Episode 59: "The Trouble with Time"

USS Gibraltar RP, April 2 2012
Episode 59:  "The Trouble with Time"

= Absent Crew =
CO: Captain RoBobby McMillan
XO: Commander Kieran Braveheart

= Available Crew =
Security Chief: Ensign Debbydo
Helmsman: Lt. Snapper Desade
Chief Engineer: Lt.Cmdr. Richardjrn Weatherwax
Hazard OPS Chief: Ensign Sophie Johnson
Science Officer: Ensign BlackRosePhantom

= Special Guest Star =
DS19 Security Chief: Lt. Flint Convair

Summary:
A few hours after the crew saved Commander Juilesse and her station from destruction - they found themselves back to the usual routine of playing prisoner. Johnson knew that something was happening and she got the feeling that it wasn't good. Around her, the crew began to relax and 'enjoy' the surroundings - they were in Quarks' after all. Lieutenant Desade became nervous and twitchy; this was never a good sign but Johnson felt as though she was the one to calm things down.

Moments later, Commander Juilesse walked through the door with two Security Officers. She made the gesture that then made the Captain and First Officer follow her. She then ordered her Security Chief to remain with the Gibraltar Crew. This made Johnson all the more curious and suspicious - she had to do something but wasn't sure what.

Desade started pacing. "I don't like this....don't like this at all."

The words of a nervous officer slowly seeping through everyone's mind. Johnson sighed and told Desade that she was 'going to do her thing'. He asked her if this thing would get the crew killed, she replied no and continued.

Desade mumbled: "This is wonderful, no Captain, no First Officer and Miss High-Ho Silver is gonna do her thing...this is just great!"

Minutes later, Johnson completed her scan of the Promenade with her omnitool and discovered that lasting damage from the attack had caused the Promenade to depressurize. Johnson determined that the problem was the whole Promenade but only the Crew and Security Officer were on the Promenade at this time. Before long, Johnson took charge.

"Sorry Lieutenant, but I know your the ranking Officer here but your a bag of nerves right now." Sophie said to Desade. Flint suddenly became active and alert - he carefully watched Sophie as she threw orders around. Johnson asked Weatherwax to find an access panel and tap into Engineering Control. This way, she could evaluate the extent of the damage without leaving Quarks. However, Flint had other ideas and stopped Weatherwax.

"Look, we're loosing oxygen and we need to find out stuff. So if you wanna die then keep going on the way you are. If you don't, let us help." Johnson barked at the Security Officer. Taking only a moment to think about it, Flint nodded and did his best to help the crew. Johnson obviously knew what she was doing, having fourteen previous hosts to fall back on is enough experience these days. Weatherwax accessed the Engineering Control and discovered that the whole station was in peril. Johnson rallied up the crew and dished out some assignments.

To calm Desade down, she got Ensign Rose and himself to work together on a map of the region. The Ensign shrugged but did as he was told. During the ordering, the doors to Quarks had automatically locked. This caused immediate problems for the crew. Flint alerted Johnson to the problem but she felt obligated to open the door. With the control panel not working on the door, she used her omni-blade (her omnitool which has been adapted with a holo-blade) to break the lock. The door then immediately opened.

Rich managed to determine that the damage was caused by the Clone-Pico that the crew destroyed a few hours earlier. Their warp core had exploded and caused micro-fractures along the station and also managed to damage several critical components - including Environment Control and Life Support. With no alarms going off, Johnson got the crew and Flint together and then rushed to Engineering. She had a feeling that Juilesse and the stations crew in OPS had no idea of what was going on.

What seemed like hours was only minutes when the crew reached Engineering. Walking through the doors sent a shiver down Johnson's spine. "Why isn't anyone on duty down here?" She asked promptly. Rich turned round and pointed to the time-display on a console. It was thirty minutes later since the crew left the Promenade. Johnson and the crew knew this couldn't be right so she ordered Rich to run a diagnostic of the Primary Systems and got Flint and Rose to check the other systems.

Rich reported that the Primary Systems had been tampered with but Johnson saw no actual damage. This was becoming too strange for comfort so she looked at Rich for any other reports. Rich stated that the station had become trapped in a Quantum Inversion Field. Essentially, the station was experiencing different time zones along the same timeline as thieir own. Johnson had Rich run a Quantum Scan of the station; the results showed that the Reactor in Engineering was the focal point of the displacements.

Johnson had Debbydo get a Phase Discriminator and give it to Rich. Weatherwax would then modify the device to emit an inverted chroniton pulse at the Reactor. Johnson hoped that her hosts wouldn't let her down now. This pulse would be deadly to organics so she had Rich remain behind with the device in order to detonate it.

As the crew rushed back to the Promenade, Rich devised a way to remote detonate the device. He ran towards Johnson and entered the turbolift with her. Once they reached the Promenade, Johnson nodded at Rich and he pressed the button. Seconds later, the crew felt the station shake lightly.

Johnson's ears perked up. "I hear Commander Juilesse...we'd better get back in there." As she signaled towards Quarks.