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Posted Dec. 4, 2019, 7:35 p.m. by Captain Calvin Marius (Captain) (Luke Hung)

Posted by Lieutenant Dagen Thor (CE) in Bridge

Posted by Gamemaster GM (Gamemaster) in Bridge

Posted by Lieutenant Dagen Thor (CE) in Bridge
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Dagen departed the meeting and returned to his space on the bridge. For a minute he listened to the others file out as he himself stared out the viewscreen. “Could it be that one of these things is not like the other?” he pondered.

=^= Computer, access public knowledge base on the Pallasian networks including corporate sites. Run a historical technological survey based on the past century of Pallasian development. Compare with average technological development of similar known races. Report on any deviations from standard time difference. =^= That would potentially highlight any leaps that might account for any other alien visitations having occurred. He would start there and see ..
- Dagen

As the computer presented its results, the CE could see that the Pallasians were actually slightly slower than the average in its technological development. The problem was that they relied only on nuclear power. Their technology was geared towards improving safety in nuclear power. Once they discovered nuclear power, they relied heavily on it. The fact that their planet had reliable deposits of uranium ore was one factor. The other factor was when they discovered that the colony planet had uranium deposits as well, although not as high as they had expected. Nuclear power had allowed them enough energy to develop the technologies that they had now. The efficiency of the technology was based on how to reduce energy requirements for their equipment. The analysis showed that they probably did not have any contact with other races but had imagined that there would be life in other planets as well, thus, their sending of probes into space. The computer showed that the key stumbling block to their advance is that their warp engines were still using nuclear power.

GM

Dagen chewed on a nail while he thought further on this. Okay, it didn’t seem like there were other alien influences to their technology. Chan was seeing where they stood with their ‘Area 51’s‘ as they called it on Earth. Trill had another name for a simlar thing - the Truser Files after the official named Truser began investigating the potential of alien visitations on Trill in their distant past. He wouldn’t go there in her area of seeking. Dagen would keep on with their technology levels. What else might be driving them? =^= Computer, from their historical and current reserves of nuclear fissible fuel on their homeworld and colony world, taking that information from their public records, and their current utilization of fission for fuel and space craft - what is the projection of when they may exhaust this fuel? =^=

The charts the computer showed that the Pallasian would be facing a dangerously bad fuel shortage in 175 years. A significant portion of their fuel were used in space craft engine development. They would have about 250 years equivalent if they did not develop space craft engines.

And, as a follow up question =^= Computer, have they attempted other forms energy and power for one: their world - that yields more than 15% of their total power generation, and two: different power sources for their warp drives? =^=
-Dagen, CE

The computer showed that the development of biofuels had helped in the fuelling of some of the vehicles. Biofuel was responsible for half of their air pollution problems. Hydrogen as a fuel was also researched but in the end the extraction of hydrogen from water was considered too inefficient.

For the second question, the answer given was negative. They had tried to develop other engines but could not see how to carry the amount of fuel to generate enough energy for the warp drives. Uranium was so far the most convenient.

GM

So they were stuck, Dagen thought. While they still had a great deal of uranium deposits and had done well with them, they were simply not going to ‘move’ very far unless they had help or a breakthrough. It was no wonder they went all googly eyed when he had mentioned fusion. Not that that would get them hugely far with warp technology as it stood, though all the same, they could devise something much more efficient with fusion tech. On a straight technological basis they were in a rut. Sure they had a century or more of time to work at it with their reserves, but barring any kind of breakthrough they were going to run out.

Chewing a nail still he tried to think of what was next and things that they had said and what they had observed. They were very good with their nuclear program. Poor on their colony etiquette. Iffy perhaps on their central government. But his focus was on first encounters and their tech. And right now he was not finding anything beyond what they had essentially told them. Their ship blowing up in their warp test was telling. Unless, of course, another group was waiting to step in to ‘rescue’ them when they reached desperate levels. Still .. they did appear to be on the desperate side in their tour. He needed Reia’s thoughts on this but she was off on the away mission. perhaps that would help them get a better view of things. Just the thought of her was making him restless, and he forced himself to focus.

If they didn’t have an energy crisis so to speak … hmmm.
- Dagen, pondering ..

=^= Computer. Projection analysis. What is the most likely new energy technology they will develop? Will they do so before current uranium reserves are exhausted? And, are they working on alternative engine designs for their spacecraft? =^=
- Dagen

The computer showed that there are two most likely new energy technologies: fusion power and tapping on the wind, solar and wave power. However, there were obstacles present in the present way the Pallasians were doing their research. The Pallasians usually took the shorter and more convenient route. At the their present stage, to reach their first artificial fusion reaction, they would need to generate large amounts of energy to discover the possibility of artificially generating a fusion reaction. Their track record suggested that they were not able to see the economic investment for the next generation. They were likely not pursue that course because it would not make economic sense in the present situation. As for using natural forces to generate energy, the same problem arose. Research would be expensive and the Pallasians were not willing to make that investment as they were looking for more immediate gains.

Dagen winced. Utilizing the ‘clean’ energy resources like wind and wave and solar was fine, however it was prone to being inconsistent and reliant on that very thing they were tapping. Unless they moved their solar collectors to orbit they were going to run into a great deal of trouble there. However they were on the right track. Their nuclear energy, too, was relatively clean energy when contained. Their fusion research was, well, it was no wonder they were all doe eyed when they Dagen had mentioned fusion. Truly, that was not a technology that was not ‘untoward’ to trade for and help given that they were a warp society. Even if they didn’t join the Federation they could become trade partners and Fusion corporations would be willing to help.

If, however they were willing to take the leap of faith, they were surely be able to develop either technology before their uranium resources run out. If they started to develop fusion technology without counting the immediate cost, they would take about 80 years to reach a viable fusion reactor. They would have just short of a century of uranium deposits left. The computer also noted that the Pallasians were not looking at methods to process their radioactive waste. If they were, they would be able to stretch their uranium reserves for another 50 years. If they developed, wind, solar and wave power, they would be able to develop those technologies in 50 years, thereby allowing their uranium reserves to be in use for another 150 years. With the added research to process their radioactive waste, they could potentially stretch their uranium resources to last about another 200 years.

Given their very impressive clean up of their drive failure earlier Dagen was surprised at their inefficiency at utilizing their waste products. They looked to be a people who took short cuts with their technologies. Many did and still succeeded. The Klingons for one, as well as the Romulans. Groups could help with their waste as well without contravening any regulations of any sort. Trade was different from membership that held other benefits.

The Pallasians have tried but failed to develop alternative space craft engines. The computer detected a development centre at the other end of the continent trying to develop an alternative engine. That was the engine that they were attempting to test when the Genesis encountered them.

GM

Dagen pondered this .. hmmm
Dagen - CE

Dagen chewed on the edge of a nail as he thought things through more. They were warp capable, at least while their nuclear resources lasted. They had ‘met’ the Federation. There was no reason that, even if they were unable to ‘join’ the Federation that they could not trade. Fusion was not a huge step up in tech - in the graph of technology anyway. To the Pallasians it was big, however it was not like a trade for Fusion would break anyone’s sensibilities. They had space radiation collectors that were extremely efficient. That alone could be a viable ‘trade’ item. Dagen tapped in to do a search for other ‘unique’ technologies that they had that would match with other known ‘needs’ that other worlds might have.
- Dagen

Because the Pallasians had not gone beyond the nuclear warp engines, they were not aware that they had a good source of the various rare metals that would be needed other planets for warp engines and the construction of subspace communication devices.

GM

Dagen whistled. They were sitting on a latinum mine here. He turned about, “Captain, I have some information that could be useful relating to the Pallosians and potential trade with the Federation. This could work out to be mutually beneficial.”
- Dagen

OOC: Not on the ship right now… but…

=^=Its not all about the money, but that might explain why the pirates are so quiet… if they found some Ferengi or the like who would like deal undercover.”
Marius


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