Posted by Lieutenant Celina Rodriguez (Chief Tactical Officer) in Main Sim: Bridge - So It Begins

Posted by Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim: Bridge - So It Begins

Posted by Lieutenant Riali Deandres (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim: Bridge - So It Begins
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As the alarms went off and all sensors spiked with the scanning activity, the Watch Officer slammed the comms open.

=/\= Captain to the bridge. =/\= NE Grohl said as the console in front of him lit up. Cochrane immediately came out of the Ready Room. Stepping to and sitting down in the center seat he said “Status, Ensign.” “Heavy scanning of all vessels and the station, sir. Very powerful. I can’t tell where it’s coming from…” and his voice trailed off as he bent over the science console and tried to get a bearing.

The source of the sensor emissions was a point barely a light year away. A small object, barely eight metres in length. A probe.

Jabbing a finger onto the arm console of the chair, Cochrane said “Shields up.” and then to the ship as a whole =/\= Yellow Alert. All personnel to stations. Senior Staff to the Bridge. =/\= He then looked at the helm officer. “Helm, detach us from Event Horizon. We aren’t much good leashed to the docking ring. Comms, open a channel to the defense forces and the station.” “Channel open, Captain.” was the immediate reply. =/\= All Federation Station Defense Forces, this is Captain Cochrane of the Manhattan. We have detected powerful scanning of all ships and the station, source unknown. Begin scanning for incoming vessels or anomalies in the area. Looks like we have new visitors. Manhattan out. =/\= and the channel was cleared.

Cochrane, CO

SGM

(COPIED FROM THE OTHER SIM THREAD)

Barvan, after finishing his psychological, medical and CoS evaluations, was on the bridge as Captain Cochrane entered it and blared into the comms channel. Being in the second comms officer position, Barvan would use the computer in front of him to analyze the disposition of the enemy forces. At this point, Barvan did not know who or what they were facing, though he could probably deduce their goals and the means by which they could complete them. As he was doing that, he came up with an idea.

“Captain sir, I recommend we hail the enemy to either ascertain their full intentions or to stall them as we prepare our battle plan. If they don’t respond to our hails, we’ll already have a good idea what they intend.”

Ensign Barvan, Second Comms Officer

Without looking his direction, Cochrane said “Easy, Ensign. We don’t know this is an enemy. Could just be a really aggressive high-five on their part.”

Sensors continued to show that the scans originated from a single point, just less than a light year away, on a course of 010. A small rectangular object a little over eight meters in length.

Logan exited from the turbolift and entered the bridge. He went to main security console to verify that weapons and shields were at the yellow alert ready status. He asked, “All they’ve done is appear and scan us?”

CoS

“So far. But the power behind those scans is almost off the charts… and directed at all ships in the vicinity.”

Weapons were charged and on standby. Torpedo systems were on ready alert, though per Yellow Alert protocol, tubes had not been loaded. Shield generators were charged and ready to be deployed.

SGM

OOC: Eaten alive by the quoting disease, apparently. Unquoted the appropriate sections.

Andy

Jack had left his quarters with Celina as the pair had made there way. Normally Ardashir could be fairly laid back but emergencies he always kicked it up a notch. Exiting the bridge he let Celina go to her station as he came to the front taking his. “Sir what do we have?” Jack asked, not waiting for the Captain to stop he brought up the console and began reading back the information coming to them in order to speed things up.

Creed, XO

Nodding at the XO’s question, Cochrane said “Mr. Creed. We have an unknown object, possibly a probe, conducting high energy scans of everything in the vicinity. Power levels are massive.”

Celina moved to her station and began to scan the information contained there. With the security chief at his station, Celina did not start shouting out information. Instead, she began to analyze the situation looking at it from all possible angles. This is why she loved her job. You were part of the action but tactile was the long game. Security had to make instantaneous decisions for the most part action and reacting based on gut. She was able to do this yet, the big picture was more her specialty.

Lt. Celina Rodriguez CTO

Her scans revealed the same information the others had received. The scans were actively directed at each of the Starships, the Event Horizon station and the neutrino envelope that marked the entrance to the wormhole. More detailed scans of the device revealed an outer shell composed of a composite duranium-tritanium material. The object was emitting neutrino, electromagnetic, magnetronic and multi-phasic energy as a scanning medium. The object was too far away for any visual analysis or in-depth scanning with active short range sensors.

SGM

Celina’s console showed the same thing everyone else was reading. The security chief had thier weapons were charged and on standby. Torpedo systems were on ready but not actively loaded into the tubes. Shields were charged and ready to be deployed so the defense of the ship was in good hands. Instead, Celina focused on things to help out the XO and COS. “Sir,” Celina announced, “long range scans shoul the device has an outer shell composed of a duranium-tritanium material. It is scanning the Event Horizon and surrounding areas with a multi-phasic energy beam. It is also emitting neutrino, electromagnetic, magnetronic energy.” Celina knew Riali was already trying to make sense of the science end of things. “I am attempting long-range scans because right now it is too far away for any visual analysis or in-depth scanning with short-range sensors,” she announced to the bridge.

Lt. Celina Rodriguez CTO

Pursuing her station, Riali tapped the young Ensign’s shoulder, clicking her tongue with a thumb shot towards the turbolift. “You’re relieved, Ensign.” Sliding into his spot, she redirected scans to get a better shot of what they were looking at.

[[Assuming the scans remained the same as stated in the previous post..]]

Considering the neutrinos, Riali chose to focus on the area around the device, suspecting Security and Tactical were already looking into the enemy themself. She wanted to know if there were any other anomalies in its vicinity, or visible indications of where it had come from.

Lt. Deandres, CSO

“Helm, whats the status on our departure from the station? I’d rather meet this thing ahead of it getting to us.”

Cochrane, CO

“I’m on it Captain,” Walker said as he slid into the operations station. He signaled the starbase regarding their immediate departure, and opened a channel.

=^= Starbase control this is the Manhattan. We need emergency clearance to break dock to intercept the incoming probe. =^=

WO Darach - COO