Season 8, Mission 04: Adrift

[Scott Bradley]

Adolph Klein was almost certain the Discovery was cursed. They started randomly losing systems(very similar to this) when they were tracking that raider whatever thing, which by the way got away. Then there was the loss of the Albatross and a near miss on their own destruction. Last, there was the previous mission with that alien museum ship. Which by far was their most successful mission... and ended with them gloriously booted out into space. Now, this.

Glancing at his navigation readouts, when power and lighting permitted, he was sure of two things. One, their orbit was stable and would take over 500 years to decay. If they hadn't fixed whatever it was by then, then burning up in the atmosphere would be a respite. Two, these damn consoles needed independent power sources if the main power was so easy to screw up.

"Orbit is stable, helm seems to be answering..." Klein reported, "but you'll have to ask the goldshirts if we have enough power for impulse or warp."

Power for impulse or warp? That was funny, they couldn't even keep the lights on.

Scott had turned to T'koris, looking for answers from the young lieutenant.

" lieutenant, what the hell is happening? I want answers and I want them now! "

Before she had a chance to reply Scott turned to Lieutenant Armstrong .

" lee, signal the colony and inform them of our situation.  "

[TLaina Mandlin]

Reece checked the status display beside his seat. "My god... there's levels spiking and dropping all over the ship." Reece said. "It's getting hard to follow them, they're happening to fast." The lights and consoles on the bridge flickered, off and on, and not even in unison. Some consoles were on, and some were off. The lights seemed to be fighting with each other. There was no pattern to it. Crewman, what is happening down there?

Kakarot would've staggered backwards if he hadn't been leaning forward. His face was a display of shock as T'laina strolled away.

It never occured to him that maybe humans felt the same way to other humans as they did to him. It's not like they were a perfectly unified species. Mind you, who was? Every species has a number of black sheep. Heck. To the Cardassians, he was as black as they came.

He looked around to the bewildered face of someone looking at wide eyed at him, and the scene.

"Yes?" Kakarot asked.

The person shook their head to avert their eyes and went along with their business. Kakarot walked back to the bad, sat back down and picked up the reports again. He really needed something to do to take his mind off everything.

T'Laina would hum quietly to herself as she reread the reports for the eighth time and smiled slightly as a crewman gave back her PADD. T'Laina would glance up slowly at Kakarot and study him for a moment before going back to her duties trying to figure out why of all people would he be on a Starfleet ship. Still humming softly T'Laina would arch her back and raise her hands over her head stretching to get some motion back into her long lean body.

Taking a breath T'Laina would gasp as her chair went sailing across the room, hitting a wall and flipped over making her land flat on her bum. Looking around T'Laina would stare at the lights as they started to flicker and the room started to shake. Sitting up T'Laina would stay on the ground and look around as she watched objects and people being thrown around before turning to look at Katarot and speaking loud enough so he could hear her of the chaos of the sickbay

"I think we might have a slight problem with the ship today sir and I think we might want to inform the bridge that it is getting pretty crazy in here."

T'Laina would try to duck as a stray PADD would come flying at her and smack her in the face causing her nose to bleed.

[Lee Armstrong]

Scott had turned to T'koris, looking for answers from the young lieutenant.

" lieutenant, what the hell is happening? I want answers and I want them now! "

Before she had a chance to reply Scott turned to Lieutenant Armstrong .

" lee, signal the colony and inform them of our situation.  "

Lee did his best to send the signal, there was just enough power to send it. However there was no response. Lee did a quick scan, only to find nothing.

" Captain, there's nothing down there. They're gone. "

[Archangel Koris]

Scott had turned to T'koris, looking for answers from the young lieutenant.

" lieutenant, what the hell is happening? I want answers and I want them now! "

Before she had a chance to reply Scott turned to Lieutenant Armstrong .

" lee, signal the colony and inform them of our situation.  "

"Whoa!" Archangel cried out as her console began erupting with erratic, off-the-scale readings.  She frantically began keying in commands, but there was little she could do without knowing exactly what was happening down in the main Engineering department.
"I don't have an answer yet, captain!" She said in response to the captain's demand, pushing herself away from the console, handing it over to a crewman as she bolted for the turbolift.

Once down in the chaos that Engineering had turned into, Archangel took a moment to try to think of how to organise things.  She briefly remembered how one of her academy lecturers used to get their attention.  With a loud, shrill whistle.  Deciding to employ his technique, she soon had the attention, if somewhat annoyed, of most of the department.
"We need to find out what went wrong.  Use any means possible!  Internal sensors, external sensors, look through every iota of data we have gathered if you have to, just get some answers!  And keep life support running, no matter the cost!"  She scanned the new crewmen gathered, remembering that Crewman Briggs was no longer with them.  Spotting one who seemed to know the impulse engines from the warp core, she called out to him after a second's pause to remember his name from the files.
"Crewman Miran, give me a hand over here," she said, taking over one of the consoles and starting to try to make head or tail of the flickering readings. "What exactly was happening here before the readings went haywire?"

[Grace Masters]

Lee did his best to send the signal, there was just enough power to send it. However there was no response. Lee did a quick scan, only to find nothing.

" Captain, there's nothing down there. They're gone. "

"Brace....." Was all Grace got out of her mouth before her console exploded. She flew back, hitting get head against the bulk head hard enough to rattle her and make her crumple to the floor. It felt like the floor was falling beneath her. Then all she could feel was shaking. A loud noise erupted and she was positive one of two things were happening. She was having the worse concussion of her life, and she has had a few, or something bad was happening to the ship. She decided waiting until she had the strength to stand back up would be a good time to find out which scenario she was in.

[Scott Bradley]

Lee did his best to send the signal, there was just enough power to send it. However there was no response. Lee did a quick scan, only to find nothing.

" Captain, there's nothing down there. They're gone. "

" What do you mean gone? "

The colony is gone, not a single life sign down there sir.

Scott's eyes widened, his ship was coming down around him, they were losing power quickly and help was weeks away. Scott moved back across the bridge.

" Commander Thomson, have we found anything out yet? "

[Kakarot]

T'Laina would hum quietly to herself as she reread the reports for the eighth time and smiled slightly as a crewman gave back her PADD. T'Laina would glance up slowly at Kakarot and study him for a moment before going back to her duties trying to figure out why of all people would he be on a Starfleet ship. Still humming softly T'Laina would arch her back and raise her hands over her head stretching to get some motion back into her long lean body.

Taking a breath T'Laina would gasp as her chair went sailing across the room, hitting a wall and flipped over making her land flat on her bum. Looking around T'Laina would stare at the lights as they started to flicker and the room started to shake. Sitting up T'Laina would stay on the ground and look around as she watched objects and people being thrown around before turning to look at Katarot and speaking loud enough so he could hear her of the chaos of the sickbay

"I think we might have a slight problem with the ship today sir and I think we might want to inform the bridge that it is getting pretty crazy in here."

T'Laina would try to duck as a stray PADD would come flying at her and smack her in the face causing her nose to bleed.

Kakarot was clutching onto the bed.

"What is this!?" He yelled out.

Sickbay to Bridge... we got power losses and... stuff happening down here.

A high pitched whine got his attention from behind him. He turned around and saw the console flashing like mad.

"Oh..." He couldn't finish before being forced to dive away from the bed as it exploded.

He regained some of his composure and dragged himself back up to his feet, "What the hell...."

The room was completely dark, with only half the emergency lights working.

Sickbay to Bridge Kakarot was met with static. Sickbay to Bridge

"Ma'am.... comms are out. I'll see if I can raise them from a terminal. It's a trick I learned during my limited time in the... well yeah." He walked into the office and tapped on all the black panels. "That's if I can find a terminal that works..."

[Kale Bridges]

" What do you mean gone? "

The colony is gone, not a single life sign down there sir.

Scott's eyes widened, his ship was coming down around him, they were losing power quickly and help was weeks away. Scott moved back across the bridge.

" Commander Thomson, have we found anything out yet? "

"I'm sorry sir... I've been looking at the planet. The ship is my major concern.
Artifical gravity has failed or malfunctioned on most decks, the consoles are fritzing out all over the ship...
Communications are offline, and the last time I checked, I detected a major power build-up in Engineering, that could result in an explosion."

He continued to tap away, not even looking around to talk to Scott, just yelling out his answers. "I can't get a signal to Engineering to warn them... they should know though."

[Grace Masters]

"I'm sorry sir... I've been looking at the planet. The ship is my major concern.
Artifical gravity has failed or malfunctioned on most decks, the consoles are fritzing out all over the ship...
Communications are offline, and the last time I checked, I detected a major power build-up in Engineering, that could result in an explosion."

He continued to tap away, not even looking around to talk to Scott, just yelling out his answers. "I can't get a signal to Engineering to warn them... they should know though."

Slowly Grace stood. Her head was spinning, but she didn't let it stop her from her duty.  She surveyed her station. The primary board was damaged bring any level of functionality, so she diverted her attention to the axillary terminal. She managed to route some power, enough to run so low level diagnostics. "sir, our long range sensors are....gone, weapons appear to be intact but the control systems are offline. I can't get a read at all on Shields. I don't know if the systems work our not" she announced as she saw drops of blood drip on to the console. Her vision kept going fuzzy, she would ignore it.

[Rilas Miran]

"Whoa!" Archangel cried out as her console began erupting with erratic, off-the-scale readings.  She frantically began keying in commands, but there was little she could do without knowing exactly what was happening down in the main Engineering department.
"I don't have an answer yet, captain!" She said in response to the captain's demand, pushing herself away from the console, handing it over to a crewman as she bolted for the turbolift.

Once down in the chaos that Engineering had turned into, Archangel took a moment to try to think of how to organise things.  She briefly remembered how one of her academy lecturers used to get their attention.  With a loud, shrill whistle.  Deciding to employ his technique, she soon had the attention, if somewhat annoyed, of most of the department.
"We need to find out what went wrong.  Use any means possible!  Internal sensors, external sensors, look through every iota of data we have gathered if you have to, just get some answers!  And keep life support running, no matter the cost!"  She scanned the new crewmen gathered, remembering that Crewman Briggs was no longer with them.  Spotting one who seemed to know the impulse engines from the warp core, she called out to him after a second's pause to remember his name from the files.
"Crewman Miran, give me a hand over here," she said, taking over one of the consoles and starting to try to make head or tail of the flickering readings. "What exactly was happening here before the readings went haywire?"

"It all looked routine to me, Leutenant. One second, I was Scrubbing that EPS conduit," Rilas nodded towards an dark, open hatch under a nearby console, "and then the whole deck just... Blew up." just then, the main lighting flickered and died. Engineering was now illuminated only by the pulsating blue warp core and emergency lighting strips along the deck. "Sir, if we keep losing systems like this, we might lose antimatter containment. All the life support systems in the sector won't mean a thing if the core breaches..."

[Adolph Klein]

"I'm sorry sir... I've been looking at the planet. The ship is my major concern.
Artifical gravity has failed or malfunctioned on most decks, the consoles are fritzing out all over the ship...
Communications are offline, and the last time I checked, I detected a major power build-up in Engineering, that could result in an explosion."

He continued to tap away, not even looking around to talk to Scott, just yelling out his answers. "I can't get a signal to Engineering to warn them... they should know though."

Adolph Klein allowed himself a sigh. All those years his father's ship, a rusty old Miranda-class, didn't have trouble until they decided to send it up against the Dominion. Yet this Akira-class, ship of the line, apparently couldn't go two missions without suffering random malfunctions. His console was working at the moment. Sensors were less than helpful however.

"I'm getting no readings on the planet, though if something bad happened to them, maybe it's related to whatever's going on here." Klein speculated, "I'll see if I can use my console to transmit a basic text message warning engineering while it's still working."

He had practice at that very archaic and quiet form of communication, having sent more than one over the past few missions to keep his casual friends Miran and T'Korris in the loop. Well this was definitely need to know. He kept it short:

"Sensors show power overload in Engineering. Possible explosion. Take precautions."

Hopefully it would get through and show up on one of their monitors, and get noticed. If his console was working, if the engineering console was working, if enough isolinear chips between here and there were working and if someone there would notice it and if they could even do something about it. That was a lot to take faith on. Though getting down several decks if artificial gravity wasn't working would take a minor miracle of it's own.

"I'm not sure if it got through, but I tried." Klein reported as he turned around in his chair to face the rest of the bridge, "I could try and get down there to deliver a verbal message?"

There was a surplys of pilots since his supervisor, Lieutenant Christopher was on the bridge. It wasn't as if Discovery was going anywhere at the moment anyways. Just then he noticed that new security crewman appeared to be bleeding. Furrowing his brow, he addressed her.

"Are you alright crewman?" he inquired. Beyond the rhetorical sense of being in a ship that didn't work he thought to himself.

[Grace Masters]

Adolph Klein allowed himself a sigh. All those years his father's ship, a rusty old Miranda-class, didn't have trouble until they decided to send it up against the Dominion. Yet this Akira-class, ship of the line, apparently couldn't go two missions without suffering random malfunctions. His console was working at the moment. Sensors were less than helpful however.

"I'm getting no readings on the planet, though if something bad happened to them, maybe it's related to whatever's going on here." Klein speculated, "I'll see if I can use my console to transmit a basic text message warning engineering while it's still working."

He had practice at that very archaic and quiet form of communication, having sent more than one over the past few missions to keep his casual friends Briggs and T'Korris in the loop. Well this was definitely need to know. He kept it short:

"Sensors show power overload in Engineering. Possible explosion. Take precautions."

Hopefully it would get through and show up on one of their monitors, and get noticed. If his console was working, if the engineering console was working, if enough isolinear chips between here and there were working and if someone there would notice it and if they could even do something about it. That was a lot to take faith on. Though getting down several decks if artificial gravity wasn't working would take a minor miracle of it's own.

"I'm not sure if it got through, but I tried." Klein reported as he turned around in his chair to face the rest of the bridge, "I could try and get down there to deliver a verbal message?"

There was a surplys of pilots since his supervisor, Lieutenant Christopher was on the bridge. It wasn't as if Discovery was going anywhere at the moment anyways. Just then he noticed that new security crewman appeared to be bleeding. Furrowing his brow, he addressed her.

"Are you alright crewman?" he inquired. Beyond the rhetorical sense of being in a ship that didn't work he thought to himself.

Grace looked at the man, it seemed like he was oblivious to the ship blowing up around him, but she swallowed the moment of anger. She knew he was only speaking out of concern for her, and that this anger she felt probably had more to do with her head injury than anything he was doing. With the sleeve of her uniform, she wiped her forhead, getting some of the blood off but leaving a large streak accross her face. "m fine" she forced out, trying to keep her focus on what few sensors she could read.

"Short range sensors are fading Captain, we might loose them too if we don't get these fluctuations under control. As it stands now, we have less than half our normal range for short range scans." She new this wasn't good. No long range, and if they lost short ranged to, they would have to station people to watch out the windows..

[Safi Larson]

"It all looked routine to me, Leutenant. One second, I was Scrubbing that EPS conduit," Rilas nodded towards an dark, open hatch under a nearby console, "and then the whole deck just... Blew up." just then, the main lighting flickered and died. Engineering was now illuminated only by the pulsating blue warp core and emergency lighting strips along the deck. "Sir, if we keep losing systems like this, we might lose antimatter containment. All the life support systems in the sector won't mean a thing if the core breaches..."

[Bridge]

Safi stormed onto the Bridge holding a Padd she walked towards the Bridge rail and glared.

"What the Hell, I go to Earth and you lot destroy my Ship" Yelled Safi then she stopped for a long moment and Saw Alan her heart shank as she looked at him.

"Alan" She whispered she moved closer to him and pushed him against the wall and kissed him "That's for being alive" Finished Safi then turned back towards the command crew "Did I miss something or are we Screwed again" Finished Larson

[Rilas Miran]

"I'm getting no readings on the planet, though if something bad happened to them, maybe it's related to whatever's going on here." Klein speculated, "I'll see if I can use my console to transmit a basic text message warning engineering while it's still working."

He had practice at that very archaic and quiet form of communication, having sent more than one over the past few missions to keep his casual friends Miran and T'Korris in the loop. Well this was definitely need to know. He kept it short:

"Sensors show power overload in Engineering. Possible explosion. Take precautions."

Hopefully it would get through and show up on one of their monitors, and get noticed. If his console was working, if the engineering console was working, if enough isolinear chips between here and there were working and if someone there would notice it and if they could even do something about it. That was a lot to take faith on. Though getting down several decks if artificial gravity wasn't working would take a minor miracle of it's own.

"I'm not sure if it got through, but I tried." Klein reported as he turned around in his chair to face the rest of the bridge, "I could try and get down there to deliver a verbal message?"

An incessant beeping drew Rilas's attention away from T'Koris. On one of the monitors mounted on the bulkhead behind her, a simple message blinked urgently.

Sensors show power overload in Engineering. Possible explosion. Take precautions.

And then he felt it: a rumbling vibration traveling up from the deck plating into his boots. Nothing he had ever experienced on Starbase 375 came close to matching the fear that the infrasonic vibration induced. Even though he only knew of the phenomanon from simulations at the academy, it was unmistakable as an overload in the electroplasma system of the ship.

"Um... Lieutenant... Do you feel that?"

[Adolph Klein]

Grace looked at the man, it seemed like he was oblivious to the ship blowing up around him, but she swallowed the moment of anger. She knew he was only speaking out of concern for her, and that this anger she felt probably had more to do with her head injury than anything he was doing. With the sleeve of her uniform, she wiped her forhead, getting some of the blood off but leaving a large streak accross her face. "m fine" she forced out, trying to keep her focus on what few sensors she could read.

"Short range sensors are fading Captain, we might loose them too if we don't get these fluctuations under control. As it stands now, we have less than half our normal range for short range scans." She new this wasn't good. No long range, and if they lost short ranged to, they would have to station people to watch out the windows..

[Bridge]

Safi stormed onto the Bridge holding a Padd she walked towards the Bridge rail and glared.

"What the Hell, I go to Earth and you lot destroy my Ship" Yelled Safi then she stopped for a long moment and Saw Alan her heart shank as she looked at him.

"Alan" She whispered she moved closer to him and pushed him against the wall and kissed him "That's for being alive" Finished Safi then turned back towards the command crew "Did I miss something or are we Screwed again" Finished Larson

Ah, what wonder times to live when when a moment of concern over something so trivial as blood dripping from one's face earns one a glare. Klein shrugged briefly before rolling his eyes, remembering the old Ferengi idiom, "No good deed goes unpunished." They really were perceptive people at times. Fine, indeed. He was about turn around back to his console when an officer he didn't recognize barged in as if she owned the place. She seemed to be casting blame for the ship's accident quite loudly... then kissed Lieutenant Christopher. He scowled briefly at absurdity of the scene.

Well... she's not an intruder... but talk about fiddling while Rome burns... Klein sighed, wondering why he wasn't panicing along with the rest of the ship. Clearly they were doomed. Turning back to his panel, which was off again, he started to try coaxing it into working again, in case the goldshirts worked a miracle to get some temporary power to the engines so they could get the hell out of here.