(( USS Constitution - Bridge ))
Rajel: Have they left yet?
T'Seva: Yes.
She adjusted the screen to show where the worker bees were.
Rajel: Let's make sure to keep them on our sensors as much as we can. I don't want to lose them out there.
T'Seva: Neither do I.
And then T'Aven interrupted them. T'Seva had, too, almost forgotten she was there.
T'Aven: Sir, I believe one of the planetsite teams is attempting to hail.
Rajel: Put it on speaker.
Comms: =/\= <crackle> ...ax.. <pop> on... a.. <crack> ear <popfizz> ...u... =/\=
Rajel: Could you make any of this out? You sure it's from our team?
T'Seva: It's most likely from our team, unless we have company.
Which wasn't impossible. Another ship approaching in this? But it sounded like they were talking about earwax, which was obviously not the case.
T'Aven: It is coming from the planet on our subspace comms. But negative on the comprehension, Sir. The connection is too spotty to make out more than a few sounds.
Rajel: Well it's more than we got before. They must have put the signal enhancer up. Open the channel.
The Vulcan pressed the buttons to open the comm link and nodded once as a signal.
Rajel: =/\= We barely hear you, but receive. =/\=
T'Seva: Sorry...I'm...
T'Aven: ::inclining her head.:: The interference must be too strong for one enhancer. I suggest to place out one or two from our side.
T'Seva: We can do that. Do you have a plan?
T'Aven: We send an enhancer out and when the signal gets weaker hold it in that position and send out another to serve as a piggyback between the enhancer near us and the one on the surface. It may be possible to lengthen the signal like that to enable communications.
T'Seva: It seems worth a try.
Rajel: Hearing how distorted it is we still would not be able to beam the teams in an emergency but we could at least communicate basic messages.
T'Seva: I wasn't expecting we'd get transporters.
Rajel: Alright let's do that. T'Seva focus on the bees, what is their status? T'Aven, get on the enchancers.
T'Aven left the bridge.
T'Seva: We could also use alternative communications that work better.
Rajel: Response
T'Seva: I would assume at least one person down there knows morse code, for example. It might pierce the interference better than spoken communication. Once we have the enhancers out, if its still bad, I'll send a message in that.
Rajel: Response
T'Seva: I hope they're doing okay down there.
And she also couldn't wait for them to come back with the data. She was very curious about the planet.
Rajel: Response
T'Seva: Best crew in the fleet, Commodore.
She smiled at Rajel.
Rajel: Response
LtCmdr Atan T'Seva
Chief of Tactical
USS Constitution
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