Ensign Uchal th'Vrosa - Feeling Filibustery with Filaments
Fviaek
(Bridge, Deck 1, USS Khitomer))
His eyes fall upon the Lieutenant, deferring to the authority, before prompting.
th’Vrosa: What’s the play?
Semara: =/\= Semara to Commander Dewitt. =/\=
oO Alright, phone a friend. Fair game. Oo
Dewitt: =/\= Response =/\=
Semara: =/\= Question: How's our impulse drive and tactical systems? =/\=
Dewitt: =/\= Response =/\=
Semara: =/\= I only need torpedoes for the moment, long as we can move. :: Beat :: Oh, and - is the SDA still charged? =/\=
Dewitt: =/\= Response =/\=
Semara: =/\= Excellent. Thank you, Commander. Semara out. =/\=
Semara: Ensign Morda, 'member what you said about projectile weapons givin' a vector? That's the play - only we're givin' the vector. They ain't able to see us in the nebula, unless we fire torpedoes. So that's what we do. Only when they return fire, we ain't gonna be there anymore, and we'll be draggin' a chunk a' the nebula with us.
oO It almost sounds like we’re going to be using the nebula as a cover. Oo
Zerva: So we’re using the nebula as a cover? Makes sense with the Alliance ship out there exposed. It would give us an advantage and we’d get the drop of surprise on them all at once.
Morda: Aye, Lieutenant. I can adjust the photorph initial velocity to give us a bit more time to maneuver, then kick it ‘em up to full speed before they read on the Lattice monitors.
th'Vrosa: If their monitors are anything like ours, especially, we can tweak our approach to seem bigger and badder.
Semara: Counselor, we're gonna need to coordinate with the Velithari to make the other piece a' your plan work. A sufficiently dramatic reveal a' the size and power output a' their ship oughta make the Alliance panic the way you wanted, don't you think? :: Beat :: We can cover 'em with our Sencha Deflector Array, but it ain't gonna be enough.
Zerva: ::beat:: Then we’d better hurry. Sensors show the Leviathan class vessel has begun to accelerate its impulse speed. It would appear they’ve gotten even more erratic and impulsive with their efforts trying to locate us or the Jorogumo at the very least. Fortunately their indiscriminate attacks haven’t hit much beyond parts of the nebula. If this thing is indeed alive, I can’t imagine the nebula likes it very much.
Morda: Torpedoes ready, Lieutenant.
There was a brief wave of resentment that passed over the Thaan. Explosives, even in the most controlled of settings, had a serious potential for harm. It wasn’t the most novel revelation, and the Lattice Alliance weren’t being very friendly to them at this particular moment. Still, part of him wanted every situation to resolve amicably every time.
th'Vrosa: ::With a rather lamentful tone:: I know this was my idea, but in my professional medical opinion… this blows.
Semara: Once we make our first attack, that'll force 'em to be more tactical with their assault and work to our timin'. We'll make our best impression of General Chang, and keep 'em guessin' with when and where we'll be next. :: Beat :: The more tense we get 'em, the better our grand reveal will be. :: Beat :: 'Fore I call the Cap'n, can we make it work?
th’Vrosa was never great with names. He smiled and nodded as this part of the conversation carried on.
Zerva: We would need to be close enough to the nebula's border to make this work. Firing too deep from inside the nebula means we have to take into account the filaments and possibility of injuring a potential life form.
oO Good! Minimizing loss of life. You’re my favourite. Oo
Morda: If you can feed me an approximate range, I’ll see if I can tweak the torp engines a bit to give us that lead time between firing and them being detected.
He eyeballed the console, waiting for it to populate with the calculations from the science station and its distinctly gold-uniformed driver.
He looked over towards Semara. Bright smile, wide eyes- but not a thought of how to calculate the broad side of a barn.
Semara: Response
Zerva: Harmonics? Good idea. If we use the same harmonics like we did on the bridge and transporter room two, but on a much larger scale, we can use it to direct a path to navigate through the filaments. It would allow us to get close enough without having to leave the clouds cover and make the helmsman’s work a lot easier.
th'Vrosa: ::Supportively but without any scientific certainty:: Sounds right enough to me?
Zerva: It’s worth a shot ::looking over to Morda:: Ensign Morda, if you would bring up the collective data we’ve got on the filaments and how it reacts to the harmonics please?
Morda: One moment … on screen in a moment.
Semara: Response
Zerva: I know the engineering team is currently working on the problem of removing the filaments from inside the Khitty. All we have to do is figure out how to make this work on the filaments that live in the nebula outside the Khitmore once they do. I don’t think Gunnery Sargent Martz’s speakers will do the trick.
Morda: Tenuous as it is, there is a medium in this nebula. It can convey pressure waves of a sort to affect the filaments.
After a minute or two of some very intense squinting at the viewscreen, a very confused voice spoke up.
th'Vrosa: If the external filament structures are connected to the ones inside the ship, could we play Kathputli with them?
Morda/Semara/Zerva: Response
Gloved hands twitch in a delicate dance as the Thaan plays with the imaginary puppets.
th’Vrosa: The Engineering Team might buck a bit at it, but if we can figure that out maybe that might be a simpler approach than harmonics?
Morda/Semara/Zerva: Response
Gloved hands lay flat upon his lap. Shoulders rolled into a soft noncommittal shrug.
th’Vrosa: Though I will admit I’m talking out of a very limited understanding. Let me be the first to express this is entirely out of my wheelhouse.
Morda/Semara/Zerva: