Qi shielded his eyes as a shower of sparks erupted from the science station. When his vision returned, the Benzite who had been standing next to him lay crumpled on the ground. He felt sick.
Bowman? No, we can fix this. Maybe if we can restore our position in spacetime…
He didn’t have time to dwell on the possibility. The temporal mechanics were too complicated. If they died here, there would be no ship to return to the Wairara system. No chance of undoing Bowman's death.
[Jadaris to Qi, assuming you're actually the Chief Science Officer still. I think we've encountered a temporal shunt that's temporarily collapsed our timeline with the ship's earlier timelines. If we can find ourselves a new chroniton source and get hit with polaron weaponry while irradiated by said source, it might be enough to shock ourselves out of this timestream and back into our original one. But we'd need to do the same to the Cardassians if they're here with us, as timeline contamination should be avoided.]
“Agreed, Jadaris, but I think the closest chroniton source is the wormhole, and I don’t think Os’rusa is letting us get away,” Qi responded.
The image of the Os’rusa grew larger on the Yeager’s viewscreen. He reminded himself that he wasn’t helpless without sensors. Sometimes a trained eye could recognize patterns that a sensor could not.
“If we’re stuck with the drawbacks of the original Yeager, the Cardassians are in the same boat. There must be some vulnerabilities in this version of the Os’rusa that we can exploit.”
Qi’s Vulcan eyes studied Os’rusa, looking for any details that appeared different from the modern version. Those differences would indicate potential weak points that had been redesigned in the intervening time.
== Tag bridge
GM Input: assuming the Os’rusa is not outright disabled by T’Lari’s strike, are there any notable differences between this version of the Os’rusa compared to the version that we’re familiar with? ==
Bowman? No, we can fix this. Maybe if we can restore our position in spacetime…
He didn’t have time to dwell on the possibility. The temporal mechanics were too complicated. If they died here, there would be no ship to return to the Wairara system. No chance of undoing Bowman's death.
[Jadaris to Qi, assuming you're actually the Chief Science Officer still. I think we've encountered a temporal shunt that's temporarily collapsed our timeline with the ship's earlier timelines. If we can find ourselves a new chroniton source and get hit with polaron weaponry while irradiated by said source, it might be enough to shock ourselves out of this timestream and back into our original one. But we'd need to do the same to the Cardassians if they're here with us, as timeline contamination should be avoided.]
“Agreed, Jadaris, but I think the closest chroniton source is the wormhole, and I don’t think Os’rusa is letting us get away,” Qi responded.
The image of the Os’rusa grew larger on the Yeager’s viewscreen. He reminded himself that he wasn’t helpless without sensors. Sometimes a trained eye could recognize patterns that a sensor could not.
“If we’re stuck with the drawbacks of the original Yeager, the Cardassians are in the same boat. There must be some vulnerabilities in this version of the Os’rusa that we can exploit.”
Qi’s Vulcan eyes studied Os’rusa, looking for any details that appeared different from the modern version. Those differences would indicate potential weak points that had been redesigned in the intervening time.
== Tag bridge
GM Input: assuming the Os’rusa is not outright disabled by T’Lari’s strike, are there any notable differences between this version of the Os’rusa compared to the version that we’re familiar with? ==