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current_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_1 [2021/02/01 02:30] – cromwellcurrent_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_1 [2021/02/28 05:07] – cromwell
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 ====== The Sword of Ophiuchus, Part 1 ====== ====== The Sword of Ophiuchus, Part 1 ======
  
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 "About twelve hours," said Theo, making a final pass with the medical tricorder over Saal's body.  "After that, no more warp drive." "About twelve hours," said Theo, making a final pass with the medical tricorder over Saal's body.  "After that, no more warp drive."
  
-"Will shutting down the cloaking device give us any more time?+"Will shutting down the cloaking device give us any more time?"
  
 "Maybe a few more hours, but I refuse to do that," he insisted, snapping shut the tricorder.  "It's the only thing keeping those Federation ships from detecting us." "Maybe a few more hours, but I refuse to do that," he insisted, snapping shut the tricorder.  "It's the only thing keeping those Federation ships from detecting us."
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 "No," Saal shook his head emphatically with dread.  "No, there's GOT to be somewhere else!  Another planet somewhere close by!  ANYWHERE but there!" "No," Saal shook his head emphatically with dread.  "No, there's GOT to be somewhere else!  Another planet somewhere close by!  ANYWHERE but there!"
  
-"Saal," Theo commiserated.  "There's NOTHING out this far way from the wormhole except navigational buoys and communications arrays.  We're far from ANY charted area that the Federation has ever explored.  It's either that fleet or Gamma Serpentis.  We can't reach anywhere else before our warp drive becomes inoperable."+"Saal," Theo commiserated.  "There's NOTHING out this far away from the wormhole except navigational buoys and communications arrays.  We're far from ANY charted area that the Federation has ever explored.  It's either that fleet or Gamma Serpentis.  We can't reach anywhere else before our warp drive becomes inoperable."
  
 "Take your chances with the fleet!" he blurted out, standing up from the biobed.  He held his hands out in desperation.  "Gamma Serpentis is the lion's den!  We're not ready to tackle another infiltration mission yet!" "Take your chances with the fleet!" he blurted out, standing up from the biobed.  He held his hands out in desperation.  "Gamma Serpentis is the lion's den!  We're not ready to tackle another infiltration mission yet!"
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 **Timeframe: One hour later** **Timeframe: One hour later**
  
-As it turned out, a poker face was not needed.  As the ship approached the coordinates, they pierced the cloaking field without challenge over the communication channels.  All subspace frequencies were eerily silent.  At a distance of over twenty kilometers, the base was already filling a sizable portion of their viewport.  The gargantuan 2000-deck station was painted from top to bottom in matte black, and shaped somewhat like a giant seahorse.  It's ebony-colored surface was difficult to discern against the black backdrop of space, and at first glance, the only way they knew it was even there was due to the muted reflection of the nearby star in combination with the starless expanse of nothingness in front of them.+As it turned out, a poker face was not needed.  As the ship approached the coordinates, they pierced the cloaking field without challenge over the communication channels.  All subspace frequencies were eerily silent.  At a distance of over five kilometers, the base was already filling a sizable portion of their viewport.  The gargantuan 2000-deck station was painted from top to bottom in matte black, and shaped somewhat like a giant seahorse.  It's ebony-colored surface was difficult to discern against the black backdrop of space, and at first glance, the only way they knew it was even there was due to the muted reflection of the nearby star in combination with the starless expanse of nothingness in front of them.
  
 As they approached, the two men noted that the base was slowly tumbling with respect to its orbital plane to the nearby red giant, not bothering to maintain any sort of attitude or directional control.  Although the surface contained tens of thousands of windows and portholes, none were lit from within, indicating that station operations were far from normal. As they approached, the two men noted that the base was slowly tumbling with respect to its orbital plane to the nearby red giant, not bothering to maintain any sort of attitude or directional control.  Although the surface contained tens of thousands of windows and portholes, none were lit from within, indicating that station operations were far from normal.
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