<USS Avalon> Systematic Lockout by Lieutenant Anthony Manson

Systematic Lockout

by Lieutenant Anthony Manson

Noise. That was all he could hear as his fingers blazed throughout the console. 
But his fingers weren?t the only one blazing through consoles. In the heart of 
the ship, people of all different ranks and departments raced around 
engineering barking orders and filling out commands. Main bridge- the brain of 
this vessel- had been taken. Reports were coming in that sensors had indicated 
more than three people occupied the bridge. This was where Anthony could get 
some things done. Crucial things. The brain of this fine vessel could be turned 
against them, and Anthony had no intention of letting that happen. They were 
locked out, but five hundred years of advanced technology would certainly break 
its locks like a toothpick. 

Alder had already busied himself with the ships sensors, navigational, and 
deflector controls. Anthony?s attitude toward him had suddenly changed with the 
current circumstances. It was different, but no matter, there were things to 
get done instead of subtle talk. Anthony?s focus was on the power distribution 
to the bridge, internal and external communications, and all other major 
systems like weapon access, environmental, and common or restricted command 
codes that could be used in any way against them. 

Anthony had to admit- he wasn?t skilled in getting the various fields locked 
out and encrypted. He wasn?t all that good at it, but he did know at least a 
few to buy them more time. More resistance to the enemy that seemed 
unrelenting. 

Alder was suddenly next to him, "I?ve got the deflectors locked out last from 
the bridge, but I need you to check it." Anthony simply nodded as his fingers 
did multiple tasks of getting the systems locked out.

Within moments he finished what he intended, and had Alder check is lock out- 
and add his own. He assumed that with Alder?s own way of getting systems locked 
out, it would buy more time with the added confusion, "get an encryption that 
is completely different. Make it...oh...three hundred different characters or 
so. Anything to confuse them." Alder simply nodded as he redoubled Anthony?s 
work- and Anthony did the same. 

About a few minutes later found Anthony on another console accessing life 
support, transporters, replicators, any sort of engineering control, and the 
computer core. He?ll need the captain to help lock the computer core out since 
he didn?t have the authority. 

All systems were locked out from the bridge, and the auxiliary bridge. Checking 
that he still had a phaser to himself, he looked at another console, another 
system to lock out. 



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