RP Log: Time, Space, and Old Coleagues
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- XO's Office - Saucer <USS Sao Paulo NCC-122004>
- The XO's office is a mirror of the Captain's Ready Room on this deck. It is separated into two sections by a low railing and a small step. The first tier is at the same level as the main bridge, and is for more formal meetings with the Executive Officer, and includes a wooden L-shaped desk with a single chair on the far side, beyond it is a sliding door into a private lavatory.
- The lowered tier, down a single step between the low railing, has a long sofa along the outer bulkhead just below a window. A small glass oval coffee table is in front of the sofa. A food replicator is also available along the far bulkhead. A section of the sofa can pull out, revealing a single-sized bed, should the XO not be able to get below to their quarters.
- Out the viewport: A sky filled with countless stars.
[Viewscreen (24440)] Communications channel to Lya Station Alpha open.
[Viewscreen (24440)] Station operations is having a quiet day. A familiar Vulcan O-5 turns to the screen. "Lya Station Alpha," she states.
Worthington rises from his chair at his desk and smiles warmly across the screen. "Commander," he says. "I hope I have not caught you at a bad time. I wanted to remain in contact and felt like calling. We're having a pretty quiet day at the moment."
[Viewscreen (24440)] T'Shaav inspects the office on the screen, then the person. "Indeed," she says. "I assume, based upon your uniform, that you are the executive officer." her attention is pulled by her console.
Worthington gives the vulcan a few minutes, not wanting to get in the way of her duties. He does offer a nod. "I am indeed. I was somewhat surprised to be granted this honor, but I have been doing my best to adjust to it," he responds.
[Desktop Terminal: Lya Station Alpha (Starfleet): Lya station Alpha to Starfleet Command, we are in receipt of multiple distress calls from plannets in Cardassian territory stating need of food assistance.]
[Viewscreen (24440)] T'Shaav says, "A curious series of distress signals is coming in over standard. Are you receiving?"
[Desktop Terminal: unknown (Standard): You will be quiet! Or face the consequences. Pleading like that is beneath us, act like Cardassians, not this whining drivvel.]
Worthington shakes his head. "Negative, though your starfleet comm came in loud and clear commander. We are approximately 169 light years from your location, on the other side of the Klingon Empire at Tessen 3. Lya's signals come through, planetary comms, they do not, and if they have a range of say 100 light years, we're out of that range," he replies. "Several planets simultaniously though, that is not good news, not at all." He considers, noticing something. "Though that Cardassian signal actually had some power to it. We heard that one."
[Viewscreen (24440)] T'Shaav says, "Indeed. So far I have noted three planetary signals. I will need to contact Command."
Worthington nods. "Another time then commander, when your sector is not facing a crisis. I would like to take some time to catch up," he replies. "Until then, I wish you the best commander."
[Viewscreen (24440)] She studies her boards and forwards the messages to the commander's office. "There is little we can do at present, Mr. Worthington. Our relations with the Cardassians make an immediate response difficult, and judging by the last reply, I suspect a military crackdown is in process in their territory."
Worthington considers that statement for a while, thoughtful and curious. "That would sound like their military," he replies. "Continue to oppress their people and starve them while keeping all they have for themselves. To be rather frank with you commander, I harbor no love for the Cardassian central command and how they treat their people." He takes another tact. "I hear you are chief of security once more. How are you taking to the adjustments? It must be different, going from command to station security, though I'd expect you see a lot of activity in the Lya sector."
[Viewscreen (24440)] T'Shaav takes the question thoughtfully. "My command was brevvet, given for a specific purpose and recallable at Starfleet's discretion," she says. "Security is my specialty and familiar on many levels. I was sent here in case matters in this sector become ... involved."
Worthington nods. "A logical choice for such an assignment in my view commander. My only regret is that I will miss your guidance and mentorship. My career would not be the same without it."
[Viewscreen (24440)] "Indeed," she notes, taking it as a statement of fact. "Why are you in the Tessen system, Commander?" She inquires.
Worthington responds. "Temporal anomalies, and a lot of them. If I told you how many versions of my possible past and future I just saw last week," he pauses. "We got a message, a message from USS Phoenix in the past, but not our past, from another universe, another timeline. The message originated in the Tessen system, and that Phoenix's crew were trying to contact their past selves, getting us instead. If that didn't cause the temporal situation we are now seeing inside that system, it likely exacerbated it. You remember the SS Pretoria, that ship we found on the moon of Tessen 3? The one with the enhanced humanoid who tried ramming one of our shuttles into an inhabited planet? That system. Though, I do not recall seeing a bunch of version of ourselves on our first visit. The borders between timelines commander, the longer one spends in that system, the weaker they become. We sent in a class 8 probe, got one back too, just not our class 8 probe, one from another universe. The stardrive section barely made it out. First attempt, we got back to the saucer, and like some version of a quantum rubber band, we sprung back into the tessen system, eventually having to use tachyons to find our way out. The longer we were there, the more impact anomalies had, including people from other universes being able to notice and interact with us. I feared had we not gotten out when we did, I might be somewhere, and somewhen, else right now."
[Viewscreen (24440)] "Quantum anomalies, again," she notes. "That crew has encountered many. I was present in the midst of one such where my crewmates and I bounced between various realities, ourselves."
Worthington nods. "As I recall, I was involved in that. Several officers from Phoenix are here, but mostly the second generation, the ones who came into their careers on the second deep space mission," he replies. "I'm one of the few left from the original Phoenix roster, and we have some new blood in our officer pool, promising tallent. I must say though, temporal anomalies, some of my least favorite to come across. I'm rather cautious about meddling with time and the ripple effects such meddling can cause. Not something I relish or seek. It may not be quiet at Lya Station, though you're probably not seeing various outcomes of your lives in the past and future on the regular, so a plus there. I can't imagine which universe is in worse shape, the one where the Dominion took over, or the one where I was an admiral." He smiles slightly after that.
[Viewscreen (24440)] T'Shaa'v's eyebrow raises slowly at the idea of you achieving flag rank. "In that one, I must have died before we met," she notes. "Or your disposition and conduct must be logical and appropriate beyond all commentary," she adds wryly. "I give no thought to temporal anomalies unless I must, Commander. There is enough in this universe to occupy my logic and attention. However, obviously the ruptures between interdimensional boundaries must be sealed. Have you been able to discuss it with Mr. Coil? Though he is presently on leave."
Worthington nods. "I did actually. We didn't come up with much in terms of a solution. Our crew is debating a couple possibilities, including sending that probe back in we got from another universe, and attempting to reinforce the boundaries between universes with boryan or antiboryan particles," he replies. "First though, that probe collected over three times more data than it should have, so the one idea commander Coil had was to run its data through our multiphasic sensors, see what we could get out of it, then go from there. I agree though, those ruptures need to be sealed. The crew is all on the same page there."
[Viewscreen (24440)] T'Shaav nods. "Your exploration mission cannot continue until that is done. It seems the inhabitants of that star system are in graver danger still."
Worthington nods. "Considering the effects of those anomalies, one has to wonder if the inhabitants at this point are even all of our universe, or if they haven't all been consumed by madness. The anomalies are effecting the entire starsystem commander. The effects are by no means localized, and we're lucky that at 5 million light seconds Sao Paulo isn't being effected."
[Viewscreen (24440)] "Were they so widespread when you arrived?" She asks.
Worthington nods. "Our first foray into the system was with a class 8 probe. The first physical foray was commanded by myself. We separated the stardrive for this, and good thing too. I would not have wanted to take civilians into that mess, and yes, we dropped on the very edge of the starsystem to drop a hazard buoy. We immediately began to notice effects."
[Viewscreen (24440)] "Effects which have spread during your time there," she notes.
Worthington considers. "That commander, we do not know. For all we know, the effects were like that since we received the message from the alternate Phoenix or earlier. For obvious reasons, we have only made the one manned exploration into the system, and we haven't yet deciphered the probe's data, but given the probe we got back was from another universe and had way more data than it should have, it leads me to believe the anomalies were that widespread when we arrived. The bottom line is, we don't know, and we're not going to risk people to find out until we have a way to shield against their effects or to seal the ruptures in spacetime," he replies.
[Viewscreen (24440)] "Can Lya Station Alpha be of assistance?" The Vulcan asks. "I can discuss any proposals with my commander."
Worthington considers. "I am not sure," he ponders. "We could send the probe data your way, and see if your people can aid in the analysis of it. Any actions we take need to be done on site, though any assistance you would be able to offer would be appreciated."
[Viewscreen (24440)] "Send the data," she says. "I make no promises, but we may be able to do something with it."
[Viewscreen (24440)] Hixx says, "Commander Worthington, didn't you say the data was a mess, and needed to be run through the multiphasic processors? Lya Station does not have those. You will need to process the data before we have any hope of assisting."
Worthington nods. "I understand. We will do so," he replies. "Plus, given the data will almost certainly show information about several parallel universes, it would be of interest to a variety of scientists in Starfleet and on Federation member worlds, depending on what it showed. I could see Starfleet command and the Vulcan Science Academy both wanting a crack at it."
[Viewscreen (24440)] T'Shaav says, "At the moment, the priority, of course, is to seal those ruptures."
Worthington nods. "Of course commander," he says to the station commander. "Noone can analyse anything until this is done, so when it is, we'll send the data over."
[Viewscreen (24440)] T'Shaav nods. "Perhaps you can visit Lya Station before your final departure for unexplored space," she says. Wryly she adds, "You should know that I arrest people who bring unauthorized weapons aboard, however, Commander."
Worthington smiles. "I'll leave mine in the runabout then. That is, when we get the darn shakedown on said runabout finished. Hopefully that'll be done soon. I want to have at least one of our 3 slipstream capable auxiliaries in the rotation in short order. Thank you for your time," he says to the 2 commanders.
[Viewscreen (24440)] "One more thing, Commander. A note to your captain, if you will pass him my greetings and my message?"
Worthington nods. "I will be happy to pass a message along to captain Shulon for you commander," he replies.
[Viewscreen (24440)] T'Shaav nods. "First, my congratulations on his captainsy," she says. "Just before the Buran's mission ended, I recommended Mr. LePage for promotion to lieutenant commander, but he was still just shy of the minimum time in grade. If Mr. LePage's conduct has continued in top form, of which I have no doubt, then I commend him to your captain for that promotion recommendation."
Worthington nods. "I will pass that along, and I can vouch for his conduct and performance as well. Though for legal purposes, you may wish to send that one officially in writing so there is a paper trail," he replies.
[Viewscreen (24440)] T'Shaav says, "There is already one with the promotion review board, though I suspect my word will do for Captain Shulon's considerations. It is his decision. Good day, Commander. Lya Station Alpha, out."
[Viewscreen (24440)] Connection to Lya Station Alpha terminated.