Lt. Commander Solaris McLaren - Oddity?
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solarismclaren
May 5, 2026, 8:40:22 AM (5 days ago) May 5
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As the comm line closed, Sol turned to face her companions, looking between them for a moment, while the ship made its way toward the asteroid.
McLaren: Ok so with the mines out there, we might have to be a bit surreptitious with our scans... I'd like to see if we can get any readings on the planet.
Munshi: ::Tapping a command into his PADD to recalibrate the drone’s narrow-band emitters:: Surreptitious is my specialty today, Commander. I can set the drone to use the asteroid field’s own gravitational echoes to 'bounce' a passive scan toward Drakos Prime. It’ll be a grainy data set, but it won't trigger a ping on any standard Syndicate listening post.
S'zurak: Response(s)?
McLaren: We're looking for the most likely places a lab could be hidden. If Reence is down there he almost certainly is not out in the open... however a P-class planet isn't the easiest thing to scan. The vapor oceans, and the antimatter storms are likely to wreak havoc with our readings.
Munshi: ::Running a quick diagnostic on the planet’s atmospheric interference:: Havoc is an understatement, ma'am. Between the vapor density and the antimatter flux, Drakos Prime is basically a giant signal-scrambler. If I were a 'mad scientist' family looking to hide an unstable singularity factory, those antimatter storms are the perfect thermal heat sink. I’ll look for any localized gaps in the storm patterns—places where someone might be using a high-intensity containment field to keep their hardware from being vaporized.
S'zurak: Response(s)?
Alok nodded, his fingers flying across the PADD’s interface to narrow the drone’s search parameters.
Munshi: Agreed. I’m filtering for artificial gravimetric stabilization. If they’re housing forced quantum singularities on the surface, the containment fields will have to fight the planet’s natural flux. It’s like trying to keep a bubble perfectly still in a boiling pot. I'll find the 'still' spots.
McLaren: We'd hahve to assume that Reence, if he is there, is doing his best to hide his presence.
S’zurak: Response(s)?
Alok adjusted his utility vest, feeling the weight of his specialized tools. He felt a surge of professional focus. The mission wasn't just about finding a criminal; it was about protecting the Trinity Sector from technology that could turn a suitcase-sized device into a solar-system-ending catastrophe.
Munshi: I’m syncing the drone’s thrusters to match the random impacts of the asteroid belt. Even if they spot it, it'll just look like another piece of junk from the planetary collision that started this graveyard.
Sol moved over to look at the screen Alok was working on and nodded.
McLaren: Good idea... that will buy us some more time before anyone gets too suspicious.
S'zurak: Response(s)?
Munshi: Let's hope the Temurians are as freedom-focused as the reports say. If they realize the Orion Syndicate is using them as a front for a 'mad science' project, they might be our best entry point into the cluster.
McLaren: As traders... its possible they wouldn't actually care either... I dont think you can be particularly picky when it comes to whom you deal with if youre trying to make it as a trader out here.
S'zurak: Response(s)?
Sol shrugged slightly, not really having any concrete idea. That would be for others to determine. She turned back to her own console for a moment, studying the readings of the planet.
McLaren: If he's down there... he picked one of the best spots for it. Enough atmosphere to survive... but just inhospitable enough to keep all but the most determined of prying eyes away.
Munshi/S`zurak: Response?
Sol studied the readouts a little closer, eyes tracing over the information as it poured in. She taped a region of the planet and expanded the view of it. It was a region of vapor ocean along what probably could have been termed a beach, if it were for the fact that it was actually a sheer cliff that fell off directly into the vapor. She tilted her head.
McLaren: Does this look strange to anyone else?
Munshi/S`zurak: Response?
As the comm line closed, Sol turned to face her companions, looking between them for a moment, while the ship made its way toward the asteroid.
McLaren: Ok so with the mines out there, we might have to be a bit surreptitious with our scans... I'd like to see if we can get any readings on the planet.
Munshi: ::Tapping a command into his PADD to recalibrate the drone’s narrow-band emitters:: Surreptitious is my specialty today, Commander. I can set the drone to use the asteroid field’s own gravitational echoes to 'bounce' a passive scan toward Drakos Prime. It’ll be a grainy data set, but it won't trigger a ping on any standard Syndicate listening post.
S'zurak: Response(s)?
McLaren: We're looking for the most likely places a lab could be hidden. If Reence is down there he almost certainly is not out in the open... however a P-class planet isn't the easiest thing to scan. The vapor oceans, and the antimatter storms are likely to wreak havoc with our readings.
Munshi: ::Running a quick diagnostic on the planet’s atmospheric interference:: Havoc is an understatement, ma'am. Between the vapor density and the antimatter flux, Drakos Prime is basically a giant signal-scrambler. If I were a 'mad scientist' family looking to hide an unstable singularity factory, those antimatter storms are the perfect thermal heat sink. I’ll look for any localized gaps in the storm patterns—places where someone might be using a high-intensity containment field to keep their hardware from being vaporized.
S'zurak: Response(s)?
Alok nodded, his fingers flying across the PADD’s interface to narrow the drone’s search parameters.
Munshi: Agreed. I’m filtering for artificial gravimetric stabilization. If they’re housing forced quantum singularities on the surface, the containment fields will have to fight the planet’s natural flux. It’s like trying to keep a bubble perfectly still in a boiling pot. I'll find the 'still' spots.
McLaren: We'd hahve to assume that Reence, if he is there, is doing his best to hide his presence.
S’zurak: Response(s)?
Alok adjusted his utility vest, feeling the weight of his specialized tools. He felt a surge of professional focus. The mission wasn't just about finding a criminal; it was about protecting the Trinity Sector from technology that could turn a suitcase-sized device into a solar-system-ending catastrophe.
Munshi: I’m syncing the drone’s thrusters to match the random impacts of the asteroid belt. Even if they spot it, it'll just look like another piece of junk from the planetary collision that started this graveyard.
Sol moved over to look at the screen Alok was working on and nodded.
McLaren: Good idea... that will buy us some more time before anyone gets too suspicious.
S'zurak: Response(s)?
Munshi: Let's hope the Temurians are as freedom-focused as the reports say. If they realize the Orion Syndicate is using them as a front for a 'mad science' project, they might be our best entry point into the cluster.
McLaren: As traders... its possible they wouldn't actually care either... I dont think you can be particularly picky when it comes to whom you deal with if youre trying to make it as a trader out here.
S'zurak: Response(s)?
Sol shrugged slightly, not really having any concrete idea. That would be for others to determine. She turned back to her own console for a moment, studying the readings of the planet.
McLaren: If he's down there... he picked one of the best spots for it. Enough atmosphere to survive... but just inhospitable enough to keep all but the most determined of prying eyes away.
Munshi/S`zurak: Response?
Sol studied the readouts a little closer, eyes tracing over the information as it poured in. She taped a region of the planet and expanded the view of it. It was a region of vapor ocean along what probably could have been termed a beach, if it were for the fact that it was actually a sheer cliff that fell off directly into the vapor. She tilted her head.
McLaren: Does this look strange to anyone else?
Munshi/S`zurak: Response?
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