The storm part 7

Engineering
Perizau was looking over the engines. Every thing looked fine.he was convinced that something was wrong and was bound and determined to find it.so far he had not found any problems. This failed to aleviate his fears. Very little could at this point. 
The door opened, the andorian entered the engine room. He went over to the chief enginer. “I am not going to like what you are about to say am i?” The chief asked. “Probably not! “Steveren admited.
“Ok go on?” The chief instructed him. “We are going to use my ship to reinforce key areas of the ship. “Steverin said.
“Are you nuts? ” perizau asked. “You have a better idea?” The andorian asked. “We will have to build during a storm! We are asuming the e.v.a suits will continue to function ! “Perizau said. “Do you have a better idea? ” He asked.
“No! Let me gues the captain has already aproved your plan!”perizau asked. ” yes he has!” Steveren said. “Do you know how this crazy this is? “Perizau asked. “In crazy times the only answer is to get crazy! “Steveren said. “That is a great idea?” Perizau said.
“I hope you are planing on getting your hands dirty! “The chief asked. “Of course. I will never ask someone to do something i am not wiling to do myself ! I will go. Besides i want to make sure that they do it right!” The andorian said. “Of course!”perizau said.
The hanger bay life suport had been deactivated so they had to use e.v.a suits just to get into the bay.
They got right to work. They had a lot to do. It was not fun. It had to be done.
First they took the outor part of the ship. Then they aplied it to key parts of the ship.
They had to constently monitor there suits. They rotated the repair crews quite regularily. Styles incitested on being there the whole time. He was not afraid of hard work.
As they worked,it ocured to him,this was the beginning of something. A human adventure. The beginning of a new era. He watched humans,trajaten,Vulcan ,andorian working side by side ib commin cause. All had a steak in this. Was this the start of something . A comunity. Who knows.
  “You ok corner?”shumar asked. “Yea just doing some day dreaming! “He said. “I see ! You don’t think we are doomed! This is not the titanic or the kontiki or edmond fitzgerald 0r the andoria doria?” Shumar said. “I don’t think so. We are not finished yet!” Styles said.
The armor covered bridge and engineering. They then returned to the ship. The crew was kept in several areas of the ship.
Dr. Kelly worked on develponing a treatment for the radiation sickness. She hoped to be able to slow down the progresson of the sickness.
Bridge
“The storm is showing no signs of decreasing. We are looking at a few more days of this! Mayby a week!”tivora said. “Great! “Shumer said. “The shields do seam to be holding!”boyd said.
“The week was difficult. It was nurve wreaking. The fear seam to got worse. There seamed to be no relief. It seamed to be the new normal.” Styles said.
“We kept teling ourselves it will all be a distent memory when we are on the other side. There never seamed to be the orther side. It felt like time stoped and we were stuck in the storm. ”
  Styles had fallen asleep. He started to awake. “I must have dozed off! Please tell me i did not snore!” He said. “You did not!”tivora said. “Phew!” He said.
“The storm has stoped. ” Tivora said. “Is it over over?” Styles said.” It apears to be!”tivora said. “Kell mantain course!”he said.
“This no man’s land ,what the crew nicknamed ‘the desert” went on for another week. It was two weeks of nothing . Finally we found a unhabited planet. It could suport life. I ordered kelly to asume orbit of the planet. ”
“I wanted a full diegnostic of all systems. The ship would be refited. Steveren agreed to alow all of his ship to be used on the ship. The ship was getting a full make over!”
“You se really happy lately!” Perizau comnented. “I am always happy ! I am a verry bubily person . You on the orther hand no so much!” Marie said. “Your hapier then usual. I did not believe possible but i am sure of it!” He said.
“I have been wating for the right opotunuty to tell you. This seams like the right time! “She said. ” I asume your not leaving me for that andorian or worse some german guy? “He asked. “No or both counts. “She said. “Good!” He said.
“I’m pregnant !”she said. “What? Are you sure?”he asked. “Yes dr. Kelly confirmed it. “She said. “I thought you could not get pregnant ?”he asked. “So did i. Kell is going to monitor the pregnancy carefully but every thing is good so far! ” she said. He huged her. “Wow!” He said.
The senior staf assembled. The ship was under a veil. “You sure its ready?”styles asked. “Yes ira ready!”Steveren said. The veil was lifted. “Welcome to the new and aproved x 1000. “Perizau said. ” My friends we have come home?”he said. “We really need a name orther then x 1000!”steveren said. Everyone staired at him. “Its just a sugestion! Heash!”he said.
Bridge
“Stil no captain’s chair?” Styles asked . “Maybe in the next refit!”shumar said. “Very well! ”
The ship lifted off. The ship cleared orbit of the planet. “Now free to navigate!” Kelly w said. “Set course into the unknown . “Styles said. The ship went to warp.
The end.

The storm part six

The food crates began to fall off in space. Several of the crates were struck by the ions. Several exploded. The projectiles hit the ship. The ship felt the blast.
While the team in e.v.a suits struggled to close the berikade. The culvert was sealed.
Now they had a new problem. Another part of the ship was exposed. They were still were not safe. Unfortunately they were far from it.
The crew rushed to the area near the hydroponics bay. The crew did the same. They sealed the masive hatch.
In the infirmery kelly got more and more patcients with radiation sickness. She also treated injuries from the impacts to the ship. She had enlisted help from non medical staf. She was overwhelmed. The situation went from bad to worse to even worse.
Captain’s qurters
” The structure is fairly sound! The fact is this ship is not ready for what is out hear!”perizau said. “I believe we may need a full redesign. “Schumar said. “When the storm passes,we will evaluate our next moves. Right now lets focus on getting though all this. I am confident we will! Even though it does not seam it right now! “Corner styles said.
He knew his senior officers fears had not been eleviated. He tried never the less.
“Dr. Kell what about the medical front?” Corner asked.” A large number of crew are suffering from various degres of radiation poisong. I suspect it is from the Storm. “Dr. Kell reported.
“We have no treatment ?”shumar asked. “Not yet!” The doctor reported. ” We can help with that! “Steveren said. “We will stay on this!” Styles said.
The meating was dismissed. The senior staff got up. Corner was concerned with the morale of the crew. He was very concerned with the safty of the crew and the ship. He was not sure how to procede.
He feared that the ship might need to return to human space. The ship might have to undergo a masive refit. He feared humanity might turn inward. The exploration mission might be temporary scraped. He hoped that that would not happen.
A part of him was not that mankind was ready to venture into deep space. Mayby he had been arogent. He had no idea.
  “Captain! You can canibolize my ship. The aloy could reinforce key areas of the ship! It will be cramped but i believe we can protect the crew! “Steveren said.”in The middle of a storm?” He asked.
“I know. This storm is not going any where! I think this could be the answer !”he said. “You will be sacrificing your ablity to leave! Your fate will be tied to ours!”corner observed. “I already have. Your not going to give up. I am a part of thia crew. I might as well start acting like it.i am all in corner!” The andorian told him.
“Alright ! Get with perizau ! “Corner said. He noded. Corner got a good feeling. Maybe they would make it after all. He really hoped so.
He did not want this to be over. He dreamed of humanity venturing out into space. Maybe this was the beginning. He looked out into space though a porthole.
This was the beginning ! This was a rising sun not a setting. He was caucious but his optimism was starting to rise even though it was ever so slightly.
  The crew was concerned but agried to the plan. They were wiling to give it a try. They had to try something. They were hear. They started to do it. Would it work was anyone gues. Mayby they lived in mythological times. He hoped they did.
End of part six.

 

The storm part 4

“Growing up in the mid west,i had my fair share of storms. What was worse then the actual storm was anticipation of the storms arival. You know its coming but there is nothing you can do about it. You are premptivly freaked out. As a child i always was. ”
“With this storm,we had time to prepare. It was anyone’s gues if it would work or not. Now after all the preperations now was the moment of truth. ”
“At this moment i felt powerless.a part of me wishes i was back on earth. I knew that someone had to pave the way for humanity to reach out for the stars. I Just hope we can make it back in one peace.”
The ion storm began to pass. The ship was hit. The crew could hear the sounds of the ions hit the x 1000. It sounded like a smal lazer hiting the ship.
The whole crew was on pins and neadles. They were just waiting with bated breath. No one was sure what they were waiting for. They were wating for relief or recovery. They knew this storm would be hear for a while. It would not be over in 15 minutes although every one hoped it would. ”
“So far shields are holding. I detect no crack in the shields !” Tivora said. “Keep on it!” Shumar ordered. “Will do!” Tivora said.
“Report any varience lt!” Shumar ordered. “You got it commander!” Tivora answered. The sound of the ship being pumaled could be heard. It was persistent. It was relentless. There was no stoping it.
Sickbay
Dr. Kelly ann renelds waited for any information on the storm. She suposed that no news is good news.  The carm before a worse storm. She was really woried. She heard some crewman talking about reterning to earth. She was not ready for that. She had an adventurous side but was not looking foward for this storm to be over. She stil could not believe she was hear. What a jouney it had been.
Flashback
   She was at a library. She was studying. A man droped a bunch of brief case and papers. She went over and helped him picked up the books and papers.
“I am a clutch as you can see!” The young men said. “I am too! Are you a student? “She said. “West point! “He said. “Sodjer?’ She asked. “I am in the space infantry program. I am traning to be a pilot. Everyone from uspha to comerce authority and several government wants me and private comercial space services as well! What are you studying ?”he asked. “I want to be a doctor . By the looks of it i will probably be seing you in the e.r!”she said. What s journey indeed.
Engineering
  So far every thing was holding together . Perizau wanted the engines   check and rechecked. So far the ship was holding together.
  Bridge
The ship was hit. “That was a big one!” Trajaten comented. Tivora checked the shields. “Shields are holding. The safe gaurds are working at least for far!” Tivora said. “Are they going to intensify then deintensify then back?” Bryce asked. “Yes it will! “Tivora reported.
The ship was hit. The shields stil held. It put a crew already on edge even more so. They were stil ok.
  The crew kept scaning the ship including infrastructure and structual intregrety.
  No one knew if it was going to work or not. They worked hard to keep the ship in one peace. It had only just started.
” i take it it is not going to get any easier is it?” Kelly w asked.”no it is going to get any easier. It is only going to get harder from hear!”styles said.

The storm part three

“Any non esential power was teansfered to shields. We have tried to reduce any thing non esential. This includes creture comforts. We will have to live off rations. ”
“I am a bit reluctant to make all of these drastic cuts but feel that we have no orther chioce. I know that this is taxing on morale but we seam to have no choice!”
Coridor
“These power transfer are not teribly popular ?” Captain styles asked. “No they are not! I have receved multiple complaints from officers and crewmen alike. “Bryce said.
“I figured. I liked to think this is unnescisary bryce but i don’t think it is! “Styles said.
“I don’t either corner. I am not sure how to prevent the natives  from getting restless ! ” Shumar said.
“I know. I hope the storm passes in an extremely timly fashon !” Styles said. “We all do !” Shumar said.
Bridge
“I predict that the storm will strike in three hours ,30 minutes,22 seconds !”tivora said. “Do you think the storm will hit presisly at that time!” Kelly w said. “Not presisly. It is an estimate. I believe it will be close to that ! I canot provide a precise to the second prediction lt!”she said.
“Of course not!”the helmsman said. “I do try to be as acurate as i can be!” Tivora said. “Of course !” He said.
“The countdown is on!” Styles said. “I just can’t wait to be on the other side!” Kelly w said.”we all feel that way kell! How are your family ?” Styles said. “A little frazled but we will be ok!” Kelly w said. “Children should not be on space ships!”the andorian said. The whole room staired at the andorian. Some gave him a bit of a dirty look. “It is just my opinion ! Hesh!” Steveren said.
Boyd was happy to get some shut eye. He went to ‘his’qurters,he saw a poster of the sanfransisco 49ers football team.it was tivora’s side. Was she a fan? Imposible he thought . One never knew. He hoped he could get some sleep before the storm touches down.
Steveren saw tivora. “What are you doing ? ” he asked. “What do you meen? ” she asked in a folow up question.
“Jason has a bit of a crush on you!” Steveren observed. ” I am aware of that!” She responded. “Why do you not try to discourege this?” The andorian asked.
“I do not wish to. ” she said. “Your being selfish?”he said. “Your acusing me of emotion?” She asked. ” humans and Vulcan are too different to have a meaningful friendship. I meen both individualy and politicaly. Look no vulcan romance with non Vulcan have been sucsessful. I know how this will end. You will try but you won’t be able to overcome your cultural diferences. Your just too different . I will be left to pick up the peces. I will have to console him. Please just walk away. ” Steveren implored her.
“Do you think so little of me mr. Steveren?” She asked. “Not you personaly. I sm quite found on you. It has little to do with you!”he said. “You just don’t like vulcan ?” She asked. ” it not a matter of like or dislike but i do understand your people . Perhaps more then you do. You conform acording to your nature. It is default.  You think you can date or mary boyd and stil adhere to the tenets of surek. The elders not even the elders at sanfransisco will alow the relationship . You risk becoming a periah. You won’t do that. I just want you to consider all of this !” He said. “I will be careful. ” She said. “I will be watching! Tread lighly!” The andorian said.
With that they seperated.
Marie could not believe the news.she was totally taken aback. She had long ago acepted that they would never have kids. They considered adopting but had not taken any serious move towards that end.
Flashback
Hospital paris
“It has been a year doctor. We just can’t seam to get pregnant !” Marie said. “Well i have done test after test. Your village was exposed to nuclear radiation during the third world war. While earth government and vulcan health ministry are working to cleen it up. There are stil after afect. I am afraid there is little i can do. I think the chances are you will never be able to reproduce!” The dr. Said.
Marie could not believe this. What would her husband’s reaction be? She was a bit concerned. The time would come.
Bridge
“I gues this is the moment of truth! ” styles said. “I gues so!” Bryce said. “I keep wondering if we could have done more!” Kelly ane said. “It is never a good idea to play saterday or monday morning qurter back!” Bryce said. “I don’t understand !” Tragaten said. “Not important !”styles said.
The storm was heading there way. “Hear it comes!” Tivora said. Could they servived? It was not clear. They were about to find out.
End of part three

Episode two “storm”

“Personal journal ,captain corner styles. Sense the x 1000 is under the supervison of 26 different entities,they all want to know the goings on of humanities flagship as it were. ”
“To accomplish this i will be seting up the captain’s log. Like the log of maywrather lewis and wiliam clark ,myne too may be highly valuable as it details the new fronteer. ”
“I decided to write a personal log first. Basically a mental dump.later on i will weed out the nom esential and have just the facts. hear i can include anything and every thing i want to coment on.  ”
” Where to begin. So we ventured out outside the confines of known space. We really had no clue of what we were doing. It kinda got us into trouble !”styles said.
“I think the jouney is hardest for chief enginer perizau. Perizau had left the life in space and in a military style atmosphere alone a long time agi. Unlike many of us,he was not an idelest or a space enthusiest. To him this was just a job. One more or less imposed on him. ”
“I am not feeling well!”his wife marie said. “You ok? You have been sick all week? “He asked.
“It might just be my body ajusting to space. I am sure it is nothing ! “She said. “You may want to see kelly if it does not get any better! Kelly the doctor not the helmsman!”she said.
“You enjoy teling that joke don’t you?”she asked. “A little bit!”he said. “I figured!”she said. “You really should check it out though!” He said. “I will!”she asured him.
Mess hall
Lt. Jasson boyd entered the mess hall. He went over to the table where tivora was siting. “May i join you?”he asked. “Of course please !”tivora said. He sat down.
“How are you?”he asked. “Fine. Buisy.”she said. “I know the feeling. Luckily sence the battle with the romulons,things have qiet on the defense frount! That stil has not stoped me from trying to perfect them!”he said.
“You take your job as ships protector quite seriously ?”she asked. “I do. It is a solum duty. If the shields are off by a micron?that could be it!”he answered.
“Don’t let your fears over take you! At a critical time you will come though!”she said. “I wish i was as sure! “He said. ” Never wory about something that has not happened out!”she said. “Easy for you to say!”he said. “It is a little like the pot calling the cattle black!”she said. “A little !”he said.
“Am i interupting i hope!”steveren said as he sat down. Jason thought to himself “go away!”but decided that that could cause the great human-andorian war and decided against it. She started a conversation with him. She was very diplomatic. She was making an efort to smoth things over with him. He was all for peaceful coexistence between races just not at the moment.
“Ensign gell to lt. Tivora!”he said.”go ahead ! ” she said. “I need you on the bridge! Its urgent!”he said. “I am on my way! ” she said. “i’l see you later jason. Good day steveren!”she said. Then she walked on.
“What are you doing?”he asked. “Look i got to keep an eye on you too!”he answered. “That’s really not necessary !”jason said.”look you can’t down the road your considering going down!”the andorian said. “Look we are just friends! “He said. “Your not interested in being more then just friends ?” Steveren said.
“We just met! Someday yea i think so. There is time for all that to sort itself out in due time! “He said.
“It won’t work out. Your cultures are too different. You will both fight for your culture to win out. Your going down a road that will lead to nothing but heartache. Look i don’t mean to be disrespectful to tivora. Despite the political disagrements between our our two worlds,i have a great deal of respect for her but some cultures are incompatible!”steveren said.
  ” I have not made any decision . It is just a thought. One that has not yet miterialized.”he said. “Believe me it is one that you don’t want to fully explore! “He said. “I will make my own decision. I am not a child! I am a  sr. Officer!”he said. “Suit yourself . Don’t come crying to me when she breaks your heart and she will!”the andorian said.
Bridge
“Yes ensign!”tivora said. “I am detecting an ion storm. It is heading straght for us. I don’t think we can outrun it!”gell said. “I see!”Tivora said. Tivora looked over the datta. She could not help but concer with ensign kaneth gell’s findings.
“If my calculation are corect,we may not be able to arive at a safe harbor in time!”ensign gell said. “I will look over your data but given what i have seen,i believe you are probably correct!”she said. ” You will inform the captain?” Ensign gell asked. “Right away! ” she said.
Mess ward.
“There is plenty of eligible females abored the ship! Ensign makenze,ensign rosi, crewman carpinter!” He said. “It does not work that way! ” of course not!” The andorian said.
“All sr officers to the brefing room!” A bridge officer said. ” Dutty calls!”boyd said. “It would apear so!” The andorian said. Boyd got up to leave.  He would head to the meating.
End of part one