07-20-2024, 10:27 PM
Keir entered the bridge and replaced the junior officer on duty there. Pulling up sensor logs s/he looked for any energy readings that could account for the transportation of the debris before it's arrival, and listening to the comms turned to face the CO. "Captain how many of these rocks are there?
I know I am new to the problem but perhaps a spacial or temporal distortion could account for this?"
"There appear to be four rocks, one on deck 7 in the CMO's office, deck 9 in the cargo bay, and deck 10 in the shuttlebay, plus the one in security." The Captain answered Keir's question. "We're working from the hypothesis that a Ferengi vessel is phasing in and out in the system and whatever is causing it is out of their control. We received a broken up distress signal from them. The path they have taken through the system appears to have left some phased objects in its wake, which is why we believe the space debris was temporarily able to pass through our shields. So before we do anything to intervene, we need to find a way of preventing more phased material passing the shields. Ra'an has suggested a form of temporal shielding."
Amila nodded an acknowledgement toward the Chief Engineer. "Our sensors have picked up chroniton particles in the ship's wake, it's the only anomaly we've been able to detect so far. Temporal shielding should protect us from the chronitons if we can establish the variance - which we haven't done yet. But, I think I might know what we need to do, Captain," Amila stated, a hint of excitement in her voice.
Amila became animated as she continued with her theory and recommendation. She loved her job, and couldn't help but be excited when things started coming together. "Commander Sothrick can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's safe to say that we've exhausted our resources with regards to scanning the system for any other possible source of the chroniton particles other than the Ferengi ship. We've been running continuous scans, rechecking to make sure we haven't missed any signs of other exotic particles, anomalies, or rifts in the area and it's all coming back to the Ceryneian Hind. I don't know if that's good news or bad news," Amila stated as her mind thought back to something the Chief of Security had said earlier.
"The good news is that the half-life of chroniton particles is long enough that we're easily able to track the ship's course and present position. It should be easy enough to navigate to a strategic position without crossing the Ceryneian Hind's wake. The bad news is that if it is something aboard the ship there is a chance that it is a weapon. We - Starfleet first developed temporal shield technology because of an encounter with a very powerful chroniton weapon. I wouldn't be surprised if the Ferengi got their hands on something they don't understand," Amila opined.
"I recommend we launch a Class 3 probe to study the ship and its tactical capabilities. It is simple enough to program it to read for the variance in the the chroniton field, if we get a constant, or a pattern we can work on our shielding," Amila suggested. Her voice and presentation exuded confidence, but after she was done speaking and looked at the experience and intelligence surrounding her on the Bridge and waited for their response she found herself on edge about how they would react.
== Tag to all on the Bridge, I think there's something there for anyone to grab on to if they like. ==
I know I am new to the problem but perhaps a spacial or temporal distortion could account for this?"
"There appear to be four rocks, one on deck 7 in the CMO's office, deck 9 in the cargo bay, and deck 10 in the shuttlebay, plus the one in security." The Captain answered Keir's question. "We're working from the hypothesis that a Ferengi vessel is phasing in and out in the system and whatever is causing it is out of their control. We received a broken up distress signal from them. The path they have taken through the system appears to have left some phased objects in its wake, which is why we believe the space debris was temporarily able to pass through our shields. So before we do anything to intervene, we need to find a way of preventing more phased material passing the shields. Ra'an has suggested a form of temporal shielding."
Amila nodded an acknowledgement toward the Chief Engineer. "Our sensors have picked up chroniton particles in the ship's wake, it's the only anomaly we've been able to detect so far. Temporal shielding should protect us from the chronitons if we can establish the variance - which we haven't done yet. But, I think I might know what we need to do, Captain," Amila stated, a hint of excitement in her voice.
Amila became animated as she continued with her theory and recommendation. She loved her job, and couldn't help but be excited when things started coming together. "Commander Sothrick can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's safe to say that we've exhausted our resources with regards to scanning the system for any other possible source of the chroniton particles other than the Ferengi ship. We've been running continuous scans, rechecking to make sure we haven't missed any signs of other exotic particles, anomalies, or rifts in the area and it's all coming back to the Ceryneian Hind. I don't know if that's good news or bad news," Amila stated as her mind thought back to something the Chief of Security had said earlier.
"The good news is that the half-life of chroniton particles is long enough that we're easily able to track the ship's course and present position. It should be easy enough to navigate to a strategic position without crossing the Ceryneian Hind's wake. The bad news is that if it is something aboard the ship there is a chance that it is a weapon. We - Starfleet first developed temporal shield technology because of an encounter with a very powerful chroniton weapon. I wouldn't be surprised if the Ferengi got their hands on something they don't understand," Amila opined.
"I recommend we launch a Class 3 probe to study the ship and its tactical capabilities. It is simple enough to program it to read for the variance in the the chroniton field, if we get a constant, or a pattern we can work on our shielding," Amila suggested. Her voice and presentation exuded confidence, but after she was done speaking and looked at the experience and intelligence surrounding her on the Bridge and waited for their response she found herself on edge about how they would react.
== Tag to all on the Bridge, I think there's something there for anyone to grab on to if they like. ==