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Chapter Three: Alert Status

USS Paramount (NCC-75570), high orbit of Tehitha, Dewa System, Alpha Quadrant
Stardate: 2402.03 | 06:42 hours
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“Report,” Nitus said as soon as the doors on the turbolift opened. She feared what could have happened to the Xyston. There was no way they could have lost communication with the ship when it was in the Federation core unless the entire relay system went down instantaneously.

“Captain,” T’Soni responded as she rose from the center chair. “We have lost contact with Starbase Bravo and the D’Deridex system.”

Nitus’ brows furrowed in puzzlement as she reached the center of the bridge. “How do we just lose communication with both of them Number One?” She asked. There was no way they could have lost contact with Starbase Bravo, the D’Deridex system, and the Xyston simultaneously. She turned her focus to the chief science officer “Ms. Jackson, do you have any idea what could cause this sort of thing?”

Lieutenant Laura Jackson sat at her console as her hands moved feverishly across the screens. “I have no idea, Captain,” she said as she continued to try and get a read on the D’Deridex system. “It’s as if subspace is being blocked somehow. Which shouldn’t even be possible.”

“Well obviously it is if we can’t reach command,” came the harsh tone of the half-Klingon at the tactical station. “Captain, I recommend launching a probe to the D’Deridex system to try and find out what’s happened. As for us, I think it would be best if we bring up our officers. We don’t know what happened and we need to be ready if something goes wrong.” K’Tal had been in Starfleet since the last few years of the Dominion War and had seen everything between now and then. He was there during the Attack on Mars, the Archanis Campaign, the Lost Fleet, and Frontier Day.

Nitus nodded as she listened to K’Tal’s recommendation. “Launch the probe but don’t recall our people let’s go to emergency stations, nothing serious and signal Victoria to do the same. We can’t risk mass panic.”

The usually warm colors for the bridge were soon replaced with the yellow hue of their alert status.

Nitus wasn’t sure what this was but she knew for certain it wasn’t natural. This was something entirely new and dangerous and they needed to be ready for what came next.

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    Aelin Maori

    Nitus' thoughts and emotions are well written out here. I think her reaction is justified and I can sense the urgency to find out what happened in the writing. Great job and I look forward to reading more!

    April 5, 2025
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    Alexandria Mitchell

    This is a strong addition to the strong, great job! You can feel the tension and urgency on the bridge. Looking forward to reading the next chapter.

    April 6, 2025
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    Tiberius Rain

    That tense moment when you can see the bogeyman behind the character but they haven’t been attacked yet…

    April 8, 2025
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    Jason Devron

    Its nice to see that even as a reader and knowing more about what's going on than the crew, that is no lose of tension felt. Each story offers something different from the last, and this is another well written piece and I look forward to reading more.

    April 12, 2025

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