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fardell2410. Departure
Aialah certainly hadn’t expected Nina to be a time travelling alien from a parallel universe. The TARDIS being larger on the inside than the outside certainly was a shock. “So, we’re travelling in time now?” she asked.
“Yes. Back in time five hundred years to a crashed Starship,” Nina answered.
“Crashed Starship?” Aialah asked.
“You’ll see.”
“I’d rather see your home planet.”
“Remember, it’s in another universe,” Nina said.
There was something in Nina’s tone. She was being evasive. ‘I’ll just keep asking,’ she decided. “So, no?”
“No,” Nina answered. “Come, I’ll show you more of the ship.”
The corridors looked similar to the Console Room, which Nina said was an auxiliary Console room. ‘So there’s more than one,’ Aialah thought.
They wandered through the corridors for some minutes, passing a library, swimming pool and conservatory before arriving at what Nina called the Main Console Room. It looked different to the other console room, with touch screens instead of the physical controls. “This looks more stylish,” she said.
“Yes. This is based off the Baffin’s interior.”
“You mean, you changed this room to look like a room in that ship?”
“Well, I didn’t. The TARDIS itself did,” Nina answered as she pressed some of the touch screens, producing some sounds. The time rotor in the center of the console started moving. “We’re almost there.”
“You’re saying the ship can change itself?”
“Yes. When we leave the ship, the outside will no longer be a motor home.”
“You did say it was a disguise,” Aialah stated.
Nina nodded as the room shook and then was still. “We should be in the Baffin’s Shuttle Bay.”
“Shuttle bay?”
“A hangar for the ship’s auxiliary craft.”
“Of course.”
Alpha was still annoyed that the Synth hadn’t managed to repair that ship, but she was able to confirm that the entire crew had evacuated as it broke up. There was an alert. “Alert. Crewman Nina’s TARDIS is arriving in the Shuttle Bay.”
“Computer, Transfer me to Shuttle Bay.”
Aialah followed Nina out of the TARDIS, into the Shuttle Bay. She saw that it had changed shape, but was still the same colour, that of the other craft nearby. She saw another woman there. “Hi.”
“Nina, you brought someone back with you?” she asked.
“Yes,” Nina answered “It wasn’t safe for her to stay. It shouldn’t be a violation of the Prime Directive.”
“If it wasn’t safe for her to stay, then it isn’t.”
“Aialah, this is Alpha.”
Aialah went up to Alpha, and shook her hand. There was something strange about her. ‘I’m not sure what it is…’
“I also have the data. But we need to talk about it.”
“Sure, but go to sickbay first,” Alpha said.
“Please state the nature of the medical emergency,” the EMH said as she activated.
“You’re an Artificial Intelligence doctor?” an unfamiliar woman asked.
“Yes,” the EMH answered.
“This is Aialah,” Crewman Nina said. “She’s from the future of the planet we’re on, in the late industrial era.”
“I see,” the EMH said. She grabbed one of the medical tricorders.
Aialah flinched.
“It’s a non-invasive scan.”
“I just went through, something…” Aialah said.
“I had to rescue her,” Nina explained.
“I’ll keep that in mind,” the EMH said.
Alpha looked over the reports Nina and the EMH had given her on Aialah. “So, she’s going to be OK?” she asked the EMH, who had come to the Bridge with Nina.
“Most likely,” the EMH said. She looked to Nina “We just need to be there for her.”
“She can help me with the data analysis,” Nina said.
There wasn’t much else for a librarian to do aboard the Baffin. “Of course,” Alpha said. “Talking about data…”
“I did copy the enitre World Network in Aialah’s time. The PADDs are still in the TARDIS,” Nina said.
“You can go and get them.”
Nina entered the Ready Room, where Alpha was listening to Klingon Opera. “You’re copying the data to the Main Computer now?” Alpha asked.
“Yes,” Nina answered.
“Is there a problem?” Alpha asked.
“While the download was going on, the TARDIS detected that there may be one or more emergent intelligences in the network. There may now be aspects of those intelligences in Baffin’s network, along with the Emergency Hologram Programs.”
“I wouldn’t worry. Starfleet’s computer security is very good.”
“Sure,” Nina said, although she wasn’t sure.
“If it causes a problem, I’ll be able to deal with it.”
“That’s good. So, I’ll get back to analysing the data.”
“First I’ll brief Aialah. But also we’re leaving the planet. We need to investigate Earth before we try to retrace the multiversial journey.”
“That’s a good idea.”
“However, you were late again.”
“How long?” Nina asked.
“Several days.”
“The TARDIS isn’t always accurate when it comes to landing at a specific time.”
“That could be a problem.”
“I’ll try to fix it.”
“Good.”
Alpha and Nina re-entered the Bridge where Aialah was waiting. “So, we’re going to be re-tracing the journey before the ship crashed?”
“Yes,” Alpha answered. “But first we need to investigate the home planet in this universe.”
“I guess so,” Aialah said.
Alpha approached the helm. “Computer, activate Emergency Navigational Hologram.”
The Emergency Navigational Hologram appeared. “Please state the nature of the Navigational Emergency.” He turned to Alpha. “Alpha!” he said with arms wide, and hugged her.
Alpha was uncomfortable. She didn’t know why he was programmed to be a… flirt. “Not now, Flyboy! We’re about to leave, to go to Earth.”
“Oh, of course. So, you have found a way to re-trace our journey?” The ENH asked, all business.
“Not yet,” Nina said.
“And you are?”
“Crewman Nina. I’ll introduce you to her and Crewman Aialah later.”
“Right,” the ENH said, turning back to the helm. “Running diagnostic. Helm reports nominal.”
“Good. Now, Nina, Aialah, take a seat. Pilot, begin launch sequence.”
“Launch sequence initiated. I have waited to say that!”
The Baffin’s long dormant thrusters activated, and the ship began to lift from the crash site.
In Engineering, Beta and Gamma looked over their consoles. “The inertial dampeners are working as they should,” Beta said.
“Power flow to thrusters is optimal.”
“Slightly sluggish,” the ENH reported. “There may be some vegetation entangled somewhere.”
“It’ll be fine,” Alpha said. “Get us into orbit, and the work bees can check the exterior over before we go further.”
“Right.”
The ship continued to lift from the crash site, vegetation and dirt falling as it did so.
Alpha looked out over the landscape. It was exhilarating to see the ship taking off.
“Height. 200 meters,” the ENH reported.
“Steady as she goes.”
“Aye.”
“Height: 500 meters,” the ENH reported. “Bringing full power to rear thrusters.”
Baffin tilted up 60 degrees and the rear thrusters powered up. The ship then accelerated.
Five minutes later, the ship achieved a low stable orbit.
“Preparing workbees for automatic scan of the exterior,” Nina reported.
The workbees checked over the ship’s exterior. The paint had had it, and some parts of the hull on the Stardrive Section were bent out of shape, but otherwise the ship was sound. “I estimate that it will take four hours to effect repairs if the work bees are automated,” Alpha said.
“Is that usual?” Nina asked.
“Not usual given our situation, but that is usual for a ship this size,” Alpha said.
“Right.”
“Run the automation protocol and Engineering will coordinate.”
“Aye.”
Whilst the work bees repaired the hull, Alpha introduced Nina and Aialah to the ENH. “What would you like to be called?” Nina asked.
The ENH considered this. “Certainly not ‘Flyboy,’ he said with a look at Alpha, who shrugged. “I’ll need to think about it. You can call me Pilot, though.”
“Sure,” Nina said.
As the repair continued, Alpha and Nina gave Aialah the overview of the history of the Federation and the Time Lords (although, the latter was comparatively compressed and left out the Time War, as Nina didn’t want to talk about it).
“Beta to the Bridge, hull repairs are complete. Warp drive is ready for your command.”
“Thanks, Beta,” Alpha said. She turned to the ENH. “Set course for Sector 001.”
“Aye, Captain,” the ENH said. He laid in the course. “Course is set.”
“Engage.”
The Baffin then went to warp.
“Holding at Warp 9.2,” the ENH reported. “ETA to Earth; two months, five days.”
“And how does that compare to my time measurements?” Aialah asked.
“Given that your planet’s rotational period is very close to Earth’s, just under 60 days, or one and a half long months,” Nina answered.
“Still a long time to be away…” Aialah considered.
“No matter how far away we get, within this universe, the TARDIS can still return to your time.”
“Good.”
Commanders Log, Day 1028. Baffin is now enroute to Earth. The logs indicate that the remaining crew didn't head to Earth upon entering this universe so we don't know what to expect. Crewman Aailah Alera-Kalrea has begun to adapt to life aboard the ship. It's going to be an interesting voyage.
Alpha got up from the Command Chair and paused the Klingon opera. She hoped Aialah would be able to recover on the ship and that Nina didn't make a big mistake.
Nina saw Alpha leave the bridge. 'Where's she going?' she wondered. She loaded the crew logs again. “So it was in 1974...”
Aialah certainly hadn’t expected Nina to be a time travelling alien from a parallel universe. The TARDIS being larger on the inside than the outside certainly was a shock. “So, we’re travelling in time now?” she asked.
“Yes. Back in time five hundred years to a crashed Starship,” Nina answered.
“Crashed Starship?” Aialah asked.
“You’ll see.”
“I’d rather see your home planet.”
“Remember, it’s in another universe,” Nina said.
There was something in Nina’s tone. She was being evasive. ‘I’ll just keep asking,’ she decided. “So, no?”
“No,” Nina answered. “Come, I’ll show you more of the ship.”
The corridors looked similar to the Console Room, which Nina said was an auxiliary Console room. ‘So there’s more than one,’ Aialah thought.
They wandered through the corridors for some minutes, passing a library, swimming pool and conservatory before arriving at what Nina called the Main Console Room. It looked different to the other console room, with touch screens instead of the physical controls. “This looks more stylish,” she said.
“Yes. This is based off the Baffin’s interior.”
“You mean, you changed this room to look like a room in that ship?”
“Well, I didn’t. The TARDIS itself did,” Nina answered as she pressed some of the touch screens, producing some sounds. The time rotor in the center of the console started moving. “We’re almost there.”
“You’re saying the ship can change itself?”
“Yes. When we leave the ship, the outside will no longer be a motor home.”
“You did say it was a disguise,” Aialah stated.
Nina nodded as the room shook and then was still. “We should be in the Baffin’s Shuttle Bay.”
“Shuttle bay?”
“A hangar for the ship’s auxiliary craft.”
“Of course.”
Alpha was still annoyed that the Synth hadn’t managed to repair that ship, but she was able to confirm that the entire crew had evacuated as it broke up. There was an alert. “Alert. Crewman Nina’s TARDIS is arriving in the Shuttle Bay.”
“Computer, Transfer me to Shuttle Bay.”
Aialah followed Nina out of the TARDIS, into the Shuttle Bay. She saw that it had changed shape, but was still the same colour, that of the other craft nearby. She saw another woman there. “Hi.”
“Nina, you brought someone back with you?” she asked.
“Yes,” Nina answered “It wasn’t safe for her to stay. It shouldn’t be a violation of the Prime Directive.”
“If it wasn’t safe for her to stay, then it isn’t.”
“Aialah, this is Alpha.”
Aialah went up to Alpha, and shook her hand. There was something strange about her. ‘I’m not sure what it is…’
“I also have the data. But we need to talk about it.”
“Sure, but go to sickbay first,” Alpha said.
“Please state the nature of the medical emergency,” the EMH said as she activated.
“You’re an Artificial Intelligence doctor?” an unfamiliar woman asked.
“Yes,” the EMH answered.
“This is Aialah,” Crewman Nina said. “She’s from the future of the planet we’re on, in the late industrial era.”
“I see,” the EMH said. She grabbed one of the medical tricorders.
Aialah flinched.
“It’s a non-invasive scan.”
“I just went through, something…” Aialah said.
“I had to rescue her,” Nina explained.
“I’ll keep that in mind,” the EMH said.
Alpha looked over the reports Nina and the EMH had given her on Aialah. “So, she’s going to be OK?” she asked the EMH, who had come to the Bridge with Nina.
“Most likely,” the EMH said. She looked to Nina “We just need to be there for her.”
“She can help me with the data analysis,” Nina said.
There wasn’t much else for a librarian to do aboard the Baffin. “Of course,” Alpha said. “Talking about data…”
“I did copy the enitre World Network in Aialah’s time. The PADDs are still in the TARDIS,” Nina said.
“You can go and get them.”
Nina entered the Ready Room, where Alpha was listening to Klingon Opera. “You’re copying the data to the Main Computer now?” Alpha asked.
“Yes,” Nina answered.
“Is there a problem?” Alpha asked.
“While the download was going on, the TARDIS detected that there may be one or more emergent intelligences in the network. There may now be aspects of those intelligences in Baffin’s network, along with the Emergency Hologram Programs.”
“I wouldn’t worry. Starfleet’s computer security is very good.”
“Sure,” Nina said, although she wasn’t sure.
“If it causes a problem, I’ll be able to deal with it.”
“That’s good. So, I’ll get back to analysing the data.”
“First I’ll brief Aialah. But also we’re leaving the planet. We need to investigate Earth before we try to retrace the multiversial journey.”
“That’s a good idea.”
“However, you were late again.”
“How long?” Nina asked.
“Several days.”
“The TARDIS isn’t always accurate when it comes to landing at a specific time.”
“That could be a problem.”
“I’ll try to fix it.”
“Good.”
Alpha and Nina re-entered the Bridge where Aialah was waiting. “So, we’re going to be re-tracing the journey before the ship crashed?”
“Yes,” Alpha answered. “But first we need to investigate the home planet in this universe.”
“I guess so,” Aialah said.
Alpha approached the helm. “Computer, activate Emergency Navigational Hologram.”
The Emergency Navigational Hologram appeared. “Please state the nature of the Navigational Emergency.” He turned to Alpha. “Alpha!” he said with arms wide, and hugged her.
Alpha was uncomfortable. She didn’t know why he was programmed to be a… flirt. “Not now, Flyboy! We’re about to leave, to go to Earth.”
“Oh, of course. So, you have found a way to re-trace our journey?” The ENH asked, all business.
“Not yet,” Nina said.
“And you are?”
“Crewman Nina. I’ll introduce you to her and Crewman Aialah later.”
“Right,” the ENH said, turning back to the helm. “Running diagnostic. Helm reports nominal.”
“Good. Now, Nina, Aialah, take a seat. Pilot, begin launch sequence.”
“Launch sequence initiated. I have waited to say that!”
The Baffin’s long dormant thrusters activated, and the ship began to lift from the crash site.
In Engineering, Beta and Gamma looked over their consoles. “The inertial dampeners are working as they should,” Beta said.
“Power flow to thrusters is optimal.”
“Slightly sluggish,” the ENH reported. “There may be some vegetation entangled somewhere.”
“It’ll be fine,” Alpha said. “Get us into orbit, and the work bees can check the exterior over before we go further.”
“Right.”
The ship continued to lift from the crash site, vegetation and dirt falling as it did so.
Alpha looked out over the landscape. It was exhilarating to see the ship taking off.
“Height. 200 meters,” the ENH reported.
“Steady as she goes.”
“Aye.”
“Height: 500 meters,” the ENH reported. “Bringing full power to rear thrusters.”
Baffin tilted up 60 degrees and the rear thrusters powered up. The ship then accelerated.
Five minutes later, the ship achieved a low stable orbit.
“Preparing workbees for automatic scan of the exterior,” Nina reported.
The workbees checked over the ship’s exterior. The paint had had it, and some parts of the hull on the Stardrive Section were bent out of shape, but otherwise the ship was sound. “I estimate that it will take four hours to effect repairs if the work bees are automated,” Alpha said.
“Is that usual?” Nina asked.
“Not usual given our situation, but that is usual for a ship this size,” Alpha said.
“Right.”
“Run the automation protocol and Engineering will coordinate.”
“Aye.”
Whilst the work bees repaired the hull, Alpha introduced Nina and Aialah to the ENH. “What would you like to be called?” Nina asked.
The ENH considered this. “Certainly not ‘Flyboy,’ he said with a look at Alpha, who shrugged. “I’ll need to think about it. You can call me Pilot, though.”
“Sure,” Nina said.
As the repair continued, Alpha and Nina gave Aialah the overview of the history of the Federation and the Time Lords (although, the latter was comparatively compressed and left out the Time War, as Nina didn’t want to talk about it).
“Beta to the Bridge, hull repairs are complete. Warp drive is ready for your command.”
“Thanks, Beta,” Alpha said. She turned to the ENH. “Set course for Sector 001.”
“Aye, Captain,” the ENH said. He laid in the course. “Course is set.”
“Engage.”
The Baffin then went to warp.
“Holding at Warp 9.2,” the ENH reported. “ETA to Earth; two months, five days.”
“And how does that compare to my time measurements?” Aialah asked.
“Given that your planet’s rotational period is very close to Earth’s, just under 60 days, or one and a half long months,” Nina answered.
“Still a long time to be away…” Aialah considered.
“No matter how far away we get, within this universe, the TARDIS can still return to your time.”
“Good.”
Commanders Log, Day 1028. Baffin is now enroute to Earth. The logs indicate that the remaining crew didn't head to Earth upon entering this universe so we don't know what to expect. Crewman Aailah Alera-Kalrea has begun to adapt to life aboard the ship. It's going to be an interesting voyage.
Alpha got up from the Command Chair and paused the Klingon opera. She hoped Aialah would be able to recover on the ship and that Nina didn't make a big mistake.
Nina saw Alpha leave the bridge. 'Where's she going?' she wondered. She loaded the crew logs again. “So it was in 1974...”
