<USS Avalon> Strange Readings Ensign Manson & Commander Skyler

 "Strange Readings" 
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 Ensign Manson & Commander Skyler 

       Ensign Manson & Commander Skyler had been out in space for 
approximately a day and a half. It would be at least another day, maybe two 
before they 
reached the Avalon. So far everything had been fairly routine. In fact, with 
the run about on autopilot it was almost down right boring. Ens. Manson still 
was not one to talk, although gradually he was starting to open up.


        Skyler just wished he would open up a little more. She was hoping 
that by the time they reached the Avalon, that she would know him a little 
better. Right now she didn't feel like she knew him at all. 
Currently he was in back catching up on the specs of the Avalon and had 
stayed fairly quiet thus far. As Skyler was in the pilots chair the alarms on 
the 
console starting blaring and the red alerts were going off. "Manson, get up 
here now. Something is going on and I may need your assistance. We are picking 
up 
some strange readings. Come see what you can make of them." 


       Anthony got up, hearing her call. He walked up and looked over his 
console, "the sensors are going hay wire over this, readings are unclear. Let 
me 
see if I can get it something-anything-at all." 
"I'm dropping us out of warp." Sklyer said as the tiny vessel slowed down. 
She looked over and saw the ensign gaze through the console. 

       "Anything?" 

       "Nothing I can detect. This is really odd. I still can’t seem to get 
anything out of the sensors." 



       "Try your best ensign," Skyler got out of her seat and stood behind 
the young man looking over, then she pointed, "here, boost the sensors here..." 
Yet even as he did, nothing came out of the sensors. 

       Anthony shook his head, "still nothing Commander." Skyler brought her 
head up from under the console and adjusted some dials on the console and was 
eventually able to make the discovery of a spatial anomaly. This anomaly was 
causing havoc with every thing on the runabout. 

       "Avalon this is Cmdr Skyler please respond." A moment of briefest 
pause. "Avalon please come in"

       After waiting for several minutes with no response Skyler decided that 
they were on their own for a while. At least until they got the ship under 
control again. Hopefully that wouldn't take too long. At least it would give 
her 
a chance to see Ensign Manson at work. 

       
       The runabout shuddered, and the lights flickered at awkward intervals. 
Anthony quickly tried stabilizing the integrity fields of the runabout, and 
just as instantly as he did that, Skyler placed the shields online. 

       "Can we do anything ensign?"
       
       "No yet, but I might have something for you..." He trailed off as he 
submerged himself in the computer processes he was reading out. He effectively 
transferred as much power from the tiny warp core the ship carried within her 
belly directly to the impulse engines, as it seems they were also stuck in 
space. "There, push through...I’ll divert more power to forward shields."



       Skyler simply nodded as she steered the ship through the anomaly. The 
runabout shuddered some more, but not too much as Anthony made sure that the 
discomfort was compensated by the inertial dampeners.
 
       Within seconds the ship pierced through the anomaly. "Good work 
ensign. Not many people can juggle power fluctuations and keep a ship steady 
under 
duress at the same time." She smiled, and then return to the console where she 
began to record the anomaly in her own words. 

       "Thanks." And Anthony retreated back to the rear of the ship.

       Skyler resumed control of the Runabout while Anthony returned to the 
back of the runabout. It appeared that even though as quiet as he was, he was 
an excellent officer and would be off great assets to the Avalon.  Things were 
now back on track and running smoothly.

       "Avalon this is the runabout Genevieve requesting permission to dock?"

       "Genevieve this is the Avalon, permission granted and welcome back."  
Skyler moved the runabout into position and flew the runabout in the belly of 
the ship without difficulty. Hopefully the trip had done her some good and she 
would  be able  to deal with things better now.

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