Lt. Cmdr. Ian O'Connor- Probing Questions

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((Bridge, Deck 3, USS Ronin))

Ian smiled at that but then frowned quickly as the negative space Kurosawa disappeared back into the same readings that occurred before.

O’Connor: Well, that was weird.

Kessler: ::to O'Connor:: What about this isn't weird? ::grinning before turning back to Kel and Shortrith:: Doc, earlier you asked if the probe could have passed through the anomaly so I just rechecked those coordinates and passing through it is not likely what happened. Look at this.

Renaie turned toward Kessler as he spoke, studying what he showed with an analytical eye.

Shortrith: ::to themself:: How… ::to Kessler:: Any chance you could elaborate?

Ian appreciated her speaking up cause he wasn’t sure he was catching it either.

O’Connor: Please do. Not sure if I see it.

Kel:  Response

Kessler: That is where the Kurosawa entered our space. See the void in the sensors? ::beat, putting up a side-by-side view of the probe's last known position:: This is where the probe disappeared. See the void in the sensors? It's much smaller because of the size differential between the probe and the Kurosawa but they are the same. 

Shortrith: So it followed through… What are the chances it would go to when the Kurosawa came from?

Ian turned and smiled at them. They were onto something here. His mind started racing with possibilities. Could they potentially enter a rift and change what happened? That was the hope from the beginning but now…maybe… there was a glimmer of hope it could actually happen. They still needed way more info before trying something rash though. Ian had full confidence in V’Len making sound decisions, he was a doctor and scientist after all.

O'Connor: Ok,ok.  That could be huge. 

Kel: Response

Kessler: Correct, the probe was sucked into the temporal event and left a displacement as it entered just as the Kurosawa left a displacement when it emerged. Based on what I am seeing here, this should not be happening. The computer does not seem to have any record of an event like this. 

Shortrith: Sounds like we need to make an educated guess with the knowledge we have, right?

O’Connor: Well, I certainly leave that to ya’ll science brains. 

Kel: Response

Shortrith: What risk would there be if we sent out another probe and watched what happens?

O’Connor: I’d say minimal to us at this point.. I’ve got several routes plugged in. We can still fall back easily if something starts, well, for lack of a better term again, “getting weird”

Kel/Kessler: Response 

Shortrith: That way we'd be able to see what happens when it goes through the temporal anomaly.

O'Connor: Agreed whole heartedly. What if we also rig a second probe as a temporal anchor. There was something I remember about using gravity wells to trap things in time as well as space. If we can keep the probes linked it should give us a channel to the “whenever.” Downside is that the gravity well will create severe radiation damage to the “our time” probe. It won’t last long.

Kel/Kessler: Response 

Shortrith: I'd say it's worth a shot, but ::turning to Kel:: the choice is yours, sir.

Kel/Kessler: Response 

Ian turned to Kel.

O’Connor: Sir, I’d like permission to prep a shuttle, too. I’m not saying we should go in there…yet. Not without way more data. But I’d like to start adding some modifications in case we want to explore that option after we get more info.

V’Len:  Response

O’Connor: I’m gonna need help for the science team…and Gods help me…I’d like to use Poagie. He pulled a scheme a while back that used chronitons to age some kind of Ferengi barley beetle whiskey. Anyway, he actually has some experience working with chronitons.

V’Len/Kessler/Shortrith: Response

Ian acknowledged and signaled Vomek to the bridge and tapped his comm badge as he stood.

O’Connor: =/\= O’Connor to Poagie. Meet me in the shuttlebay at the Kepler. =/\=

Poagie: =/\= Commander, now is really not a good time. You see…=/\=

O’Connor: =/\= Funny you should use the word time. It’s of the essence. Get down there now, Poagie. =/\=

He shook his head as he headed for the turbolift already regretting his choice 

End of scene (for now) for O’Connor/Tags

((OOC: Gets Ian off the bridge for a bit as I'm not sure how much I can respond this weekend.))

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Lieutenant Commander Ian O’Connor

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USS Ronin NCC-34523

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