Posted by Lieutenant T’Sol (Second Officer / Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim: Aboard Shuttle Copernicus Ancient Derelict – Docking Chamber

Posted by Gamemaster Nosferatu (GM) in Main Sim: Aboard Shuttle Copernicus Ancient Derelict – Docking Chamber
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Will looked up from his tricorder. “Ok, let’s split up; but keep on open communications channel. Forster, head towards what look like the engineering spaces. T’Sol, head to the science labs. I’ll head towards the command centre.”

Cmdr William Archer
First Officer

“Yes sir.” She replied as she headed towards the science labs. She kept her communicator in hand as she used her tricorder and started to scan.

Lieutenant T’Sol
Chief Science Officer/Second Officer
USS Chernov

The Away Team separated at the junction, their open communicator channel providing the only immediate connection between them as each followed a different branch of the illuminated pathway. Behind them, the route back toward the shuttle remained marked by the same pale blue-white light that had guided them into the derelict.

Forster’s route toward the engineering spaces descended gradually into the vessel. His tricorder continued to confirm breathable atmosphere along the illuminated path, although pressure fluctuated slightly from one section to another. The corridors became increasingly industrial in appearance as he progressed, widening around enormous structural supports that disappeared into the deck and overhead bulkheads. The geometric formations beneath the deck grew denser, their harmonic resonance strengthening with every junction he crossed.

Several passages branching away from his route were exposed to vacuum or concealed behind the same subspace distortions that had frustrated the Chernov’s earlier scans. The illuminated pathway avoided each of them, leading Forster deeper toward the source of the vessel’s power. His tricorder gradually began detecting increasing subspace instability ahead, consistent with the location of the suspected power core. Whatever machinery awaited him remained beyond another series of corridors, but the route toward Engineering remained accessible.

T’Sol’s path toward the scientific laboratories took her in another direction, where the architecture gradually changed. The broad passage narrowed before opening into a succession of interconnected chambers. Atmospheric readings remained within survivable limits, although her tricorder detected several sealed compartments beyond the walls where the environment differed considerably from the corridor around her.

The geometric network beneath the deck extended into those chambers and branched throughout the surrounding structure with extraordinary complexity. Her tricorder began identifying unusual residual energy patterns ahead, along with traces of biological material that did not correspond with anything presently living within the corridor. Several chambers appeared completely inaccessible because of localized phase distortions, while others remained physically intact. The illuminated pathway continued directly toward the largest concentration of scientific readings.

Archer’s route toward the command and navigation center climbed gradually toward the interior of the derelict. Unlike the paths taken by Forster and T’Sol, the corridor ahead grew progressively wider. Repeating geometric patterns appeared along the walls and ceiling, their illumination responding sequentially as he passed beneath them.

His tricorder confirmed that the buried network converged increasingly around his route. What had appeared elsewhere as individual geometric structures became an intricate interconnected lattice extending through the deck, walls and overhead supports. Navigation-related energy signatures began appearing ahead, although none resembled conventional computer processors, control circuitry or sensor interfaces.

Eventually, the passage before Archer opened into a broad ascending corridor. Beyond it, his tricorder indicated an immense chamber positioned near what preliminary scans had identified as the vessel’s command center.

Throughout all three journeys, their communicators remained connected. Then, almost simultaneously, each communicator produced a faint burst of static. It lasted less than a second before the channel cleared. None of their tricorders immediately identified its source.

The three Starfleet officers were now moving separately through different sections of the ancient vessel, each following an illuminated path deeper into a ship that appeared to be guiding them toward precisely where they had chosen to go.

Nosferatu
Your Darkest Nightmare

John took his time looking around the engineering area of the vessel. Technology seemed pretty advanced. Some of it seemed pretty standard as he continue looking around, taking readings and taking pictures of the technology and other systems that looked interesting. He continued his way, taking scans and making sure he’s staying within the field of breathable air.

Lt. John Forster (CWO)

T’Sol had continued her scans all the way to the science lab and opened up her communicator. =o= Commander, Lieutenant. I’m not getting anything however, it is very breathable. How about you two?=o= she sat there and asked.

Lieutenant T’Sol
Chief Science Officer/Second Officer
USS Chernov

OOC: Science there were some things for you to check out here:
‘ The geometric network beneath the deck extended into those chambers and branched throughout the surrounding structure with extraordinary complexity. Her tricorder began identifying unusual residual energy patterns ahead, along with traces of biological material that did not correspond with anything presently living within the corridor. Several chambers appeared completely inaccessible because of localized phase distortions, while others remained physically intact. The illuminated pathway continued directly toward the largest concentration of scientific readings.’

IC:

John took his time moving through the vessel’s engineering section, allowing his tricorder to record continuously as he studied the unfamiliar machinery around him. The compartment was considerably larger than a conventional Starfleet engineering space, extending across several interconnected levels surrounding what appeared to be the ship’s primary power and propulsion systems.

Much of the equipment was recognizable in function, if not in design. Heavy conduits disappeared into bulkheads and deck plating, connecting banks of machinery that appeared devoted to power distribution, environmental control, propulsion, and structural support. Other systems were considerably more difficult to identify. Tall cylindrical assemblies rose through openings between decks, their surfaces covered with recessed panels and narrow channels that occasionally pulsed with faint light. Nearby, bundles of conduits converged around machinery whose purpose his tricorder could not immediately determine.

The engineering spaces also showed their age. Dust and debris covered sections of the deck, several access panels stood open, and some consoles remained completely dark. Yet other systems continued operating despite the vessel’s condition. Low vibrations could be felt through the deck plating, accompanied by the intermittent hum of machinery somewhere deeper within the ship.

What appeared to be the main engineering control area occupied an elevated platform overlooking much of the compartment. Its consoles were arranged around a central display containing unfamiliar symbols, diagrams, and constantly changing patterns. Several stations still possessed power, suggesting that portions of the vessel’s engineering network remained functional.

As John continued taking photographs and tricorder scans, his readings confirmed that the breathable atmosphere remained confined to the same limited field surrounding him. Beyond its boundary, the ancient engineering compartment remained as inhospitable as the rest of the derelict.

There was considerably more here than he could examine quickly. Whatever civilization had constructed the vessel, its engineers had built systems that were simultaneously recognizable in purpose and distinctly alien in execution—and some of them were apparently still running.

Nosferatu
Your Darkest Nightmare

OOC: Sorry. ‘ The geometric network beneath the deck extended into those chambers and branched throughout the surrounding structure with extraordinary complexity. Her tricorder began identifying unusual residual energy patterns ahead, along with traces of biological material that did not correspond with anything presently living within the corridor. Several chambers appeared completely inaccessible because of localized phase distortions, while others remained physically intact. The illuminated pathway continued directly toward the largest concentration of scientific readings.’

IC: T’Sol was walking and it started to give something unusual to her. She then opened her communicator =o= I believe I have found some sort of “living” presense in my direction. Not sure if it is a completely breathable but I’m going in to investigate.=o= she told the other two.

Lieutenant T’Sol
Chief Science Officer/Second Officer
USS Chernov

T’Sol’s tricorder continued registering the biological traces as she followed the illuminated pathway deeper into the scientific section. The readings strengthened as she approached the next chamber, but the instrument stubbornly refused to classify them as conventional life signs. There was no detectable respiration, circulatory activity, movement, or metabolic process associated with them.

The corridor opened into a broad laboratory complex. Unlike the passage behind her, much of the chamber remained intact. Rows of low workstations extended along either side, their surfaces formed from the same unfamiliar material found throughout the derelict. Several still emitted faint pulses of energy, while others had gone completely dark. Along the chamber’s outer wall stood a series of tall cylindrical enclosures.

T’Sol’s tricorder immediately identified them as the source of the biological readings. Most were empty, damaged, or concealed behind localized phase distortions. Three, however, remained accessible to her scans. Within each was a collection of desiccated organic material surrounded by an intricate framework of crystalline and metallic structures. Whatever had once occupied the enclosures had been biological, but the tricorder detected no evidence that anything inside remained alive.

Then another reading appeared. One enclosure farther down the chamber registered differently from the others. The biological material within it was equally ancient, but a weak energy pattern continued to move through the surrounding framework at regular intervals. Each pulse corresponded precisely with the harmonic frequency T’Sol had been detecting throughout the vessel.

Her tricorder chirped again. For a fraction of a second, it registered a life sign. Then nothing. Several seconds passed before the reading appeared again definitely one life sign before it vanished again. T’Sol’s tricorder automatically attempted to compensate for the surrounding phase distortion, but the result remained unchanged. Whatever occupied the enclosure seemed to move intermittently between a detectable biological state and something the tricorder could not perceive.

At the same moment, something changed elsewhere in the laboratory. A faint mechanical sound came from the corridor behind her. Her tricorder detected a small artificial object for less than a second before the contact vanished entirely. The laboratory became silent again, leaving only the periodic harmonic pulse from the enclosure ahead.

Nosferatu
Your Darkest Nightmare

John was on the other end of the vessel he opened up a small access compartment to look at the internals of some of the diagnostic equipment in the engine room. He continued to take scans and images for Starfleet into you later then he looked around and wondered if this place had any security vaults for weapons, and he did a basic search on his track recorder for any weapon residue.

Lt. John Forster (CWO)

John’s tricorder continued recording as the access compartment opened. Behind it, the engineering system proved considerably more complex than its exterior suggested. Dense bundles of narrow conduits disappeared into the surrounding structure, interspersed with unfamiliar crystalline components that emitted the same faint blue-white illumination seen elsewhere throughout the vessel.

Several components were active. Their exact purpose remained unclear, although the tricorder identified repeating energy fluctuations consistent with diagnostic or monitoring functions. Whatever the system had originally been designed to observe, portions of it were still operating.

John’s search for weapons residue produced less definitive results. The tricorder detected no recognizable traces of phaser, disruptor, plasma, or projectile weapons within the immediate engineering area. It did, however, identify several unusual high-energy residues embedded within the surrounding bulkheads. Their composition did not correspond to any weapon system in the Starfleet database, and there was insufficient evidence to determine whether they were weapons-related at all.

A broader search for compartments resembling an armory or secure storage vault also returned no obvious match. The vessel’s internal architecture was too unfamiliar for the tricorder to reliably distinguish a weapons locker from any other sealed compartment.

Then the tricorder highlighted something unusual. Approximately thirty meters deeper into the engineering section, several adjoining chambers were surrounded by material considerably denser than the bulkheads around them. Unlike most nearby compartments, there appeared to be only a single access point leading into that section.

Whatever those chambers had once contained, someone—or something—had apparently considered them important enough to protect.

GM Nosferatu
Your Darkest Nightmare

Tsol is still scanning around as she enter the other room and wasn’t quite sure what she was reading weather it was lifeforms on non life forms.

Lieutenant T’Sol
Chief Science Officer/Second Officer
USS Chernov

After a few minutes John had not heard anything from the team so he tried the communicator =O= John to team can I get a com check =O= he asked hopefully the com was working

Lt. John Forster (CWO)