USS Challenger 11.30.2014

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Cptn Ja'Lale -> Anyway, yes, Challenger was enroute to the nebula and had launched a probe into the nebula. Initial readings should be coming back.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Any other questions?

Cptn Ja'Lale -> BEGIN SIM

Cptn Ja'Lale -> BEGIN SIM

Cptn Ja'Lale -> BEGIN SIM

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Standing on the flight deck by a prepped Eagle, and a fuming Chief Barnes.::

Anastasia Poldara -> ::Ja'Lale:: Captain, receiving telemetry from the probe.

Gretchen Hanson -> ::in SB doing medical things:::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Very good.

Anastasia Poldara -> ::begins reviewing the telemetry:: Hmm.

Derrick Sabin -> ::in his quarters, getting ready to go on-shift::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Find anything?

Artemis -> ::Pre-buffering shield frequency rotations for yellow-alert, and warming up the phaser cannons in their cradles::

Cassie Granger -> ::since there was not much for her to do on the bridge, she decided to get down to the fighter bay and check out the Eagle::

Anastasia Poldara -> Well, the nebula itself is largely unremarkable. I don't know why the freighter is so close to it.

Dyan Sylvanis -> Don't give me that look. It's the only way for the Eagle's sensors to work without leaving the proximity of the ship.

Hunter Matheson -> ::at helm, not really happy about the situation, no not at all::

Anastasia Poldara -> We will encounter significant sensory and shield disruption if we enter it. We won't quite be blind, but not far from it.

Dyan Sylvanis -> Barnes> It's suicide.

Anastasia Poldara -> The freighter itself registers on the probe's sensors, though proximity to the nebula means its scans are about as good as ours. It isn't registering the freighter as being in any obvious distress... oh.

Cassie Granger -> ::hears Barnes as she strides toward them::

Anastasia Poldara -> The freighter's thrusters are at stationkeeping.

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Turns and nods at Cass as she sees her approach.:: Captain.

Dyan Sylvanis -> Barnes> ::Snaps to.::

Cmdr Rinax -> ::finishes clearing out the conference room, mulling over the discussions that were had::

Cassie Granger -> ::Barnes:: As you were. ::returns the salute::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Can we determine how far the freighter is in the nebula?

Cassie Granger -> It's dicey, Lieutenant, I'll give you that. Suicide, Barnes?

Dvokr chim Hok -> :: On the bridge at the communications console ::

Anastasia Poldara -> ::runs some calculations:: Triangulating.

Derrick Sabin -> ::takes the nearby TL to the Science deck::

Cmdr Rinax -> ::after putting glasses and such into the recycler unit, comes out of the conference room, sort of feeling like the maid but it gave her time to ponder the evidence again and all of the discussions::

Anastasia Poldara -> ::Ja'Lale:: If the freighter is at stationkeeping, sir, that implies they are holding position for a reason.

Hunter Matheson -> ::listening to science re the nebula::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> ::Nods:: Indeed it does. They either are unable to move further, or are waiting for someone.

Anastasia Poldara -> All right, it looks like the freighter is approximately 0.8 light-years from the boundary of the nebula closest to us.

Derrick Sabin -> ::Enters the Sci lab and settles into his chair, logging in to his station::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> I assume we are unable to raise the freighter from here?

Dyan Sylvanis -> Right, so I know you said you wanted us to get the Eagle's sensors to work from the flight deck. Problem is, even though they are powerful, there is too much interference in the hull, EPS grids, and etc. So I figured we can make a tractor beam tether and I'll take the Eagle out and drift under the hull.

Dyan Sylvanis -> Barnes> ::grumbles.::

Cmdr Rinax -> ::glances around the bridge before she takes her seat, silently, though made eye contact with anyone that looked towards the door when it opened, and nods to the Captain before she sits::

Anastasia Poldara -> ::sees Sabin come online:: +Sabin+ Poldara to Sabin.

Artemis -> ::Ja'Lale:: Captain, this reeks of bait. I may not believe that the freighter picked up Klingons, but that doesn't mean they aren't here.

Derrick Sabin -> +Poldara+ Sabin here, Lt.

Cmdr Rinax -> ::a little shocked that Artemis has nearly her same conclusion... not exactly, but close::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> I was thinking the same thing.

Anastasia Poldara -> +Sabin+ We've started to receive telemetry from the probe we sent ahead of us. Please keep an eye on it and see if you can divine any more useful details from the data. The more information we have before we arrive on the scene, the better we'll be able to plan ahead.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> It wouldn't surprise me at all.

Cassie Granger -> ::after quite a bit of thought, she reiterates:: The idea was to stay aboard if possible. I'm not so sure that taking the fighter out in the nebula is a good idea.

Derrick Sabin -> ::switches his monitor to follow the flow of data from the probe::: +Poldara+ I have it up now. I'll let you know what I can find.

Cassie Granger -> But, ::glancing to Barnes:: I'm inclined to agree with you both. It could be suicide, maybe creating a feedback with the attempted mesh of technology.

Artemis -> I would recommend coming to a stop as far from this freighter as we can

Derrick Sabin -> ::puzzled by the lack of data about the freighter:::

Hunter Matheson -> ::likes that idea, too::

Derrick Sabin -> ::makes some adjustments in the telemetry analysis:::

Anastasia Poldara -> Just a reminder that the properties of the nebula affect the freighter's sensors as well.

Cassie Granger -> ::Dyan:: What's the fighter's capability in the nebula?

Cassie Granger -> All around capability, I mean.

Anastasia Poldara -> As for communication … we could potentially use the probe as a signal booster. ::glances at Hok for confirmation::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> If you can, make it happen ::to Hok::

Cmdr Rinax -> Captain, what if we took a shuttle over there, limited personnel, science... and a driver - take our scans, bring them back - quick in and out,.

Hunter Matheson -> ::doubling up with nav, isn't liking what he sees, or doesn't see would be more like it::

Dyan Sylvanis -> I get that, but we need this information. And you know as well as I do, the Eagle is better than any probe we could hope to launch. ::Stops a moment.:: No armaments to make room for the sensor suite, but she's got twice the shield power of the Spectres. She can hold.

Derrick Sabin -> ::makes one other adjustment and then hits the comm:: +Poldara+ Sabin to Poldara.

Dvokr chim Hok -> I think we can boost the signal, but it will train the power sytem of the probe more quickly.

Dyan Sylvanis -> She's made to survive with info intact.

Anastasia Poldara -> +Sabin+ Do you have good news for me?

Cassie Granger -> ::stares hard at the Eagle, then at Sylvanis::

Dvokr chim Hok -> Boosting the signal Captain.

Cassie Granger -> All right. You know her capabilities more than anyone. I'm making it your call, Lieutenant.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Try to hail the freighter, if you can.

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Nods.:: Thank you. I'll be careful.

Cmdr Rinax -> ::looks at Hok, to see if there is a response::

Dyan Sylvanis -> Barnes> You better be.

Derrick Sabin -> +Poldara+ Depends on your point of view, Lieutenant. The probe is definitely giving us readings on the physical properties of the freighter, but limited to it's exterior. Nothing is penetrating that ship's hull. I'd say she's pretty heavily shielded.

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Smirks.::

Dvokr chim Hok -> The connection to the probe is made.. recieving...

Dvokr chim Hok -> We are getting a response, but it's tricky

Cassie Granger -> ::Nods and turns away from them to contact the bridge:: +COM+ Granger to Captain Ja'lale.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Freighter> +Challenger+ ::Static:: This is....reighter...Erie...::static::...stuck in nebula...navig...ut....::static::

Anastasia Poldara -> +Sabin+ Really? That's interesting. Why would a freighter be so shielded? We're using the probe as a signal booster—could you piggyback some kind of active scan over the comm signal?

Cptn Ja'Lale -> +Cass+ Go ahead. ::Hok:: See if you can clear that up..

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Grabs her helmet and climbs into the Eagle.::

Derrick Sabin -> +Poldara+ I'l give it a try.

Cmdr Rinax -> ::taps onn her console to look up Freighter Erie::

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Puts helmet and mask on, closing the canopy. She begins powering up.::

Cassie Granger -> +COM+ Sir, we have at our disposal one of the most sophisticated packages of technology within a sensor suite attached to Lt. Sylvanis' fighter. She's ready to go on your mark, sir.

Derrick Sabin -> ::configures a video channel to ride underneath the audio frequencies going out to the probe, hoping it will get relayed to the freighter unobserved:::

Anastasia Poldara -> ::keeps an eye on the probe's power levels:: Probe power at 55% and dropping.

Artemis -> ::sends a frequency schedule to Hok:: Here, using these frequencies should help get through our own shields. My clear things up a little.

Hunter Matheson -> ::looks up and turns, thinking about Sylvanis going into the nebula, he clenches his jaw::

Cmdr Rinax -> Captain, we have 3 Erie Freighters on the Federation database. Unsure which one yet.

Derrick Sabin -> ::gets scrambled images that coincide with the breaks in static in the audio stream from the freighter::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Hope they all aren't the same type of freighter.

Cmdr Rinax -> Let me check the differences... maybe we can identify it.

Anastasia Poldara -> Probe power at 49%.

Dvokr chim Hok -> Clearing.. ::

Artemis -> ::sends same frequency schedule to Sabin and Poldara:: I wont drop shields, but this should give you a dedicated hole

Hunter Matheson -> ::Lets out a breath:: On approach to the freighter, Captain. ETA five minutes to holding at 10,000 km.

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Finished with her prep, waiting on the go ahead.::

Cmdr Rinax -> ::reads console, attempts to find differences:: Cassie Granger -> +Syl+ Stand by.

Cmdr Rinax -> There was a Fort Erie, Captain. This one filed a flight path on Rout to SB 179... that's probably the nearest to our location.

Cmdr Rinax -> Let me see... their scheduled freight haul was supposed to be metallic ores and such.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Fort Erie... but why cut through a nebula?

Cmdr Rinax -> Wasn't in their flight plan. ::smirks and tries to get more info::

Dvokr chim Hok -> I have cleared the signal by about double, is that enough?

Anastasia Poldara -> Meet with some smugglers?

Anastasia Poldara -> Probe power at 42%.

Derrick Sabin -> ::trying to clear the video feed::

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Hates the waiting.::

Hunter Matheson -> ::Ja'Lale:: Approaching freighter. Holding at 10,000 km.

Hunter Matheson -> ::parks::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Good

Cmdr Rinax -> ::turns towards Anastasia:: Or hide from some? Lets do scans of the area around us too, just in case others are hiding!

Derrick Sabin -> ::captures a "still" of the intermittent data and breathes a small sigh of relief:::

Anastasia Poldara -> ::Rinax:: If there were any in range, we would have picked them up by now. Mind you, in this nebular, our range is now effectively about 3 AU.

Derrick Sabin -> +Poldara+ Sabin to Poldara. I don't much quality video to work with, but what I've got looks like a human crew.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Try to hail the freighter again.

Anastasia Poldara -> +Sabin+ Humans? On a Tyrellian freighter?

Cmdr Rinax -> Just keep scanning, ... ::turns:: Captain, I suggest yellow alert, so no one is surprised by something out here.

Hunter Matheson -> ::glancing at nav::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> (Already on Yellow Alert)

Derrick Sabin -> +Poldara+ Clearly not Tyrellian...or Klingon for that matter. Also, some kind of metallic compound as cargo.

Anastasia Poldara -> +Sabin+ Acknowledged. Will pass this on.

Anastasia Poldara -> ::Ja'Lale:: Captain, Sabin piggybacked a video feed on the comm transmission and saw humans on the freighter. Scans also verify the presence of metallic signatures in the cargo bay.

Gretchen Hanson -> (checks her sucker supply. Clearly those on the bridge are having a sugar reaction)

Dvokr chim Hok -> Granger (++ if needed), are you able to do some post-transmission processing to clean up things further?

Cmdr Rinax -> ((Withdrawal))

Cptn Ja'Lale -> THat's a relief.

Cassie Granger -> +Ja'Lale+ Eagle standing by, full sensor package ready to go.

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Waiting on those launch orders.::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> +Cass+ Launch when ready

Cmdr Rinax -> ::checks console:: That's probably the Fort Erie, then... mostly human compliment aboard.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> ::Checks the Federation registry:: Fort Erie, large Type VII freighter based in Fort Erie, PA Earth. As the Commander mentioned, she was headed to SB 179

Anastasia Poldara -> ((I thought it was a Tyrellian freighter we were going after?))

Cassie Granger -> +Syl+ Launch is a go. If you see anything that remotely resembles danger, return immediately. Good hunting.

Cmdr Rinax -> ::nods:: They don't have any warnings on their record for troublemaking, Captain, at least up until now. They didn't register any crew or leadership changes... so we are going in blind.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> (Meant to be a civilian freighter... but we can say that it is registered in Tyrellia as a flag of convenience if you will)

Dyan Sylvanis -> +Cass+ Roger. ::Launches, and once clear, she has full shields up and turns for the freighter.::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> (Which could make it Tyrellian technically.)

Cassie Granger -> ::Barnes:: Get your QRF hot, just in case. Monitor her comm closely.

Anastasia Poldara -> ((I’m a scientist, not a shipping lawyer.))

Cptn Ja'Lale -> ACTION: Fort Erie is owned by a company on Earth, but registered in Tyrellia.

Hunter Matheson -> ::glad to be just a SWCC::

Cmdr Rinax -> Captain, the registry is Tyrellian, but it's owned by this Earth company. ::points at her console::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Must be cheaper to do that. But, I'm no expert in that field.

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Once she closes the distance, she uses the full suite trained on the freighter to take detailed scans.:: +FOPS+ Suite active and all eyes on the target.

Gretchen Hanson -> (you know, like US cruise ships sailing under a Panamanian flag)

Cptn Ja'Lale -> (Yes, that's exactly it)

Cassie Granger -> FOPS> Copy.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> (Cheaper and less rules to go by)

Cassie Granger -> +FOPS+ Send the sensor feed from Eagle directly to the bridge.

Dyan Sylvanis -> +FOPS+ linking now. ::Sends.::

Anastasia Poldara -> Hopefully the Eagle's sensors will have more luck penetrating that hull.

Cassie Granger -> FOPS> Will do, Captain. It's coming in now.

Dyan Sylvanis -> +FOPS+ Shields holding steady.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> ACTION: The Eagle launches and heads closer to the freighter.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> (5 minutes)

Cptn Ja'Lale -> ACTION: Eagle's sensors are able to penetrate the Fiort Erie

Dvokr chim Hok -> +Granger+ Do you wish me to monitor and control the Eagle's transmission protocols?

Cptn Ja'Lale -> 's hull

Cassie Granger -> +HOK+ Whatever you need to do to get the information to the captain.

Artemis -> Did we ever get a repeat of their last transmission?

Cptn Ja'Lale -> No. Hail them again, please. ::to Hok::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> ACTION: Fort Erie hails Challenger back

Cassie Granger -> FOPS> Copy.

Cassie Granger -> ::moving into FOPS, she stands a distance from their operations console so as to monitor but not interfere::

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Continues her detailed scans, keeping her eyes open, ready to react.::

Cptn Ja'Lale -> F. Erie> +Challenger+ ::Grainy but audible:: Challenger, this is Captain Peterson of the SS Fort Erie. We were hit by an ion burst and lost navigation and wandered into the nebula.

Gretchen Hanson -> (gotta run, see you next week)

Cassie Granger -> FOPS> +Eagle+ Scans are clear. Transmission excellent.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> (Night!)

Dyan Sylvanis -> +FOPS+ Roger

Anastasia Poldara -> ::rolls eyes::

Cmdr Rinax -> Ion burst?

Anastasia Poldara -> As if you could "wander into" a nebula, navigation or no.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Ion burst?

Hunter Matheson -> ::ion burst?::

Dyan Sylvanis -> ::Begins scanning the cargo holds.::

Dvokr chim Hok -> Watching the probe and the Eagle's signals

Artemis -> There has been no recorded Ion storm activity in this sector for months.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Hmm.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> PAUSE SIM

Cptn Ja'Lale -> PAUSE SIM

Cptn Ja'Lale -> PAUSE SIM

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Great job everyone. So the mystery only deepens. Are they really that stupid or is something else going on? We'll hopefully find out next week!

Dyan Sylvanis -> Is the ship being run by Pakleds instead of human?

Cptn Ja'Lale -> TBS won't be long if any. Maybe 30 minutes tops.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Scans said human... maybe not lol.

Dyan Sylvanis -> Cause if they were then I would go with the stupid.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> Any questions or comments?

Artemis -> Do we need a tbs? We are technically talking to them right now?

Anastasia Poldara -> Are they human? Or are they dancer?

Cptn Ja'Lale -> I suppose you're right. No TBS.

Cptn Ja'Lale -> If there is nothing else, then sim dismissed. Have a great week everyone