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Ranger Excursion

Posted Jan. 29, 2020, 11:05 a.m. by Lieutenant Sheriye (Chief Science Officer) (Krystelle Knight)

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Hurrying to catch on to the Catian double, Eleanor walked under her ship between the landing struts and pulled the access ladder down so that both the Admiral and the Science Chief could settle into the cockpit.

Moving into the tight space M’Ressa’s eyes expertly scanned the controls. While not the same as a Starfleet shuttle it had very similar paneling.

“Behind the navigation console you’ll find two stations. The one on the right is Sensor Ops, the one on the left is Flight Engineering. I can reroute the Engineering one through to my console, but one of yinz will still have to sit there while we fly.” She informed the pair before adding. “Make yourselves at home. I’ll be right up with you, just need to disengage the magnetic hatches and do some pre-flight checks.

M’Ressa nodded and said ,”I can man the Engineering console, Captain.” Sliding into the Engineering console she worked at familiarizing herself with the readouts as Sheriye took her place at the sensors.

Rear Admiral M’Ressa
Sheriye CSO

Eleanor gave the Admiral a small smile and a nod in acknowledgment.

While not as spacious as a shuttle, the Ranger’s cockpit was far from uncomfortable. Powered down, the consoles were dark and the ambient light was off, but the chairs would still be clearly visible with the faint light that came in from the deck through the front of the cockpit.

Outside, having left the Admiral and the CSO behind so they could settle in, Eleanor disengaged the magnetic latches and walked around the Lady of Steel, conducting the usual checks she had repeated many times before. As she reached the nose of the vessel, she placed her open palm softly on the hull before muttering softly “Bring us back in one piece, okay?” She smiled softly before slipping under it and crossing the distance to the access ladder, quickly climbing on board.

As she settled on her seat, wiggling it softly as she did so, Carnegie tapped a few buttons and the consoles sprung to life. The Catians would be able to notice that while both the Engineering and Sensor consoles lit up with the usual red, yellow, and green color scheme, Carnegie’s console was permeated with bright shades or purple, orange, and blue. It was almost as if something was off, as it was definitely not the most pleasant setup to look at.

With a final tap on her console, Eleanor contacted Flight Ops.

=/\= Carnegie to Flight Ops. I have the Admiral and the Chief Science Officer on board. We are going to do a sensor sweep of the Chimera’s periphery. Requesting permission to depart. =/\=

CPT Carnegie, Recon Squad CO

=^=CIC. Captain Hawkins here. Captain Carnegie is going to take the Admiral out in her craft. We are going to prepare the flight deck for the launch. =^=

“Alright guys, we can’t guarantee that the ships systems are going to hold, so let’s get that bird into a launch tube. Come on, move it!”

MCapt Hawkins - A Co Commander

The distinct voice of the Chimera’s CAG snapped over the comm, he sounded slightly out of breath and more than a bit annoyed. =A= This is the CAG… Hawkins, get Carnegie a hole to get out then get that mess cleaned up. As soon as you are able, I need Status reports on our Birds and critical Flight Ops personnel. Captain Carnegie, switch your Auxiliary Comm Channel to 2-8-Bravo-1 and leave it open. This will give continuous two-way between CIC and the Admiral. You copy Iron Lady? =A=

Major Dawkins, CAG

There had been some work done already on assessing the ship’s fighter wing and shuttles in the launch bay. Most craft were mission capable and if the main launch port were open and had the force field down the Chimera could launch an effective combat mission as soon as the pilots were able to get to their ships.

The smile that came over Carnegie’s features was unmistakable. Half happiness, half relief, and all of it excitement. Tapping her commbadge she replied.

=/\= Aye, Sir. =/\= Malcolm would be able to hear the smile in her voice. =/\= Opening the channel as we speak and warming up the engine. Waiting further instructions. Iron Lady out. =/\=

The low hum of the Ranger’s circuits came to life as Eleanor tapped a few more buttons on her console to open the requested auxiliary channel. =/\= Carnegie to Dawkins. This is Sentinel 1. Testing Auxiliary Channel 2-8-Bravo-1. Do you copy? =/\=

CPT Carnegie, Recon Squad CO

Head bent over her console Sheriye activated the sensor suite and studied all the indicators to make sure it was working correctly, keying in a couple of diagnostics to make sure of it’s responses. She also programmed the system to record for playback later. They did not dare hook up to the Chimera’s computer systems so that the CIC could see what they did but they would be able to view it after. She immediately noted that she had control not just of the sensors but of communications, weapons targeting systems, and navigation.

For her part M’Ressa noted her board had propulsion, life support, with the other subsystems.
“Would you like to leave the configuration of the systems as is, Captain or would you like to make modifications?” She asked as she quickly checked the status of the engines, life support, and other important systems.

Rear Admiral M’Ressa
Sheriye CSO

Eleanor looked over her shoulder to the Admiral, as her fingers moved over her own console. “If you’re comfortable with those controls, I am fine with leaving it as it is, Ma’am. And I would say the same to you, Lieutenant.” She said, momentarily turning to the Chimera’s CSO. “But, if there’s anything you would rather me take control over, I can move them to my console.” A proud smile crossed her lips. “I am used to flying my bird alone, so I can keep an eye on any systems you don’t feel comfortable operating. Otherwise, I am fine with the current setup. Is there anything that you’d want me to carry over here?”

The Ranger’s board all read green. She was mission ready, but could not launch due to the force field and closed hatch over the launch bay.

GM

There was a slight delay in his response, but it did come. =A= Sentinel 1, CAG here… give us a couple to pop the hatch for y’all. Might be a bit cheaper than blowing holes in the ship. =A= Ellie would hear the smirk without even seeing it. He was stressed, that was clear, but it was also clear he wanted to pass on that he was OK. =A= So hang tough, Sentinel 1. We’ll have you an departure route shortly. Dawkins out. =A=

Dawkins, CAG

Eleanor smiled and shook her head ever-so-slightly as Malcolm’s words flowed through the comm.

=/\= Copy that. No holes on the ship. =/\= She wanted to make the joke about Smoke and the dent on the bulkhead, but before the words made it to her lips, the worry about whether her people were okay made it to her mind. Last she had seen them, they were leaving the flight deck headed to their quarters. Hopefully they were okay. Finally, Carnegie’s voice made it back into the comm. =/\= We’ll be waiting for clearance instructions. Sentinel 1 out. =/\=

Carnegie fell silent for a moment before turning back to the other two occupants of the cockpit and saying with an embarrassed smile of someone who just realized their house was a mess when the guests walked in the door. “Also, I should warn you… There should be a pair of spectacles somewhere under one of these consoles. Don’t be alarmed if you stumble onto them.”

CPT. Carnegie, Recon Squad CO

OOC: Sorry back now. We had a crazy amount of company the entire holiday, they just left yesterday so catching up on things now:)
OOC: Welcome back :) … by any chance had you in Ranger there tried communicating with the bridge? I was off for a bit myself and don’t see it but may have missed it. .. Gene

OOC: Hmm no hadn’t thought of trying that:)

IC:
“I’ll try not to step on them.”M’Ressa said dryly before looking over to Sheriye.”Sheriye, now that we can scan without the ship’s computers what are you scans saying?” She knew they might not say much as they were still in the ship but she was curious to know what they would say.

Sheriye tapped a few buttons and changed her scans to outside the ship to see what it would tell her about her about the Chimera itself.

Rear Admiral M’Ressa
Sheriye CSO

Tapping the comms button M’Ressa decided to see if she could try and reach the bridge. =^= M’Ressa to Chimera. Chimera do you copy?=^= She commed.

Rear Admiral M’Ressa

OOC: The bridge could respond.

There was a sudden whine across every deck of the ship… it sounded like bulkheads literally crushing underneath their own weigh, but all of the pressure was coming from the outside. The ships gravity and other life support went to zero as the computer attempted to steal power from every other system to repower the shields and the internal force-fields.

The lights and other auxiliary systems dimmed to almost zero as the computer activated the red alert klaxons.

The whining ceased after a few moments as the lights and life-support returned.

GM

Sheriye was alert at her station as she was running scans on the Chimera herself, she almost jumped out of her seat as her panels pinged as the Chimera underwent …whatever it did. Her paws flew across the Ranger’s boards as she tried to get answers from the scan panels to what had happened to their mother ship.

Sheriye CSO

Leaving the Admiral and the CSO to their own devices, Eleanor waited patiently for the green light to depart. It didn’t surprise her that the Admiral tried to contact the Bridge. If worse came to worst they would at least have their auxiliary open channel with Malcolm and Flight Ops, but it was always best to test one’s systems.

It was the sudden noise that pulled Carnegie from her deep thinking. For a moment she feared that the bulkheads would collapse under their own weight, leaving them stranded inside the deck. Although, to be fair, there was no safer place to be than the Ranger’s cabin if that was to happen. Outside, there was a split second where she could swear artificial gravity was gone. Without the magnetic ties, Eleanor felt the Ranger wobble ever so slightly, but the ship didn’t seem to move further.

On the deck, the lights dimmed and came back to life, and when they did the orange/yellow lights of a ship wide alert flooded her vision. Without her glasses she couldn’t determine whether it was a yellow or a red alert, but the characteristic klaxon told her it was the latter.

When everything seemed to return to normal, Carnegie turned to the Admiral. Seeing the Catian busy with her own checks, Eleanor pulled the Ranger’s internal scans to check if all systems were still okay.

As the Marine’s eyes focused on the console in front of her, she tapped her commbage. Extreme annoyance guiding her movements. =/\= Carnegie to Flight Ops. What is going on? And why are we still on the ground. It shouldn’t take this long to get the manual override on the door to work. =/\= Her tone was commanding and almost bordering anger. =/

The manual override was still a powered system that wasn’t getting any power. The tech teams were connecting a portable generator to the door systems to get the launch bay open.

\= Is the manual override functional? If we are going to scan the ship, we need to move, and we need to move NOW. =/\=

Eleanor knew that it would be likely that Malcolm was the one getting her commcall. If it wasn’t, someone else needed to do their job. Deep down, she really wished it was him, as not only did she know that he would be trying his hardest to get them on their way, as, not sure of what was happening, she wanted to hear his voice and know that he was okay.

CPT Carnegie, Recon Squad CO

The tone of the voice on the other end of the line was confusion followed moments later by extreme annoyance. =A= Flight Ops, this is the CAG… um… Ellie… what the hell do you mean you’re still on the ground?!?=A= There was a pause and then the Wing Commander was back on. =A= I swear to God, if I have to come down there and manually open the doors, I will! Relay my apologizes to Admiral M’Ressa. The last thing I need are Flags thinking I can’t do my damn job. Astro out=A=

A moment later, an ALLCOMM broadcast went out to the entire Hanger Bay. =A= This is the CAG…=A= Came the sharp tongue of the Chimera’s senior flight officer. =A=… either the doors are open in the next three minutes, or I’m coming down there to do it myself! I want to know /why/ the doors aren’t opening and why they haven’t. Because it takes no more than six minutes to manually open those doors and y’all have been at it for ten! Now, if you people don’t want me down there, I better see the sensors on those frackin’ doors indicate that they’re opening in the next two minutes. Clear the damn bay, get a team of suited techs over to the manual levers, and open the damn doors! CAG out!=A= The end of the transmission caught the sound of the CAG’s hand slamming down on the button that killed the ALLCOMM. A few seconds later, an ominous countdown clock appeared on the Main Launch Control display centered above the main Hanger Bay doors. The red digits ticked menacingly down from 3:00… 2:59… 2:58… 2:57…

Dawkins, CAG

A minute before the count down completed. =^=Launch Bay One is clear for use=^=

Eleanor smiled. Malcolm was just fine. And the words that came next were music to her ears.

Meanwhile, a comms reply finally made it back. =^= CIC to Ranger. Good to hear from you Admiral. What is your status and what support personnel are there with you in the bay? The. .. alarms you hear were caused when we attempted to reduce the warp engines that are at full output, but we do not yet know where. If your sensors can give us perspective we and engineering will be most grateful. =^=
Jen

Ah, that explained it. Carnegie breathed in relief as she prepared to take the Lady of Steel out of the bay. Everything considered, it was at least good to know that the alarms were caused by the actual crew and not by something else on the ship or outside of it.

=^= Marine Captain Hawkins and some of her men and Major Dawkins.=^= M’Ressa murmured to the Commander as her gaze caught Sheriye who was signalling to her.

GM

Now that the door was open the sensors on the Ranger was able to detect a warp field and force field in operation about the hull of Chimera. Either would be dangerous for a ship to ‘launch’ though

GM

The small blip on her console didn’t go unnoticed as the two officers manning the consoles behind her spoke.

“Admirral, we can’t launch!” Sheriye said excitedly shaking her head.”Therre iss both a warrp field and forrce field surrounding the ship! We can’t launch through that!”

=^=Commander, there appears to be a both a warp and force field surrounding the ship. We are unable to launch through it.=^= M’Ressa reported to the bridge before looking back to Sheriye.
“Anything else you can see?”

Carnegie spun her seat to face the Admiral and the Science officer. Her brow furrowed trying to understand what was going as data came through the sensors.

Sheriye’s paws continued to fly over her board as she attempted to find out where the fields were coming from. Assuming of course that were coming from their own ship. How could a ship be incased by both of it’s own warp and force field? This was crazy. Could they be disrupted somehow she pondered.

Rear Admiral M’Ressa
Sheriye CSO

A warp field and force field being at use at the same time was a common occurrence, it was the same as raising shields while at warp.

The warp field was consistent with projection from the Chimera. There were two curious points however. The Warp field strength was almost 50% higher than a standard warp 8 and that the ship wasn’t actually in motion. So a warp 8 field was in operation without the ship going anywhere.

GM

Sheriye studied her results then reported to M’Ressa and Carnegie,”Uh, we arre not actually in motion. The warrp field strrength is 50% higherr then usual but we are not going anywherre.” She frowned over her board as she attempted to understand why this would be. What did it mean?

“What?” The word came through her lips before she could stop it. “How is that possible?” She asked more to the universe than anyone in particular.

M’Ressa grumbled as she reported to the XO on the bridge,=^= It appears that we our warp field strength is 50% greater then usual but we are not moving, Commander. Sheriye is attempting to ascertain why.=^=

Rear Admiral M’Ressa
Sheriye CSO

“If we are at warp but not in motion… could it be that we are being ‘towed’ by something?” Carnegie asked the Science officer, instinctively leaning towards the sensor console to try and see the results. When the sea of different shades of brown and yellow reached her eyes she remembered why she had her display in her current settings. Leaning back into her seat she waited for the Lieutenant’s analysis of the situation. Eleanor knew the science basics she had been taught at the Academy. But this was above any technical knowledge she had. In her mind she pondered whether there was a way for her to take the Ranger out.

CPT. Carnegie, Recon Squad CO

OOC: Sorry for the delay guys! – Joana

The chief science officer and talented engineers, would be aware of the fact that ‘static warp fields’ often called bubbles could be generated by the warp drive. The rationale for this varied. (I could give more information, but a little internet research on this phenomena would work as well.)

=^= Jen to Admiral M’Ressa. Continue to study what is happening. Additionally can you attempt to transport a field ration to us in the CIC? If so you may be a central resource for getting us about the ship. =^=
- Jen, XO

Transport in the ship especially to the CIC location was impossible. There were far too many internal force fields for a transporter to avoid… from sections that were next to each other… sure.. exterior parts of the ship… maybe… but the CIC, not a chance.

=^= Jen to Admiral M’ressa. We would like you to try three things. The first is to scan and attempt to find our chief engineer. The second is to attempt to beam an object to the CIC. If you are able to and negotiate the force fields we may be able to do limited transports on board. A third thing is to attempt to send out a communications check with your vessel the comms hub for reception. If so you may become our new CIC. A possible objective will be to beam Lt Sheriye to the computer core to talk directly to the computer AI and find out what it is doing. =^=
- Jen

The communication Hub was possible.

GM

OOC: My apologies as well. This week is insane as preps for my wedding are stepping up:)

IC:

M’Ressa glanced over at Sheriye, “Lieutenant? Any chance of any of that?” She asked though she had some doubts herself thinking of all the forcefields that they had to go through to get to the shuttle bay.

Sheriye frowned as she studied her board and answered the Marine Captain’s question first.”Even if we werre being towed we would still be in motion whetherr on ourr own powerr orr not. That does not appearr to be the case. ” Hissing out a breath in frustration she shot a frustrated glance at her granddam, the Rear Admiral.
“I can attempt to scan for the CE, yes. But we rrun into the same problem as we would trrying to beam into the ship. The forrcefields. They arre going to interrferre with both scans and beaming. Not to say it might not be possible in areas wherre the fields are less. But the CIC? No way. As to a comm hub, no rreason why not for that. Forcefields don’t effect that and the Ranger computerr is not ‘infected’ like the Chimerra computerr. ” As to beaming Sheriye to the computer core, Sheriye targeted scans there for a moment to see if it was surrounded by forcefields while M’Ressa updated the CIC. While that scan was running she tried to see if she could find the CE as well.

=^=Commander. The CSO says that the multitude of forcefields around the ship will interfere greatly with both scans and beaming and around the CIC in particular as it is the mostly heavily concentrated in forcefields. She is checking the computer core area as we speak now. She feels there is no reason the Ranger could not act as a Communications hub though as the Ranger computer is not infected the same way as the Chimera’s.=^=

Rear Admiral M’Ressa
Sheriye CSO


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