Lieutenant JG Leran Perax - Space Fog
Peregrine Falcon
((The day entering the nebula, Holodeck 3, Deck 11, USS Constitution-B))
Nemo: The greater part of these dishes are unknown to you. However, you may partake of them without fear. They are wholesome and nourishing. For a long time I have renounced the food of the earth, and am never ill now. My crew, who are healthy, are fed on the same food.
Perax looked about him like a child taken to the playground. The oak and ebony panels that made the sideboards, the sparkling chandelier that caused the porcelain dishes to glimmer in electric light.
Aronnax: So, all these eatables are the produce of the sea?
He was only half paying attention. What he really wanted to see was the famous saloon with its large windows looking out into the ocean.
Perax: Excuse me, but is there a way to see the ocean surrounding the Nautilus? I mean, besides the dorsal deck.
The three others in the room looked at him.
Nemo: Of course, Mister Perax. Follow me.
Elated that he could have such an effect on the program, he happily followed Captain Nemo to the saloon, which looked more like a posh lounge than Kincaid’s saloon on the Constitution. When the panels opened a school of fish swam by in bright blue water.
Ned Land and Conseil had begun a discussion on description vs classification of fish when a loud female voice echoed in the room.
Computer: Time of set alarm.
Perax: Alright, play time is over. ::he looked at the frozen holoprogram, slightly disappointed:: I’ll be right there. ::he closed the comm.:: Computer, save my progress and end program.
The Nautilus and the crew disappeared and were replaced by the familiar if slightly boring looking grid lines of the holodeck. He exited the room in search of the nearest turbolift so he could report for duty.
oO Maybe when I’m done living 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, I’ll look into a book with a train. Oo
((Main Engineering, Deck 36, USS Constitution-B))
In engineering, everyone was busy. As soon as they were informed that the Constitution was entering a nebula, Shimisi ordered the crew to put extra attention on the energy coils and stability of the impulse engines. Perax stood on the second floor of the catwalk around the warp core monitoring input and output power ratios.
Shimisi: All right, if they're secured, just let me know if anything comes around.
Perax: We are maintaining steady power, Sir. No fluctuations in the input or output. I’m going to run an internal scan of the warp coils in the nacelles to make sure the nebula isn’t having an effect on them I can’t see in the power flow.
Rajel: =/\= Bridge to Engineering. I need you to try to improve our sensors. I know it’s difficult but I need to be able to see where we are flying. =/\=
Shimisi: =/\= Understood, we'll do what we can. Engineering out. =/\= :: He looked around :: All right, aside from boosting power to sensors, how can we let them see something better?
Perax: We could give them old fashioned glasses to see better. ::he said unhelpfully while chuckling, then quailing slightly under the look he got in response:: Alright, part of the problem will be to know what is wrong with the sensors. Are the sensors being reflected, refracted, absorbed? Most nebulae cause issues with the sensors, but they don’t all cause the same problem.
Mec: Response
Shimisi: Maybe we can use a Class four probe to go ahead and rely the information to us.
Mec: response
Perax: that might work if the transmission from the probe doesn’t run into problems. The nebula might interfere with communications too.
Anyone: Response (even PNPC or NPCs)
Shimisi: We can always find a good viewing port, like in ten forward, and rely the image to the bridge…
oO That’s only slightly better than my suggestion of glasses Oo
Perax: I’ll grab the telescope, or would binoculars be better. ::he grinned.::
Mec/Anyone: Response
Perax: I know it sounds crazy, but since a nebula is not a true vacuum, but a cloud in space, could we rig a sonar pulse to find objects. ::he grimaced as he realized the flaw:: we couldn’t use natural sound waves, because we wouldn’t be able to go to warp, but maybe we could use the principle with the subspace sensors? ::suddenly, he didn’t sound so sure of himself::
oO That was a dumb suggestion. Sonar would work for navigating and finding objects if the nebula is dense enough, but since sound travels slower than light. The Constitution would be beyond the point of echo before we ever got a reading back.Oo
Shimisi/Mec/ anyone: response
Perax: We should check with science to see what the nebula is made of. That might help us find a spectrum or frequency that will help cut through the interference.
Shimisi/Mec/ anyone: response