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“The Excelsior a few years back ignited sirillium in a nebula to escape a Klingon ship, it was enough to disable the warship. If the Trudograd was just a medical frigate, combat capable or not, it’s likely not as structurally solid as a Klingon warship but it’s likely more capable of withstanding a reaction from sirillium than a colonial ship would be.” Xavier leaned forward, “By the way, SS Gas Bug? Seriously? Does her Captain have no shame?”

”..As your Lieutenant explained, it is more the Sirillium that will be the issue, however, we have found that when helium and trionium in The Honey Pot mixes with minute amounts of the Sirillium it can cause an enrichment that makes the more volatile then normal. Because of the problems with shielding in the nebula your Rodium armor plating will make you more resilient to any unexpected harm then say the Trudograd would have been.” He explained.

”..As for the Gas bag?” Grafton shrugged, “..Who can say, the merchant ships normally keep the routes in the nebula or its fringes that mainly contain higher traces of helium or trionium for harvesting, they also use modified probes and mineral gathering drones to avoid direct entry.” He said.

Both Cross and Hunter stood quiet since it was not their expertise in what was being said, though that did not mean that they weren’t interested on the rest of those present with more knowledge about the subject .

It did however crossed their minds that should the lost ship would be located ..........sickbay would play a big part.

“Lieutenant Mullins? Do you have further questions or anything to add about the shields and shield operation?” Glen asked his Chief Engineer.

Max thought for a second but knew based on the information he had about the nebula, he responded, “Captain, based on the data I have right now and of known nebulas, it does not seem to be anything new and the shields are not going to work based on the data. I would like to have some full scans ran once we get there before we enter just to make sure there is nothing which was missed in the report.” He knew not having shields could be scary but they were useless and could cause issues in a nebula.

“Okay, so the primary mission is to rescue the Trodograd and survivors or else discover it’s fate. The secondary mission is to continue the Trodograd’s own mission to investigate the Risan signal. I’m presuming that the Risan’s aren’t missing a ship themselves?”

• Glen, CO

• This mission is becoming complicated by the minute * Cross thought.

Cross CMO.

”..Correct captain. Find the Trudograd or its remains, assist if able and determine its fate. The signal of Risan origin is also a priority to find its source, likely if you find one you will find the other nearby given the Trudograd’s last transmission as I said earlier was nearing where they suspected it originated from.” He said, “..As for the Risan’s report on any missing ships? No they have none reported. All ships for the colony nearby and any within several light years of here have checked in to confirm none are known to be missing..” He added.

GM CockRoach