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Posted June 19, 2020, 8:38 p.m. by Commander Maxwell Harkness (Executive Officer) (Steve Johnson)

Posted by Cadet Mara Oxton (Engineer) in Main Sim - Shuttlebay

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

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Max nodded, it sounded like a decent plan. Though he still wasn’t sure about the idea of creating a super cell to make it happen. “How bad will the weather get afterwards? You know, after the calm before the storm.”

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

He milled over the question for a short time. “Hundred to hundred fifty mile an hour wind potential for approximately 20 to 30 minutes. That’s even if a tornado actually forms, F1 to F2 range and the storm should level back out.”
K’sang, Science Cadet

Mara had listened to them speak, taking in everything they said… Give or take a few words since she had been lost in her own thoughts during the conversation.

“If a tornado doesn’t form, and my theory of dissipating the cloud works. Then the super cell charge would mean that the cloud would dissipate completely in say… 10-15 minutes? Though, K’sang could be right and a tornado could form. In all honesty sir, we really have no way of fully determining anything, and we’re at the full mercy of the universe being kind”

~ Cadet Mara Oxton {Engineer}

Max nodded, he didn’t like it though. They lit a super storm off above the mine, who knows how much damage it could actually cause. Especially if they didn’t get everyone off the ground.

“What would the effect be on the mine itself? I’d prefer not to set the mine on fire, or potentially cause it to explode. Who knows what that would do to the planet.”

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

Mara looked at Max with a slightly worried look on her face. She wasn’t too sure if there was a way to fully determine what will happen. But she at least knew of the possibilities.

“We can’t be fully certain what will happen. The cave could collapse completely, it could also partially collapse, but there’s a possibility that it’ll just rock a bit like an earthquake and rocks will fall… If it fully collapses there’s a chance the planet will also collapse, if it just rocks like an earthquake then maybe we’d be expecting an earthquake on the surface around 1-4 on the Richter scale. We need to determine if it’s worth it, and if not then we need new ideas.”

~ Cadet Mara Oxton {Engineer}

“Well keep working on it for now, I’ll run it past the Captain. It’ll be up to her to decide if it is worth the risk or not in the end. But in the meantime, we have to make sure we are ready for the first part of the mission. Getting this runabout ready to extract survivors from the surface.”

Max turned towards the Cadets and looked at them directly. “So, is the runabout ready?”

Cmdr. Harkness - XO

“Just finishing up here, as far as the storm severity I don’t think it will be problematic by firing down wind of the colony. A tornado wont travel against the storm making any potental danger minimal. Unless theres a risk of detonating a natural gas vent or the like to cause a chain reaction. The ground will be more than adiquate for dispersal.” Clicking the service panel closed Ksang looked to Mara. ” How are you coming along?”

Mara looked over at K’sang, she had been thinking for quite some time and was sort of excited (yet quite a bit terrified) to show her theory.

“Assuming we use The Challenger to do this, it has 200 torpedoes using 4 tubes to disperse them. If we use 2 of the forward ones and shoot out 25 each, which makes 50 torpedoes fired at the storm. The heat from the explosion of those torpedoes should dissipate the cloud, but to ensure the ship’s safety we should fire the torpedoes at a distance and move the ship as soon as it’s possible to do so… There is always a chance for your theory of a tornado to be correct, but I think we should take the chance”

She then looked at the runabout’s systems and nodded a bit, as if to agree with K’sang.

“Everything seems to be in order with the runabout and I’m confident it can withstand this mission”

~ Cadet Mara Oxton {Engineer}

Ksangs eyes looked to be on the verge of falling from his eye sockets as he slowly turned back to Mara. ” I… Was thinking three. That many seems a bit overkill, not to mention leaving us vulnerable.”
Ksang Science Cadet

Mara looked at him for a second then started to giggle, a sort of excited and maybe even joyful look on her face.

“Aww and I wanted to see things go kaboom

Shoving him gently on the shoulder she giggled a bit more then ceased, settling her face in a smirk.

“Fun killer”

Mara then coughed a bit as if to center herself and stop the giggles, she was supposed to be serious and responsible after all!

“Meh, you’re right. Maybe 50 is too much… We’re trying not to break the entire planet, I was just testing you!”

~ Cadet Mara Oxton {Engineer}

Max chuckled. “Hey now, there is nothing wrong with a good boom. I’ve been at the center of many explosions.”

Standing up from the pilot’s seat he moved over towards the cadets. “So three? I think we can swing that, and still have room for some project overkill if needed.”

Max looked around the cockpit, everything looked ship shape.

“Okay, I’m gonna go brief the Captain. Get the runabout put back together and final preps so we can leave a moments notice. After that, stand down, grab a bite to eat. I want you to be rested in case we have to fly in for the rescue. Sound good?”

Cmdr. Harkness - XO


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