Ensign Maezel Fenn – Dimensional Danger
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(( Observation Bay, near Engineering Annex, Gibaria Outpost ))
The latest challenge was threatening to prematurely end the mission. To prevent this, Maezel had been set the task of stabilising the interdimensional shuttle. The collapse of the experiment would be devastating and likely felt across the whole sector of space
if she couldn’t find a way to stop it from degrading. The only problem? The fifty-odd terawatts of power the stabilisation process needed to run.
Fenn: We might want to check in with the power plant repair team. Ideally, we'll need them to get whatever fuels this thing running properly again first unless we’ve got... ::pausing to do the maths:: ...nine Galaxy class starships we can plug in to the outpost.
Fenn: We might want to check in with the power plant repair team. Ideally, we'll need them to get whatever fuels this thing running properly again first unless we’ve got... ::pausing to do the maths:: ...nine Galaxy class starships we can plug in to the outpost.
Kovar: Indeed, I am sure that we are not the only team who are facing inefficiencies due to inadequate power.
Marshall: We're going to find it. ::Said with perhaps more confidence than she felt.:: We just need to convince the power plant team our dimensional crisis is more urgent than everyone else's dimensional crisis. Keep at it. I'll see what I can do.
While Commander Marshall stepped away to talk to their colleagues, Maezel turned back to the screen on her console. With a slight grinding of her teeth and a distant gaze, she considered whether there was some way to slim down the power usage. Perhaps there were some aspects of the experiment that were already relatively stable? If so, she could cut those sections out of the subroutine. She put the thought aside as Commander Marshall turned back towards her and Kovar.
Marshall: There's loads of power, they don't know why it's not getting to us, they're trying to stop the reactor from blowing up. ::She glanced to Kovar.:: You've got a look. Let's hear it.
Kovar: I will say upfront that I am open to suggestions. However, knowing that we are working against an imprecise timeline, we may have a means to attempt manual access to the shuttle. ::He closed his eyes and furrowed his brow.:: Now, though I am unversed as to the minute particularities of dimensional physics, on a macro level we are dealing with an issue of frequency, correct?
Marshall: Broadly speaking, yes. ::Caution laced through her voice.:: The shuttle's phasing in and out of our dimension at a specific frequency.
Maezel chose to remain silent, opting to listen in to how the train of thought played out. While working for the family business, she’d learnt quickly that while science was great at testing the hypothesis, it was the engineers that turned the theories into the stuff you needed. An injection of the practical reality that often came with a decent engineer certainly couldn’t hurt in this moment.
Kovar: So, hypothetically speaking, if we were able to measure the phase frequency of the shuttle’s cockpit, we could theoretically match it with the subspace generator we have been carrying with us, and thereby create a bubble to access it. The only issue, other than viability or safety, would be that the generator is one of our main means of protection if the vines should locate us.
Marshall: Let me see if I've got this right. ::Slowly, she repeated it.:: You want to repurpose our homicidal plant life defence machine to create a frequency bubble so someone can board the shuttle that's existing in four dimensions at once, while we're on a deadline to not be crushed into a singularity, and we'd be doing this without knowing if it's viable or safe.
oO What was I saying about practical reality again... Oo
Marshall: That may just be the most Starfleet solution to a problem I've heard all week.
It was certainly an interesting idea. Based on what she knew, Maezel couldn’t think of anything that warranted her obstructing the idea but she could see the dangers. Without a better idea to present to the group, she again chose to remain quiet and continued to listen though the idea still didn’t sit well within her. Whether Kovar was reading her mind or she’d had a face on her she wasn’t sure but as the Vulcan continued to lay out his idea, he seemed to acknowledge the concern that Maezel was obviously silently exuding.
Kovar: To echo the commander, none of this is ideal. However, unless we can produce an alternative way forward, this may be the only logical means of preventing yet another mass casualty event.
Marshall: Fenn, what's your take on this? Can we make Kovar's plan work?
While Commander Marshall stepped away to talk to their colleagues, Maezel turned back to the screen on her console. With a slight grinding of her teeth and a distant gaze, she considered whether there was some way to slim down the power usage. Perhaps there were some aspects of the experiment that were already relatively stable? If so, she could cut those sections out of the subroutine. She put the thought aside as Commander Marshall turned back towards her and Kovar.
Marshall: There's loads of power, they don't know why it's not getting to us, they're trying to stop the reactor from blowing up. ::She glanced to Kovar.:: You've got a look. Let's hear it.
Kovar: I will say upfront that I am open to suggestions. However, knowing that we are working against an imprecise timeline, we may have a means to attempt manual access to the shuttle. ::He closed his eyes and furrowed his brow.:: Now, though I am unversed as to the minute particularities of dimensional physics, on a macro level we are dealing with an issue of frequency, correct?
Marshall: Broadly speaking, yes. ::Caution laced through her voice.:: The shuttle's phasing in and out of our dimension at a specific frequency.
Maezel chose to remain silent, opting to listen in to how the train of thought played out. While working for the family business, she’d learnt quickly that while science was great at testing the hypothesis, it was the engineers that turned the theories into the stuff you needed. An injection of the practical reality that often came with a decent engineer certainly couldn’t hurt in this moment.
Kovar: So, hypothetically speaking, if we were able to measure the phase frequency of the shuttle’s cockpit, we could theoretically match it with the subspace generator we have been carrying with us, and thereby create a bubble to access it. The only issue, other than viability or safety, would be that the generator is one of our main means of protection if the vines should locate us.
Marshall: Let me see if I've got this right. ::Slowly, she repeated it.:: You want to repurpose our homicidal plant life defence machine to create a frequency bubble so someone can board the shuttle that's existing in four dimensions at once, while we're on a deadline to not be crushed into a singularity, and we'd be doing this without knowing if it's viable or safe.
oO What was I saying about practical reality again... Oo
Marshall: That may just be the most Starfleet solution to a problem I've heard all week.
It was certainly an interesting idea. Based on what she knew, Maezel couldn’t think of anything that warranted her obstructing the idea but she could see the dangers. Without a better idea to present to the group, she again chose to remain quiet and continued to listen though the idea still didn’t sit well within her. Whether Kovar was reading her mind or she’d had a face on her she wasn’t sure but as the Vulcan continued to lay out his idea, he seemed to acknowledge the concern that Maezel was obviously silently exuding.
Kovar: To echo the commander, none of this is ideal. However, unless we can produce an alternative way forward, this may be the only logical means of preventing yet another mass casualty event.
Marshall: Fenn, what's your take on this? Can we make Kovar's plan work?
Fenn: ::releasing a breath as she collects her thoughts:: In a word yes. But you should know, from the data I’ve seen the dimensions that this shuttle travels between are constantly sliding over each other faster than a Spanish señorita’s hands dancing
to Asereje. If you get the frequency, or anything, wrong then you’re going to be pulled apart over four different dimensions.
Marshall: So, laying it out there. If we can match the frequency, we may be able to maintain a stable enough bubble, to enable us to time the entry to coincide with the phase cycle, get inside, initialise the computer, and get back out before either the field collapses, the generator fails, or the vines return.
Fenn: The shuttle will need to match the skew angle of our dimension and we’ll need to make sure the mapping matrix is correct but yes, we may be able to maintain a stable bubble that lets us get aboard.
Kovar: Response
Marshall: Then let's do it. ::She moved quickly to the main monitoring console, and pulled up the power distribution grid.:: We need to map the phase variance and predict the cycle pattern. Our window of opportunity will be in there somewhere. Then that's our cue to work out how we reconfigure the generator to match whatever frequency that is.
This was much easier said than done. Maezel wasn’t 100% sure it’d work but then to be completely sure would require months they didn’t have. She moved back to her console and made sure the skew angle and mapping matrix were correct before transferring the data to a nearby PADD. She picked it up and walked over to Kovar.
Fenn: Kovar, you’ll need these data points to calibrate the device properly. Let me know if you need anything else.
Kovar / Marshall: Response
Fenn: Commander, how are you getting on? Need help?
Kovar / Marshall: Response
Marshall: So, laying it out there. If we can match the frequency, we may be able to maintain a stable enough bubble, to enable us to time the entry to coincide with the phase cycle, get inside, initialise the computer, and get back out before either the field collapses, the generator fails, or the vines return.
Fenn: The shuttle will need to match the skew angle of our dimension and we’ll need to make sure the mapping matrix is correct but yes, we may be able to maintain a stable bubble that lets us get aboard.
Kovar: Response
Marshall: Then let's do it. ::She moved quickly to the main monitoring console, and pulled up the power distribution grid.:: We need to map the phase variance and predict the cycle pattern. Our window of opportunity will be in there somewhere. Then that's our cue to work out how we reconfigure the generator to match whatever frequency that is.
This was much easier said than done. Maezel wasn’t 100% sure it’d work but then to be completely sure would require months they didn’t have. She moved back to her console and made sure the skew angle and mapping matrix were correct before transferring the data to a nearby PADD. She picked it up and walked over to Kovar.
Fenn: Kovar, you’ll need these data points to calibrate the device properly. Let me know if you need anything else.
Kovar / Marshall: Response
Fenn: Commander, how are you getting on? Need help?
Kovar / Marshall: Response
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