Posted by Gamemaster Deus Ex Machina (Gamemaster) in Ranger Excursion

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=/\= Understood, Commander. If we can get shields down, I have a plan to get this craft outside of the Chimera and then maybe we can figure out more about what’s going on and get into contact with Starfleet… =/\=

As she completed her comm call, Katelyn smirked slightly as she overheard Eleanor. Pilots never changed, she thought to herself.

=^= I will give you a sit rep on the shields as soon as I can, Captain. In the meantime does Ranger have any probes you can fire out? =^=
Jen

=/\= Let me find out… =/\= Katelyn responded, slightly annoyed with herself for not knowing the immediate answer to that. She had forced herself to be fairly hands off with the air group; otherwise she knew that she’d have her nose stuck where it didn’t belong.

When she felt she was not interrupting the comm calls between the carrier’s Command team, Carnegie spoke again. “The hangar bay doors are open, Captain. That’s why we can pick up the warp bubble and the force field. Now… I am not sure…” Eleanor’s voice trailed off as she tapped her console, trying to figure out whether it was possible to pinpoint whether the forcefield they were picking up was the one generated by the Chimera’s shields, or by something else.

Finally, examining the force field and the warp bubble again, Eleanor noticed the unusual aspect of the frequency of both fields around the large carrier. “This is… weird.. The amplitude of the warp field is twice what it should be… almost as if there are two fields superimposed…” She commented out loud. Tapping yet more commands, Carnegie tried to use the Ranger’s powerful sensor suite to make a better image of the warp field outside.

CPT. Carnegie, Recon Squad CO

Katelyn nodded, having noticed the open bay doors when she’d entered the hanger. “It’s not ideal, but yes, that’s exactly what I’m suggesting,” she observed with a wry grin. Noticing that the pilot seemed distracted, Katelyn resisted the urge to peer over her shoulder and merely leaned to take a peek at the console she was operating. “That is weird,” she murmured, more to herself than to Carnegie.

Jacobs, CO

The continued scans mostly just confirmed the amplitude increase of the warp field. The Chimera was ‘producing’ a single warp field at an amplitude half of what was currently being seen - the logical reason was something outside of the Chimera was causing an increase, but that reason wasn’t being detected by a straight scan… (specifics on what you are looking for might help).

GM

The pilot’s scans and the incoming results had momentarily distracted her from the XO’s request. “Do you have probes on board?” she questioned quickly before they delved too deeply into the results.

Jacobs, CO