Posted by Gamemaster Janus (Gamemaster) in Main Sim: Bridge (Crashing Into the Planet Timeline)

Posted by Lieutenant Veyn Cewa (Science Officer) in Main Sim: Bridge (Crashing Into the Planet Timeline)

Posted by Gamemaster Janus (Gamemaster) in Main Sim: Bridge (Crashing Into the Planet Timeline)
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Veyn eventually climbed his way to the bridge, aided by the restored life-support to prevent him from passing out given the strain and his head injury. Lieutenant Cewa made his way to the science console, inspecting it for any functionality.

The console was blank, and out of power.

He took the PaDD given to him by Solit out from under the crook of his arm and started reviewing the sensor readings that the ship had managed to collect of the unexpected trip through space.

Only after a moment did Veyn look up and realize the bridge was strangely empty. At least the hum of life support kept it from being too terribly quiet.

(Lt. Cewa, Science)

His department head was lucky – the data he managed to copy to his personal storage device was everything from the computer prior to the power failure. The PADD had detailed sensor scans for the entire trip, but no analysis as there wasn’t much of a computer provide an analysis. Any analysis would have be done by hand. The PADD could do limited calculations but nothing complicated like directly correlation of data. Sensors were partly damaged by the plasma storm, but there was enough data about the planet from active sensor scans all the way leading up to the crash. The PADD’s power showed it was charged at 89%. Lt. Cewa would at least get a couple of hours of analysis before the battery power of the PADD died.

OOC: So for this part, just ask your questions about the data. Examples include: how many continents of the planet they were on, any other signs of life found, data from the anomaly, data from the plasma storms, etc. As a reminder, here’s the summary link: https://www.star-fleet.com/core/stf1/asimov/notes/65896/

GM

Veyn let out a disapproving ‘tsk tsk’ as he saw the battery indicator. As soon as they set up camp somewhere on the surface, he would need to work with engineering to configure some sort of power-generator. Potentially using mechanical power from the crew themselves. But that was a long-term goal, and this was a short-term project. A couple hours were all he would need. Hopefully.

Given the freedom to prioritize what he wanted, Veyn sat for a moment and pondered. “Well okay,” he breathed to himself, “Commander Solit noted that the ship was pulled into the anomaly at bearing 000, mark 241, then accelerated to warp 9.9975. However, chronitons in the anomaly make it difficult to predict the actual landscape of the galaxy around us. Sending out a distress call would be risky without knowing whose territory we’re in, but even if we could figure out the general location of the Asimov, a time differential could mean that the civilizations nearby that we know of in the present may not even exist yet.”

Lieutenant Cewa sighed. The alternative to confirming their location in space to organize some sort of rescue or escape was to prepare for a long habitation on the planet. The ship didn’t seem to be in suitable condition to fly any time soon. His thoughts wandered for a moment to his family on Denobula. His husbands, his son. He shook his head. “Alright, Veyn. Let’s focus on not dying for the moment, yes?”

He pulled up the data the ship had managed to collect on the planet as it left the anomaly. He looked for any indication of native intelligent life, any power signatures that might indicate that electrical power had developed on the planet. If they weren’t alone, Veyn wanted to know that first.

(Lt. Cewa, Science)

No detectable power signatures were detected, but the planet had plenty of humanoid life. The island they were on was pretty remote from all civilization unfortunately.

GM

Veyn cocked his head to the side. “I suppose in different circumstances, we’d have to be worried about a prime directive violation. It’s probably for the best that we landed all the way out here.” Curious about this island, Veyn looked for any details he could find about their current geographic location. Specifically, he wanted to know the threats to their safety. He scanned the data for information regarding dangerous flora or fauna, potential for natural disasters, weather anomalies, and geographic activity.

(Lt. Cewa, Science)

Given the sensor data’s operation was only brief, the data only showed flora, fauna, but did not indicate any danger to it. It wasn’t to say the plants might be dangerous, but more like the computer had no time to perform the analysis before the data was copied, and was clearly marked as “raw” to indicate it was direct data from the sensors. The island didn’t seem to have any natural disasters, but again, small window of analysis didn’t allow for that. Same for weather anomalies and geographic activity. The island did show a crashed Ferengi vessel, and the data did show the Ferengi vessel altered the ship’s trajectory from crashing terribly.

GM

Veyn felt a sinking in his stomach. We really are going into this blind, he thought as his eyes searched for anything that might tell him what sort of dangers this planet would pose for the crew. Finally accepting that his investigation was pointless, he turned his attention to the readings of the other ship.

Lieutenant Cewa’s eyes narrowed. Another ship? And one that had apparently helped cushion the Asimov’s landing. Veyn looked for any indication of how the other ship had been able to alter the Asimov’s trajectory. Tractor beam? Gravity manipulation? He didn’t know much about Ferengi ship specifications, but he was surprised that they had wanted to help, much less been able to in the first place.

(Lt. Cewa, Science)