===== Astrometrics ===== As they launched probes and Oriana determined time frame they are in, Terek and Alex tried to find out where the ion track of the X'Chi is leading. Now that he wasn't moving, he began to fell cold as for he was still half naked since that little plastic surgery in the holodeck and he hadn't time to bother with such trivial problems. But now he suddenly shivered as cold stream of spoiled air touched his back. Alex saw him, and came to him. "Here take it, I know it'll be small, but better something than nothing." And she was handing him over her jacket. He put it on, "Thanks, You're right better something than nothing." He smiled at her, but when she looked at him she began to laugh. "You... you look like overgrovn child...." she squezed from her mouth gasping for breath. It was more than obvious as for sleeves of the jacket reached only to the half of his forearms and he could only dream about zipping it. Also it was shorter than he was used to so part of his waist was out as well, but at least he felt more warm than in past few hours. He just looked at Alex. "It isn't funny. It isn't my fault that I have no longer my clothes and I suppose that for some time it'll be quite difficult to get near the tailor shop." "I know I know, but, it's just...." and she broke to laugh once more. "Oh, I'll remember this one...." "Noooo, I'm sorry really, I just couldn't help myself...." She said apologeticaly with little smile he could't never resist. So he smiled back. "I know you didn't mean it.... but when things get to normal again, I want to see you in something tight as well, and it won't be a jacket." He added in quiet tone. "But we should get back to work..." "You're right." And with that they returned to their consoles and began to work on the sensor data again. But Terek leaned over to her as he was trying to calculate time that would take them to reach the coordinates of the eggs only drifting from the momentum with which they came through the anomaly and said. "Why I can't get rid of idea that you've done it purpousefully?" He asked in low and curious tone. "Me what do you think of me Werranis?" She responded in voice about what there couldn't be any doubts... "You malevolent minx" He said smiling widely at her. "revenge will be sweet, you'll see." She laughed once more but more quietly now and then she turned to her console again. After some time she turned to Oriana. "Madam, we've located traces of the X'Chi eggs leading to the solar system about 10 LY from our actual position. We can't determine on what planets they are. It is not possible with those sensors we have now available. So we either get closer or find something we can do about sensors in order to find those eggs and get rid of them." Oriana stood with Petrel at the next console and they looked at the data from probes. And they tried to resolve an dilemma. "Here it is again. See better. Gott is moving", said Oriana. "Hm, I am sorry, but with this stupid odds and ends of sensors I cant see anything." "Yes, it is moving slowly, but when you look carefully at the graph of its position, you can see it. " Petrel frowned and looked at the screen for a while. After several seconds his sight hazed. He winked and looked back at the screen. Suddenly he saw it. "You are right. Couldnt it be the momentum?" "It could be, but then the ship should to move from us, but it is moving to us." "Dont say, you see even the direction of the moving", said Petrel surprised. When he saw her serious face, he nodded only: "The question is, who is controlling the ship?" "I am trying to find out this for a while. But neither the sensor nor the probes are no match for it." "I will try to make something with the sensors with the help of engineering." said Petrel and he took one tricorder and went away. Then Terek followed by Alex came and reported their own findings. Oriana crossed her hands on her chest: "We could use narrow focused sensor pulse to find the eggs, but we have problems with the Gott on the other side. So, any suggestions?. " Terek looked at both females and thought for a moment and then he said. "We don't have propulsion yet. We can only hope that some shuttles are still operational and we don't have full sensors available, soooo...." He turned to console again tapping it wildly, checking functionality of torpedo launchers and probe storages...."I can modify class VIII probe and program her to take course throughout that solar system gathering data about life signs. It is most probable that only life forms here and in this time will be only X'Chi so it may not be too difficult to determine where the eggs are and when we'll have data and engines back online we can pursuit it." Oriana nodded shortly: All right, make it so. I will inform commander Guzman. When Terek nodded and turned to other console, she took her tricorder and use it to report for the XO. With the quiet beeping of the tricorder in background, Terek bagan with work. After some troubles with dameged systems, when he had to bypass several destroyed ODN junctions, he managed to establish connection with the probe. He wiped out the main programming and left only basic set of instructions. Now he had to input course and mission objectives. After about an hour, he managed to do so and when he checked that everything is all right he reported: "Madam, the probe is ready to launch. I've programmed it to take a 'trip' around the system and send gathered data continuously. Shall I launch it?" Oriana thought for several seconds. It was risk to send probe in the unknown space, it could be taken as an danger from the others. But in this time they have no choice. Yes, launch it, ensign. "Aye madam. Launching a probe" and with that he tapped the launch sequence on console and if anyone would be looking from outside to Chimera he would see small spark near thing that used to be the deflector dsih and then dark object heading from the ship towards the blackness of space ahead. ====== End of Log ====== Lt. Jg. Oriana CSCiO USS Chimera & Ens. Terek Werranis ASCiO USS Chimera --------------------------------------------------------- http://www.morfeo.sk/ - Morfeo.sk - ©pecialista na vyhµadávanie na Slovensku!