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Posted Aug. 14, 2020, 11:33 a.m. by Gamemaster GM (Gamemaster) (Kenson Koh)

Posted by Captain Calvin Marius (Captain) in Bridge Main Sim

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

Posted by Lieutenant Ben Park (BO Tactical) in Bridge Main Sim
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About five minutes from arriving at the edge of the nebula, the sensor information became more accurate. The large body detected was close to 1300 kg. It was in the shape of an oval. There were no visible appendages except for a small protrusion on one of its tips. It was oriented towards the pulsar. The oval was about 5 m long and it was widest at 1 m in the middle. It was glowing white like a frosted light bulb from the 20th century. The uptake of energy converting to mass resulting in the body increasing in body mass at an average of 14 kg in one hour. However, this seemed to fluctuate quite a bit and was not stable.

GM

Ben walked back over to the security station as science seemed to have things in hand. He activated and scanned his displays to /make sure all the Genesis’s defensive and offensive systems were operational and in standby mode. Again he hoped that if this new life form was sentient, it wouldn’t be hostile. As he awaited LCdr McGregor he watched the viewscreen as the life form continued to pulse and grow.

Ben SO

Marius arrived on the bridge. He still seemed to be a little tired, perhaps he enjoyed the party a little too much. “What’s the situation boys and girls?” He sounded curious but looked bored.

Marius

Ben turned from the security console. This was the first time he had seen the Captain, other than from afar at the party. He glanced at the Science NE, who was busy scanning data and making adjustments to the sensors. “Sir, there’s a life form in the nebula that’s huge and is continuing to grow, apparently drawing power from the nebula itself. Science is on it and taking readings, shields are up and all weapons systems are in standby mode.” Ben swallowed and continued, “I called the yellow alert as a security precaution.”

Ben SO - expectantly hopeful he hasn’t screwed up.

Marius groaned as his body sank in the Captain’s chair. “Life form… huge isn’t a very specific term, do we have any other information? Has anyone tried to talk to the thing?” He looked around.

=^=XO to the bridge please.=^=

Marius

=^=Copy=^= The voice of the first officer sounded over the Comm.

The turbolift hissed open again to admit Thomas to the Bridge. He took a quick glance at the scene on the viewscreen and blinked a couple of times.

“Big baby that likes eating radio waves?” he ventured a guess. “Although if that’s the baby, do we really want to see the mama?”

COS

By that time, the ship’s sensors could come up with a visual of the life form, although the resolution was grainy due to the interference from the pulsar and the dust in the nebula. It was like rod with a swollen middle. In fact it looked very much like a spindle shaped diatom. Of course the diatom is single celled and this lifeform could not be simply a single cell. Another difference was that while diatoms shells were transparent and made of silica, this lifeform’s shell had additional oxides of iron, magnesium and trace metals. In fact it resembled the igneous rocks that could be found in many planets.

GM

OOC: Question. Timeline is as the party is winding down. A yellow alert has been called. Would that not sound in the holodeck to bring that to an end? Not complaining there. In fact that would be eminently Trekkish for something like that to happen. - Gene

OOC: The post started at the same time the party was but there was a time skip of a few hours, I think that gives the party some leeway - Hjortur

Ben looked at science, who seemed to be entirely absorbed with all the data coming in. He scanned his viewscreen at security and replied to the captain. “Sir the thing is about 1300kg at the moment and growing, size is currently 5m long by 1m wide, and no sir, we haven’t tried communicating with it that I’m aware of.” Ben stood aside so LCdr Mcgregor could see the screen and the security consoles display.

Ben SO

Just moments after the Security Chief arrived the Turbolift doors opened yet again this time revealing the Ships First Officer. He took a few steps and looked at the blurry image on the Viewscreen “That’s an it?” He said in an amused yet slightly incredulous tone “We making first contact again?” He asked the Captain as he took his seat on the mans right.

XO

Ben shortly arrived on the bridge.in a wrinkled up uniform that he just threw on. He gave his uniform a sharp snug in a downward motion . He made a veer right to his Tactical to see what had happened as the reason for yellow alert.

Lt. Park, Tactical

Without warning, there was a change in the energy readings. The creature stopped siphoning energy and the pulsar had a respite. The creature itself stopped its internal processes and ‘powered down.’

GM

Ben had been closely observing the security station readouts and watching the life form on the view screen. He also noticed that it was starting to get busy and crowded on the bridge. He turned to LCdr McGregor, “Sir, with your permission I’ll continue to monitor the situation from the Security office and standby in case I’m needed.”

“Sounds fine,” Thomas said, nodding at Ben while casting his own eye over the readouts.

Ben SO - Still hoping he hasn’t screwed up big time

Magnus noted the change, he turned to the Science station “Report, what just happened?” He asked in curious tone.

XO

David had entered the bridge just as the XO was asking for a report. He walked over to the science station, relieving the NE there. He had managed to change into a fresh uniform before making his way up to the Bridge from the party.

“Give me a moment to catch up sir,” David said, logging into the console and reviewing the data.

“Without more data on this area and the life form I’m afraid I can’t come to any conclusion as to what it is or why it’s behaving as it is,” David said. Then he spotted a note from NE Wore who was monitoring things from down in the labs.

“I suggest sending a probe ahead into the nebula itself to gather more sensor readings,” David said. “I can have something ready in…” he paused as his fingers flew over the console. “Three minutes.”

-David Michaels, CSO

COS

Ben turned to enter the turbo lift. “I’ll continue to monitor from the Security office, yell if you need anything,” he said to LCdr McGregor. The turbo lift doors slid open and Ben entered. “Deck six please.” He always wondered why he was so polite to a computer. “Must have been mom, he mused.” He wanted to grab a couple of items from his quarters before heading to the Security office.

Ben SO - watching from afar

Magnus looked at the viewscreen for a moment “Prepare the probe” He said with a clear tone. He wasn’t sure if the Captain wanted to launch it but having it prepared was a good idea.

XO

As the CSO was preparing the probe, he noticed a previous report left for him from the science labs. NE Wore hypothesised that the creature was in egg form in one of the planets in the previous planetary system. When the planet was destroyed in the supernova, the creature hatched. It needs energy to grow and metamorphose into an adult which would then seek another adult to mate and to produce eggs.

Sensors then showed that there was energy activity inside the creature but were unable to have accurate readings to determine what was actually happening inside.

GM

“Parabolic course and low speed on the probe, lets be sure it doesn’t look like an attack.” He looked over to Magnus, “Have we tried the first contact communication sequences.”

Magnus shook his head “We don’t have the neccecary information, we have a probe prepared for launch on your order” He explained

“Helm hold us steady… fly causal.”

Marius CO

Magnus surpressed a smile at the captains comment, how indeed soes one fly casual.

“I’ve got the probe ready to go sir,” David announced. “Also my science team has been analyzing the data we have thus far and we suspect this creature may come from a nearby planet as an egg of sorts. When the planet was destroyed by the supernova the creature may have hatched and now requires large amounts of energy for growth.

As they got closer to the creature, an alert sound came up. Ops panel showed the the pulsar’s energy pulses are interfering with the ship’s systems. Tactical station showed that the shields are now down to 40%. As the circuits were now reacting to the energy of the pulsar, the sensors reliability have reduced another 30%.

GM

“What the Hell?” Thomas murmured to himself as the shields took a massive hit. “Sir, those pulses have our shields down to 40 percent. I think we may need to back off.”

COS

Magnus checked his chairs panel “Damage Report” He asked the other Bridge Officers.

XO

“Reverse course, one quarter impulse power.... back off… back off.” Marius instinctively waved his hand back as if he could swim the ship personally. “Operations, shield modulations.”

“Mr. Michaels… analysis.”

Marius CO

“I’ll have more information when we launch the probe,” David said, looking at the sensor data coming in. “Sensor functionality has been effected sir, so I can’t be entirely certain, but I recommend keeping our distance.”
-David Michaels, CSO

On the comms at the engineering station Dagen came through. =^= Thor to Chan. What’s going on up there? What hit us? =^=
- Thor

Ben finally spoke up “I concur with Commander Michaels Captain. Another hit like that and shields would be gone.”

Lt. Park, Tactical

Magnus gave the Science chief a nod “I recommend we launch the probe as we back away, with reduced sensor capabilities we’ll need a new set of eyes.” He told the Captain, his tone calm and analytical.

XO

“Go ahead.” He nodded towards Magnus. “Divert warp power to the shields.” He looked at the range meter.

“Red Alert. Are we being scanned?” He looked at Michaels, “If not arm the photon torpedoes.” He didn’t want to shoot, but he wasn’t about to just let the Genesis be destroyed.

Marius CO

The sensors did not detect anything that said that they were being scanned.

There was no damage to the hull. According to the analysis by the computer, the energy pulses from the pulsar were actually interfering with the shield harmonics. While there was no damage to the shield emitters, their shields were only at 40% compared to when the ship was at the edge of the nebula. The efficiency of the shields began to erode the moment they entered into a distance of nebula, The significant erosion of the shields came when they were about 1.2 billion kilometres from the pulsar. At the moment they were 900 million kilometres from the pulsar.

As the ship moved back, their shields returned to normal., and they were about 1.5 billion kilometres from the pulsar and it would take slightly more than 4 hours to reach it at full impulse.

The probe was able to send data through subspace frequencies, which were not affected by the pulsar’s radiation energy. The data sent back suggested the the creature was going through changes within its cocoon of rock.

GM


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