ZE/D01 - Bridge

[A’kilees]

The saurian felt a great sense of relief once he had heard from Raven. After the reports of the various casualties and injuries had caught his attention he feared the worst for members of the crew that he was close with. He had been cut off from getting in contact with the Engineering Bay earlier due to the Cardassian attack but right now his main focus was keeping the ship together while they were going to engage the enemy vessels.

[Understood, glad to hear you’re alright. Be safe down there. A’kilees out.]

A’kilees looked towards Morad who was firmly sitting in the captain's chair.

“Commander, Ensign Singer is reporting that control over deflectors and structural integrity has been restored but there are still multiple issues ship wide. We’re repairing plasma coolant leaks in the warp core so no warp capabilities currently. Lastly, the secondary hull is exposed and currently off limits.”

The saurian plugged a few more final commands into the engineering console.

“Damaged warped manifolds have been shut and plasma has been vented away from the core. Power has been rerouted to both the Structural Integrity Field and the aft shield emitters. Currently diverting power away from redundant systems to the forward shields. Ready for further orders.”

=== Tag Morad Ameen et al. ===

[Jukish Keti]

Even if the probes were not doing the job they wanted, they were doing something equally as good. They were creating a lot of confusion, so Keti was looking for a way to turn up the noise. If they were to increase the chatter between the probes, the better they might be. While Keti was accessing the controls of more than one probe he was assigning them a higher level of priority, the frequencies that they used were now alternating with what seemed like every message.

Keti enjoyed the idea of using the gravimetric pulse, it was going to hopefully work. While this was going on Keti was using what available sensors to scan the remaining ships, if they can get a better idea of what the others were doing they could plan their next step. These Escorts were not going to be easy to take care of, and Keti knew they could not fail. The problem was how were they going to do it, Keti took a loot around the Bridge for a second. Everyone had good ideas, it was going to take a bit to put it into practice. 

Right now they had two shuttles they could use, it was just going to be difficult to think of how. He wouldn't want to be on the shuttle more than anyone else, it would be a one way trip. While everything was uploading for the changes, Keti started to think about how to make a mine out of a shuttle. 

"Captain the changes are going to be uploaded any second, we will know right away if it works." Keti was attempting to sheild his voice of any doubt. 

==GM input do the changes help? also is there any updates on the ships Keti can get?==

[Amila Ra'an]

Amila couldn't help but notice that Cortez had volunteered to help with environmental controls, but now was talking about the probes again.

"Cortez," Amila asked, "Are you still working with Baldwin on keeping life support in the essential parts of the ship within safe parameters while Molina redistributes power?"

"Don't spread yourself too thin," she warned. "One thing at a time, or you might miss something. Monitor that situation until everything is all clear. You've got the rest of us watching the Hidekis for now. Keti's got your back. Our people are important, and we're losing viable areas of the ship."

She pulled on her hair, tightening her ponytail, a nervous habit, as she continued to dig into what she could find. Really, less than a minute had passed, but it felt like so much longer. She could feel her uniform start to stick to the sweat on her back, but it was hardly a worry. 


==Tag Cortez==



==GM Zephyr, what are Baldwin and Cortez learning about the condition of the ship?  What challenges will Cortez face in keeping essential areas stable for the crew; Specifially Baldwin asked about structural integrity of Deck 3; and is she ordered/needed to help with tactical? 

Also - to Keti's thought, do we have two shuttles, or did we lose one in the last mission? - Thanks! ==
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==GM CD, apologies, basically summarizing what science has been asking to put in one place for you : (1) How are the Hidekis responding to ECM probes, is there anything to Cortez's suggestion of a narrow range of modulation frequencies and suggestion of calculating their shield pulse parameters with probe frequencies to help tactical? Is Keti learning any more with sensors and trying to turn up the noise==

[Sebastian Cortez]

Sebastian glanced toward Amila's station before returning his attention to the environmental-control display.

"Lieutenant Ra'an, I wasn't shifting over to the shields. I was offering a general suggestion based on the telemetry we've been seeing. Ensign Baldwin and I are still working the life-support problem."

He pulled Ensign Baldwin's environmental-control feed alongside his own readings, comparing pressure, temperature, and atmospheric circulation across the remaining viable sections.

"Ensign, I've got the life-support grid mapped against the current power distribution. I'm going to take the nonessential environmental loads offline in the affected sections and isolate their circulation loops. That should keep the remaining power available for atmosphere processing and primary environmental controls."

He began making the adjustments, shutting down climate-control systems in unoccupied areas and closing several secondary circulation paths. The remaining life-support nodes immediately showed a more stable power draw.

"I've also isolated the sections that are already compromised. We don't need to spend power trying to maintain areas we can't safely occupy, and separating those systems should reduce the load on the surviving environmental-control network."

Sebastian checked the latest readings before continuing.

"Ensign, if you can keep your power reroute away from these primary life-support feeds, I'll balance the environmental loads against whatever Lieutenant Molina can spare. That should give us a little more margin while the redistribution continues."

He turned his attention back to the atmospheric processors, watching the oxygen-generation and carbon-dioxide scrubber loads settle.

"We're getting a much cleaner power profile now. I'll keep working with you on the environmental systems while the rest of the bridge handles the tactical picture. Once we've stabilized the occupied sections, we can look at the shield telemetry again."



== TAg Ra'an and Baldwin. ==

[GM-CD]

As the Zephyr joined the battle properly, one thing became apparent very quickly. The Intelligence files on the Cardassian military were woefully out of date. The opponents they faced weren't the Cardassian military of the 2370s, or even the early 2390s, when the backbone had been conscripted crew led by a solid core of technical specialists and an "Officer Class" that  seemingly existed to accrue seniority, promotion, and political clout off the backs of their subordinates' labor. The technology they were facing was state-of-the-art, even if the spaceframes weren't, and the crews appeared to be at the top of their game.

The three Hidekis formed up around the Zephyr in a triangular formation that allowed them to bring their forward cannons to bear, albeit at the maximum angle allowed by the hardware, while keeping themselves protected from all but a few of the Zephyr's phaser banks. Whenever Krandall manoeuvred to try and get one in the forward weapon arcs, the Hidekis matched his moves where possible, or scattered and rejoined formation once sufficient distance had been gained. While the Hidekis could easily match the larger Zephyr move for move, it seemed as though they were unable to accelerate quite as fast as the Zephyr, having been built as patrol/assault craft relying on agility and forward firepower, while the Zephyr had been built as a "torpedo boat" with rapid response and single-vector velocity in mind.

The Electronic Countermeasures briefly spoofed the Cardassians, sending what should have been a kill-shot with a Photon Torpedo wide, detonating harmlessly off the Zephyr's bow. However, intense Counter-Countermeasures burned through the interference, wreaking havoc on the Zephyr's own sensors while science teams raced to counter it. There had not been enough time to calculate the shifting frequency of the Hidekis' shields, but the scan would continue once the jamming was cleared.

For now, the Zephyr was holding her own. The thirty year old spaceframe wasn't enjoying the rapid and aggressive manoeuvres she was being subjected to, but thanks to Baldwon's efforts, she was at no immediate danger of flying apart or suffering any more EPS explosions.

[Morad Ameen]

== GM-Zephyr ==

Across the bridge consoles, the rapid coordination between Science and Operations begins to bear fruit, bringing a measure of stability to the ship's taxed internal grid.

Working in close concert with Ensign Baldwin’s triage routing, Cortez’s emergency environmental protocol successfully isolates the compromised compartments and throttles climate controls in evacuated sections down to survival minimums. The immediate drop in auxiliary draw allows the primary environmental loop to breathe; atmospheric scrubbers and oxygen-generation units settle into a steady, reliable baseline. Throughout occupied spaces; from the bridge and Sickbay to the secondary triage center established in the Mess Hall, the air feels cool and noticeably still, but clean and sustainable.

Down on Deck 3, the thermal alarms along the EPS power conduits remain lit, but Baldwin's re-balancing act keeps the junctions from cascading into further blowouts. The structural integrity field groans audibly under the strain of Krandall’s relentless dogfight maneuvers, yet the primary saucer framing holds firm, reporting no secondary breaches or imminent structural failures. Meanwhile, auxiliary hangar diagnostics confirm that both Type-14 shuttlecraft; the Aura and the Boreas, remain secured in their respective bays, fully fueled and in operational condition should Command require them.

[Morad Ameen]

Morad gripped the edges of the center console as the deck shuddered, the visual feed momentarily strobing with static as Cardassian counter-measures washed across the sensor arrays. The Hidekis were disciplined, deadly, and tightly coordinated, dancing just along the fringes of the Zephyr’s primary phaser arcs and refusing to give Powl a clean shot.

They’re matching our turns, but they don't have our straight-line muscle, Morad realized, watching the tactical plot update with a sudden surge of clarity. Old girl was built to sprint and hit...

"Krandall, break the weave!" Morad commanded, his voice cutting cleanly through the hum of the bridge. "Stop trying to out-turn them. They’re built for knife-fights, but they can't match our straight-line acceleration. Punch full impulse on a single burst vector, heading zero-two-five mark zero-one-zero. Blow through their formation and force them into a tail chase!"

He leaned over the display, plotting the vector directly toward the Star Base's defensive envelope before glancing back at the tactical console.

"Keep that line burning straight toward the station's perimeter," Ameen added with a grim edge. "If they want to stay on our six, we'll drag them right through Starbase 214’s heavy battery kill zones. And Powl, prep our aft torpedo tube. The second they commit to our baffles and try to close the distance, feed them a spread right down their throats. Let's see how tight their formation holds when they're chasing into heavy ordnance."

Turning toward Science, Morad’s eyes locked onto Ra'an and her team.

"Amila, our probes' first ECM attack saved the day! Launch a renewed effort on their sensors, get creative and try to bog them down again. Focus all auxiliary sensor power through the ventral and saucer arrays. Burn through any other counter-jamming they try and continue to boost our own resolution. Yes, they are better than we thought, but if they think they can compete with Star Fleet Science and sensors, they have another thing coming."  Morad leaned toward their console, the tension in his jaw giving way to a sharp, defiant smirk. His eyes locked onto Amila for a split second, carrying that unspoken, absolute trust between them, before sweeping to Keti and Cortez with a challenging nod. "You three are the smartest minds in this sector. Now go remind them who wrote the book on electronic warfare. Don't hold back!"

He then pivoted toward the engineering station, a seat that still held a special place in his heart, meeting the Saurian's gaze directly and offering a firm, appreciative nod.

"A'kilees, outstanding work keeping the core clamped down and getting deflector control back in our hands," Ameen said, his voice warming with genuine pride. "Your team saved us from a total collapse. Now, I need you to keep that impulse manifold fed with clean power. Don't let her starve; we need every ounce of thrust this old girl has got!"

== Tag Bridge ==

[Amila Ra'an]

"That was too close," Amila muttered nervously as she watched the way they formed up around them. "They are trying to surround us."

Krandells flying was keeping them alive, but it wasn't a comfortable ride. Inertial dampeners took a hit with their first jump, and she could feel the ship moving in ways that she wasn't used to. She did her best to relax her body at her station so that she could move with the inertia, but with every broad sensor scan of the situation - relaxing just wasn't an option. 

They took another hit. She flinched and stepped back from her panel, but thankfully this one wasn't as bad as the first, but the sensors on the ship were glitching horribly. She glanced over and saw that Keti and Sebastian still had operational readings on from the probes.

It was sensors, not the computer.

She scrambled to adjust and bring the Zephyr's sensors back online after the hit. Ameen's quick response gave her direction to move the concentration to the ventral and saucer arrays. Krandell was going to try to outrun them.

"Cortez, if life support is stable, Officer Molina can take over," she ordered. "You and Jukish and going to need to get creative to keep our probes in play - and we're going to need them to stay in the fight. I think if the Hidekis try to chase us at that heading, trailing them in a straight line is going to be a sure tip off if we're able to get away. I know you can think of something, you guys are doing great."


==Tag Cortez and Keti==

[Sebastian Cortez]

Sebastian kept one hand on the edge of his console as another vibration passed through the deck. The primary sensor display remained unreliable, but the telemetry coming through the surviving probe feeds was still usable. There was not enough information for a complete tactical picture, but the differences between the individual feeds were beginning to reveal something about how the Cardassians were fighting.

He brought the separate probe feeds onto his secondary display and compared them side by side.

"Lieutenant Ra'an, I think you're right about the probes trailing us being too predictable." Sebastian watched the three Hideki contacts shift across the remaining sensor data. "They're already matching our turns when they can, so if we give them a predictable sensor pattern, they'll probably use it to anticipate where we're going."

He highlighted the probe positions relative to the Zephyr's projected flight path.

"Would it help if we spread the probes laterally instead? That would give us observations from different angles while Krandall keeps them moving. We might be able to see which of the Hidekis is actually committing to a turn and which one is simply maintaining formation."

Sebastian brought up another set of readings.

"It could also help with the acceleration difference we're seeing. They can stay with us through the turns, but they aren't matching the Zephyr's straight-line acceleration as well. If we can maintain sensor coverage outside our immediate flight path, we might be able to see when they're forced to break formation to keep up."

His attention shifted toward Lieutenant Jukish.

"Lieutenant Jukish, I have a possible way we might get a little more information out of the probes. If we stagger their emission frequencies rather than having all of them operate in the same band, we could compare how the Cardassian interference affects each one."

Sebastian brought up a simple model of the three probe signals.

"Essentially, we'd be giving the countermeasures three slightly different problems to solve. If the interference follows all three equally, we're probably dealing with broad-spectrum suppression. If it follows only one or two, we may be able to identify what characteristics they're using to prioritize their jamming."

He looked directly toward Jukish.

"What do you think? Would the probes tolerate that kind of frequency separation without compromising their ability to share data? If they can, I could correlate the three telemetry streams and see whether there's a pattern."

Sebastian returned his attention to the Hideki contacts.

"And if we can establish that pattern, Lieutenant Ra'an, it might give you a cleaner sensor picture during the next maneuver. Even a few seconds of reliable tracking could make a difference when they're trying to stay just outside our phaser arcs."

He checked the environmental controls. Life support remained stable.

"Everything on the environmental side is holding, so I can keep working the telemetry from here. I'll correlate the probe positions, interference levels, and the Hidekis' movements. If either of you sees something that doesn't fit, let me know. Having the science and probe data cross-checked in real time may be our best chance of figuring out what they're doing."

Another burst of static crawled across the primary sensor display.

Sebastian watched the three faint contacts reappear through the interference.

"They're showing us how they want to fight this battle. If we can figure out what their sensors are telling them, maybe we can find the part of the fight they're not seeing."



== Tag Ra'an and Keti.==

[Amila Ra'an]

Amila listened to Sebastian's points as she focused not only on getting them ready to hopefully outrun the Hidekis, but also keeping an eye open for any surprises that might heading their way.

"... If we can figure out what their sensors are telling them, maybe we can find the part of the fight they're not seeing," he offered.

"Yeah, you're right," Amila said. "But also, I think that ECM attack you guys did is what kept them from getting a direct hit. The way they were on us, we should have taken a lot more damage. You've seen their shields are better that we thought, I'm guessing their sensors are too. We might have to do more than just spread out like you said..."

Amila thought for a moment. "Could we go dark with them somehow and come back? Turn the lights out, or find a blind spot before we hit them again? But we need to do it before they hit us, so we'd have to move fast."



==Tag Cortez and Jukish==

[Gath]

== NPC Lt Tom Krandall, Tactical Officer, Helm ==

Just as Tom was about to have the line on an enemy, the other two hit hard on the port side in almost the exact same spot, The very hard hit caused the ship to rock a bit and he was forced to let the enemy get away briefly while he reacted and kept them alive. The three were actually coordinating better than he had thought and just as he was rethinking the fight, he was told to try and draw them toward the base.

"Alright, at least that's easier than trying to be on the offensive with three ships. Doing pure evasive and working our way to the base."

Tom did a roll that allowed him to then bank hard out of it and begin more evasive efforts to doge erratically as he punched the throttle to make them give chase.

Powl had missed the chance to fire on the one and now would have to hope he got a chance to fire from the rear arcs to hit any of those still giving chase.

== Tag all ==

[Jukish Keti]

It was clear that they were not going to win this by any kind of brute force, they were going to need to be more creative. The ECM was working perfectly now they were going to have to go more in depth, while Keti was paying attention to what was going on it almost looked like he wasn't. He was hard at work putting in further instructions to the probes, the purpose was to increase the activities between the probes. He wanted to give them something a little more interesting, it might give them the upper hand somehow.

As part of the process the communications were being staggered, some even went quiet only receiving communications never sending them. One of the probes "collecting information" went dark, suddenly two went dark both of them were no longer sending or receiving anything. This was part of the sleeper program that was already programmed, it was designed to be like a mine. Once the enemy ship went to go collect it, the programming would send it into overload and explode. It had the promise of doing some damage, but there was no way of knowing how much. 

Two of the probes that were the furthest apart from each other, they were starting the process to hack into the Cardassian systems. The main purpose of this was to hopefully get them to break apart into a smaller group, what was left might be easier to handle or even slip through. If that was even a good idea, Keti would allow the Command team to figure that out. Right now the probes were going from data collection to dump, once they were ready the flow if information would overwhelm theirs. 

That part of the plan would take time, Keti was focused on making the probes unpredictable to the Cardassians. As he worked everything was in the open for anyone on the Bridge to see, the adjustments that Keti was making  took some time to do. A few seconds turned to minutes, thankfully not hours. "Updates are being uploaded right now." Keti closed his eyes for a second then blinked a few times. "I am not sure how this is going to work but its something." Keti started to hope more attention to the probes would take away from their own.

==GM input on how the changes work, and tag.==

[Ava Baldwin]

Ensign Cortez pulled Ensign Baldwin's environmental-control feed alongside his own readings, comparing pressure, temperature, and atmospheric circulation across the remaining viable sections.

Ens Cortez spoke directly to Ens Baldwin, "Ensign, I've got the life-support grid mapped against the current power distribution. I'm going to take the nonessential environmental loads offline in the affected sections and isolate their circulation loops. That should keep the remaining power available for atmosphere processing and primary environmental controls."

There was a short pause and he spoke to Ens Baldwin again.

"I've also isolated the sections that are already compromised. We don't need to spend power trying to maintain areas we can't safely occupy, and separating those systems should reduce the load on the surviving environmental-control network."

Sebastian look at his console and checked the latest readings before continuing.

"Ensign, if you can keep your power reroute away from these primary life-support feeds, I'll balance the environmental loads against whatever Lieutenant Molina can spare. That should give us a little more margin while the redistribution continues."

"That is fine Ens Cortex, my reroutes have not include life support. Please do not increase the power levels through the EPS junctions on deck three; I have orders to protect the secondary sensor feeds from any damage via power surges and alike. The power levels through the EPS junctions on deck three are critical to the Secondary Sensors they feed information to and from the probes. I am monitoring the EPS junction on deck three."


== Tag Ens Cortez. ==

[Evie O’Fee]

==NPC Ava O'Fee Science==

There was a lot for Ava to process, the attacks of both ships and how the Cardassian ships were handling it. They might have advanced their technology but not the ship as a whole, its like building a great house on a bad foundation eventually it was going to fail. There was an idea that she had, but it needed work. If they were to launch the shuttles, they could get in close to launch smaller attacks. Giving them smaller targets that attack, the harder it would be for them to defend. 

"Captain permission to launch the shuttles, if we can get them close enough they can evade attack from one of the ships. If they were close enough the other ships won't attack, unless they changed their policy about not firing on another Cardassian ship." It was a bit of a long shot at best, however in times like this almost any idea is a good one. 

==Tag==

[Sebastian Cortez]

Ensign Cortez acknowledged Ensign Baldwin’s warning with a brief nod, immediately bringing the Deck Three EPS junction telemetry onto a secondary display. He had no intention of jeopardizing the sensor feeds, particularly while the USS Zephyr was still engaged with the Cardassian forces. The secondary sensors and their associated probes might prove essential to understanding the enemy’s movements, and a power surge could cost them information they could not afford to lose.

Rather than increase the power flowing through the junctions, he began examining the environmental-control network for inefficiencies elsewhere.

“Understood, Ensign Baldwin. I’ll leave the Deck Three junctions and your secondary sensor feeds untouched. I’m more interested in finding out how much of our existing power we’re losing to environmental systems that are working harder than they need to.”


Sebastian called up the environmental grid’s operational history and began comparing current consumption against pre-engagement baselines. The damage to the Zephyr had forced several environmental systems to compensate for compromised circulation, while automatic regulators continued attempting to maintain standard conditions in sections that were no longer habitable. It was a sensible safety response under ordinary circumstances, but the ship was operating under anything but ordinary circumstances.


He isolated the pressure-regulation and thermal-control demands from the circulation systems, studying how they interacted across the surviving sections. A pattern began to emerge. Several intact environmental zones were receiving overlapping thermal compensation because their neighboring sections had suffered pressure losses. The regulators were responding independently, each trying to correct conditions that another system was already addressing.

Sebastian leaned closer to the display.

“That’s our problem. We have regulators fighting the same environmental imbalance from different parts of the network. We’re not necessarily short of power everywhere; we’re wasting some of what we have compensating for the same problem twice.”


He began adjusting the environmental-control logic, grouping the unaffected compartments into coordinated control zones rather than allowing every regulator to respond independently. He retained independent safeguards for pressure loss, atmospheric contamination, and sudden temperature changes, ensuring that the adjustments would not compromise the crew’s immediate safety. The revised configuration would allow the system to share environmental data across the intact sections, anticipate fluctuations, and reduce unnecessary corrective cycles.


He then opened a second diagnostic window, this time examining the power draw of the atmospheric processors themselves. Instead of attempting to increase their supply, he adjusted the sequencing of noncritical filtration and atmospheric-conditioning cycles, staggering those that did not require uninterrupted operation. Oxygen regeneration, carbon-dioxide removal, and emergency pressure control remained prioritized; only processes with sufficient reserve capacity were rescheduled.


It was a small change in principle, but across multiple decks, the reduction in simultaneous demand could provide the environmental network with a valuable margin without placing additional strain on the EPS junctions.
Sebastian transmitted the revised load profile to Ensign Baldwin for review.


“Ensign, I’ve reorganized the environmental regulators into coordinated zones and staggered the noncritical conditioning cycles. The primary atmospheric processors and emergency safeguards retain priority, and I haven’t increased the load on Deck Three. Would you be able to compare this against your current power-distribution model? I’d like to confirm that the reduced demand translates into usable capacity without creating a fluctuation on your sensor feeds.”

He checked the life-support telemetry again. The figures were beginning to settle, though he resisted the temptation to call the adjustment a success before the system had completed another diagnostic cycle.

There was still another possibility worth investigating. The Zephyr’s damage had forced some environmental systems to operate in isolation, depriving them of the predictive data normally supplied by neighboring compartments. If he could restore limited telemetry between the surviving environmental controllers without reconnecting their damaged power circuits, they might anticipate pressure and temperature changes instead of reacting after the fact.

He opened a diagnostic partition and began testing that possibility in simulation first, keeping the proposed data links electrically isolated from the power-distribution network

“I’m also testing a way to share environmental telemetry between the intact sections without reconnecting their power circuits. If the simulation holds, we may be able to reduce the regulators’ reaction time and prevent another unnecessary spike in demand. I won’t put it into operation until I’ve confirmed that the data links are isolated from the damaged network.”

For the first time in several minutes, Sebastian had a potential solution that did not depend on asking the ship for power it might not have. The Zephyr was fighting for survival, and every available system had to justify its demands on the remaining resources. His job was not to make life support consume less at the expense of the crew. It was to make the system work intelligently enough that the power it received went where it mattered most. And if the adjustments worked, the power saved across the environmental network could remain available for the ship’s other critical systems, without jeopardizing the secondary sensors Ensign Baldwin had been ordered to protect.

== GM: Input: Does the simulation support Sebastian’s proposal to share telemetry between the intact environmental-control systems, and are there any technical complications, limitations, or risks he should address before implementing it? ==


== Tag Baldwin and all. ==

[Amila Ra'an]

Cortez sounded busy helping Baldwin keep the crew alive as they funnelled people away from areas they needed to be sealed off and anticipated more damage while Keti seemed to be working hard to help implement Cortez's ideas along with his own on how to keep the probes in play as Krandell initiated the chase when Amila heard Ava speak out.

Commander O'Fee's voice carried to Amila's station, "Captain permission to launch the shuttles, if we can get them close enough they can evade attack from one of the ships. If they were close enough the other ships won't attack, unless they changed their policy about not firing on another Cardassian ship."

How can we... that sounds like a suicide mission. Amila thought.

The shuttles were just as old as the ship. Trying to pilot the ships remotely would be clunky at best.

Then Amila remembered that Raven had used some type of drone in the science lab with them. She had mentioned it's intelligence was backed up or something, so it wouldn't act out like the exo-comps.

"Captain," Amila spoke out. In the midst of the emergency she had time to wonder if she would get flack for calling him that later, if they survived.

"Raven, Raven Singer in engineering. She might have a way to pilot the shuttles if you are considering it," Amila offered, briefly turning away from her panel to guage his response.



==Tag Ameen, any==

[Gath]

== NPC Lt Tom Krandall, Tactical Officer, Helm ==

Tom was managing to evade most of the incoming fire, but then said to Powl, "For a few seconds, I'm going to use a basic figure eight evasive pattern. I'll line you up on at least two of the targets, but then I'll have to change my pattern or the enemy is going to be able to take advantage of it. Ready? Here we go...."

As stated, Tome made some rather wildly exaggerated moves, then suddenly swung the ship into the figure eight. Powl saw the targets quickly brought into the rear firing arc and he let lose with everything he had available. Then, just as quickly, the ship came around to line up a second ship that was hot on their heels and was able to let loose a second salvo. Tom was keeping things moving with the throttle at full, just trying to keep them guessing. He didn't have time to see if the shots landed or not. The enemy wasn't backing down and they were pouring on plenty of effort in their own firing patterns.

== Tags to all. Posted with permission for Powl's actions. ==
== GM Input: Do they hit anything? Is it good, bad, or ugly? ==