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G.A.S. Exploreison

Signs And Portents

Part I

Shuttle was closing to the Exploreison. In the shuttle admiral and Gigerdius were talking: ”So captain, I truly have to grongatulate you.” Said the admiral to Gigerdius and he responded: ”I first didn't wanted this job, but then I had feeling that I have to accept. And why I was chosen, there was plenty of other captains.” ”Well you was an ambassador, so in first contact situations you should be good. And you were suggested.” ”By who?” ”I don't know.” ”You don't know?” ”Well, no” ”Whoever that was I don't know should I thank or kill he or she.” Then the shuttle was very close to the Exploreison and the admiral said: ”Well there it is, first of it's kind.”

These are the voyages of the starship Exploreison, it's mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new
civilizations and to boldly go where no gigerdian has gone before. Starring: Capt. Gigerdius, Lieutenant Sprak, Lieutenant
R'derex, Lieutenant Deket, Commander Grilka Also Starring Lieutenant Commander  Drill, Lieutenant Fhogli, Lieutenant
Ghi'la, Lieutenant Brian and Lieutenant Min'da.

And then Gigerdius said: ”Now when I look it... it looks like... well I don't know. By the way, why the name ”Exploreison”? ”One of the admirals just said so, I don't know where he get it.” ”Exploration would have been better, but anyway she's a fine ship” ”Yes, she is” Then the shuttle landed to the Exploreison's hangar. And when the door was opening admiral said: ”Most of the crew is at Peace Station, you will get them from there.” ”All right, good.” The shuttle began to land to the Exploreison's shuttle bay. Nobody were there, because the was only minimal crew onboard the Exploreison. When the shuttle had landed the admiral said: ”You will like this ship, I can assure you that.” ”Well I was building this ship, I know quite well what kind of it is.” answered Gigerdius. Then the shuttle door opened and Gigerdius said: ”Well not much of welcoming parties here.” ”Well, no.” then said the admiral. ”Do you want to go bridge or do you want to look around?” ”I could look around and I don't need any guide.” ”All right, if you need any help just come to the bridge I will be there.” said the admiral and then gigerdius answered: ”Good, good.” Then the admiral went to the turbolift and Gigerdius began to look around. There wasn't almost anyone in the corridors, not in the mess hall or in holodecks, but there was some people in engineering and auxiliary control. Gigerdius just walked hours and kilometers. He also visited in his quarters where he stopped at the door. He looked and said: ”My quarters is a holodeck, strange. I haven't seen these kind quarters in other ships. I should have looked more precisely this ships specs and also when I was building this. Computer, what programs are currently available here?” And then the computer answered: ”Current available room programs are: Gigerdius’s home, exploreison standard and exploreison special.” ”Activate program, exploreison standard.” ”Acknowledged.” said the computer and then the room chanced to standard exploreison's room, there wasn't much anything, only few tables, chairs, two holowindows, a replicator, a bed and a computer. When gigerdius had looked the quarter he said: ”Well, this isn't so good. Computer activate program Gigerdius’s home.” ”Acknowledged.” Then the quarter chanced as is his apartment and then gigerdius said: ”This is good, I think I’ll keep this.” It was quite big apartment, there was many rooms and many tables and chairs. Then gigerdius said: ”I hope there won't be any power failures.” And then there came problems, part of the room was becoming back to holoroom. Then gigerdius said: ”Gigerdius to engineering, what's going on?!” ”There's little power malfunction on the holodecks it will be fixed really soon.” said an engineering and gigerdius said: ”All right, good. Gigerdius out.” Then he want out from his room and went ot the bridge. There admiral was looking around and when the gigerdius came to there the admiral said: ”Good that you finally came, we are ready to go.” ”Good, so what's our first mission?” ”You'll get orders when the rest of the crew is here and I must go now because you should be going. And good luck captain.” ”Thanks.” and then the admiral pressed his communicator and said: ”One to beam up.” And then he was beamed to the shuttle that was waiting outside the ship. Captain Gigerdius sat to the captain's chair and thought that first time he can be in command of entire starship, it's one hell of responsibility, but still worth of risk. Then the rear helmsman said: ”Ready to go at your command, sir.” ”Set course to the peace station, jump 15.” ”Aye, sir.” Then the exploreison activated it's jump engines and jumped. ”the journey should only take three minutes, captain.” Said the rear helmsman and gigerdius answered: ”I’ll be in my ready room, contact me as soon we are at Peace Station.” ”Yes, sir.” Then he went to the ready room, he looked around for while and said: ”It seems they put ready room program already run, it's good that here are these holowindows.” Then he sat to his table and activated his computer. He accessed files that contained the profiles of the bridge crew. He was able to look those files only few minutes and then the rear helmsman said trough the communicator: ”Captain we have arrived at Peace Station.” ”I’ll be there.” Then he came from his room and looked at the view screen, Peace Station, the place where his ”copy” was messing around. He was back again, but not for long time. ”Tell the crew that they will come onboard in two hours.” ”Aye, sir.” said the rear communication officer. All the bridge crew personal were Gigerdians, only the real bridge had members from other species. ”I’ll visit the Peace Station to get the crew here, you are free to explore the station as well.” ”Thank you, sir.” Said the rear helmsman. Gigerdius was thinking in the turbolift, when he was on his way to the transporter room: Sir, it is first time somebody call me sir. Always everyone said gigerdius, or ambassador, but now they call me as captain or sir. I don't know did I really wanted to be a captain or any military officer. Well this promotion came really easy to me, I had only worked at space docks. It wasn't the best job, but it was a job. Then the turbolift came to the transporter room decks and gigerdius went to the only operating transporter room and said to the rear transporter chief: ” Beam me to Peace Station, just somewhere there.” ”Yes, sir.” ”Energize.” Then he was beamed to the Peace Station. There he was now at Gigerdian section, there wasn't almost anyone, just few humans and few gigerdians.  He looked around few minutes until one Folan came to speak with him, he was wearing gigerdi alliance's military's uniform. He said: ”Are you the captain Gigerdius?” ”Yes, I'm.” ”Well, I’, the security chief of that starship.” ”Security chief?” ”Yes, is that little surprising?” ”No, I just haven't ever seen Folan as security chief. Where did you serviced before?” ”I came straight from the academy, as everyone, except the first officer and chief engineer.” ”Almost everyone, well it seems they now want to test group of ensigns in the most historic ship, well you should prepare to leave and tell the others also that we leave in two hours.” ”Most of them already know, but I’ll tell them.” ”Good, I’ll look this station still little while.” ”Yes, sir.” Then the security chief R'derex left and gigerdius continued just look and think. Gigerdius visited in every deck, even in the hemmoian and bakteerian sections. When the two hours had went there cane sound from his communicator: ”Captain, all the crew members are onboard.” said acting communication officer and gigerdius said: ”Good. Transporter room beam me up.” ”Yes, sir.” Then the gigerdius was beamed from the Peace Station, to the transporter room. Then he went to the bridge, there was the real bridge crew waiting. When he came from the turbolift door many people were standing there, there was a Folan, two humans, three gigerdians, a member from the t-race, a Parlien and a Lihter. ”Well it seems everyone is here, good.” said gigerdius and then one gigerdian step forward and said: ”Commander Grilka reporting to duty, sir. I'm the first officer of this ship.” ”Grilka, wasn't you the captain of G.F.S. Exes?” ”Yes, it was a Galaxy class ship.” ”Was?” ”Yes, it was destroyed in the last attack to the Dominion, I was then a first officer of U.F.S. Excelsior.” ”Exes destroyed I haven't heard about it, well sad, but you were in a federation starship?” ”Yes, I was ordered to there because Excelsior needed first officer quick.” ”Well, it was good that you weren't in the Exes, but I'm sure you will make fine job here.” ”Thank you, sir.” Then a member from T-race came forward and said: ”Lieutenant Min’da reporting to duty.” ”And you are?” ”I'm counselor of this ship.” then she moved away and one gigerdian moved forward and said: ”Ensign Fhogli reporting for duty, I'm this ship's weapon officer.” Then he moved away and again another gigerdian moved forward and said: ”Ensign ghi’la reporting to duty sir, I'm communication officer of this ship.” Then one human moved forward and said: ”Lieutenant commander drill reporting for duty sir, I'm the chief engineer.” Then another human moved forward and said: ”Ensign Brian reporting for duty sir, I'm the helmsman.” then one Lihter moved forward and said: ”Lieutenant Sprak reporting for duty sir, I'm the science officer.” then after him one Folan moved forward and said: ”Lieutenant R'derex reporting for duty sir, I'm the security chief.” then the last one one Parlien moved forward and said: ”Lieutenant Deket reporting for duty sir, I'm the doctor.” ”Good that everyone was here, well man your stations.” Then the doctor came to speak with the gigerdius: ”Captain, will I stay here or will I go to the medical bay.” ”Well, I think that you better stay here until we get our orders.” ”I, sir.” ”Ensign Ghi’la contact gigerdian command and ask what are our orders.” Said gigerdius and Ghi’la answered: ”Aye, sir.” Then after few seconds she said: ”Captain gigerdian command is now hailing us.” ”On screen.” There came picture of Mad Gigerdi, former emperor and he said: ”So ”captain” it seems that most of your crew is there.” ”What you most?” ”Well, there isn't much of medical, security or engineer personnel, security personal doesn't have it's real second in command personal, that's why ensign T’lar is now second in command of the security teams.” ”But we have security chief here.” ”I know, but there always should be someone who can lead the security personnel, in case of emergency or something else, but lets get down the business, shall we?” ”Yes, sir.” ”You will be accompanied by three other ships, Peace, which is commanded by me, gromi, a nebula and fretecs, which is a space class ship. Our first mission is to go explore the remains of dominion's homeworld, once we arrive to your current location set course to founders homeworld at jump 100. Mad Gigerdi out.” ”Captain their ships are jumping out now.” ”Good, well set course to founders homeworld, jump 100.” ”Aye, sir.” Said brian and then he engaged the jump engines, when the exploreison had jumped, the other ships jumped also. Then gigerdius said: ”I’ll be in my ready room.” ”Captain may I speak with you.” Said Drill and gigerdius answered: ”Yes, we can talk in my ready room.” When captain arrived to his ready room, he sat to his chair and said to Brian: ”So, what is that you want to talk?” ”Well, as you might know I have been 50% in starfleet academy and 50% in gigerdian academy.” ”Yes.” ”Well, I'm not fully familiar about gigerdian computer systems and other things, but I think I can be as chief engineer.” ”I think so too, but didn't you serve in some ship?” ”It was Starfleet’s ship, not gigerdian, but I have been little time in one gigerdian ship.” ”So you have been in both gigerdian and human ships, how did you managed in that gigerdian ship?” ”Well I didn't have any problems there.” ”Well that's good, I think you'll manage here just fine. Well return to your duties and you better go to engineering, to check that things are OK, because we don't know what might come when we are at the dominion's homeworld.” ”Aye, sir.” Said Drill and went to turbolift and by that to engineering. Gigerdius was just sitting, doing nothing. After a minute Fhogli said trough the communicator: ”Captain, we are detecting a ship on long range sensor, we can't identify it.” ”I’ll come there.” Then he came out from his ready room and sat on the captain's chair. Then he put computer in front of him and looked the data about this unidentified vessel. This design look familiar. Are you sure you can't identify this ship.” ”Positive.” said Fhogli ”Have you checked all the ship databanks?” ”Yes, except classifieds.” ”Well I check those.” said gigerdius and then Ghi’la said: ”Captain, Peace is hailing us.” ”Tell them to wait.” Gigerdius was checking the classified database and found one ship that matched it. ”Damn, it can be them.” ”Captain?” said Min’da and gigerdius answered: ”Nothing, that ship matches to a Gorg destroyer. Not much, but still it also looks like Gorg destroyer. Well put Peace's messages trough.” ”Aye, sir. ” Said Ghi’la and then the picture of Mad Gigerdi appeared to the screen: ”Our sensors have detected an unidentified vessel, and I want your ship to go explore what kind of ship that is.” ”All right, we'll go there. Will you continue to the Founders homeworld or are you coming with us?” ”We'll observe the situation from longer distance. Peace out.” ”Well set course for that vessel, maximum jump!” ”Yes, sir.” Answered Brian and then the Exploreison chanced it's course for that unknown vessel, the exploreison arrived there immediately and started scanning. ”Captain, I'm reading strange power source in that ship. I can't identify it and It doesn't appear have any life signs.” said Sprak and captain asked: ”Are you sure that there is no life signs?” ”I am, captain.” ”Well, I suppose we could send an away team to there, Sprak, Drill, Fhogli, R'derex come with me and R'derex prepare few security officers because we might...” ”Captain the Gorg ship, it's doing something!” Said Fhogli and Gigerdius asked: ”What? Magnify the gorg ship... What's it doing.” Then the gorg ship launched some kind of ”thing”. And Gigerdius said: ”What's that? ” then Sprak answered: ”Sensors can't penetrate it, whatever it is, it has some kind of engine system and it's heading right towards us.” ”Raise shields, now!” Said gigerdius and Fhogli answered: ”Shields are up, captain. Captain I lost that, whatever it was.” ”What!?” ”It just disappeared. I'm scanning, but I can't find it... Wait! I think... IT APPEARED IN OUR SHIELDS!!!” ”EVASIVE MANEUVERS!!!” Shouted gigerdius and Fhogli shouted: ”IT'S TOO LATE.” Then the Gorg torpedo hit to the Exploreison's hull, making much damage. When the torpedo had impacted gigerdius said: ”Damage report!” And Drill said: ”Outer hull is damaged, no system damage and no casualties.” ”Well there is at least one good thing when you don't have full crew.” ”captain that gorg ship, it's power systems are going off-line.” Said Sprak and Gigerdius asked: ”What's going on, on that ship?” ”I'm not sure, but it seems that their power systems are going off-line.” ”Are their defensive systems off-line as well?” asked Gigerdius and Sprak answered: ”Yes, but their life-support is still on-line and there appears to be oxygen inside, but still I'm not reading any life signs.” ”Well now we perhaps go to little away mission, Sprak, Drill, Fhogli, R'derex come with me and R'derex prepare few security officers because we might need them there and Grilka you have the command!” ”Yes, captain.” Said Grilka and Gigerdius went to turbolift with all others that are going to the away mission. R'derex went to get some security officers and then went with them to the transporter room. There others were waiting. And Gigerdius said: ”Well, looks like everyone is here, Aikon beam us to there.” ”Energizing.” Then everyone was beamed to the Gorg vessel. There Sprak began scanning and said: ”I'm reading few faint life signs, captain.” Then Ensign T’lar one of the security officers has moved little to another room and said: ”Captain, there are lot of Gorgs and what I can tell, they had one hell of fire fight here.” ”Strange, Sprak do you read any other life forms here except those gorgs and us?” said Gigerdius and Sprak scanned little while and answered: ”No, I'm not reading any other life forms. But those gorgs have been hit by some kind of plasma weapon.” ”Plasma weapons... Sprak scan those gorgs and tell what kind of weapons they have.” ”Yes, captain... They have advanced plasma weapons, and what I can tell they've have been hit by these weapons.” ”What! Do you mean that these gorgs had some kind of civil war here?” Asked R'derex and Sprak answered: ”Apparently yes, I don't why they've did this, but we might get more information from the Gorg computers.” ”Yes, that would be good idea, make it so.” Then Sprak went to one of the computers and said: ”Captain this computer requires Gorg to activate it.” ”So where can we get a living gorg, or can it be activated to dead Gorg?” asked gigerdius and sprak answered: ”There seems to be scanners which scans the gorg and I think that if it's not alive, it won't accept it.” ”Damn! How the hell we suppose to get that information now.” Then Min’da said trough the communicator: ”I might be able to access the computer.” ”But you're not gorg and you're energy not any solid.” ”I'm capable of accessing to gorg computers.” ”All right, come here then.” said gigerdius and then Min’da went to transporter room and beamed herself to the gorg ship: ”Where is the computer?” ”There.” said gigerdius and pointed to a computer where sprak was scanning. Then Min’da placed her hand to there where gorgs usually put their hands when they're accessing the computer after few seconds she said: ”I was able to access the gorg database.” ”Good, but try to make this fast.” said gigerdius and he was little worried. Then Sprak said: ”Captain, I'm reading malfunction in the gorg’s reactor core.” And then Min’da also said: ”The self-destruct has been activated, I can't stop it.” ”How much we will have time?” Asked gigerdius and min’da answered: ”About 10 minutes.” ”All right we'll stay here for five minutes and then we'll leave.” ”Captain, I suggest that you should leave and all of you I’ll stay here and collect as much data as I can.” ”I can't let you do that, we'll not leave you here.” The Sprak said: ”Captain, life-support systems have failed and oxygen seems to running out fast, we should leave while we can.” ”I can survive without oxygen.” said Min’da and gigerdius said: ”All right, but we'll get you out of here as soon as possible.” Then T’lar said: ”Captain this gorg seems to be alive.” Then the gorg took her hand and said: ”They are coming for you...” And then he died and gigerdius asked: ”What happened?” ”The Gorg just said that: they are coming for you, and then he died.” ”Strange, well we should be going now.” Then gigerdius, fhogli, sprak and all the security officers gathered and then gigerdius said: ”Six to beam up.” then they're beamed back to Exploreison. Then Gigerdius, Sprak and Fhogli went to bridge, R'derex and the security officers went to security center. When they arrived to bridge Drill said: ”Captain, there is fluctuation in our EPS power grid.” ”What kind of fluctuation?” ”Jump drives seems to be inoperative, Impulse engines are working only at 50% and shields can't get full power.” ”What cause this?” ”I think it was the gorg torpedo, the reason why we first didn't notice this was because the torpedo made this happen now.” ”Can you get it fixed?” ”I can, but it would take few hours to do it.” ”We don't have so much time, how long it would take to repair the jump drives?” ”They're the hardest, my guess is... perhaps two hours.” ”Well what about impulse engines?” ”Hour and shields hour also.” ”Damn, we don't have much time. Min’da how long will it take you to get that information?” ”Few minutes captain, it's me hard to access the gorg database.” ”Sprak how much time we have?” ”Two minutes.” ”Bridge to transporter room, have you able to lock on min’da?” ”No, her pattern is hard to lock on because she is energy.” Then sprak said: ”The gorg’s reactor core is closing to critical.” ”Come on Min’da.” ”One minute until the gorg reactor core is in critical.” said sprak And then drill said: ”Power systems on that gorg ship are failing.” Then Min’da said: ”I have the information.” ”30 seconds until the reactor is critical.” said sprak and gigerdius said: ”Transporter room can you lock on to Min’da.” ”I'm trying, but the transporter is hard to recognize her.” ”Gorg reactor core is going critical, core breach in 40 seconds.” said sprak. Brian ready impulse engines and be ready to engage them.” then the transporter chief said: ”I was able to beam Min’da out from the gorg ship, but I can't materialize her, but I think we can go now.” ”Get us the hell out of here Brian.” ”Aye, sir.” ”Core breach in five seconds.” Then Brian engaged impulse engines and they started to move out from the gorg ship. ”Core breach imminent!” Then the gorg ship exploded and huge shock wave came from it and sprak said: ”This speed the shock wave will reach us in one minute.” ”Can't we go any faster!?” ”No, that's all I can give and I can't get jump drives online! Inertial dampers are also affected.” ”That's why this place is shaking so much.” ”Captain, I'm reading Peace in our sensor.” Then the Peace engaged it's tractor beam to Exploreison ”They engaged tractor beam to us.” And then Mad Gigerdi said in the bridge of Peace: ”Jump two, engage!” Then Peace jumped. At Exploreison Sprak said: ”The Peace has jumped and took us with it. But I'm reading malfunction in their tractor beam.” ”Captain our shields are getting stronger.” Said Drill and gigerdius asked: ”Why?” and sprak answered: ”Peace's tractor beam seems now transferring energy to us. And the structural integrity is falling in both ships, at this rate both ships will be destroyed in five minutes.”