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Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Alison Barr (Chief Science Officer) in Bridge (Main Sim)

Posted by Commander Wulf Baumann (XO) in Bridge (Main Sim)
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Not long after, Baumann’s voice again came through the comms. [O] Bonaventure. Raider vessels heading for these coordinates.[O] and he sent the location of the energy and life signs. [O] I am returning to assist in the evacuation. Advise that once refugees are secure we attempt to contact the other faction at those coordinates for fact-finding and negotiations. [O]

Baumann, AC

[O] I concur.... let’s get everyone to safety then see if we can find a way to make peace and help everyone involved. [O] Her voice came back a moment later. She managed not to add her thoughts of gods know how, though.

Watching from her vantage point, it troubled her she couldn’t see what was happening inside. But to get closer was to put everyone in danger. She wanted to keep comms open, but not get themselves trapped inside. So she sat, and waited… and watched the opening praying not to see something she couldn’t live with in the morning.

Ari
CO

Bump?
As he returned to the rest of the team, Baumann toggled the comms to the Bonaventure. [O] Captain, I have a question. We obviously have multiple factions we are dealing with, some with more advantages but perhaps less resources than others. Should we try and mediate a mutually beneficial treaty of of some kind? At least the two factions we have dealt directly with so far speak before they fight. Perhaps bringing them to a neutral location for talks would be a prudent course of action for all parties. [O]

Baumann, XO

“Captain, while a neutral location would probably help, how much do we want to get involved with these inner politics? Because as soon as we leave, they could quite easily jump back to the way they are now. They might only be going along right now because of our position out here.”

Ltjg Barr - CSO

Ari nodded to Barr. “You are right. Getting ‘too’ involved may be an issue. But perhaps a happy medium… get them to a neutral location and get them talking amongst themselves. If they go back to fighting, so be it. But perhaps they just need a chance to talk. We really shouldn’t help any more than that.”

Ari then tapped her chair. [O]Baumann, we can’t get too involved. But if all sides are willing to ‘talk’ then let’s at least get them together. Perhaps between them they can figure things out. But we shouldn’t offer more than standard first aid. Anything more would either be more or less than they are used to and could cause more problems than it helps. [O] Her voice struggled to remain steady. Part of her, the science part, wanted to charge in, offer aid, try and solve their problems. But as Barr so pointedly spoke up, they really shouldn’t interfere. She took a deep breath and shook her head. “And unless it’s something we can fix from outside, Barr, I would say we shouldn’t be too much help on the technological side, either.” She hated that Barr was being more of a voice of reason than she was at the moment. But, on the other hand, she was grateful for the mental check as well.

Ari
CO

“Yes Ma’am,” Alison said nodding.

“I’m not sure that we can help much on the technological side, but I could try tapping into the sensor systems again. Maybe we can patch together the internal and external systems. Or maybe act as a bridge to the watchers for now. Maybe show them what is going on inside.”

Ltjg Barr - CSO

Sensors focused on the maw would pick up a small object, perhaps a meteorite moving in a course that may see it thread the needle and enter into the Sphere.
- Wookiee

Ari frowned slightly. “Barr… That object coming nearby… ” She was a bit concerned. “If that’s not mechanical, we need to see about kicking it away from the sphere. Stand by on phaser cannon. I don’t want it going inside just because it’s open on account of our presence. Maneuvering thrusters to best angle to fire without jepordizing the sphere.”

She hoped this was just a rogue rock. If it was something more, she had the feeling things were about to get hairy.

Ari
CO

As if on cue, the new XO’s voice came through the comms. [O] Baumann to Bonaventure. We are attempting repairs and performing triage on the wounded. Is there any update to our situation form your end? [O]

Baumann, XO

“Yes Ma’am,” Alison said as she trained the sensors on the object. She really hoped that it was just an ordinary rock, but she had a bad feeling. For a bit she thought that she had finally gotten over her nerves, but it looked like they were coming back. Hopefully it was the easy solution.

Ltjg Barr - CSO

Indeed, when they focused upon it with sensors, it turned out to be no other but a rather familiar satellite sized creation that they had rescued earlier, wherein they later had done the ‘catch and release’ … somehow it had either followed or managed to travel this far - again, the method of their propulsion was a mystery. However it was headed toward the entrance of the Sphere …
- Wookiee

“It looks familiar…”T’Leia said as she peered at the sphere.”Barr, is that the object that we rescued earlier?” What was it doing approaching the sphere? If it had been the object they had saved earlier were the race within related to this one? Were they coming home?

T’Leia