Posted July 13, 2020, 5:21 a.m. by Lieutenant T'Pria (Chief Engineer) (Sharon Miller)
Posted by Commander Ivo Černý (Executive Officer / Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim - Landing Party 1 - Cerny & T’Pria With NEs
Posted by Rear Admiral CockRoach (GM) in Main Sim - Landing Party 1 - Cerny & T’Pria With NEs
[snip]NE Frist nodded, “..Aye ma’am..” He said hopping into the truck. The fire truck itself used a system of projected foam and chemical high pressure water from its tanks to put out blazes. It was an older model that lacked the forcefield projection capabilities like newer models. Taking a breath Fritz turned on the truck which after two tries fired up from its fusion batteries. Turning the suppression system on he aimed it at a nearby pile of rubble and sure enough the system worked!
”..Seems we’re good ma’am!” he stated turning off the truck.
GM CockRoach
As NE Frist fired up the fire truck’s systems, nearby about 300 or so yards off the herd of cows had moved a bit closer from before. They were slowly moving eating at non-burnt spots of grass or such or just milling out seemingly doing cow things.
GM CockRoach
“Now that we know that works, let’s see if we can’t use this thing to clear a path through the fire into the mine,” Cerny thought aloud. “A message from down there means someone might still be there.”
– Ivo Cerny, XO/CSO
“Agreed, Commander,” T’Pria nodded, indicating for Frist to vacate the equivalent of the pilot’s seat and sliding into it herself. “The controls to the vehicle are rudimentary but…I believe I can operate them sufficiently to propel us in a given direction.”
At that moment, it appeared as if something far off to the left had caught the Vulcan’s attention. Staring over Černý’s shoulder for a few moments, she eventually fixed her eyes back on his and added, “It appears that we are about to be joined by those we should not trust” - (was there a hint of sarcasm in her tone with those words? Possibly it was merely a dampening effect due to her being inside the vehicle) - “At any rate, I suggest we move out with reasonable expediency, Sir.”
- Lt T’Pria (CE)
Frist spoke up, “..All systems are still go, no problems I can see here yet. The turning radius is a little off kilter but no surprise given the front end damage..” he reported.
GM CockRoach
“Yep, let’s go,” Cerny agreed. He was perfectly happy to let T’Pria drive, and took the passenger side position. “Anyone who can’t fit should be able to hang on the side of the truck.” That’s still a thing, right? he thought. He hadn’t actually seen a fire truck in… well… he couldn’t actually remember. They weren’t very necessary on Earth anymore.
He also looked to see if he could roll down a window or otherwise make some other form of equivalent opening that could be used to aim his phaser at any approaching cows. They were still far off, but he figured they would likely continue closing on their position. He didn’t draw it yet, instead opting to fiddle with the tricorder afterwards to figure out exactly where they needed to go and how to best get there.
The fire truck hat electrical windows so they could be lowered if he wanted. Getting to where they wanted to go wouldnt be hard, just a mile or so down the road to the mine which still belched smoke from its opening.
“Does that water cannon swivel?” he asked idly as he tried to look at a map.
– Ivo Cerny, XO/CSO
NE Fritz spoke from the back, “..Yep! Why you ask sir? Want me to hose down the cows when they get closer?” He chuckled.
GM CockRoach
“Actually, yes,” Cerny replied, deadly seriously as he kept looking at the map. “But only on my command.”
“There is a road,” he told T’Pria. “The most expedient option is probably to just use it. If we encounter resistance from…” He hesitated as if the idea was actually still too silly to take seriously. “… the cows, you can probably just circle around them off road. The water cannon should be sufficient, but if you keep them on our right side, I can add my phaser to the crowd control effort.”
He adjusted the scanning settings on the tricorder to see if he could localize all of the cows and plot their positions relative to the road.
– Ivo Cerny, XO/CSO
“Agreed, Commander,” T’Pria replied, “maneuvering the vehicle onto the road now, Sir.”
Simple the controls might have been, but a smooth ride it was not. More accustomed to entering mathematical values into a terminal, here T’Pria found that she had to depress a large pedal in the floorboard to gain any movement from the vehicle, with another, separate pedal to the left to bring it to a stop. However, the ratio of pressure on the movement pedal to the speed the vehicle would obtain was…curious. And so, the truck began a series of lurching jumps followed by abrupt stops as it inched across the grass and onto the indicated road.
“This vehicle is…problematic,” the Vulcan exclaimed with rising frustration. In that moment, all attempts at emotional control seemed futile. Indeed, were Surak himself to materialise and appeal for internal harmony, T’Pria considered that she would gain an immense sense of pleasure from running him over with the truck.
But eventually, she gained control over the mechanical beast and the fire truck adopted a more even acceleration as it continued along the road and towards the smoke-engulfed mine.
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