Lt. Cmdr Thelan Valeris - Showtime
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((Bridge, Deck One, USS Khitomer))
Thelan felt himself swaying slightly with the music as the strings rose and fell with the piano. All the stress of the situation seemed to melt off of him as the tones made their way into his brain. oO Don’t fall asleep… Don’t…Fall…Asleep… Oo
C. Dewitt: So it falls asleep?
Valeris: Yeah I do. ::Shaking himself:: I mean, it would appear so, Commander.
Morda: Response
Tapping a few times at his console.
Valeris: There is really no knowing if the same resonance within the song will effect all of the filaments on the ship. But it might be worth a shot to make the corridors safer, isn’t it?
C. Dewitt: It’s worth a shot, Commander. It is the best thing we’ve come to think of in the last hour. Part of me hates to admit that a song does this.
Morda: Response
Playing a song ship-wide would be as easy as just pushing a button, but with its integration into so many different systems, who knew if putting all of it to sleep was the best idea. But if they didn’t do anything, how many more people would get hurt? How much more of the ship would be damaged?
Valeris: Ensign Morda, would the same resonance be effective against the smaller filaments that are all over the rest of the ship? Or would their thickness dictate the responsive frequency?
Morda: Response
Different sized strings vibrated at different frequencies, so it would only make sense that the filaments would react to different resonant tones. Thelan looked down at his console, a list of different lullaby-esque musical selections sat there arranged by tone, lowest to highest.
Valeris: If so, we may need to turn the ship into a jukebox. Playing different songs throughout different sections. Might get annoying to us, but could be effective.
C. Dewitt: I’m not sure if you deserve a commendation, Commander, or if you filed the strangest suggestion of your career. ::beat:: Maybe both.
oO You apparently haven’t ready my service record… Oo Looking up, Thelan saw a small smile on the XO’s face. Difficult to tell if the man was impressed or disconcerted.
Morda: Response
C. Dewitt: ::more seriously:: Alright. We’re going to do this, but one thing first, Commander. Where are we with the visualization? You started pushing the lighting changes out before all of this. Anywhere it has not taken yet?
With a nod, Thelan looked back down at his console and changed the screen. He had almost forgotten about that part.
Valeris: I’m seeing roughly 87% coverage of areas that are capable of executing the program. Areas that rarely see foot traffic are either running the program a little slower, or there just isn’t anything for the program to find there.
C. Dewitt: Got it. Then let’s do this carefully. Mr Morda, partition the filament population by central mass size, deck by deck. I want a lullaby map. Commander, you and Mr Morda match a candidate frequency profile to each tier of mass size.
Lightly patting his console, the list of songs still displayed, Thelan gave the Commander a nod.
Valeris: Aye, sir.
Morda: Response
C. Dewitt: We test the theory in one more place before we do it on all decks. Pick a corridor that is well-sensored and lightly trafficked. The central mass should be of roughly the same size to have the same resonances. ::to Morda:: Ensign, copy Lieutenant Zerva on the test plan. He and Sparks already taught us this trick in small.
Switching screens again, Thelan looked over the list of areas that had active “do-not-cross” maps with the least crew intervention. It took him a moment, but he felt he found the perfect candidate.
Valeris: I’m seeing a particularly dense cluster on Deck 5. Localized around the computer core. That might work. Or we could go with a smaller sample area. There is an area on Deck 11 near the forward torpedo launchers that is showing some filament activity.
Morda: Response
Either option could give them useful data on their little ‘experiment’.
C. Dewitt: If you have a fitting spot, activate the jukebox, Commander.
Morda: Response
With a location picked, and a frequency decided, Thelan started the program in that area. Music began to play, and the sensors watched.
Valeris: No noticeable reaction yet. Maybe we need to try a different song.
C. Dewitt/Morda: Response
Thelan continued to watch the sensor data as it streamed through.
Valeris: Maybe the reaction is more visual. Putting that area on the viewscreen.
C. Dewitt/Morda: Response
With a swipe of his hand, the viewscreen lit up with a video feed of the chosen area.
Valeris: Now we can watch the show in action.
C. Dewitt/Morda: Response
TAGS/TBC…
Lieutenant Commander Thelan Valeris
Engineering Officer
USS Khitomer
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