Ensign Vaysha Lennai - Scanning, and Scanning, and Scanning...

[Vaysha]

((Bridge, Deck 1USS Valkyrie, Tavros III Orbit ))

The Captain and someone in a yellow uniform appeared on the bridge from the transporter beam. Vaysha was head-down focused on her task.

Aleron: Report, Commander.

T’Ama: Sensors have detected at least one obfuscated ship in the vicinity. Threat level unknown. Possibly not using a true cloaking technology, and instead using a form of optical camouflage helped by sensor scrambling.

Is’Kah: Fascinating. I wonder if it’s a home brew cloak.

Lennai: Based on the readings I'm picking up here, that's the conclusion I'm reaching.

The captain took her seat. As she did, Vaysha pulled up a different tab on her console to monitor those strange readings she saw earlier. Bit of multi-tasking.

Aleron: Have they attempted any communications?

Neshala: None so far, Captain.

T’Ama: We also have seven people unconscious in Sickbay that we rescued from cargo containers in a debris field near the listening post. The ship that came to retrieve them had a more rudimentary form of optical camouflage.

Is’Kah: Perhaps they belong to the Concordance?

Aleron: Response

Lennai: Well I'm not sure about any Concordance, but whatever they're a part of, it looks like posturing to me.

T’Ama: It is possible this is related. One of the people we rescued was Charn.

Is’Kah: That explains why no one would let us speak with him, and their extreme fear, Captain.

Lennai: Ominous.

Ominous indeed. What was this Concordance? Vaysha had read what little information existed about them since being posted here, but.. it raised more questions than answers. Far more questions. And who was this Charn fellow? That's like the sixth time she's heard his name.

Aleron: Response

T’Ama: The listening post was destroyed when the debris field expanded suddenly. I would have attempted to recover some of it but Commander Ada sustained life threatening injuries that required us to return to the Valkyrie. She survived.

Vaysha rubbed her temple, a confused, perplexed expression on her face. The Valkyrie-A had tremendously powerful sensors -- the most up to date in the federation, actually. Why was this ship able to hide so effectively from them?

Lennai: I'm keeping an eye on those strange readings I got, but I think it's from the falloff of energy in regard to their cloaking device.

Aleron: response

Is’Kah: Commander, are you aware of any Ion surges that didn’t have any explanation?

Aleron / T’Ama: responses

Lennai: Of course. checking now.

The data was a bit fat kaput, to put it bluntly. Every scan she ran came up with nothing that they didn't already know. The quiet sigh Vaysha made probably indicated this as much before she could even say anything. 

Is’Kah: I see. Captain, if they are using optical camo and sensor scrambling they might not think to scramble their drive trails. Perhaps science could find it and see if it leads to a blank spot in our sensors?

Lennai: I hope so, because every scan I'm running from up here is coming up with nothing. 

Aleron / T’Ama: responses

Is’Kah: It also might be possible to detect them via the solar wind. Locate any spots that deflect it without explanation.

oO Hopefully something works. Oo

Lennai: Changing our angle where we are best defended.

Is’Kah / Aleron / T’Ama: responses

The ship smoothly leaned to the side before priming its starboard towards the last seen location of the, Vaysha assumed, hostile ship. To no one's surprise, the Valkyrie-A handled this maneuver perfectly. 

Lennai: Captain, should we open hailing frequencies?

Is’Kah / Aleron / T’Ama: responses

Vaysha opened some scans and cross referenced their new location from the last 'seen' location of the unknown vessel. She also began to do some very minor power reallocations, maximizing the energy flow where possible. 

Lennai: Understood. At your command.

Is’Kah / Aleron / T’Ama: responses

================
Ensign Vaysha Lennai
Helm Officer
USS Valkyrie-A, NCC-76418-A
D240105VL3