Posted by Gamemaster Roadrunner (Gamemaster) in Bridge - Main Sim
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The ship jumped into high warp without issue, though the black hole still interfered with long-range sensors ahead of their course to the SS Anne. After several hours the ship entered range of the black hole in order to fly by - if they maintained their present course they would reach the Anne in only a few more hours, but, if they re-adjusted course to straighter line to cut closer to the black hole (and skirting normal safety limits) they could shave an hour off their journey.

GM Roadrunner

The Angel appeared to be operating normally. As the Memorial drew farther away the distinct signal faded into a bright dot. There was no longer any need for him to watch it so closely. He returned to his seat to help oversee the ship’s close passage by the black hole.

Mulligan, XO

“The Hole is interfering with some of my long range scans,” Wendell said. “If we want to get to the right coordinates, we can cut time by one hour by traversing closer to the Hole. And risk damage. Otherwise, it’s a few hours to reach our target.”

CSO

Do your best to get us around this thing quickly and safely!” Tralla ordered her latest headache coming back in force

Tralla

“Sir!” Wendell said. “Perhaps if we put all power except for sensors and warp speed into the shields, i can get us closer to the Hole. Then, we can simply skim it and use the inertia to shave an hour or so off our travel time.”

CSO

Tyrran was watching the small monitor next to him intently. Across the screen status readouts from the ship’s systems and telemetry from the sensors scrolled down in blocks of data. His expert eyes quickly parsed the information. The transit had so far been uneventful and he almost missed the slight fluctuation in the gravitational field. He rechecked the reading but couldn’t be sure what it was he had seen. He stood and walked over to Wendell’s station.
“Commander, did you see a blip in the singularity’s gravitational field?” He asked.

Mulligan, XO

If the Commander hadn’t seen the blip, everyone on board soon felt it - the ship suddenly lurched with force overwhelming the inertial dampers. The black hole’s gravitational field had momentarily magnified by an order of magnitude, briefly pulling the Memorial off course and interrupting its warp field and knocking its warp drive offline with a shower of sparks from the Chief Engineer’s bridge console. The initial lurch was followed by the warp field collapsing, dropping the ship out warp!

The black hole raged on the viewscreen. The ship had dropped out of warp, but it had done so still millions of kilometres away from the deadly event horizon - they were safe so long as another gravitational distortion like that happened.

GM Roadrunner

Tyrran staggered and clung to the chair as he rode out the impact of the distortion. He looked at the viewscreen and felt his jaw clench as the blackhole swirled menacingly nearby. Warnings sounded from different stations around the bridge. He looked at Wendell, who was busily working the science station, and for a moment felt out of place. Just a few days ago he had been the CSO on the Lulea. It would have been his job to figure out what had just happened to them. Now he was the XO, and he needed to gather information so his Captain could determine their next course of action. He turned briskly on his heel and walked quickly back to his chair, tapping the comm’s panel as he sat down.
=/\= All departments report your status, damage, and casualties to the XO. =/\=

Mulligan, XO