05-06-2026, 03:29 AM
== NRC Ensign Raven Singer, Engineering Officer ==
Raven, clad in her well worn cover-alls, had entered the lab and spoke up from across the room, "You guys are trying to seal off the entire room? That's a bit crazy, you know that right? You can't depend on the materials of the room to not fail you. You need to make something big enough for two people to get inside, but that is completely disconnected from everything outside of it. That's kind of what these cages were intended for since they figured them out hundreds of years ago. A standard electric field is easy to defeat. A good conductor even attracts the energy, but like a lightning rod, it directs it where it won't do any harm. Subspace is a little more tricky. Think as if you're trying to defeat microwaves, but smaller and able to handle more power. A fine mesh will defeat microwaves, but subspace energy can get through. I suggest augmenting the dampening field that the boy wonder created with a duranium foil shell over a simple grid framework. Nothing goes through if it is a complete cube around you. Anything you want to power requires an independent battery power source. You should be in your own universe in there. Duranium is used in hull plating and is a big reason we've always needed subspace antennas and such on the outsides of the ships, because the signals can't get through it. Works great for protecting us as we whip around through space, and subspace, but makes communications difficult enough that entire sections of the hull have to be covered with antenna material to deliberately draw in signals for comms. Be sure to test it by firing a focused subspace signal at it to see if there are any readings on the inside. If there are ANY readings at all, then you need to plug the holes you find. Start with a double layer and have the supporting grid made of duranium as well. His subspace null field likely won't hold up alone if that box gives a hard pulse, but if it is being used to keep other signals from getting in, then it functions as a secondary insulator to keep stray signals from doing damage out here that might be trying to get in. That field will also likely take out comms across a few decks in this part of the ship, so be sure to warn everyone before you freak them out."
After her long monolog, Raven made a face and added, "Have you seen those things in Sickbay? Man, they are ugly. I know ugly too, I once went out on a date with a Tellarite. It was a bad idea. He did have a great sense of humor though." She glanced around and then shrugged, "What? None of you have a social life? Now, let's be brave and daring, but also not blow up the ship. I might get in lots of trouble if you guys blow up the ship and I really hate paperwork...even though we don't use paper, I still hate it."
Raven rolled her eyes and looked down at the cup in her hand, "You know, I think I need to cut back on the Raktajino and go back to just strong coffee again..." Then she shrugged to herself and took another drink anyway.
== Tag to all ==
Raven, clad in her well worn cover-alls, had entered the lab and spoke up from across the room, "You guys are trying to seal off the entire room? That's a bit crazy, you know that right? You can't depend on the materials of the room to not fail you. You need to make something big enough for two people to get inside, but that is completely disconnected from everything outside of it. That's kind of what these cages were intended for since they figured them out hundreds of years ago. A standard electric field is easy to defeat. A good conductor even attracts the energy, but like a lightning rod, it directs it where it won't do any harm. Subspace is a little more tricky. Think as if you're trying to defeat microwaves, but smaller and able to handle more power. A fine mesh will defeat microwaves, but subspace energy can get through. I suggest augmenting the dampening field that the boy wonder created with a duranium foil shell over a simple grid framework. Nothing goes through if it is a complete cube around you. Anything you want to power requires an independent battery power source. You should be in your own universe in there. Duranium is used in hull plating and is a big reason we've always needed subspace antennas and such on the outsides of the ships, because the signals can't get through it. Works great for protecting us as we whip around through space, and subspace, but makes communications difficult enough that entire sections of the hull have to be covered with antenna material to deliberately draw in signals for comms. Be sure to test it by firing a focused subspace signal at it to see if there are any readings on the inside. If there are ANY readings at all, then you need to plug the holes you find. Start with a double layer and have the supporting grid made of duranium as well. His subspace null field likely won't hold up alone if that box gives a hard pulse, but if it is being used to keep other signals from getting in, then it functions as a secondary insulator to keep stray signals from doing damage out here that might be trying to get in. That field will also likely take out comms across a few decks in this part of the ship, so be sure to warn everyone before you freak them out."
After her long monolog, Raven made a face and added, "Have you seen those things in Sickbay? Man, they are ugly. I know ugly too, I once went out on a date with a Tellarite. It was a bad idea. He did have a great sense of humor though." She glanced around and then shrugged, "What? None of you have a social life? Now, let's be brave and daring, but also not blow up the ship. I might get in lots of trouble if you guys blow up the ship and I really hate paperwork...even though we don't use paper, I still hate it."
Raven rolled her eyes and looked down at the cup in her hand, "You know, I think I need to cut back on the Raktajino and go back to just strong coffee again..." Then she shrugged to herself and took another drink anyway.
== Tag to all ==