Shocking Revelations

Posted on Wed Feb 18th, 2009 @ 3:14pm by Captain Vorn Krace & Commander Peter Brown & Commander Acle Walex & Lieutenant Commander Abigail Valera

Mission: Dark Discoveries
Location: USS Iapetus - Bridge
Timeline: MD4 0800hrs

As the Iapetus came towards the point where it would be exiting Warp - they were now traveling at around Warp 3.5 - Vorn had made sure that his senior staff were all at their stations, either on the bridge or around the ship. So far there hadn't been anymore problems like that which had caused their initial damage, but there had been Vorn's own headaches - which had not dissipated as they grew closer to the nebula - and a few reports of their more telepathic officers - such as the Vulcans and Betazoids - acting a little oddly, but nothing to cause much alarm.

"Captain, we're approaching the destination zone," came the report from helm.

Standing from his chair, Vorn took a few spaces forward, for no other reason than it felt right he did. They might soon be making some pretty good discoveries; though they certainly wouldn't be Earth-shattering, as Dark matter nebulae had been scanned before, but they would be important for the crew, and would be of some worth, as these nebulae were rare.

"Bring us to sublight speeds, Lieutenant." he said, and he smiled as the viewscreen's view changed from the stretched starline to that of a beautiful purple nebulae, right off the port bow, being lit up already by metreon energy particles. His smile didn't last long, however, as less than a second later, his face contorted into a clear display of pain, as a loud, prolonged shout forced it's way out of his throat. He collapsed to the ground, clutching at his skull.

Acle sighed as he waited in the turbolift for the short ride to the bridge from his office. He was running slightly late, as the Captain had asked him to be on the bridge at 0800, and it was 0800 now. He sighed, then stepped towards the door, looking forward as they slid aside. He arrived on the bridge just as the Iapetus dropped from warp to sublight speeds, the view greeting Acle's eyes. From the time of his first space flight when he was a teenager, he had always admired the look of space. It never ceased to amaze him the beauty that could exist in such an empty place.

Acle was not allowed to look at the vista for long, however, before the captain's shout jerked his gaze down. Training that Acle was not even aware of kicked in at the sight of the captain falling and he immediately activated his communicator

=^=Corpsmen to the Bridge! Corpsmen to the Bridge!=^= Acle yelled into his comm while at the same time rushing forward to his downed captain. His mind had not yet caught up to his bodies reactions.

Annalyn was sitting in her office when the call came in. She immediately teleprted to just outside the bridge and entered the bridge. Hitting her comm badge, =/= L1 rescue team, to the bridge, =/= as she hurried over to the Captain. Checking him for a pulse, she looked up, "What happened?"

Abigail turned around in her seat as Vorn collapsed. She cried out in horror and shouted, "Get Doctor LaToon! Hurry!" She turned back around and quickly flew her hands across her console. She was trying to fingure out what had happened so she could report to Captain Krace and Commander Brown. Abigail frowned. The same results as before. With a furrowing brow Abigail began digging deeper.

Peter was just looking over the Operations Station as the Captain Collapsed he rushed over to the Captain then Looked over at Acle before Standing Up

"Full Stop Helm, everything at Station Keeping" Said Peter he knew the Ship was now under His Charge before taking an breath

"Take him to Sickbay Doctor, I want an Full Workup on him" Said Peter before walking Over to Abigail

"Abi, is there anything from Sensors of the Neblua?" Said Peter

Abigail looked up with furious tears in her eyes, "Commander I talked to the Captain earlier. The readings now are the same as before. I don't think its the Nebula doing anything. I think there's a ship out that's trying to turn us away. These readings don't indicate an attack from the nebula." Abigail turned back to her console and said, "The Captain didn't deserve to be hurt. No one deserves to be hurt and if this is a ship," she whispered the next part so only Peter could hear, "I want to hunt them down and kill them!" She spoke loudly again, "The nebula seems just fine. Nothing different is coming from their readings."

Acle had reached the captain, but, had soon backed away to allow the experienced doctor her room. He remained silent, allowing the crew to go about their duties and slowly began to walk to one side of the bridge. He was missing something. Something obvious.

Acle began to reply the scene in his mind, having the time now to analyze every detail of the event.

"Nh... it's... it's the nebula!" Vorn cried, to noone in particular. "Nah! Something... I can hear them in my head... there's so many... Argh!" His head felt as if it was being forced outwards from within, as if it was going to force his skull open from the inside.

Annalyn extended her mind shield over him, although something was trying to prevent it. She also felt like someone had been trying to batter at her shields for days now. Once the Rescue team arrived with the float stretcher, they quickly gathered up the Captain and headed to sickbay. As she went out the door, "You might want to go to an alert status, there is definably someone out there.

Peter Turned to Abigail and looked at her for several moments and Leaned in and whispered "Don't Worry, think You can Trust me, and if i didn't know any better you have an crush on him" Said Peter as he walked to the Command Chair

"Yellow Alert, Helm Lay in a Course away from the Nebula Warp 2, Engage" Said Peter as he motioned for Acle to have an seat and Peter in his Mind wanted to know what is going on "Commander Walex, your thoughts?" Asked Peter

Vincent stood at his station as the order came in from the XO “yellow alert aye Commander.” after a few button pushes on his console the ship was bathed in yellow lights.

Annalyn got the Captain to sickbay and put him in one of the newly painted rooms. The paint which was laden with all types of rare metals, served as a buffer against outside thoughts or influence. Getting him up on the biobed in that room, she started her scan.

Vorn suddenly reached out and grabbed hold of Annalyn's arm. "Th-the nebula. They live in it, they're in danger!" he called out, before grunting again and clasping hold of his head. After a short while though, he passed out from the pain.

=/= LaToon to Brown, the Captain just indicated that something lives in the nebula, and they are in danger, then he passed out again. =/= Annalyn got out her hypospray and injected the captain with a fairly heavy dose of Rexlin. If a telepathic being was trying to talk to Karce, he would have a very bad headache, but at least in here he should not hear anything. She let down her shields slowly, and could hear nothing. She would try that supervised by someone, before she did it outside this room.

Acle looked to the XO, then moved to join him. His face remained impassive, although for someone who knew him, he could tell that thoughts were racing through his mind.

"Nothing conclusive yet Commander... But, something does not ring entirely true about this situation. The way that the attack was carried out, does not make complete sense. If these beings, or whatever they are, are really that powerful to be able to broadcast their thoughts from the Nebula, still some distance away, then why not simply kill the Captain? Surely that would have thrown the entire ship into chaos." Acle paused for a moment at the sound of the XO's communications unit.

"Why would they then allow the Captain to know that they are in danger? Or is it merely the side-effect of such a mental exchange? And why single only him out? Is it because they lacked the power to perhaps target both you and the captain?" Acle paused again to let some of his words sink for a moment. "I do not have enough data to make any sort of official analysis commander... All I do know is not all is as it seems." He finished.

Peter put his hand to his Chin and thought of the Situation he was now in Command of the Ship and now being informed that there are an Other Race in the Neblua that needs help from what he gathered

"Helm bring us around, Stand By to Enter the Neblua Again" Said Peter as he leaned Forward in the Command Chair and Pressed the Intercomm

==^==Sickbay this is Brown, when the Captian is able to Communcate can you please have him call the Bridge I would like to know more information==^==

=/= Aye Sir. =/= Annalyn kept scanning

"Right, Science is there anyway we can detect these Aliens? or anything on Sensors that will give us an Knowledge of being able to Communicate with them" Said Peter then taking an breath "Chief, do we have any Full Betazoids on board?" Asked Peter

Raging Eagle finally looked up from the sensor panel that he was frantically running his hands over. Shaking his head, he turned around, looking up, "No, the USS Iapetus has no Betazoid officer or crew member. Lieutenant Annalyn LaToon is, in fact, the only member of our crew who has any telepathic powers what so ever. I am not aware of anyone else at all. I only wish...wait...we could simulate a brain perhaps? Through the bioneural gel packs? Would that be acceptable?"

Lamento turned around from his engineering station on the bridge trying to get bring out a suggestion. “Commander Brown, what if this is a trap? I mean look what they did to the captain. If we head back now they might do this to everyone onboard and takeover the ship without any resistance.
We should get some protection against there telepathic abilities before we head back, sir.”

Peter sat back in the Command chair and clenched his Fist as he thought of the situation

"Dammit, and our Luck is running out" Said Peter as he turned to Lamento

"Is there an Way with Main Transmitter Assembly to Transmit an Signal using Brain Wave Patterns?" Said Peter then taken an other breath

"Anybody have any Suggestions regarding Defenses?" Asked Peter

"Commander, I have a suggestion, this ship has metaphasic shield grid. We can make some changes to the grid and see if we can't block the influence effecting the captain."

Acle remained silent, observing all that was happening around him. He had of course undergone extensive training regarding defeating mental probes towards himself, but, that was more an act of discipline then any real defense. He had nothing further to offer to the solution, at the moment at least.

=^=Walex to Williams=^= Acle communicated =^=I will be sending you a SITREP shortly, I want you to look at it and see if you can find anything that I might be missing. In addition, see if you can turn up anything in the Intel. Database about this nebula... Walex Out=^=

Acle withdrew his PADD and quickly made out the condensed report and sent it to the agent.

Annalyn could find nothing wrong with the Captain other than a slight swelling in the brain but that could be caused by being reached by a telepathic being when he was not, it was in the right area of the brain. Finally assigning a nurse to monitor him, and tell him to contact the bridge, she left. Briefing the Doctor on shift, she jumped to just outside the bridge, then entered the bridge and walked over to the XO. "Captain is still sleeping, and I think it will be a while before he wakes up. How can I help?"


Peter Looked over to the Tactical Station and took an Breath
"Do it" Said Peter before looking back towards the Doctor "Doctor, what is the Risk to the crew this Neblua and what is there anyway you can communicate with the Aliens as I am aware that you are an Telepath" Asked Peter

"Risk to anyone with empathy or Telepathy who can't do heavy shields. They are trying to communicate with the Captain, which gave him one awful headache, as he has no telepathy, and trying to talk to someone without, will effect them greatly. I probably can but whether we speak the same language might be a problem. Before we move deeper, we should let me try though. However I would want to be in sickbay, near the room that the Captain is in, in case things go wrong, I can duck in there."

Peter looked at the Doctor then he thought of the Situation he needed to find out what is going on and keeping the Ship Safe.

"Do it and Keep me informed Doctor" Said Peter