Lieutenant JG Leran Perax- Smile, Wave, and Physics, Boys; Smile, Wave, and Physics
Peregrine Falcon
Perax: I know I said to take what he said skeptically, but if we don’t get that hyperwarp drive offline before it sends matter and antimatter into the intermix chamber, we’ll blow to subatomic pieces because we have broken pieces of dilithium. There isn’t enough intact to run a regular warp drive this old.
Aurdax: [IF WE DON’T GET THE HYPERWARP DRIVE OFFLINE IT WILL SEND MATTER AND ANTIMATTER INTO THE INTERMIX CHAMBER, AND WITH THE BROKEN DILITHIUM CRYSTALS, THIS SHIP WILL EXPLODE.]
L’Tang: [I INFORMED YOU THAT THEY WERE BROKEN. THEY ARE NOT DE-CRYSTALLIZED, BUT THE ENERGY FLOW IS UNSTABLE. IN ORDER TO USE THEM WE HAD TO REROUTE POWER THROUGHOUT THE SHIP.]
It was clear from the doctor’s inflection that she was reading the words from the screen.
Shimisi: Getting into the power system, I'll decrease the energy input…
Perax: Good idea, Sir. I’ll look for the code that hopefully will unlink the two systems.
Aurdax: I would have to assume that whoever or whatever is speaking to us they have an interest in self-preservation, even if they don’t care about us – or even the Icarus – the Icarus is critical to the survival of any life forms onboard.
Shimisi: I'm sure they will. I'm decreasing the energy output,... to thirty five percent
Perax: Any ideas, Doctor Aurdax? You studied the ship. ::he knew in the heat of the moment such a statement could be taken aggressively, so he sure he sounded respectful::
Aurdax: Theoretically? Yes, I know exactly how hyperwarp works. Physically in an engineering sense? Hyperwarp functions with a massive infusion of power from the dilithium crystals poured into the subspace interference deflectors that creates the rifts. Cutting power at either end should tell the system to stop the process.
He watched as she glanced down at the screen again.
Aurdax: [HOW DID THE POWER FOR THE ENGINES GET ROUTED THROUGH THE WHOLE SHIP?]
L'Tang: [AFTER WE BECAME STUCK IN THE RIFT ALL WE CARED ABOUT WAS LEAVING THE RIFT. WE REALIGNED WHAT DILITHIUM WE HAD SO THAT WE COULD CREATE A WORMHOLE EFFECT IN TANDEM WITH USING THE HYPERWARP DRIVE TO ESCAPE.]
Aurdax: Alright, basically the ran power throughout the ship to get the hyperwarp drive to create a wormhole effect so they could escape the subspace rift. And yes that does all make solid scientific sense.
Shimisi: Just what I was thinking... lowering input. I'm also trying to shutdown the deflectors, if we disconnect them, we might be able to increase the input without risk of hyperwarp activation.
Perax: ::he limped to the jefferies tube access at the front, if there was a front, of the engineering room:: I’ll reach in and manually shut off the breakers to the deflectors.
Leran had just thrown the older fashioned breakers and closed off the EPS flow to the deflectors, when his comm chirped.
S’jenes: =/\= All away teams, this is S’jenes, We have made contact with one of the apparitions. The entity identified herself as Lieutenant Junior Grade Barb Byrnes, communications officer of the Icarus. Based upon the information obtained during the exchange, we currently assess that the apparitions are phase-shifted survivors rather than residual energy phenomena. We established communication using tricorders as a localized dampening field and electromagnetic carrier waves to temporarily synchronize phases which has allowed for 32 seconds of direct communication. We are investigating ways of extending said communication and have identified a repeating pattern within the phase variance which may be key to further communication. If your teams have any relevant findings or suggestions, please advise. S'Jenes out.
oO Well that’s good, not exactly useful for us at the moment, but good. Oo
Aurdax: [THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU MADE IT OUT OF THE RIFT. BUT THE BAD NEWS IS SOMEHOW IT PHASE-SHIFTED ANY SURVIVING MEMBERS OF YOUR CREW]
L’Tang: [?
Lystra: =/\= That’s Great! We’ve been able to establish fairly reliable contact through PADDs and now with a Neural Interface Unit. We’ve located the Icarus’ Chief Medical Officer. We’ll try to get more information as soon as we can. Lystra out. =/\=
Shimisi: Seems they're making progress too. Doctor, see if you can talk with the sickbay teams, if they're in contact like we are, maybe we can share information. You can tell our friends we're checking with their friends in sickbay.
Aurdax: Gladly! Anything to get me out of talking to this PADD.
This was too much background chatter, and Leran was tempted to turn his comm off except to his own team, but decided he needed to hear if there was anything important.
Aurdax: [AN OFFICER NAMED LIEUTENANT JG BARB BYRNES HAS MADE CONTACT WITH OUR COMMANDER AND APPARENTLY YOUR CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER IS TRYING TO TALK TO OUR CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. MEANWHILE WE'RE TRYING TO GET A BETTER CONNECTION WITH YOU. I’M GOING TO CONTACT THEM AND STOP MONITORING THIS PADD.]
L’Tang: [?
Shimisi: Seems I'm keeping the power stable at thirty-five. How's the hyperwarp? It has deactivated?
Perax: It’s sputtering to a halt.
Shimisi: We have to make the power stable for our friends on the bridge, sickbay and general life support. We'll deactivate the energy to the cargo bay and divert that to the other areas.
Perax: Aye, Sir, diverting power.
Shimisi: =/\= Shimisi to S'Jenes =/\=
S’jenes: ::Tapped his combadge:: =/\= S’jenes here =/\=
Shimisi: =/\= We're talking with other survivors through a padd and we're trying to use a monitor to improve contact. =/\=
Shimisi: =/\= It seems so, from what I've heard, we have interactions on the bridge, sickbay, here... so it seems ship wide. =/\=
Shimisi: =/\= We have a problem with the energy. If we go over 40%, the hyperwarp tries to mactivate. We're working to deactivate it, but we need some time.=/\=
Aurdax: =/\= And we have confirmation that the Icarus crew specifically routed power through the ship to push enough power into the hyperwarp drive to create a wormhole that pushed them out of a subspace rift they were stuck in. Be careful and check anything you’re using for how the power is routed and re-routed =/\=
S’Jenes: =/\= ?
Shimisi: =/\= Tell us what you need, we'll see if we can provide it. =/=
S’Jenes: =/\= ?
Perax: =/\= should be doable, but the energy balancing act could be difficult until we find a permanent solution to the hyperwarp problem. =/\=
Aurdax: I should call sickbay and see what they’re using to communicate more readily. I set the PADD by the monitor to see if you can connect some sort of visuals.
Perax: More comm chatter ::he mumbled::
Shimisi: Depending on what they have maybe we can have something similar.
L’Tang: [?
Aurdax: I’ll let you know what I find out.
Leran was glad that it sounded as if she was going to use a private relay.
L’Tang: [?
Aurdax: I’ll let you know what I find out.
Leran was just about to give a thumbs up when the comm went off again. Leran barely suppressed a grunt of annoyance, but when he heard the first officer’s tone, his annoyance vanished.
Ch'Nilmani: =/\= Diz to Teams 2, 3, and 5. We got a problem. Patches and her team have been way laid by what appears to be Sheliak. I think the Icarus is being boarded. =/\=
Ba'el: ::groans in frustration:: Well that's going to complicate things more than they already are!
T'Seva: Great.
Shimisi: =/\= Sheliak? What are they doing here? =/\=
Leran tried to remember what a Sheliak was. He couldn’t. It was probably one of those things he had studied for a couple days at the Academy before moving on to Romulans or Chobliks or something. He decided to be that one away team member who had to ask the question everyone else already knew.
Perax: =/\= I might be a little behind, but what is a Sheliak? =/\=
Anyone: response
Ch'Nilmani: =/\= Right now it looks like there just talking but you know that's only a prelude to shooting. =/\=
That sounded ominous. Perax felt for his phaser, making sure it was still in place. He hoped beyond hope that he wouldn’t have to use it.
T'Seva: =/\= Not always, but...yeah =/\=
Hearing T’Seva’s response didn’t seem encouraging.
Foster: response
Shimisi: =/\= We’ll try to seal engineering, but I can’t guarantee we can. =/\=
Perax nodded at Shimisi then drew his Phaser. That he could do without much qualms. He aimed at an auxiliary door on the side of the room and began welding the door shut.
S’jenes: =/\= Ensign S’jenes to engineering away team, we have found the frequencies at which these phase variations are occurring, an oscillating 4.73 terahertz with a secondary harmonic at 9.46 terahertz. I believe we can use these numbers to institute a shipwide permanent stabilization. Please respond with ideas. =/\=
Shimisi: =/\= We’re not sure what you’re talking about, but if there’s a matter of synchronization of energy levels or energy quantum states, maybe there’s something we can work with. =/\=
Perax: =/\= Do we need to create constructive or destructive interference? =/\=
T’Seva/Ba’el: Response
S’jenes: =/\= Understood, I’ll bring my results and be there shortly. =/\=
Clicks were heard from various doors as Shimisi locked them down. Leran was fusing the doors with his phaser.
Shimisi: Be sure to keep the energy for the rest of the ship. Tell me if any system surges with energy or overload. I’ll keep an eye on the door.
He ran out of doors to seal, except for the one deliberately left unlocked.
Perax: ::Turning back to his station:: For the moment everything seems stable.
Shimisi: Doctor, retrieve any data you have about the hyperwarp energy levels and see what you can get from our friends about it.
Aurdax: Response
Noticing the tension in Shimisi’s stance, Leran decided maybe it was a good thing that he didn’t know what a Sheliak was.
Shimisi: Have you seen any boarder on your way here?
S'Jenes: Negative. I observed no signs of intrusion during transit.
Shimisi: Okay, what do you have?
S'Jenes: We established communication with one of the apparitions. Lieutenant Junior Grade Barb Byrnes, communications officer of the Icarus.
S'Jenes: Based on the exchange, we now believe the apparitions are phase-shifted survivors rather than residual energy phenomena. Byrnes reported approximately forty surviving crewmembers occupying the same state.
Leran glanced over at the Vulcan. Some sort of chart was visible on his device.
S'Jenes: During the stabilization attempt, the phase variance exhibited a primary resonance frequency of approximately 4.73 terahertz, with a secondary harmonic at 9.46 terahertz.
The screen became more cluttered as another chart. Leran would just have to take S’Jenes’ word for it.
S'Jenes: The differential is not static. It oscillates around those frequencies, producing brief periods of increased coherence. We believe those intervals correspond to the moments during which communication becomes possible.. consider it like two communicators, but one is tuned to one frequency and the other is stuck in a "search mode" of sorts. I believe with these numbers in mind, we can create something together that will lock the frequency on their end to ours.
Shimisi: Dr. Aurdax managed to get in contact with someone from the Icarus. You can try to confirm your theory with them and then we’ll see to implement it with the power we have or try to get some more without activating the hyperwarp.
S'Jenes: That would be useful. If multiple survivors exhibit the same resonance frequencies and phase characteristics, it would strengthen the hypothesis considerably.
Aurdax: Response
Perax: Whatever you have in mind, we can’t use the main reactors as of yet.
Shimisi: Seems that the system is modified to activate the hyperwarp when reaching a certain energy limit.
S'Jenes studied the engineering data for several moments.
S'Jenes: Then any solution requiring a substantial increase in power output carries obvious risks.
He brought up the variance model from his tricorder.
S'Jenes: Fortunately, increasing power may not be necessary.
Leran was just about to suggest possibly tapping into Auxiliary Power or Emergency Power if the process was short, but drew up short which that last statement.
Perax: You can do it with nine percent of main power? ::he looked between Shimisi and S’Jenes:: That’s how much is left when you subtract the used power from the generated power.
Aurdax: Response
Zheng/L'Tang/Atwi: Response
S'Jenes: The tricorders succeeded despite being poorly suited for the task. The problem was not insufficient output. The problem was inefficiency.
He highlighted the 4.73 THz waveform.
oO There is an obvious flaw in his consideration Oo
S'Jenes: We attempted to maintain synchronization continuously. If we instead tune a field to the resonance frequency and activate it only during peak alignment, energy requirements should decrease significantly.
Perax: That’s true, but you were testing a limited area and one person when you used three tricorders. What we need is a ship wide field for forty or so people. That’s going to take significantly more energy, won’t it?
Aurdax: Response
S'Jenes: In theory, a field synchronized to 4.73 terahertz could reinforce the survivors' phase state during periods of natural coherence. Repeated reinforcement may allow us to gradually reduce the phase differential rather than forcing a full reintegration at once.
He glanced between the engineering officers.
S'Jenes: If that proves successful, the same principle could potentially be scaled to a permanent shipwide solution.
Perax: I still think that we are going to need more power.
Aurdax: Response
S'Jenes transferred the complete telemetry package to the engineering systems and stepped back from the primary display. The science was straightforward enough. The implementation was another matter entirely.
Shimisi: Response
A sudden thought struck Leran. oO It’s obvious! Starfleet ships at this time kept the power for the Impulse engines and the warp drives separate! There’s an independent reactor we haven’t started yet. Oo
Perax: What if we use the impulse engines? In 2260’s, they’re kept separate from main power so the ship had a way to maneuver in the event the main power failed.
Aurdax: Response
S'Jenes: The full sensor logs from Lieutenant Byrnes are included. If there are additional variables you wish analyzed, I can update the model.
Leran wished he had paid a little more attention in Physics of sound and light. oO Not that I likely could keep up with a Vulcan anyway. Oo
Perax: ::he shrugged and decided to play it cool:: 4.73 terahertz with a secondary harmonic at 9.46 terahertz, seems straightforward to me.
Shimisi: Response
Zheng/L'Tang/Atwi: Response
Aurdax: Response
S'Jenes monitored the engineering displays while the others worked.
Perax worked with Shimisi to try and input the frequency. So, what system generates those frequencies?
S'Jenes: One observation.
Shimisi/Perax: Response
S'Jenes indicated a section of the variance graph.
S'Jenes: The resonance appears stable. The duration of coherence changes, but the frequency itself remains remarkably consistent.
Perax: Which is the target frequency, 9.46 or 4.73 or something in between?
Aurdax: Response
S'Jenes: If that consistency persists, it should simplify synchronization considerably.
Shimisi: Response
Zheng/L'Tang/Atwi: Response
The science officer folded his hands behind his back and returned to reviewing the data.
Occasionally he forwarded information to the engineering stations as new oscillations occurred.
Aurdax: Response
Perax: To be honest, Doctor Aurdax, ::he whispered:: I have only the most basic understanding about what we are doing. I only hope we are not making things worse.
S'Jenes: Lieutenant Byrnes also reported that the phase-shifted personnel remained conscious following the hyperwarp event. If your contacts report similar experiences, it may help establish a more complete timeline.
Aurdax: Response
Shimisi: Response
S'Jenes: Updated variance projections.
Perax: The two waveforms are phasing closer together. I don’t know if that is a good thing, but there it is.
Zheng/L'Tang/Atwi: Response
Perax, at his console kept selecting interfering waves and throwing them against the other to waves to modify their frequencies.
Shimisi: Response
Perax: Eventually, we should reach a threshold where we can directly hear the phased crew, maybe even see a shadow or echo of them.
Aurdax: Response
Nervousness caused Leran’s hand to shake slightly. His sprained ankle throbbed as his muscles strained. This might work, but there was also the possibility that he and the others were pushing the crew into the opposite direction toward the other dimension.
Zheng/L'Tang/Atwi: Response?
Shimisi/Aurdax/S’Jenes: response
Perax: Another question, when we go ship wide, will the phase shifting field that pulls them into phase, push us out of phase?
Zheng/L'Tang/Atwi: Response?
Shimisi/Aurdax/S’Jenes: response
Several minutes passed. Then, Leran saw a flicker in the corner of his eye. He turned and squinted at the middle of the room. A slight ripple was in the air.
Perax: There’s a visual distortion in the middle of the room over there! ::he pointed:: It looks vaguely like a cloaking distortion on old Klingon ships.
Zheng/L'Tang/Atwi: Response?
Shimisi/Aurdax/S’Jenes: response