Thanks for running the game and I understand. Whenever we hit combat I have to go looking up the rules again. It's a good game but I don't think a great one for the medium.
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Kerensky looks over the pistol before nodding to the Captain as he studies the fallen crewman.
"Captian I'd like to request to accompany you even if unnarmed. The situation will be difficult for them to accept, already under stress as they are one might lash out. If however you wish me to stay at my post I will do so."
Leveling with them might be best for now. They're already suspicious of us... deception at this point might just drag things out.
Kerensky diverted power to the phasers but as per his Captains wishes did not lock on.
"None that I can discern Captain, no issues in this area of the neutral zone currently."
"Sending them home would change our timeline and be against the Temporal Prime Directive but they might have always ended up in this time period. But thats if they can be extracted at all." Kerensky clears his throat "At least thats my interpretation."
"If we do send a probe through we should be careful to have two fail safes. One if it does not receive orders from us from an extended period it should attempt to return... that will likely destroy it. If that fails or it reaches another deadline it should purge memory banks and then self destruct. The problem is with the time distortion how long to tell it to wait would be tricky."
"Those areas are outside my area of expertise however I do have a few preparations we could make to prepare for if we have to have any face to face interactions. The easy part would be fabricating some vulcan clothing and uniforms from the time. For some of us I believe mild cosmetic surgery could help us pass superficially as Vulcans though it would be more of an involved process for certain species. I would hope we wouldn't have to avail of that option but I could alert the quartermaster and sickbay to make preparations."
"Captain might I suggest Commander th'Chiaqis be our liason with them if we establish visual communication. Like the survivor on the planet they may think someone seeming to be human could be a Romulan ploy... An Andoran on a design of ship they aren't familiar with may seem more plausible."
"Would it be possible for us to modify a photon torpedo or probe. Release a lower yield shockwave of energy or material. Activate it further in than the shuttle to push them towards the edge. Once they get out so far we might be able to activate the tractor beam at a safe distance?"
Kerensky locks on and activates the tractor beam... it seems for now its holding.
@All My laptop is out of commission for a bit I am afraid, still under warranty but it'll be a while. I'll sort something temporary in the next few days hopefully but things will slow down with having to use my phone. Bot me as need.
Kerensky starts to sweep the area with tachyon pulses. "I'm not picking up any changes in the anomalies."
If the Captain agrees:
"We should be wary of becoming trapped by the anomaly ourselves, we don't want to get drawn inside."
Gareb starts to come around thanks to the Doctor. Shakily getting to his feet he moves to the sensor station. "Lets try something less elegant this time..."
Samuel returns fire before moving towards cover.
"The Doctor is right we are here to help. But if you continue to attack, we will have to defend ourselves."
"That means the good news is we might be able to save the crew... but there might be Romulan veterans soldiers from that war about."
"Given that the moss around the hatch has been removed they shuttlepod might be used as a shelter or at least visited to keep the recovering signal going."
"There's always a chance environmental factors or unknown technology could mask the presence of more, the best chance we have for finding out is that person down there."
"Over a century ago then. It's unlikely the original survivors are alive but given the make up of those in pods there might be some descendants."
"It seems likely they're a warp capable race seeing as the planet is unknown to them. There might still be survivors Captain though they might be well settled in by now if they are alive." Kerensky thinks for a moment. "There may be an unknown spacial hazard they ran afoul of. I suggest we change to yellow alert."
"Captain, we're picking up a distress call. I'm putting it through now."
I mean obviously the most important thing that happened was we set up Kerensky's Disruptor... I really want to use that in a future adventure.
Kerensky heads back to the bridge and checks the security logs for anything unusual.
Kerensky stays near his Captain... the Kilingons would make their own choice one way or another but he hoped they wouldn't recklessly attack the alien structure... if that caused some kind of defence protocol to activate it might be a very serious problem.
"Captain Purahk a moment. You have been honourable and reasonable in your dealings with us. I would hope you would not deny Captain Reeves the opportunity to act in kind. If we can repair our ship perhaps we could tow you with a tractor beam to where you can undergo repairs."
Kerensky tries to identify the Klingons they had seen on the planet. "We will gladly arrange to go back to our own vessel without intruding on you further."
Samuel did his best to restrain and drag back one of the Trill.
"First they abduct us and now they want to destroy the system because we're more competent than they expected." Kerensky commented quietly as he tried to stay the hell out of the way of the people that could resolve the problem.
Kerensky looks around but finds it challenging to get his head around such advanced alien technology.
Seeing the effect on the Romulan Kerensky dives forward attempting to tackle Lieutenant Chara to the ground trying to get their before Commander th'Chiaqis not wanting his superior's life risked.
Kerensky moved to follow his superiors lead unless the Captain gave an indication otherwise.
"No harm done just Klingon scientific curiousity. The structural integrity as expected is extremely advanced." Kerensky says to the onlookers mesmerized by the monolith. "Perhaps ye can bring us up to speed with your own observations." "We're not here long before you but these others might not appreciate you shooting the monolith. A little time might garner us some valuable if dubious observations and we can proceed from there."
Kerensky moves a bit closer to the Klingon arrivals "The others not from our ship were drawn here and are under the sway of this structure. They will defend themselves with lethal force-" Suspecting that might mean less to a Klingon he held up his hand "But they are being influenced. Whatever is doing it may defend them. Such powerful technology may have targeted them." "Capturing or executing them for resisting may be permisable by your laws however it would seem to me that it might be more impressive if you could a way to free potentially loyal warriors of the Klingon Empire from the sway of an unknown force."
"If you find yourself so easily whisked away, I would not think it wise to raise your voice." Kerensky's voice was firm as he put his hands on his hips, near where he had the klingon disruptor concealed. It would be a foolish risk to his superiors to think he could out shoot the three of them tense as they were. "But as you can see the situation is complicated. You are not the first Klingon crew to be brought here and we are not the first Federation crew to be brought here." He gestured with one of his hands towards those assembled before the monolith. He did his best to make it clear he would not be browbeat by them. "If you want to shoot you're weapons I'm sure we can find something to hunt so you can contribute. If however you'd like to talk and discover more first you can comport yourself like seasoned warriors able to adapt to a changing situation rather than a group of senile targs... then you can lower those weapons." He had heard a nausicaan in a neutral port impress a few Klingons with a similar speech and hoped he could pull it off convincingly.
Lieutenant found the distraction exhibited by them and lack of identification deeply concerning. The look he gave Commander th'Chiaqis while the Starfleet Officers before them were distract should convey this but he let his superior take the lead only asking a single question. "What about your ship?"
"Information and co operation might be key to figuring out what is going on here." Samuel ranges ahead of the rest of the group. He's not trying to sneak up on them but is mindful of being near cover in case they become aggressive. He's more concerned about how his behaviour might change in proximity to the monolith... better him though than the senior officers.
"Yes I think emergency supplies is the closest translation I can think of." Once they start to approach the monolith he comments "It could be that the monolith is affecting them somehow. I'm dubious about that but proximity may have an affect. It might be best for someone to range a little ahead of our group just to be safe. I'd be willing to do so and leave the disruptor with someone else for now in case something influences me." "Still we've got humans and klingons, vulcans and romulans interacting without a fight... things are looking up."
"Definitely a disruptor, I'm not sure if it's trapped. Now don't expect me to engage in what passes for Klingon ettiquette but that glyph I think represents something like crisis or dilemma. Given the contents it could be emergency supplies?"
People have no doubt noted my posting rate going down, sorry about that. I have some health stuff going on but only short term. I'll try to keep up as best I can but bot me if needed.
Kerensky cocks his head to the side and watches as the orange beam erupts from the structure. "Perhaps we can help the ship while we are here."
Kerensky stays alert for flaura, fauna and minerals they can use to their advantage... as well as angry klingons. "Just when I get an accord with some of the ships systems we are whisked down here."
Kerensky does his best to repair some of the wiring that shorted out during the turbulence. Removing the panels and carefully getting in position. Kerensky realizes the beam is both a scanner and a disabling mechanism. He considers how to counter it. He sends a signal on what he believes to be the correct frequency back down the beam of light.
Kerensky's head and shoulders poke out of the scorched conduit as he starts to move out. "Has the beam changed? I saw indications it was doubling as a scanner and a disabling device, I think I might have turned it off or at least some of it's functions."
"These signals might be a lure or some kind of warning. Bait or a lighthouse of a sort. I'll run over scenarios with my people. Hopefully there's a scientific explanation behind this but in case there's malicious intent I'd like to request one last set of low level diagnostics of the shields and weapon systems."
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