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current_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_3 [2021/06/02 01:37] – cromwellcurrent_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_3 [2021/06/13 15:29] (current) – cromwell
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 "Tactical display," St. John ordered hurriedly.  "Show me the whole picture from the subspace relay network." "Tactical display," St. John ordered hurriedly.  "Show me the whole picture from the subspace relay network."
  
-As the image switched to a digital computer map of the star system, the highly-elliptical orbit of Gamma Serpentis Base around the red giant came into view on a grid-patterned visual.  The verteron beam that was creating the Geodesic pulse was portrayed with a pulsating yellow line that ran straight and tangential from the base's current orbital location directly to the star.  A numeric readout in the lower right corner depicted the time to intercept of Republic with the Geodesic fold.+As the image switched to a digital computer map of the star system, the highly-elliptical orbit of Gamma Serpentis Base around the red giant came into view on a grid-patterned visual.  The verteron beam that was creating the Geodesic pulse was portrayed with a pulsating yellow line that ran straight and tangential from the base's current orbital location directly to the star over twenty million kilometers away.  A numeric readout in the lower right corner depicted the time to intercept of Republic with the Geodesic fold.
  
 "Destruct trigger on my mark," he raised a finger while watching the time tick down to contact with the fold.  Louise's hand hovered over a blinking red button on the transporter console as the timer approached the one-minute mark, causing St. John to verbally count down the seconds.  "Three... two... one... mark!" "Destruct trigger on my mark," he raised a finger while watching the time tick down to contact with the fold.  Louise's hand hovered over a blinking red button on the transporter console as the timer approached the one-minute mark, causing St. John to verbally count down the seconds.  "Three... two... one... mark!"
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 On the main front monitor, a tactical display of the Ophiuchus 42 system showed the telemetry downlink from the Gamma Quadrant subspace buoy network.  As with the previous visual on Republic's transporter room viewer, the same elliptical orbital of Gamma Serpentis around the red giant star showed the digital rendition of the pulsating yellow verteron beam overlaid on a grid-patterned background.  Accentuated by an offset text box, the words "USS REPUBLIC" showed the location of the distant Galaxy class starship as it loomed ever closer to the Class-K star.  Starfleet personnel sprinted to different stations as the ship was brought to red alert, and the helm station prepared to break orbit. On the main front monitor, a tactical display of the Ophiuchus 42 system showed the telemetry downlink from the Gamma Quadrant subspace buoy network.  As with the previous visual on Republic's transporter room viewer, the same elliptical orbital of Gamma Serpentis around the red giant star showed the digital rendition of the pulsating yellow verteron beam overlaid on a grid-patterned background.  Accentuated by an offset text box, the words "USS REPUBLIC" showed the location of the distant Galaxy class starship as it loomed ever closer to the Class-K star.  Starfleet personnel sprinted to different stations as the ship was brought to red alert, and the helm station prepared to break orbit.
  
-Suddenly, the computerized dot that represented the gigantic attack platform in the system vanished, immediately followed by an expanding red ring representing a class-ten shockwave.  It followed the termination point of the yellow verteron beam all the way to Ophiuchus 42, reaching the star moments after the Republic disappeared.  As the wavefront surpassed the star, it eventually made it's way to the nearest subspace monitoring buoy, causing the entire screen to flicker into fits of static before going black.+Suddenly, the computerized dot that represented the gigantic attack platform in the system vanished, immediately followed by an expanding red ring representing a class-ten shockwave.  It followed the termination point of the yellow verteron beam all the way to Ophiuchus 42, reaching the star moments after the Republic disappeared.  As the wavefront surpassed the star, it generated a subspace interference field so strong, that it overloaded the sensors of the nearest subspace monitoring buoy two light years away, causing the entire screen on the Chancellor's bridge to flicker into fits of static before going black.
  
 "... What just happened?" stared the captain, gawking at the blank screen as the rest of the crew stood speechless.  For his part, the red-haired first officer also took notice of the event, standing up to gape at the unexpected loss of signal. "... What just happened?" stared the captain, gawking at the blank screen as the rest of the crew stood speechless.  For his part, the red-haired first officer also took notice of the event, standing up to gape at the unexpected loss of signal.
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