<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><div><div style="color: rgb(80, 0, 80);"><div class="im">[Science Lab]<br><br>Toby frowned at Justin, "No warning before this? Nothing to indicate it was<br>
a danger?" His voice was a growl, and he hit his combadge, "Red alert, raise<br>sheilds and prepare for incoming solar flare. Radiation measures in effect.<br>
All unnecessary personnel and families to interior portions of the ship!" He<br>knew K`y would come demanding to know what was going on even as the lighting<br>went red and his orders were reissued throughout the ship.<br>
<br><br><br>[Astronomy Lab]<br><br>Vilqa was about to reply to the other part klingon when the room darkened to<br>emergency lighting, warning beacons whaled and red slow flashes started; in<br>one swift motion the Captain turned and the doors of the Lab opened, "Toby!"<br>
She spoke urgently as she jogged the steps to the previous lab, "What the<br>hell is going on?" Not that there was much time for explanation.<br><br></div>Kylee
looked around quickly as the lights flashed, her brow arching. She
quickly followed after the captain back to join the others to find out
what was going on to have caused a red alert to be raised.<div><div><span id="q_123f21b07861092d_5" class="h4">- Hide quoted text -</span></div><div class="im"><br>
<br>Marcus glanced to the captain, she looked furious, in a good way, if that<br>
was possible. He was just receiving the affirmative from his ops team that<br>they would have one person track the flare as the rest helped with<br>evacuation to the ships interior. He knew, with so little time it was going<br>
to be a rough ride. He waited for Toby to answer, and then for dismissal so<br>they could all run to their own stations. Millions of thoughts seemed to be<br>racing through his mind at once.<br><br>All of the system tweaking, all of the processes he had established in the<br>
next two weeks were sure to be sent hay-wire. He began to think about which<br>crew members he would put in charge of which routines, and finally cut<br>himself off as he thought through the conversations that would be needed<br>
with engineering. "What the heck, " He growled to himself more than anyone<br>around him.<br><br>Toby was working on containing his anger, he wanted to scream and rant but<br>knew that would do no good. "Lox just informed us that a solar flare is<br>
heading straight for us. Completely, apparently, out of the blue and in a<br>completely different trajectory than any previous flares." The last bit<br>added based on what he already knew and where they had positioned the ship,<br>
out of immediate harm's way.<br><br>Justin blinked. then shook his head "Commander.. I'm sorry.. we can stand<br>down. The probe was just vaporized by that flare.. not us. As I said...<br>I was watching the probe's data, not the ship's."<br>
<br>Nick frowned at Lox's assessment, he already had mobilized most of security<br>to offer assistance where necessary... Mostly to ensure there was no<br>internal insanity while the rest of the ship dealt with external. Still<br>
though, he wanted to make sure the Ridge stayed in one piece... Once Lox<br>said they were green he relaxed... which consisted of his shoulders<br>dropping a hair. "How far away was the probe?" he asked. If it was<br>
close, then that meant the flare could still pose a viable threat...<br><br>"Um... " Justin rechecked the PADD "It was in the asteroid belt, at 247.45<br>mark 6 on the far side of the orbital plane from here."<br>
<br>Marcus blinked, "The flare was heading for the probe, not the ship? That's a<br>big difference commander."<br><br>The usual warm sparkling crystal blue gaze of Toby was gone, currently his<br>eyes were two crystal blue chuncks of ice, and from the tension around his<br>
jaw he had his teeth clenched, clenched fists finished off all the physical<br>clues of the XO's displeasure, finally he spoke, ever so softly, "Next time<br>Mr Lox, double check your readings before you report a threat to the ship."<br>
His hand came up, and tapped his badge, "Stand down red alert."<br><br>"Yes sir." Justin replied, and shook himself a bit to wake himself up more.<br>"I must be more tired than I though."<br>
<br></div></div></div></div><div><div><span id="q_123f21b07861092d_7" class="h4">- Hide quoted text -</span></div><div class="im">Vilqa gave Lox her own look if disbelief, "A probe was
confused with the vessel?" She furrowed her brow and looked toward the
door wondering if she aught simple walk straight out before the next
catastrophe occurred to baffle her mind. This had to all be some
unexplainable dream, she had damned good and disciplined officers
tonight's events brought awe to her beliefs.<br><br><<TBC >><br>
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