Lieutenant Commander Marty Tucker - A Not So Quick Get-A-Way
Martin Tucker
Cabrillo: Commander, fusion generators 3, 7, and 11 are surging but the other three generators sitting right next to them are not. I don't get this.
The fusion generators were surging, but not the ones next to them, which didn’t make a lick of sense to Marty. Most of them were paralleled, so really, one surges, they all surge. But this wasn’t the case, and it was frustrating Marty.
Nakada: There seems to be heavy power banding in the nacelles, much more than anywhere else. I suspect the creature is giving off some sort of subspace radiation that’s resonating with them.
Nakada looked over to Marty, who was rubbing his beard in thought. He then ran a hand through his unruly red hair. Things weren’t adding up, and it was going to create more of a mess, and it felt to Marty that if they kept at it with the beastie in range, it could cause many more problems. He pulled up the power distribution schematics, seeing where the power surges were going once they, you know. surged.
oO Way to many questions, not enough answers Oo
Tucker: ::turning to Cabrillo:: Can you try to balance them out based on the surges? Maybe shunt some of the discharge to the holodeck power grid, it’s separate from the main power grid. Holodecks require their own power grids just because of the sheer power needed to run the complex programs and such.
Cabrillo: I would if it made sense but why only those three and not the others?
Marty watched as TK stepped to one of the wall displays near the pool table. It looked like he was pulling up the Ronin’s power flow guide. He looked at the information coming and cocked his head, much like a canine would do when baffled by something their human did. At a quick glance, it looked as though all systems were nominal, which they decidedly were not.
Marty ran a hand over his face.
Tucker: I’ve seen some strange things since being assigned to the Ronin, but this is crazy. Would you concur, Lieutenant?
Cabrillo: ::turning to Tucker:: Officially, I have never seen anything as crazy as this. The log says fusion generators 5, 9, and 13 went offline momentarily but that's not what we just witnessed.
Marty came to stand next to Cabrillo to get a better view of what he was doing. He wasn’t sure if he needed to think about getting his eyes worked on. TK looked at Tucker and then at Nakada.
TK reviewed the data and then returned to Tucker and Nakada. Ensign Nakada walked up to the display as well and traced the generators back to the EPS junction. It seemed the primary generator.
Nakada: What if both are correct? What if 3, 7 and 11 generated so much power that the ship didn’t need reactors 5, 9 and 13 and closed them?
Tucker: ::raising an eyebrow:: That’s possible…highly unlikely, but I wouldn’t rule anything yet.
As if on cue the power fluctuated again.
Nakada: Well, I don’t think the generators actually doubled their power output, but the power surge did enter the nacelles, perhaps it passed through the open junctions for 3, 7 and 11.
Tucker: I’m not even sure if we could form a warp bubble right now with all the generator shenanigans….
Marty looked at the two engineers who looked just as baffled as he did.
Nakada/Cabrillo: Response
This time the surge was a bit more pronounced, and alarms started going off. Marty took one of the wall displays and brought up the damage control schematic. He didn’t like what he was seeing and he was sure TK and Keneth were in the same boat.
Marty looked up at the ceiling and around as the power surged again, this time take some more things with it, causing other alerts to go off.
Tucker: Crap on toast….
Nakada/Cabrillo: Response
Marty turned to the pool table and brought up the master display, and overlaid several of the alerts that were starting to make his teeth itch.
Tucker: Computer, silence alerts!
He almost yelled the last part, but thought better of it. His frustration wasn’t helping the group and he needed to push it down and do what he was brought aboard for,
Nakada/Cabrillo: Response
Tucker: Huh, this time it was reactors 5, 9, and 13..huh? Why those three this time, Mister Nakda, did the nacelles do their thing again? Because if it did, I’m pretty sure we’re not going to warp any time soon.
Nakada/Cabrillo: Response
TAGS/TBC