06-18-2025, 10:48 PM
==Cdr Jolann==
"Alright," Jolann said as he listened to the group on the bridge. "Launch the probes and let them be tracking. As soon as everyone is aboard, we'll follow." He stopped for a second and then turned back to the scientists. "If you find anything - anything at all - stop the probes immediately. We don't know what's out there, and we don't want to accidentally tip anyone off that we're here."
Fortunately for them, it wasn't long until the last signal came in. The away team was back aboard, the last shuttle had docked, and the qoH was prepared to be scuttled. Captain Givens had seen herself below to be treated, and while Captain Crawford had yet to make it back, she'd given her orders clearly enough - don't wait on her. So he stood and turned to the helm.
"Alright, people, let's get a move on. Helm, take us out, best speed. And send the detonation signal when you're ready."
==GM==
As the probes navigated, the route that they followed tracing the qoH's path led deeper and deeper into the nebula. Within fifteen minutes, the signal back to the Artemis began to get dicey, but fortunately Artemis soon got underway. Using the probes as pathfinders, Artemis was able to fairly easily follow the path, and eventually the probes came to a halt at a small planetary system at almost the exact center of the nebula.
A white dwarf star hovered in the center of the probe's feed, with a single world hovering in orbit nearby. It was a lot closer to the star than normal, but then normally planets didn't orbit dwarf stars. How it got here was a mystery, but the rocky world had three things that the probe could definitely identify:
First, it was a small rocky world, with some open water sources scattered across its surface and hosting small oases of life.
Second, there were definitely signs of habitation, as one of those oases had what appeared to be a small colony on its shore, with a number of lifesigns detectable even from the edge of the system.
Third, there were a half-dozen weapons platforms orbiting the planet and star, all of them active and waiting for a target.
==Hallowette, I'll let you describe our detonation of the qoH if you like. Channel your inner Mythbuster!==
"Alright," Jolann said as he listened to the group on the bridge. "Launch the probes and let them be tracking. As soon as everyone is aboard, we'll follow." He stopped for a second and then turned back to the scientists. "If you find anything - anything at all - stop the probes immediately. We don't know what's out there, and we don't want to accidentally tip anyone off that we're here."
Fortunately for them, it wasn't long until the last signal came in. The away team was back aboard, the last shuttle had docked, and the qoH was prepared to be scuttled. Captain Givens had seen herself below to be treated, and while Captain Crawford had yet to make it back, she'd given her orders clearly enough - don't wait on her. So he stood and turned to the helm.
"Alright, people, let's get a move on. Helm, take us out, best speed. And send the detonation signal when you're ready."
==GM==
As the probes navigated, the route that they followed tracing the qoH's path led deeper and deeper into the nebula. Within fifteen minutes, the signal back to the Artemis began to get dicey, but fortunately Artemis soon got underway. Using the probes as pathfinders, Artemis was able to fairly easily follow the path, and eventually the probes came to a halt at a small planetary system at almost the exact center of the nebula.
A white dwarf star hovered in the center of the probe's feed, with a single world hovering in orbit nearby. It was a lot closer to the star than normal, but then normally planets didn't orbit dwarf stars. How it got here was a mystery, but the rocky world had three things that the probe could definitely identify:
First, it was a small rocky world, with some open water sources scattered across its surface and hosting small oases of life.
Second, there were definitely signs of habitation, as one of those oases had what appeared to be a small colony on its shore, with a number of lifesigns detectable even from the edge of the system.
Third, there were a half-dozen weapons platforms orbiting the planet and star, all of them active and waiting for a target.
==Hallowette, I'll let you describe our detonation of the qoH if you like. Channel your inner Mythbuster!==