41][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"I need a minute I am picking up interference..some sort of Beryxian reality television program,,,seens a bit pronographic..naked gold people allover the place.
[10:41][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"...Jeez, all the way out here? Must be an old, old broadcast.
[10:42][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--makes some more adjustments.-- "wait that got it. I have a fix on something in the nebula...looks like a probe of some kind.
[10:42][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Let's see what kind it is, then.
[10:42][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"aye sir sending the coordinates to helm.
[10:43][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"No, we just have to deal with them going on and on about us not being logical enough.
[10:43][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"If it's a wormhole probe... well, I think that question answers itself.
[10:43][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:The signal bears a passing semblence to a Tanausan signature..howver I am not entirely certain as of ye
[10:44][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Not certain? You think it could be faked
[10:44][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] Altering course
[10:45][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Or technology that predates the Imperium..or one they have based their core technology o
[10:45][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"It would be millions of years old, then. You'd think the Kirtascans would have noticed it by now.
[10:45][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Eryvis] So annoying that you just want to punch them in the face
[10:46][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Or the Scyrth
[10:47][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-continues with her comparative id check
[10:47][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"Eh... They can be annoying... but I don't generally punch annoyances in the face.
[10:47][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*The Manta approaches the coordinates.
[10:47][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Space is big.
[10:48][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Indeed...and mightve been overlooke
[10:49][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"they do call it space for a reason
[10:49][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:However in the particular case I am now leaning towards a recently arrival..I can definitively say the signal is of Tanausan origi
[10:50][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Anything is possible. Especially in a hell nebula that was expressly forbidden by the noncorporeal life form they built their religion around...
[10:50][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:and itis broadcasting sensor datato apointoutside of the nebul
[10:51][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Well isn't that adorable. What is it scanning here? It's not like they'd be expecting much traffic.
[10:52][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] A curious question
[10:53][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-tries to decipher the dats being rtransmitted
[10:53][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Eryvis] Maybe you would be less annoyed
[10:53][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Maybe they have a two million year old treasure map and they're trying to see if the booty they hid is still here..." *He offered randomly.
[10:54][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] Uhhhh..
[10:54][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"What? It's as good a guess as any.
[10:54][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-readjusts her sensors to compensate for the local nebula interference and tries again
[10:55][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:A treasure hunt would be a fun distraciton
[10:55][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Not if the Tanausans were on it too, they'd find a way to ruin it for everyone.
[10:55][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Like the Nazis on Eart
[10:57][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Curious...the transmission appears to be..relaying yet another transmission to sendout of the nebul
[10:57][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:*Chuckles softly.* "Who knows.
[10:58][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Any idea what that transmission says, V'Tira?
[10:58][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:I am working on it..the interference is making deciphering difficul
[10:59][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-continues her efforts on the translation of the transmission
[11:00][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Of all the days for Shay to be recharging her batteries.. help her out, Baker.
[11:00][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-quirks abrow- Aid is not require
[11:00][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Do you have something, then?
[11:01][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-holds up a finger for him to wait a moment longer...as she reads
[11:01][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] If she says she's got it...she's got it...sir
[11:02][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Most interesting...it would appear to be Dawn Alliance Task Force andf let movements...state of defenses..intel on troop deployments...they appear to be using the nebula interference to mask thes
[11:03][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:transmissions..it seems they are using a relay system for these trnasmission
[11:03][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-lowers her hand to indicate she was finished
[11:04][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*Marcus continued to blink for a moment afterwards.
[11:04][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] As I said, sir
[11:05][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"No, that wasn't... never mind. Why would they be relaying through here though? The only thing that makes sense is if they have something else deeper in that needs these updates.
[11:06][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Trace the broadcast... let's see what they're hiding in here.
[11:06][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Aye si
[11:07][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-commences a trace programback along the transmission to find its source
[11:12][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*He shifted in his chair and scratched his beard again.
[11:14][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:I have located the signals point of origin..itis not within the nebula..but from outside..the transmissions goign through the nebula..are coming from the Sidese star syste
[11:14][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*Blaine raised both of his eyebrows now,* "What?
[11:15][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Isn't that system on the other side of the region from us
[11:15][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Indeed..tthe pointof origin of the transmission is fromt eh Kirtascan system of Sides
[11:15][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Woudl seem they have a spy problem
[11:16][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Indeed..more than likely they are sendingback to the fleet around Kirtasca
[11:16][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Kirtas
[11:16][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"But... okay, see, why in the hell would spies in Sidese send a transmission past Kirtas and to the Erebus Expanse... only to bounce back to the fleet at Kirtas?
[11:17][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:...I have no idea...to be fair
[11:18][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] Maybe they aren't very smart
[11:18][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"My point being, there has to be something, someONE further into the corridor to make any of this make sense from a logistical standpoint. Something that they're trying to keep out of the action..
[11:18][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:but need to keep appraised of our fleet movements as well.
[11:18][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:I do not disagree...just as of yet..we have no evidenceof suc
[11:18][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"A ship wouldn't make sense.
[11:19][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:A station perhaps
[11:19][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Whatever it is, we're going to find it. Where else is the probe broadcasting to? Focus on the corridor.
[11:20][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-tries to find where else the transmission might be coming from in the corridor
[11:21][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"Oh, great.
[11:21][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"An enemy space station inside literal hell.
[11:22][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"V'Tira, don't focus on where transmissions are coming -from,- but where they are going." (Teamwork?
[11:23][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:I am now showing evidence of a second transmision that goes deeper into thenebula..however..there does not seem to be anything there to receive i
[11:24][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"They're hiding in the interference. Follow the trail, Wiebe.
[11:24][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] Aye sir
[11:24][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*The Manta moves deeper in.
[11:26][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"If they managed to sneak an entire space station in here, I'll be impressed. Pissed, but impressed.
[11:31][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] We are approaching the end of the trail, sir..
[11:31][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:They are fairly industrious andmost effiecent si
[11:32][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Slave labour helps, too.
[11:32][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Yes..there is that as wel
[11:32][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Slaves actually make poor labor for anythign important.
[11:33][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"It is better to make it a matter of patriotic pride and use eager volunteers.
[11:33][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:I concu
[11:34][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"They're just a different kind of slave. The one that doesn't realise it.
[11:35][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:That is rather a cyncical way of looking at what a volunteer i
[11:35][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:"Hey, don't that make -us- slaves?
[11:35][DOIC2]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Dalby] We're not slaves
[11:36][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Maybe this galaxy's turning me into one. In any case, let's keep looking.
[11:37][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-keeps looking for the secondary signals destination
[11:38][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:I have located the end pointof that secondt ransmission...-quirks abrow- Just a but ahead of the Manta on its current heading si
[11:39][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Okay... any reading on -what- it is?
[11:40][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"I'd much like to know if we're flying headfirst into a Tanausan ship or station or some primeval horror of the Dark's.
[11:41][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*As Marcus finishes saying that...a space station comes into view, just before the Manta...the screen fades to black and it says...TO BE CONTINUED!
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