Posted by Ensign Jasper Ericson (Engineer) in Main Sim - Shuttle - Into The Pyramid

Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Main Sim - Shuttle - Into The Pyramid
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Once the trio with their NE Smith had the flashlights out and on peering into the gloom of the dark open doorway in the pyramid airlock showed a hallway of stone extending about 30ft ahead, their flashlight’s lighting didn’t extend much further in the thick gloom. But it was enough for them to see the hallway was about 20ft wide, by 30ft high. Every 10 or so feet the rock was seen to split in a thin 1 inch line likely indicating the pyramid was bit with giant 10ft or so around stone blocks. Though how that was done under the ocean at depths like this was a mystery they likely wouldn’t solve. Though if they did it would certainly be a science and engineering report for the history books for sure!

Entering the gloomy hall they only had to go a further 10ft (now 40ft from the shuttle!), to find their first choice, a black smooth metal like doors 20ft in height were to their left and right, a small slit about eye level that their hands could shimmy into were present. No other obvious sign of handles or oddities was present in either door.

Peering into the dark slit holes found just more darkness, peering in with the lights found they only extended about an inch or so in depth with two little trigger handles inside shaped as a downward V.

Or they could ignore the doors and continue along the hall which continued down now on some stone steps swirling in a circular pattern to a deeper level below, and up to a higher level above.

Tinga went tot he left door and peered through.

“Smith. Make sure you get detailed scans and check out that stairway a bit. Jasper, check the right door. Are either of you familiar with this type of architecture?” she asked.

The architecture was not familiar to anyone off hand, it had similar lines like the pyramids of Giza on Earth but nothing about it stood out as actually being egyptian. As mentioned when Tinga peered into the dark slits she saw two small handle triggers shaped as a downward V shape. When Jasper would do likewise for the right door again the same set of triggers could be seen and felt, perhaps they were an operating mechanism in the walls for opening either door?

NE Smith meanwhile took scans and proceeded the few feet down the hall’s end to the stairs, peering up and down he said, “…Goes up and down a level ma’am, pretty dark flashlights don’t go much further then 20ft into the gloom either way, do you want me to go up or down? Also scans aren’t showing anything along technological lines yet, though the walls seem to be interfering with deeper scans..” He said.

Tinga reached in and took hold of the handle.

“Up one level, down one level, then straight back. No side trips please.” she said still trying to figure out the operation of the handle.

Glen contacted Tinga to update her. =/\= Tinga! Captain Rogers has informed us to tell you not to fire your phasers inside. That black rock simply reflects the phaser beam back at you. If you discover a control tube room for some kind of computer network, let us know. There will be circular holes in a binary coding system, with metal rods of various colours to configure and change. We are working on a solution for the code now. =/\=

-Glen, CO

“Aye sir!” As Jasper scanned the switches of the right door carefully to see what they might do as he finished the scans briefly looked them over as he toggled the switches on the right door.

Ensign Jasper Ericson - Jo Engineer

=^=Acknowledged. I’d like to take a crack at that code myself if we run across it.=^= she said beginning to work the switch on her side as well.

• Tinga, Comms