Posted by Gamemaster Rei (GMT) in Main Sim - Bridge

Posted by Ensign Jhalae Ynuchausti (Acting Chief Engineer) in Main Sim - Bridge

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Natasha Knight (Chief Medical Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge
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Any lifesigns picked up by the lateral sensor arrays came from micro-organisms within the target. Gut bacteria and the like. There were no other lifesigns ahead, no neural activity, no electrical signals. And sensors showed thermal decay. The object was losing heat on a steady track, and would be on the mark for approximately nine hours of exposure to hard vacuum at this distance from the system’s star and concealed in a relatively dim, dark place.

((Small physics lesson as the best and brightest in Starfleet would know this. Space is cold, but not cold like we think about or associate it. Space is nothing. There is nothing to conduct or convect heat away from the human body. And the human body is very well insulated. The only mechanism to lose heat in hard vacuum is radiation. You radiate heat, which is detectable via infrared light, which is why there’s a thermal readout. The object is about 64°F and continuing to cool. But without something like a chemical reaction, nuclear reaction, or other source of energy input/output, the object continues to cool due to radiating away it’s energy. But it will take approximately 24 hours to really start freezing. ))

Rei

OOC: That is a fascinatingly morbid’ish thought :-P I learned something today!

IC: “Alright, we have somewhere to start,” Dante glanced across at Andriss before focusing on who, what and where.

Opening the Comm, he brought up the Chief Engineer as well as addressing the Chief Science Officer who was on the Bridge.
=/\= Lieutenant Ch’Thaanaq, we have a piece of debris from the B’hari, part of the Bridge, in the Cargo Bay. We need decontamination procedures in place and I would like you and Lieutenant Commander Graham to scour their computers for any retrievable information. Who attacked them, where they came from, anything that might help. =/\=

Teller nodded to the Captain from his console and headed to meet up with Lieutenant Ch’Thaanaq.

From the bridge Atoded grabbed the piece of the B’hari’s bridge and tractored it (OOC or beamed not sure which works here Lady GM). Coordinating with the Ops officer on duty in the Cargo Bay they brought the large piece of debris in.

((Either works. The piece is not that big. Not much bigger than a small speed boat. Either way the shields will have to come down for a short period.))

Next, he opened a line to Natasha.

=/\= Nat, we have a dead body out there. We’re bringing it in under isolation protocol and lets see if we can identify the poor soul. Indications are its’ been floating for 9 hours. You might want to make some space, I’m hoping to find more of the crew from the destroyed ship we are investigating but indications are, no life pods survived or are present. =/\=

=/\=Nat here=/\= she responded from sickbay. =/\=Understood=/\= Natasha replied and waited for the body to be beamed into the isolation pod in sickbay via protocol.

Nat Knight CMO

“Counselor, I’m not sure how much you can help the Doctor but I’d like you to pop into Sickbay and see if there is any insight or help you can offer.” Dante turned to Sheleah beside him.

Sheleah nodded, turned, and left the bridge.

• Sheleah

Closing off the Comm, he turned to Atoded. “Brenna beam that body into sickbay under an isolation field, and keep an eye on the ship sensors. Whoever did this may still be out there. How are our shields holding up?”

Captain Knight, CO

“Aye Sir.” Brenna locked onto the body floating out there. What a horrible way to die. She keyed up the isolation sequence. =/\=Atoded to Sickbay. Locked onto the isolation pod, energizing now.=/\= Her hand slid over the keys as the body was pulled into the transporter beam and reappeared in sickbay.

Then her attention went back to the scans and sensors. She checked the power reading on the shields as well.

Atoded, CoS

For the moment everything was still in the green, but a few were starting to head for falling below 80%, the yellow zone. Ionization against the shields was increasing on a steady track and a charge was building.

“Captain, ionization is increasing steadily and there is a charge beginning to build,” the CoS reported.

Atoded, CoS

Andriss noticed the look from the Captain.

“Captain, permission to join Lieutenant Commander Graham and Lieutenant Ch’Thaanaq in the Cargo Bay? I was a Science Officer once upon a time, you know.”

-XO Andriss Krex

((Details in MOTD updated, including status board. ;3 ))

Rei

“No life signs other than bacteria have been detected in the vicinity, Captain,” Jensen announced once the scans have returned. Truhart didn’t want to specify how it was most likely the bacteria from the individual’s stomach, that had spewed out into space.

Cadet Truhart
Helm

((I think I got everything for now. Transport of body was successful. Tractor or transport of the wreckage is also successful with some minor interference.))
Rei

Andriss stood from his seat. He was getting a little worried this could be a salvage instead of a search and rescue–or was this just a piece of a ship that could possibly still be intact? He wondered what they would find based off their new acquisitions.

“Any new information as we scan? There has to be more out there,” he murmured, almost to himself.

-XO Andriss Krex

The Helmsman wasn’t sure if they would find any survivors at this point. The Saracen had a few systems dipping below 80%, and the longer they were there, the more it would drain. His biggest worry, however, were the shields. Not only were they needed to protect against the radiation, but also to whatever could be lurking in the dark.

Truhart
Helm

In the blue depths of the nebula sat the Saracen. The ebb and flow of cosmic dust, the remains of some celestial body continued without care. Around her were the dozen sensor probes forming a larger cloud, expanding her senses. Echoes and swirling shadows in the dark held at bay. The sensors themselves registered ionization along their hull as much as the shields of the Saracen were.

In the bubble of awareness around the Saracen there were other chunks of floating metal, the flotsam of a wrecked ship. Most around the same size as the one they had already picked up. All had the integrity of a ripped apart soda can. The total mass was almost to the metric ton of the dry mass of the ship. They were floating in the middle of the B’hari’s remains.

Around them were warm spots, relative to the vacuum of space. Almost a dozen humanoid figures. The crew. Counting the one they beamed aboard, that made a dozen. A dozen souls in the void.

As the probes reported more information through the stellar fog, another source of energy made itself known. A signal, a subspace ping, matched by conventional short range signals, both on a standard Federation emergency frequency.

Contact with the signal showed it was from the B’hari. When studied by the sensor net, it was very small. The size of a small case. The ship’s black box, designed to withstand all but the most rigorous of catastrophic events.

Rei

“Captain we’re picking up roughly 11 more heat signatures of deceased crew. And I have a lock on what appears to be the B’hari’s back box.” Atoded reported.

Atoded, CoS

“It seems the B’hari sustained significant damage,” said Jhalae. “We should proceed with caution. I have no idea what can rip apart a ship in that manner.” She initiated the tractor beam to pull the crew and the black box aboard.

Ynuchausti, Engineer

Being that tractor beams are generally short range, and the nebula’s interference has shortened transporter ranges it’ll take a little bit to scoop up all the things.The ‘cloud’ of debris is big enough to fit the entire Earth inside of, with a fair bit of wiggle room to spare.

Andriss’s mood certainly shifted. A dozen souls, left to the void of space. Now it was up to the Saracen to care for them until they could be returned to their people.

But the bigger question remained–why the B’hari and who, exactly, pulled the trigger or made the order. He sat in his seat solemnly.

=^=I’m afraid that we have more bodies incoming, Medical. Do you have room down there for twelve or can I help you find alternative arrangements?=^= Andriss said into his comm badge.

-XO Andriss Krex

=/\=We are not the morgue and that only holds two. Send them to a cargo bay and put them in a stasis field. We can’t work on more than four without turning us into a morgue. Send us five and the other seven to the cargo bay. When we process the first half we can do the next. I will also send down a few nurses to take some samples but the stasis pods should keep them in the same condition they arrived in until we get to them.=/\=

Natasha Knight CMO, crossposted by ShaunTee

Jhalae silently did as the CMO requested.

Andriss pulled out a PADD and sent a message to the NE in the Cargo Bay on Deck 7.

=^=Copy that. They’ll be waiting for you on Deck 7, Lt. Commander Knight,=^= Andriss said. =^=Let us know if you need our support.”

-XO Andriss Krex

=/\=Roger dodger=/\= Natasha said closing off the comms.

Knight CMO

“I’d like to remind everyone that our shields are down nearly 40 percent from our arrival…” Truhart called out trying to make time a priority, “We don’t want to run into whatever did this with low shield strength.”

Truhart
Helm

“I agree. With our shields down to more than half their capacity, we must proceed with caution.”

Ynuchausti, Engineer

Foster stepped away from the Security station and faced the Captain. “If we transfer power from the weapon systems and to the shields, that should give us enough strength to last another hour”.

Foster
COS

Jahlae waited for the okay to do the transfer. Hopefully they wouldn’t need the additional power but who knows what they were headed for. Whatever destroyed the B’Hari was still out there and they needed to be ready.

Ynuchausti, CE

=/\=Captain, I have done my first preliminary review of the body. It appears to be a human male about 40 years of age. Right now my best guess is that some explosion of some sort killed him and he was then ejected out into space. He had severe burns and lost an arm which would not usually happen unless he was trying to hold onto something and his arm was ripped off as he got sucked into space. He is emitting a low level of radiation which again leads me to think it was some sort of accident on the ship which started it all. I am about to start my next autopsy. I will contact you if I find anything different with the next body. Knight out. =/\=

Natasha Knight CMO

As the ship continued to carefully maneuver from piece to piece the tactical board lit up. Three probes popped an alert before their signals went dark. The lateral sensor array noted a scattering of nadion particles, and new debris clusters where the probes used to be. Destroyed by something, likely phaser fire. A quick check showed that the Saracen’s weapons systems were cold and had not fired. The shots came from somewhere else.

The remaining sensors from the ship and farther away probes also alerted. A large indistinct shape loomed in the fog, not far from the edge of the debris cloud. And the black box…

Rei

((Sorry for the delay folks. Was waiting on our fearless Captain, but it seems he is otherwise occupied still. I wanted to give him a good chance to hop in before this happened. But the show must go on. – Sam H.))

While waiting for the Captain’s answer for the power transfer, LtJG Foster’s panel began flashing alerts regarding the probes. “Probe 1 has been destroyed, Probe 2 has been destroyed, and Probe 3 has been destroyed, Captain!” The COS ran quick sensor scans of the area to get a better picture. “There’s something in the fog, sir.....”

Foster
COS

The destruction of the probes caused her left eye to twitch. “We need to brace for an attack!” Jhalae said with obvious concern in her voice. Everything happened so fast and the appearance of the unknown object in the fog was unexpected. “Whatever that is” She pointed to the screen, “destroyed my precious probes and probably the B’Hari. With our shields at 40% we won’t be able to take any significant hits.” However she checked the shield stats and saw it they were at actually 80%. How she’d missed that she wasn’t sure but she corrected herself as she cleared her throat, “Actually, nevermind, our shields seem to be holding at a healthy 80%.” To make up for her mishap on the shields she said, “I think there is a way to neutralize the ionization.” There was a pause as she tried to recall some of her engineering training. She was sure they’d undergone a scenario that involved ionization before. “I am almost certain that if we polarize the shields, we can disperse the electrostatic charge that is causing it. Although everyone should be prepared for some minor electro shocks. It’s shouldn’t be too bad and certainly not life threatening.”

Ynuchausti, CE

((Reminder: The clock is ticking, and there’s only seconds before that enemy vessel is close enough to scoop up the black box and run.))

Rei

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