Posted by Lieutenant Priscilla Simms (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge - Two Days Out

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Posted by Lieutenant Commander Renveer (Executive Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge - Two Days Out
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Priscilla bit her lip and glanced around at those present. “The question is, how close can we get to get those readings, and maybe help, without being sucked into whatever it is they are stuck in.” She leaned back over the console. “I’m going to set the readers to look for chroniton particle readings starting now. If something is wrong, I don’t want to start the readings at 100k only to find out we’re already in the thick of it.” She laughed and waved her hand. “I know… I know… we are way too far out. But it won’t hurt. And it will ease my mind.” She didn’t look up this time guessing that the faces looking at her would be rolling their eyes at her ridiculous over cautiousness.

Dr. Drillek nodded in agreement. “That’s a really good idea, Lieutenant. Even if we find nothing between here and there, we can establish a baseline of chroniton saturation in the sector. That will make any anomalous readings that much easier to find. Good job.”

The idea that the station was stuck in a temporal flux wasn’t very comforting. If they were experimenting and something went wrong, that was one thing. If this area turned out to be a naturally occurring place for such things… she didn’t want to think about it. Her science mind screamed as she reined it back in. The idea of it being natural also led to the fact that this likely wouldn’t be the only place. And temporal holes, like black holes, weren’t something anyone wanted floating around the universe.

Priscilla
CSO

GMT

Forgrave had quietly stepped onto the bridge a bit ago, remaining content to sip his coffee and listen. The discussion on the mystery sensor readings was both worrisome, and thought-provoking. “Pardon me for interrupting; but seems like we want ta figure out what’s going on without getting too close? Could we load up a probe with sensors and and transmitters, and toss it at the source? Or hell, toss a couple dozen if we got them to spare. I’d rather spend some time and resources pokin’ at it from far away as possible iffin’ it could save our hides. Granted, we gotta balance that with time, but… I sure don’t want ta add our names to the list of missing.”

Issac Forgrave, CoS

Renveer nodded along as Lieutenant Forgrave spoke. “Leuitenant Simms, Dr. Drillek… do these readings give us any reason to believe that the station is in eminent danger? Should we increase our speed and/or be prepared to launch a rescue mission immediately after coming out of warp?” Renveer liked Forgrave’s cautious approach… but he too was worried about how much time they really had if something was indeed wrong at Julian Echo station.

(Lt. Cmdr. Renveer, XO)

Drillek looked at the readings and said “I wouldn’t be comfortable giving you answer to that question, Commander. With these readings, there is just too much awry to tell you yes or no.”

Holloway listened in silence, her own eyes focused on the mysterious readings as the others spoke. Both Forgrave and Renveer had good points, and if necessary, both could be done in parallel. She liked the idea of sending out a probe, as it would ensure that they would stay away from the event while still taking readings on it. “Also, Dr. Drillek, is there any chance that these anomalous readings might be tied to the star the station is observing? Are you aware if Julian Echo might have recorded any readings that could explain what we are seeing?”

Holloway, CO

Drillek nodded. “Oh, absolutely. The massive amounts of radiographic radiation and gravity fluctuations surrounding the star could definitely be a factor in what we are seeing. From where we are, we are looking past the star to see the station.”

GMT

Bump to move along.

Renveer nodded in thought. The executive officer suddenly realized that they were all standing around thinking, rather than doing. He turned to Lieutenant Forgrave. “Can you work with engineering to outfit a probe? If we’re going to send one out, we should make sure it’s prepared for anything. Lieutenant Simms, please advise Lieutenant Forgrave and Lieutenant Mason on what types of protection the probe will need, and help them tune the sensors to account for that radiographic radiation if possible. I want the scans of that radiation sent to sickbay so we can prepare to effectively treat radiation poisoning for the Julian Echo crewmates immediately when we arrive if they’ve been exposed.” Renveer looked to Captain Holloway for approval or additional orders.

(Lt. Cmdr. Renveer, XO)

Forgrave nodded firmly, and began scribbling notes to himself; brief snippets of information to save repeated calls back and forth.

Drillek said “The station is set far enough from the star so that shouldn’t be an issue. If something unanticipated happened and the station moved close enough for the radiation to make the crew sick, the gravitational well of the star would seize the station and swallow it up. But…” and he looked at the readings again before turning back, “… at this point I have no idea what is happening.”

GMT

Priscilla nodded, “Yes, Sir.” She stood up and nodded to the lift, “Shall we get going, Lieutenant?” She smiled at Forgrave and the shine in her eyes said she was glad to actually have something to do that would make a difference.

Before they headed to the lift, she nodded to Drillek, “Anything else we should consider? Or perhaps you want to help out?” She knew he was worried for those on the station. She hoped, in offering him something constructive to do, he wouldn’t feel as helpless as she did right now.

Priscilla
CSO

Issac shot Priscilla a tight smile; clearly ready to get to work. “Yeah; reckon the cargo bay might be a good spot; we’ll have room ta move around and do some brief testing. I think I’d like ta rope Stores in as well; next ta the void, I reckon he knows more about what odds and ends lie in storage than anyone else. May turn out we got something that we can re-purpose; save a headache or two.” As they left the command deck, Issac finished writing on his PaDD and sent a brief message to Mason and Stores; requesting their presence in the cargo bay, along with a brief description of the task in front of them.

Issac Forgrave, CoS