Posted by Lieutenant Commander David Michaels (CSO) in Bridge Main Sim

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Magnús Pétursson (First Officer) in Bridge Main Sim

Posted by Lieutenant Ben Park (BO Tactical) in Bridge Main Sim
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“Go ahead.” He nodded towards Magnus. “Divert warp power to the shields.” He looked at the range meter.

David entered the commands into the computer and launched the probe.

“Red Alert. Are we being scanned?” He looked at Michaels, “If not arm the photon torpedoes.” He didn’t want to shoot, but he wasn’t about to just let the Genesis be destroyed.

Marius CO

The sensors did not detect anything that said that they were being scanned.

“I’m not getting any indications that we are being scanned,” David said.

There was no damage to the hull. According to the analysis by the computer, the energy pulses from the pulsar were actually interfering with the shield harmonics. While there was no damage to the shield emitters, their shields were only at 40% compared to when the ship was at the edge of the nebula. The efficiency of the shields began to erode the moment they entered into a distance of nebula, The significant erosion of the shields came when they were about 1.2 billion kilometres from the pulsar. At the moment they were 900 million kilometres from the pulsar.

As the ship moved back, their shields returned to normal., and they were about 1.5 billion kilometres from the pulsar and it would take slightly more than 4 hours to reach it at full impulse.

The probe was able to send data through subspace frequencies, which were not affected by the pulsar’s radiation energy. The data sent back suggested the the creature was going through changes within its cocoon of rock.

GM

“It appears that the creature is going through some sort of metamorphosis from within the rock,” David announced. He figured that now would be as good a time as any to bring in the new Xenobiologist he had met earlier. He tapped his comm badge =/\= Lt Commander Michaels to Lt DeNaris, please report to the Bridge =/\=

-David Michaels, CSO

Siobhan had been in the science lab analyzing the data and had actually been halfway to the bridge when the summons came. =^=On my way, Sir.=^= Came the response.

A couple moments later, the fire haired woman stepped onto the bridge. Her face was a look of both surprise and eagerness, like a child on birthing day getting more gifts than she could imagine. She came straight to the Science Chief. “It’s feeding on us, somehow. I just can’t see how,” she said as she came closer to him. As she glanced at a nearby console, she frowned. “It’s affecting the shields?” She looked him as her excitement turned to concern.

David nodded. “That is correct.”

As they backed away and the shields returned to normal, she shook her head. “Well that changes things. I thought it was the creature causing the issues. Apparently it was the nebula, itself.” She wasn’t sure, now, what the creature was feeding on. But something told her that it was different because the pulsar wasn’t acting like the ones she had previously studied.

Lt JG Siobhan DeNarris
Xenobiologist
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“If the creature was not what affected our shields then I recommend we stand down red alert” He said to the captain “We can monitor the metamorphosis from a safe distance, I think this one’s for the books.” he smiled “Who knows, maybe that’s the Legendary Great Bird of the Galaxy”

XO

Marius nodded to the Commander. “Put the weapons back on standby.” He took a deep breathe releasing the tension. “Is someone filming this? We definitely will get a paper out of it.

Marius

Magnus nodded “Stand down red alert” He called out.

Siobhan glanced towards the XO. “The Great Bird of the Galaxy? Surely you don’t believe such things. I mean, no bird could survive in this environment. And my guess, whatever is in the nebula isn’t something anyone has come across before. If they had, there would certainly have been record or it. Or the very least, a beacon left in the vicinity. And I am guessing a sweep of the area found no such object?” She wasn’t sure where such rumors came from. Surely, on Earth, deep sea stories were because of actual creatures no one could explain. But in space? It seemed extremely ridiculous to her scientific mind.

Siobhan
Xenobiologist

David let out a soft chuckle. The new scientist was certainly being colorful on her first trip to the Bridge, likely her first interactions between the Captain and First Officer.

Ben had pressed on the panel for recording in real time. “We’re recording on the view screen Sir.” Ben looking at Science “how’s it looking on your end Lieutenant DeNaris?”

Lieutenant Park, Tactical/Bridge Officer

The first officer stood up rather quickly and faced the Scientist, a rather smug smile plastered on his face “Come now Lieutenant where’s your sense of wonder, space whales, wormhole alien, intelligent space clouds.” He said with an amused tone “The Great Bird of the Galaxy is as old as space travel, who’s to say it can’t exist?”

XO

David smirked. “I could tell you if it exists or not,” he said, not overly loudly but not at a whisper either. Those around him would likely hear his quip.

He continued to monitor the readings that were coming in from the probe, as well as the ships own sensors, now that they seemed to be functioning more normally again.

-David Michaels, CSO

Reia had taken her usual back station on the bridge where she could observe all the sensor feeds and the interplay between the crew. It was interesting to see how the newer members interacted with the senior officers and David’s comment did not go unnoticed by her.

• Reia, CIO