Posted by Lieutenant Priscilla Simms (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge - The Arrival

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Posted by Lieutenant Commander Renveer (Executive Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge - The Arrival
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Renveer nodded his acknowledgement to Hsull. “Good. Keep our weapons similarly powered down, we’ll approach this from a diplomatic standpoint as long as we can.” Though he had no idea how things were progressing down in the cargo bay, Renveer hoped that the lack of communication from the Captain meant some progress was being made. “Still, this is alien technology, Chief. See if you can get any more information on the ship’s systems and purpose. Is it a warship or a science vessel, for example?”

Renveer turned his attention to the viewscreen as he watched the probe depart. He resisted the urge to stand over Lieutenant Simms’ shoulder, instead standing tensely in the center of the bridge, waiting for any update from anyone.

(Lt. Cmdr. Renveer, XO)
OOC: Cross posted

On Simms’ screen a message detailing Gadi and Holloway’s conversation would appear with a request for her to determine if the idea was feesible or bust:
Bethany just shook her head as the weapons appeared out of his pockets. The brass knuckles were a nice touch, the pocket knife, well no Southern man worth his salt would be caught dead without one. She stared down the connecting tube, tapping a finger to her thigh, listening to the conversation around her and thinking. Bethany wasn’t really a full fledged intel officer, but her job entailed listening and remembering random pieces of information and putting them together. “Captain, I’m not an engineer or a science officer for that matter, so I could be completely off base. But I remember reading a report where emergency transporter armbands were modified to use as a very sensitive phase discriminator to create a subspace isolation field. They were then used to allow the crew members to move through a temporal distortion without being affected.” Additional bands could be made to attach to crew they needed to help fix the problem from the station - possibly. She wasn’t sure they could be used to bring someone OUT of the loop. “And if there is someone from the station on that ship, but caught in the loop…even being able to get over there and observe what is happening could be useful.”
OOC: reference: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Timescape_(episode)

Molly was a fully fledged Intel officer, but she was as far from a scientist as one could be. “Send that idea through to Lieutenant Simms. If there’s someone that could make it work, it’s her. And right now, no idea is a bad idea.”
Lt Gadi, CNS

Hsull’s four fingered hands moved over the tactical console the tips of his claws making a slight clicking noise as he activated various readouts and data streams. He was wishing the data from the probes was all ready in the data banks. “Sir, as near as I can tell from what data we have, it’s not a war ship, perhaps a science or exploration vessel. Their armament seems more defensive than offensive. We should know more as soon as the probes send us some data.” Hsull checked the video feed from inside the umbilical. “Sir, it seems Mr. Forgrave has entered the alien vessel along with the counselor.” Hsull wished he had been there with Forgrave as he found he really liked the strange talking Security Chief, but his place was here on the bridge for the moment.

Hsull - TO
OOC: If I’m wrong as to the alien vessel, let me know.

OOC: You are pretty close to spot-on! Well done!

GMT

OOC: Fixing some splits

As the first probe moved out of the launch bay, it was noticably tracked by the alien craft, but no reaction was made by the ship. As it moved towards the station, a more clear view could be seen through the transparent dome that topped the facility.

Inside everything seemed frozen. People in mid-stride… a dropped mug hanging in the sir before crashing to the floor… a small drone flying from one lab to another… and most noticeable was a group of the aliens and Star Fleet officers and civilian scientists ducking for cover next to a table on which sat a small, unknown device which pulsated with a golden aura. The device looked like a small star, it shone so bright. Further information from the probe put it at the epicenter of the temporal field.

GMT

Hsull was carefully monitoring the audio and video feeds from the away team as well as trying to determine who, what and why the aliens and their vessel were and what their intentions were. He switched from that to a split image of what the probe was sending back. Speaking to the XO, “Cdr. it appears that there is some kind of device in the station that has frozen everyone and thing in time, it also seems that Mr. Forgrave can communicate with the aliens at least on some level, all I get are the same musical tones so far.” Hsull’s bronze furred fingers moved rapidly over his console, “There’s still no evidence of any hostile intent, other than Mr. Forgrave getting zapped by that drone.”

Hsull - TO

Renveer looked over Lieutenant Simms’ shoulder at the visual displayed by the probe of the inside of the station. He whirled to walk back to the center of the bridge, nodding acknowledgment to Chief Hsull as he did so.

Renveer took a breath, then tapped his comm badge. =/\= Renveer to Holloway. We have visual of the inside of the starbase. The phenomenon seems to originate from a small, pulsating, brightly lit device. There are aliens aboard the station, and based on how they’re frozen alongside the Starfleet personnel, they might have been discussing the object with Federation scientists when it started… emanating this field. If the aliens know anything more about the object, that information would provide another piece of the puzzle. =/\=

The executive officer looked back at Hsull. “That thing looks like it’s generating a lot of power. See if the sensors can determine if it has a stable energy source or not. If it’s going to explode at some point, I don’t want that to be a surprise.”

(Lt. Cmdr. Renveer, XO)

OOC: Just a reminder to be careful about splitting the thread! Fixing a split below:

Priscilla hated to do it, but she knew Drellik would want to see what was going on. She tapped the comms, =^=Drillek to the bridge. We’re getting info on the station.=^= The fact she had mispoken and been laid into like an Ensign on their first day at the Academy was still boiling her blood. She had seen other mistakes, worse mistakes, since his arrival and they had merely been frowned at and corrected. Maybe it was her position or the fact she shouldn’t have mispoken when she did. But either way, she still rankled from it. And deep down she knew it was worse because she admired the man as well as felt bad for him.

Shaking herself out of the train of thought, she kept up the scan of the station. “Well at least the distortion, from our end, is slow. I am curious what speed they are running in inside the bubble. And are they aware of the difference?” She knew it wasn’t something that could actually be answered. But her mind seemed to think aloud when she was more than a little curious.

Priscilla
CSO

Molly’s voice came through the comms once more, replying to Renveer. =/\= Thank you, Commander. Lieutenant Forgrave seems to be able to understand the beings after what we thought was an attack. I’ll let you know of any progress we make. Is there any more information on the device? Are there any logs of an object of the kind being studied by the station personnel? Project reports, scientific papers, is there anything that mentions something similar at all? =/\=

Holloway, CO

Hsull checked his readouts and current sensor data, hopefully they would know more when the probes finished their scans. “As near as I can tell, things are fairly stable, at least for now. My take on this is that the aliens found this device and not knowing what it was accidentally triggered it and came to the station for help. Not knowing that it would affect the station as well. It seems we need to shut the thing off somehow,.........the how being the problem, I realize I’m stating the obvious, but thinking aloud sometimes stimulates ideas from others.” Hsull looked around the bridge, hoping someone would have an idea about disarming the device.

Hsull - TO

Sensor readings were flooded with temporal ‘static’ coming from the field, but it was thankfully steady in it’s output. Previous logs from the station provided no clue as to the nature or solution to the field problem. In fact, the station’s logs mentioned nothing about the object or the aliens at all.

GMT

Renveer sighed through his nose in relief at Hsull’s report. “That’s my interpretation of events as well, Chief,” Renveer agreed. He sat down in the executive officer’s chair for the first time since they arrived at the station and scrolled through the logs. “Lieutenant Simms, do you think an EMP wave would shut down the device safely? Or would such a wave even be able to penetrate the temporal field?”

After reviewing the logs for a moment, he pressed his badge once again. =/\= Renveer to Holloway. There are no logs on the station that mention the device or the aliens, it’s a dead-end. The only hope we have for more information is from the aliens Lieutenant Forgrave is conversing with. =/\=

(Lt. Cmdr. Renveer, XO)

Drillek came onto the bridge and went to the Science console. “What are we seeing, Lieutenant?” he asked quietly.

GMT

Priscilla took a mental deep breath then smiled at Drillek. She wanted their old report back and was willing to be the first to make the move that direction. “We got a probe to make a sweep. Look…” she tapped the console to replay the footage. He would see the mug, hanging in mid fall, a small delivery drone in frozen limbo between labs… and the group of officers and aliens covering their heads and ducking away from a bright star looking spot in the middle of a table that was the center of the temporal field.

She gave him a moment to digest what he was seeing before she continued. “The XO wants to know if a directed EMP may disrupt the field. I am worried it will cripple both us and the alien ship as well. And if we can get us far enough to not get caught in a backlash, or positioned in just the right way to keep it directionally away from us, I still worry the alien ship will be caught in it either way.” She kept playing the various scenarios over in her head. In everything she was thinking, the station, at least, and the alien ship would be completely shut down from the EMP. Then the question of life support, gravity and other necessary systems came into play. Could they get everyone out in time if it did work?

Priscilla
CSO

Drillek looked at the footage and then zoomed in on the ‘star’ and made a hmmm-ing noise to himself.

“See there?” and he pointed at the group of aliens and scientists. “They are all together in a group. Looking the same place at the same time, not at each other… and their reactions are the same: ducking and trying to get away. They are cooperating. Whatever that -” and he pointed at the glowing object, “- is, then that is what we have to deal with. And until we know more about that, I wouldn’t risk anything. And I doubt an EMP would do anything anyway. This is a temporal issue. An EMP would most likely just end up frozen in the same loop and then continue once the loop was ended… at which point we wouldn’t need the EMP anyway. No… I think what we may need is anti-chronitons. But until we know more about what we are dealing with? I wouldn’t recommend any ‘guesses’.”

GMT