Weighing the options...

[Dustin_Marks 0]

Ensign JP Marks sat huddled over the security console trying to weigh the possible options of the Agincourt's... Battle? JP stopped for a second wondering if that was truly what they were going to be entering in to. So far the only thing he knew for certain was that they were heading to Pax Primus and that he had orders to find a way to get past the orbital satellites and land on the planet...

 

JP sighed for a second and leaned back, thinking about the true nature of the satellites. Apparently, the rumors about Pax Primus were true that in fact, it was being used as a stronghold for both the Romulans and Federation. He leaned back forward and began cross-checking any other known defense systems similar to what was deployed around Pax Primus. After what felt like an eternity, the console began displaying two results.

 

RESULT MATCH: 1 of 2

 

Cardassian Orbital Defense Platform

Starfleet Infiltration of Cardassia

Stardate: 27404.19

 

RESULT MATCH: 2 of 2

 

Klingon Strategic Defense System

Classified Recon Mission

Stardate: Speculative; 265??.??-273??.??

 

 

JP cocked an eyebrow at the two results and was less then thrilled with what he saw. From what he saw, the only two matches he had for reference were over twenty years old and one was still under classification. Muttering a curse, JP brought up the Cardassian file and began reviewing the material. Surprisingly, he found the material to be extremely interesting about how the USS Defiant imprinted a Starfleet signiture unto an Astroid which caused the platform to follow it and eventually destroy their own power source.

 

Realizing the sheer brilliance of that idea, JP quickly brought up the current files on the Pax Primus defense satellites and reviewed their power source. His short-lived happiness was soon shot down though when he saw that each of the orbiting satellites employed its own seperate power system in case of a planet-side generator shutdown. Muttering a curse, JP slammed the Padd on the desk causing the Pax Primus material to go away and the original security schematics to come back up with the file marking the .02 second security lag in the internal systems.

 

"Wait a second," JP thought aloud, "that might be it..."

 

Punching back up the central power source for the orbital defence stations, JP saw that during a catastrophic system failure and the back up power sources coming to life that their would be a 12.83 second window to get into the planet's orbit and drop a team in. Granted, that may only help to get a team down unto the planet, but if they were successful in making to one of the auxillery computer stations, they could reprogram the orbital systems and shut them down until they could figure what was going on.

 

He quickly began scratching together his plan of following in the Defiant's footsteps. By imprinting a warp signiture on either a Astroid, a shuttle, or some large body they could manuever to the main power station, they could turn the system on itself and open up that near 13 second block. He could only hope that the Sciences, Engineering, and the Marines would be proficient enough to execute the rest of the plan on the planet...