04-06-2026, 05:00 AM
Jadaris listened as Jenny delivered the briefing. The Gorn still had a bone to pick with the Cardassians over the loss of the Callisto, and relished butting heads against them again.
"I want to take the Yeager into sensor range of the system and get a good look at those ships and their deployment. If Starfleet decides to send a relief force or someone decides to stage a breakout, that reconnaissance data will be vital. Arwen, Jadaris, I want proposals for how to increase our sensor range and sensitivity while also minimising our own sensor profile. Peter, Artemis, I want the Security teams drilling for potential boarding actions - offensive and defensive. Pax, I want a complete inventory of medical supplies; if someone tries to run that blockade they're going to need medical attention if they make it out the other side."
“We should also see if we can break through that jamming somehow,” Qi mused. “If worse comes to worst, we may need to coordinate with the people aboard the starbase to get them out of there. If we're lucky, we might even be able to send a coded message through without the Cardassians noticing.”
As Qi added their bit, Jadaris nodded. Breaking their comms interruption would give them better coordination, but it would also likely alert the Cardassians to the presence of another ship. "Commander Qi, I'll head down to the science lab to discuss options with you, but for the benefit of the crew I'll speak what's on my mind for what we can do. Given our need for stealthed active sensor pings, we'll probably have to rig up a network of class 3 probes along with tight band or line of sight sensor transmissions to our passive sensors if we're under a sensor signature mask. The old Avenger-class heavy cruisers had a sensor cloak built into their defensive systems, and I might be able to replicate the effect on this ship. The other option is our own cloak development, which is possible, but translating cloak theory into practice would only be testable in the field, which may be problematic."
He shook his head at Kal-Geal, but he knew the younger alien officer would learn in time what the Cardassians really liked to do to their captives. "If worse comes to worse, I'm not adverse to spitting at the Cardassians."
==tag Qi==
"I want to take the Yeager into sensor range of the system and get a good look at those ships and their deployment. If Starfleet decides to send a relief force or someone decides to stage a breakout, that reconnaissance data will be vital. Arwen, Jadaris, I want proposals for how to increase our sensor range and sensitivity while also minimising our own sensor profile. Peter, Artemis, I want the Security teams drilling for potential boarding actions - offensive and defensive. Pax, I want a complete inventory of medical supplies; if someone tries to run that blockade they're going to need medical attention if they make it out the other side."
“We should also see if we can break through that jamming somehow,” Qi mused. “If worse comes to worst, we may need to coordinate with the people aboard the starbase to get them out of there. If we're lucky, we might even be able to send a coded message through without the Cardassians noticing.”
As Qi added their bit, Jadaris nodded. Breaking their comms interruption would give them better coordination, but it would also likely alert the Cardassians to the presence of another ship. "Commander Qi, I'll head down to the science lab to discuss options with you, but for the benefit of the crew I'll speak what's on my mind for what we can do. Given our need for stealthed active sensor pings, we'll probably have to rig up a network of class 3 probes along with tight band or line of sight sensor transmissions to our passive sensors if we're under a sensor signature mask. The old Avenger-class heavy cruisers had a sensor cloak built into their defensive systems, and I might be able to replicate the effect on this ship. The other option is our own cloak development, which is possible, but translating cloak theory into practice would only be testable in the field, which may be problematic."
He shook his head at Kal-Geal, but he knew the younger alien officer would learn in time what the Cardassians really liked to do to their captives. "If worse comes to worse, I'm not adverse to spitting at the Cardassians."
==tag Qi==