Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dr. Solomon Kane (Chief Science Officer/Research & Development) in Labs - Friends In New Places

Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Labs - Friends In New Places

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Dira sent a brief reply. =/\=I’ll be down shortly to see if it compliments my outfit.=/\=

About ten minutes later, the XO slipped in and gazed at Kane with an air of curious expectation. “You came up with something a lot faster than I was expecting.”

Commander Myqian, XO

Kane shrugged and said “Oddly enough, I got some help from someone I had never heard of. Had a sample of a mineral sent to me for analysis. Turns out, it inhibits the reception of extra-sensory input. I had some left over from the testing, so…” He reached into a desk drawer and pulled out a redwood box. It was inlaid with the Haliian symbol for ‘peace, and the border was a flowing Betazoid mosaic. He slid the box to her and said “Thats so it doesn’t look outta place in your quarters. Its also where you recharge the power cell. On full power, the cell will be good for about two or three hours. As you get used to it, you should be able to dial it back. Where I think the normal operating range for you will be should last eight to ten hours.”

She reached out and touched the box with her fingertips, admiring the delicate inlay and overall beauty of the box. He was right: it would blend into her quarters perfectly. For all his bluster, this was the side of Kane she saw more often, more than others perhaps. Pulling the box towards her, she opened it.

Inside was a thin metal band. It was a bright silver with swirling black and red lines in it, and was only a few centimeters wide. On each end was a what looked to be a small gold circle. Inside the band were dozens of small contacts. “Okay, so here’s how it works. Wear it like a headband. When you get it on, press both gold studs and it will turn on. The stud on the left controls power, the stud on the right controls frequency. When you get it on and activated, use the right stud first. You should hear a weird kind of droning,almost in the background of everything. Turn the stud until you don’t hear that sound. Then, turn the left stud until you dont pick up the input. Easy as that.”

Kane, CSO / R&D

Dira nodded. It was simple enough. She picked up the headband, which was rather light and she studied it from different angles. “How sensitive are the contacts? Will it matter with my hair or how I wear it? Or do I wear it more on forehead?” Her kinky curls formed a mass of hair that she either left loose or pulled up, but her hair texture changed how she could do things and she wanted to make sure she was testing the band properly.

Commander Myqian, XO