Lieutenant JG Seleya- Risks and Gambles
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(( Office of the Chief Science Officer, Deck 8 ))
Seleya: My research so far has not returned with anything similar to our data. So we are in unknown territory at the moment. Potentially dealing with technology the Federation hasn’t encountered yet.
Ada: Let's focus on what we know, and what we can reasonably deduce from it.
Xiron: We know that the particles the emitters are hitting us with will be an issue if allowed to degrade our systems.
Rasmussen: Responses?
Seleya: So we need to find out more about these emitters, besides speculating here, we will need to get close and hands on. But at the moment our deflectors are struggling with whatever they are emitting. So we should probably be figuring out how to adjust our deflectors to account for this.
Ada: Problem there is that it's going to take Labs time to work up a full report of the particle streams, and we can't effectively shield the ship until then. But...
Xiron: If there was just someway to deflect or obfuscate the particle beams.
Seleya: There must be some way if other ships in this system are travelling just fine without issue as far as we know. It would make trade difficult.
Rasmussen: Responses?
Ada: Well... I don't know, it's an odd idea. But that Sheng emitter I mentioned, my emitter. We know it's safe--otherwise I wouldn't be allowed on the ship or near other people--what if we basically made a Sheng emitter that encompassed the ship, but tune it to my universe-of-origin's quantum resonance. If I'm not effected because I'm from another quantum universe, then in principle the same should be true for the ship... or at least the crew.
Xiron: Trust a Starfleet officer to offer a violation of the laws of physics as a casual solution.
Seleya kept silent, she was very unfamiliar with the technology or the commander’s situation, so she was hoping she may elaborate more.
Rasmussen: Responses?
Ada: The schematics and design are all readily available. Here. ::She tapped at her console and produced the details of the Sheng emitter on the large LCARS panel behind her.:: I don't think it's too exotic of a tech. My emitter draws very little power, but then again it doesn't need to cover a whole ship. But inverse square law be damned, we can scale it up without requiring an obscene amount of power.
Xiron: The phased array of the quantum slipstream drive could produce what this is calling for.
Seleya had some concerns, but now she didn’t entirely understand it. She had as much understanding of this as primates do with math. This felt like it was very fast.
Seleya: A question, as I am unfamiliar with this, so apologies if I sound ignorant. If we were to do this, we would be aligning our ship with your quantum reality, Commander? Would that cause the crew issues similar to yours sense we would no longer be somewhere like our quantum reality?
Ada/Rasmussen: Responses?
Xiron: I suggest we hurry. The longer we take the more we are exposed to the emitters.
Seleya thought for a moment, she understood the urgency, but this still felt like it was risky. At this point she was wondering why they may still be in orbit if everyone was back. The more Seleya thought the more she was feeling this may be an unnecessary gamble.
Seleya: If we need more time, I think the Captain may be open to suggestions on moving the ship out of the system and away from the emitters so repairs and cleaning can be made. It is better we are safe, than panic and rush to a solution. All away teams are back.
Ada/Rasmussen/Xiron: Responses?
Seleya: If this is truly a risk to the ship and crew, I would feel more comfortable discussing modifications in a safe area where we have the time to run simulations. I just worry we will only plug one hole to only create another one. But of course, not my call.
Ada/Rasmussen/Xiron: Responses?
Lieutenant JG Seleya of Khanda
Intel Officer
U.S.S. Valkyrie-A
C240202SK1