PNPC Ensign Ceylan Graves - Interstitium IV
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((OOC: Apologies, in my last sim I dropped the “P” in “PNPC” when writing the subject line))
((Stellar Cartography, Deck 16, USS Khitomer))
Graves: ::quietly:: Wh-which s-scanner?
B’Ella: ::gives the Captain a look:: The scanner sir? The scanner just scans things and does not communicate them.
Melville-Kilpatrick: Response
Who was he to question the captain? Nobody. And so he wouldn’t question anything but clarification.
Naxell: Back in the lab, we ran a full spectrum analysis of a sample of the cloud and it seemed to excite something we couldn't really see until we ran Lt. Commander Valeris's lighting protocol.
Graves listened intently but his eyes were drawn back to his console, resisting to the desire to return to the simple job of mapping the cloud.
Naxell: Supposing that if it weren't trapped in the containment field it would have moved, what if we bored a hole to the shuttle with a focused scan?
B’Ella: ::computer beeping:: Sir, we know the probability to send a call back on Matthews helmet wouldn’t likely work, but what about the Morse Code he used to send to us? The computer believes with a eighty nine percent probability, that such a code could get through from our end. It draws a lot less power to send given its primitive form of communications. What if we used your idea of a focused scan on the shuttle to send that code? It would boost our chances of success. We could then lock onto the helmet and track its location once the code makes contact from the scan.
The frustration of the answer having already been proposed but completely overlooked had gotten to him and he spoke up.
Graves: The S-Sencha arrays…
Melville-Kilpatrick / Naxell: Response
Graves: We don’t n-need to use Se- ::pause:: -encha, the a-rrays just have a much wider r-range for outp-p-purposes.
B’Ella: It’s worth a shot. ::beat:: Graves if you could refine a focused beam, while Melville-Kilpatrick implements the light experiment to get us there, I’ll begin typing out the message in code. What should the message contain sir?
There was a swell of something in his chest. He couldn’t quite put his finger on the feeling but if he had to use one word it would be “felicity” or “certitude.” Graves looked expectantly towards Naxell.
Melville-Kilpatrick / Naxell: Response
Graves: A-aye s-sir.
The Kelpien turned back to his console and began exploring any recourse they had with access to the sencha array.
C. Dewitt: =/\= Bridge to Captain Naxell =/\=
His hands stopped for only a moment as he attempted to listen to the call from Commander Dewitt.
Naxell: =/\= Response =/\=
C. Dewitt: =/\= Sir, Lieutenant Semara just came through from the Alien ship. She has reason to believe that the nebula itself is alive. A diffuse, possibly non-sapient organism. Maybe the crystalline structures we see is the answer of the nebula’s immune system. She suggested the nebula might be allergic to subspace fields. =/\=
Valeris: =/\= Maybe the filaments are searching through the structure to identify certain proteins or markers that would help them better combat future infections. Like white blood cells. =/\=
Their plan could not continue, then, could it? Using the sencha arrays to “punch a hole” through the cloud would be tantamount to an attack on the vessel. His hand stilled as he waited for further confirmation from the captain.
B’Ella: ::to no one in particular:: How was Lieutenant Semara able to get a call through to the Khitomer?
Graves: Perhaps c-communications can go o-out b-but not i-in?
Naxell / Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Response =/\=
C. Dewitt: =/\= Yes, Sir. I think we were able to lie the central mass on the bridge dormant. Ensign Morda raised the question of the masses are the origin of the filaments or the result of their intersection. Either way, I think we have the bridge contained for now and we are trying to apply a similar frequency strategy on Deck 5 currently. =/\=
Valeris: =/\= With promising results. =/\=
Naxell / Melville-Kilpatrick: =/\= Response =/\=
Valeris: =/\= If the data is correct, we should be able to subdue the rest of the filaments and masses fairly effectively. It will just take time. =/\=
B’Ella: =/\= Sir, would it be possible to send a message back to Lieutenant Semara? =/\=
C. Dewitt / Naxell / Melville-Kilpatrick / Valeris: =/\= Response =/\=
Graves didn’t dare presume the same audacity as B’Ella did and so he sat quietly, waiting for a resolution.
B’Ella: =/\= We intercepted a transmission from Ensign Matthews. It was in an old Terran Morse Code. He’s alive and wants us to find a way to lock onto his helmet to get him out. Ensign Graves sent a call back via the comms in Matthews helmet, but it was filled with static. We were in the middle of trying to contact him back. Can you let the Lieutenant know we are trying to find him and send him a return message. ::eyes Commander Naxell:: If that’s alright with you sir? =/\=
C. Dewitt / Naxell / Melville-Kilpatrick / Valeris: =/\= Response =/\=
Maybe the realization had not dawned on the captain yet and he felt it his duty to speak up.
Graves: S-Sir. We can no longer use the s-scanner the w-way we intended. It m-may be se- ::breathe in:: -en as a s-s-s-sign of ::beat:: aggression.
C. Dewitt / Naxell / Melville-Kilpatrick / Valeris / B’Ella: =/\= Response =/\=
Graves tapped at his console as he thought.
Graves: It w-would be wise to use Lieu- ::pause:: -tenant S-Semara as a signal b-booster. Co-communication would be even m-more te-tedious than it is -n-now if we c-could only go thr-through her. ::pausing to pull up a similuation on the console and then gesturing to it.:: W-we can s-still use the s-sencha arrays b-but not for the l-large scan to clear the w-way for the signal. Inste- ::beat:: -ead, we can u-use it as a r-repeater for l-long range s-sonar communication against S-Semara’s comm b-badge.
C. Dewitt / Naxell / Melville-Kilpatrick / Valeris / B’Ella: =/\= Response =/\=
Speaking of cutting out the middleman…
Graves: =/\= I d-do not know the me-mechan- ::beat:: -ism in which the c-cloud is h-harmed, but s-sonar sh-should be passive in the ultraaudible r-range r-rather than a f-form of radiation or o-other harmful means of tr-transmission. =/\=
The Kelpien rubbed his neck anxiously, there were too many eyes and ears on him and he teetered on retreat.
C. Dewitt / Naxell / Melville-Kilpatrick / Valeris / B’Ella: =/\= Response =/\=
Graves: Yes…uhhh ::forgetting to tap his badge:: =/\= y-yes. That m-may suffice. =/\=
Sometimes, simple was better.
C. Dewitt / Naxell / Melville-Kilpatrick / Valeris / B’Ella: =/\= Response =/\=
TAGS/TBC
PNPC Ensign Ceylan Graves
Astrometrics and Stellarcartography
USS Khitomer
As simmed by
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Lieutenant Ras El’Heem
Science Officer
USS Khitomer (NCC-62400)
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