Posted by Captain Freja Andreassen (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim- The Forbidden Nebula Star system- Into the Gamma Quadrant! The Fleet Sets Sail, A Race Against Time and Terror!”

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Melanie Hall (Chief of Security) in Main Sim- The Forbidden Nebula Star system- Into the Gamma Quadrant! The Fleet Sets Sail, A Race Against Time and Terror!”

Posted by Lieutenant Jeffrey “Bob” Jeffers (Chief Engineer) in Main Sim- The Forbidden Nebula Star system- Into the Gamma Quadrant! The Fleet Sets Sail, A Race Against Time and Terror!”
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The long-range scan reveals that there are 5 more star systems within range though not many details could be made out with this low-resolution scan the one system that was close enough that more information could be made out this system sitting 3.5 Lightyears away showed a Yellow Dwarf star with 4 planets the last one being a Gas Giant with Rings hidden in these rings was 5 cargo ships they were sheltering as the Dominion had ordered they had most systems powered down at the moment except for basic life support however one of the ships had a fluctuating power signature that looked strange however there could be any number of reasons why the energy signature was off on that one for now the fleet would need more evidence something was truly wrong to act

The Pickett and the ships guarding it arrived back while the scan was being conducted

Other ships started scanning and sharing the data with the chimera

Firstly the Skeleton shows Structural Integrity damage but what is strange is its more of Material Degradation scaring shows a High-Energy Biochemical Corrosion almost as if what is left was partially liquified

There is an Organic Residue on the skeleton that a sample can be collected from and anylized more closely

GMT Phoenix

“Let’s quarantine any samples we decide to bring aboard for further analysis,” Freja spoke as she sat in her command chair.

~Freja Andreassen~

Bob continued to pace around Engineering. He wandered if he could be more useful on the bridge.
=^=Jeffers to the Bridge. Do you need me up there, I feel like a spare part down here.=^=

Lt. Bob Jeffers (CE)

“Cap, you may wanna see this”

The Chief Science Officer looked towards the Captain of the Chimera with a look of concern on his face. “Whatever dissolved that ship all but melted it. These scans…” he paused for a moment, double checking the data just to confirm what he was thinking was correct. The look of concern grew even more as he blinked and adjusted his glasses.

“There’s traces on that ship of biochemical corrosion… By it’s very nature biochemical only occurs within living organisms. Cap, biochemical suggests something living” he spoke finally. “There’s more, because our fun doesn’t end there. I did those long range scans? Yeah, they’re interesting as well” he continued. “Scan’s reveal a few ships a few light years away, all mostly powered down but one is fluctuating massively. I’d need to confirm with Jeffers, but I don’t think ships are supposed to do that”

Lieutenant Junior Grade Edwards - Chief Science Officer - USS Chimera

“That’s....disconcerting,” Freja remarked, =^=Yeah Chief, we could use you, our Science Chief could use your collaboration on some scans he’s getting back from our wreck, something tells me it might need an engineer’s touch.=^=

=^=Righto Captain, I’m on my way.=^= He replied, turning to Ensign Reese he said “Keep everything ticking over down here while I’m away. Any issues let me know.” With that, he turned and headed out of Engineering and up to the Bridge.

Freja turned back to her CSO, “Work with Jeffers and see if we can come up with a few theories on why that ship is doing what’s it’s doing, because I don’t want us to land in a situation where we’re the ones with power fluctuations having us blink like a Christmas tree.”

~Freja Andreassen~

A few minutes later Bob arrived on the Bridge. He looked around and grinned, he loved being on the bridge. It was true he loved ships in general but he liked looking out of the viewer at the stars. He just had the dream job really. He looked around Engineering and over to the Science station, there was someone he didn’t recognise The CSO maybe he thought to himself. He walked over to Jasper with a friendly smile on his face.
“Hello there, Bob Jeffers. I’m the Chief Engineer. Feel free to call me whatever you like, most call me Chief.” He introduced himself holding out his hand.
“I gather you need a hand?” He asked.

Lt. Bob Jeffers (CE)

“Edwards, Chief Science”

He cast his eyes to the friendly looking Chief Engineer and took his hand softly. He gave the hand a little shake before turning back to his station, the look of concern still present and obvious for Bob Jeffers to see.

Bob had a much firmer grip and his hand was rough and calloused, only natural for a Chief Engineer. He noticed the concern in Jasper’s eyes.

“Make sense of these scans for me. You know how ships are put together, yes?” he asked inquisitively. “What does this to a ship? How can something biorganic do this to a ship?”

Bob huffed slightly blowing out his cheeks as he looked over the scan. It was odd and indeed worrying. He played it down for Jasper’s benefit.
“Well, I’d say it was something big whatever it was. To cause that much damage, we’ll know more once the sample is analysed.” He then turned to the other ships.
“Those are even stranger. That fluctuating one. Can we get further information on it? I’d like to know the root cause.” He said then realised he hadn’t been at all reassuring.
“Don’t worry Edwards, I’m sure we’ll have this figured out. There’s an explanation for everything.”

The Chief Engineer was anything but reassuring.

Jasper adjusted his glasses, eyes dancing over the scans on the screens in front of him. His fingers tapped on the computer panels, adjusting the scans to try and focus in on the ship with it’s fluctuating power systems. What he didn’t understand was why there was only one ship with a freaky power system and the rest seemed completely normal, like nothing was happening.

“Talk me through this” he asked of the CE. “Give me some valid reasons why a ship’s power would freak like that and tell me that it definitely isn’t related to the scans I’m looking at in relation the cargo vessel”

Bob puffed out his cheeks lost in though.
“Could be anything to be honest with you. We’d need to get in closer to do a more in depth scan.” He replied.

A Comm Call came in “This is NE Rhaine We have just finished collecting the samples I am transporting them to Sickbay for analysis ANd I have sent one sample over to the Nightengale as they have even more detailed facilities to use” the female ensign called over the comms

GMT Phoenix

Lieutenant Junior Grade Edwards - Chief Science Officer - USS Chimera
Lt. Bob Jeffers (CE)

=^=Acknowledged, please maintain standard quarantine protocols, at least until we have a better idea of what exactly we are handling,=^= Freja replied firmly. She knew some officers found it annoying when she stated the obvious, but her first duty was to ensure that her crew came back in one piece from this mission and she took it very seriously.

~Freja Andreassen~

Lunan chimed in, “I feel I may be useful coordinating with the science teams, I can beam over to the Nightengale in minutes?”

-Lt. Commander Lunan Farrah: XO-
Lieutenant Junior Grade Edwards - Chief Science Officer - USS Chimera

“I don’t really want to step too far onto the Nightengale’s science crew or their command crew,” Freja replied to her XO, carefully thinking through her words, “Coordinate with them from here, unless they request your presence Commander.” She didn’t want to step too hard on other crews unless she needed to and they weren’t quite at the point where she was worried about other crews not doing what was needed. Hopefully they wouldn’t be there at all.

~Freja Andreassen~

For Bob The more he looked at the scan the more he might see that actually while it was stripped down to just the skeleton it was done in a very methotical manner there was no ripping or tearing of connections it was almost as if it was scrapped while in flight though at the same time what was left was clearly showing the damage whatever the Biological thing was

As for Jasper He would not be able to adjust the scans as the System the cargo ships were in was at the outer range of the Sensors and thus no higher resolution images could be brought up at this time they would need to get closer to figure that out

GMT Phoenix

Bob looked over the scan in detail. He drowned out the rest of the bridge. Curious He thought then turned to Jasper.
“It looks like the ship has been methodically stripped down to its bare parts. Almost scraped. Whatever happened it wasn’t ripped or teared.” He turned to Jasper.
“Seen anything like this before?” He asked.

Lt. Bob Jeffers (CE)

He shook his head.

“No, never” he commented. “The scans I took from it though…” he continued, face more concerned that ever. “I mused before you came up here Chief, biochemical suggests something alive and the scans that I took show a lot of biochemical matter” he finished, casting his eyes to the Chief Engineer.

Bob nodded as Jasper replied he was deep in thought.
“It does seem like that something alive and something big took apart that ship. It must have been huge.” He replied not really believing what he was saying. There wasn’t anything capable of doing anything like that to a ship.

“Captain, we need to know what’s going on with that ship”

Lieutenant Junior Grade Edwards - Chief Science Officer - USS Chimera

Bob nodded in agreement.
“Aye Captain. I’d definitely like to get a closer look.”

Lt. Bob Jeffers (CE)

As usual, Lieutenant Hall stood at her post as she was doing her duty. She didn’t know what to say so she stayed right where she is and with no questions asked she smiled.

Lieutenant Junior Grade Melanie Hall
U.S.S. Chimera
Chief of Security

“Let’s see if medical comes up with any major red flags from their sample before we get a closer look,” Freja replied, “They should have some preliminary information for us soon I’d wager. If nothing major comes up, I’ll greenlight us moving in to get a closer look.”

~Freja Andreassen~

“I can oversee things in Sickbay if you’d prefer to be up here?” Lunan asked, keen to do what he could to get to the bottom of this mystery.

-Lt. Commander Lunan Farrah: XO-