Excellent Transporter Description

[Alix Harford]

This sim gives a really good picture of how an officer might feel when getting ready to leave their crew for another assignment, even a temporary one. It also has my favorite description ever of transporter beam travel. The writer for Charles Matthew/ Tereza Delgado did a really great job!

 

((Transporter Room One, Deck 2, USS Borealis))

((Time Index: 1 Hour Later))

 

Tereza had made the relatively short journey from her quarters on the starboard side of the deck to Transporter Room One. The one advantage of a Nova Class starship was that getting anywhere didn’t seem to take a long time. The ship was just a fraction of the size of a Galaxy Class vessel; just eight decks compared to its forty-two, and the size difference was almost staggering. She took some time to read up on the ship, and its history, and simply hadn’t served on anything like the Astraeus before. Captain Salzburg had completely caught her off guard. In the subsequent hour since he had made his request of Captain Mei’konda, Commander Delgado had asked the old Captain of the Borealis about it further. There wasn’t much more given away. In fact, there was barely anything added to what he had initially said on the Bridge.

 

After taking the time for a quick shower and changing into a fresh, crisp uniform, the First Officer took the chance to go and visit a few friends and favoured colleagues, telling them all she’d see them soon, before collecting a few essentials from her quarters and a data packet containing all of the information that the Borealis had obtained; just in case. As the Transporter Room door swished closed behind her, Delgado gripped at the strap that rested across her right shoulder, making sure it didn’t slide down yet another time. As she glanced around the small room, Tereza was glad to find that nobody else was here; just the Bajoran Transporter Chief manning his station. Letting out a sigh of relief, she smiled towards the taller colleague and took a step towards the Transporter Pad. She knew him long enough to know that he would be business as usual. She hated fanfare and being made a fuss of; besides, she was only joining the Astraeus on a temporary basis.

 

Shoram: Commander. I’ve been expecting you. ::pause:: All set?

 

Delgado: Ready as I’ll ever be, Chief Shoram. Is the Astraeus within transporter range?

 

She felt her mouth dry as the Chief shifted his gaze to the console in front of him, tapping quickly at a few buttons before raising his head slowly.

 

Shoram: Yes, Ma’am. Location confirmed.

 

Delgado: ::nodding:: Very good, Chief.

 

Tereza turned on her heels, and took a few large strides, before taking her place on the circular Pad that occupied the room.

 

Delgado: Inform the Bridge that we are ready for transport.

 

Shoram pressed at several more buttons, before what can only be described as a confirmation beep sounded out from the Transporter station.

 

Shoram: Confirmation received. ::pause:: Take care, Commander.

 

Tereza smiled, letting a warmth radiate from her eyes, and nodded.

 

Delgado: See you soon, Shoram.

 

With that, the telltale signs of a standard Transporter beam shimmered into being as Commander Delgado was broken down molecule by molecule, compressed into a data stream, and transmitted towards the Astraeus. In almost the blink of an eye, her molecules were quickly recombined, and she blinked slowly as she returned to whole in the unfamiliar Transporter Room.

 

((Transporter Room One, Deck 6, USS Astraeus))

 

As the recognisable whine faded away, Tereza took a slow step forward off of the Transporter Pad, casting her hazel eyes onto Captain Mei’konda and waiting for the Caitian man to speak.

 

Mei’konda: Response

 

Delgado: Commander Tereza Delgado, reporting, Sir.

 

She turned her head as the woman she recognised as the First Officer took a step towards her.

 

Rosek-Skyfire: ::steps forward:: It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Lieutenant Commander Rosek, the Astraeus’s first officer.

 

Tasen: Response

 

Delgado: Commander. Lieutenant. ::smiling, nodding:: Likewise. It’s a pleasure to meet you both in person.

 

Mei’konda: Response

 

Delgado: Captain, I am grateful you agreed to Captain Salzburg’s request. I appreciate that it was a little unexpected. ::pause:: At least it was for me… I had no idea.

 

Mei’konda: Response

 

Any: Response

 

 

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MSNPC Commander Tereza Delgado

 

Simmed by:

 

Lieutenant Charles Matthews

Acting Chief of Tactical & Security

USS Astraeus NCC-70652