USS Excalibur Sim Log - 06.12.16

[Cdr Miranda Hawthorne 0]

MISSION BRIEFING: Last week, we learned that the Romulans were working with the Hundred to refine a subspace weapon based upon a similar device originally constructed by the crew of the Excalibur nearly 5 years ago at the height of the Scorpiad Conflict when Corizon contemplated his directive to interdict the wormhole. We also learned the identity of the Romulan and Starfleet officer who were taken by the rogue Jem'Hadar along with a prototype of the device.

 

Cptn Swain -> BEGIN SIM

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Cptn Swain -> BEGIN SIM

 

Hunter Matheson -> ::in his quarters changing and feeling better than he was before, thanks to the doc's expertise:::

NDak -> ::In engineering, which felt like a very strange place for him to be as the last time he'd spent any time in a ship's engine room, he'd ended up get smacked with a spanner; but at any rate he was working with Tandaris and company to complete modifications to the cloaking device.::

Tandaris Admiran -> ::in engineering, hands-deep in the cloaking device, pulling things out seemingly at random::

Hunter Matheson -> ::well, that's better physically, but not exactly mentally, given the information he has but doesn't have:::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::On the bridge, thanks to Rhan saving her from sickbay and wondered what she'd owe the feline for this one.::

Tandaris Admiran -> ::takes out a strange piece of greyish metal, and lies it on the table next to several other strange pieces of greyish metal::

Maryse Dubois -> ::After checking and clearing the away team and guests, she finds herself back on the bridge.::

Hunter Matheson -> ::gives a final tug on his uniform, checks his hair that's pretty screwed by the extraction, so he shrugs and exits for the lift:: Bridge.

Rhan K'hal -> :: plopped next to Ithene :: So, Eddy's in the space-time continuum again, and he's hiding a Jem'Hadar ship.

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::Frowns:: Lovely.

William Chocox -> ((Eddy?))

Maryse Dubois -> (9Did you name the device?))

Hunter Matheson -> ::exits on the bridge and wanders over to helm to check in:::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> And we're looking for trilithium isotopes? ::Frowns again:: What the hell were they doing mixing Trilithium with a subspace weapon?

Cptn Corizon -> ::Is in sickbay, checking on the Ardent crew who were recovering::

Rhan K'hal -> :: shrugs :: Romulans?

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> ::Miranda strode into engineering, somewhat better for her time in medical. She wasn't having dizzy spells, anyway.::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::Exhales, deeply::

Hunter Matheson -> ::and since he's not on duty, he takes aux helm to check on things, just in case:::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> At least that gives us something to look for I suppose.

NDak -> ::Glances over as the Commander walked in::

Tandaris Admiran -> ::N'Dak:: So, just jump in at any point if you think I'm going too far.

Tandaris Admiran -> ::yanks out a worryingly-large component that has several blinking lights and a label, in Klingon of course, that says "DO NOT REMOVE WHILE DEVICE IS INSTALLED"::

NDak -> ::Then back to Admiran:: I am less... familiar with these Klingon designs, to be honest.

Hunter Matheson -> (w) Well, damn...

NDak -> ::Lifts a brow:: This is generally why we do na give our devices without a Romulan officer present to... troubleshoot.

William Chocox -> ::is back in engineering::

Hunter Matheson -> ::sighs and begins his AAR that he totally forgot about because his brain was scrambled at the time:::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> ::She approached Tandaris' work table and leaned on the surface, eyeing the components.:: What are you doing, exactly? We need that functional.

Maryse Dubois -> ::Leans on the bridge railing for a moment. She glanced over to Rhan and Ithene. It was good to see her back on her feet.::

Rhan K'hal -> Assuming Admiran doesn't blow us up with that cloak first, yes. We have something to look for. Problem is, trilithium is pretty light and with all that gravitational soup going on in that system...

Hunter Matheson -> ::replying to CSEC's request that it'll be there asap::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::Nods:: Yeah... have we got schematics of the prototype yet?

Hunter Matheson -> ::and idly wondering what his paygrade is::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> We might be able to get a better idea of where they're headed if we know what they still need component wise.

Tandaris Admiran -> It's still functional! ::hears the cloak emitting a plaintive beeping noise, hits it a few times::Shut up. ::turns back to Hawthorne:: We are … ::turns to back to N'Dak:: Wait, what _are_ we doing again?

William Chocox -> ::tinkers::

Hunter Matheson -> ::and he hears something about a cloak and blowing up, but what else is new:::

Rhan K'hal -> I haven't checked to see if anyone unlocked the mystery file yet. I doubt the Romulan is going to hand it over.

Rhan K'hal -> I suppose that leaves Corizon.

NDak -> ::Exhales:: We were modifying the cloak to better handle the gravitational eddies in the region we believe the Jem'Hadar fled to.

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> Well, we might try the Romulan via Corizon.

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> I'd like to know the changes they made to the original device because that could tell us what they hadn't backengineered yet.

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> Or the Captain.

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> You said he was... what was the word "fired up?"

Tandaris Admiran -> ::sticks his head inside the device, voice echoing:: Yes, that.

Hunter Matheson -> ::pulls his PADD, swivels away from the console, and begins the AAR, if he can remember it all:::

Rhan K'hal -> :: nods :: Considerably. He even raise his voice!

NDak -> ::Glances to Miranda with a sympathetic look::

William Chocox -> How likely is it that this blows up in our faces?

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> Interesting. Sad I missed all the excitement.

Rhan K'hal -> I'm sure there's plenty of "excitement" left.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> ::She squinted at the device and then the Romulan.:: Don't let him blow us up. He tries that now and again. ::Hearing Chocox, she snorted.::

Hunter Matheson -> ::side glance to the K'hal-Ithene convo:::

Rhan K'hal -> +Corizon+ K'hal to Corizon.

Tandaris Admiran -> ::Chocox:: Says the man building a bomb!

William Chocox -> No I'm not!

Cptn Corizon -> +K'Hal+ Corizon here.

William Chocox -> ::hides his device::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> WHAT?! ::Head swivel.::

NDak -> ::Smirks, broadly.::

William Chocox -> Nothing. Don't know what he's talking about.

Maryse Dubois -> ((The room is quickly filling with spies! :P ))

Hunter Matheson -> (so what else is new)

Annisha -> (I'm innocent)

NDak -> ((I am not taking notes on your systems or anything, nope never!))

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> You know what... I don't want to know. ::She held up a hand.:: I don't even know why I come down here. I only find a dozen infractions that I have to ignore.

Maryse Dubois -> ((lol))

Rhan K'hal -> +Corizon+ Since we're looking for a ship with an experimental subspace weapon, Cdr Vallorn and I were wondering if we could get a better idea about it. Like a blueprint maybe. And I doubt I could get it out of NDak even with a "pretty please with a cherry on top."

Tandaris Admiran -> ::Hawthorne:: There's actually thirty-n—uh, never mind. Good idea. Ah-hah! ::emerges from device holding a single, tiny component just larger than his thumb:: This is it.

Tandaris Admiran -> ::puts it gingerly on the table, then starts meticulously re-installing all the components he had removed::

Cptn Corizon -> +K'Hal+ You might be surprised. He's been fairly forthcoming with details when it suits him, but I'll see what I can do for you.

Rhan K'hal -> +Corizon+ Appreciate it, Captain.

Hunter Matheson -> ::ends up with Razor and Whip in sickbay along with him because of the M84s:::

Hunter Matheson -> ::and adds that'll never happen again:::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::Looks at the readings again:: Well I can give Hunter a reasonably safe path through this muck, though we'll need to do some real time adjustments, but there's a bunch of noise out there that's hard to isolate.

William Chocox -> I keep to regs...ish

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> Carry on, then. ::She turned from the table and stopped by Chocox, placing a heavy hand on his shoulder, which she squeezed. Hard.:: I hope you aren't picking up any bad habits.

Hunter Matheson -> ::blink, looks up to Ithene:::

William Chocox -> Bad habits? Me?

NDak -> ::Miranda:: I learned a long time ago to leave engineers to their own kingdom.

Hunter Matheson -> ::puts the AAR aside to join them::

NDak -> ::Obviously oblivious that Miranda was also an engineer:: Our Daise Engineer once hit me with a spanner for 'meddling' in her realm.

Hunter Matheson -> ::nods to both:: Sir. Ma'am. You have something I need to take a look at?

William Chocox -> Commander Hawthorne is an engineer.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> ::She gave Chocox a pat.:: Yea, exactly. ::Giving N'Dak a look, she smirked.:: I bet you deserved it.

Tandaris Admiran -> ::has almost finished re-installing the components:: This should do it.

Rhan K'hal -> Not yet, Gunny, unless you want to look at a bunch of swirls and arrows.

NDak -> ::Bats his eyes innocently::

Hunter Matheson -> Swirls and arrows of.... ::yeah, that got his attention:::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> Gravitational anomalies and eddies.

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> Fun stuff!

Hunter Matheson -> Hey. Sweet.

Hunter Matheson -> We going through it?

William Chocox -> And if I was hypothetically building an explosive...I have saved the ship with an explosion before.

Tandaris Admiran -> ::hands the tiny component to Chocox:: Put this somewhere safe. We'll need it later.

Hunter Matheson -> Or.. I should say, we gonna try?

Cptn Corizon -> +NDak+ Corizon to Enarrain N'Dak

William Chocox -> ::takes it:: Alright. ::stashes it away::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::Glances to Rhan::

Rhan K'hal -> Assuming the engineers can get the cloak to work in that "muck."

NDak -> ::Glances to Miranda at all excusingly before tapping his communicator:: +Corizon+ Go ahead.

Rhan K'hal -> At least I hope that's a caveat. :: frowns ::

Hunter Matheson -> Huh. What's the muck made of?

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> That ought to be a good challenge for Tandaris.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> ::Listening to N'Dak's comm.::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::Forwards the readings to Hunter::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> ::Because she could.::

Hunter Matheson -> ::pulls 'em up on his PADD:::

Hunter Matheson -> ::a bit of hesitation creeps into his expression:: Whoa...

Hunter Matheson -> So... we gotta go through this to exfil the guy we don't know got kidnapped?

Cptn Corizon -> +NDak+ The Excalibur team working on tracking the Jem'Hadar are looking for a report on the prototype and possibly some blueprints, they'd like to know what they still need to finish it. ::pauses:: It is an incomplete prototype, right?

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> And stop the subspace weapon from being completed.

Hunter Matheson -> ::paging down, checking it all out re density, composition, how many died trying to get through::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::coy::

Hunter Matheson -> ::looks up:: Subspace weapon, eh? That's the one we don't know about, right?

Rhan K'hal -> Just another day at the office: ::dryly::

Hunter Matheson -> ::nods to K'hal:::

Tandaris Admiran -> ::finishes reassembling the cloak, then goes over to the control console and starts running some diagnostics::

Hunter Matheson -> So.... how many times has this ship done anything like this, or even close to it?

NDak -> ::Frowns, deeply:: +Corizon+ I do not have any complete records, but I do have the mission reports Issaha was preparing to file for me. I'll send them shortly. ::Pauses:: And yes, the prototype was incomplete. They were having trouble with a few parts in particular.

William Chocox -> How's it look?

Hunter Matheson -> ;:as he tilts his head this way and that, comparing it to the present configuration of the Excal and trying to fit it into the muck:::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::Shrugs:: I mean, from what I've heard, back when Corizon was in command this was sort of... you know... a regular thing.

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> Or do you mean the gravity stuff?

Hunter Matheson -> Huh. Nice. Then he'll be aboard?

Hunter Matheson -> Oh, everything.

Hunter Matheson -> Well, not *every* thing.

Hunter Matheson -> But what's important.

Cptn Corizon -> +Corizon+ Good. Thank you, Destorie.

Tandaris Admiran -> ::Chocox:: That component you just stowed is the cloak's graviton field sensor. Normally it would detect mass fluctuations caused by the ship's space-time driver coils when travelling at impulse speed, then the cloak would compensate.

Hunter Matheson -> You know, that'll keep us mostly alive?

NDak -> ::Closes the comm and makes his way back to the gaggle of engineers::

Tandaris Admiran -> ::Chocox:: Now the cloak is unable to tell when our mass fluctuates.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> I'd like to see that report and those plans, as well. ::To N'Dak::

William Chocox -> Ok

NDak -> ::Lifts a brow, Vulcan-esque, but decides not to press the point.:: Of course.

NDak -> They're aboard the Ardent with my things. You don't suppose you could have a porter pick them up for me?

William Chocox -> ::barely suppresses an eye roll::

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::Leans back in her chair, still a little sore from the whole experience.::

Hunter Matheson -> ::half wishing he'd paid attention in Romulan Avoidance Configurations 101:::

Tandaris Admiran -> Now … ::pulling up a program and plugging in parameters:: we'll be able to feed the cloaking device instructions to compensate for the eddies. Kind of.

William Chocox -> Kind of?

Rhan K'hal -> :: glances over to Ithene :: You need to take a break and stretch, do it. We'll need you more during the upcoming crazy stunt than this very minute.

Hunter Matheson -> ::absently returns to aux helm still working out the odds and the best route as he sits, almost missing the chair::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> If you give me a list of what you need, I can send for them. Since you'll be going with us on this next leg, best you get everything you require.

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::Smiles:: If you insist.

NDak -> ::Nods, produces an ISD from his pocket:: Here.

Rhan K'hal -> Plus if you end up back in sickbay because you overdid it, Maryse will skin me for insisting that you get let out.

Tandaris Admiran -> +Bridge+ Engineering to Bridge.

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> And here I thought you actually cared. ::snorts::

Rhan K'hal -> +Tandy+ Go ahead.

Hunter Matheson -> ::perks up to listen::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> ::She took the ISD from him and scrolled through the list, reviewing his requirements. The last thing she needed was for a Romulan to smuggle over an explosive disguised as chapstick.::

Tandaris Admiran -> +Bridge+ I have modified the cloaking device as best I can to compensate for our unpredictable eddy situation. There are a few … restrictions.

KhreRiovtRex -> (dang N'Dak...they're onto the Chapstick ruse)

Rhan K'hal -> +Tandy+ Command team is still walking about. I doubt you want to repeat yourself three times. Let me set up a conference.

NDak -> ( Rats! We'll have to rethink! ))

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> ::Getting a warm drink::

William Chocox -> ((::hides his bomb disguised as aerosol deodorant::

Hunter Matheson -> ::swivels back to begin a diagnostic program on the muck to check for eddy patterns, frequency, duration, and that kind of stuff:::

Rhan K'hal -> +Swain,Hawthorne+ K'hal Captain Swain, Commander Hawthorne: K'hal here. Cdr Admiran has something you should probably hear. Patching you into the conversation. :: goes all operator for a moment ::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> Three... dress capes? ::Raises an eyebrow.:: You think you will have need of formal capes?

NDak -> ::Looks innocent:: You never know!

KhreRiovtRex -> (substitutes explosive chapstick for Folger's Crystals)

Rhan K'hal -> +Tandy+ Everyone's online, Commander, go ahead.

William Chocox -> ((Who drinks Folger's?))

Tandaris Admiran -> +All+ Thank you, K'hal. As I said: caveats. Firstly, we need to be moving, or specifically, under thrust—at sublight speeds. It should be fine at warp in general. Secondly, we can't orbit large gravity wells and stay cloaked while these modifications are in place. Stations are fine; planets are not. Finally, I've had to bypass several safety protocols. It's no danger to the ship ::can already predict the questions:: but the longer we have to operate in this mode, the greater a chance the cloaking device will burn out on us.

Hunter Matheson -> ::he turns back to listen while his program runs, catching the eye of the doc for the first time::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> Huh. ::She transferred the list from his ISD to her data padd and offered him back his device. Looks to Tandaris for his explanation.::

Hunter Matheson -> ::mental notes, thumbs up to K'hal::

Cptn Swain -> +All+ Noted. Good work Tandaris. I'm waiting on a reply from Command to our status update, but until we have orders otherwise, we're going to continue our efforts to rescue the members of the team we set out to rescue.

Cptn Swain -> +All+ Once we're confident that Ardent can make the return trip on her own, we can get underway, following the Jem'Hadar ship.

Tandaris Admiran -> ::Chocox:: Now, you have work to do.

William Chocox -> Ok?

Tandaris Admiran -> ::Chocox:: I need you to brush up on subspace weapons. Hit the databases.

Tandaris Admiran -> Don't ask me why.

Cptn Swain -> +All+ Swain out.

Tandaris Admiran -> It just may be … germane … to our current mission.

William Chocox -> Will do sir.

Cptn Swain -> Ithene> He sounded rather... ::sitting down with her drink:: more direct than usual.

William Chocox -> ::gets started::

Tandaris Admiran -> ::at least _trying_ to maintain the "need to know" secrecy::

Hunter Matheson -> ::wondering if Admiran realized that the comm was open when he said that about the subspace weapons:::

Tandaris Admiran -> ::doesn't _always_ violate regulations::

Rhan K'hal -> I think he's probably at the point where he's had it with things.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> ::With one last glance at engineering, she shook her head and headed for the turbolift.::

Hunter Matheson -> ::gives K'hal the yathink? look:::

Cptn Swain -> ::Following Miranda::

William Chocox -> What about clearance though?

Cptn Swain -> ...and...

NDak -> ::Is actually the one following Miranda::

Tandaris Admiran -> ::Chocox:: hmmmm?

Tandaris Admiran -> I'm not asking you to learn how to _build_ them! Just the basics. History, theory, etc. Whatever is in the open databases.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne -> ::She held the lift for the Romulan.::

Tandaris Admiran -> ::shakes his head:: I swear, I don't know where you get these ideas sometimes…. ::sighs::

 

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