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Stardates:
- 2393.01.08
Locations of the (crew of the) USS Atlantis:
- (Holding position at 3 AU from) the planet Acebi, which is the fourth planet of the Aorya system in the Gamma Quadrant.
- Pandora Station.
Summary:
- 2393.01.08
Having weathered the ion storm with minimal damage, the Atlantis crew set out to repair the systems that had shorted out when the storm of ionised particles hit. However, Glitch, the hologram that was randomly created in an accident a year and a half back, worked out a plan to create *another* ion storm in order to study the way the ionised particles interacted with each other and with matter and computer data. Since hir program was created when the unpredictable ionisation effects wreaked havoc on the programs of the original versions of Bart and the EEH, Glitch believed that studying these effects would help hir better understand the nature of hir own program. Hir own subroutines were slowly but surely degrading, and s/he wanted to study these effects in order to come up with a cure and to prevent hir program from being lost.
Meanwhile, on the surface of Acebi, the members of the Away Team were trying to figure out how to contact the Borhyas. With all of their Starfleet equipment now being examined by Acebi scientists back at the Temple of Truth, the Away Team was in danger of being exposed as aliens. If the Acebi figured out how to operate the equipment, their culture might be seriously damaged. The Prime Directive would then be broken.
In order to stop that from happening, the Away Team had to find a way to contact the Borhyas, beam back and then transport all the equipment away from the Acebi laboratories. The only transmitter capable of contacting the Borhyas in orbit was the transmitter at the mission control room at the warp test complex -- the very same building the Away Team had been arrested by the Adjudicators a few hours before.
With the help of a young Acebi woman named Idis, the Away Team was able to gain entrance to the warp complex. One of the guards did not trust the team, however, and after suspecting that the Away Team was holding back information about their identities and their real reason for coming here, the guard fired his weapon at the Away Team. Running through the corridors of the huge building, the members of the Away Team find themselves fleeing from the Acebi authorities... But this time, it is imperative not to get caught.
On the Atlantis, Glitch and Bart proposed Glitch's plan to the Captain. This forced Captain Torn to reflect on what it was that made a living being alive. What was life? Could holograms be alive or not? Was Glitch merely a malfunctioning tool, or was s/he more like a member of his crew? Ultimately, Torn decided not to approve the hologram's plan to create an ion storm, but not because he did not see her as a member of his crew. It would simply be too dangerous.
After Glitch and Bart had left, Torn sent a subspace message on the matter to Admiral Khatibi on Pandora Station, forcing her, too, to re-examine the definition of life.
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