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05-04-2007, 21:37
The ISS Constellation NCC-25 was an elderly Constitution class cruiser. She didn't show her age though as she had recently undergone a major refit to her 40 year old hull.
The vessel was under the command of Commodore Matt Decker and was on a 2 year long expedition to explore the regions surrounding the Galactic Core.
The vessel was only a few light years from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. She had been exploring this region for the past 16 months and was almost at the point where she would be returning to Primus.
The voyage wasn't full of excitement as they hadn't encountered any hostilities. That was well and good for Decker and his crew. They weren't warriors, they were explorers.
The vessel's sensors had picked up a large mobile energy reading from the Delta Quadrant. The energy output from the object was certainly large. It was still 10 LY away, but the sensors were picking up the output without an issue.
After consulting with Starfleet Command, the Commodore was ordered into the nearby Delta Quadrant to investigate the object.
Decker ordered his vessel to warp factor 9 to intercept the object. He was really straining his engines, but the amount of energy emmitted by the object led to Starfleet ordering him to quickly intercept it.
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It had taken a day and a half , but the Constellation was now nearing the object.
Decker ordered his ship to impulse. The object was now on his viewer.
"Oh my God," he muttered. The object appeared on his viewer as a large blue cloud.
"Shall we enter the cloud?" asked the helmsman as he kept the ship on a steady course.
"Go ahead slowly," ordered Decker. "Science Station, are you getting any passive signals from the vessel?"
"Negative Captain," responded the Science Officer. "I am reading immense energy readings from the object. The power output readings are up to the 12th power. I don't know what is generating this cloud or if there is anything within it. I'd like permission to begin scanning the object."
"Permission granted, begin scans at your discretion," said Decker. He admitted he wanted to know more about what this object was.
"I'm reading an object within this cloud," stated the Science Officer. "Scanners show the cloud has a diameter of over 2 atmospheric units. It is my hypothesis that the object within the cloud is generating the power we are reading and the power is creating this cloud."
"Damn," remarked Decker as he computed the diameter of the cloud to be over 300,000,000 km.
"Hold on," remarked the Science Officer. "I'm getting new readings from within the cloud. There is an energy buildup!" The officer adjusted some switches before reporting again. "They are reading our scans as an offensive act! An energy discharge was just emitted from the object! It's coming for us."
"Red alert! Shields up" ordered Decker. "Helm, take evasive maneuvers."
The object within the cloud scanned the Constellation. The energy output of the scan was immense as it overloaded circuits causing sparks to fly out of overloaded systems and panels on the bridge of the elderly starship.
"Sir, I'm getting the energy output on the viewer!" stated the Science Officer.
"Onscreen," ordered Decker as his ship had now completed her sharp turn to starboard. The object was a large blue ball of energy emitted from the cloud.
The Connie was running at full impulse, but the object was gaining on them.
The TAO had locked rear phaser banks on the object. Decker ordered the Connie to fire. Two phaser bursts shot out from the emitters above the shuttlebay. The shots were absorbed by the blue energy ball and had no effect on it.
"15 seconds to collision," stated the science officer.
"Helm, put all auxiliary power on the impulse drive," ordered Decker. It made no use as the object kept on closing in on the vessel. "Hard to port, keep up evasive maneuvers. Let our port banks try to open fire on the object."
All of these orders were carried out. Once the port phaser banks fired, they had no effect as the earlier case was. The Connie went to starboard to continue her attempts to flee.
"5 seconds to impact, 4, 3, 2, 1"
The blue energy ball struck the rear of the vessel. Extra power was diverted to the shields at the last minute. It didn't matter. The energy was just too strong.
The first effect of the shot was the overloading and failure of all electrical systems on the ship.
Outside of the vessel, it appeared as if the blue energy ball engulfed the vessel. The vessel was absorbed by the blue energy. Once the entire vessel was engulfed, she disappeared. There was no trace of the Constellation or her 430 crewmembers.
The vessel was under the command of Commodore Matt Decker and was on a 2 year long expedition to explore the regions surrounding the Galactic Core.
The vessel was only a few light years from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. She had been exploring this region for the past 16 months and was almost at the point where she would be returning to Primus.
The voyage wasn't full of excitement as they hadn't encountered any hostilities. That was well and good for Decker and his crew. They weren't warriors, they were explorers.
The vessel's sensors had picked up a large mobile energy reading from the Delta Quadrant. The energy output from the object was certainly large. It was still 10 LY away, but the sensors were picking up the output without an issue.
After consulting with Starfleet Command, the Commodore was ordered into the nearby Delta Quadrant to investigate the object.
Decker ordered his vessel to warp factor 9 to intercept the object. He was really straining his engines, but the amount of energy emmitted by the object led to Starfleet ordering him to quickly intercept it.
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http://images.wikia.com/memoryalpha/en/images/a/a7/Vger_cloud.jpg
It had taken a day and a half , but the Constellation was now nearing the object.
Decker ordered his ship to impulse. The object was now on his viewer.
"Oh my God," he muttered. The object appeared on his viewer as a large blue cloud.
"Shall we enter the cloud?" asked the helmsman as he kept the ship on a steady course.
"Go ahead slowly," ordered Decker. "Science Station, are you getting any passive signals from the vessel?"
"Negative Captain," responded the Science Officer. "I am reading immense energy readings from the object. The power output readings are up to the 12th power. I don't know what is generating this cloud or if there is anything within it. I'd like permission to begin scanning the object."
"Permission granted, begin scans at your discretion," said Decker. He admitted he wanted to know more about what this object was.
"I'm reading an object within this cloud," stated the Science Officer. "Scanners show the cloud has a diameter of over 2 atmospheric units. It is my hypothesis that the object within the cloud is generating the power we are reading and the power is creating this cloud."
"Damn," remarked Decker as he computed the diameter of the cloud to be over 300,000,000 km.
"Hold on," remarked the Science Officer. "I'm getting new readings from within the cloud. There is an energy buildup!" The officer adjusted some switches before reporting again. "They are reading our scans as an offensive act! An energy discharge was just emitted from the object! It's coming for us."
"Red alert! Shields up" ordered Decker. "Helm, take evasive maneuvers."
The object within the cloud scanned the Constellation. The energy output of the scan was immense as it overloaded circuits causing sparks to fly out of overloaded systems and panels on the bridge of the elderly starship.
"Sir, I'm getting the energy output on the viewer!" stated the Science Officer.
"Onscreen," ordered Decker as his ship had now completed her sharp turn to starboard. The object was a large blue ball of energy emitted from the cloud.
The Connie was running at full impulse, but the object was gaining on them.
The TAO had locked rear phaser banks on the object. Decker ordered the Connie to fire. Two phaser bursts shot out from the emitters above the shuttlebay. The shots were absorbed by the blue energy ball and had no effect on it.
"15 seconds to collision," stated the science officer.
"Helm, put all auxiliary power on the impulse drive," ordered Decker. It made no use as the object kept on closing in on the vessel. "Hard to port, keep up evasive maneuvers. Let our port banks try to open fire on the object."
All of these orders were carried out. Once the port phaser banks fired, they had no effect as the earlier case was. The Connie went to starboard to continue her attempts to flee.
"5 seconds to impact, 4, 3, 2, 1"
The blue energy ball struck the rear of the vessel. Extra power was diverted to the shields at the last minute. It didn't matter. The energy was just too strong.
The first effect of the shot was the overloading and failure of all electrical systems on the ship.
Outside of the vessel, it appeared as if the blue energy ball engulfed the vessel. The vessel was absorbed by the blue energy. Once the entire vessel was engulfed, she disappeared. There was no trace of the Constellation or her 430 crewmembers.