"Engineering Small Miracles"

[Dielle 0]

"Engineering Small Miracles"

 

Joint Log by Kairi, Prell, and Dielle

 

Prell stared at the Iconian Device, not paying attention to anyone or anything. He remained silent for several minutes, oblivious to the engineers passing behind him. Walking into the room, Kairi came up behind him and leaned over his shoulder. She handed him a cup of coffee. "Anything yet?"

 

He jumped, almost knocking over the coffee. "Oh....ummm, well yes. We've found the power source; it's still active." He pointed to the bottom, which was faintly glowing orange.

 

She began rubbing his back to get him to calm down as she looked at the device. "The higher-ups will be happy it's still alive then." She thought for a minute as she continued to rub. "Hmm...look there. It looks like a part would belong there."

 

He followed her finger to a panel, behind which was an empty space. "Yes, it seems that way....but we can't reverse engineer what's missing if we don't know what this does..." He stood up and walked around it.

 

As if on cue, Dielle's friendly face appeared in the doorway. "Need some help?" She hadn't been able to contain her curiosity and had finally finished all the other menial tasks Prell had assigned her.

 

Kairi turned and smiled. "We could always use another hand."

 

Prell looked over and nodded. "We do need some help. What the hell does this thing do? It's obviously a weapon of some sort."

 

"Hmm.." Kairi leaned on the table and began examining the device more carefully.

 

As Dielle approached it, she inspected it from several different angles aided by her tricorder. "The power size does indicate it's probably a weapon," she said, nodding. "But look at this. "If this is right, it's meant to affect changes on a molecular level. Highly sophisticated." Dee looked over at Prell. "Who made this, anyway?"

 

Javin looked up. "We think it might be Iconian. You said on a molecular level? How so?"

 

"I think it disrupts various molecular bonds, breaking down the cohesion instantaneously." She studied the device once more. "But from the size of it, it doesn't seem like it would be very efficient to use on individuals. Maybe they hadn't perfected it."

 

Kairi leaned in further. "If this thing does what you say, then where is the focusing array?"

 

Dee sat back. "Maybe that's what's missing. If so, we won't be able to operate it until we find a replacement."

 

Prell studied the empty chamber. "How can we make one if we don't know the intended target?"

 

"We could take what we have so far and make some simulations. That way we can experiment with different arrays." Kairi stood up .

 

He nodded. "Like the Sonic Disruptor.... wait."

 

Kairi looked up. "Like the Sonic Disruptor.....could this be almost the same as it?"

 

"Destabilization of molecular cohesion, like it did." Prell continued.

 

Dielle glanced back and forth at the two of them. "Sonic disruptor? Targets sound waves or something?" Her face displayed her obvious confusion.

 

Kairi thought. "It's possible they are roughly the same. Maybe we weren't the first to discover this device, and the sonic disruptor is a copy of sorts." Noticing her confusion, Kairi took Dee by the hand and led her to a console. She then quickly brought up the specs of the sonic disruptor for her to study. "It's one of our little toys."

 

"Thanks." Dee flashed Kairi a smile and perused the data from the library. At least someone intended to keep her in the loop.

 

Prell nodded his confirmation. "We had it onboard for some time. It used very high frequency to bombard targets out of their relative positions. This device could do somewhat the same couldn't it? Except instead of pushing objects away, it would crumble the foundations of elements."

 

Kairi nodded. "Looks that way. Maybe one of the lenses we made for the disruptor could work here. It'd probably need to be modified first."

 

Dee turned around to face them and the device. "It might work, but it'd take a lot of modifications. If the targeting array's off, it'll be disastrous. We need to make sure the pulse is focused." She studied it for a few more minutes. "The range on this is incredible."

 

Prell nodded again. "Let's give it a run in the simulations; that'll help us find the right lens." Kairi sat down next to Dee at the console. With a few taps she began uploading a simulation.

 

Dee leaned over, interested. "At least we don't have to come up with a power supply. Do we know what sort of reserves this thing has? How much we can get out of it?"

 

Prell looked back at the supply. "Well, we don't know how long this thing has been down on the planet. It could last a very long time. A fusion reactor perhaps?"

 

"Pretty much self-sustaining then. That's incredible; I've never even heard of anything close to it."

 

Prell looked at Kairi and Dielle. "All right, let's get this thing up and running. Kairi, you start work on the lens focuser while Dielle starts running the simulations. Let's not let any science nerds in on this."

 

Kairi nodded as she began her work. "We'll have this done before they even know what's going on."

 

Dee smiled at him. "Concerned they'll upstage you?" There was no question of anyone upstaging her.

 

Prell smirked. "No, I just wanna have something to rub in their collective faces."

 

"That," Dee said, leaning back in her chair, "is something that can be arranged."