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Posted May 29, 2020, 8:49 p.m. by Cadet K'sang Duras (Scientist) (Dustin Smith)

Posted by Commander Maxwell Harkness (Executive Officer) in Main Sim - Shuttlebay

Posted by Cadet K’sang Duras (Scientist) in Main Sim - Shuttlebay

Posted by Cadet Mara Oxton (Engineer) in Main Sim - Shuttlebay
Posted by… suppressed (4) by the Post Ghost! 👻

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=^= Right now we are doing some upgrades to the runabout, giving it an extra boost to escape atmo if needed. The Cadets did come up with some rather inventive ideas in case of an emergency escape situation. They had some thoughts on how to try and disperse the storms. =^=

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

=/\= Dispersing the storm may be more handy than you might think depending on whether we need to evacuate the station. Is there risk to the Challenger? =/\=

  • Davis, CO (crosspost)

“Being up in orbit no, the Challenger would be perfectly safe. Its the runabout i’m concerned with. We may be able to actually fire those plasma torpedos from up here too. But its going to take some math and atmospheric composition to come up with the right yeld. Too little and its not going to give you the window you need… Too much and the planet can burn to a crisp depending on atmospheric gasses.”
K’sang, Science Cadet

=^= Did you hear that Captain? The risk to the Challenger is minimum. Can’t say the same about the everything else. =^=

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

=/\= I’d like to see a complete simulation of the idea, whether on the holodeck or elsewhere, to ensure the safety of the system. We have some time before it may be critical. Davis out. =/\=

Davis, CO (crosspost)
(OOC sorry for the heavily delayed post, didn’t know how to respond!)

Mara looked over at the commander,

“The simulation is going nicely sir, I just need a little more time to perfect everything so there isn’t much chance for error”

She turned to K’sang, a look of determination and perhaps even interest on her face.

“There are around 3 ways to dissipate a cloud, increase the temperature, mixing it with drier air, and sinking the air inside the cloud… I’m trying to work out which one is best in our situation” taking a breath, she thought for a moment, beginning to pace around in a thoughtful manner “Now if we could somehow replicate the heat of a sun and blast it straight at the cloud it should dissipate, another method is to somehow dry the air inside the cloud which will in turn cause it to erode… Or make the air so dense in the cloud that it begins to sink… What do you think?”

~ Cadet Mara Oxton {Engineer}

“Too much heat, good chance we could burn the ozone to a crisp with that kind of temperature. I was actually thinking a delta pattern volley of three to five torpedos at a lower yield to create a cascading effect somewhere between five to ten kilometers into the storm ahead of the colony. In theory it would create a brief intense electrical storm followed by the dispersed cloud window.
K’sang, Science Cadet

“You have a point, probably should have thought that through a little bit more. That could work, though we’d either need to keep the runabout at a fair distance or reinforce the hull to be able to sustain that force… If we calculate this the wrong way, then there’s a chance the brief storm could become catatonic to our systems… And we’re aiming to make it back in one piece!” She couldn’t help but giggle slightly at the last sentence, Mara always thought that a little bit of laughter was always good in dire or complicated situations, always lightened the mood.

~ Cadet Mara Oxton {Engineer}

“What are you thinking? Maybe some kind of Leyden jar to divert where the electricity is going if the runabout catches stray lightning?”
K’sang, Science Cadet

“We are definitely aiming to make it back in one piece,” Max said with a chuckle. “But assume for now that the runabout isn’t going to be down there, and that we only have the Challenger and our assets already on the ground. And let’s also try not burn off the atmosphere while we are at it. Okay?”

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

“Its doable” K’sang picked up a nearby Padd and punched in some numbers before setting it back down. “Running some simulations for class: L, M, and R planets. Shouldn’t take long to come up with something.”
K’sang, Science Cadet


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