PNPC - Lieutenant jg TK Cabrillo - Mass Reduction
Joel Cannistraro
TK began filtering through the data Tucker had, which was minimal and that told TK that this was either something brand new Starfleet had just run across or someone else had failed to gather the data needed that the Ronin was now on her way to attempt to get.
Cabrillo: I do not see any data in this file that even indicates the energy type or output that could be causing this level of sensor interference. Did these others even get anything for us to go one or are we really walking into this urgent mission blind?
Tucker: ::turning to Wren:: I like where your head is at, but can you deliver it to me in thirty minutes or less? Every minute counts, and I don’t think I can spare you for a full hour. This could get ugly quick, or it could go right or pear-shaped; we have to be ready for any of that.
Cabrillo: So blind it is. ::beat:: Well, guess we joined up for a challenge and Starfleet never disappoints.
Marty nodded in response to Cabrillo and then turned to face Rachel.
Morgan: Listen, I’m just an engineer, but should we figure out what makes it tick first? And we may have to use the surveying packages on a couple of the runabouts. ::holding a hand up:: The problem there is, what if it’s hostile? It’s not going to like a couple of runabouts nosing around…
Chip: Major Singh would not like that, she’s very particular when it comes to the flight deck and the ships that fly in and out of it.
Wren: I can only prepare so much without more information. I can take a look at the engines to see if they’re prepared for….. Lassoing?
Tucker: ::trying to hide a chuckle:: Yes Ensign, I feel we’re going to be putting a strain on things, including the warp core. Lassoing is a last ditch option, at least for me it is. That’s why I want those diagnostics on the deflector dish and tractor beam as soon as possible.
TK tossed the idea around in his head. The idea of getting a tractor beam on something that large was not a hard task, nor was getting enough power to the emitter to hold. The question was if this thing was a natural biological organism of some form, how do they even know if the tractor beam would hold to the creature's skin?
Cabrillo: The real issue here is more of what is causing the interference with the scans. If there is some form of natural biological energy at play here that we do not understand then that same physiology could very well make the tractor beam impossible to use. We need to cut through that interference first.
Morgan: ::looking at Delphina:: I’ll help you with the warp core and such. I’m not sure how much strain we can put on the old gal before she starts flying apart at the seams.
Chip: That would be bad, very bad.
Cabrillo: I would not worry about this warp core. These Akira class ships were built with a different mission thought process. The core will strain but she'll hold. ::beat:: Back to this scanning problem though. What is this package that was mentioned?
Wren: Response
Morgan: So right now we’re sitting on our deep space package for astrometrics, which needs to be installed, though he should probably talk to the geeks and Commander Kel and see where their minds are when it comes to this ::waving a hand at the picture::
Tucker: Correct. So we should probably get that done ASAP, Chip I want you to take a couple techs and go and install that package. Also make sure you’re running the diagnostics I asked for. So why don’t you go and get started on those tasks and report back to me at regular intervals? I want to know the second that thing is brought online.
Chip: ::nodding:: Aye, sir.
Miller turned on a heel and headed towards a work station to start the diagnostics while he went and helped get the deep space survey sensor package online and he could monitor the diagnostics from any work station.
Cabrillo/Wren: Response
Tucker: Morgan and Wren, let's work on making sure the engines could handle the strain of something as large as this thing is. TK and I will work on a plan to move the thing, if needed. Which if I’m being honest, is like the last thing we need to attempt.
TK looked around the group and then back to Morgan as she began to speak up.
Morgan: ::turning to Wren:: Do you need to work on the schematics? I know Chief didn’t give you a lot of time, but can you do it in half an hour? Because we’re sitting here flapping our jaws while the clock ticks down.
Wren: Response
Tucker: Now, of course, this could all change, and we may be assigned to other areas, especially if they decide we need away teams.
Cabrillo: Understood Chief.
TK stayed at the pool table and let his hands drop to the table surface. His fingers danced the ever familiar dance of querying the computer data on vessel stats, probable size of their target, mass and gravimetric densities of the target to determine how to best approach moving something as large as this giant blur seemed to be.
Wren: Response
Cabrillo: Chief, I have an idea but it's going to sound really wild.
Tucker/Wren/Morgan/Miller: response
TK smirked at the comment considering that his ideas were generally wild and off the wall but that is what made them fun.
Cabrillo: To help move this thing, if we need to move it at all, we need to reduce it's mass. Simplest way to do this is by using the deflector dish which is why I assume you are having Mister Miller work on that. However the more probable and less riskier solution is to reduce the creatures mass without that strain on the Ronin. To do that, what if we use the fighter wing aboard? Assuming we can get close enough, each fighter parks at these relative points ::gesturing to the display:: then they interlock their warp fields to create a large singular warp bubble around the creature. Mass is reduced and we can push or pull the creature if needed without to much engine strain.
Tucker/Wren/Morgan/Miller: response
Cabrillo: No this would not be easy and therefore we would need the skill of the pilots to work in unison for such a tight formation with the creature but it puts less risk on the Ronin.
Tucker/Wren/Morgan/Miller: response
TK had to admit it was kind of crazy but in his mind it was a simple crazy idea that sounded fun. Of course there was a lot that could go wrong to, but that as just the nature of the game wasn't it? He grinned at the thought and looked back to Tucker.
TAGS/TBC