06-08-2025, 01:23 PM
Hallowette wrapped her arms around her chest as she stood at the science console. The gesture wasn't unfamiliar, and her grandmother often referred to it as her "thinking pose". She was completely unaware of it until the sound of someone entering the bridge drew her attention, answering Miller's question with a deft acknowledgement, then query of her own.
"I'll notify the Captain that we need to consider moving onward," the ship's Captain (or other Captain?) answered before addressing the team directly, "What's the deterioration rate of the trail? Would a shuttle be able to follow it in a worst case scenario?"
Hallowette naturally looked to Commander Miller, but she couldn't avoid that the part of the question about shuttles was all tactical. Luckily Lucy spoke first, offering an idea about sending probes in lieu of manned craft.
That's a good option. She thought.
"Uhm..." she offered meekly before finding her voices strength, "Captain, a shuttle could follow the trail, it's...it's a good idea." She turned to face the woman directly, "My concern is how diminished the probes data is outside the net. If the trail leads outside of what we've established, then the shuttle will have to blindly follow the trail - and if it's diminishing..." she glanced at Aeryn, leaving the question there.
She again wrapped her arms around her chest, though this time she let it linger as she weighed how much further her input would be tolerated. I've spoken to like 5 Captains total in my career, and now my opinion on mission critical issues is being asked... she thought to herself. Lt. Grant was busy though, and more importantly, Captain Givens was looking at HER for any tactical solutions. This is what you wanted, right? To make a difference? To step up?
"Captain..." she spoke up, this time more confidently, "Lt. Devereaux's plan is sound. If we are unable to get telemetry data from the qoH' that would help guide the shuttle outside the net, then maybe placing a relay, maybe even a probe itself, inside the shuttle might at least help keep us tied to our sensor net for a bit longer. It would give us the best of both worlds. Real time data that Science on the Artemis can parse, and the human element on the shuttle to respond to...whatever we might find there."
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"I'll notify the Captain that we need to consider moving onward," the ship's Captain (or other Captain?) answered before addressing the team directly, "What's the deterioration rate of the trail? Would a shuttle be able to follow it in a worst case scenario?"
Hallowette naturally looked to Commander Miller, but she couldn't avoid that the part of the question about shuttles was all tactical. Luckily Lucy spoke first, offering an idea about sending probes in lieu of manned craft.
That's a good option. She thought.
"Uhm..." she offered meekly before finding her voices strength, "Captain, a shuttle could follow the trail, it's...it's a good idea." She turned to face the woman directly, "My concern is how diminished the probes data is outside the net. If the trail leads outside of what we've established, then the shuttle will have to blindly follow the trail - and if it's diminishing..." she glanced at Aeryn, leaving the question there.
She again wrapped her arms around her chest, though this time she let it linger as she weighed how much further her input would be tolerated. I've spoken to like 5 Captains total in my career, and now my opinion on mission critical issues is being asked... she thought to herself. Lt. Grant was busy though, and more importantly, Captain Givens was looking at HER for any tactical solutions. This is what you wanted, right? To make a difference? To step up?
"Captain..." she spoke up, this time more confidently, "Lt. Devereaux's plan is sound. If we are unable to get telemetry data from the qoH' that would help guide the shuttle outside the net, then maybe placing a relay, maybe even a probe itself, inside the shuttle might at least help keep us tied to our sensor net for a bit longer. It would give us the best of both worlds. Real time data that Science on the Artemis can parse, and the human element on the shuttle to respond to...whatever we might find there."
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