Episode Seventeen: Protocol and Deceit

[Jonathon "Yoda" Harrison]

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Bridge

Shaking his head, Harrison agreed, "Sadly there is no time. I have no intention of letting them take control of this ship." Turning to the console in the wall, Jonathon spoke, "Initiate destruct procedure Alpha-One-Sierra." The computer replied, "To initiate destruct procedure, four senior crew authorizations are required. Please state the crew members present." "Chief Warrant Officer 3 Tony Hansford, Captain Destiny Andre, Squadron Leader Nolen Syiara, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathon Harrison," the Lieutenant Colonel said. The computer processed the information before saying, "Please enter authorizations in the order personnel were stated."

Turning to the others, Harrison said, "Step up to the console and scan your retina ... when it beeps, state your name and position, and enter your service number."

<Tag Nolen, Destiny, and Tony>

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When the three had finished, Harrison stepped back over to the console and put his eye to the device. When it beeped, he stated, "Lieutenant Colonel Jonathon Harrison, Commanding Officer. 073-57-1155." The ship's lighting turned to ambient red, and the computer called out, "Destruct authorization confirmed. Please state Alpha-One-Sierra level." Harrison spoke, "Destruct level six-nine-four-echo. Three minutes." After a moment's pause, the computer confirmed, "Destruct sequence Alpha-One-Sierra, level Six-Nine-Four-Echo confirmed for three minute countdown. Countdown initiated. There will be no further audible warnings."

Turning to the senior crew members, Harrison said, "It's done. Let's get the crew beamed off now, we go last. Chief, I want the black box to come with us. I want that recording of the enemy commander's transmission included, and all data from the time we dropped out of hyperspace. Nolen, you get beaming everyone off. Destiny, keep an eye on the ship's sensors and beaming coordinate with Nolen. I want everyone off this ship in two minutes!"

<Tag Bridge>

OOC: The 'Black Box' records relevant data for an air/space craft for review later on. On Earth's interstellar cruisers, it is housed near the front of the bridge

[Tony Hansford]

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Bridge

Tony stepped up to the console, scans his retina and opens his mouth, "Warrant Office Class Three Tony Hansford, Crew Chief 182-89-1438", he says as he types in his activation code, Harrison telling him to grab the Black Box.

He runs towards the black box, pulling out a PDA and telling the black box to send every bit of information from the ship to the box, he place his PDA on the box and walks towards an Asgard Core Crystal, it was a main backup of that system, he'd installed it himself when the American refit had started, he pulled out the crystal, it contained every bit of information from the core, and a backup of the ships database.

He ran towards the black box yanking it from the wall, "Nolen, beam me down to engineering, I need to get something important!", he says, pulling a beaming locator from his pocket, there was another in there for himself, but something important needed to be taken with them, it would take him a second.

< Tag : Harrison & Nolen >

[Kara Wolenczak]

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Corridors

"Thanks, much appreciated."

"No problem! We're here for each other always." Kara replied as she fought off a dizzy spell. Then their journey to the beaming point began.

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"So, how was your day?" he asks with a sarcastic tone. "Just joking. I wonder what's happening to the Icarus. Those blasts looked like they were meant to disable us. Definitely not friendly fire. Was this all a trap? Or did something unexpected occur? Sheesh, I have too many questions. I wonder where we're getting beamed to. Ah, my arm hurts. Maybe I shouldn't be worried too much. We'll get out of here alive, and that's all that matters."

"Peachy!" She replied to the sarcastic question in a equal tone. "I think you're right. I wouldn't be surprised if this was a trap and we fell right into it. It wouldn't be the first time! It's my luck! I keep falling in traps I don't want to fall into. As long as there is breathable air I don't care where we're going to. We'll be picked up by someone somehow, we always do. Everything is gonna be OK in the end." She said in a somewhat joking tone while she mulled the situation in her mind. The swiftness of the attack did imply a planned trap though and with extended intelligence information to say the least.

<< Tag Jimmy >>

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Emergency Beaming Location

After some time talking and joking around, Jimmy and Kara reached the beaming location. He was a cool guy, she thought. They didn't have the best start, but it went well after that. Kara felt like she had made yet another new friend. Not that it wasn't easy for her to make friends with people, but she is always glad when one is made. Somehow they had managed to get there. The place was busy with activity. Medical personnel was trying to tend to the ever growing number of somewhat or badly injured people pilling up at the room.

"Thanks, I can take it from here." he tells Kara as he removes his arm from her hand. "I guess there's nothing left to do but wait."

"You're welcome! Anytime." Kara said with a smile as she leaned over the wall. "I guess you're right. So let's wait." She managed to say as her head got worse and she took a few minutes to just lean there and take deep breaths as Jimmy took care of his arm.

Looking over at Kara, who was against the bulkhead, holding her head, he told her, "You should probably do the same. Best to stop the bleeding now before you pass out."

Kara barely heard Jimmy. She tried to move to comply to his words, but it was too late. Whatever inner strength that had brought her so far vanished as she fell to the ground unconscious due to her head injury.

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