Posted July 23, 2022, 2:24 a.m. by Lieutenant Tiastri Ezial (Chief Engineer) (Melissa Aragon)
Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Main Sim - Habitat - Glen/Tia Q/
[snip]Unless Tia had a way of getting around those problems then her idea would have to be a “no” from Glen.
Dol looked between Glen then Tia, “..I get the sense both of you are thinking on something?” he queried.
“My apologies,” Glen told the Dol. “May we have another private moment? I’m not sure what my CE has in mind, but I am bound by certain rules, as I’m sure you can understand?”
”..Of course Captain Glen. I will be over here reviewing some shift reports..” he said moving away out of hearing range to give them privacy and to review a paper print out nearby.
Once the Dol was out if earshot, Glen spoke to Tia, “What were you thinking of, telling him that we can provide something that would make Habitat construction a bit easier for him? We could never leave them a replicator or the matter/antimatter reactor that would be required to power it! If Starfleet found out, I’d be busted down to Ensign!”
Then Glen remembered that the Dol had said that the entire Habitat was powered by a fusion reactor, and that their fusion reactor technology was years ahead of the Federation. It was possible that a Replicator could be powered by a fusion reactor, if of sufficient power. It might also be possible to have a Replicator adapted so that it had some kind of “child-lock” restrictions to prevent the opening of doors that should remain closed; the manufacture of restricted technology, regulated weapons and controlled materials. Such a Replicator, that only made Habitat construction materials, might be allowed, but Glen still had no authority to give one. Anyhow, locks can be picked, and technology back-engineered. He decided that it was still a proposition he would need to turn down.
“Unless you were thinking of something else?” the Captain asked his Chief Engineer.
-Glen, CO
Tia smiled. “Not everything needs to be high tech, Captain. You should know by now I’d never volunteer tech that was beyond the Prime Directive in offering. But simple construction changes like double bolstered joints and simply finding a different was to temper the metal to make it thinner and more flexible are things to offer that are not ahead of their technology. Merely a conclusion they would have come to shortly.”
“And if we could leave a replicator, perhaps someone staying to help them, like an interim Ambassador, would be able to define the replication parameters and keep it from being abused. We could give them one that merely replicates scale models, say. Or that only does certain compounds we can share. Sharing of same level technology isn’t prohibited as long as it’s monitor and not abused. Right?” A smile curled up the edge of the Chief’s lip. The Captain would get the sense that Tia was offering to remain behind till the Federation sent a proper delegation.
Tia
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