Post #2 Reverse Position
Posted on Wed May 13th, 2020 @ 6:03pm by Commodore Cyndi Song & Lieutenant JG Horton Clinton
Edited on on Wed May 20th, 2020 @ 8:42am
Mission:
The Restroffs (Space Spiders)
Location: USS Amandora
Timeline: Concurrent to What's Tat post 1
On
< Engine Room >
All of Horton's life he had been teased by his name, Horton. Beginning with childhood when his mother read him the book Horton hears a Who.
When the ship was ceased by the first web Horton felt it by the energy drain from his beloved engines.
" What the Hell?" Horton yelled.
" Engineering to Bridge, what's going on up there?" Horton yelled. " We're losing power."
< Bridge >
Executive Officer Will Raymond could hear the angst in Horton's voice.
" Hold tight Mr Clinton. Captain,I will go down there and lend Horton a hand," Will said to the Captain.
"Keep me posted," Cyndi said.
< Engine Room >
The minutes it took for Will to arrive were few but the strain on the ship was measurable.
" Shields down to 75%. I had to divert power to hull. Warp drive is off line," Horton yelled.
Cyndi after leaving the bridge in the capable hands of the second officer made her way to the engine room "Status report?"
" I will tell you what's wrong, something has attached itself to our warp nacelles and is bleeding off our power. Shields are at 72% and holding it back but warp drives off line."
Clinton reported.
" Captain it may become necessary to go EVA and try to manually sever what ever this is?" Will added.
" Captain it act like a Tholian energy tractor." Horton also added.
"We're a little far out for the Tholians. The science chief believes those beings to be alive. How bad is the energy drain?" Cyndi asked.
" In one hour we will be at 50 % power to shields." Horton reported.
" Captain Redex may need to prepare his troops." Will recommended.
"With the power drain on the ship I'm not sure I want to risk sending anyone out," Cyndi commented.
" You may be right but something wants to get inside here." Will added.
Horton then added, " Warp is out but the power is available for weapons for now. "
" Maybe the fighter wing should be scrambled too Captain," Will also added. " A strategic phaser burst might sever the energy band."
"Try souring the energy output and see if that will deter those creatures first. The last thing I need or want is for the fighters to get out there and run into a power drain and we have no way to get them back aboard," Cyndi suggested.
Sour milk ? Horton got the gist and sure enough one of the holds
released.
" It's working shields up to 80%," Will monitored.
"Keep it up," Cyndi said "We can't go forward and we can't go backwards. Can this souring the energy out put be used on the fighters and still give them enough power to be able to fly?"
" Captain I can barely sour this ships energy. The fighters
have a smaller power base. They would not survive a power of this nature." Horton answered.
"That's why I won;t risk sending them out," Cyndi said "I need to call a senior staff meeting and bring everyone up to speed."
" I will stay on down here Captain to help Mr Clinton sour the milk," Will replied.
The souring milk worked well but unknown to Clinton the very reason that had caused the engine problem had found an enterance into the ships bussard collector on the right nacelle. Causing the ship to fluctuate power sporadically.
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