Artoo's Encounter, Chapter Four (standard:Fan Fiction, 2625 words) [5/7] show all parts
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Leia has Visions, Pegasus is freed.

Chapter 4 

"Captain Shelby, Commander Scott and I have a proposal to get the ship
free in minimum time." 

"I'm all ears." 

"We propose sending a thermal pulse through out the Structural Integrity
Field system. If the SIF is still functional in the rockbound portion 
of the ship the thermal energy will liquefy the rock on both sides of 
the hull to a depth of 2 millimeters per minute. If we use the Phaser's 
on the Aldrin to clear the rock forward of the nacelle pylons the 
Pegasus's RCS thrusters should be able to pull her out of the wall 
facing." 

"Like shelling an oyster! How long will this take?" 

"To make the phaser cuts without damaging the nacelles will take 14
days." 

"That will be acceptable, we have 65% of the saucer cleared of rock and
functioning and we have started transferring R2's to the 30% of the 
secondary hull which is not encased. Replicators are working overtime 
manufacturing repair parts as we move further and further into the 
rock." 

"Your crew are all functioning well together Captain Shelby." 

"They should be Data, for the whole trip out here I kept them locked in
Holodeck 4 simulating this mission. They had time to get used to the 
idea's and concepts then, and the R2 members who joined the crew have 
made things run even better and faster." 

"I'm very glad to hear that Captain." Luke piped in. 

"Yes Luke, these R2's are amazing." 

Meanwhile at the edge of Federation space. "Captain Picard the
Hyperdrive has performed exactly as advertised, 127 ly per every hour 
in Hyperdrive." 

"Astounding, Geordi this will change everything!" 

"That isn't all Captain, the 26 R2 units we have aboard have the
maintenance so well under control that all systems are being maintained 
at a 98% of maximum theoretical availability. My engineering teams are 
thrilled with there integration into the crew and I find that I must 
recommend that at our next starbase layover we could reduce the 
engineering staff by at least 26 and still maintain this level of 
operating efficiency." 

"Commander Riker, how is Lt. Commander O'Leary fitting in as Number
Two?" "She is working hard to replace Data and doing better than I had 
expected any humanoid to do, but you know what proud warriors the 
Andorians are. She has set out to prove she can handle the position and 
so far she has proven herself right." 

"Excellent. How far is it from here to Voyager's last know position?" 

"Acording to the debriefing obtained in the Prometheus incident she is
35,254 ly from this position, located in this region of the Delta 
Quadrant." Riker answered pointing at a galactic map. 

"Are we agreed on the best course to set?" 

"Yes sir, Marina is right, if we fly due galactic north for 70 hours
then fly in the correct direction for 11 days we will be in the general 
location." 

"And your convinced this is the best way to travel Will?" 

"Yes, without a doubt. We don't have the detailed astrophysical maps we
would need to travel at Hyperdrive without stopping at least every 6 
minutes to scan ahead. At that rate it would take us about a full year 
to reach Voyager, though we could follow a clear path back in about 2 


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