Embarking For The Cure

Posted on Sun May 13th, 2018 @ 2:13pm by Captain Enalia Telvan & Lieutenant Mona Gonadie & Commander Mal Xustos & Lieutenant Commander T'Pral Jordan & Lieutenant Commander Eneas Clio & Akira Zhuri

Mission: Curing the Black Blood
Location: USS Hera Bridge

"Helm, set course. Granweh system. Let's start out at warp six and make sure the repairs are all well and good. As soon as we're clear of the Sol system, engage stealth plating." Enalia had been feeling much better and was back up to peak performance as far as anyone knew.

The Hera was also fully repaired and ready to get underway. The starboard nacelle, while only needing 'minor' repairs, comparatively... Wasn't the only thing damaged. The starboard nacelle strut was warped by point two degrees, the plating was sheared off in several places, and they had some pretty bad structural damage along the bow of the saucer that extended into the deck echo bars that was best repaired at their time at starbase. Fortunately, repairs didn't take nearly as long as planned thanks to priorities put in by Intel Command. Having a quarantine order imposed on them for the black blood infection might have also been part of that priority.

Thus they were now setting out a little ahead of schedule, having only spent two weeks in for repairs.

Ensign Gonadie punched in the commands with her usual aplomb. "Aye Captain. Course laid in. Spacedock cleared and ready to engage warp on your command."

"Engage," was all Enalia said right before the viewscreen went to the streaked starlines of warp flight.

After a few moments Gonadie reported in. "Now holding steady at warp six. Engineering reports we can try for nine point nine eight if you'd like."

With a lopsided grin, Enalia chuckled softly. "We probably shouldn't push the engines quite that hard just yet, but let's at least crank them up to warp nine point five and see how they handle that for a while."

"Aye Captain." Gonadie cranked up the warp and the star streaks grew longer. "Sitting pretty at nine point five."

Enalia nodded in satisfaction. "Excellent. Hold speed and course until we get to Granweh. As for the stealth plating, are there any issues with it?"

"The yard birds gave the stealth plating a once over while we were in dry dock at my request," Mal said. "I wanted to make sure it was functioning at peak efficiency before we left. They made what repairs were needed and gave the hardware the okay. Akira checked the software for me. We should be all set as far as stealth is concerned. Not as all set as we'd be if we had a cloaking device, but as all set as we can be under the circumstances."

"This is probably the closest we can get to a cloak without breaking a treaty or three." Clio had also gone over the new stealth system and found no flaws with it, though she was still slightly skeptical that it would fool who they need it to fool. "We should be fine, so long as we're cautious."

Mal had his doubts as well. The idea that the Hera's stealth plating would hide them from Danu was more than mildly ludicrous. When the Enterprise encountered Apollo over 100 years ago, he'd possessed technology beyond that of the Federation. While Federation technology had advanced, it was possible that the faux deities had also advanced their technology. If that was the case, and if Hermes limited tech was any indicator, it was, Danu would likely find the Hera's attempt at stealth laughable.

Enalia had her doubts as well - Especially since Odin's ravens had once found their way to her when it was engaged. Danu was supposedly older so who knew what kind of tech or powers she had hidden up her sleeves. It wasn't there to fool Danu though. It was there to protect the people of Granweh and keep the location of the planet a secret. "Excellent. Keep an eye on the stealth plating and our warp signature. if either shows signs that we might be detected by anyone that might do harm to the people of Granweh, or someone that might follow us, we'll change course immediately for the dark energy nebula next to it. I'm betting that if Danu is looking she can see us already but it's not her we're hiding from."

"I will make it my priority to ensure we are undetected," Akira said from her station, bringing up the details of the stealth plating on her console, as well as their warp signature so that she could easily monitor both as they went forward. "At the moment, we appear to be operating at optimal efficiency."

T'Pral took in a deep breath as she focused on her console. She often found it hard to concentrate and still was annoyed at the Captain for not relieving her of duty.

"What adventure awaits us this time..." Enalia muttered as she leaned forward in her chair, pursing her lips and posing in a very Captain-like way.