<snip> "I want you to join Mr. Gomez here on working with our problem with the temporal shields," Rick said, before turning to Gomez. "Besides, I don't want any of us wondering around this ship alone again until we get out of this mess." They both nodded and left engineering. Jason looked at Gomez "This really sucks!!! " For the 2nd time in his life Jason was once again trapped in a different time frame. <snip> Ensign Gomez smiled as he looked at Jason, "I'm sure just about everyone else on this ship would agree with you." As they walked, Hector studied the other man. Something just didn't seem right. "I don't think I've seen you before," Gomez said. "I mean I haven't been on this ship that long, but I think I've got a pretty good feel for everyone in engineering. You though ... I'm just not sure I've seen you around." Jason smiled slightly and looked at the young Ensign "Thats because in this time frame i haven't reported aboard yet" Jason turned down a corridor before Continuing "Hell i don't even know what year this is" "There have been some mornings after a wild night where I didn't know what day it was, but what year ..." Hector said. "That's a new one. Anyway, the year is 2405. Stardate 240508.XX to be exact. We currently have a couple of teams on a ship that was reported missing ... the Gott." Jason nodded slowly "2405 The Gott" He muttered the name seemed familiar for some reason "That happened 3 weeks before i came aboard" He remembered quite clearly as Half the Engineering crew had died or aged quite a bit and had to be replaced. While he was talking he hadn't noticed how his appearance started to change his uniform a strange mixture of the old uniforms of this time and the new design from his own time, His comm badge was a twisted mess. The effect seemed to be growing the closer they got to the shield generators. "Let me get this straight," Hector said. "There's another you, probably on Starbase Bragg, waiting for us to get back." Jason smiled "I guess so" He replied looking at the sleave of his tunic which had reverted to the Yellow colour he was used to. "Does that mean there will be two of you, then?" Hector asked, a little puzzled. "I hope not, My Wife always said one of me was enough" He replied, he thought back to his home and the kids but that was 400 years ago "Besides there was only one of me when i came aboard so lets hope that things return to normal around here" Gomez merely chuckled at the comment as they arrived at the shield generator. There were many things he wasnted to ask Stephens, but decided that this was not the time. 'Maybe later,' Hector thought. "I have no idea how this cockamamie idea of Rick's will work, but if we can get put a stop to these temporal distortions, then so much the better," Hector said as they went to work. OOC>>If you have anything to add, then go ahead. If not, then feel free to go ahead and send. Thanks for the JL. Ensign Jason Stephens Assistant Engineering Officer U.S.S. Chimera and Ensign Hector Gomez (npc) Assistant Engineering Officer U.S.S. Chimera