Fire All Weapons - Part One

Posted on Mon Feb 24th, 2020 @ 12:57am by Division Admiral Thomas Lasky & Fleet Captain Torilla Yamaguchi & Commodore Siaxx "Bluemoon" Dvald-Vaxx MD

Mission: Mission 8: Hope Found and then Lost
Location: Various Locations - USS Yorktown
Timeline: 1030Hrs - April 18th, 2389

The Yorktown eased up to the firing line as the crew made this final preparations for the first firing test...

Yamaguchi gently tapped the displays on the board before her as she brought the Yorktown into position and with a gentle tap, she brought the small frigate to a gentle stop. "We're in position Captain." Yamaguchi reported.

She knew what was coming, the Yorktown would take shots at the Excelsior class ship which had been reduced to service as a target drone, Yamaguchi let out a breathe as she could already see in her minds eye what would happen. Scorched fireballs blasting their way across the Ex-USS Ingram's hull, destroying hull plates and other sensitive gear which remained aboard her superstructure.

Yamaguchi looked at the hulked target ship. "We will sent you to the hereafter. noble soul." she said quietly as she turned to Nechayev as she opened her mouth to give the order but she stopped herself in time as she caught K'Temoc's eye before she nodded to him, then she turned back to her panel. As much as she wanted to be the one to give the order, today it was not her place.

“Ready Ensign?” K’Temoc asked Nechayev.

Without waiting for a command, Natia pressed the holographic display on her chair and let loose a full barrage of phasers at the Derelict wreck, as she attempted to push the weapon systems to there max capacity as she watched the Derelict ship begin to break up under the constant weapons fire.

Torilla watched in silence as she watched the phaser fire from the Yorktown tear into the Ingram's superstructure, the incandescent fireballs began their murderous job of violently breaking the ship apart into pieces by way of slagging and disintegrating sections of the ship's hull, she turned her attention to the drill results. "Every shot hit Captain." Torilla reported, her voice level and cool, the model of professionalism. "Ingram's hull is down to eighty two percent of normal integrity."

K’Temoc glanced at his right panel, he wasn’t happy with the first test. While the targeting systems did well, locked right on without adjustments, the Yorktown’s pulse phasers should have done much more damage to an unshielded vessel. “Ensign, is your panel reading maximum yield on each phaser discharge?”

"Yes sir, because I set the phasers to max capacity to get a read out on how well each pulse phaser did and test to see if there would be any power fluctuations under max set conditions and continuous fire conditions, sir." Nechayev said as she looked at her read outs again and bit her lip slightly. "Last two shots dropped in power by .5, sir. Trying to figure out why the last two pulses dropped in intensity now." she said as she worked at her remote station. "Hmmm, Seems the power dropped somewhere around deck three, sir." Natia said as she localized the problem down to a deck as that was the best she could do.

“Takabe, scan the Ingram’s hull, is ablative armor still present?” K’Temoc asked.

"Captain, the all the armor on the Ingram has been destroyed." Takabe answered. Nuala raised her eyebrows in surprise as she scanned the Ingram. "Sir, the damage to the outer hull is extremely severe. However, the damage to the inner structure is only superficial. The weapons never penetrated into the inner hull."

“Bridge to Engineering, check power flow regulation to the pulse phasers, and verify the power cells in each emitter were fully charged before we left the Station.” K’Temoc ordered.

The response came back. "Sir. I checked those systems myself not even an hour ago, everything was at a hundred percent... I'll check again." Ensign Davis responded as Fives cut into the line. "Bridge. Fives.. the system linkages seem to be bleeding off power for some unknown reason, I'm trying to lock down the issue as we speak."

“Bridge,” Blackthorne added, “there appears to be defective power coupling that’s responsible. We have a few replacements in stock, I think I can squeeze in there and swap it, but we will have to deactivate the weapons systems first.”

“Understood...will further tests cause any harm to the ship?” K’Temoc asked.

“I don’t believe so, beyond a reduction of phaser efficiency.” Blackthorne replied.

K’Temoc thought for a moment, the power level wouldn’t effect targeting, which is the reason they were here anyway. “As soon as we’re finished with these drills and leave the range, we’ll make those repairs. Bridge out.”

After the comm closed, K’Temoc looked back at Nechayev, “Prepare Quantum Torpedoes, one salvo, target the Ingram amidships and fire when ready.”

"Oooo." she let out with a degree of excitement as she sent commands to the armory to load make sure the torpedo launchers were loaded and once cleared she pressed the fire control button and launched a singular quantum torpedo at the now semi broken apart Ingram. "Direct, hit." though now we are losing power to the launcher I just fired the torpedo from." Natia said a bit perplexed.

Torilla raised an eyebrow. "Sir, the issue for the torpedo launcher is resulting on the power couplings on Deck three." she reported evenly as she tapped her combadge, she then passed the information along to Lieutenant Lasky.

The response was unusual as the entire bridge crew heard a loud cracking sound, Torilla winced. "Fives... you alright?"

"I'm okay.." his response was quiet. "I just... hit my head.." he explained. "Right.. Deck three, section five... I'm on my way now." he added. "I'll call when I have something to report."

K’Temoc shook his head. He knew small things like this crept up in any new ship, that was the point of test flights and training before a ship was sent into full time service, but it was still frustrating. “Ensign, power down the weapons systems.”

"Aye Sir." Natia responded.

A few minutes ticked by in silence before the com beeped to life. "Fives to Bridge. I have it... It’s a faulty power regulator, I've yanked it and replaced it, I'm going to do the same to its twin over in section three. Give me five minutes to get it sorted and then you can finish demolishing that old scrap heap."

Torilla raised an eyebrow. "Fives, we must discuss your tendency to point out the obvious."

"Commander, I was thinking..." Fives responded.

"Ooooh do tell?" Yamaguchi inquired as she crossed her arms over her chest as a smile graced her lips.

"What if the computer is causing this?" it was an honest question or so Fives thought.

"Fives... I don't think this is the computer, for one that ship out here has no real target signature designating it as a Federation ship, it’s a simple derelict and her time to die has come. We'll look at the computer later."

"Understood sir." Fives responded.

Torilla sighed as she hoped it wasn't the computer, her life was already interesting enough and she knew she wasn't in top form either, she would need to do a full medical workup as soon as she got back to the Starbase.

Another few minutes ticked by as Fives worked to repair the damaged systems and when Torilla could feel her patience wearing out, the com beeped. "Fives to bridge. She's all yours... full power to the weapons has been restored..."

Torilla smiled as she proceeded to crack her knuckles. "Ahh.." she sighed happily, at times she was at her best when she got to destroy something.

“Ensign Nechayev, power the weapons systems back online. Engineering, keep an eye out for any power drops or spikes. Ms. Takabe keep an eye open for any leaking power or radiation into the system’s systems or ventilation.” K’Temoc ordered.

"Powering up weapons." Natia said as she kept an eye on the weapons closely, raising the ships phasers in increments which took slightly longer but better safe then sorry. "We are good." Natia said smiling.

Nuala carefully scanned her screen. "Radiation levels are well within operating parameters. Power levels are steady Captain." Takabe reported to K'Temoc.

“Ensign Nechayev, destroy that hulk.” K’Temoc then added with a smile.