03-04-2025, 04:55 PM
The assembled officers seemed to be taking the news in different ways, with varying degrees of happiness, excitement, stubborn reticence on d'Tor'an's part, and confusion. That was to be expected, Jenny reasoned, as Starfleet Academy didn't exactly teach Jenny's methods. Midshipmen in a briefing would be madness on most other ships, except as an exercise in being seen and not heard, and they certainly wouldn't be trusted with anything mission-critical. Not since Red Squad had taken the Valiant on a suicide mission some thirty years earlier. Still, the lack of overall questions bothered her; while her own incessant questioning of orders had seen her labelled as insubordinate or a troublemaker, seeking further information or calling out stupid orders had kept people alive when otherwise they might have sailed into disaster.
It didn't mean she wasn't an insubordinate troublemaker, just that she had a good reason.
Given that d'Tor'an had asked the first question, however begrudgingly, Jenny figured her Chief of Security deserved to get the first reply. It might even cool her disposition about feeling left out whenever she wasn't the first person to get information. The math required for calculating how the Yeager's velocity would affect their estimated time of arrival wasn't something most Humans knew how to calculate in their head, but since her secret had been spilled by the woman from the Obsidian Order, Jenny didn't see the point in continuing to hide it.
"We're due to arrive in two weeks at Warp Eight. If we increase to Warp Nine, we cut that down to ten days. If we push the engines and increase to Warp Nine-point-Nine, we can be there in as little as four days. Commander Jadaris, if we increase to maximum cruise, will your teams have enough time to make any modifications to the Glennis?"
Qi's question, followed by Cassidy's comment, seemed to be a double-team about information that she'd been yet to review. Ultimately, Starfleet didn't know much about the stellar phenomena that appeared to be naturally-occurring in the Wairara system.
"You'll have access to everything Starfleet has collected so far sent to your station for review; ultimately information is pretty thin, I'm afraid. The probe was diverted away from Wairara for...other duties. Expect gravity wells, chroniton particles, and so on. One of the reasons they're sending the Yeager is that we've got the sensor suites for the job."
She didn't need to mention that the probe had found the Wairara by accident while searching for traces of the mysterious energy signature the Yeager had discovered on her previous jaunt over the Talarian border. One, it was classified. Two, it didn't really have any bearing on the mission.
"If there's nothing else, please deliver your briefing, Mister Tomer."
It didn't mean she wasn't an insubordinate troublemaker, just that she had a good reason.
Given that d'Tor'an had asked the first question, however begrudgingly, Jenny figured her Chief of Security deserved to get the first reply. It might even cool her disposition about feeling left out whenever she wasn't the first person to get information. The math required for calculating how the Yeager's velocity would affect their estimated time of arrival wasn't something most Humans knew how to calculate in their head, but since her secret had been spilled by the woman from the Obsidian Order, Jenny didn't see the point in continuing to hide it.
"We're due to arrive in two weeks at Warp Eight. If we increase to Warp Nine, we cut that down to ten days. If we push the engines and increase to Warp Nine-point-Nine, we can be there in as little as four days. Commander Jadaris, if we increase to maximum cruise, will your teams have enough time to make any modifications to the Glennis?"
Qi's question, followed by Cassidy's comment, seemed to be a double-team about information that she'd been yet to review. Ultimately, Starfleet didn't know much about the stellar phenomena that appeared to be naturally-occurring in the Wairara system.
"You'll have access to everything Starfleet has collected so far sent to your station for review; ultimately information is pretty thin, I'm afraid. The probe was diverted away from Wairara for...other duties. Expect gravity wells, chroniton particles, and so on. One of the reasons they're sending the Yeager is that we've got the sensor suites for the job."
She didn't need to mention that the probe had found the Wairara by accident while searching for traces of the mysterious energy signature the Yeager had discovered on her previous jaunt over the Talarian border. One, it was classified. Two, it didn't really have any bearing on the mission.
"If there's nothing else, please deliver your briefing, Mister Tomer."