Feb 22 2012
Through the Gateway
Personal Log
Commodore RoBobby McMillan
I’m so excited! I can barely control myself. Okay, I need to snap out of this. Control yourself RoB, control yourself. Right, perhaps I should just start at the beginning.
About 200.000 years ago, a race known as the Iconians, known to some as Demons of Air and Darkness, built transportation gateways to conquer enemy planets and races without the use of interstellar ships. The gateways allowed them to move from their home planet to anywhere else in the galaxy in the blink of an eye. The Iconians gateways were similar to our transporters, only much more technically advanced.
I’ve been interested in the Iconians for ages. It’s this interest that drove my decision to work in the GFC Library, where I could spend more time learning about them. Our library has obtained an impressive amount of knowledge. Books, articles… I just read another interesting book about them, however I’ve never seen an Iconian gateway itself. According to known Starfleet history, they had all been destroyed long ago.
Or so we thought.
On a recent trip through the wormhole near DS19, a Starfleet ship found a remaining Iconian gateway. Several science teams studied the device in secret, and brought back the knowledge to build something similar. However, there was one problem. It needed to be connected to some sort of subspace rift in order to work.
The only known subspace breach in the area is the one connected to the wormhole near DS19: the multiverse breach, which of course made GalaxyFleetCommand possible. Through it, it’s possible to access various universes. This breach is well known to all of us: it’s given us new worlds to explore, new people to meet and new, strange and exciting adventures to have.
The GFC scientists managed to manufacture our own version of the Iconian Gateway, and hook it up to the breach in the multiverse.
The device, when activated, allows for instantaneous travel between various universes and worlds within the known multiverse. It wasn’t without its bugs though, as it doesn’t perform as well as the scientists had hoped. Our technology is far less advanced than the Iconians, so our gateway is only capable of remaining open for a short periods of time. The interface of course had to be updated for modern times, so our scientists used a number of symbols to represent destinations, a way to dial out to the receiving end.
Still, it works. I for one am thrilled! This gives us the opportunity to not only travel to places we never knew existed, but also for others to come and visit us! For once we are not the only ones doing the exploring… apparently many people from many universes are using similar devices to explore as well. Think of the knowledge we’ll gain, the wonders we’ll see!
I think I’m going to find myself an away team and volunteer for one of the first trips through the gateway. Some have even nicknamed it a Stargate, which is really quite an appropriate name. Whatever it’s called though, it opens up a whole new way of exploring. That’s why we’re here, isn’t it?
Right, I’ve got to go. Got a whole bunch of universes to explore. Busy, busy, busy!
Mar 3 2012
Weapons test at DS19
Not a difficult thing to do, but necessary nonetheless. To test the station’s weapons for real is just too dangerous. Ensign Elman started up the automated firing sequence, while Commander Juliesse and myself scanned for abnormalities. We are pleased to report there were no serious flaws, however a few anomalies in the starboard phaser relays peeked our interest.
It was decided to test the weapons some more, this time with a moving target. Somewhat reluctantly, I volunteered: the new Delta Flyer I had acquired from Starfleet Command still needed to be tested.
I made my way to the hangar, and flew into space. Commander Juliesse counted down to the start of the second weapons test… and before I knew it, the entire space around me was filled with torpedoes and phaser beams. Even though the weapons were set to simulation mode, I felt as if I shouldn’t be out here!
The test was a success, of course: my Flyer’s systems indicated that if this had been real, the small craft (and me in it) would have been destroyed at the opening volley!
When I returned to OPS though, I found Commander Juliesse and Ensign Elman discussing what to do next. Apparently, one of the station’s main turrets had been dislodged in the test. This was a serious problem, and even though we couldn’t actually fix it, we could at least collect the necessary data for the engineering teams who would fix it.
A few moments later, we grabbed three Workbee ships and headed out. It didn’t take us long to find the turret, floating in space next to the inner habitat ring. Luckily it was inactive now, but it certainly was something that needed to be repaired soon. So, we started the arduous job of collecting sensor data. It wasn’t spectacular, but someone needed to do it, in order to make the Engineers’ jobs easier.
When we finally gathered all the data, we headed back into the station. As Commander Juliesse sent the data to Engineering, I reported our findings in the station log. Hopefully the Engineering crew will find this report, as well as our collected data useful.
By RoBobby McMillan • Role Play • • Tags: DS19, RP