Retrieving Intruder and Onizuka
Control Tower, mid-bay Flight Deck...
Cmdr Powers arrives in the Control Tower and strides directly over to the foreward section where Chief Johannsen is concentrating on his panels. She leans over his shoulder and takes in the view through the panoramic window looking out over the forward Launch Bay. The Flight Deck stretchs forward to the very front of Vanguard's saucer. To either side can be seen the empty revetments where the Attack Fighters are normally parked. Yellow stripes on the deck indicate the usual taxi-ways and access to the maintenance bays Starboard and Port. At the end of the Flight Deck are the three Forward Bay Doors.
Trident sits on the Alert Pad, waiting to be launched at a moment's notice. Too bad Lipumano isn't here yet to fly her, muses Shannon to herself, but I'll bet Ensign Gallagher will be happy to give up the seat!
Just then Johannsen acquires Onizuka with the tractor beam. Skillfully he maneuvers the large shuttlecraft through the relatively small opening and into the bay. Its a tight fit and Shannon wonders if the Colorado will make it as easily. The Chief moves the shuttle deeper into the bay and gently sets it down on the deck. The hatch immediately opens and Lt Cmdr Lipumano appears at the hatch. He is met by the Flight Deck Officer on Duty and granted permission to come aboard. Followed closely by Lt Lor, the two exit the Onizuka. Lipumano looks up at the Control Tower and sees Shannon gazing down at him, tosses off a salute. Shannon grins and gives him a 'thumbs up'. She keys the intercom and her voice carries over the loudspeakers, "Welcome home, Onizuka!"
Shannon turns back to the Chief, "Okay Chief, let's get Intruder onboard. We've got a lot of work to do."
Starfleet Attack Fighters Size
Those of you who have picked up your copy of Star Trek: The Magazine know that it has schematics of the Starfleet Fighter and the Starfleet Scout. I'm here to tell you now that there is a HUGE typo! A Starfleet Attack Fighter is NOT 64 meters long (that would be over 200 feet- longer than a B-36 Peacemaker, the largest bomber that ever flew). It is more likely 64 FEET, which would make it just over 19 meters, or roughly the size of an F-111 Aardvark. You could certainly never get a 64 meter vessel out through those forward bay doors.
Just an update for those of you who might not have noticed from someone who cares a great deal about Trektech.
As for the callouts on the blueprints, they're about as accurate as all of the blueprints printed by this magazine- not very.
Now back to our regularly scheduled game :cool:
Captain's office, USS Vanguard
Ronaldo Marques looks through the viewport from his office. Out there, the stars. The same stars he dreamed about when he was just a kid back on Earth. Sao Paulo, South America, where he was born, was a giant city. Besides all the city lights, every night he could see the stars brighting in the sky high above.
"They look so beautiful... even today when blood is among them..." he thought.
To preside the funerals of so many crewmates is one of the worst responsabilities a starship captain has to fulfill. Marques hated. The first time was Wolf 359, ten years ago. He was the captain of the USS Endeavor, his first command. Although the Endeavor survived the espisode, with heavy damage, it was a tragic experience. Terrifying. And then, when things like that seemed to be just part of the History, the Dominion War came... And with it, more blood, more suffering, more funerals...
He's interrupted by the intercom:
"Captain, Lt. Cmdr. Lipumano and Lt. Lor are aboard and safe."
"Thanks, ensign."
Back to the real world, Ronaldo turns his eyes toward the computer.
"That's the worst part of this job... Computer, let's continue... 'We are brought together here to honor our friends who fell in battle. They bravelly gave their life to save this ship and her crew... '"
Alone, with the computer recording every word, he continues the difficult task to say good bye to all those who sacrificed their very existence in the name of life. Out there, the stars... just the stars...
Re: Seylar's Failure and Sevekk
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Originally posted by pesterfield
She sat back in the pod as it rocketed away, pushed on the wavefront of her command exploding.
"I was the first in my family to join the navy since the war with the humans, why did this have to happen."
Seylar contemplated her lost command, destroyed career, and likely the end of her life.
Sevekk floats along in a gutted ship, open to space from for to aft.
He listens to the sounds of his own breath in his vac-suit, and wonders...was it all worth it ?
Of course it is worth it, Loyalty to Commander and Crew above all, and Loyalty to the Empire. Now all that must be done is to survive.
OOC: Ok, so it is really unlikely that Sevekk survived, but he was fun to play.
Captain Marques' behavior
Exactly Scott!
That's the spirit! Captain Marques is a scientist/engineer. He's married with a female vulcan named T'Breene... a vulcan biologist. He doesn't like or understand well the violence. It's against his nature, but it's part of his job.
Based on our beliefs nowadays, our dislike for violence (the actual violence, not that from computer games), I think that our opinion about it in the 24th century will evolve to somekind of idea that violence is totally unnecessary, something linked to the primitive stages of human life and no more part of our life.
This explains Captain Marques' behavior. What do you think about it?
Re: In response to the XO
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Originally posted by JALU3
OGG- Scott We'll go with your Arrangement of the Fighter Group. However, from now on they'll be considered Flights, they'll all be joined into one Squadron due to the small numbers. Furthermore, we can eliminate paperwork and the amount of support staff needed @ the administration level.
Darnit JALU3, I'm still reading that DWS Steve published. The description of how Starfleet Attack Fighters are organized is pretty concise, only differing in that a 'squadron' can be anywhere from 2-4 fighters. Now, it seems to me that we're quibbling over a very minor detail, so let it be as you suggest for now. After all, you are CAG :D
Your Ramos writeup is just fine by me. I guess it is up to Robbert to play him.
