Sewing Seeds
Posted on Tue Sep 24th, 2019 @ 8:44am by Captain T'mpest Michaels
512 words; about a 3 minute read
Mission:
Ripples
Location: Michaels' Ready Room
ON
T'mpest waited just long enough to be cleared by sickbay before heading to her office. When they were in what she hoped would become an alternate future, she made a promise to herself that she intended to keep.
For this, she wanted to be comfortable. She got herself a cup of herb tea and drank it while she thought over what she needed to do next. Then she called her avatar. "Sammi."
The pink pig plushie appeared on her desk and blinked in acknowledgement of her summons.
"Sammi, please set up an untraceable comm channel with Abydos. Use my personal security protocols."
The pig turned to face the console. The screen flashed through a multitude of images, then stopped on an empty room. There was no furniture, no art, nothing to indicate where or what it was. "This is Captain T'mpest Michaels of the USS Ranger. I seek an audience with the Keepers of Abydos."
For a long moment there was no response. Then three voices, in perfect unison, said, "Identity verified."
The image rotated to show three portraits of somber alien beings. They spoke as one. "Hello, T'mpest Michaels. Why do you seek an audience with the Keepers?"
As clearly and succinctly as she could, T'mpest told them about the Ranger's trip through the anomaly and her meeting with their future selves. "I have the data you gave me, and your instructions on what to do with it. I need your help disseminating the information for the current timeline to stop the President before he creates the future we encountered." She could only use information on events up to that time, but she hoped it would be enough to stop the President and his henchmen before they got control of the government.
She sent the data over an encrypted channel, bouncing it off a thousand different worlds so it would be untraceable. Sammi snorted his approval.
For several minutes, there was no response. Then as one the three images spoke. "Data received and analyzed. Information will be disseminated at 0800 Zulu. All data has been verified and validated. Arrest warrants will be issued one hour prior to data release. We estimate 97.837% success."
T'mpest bowed. "Thank you for your assistance."
"Thank you for continuing to preserve Abydos," the tree said in unison. "You are always welcome here. We will reach out to this Vanya Karyoli. She may be of use to us."
T'mpest bowed, hiding a smile. That would be an interesting meeting. "I am honored to serve."
The three nodded and the connection closed.
"Okay, Sammi, remove all record of the communication and seal the data in my personal data archives. Send it to my backup files as well."
The pig sat facing the monitor for a long moment. "Done."
"Thank you." She went to her desk and sat down. Now to send a report to Starfleet and ask for assistance. Everyone on the ship would need to be debriefed before they could dock at a station for repairs and some much-needed shore leave.
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Captain T'mpest Michaels
Commander
USS Ranger
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