Lt. Silveira: Isn’t that a door?
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Apr 7, 2025, 5:32:20 PM4/7/25
to USS Artemis-A – StarBase 118 Star Trek PBEM RPG
((Outside Water Treatment Plant - Outskirts of the Bantlox Colony, Laoi III))
So there they were. Looking at the wreckage of the old war relic that was stopping the colony development.
Sadar: We need to find out how this Ship got under the plant in the first place. Either this was an advanced Scout Ship, and the Dominion had fighters pass outside of the Bajor System earlier than our history books tell, or they managed to find a way to get their fighters into the ground of an established water treatment facility without anyone noticing.
Bim Pend: What you need to do, is fix whatever this thing’s doing to our computers!
Morgan looked to the others.
Morgan: Any way to tell how long this ship has been here? Or its service history?
Silveira: That last one might be too early to know. Only if we salvage some of its database.
Imril: We might get some clues to that by determining the exact complement of offensive systems the ship is outfitted with. That could help us pin down which phase of the war this ship was operating in at the time of the crash. ::Refers to their PADD:: Phased polaron canons were phased out early in the war as Federation shield tech advanced. Antiproton emitters for detecting cloaked ships were swapped out for long-range tachyon scanners about halfway through. Breen energy dampeners were integrated towards the end.
Sadar: Is that something we can determine with scanners? Or do we need to go inside?
Bim Pend: All the scanners we’ve got are experiencing the same fritz as the plant’s computers. We can’t get through it.
Vailani: Our tricorders are affected as well, the closer we get. I could be that once the ship was discovered it triggered some kind of dampening field as a defense measure.
Gnai: Response
Vitor looked around the hole, he wasn’t an engineer but he wasn’t feeling very safe.
Silveira: OK so it’s up to us now. So to me we got two options.
One we should secure the hole and check out the ship. ::He tipped his head to Zoy:: We can try and get its database, learn more about it. We dig a little more around it.
Zoy nodded enthusiastically.
Vailani: That ship's computer core and it's contents could be a find for Starfleet historians and I'm sure Commander Dakora and the intelligence team on the Artemis will want to review it's contents.
Gnai/Morgan: Response
Sadar: Hmm... ::looks to Sil-net:: Option two?
Silveira: Option two, we get everything to a clear distance and start dismantling the ship apart. In whatever way possible, we could blow it up somehow. I think that could be the safest of these options.
The reactions varied after his suggestion, the administrator was cheerful, but he didn’t miss Zoy’s eyeballing him.
Bim Pend: Do that. The faster we get rid of this thing, the faster I can get construction back on schedule.
Imril, however, was more on the side of caution, voiding his concerns.
Imril: I can’t recommend dismantling or demolitions without more information. We don’t know how the ship will, or can, react to either as yet. Or how big an explosion would actually be if we blew it up, because we don't know how much the ships stockpiles will magnify it. If that thing is stuffed with Houdini mines or fully energized weapon banks… Just one Jem’Hadar fighter making a suicide run was packed with enough destructive power to take out a Galaxy-class vessel. We need to be extremely sure what we’re doing before we do it.
Sadar: I-I’m with Ensign Imril! W-We can’t be certain that won’t endanger the colony, e-especially since we don’t have a reasonable way of determining the blast radius, or what it is that’s causing the interference with the colony’s equipment!
Vailani: Not to mention our distinct lack of resources for such an operation.
Morgan: Or the potential health ramifications for those who live here.
Vitor shrugged, truth be told they all had a point, but as he guessed the Colony Administrator would have willingly followed his plan.
Silveira: Fine, we will find another way.
Gnai: Response
Imril: I think the first thing to do is evacuate the colony, or at least this part of it, to a minimum safe distance.
Bim Pend: Evacuate? But I thought you said you wouldn’t blow it up?
Vailani: It's a precaution, Administrator. The ship could have redundant safety protocols but we'll do everything we can to avoid any damage to your colony and its people.
Silveira: True. We just have to be careful.
Gnai: Response
Morgan nodded his agreement.
Imril: The hull of a Galaxy-class vessel being over six hundred meters long, I’d say a one-kilometer radius at minimum. Two or three, if possible. We have to consider how far all of this rock and infrastructure could be thrown in addition to parts of the vessel itself. Dominion warships are designed to maximize that kind of damage as much as possible, with intent to destroy whatever destroyed them.
Sadar: Right... ::looks to the team:: Ensign Imril, Sil-net; do you think you could find a way to get into the Ship? ::considers:: Or at least a way for our tricorders to get through the interference without malfunctioning?
Vitor nodded and smiled at Imril.
Silveira: I am sure we can cut it.
Imril: Response
Sadar: Assistant Chief Morgan, w-would you mind staying with them, in case whatever’s acting up inside the Ship gets, uhh... Worse?
Morgan: You bet, boss.
Sada looked at the others.
Sadar: Vai-net, Lieutenant Gnai, please come with me and the Administrator to start evacuating the nearest districts of the colony.
Vailani: :: nods :: Administrator I'd like to know which facilities you have on the planet? Specifically transporters, shuttles and anything used for transporting cargo or produce?
Gnai: Response
It looked like the Administrator would prefer his first option but he ended up agreeing with the plan.
Bim Pend: Very well... This way then.
Sada and the others started following the Administrator, but then she turned around, narrowing her eyes at him.
Sadar: ::to Sil-net:: Do not go in there without us!
Morgan shrugged, and Vitor nodded, opening his arms.
Silveira: Moi? Of course not.
Imril/Gnai: Response
The other moved on and Morgan was the first to speak.
Morgan: Well, where do we start?
Vitor took a deep breath and took a step forward.
Silveira: First we get close. Carefully. If the tricorder’s don’t work, what other options do we have?
Morgan/Imril: Response
Vitor stepped closer, carefully and looked around at the wreck that was partially visible. He pointed to the left.
Silveira: Does that look like a hatch?
Morgan/Imril: Response
Vitor rolled his eyes and started walking in that direction as he shrugged.
Silveira: Of course I am not going in. Not at least without reaching Doctor Sadar. ::He turned, winked and smiled at Imril and Morgan.:: I think we should all get inside… Once we call her.
Morgan/Imril: Response
TAGs/TBC
Lt. Vitor S. Silveira
Chief Tactical Officer
USS Artemis-A, NCC-81287
O238907VS0
So there they were. Looking at the wreckage of the old war relic that was stopping the colony development.
Sadar: We need to find out how this Ship got under the plant in the first place. Either this was an advanced Scout Ship, and the Dominion had fighters pass outside of the Bajor System earlier than our history books tell, or they managed to find a way to get their fighters into the ground of an established water treatment facility without anyone noticing.
Bim Pend: What you need to do, is fix whatever this thing’s doing to our computers!
Morgan looked to the others.
Morgan: Any way to tell how long this ship has been here? Or its service history?
Silveira: That last one might be too early to know. Only if we salvage some of its database.
Imril: We might get some clues to that by determining the exact complement of offensive systems the ship is outfitted with. That could help us pin down which phase of the war this ship was operating in at the time of the crash. ::Refers to their PADD:: Phased polaron canons were phased out early in the war as Federation shield tech advanced. Antiproton emitters for detecting cloaked ships were swapped out for long-range tachyon scanners about halfway through. Breen energy dampeners were integrated towards the end.
Sadar: Is that something we can determine with scanners? Or do we need to go inside?
Bim Pend: All the scanners we’ve got are experiencing the same fritz as the plant’s computers. We can’t get through it.
Vailani: Our tricorders are affected as well, the closer we get. I could be that once the ship was discovered it triggered some kind of dampening field as a defense measure.
Gnai: Response
Vitor looked around the hole, he wasn’t an engineer but he wasn’t feeling very safe.
Silveira: OK so it’s up to us now. So to me we got two options.
One we should secure the hole and check out the ship. ::He tipped his head to Zoy:: We can try and get its database, learn more about it. We dig a little more around it.
Zoy nodded enthusiastically.
Vailani: That ship's computer core and it's contents could be a find for Starfleet historians and I'm sure Commander Dakora and the intelligence team on the Artemis will want to review it's contents.
Gnai/Morgan: Response
Sadar: Hmm... ::looks to Sil-net:: Option two?
Silveira: Option two, we get everything to a clear distance and start dismantling the ship apart. In whatever way possible, we could blow it up somehow. I think that could be the safest of these options.
The reactions varied after his suggestion, the administrator was cheerful, but he didn’t miss Zoy’s eyeballing him.
Bim Pend: Do that. The faster we get rid of this thing, the faster I can get construction back on schedule.
Imril, however, was more on the side of caution, voiding his concerns.
Imril: I can’t recommend dismantling or demolitions without more information. We don’t know how the ship will, or can, react to either as yet. Or how big an explosion would actually be if we blew it up, because we don't know how much the ships stockpiles will magnify it. If that thing is stuffed with Houdini mines or fully energized weapon banks… Just one Jem’Hadar fighter making a suicide run was packed with enough destructive power to take out a Galaxy-class vessel. We need to be extremely sure what we’re doing before we do it.
Sadar: I-I’m with Ensign Imril! W-We can’t be certain that won’t endanger the colony, e-especially since we don’t have a reasonable way of determining the blast radius, or what it is that’s causing the interference with the colony’s equipment!
Vailani: Not to mention our distinct lack of resources for such an operation.
Morgan: Or the potential health ramifications for those who live here.
Vitor shrugged, truth be told they all had a point, but as he guessed the Colony Administrator would have willingly followed his plan.
Silveira: Fine, we will find another way.
Gnai: Response
Imril: I think the first thing to do is evacuate the colony, or at least this part of it, to a minimum safe distance.
Bim Pend: Evacuate? But I thought you said you wouldn’t blow it up?
Vailani: It's a precaution, Administrator. The ship could have redundant safety protocols but we'll do everything we can to avoid any damage to your colony and its people.
Silveira: True. We just have to be careful.
Gnai: Response
Morgan nodded his agreement.
Imril: The hull of a Galaxy-class vessel being over six hundred meters long, I’d say a one-kilometer radius at minimum. Two or three, if possible. We have to consider how far all of this rock and infrastructure could be thrown in addition to parts of the vessel itself. Dominion warships are designed to maximize that kind of damage as much as possible, with intent to destroy whatever destroyed them.
Sadar: Right... ::looks to the team:: Ensign Imril, Sil-net; do you think you could find a way to get into the Ship? ::considers:: Or at least a way for our tricorders to get through the interference without malfunctioning?
Vitor nodded and smiled at Imril.
Silveira: I am sure we can cut it.
Imril: Response
Sadar: Assistant Chief Morgan, w-would you mind staying with them, in case whatever’s acting up inside the Ship gets, uhh... Worse?
Morgan: You bet, boss.
Sada looked at the others.
Sadar: Vai-net, Lieutenant Gnai, please come with me and the Administrator to start evacuating the nearest districts of the colony.
Vailani: :: nods :: Administrator I'd like to know which facilities you have on the planet? Specifically transporters, shuttles and anything used for transporting cargo or produce?
Gnai: Response
It looked like the Administrator would prefer his first option but he ended up agreeing with the plan.
Bim Pend: Very well... This way then.
Sada and the others started following the Administrator, but then she turned around, narrowing her eyes at him.
Sadar: ::to Sil-net:: Do not go in there without us!
Morgan shrugged, and Vitor nodded, opening his arms.
Silveira: Moi? Of course not.
Imril/Gnai: Response
The other moved on and Morgan was the first to speak.
Morgan: Well, where do we start?
Vitor took a deep breath and took a step forward.
Silveira: First we get close. Carefully. If the tricorder’s don’t work, what other options do we have?
Morgan/Imril: Response
Vitor stepped closer, carefully and looked around at the wreck that was partially visible. He pointed to the left.
Silveira: Does that look like a hatch?
Morgan/Imril: Response
Vitor rolled his eyes and started walking in that direction as he shrugged.
Silveira: Of course I am not going in. Not at least without reaching Doctor Sadar. ::He turned, winked and smiled at Imril and Morgan.:: I think we should all get inside… Once we call her.
Morgan/Imril: Response
TAGs/TBC
Lt. Vitor S. Silveira
Chief Tactical Officer
USS Artemis-A, NCC-81287
O238907VS0
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