Posted by Lieutenant Michael Gould (Chief Engineer) in USS Dragoon

Posted by Gamemaster Kenson Koh (Gamemaster) in USS Dragoon

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Balfor Kolar (Chief Science Officer) in USS Dragoon
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SNIP

=^=An exo-archaeologist? That is an uncommon major,=^= Kolar thought for a moment, =^=Ellen Ripley has a minor in advanced dead races, she wrote a paper her senior year for her history class on the Iconians… it was very good. She received an A , I would have given it a B+.=^= He looked around for a moment, =^=But I digress, the best computer specialist we have… trying not to be immodest, is me.=^=

OOC: We have no active junior science officers or I would have used them.

Kolar CSO

=^=That’s what I figured,=^= Jason chuckled.

=^=The CSO will come over since the data wont come to us. Or will it? Can we separate and control the data?=^=

Parker CO

=^=I don’t advise it Skipper,=^= Jason replied ruefully. =^=The only reason why I remember anything about the long dead Iconians is because of what happened to the Yamato. I’d rather not have Iconian computer files spread any further than… excuse me, sir I’m getting another call.=^=

=/\=Lt Gould to Cmdr Harn. I can do it sir. But I need a very specific set of things. It’s probably best if we get it from Dragoon shuttles. Two shuttlecraft warp core dilithium chambers, fused together. I also need deuterium. And enough tubing to route the matter/antimatter flow in the right direction. Sir, this thing ran out of fuel, they mined as long as they could and abandoned ship. They didn’t use dilithium. And whatever it was they used, I don’t recognise it. That’s probably why they couldn’t get their hands on any. Sir, I know I’m rambling, but this is big. We can get an Iconian ship up and running. Request permission to proceed with the reboot?=/\=

-Lt Michael Gould, CE

=^=Belay that for a moment Mister Gould,=^= Jason retorted. =^=If we have access to the colony ship’s computer, I don’t think getting her off planet is necessary.=^= Gould wanted to reactivate a ship that was so alien it didn’t even use dilithium? The consequences of such an attempt could be anything from the ecological disaster of the derelict exploding to a starship of such advanced and eldritch design that it might destroy both the Dragoon and the Olinski before Toro and Gould could get it under control. If they could get it under control. =^=Let me check with the captain first.=^= Addressing his commanding officer, Jason made one last attempt to minimize the risks. =^=Harn to Parker. It’s your call sir. We may need to move that ship someday but right now it seems like more trouble than it’s worth.=^=

Jason Harn, XO showing his age by playing it safe

=^=I agree Number One. We have specialized units for just this sort of thing in SF. We want data on who these people are more than anything so we know how to proceed. Right now they might be Iconian or some natives. Either way any semblance of violating the Prime Directive is a non issue. Someone else did that a long time ago if even. The CSO will go to you and lets keep this limited to the parameters we just discussed.=^=

Parker CO

=^=Aye-aye sir, I’ll relay that suggestion immediately.=^= Jason replied in a brisk professional tone before addressing the duo that were currently exploring the Iconian relic. =^=Mister Gould, belay all attempts to restore power to the flight systems of Iconian colony ship. As long as you have power to the computer systems and life support, that should be all we need. Mister Balfor will be contacting you shortly, standby for his instructions. Harn out.=^= Incredibly, Jason resisted the temptation to run his fingers through his hair and breath a melodramatic sigh of relief. The trouble with Starfleet being primarily a scientific organization instead of a military organization was the fleet was filled with officers that when faced with a challenge were more interested in whether or not they COULD than whether or not they SHOULD.

Jason Harn, XO, successfully able to keep the triumph and relief out of his voice.

Kolar beamed onto the Dragoon and moved immediately to the computer system. He isolated the uplink/upload in a seperate computer module (mechanically) isolated from the other computer system (own data stick/sticks). He then isolated the computer system to a secondary module that had no other role aside from analyzing the data. He would be in a position to physically remove either the data or the computer module from the main computer system at any time. When all was ready he would start analyzing the data.

CSO

It took some time but at last he was able to isolate some genes that would be considered specific to the Iconians. The first few profiles from the natives had about at least one of the Iconian specific genes.

GM

OOC: I should be able to tell the relative contribution of the iconan genes, therefore telling how many generations back, knowing the life span of the natives then work generational distance and figure out how long the iconians were mating with the natives. Also then with the genetic knowledge determine which were iconians mixing with part iconians and thus determining where the Iconians home town was by the ratio of iconian genetics…

Luke

OOC: Yes. I was just giving the first results. To process the information, even with Starfleet’s technology, would take some time because the sample must be big enough for it to be statistically viable. Also the Iconian empire was said to be lost for 200,000 years, you are talking of at least 7500 generations … I am also using this delaying tactic to sync with the other places in the sim. What takes one hour on the ship couldn’t have just be a few minutes on the planet, right? :)

IC: As the number crunched and showed the results, it became more probable that the natives were the descendants of the Iconians. After about 20 minutes, the probability moved rom 0.5% to 12.6%.

GM

=/\=Cmdr, this ship’s backup systems run on simple fusion generators. Problem; they’re not meant for longer term use. We need additional fuel for these generators to keep the lights, computers, and life support running. Per your orders”

-Lt Michael Gould, CE

=^=How long do you estimate before the lights turn off?=^= Jason asked him.

Jason Harn, XO