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Main Sim- Away Team Planetside

Posted Oct. 14, 2021, 10:08 a.m. by Lieutenant Siennadye Nox (Counselor) (Amber DeSadier)

Posted by Lieutenant Steven Leon Marsh (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim- Away Team Planetside

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Avik (XO) in Main Sim- Away Team Planetside

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Marsh glanced at the Commander’s non-responsive comm badge.

Whether it was coincidental or by design, the attendant and their escort team looked up into the sky after Avik’s failed attempt to contact the Europa. Something held their attention for a handful of second before their attention returned to the away team. “Your ship has gone quiet.”

GM Dread

Marsh pulled out his tricorder and started scanning. Certainly not powerful enough to detect the ship at this distance… it could detect decaying elements that were coming towards them… which an exploded ship would be. “And how exactly do you know that?”

Marsh

Sllyro looked at Marsh. “After your ship arrived near our station and gave back our vessel it had been under constant watch. Until just a moment ago it had been giving off emissions of various spectrums but now nothing is being emitted. It’s still there but silent.”

Their words seemed to be truthful as far as the evidence showed, which was the tricorder not picking up any signs of the destruction of the ship.

GM Dread

Avik seized up Sllyo and his escort, her body locked into her standing position for several moments. She hadn’t realized her breath was held until she forced herself to exhale. The statement that followed was… unsettling even for a Vulcan. Naturally Marsh asked the same question she had been considering asking. She let their hosts explain and found herself only slightly relieved. At least the ship wasn’t destroyed, but that indicated a power failure or worse on the Europa.

“That is concerning to hear. Are your people able to detect any life signs onboard?” If the power was offline, they couldn’t simply stand here and do nothing. However, it was difficult to know what to do since the ship was above them and they were stuck down here.

–XO, Avik, Lt. Cmdr

Sllyro shook their head. “We don’t have the capability. We can see your ship and and could detect emissions but nothing beyond the hull. We are unsure of the status of the rest of your people.”

GM Dread

“There’s no wreckage, but no return signal, that would have to be a mass power event, the computer should be able to respond.” He didn’t know how the ships emergency power would be drained so quickly.

Marsh tapped his comm badge =^=Lieutenant Marsh - To Europa automated response code 2211… initiate.=^=

“We need to get back up there.” Marsh more thought he needed to get back up there.

Marsh

Sienna also looked skyward. She clamped down on her worry before it could effect Avik though deep inside she was incredibly concerned. She turned to Marsh. Would the Europa be best assisted by adding yet another crewman to the problem? She wondered about that. As much as she wished to be there, she would simply be in the way of people who were likely already handling the problem… whatever it was.... if they could. She swallowed hard and turned to Sllyro. “Is there anyway you can send a ship from your station to check on the Europa and report back to us?”

Nox, CNS

Sllyro shook their head again. “We have already visually checked your ship since the moment it drew near to our station. We haven’t noticed any changes beyond the emissions stopping. Curiously the 380 to 700 nanometer wavelengths stopped as well but we have no idea what the use of those were.”

GM Dread

Avik’s eyes flickered to Marsh then Nox, her mental defenses raised on impulse. It wasn’t necessary when Nox reigned in her emotions causing the XO to relax. With a deep breath, she rolled out her thoughts on the matter. She addressed Marsh first.

“Marsh, I would agree if we had more information. However, without that, we risk adding to the problem if we go up there without answers. The CO is trained to handle dangerous situations and has more crew up here than we do down here.” She hated to say it, but without information they risked creating a bigger issue.

“I think our first task is to figure out what happened and if we can come up with a solution from here. Going up there should be our last option unless information proves otherwise. Right now, all we know is the ship has no power. I suspect Engineering is likely working on that issue and trying to fix it.” Avik let the thought linger for a moment then moved on.

“One possible theory is that the source could be somewhere outside of the ship. Something that neither of our groups know about.” She made sure to include the last part to prevent additional hostility from emerging. Considering their last reaction, she didn’t feel like treading over the same mistake and wasting time.

“Marsh, do you think if you had access to the data that it might help with answers or do you have other ideas?”

He tilted his head, frustrated he wasn’t at the point of the spear - dealing with the problem directly. “Any information is better than no information.” He spun the tricorder up looking up for things that projected the inverse waves of 380 to 700 nanometer or something that produced those frequencies.

No doubt Marsh was chomping at the bit to be up there and fixing things. He prided himself on his abilities and intellect and with good reason. She could feel his frustration and felt for him. Her eyes gazed upward at the unseen ship and she tried not to think about her worry.

Her attention then turned to Nox. “Nox, could you possibly talk with the individuals that observed the ship? They might have some information that you could help collect and piece together.”

She nodded her head and turned to Sllyro hoping he could facilitate such a discussion or provide further information.

While Avik didn’t air it, she felt Nox could also determine if someone was hiding something. It was strange that shortly after they established first contact that the Europa’s power went off and even the emergency power didn’t reactivate. Though it was just a suspicion and she had no evidence to back this up. All she could do was rule it out at least.

–XO, Avik, Lt. Cmdr

Marsh

Nox, CNS


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