((Deck 9, Flight Deck aft, USS Ronin))
Nemes: Sir, maybe we could have a look at the transporter logs. The sensors cannot make heads or tails of this, but we were able to beam them aboard. So the transporters were able to get a lock on them so we should be able to find out about their molecular and even subatomic structure there.
Major Singh finished her comms call, but she seemed to have heard Sybil’s suggestion.
Singh: You're absolutely right...I can have the recovery runabouts transfer the data from the targeting scanners and pattern buffers directly to us here. With your permission, Commander?
Evinrude: Love the idea, Nemes. ::He said with a grin.:: I'll start setting up a cross-reference subroutine that will add the transporter data to the debris we've scanned and tagged.
A brief smile flitted across Sybil's face at the positive reactions of the others.
Tucker: Speaking of runabouts, have you reported seeing the black box? We could use it right about now. It has to be out there still, maybe phasing in and out, which we just have to catch at the right time.
Singh: I believe this requires your expertise more than mine, Commander, Lieutenants.
Evinrude: ::With a low whistle.:: I guess I should have expected this, but that's a LOT of transporter data. Program's about halfway there, I still need some time to finish setting it up. ::As he continued working, his voice grew a little distant, as if he wasn't fully focused on the conversation.:: Any interesting new debris from the runabouts?
Tucker: ::to Evinrude:: Not yet, though they have found the thruster assembly and port nacelle, or what's left of it anyway.
Singh: Response
Marty started to pace as his program did its work, while Evinrude's subroutine should be about done. As if on cue, Evinrude spoke.
Evinrude: Subroutine's ready! We can start feeding it transporter data, and it will overlay that on top of our local scans of the debris.
The Chief Engineer headed over to a console and touched a few buttons.
Tucker: This should help with the dissemination of info as it comes it, and I’m setting the overlay to what the Kurosawa would be where she is intact.
Nemes: ::nodding:: Let’s see if we will finally be able to make more sense of these sensor results.
Singh: Response
Evinrude: You're telling me we have an active, yacht-shaped portal through time...spitting out debris...and we're sending probes through it? ::He took a long, steadying breath.:: Another day on the Ronin.
Sybil let out a sigh – not time travel again—she shuddered at the memory of the Bajor mission, her first one on the Ronin.
Tucker: We need to get a handle on this. I pray to the Koala that they find the damn flight recorder, if we had that it would::crosses fingers:: hopefully help us.
Once again, wrinkles appeared on Sybil's forehead. She walked over to Evinrude and looked at the incredible amount of sensor and transporter data that was currently converging here.
Evinrude/ Singh: Response
Knight: =/\= Gunny to Major Singh, we’ve got some good news and the bad news. How ya do you want it?
Singh: =/\= Response =/\=
Knight: =/\= Ah, yes, a desert-first type. Well, we’ve found the black box and the shuttle, the Carl Sagan will bring it within transporter range, and then ya’ll be able to beam it aboard. =/\=
Singh: =/\= Response =/\=
Knight: And now for the bad news, the Shinano is missing….she was there and then she wasn’t.
Evinrude/Nemes/Singh: Response
Marty started to pace, again.
Tucker: So, we’re getting the black box, and now we have a runabout missing. Could things get any worse? ::he waved his hands:: Nevermind don’t answer that..
Sybil was so focused on the data stream that she didn't really notice what was being said. She pulled out her tricorder to take a closer look at some of the data. Although the molecular composition of the fragments matched that of the yacht, they appeared to be of different age. As if they were taken from different ships – different Kursowas.
Evinrude/Singh: Response
Nemes: Look at that data. It really looks like the fragments we beamed aboard here are in some sort of… temporal flux.
Evinrude/Tucker/Singh: Response
Nemes: ::looking at Tess:: What did you say earlier? A portal through time? ::beat:: To me it looks more like some sort of temporal rift … you know, nothing stable but in constant flux ::she looked at Tess trying to find better words to explain what she meant:: Like an unstable wormhole that has no fixed location – just temporal. ::beat:: Does that make sense?
Evinrude/Tucker/Singh: Response
Nemes: Just imagine, debris or a shuttle would go through such a rift, then the different parts would be in temporal flux and some would be older than others. Just like we can see here.
Evinrude/Tucker/Singh: Response
Tags / TBC
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Lieutenant JG Sybil Nemes
Operations Officer
USS Ronin
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