Posted by Captain Johann Dvorak (CO) in Main Sim: Orders Received

Posted by Gamemaster Creeping Dread (Gamemaster) in Main Sim: Orders Received

Posted by Lieutenant Steven Leon Marsh (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim: Orders Received
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The data and filtering gained from the triangulation eliminated anything naturally occurring or organic. It wasn’t a warp signature of any known race or likely a warp signature at all. The computer identified it as a repeating signal that was likely encoded. A bearing was firmly nailed down into a 35 degree heading but the distance to it was as yet unknown due to signal scatter.

GM Dread

“Range is being clouded because of wave distortion and scatter… I don’t know what its bouncing off of but we are going to have to close to find something out. We do have a course.” Marsh shrugged.

“Its a signal. Repeating, my guess its a coded communication. It doesn’t match know races or encryption sequences.” He put the audio into his ear piece which he put into his ear, Uhura-ing it. “I’ll put the computer on cypher breaking, but without a language its going to be a long process.”

Marsh cSo

“Helm, alter course to intercept,” the Captain ordered.

“It’ll probably just be easier to see what it is up close,” he commented.

– Johann Dvorak, CO

Mattie continued with her duties as things unfolded, she did her own scans to see if the distortion waves could damage the ship. (OOC: GM can they damage the ship?)

CE

The signal distortion was compromised of what seemed to be a mix of subspace and scattered ultraviolet radiation. The distorted signal was unable to harm the ship. The ultraviolet emissions was masking the subspace signal for the most part. As the ship came closer to the signal source the computer was able to determine that the signal encryption was of Starfleet in origin, but not current. It was an older cipher.

GM Dread

“Its Federation… its an old code.” He looked at the reports. “I have no evidence that it was broken by another species so it should still be secure.”

Marsh

OOC: I’m going to assume you try to decode the signal to move us along a bit.

“Well, that’s odd,” the Captain said. “Let’s decode the message, and put it on the screen.”

The computer chewed on decrypting the signal for a bit before spitting out an answer. It was a set of coordinates and it was not at the signal source but nearby. The ship’s current speed of warp 8 would bring them to the coordinates within 35 minutes.

GM Dread

Dvorak looked at the message on the viewscreen. The computer very helpfully had automatically plotted the coordinates on a map of nearby space, along with the Europa’s present course. The spot in question and the signal source both seemed to twinkle next to each other on the map, ominously.

Point… zero six light years, he thought as he worked backwards from the ETA to the distance in his head.

“Alter course to match those coordinates. Maintain current speed.”

– Johann Dvorak, CO

The helmsmen acknowledged the order and changed course. A quick 35 minutes later, the Europa dropped out of warp at the coordinates. The NE at tactical ran a sensor sweep. “Captain! I’m picking up an escape cryo pod. It looks to be damaged and sensors are picking up faint life signs inside. It looks like whoever is inside is not doing well.”

GM Dread