From griffon at wmis.net Tue Jan 26 12:16:46 2010 From: griffon at wmis.net (Tana Ragsdale) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:16:46 -0500 Subject: [Vimyridge] USS Vimy Ridge MR 161 (SD950117-0124) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2CCD672BC994482F902C1442CDF50667@Firebird> USS Vimy Ridge NCC 71704 Galaxy Class MR 161 ___________________________________________________________________ Contents: I OOC Address II Promotions, Awards, Academy Reports, Coming and Going III Mission Summary Report IV Mission Objectives a Last Weeks Mission Objectives b This Weeks Mission Objectives V Quotes VI Weekly Awards a Log of the Week b Player of the Week VII Crew Structure VIII Subject Headings IX Log Roster X URLs _____________________________________________________________________ I. =/\= OOC Address =/\= Captain's Address: What a fantastic week! Keep up the momentum and we'll be able to head 'home' soon! ~~Weekly ramble~~ ***If you need an excusal please email vimyridge-command at 14th.org*** If there's a visible U showing in the current MR eligibility for awards or promotions is suspended. Please make certain your bios are up to date or else we can't promote or give out awards! Same goes for U's. If there's any on the MR I can't hand out an award to you. In addition to your own ineligibility; the CO of the vessel, which would be me, is not eligible for awards with a crew with incomplete bios. So let's keep those bios up to date. Bios requiring action to be considered complete (Personal History, Family info parents/siblings), Transfer History, Promo History)... see anybody in Command if you need help here Vilqa or Blake) HAPPY SIMMING! K`y ~*~*~*~ XO's rant: What an amazing logging week, I see once again the life that makes this sim one of the best! Let's keep it up. Remember the people in the cave aren't all of the locals. Many did already leave. These are just the stubborn few who feel their lives are tied to the planet. Like the old man who refused to leave Mt. St. Helens before she blew back in the '80's. Toby/Vanyel ~*~*~*~ 2O's Two Cents Worth: This was a great logging week, gang, and we've made a lot of progress. We've found out that the remenants of the population who remained behind, did so for a reason. Nix has also discovered that all this was intentional. Now, we have to stop it and find out who was doing it. Cait/Robyn ~*~*~*~ _____________________________________________________________________ II =/\= Promotions/Awards and Coming & Going =/\= Promotion/Awards: N/A Coming: Leaving: Cho'lu & Ivri - Remember you both have a home here when things Settle down in RL! On Leave: Reed ___________________________________________________________________ III =/\= Mission Summary Report =/\= Status: Yellow Location: In the Tzenkethi-Federation ___________________________________________________________________ IVa =/\= Last Week's Mission Objectives =/\= Department heads I really want to see you guys take control of your Departments and run them like little mini plots within the major plot. Let's see some direction logs for those working under you to get orders. If any department heads notice simmers in their departments are not logging part of having a department head role is to assist them and give orders - I'll be watching for this as it's part of the responsibility of the department head and something to be taken into consideration with awards and promotions in the possible future. _____________________________________________________________________ IVb =/\= This Week's Mission Objectives =/\= Department heads I really want to see you guys take control of your Departments and run them like little mini plots within the major plot. Let's see some direction logs for those working under you to get orders. If any department heads notice simmers in their departments are not logging part of having a department head role is to assist them and give orders - I'll be watching for this as it's part of the responsibility of the department head and something to be taken into consideration with awards and promotions in the possible future. Let's try and sum up the plot soon and return 'home' _____________________________________________________________________ V =/\= Quotes =/\= Quotes: **Skipped this week** ------------------ Thank you to Saladin and Nix for searching for quotes for us. For those of you missed we'll catch you next time! ~ K`y & Toby _____________________________________________________________________ VIa =/\= Log of the Week =/\= Logger(s) of the week: Everybody for the great effort and momentum! Log of the week: _____________________________________________________________________ VII =/\= Vimy Ridge Crew Structure =/\= CO-> Captain K`ylana Vilqa - kylana at 14th.org Or kylana.14th at gmail.com XO-> Commander Tobias Blake - griffon at wmis.net Or vasago at gmail.com vimyridge-command at 14th.org -OM-> Lt Commander Marcus Saladin mdinlongview at gmail.com -FCO-> OPEN -CEO-> Lt Commander Justin Lox - janus at magicstar.net -ENG->Ens Sorala Fen - TheAzuler at aol.co.uk -CSEC->aLt Jason DuMont - trekerman5000 at yahoo.com -SEC-> Lt Nicholas Reed - dyerdon_sandren AT yahoo.com -SEC-> Ens Marie Lyndosee - sansonencarlsberg AT gmail.com -CMO-> Commander Cait Blake - lathee at charter.net -MO-> Lt Commander Katrina Wilkinson - lambkin04 at yahoo.com -Counsellor-> OPEN -CSci-> Lieutenant Kylee Nix - jlearhea at gmail.com -SciTech-> Crewmand 2nd Class Takis Daephon - corvaad at gmail.com _____________________________________________________________________ VIII =/\= Subject Headings =/\= For use on Vimy Ridge Listserv Only: Stardate, Position , rank, name: 2010 = SD95 SD951101.17 - CO's Log - Capt K`ylana Vilqa SD951101.17 - PL - Cmdr Toby Blake - Executive Officer SD951101.17 - JL - Captain Vilqa & Commander T Blake PL - Personal Log DL - Duty Log JL - Joint Log Remember 95 is the current year; 11 is the current month; 01 is the current day 17 Hour (in military time)The listserv automatically adds [USS Vimy Ridge] to the subject heading, so there's no need for you to do it as well. When we are doing a joint plot with another sim or when we are docked at a Starbase our important logs will be forwarded to other side and the other way around. ** Please note as of January 1, 2009 we will be using SD94 ** ~*~LOGS DUE BY~*~ 20:59 SUNDAY PACIFIC 23:59 SUNDAY EASTERN For times in your area if not noted above check out this link: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ _____________________________________________________________________ =/\= IX Log Roster =/\= |DEC| | | |JAN| Position |Officer Name |-27|-03|-10|-17|-24| ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Commanding Officer |Captain K`ylana Vilqa | E | E | 1 | 2 | 4 | Executive Officer |Cmdr Tobias Blake | 1 | E | E | 2 | 5 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Operations Manager |LtCmdr Marcus Saladin | E | E | E | 1 | 4 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Chief of Security |ALt Jason DuMont | | | | 1 | 2 | Security Officer |Ens Marie Lyndosee | | | 1 | U | 3 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Flight Control | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Chief Engineer |LtCmdr Justin Lox | 1 | E | 1 | 2 | 4 | Engineer |Ens Sorala Fen | | | | | 3 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Chief of Medical |Cmdr Cait Blake | E | E | 2 | 2 | 4 | Medical Officer |LtCmdr Katrina Wilkinson | E | E | 1 | 1 | 2 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Counsellor |LOA | | | | | | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Chief Science |Lt Kylee Nix | E | E | E | 1 | 3 | Science Tech |C2C Takis Daephon | E | E | E | U | U | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Leave of Absence | | | | | | | Security Officer |Lt Nicholas Reed | 1 | E | E | 1 | L | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| RESIGNED/Transferred| | | | | | | Chief of Security |LtCmdr Yim'Bar Cho'lu | E | L | L | L | R | Counsellor |Lt Ivri | E | L | L | L | R | ___________________________________________________________________| SUMMARY | ___________________________________________________________________| Total Crew Logs | | 02| 00| 07| 12| 34| Total Guest/NPC Logs| | 00| 00| 00| 01| 06| Total Combined Count| | 02| 00| 07| 13| 40| ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Total Crew | | 13| 13| 12| 13| 12| Active Crew members | | 02| 00| 06| 08| 10| Unexcused | | 00| 00| 00| 02| 01| Excused(Inc LOA/New)| | 11| 13| 06| 02| 01| Removed/Resigned/Trs| | 01| 00| 02| 00| 02| ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| *Crew will be counted in crew numbers after their initial log. **New crew members, unless leave is approved by Command, must log an initial log within 2 weeks or will be removed from the roster.** Legend: Active = A Excused = E Resigned = R Unexcused = U Leave = L Review = RV Transfer = T Katan'ka = K Non Player Character = NPC^ *At the Captain's discretion a player may get logging credit by playing an NPC if it is beneficial to a plot or if for example a player is in non-responsive in sickbay so they play an NPC character pivotal to the plot. ** Absences ** Excused absences must be cleared through your command staff( vimyridge-command at 14th.org ) ie: Just email us and tell us you can't log :) If we do not hear from you after 3 weeks within 5, your character may be moved to an NPC status and then dropped from the roster. *Remember, a U above removes eligibility for awards or promotion until we no longer see the U on the MR.* _____________________________________________________________________ =/\= X URLs =/\= USS Vimy Ridge - http://www.ussaudax.org/vr USS Vimy Ridge List Archives - http://14th.org/pipermail/vimyridge_14th.org/ 14th Fleet - http://www.14th.org Forums - http://www.14th.org/forums Forums - Vimy Ridge - http://14th.org/forums/index.php?showforum=14 Star Trek - http://www.startrek.com ==/\== USS Vimy Ridge ==/\== From griffon at wmis.net Sun Jan 31 20:19:51 2010 From: griffon at wmis.net (Tana Ragsdale) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:19:51 -0500 Subject: [Vimyridge] 950131.20 Pt 18 (C. Blake, Saladin, Wilkinson, Xoron and Balkion (npcs)) Message-ID: [Caves] Kat glanced up from treating one of the group, to see Cait and Marcus had returned though stood only a few meters away. She observed as they spoke with Balkion curious as to what Cait needed to tell her that she didn't want to share over the coms. She patted the shoulder of the man she'd been treating. "I'll be right back." she told him as she moved closer to where the others were standing. She tilted her head as she heard Balkion's remark and pondered it for a moment before speaking up. "As unpleasant as it seems I would give up my planet for a chance at survival." she said as she moved closer to join in the conversation. "I would instruct my people to follow me if they wanted to fight to live, and see to it that if we succeed that fight would be made known for generations to come." she added, "but to stay here and perish along with your planet seems pointless." she continued as she moved closer to Cait still holding her tricorder with scan results from her last few patients. Xoron glanced at his rotund companion then at the others, they didn't understand, and Xoron was not a man of many words, and the Feddie's language often left him stumped even further, but he was a man that the people followed so he did his best. He touched his chest, "Me." He crouched down and touched the cave floor, "Me." He stood up and looked at the three, and pointed at the cave floor, "If I die then," he touched his chest, "why do I deserve to live? Those of us, who do not feel this. Have left. We are not all the people. We are some of the people. Small group, who hold old ways in heart, while learning to live new ways, your ways. Now you would, through force of words, make us tear ourselves in two, so that the small part of us, lives, and leave greater part to die? Why do you waste time, with this, instead of focus instead on how to save Us." There was a very audible capital U in his use of the word us. He looked them over then at Balkion and back. "There are ways, to, purify water, purify food. You give us those, you go. Save Us. We heal Ourselves." He had always been a big man, almost as if he'd been carved from the mountains, and as such he had schooled himself to keep his temper, but he was starting to feel it stir in his chest now. Why were these people so stubborn? Why could they not see, that to take those still here away, would condem both them and the planet to death? They were one. They should stop this silliness and focus on saving the planet. That Kala had died only proved how sick the planet was, how needed they were if it was ever to survive. Why were they cheapening her sacrifice, by using it as a means to try to force them to leave? Cait shook her head. "No one's going to force you to leave and I can assure you, that we are trying to save this planet. Everyone's been inoculated and we've done what we can for those already ill. I'll leave medicines that will buy the time we need to hopefully fix this mess and we'll leave you the means to purify your food and water, though that will only work for a while." Marcus shook his head in frustration, "Purifying water and food will do nothing to stop the radiation in the air, or the earthquakes." He held up a hand for peace, sensing that his words were close to offending. "My planet is important to me, but more important are what those who live on my planet stand for. I hold those values and beliefs dearly. The planet and our history has taught us much. Other races now benefit from what my own race has learned in a most difficult and often deadly way." He looked from Balkion to Xoron and then briefly behind him at the others in the cave, "Your way of life has much to teach others. While I understand that you wish to die with the planet on which you have lived and served I also understand that that will rob others of benefiting from your people. Would you choose death over that?" "Those who would leave. Have. We do not. We understand. We are planet. Planet is us. To leave, is to die for us, for planet. We stay, we maybe die, our death renew planet. I will hear no more." Xoron turns and bulls his way through the people, heading as far away from the Feddies as he can get. It's a measure of how angry he is becoming that he doesn't even apologize to those he knocks out of his way. Marcus looked to Balkion, "Is that the decision for all your people or can we give each of them a chance for one more decision? After explaining the latest facts they may change their mind." There was a grunt, "You can tell 'em but believe me we are all here by choice." Saladin gave a thoughtful nod. "Then with your permission, we shall tell them." And he felt sick to the pit of his stomach. It was happening again. It wasn't first contact, but he was going to have to stand by and let an entire race be wiped from existence. Watch idly by as people died. Paralysed by Star Fleet rules and regulations that he held so dear. He gulped and turned away from the group, as much to hide the anger on his face from Cait as from Balkion. Cait knew him well and might well guess where his thoughts were leading him. Not only did Cait know him, but she could feel the anger, the frustration and the despair he was feeling. She understood it, just as she understood where the natives were coming from as well. It wasn't something she liked, but she understood about faith, belief in something or someone of a higher power or in this case, part of something you believed in. Who was to say they were wrong? Saladin walked away from the group and signalled Kat, trying to look as natural as possible. As Marcus walked away, Cait moved over and touched his arm, giving it a gentle squeeze in understanding. Marcus dropped his head, shook it slightly, "It's foolish" He muttered under his breath. Kat looked over at Marcus raising a brow as he signaled her. She moved over to his position. "are we leaving them?" she asked quietly, knowing clearly they were becoming more endangered if the team stayed with the people. Looking at Kat and then Marcus, Cait sighed. "I don't see we have a choice. Offer them the choice and if they say no, that's the end of it. In fact, considering the conditions, I'm going to make it an order to be out of here within the hour." Marcus scowled at Cait, "One hour? We can last longer than that surely?" He looked back to Kat, "How many younger than five are here?" He looked to Cait, "Maybe some of them understand the beliefs of their people but those under five...should they be condemned too?" His voice was barely a whisper, but a harsh one, harsh with the desperation he felt. It was true that many of the race had already left the planet, though why the Federation had not previously heard about this evacuation he had no idea. But it was also true, in his mind at least, that every life counted. "An hour, Marcus, and there are no youngsters here under about 15. They're old enough to understand their the consequences of their beliefs and old enough to be responsible to make the decision to stay." Cait felt his pain, knew it to be her own as well. If it was hard for him to step away, it was even harder for her and the other members of her medical team to do so. It went against their natures. Keeping her voice soft, she looked up at the man she called her friend and brother. "There is hope, Marcus. We may still figure out how to stop the radiation and save the planet, but the safety of this team is my responsibility. With the radiation seeming to be increasing rapidly, I am taking no chances." The buck had to stop somewhere and that somewhere was her. Before Katan'ka, she would have been arguing and rebelling, trying to do the impossible, fighting the unfightable. For a moment, Cait marveled at the changes in herself, even as they horrified her. She clasped Marcus' shoulder. "It doesn't help, but know the final decision of when we evac ourselves is mine to make. Go and talk to the other refugees while I set things up to buy them more time." Kat sighed softly not liking what they had to do one bit. The mere thought nearly moving her to tears but she held back not just because she had to , she needed to prove to herself that she was stronger than she felt. She glanced to both Marcus and Cait then would await evacuation instructions. From griffon at wmis.net Sun Jan 31 20:22:25 2010 From: griffon at wmis.net (Tana Ragsdale) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:22:25 -0500 Subject: [Vimyridge] 950131.20 Pt 19 (Vilqa, T. Blake, Lox, Nix, DuMont) Message-ID: <07D3712C324D4526AD912DC91BE09FE2@Firebird> [Ship] Quietly Toby watched and waited to see what would happen with the asteroids, he figured it needed doing quickly since they hadn't heard any more from the away team it was very likely those still on the planet weren't wanting to leave. K`ylana felt as though there were 20 kilograms in her lap pressing her down into her chair, "DuMont," he looked to her security chief, "Do you have any thoughts to add on the best way to handle the asteroids? We do have the Mistral at our disposal as well. She is a smaller vessel and perhaps better suited for the field?" There was no word when any of the inhabitants would leave the planet. Jason nodded. "I believe if we use the probes in coordination with the shields and, using the tractor beam to alter the asteroids trajectory, we could get the 'shield' up in no time" "Nix I want you to work closely with DuMont. DuMont get the Mistral on board with the task. It will be best if the two vessels work together; especially if there is a hostile risk. I am going to my ready room I need to contact Admiral Jeffris with this newest bit of information. Mr. Blake the bridge is yours." Toby nodded and stood up, "Got it covered." Kylee glanced over her shoulder, nodding to the captain before focusing back on the console before her. "I should be able to give exact coordinates in five minutes, and exactly what will be needed from both ships to get the asteroid in place about ten minutes later. Dumont, let me know when the Mistral is ready to begin moving the asteroid." Jason looked up from the console. "Probes ready. Mistral standing by. We're ready." Kylee nodded, isolating an area on the asteroid. "Engage the tractor beam on this area, as it moves closer to the planet, have the Mistral lock on to this area. Between the two ships, we'll get the asteroid in place." "Fen. Status on the probes you have released; are we receiving data yet?" The Captain queried curiously as she stood up wanting the answer before she stepped away. [Shuttle] "Lox to away team.. Plate tectonic tremor.. about a 2.3 should reach you in about 2 minutes. You should be safe, but you will probably feel this one." Justin reported. Cait tapped her combadge. "Understood, Lox. We'll be ready for it." Marcus tapped his own badge, "Are you sure there's nothing we can do about the tremors? If we manage to stop the radiation is there elsewhere we can transport these people? Are you sure the seismic activity is affecting the whole planet?" He had heard it all before but he would not give up hoping. Justin smiled "They are the result of the intense heat caused by the flares, then the cooling between flare events. IF we stop the solar flares, we stop the reamors as well." "Any news from the captain about whether that is likely within the next hour?" Marcus scowled angrily "And please inform the captain that none of the inhabitants are leaving, they all wish to stay." "Some promising ideas, and a workable theory is being implemented I believe. We should have some tangable results within the next hour or so. I will inform the captain about the situation Commander." Justin tapped his comm "Lox to Vimyridge. I have an update." [Bridge] "Blake here, how's it going Commander?" Toby waited to hear what Justin had to say. "Not so well. Those still here, don't want to leave." Justin replied. "How goes the shield plan?" "Well we can't force them, just do your best for them. We're working on it. Just waiting to get some asteroids moved I do believe." He looked at Nix and DuMont to see if either of them had anything to add. Kylee glanced over to the Commander, listening to him speak to those on the surface. "Might want to inform those on the planet about an unexpected solar eclipse," she said. "Other than that, shouldn't notice anything, and the radiation levels will begin to drop almost immediately." Toby nodded, then spoke, "Did you hear that Commander? You're in for an eclipse, and the radiation levels should begin to drop almost right away. Make sure the people who notice from the caves, don't panic."