Posted by Lieutenant Commander Finn Grady (First Officer) in CIC - Arrival at Scallax

Posted by Gamemaster Amadeus (Gamemaster) in CIC - Arrival at Scallax

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Nathan Hawthorne (Chief Operations/Helm Officer) in CIC - Arrival at Scallax
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OOC: If anyone is in the process of still researching anything related to the mission, feel free to continue to play that thread out, I’m choosing to move ahead just to keep us in some momentum.

IC:

Freja sat in her chair, having planned to be in the CIC at least twenty minutes prior to their arrival into Scallax.

“Let’s keep our sensors on the system,” Freja ordered, “If someone is coming out to meet us, I want some warning.”

~Freja Andreassen~

Ensign Shau nodded at the Captain’s comment but said nothing. He wasn’t at the tactical console; instead, he was manning one of the redundant stations along the outer wall. The Chief wanted the department to be prepared, and extra manpower was one of the surest ways to improve short-term performance.

MJ ran through the tactical suite again, refamiliarizing himself with its options before checking the threat-detection systems. Not only did they contain a nearly exhaustive catalog of known combatant ships and other armed vessels, but they could also identify the power signatures associated with a wide range of weapon systems.

In a way… that could be the most important feature during our mission in the Scallax System. There could be newly armed civilian vessels that weren’t in the database.

The Risian rolled his shoulders to ease the tension building in them and reminded himself that they were not there to fight. Our goal is to assess and de-escalate. If things devolve into violence, it’s because something went wrong.

They needed to remain alert for signs of danger without misinterpreting the actions of the locals.

The fact that the Chimera was a warship might actually be a liability right now. It could be construed by the Scallax government as a threat, putting the Captain at a disadvantage before negotiations had even begun.

Ensign MJ Shau - Security Officer - USS Chimera

Nathan sat at the helm, his hands resting lightly on the flight controls as the Chimera continued on her approach to the Scallax system. The steady hum of the engines resonated beneath the deck, a familiar reminder that thousands of tonnes of starship answered to the slightest touch of his fingertips.

As the Captain’s order came across the bridge, he acknowledged it with a crisp nod.

“Aye, Captain.”

His eyes swept over the navigational display. The approach vector remained stable, but he made a few subtle adjustments, easing the Chimera onto a course that would allow maximum manoeuvring room should circumstances change unexpectedly.

“Maintaining approach at one-quarter impulse. I’ve adjusted our vector to give us clear departure lanes in all directions while keeping a respectful distance from the system’s primary traffic corridors.”

Nathan paused for a moment, studying the growing collection of contacts appearing on his display.

“No unusual gravimetric distortions or navigational hazards within our immediate flight path. If we receive visitors, we’ll have plenty of room to manoeuvre without appearing aggressive.”

His hands settled once more on the controls. Flying a starship wasn’t simply about getting from one point to another; every course and every adjustment conveyed intent. In situations where diplomacy came first, even the way a vessel approached another world could speak volumes.

For now, all they could do was wait and see who would greet them.

Lt(j.g) Nathan Hawthorne
Chief Helm/Ops
Uss Chimera

The tactical display began to spit a read out on the Scallaxian system.

The system contained the following celestial bodies.

At the edge of the system was two dwarf planetoids in a binary orbit around one another. The database identified them as Scalla and Scilla and estimated that the planetoids had orbit around the Scallaxian sun had a planar variance of approx 15.2 degrees and an orbital period of 302 sol standard years.

Next was a micro planet designated “The Wanderer”, based on it’s orbital apogee and declination, it was offset 67.5 degrees to the standard orbital plane and had a orbital period of 267 sol standard years

Next was the gas giant Onus, with an orbital period of 190 Sol standard years, orbital variance of just 1.2 degrees and a single satellite named Triton. In orbit around Triton was where the deactivated sub spatial relay was located.

After Onus was the gas giant Cetera, this gas giant had several rings and satellites. A orbital period of 164 sol years and a planar variance of 9.3 degrees. The database listed the moons as “Gray, Brown, Green, Cian and Chartruse”.

Palaria was approximately 9/10ths the size of Saturn in size and similar to Saturn it also had extensive rings around it. Palaria was tidally locked to the Scallaxian sun and had a 0.1 degree planar variance. With an orbital period of 132.5 years. It also had a plethora of moons. Jonaa, Heros, Una, Rodasia, Gulgo, Salus, Metarius and Victus.

The Federation armoury was located in a complex deep within the largest Palarian moon of Una.

Turus was the largest stellar body in the Scalalxian system and marked the end of the outer planets. It had an orbital period of exactly 99 sol standard years, a orbital variance of a modest 3 percent and a bevy of satellites each large enough to be worlds in their own right. Onecury and Thuophetia were dwarf planets while Tingao and Unzonra were approximately equal to Scallax in size.

Federation records indicate that there was significant mining concerns based around Turus before the secession. From Hydrogen and Helium3 extraction to precious, rare earth and heavy minerals.

Scallax itself has an orbital period of 7 standard sol years. For a normal G-sequence star, Scallax would be far outside the standard habitbal zone with but the Scallaxian sun is a yellow giant which shifts the habitbal zone to put Scallax just within the outer edge of the range. Scallax itself has no moon, only artifical satellites and an Orbital Transfer Station.

The sensors indicated that there were two more dwarf worlds racing very close to Scallax Prime, however there are no entries about them in the data base.

There were a multitude of sensor ghosts and dead zones in the read out. On the one had, the sensors insisted that there was an entire fleet on patrol in Scallax. As well as several interference zones.

– GM Amadeus
USS Chimera

Finn surveyed the information on the display before glancing over at the captain, “Well, it seems they haven’t exactly rolled out the welcome mat for us. I’m not sure if that’s more good or more bad.”

He turned and called over to the communications officer, “Send an encrypted message to the Favereau to let them know we’ve arrived in system. Have them take up position outside and wait for further signal. And do your best to mask that message as some kind of stellar radiation. If they don’t actually know we are here yet, I’d think we should keep a low profile.”

Lieutenant Commander Grady - XO

=^=Captain, this is Lt. Reid, in the shuttle bay. The modified runabout is ready to go when you give us the green light.=^+

Lt. Conner Reid
Chief of Security-USS Chimera