MSPNPC Ticus Pretak: Welcome to the future.
Kelrod Dickens
((Sickbay, Deck 5 - USS Icarus))
While the future crew worked their way to bring them back, Ticus couldn't help but feel a bit useless and at the mercy of what they'll be able to do. They're doing the first transport and he couldn't get his eyes off their work.
Foster: Hold the lock! We still don’t have the whole pattern! Stabilize the phase variance!
S’Jenes: Aye, sir, stabilizing.
Lystra: I’m trying but the transporter is having a hard time isolating his signal no. I don’t know if..wait I got it. The lock is stable. I think the sensors tried to lock onto someone else in the room with him and I had to force it back onto him.
Douffet: ::To Frank:: Just hold still. They’ve got this.
Foster: Check it one more time. I want to make sure we’ve got him before we try to bring him over and back.
Pretak: Everybody, keep out of sickbay! We don’t want to cause any interference with their rescue attempt.
He did as he's told and helped move others out. However, he remained at the doorstep watching inside.
S’Jenes: 97%....99%....I think we got him, sir!
Lystra: Confirmed. We have his signal in the pattern buffer. He should be materializing in three. Two, one…
Douffet: ::To himself:: You’ve got this… It’s all going to be okay.
A few seconds later, he noticed the change in the way he saw Frank.
Pretak: Frank,... :: He knew he couldn't hear him since he's out of the field so he moved in cautiously as it seemed that they're finished. :: Is everything okay?
Foster: Mister Montanari, can you hear me?
Montanari: ?
S’Jenes: Permission to test validity, sir?
Foster: Sure, we need to confirm the whole process worked correctly.
Ticus watched as they performed some scans on Montanari and held his hope for the best.
Lystra: Just poke him already, S’jenes. ::she chuckled::
Douffet: Poke away.
Montanari: Response
The S’jenes fellow moved over and touched Frank's shoulder.
S’Jenes: :: looks to Foster:: It appears to be a success. ::looks at Lieutenant Brynes:: Are you ready to come to the future, Lieutenant?
Byrnes: Response
Lystra: Technically, they already are. They’re just out of phase but I think I get what you mean. ::to S’Jenes::
Douffet: ::Pointing to Lystra:: She’s got a point.
Pretak: If things are okay, we should start going through it.
Montanari: Response
Foster: Yes, once we have both let’s lock in the settings and start getting people over to the Allek-Om.
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:
Douffet: Barb, you ready?
Brynes: ::nodding once:: Locked and ready, Doc.
Pretak: If things go well, I'm coming with the next group.
Montanari: Response?
Suddenly the communication system brought a voice with an urgent and worried message.a
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. =/\=
Ticus became more worried as he didn't want to experience another jump with that technology. Missing over a century wasn't easy to digest.
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?
Douffet: Looks like we need to get a move on.
Byrnes: We can't go back there after all we went through to get back here.
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.
Pretak: Let's pick up the other three, we can't waste time.
Montanari: Response
Douffet: I’m fresh out of magic, but I can help wrangle groups of four and keep the process going
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.
Douffet: Barb, you stay. ::pointing to three others::: You, you and you, join her.
Byrnes: We'll be fine. Just keep breathing and it'll be done in no time.
S’Jenes: Recording. Pattern acquisition remains stable. EPS load is nominal until transport initiation.
Foster: Alright, the pattern shift is stabilized. ::He turned towards S’Jenes and Lystra:: I think we can do this. The signal 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: I guess it's useless to ask if that is safe,.. since you're deactivating them.
Montenari/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: I'll get the groups. If something is to happen, it better be sooner rather than later.
Montenari/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.
He couldn't help but hold his breath as the process was beginning, he couldn't hold it forever, but he hoped it wouldn't be that long.
Montenari/Lystra: ?
S’jenes: Locked in, sir.
Foster: Alright, that’s the plan, let’s get on it!
Pretak: I'll focus on your success, as it'll mean our survival.
Montenari/Byrnes/Lystra: ?
Douffet: Yes, let’s. ::Turning to Frank:: Can you help me do checks on the ones coming back into phase? I can’t hold the tricorder, but we have to make sure they are ready to go to the Aleek-Om. And we need someone to inform the ship of the folks we will be sending there. Barb, let’s get you scanned so we can get you over to the Aleek-Om. Then from there you can help make sure everyone is making it over safe and sound. Is that okay with you?
Brynes: Absolutely. I'll welcome everyone as they come over. ::She looked to the scanner and held still.::
Douffet: ::To Pretak:: Can you help keep everyone from panicking? Tell them we’ve got this and we are working on getting everyone back and to the other ship.
Pretak: I'll make sure of it. After all, the first success will encourage that it'll work for everyone else.
He moved out and began telling people that the first try was a success, so they'll be able to get back to normal shortly. He also informed them of the problems the future crew was facing so he asked them to make groups of four or five to access the transporter in groups as fast as possible.
Doctor Douffet called them and then they're informed that they'll be transported via the emergency transporter and the Aleek-Om ones so they'll be transported shortly and shorten the time to be nervous.
With that, he felt the transporter field coming online as he saw things blurring. He tried to remain calm, tried to... breath, though he felt himself dissolving hoping to come back like Frank did. However, the tension of the Sheliak threat was something that he wish it wasn't pressing them so they can really focus on saving them.
( Timeskip )
((Cargo Bay One - USS Aleek-Om))
After the successful transport, they're all in the cargo bay of the Aleek Om and he moved around checking on the people, counting people as best as he could, just out of curiousity. He's glad to see most of them, of the original crew made it. Among them he noticed Byrnes and Montanari talking and he decided to join in.
Pretak: Hey, how are you?
Byrnes/Montanari: response
Pretak: I guess we'll be checked soon, but I feel perfect. How're you adjusting?
Byrnes/Montanari: Response
Pretak: It's hard to think that most of the people we know aren't around anymore,... but it's somehow exciting to be able to see our future, and experience it. Do you know they have something called replicators that can do any dish you want? Isn't that amazing?
Byrnes/Montanari: Response
TBC:
MSPNPC Ticus Pretak
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USS ICARUS
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