Posted by Ensign Elemirre Serinde (Engineering Officer) in Main Sim - Armory

Posted by Ensign Elemirre Serinde (Engineering Officer) in Main Sim - Armory
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El watched the three ships move in and pass quite close to them. That seemed .. rude of them to do it. Sure space was big but that looked intentional. “What do you think?” she asked the others there. “We might have to reset the data that the tactical station would have to be less detailed to enable the communicators to be able to handle the transmission. Or even, what if we set up a hand scanner to take the information and translate it into a comms signal and hook that in series to it to then transmit down here and reverse engineer it?”

• El, Ene

NE Harry spoke up again, “..I mean yeah we can but we still have the latency issue, equipment just isnt up to snuff to handle the conversion speeds. In fact that method probably would be even worse then a wireless carried signal array. Fastest option would be to have an open comm line directly to the bridge, either by hand unit or direct comms. Orders could be relayed then by the armory officer there and we load target and fire here. There’s still a delay but less chance of misfires or misses I would think..” he said. “..Sort of like old oceanic fighting vessels on Earth in the early 1900s or such..”

GM CockRoach

El struggled to process how that would be faster by essentially doing a kind of relaying of shouted orders to fire cannon and the like. Those ships were dreamy with their tall masts and rugged crew. She glanced at the computer systems here and beyond where the cargo ships lay. At that time those ships were traveling at not great speeds and that within eyesight of one another, not traveling at relativistic speeds seen only by sensors. “How quick can you target and fire?” An open comms may be the best, at least during combat. She’d have to ask the chief about that and whether there would be any safety or security issues around that but that might be their best option. She let a small frown cross her features. She was used to jury rigging things on the old Bonaventure but this was a new ship. Had nobody thought of secondary lines to something as important as tactical features from the bridge?

• El, Eng

”..We’re pretty well drilled, so roughly 5 seconds give or take upon an order being given from the bridge if by verbal orders. To compare a manual target from bridge relayed by the computer then processed by us non-verbally would take the same time and another 2-5 seconds for us to input it and fire..” He said.

GM CockRoach

El scratched absently at an itch along her hairline. “Otherwise it is automated? The orders come, the tactical officer would input and down here it is automated to lock and fire?” She supposed an open comms would work but then that would essentially bypass the need for anyone at tactical. She supposed too that they would be useful for relaying sensor information. She pursed her lips in frustration. “Couldn’t the one at tactical be faster doing the work down here while utilizing an open comms from the bridge?” She presumed that the one on the bridge would be quicker at the ‘drill’ and would do his or her thing there while at a the same time the boys down here would be free to do their thing without the extra step of doing what the bridge officer would do.
- El, Eng

Then came the notice through her comms unit that they were to go to General Quarters, at least the engineers. The message had come from Bekele and she was ordered to remain here. So much for time to work out a best solution. Now it was time for make do. As one of her instructors said, when in a situation don’t worry about what will be in two days. Think in the next 10 minutes. She acknowledged the GQ order and turned to the station. “Communicator it is,” she said to the small group there. A little while later ..

=^= Green to Armory. Ensign Serinde report. =^= That was expected. She was kneeling down making sure that her placement of the communicator wasn’t going to interfere with the electronics in the immediate region and vice versa. She replied.
=^= Rigging up a communicator here Lt. The Armory boys say they can listen in and target as the orders are confirmed from the bridge with only a small loss of time and no loss of accuracy. Having this on an open channel, frequency 387.3, encrypted. =^= She pulled out a length of duct tape and tore it with her teeth to secure it to the console.
=^= Confirm 387.3 Encrypted.=^= While she waited for a coming test or at least knowing that the communicators were linked she ran her scanner to ensure there was not electronic interference to mess with this option.
- El, Eng

=^= Green to Serinde. Comms check. =^= Her scan was interrupted but it looked fine. Systems were pretty well shielded for normal comm signals. She leaned in closer even though she knew the communicator would pick her up from a distance. Was that something that was genetic for that sort of thing?
=^= Serinde here. Loud and clear Lt. =^=
She turned away from it and asked, “Volume and position all good?” The command console was beside it. She checked to make sure it was secure and with a tap she locked the frequency so as to not have it accidentally be changed. THAT would be a problem if that happened.
=^= Confirmed all good with the armory people, sir. =^=
=^= Have them stand by and you remain there. There might be come trouble. =^= She turned in their direction and one gave a thumbs up.
She sighed and let out a breath. She would just be in the way here. =^= Yes, Lt =^= She sighed again and moved to the side to keep out of the way. Left with little to do and wanting rather to be in engineering with the rest of her peers she did what unconsciously came to her .. she chewed a nail.
- El, Eng