LtJg Lera Michaels - Two Problems
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May 25, 2026, 10:21:21 AMMay 25
to USS Khitomer – StarBase 118 Star Trek PBEM RPG
((Conference Room, Deck 1))
Naxell: Our best guess, Captain, is that the Lattice see the Velithari as a thorn in the path of their conquest, and they want to smooth you out. They’re firing indiscriminately. It’s probable that they don’t see us, but their Sencha weaponry is especially dangerous to your cloud. Lieutenant El’Heem?
Lera frowned and glanced down at her hands. There was a memory trying to crawl it's way to the surface thhat the captain's comment had triggered. After a moment or two of effort, the thought had not succeeded so she shook her head and looked up again.
El’Heem: Response
Naxell: I’m afraid it gets worse, Captain. As bad as the Sencha technology is for your cloud, it is even worse for organic life, especially life that communicates by means of telepathy. Fortunately, our doctors have come up with inoculations that have shielded our crew of the worst of these effects. If you accompany Dr. Ohnari, Lieutenant El’Heem, and Ensign Melville-Kilpatrick to sickbay, we can adapt our technology to your physiology and with any luck to Jorogumo itself.
Ohnari: ::wincing:: Even a rudimentary radiation protection would be preferable to none.
Rana/El’Heem/Melville-Kilpatrick: Response
Naxell: While you are there, I would invite your technician, Vidya, to assist in the effort to free our ship from the cloud so that we may better defend you. My First Officer—my true First Officer—will personally oversee this effort in Main Engineering.
There it was again. That nearly forgotten memory. What was it? It must have something to do with the nebula but... still nothing.
Dewitt: ::to Vidya with a small bow of his head:: Lieutenant Commander Dewitt, ma’am. I understand you asked for a visit yourself? We will try to be worth it. If you would follow me once we are finished here to Main Engineering.
Valeris: Hopefully our systems aren’t too dissimilar to your own.
Vidya: Response
Lera sighed quietly. Dissimilar scarcely did justice to how different the systems were. As she saw it there was the single point of commonality that mattered at the moment.
Michaels: Despite the differences, I am certain that we will be able to make good use of your talents... and make your time on Khitomer worth your time and effort.
Naxell: In the meantime, the rest of us will begin work on the tactical aspects. Lieutenant Semara will lead the effort. It’s at least two-to-one out there, so we’ll need to be creative.
Semara: Aye, sir. We’ll come up with somethin’.
Zerva/Morda/th’Vrosa: Response
Naxell: Thank you for your trust, Captain Rana, Ms. Vidya. The rest of you, dismissed.
Lera and the others in the engineering team stood up. She watched and offered a hand to assist Vidya as she stood. Lera was keenly aware that the conference room chairs were designed for entities who were more humanoid than the Velithari.
Dewitt: Engineering is a couple of decks down. We are going to use the turbolift to get there.
It was a short walk from the conference room to the turbolift.
Valeris: Do you guys have lifts on the Jorogumo?
Michaels: We did use a number of stairs. I do not recall seeing a turbolift.
Vidya: Response
Dewitt: This all must feel … very Alien to you.
Vidya: Response
Dewitt: ::nodding:: Of course. Commander Valeris, please give us a short report on the crystalline masses across the ship.
Valeris: There are no new reports of injury or systemic incursion. The program seems to be keeping things in check. ::Beat:: I took the liberty of changing some of the songs that were playing throughout the ship in hopes of maximizing our chances of keeping the masses asleep.
oO Crystalline masses? Sleeping because of music we are playing? The team has clearly made progress while I was on Jorogumo. Oo
Michaels: Miss Vidya. We will greatly value any of your expertise that you can share concerning the threads... filaments... whatever the appropriate terminology is. They have proven problematic for us.
Another profound understatement.
Vidya: Response
Valeris: ::To Vidya:: If you happen to have any insight into the masses as well, I would love to hear it.
Dewitt/Vidya: Response
Vidya: Response
Michaels: :: to Dewitt :: Commander. Clearly my knowledge of the ship's status is no longer current, given my time on Jorogumo. When I departed, we had two non-trivial problems. There was the loss of power due, I believe, to the filaments preventing us from obtaining power levels much above survival levels. Unless that is rectified, we may not be able to power the shields and SDA to the required levels. There was also the issue of the holes in the hull plates created by the filaments. :: beat :: I am concerned about both the effectiveness of an SDA riddled with small holes and the possible atmosphere losses if the hull holes were abruptly unplugged by removing the filaments. I would appreciate it if you could "bring me up to speed" on our situation.
Dewitt: Response
Suddenly the memory that had been trying to resurface came through forcefully. Lera would never know exactly what it was that Commander Dewitt had said that unlocked the memory.
Michaels: Our briefing on what it was that brought us here in the first place mentioned that Starfleet had detected Sencha weapon and warp signatures here. During our initial analysis of the derelict Sheliak ship, did not Mr. Stros find indications that their Sencha weapons had been fired. If I recall correctly, he suggested the Sheliak had used their Sencha weapons to blast their way out of the nebula. That implies that the Velithari have defeated at least one Lettuce Alliance ship and may be less sensitive to Sencha radiation than we fear. :: beat :: The Velithari may be in better condition to deal with them than we are.
Dewitt/Vidya/Valeris: Response
Tags/TBC
——— ○● ———
LtJg Lera Michaels
Engineering Officer
USS Khitomer
K240106LM2
Naxell: Our best guess, Captain, is that the Lattice see the Velithari as a thorn in the path of their conquest, and they want to smooth you out. They’re firing indiscriminately. It’s probable that they don’t see us, but their Sencha weaponry is especially dangerous to your cloud. Lieutenant El’Heem?
Lera frowned and glanced down at her hands. There was a memory trying to crawl it's way to the surface thhat the captain's comment had triggered. After a moment or two of effort, the thought had not succeeded so she shook her head and looked up again.
El’Heem: Response
Naxell: I’m afraid it gets worse, Captain. As bad as the Sencha technology is for your cloud, it is even worse for organic life, especially life that communicates by means of telepathy. Fortunately, our doctors have come up with inoculations that have shielded our crew of the worst of these effects. If you accompany Dr. Ohnari, Lieutenant El’Heem, and Ensign Melville-Kilpatrick to sickbay, we can adapt our technology to your physiology and with any luck to Jorogumo itself.
Ohnari: ::wincing:: Even a rudimentary radiation protection would be preferable to none.
Rana/El’Heem/Melville-Kilpatrick: Response
Naxell: While you are there, I would invite your technician, Vidya, to assist in the effort to free our ship from the cloud so that we may better defend you. My First Officer—my true First Officer—will personally oversee this effort in Main Engineering.
There it was again. That nearly forgotten memory. What was it? It must have something to do with the nebula but... still nothing.
Dewitt: ::to Vidya with a small bow of his head:: Lieutenant Commander Dewitt, ma’am. I understand you asked for a visit yourself? We will try to be worth it. If you would follow me once we are finished here to Main Engineering.
Valeris: Hopefully our systems aren’t too dissimilar to your own.
Vidya: Response
Lera sighed quietly. Dissimilar scarcely did justice to how different the systems were. As she saw it there was the single point of commonality that mattered at the moment.
Michaels: Despite the differences, I am certain that we will be able to make good use of your talents... and make your time on Khitomer worth your time and effort.
Naxell: In the meantime, the rest of us will begin work on the tactical aspects. Lieutenant Semara will lead the effort. It’s at least two-to-one out there, so we’ll need to be creative.
Semara: Aye, sir. We’ll come up with somethin’.
Zerva/Morda/th’Vrosa: Response
Naxell: Thank you for your trust, Captain Rana, Ms. Vidya. The rest of you, dismissed.
Lera and the others in the engineering team stood up. She watched and offered a hand to assist Vidya as she stood. Lera was keenly aware that the conference room chairs were designed for entities who were more humanoid than the Velithari.
Dewitt: Engineering is a couple of decks down. We are going to use the turbolift to get there.
It was a short walk from the conference room to the turbolift.
Valeris: Do you guys have lifts on the Jorogumo?
Michaels: We did use a number of stairs. I do not recall seeing a turbolift.
Vidya: Response
Dewitt: This all must feel … very Alien to you.
Vidya: Response
Dewitt: ::nodding:: Of course. Commander Valeris, please give us a short report on the crystalline masses across the ship.
Valeris: There are no new reports of injury or systemic incursion. The program seems to be keeping things in check. ::Beat:: I took the liberty of changing some of the songs that were playing throughout the ship in hopes of maximizing our chances of keeping the masses asleep.
oO Crystalline masses? Sleeping because of music we are playing? The team has clearly made progress while I was on Jorogumo. Oo
Michaels: Miss Vidya. We will greatly value any of your expertise that you can share concerning the threads... filaments... whatever the appropriate terminology is. They have proven problematic for us.
Another profound understatement.
Vidya: Response
Valeris: ::To Vidya:: If you happen to have any insight into the masses as well, I would love to hear it.
Dewitt/Vidya: Response
Valeris: Deck 12. All ashore who’s going ashore.
((Engineering, Deck 12))
((Engineering, Deck 12))
The turbolift door opened and the group entered the antechamber to the main Engineering compartment. Lera watched Vidya to see her reaction to an engineering compartment so different from the one on Jorogumo. Khitomer's engineering compartment had no hint of the biological feel of Jorogumo's.
Vidya: Response
Michaels: :: to Dewitt :: Commander. Clearly my knowledge of the ship's status is no longer current, given my time on Jorogumo. When I departed, we had two non-trivial problems. There was the loss of power due, I believe, to the filaments preventing us from obtaining power levels much above survival levels. Unless that is rectified, we may not be able to power the shields and SDA to the required levels. There was also the issue of the holes in the hull plates created by the filaments. :: beat :: I am concerned about both the effectiveness of an SDA riddled with small holes and the possible atmosphere losses if the hull holes were abruptly unplugged by removing the filaments. I would appreciate it if you could "bring me up to speed" on our situation.
Dewitt: Response
Suddenly the memory that had been trying to resurface came through forcefully. Lera would never know exactly what it was that Commander Dewitt had said that unlocked the memory.
Michaels: Our briefing on what it was that brought us here in the first place mentioned that Starfleet had detected Sencha weapon and warp signatures here. During our initial analysis of the derelict Sheliak ship, did not Mr. Stros find indications that their Sencha weapons had been fired. If I recall correctly, he suggested the Sheliak had used their Sencha weapons to blast their way out of the nebula. That implies that the Velithari have defeated at least one Lettuce Alliance ship and may be less sensitive to Sencha radiation than we fear. :: beat :: The Velithari may be in better condition to deal with them than we are.
Dewitt/Vidya/Valeris: Response
Tags/TBC
——— ○● ———
LtJg Lera Michaels
Engineering Officer
USS Khitomer
K240106LM2
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