Game was 4/30/20; sadly, we didn’t have a Heidi. Although very heavy at times, the players seemed to have fun.

Mel lets her officers continue work on the N’Dari issue, and Ssleestak asks if the N’Dari are carnivores. Zivan confirms they are omnivores, but Mel then frets about the members of the away team that abstained from food; chiefly Phillip, T’kora, and Threy’shaan. The officers also observe as the Dai’Loq escort the refugee ships to port and begin offloading the N’Dari; they are efficient but not friendly. The other server arrives with cups of raktajino and the Tizit attempt to replicate Terran cofree; Fal praises the young man and grabs a cup of raktajino.

A few minutes later, MacDougal hails Mel in a soft voice, “MacDougal to Deline.” Mel steps away from the table and to the door of the pleasure room before she taps her combadge and replies, “Deline here.” MacDougal says softly, “Ma’am… sir… ma’am,” and Mel states, “Ma’am is fine.” MacDougal breathes a sigh of relief before continuing, “Ma’am, ever since we’ve returned to orbit, all available millicochrane of power is being funneled into auxiliary power and the emergency batteries. However, the power generation and transfer are fifty percent over our maximums, and the batteries will be at 100% in five minutes, and will explode in fourteen minutes if this rate continues.”

Mel demands, “What are you doing now?” MacDougal retorts, “Trying not to piss myself? I’ve tracked down what appears to be a power transfer from another ship to us, but I want to send my findings to you and Lieutenant Ssleestak for confirmation.” Mel agrees, so MacDougal immediately transfers his readings to the away team. Work stops as most of the officers immediately refocus and Mel returns to the table. Working together, the officers discover the source of the power transfer: the NCC-72409-A, USS Solstice! There is a moment of stunned silence, and then Mel grouses, “What is she doing up there?” Ssleestak taps his combadge and says, “Ssleestak to Sola. Can you communicate with the crew of the Solstice-A?” The AI replies, “Working on it.”

Mel hails the Solstice and Saval responds; the away team sees their junior officers working hard trying to keep the power levels from overloading the ship. Mel looks directly at Jen and demands “Why are you juicing up my ship? She’s going to explode!” The Jen-Prophet sighs again and replies flatly, “Battery overload will occur in 12 minutes and 48 seconds. In 10 minutes and 16 seconds, they will appear in the system and attack, and then we will need every available millicochrane.” Mel curses but realizes she’s not going to get much else, while Ssleestak hails MacDougal and attempts to give him a pep talk – and a warning about this assault in under ten minutes – as he calmly sips his raktajino.