Posted by Lieutenant Koria Sutret (Chief Engineer) in Bridge Jigsaw (I am rubber, you are glue)

Posted by Fleet Captain Katelyn Jacobs (Commanding Officer) in Bridge Jigsaw (I am rubber, you are glue)

Posted by Commander Garinder’Jen th’Jir (Executive Officer) in Bridge Jigsaw (I am rubber, you are glue)

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=^=Bridge, can you tell me how much damage we’ve taken and where are the internal forcefields and external forcefields located?=^=

MCO

Bridge? Jen thought with some amusement. Has she gone to the dark side so quickly? =^= Negative on damage. That is still being assessed. We believe there is an external pressure that has caused the computer to establish all the force fields you have been running into. As for a map, cue your tricorder to the Marine intranet and anything that has been mapped is there along with the roads we’ve been making around them. The Captain is on Ranger One in the Hanger and trying to learn more on what is out there. =^=
- Jen

The computer was only able to give a damage report on the immediate vicinity. While they shouldn’t it seemed that the internal force field was preventing computer contact from sections separated by them.

GM

Jen rubbed at his chin. He was tired. The incident occurred in ‘evening’ ship time and much of the crew had been awake a long time including him. They needed to rotate for rest periods. The marines for sure as they didn’t have ‘shifts’ like the Fleet crews did. And this information was not what he had expected.

=^= Jen to Lt Sutret. One peculiarity with the force fields is that we have no sensor information from the ‘other’ side until we actually get there and scan it. While you’re in the computer core can you search out any reason for that? Or, as your trade is engineer, can you fathom why this is so? =^=

=^= Jen to Colonel Georgio. We’ve come a long way and it is late. Start rotating rest periods for the marines. =^=

=^= Jen to Ranger. I’ve contacted marine Colonel Georgio to begin rotating rest periods for the marines. Gamma shift would be coming on normally though Alpha shift by now is exhausted given that it was almost 22:00 when this event began. I would defer the implementation of this to the CMO as she has the latest stats on injuries and how this is best done. Do you concur? =^=

Jen

=/\= Agreed, Commander. This doesn’t seem like a problem that’s going to be solved immediately. =/\= Katelyn’s voice paused as she gave an exasperated sigh of frustration. =/\= Let me know once we have some information from the computer core. I’m just boarding the craft now and then we’ll figure out how to best utilize what we have here to supplement the ship. =/\=

Jacobs, CO (crosspost)

=^= Sutret here Commander. I’ve gained access to the computer core. It seems like voice commands are still being accepted.

=^= My best guess is that the force fields are scattering the scans. Typically the scanners are tuned to not be effected by the forcefields, or to ignore them. Something probably mixed up the frequencies that the scanners are operating on. Is our optical sensors also effected by the forcefields? =^=

Lt Sutret - CE

Jen’s antennae followed his thought patterns as he listened to the reports. =^= Optical sensors. Anything that was remotely close to the skin of this beast we have no eyes on, be them electronic or optical sensors. If they are operational we need to get closer. I’m hopeful that we will get some kind of scans in from the hanger bay vessels that do have operating equipment. =^= Okay, so not normal with scans beyond the force fields. =^= Could it also be the computer who is intentionally limiting our ability to see in order to slow us down? I know this opens up a new tin of slush grubs and whether the computer is compromised in some way. That is another thing for you to look into there. =^=

He turned back to the captain’s transmission. =^= Captain, I have confirmation that the chief engineer has made it through to the computer core, as well as a second group from another deck. My voice authorization gained them entry via the comms. =^=

=^= Jen to Sickbay =^= he said, at last.
- Jen. XO