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Bridge - Vendetta! - Main Sim

Posted June 21, 2021, 11:58 a.m. by Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) (James Sinclair)

Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Counter-Intelligence Officer) in Bridge - Vendetta! - Main Sim

Posted by Civilian Revna Freya McKenzie (Diplomatic Attache) in Bridge - Vendetta! - Main Sim

Posted by Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) in Bridge - Vendetta! - Main Sim
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The Manhattan was cruising in an otherwise uncharted sector of space in the Delta quadrant. The mission? Chart the region of space and keep a virtual eye out for any indications of Vaadwaur presence. Clues from other star farers had hinted that that region had been where a Vaadwaur colony had once been bringing to mind the possibility of one of their subspace corridors, commonly named there the ‘Underspace’.

As of three weeks into the cruise all that was noted was that space was pretty empty in this and the adjacent sector. As it was there was a lot of space and not much for systems of spatial phenomenon. However, about mid day ship time, a chirp came to both the sensor/science and tactical displays.

Science: Energy spike coming from a ‘system’ composed of what appeared to be one planet in the vicinity of a twin system of white dwarf stars. The system looked to be the only one perhaps within the adjacent sector.
Tactical/Security: Energy readings narrow down to being energy weapons fire - the count of the energy spikes showing multiple vessels involved - or one big honking one with lots of guns.

Wookiee

Cochrane sat in the command chair and heard the alerts chirp, especially from the tactical console. Looking back at both officers, he said “Well that is certainly new. Report, please.”

Cochrane, CO

“I am reading an energy spike coming from a twin system of white darf stars, Captain,” Naim replied immediately. “It seems to be located close to the one planet within the system.” There was a small crease between her eyebrows as she studied the readings in front of her closely. Entering a few commands, she tried to get a more detailed reading; both of the system as a whole, the planet and of course the energy spike.

~Lt. Cmdr. Naim, CSO

“Systems show the energy readings are weapons fire. Unknow if it multiple vessels or one ship with a helluva honkin’ space howizter,” Celina reported. Her finger moved over the console trying to isolate more information about what was coming at them.

The system itself was quite simple. From this distance the sensors could detect it was a twin system of two stars, both white dwarf stars. Size wise they were, compared to the Earth, .93 of Earth and 1.13 of Earth size. Each had a small, thin, dense atmosphere. The maturity of the stars were such that they still retained some heat and luminosity but it was small, more a pale glow in space than a burning star. Surrounding the stars was a kind of dust cloud containing fine dust, rocks and asteroid like planetoids. Each, however, had a system of rings - think Saturn - that were at different planes from one another, though, with the gravity wells associated with the white dwarf’s there was a pull on the rings causing them to curve toward the other and create a kind of stellar tunnel in between.

There was a single planet in the system. It was large, some ten times the diameter of Earth. Thermal imagery showed that it was an unstable world with considerable volcanic activity and surface temperature was at best 150 centigrade. The atmosphere held a layer of soot; initial spectroscopic scans showed the world was metal rich not unlike Janus IV, though that was a much more stable world. Orbital projections showed that this planet would make a figure 8 rotation around the binary system. It’s current path had it just entering the area of space at the tunnel between the two rings.

For the most part the rings and dust field would not inhibit standard navigation.

Focusing on the energy spikes showed that they were artificial, weapons fire.
- Wookiee

“Raising shields,” Celina announced. She hoped the helmsman could maneuver them out of the path of the incoming weapons but if they didn’t get out of the way, the shields hopefully would protect them from impact. Looking at the sensors, Celina announced more of what she discovered. “Sir, energy spikes are registering as artificial. Best guess based on initial scans of the area is that they are possibly holograms…” she let her voice trail off as she ran more scans of the beam. The signature was what her uncle called hinky. It was just far enough away from the norm of what was expect to make someone say…hold up…wait a minute....something’s not right here.

Celina

The Manhattan was still some time away and could assess the situation before the helm would have to do any more than a straight line course for the system. As Celina watched, the weapons fire increased in intensity.

“Helm, bring us around on an intercept course. Comms scan for any distress calls or communications. Commander Naim, try and isolate any scan data to try and identify vessels and types of weapons. Lieutenant Rodriguez, take us to yellow alert. Shields up, weapons on standby.” Cochrane activated the ship wide comms and said =/\= Yellow Alert. All hands to battle stations. Command staff to posts. =/\=

Cochrane, CO

Scans were somewhat fuzzy with individual ships coming up at this range due in part by the dust cloud and the positioning of the battle that was obscured in part by one of the dwarf stars, however the scans could identify at least a dozen vessels involved in this conflict, with a 70% probability of more. Sensors eventually narrowed down the weapon signatures that were, while similar, different enough to note that they came out to be:
35% of Trabe Signature of phasers and plasma torpedoes
65% of Kazon Signature of disruptor, phaser, photonic charges and photon torpedoes.

This would, by association, infer that the ship classes were likely Kazon raiders for the most part and, possibly, Predator class. Note that the Kazon typically utilized Trabe vessels, the sensors were discerning what was previously identified as ‘Trabe’ and ‘not quite Trabe’ and hence likely Kazon.
Wookiee

Jack entered the bridge as he began to take in the crew as he looked around. “What’s the status report sir?” Jack asked as he looked over at Cochrane before glancing over and nodding at Celina. His question was open ended for anyone as he stood, bending down as he began to take readings from his console at his command station.

Creed, XO

“Mr. Creed.” Cochrane said as he looked over the data. “Armed conflict in an unknown and unexplored system. Could be Trabe versus Kazon. One side is pretty heavily outnumbered. Problem is we have no authority to intervene here. Course is set to the system, but I’m not sure what we will be able to do. Thoughts, Mr. Creed?”

Cochrane, CO

As the vessel drew inexorably closer to the system there became a somewhat better picture of the battle, if still fuzzy. The battle appeared to be highly outnumbered, with upwards to 15 or more vessels - at least assumed due to their movement patterns - of Kazon affiliation. This was against two that were stationary in orbit, though were much larger. As sensors bore in more a flare of energy could be noted on one of the two probable Trabe vessels - an explosion! That being said, two of the Kazon vessels winked out of existence from fire from the ships.
- Wookiee

Cochrane glared and then hit the comms. =/\= Diplomat McKenzie to the bridge immediately. =/\= He looked at Creed and said “If we’re stick our nose into other people’s business, best we have the right person interpreting said business.”

Cochrane, CO

Revna was in her office staying out of the way when the captain’s first ship wide com went out. She was studying about species she hadn’t met yet when the second com sounded. =^=On my way Captain.=^= Short minutes later the lift doors opened and Revna walked onto the bridge, and down the side staying out of the way of the moving crew. Her gaze settling on the view screen and the obvious conflict there. She turned her focus briefly to Cochrane and Creed. “Captain, Commander.”
McKenzie, DA

It was then that Faye stepped in and slipped over to a auxiliary console. Entering her higher security code, she was able to pull all the sensor data and pair it with what she could pull from the Intelligence files on the species involved. For the moment she just read, analyzed and pondered.

~Faye Calloway, Counter-Intel

“Mrs. McKenzie, we have apparently a Trabe-Kazon conflict. The Trabe are outnumbered and not long for the fight. Before we go charging in and try to help, I need to know what you-” and he looked back at Faye “- and you, Lieutenant Calloway - can tell us about this dispute and how we can try and pacify the situation.”

Cochrane, CO


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