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Kyle clicked his fingers as if coming to the end of a long thought, and turned to the XO, “Commander, it might be worth while getting a telepath up here, to see if they have any luck getting anything from our showboating friend over there.”

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Kyle Anders: Chief of Security-

OOC: I’m going to assume here that Emmy has the results of the science scans so that we can push things along a bit. Typically, you want to give players involved in the sim the opportunity to provide that information IC, but sometimes we take little shortcuts on Academy sims because they are limited duration and we want to try to get everyone involved. :)

IC:

Emmy hadn’t had much of a chance to react to her XO’s suggestion, which was likely fortunate since her reaction was going to be akin to disbelief. She had already begun to search her memory to see if she’d ever heard of anything quite like this. She realized this meant she had tuned out slightly and she paused for a moment to try to catch back up on the conversation she had heard on the Bridge.

“Lieutenant McMorran, coordinate with Lieutenant Walsh to start cataloguing all of the information you can come up with regarding this ship. Given the similarity to nerve impulses, her anatomical education may come in handy as you start trying to determine what exactly this… being… is.”

Her brown eyes fell on the Chief of Security next as she considered his suggestion. While telepaths were increasingly common in Starfleet, she did not like to assume that it was a talent that should be depended on and used in such a context. “I will keep your suggestion in mind,” she responded, dryly, not realizing the inadvertent humor that she had added to her response. “Let’s see if we can communicate with them. I believe that one of our engineering cadets is a Betazoid, so perhaps liaising with him to determine if we can vent warp plasma would be ideal.”

With that, she enabled the communication systems to respond to Sapeth personally:

=/\= Thank you for the update, Lieutenant. Please send Cadet Stadi to the Bridge. We require a liaison with engineering to ensure that we can safely attempt to communicate with venting warp plasma and his telepathy may come in handy. =/\=

=^= Of course Captain. Engineering out. =^=

Lt Sapeth - CE (crosspost)

Finally, she turned to the XO (and CNS if she’s still on the bridge?), “thoughts about an away team to get closer to the ship, Commander?” she enquired.

Davis, CO

Vanessa pursed her lips and arched an eyebrow at the commander’s suggestion. “That… could made sense,” she muttered. Then her eyes widened.

“Oh. Oh no. That looks like a mating dance.” She turned back to the captain. “Like a peacock displaying its feathers, or the bird of paradise.” She struggled not to grin.

She considered the captain’s away team suggestion. “Will there be anything we can react with onboard? Terminals? Voice communication? Is there even breathable atmosphere aboard?”

Lt. Cmdr. Lofton - CNS

“Hold that thought Commander,” Anders began before turning to one of the security officers standing near his console, “Mr Zavi, scan the ship, see if you can identify any form of breathable atmosphere over there.”

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Kyle Anders: Chief of Security-

“Right you are ma’am”, came the CSO’s response. A quick pivot and pace later she was instructing the turbolift. “Sickbay.”

Lt. McMorran - CSO

Eric replied to the Captain’s question about an away team. “It’s an option, Captain. That being said, the other ship might not take too kindly to us showing up inside it, especially if it is some type of life form. We would need to be careful about the situation not becoming hostile. Another option is send out a shuttle as a second ship for it to interact with, and study the response.”

-Cmdr. Eric Holmman, XO

“If we go down that route Commander,” Anders began, “I’m happy to board the shuttle with one of my team.” Kyle was starting to get antsy, and was eager to get his hands dirty.

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Kyle Anders: Chief of Security-

The turbolift doors whisked open and revealed the bridge. Dael took an apprehensive breath and stepped out onto the control center for the ship. He noted most of the senior staff was present and all seemed intent on coming up with ideas and solutions to the current predicament. The inrush of thoughts mixed with his nerves took a moment to get adjusted to, but he tried to take it in stride. Just a normal day, the Captain just needs my advice… The Captain… needs me… Oooooh boy… He took a step forward, working to calm himself as his hands opened and closed at his sides. He was an engineer in Starfleet, he could handle this problem. He was a Betazoid, he could handle these thoughts. He could do this.

Repeating this mantra he made his way out of the turbolift alcove at the back of the bridge. He noticed a familiar face in Kyle Anders at the tactical station and gave him a nod. He had interacted with some of the senior staff at crew events, but he had ran into Anders a few times in the corridors while both were just cadets, and the small familiarity helped. Walking up towards the triumvirate of chairs for the Captain, XO and Counselor, Dael made sure to give off as calm an appearance as he could, as was expected for a Starfleet engineer. Even if his insides felt very differently.

“Captain, Lt. Sapeth said you requested me on the Bridge?”

-Cadet Stadi, Engineering