Captain Luana Yellir - Grade-A Group Projects
Ryan Fender
((Tactical Science Lab, Deck 4, CIC Desdemona))
Yellir: And there’s plenty of ways to tackle a self-charging battery. This will almost certainly add to the bulk, but we’d need a fair amount of power to keep a prismic shield going. But we have a few options, like miniaturizing a little fusion reactor, or since they feed on graviton waves, any kind of microscopic spatial rupture could be a very effective means. ::looking to Kuva and then back to Genkos:: Doctor, how confident are you in moving your hands about micro singularities?
Adea: As humans say - a piece of cake. I deal with microsurgery all the time - how hard can it be?
Thevn: Well, as far as I’m concerned, this is all getting a bit too ‘wrong move, and oops, no hands’-territory for me.’ ::beat:: But if we add an extra battery, and the extra bulk, I’m presuming it’s starting to become less plausible to hide the thing in our skulls?
Luana gave a half-hearted shrug in response. Gila had a very strong point, but the Yelikan didn’t seem too phased by the risks.
Adea: Unless you’ve got a hidden compartment in your skull that’s bigger on the inside. We could hide it in Stennes’ head - plenty of room in there.
Yellir: It's do or die here. There’s no saving the best for last because there might not be a last thing to save it all for.
As far as she was concerned, it wasn’t like there was any other option for now. Going about this scenario when they were running out of things to lose seemed like a perfect time to cook up a plan crazy enough that it might just work.
Thevn: Noted, but I’ll still keep my hands away until that becomes pertinent. ::pause:: I need to make sure the communications devices are calibrated with the latest countercoding to Shint jamming anyway. Try to give us an opening, even if a brief one, when things hit the fan. ::to Kuva:: Don’t suppose your Resistance sent along more recent transponder codes, or any evidence of the Shints having shuffled their jamming modulation algorithms in the last week and a half?
Kuva: That is a great question. Of course, I can send you what I do have. ::scanning his PADD:: However, it seems the Shint have been lax in shuffling much of late: modulation algorithms, even standard shield frequencies and phaser intensity. As far as the Resistance is aware, they have not made a change for seven weeks.
Genkos folded his arms - that sounded awfully convenient.
Adea: That’s either really good news because they’ve got complacent, or really bad news and it’s a trap.
Yellir: Or they don’t see us as a threat. Which is useful for us.
But that was cause for alarm. As good of an opportunity it was to look towards— it was far too convenient. They were up to something, but regardless if they anticipated an attack, maybe they could use that knowledge to their advantage.
The rabbit began to grow and mould itself into Luana’s mind, she could feel the thought spiral and burrow itself deep into her mind. What if they had gained some degree of foresight? What if their technology not only allowed them to erase reality but also calculate a probable future? What if this was some last ditch effort to gather one more ship and ready them to be stamped out like the scattered bugs they were?
Kuva: Captain Yellir, this micro singularity you mentioned earlier…::beat:: If we were to modify the Desdemona’s main deflector dish and charge a resonant graviton beam, we should be able to open a quantum singularity and - if controlled - it would produce a massive amount of gravitational energy we could use. Was this what you had in mind?
Luana stared at the wall before turning her gaze to Kuva.
Jovenan: Don’t you think that’s a bit too noticeable? Something as large and anomalous would attract the Shint ship’s attention to the Desdemona for sure.
Genkos nodded towards Jovenan; she raised a good point.
Adea: Unless we give them something else to focus on. It’s possible the other teams could cause a distraction.
Yellir: Honestly— I was thinking more in terms of how Romulans operated their starships. A single isolated micro-singularity could generate the power we needed. Miniaturizing a hadron collider is doable, and we can kickstart a reaction with a tiny bit of antimatter. But, I definitely wouldn’t say no to something bigger. Might be safer if we do the whole singularity thing in space before we contain it.
Kuva: To tell the truth, the theory itself is a bit beyond me. But if our enemy controls reality itself at their fingertips, we must accomplish similar feats to vanquish them.
Adea: Beat the Gods at their own game?
Yellir: Dethrone some self-made gods? Never thought I’d cross that off my bucket list.
Jovenan: Playing with multidimensional gravity bubbles and this amount of energy is dangerous regardless. If the team doesn’t get shot by the Shint, they may still fry themselves with energy release, or shred themselves apart with incorrect use of the shield generators. I don’t see any of these plans are even remotely complicit with the safety standards.
The Yelikan gave another shrug, safety standards were a luxury of a bygone era. She herself had done plenty with far less in terms of tools, morals and standards. After all, you never realize you’ve hit rock bottom until you’re trying to give someone sutures in the middle of a bar after they’d been drop-kicked through a table.
Adea: If there’s even a change it’ll work, we have to explore it. Life and limb are just things we’re going to have to risk - for we are the vanguard of those who are left.
Thevn: I suppose we’d better get to work then. I assume the other teams have started to come up with workable ideas as well.
Yellir: We better hope so, otherwise we’ve just wasted our afternoons.
Jovenan: Well, as soon as Lux has completed the simulations and everything checks out, you can start installing the new shield device to the shuttles. I would recommend testing them in practise, although I’m getting a feeling you might prefer testing in action. And if everything works out well, the team can sneak in without ever needing to verify the prismic shields function as intended.
Genkos looked over at Lux in the corner.
Adea: How long do you think that’ll take?
Lux: Assuming we have the resources and the other teams conclude their findings quickly. At a push, with the help of engineers, two or three days?
Adea: You have half that - get it done.
And there it is— the infamous time constraint that Luana had grown so used to working with. Unfortunately, though, he was right. Time, nor reality was on their side in this. So if they had to pull out something they had to pull it out fast.
Lux: We’re not just spinning out a frisbee, sir ::moves closer to Adea:: We’re dealing with quantum physics. If we get this wrong, we might cause a chain reaction that could destroy the very fabric of space. Not just for us, for everyone. The end of reality altogether.
Adea: I gave you an order. Follow it.
Lux: ::unhappy:: I understand. You’re the boss.
Thevn: That gives us at least a day to get the shields and the shuttle primed for action. ::to Adea:: As she said, ‘you’re the boss’. Where do you want us?
Adea: Where do you think you’ll be most useful.
Jovenan: I could go down to the shuttlebay. Since you’re in such a hurry, installation needs to be started right away, and somebody needs to show the engineers how to do that.
Thevn: As you say, Sir. I’ll need to know what our target is for the most accurate modifications, so until we get that information from Vik and Lt. Kader, I’m going to be following up on the Resistance intel, see if we missed anything.
Kuva: ::to Gila:: Let me know how best to coordinate on that. I realize what I have offered you likely far more troubling than enlightening. ::back to Adea:: As for myself, I could adjust the personal shields to switch between prsimic and deflector and get the infiltration team set up with them. In the mean time, you and Captain Yellir could begin adjusting the Desdemona’s deflector dish to prepare to fire a resonant graviton beam, to open the quantum micro-singularity.
Adea: Good idea, right. Dismissed.
Yellir: Ooh, we get to be partners, how exciting.
Lux: Responses
There was an admirable ceaselessness in the Edo’s demeanour that Luana had seen time and time before. Those who usually kept it— typically kept it for a long time, that’s if life in general didn’t kick it out of you on top of a few loose teeth.
Adea: I wish I had half her energy.
Kuva: ::dryly:: Unfortunately for you, Colonel, I believe amphetamines remain outlawed.
Yellir: Oh please, they’re only illegal if you get caught ::rolling her eyes::.
Lux: Response
Kuva quickly shut down the computer he was working on before standing up.
Kuva: Best of luck. ::to Adea, Yellir:: If I finish before you, I will join you to complete preparations for the micro-singularity. ::to Gila:: If you need anything regarding Resistance intelligence, do not hesitate to find or contact me. ::nodding goodbye::
Luana reciprocated the nod before turning to Adea.
Yellir: I guess we better get that deflector dish working, I’ll meet you in deflector control, Colonel.
Wordlessly she stood herself up and walked towards the exit, there was a knowing glance over her shoulder as she briefly stopped at the door. Luana opened her mouth as if to say something, but thought better of it and made for her quick disappearing act down the corridor.
End of Scene for Yellir
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Captain Luana Yellir
Cyber-Warfare Specialist
CIC Desdemona
As Simmed by…
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Lieutenant Hallia Yellir
Chief Engineer
USS Artemis-A
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