LtJg Lera Michaels - C-Beams Glitter

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((OOC - Continuing Amelia's reference to my favorite movie))

((Turbolift Enroute To Engineering, USS Khitomer, Ceram Archipelago))

Vidya: My Captain ::bowing as they enter the turbolift together::. If I may be permitted? I am curious as to how their medical facilities are different or alike as our own. Were you able to find a solution with their medical doctor that would benefit us against the Sen-Saha?

Lera stared at the Turbolift doors silently. Just how did the Medical team come up with their solution to Sencha Radiation across so many completely different biochemistries and physiologies so quickly? Would those solutions actually work? And just how did they manage to inject it through the Velithari armor shell? Lera sighed and swore to herself that she would stick to mechanical systems.

Rana: Response

Vidya: That is pleasant to hear. Are you sure it is safe for us?

Rana: Response

Vidya: ::bowing:: Yes my Captain, I am certain you know what is best for the crew of the Jorogumo. As always you have my full trust. ::beat:: You will be pleased to know that Lieutenant Michaels ::jestering in her direction:: and myself were able to assist the male true First Officer and their male assistant. We were successful installing one of their Tor-pee-doughs with five masses of threads using that as a weapon against the Lettuce Alliance. I was told that their bridge will allow us to view the results of that weapon.

Michaels: That will be interesting. I do not possess extensive experience dealing with the Lattice Alliance ships but this one was finished more quickly than the others.

Rana: Response

Vidya: ::to Rana:: It was… difficult at first working with two males and sharing ideas and thoughts together, but I would be unkind if I did not value their… contributions. What does that mean for the Velithari culture to work with males? Even alien ones. Will the Priestess understand?

Lera nodded. It was an interesting question but one completely outside her area of expertise. She lacked sufficient information to draw even a preliminary conclusion.

Rana: Response

Vidya: ::Bowing to Rana:: I understand my Captain. ::to Michaels:: Lattice and Tore? Pe-do? It does not sound like your language would speak it, but very well. Tor–pedo. Torpedo. ::beat:: Torpedo!

Lera lowered her head slightly. The humans often referred to a spoken language as "a tongue." Did the Velithari even have tongues.

Michaels: Close enough. On Earth there is a great variation in how some of the words are pronounced. Getting the pronunciation exactly correct is less important than being understood.

Rana: Response

Vidya: ::Whispering:: Torpedo. Tor-pe-do. Torpedo.

((Brief Timeskip. Bridge, Deck 1 - USS Khitomer, Ceram Archipelago))

The Velithari were remarkably calm as the turbolift doors slid open revealing Khitomer's Bridge. Lera had expected the two Velithari to be startled by the differences. The giant viewscreen showing the stars beyond the pink nebula that filled the bottom half of the screen should have been very different from what she expected them to be able to see from their equivalent on Jorogumo. The screen also showed some of the fragments of the Sheliak ship. Some of the fragments glowed with residual energies while others glittered with reflected light. Lera allowed herself the faintest of smiles. Just how the torpedo had accomplished this level of damage was something she would have to look into later. She glanced at the two Velithari. This ship was clearly damaged by a completely different mechanism than the ripped apart one she and the other engineers had attempted to analyze.

Lera motioned for them to step onto the Bridge and then followed them the three steps they took. In their true professional approach, the Bridge crew glanced at the new comers and almost immediately returned to their tasks. Rows of stations flanked the screen each occupied by an officer completed the circle. If nothing else, the variety of species on the bridge should have been something of a surprise. If the two Velithari were surprised, they did not reveal it. Only Amelia paid them more than glancing attention as she stood and smiled at them.

Lera noticed Ezra standing near the Security station. He would know a different set of details. As much as she wanted to talk to him, there was a duty to be done now. And there would be plenty of time in the near future. Lera nodded at him and then turned her attention back to the Velithari and Amelia.

Semara: Welcome to the bridge, Cap'n Rana. :: A quick curtsy. :: Miss Vidya. :: Another quick curtsy. :: A little smile. :: Lieutenant Michaels. Givin' the tour, I see?

Vidya: Yes, she was a most gracious guide. I have observed much upon your vessel. I must say it is ::searching for the right word:: interesting. Your technologicals are different in many ways from the Velithari, but the more time I observe here, I find we have some common threads.

Michaels: :: slight nod and a gesture to the two Velithari. :: Our guests wanted to see the Bridge. :: beat :: And they wanted the opportunity to speak with you as well.

Vidya / Rana: Response

Amelia's smile broadened as she took one step away from captain's chair. With a wave of her arm, she told them they could look at everything.

Semara: It seems I have the conn. For the moment. :: Beat :: Some folks call the bridge the nerve center of a Starfleet ship. Metaphorically, 'course. :: A step, then a gesture to the aft MSD. :: Can see ship status at a glance here. Accordin' to these reports, we're just 'bout ready to leave.

Michaels: Damage control is nearly complete. We will require careful monitoring on the way but there should not be anything we can not handle.

Vidya: I see. So soon? I would wish to observe more. But I know that you are not of this nebula and have other duties beyond us.

Rana: Response

Vidya's eyes looked about the room, taking it all in. Each console, every sound and the Captain’s chair. It was a lot to take in, but it was what stood out that caught her eye the most. Through the viewscreen she could see several pieces of debris floating about, the largest among them still showing signs of burning light in several spots, each with different colors.

Semara: I've been takin' some scans a' the Leviathan, as well as other wrecks nearby. It'll take some time to go through the data, but there's already some interestin' details... :: Beat :: I hope it ain't somethin' that ever happens again. :: A slower breath, turning back to the guests :: How have you been findin' your tour?

Vidya: ::looking at the view screen while she talked:: I am well. Is that ::gesturing at the shipwreck graveyard:: the results of the torpedo? The one with thread masses that Lieutenant Michaels and myself assisted?

Rana / Semara: Response

Vidya: I see. Seeing our threads working with your torpedo, it gives the Velithari hope that we may one day use your torpedo technological to deliver our threads as we have on your Khitomer. If any more of this alliance should return, we will be well prepared.

Lera looked at Amelia. In ordinary circumstances, circumstances where there was no question about how to apply the Prime Directive, giving a technology like that to a pre-warp society would be clearly out of the question. In this case? She had just shown the Velithari technologies radically different from their own. The Velithari had almost all the technology to create a torpedo. Terrans had torpedoes long before they had any level of space flight. Perhaps... But this was not her decision to make.

Rana / Semara: Response

Vidya: Yes of course, with your permission. ::to Rana:: To which I am confident our two Captains can make such an arrangement? ::turning to Semara:: The data? Would you permit sharing its contents with us? It would aid us greatly to know more about what is left of their vessels.

Michaels: The remnants are within easy reach. Your shuttles should have little difficulty in collecting them.

Rana / Semara: Response

Michaels: I do have one question concerning our recent encounter with the Lattice Alliance. Perhaps one of you, Vidya, Rana, Miss Semara can answer it for me. Our previous experience with Sencha radiation is that it is a fearsome, dangerous weapon. The nebula and your ships appear to have handled it reasonably well. Do we know why that happened?

Semara / Vidya / Rana: Response

As they spoke, Lera made a considerable effort to not touch the pocket of her trousers. When she had acquired the damaged fragment of the Velithari shuttle she had been mostly concerned with its properties as armor and what it meant about whether the Velithari were capable of faster than light speed travel. The idea that the material might be capable of resisting Sencha Waves had never crossed her mind. That Velithari worker had given it to her but it might not be wise to let Rana know... did Vidya know she had it. So far as she knew, the only individual who knew she had the fragment was Ras.

Tags/TBC

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LtJg Lera Michaels

Engineering Officer
USS Khitomer
K240106LM2