Lieutenant JG Renaie Shortrith - Everything is Weird

[Renaie Shortrith]

((Bridge, Deck 3, USS Ronin)) 

Shortrith: So we'd be able to observe without any risk to either our wellbeing or our safety.

oO What's research without a little risk? That's what risk assessments are for, after all. How we'll manage risks as they arise. Oo

Kel: ::smiling at Shortrith:: That's the idea. 

Kessler: Adjustments made sir.

O'Connor: Nice, I don’t think we’ll have any resolution drop off when pulling back now. Orders, Cap?

Kel: Lex n’thas hlashren. ::beat:: The ice won't get any thinner. O.k. Mr. O'Connor, roll out. Everyone keep an eye on things. Lt. Shortrith please keep an eye on the radiation levels. Let us know if we're in any danger. 

Kessler: Re-directing sensors scans to the anomoly. Narrow field scan with a counter-sweep from tactical. Should have a better resolution in a moment Commander.

Shortrith: Yes, Sir.

O’Connor: Aye, sir.

Kel: I'm not reading any unique particles outside of chronitons and the standard planetary system mix of subatomic particles. Whatever's keeping these in place must be a purely energetic feature.  

Kessler: Sensors...::beat:: scans are showing multiple levels of chroniton activity.

Renaie zoomed in on a paused moment of the transmission, still half-paying attention to the conversation.

Shortrith: Commander, I'm noticing some discrepancies in the finer details of the injuries, compared to my initial analysis.

Kel: V'Len turned his attention toward them.  Do tell.

Shortrith: So, you know how it looked like a plasma conduit had exploded on Commander Raga's face?

Kel: ::flinching:: Yes.  

Shortrith: I'll be blunt, it seems to have left a deeper injury than a third-degree burn, which isn't surprising, but it's concerning.

oO What could have caused something like this? Oo

Kel: You think they had more in their conduits than standard plasma?

Kessler: ::turning to look back at Shortrith and Kel:: Could something have super-charged the conduits?

Renaie shrugged. oO Quite possibly, but I don't wanna jump to conclusions yet. Oo

O'Connor: These readings near where the probe disappeared. It’s as almost if the there is a loop there. Slightly off but almost a repeated pattern.

Kel:  If they truly traveled through time, perhaps they flooded the Kurosawa's system with chronitons. 

Kessler: Certainly possible and those systems couldn’t handle that for long so may have caused the explosion.

O'Connor: ::turning back to Kel:: Very possible. In fact if the Kurosawa was caught in a temporal event that was bending back in on itself as I think this one might be, then that could have introduced an untold amount of chronitons to the ships systems all at once.

oO Oh yeah, it's all coming together. Oo

Shortrith: This would also explain the deeper burn.

Renaie stopped their analysis when they noticed a strange reaction from Commander Kel.

Kel: ::grabbing his antennae:: Ugh. Does anyone else feel that. 

Was something wrong with Commander Kel? Did he need help?

Kessler: What do you feel? I am not feeling anything different. 

Renaie nodded slightly, noticing a strange burning feeling in their ridges thirty seconds after Kel spoke up. oO Is it happening to me too? Oo

Shortrith: I can feel a slight burning, if that's what you're referring to.

Kel: Something must be getting through to the shop.  All stop, full forward shields.

O'Connor: Aye, Full stop.

Renaie stared at the radiation readings quizzically. oO Come on, show something. Oo

Kessler: Nothing on sensors that I can see. ::turning to Shortrith:: Anything on your end Doc?

Shortrith: No, nothing on my end either.

Renaie stopped their readings for a second before turning to Kel.

Shortrith: That strange burning feeling… That could have had negative impacts if we didn't stop when we did. Good call.

Kel: That's why you're here doctor, to pull me out if I lose my mind.  

oO That's what doctors do. Oo

O’Connor: Do you guys see,...welll…not see that?

Kessler: ::a low humf:: The sensor void? About the same size as the Kurosawa? I am seeing that as well on my end. That should not be there if these chronitons are behaving in the normal context that we understand them to be. 

Shortrith: I can see it too. Something's definitely not right.

Kel: Response

The comm chimed, interrupting the conversation.

Tucker: =/\= Tucker to Kel, are ya’ll have issue with the sensors? I’m having issues with the internal sensors, not to mention tricorders..=/\=

Kel: =/\= Response =/\=

Tucker: =/\= Well, that’s not good…Okay, we’ll get back to it and give you some answers when we get some. Tucker, out. =/\=

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 in the probe could have passed through the anomoly so I just rechecked those corrdinates and passing threw 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?

Kel/O'Connor: 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 probes last known position:: This is were the probe disappeared. See the void in the senros? It's much smaller because of the size diferential betweent he 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?

Kel/O'Connor: 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. 

oO Reminds me of Silenya. Oo

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

Kel/O'Connor: Response

Renaie glanced at the viewscreen before turning back to the others as an idea crossed their mind.

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

Kel/O'Connor/Kessler: Response 

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

Kel/O'Connor/Kessler: Response 

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

Kel/O'Connor/Kessler: Response 

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((OOC: Just a bit of a heads up that there's an r between the t and i of Renaie's surname, I'm just adding it back in to tags as I go. No harm done, just wanted to mention it))

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Lieutenant JG Renaie Shortrith, MD

Acting Chief Medical Officer

USS Ronin

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