USS Atlantis Status Report
September 2007
Stardates:
- 2393.05.23
Locations of the (crew of the) USS Atlantis:
- Near the Romulan Neutral Zone and Lysian territory.
- On the USS Birnam, near the Romulan Neutral Zone and Lysian territory.
Summary:
- 2393.05.23:
Having had his memories altered by the Ullian telepath Dobin, Captain Torn believed that the Lysians were an enemy of the Federation. Under the assumption that all of his crew had been influenced by Lysian mind control, the Captain ordered his senior officers (except of course the Away Team on the Birnam) to report to the conference room, where Dobin would 'liberate' their minds. As soon as everyone had assembled and Dobin started to put false memories in the minds of the senior staff, Lieutenant Jomorr and Ensign Quinto noticed what Dobin was doing -- Jomorr noticed because he was a Ullian telepath himself, and Quinto figured it out because his brain damage prevented Dobin from accurately tinkering with his mind. Realising that Captain Torn was already completely under Dobin's influence, Jomorr and Quinto did the only thing they could: they ran.
The rest of the senior crew was already in Dobin's iron grip: their memories were being altered, and soon they, too, believed that the Lysian Central Command had to be destroyed in order to save the Federation. Nothing appeared to stand in the way of the Atlantis completing the mission the Birnam had started -- except, maybe, Jomorr and Quinto, who, having fled to the science labs, found in Ensign Sorek (who had not been at the meeting) a kindred spirit. Together, the three of them concentrated on a way to prevent the Atlantis from ever reaching the Lysian Central Command.
On board the Birnam, meanwhile, the Away Team had figured out that something was wrong. The Atlantis had jumped to warp, leaving their officers on the Birnam behind. ACEO Conners had a plan to get the Birnam's warp engines back on line while at the same time tricking the computer into locking the Birnam's crew out of their own systems, but he couldn't make the necessary modifications with the entire Birnam security department, led by Lieutenant McKnight, watching him carefully.
In an attempt to create a diversion, Commander Velden and Doctor O'Gallagher accessed one of the neurogenic field generators with which the Birnam crew had previously been brainwashed, and programmed it to transmit a single thought to everyone in the engine room: the thought of Starfleet troops attempting to take over the Birnam from the shuttle bay. Hopefully, that would make the Birnam security teams run towards the shuttle bay instead of standing guard in Engineering.
Unfortunately, the implanted thought affected the Atlantis security teams stationed in the Birnam's Engineering as well. They grew overconfident, which made the Birnam security teams even more nervous. Within seconds, the two sides were once again aiming weapons at each other. In the end, Commander Velden managed to convince Lieutenant McKnight, STC of the Birnam, to lay down their weapons. As the Atlantis security officers took the Birnam security teams away to lock them up in the mess hall, Commander Velden learned that Conners' modifications had been completed. The situation wasn't looking so bleak any more.
On the Atlantis, however, things were looking more grim, as two-thirds of the crew assembled in Shuttle Bay One at 2300 hours, as ordered by Captain Torn. There, Dobin placed false memories in the minds of everyone present. Now, most of the Atlantis crew is convinced of the Lysian threat -- they believe that destroying the Lysian Central Command is critical to the survival of the Federation, and they will not abort their mission for anything or anyone. Will the Away Team on the Birnam get to the Atlantis in time to stop them? Or does all hope lie with the attaché to the Ambassador, Demetrius, who has managed to escape Dobin's mind control? But even if he meets up with Sorek, Quinto and Jomorr, what can the four of them do to stop an entire Starship?
CAST:
PC: [ 8 ]
CO Captain Alfred Torn, Played by David Susman
FO Commander Paul Velden, Played by Ben Versteegt
ACEO Ensign Jase Conners, played by Tim Mottishaw (Skeeter)
ACSO Ensign Sorek, played by Jason Frick
AOPS Ensign Quinto Pallar, played by Sasa Gerbus
CEO Lieutenant Leo Montgomery, Played by Bram Peeters
CMO Lieutenant Rowan O'Gallagher, played by Dawn Johnson
STC Ensign Michael Kurtog Gambit, played by Larry Ostwald
SPC [ 13 ]:
Ambassador Diana Von Klinkerhoffen, Played by Rob Versteegt
Counsellor Ensign Arek Vox, Played by Adrian Rodd
CSO Lt. Jg Jomorr, Played by Rob Versteegt
Diplomatic attaché Demetrius, Played by David Susman
Emergency Medical Hologram, EMH, Mark 1, Played by Rob Versteegt
Glitch, Played by Ben Versteegt
Helmsman Lieutenant Ran Singh, Played by Adrian Rodd
Holly, Emergency Engineering hologram, EEH Mark 1. Played by Adrian Rodd
Holographical Bartender Bart, Played by Rob Versteegt
Medical Officer Leonard Zimmerman, Played by David Susman
Operations Officer Ensign Zoë Vil, Played by Bram Peeters
Science Officer Ensign Whas Ouder, Played by David Susman
Transporter Chief Ensign Nasatha Sh'lin, Played by Ben Versteegt
This translates into the following list of players. Odd as it may seem, a player is listed as "Active" when he or she has posted at least once in the last two weeks, even though they might not have posted at all during the rest of the month. As you will see, like last month, we seem to have many active players, and still we have less than 50 posts.
David Susman: Active.
PC:
- CO Captain Alfred Torn
SPCs:
- Diplomatic attaché Demetrius
- Medical Officer Leonard Zimmerman
- Science Officer Ensign Whas Ouder
Ben Versteegt: Active.
PC:
- FO Commander Paul Velden
SPCs:
- Glitch
- Transporter Chief Ensign Nasatha Sh'lin
Sasa Gerbus: Active
PC:
- AOPS Quinto Pallar
Dawn Johnson: Active
PC:
- CMO Rowan O'Gallagher
Larry Ostwald: Active (LOA)
PC:
- STC Ensign Michael Kurtog Gambit
Jason Frick: Active
PC:
- ACSO Sorek
Bram Peeters: Inactive (Extended LOA)
PC:
- CEO Lieutenant Leo Montgomery
SPCs:
- Operations Officer Ensign Zoë Vil
Tim Mottishaw (Skeeter): Inactive
PC:
- ACEO Jase Conners
Rob Versteegt: Active
SPCs:
- Ambassador Diana Von Klinkerhoffen
- CSO Lt. Jg Jomorr
- Emergency Medical Hologram, EMH, Mark 1
- Holographical Bartender Bart
Adrian Rodd : Active
SPCs:
- Counsellor Ensign Arek Vox
- Helmsman Lieutenant Ran Singh
- Holly, Emergency Engineering hologram, EEH Mark 1
Number of PC players: 8
Active PC players: 6
PC activity ratio: 75% (last month: 75%)
Number of SPC players: 5
SPC-only players: 2
Active SPC-only players: 2
SPC-only activity ratio: 100% (last month: 100%)
Total number of players: 10
Total active players: 8
Total activity ratio: 80% (last month: 80%)
VACANCIES [ 7 ] :
CONN
ACONN
OPS
ASTC
ACMO
COUNS
ACSO
Promotions:
None.
Departures:
No departures as such this month, but Bram Peeters did step down as 2O, which of course also counts as a departure. Bram will not be playing his characters on the Atlantis for now -- his characters have been 'retconned' out of the story. Bram, thank you for your time as 2O with us. We hope you will return shortly.
New Arrivals:
None.
Posting Stats:
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Player | PC |S/NPC|Total| Last post date
----------------------+----+-----+-----+-----------------------
David Susman | 5 | 1 | 6 | September 30
Ben Versteegt | 3 | 7 | 10 | September 30
Bram Peeters | | | | August 18 LOA
Larry Ostwald | 2 | | 2 | September 26 LOA
Tim Mottishaw | 1 | | 1 | September 4
Jason Frick | 4 | | 4 | September 26
Dawn Johnson | 3 | | 3 | September 26
Sasa Gerbus | 6 | | 6 | September 26
Rob Versteegt | | 8 | 8 | September 29
Adrian Rodd | | 4 | 4 | September 30
Dennis Church (Guest) | | 2 | 2 | September 25
----------------------+----+-----+-----+-----------------------
Joint Posts | |
----------------------+----+-----+-----+-----------------------
Total | 24 | 22 | 46 | Last month: 41
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Legend: LOA = Player has been on LOA this month and has not yet returned.
LOA* = Player has been on LOA this month but has returned.
Guest = Special guest star! Woohoo!
Notes: Revisions and double posts were not counted, for obvious reasons. Joint posts were counted as a single post in the grand total.
Top 3 posters for September 2007:
1) Ben Versteegt, 10 posts
2) Rob Versteegt, 8 posts
3) David Susman and Sasa Gerbus, 6 posts.
We had 49 posts at the end of September, but with a few revisions here and there, 46 remained. That's an improvement of five posts in comparison to last month. We'll reach the 50 yet. ;-) The plot is in a critical phase, and we need all the posts we can get, so come on people, let's post!
Quote of the Month:
This month, I thought I'd take a quote from the storyline in the science labs: the three fugitives are debating what to do, and some radical suggestions are being considered...
Sasa Gerbus and Jason Frick, September 26, 2007:
ACSO Sorek: "What are you on about?"
AOPS Quinto: "Make an improvised explosive device so we can erase any trace of equipment we took, but also make the Security nervous. They already expect us here, so." [shrugs]
ACSO Sorek: "You want to blow up my lab?"
AOPS Quinto: ~ By the Prophets, like I am proposing to kill his family?!? ~
-- ST Frontier Fleet, USS Atlantis, Stardate 2393.05.23 |
