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Posted Dec. 7, 2021, 1:02 p.m. by Ensign Kesh (Engineer) (Daniel Bupp)

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dagen Thor (CE) in Bridge (2021 Sim)

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Magnús Pétursson (First Officer) in Bridge (2021 Sim)

Posted by Captain Calvin Marius (Captain) in Bridge (2021 Sim)
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=^= Sending =^= Thor replied, then, to Kesh, he messaged =^= Your calculations show a much less powered strike to their ships than initially considered. Work with Tactical in that. You’re the one up there and have the best view. =^=

=/\=Enough of your stalling! Our ships’ presence is proof enough!=/\=

Then the four ships powered up their weapons as they began to move around the Genesis.

The first burst of fire came forth as torpedoes. They were nuclear in nature.

GM

Magnus snorted “Masters of diplomacy them” He clasped his hands together “Target and disable weapons, let’s also see if we can take down those torpedoes before they touch us” He looked to the Captain, this was their first Combat mission together and he was curious as to his style in Ship to ship combat.

XO

Marius nodded his assent. “Tactical dedicate one battery of phasers for counter-missile uses.”

“Full reverse, back off....” Marius was going to go for range where the Genesis superior weapons would have all the advantages. “Nukes. Filthy weapons.” He shook his head. Dirty weapons but still fairly dangerous.

“Take surgical shots from where they can’t touch us.”

Marius

Dagen sent up notes to both Kesh and Tactical =^=- Their inertial systems are weak. Start at a 5% strength on phasers. Kesh, plot payload on the torpedoes and work optimal distance to neutralize them. =^=

Dagen, CE

OOC: Is any one at tactical to fire the phasers?

IC: As the Genesis reversed, the missiles altered course. These missiles were tracking their target …

GM

Oh, Marius looked at the screen. There was a good chance the Genesis was just flat faster than the missiles… “Phansers?” He pointed at the missiles on the screen.

Marius

NE Cannons at the Tactical console did as ordered. One phaser bank targetting the incoming Nuclear missiles and two other forward banks aimed at the nearest ships set at 5% power as directed by engineering. He targeted the weapons systems. “Opening fire”

NE Cannons

Kesh could say for certain that calculating the explosive yield of missiles currently incoming to the ship she is currently occupying and determining the safest possible means of detonating them was not on her list of things she enjoyed doing nor hoped to do today.

But, circumstances.

“Aye, sir.” Again she replied to Dagan quite flatly, but her focus was on ensuring the frequency of the phasers being fired by Tactical was going to have the best-possible outcome at the moment.

-> Kesh, Engineering

=^= You focus on the battle items. I’ll keep my eye on ship’s power. =^= he replied up. =^= You’re doing the work of engineer and scientist. You’re doing well. =^=
Dagen

The phasers caught the missiles. The Genesis shook and the radiation from the missiles was considerable. The shields of the Genesis held back the radiation.

The other phasers easily took out the engineering on two of the ships. However, the ships were in danger of being irradiated because engineering was keeping an energy barrier to repel the radiation. The other two ships fired another volley of missiles …

GM

OOC: Hi Kenson, clarification question .. is the energy barrier interior on the ships to keep the radiation away from the rest of the ships that originated in engineering? And if so, was that caused by the hit? Or, is the radiation the same as that plaguing the Genny from the detonations and those ships being in the area and the energy barrier was shielding that the ships were powering from engineering that went down? .. sorry, that’s a very before coffee question here .. Gene

OOC: The ships have an energy barrier to repel the radiation that results from the explosion of nuclear missiles. The controls for this barrier are found in engineering. When engineering was damaged, the barrier went offline. Hope that helps.

Marius exhaled loudly irritated. “Are they seriously about to irradiate themselves with their own weapons,” He didn’t say it but his expression screamed ‘idiots.’

“Is there any way we can take over the guidance for the nukes?” They were clearly remote controlled.

“XO, tractor beams?” He faced Magus…

Marius

Magnus half-smiled at the Captain “I recommend using the tractor beam to gently push them out of the irradiated space.” He looked back at the engineering station at Kesh “I’m assuming their weapons are as antiquated as their ships. Which means we can use the same sensor ghost trick but can we override the torpedos to avoid shooting them down?” He asked.

XO

“Their weaponry does seem to be on the same level of technology as their.. ah… vessel power systems, yes, rrrnnth.” An ear twang subtly conveyed Kesh’s displeasure of referring to the aliens’ technology as ‘antiquated’. This was no time to be picky about wording, though.

With aid from Engineering fine-tuning the power output, Kesh made sure the tractor beam output was ready to cut through the radiated particles and provide just enough force to move objects without tearing them apart. At the same time, she brings up more detail on the sensor scans of the torpedos, particularly their guidance systems.

”.. nn.. ah… rrr.. a projected IR and EM field from the deflector dish should act akin to chaff in confusing their weaponry, yes.”

-> Kesh, Engineering.

Magnus turned a pleased smile at the Engineer “Excellent, please commence confusion Ensign.” He looked back at the Captain “Permission to take out the rest of the ships and push the others out of harms way?”

XO

Marius nodded.

The ‘chaff’ that Kesh creates registers on the ship sensors more so than on the visual feed, as the deflector field is altered to act as a refactor for various energy fields, making bits and pieces of the ship’s various power signatures appear are various locations within 5000 km of the ship itself, like stepping into a house of mirrors.

Glancing over at Kesh, “Let them get closer than 5,000 km,” Marius didn’t want to reveal too much plus there wasn’t a nuke made that could damage a starship at 500 km much less 5000.

Kesh then requests Engineering to run the ship’s power systems through various spectrum cycles to encourage the missiles to focus their lock onto one of the reflections that were, briefly, the same signature as what was originally locked onto. The then delayed spectrum cycling for the ghost signals further encourages the guidance systems to search for different targets, leaving the ship’s signature as one among thousands to choose from.

Assuming, of course, the technological level of guidance systems is equal to that of the other technology on display.

-> Kesh, Engineer

Marius mumbled to himself under his breath. “Lets go with that, until we are done taking out the power on the ships. ” He gestured with his finger, “Let draw the missiles around us and detonate them on the other side of the Genesis… not too close just in case the have proximity or remote fuses.” Which they probably did.

Marius

“Aye, sir-rrth.” Kesh responded, her slurred vocal tick even more pronounced than usual while her focus was on keeping the chaff behaving properly, creating an activity not unlike the ancient earth game Missile Command, with a somewhat similar premise.

Gradually, as to avoid causing the missiles to regain their lock on the ship, the radius of the distraction field shrunk down to under 1000km, while attempting to funnel the ordinance around and into the Genesis’ wake. Thanks to the redirected power and processing cycles assigned by engineering, it becomes ever easier to tap and dab her way toward leading the missiles along like fish with millet.

-> Kesh, Engineering

The Genesis was able to divert the missiles as planned and detonated them with ease. The nearest irradiated ship then turned towards the Genesis and seemed intent to crash into her. As it was doing this the deflector shield was ready to take away power. It was now about 20 minutes from the arrival of the other ships.

GM

“Come on,” Marius said in an annoyed fashion as his fist hit his armrest. “I’ve never seen a people so motivated to die for no reason.”

“Cannons, put a tractor beam on that incoming vessel, push it out of the radiation and keep it off us then target the remaining vessels, disable weapons first then engines, try not to blow a hole in them” He ordered. The NE answered with a single ‘Aye’ and did as ordered.

XO

Marius looked at the the tactical screen. At full reverse he didn’t think the ?Loosian? ship had a chance of getting close enough to ram them. However he was ready to go to warp to keep them from killing themselves and probably scratching his paint. Marius turned to the XO. “I’m getting a little tired of saving them from themselves.”

Marius

Magnus shrugged “Perhaps we should give their backup time to arrive so they can give them relief then jump to their homeworld and say hi” He suggested, he understood the Captains feelings on this matter, this fight was a struggle not because of the skill or ability of the enemy but the lack thereof, they had to be careful not to crush them by accident.

XO

OOC: Sorry. I was hoping for someone to do the weapons and the firing … apparently no one was interested.

IC: Ops managed to get a tractor beam to deflect the Lesscoo ship.

Tactical managed to disable the weapons and the engines without disabling the radiation shields within the ship. The other ships were 15 minutes away from their location.

GM

“Put us at 200,000 kilometers from the disabled ships.” Marius looked at the board. He had fifteen minutes. “Are any of them in danger of dying before their reinforcements arrive.”

Marius

Magnus relayed the Captain’s order to the Helm NE Before returning to his chair and checking the status from his workstation “Scan the damaged vessels” He ordered as he requested the information to be relayed through his screen.

XO

OOC: Sorry. pressed the submitted button prematurely …

IC: Scans showed that the ships would survive with enough time for the arriving ships to retrieve them.

GM

Magnus looked up “They’ll be fine, sir” He said with a grin “Should we head for the homeworld and speak with their leaders?” He asked

XO

Marius stared… “Might mean we have to shoot more to get there.” He kept staring at the screen. “There is only a limited number times you can fire a gun and not accidentally hit something.” But right now he only had one good option.

“Helm set course for the Loossian home world, Warp 6.55.” He wasn’t going to get close to showing their top speed. Let them think they are working hard to break the warp 6 barrier.

Marius

The ETA for that speed was less than 5 minutes.

GM

A message came up to the Engineering station from Engineering .. =^= Kesh, please pass on when you can that I’m working on a possible peace offering for them to show we’re not all crazed pirates. I’m working out simulations to optimize their inertial dampers so they can more safely maneuver and travel in space without fear of becoming goo. =^=
- Dagen, XO

Magnus turned around and raised an eyebrow but addressed the Captain “ETA Five minutes” then turned his attention back Kesh and smiled “Well well, looks like we have a carrot to match our stick” He said jovially.

XO

Wait, what? Since when is it the chief engineer’s task to negotiate peace-offerings? Kesh opens her maw, then shuts it as her initial want to ask such things is pushed back by her want to not make waves still, despite the pool being quite churned already today.

She gets out an odd croak of noise prior to simply stating, =^= “Aye, sir” =^= in response to Dagen before quickly making sure that everything is stable on her display beforre turning to address the commander on deck.

… just in time for Magnus to already be looking at her and making that comment.

Well. At least she understands that idiom.

Hands clasp in front as her head nods once, firmly, “Rrrnth, you could call it that, sir.”

-> Kesh, Engineering

“Give me a scan of the planet, start with Space Capable Weapons and star ships, ” They might be able to mess with their star-ships with inpunity that didn’t mean that they could mess with a whole planet.

“I want information on the Government or governments, societal rules… stuff like that.”

Marius

The planet had abundance in iron and nickel ores. There were two moons, both of which had significantly high amounts of uranium in their crusts. This explains why they have at least another 30 star ships orbiting the planet and the moons, and why they had nuclear missiles as their primary weapon system. There were at least two weapon plants on their moons. The planet had laser technology but was not advanced enough to develop proficient weapon systems based on the laser. They did, however, developed efficient electromagnetic pulse weapons. These were useless with the shield technology of Starfleet ships but with shields down, the electromagnetic pulse could cause ship wide systems failure to the Genesis.

GM

Magnus whistled as he read over the scanner report “Those EM pulse weapons are quite impressive” He said appreciatively “Nothing obvious that can work against shields but I recommend that shields be kept up at all times.” He told the captain.

Marius tilted his head. He wasn’t concerned about anything they could see. “It’s what we can’t see. Do we have any evidence of rail guns?” That would be a old school, heavy metal reliant weapon. Less practical on a ship, but from a planet or moon base… you could have a mile long magnet… that could make a ton of iron ore more dangerous that a dozen nukes.

Meanwhile, NE Visions began a scan of the surface, looking for information in local politics, government, and the like. Looking for satellite data transfers and such.

XO & NE Visions

It took a while for the computer to try to translate the special terms that the Lesscoo used for their political system. From all appearances, the government was similar to a feudal monarchy. Different families were in control over various parts of the system. There was a governing monarch from one of the most powerful families. Political strife was very evident although the people on the ground were not involved in the political wranglings. The common folk just needed to follow the law of the land and there was no problem. The Lesscoo had a code of honour that was not unlike the Klingons, except that they looked more reptilian. At the moment, the coded satellite messages, which was easily cracked by the Genesis’s computers showed that the political leaders were united in trying to conquer the neighbouring system.

GM

Magnus read over the report from his console “Looks like we’ve got ourself a look at what the Early Klingons might have looked like” He spoke with some interest “They might actually make for an interesting anthropological study, you know. If they weren’t trying to conquer their neighbors” He said musingly “Looks like we’ve got a figure of authority to speak with, can’t go higher than a monarch”

XO

“Well, lets see if we can get the Monarch on the phone… Open hailing frequencies.” Marius tried being a nice guy, then the stubborn guy now, he was going to lean in to the fighting.

=^=This is Captain Marius of the Federation ship Genesis. You have fired on us… we demand compensation and a team to negotiate such terms.=^== Still on with the comm line open, =^=Tactical, find the 20 most valuable military assets on the planet. We will target each in reverse order of importance…=^=

“Cut communications.” The turned to Magnus… “Well give what has happened I presume we have their attention.”

Marius

Magnus cleared his throat in a mixture of a laugh and startlement, practically a nervous habit “It’s an interesting First Contact approach, sir” He said with a half-smile. He turned and flashed an impressive scowl at NE Cannons who had started a search for military targets, the young man shrank under the Commanders gaze. Magnus shook his head and returned his attention to the Captain “I suppose that’s what second contact is for, clearing up misunderstandings and the like. But really, sir, Compensation?” He said in a quiet voice with a mixture of awe and amusement “Do you think they’ll try to use local currency.” He mused for a moment what sort of economy they had.

XO

“They are either going to wise up and cower in fear or....”

The surface of the planet returned the hail.

The audio was not the best but at least the Genesis’s computer was able to match and audio and the video.

The speaker was a reptilian humanoid with shiny green and scaly skin. He was dressed very much in military style.

=/\=Fed-der-ration ship Ge-ni-sis, I am Sovereign Veranus. You trespassed on our space and you claim compensation?! The only terms that I am willing to offer is safe passage out of our territory.=/\=

GM

“Continue to be jerks.” He finished.

=^=You are misinformed by your incompetent military commanders. While asking facts and maps to determine the borders of your space, they fired on us and lost. Hence why we or now at your home world without even a scratch on our paint… looking for someone competent to negotiate with. If you are not the one, I will seek someone from another kingdom who would like to negotiate. I believe there are several who have a claim on the Sovereignty.=^=

Marius was well past the point of political correctness.

Marius

=/\=Do you claim sovereignty over our sister system Matus?=/\= The voice had gone up a pitch. =/\=Where do you come from? We have had no contact from you and suddenly you appear and claim sovereignty? Do you claim sovereignty over Lesscoo as well?=/\=

GM

OOC: I meant to threaten him with one of the other people on his own planet that run for the position of Sovereign. You mentioned kingdoms, and the Klingons have ‘great houses’ that might maneuver to be Chancellor.

Magnus raised an eyebrow both at the Captains bluntness and at the aliens response “Time for the UFP Sales pitch?” He asked the Captain in a quiet voice”

XO

“I have made no claims, The Federation doesn’t take what is not freely given, despite the fact we have the power to do so. However when struck we demand recompense.” He looked over to Magnus, he knew that that was an exaggeration. The Federation routinely takes shots and does nothing about it, but the Lasscoians didn’t need to know that.

“The United Federation of Planet, allows worlds to join our.... Federation,” Marius was at a loss to find a better world. “for scientific, social, educational, and mutual military defense.” He paused. “As you can see there are advantages to being open to communication and negotiations with us.”

Marius.

There was a pause. Veranus’s eyes were seen moving. If one could notice the reflection in his eyes, one would see that there were several of his people behind the screen. There was a very slight buzzing sound which indicated that these were having a mini conference.

Veranus’s eyes came back in focus on his visual device. “First, my commanders are faithful subjects. They would not deviate from the defence policy we have set. You were warned that if you did not move out of the system, force would be used. I believe my commanders have used enough restraint. Yet you claim recompense? Then you try to recruit the Lesscoo into your Federation? Are you attempting to deceive us to become your slaves?” It was very apparent that Veranus was buying time. “We will lose our freedom if we entered into your Federation!”

GM

“”It is a conglomeration of equal worlds. No world or people are slaves or subjects of another world unless that was the relationship before they joined the Federation in the first place.” He didn’t want to come out against slavery just in case this was a slave culture. He just needed to cool of the situation and de-escalate. “I didn’t offer you membership or decline to offer, I just explained what the Federation is and does. If you find that distasteful there is no need to discuss it. If you found it interesting we could discuss it. It is information that we freely give to any race we met.”

Magnus quietly stood up and moved to the Tactical console, he typed down a message to NE Cannons ‘Keep a full scan around the area, look for any changes in the current fleet movements and potential threats’ He didn’t say anything, there wasn’t really a reason to type the message instead of speaking it.

XO

The ships that the Genesis had found were all powered up but not moving. They were on alert, waiting for the Genesis’s first move.

GM

Marius knew they were up to no good… but Magnus looked like he was investigating it. He suspected a ground based weapon.... maybe they were waiting for the Genesis to orbit into a weapon arc.

Marius

Magnus returned to the Captains side “Looks like they are waiting for our first move before acting. I think it’s time to put on the diplomat’s shoes and figure out how we can convince them we’re all nice and good for them” He said quietly.

XO

The CO was right. There was movement on the surface of the planet and a great amount of energy being generated to feed to two laser cannons. These cannons would not affect the Genesis if shields were on. However, without the shields, the lasers could puncture through the hull of the Genesis of it hit one spot for a total of 10 seconds. The Lesscoo ships were vulnerable against these cannons.

GM

=^=I assume your commanders are under the authority of the same people who are telling you to stall us longer enough for your planet based laser cannons to come to bear on us. Creating more anger and hostility.=^=

“Shields.” Marius commented.

=^=You clearly do not have any interest to act in a civilized manner. Perhaps it is your intention to continue to escalate the situation until we reach the point where we have to demonstrate less restraint.=^= He paused… =^=In the interest of detente… we will withdraw to 500,000 kilometers and await your diplomatic team.=^= He gestured at the helm officers.

Marius

NE Flyboy nodded at the Captain’s gesture and moved the Genesis quite casually back the distance ordered using thrusters to go slowly. Casual flying in a nonthreatening manner.

NE Flyboy

Somewhere about this time a message came up to the engineering station. =^= Kesh, recommend a non stationery positioning. Shields will be highly effective against their nuclear weapons though cumulative radiation will render phasers incrementally less effective. =^= He sent the data up. While a much reduced phaser shot would still be effective against the Lescoo ships, Dagen would rather not be in a position where more power was needed and it wasn’t there.
- Dagen, CE

Kesh had been spending this while focusing on ship systems, finding comfort in the pure logic of the ship while the illogic of aggression taking place with interactions with the Lescoo happened in the background. Quiet thoughts regarding her desire to never again have a Commander pip on her shoulder resurfaced for a moment or two, to then be pushed aside in favor of doing her job.

Said job was acting as liaison to Engineering, so she does just that.

=^= “Aye… rrth, sir. =^= A momentary delay in her reply coming as a side-effect of slight startle a result of being yanked back out from immersing her head in power system sand. The offered information is released for inter-system transfer and then uploaded to Tactical’s database.

The Caitian engineer turned, stepped to the Tactical station, and made a soft warbly trill to the officer standing there to call attention, gesturing a clawed digit at the side-screen where the data regarding non-stationery positioning and the effects of radiation of phaser output. Hopefully all completely useless and definitely not about to be used to cause any deaths.

-> Kesh, Engineering


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