Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Kanto (Chief Science Officer) in Distress Call (Merging Threads)

Posted by Captain Cassandra Rixan (Commanding Officer) in Distress Call (Merging Threads)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Torias Paron (Chief of Security) in Distress Call (Merging Threads)
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Kaylee made her way onto the bridge, choosing to hang toward the back, out of the way of the bustle. She hadn’t had a chance to observe the crew in action while she excavated herself from her mountain of paperwork, so having a moment to watch the interactions between the crew members as they completed their tasks was invaluable to her.

Lt Cmdr Adrie, CNS

-Lt. jg. Kanto, CSO

At the moment the ice asteroid was descending in an arc toward the frozen giant planet. It too was drawing in other asteroids which was making the situation more interesting and stressful for Kanto. Keeping the area of space clear was going to get progressively more difficult not to mention keeping the Endeavor safe. Plots on the main viewer showed smaller asteroids coming in from all (rear) angles as they were drawn in by the gravity well. One which Kanto was feeling as well.
- Wookiee

“This is looking interesting,” Cassandra remarked as she continued to watch the situation unfold, hopefully, they could get out of this without too much issue.

~Cassandra Rixan~

A small bead of sweat started to form on the Vulcan’s forehead as he tried to maintain his speed and rotation, letting the shields handle the smaller chunks of asteroid. “Computer, set port and starboard thrusters to manual control,” he said, as he pushed the thrusters to keep them from sinking into the gravity well. “Captain, I am not sure how long I can hold us here in our present position. You may want to tell the away team to hurry.”

-Lt. jg. Kanto, CSO

OOC: or launch <G>

Computation simulations would show that the Endy was in less trouble/threat than the descending asteroid holding the downed prospecting ships. They didn’t have maneuverability or shields.
- Wookiee

“Computer, run probability of holding that asteroid steady with tractor beams.” For a Vulcan, Kanto almost sounded frantic.

-Lt. jg Kanto, CSO

=^= Mass and gravity pull 3.48 times maximum tractor power draw. Mass required to be diminished. =^=
- Wookiee

“What about tractoring the ships?” Cassandra asked, reviewing the situation, “Even to just pull them out of the way?”

~Cassandra Rixan~

Kanto nodded to the captain as he made a quick calculation in his head. “Theoretically, we could also ‘push’ the asteroid those ships are on by reversing the polarity of the tractor beam.” He arched an eyebrow as he seemed to be concerned. “But that could also cost those injured precious seconds.”

“Computer. Would it be possible to redirect all power from shields and non-essential systems to boost power to the tractor beam by enough of a factor to move either that asteroid or both ships?”

-Lt. jg. Kanto, CSO

=^= Insufficient power to move the asteroid. Power is available to tractor the vessels from the asteroids. Structural integrity is critical on both vessels. There is risk of them breaking apart. =^=

While the computer defines the risk, the key element is that there is risk in each of the options.
- Wookiee

Torias looked at the readings and asked out loud “would it be easier for a shuttle to navigate towards either of the ships? Their smaller, after all. What if we sent a shuttle to each of the ships instead. Of course, depending on how many lifesigns are on each ship, it might be good to bring some pattern enhancers so we can transport back any survivors.”

Lieutenant (J.G) Torias Paron, CoS

One of the ships, the 49’er .. had been evacuated out as there was less interference with the transporter signal. It was the four in the Golddigger who were the issue with the transporters. Plasma fires and radiation in that vessel was interfering and it appeared that the hatches were jammed on that one not allowing the crew of four to escape.
Wookiee
OOC: Pattern enhancers. Nice.

Having got the information from both ships, Torias looked up and said “There seems to be interference on the Golddigger, we’ll need to send a team in, Captain. I also volunteer myself for this, if you feel I would be more useful there,” Paron suggested.

Lieutenant (J.G) Torias Paron, CoS

OOC: Why does that not reassure me? :P

“Captain, I believe I can reinforce the graviton particles in the tractor beam into a subspace field strong enough to hold the Golddigger together long enough to tow it to safety or at the very least give the away team the time they need to rescue the survivors.”

-Lt. jg. Kanto, CSO

=/\=Lieutenant Paron to the bridge, do we know how many lifesigns are aboard the golddigger?=/\=

Lieutenant (J.G) Torias Paron, CoS

OOC: For continuities sake - GM has answered this in transporter room post already
Ben

=^=One moment,=^= Cassandra responded, tapping a few buttons to access the data stream on the nearby console, waiting for it to inform her of the answer.

“Make preparations to reinforce that tractor beam Lieutenant, let me know when you’re ready,” she spoke to Kanto.

~Cassandra Rixan~

Kanto adjusted several controls, that, when activated, would allow for the graviton particles to move in such a manner that the tractor beam would essentially become a ‘force field’ for the Golddigger. In theory, it would be able to hold the ship together long enough to get the survivors out.

“Ready, Captain,” the Vulcan responded.

OOC: Apologies all. My job is sometimes a lot to deal with during the week, so I may get really close to posting late sometimes. I know the sim has been moving fairly quickly, and I feel like I’m not doing all I can to keep up.

-Lt. jg. Kanto, CSO/Curtiss

OOC: Understandable. Oddly enough I have issues with posting on weekends even though I supposedly have more time. .. Gene
IC:

The computer projections showed that it ‘should’ work. The structure of the two runabouts were built well and since then reinforced. Yes, the collision and the impact with the asteroid didn’t help that, but for what happened, the projections did look like it might work.
- Wookiee