Silviene stopped moving and turned to look at T'shran. No sense in wasting resources if the science guys said it wasn't going to work. She was becoming agitated. With all the bickering and grandstanding who knows what could be happening to the Klingons on the other side of the whatever it was.

"Sir? What should we do then?"

"Exactly what I was thinking," R.T. concurred with Koram.

"I would go so far as to say that the device that moved the Klingons into their little pocket universe by way of the aperture went with them. While we might be able to get the Klingons to tell us how it works--but I wouldn't hold my breath on that, we may not have the ability to recreate it here and now."

"The answers are in this next room."

"We have to enter it to find those answers."

With that statement, R.T. walked forward and through the door into the next room.

In reply to Roland Thames 'R.T.' Blackthorne (msg # 120):

OOC:  What the...?  Aw, dammit.  Guys, I'm sorry, I'm a bonehead.  I thought we walked through the airlock into a sorta Central Foyer, then from that into THE Control Room--beyond which was the lab with the "portal".

But after R.T.'s comments, there, I went back in confusion to check the map and saw that there was another apparent Control Room between where we are and where the "portal" is.  I'm so sorry--because I thought the "Portal" was in the immediately next room to us, that's why I've been just standing around with my thumb up my butt and not advancing into the next room.

Most certainly, if there is another room ahead of us, let us proceed into it and see how much damage we can do in there!  Progredi ac subiugare!  ^_^

In reply to Shard Vinzz (msg # 121):

" I understand Mister Blackthrone. Let's proceed. "

Miranda follows The engineer in.

Silviene follows the others into the next room. She really just wanted to get those Klingons out and get back to the ship. This mission was turning into a fiasco.

In reply to Silviene Felis (msg # 123):

"So, what are you two saying, then?" Shard asks Koram and R.T., as everyone enters the next control room, "We just need to toss one end of an extension cord through the portal so the Klingons can power up the portal creator device they have with them, and they can get themselves home?"

"Doubtful, sir," Koram replies to Shard as Koram follows R.T. into the other room.

"All these other control panels might be needed to control the central device that was supposed to generate the singularity. We won't know until R.T. and I examine them."

"I'm pretty sure that the Klingons weren't expecting what happened to happen, so the equipment wasn't supposed to do what it did. It could have been a malfunction, an overload or a miscalculation... possibly... probably... all three."

With the final barrier out of the way, they should be able to get better readings on the sensors. He'd leave that to R.T.

Meanwhile, he began making the rounds of the control panels, examining them for what they showed and what they didn't show. He was hoping he'd find a computer that might have recorded events.

In reply to Koram Val (msg # 125):

" Felis, remind me I need to have a discussion with the Captain. Thank you Mister Val for your in-depth analysis so any suggestions about next course of action. Mister Vinzz you may guard the door."

In reply to Miranda T'Shran (msg # 126):

Shard stops just inside the door,

"Aye, Commander." he responds with a nod of his head, then steps closer to the door controls, there assuming an At Rest stance.

Silviene nodded to T'shran.

"Yes Sir."

She was quiet and subdued a bit after being reprimanded by her earlier. She clipped her Bat'leth into its holder on her back. She wasn't going to use it so putting it safely out of the way seemed prudent. Her tail moved with a restless energy.

R.T. and Koram begin examining the peripheral equipment in the inner room.

Three things can be determined:

1. the singularity was created 29.4 hours ago.

2. the calculations were off, and the singularity ruptured a hole into subspace. The Klingons are stuck in a pocket of subspace... inside the singularity.

3. when the hole was formed, it sucked the singularity, the singularity generator and the Klingons into it.

Silviene flattened her ears in confusion.

"Wait so the singularity pulled itself inside of itself? how?"

"No, it didn't quite work that way," Koram replies to Silviene. "The singularity wasn't the hole but that was because it wasn't formed properly. The process created a hole in normal space that punched into subspace. It was that hole in subspace that pulled in the almost-singularity and everything in its vicinity."

"Kind of like a vacuum that sucks in the surrounding air."

"Some of this equipment is showing odd readings. The problem is that the main console that holds all the important data is on the other side."

"I need to figure out what happened scientifically before I can postulate a way to reverse it. Even then, we may not be able to produce that effect."

" Away Team to Mongoose, We read. We will stay put on station. Away Team Out. You all heard Quinn. Prepare for a longer stay. "

As the team waited for Koram and R.T. continued to study the consoles, they saw that one meter was showing an increase.

It wasn't quite clear what was increasing, but it was soon accompanied by similar readings on most of the displays.

It was a steady increase that shifted to a progressive increase that quickly spiked!

Koram had a moment to try to warn everyone... and then there was a 'flash' of blackness followed by a purplish glow that quickly faded.

In the aftermath, half of the team had disappeared: Koram, Sergei, Shard, and Silviene.

Miranda, R.T. and Stilk were the only ones left.

Silviene moved into a battle ready stance just in case as she spoke in Klingon to the Klingons.

"toH, legh rur maH Hoch qaStaHvIS qay' rap."

[Well, looks like we are all in the same predicament now. ]

In federation standard she says,

"It would seem that whatever system they have is still working."

In reply to Silviene Felis (msg # 134):

" By the Ice Caves. "

Miranda taps her communicator.

" T'Shran to Shard, report. "

"What?! How did you get here?! the pacing Klingon snaps out as he whirls, draws his disruptor and points it at the Away Team.

"Federation! You will not steal our discovery!"

    Shard had been following orders when Koram shouted his warning--Shard had been standing guard at the door controls--his phaser hanging at his right hip, his security tricorder hanging at his left hip, but more swung around behind his back.  He stood looking forward, feet approximately his shoulder-width apart and his hands clasped behind his back.

    When Koram shouted, Shard looked over at the Engineer, bringing his hands around in preparation for--whatever.  But then he was suddenly ... somewhere else.

[IN THE WHITE NOTHINGNESS]





"Stand down, Silviene!" Shard snapped in a voice low and edgy--but still just loud enough that the Klingons could here him. "Get out of that battle crouch and settle your fur!  You only eat people when I tell you to eat people."

Shard takes a couple of slow, casual steps forward, and glares at the Klingon pointing the deadly disruptor at him.

~~I hope I've remembered this right--Xenopsychology was never my best subject.~~ Shard thought to himself, before shouting at the disruptor-wielding Klingon.

"We got here the same way you did--obviously!" Shard growled at the Klingon in a loud, angry voice, "And as for your silly fears--hey Empire!  We will not steal your discovery!  You want this empty little fold in subspace?" Shard raises his arms and gestures at the white nothingness that surrounds them, "It's all yours!  I officially acknowledge your Conquest of Nothingness!"

"But if you mean that piece of broken drek, you can keep that,, too!  If we wanted a micro-singularity power system, we'd just buy one from the Romulans--who already know how to build such--then we'd disable all the bombs and other booby traps they'd put into what we bought, and finally we'd retro-engineer a working model from the fake they thought they'd sold us."

"So put your frelling weapon away before you hurt yourself with it, and we'll get on with the business of getting us all back to the real Universe--where we can pass resolving this muck-up on to higher authority while we hit the bar."

"Do you think you can do that, Klingon?"

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OOC: Is Shard receiving the comm-signal from T'shran?
This message was last edited by the player at 07:37, Thu 24 Jan 2019.

((OOC: Yes, Shard receives the comm message from T'Shran.))

In reply to StarMaster (msg # 138):



Shard suddenly breaks into a rather feral-looking smile,

"Well, that tears it, Chubby.  That's my Commander calling--yet another irritating Andorian to piss in your gagh!" Shard says to the armed Klingon, "So, are you gonna put that disruptor away, or do I tell my Commander to pull us out of here, and leave your hairy ass behind?  Decision.  Now!"

Silviene looks at Shard and sighs. She straightens up slowly and simply narrows her eyes. Well if nothing else maybe she would get to watch Shard get shot. She did bare her teeth a bit, not to menace but as if to say, see I am a predator respect me.

In reply to Silviene Felis (msg # 140):

Miranda taps her coms again.

=/\= T'Shran to Shard or Felis, report. By the Caves, report. =/\=

In reply to Miranda T'Shran (msg # 141):

"Alright, Chubby, you had your chance." Shard says, raising his hand slowly towards his comm-badge, "I hope you have fun ruling your own private universe--empty as it is about to become."

Shard taps his comm-badge.

=/\= "Shard to Commander T'Shran.  We made it through, Commander." Shard sends, "No real issues on this side, except for one stupid Klingon who thinks threatening everyone with a disruptor is scarier than the thought of being trapped in here forever.  I have informed the officer that he is free to stay here, while the rest of us leave, but he still won't put away his little toy.  I'm thinking he just needs a little time to think about it."

"Meanwhile we're going to ignore the bigmouth and get started with the smart Klingons to open the way back.  With Koram Val working with them on this side, hopefully it won't be long before--as I have informed the Klingons--you can pull us back, as planned." =/\=

Shard emphasizes a few words at the end, and hopes.

Silviene simply stares at the Klingon with the disrupter. Not taking her eyes off of him incase he decided to attack and she needed to spring into action.

"Well I suppose that is the bold choice. I guess it's not to bad here even if the is a distinct lack of Blood wine and Gagh."