Mission Archive

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"Good And Bad Surprises"
Previous post "The Afterparty"
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"In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive."
- Lee Iacocca

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Setting: SPHINX, Command Deck
Stardate: 30148.0840

Erik grasped onto the shoulder straps that held him in place with all of his strength as the SPHINX impacted with the surface of moon of PI ALPHA III for the first time.  Part of him had almost wanted to laugh as memories of so...

Only three people knew of the special safeguard that had been put into place for this mission, a way to insure that everything could be brought to a safe conclusion at a moment's notice. To have everyone be aware of this would have tainted the final results and very possibly made certain people act in a different way when faced with insurmountable adversity.

Why?

The moon of PI ALPHA...

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"Trying To Keep It Straight"
[Previous post - "What Happened?"]
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Setting: SPHINX, Command Deck
Stardate: 30148.0830

::Well, that was some messed up unexpected crap,:: Sonja thought to herself as she surveyed the data being displayed on her control, wondering still as to what the bright light had been and how it could have knocked out both the Captain and his craft the way it had.

As the CEO continued to try to understand what had happened to the VIPER, Sonja along with the re...

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"Things Are Never Easy"
Previous post "Ride of the Valkyries"
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The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.
- Xenophon

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Setting: VIPER 1, Cockpit
Stardate: 30148.0750

The further they pressed into the atmosphere of the small, inhospitable moon, the more the Native American had to concentrate on pilot...

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"Seeing Spots"
(Previous Post: "Bumpy Ride")
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Setting: VIPER 2, Cockpit
Stardate: 63148.0730

“Oooooooh, this is nice,” Ttosk said to himself wiggling in the pilot’s seat of the VIPER, but just as he was going to close the top of the Interceptor a young man handed Wydran a helmet. “What do you want me to do with this?  Is this supposed to keep me safe if I crash because if I do the VIPER is going to explode and that helmet isn’t going to do squat and if it’s just for communication...

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"Bumpy Ride"
[Previous post - "Rapid Descent"]
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Setting: SPACE, view of the SPHINX and VIPERS heading towards the moon of PI ALPHA III
Stardate: 30148.0730

The SPHINX had been dropped out of the ANUBIS while being in an aided geosynchronous low orbit around the moon of PI ALPHA III.  This meant that the small Mobile Command Unit, or MCU, had roughly been 2,500 kilometers from unwelcoming the surface at the start of its rapid descent.  Centuries ago, well before the advent of sh...

Setting: USS ANUBIS, Deck A-4, IGC
Stardate: 30147.1730

She had watched the seasoned Commanding Officer as he approached her domain, the expression on his face spoke volumes.  Captain Morningstar had not come all the way up to the array section for a courtesy visit, not that she had expected him to ever do something like that. His file and her first impression of the man had been one of professionalism ...

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"Captain's Responsibilities"
Previous post "Analyze and Interpret"
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"As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others."
-Bill Gates

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USS ANUBIS, Deck 1, Captain's Ready Room
Stardate: 30147.1500

This had not been Erik's first command, and after having been on board the USS PARADOX, a trans-dimensional temporal vessel, the Native American had thought that he had seen it all.  The events of the last few hours had strangely enough proven him wrong...

Setting: USS ANUBIS, Deck A-4, IGC
Stardate: 30147.1400

The delay that the acting First Officer had been forced into by the ILO had served its purpose. From the IGC, Shar'El had been able to assess how the ANUBIS' new aCMO had dealt with the unexpected absence of an officer to greet her.  The situation as a whole had been minor by any measure, but it had been sufficient to see how Ensign Seska ...

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"Diagnostic Headache"
[Previous post - "Ghostly Problems"]
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Setting: USS ANUBIS, Main Engineering
Stardate: 30147.1345

The diagnostic on the voice recognition protocols had come back negative.  The diagnostic on the computer sub-processor handling all turbolift transits had come back negative.  The diagnostic on the magnetic ramps that held the turbolift pod had come back negative.  Even the diagnostic on the pod's components had come back negative.  If it had not been for the ...