MdJG Jovenan – The many ways to kill oneself in 'accident'
Jovenan
((OOC: With Olivia’s departure, I’ll join the rest of the team and won’t leave her new tags. If I was too early to drop you, please come up with tags for yourself!))
((Tactical Science Lab, Deck 4, CIC Desdemona))
The design for the new prismic shield was admittedly clever but turning it to a working device and installing it to something as large as a shuttle was not going to be easy. The Commonwealth scientists had a certain reputation, but the team had Jovenan, and so far, the furry junior officer didn’t seem half bad, so they might still succeed.
Jovenan: So, we should be able to create shields that need to be able to confuse the prismic sensors while also not revealing the Shint vessel sensors the shuttle is of Commonwealth origin, is that right? Do we have the schematics of your typical shuttles?
Lux: Yes that's the brief. :: Lux flicked her paw and a selection of shuttles began to show :: These types will fit the size and configuration that would be suitable given the information that Gila has provided previously. ::Looks to Jovenan:: The shuttles are old and we don't have the resources to upgrade them. There is no room for error. This is a one time thing.
Jovenan studied the schematics for a moment. The tech was old, probably from long before the War had begun, and definitely not made with multidimensional gravity bubble generator in mind. The shuttle wasn’t exactly streamlined, so they’d need to extend the bubble to be quite large, which required a lot of energy. Energy, that would need to be produced by the shuttle meagre core. Not to mention, the shuttles were probably not anywhere near in as good shape as the schematics implied.
Jovenan: Hmm, expanding the gravitational bubble across the entire shuttle will be difficult. It will take massive amount of energy, I’m worried the shuttle’s core can’t create enough power for both the engines and the new prismic shields…
Lux: It wouldn't. The current shielding wouldn't be able to contain it. It's likely the energy would cause a catalytic chain reaction in the and the hull would breach in a matter of minutes. Unless we could somehow create the shielding to generate its own power source that -
Thevn: ::over shoulder to Lux:: Oi, Lux. Can the shuttle shield generator be made portable in any way, in case the infiltrators need to improvise their escape route?
Jovenan turned to face the shouting person across the room. The weird-looking junior officer had joined the personal shields team, but had shouted at the furry officer – Lux – and Jovenan for assistance, or rather, a suggestion. It would have been a ludicrous suggestion as well if it wasn’t that the solution to their bigger problem likely allowed them to implement the suggestion as well.
Jovenan: ::to Lux:: The shield generator should then have a separate power source and be easily installed and re-installed. Do you think that’s possible with the technology we have?
Lux: Yes. I was thinking the same thing :: nods to Jovenan :: If the shields can generate their own power source it can solve both problems. It wouldn't prevent a breach and would be portable. ::Frowns:: We still have the slight problem of containing an energy source of this magnitude.
Yes, that was a slight problem. A chain reaction would expel the excess energy, which would likely fry the operators. Considering their objective, that was not desirable, even if it was only Commonwealth people on the line. And since they needed to produce such a great amount of energy, they’d need to use something along the lines of matter-antimatter reaction to power the thing, which came with a risk of an antimatter containment breach. Also not desirable.
Jovenan: The shuttle has containment capabilities. Leaving the energy source to the shuttle would be safer, and using it to charge batteries attached to the shield device would still allow it to be portable. That doesn’t solve the problem with excess buildup, maybe if we had a converter that could power the other systems, but…
The idea was more of an open-ended suggestion, with the end result still behind further problems. Lux had seemingly understood the assignment, as she turned to interface with the computer. For a moment, Jovenan wondered how she could use the console at all with her very non-Edo-like paws, but as Lux opened material files, Jovenan abandoned the previous thought and reconcentrated on the task.
Lux: We could go back to basics. The energy source would likely be able to conduct through these materials, if we can line the hull with it, we'd give the energy somewhere to go, some of it at least ::Looks to Jovenan:: What about the excess energy buildup? If we can't vent that it would still breach?
Jovenan: Venting energy to space? That prevent buildup during the shuttle flight, but if we want to keep the shield device portable, we’d need to keep it venting somehow. Hmm… Getting back to my earlier idea, we could just keep the energy source in the shuttle and keep it venting. If needed to be removed, the shielding device would be powered by batteries. Since we are dealing with quantum level tech anyway, a converter based on quantum tunnelling transfer would not be infeasible.
Lux: :: impressed:: That's genius!
Jovenan smiled. The crew might have been cold to her when she joined them, but it seemed it had only been them expressing their prejudice and bias and that they were still able to change their ways. She only needed to show them how beneficial she could be to their cause to make them open up to her. Luxa had implemented the suggestions, with Jovenan observing from the side.
Lux: :: steps back:: There it is. Well, an idea, at the least.
Jovenan: ::shrugs:: It’s what we can do with the time and resources we have.
Lux: Yes. We'll need to run the simulations but I believe this should work and provide a means for portability, at least for an emergency.
Jovenan: Could you please implement the simulations? You know your computer systems better than I do. I’ll go check the other team if they’ll need something.
Jovenan left Luxa finish the simulations and walked across the lab to the other team. She was careful not to touch any equipment scattered around the room, fearing that even a small bump could break every battered instrument here, not to mention the chance of triggering some unsanctioned addition. The hologram had been nice, but judging the Lt Colonel’s reaction, it had not been approved earlier. He had taken it fairly easily, though, because in the Divine Fleet, unsactioned interference with the ship’s functions was a criminal offence.
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?
Oh God, they’re still considering adding stuff to their heads! The Commonwealth disinterest in the sanctity of physical and mental health was disgusting.
Yellir/Adea: Response
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.
Jovenan raised her eyebrow a little. The benefit of front-line assignment was the ease by which intel on the enemy could be gathered. The Divine Fleet still had, luckily, very few if any contacts with the Shint, so recording their shield and weapons frequencies wasn’t possible to this detail.
Yellir/Adea: Response
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?
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.
She wasn’t sure if the other’s had noticed the fact that she had joined the team, but now that she was here, she could just as well contribute to the brainstorming.
Yellir/Adea/Thevn: Responses
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.
Yellir/Adea/Thevn: Responses
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.
Yellir/Adea/Thevn/Kuva: Responses
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.
Yellir/Adea/Thevn/Kuva: Responses
TAG/TBC?
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Mediator JG Jovenan
Science officer (secondment)
CIC Desdemona
E239911J11