Ensign S’jenes - Foster’s Hail Mary

[James hassell]

((Deck 5 - USS Icarus))

S’jenes: This log will act as a good baseline for settings regarding future transports. :: He taps across the LCARS display:: resetting for the next transport and ready on your command, sir.

Lystra: I’ve got a lock on the Lieutenant. It’s stable since we made adjustments based on what occurred with him. ::she gestured towards Frank: 

Pretak/Douffet/Montanari: ?

Shimisi’s voice was urgent. Worried.

Shimisi: =/\= Shimisi to Foster, we have a problem =/\=

Foster: =/\= What kind of problem? =/\=

Shimisi: =/\= Something has activated the hyperwarp drive. We're trying to contain it, but you need to speed up the process. We might have issues sending you additional power, so don't count on it fully =/\=

Lystra: Oh, great. Must be a Tuesday. ::she grumbled:: I can confirm, Cade. Power to the transporter just dipped slightly. We may have to try beaming them in groups faster than we anticipated. ::to Frank:: So, if the hyperwarp drive turns on we’ll all end up jumping through subspace again…right?

Pretak/Douffet/Montenari/Byrnes: Response

S’Jenes: Based upon previous observations, that is the most probable outcome. I recommend we complete the evacuation before the drive reaches full activation.

Foster: So we have to get as many as possible as fast as possible before we all end up stuck in another subspace rift. ::he looked towards Lystra:: How many can we lock onto with our current set up?

Lystra: I just did a test to see how many solid transporter locks we can get. Any more than four and the lock becomes unstable on all of them. Unless they can give us more power I think that’s the best we’re going to get. We don’t have any more power units. 

Foster: Ok, grab four, right now. I’m checking if we can… you know, make some magic happen.

S'Jenes immediately began comparing the transporter telemetry from the previous cycle against the current power curve. Overlay after overlay filled the LCARS display as he isolated transporter lock acquisition, pattern buffering, EPS consumption, and transport initiation.

The data quickly converged on a single conclusion.

Pretak/Douffet/Montenari/Byrnes: Response

S’Jenes:  Lieutenant... transporter lock acquisition is not the limiting factor. Significant power consumption occurs only during matter stream conversion.

Lystra: Lock is holding. Ready when you are, or we’re going to have to wait until they send us more power and hope that damned engine doesn’t activate. 

Foster: Grab four. I want to track the power curve while you grab them, and how much time it takes.

Pretak/Douffet/Montenari/Byrnes:Response

S’Jenes: Recording. Pattern acquisition remains stable. EPS load is nominal until transport initiation.

After the four officers materialized, S'Jenes immediately cleared residual transporter data and prepared the system for another cycle.

Foster: Alright, the pattern shift is stabilized. ::He turned towards S’Jenes and Lystra:: I think we can do this. The siugnal lock isn’t what’s draining power – it’s the actual transport where the power drastically drops.  The system is limiting only to the signal locks it knows it can process. So… Lystra, I need you to de-activate the system’s safety protocols.

Pretak/Douffet/Montenari/Byrnes/Lystra: ?

S’jenes: Analysis confirms the transporter's safety algorithms are limiting signal acquisition based upon projected transport power requirements rather than available pattern storage.

Foster: Ensign S’jenes I want you to connect the Emergency Medical Transporter with the cargo transporter with the Aleek-Om.

Pretak/Douffet/Montenari/Byrnes/Lystra: ?

S’jenes: Understood.

Foster: Yeah. ::He nodded.:: The idea is to feed all the data into the Aleek Om, catch each lock, one by one with the emergency medical transporter we are currently using, feed them into the Aleek-Om’s cargo transporter and then once we’ve grabbed every signal lock, initiate transport with the Aleek-Om’s transporters and the Aleek-Om’s power.

His fingers moved rapidly across the LCARS controls as transporter subsystems merged into a synchronized relay.

Pretak/Douffet/Montenari/Byrnes/Lystra: ?

S’jenes: Locked in, sir.

Foster: Alright, that’s the plan, let’s get on it!

Pretak/Douffet/Montenari/Byrnes/Lystra: ?

S’jenes tapped his combadge.

S'Jenes: =/\= Icarus sickbay to Aleek-Om Bridge. Ensign S'Jenes. Prepare your cargo transporters to receive remote pattern locks from our Emergency Medical Transporter. Please refrain from energizing until I give the command. =/\=

Anyone on the aleek-om bridge: =/\=Response=/\=

S'Jenes: =/\= We will relay each acquired transporter signature to your pattern buffer. Once every life sign—including my own—has been transferred, execute transport. Please confirm readiness. =/\=

Anyone on the aleek-om bridge: =/\= Response =/\=

His hands moved with measured precision as the Emergency Medical Transporter's software restrictions were stripped away and the relay to the Aleek-Om's cargo transporter synchronized across the subspace link. Diagnostic windows scrolled across the LCARS display as forty-five lifesigns were acquired simultaneously.

Unlike a conventional transport, the patterns remained suspended only long enough to be relayed individually into the Aleek-Om's transporter buffers.

Confirmation after confirmation illuminated his display.

Ten.

Twenty-one.

Thirty-four.

Forty-five.

S'Jenes: Forty-five unphased transporter signatures successfully acquired. Relay integrity remains within operational tolerances. Aleek-Om acknowledges receipt of all patterns.

He tapped his combadge.

S'Jenes: =/\= Ensign S'Jenes to Aleek-Om Bridge. All unphased personnel have been successfully relayed to your cargo transporter. Pattern integrity is nominal. You are cleared to energize all stored patterns simultaneously. Following completion of the transport, acquire and beam my pattern directly to Cargo Bay One. =/\=

Anyone on Aleek-Om Bridge: =/\= Response. =/\=

A heartbeat later, the transporter status display cleared.

Every one of the forty-five lifesigns disappeared from the Icarus's sensors as the Aleek-Om completed the mass transport.

S'Jenes reviewed the final diagnostics one last time.

S'Jenes: All civilian and Starfleet personnel accounted for.

Foster/Lystra/Anyone: Response.

Without another word, S'Jenes remained beside the transporter console.

Moments later, the familiar shimmer of a transporter beam enveloped him where he stood. The Aleek-Om's transporters acquired his pattern remotely exactly as requested, and the Icarus sickbay dissolved around him.

An instant later, he materialized in Cargo Bay One aboard the Aleek-Om.

His eyes immediately swept across the assembled evacuees before turning toward the cargo transporter diagnostics.

S’jenes: =/\= Ensign S’jenes to Icarus Deck 5. We got ‘em. =/\=

Foster/Lystra/Shimisi/Perax/Anyone: =/\= Response =/\=

S'Jenes: =/\= Fifty total arrivals confirmed. No measurable pattern degradation detected. =/\=

Ensign S’jenes
Science Officer
USS Constitution-B
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