08-01-2024, 06:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-01-2024, 06:18 PM by Theresa Black.)
"That orbit isn't going to hold for long...” The Captain was saying as the bridge crew set about their work.
A combination of many things was making Black nervous. The DY-150 was effectively dead in the water in a decaying orbit, but these things didn't just go from orbiting a planet to plummeting into the atmosphere without a reason.
She'd been scanning for anything from the second they'd entered the system, but there didn't seem to be anything. The Captains assessment that the ship had simply lost power and was now in its final moments seemed obvious. But at two hundred years old, why had it chosen now to do it?
"Put us in an orbit five hundred kilometres above the derelict; it'll be close enough to grab her with a tractor beam if needed, and shield her from prying eyes.”
“Aye-aye” Black replied moving the ship in to the higher synchronous orbit.
“We're going to have to go aboard to see what we can do for these people; Commander Qi, Lieutenant Hydish and I will beam across and try and stabilise their orbit."
That made Black stop and turn back. Why are you going?
"If we're successful, we will bring a medical team aboard to determine whether it is safe to revive the passengers.”
How do we know there are passengers? Black now wondered.
Sure 150's were usually cryosleepers, but none of the initial scans had returned anything. Yet. And there was still the possibility that this could be an ambush. After all, what were the odds that they would detect it hours before it was due to crash on an unknown planet in an unknown system.
Tactical 101. If there's any doubt, there is no doubt.
More orders were disseminated and then the Captain threw open the room; "Questions?"
She wasn't sure if it was still the effect of their slipstream jump, or something else, but the knot in her stomach tightened a little more as she said, “Captain, are you sure you should be going over there yourself? What if this is an elaborate ambush? Initial sensor scans aren't showing anything specifically out of the ordinary, but something feels a bit... I don't know.” she seemed to falter a little and look away, then she looked back fixing her gaze. “Something feels off, and I, don't really want to loose anyone else today."
== Tag el Capitan ==
== And GM – Still waiting on earlier initial scans of everything ==
A combination of many things was making Black nervous. The DY-150 was effectively dead in the water in a decaying orbit, but these things didn't just go from orbiting a planet to plummeting into the atmosphere without a reason.
She'd been scanning for anything from the second they'd entered the system, but there didn't seem to be anything. The Captains assessment that the ship had simply lost power and was now in its final moments seemed obvious. But at two hundred years old, why had it chosen now to do it?
"Put us in an orbit five hundred kilometres above the derelict; it'll be close enough to grab her with a tractor beam if needed, and shield her from prying eyes.”
“Aye-aye” Black replied moving the ship in to the higher synchronous orbit.
“We're going to have to go aboard to see what we can do for these people; Commander Qi, Lieutenant Hydish and I will beam across and try and stabilise their orbit."
That made Black stop and turn back. Why are you going?
"If we're successful, we will bring a medical team aboard to determine whether it is safe to revive the passengers.”
How do we know there are passengers? Black now wondered.
Sure 150's were usually cryosleepers, but none of the initial scans had returned anything. Yet. And there was still the possibility that this could be an ambush. After all, what were the odds that they would detect it hours before it was due to crash on an unknown planet in an unknown system.
Tactical 101. If there's any doubt, there is no doubt.
More orders were disseminated and then the Captain threw open the room; "Questions?"
She wasn't sure if it was still the effect of their slipstream jump, or something else, but the knot in her stomach tightened a little more as she said, “Captain, are you sure you should be going over there yourself? What if this is an elaborate ambush? Initial sensor scans aren't showing anything specifically out of the ordinary, but something feels a bit... I don't know.” she seemed to falter a little and look away, then she looked back fixing her gaze. “Something feels off, and I, don't really want to loose anyone else today."
== Tag el Capitan ==
== And GM – Still waiting on earlier initial scans of everything ==