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Posted May 20, 2020, 7:30 p.m. by Commander Maxwell Harkness (Executive Officer) (Steve Johnson)

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

Posted by Captain Emmeline Davis (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim - Shuttlebay

Posted by Commander Maxwell Harkness (Executive Officer) in Main Sim - Shuttlebay
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“Telemetry, Topographical, and Meteorological data feed.” He paused to think about it for a second, “Access to a Holodeck to run simulations with statistical projections, probable outcomes, and someone who’s familiar with photon mortars. Especially considering maximum range is about two thousand meters and we need to either boost its range to nearly thirty-eight hundred meters without turning the site into a crater.. or a higher point in elevation. There’s other factors I can’t predict without a working model.” K’sang’s expression hardened, “Once the first round goes off its going to turn the launch site into a very dangerous area, highly conductive, very loud, and extreme bursts of light. Enviro-Suits or something protective is going to have to be worn. Leaving a site unattended isn’t a viable option without several mortars and the likely hood malfunctioning is too high to rely on a single shot before abandoning the site.”
-K’sang, Science Cadet

“You’ve got the holodeck. I’ll pass along authorization for you to get those data feeds. But let’s look at other options for the detonation. We don’t know everything that is in those mines yet, and the last thing I want to do is make a giant crater on the planet. Not to mention if we have to leave someone behind to launch mortar, we’ll still have to get them back.”

Max thought for a second as he looked over at the runabout. “What if we launched something from the Challenger? And aim for a high altitude detonation?”

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

“It is a possibility, but the pilot or pilots would have to work on a very specific time table without any delays given the communications problems. Firing from the ground admittedly isn’t my favorite option, but we’re not completely cut off from each other. For example signal flairs or radio pulses can mean that a shuttle is ready to depart or delay (Morris Code), however it would be much easier to modify torpedoes here to detonate below an Isoton rather than charge a mortar to well beyond whats considered safe.
K’sang, Science Cadet

“Communications issues can still happen with a surface team. And we can still use flares to signal the Challenger if needed. But if the margin on timing is going to be that slim, we need to rethink our priorities. Coordination is going to be tough, and we need enough of a window to be able to successfully get out. The runabout is going to be loaded up to its’ gills, we aren’t going to be able to count on pinpoint maneuvers.

“Good idea Cadet, but we need to concentrate on something that is going to give us better odds.”

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

“Agreed, for now we have plenty to keep us busy. I’ll get started on the level four diagnostic and see what can be done about the shields.” K’sang picked up a Tricorder and went to work.”
K’sang, Science Cadet

For the shields, it wasn’t an unusual protocol to update the power by redirecting from one of the systems that had reserve power for a short period of time. Going radio silent to push a pulse forward on re-entry wasn’t that uncommon either. Updating the shields to pass through the storms would be a relatively trivial issue, the problem would be making sure they could have enough energy to get back off of the surface.

Option 1) They just get battered about, but have enough power to for sure get home
Option 2) They use auxiliary power and risk (about a 15% chance) that they wouldn’t have enough power to get home.

GM Wombat

“Comfort isn’t a luxury we can afford, better a bumpy ride and some cargo nets to hold onto.” K’sang thought it better to save auxiliary power for something else.
K’sang, Science Cadet

“Dissipating the cloud would take a lot of research, and the holodeck would prove to be a valuable asset!”
She couldn’t help but feel excited over being able to run simulations of her theory in the holodeck.
“K’sang is right, there’s no point wasting auxillary power, knowing there’ll be a chance we won’t have enough power to go home. In the end, getting everyone home safely is more important than getting them home fast”

~ Cadet Mara Oxton {Engineer}

Max nodded. “Let’s get the runabout prepped, and if we still have time, we can start exploring some more experimental options. I’ll start with the basic preflight checklist.”

Heading into the runabout Max slid into the pilot’s seat and started running through the standard preflight checklist.

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

Max leaned back in the pilots seat as he waited for the last of the checks to finish.

“Cadets! What’s the chance we could retrofit some extra thrusters to the runabout, and how long do you think it would take?” he called out asking.

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

“Shouldn’t take long” K’sang replied with his head in a service access, “We have some auxiliary power that can be used elsewhere, but I’d recommend putting some cargo nets or other things to hang on to. People are going to bounce around in here like a hu’tegh qa’put at the peak of mating season.”
K’sang, Science Cadet

“Agreed. We can also strip out anything extra in the cargo area, we can use the extra weight savings....

“Cadet Oxton! How’s it going over there?”

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

As Max waited he finished off the pre-flight check and tapped the comm line open.

=^= Harkness to the bridge. Any update from the away team Captain? =^=

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

“That should do it” K’sang said as he closed the access way and began sorting necessity over convenience “This goes, this goes, that can stay..”
K’sang, Science Cadet

=/\= Commander Harkness, Lieutenant Vras just reported in that they have reactivated the station’s communication system so we have a solid comm link now. I have not received any reports from the other teams, but I will follow up with them now and get back to you shortly. What’s the status in the shuttle bay? =/\=

Davis, CO (crosspost)

“Don’t get rid of all of the snacks. We are gonna want some!” Max called back from the cockpit.

=^= Understood Captain. It’s great to hear that they were able to get the stations comm system back up and running.

=^= 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


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