LT Gila Sadar - We're winning the race!

[LT Gila Sadar]

(( Main Engineering - Deck 16, USS Artemis-A ))

The encounter with a socially awkward Andorian Engineer was a complicated feeling. On the one hand, it was a relief to know that at least the ratio of extroverts vs introverts had gotten one more in her favor. On the other hand - as the current situation more than adequately showcased - two extroverts working together wasn’t always conducive to a calm work environment. In fact, the two of them were actively being an obstruction to other engineers currently on duty, so she hastily moved their conversation off the main floor.

She was pleased she’d located an amiable individual to explain the new sensors to her, and immediately launched into one of her questions, without so much as a by-your-leave to ensure that the Ensign’s knowledge of the sensor upgrade was sufficient for it.

Sadar: I know the sensors are a lot more fine-tuned, so as to read the background radiation more clearly, but will that complicate the calculations for locating biological samples? I have a very broad spectrum of acceptable example samples, but if the sensors are getting overwhelmed by data... Am I making sense?

Tho’Bi: Data processing and hubs should be able to handle the feed.  Optimized synchronization of isolinear chips will help smooth out any potential kinks.

Obviously, Ensign Tho’Bi did his best to explain in a manner that befit his station. Unfortunately, that meant that this response was very ‘engineer’ and Gila tried to interpret it as best she could.

Sadar: Optimized? Is, uhh... Is that something that I need to do? I don’t think that that’s a good idea.

Tho’Bi: ::talking with his hands:: Sensors are in fact a palette of different types of sensor technology. :: gestures for each one :: From subspace, to electro-magnetic, virtual particle mapping to variable band optical imaging.  ::makes a big circle with his hands::  All of this data is fed into our systems all at once.  ::puts up his index finger::  But… we usually only look at it one sensor tech at a time. :: opens his palms :: So… if the data flow becomes too much, ::gestures on the beat of the syllables:: shut down the sensor tech you don’t want.

Sadar: But, shutting down the sensors would be detrimental to the fact that we’re out there to test them in the first place, wouldn’t it?

Tho’Bi: ::still talking with his hands:: Or… :: makes a rotation shape with his hand:: The computer can cycle through them automatically.  ::open palms:: the problem with approach is you only get one sensor at a time.  No good if you need constant data.

The usage of Ensign Tho’Bi’s “no good” may have been at fault, but Gila’s reception of that suggestion was lukewarm at best.

Sadar: So ::counts on her fingers:: We either shut down some sensors, to prevent an overflow. Or we strategically examine the data from one sensor at a time, thus preventing ourselves from getting the full picture at any given moment.

Tho’Bi: Response

Sadar: I see. N-No, thank you, you’ve been very helpful. ::scratches her cheek:: Perhaps a tighter profile for the test specimen would make it easier for the sensors to filter out unnecessary data...

Tho’Bi: Response

Sadar: That sounds like a computing issue. ::slight nod:: I, uhh, I guess that’s the next step for the development team: make a computer upgrade that allows more versatile usage of the new sensors’ capabilities.

Thankfully, if Gila knew the Engineering department half as well as she knew the Medical one, she doubted they’d be unhappy with feedback that involved more work... At least, she hoped not. If introverts vs extroverts was a roughly even race, the workaholics vs nots was a race far more in Gila's favour (if she said so herself).

Tho’Bi: Response

Sadar: W-Well, what was your specialty at the Academy?

TAGS/TBC

LT Gila Sadar

Medical Officer

USS Artemis-A

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