Posted by Gamemaster Wookius Furrius (Senior Gamemaster) in Graven XII - Science - At the Landing Side

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Kiama Naim (Science Officer) in Graven XII - Science - At the Landing Side

Posted by Gamemaster Wookius Furrius (Senior Gamemaster) in Graven XII - Science - At the Landing Side
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She looked a little startled as Faye’s voice broke unexpectedly through the silence. =/\= Naim here. You could say so Lieutenant, =/\= she replied, her confusion probably audible in her voice. =/\= While taking soil samples I discovered a piece of metal that shows traces of radiation. Though not as if it is the source of it, but rather as if it had been exposed to it. My readings say that the radiation is not unlike that of a singularity, but the closest ‘match’ is that of the detonation of an early warbird. This gives more questions than answers. =/\=

~Lt.j.g. Naim, aCSO

=/\=Definitely worth doing more looking into. Can you secure it safely in something? Is it small enough for that? And we need to head back for now. We can rendezvous at the shuttle.=/\=

~Faye Calloway, Data Specialist

=/\= I should be able to, yes, =/\= Kiama replied as she got to her feet. =/\= See you soon. Naim out. =/\= With the piece of metal in one hand, she started to gather her stuff and then headed the very short distance back towards the shuttle. Once there she looked around for something to store the fragment in. She then made sure that all the soil samples were properly labeled while waiting for Faye and Knots to return.

~Lt.jg. Naim, aCSO

There was a storage area with room enough for the sample. It was still a heavy carry but thankfully the distance was not far to the craft. By the time that Naim had done so with all her other samples, Knots and Faye were returning. The sun was getting lower in the sky. Knots looked at it with an appraising eye it and shrugged. “Easy,” she said as she lightly climbed into the craft.

Faye wasn’t entirely sure what Knots meant by that and then cast her a curious glance as they stepped back in.

“What do you think?” She asked when they were underway.

Wookiee .. trying to bring timelines a little closer ..

“Radiation can mess up a lot of stuff. Cells of plants, water, soil, just to name the obvious. I think it’s worth looking closer for evidence that this might be connected,”Faye said. “But I want us to be careful about any correlations being confused for causation.”

~Faye Calloway, Data Specialist

“That is the one thing we have not progressed far with. Radiation. Beyond study of the sun and the region we’ve not gone far in that.” She shrugged as the machine banked and readjusted on course. “Not our focus really. Mostly it has been energy source refinement and metallurgical and crystal conductivity.”
- Knots

Kiama listened closely to the two women, her gaze fixed to the fields outside the aircraft, before asking with curiosity, “Why hasn’t it been a focus?” In her experience radiation was one thing all civilisations worked with and focused on at one point or another. And while these people were in theory a pre-warp civilisation now, they hadn’t always been. So she had assumed that at least at some point in their past, they would have worked with it.

~Lt.jg. Naim, aCSO

“Our energy is principally renewable. Geothermal. Solar. Tidal. Fusion and other types that account for radiation we’ve abandoned long ago.” She shrugged and looked at Naim. “Perhaps we have blinders. Tell me why it is a practical study?” They soon left the fields behind. They could tell that Knots was going faster on the way back than on the way there but she wasn’t concerned. Soon they could see the city and the Visitor Center that was where they began. There would be just enough time for a reply before they landed.
- Knots

“Sometimes we get so used to having certain technologies around that we forget what it might be like to not have them,” Faye said. “No one says you have to study alternate forms. Radiation exists beyond just a power source. Do your science fields allow you to explore beyond the known? How do you limit your curiosity?” she asked curiously. There was certainly no condemnation in her tone. If anything there was understanding and curiosity.

~Faye Calloway, Data Specialist