Posted by Lieutenant Sheriye (Chief Science Officer) in Bridge Jigsaw (I am rubber, you are glue)

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=^=Commander, there appears to be a both a warp and force field surrounding the ship. We are unable to launch through it.=^= M’Ressa reported to the bridge before looking back to Sheriye.

As she heard the communication, Katelyn’s eyes raised to meet Jen’s. “Well, that clarifies that we are actually at warp,” she commented, feeling a slight bit of relief that the computer was reporting something correctly. The relief quickly faded, though, as she realized that now they needed to figure out why the ship was doing that…

Jacobs, CO

Jen’s antennae halted in mid motion. That was unexpected. “Are the engines engaged for propulsion?” He mused, his strategic mind working. “The ship needs to form a warp field before going into warp. We may be static with the field intact. We did come to a rather quick halt, or the bruises I have from it tells me we did. There is power going to every force field on this ship, inside and out. Engineering can’t give us much more. The Admiral May be able to help with scans. The computer AI is what knows the most. I suggest we make a push for the computer core and speak with it directly.”
Jen, XO

“Might be useful. I am still concerned about the bogeys the marines say they saw.” He gestured over to the weapons lockers. ” At the moment we are sitting ducks, I don’t want to have phasers floating around the CIC.”

He let go of the console and gently floated over to the locker and entered his security codes. “However Commander, my first duty right now is keeping you and the CIC secure.” He pulled out a phaser rifle and a side arm and pushed it towards the crew in CIC.

“Just in case.” He said as he checked the power levels on both his weapons.

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CoS

“How long have you been on board, Lt?” Jen asked the security chief. As much as he was fostering the need to keep them safe, with the transport system they’d made in the ‘tunnels’ - which may or may not affect their structural integrity - they could populate the CIC with a full section of armed marines inside minutes now. However, he would not reduce the Lt’s zeal with that, even though he likely knew it himself. He was there and the marines weren’t and he had a job to do.

However, that much said, both the CO and he had not been aboard as long and was not as intimately familiar with the ship as the security chief would be - and if they needed to trail to the computer core to have a direct chat with the ships’ AI then he would be the one who was the invaluable resource at the moment.
- Jen, XO

Davon was busying himself with his weapons checks. “This is my first mission with this version of the Chimera. I arrived during the refit. Sir”

He hostlered his phaser apparently happy with its functionality. “That’s why I was unsure if we have weapons lockers in the CIC. Before all this,” he gestured to the floating rifle, “I was reviewing the ship symatics making notes off all the lockers and was beginning a inventory of security issued arms.”

It was then he realised his tone before. “Apologies Commander I did not mean to imply your job does not involve maintaining crew safety. I feel pretty useless locked in here.”

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CoS

M’Ressa grumbled as she reported to the XO on the bridge,=^= It appears that we our warp field strength is 50% greater then usual but we are not moving, Commander. Sheriye is attempting to ascertain why.=^=

Rear Admiral M’Ressa
Sheriye CSO

Katelyn listened to the exchange between the COS and the XO as she collected a phaser for herself, the look on her face daring the other officers to even comment on it. It was taking all of her training to not start banging her head against the nearest bulkhead with the situation the ship was in. They had to come up with something and fast.

Jacobs, CO