Posted by Lieutenant Mikel Petrov (Chief Engineer) in Main Sim- Bridge

Posted by Commander Bryson Erin (XO) in Main Sim- Bridge

Posted by Captain Remy Boudreaux (CO) in Main Sim- Bridge
Posted by… suppressed (3) by the Post Ghost! 👻

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OOC: He’s evil!! On a side note. We’re at an impasse with Jason still on LOA. Also, Julia has recently taken on some extra RL responsibilities, so her posting will most likely not be as frequent as she normally is. With that being said, I think it would be a good idea if the COS was on the starbase with Team B (K’Mar and Celador), so that Cel has someone to interact with when Jules is unable to post. So, Catt, if you are okay with that, just jump into the Team B thread as if you were there the whole time. Now, just to keep things straight, Team A consists of Bryson, Ayla, And Draddock. Team B consists of Celador, K’Mar, and now Alita! Thanks.

IC: At the sound of Petrov flipping switches, Remy turned toward Petrov and realized what he had agreed to a few moments ago. Letting the CE continue to shut systems down, the captain turned back toward the main view screen.

Boudreaux (CO)

The CE considered shutting down the Captains Ready Room but thought better of it. He had built up some serious points with the holodeck/tractor beam solution and did not want to spoil that for nothing.

Petrov CE

After some time had went by Mikel registered a surge and then reduction of power to the tractor system. He quickly began checking it over. The tractor system was not using that much power and with the adjustments he had made to the power grid it should be ok. It took him about 5 minutes of checking the system he had rigged to find the problem.

“Captain,” He called out.

Remy rose from his seat and moved to Petrov’s station. Looking over the engeer’s should he asked, ‘What is goine on, Lt.”

“We have an issue.” He put the schematic onto the viewscreen in front of his station. ” Power is still fine but I had to run this through junctions and lines that the flux capicitors and plasma inhibitors are not designed to handle this much power flowing through them. We had a surge of power to the system. Lucky not rnough to cause a sensor detection from that base or visual issue. However now we lost 8% of the tractor beams power. I series of inhibitors burned out. I had to switch them to open. Which means they are not inhibiting anything but are still there. When they burn out the flow gets closed basically. I could fix a few but I’m already seeing strain on the other avenues I have routed through. I project a cascade failure but cannot tell you when but it will not be hours.”

OOC: I can rp the time involved or if the GM is back he can give us that.

Petrov CE

“Warning: Tractor emitter overload detected. System override is currently active. Time to catastrophic failure in 35 minutes,” said the computer, as if responding to the CE’s information, “System override is recommended to be shut off and tractor emitter system to be shut off before possible explosion.”

GM

“You heard it Captain. You have 35 minutes. I can maybe buy a few more minutes but not much.” Petrov said from his station. It was a miracle he had held it together for this long.

Petrov CE

“Merde!,” he said under his breath. “See what you can do, Petrov. I will make de away team aware of de new time constraints.”

Moving back to the center seat, he tapped his comm badge. =^=Boudreaux to Erin.=^=

We ‘ave developed an issue wit’ de “airlock”. You have 15 minutes to get back to de ship. No more!=^=

Though Petrov had said about 35, Remy wanted to take no chances with the away team, hence giving them less time to get back.

Boudreaux (CO)

“Oh noo.....” Bryson whispered to himself as he watched the conversation unfold between the CNS and the merchant.

=^=Captain, we’re actually getting somewhere with one of the merchants, but I think we can quicken the pace.=^=

Erin (XO)

Petrov heard the exchange and said to himself that he had better “quicken the pace” because it might be hard to explain what just happened to their ships dock and with no tractor beam to pull them back to this side then they would be looking for a new ride off the base.

Petrov CE

Now it was not a case of monitoring the systems he had hobbled together. He was now actively modifying and adjusting things on the fly. Every minute that went by took more work. Someone had better get the move on before the system cascaded to an end.

Petrov CE