Posted by Lieutenant Michael Gould (Chief Engineer) in USS Dragoon: Atten: Michael Gould

Posted by Gamemaster Kenson Koh (Gamemaster) in USS Dragoon: Atten: Michael Gould

Posted by Lieutenant Michael Gould (Chief Engineer) in USS Dragoon: Atten: Michael Gould
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Toro nodded as she sent the known coordinates to the away team and the fighters “Messages are with the various teams.” She said “With the weapon that they have on the surface do you think that the crew of the Dragoon would have taken off their badges and just left them lying around?” She asked knowing full well that this was not something that a crew would not do without something happening.

CIO

“It depends on how familiar our mind controllers are with Starfleet,” Jason shrugged. “Rather than setting the Dragoon for self destruct they just left it floating in a wide orbit of the planet. I’m getting the impression that there’s a supercomputer that’s using the mind control weapon as a security system or something. There’s a good chance that finding the combadges will help us find our people.”

Jason Harn, XO and a glass half full kind of guy

Toro nodded “Would you like me to scan the surface to see if there is an unusual power source that might indicate a large computer or other system that would require the amount of power required to use this weapon?” Toro asked as she continued to scan for additional comm badges on the surface and was sending information to the away team that was on the surface.

CIO

“That’s a good idea,” Jason nodded while mentally kicking himself for not thinking of it himself. “I assumed that just because they’ve got some kind of technology that overrides our will that they’re highly advanced in other areas including hiding their energy signatures, but that’s just an assumption. For all we know they just figured out a clever way to utilize technology that we no longer use in a way we never thought of. Maybe we need a fresh set of eyes on this.” He tapped his combage. =^=Mister Gould to the bridge.=^=

Jason had been letting his mind control phobia blind him, but he wasn’t the only officer on board. There were two department heads aboard the Dragoon with him and together they could brainstorm ideas on how to make the away team’s job easier.

OOC: Ever since I saw Geordi LaForge say “Transferring engineering functions to the bridge,” I realized that there’s no excuse to leave the chief engineer in main engineering. Come to think of it, Kirk’s Enterprise had two engineering substations on the bridge too.

Jason Harn, XO, finally giving Sam Pennington a chance to post something

=/\=On my way sir.=/\= Within moments, Michael appeared. “You rang? I had Shaw transfer engineering controls to this console, we should be good to go. What can I do for you Commander?” He appeared to be in better spirits now that the ship was at least at basic function.

-Lt Michael Gould, CE

“I just thought it would be a good time for the officers aboard this ship to put their heads together and brainstorm for a bit,” Jason shrugged. “Let’s figure out what we know and see if we can find out more. Maybe we can find a way to help the away team down there. So… what do we know? What have we observed?”

Jason Harn, XO

Toro could locate the commbadges at various places on the planet: some had people nearby them, others did not. Just then a comms station showed that there was a commbadge to commbadge message on the planet. The commbadge of the one sending belonged to the XO of the Dragoon, Lieutenant Commander Conan Hartwell. He was attempting to communicate with the Dragoon’s CO.

OOC: I don’t remember giving names for the crew of the Dragoon. If I had, please point to the post. I have been searching and came up empty. :(

GM (who has gaps in his memory)

OOC: Don’t worry I don’t recall any names being given out either.

R Smith, AKA Jason Harn

OOC: The only names I can recall were the names of the child’s parents. Lt. Paul Reiser (eng) and Ens. Judith Reiser (Stellar cart) –Terry

OOC: Thanks aplenty!!

Toro looked over at Harn “It looks like the first officer is trying to contact the CO. So that could negate the theory that they have taken off their comm badges.” She said as she continued to scan for additional comm signs “Or does he think the Captain is still aboard the Dragoon?”

While she was running the searches, she began pulling up the crew manifest to learn more about the crew that might be useful to the teams on the ground.

CIO

“It depends,” Jason replied. “Is he hailing the Dragoon or trying to talk to the owner of another combadge?”

Jason Harn, XO

“I doubt anyone is trying to call the ship. Last logs indicated they intentionally shut down and abandoned ship. We could try intercepting and listening in.” Michael said. “If they’re under some kind of influence, or just coming out of it, we might hear something.”

-Lt Michael Gould, CE

“That’s a good idea,” Jason replied. “If we can hear what they are saying to each other we might be able to determine whether or not we can trust them. Toro, I know that combadge transmissions are encrypted but since we are aboard the Dragoon can we listen in on their conversation?”

Listening in, it was discovered that the XO was at a point 3 km from where the away team was. Sensors located another 5 comm badges at the location but there were two more life signs The computer confirmed that the voice belonged to Lt. Cmdr. Hartwell.

GM

“I have confirmation that the transmission is coming from the XO’s combadge and it is his voice coming across. There are 5 more combadges and 2 more life signs.” Michael looked back toward Harn. “We’ve got a pinpoint location on the XO. Approximately 3 kilometres from the away team. Next move sir?”

-Lt Michael Gould, CE

“Send the data down to the away team,” Jason decided. “Let them know where everybody is so they can get a first hand look at the situation before we start beaming people up. We beamed over a lot of people from the operations and engineering department but so far the Dragoon doesn’t have any security specialists aboard. Toro, those lifesigns, are they armed?”

Jason Harn, XO playing it safe