10-23-2024, 02:00 AM
Ramming?
T'Lari was puzzled for a moment, unsure of whether Jensen was joking. Humans sometimes picked the oddest times to make light of a situation. But this wasn't one of those times, and the Commander was serious about not letting the ship fall into Cardassian hands. Given their treatment of prisoners that was probably wise. She'd read the reports of the survivors of the Callisto that the Philly had managed to save.
The half-Vulcan considered. The Os'rusa was fast at warp, but that didn't necessarily translate to impulse speed. Or at least, if it did, they might still be able to pull off a surprise.
"Sir, we could move to the other side of the planet, serve as a distraction while the away team finishes their preparations. Use the planet's mass to shield the Franklin from detection. Given Cardassian psychology they will most likely go after the obvious threat, the Federation starship, and not the derelict ship operating on minimal power, assuming they even detect it at all. Maintain a fast orbit that will take us back into transporter range."
She considered for a moment. "If you can keep them talking long enough to get back around we can beam the away team and survivors aboard and jump to slipstream before they can react. Perhaps we can make a show of scanning the other side of the planet as if searching for something. I believe that it is best to mix in some truth with lies. We are, after all, here to rescue survivors. We don't have to tell them we've already found what we're looking for."
T'Lari's rough early upbringing on a Romulan mining colony did give her an advantage over most Vulcans. She understood deception well, not just as an intellectual puzzle but how to use it. The Romulans were masters of it, and although she had been young when she and her mother had escaped some had rubbed off on her. Give the Cardassians some bait. Behave as they expected, at least until it was time to (as the humans put it) "run like hell."
== GM Input: What level of warp speed is the Os'rusa showing? And can T'Lari determine anything about the other ship? Speed, course, anything like that? ==
T'Lari was puzzled for a moment, unsure of whether Jensen was joking. Humans sometimes picked the oddest times to make light of a situation. But this wasn't one of those times, and the Commander was serious about not letting the ship fall into Cardassian hands. Given their treatment of prisoners that was probably wise. She'd read the reports of the survivors of the Callisto that the Philly had managed to save.
The half-Vulcan considered. The Os'rusa was fast at warp, but that didn't necessarily translate to impulse speed. Or at least, if it did, they might still be able to pull off a surprise.
"Sir, we could move to the other side of the planet, serve as a distraction while the away team finishes their preparations. Use the planet's mass to shield the Franklin from detection. Given Cardassian psychology they will most likely go after the obvious threat, the Federation starship, and not the derelict ship operating on minimal power, assuming they even detect it at all. Maintain a fast orbit that will take us back into transporter range."
She considered for a moment. "If you can keep them talking long enough to get back around we can beam the away team and survivors aboard and jump to slipstream before they can react. Perhaps we can make a show of scanning the other side of the planet as if searching for something. I believe that it is best to mix in some truth with lies. We are, after all, here to rescue survivors. We don't have to tell them we've already found what we're looking for."
T'Lari's rough early upbringing on a Romulan mining colony did give her an advantage over most Vulcans. She understood deception well, not just as an intellectual puzzle but how to use it. The Romulans were masters of it, and although she had been young when she and her mother had escaped some had rubbed off on her. Give the Cardassians some bait. Behave as they expected, at least until it was time to (as the humans put it) "run like hell."
== GM Input: What level of warp speed is the Os'rusa showing? And can T'Lari determine anything about the other ship? Speed, course, anything like that? ==