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Chris turned around in the chair and looked at the CSO, wincing a bit from the pain. “Mr. Grey. I just told comms the new hail message for distress. With these bodies and a quarter of our ship floating around us, There will be no bluffing. You might not have heard me since you were busy with your tasks. That’s alright. But no to the probe. Firing one out to them might provoke them. They might think we were firing on them. No. Mr. Grey. They have us by the balls on this one. We can only hope they are friendly. Nothing else we can do. I have ordered the arming of every available person. That might help in case of boarding. What other ways can you manipulate a probe? Turn one into a bomb to destroy this ship or theirs?”

Commander Chris Taggart XO

“Yes, sir, sorry sir. I was… distracted” The young scientist shook his head and looked back at the Commander “They would be able to detect Photon torpedoes attached to a probe and dismantle it fairly easily if we assume they have any type of sensors. I don’t think we have the launch capabilities to shoot or control one beyond pushing it out and have it send a recurring message.” He seemed more focused on the task at hand now that he had a singular task to focus on “I’m no weapons expert but our Mark III Torpedoes could fit inside a gutted Shuttlecraft, With proper shielding or some form of radiation leakage I might be able to hide the torpedoes from them.” He gave the commander an odd look “But without a launcher, they’d need to be activated manually, I don’t know if it’s possible to jury-rig it another way, by that I mean It’s not my field of expertise.”

CSO

“That’s ok. I just don’t want our ship and tech to be stolen and used, especially if they have just gotten into space. Our stuff would be very advanced to them. Or it could be the reverse. I just want a bomb incase the board us and there would be no other alternative other than blow this dang thing apart so they don’t get their hands on it. Loring might do something similar.”

He waited a bit before continuing. “You said they could detect photon torpedos and dismantle it…that is if they could. Like I said, they may be inferior to us and not possess that kind of tech. So we will not luanch it. But do see to it that we push one out with the hail that I’m sending so That maybe they might pick that up. Get on it Mr. Grey! Time is of the essence!”

Commander Chris Taggart XO

William looked at the Commander With a confused look “So to reitirate, I’m to make a probe that sends a distress call, Yes?” He didn’t quite understand the OCmmanders interesting manner of speaking.

CSO

An NE looked up from his station, “Sir, you don’t really think they mean us harm do you?” He looked a bit shaken considering the prospect that an unknown would just come in swinging instead of helping them out.

-GM