Lt. JG D'Cyra Varati - Two wild Theories
D'Cyra Varati
((Starfleet OPS, Level 1, Copernicus Center, Amity Outpost))
Rosek-Skyfire: ::shrugs:: I don’t see any reason that we can’t do both. Be on the safe side. ::to Bec:: Thoughts?
Iko: Have a look at that, yes. But, I don’t want to leave the scouts stranded. ::raising a hand:: Preferably no warp for now, but if they need to hi-tail it back they should.
Rosek-Skyfire: I think by this point it’s reasonable to assume that whatever this is isn’t natural. Until we can prove otherwise, we have to assume that someone is manipulating space in a way that it doesn’t want to be manipulated.
Bec nodded and then asked the crucial question:
Iko: The important thing is how to spot said manipulation.
Whoever or whatever was at work here possessed a great deal of knowledge and skill.
Varati: ::in thoughts:: That's quite clever... "behind" the Idrustix system, right on the border with Trenvonn territory: virtually no through traffic, so to speak, and both the Trenvonn and Starfleet are extremely careful to avoid the border region. If you play your cards right and operate under the cover of a cloaking device, you'll remain largely undetected… ::to Bec:: We will have to do a lot of before-and-after comparisons and pay attention to even the smallest details.
Rosek-Skyfire: ::to D’Cyra:: Please analyze warp signatures and deflector pulses for traces of antimatter or any notable shifts in gravimetric fields.
Varati: Aye, Commander.
D’Cyra eagerly set to work requesting the relevant sensor data and preparing it for comparative analysis. She also activated the corresponding sensors on the drones and buoys and downloaded the latest data. Due to energy-saving measures, they only transmitted unusually high values or significant changes, assuming they were still functioning at all.
Rosek-Skyfire: ::to Bec:: We’re going to put together a nice little care package for all Starfleet ships in the area, including our theories and any evidence we have that may support that. From there, we can have those ships maintain a distance, but perform their own scans of their respective areas. ::smiles:: Kill two birds with one stone. Protect them, while getting more data from closer to the source.
Bec – first frowning, now nodding; D’Cyra herself almost smiled.
Iko: Sounds like a plan. We’ve got, the two scouts, the Shelby—though I think they’re out of sensor range at the moment—and this week’s QSD which is meant to leave tomorrow. Indy’s still docked… I think that’s it.
The signatures of one's own ships could be calculated or used for cross-checking.
Varati: Yes, as soon as the computer has analysed and compared all the relevant data series, we'll write a nice recipe for our teams out there: you can do this and you can't do that. And with the sensors of the different ships, we essentially create a variable network...
Rosek-Skyfire: Response
Iko: We work with what we’ve got.
Iko: Now: ::looking at Varati:: corridors can also be opened by resonance pulses you said?
While she herself was still moving the incoming data series around on the touchscreen with a barely audible squeak, Bec had already grabbed a PADD and started noting down all the important points.
Varati: Yes... I haven't experienced it myself yet. We only know from the Voyager's ship's logs that a resonance pulse emitted by the Turei onto Voyager’s shields altered the corridor's harmonics in such a way that it tore open. Unfortunately, we have no records of what kind of impulse it was, i.e., its strength, frequency, etc. ::to Lael:: Perhaps you know more about how to configure such impulses, Commander?
Rosek-Skyfire: Response
Iko: Has this piece of space—where the scouts are looking—been depolarised or have a sort of… shadow/signature thing?
Bec nodded again before looking up from her PADD and then pointing to the console.
Now D’Cyra had to check for herself whether the initial analyses had already provided any information about it.
Varati: Based on what we can gather from here so far, there's no indication of that. But that doesn't mean anything. The scouts are well-equipped and can conduct more detailed scans on site. That would be my suggestion…
She frowned somewhat, her lips curling into a slightly grumpy expression, because these were all very theoretical assumptions and she wasn't there herself to find out.
Rosek-Skyfire: Response
Bec handed the PADD over to Lael.
Iko: And is that alright for an opening?
The next theoretical level... they must not create a logical trap for themselves in their considerations.
D’Cyra herself had once crippled one of the academy's databases with such a clever circular function... well, the error was fixed with a few clicks, but she still didn't have to tell anyone about this embarrassing incident.
Varati: In principle, yes. The "crease" is proof that the space was somehow warped there. But maybe...
Rosek-Skyfire: Response
Fortunately, her studies at the academy were not too long ago. And hadn't it been this one course too many? 58 instead of 57? The one on the history of the Voyager, of all things?
Varati: Two theories off the top of my head: Firstly, besides the corridors, there were also underground chambers where the Vaadwaur hid. Nobody knows how many chambers there actually were or whether they were all destroyed back then – so it's quite possible that one of these neglected chambers collapsed here, and what its contents might be.
Iko/Rosek-Skyfire: Response
D’Cyra’s eyes widened, as always when she was excited. She listened intently to the arguments of the other two commanders before blurting out her second, far more audacious theory with a slight fidgeting:
Varati: And number two: This "crease" is definitely evidence of something we weren't supposed to see or find. But: someone familiar with the corridors and chambers certainly wouldn't leave such marks, right? And the rescue pod couldn't have caused such a large distortion. So, whoever was responsible must have been in quite a hurry if they couldn't "clean up" anymore... Perhaps the pod got in the way?
Iko/Rosek-Skyfire: Response
With that, she had "kicked off" a discussion. Yes, but there were also many possibilities to consider. And in the end, one simply had to draw the right conclusions. That always worked in the case studies at the academy. That wasn't a valid argument; but the better prepared one was, the fewer unpleasant surprises there would hopefully be. oO Hopefully… Oo
Varati: I know, I know, these are all pretty far-fetched ideas... but we haven't heard anything about these corridors for over 25 years. So we shouldn't rule out the possibility that Turei or Vaadwaur or someone else might be flying through the sector somewhere – possibly with a cloaking device. We should definitely let the other teams know. ::to Bec:: Otherwise, we'll have to put in some more overtime at the Armory again!
Iko/Rosek-Skyfire: Response
Tag/TBC
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