Posted Feb. 4, 2021, 2:15 p.m. by Lieutenant Oliver Loughty (Acting Chief Science Officer) (J Ridgley)
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Posted by Lieutenant Oliver Loughty (Acting Chief Science Officer) in Bridge Main Sim
Posted by Commander Garinder’Jen th’Jir (Executive Officer) in Bridge Main Sim
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Revna shook her head, “It was clear that Alfo wants to get rid of us, but the chance at getting, like a Ferengi, profit out of this encounter was too appealing. He asked for a tour of the ship and our technology, even though he knew he wouldn’t get it. He didn’t press, but Atlantis would be a huge boon to his riches. They are waiting, for reinforcements or waiting us out, I can’t say, I wouldn’t be surprised it it is both. He, and if his conformational nod from Shade is truthful, are eager to not get in a fire fight with us again. They took damage, but were not as concerned as I would expect over the severity of it. That could be that they are good at playing poker, or they know they can get help easily.” Revna paused, silent, thinking over it. “Mayans. They worked like the old Mayan kings of ancient Earth. They had two kings, one for peace time and one for war. The other becoming the main advisor of the other. Alfo and Shade worked together like that. I’m sorry commander, they were hard to read, and I’m no telepath. The only thing I am sure of, is they are dangerous, not just in numbers, but in tactics. I got the feeling this meeting was nothing more than information gathering for them.”“For them and for us. We are the wild card in the deck that has just been dealt into this sector. The longer we are here the more they,” Jen began, pointing to the pirates and intimating beyond, “will want to look under the hood and put this card in their hand. I suspect that more than just them are thinking the same thing and how to do it.” By showing off their superiority they had a big target on their backs. “Their operations base is likely in this field so they’re not too worried so long as they can get back or get a tow. I wonder if engineering can mock up a trace of some kind to pop on their hull. Is there anyone from Science or engineering who can tell us whether we have a tech that they aren’t detecting - subspace transceiver maybe? - that we can attach?”
The long forgotten probe reported back to the bridge. It located a 29 ton asteroid with a course and speed that was inconsistent with the asteroids in their proximity. It was almost as if a ship had pushed it with a tractor beam… a technology they had not seen in this quadrant as of yet.
GM
OOC: 29 tons or 29 million? A 30 ton hunk of rock is only about 5 cubic yards so 15 feet to a side.
OOC: Yup 29 tons. Also please remember the probe was being followed by 2 fighters.
OOC: Whoops .. had forgotten that fact, er, had had it stored somewhere in the cerebral archives … Gene“Well, look what we have here,” Jen said. -=^= Computer magnify image and scans from the probe. =^=
=^= Engineering to the bridge. =^= he said.
- Jen, XO=^=
Lt Edman, Counselor=^= Bridge to Lt Loughty. Please attend us up here. I have a mystery for your particular skillset. =^=
- Jen, XOThe asteroid wasn’t particularly remarkable its materials were consistent with the other hunks of rock that populated this area of space. The rock was flat on one side and curved on the other. If anything it looked like a very craggly muffin top.
GM
While Jen waited for both engineering and science to respond, his eyes narrowed and antennae focused. “Note the course of that asteroid long enough to get a straight line trajectory. Then redirect the probe back the way the asteroid came from.” He looked at the counselor. “My guess is that the occupants of their base gave that a push so that it wouldn’t damage them. Have continuous sensor reports from the probe directed to us. If, and I say If I am right on this the fighter pilots might guess that too and take out the probe. I want as much information as I can off of it.”
But he still wanted input from Engineering and Science too on this. He could think of many things; they could confirm it or tell them he was full of it.
- Jen, XORevna nodded, and pulled on that long forgotten command training that she’d never really used. “Do we know how strong their communications are? Is it possible those fighters warned the base of our probe? The they sent out other ships to push that asteroid to divert us?” Misdirection was always a good tactic, especially when dealing with unknowns.
Lt. Edman, CounselorJen shook his head and added a Terran ‘shrug’ to accompany it. “I don’t know. That is possible,” he said in a tone that strongly suggested he was mulling that. Yes they knew that the Atlantis was looking for something and were dancing about on the edge of making nice as they knew in that moment anyway that they had the advantage. Destroying their probe that wasn’t going anywhere special could have annoyed, well, him. Right now ‘Jen’ was unknown to them and that was a good thing. “We’ll find out, and we have more probes.” He looked at Edman with a half smile. “That asteroid likely is on a straight line course, but science could better inform me of that. That means something is on the ‘push’ side of it, be it another ship or something bigger. A tractor beam would be a new tech we’ve not seen yet from them. Perhaps it is something that is only available on large structures or that carrier would have played dodge ball with us. We’re flying blind in this asteroid field but one thing we now know - something pushed that rock. What and where is that something?”
- Jen, XOLera came onto the bridge then and relieved the NE at the engineering station. The man had a knack with one of the troublesome conduit junctions and the Chief wanted him in engineering right now. She’d come up to relieve him and was listening to the conversation as it wound down.
Lera
Engineering
((finding a way to sneak in lol))
OOC: We need sneaky
IC:“Ensign,” Jen said even before Lera had a chance to look at the seat. “Have a look at this.” He pointed to the asteroid drifting against the current on one of the screens. “Tell me about force mechanics. How much of a straight line path would that take in an asteroid belt were it given a push? Would the gravity of the field steer it from a straight line route?”
- Jen, XOGravitational forces would have minute effects on course and speed, so straight line reverse projections would be accurate enough. The only real concern was if there was a secondary collision that would change the course dramatically.
Oliver entered the bridge, he hadn’t expected to take the role as the bridge science officer but Kai was pre occupied and the call had been for him. It took him longer than expected to shut down his experiment and finally enter the bridge. He had just caught the end of the question but didn’t want to step on the ensigns toes, she was more than qualified to answer the question. Instead he moved to the science station and began activating it reading the information about the asteroid.
- Lt Oliver Loughty
As ordered the probe did a quick calculation and thrusted off on a new course that was now towards the outer arm of the belt.
GM
“Lt Loughty,” Jen said, waiting for him to activate his work area. “Welcome to the bridge. “Looking at that asteroid, can you detect whether there has been any secondary collisions to alter its course?” Or in other words, has it been banged around recently. “And, given that it is not in the usual pathway of the rest of these asteroids, how much of a force would it take to push that rock from what it normally would be on to what it was now?
“And Ensign, one more thing, was that rock sent on its way by a tractor beam or by mechanical means?” In other words, were there hooks and tow cables attached or evidence of other things like something giving it a good push?
- Jen, XO“On it now” Oliver began by scanning the asteroid for any obvious large impact craters, it was scattered with hundreds of smaller ones but none would be enough to tilt the asteroid of its initial trajectory, the impact crafter (if any) would have to be large enough that it would likely have split the asteroid or at least taken a large chunk out of the surface that scan would reveal such a thing. her second question had him thinking the force to move such an object even in space would require a lot of energy. He waited as the computer did the calculations and scanned the asteroid surface for impact craters that would suggest it was a natural divergence off its natural path or any energy readings weapon or else that would suggest more mankind manipulation.
- Lt Oliver Loughty
There was a ‘fresher’ side to the the asteroid. The more flat section of the rock appears to have been shorn by some sort of powered energy weapon. The differing course and speed from the other masses in the field likely came from that. However other minor impacts could vary the course by several degrees.
GM
“Captain if my scans are correct, which I vouch their authenticity considering I helped make them the asteroid shows clear signs of their being a foreign influence to its shape. There is clear use of an energy weapon maybe a mining laser given the clean cut. Some of the smaller asteroids have had some influence in its trajectory but I would put my eggs into the basket labelled ‘fowl play’” Oliver then pushed out his findings to the other consoles on the bridge including the captains.
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