Posted by Lieutenant Sural (Chief Engineer) in Main sim-Romulan freighter

Posted by Commander D’Vash Odinson (First Officer(LOA)) in Main sim-Romulan freighter

Posted by Lieutenant Sural (Chief Engineer) in Main sim-Romulan freighter
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Sural came up to Odinson. “Sir, I have another alternative. The vessel will simply die at this point if left on its own. It will not destruct. However, we do not at this time know whether whatever Sukat is seeking is on board or with the crew taken over. Perhaps we may employ some subtle misdirection. We may imply to the captain of the freighter that damages do not immediately allow us to take the vessel on board but that we will leave it here with a buoy, dispatching a Starfleet towing vessel to pick up the freighter while we bring the survivors to a Starbase. If they are amenable to this, we can assume that whatever Sukat is seeking is already aboard the Olympic. If there is pushback, we may assume that it is yet on board.”
- Sural, CE

D’vash considered Sural’s words. “That’s true, as long as we can get this straightened out before Suket arrives back here. Hell, she may be out there right now, cloaked and waiting for us to leave the area. I’ve got a feeling her ship is much like the Wolverine–small, fast, and dangerous. No match for a Mythology class, but could still do some damage to us. We have to also consider the fact that Reval doesn’t know what he’s carrying , either.”

Odinson (XO)

Sural persisted. “Logical, Commander. However, if the resource is a, as the Terrans call it, ‘human resource’ that would be aboard the Olympic already. Were it something portable, which it would have to be, else the freighter Captain would be aware of it, the individual would have been transported with it. Depending on the quality of the cloak on Suket’s vessel she may be able to do more than ‘some’ damage. She decloaked to fire on the freighter according to the logs, however that could be calculated psychological warfare only.”
- Sural, CE

OOC: Bump

Sural moved about and checked the ships’ systems. Yes, the clock was ticking down on her shutting down. Whether that was in the hold or in space was entirely inconsequential. It was simply inevitable. Logically the vessel was no more than salvage at this time, consisting of engine and mostly converted cargo to living areas. “Checking navigational logs to see where they came from and their relative course and comparing them with the sightings of Suket’s vessel and what stellar phenomena they passed. It may assist in augmenting our own navigational and stellar information that is available.” Indeed even after this time Romulan space had only limited information in it outside of some broad ‘visits’ and scans that they had.
- Sural, CE

The navigational logs showed the ship departing the gacrock system and heading at full speed into the wreckage of the Hobus supernova, turning at Romulus to move towards their crossing point at the neutral zone. While sensor logs would show it was a partially effective countermeasure, perhaps not worth the strain it put on the engines. They had travelled 112 lightyears. Suket was sighted just after they left, as they left the Hobus debris field, and 20 lightyears from the Romulan border to the neutral zone.

-Matrix

Sural studied the pathway, then turned to the XO. “Commander, look here. What do you make of this? I have the navigational route that the freighter took to get here. It appears that they had made efforts to conceal their route and avoid pursuit - with little success. Logically Suket was aware of their probable destination here and lay in wait for them at strategic points. It was almost as though they wished for the freighter to flee here. Which leaves the question: why?” His impassive face looked to Commander Odinson for his advice and thoughts. It did bring into speculation on whether there was anything on the freighter that they desired after all. Which brought back the question of why Suket was even - probably - here?
- Sural, CE

OOC: bump
OOC: Bump
OOC: Bump again … is there an XO in the house?

OOC: Yes, there is. . . finally!! Sorry it took so long, Gene!! –Terry

IC: “SHe’s definitely playing some kind of gain. Suket has had plenty of opportunities to destroy this ship, yet hasn’t done so. Does she have a spy on board? Someone she’s waiting to hear from?”

Sural’s brow rose speculatively. Logically as they were after something, someone would not be a consideration. However, on the other hand, having an agent on board would be another means of trying to location whatever ‘that’ was. “Romulan society has operated with the knowledge and encouragement of informants. It would not be inconceivable that there may be sympathizers to Suket aboard.”

The XO ran a hand over his scalp, contemplating his actions. “Make a copy of ALL this ship’s logs. Any information we can glean from them will help us learn more about Romulan space. Let’s see if we can access ANY communications from this ship to Suket’s. If she does have someone aboard, this freighter isn’t going to have the tech to dectect it. The Olympic will. We’ll get someone from cryptology to go over any transmissions. I’ll do it myself if I have to.”

The Vulcan had already been copying the logs even as he examined what he could. He glanced down to see where it was in the status. “In a freighter such as this the options for communications are limited. Either do so through the primary communications systems, or have an alternate, powered separately. The former I can work to access.” He paused on doing so until the talk was over. Personally he felt there was only a 8% chance that this would yield a ‘hit’ as Reno would say; Romulans were typically much more subtle than that especially among their own kind bred in suspicion of one another.

“Then, let’s do what you suggested. Tell Revel we’re going to cut his ship loose and see how he reacts. And last, but not least, we put every comm officer we have on duty monitoring all communications throughout the Olympic. Anything looks suspicious, or doesn’t jive, and I mean ANYTHING, it gets reported. Maybe we can catch the mouse with his hand in the trap.”

Odinson (XO)

“If I might add one more thing, Commander. It may be best to communicate this when the bulk of the Romulans are in one place. That way if it is not Revel who is ‘in the know’ then it may spur concern from other parties on board.” With that he bent to the console and strove to access the ships’ communciations logs. Given that they were in flight mode, Sural did not think there would be much to find. Fleeing vessels were not typically ‘chatty’ ones.
- Sural, CE

A beeping noise began to come from the bridge, a rather abrasive sound.

Soon thereafter, Captain Reval’s voice could be heard. “This is an automated emergency program. With any luck, it’s playing to no one. The ship has been stagnant for a period of hours now which can only lead me to believe we either found sanctuary or were hit too hard. The helm console is preprogrammed with an autopilot function to take you into the central systems of the Federation. All you have to do is accelerate. Elements be with you.” And eerie silence took over again.

-Matrix