USS Atlantis Status Report
October 2005
Stardates:
- 2391.09.21
- 2391.09.22
- 2391.12.24
- 2391.12.31
- 2392.01.01
- 2391.04.01
- 2392.04.10
- 2392.04.25
Locations of the (crew of the) USS Atlantis:
- Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, Mars, Alpha Quadrant
- Surface of Mars, Alpha Quadrant
- Pandora Station, Alpha Quadrant
- USS McCoy, Alpha Quadrant.
- Holding position at the edge of a star system with a class A blue star in the Gamma Quadrant.
- Hiding inside a subspace distortion nebula near the aforementioned system in the Gamma Quadrant.
Summary:
- 2391.09.21 / 2391.09.22
Lieutenants Andersson and Jomorr made an emotional visit to the family of the deceased security officer Oscar Rönqvist. They returned to the Atlantis the following day.
- 2391.12.24, 2391.12.31 and 2392.01.01
On one of the Utopia Planitia space docks, Lieutenant Rofellian met Ensign Imala, who was going to become a counsellor on board the USS Atlantis. On 2391.12.31 / 2392.01.01, there was a new year celebration on the station, which Lieutenant Rofellian and Ensign Imala attended.
- 2391.04.01
ACMO Dupre leaves his previous post, the USS McCoy, in order to transfer to the USS Atlantis.
- 2392.04.10
After six months of refitting, tinkering and modifying, the USS Atlantis was finally ready to leave space dock. One of the few ships to be equipped with a transwarp engine, the Atlantis was to report to Pandora Station to attend the reception that was going to be held there. At normal warp, it would take the crew days to get to the station, but at transwarp, it took them a little over an hour. Although some difficulties were reported, the transwarp drive worked satisfactory.
At Pandora Station, the crew of the Atlantis attended a reception to celebrate the official launch of the Frontier Fleet, consisting of six transwarp capable starships, with Pandora Station as the Fleet's headquarters.
- 2392.04.25
Using transwarp, the USS Atlantis had traversed many light-years of space and was back on her original mission of exploration in the Gamma Quadrant. While the ship was holding position near a star system, a subspace rift appeared in the turbolift which Captain Torn was using. When it had closed, the Captain was gone.
Not long thereafter, more subspace rifts appeared, this time outside the Atlantis. From these rifts torpedoes were launched towards the Atlantis. The weapons were not extremely powerful on their own, but they could do -- and in fact did -- a lot of damage to the Atlantis in high numbers. Faced with the ship's imminent destruction, the crew of the Atlantis was forced to fight back, and although the ship's weapons were able to close the subspace rifts, new rifts continued to appear whenever a rift was closed. Furthermore, they seemed to follow and surround the Atlantis wherever the ship went.
It was clear that this was a fight that the crew couldn't win. A course was set towards a nearby nebula that seemed to distort subspace. Hopefully, the distortion field of the nebula would make it impossible for the rifts to appear there -- it was the crew's only chance to survive. Unable to go to warp, the ship crawled towards the nebula at full impulse, while continually being pounded by the rifts' deadly weapons. Hoping to gain more information on what exactly was attacking them, Lieutenant Jomorr managed to launch a probe into one of the subspace rifts. Unfortunately, contact with the probe was lost only moments after it entered the rift.
In an attempt to buy the Atlantis some time, the Gamma Flyer Borhyas was launched. Thanks to the Flyer's distraction, the Atlantis (and the Flyer) made it into the nebula safely, although heavily damaged. Initial sensor readings of the nebula proved to be correct: subspace distortions inside the nebula make it impossible for any subspace phenomenon (including the rifts) to appear, and the Atlantis now has to do without warp or transwarp. Subspace communication is also not possible inside the giant cloud, and sensor efficiency is down to 50 percent. Now, the crew has to find out where they are exactly and what the subspace rifts that attacked them are. If the crew has any hope of finding Captain Torn again, they have to find out how to deal with the subspace rifts first.
Meanwhile, all captains and admirals of the Frontier Fleet had been abducted and were put together in an empty room. They found out that they were being held by aliens who claim that Starfleet has been attacking them by using the transwarp engines as a weapon.
CAST:
PCs [6]:
CO Captain Alfred Torn, played by David Susman
FO Commander Paul Velden, played by Ben Versteegt
ASTC Lieutenant Vladek Rofellian, played by Patrick Buidin
CONN Lt. jg Kyler Fletcher, played by Alonzo Soban
ACONN Lt. jg Una Andersson, played by Hanna Brunefeldt
OPS Lt jg John Stalker, played by Mike Sheinin
SPCs/NPCs [16]:
Helmsman Lieutenant Ran Singh, played by Adrian Rodd
CSO Lt.jg Jomorr, played by Rob Versteegt
ACEO Lt.jg Leo Montgomery, played by Bram Peeters
AOPS Ensign Andrusia, played by Martin Miller
ACOUNS Ensign Calleigh Boisseau, played by Dawn Johnson
ACMO Ensign Bastian Dupre, played by Hanna Brunefeldt
Counsellor Ensign Esme Imala, played by Patrick Buidin
Operations Officer Ensign Zoë Vil, played by Bram Peeters
Transporter Chief Ensign Nasatha Sh'lin, played by Ben Versteegt
Engineering Crewman Petty Officer First Class Brooker Brown, played by John Hardy
Medical Orderly crewman Leonard Zimmerman, played by David Susman
Science Crewman Conyas Norman, played by Ruben Hilbers
Holly, Emergency Engineering Hologram, Mark I, played by Adrian Rodd
EMH, Mark I, played by Rob Versteegt
Ambassador Diana von Klinkerhoffen, played by Rob Versteegt
Attaché Demetrius, Ambassador's Attaché, played by David Susman.
Holographic Bartender Bart, played by Rob Versteegt
Glitch, played by Ben Versteegt
VACANCIES [10]:
ACONN
AOPS
STC
ASTC
CEO
ACEO
CMO
ACMO
COUNS
ACSO
Promotions:
- CONN Ensign Kyler Fletcher, played by Alonzo Soban ==> CONN Lieutenant junior grade Kyler Fletcher.
- ACONN Ensign Una Andersson, played by Hanna Brunefeldt ==> ACONN Lieutenant junior grade Una Andersson.
Departures:
- ACMO Ensign Andre Thomas, played by Andre Thomas. Whenever Andre is ready to come back, he will. Until then, he is officially on an extended LOA.
- ASTC Ensign Fabian Perez, played by Mark O'Bannon. Left due to time constraints.
New Arrivals:
- ACMO Ensign Bastian Dupre, played by Hanna Brunefeldt. This is Hanna's SPC. Yay! :)
- AOPS Ensign Andrusia, played by Martin Miller. Woo! Another SPC!
- Counsellor Ensign Esme Imala, played by Patrick Buidin. Pat also brought an SPC aboard this month.
In short, all new arrivals this month were SPCs. ACMO Morgan Kadar came aboard in November, though, so she'll be in next month's status report. <G>
Posting Stats:
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Player | PC |S/NPC|Total| Last post date
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David Susman | 5 | | 5 | October 25
Ben Versteegt | 8 | 1 | 9 | October 26
Alonzo Soban | 6 | | 6 | October 26
Mike Sheinin | 5 | | 5 | October 26
Hanna Brunefeldt | 13 | 7 | 20 | October 31
Andre Thomas | 0 | | 0 | August 2 Extended LOA
Patrick Buidin | 12 | 10 | 22 | October 31
Martin Miller | | 7 | 7 | October 29
Rob Versteegt | | 15 | 15 | October 30
Bram Peeters | | 3 | 3 | October 4 LOA
Dawn Johnson | | 1 | 1 | October 4 LOA
Adrian Rodd | | 4 | 4 | October 30
John Hardy | | 0 | 0 | August 31
Ruben Hilbers | | 13 | 13 | October 31
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Joint Posts | 2 | Speechwriter Zlots & FCO Barclay & F2O Graag. Counted as a general Atlantis post. The individual posters will, I hear, receive credit for that post on Pandora.
| FO Velden & ACONN Andersson
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Total | 49 | 61 | 110 | Total last month: 97
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Notes: Double posts and revisions were obviously not counted. Also, for those not already using a spell checker, please do so from now on. It makes posts much easier and more fun to read. :)
Top 3 posters for October 2005:
1) Patrick Buidin, 22 posts
2) Hanna Brunefeldt, 20 posts
3) Rob Versteegt, 15 posts.
The Fleetwide mission is well underway, and off to a good start, it seems. More than 100 posts this month! What's more important, most of these posts were of good quality as well. ;) Keep it up! |
