Entry-point

USS Odyssey

Borg Cube / entry-point

Narrator BOT 29-Sep-21 11:07 PM

*As the Away Team enters the cube, they are greeted by a Warp Node. It's shielded by protective glass, as the adjacent room is filled with so much radiation that even the Borg can't enter.*

Narrator឵ BOT 02-Oct-21 06:00 PM

*The shuttle lands hard, sliding a bit and sparking metal against metal until it comes to a sudden a violent stop. The Cube puts a environmental force field across the hole blasted into the hull which keeps the room's pressurized atmosphere intact. Once the ramp drops, there is where they will be.* (edited)

Narrator឵ BOT 02-Oct-21 06:10 PM

*The area is damaged and littered with dead Borg, killed by the torpedo blast which made the hole. Bodies and debris were sucked out by the rapid decompression before the environmental force field activated. None remaining are alive.* (edited)

Crewman Kk’kkv 02-Oct-21 06:20 PM

*And thus Kk'kkv stepped into the entry point. She had an extremely important duty, on an extremely important mission - her eyes turned concentrated. She fully devoted her focus to the task at hand. She scanned the room with her eyes, both in visible and IR, her rifle drawn, readied. Seeing the room devoid of parasitic life, she steps forward more, to allow the rest to funnel in behind her.* (edited)

Ensign Joshua Chambers 02-Oct-21 06:23 PM

*Joshua exits the Apollo closely behind Ensign Maxwell and takes up security, ensuring the rest of the team is able to depart safely*

Ensign Hunter Maxwell 02-Oct-21 06:25 PM

*Maxwell carefully walks down the ramp into the room. Eyes scanning the room.*

Lt. Cmdr. Sa'val Stryker 02-Oct-21 06:28 PM

*Sa'val exits behind Joshua, stepping to the side to allow the rest to depart, his Phaser Rifle up and scanning the room on his dedicated corner, ensuring he does not 'flag' another Officer with his field of fire.* "Clear left. Kay-vee, find our way out of here. Ensign Chambers, check the map to give her a heading to take."

Ensign Joshua Chambers 02-Oct-21 06:42 PM

"Aye, sir" *Joshua pulls up the map and locates where in the cube they are* "We need to go heading 270 from our current location, Commander" (edited)

*He would also make the corresponding direction with his arm, pointing where he stated*

Lt. Cmdr. Girak Mayott 02-Oct-21 06:47 PM

*Mayott exits the shuttle and pulls out his rifle and checks around to make sure they haven’t drawn any attention.* “All clear Commander.” *As Chambers looks at the map he keeps an eye out.*

Crewman Harry Lynton 02-Oct-21 06:53 PM

*Harry exits the shuttle and immediately begins to check the rear of the group, almost hoping that no borg would try to come after them. The smell of blood and warped metal immediately suffocated him for a moment, borg blood. The horrors of their actions played right in front of them, dozens of dead borg, but remorse was not on his mind. This was the group that had killed people he knew, assimilated the commanders. They reserved nothing but the hell of phaser rounds and destruction. Not something that he normally exhibited towards anyone. Once it seemed clear, he'd do the hand motion for clear, not daring to speak. Borg were everywhere on a cube, and speaking could get more of them to come after them.*

Crewman Kk’kkv 02-Oct-21 06:56 PM

*With direction given by Chambers, Kk'kkv as pointman walks further, rearing her head very slightly to the #hallways , where she would need to turn left.*

Ensign Hunter Maxwell 02-Oct-21 06:58 PM

*Maxwell follows along the right side. Rifle held up, aiming down #hallways* (edited)

Dr. Amatea Janaii 02-Oct-21 06:59 PM

*Mattie too followed down the ramp and into the entry point, phaser still lowered, but trigger finger at the ready.* (edited)

Lt. Cmdr. Sa'val Stryker 02-Oct-21 07:04 PM

"Chambers, follow them into the hallway, but do not run away from us. We will get this train moving. Be ready with directions. I am confident we will find ourselves in a maze here." *Sa'val rose his rifle, pointing it to the ceiling of the cavernous room as he beckoned with an outstretched hand towards the #hallways.* "Lieutenant Rhosyn if you would like to follow Ensign Chambers and bring your protected party right behind." *Sa'val waited at the entrance of shuttle with his rifle raised as he counted every head and made sure the Team was all in one piece as best as possible.* (edited)

Ensign Joshua Chambers 02-Oct-21 07:09 PM

"Understood, Commander." *Joshua follows, weapon up and scanning, ensuring no other team member enters his crosshairs*

Narrator BOT 02-Oct-21 09:22 PM

*In staggered column, the entire Team makes their way into #hallways in their designated patrol order.*

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[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 04-Oct-21 07:55 AM

*Cecilia looked out at the entry point and saw the damage and destruction they caused. She visually scanned the Borg corpses just to make sure none were playing dead before walking around the shuttle just to see if there were anything amiss.*

Narrator BOT 04-Oct-21 07:59 AM

*The room is empty and silent. The secured room containing the Warp Node does not appear to have been breached. No Borgs had been present in this version of an engineering space during the original incursion.*

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 04-Oct-21 08:09 AM

*The woman sighed and kept her phaser at low ready. Looked to see where the team had exited in the hallway and then thought how if there was any way for her to give them some security in a hot extract. They certainly did not have enough explosives to take them out, but perhaps the corpses could serve as a replacement. She lowered down to one of them, scanned it with her tricorder to determine if she could activate and overload anything on the body that could be quite deadly.*

Narrator BOT 04-Oct-21 09:01 AM

*While there is no evidence easily available about explosive devices inherent to a Borg Drone, it is reasonable to presume that there is a small power cell implanted within the body of the Borg Drone. Unfortunately, it is buried within the abdominal cavity and is unreachable unless Cecilia is considering performing minor surgery. Other items within the room that can be used in an explosive manner include the Borg Warp Core, any grenades that had been brought along during the incursion, and, of course, the Phaser Arrays of the Shuttle itself.*

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 04-Oct-21 09:13 AM

*Cecilia looked up and noticed the warp core. Grenades alone may not be enough but the phaser array would be able to destroy it and cause a significant explosion. Last resort of course. **She would yell out to Roymar to lock on the Warp Core as a precaution.** \*She asked herself if she could plant the grenades around the dead bodies and use them as discount mines.*

Narrator BOT 04-Oct-21 10:19 AM

*The Narrator cannot answer her for herself, but her knowledge of the detonator involved in regulation photon grenades would leave her with the option to either set the Timer, carefully position the grenade under the body to trigger when the body was moved (a dangerous proposition in a ship currently being jostled by ongoing fighting), or attempt to set up a remote detonation system that can be controlled from inside the Shuttle.*

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 04-Oct-21 11:16 AM

*Cecilia went back into the shuttle to grab the photon grenades and then returned back to the entry point. The woman would then start to sporadically place each of them near a borg body so it would cover the distance between the hallway and the shuttle. Using her tricorder she linked them to the shuttle's computer assigning them in sets so they could choose which set to detonate and when. With that she would wait at the ramp for something to happen. If she left she would be chastised and disciplined which already got her off the mission. No matter what she thought of the decision she failed in that regard. She replayed it over and over again, she thought she did everything right. There was something wrong with her, or perhaps her view on the world was skewed by several events in her early career as an intel officer. She rarely did think of them, they were when she was more naive and eager. Cecilia allowed herself to think about those moments briefly and just focused on the situation she was in.*

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 04-Oct-21 08:57 PM

*Cecilia was trying to be depressed and Kyle was making it hard*

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*She got up and picked up her phaser practically dragging it and entered into the shuttle. So much for trying to do her best with what she had.*

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 04-Oct-21 09:59 PM

*She had an overwatch of ramp sitting and watching the empty yet active room down in the feels...* (edited)

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 05-Oct-21 07:17 PM

*While she was sitting Cecilia was reminded of a tune she remembered hearing as a child. Music interest was something she never expressed nor has she sung before in public but she didn't care at this point. She may as well be alone with only the corpses and maybe Kyle keeping her company.*

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"You stare...at emptiness...in that ever lasting void..."

"You try to escape it, but its something you can't avoid..."

"Yet, you learn to love it...as it laughs at what you destroyed..."

"Is it worth it, you ask your self, but no one hears your call."

"Perhaps it just better if you weren't there at all."

"But not everything is better, on that other side of you."

"And not everything is worse, as you let it into view."

"So you wait, and you cry. Do whatever you can to survive..."

"Cause all you can do is wait, and thrive or die..."

"And not everything is better, on that everlasting side"

"And sometimes it is better, to pick the certain side."

"So don't give in...do not subside..."

"As that ever lasting void, would surely let you die..."

*The woman sighed. If she wasn't on the mission she would have been in tears. The words to the song were as true to her as she sung them. Her entire life was just her trying to survive, never actually thriving as a person. She was a mess, and it was only now she truly realized she needed help...*

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Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 09:29 PM

*Kyle steps out and freezes when he sees @PO1 Cecilia Angelica* (edited)

Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 09:38 PM

*kyle stands there and he doesnt realize tears are falling down his face.*

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 05-Oct-21 09:45 PM

*She heard the footsteps and kept her hands on her phaser rifle.* "What is it..." *She said softly*

Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 09:46 PM

"I-I need to check the-the hull." *kyle say slowly trying to stay composed.*

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 05-Oct-21 09:47 PM

*She just sighed and continued to look infront of her.*

Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 09:49 PM

*kyle doesnt move he can now feel the tears but cant seem to stop them. He needed to compose himself but he had just lost his best friend and mother again. He was a curse. All the people he loved died.*

Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 10:39 PM

*kyle takes a deep breathe and walks down the ramp. He wipes his eyes. He walks past cecilia to the side of the shuttle. Before he can stop himself he whispers "He's gone." As he he passes by.*

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[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 05-Oct-21 10:44 PM

"What?" *Cecilia looked back at him, voice still soft.* "What is up with you?"

Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 10:45 PM

"The athena... Vale... Vax... All gone..."

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[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 05-Oct-21 10:55 PM

"Stop being implicative in your words. What do you mean they are all gone?" *She stood up and faced him.* "What happened." *She was more confused than worried. Being "gone" had a lot of implications in her line of work.*

Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 10:57 PM

*kyle feels the tears run down his face again.* "the borg... They blew up the ship"

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 05-Oct-21 11:02 PM

"The Athena, they blew up the Athena? What about the Odyssey." *There was a slight panic rising in the back of her mind but taking the word of a Ensign wasn't the best way of getting the truth.*

Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 11:03 PM

*kyle shakes his head.* "not y-yet but I don't think they can take much more."

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[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 05-Oct-21 11:07 PM

"And did you happen to scan for any transport signatures from the Athena before it "blew up"? *The amount of times where she had been beamed out before utter destruction was high.*

Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 11:10 PM

"It happened so fast I didnt get a scan"

*kyle doesnt have much hope. It was his life repeating again.*

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 05-Oct-21 11:16 PM

"Sensors are passive, if you review the logs of the incident we can inspect the data and figure out what happened." *She took herself and her rifle back into the shuttle.*

Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 11:18 PM

"we have more important things to do right now. I want to i really to but right now we need to inspect the hull and prepare to fly out of here. I need you to keep watch."

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 05-Oct-21 11:21 PM

"Then please, don't worry me about things that we have no control over. We have a mission and we need to stay focused." *She went to go sit back down on the ramp with her rifle.*

Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 11:25 PM

"I wasn't going to but I couldn't keep it from you. Not about vax..." *kyle opens an outer panel to check the wiring*

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 05-Oct-21 11:30 PM

"Based on what you just told me, most likely they are alive and beamed on onto the Odyssey, or they have beamed onto this cube and are currently trying to rendezvous with us. We won't know until you either check the logs or we contact the Odyssey for clarification. So Vax being dead is the least of my concerns right now." *That was a lie she needed to tell herself to keep functioning.*

Ensign Kyle Romyar 05-Oct-21 11:34 PM

*kyle nods as he opens another panel.*

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 06-Oct-21 04:05 PM

*She was till on the ramp with her rifle at low ready*

Narrator BOT 06-Oct-21 04:06 PM

*Arian appears first with Harry and Kk’kkv on either shoulder. Her face is expressionless but her armor is bloodied. The rest come followed by Mayott.* “Everyone in the shuttle.” *There was a bit of anger or something in his voice.*

Ensign Kyle Romyar 06-Oct-21 04:06 PM

*kyle closes all panels and is on ramp too.* (edited)

*kyle runs in the shuttle.*

[I] PO1 Cecilia Angelica BOT 06-Oct-21 04:11 PM

*She got up and entered the shuttle herself. Seemed like they had hell of a fight*

Ensign Joshua Chambers 06-Oct-21 04:37 PM

*Joshua waits to make sure the injured don't require assistance getting into the shuttle before doing so himself, plopping into a seat and letting a sigh of... Relief? Even he wasn't sure at this moment*

Dr. Amatea Janaii 06-Oct-21 04:44 PM

*Mattie trampled up the ramp in close connection with the rest of the team, already mentally assessing all the wounds the party had been inflicted with. Worst off was most assuredly Kk or Harry, she would assess them both on the rocky ride out of here and give something for pain to be sure. Stryker would be third unless his bleeding got any heavier, it was a nasty gash to be sure, but likely not life threatening. As soon as she was aboard, she dropped her weapon and hurried into the small medical outfit the shuttle had been fitted with and began to sterilize and prep for the patients that were being brought in.*

Lt. Cmdr. Girak Mayott 06-Oct-21 04:47 PM

*Mayott made sure everyone was in the shuttle before getting in himself and closing the hatch.*

Narrator BOT 06-Oct-21 04:53 PM

*And off the shuttle went, to speed things along so we can get out of here before more cubes show up.*

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