08-25-2024, 06:22 AM
Peter couldn't entirely blame Black for her outburst. She'd had one heck of a bad day, after all. But right now he also needed everyone to stay focused. If the Cardassians showed up, things were going to get...messy. And he needed their helmswoman focused.
"Apology accepted" he said calmly and without hesitation. "Stay focused, please." he went on in the same tone of very mild reproach. Not because he actually blamed her, but he kinda needed to be the one to maintain order right now. He listened to the explanation about the Franklin.
"Frankly", he said, and didn't notice the pun until much later, "it amazes me that this ship is still intact after all these years." he mused before Black explained about the scan. He wasn't actually worried, but did furrow his brow slightly. He didn't konw that ships this ancient had any kind of active scanning capability. Then again, he wasn't much of a history of science-buff.
"As long as it didn't implant a Trojan in us, let it look", he said with a vry smile, then looked at T'Lari who'd spoken up about the Franklin's history. He nodded.
"Understood. Keep a lookout for Cardassians", he pointed out. "And shut down non-essential systems. That means whatever we don't need to be able to defend ourselves if necessary, run away if it comes to that, and maintain the cryo pods. Everything else can wait. We want our particular candle in the dark to be as small as possible", he pointed out again, referencing their energy signature, and hoping that the less energy they used, the more difficult they'd be to spot, and the less risk there was of being detected.
Then a thought occurred to him.
"However", he said, "I also want to know: If it became necessary....could we extend our shields to cover the Franklin as well? If the Cardassians show up and are not in a talking mood, I don't want them to beam out anyone from the Franklin under our noses and leave us here holding our unmentionable while they have hostages."
"Apology accepted" he said calmly and without hesitation. "Stay focused, please." he went on in the same tone of very mild reproach. Not because he actually blamed her, but he kinda needed to be the one to maintain order right now. He listened to the explanation about the Franklin.
"Frankly", he said, and didn't notice the pun until much later, "it amazes me that this ship is still intact after all these years." he mused before Black explained about the scan. He wasn't actually worried, but did furrow his brow slightly. He didn't konw that ships this ancient had any kind of active scanning capability. Then again, he wasn't much of a history of science-buff.
"As long as it didn't implant a Trojan in us, let it look", he said with a vry smile, then looked at T'Lari who'd spoken up about the Franklin's history. He nodded.
"Understood. Keep a lookout for Cardassians", he pointed out. "And shut down non-essential systems. That means whatever we don't need to be able to defend ourselves if necessary, run away if it comes to that, and maintain the cryo pods. Everything else can wait. We want our particular candle in the dark to be as small as possible", he pointed out again, referencing their energy signature, and hoping that the less energy they used, the more difficult they'd be to spot, and the less risk there was of being detected.
Then a thought occurred to him.
"However", he said, "I also want to know: If it became necessary....could we extend our shields to cover the Franklin as well? If the Cardassians show up and are not in a talking mood, I don't want them to beam out anyone from the Franklin under our noses and leave us here holding our unmentionable while they have hostages."