USS Excalibur Sim Log - 01.10.21

[Cdr Miranda Hawthorne 0]

MISSION BRIEFING: Excalibur is beginning its patrol of the Agape sector where things have been relatively quiet as of late. Science has made a wish list of systems for us to check out while we're here and we're headed to the second one on the list as we pick up.  A lovely class III gas moon in orbit of an unpopulated M-class world. The gas giant has been identified as a possible source of tavana gas.

 

Cptn Swain: BEGIN SIM

Cptn Swain: BEGIN SIM

Cptn Swain: BEGIN SIM

 

William Chocox: ::On the bridge, looking over the systems.::

Irene Mincine: :: Irene is at Science on the bridge, taking some initial scans of the planet as they approach. :: "Don't see gas moons of M-class planets too often. Long-range sensors even confused it for a gas giant."

Cptn Swain: ::Steps onto the bridge, drinking tea -- a new supplement that one of the night shift ensigns had suggested. It wasn't bad, but if the intent was to get a promotion, they'd need to do better.::

Indaura Ryssan: :: Is in sickbay, not seeing the doctor anywhere, so she continued to work ::

Cptn Swain: ::to Val:: What's our ETA to the Codan system?

Irene Mincine: :: Val answers without looking up from her console. :: "Twenty minutes at warp 6."

Cptn Swain: ::Nods and takes his seat:: Good

Cptn Swain: Rex> ::wandering around the lounge, a little bored of his personnel reviews::

William Chocox: ::takes a sip of his tea:: 20 minutes? I'll let Engineering know.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::In his usual seat, he leaned against the armrest as he reviewed the latest ship reports.::

Irene Mincine: Val> "Standard orbit of the moon once we arrive, Cap?"

Cptn Swain: ::Nods, taking his seat::

Cptn Swain: Clark> ::The new OPS officer glanced over to Val, and spoke quietly:: Is he always soo... imperious?

William Chocox: ((I honestly have no clue what our layout is, so I don't know who I'm sitting next to.))

Indaura Ryssan: (Room not updating for me, ugh)

Cptn Swain: (( https://www.deviantart.com/dantrekfan48/art/STOvTOR-U-S-S-Helena-Bridge-367903703 ))

Irene Mincine: :: Val looks across to the ops station, her golden-colored eye reflecting the light. She responds quietly as well. :: "The captain? Nah. Commander Stanton's who you gotta watch out for."

Indaura Ryssan: :: Gets up, padd in hand, and heads to the bridge ::

Cptn Swain: Clark> ::His own deep blue eyes sort of flickered with horror for a second before nodding.::

William Chocox: ((Huh...Clark and I are mutually exclusive it seems.))

Cptn Swain: (( Just replace OPS with Navigation ))

Irene Mincine: :: Val smirks and goes back to monitoring the ship's course. ::

William Chocox: You're doing fine Clark.

Cptn Swain: Clark> ::smiles back to Will::

Indaura Ryssan: :: Enters the bridge off the rear turbolift ::

Cptn Swain: ::Pretending not to hear/notice any of the chatter below him, glances over to Stanton while taking a drink of tea:: I am anxious to try out the new sensor palettes on this thing. We have the same capability as a Galaxy class cruiser.

Irene Mincine: Irene> :: Thinking the same thing as the captain, who she didn't hear. :: "We're getting into multispectral scanner range, sir."

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Cdr Jalen Stanton> I'm sure you'll soon be getting detailed sensor scans to your heart's content, sir. ::Dryly.:: I'm more interested in our weapons capability.

Indaura Ryssan: :: Watching the people ::

Cptn Swain: ::Smirks:: Hopefully we don't have to test those anytime soon. I think I've had enough being shot at for one lifetime, thank you.

Cptn Swain: Clark> ::Frowns as his console lights up:: Sir. ::He said turning around:: Incoming transmission from Starbase 37 Tango, Priority 1

William Chocox: ::To Stanton:: 6 Phaser arrays, and 3 torpedo launchers. All at the latest Starfleet specifications.

William Chocox: Sir.

Irene Mincine: Val> "The Dominion War made me the woman I am today." :: She knocks on her fake arm with her other arm's knuckles, then cuts it out when the priority 1 transmission comes in. ::

Cptn Swain: ::Glances over to Stanton first:: It's always something. Put it on screen Mister.... Clark is it?

Cptn Swain: Clark> ::flushes, then does so::

Cptn Swain: Clark> (w) He knew my name.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::Cocks his head over at Will.:: Thank you, Lieutenant. They are impressive.

William Chocox: You're welcome sir.

Irene Mincine: :: Irene, meanwhile, frowns when the transmission comes in - looks like they might not get to check out the gas moon. ::

Cptn Swain: Tersan> ::The admiral appeared after a short delay, she looked very serious,:: Captain, I am sorry to cut your patrol short. I am redirecting the Excalibur to Dourup IV, where there has been an outbreak of D'kar fever and you're the only ship in the sector with the medical capacity to handle this sort of thing. We're sending you a subspace packet with all the information you'll need on the colony as well as the antiviral treatment for the fever.

William Chocox: (m)There's always something...

Cptn Swain: ::Asher sighed but nodded. It was, always something. But at least this wasn't "oh go on some secret black ops mission" this time he supposed.:: Of course Admiral. Thank you, we'll get underway immediately.

Indaura Ryssan: :: Sits at an unoccupied station ::

Cptn Swain: Tersan> ::Nods:: You should already have received the mission packet on secure subspace. Godspeed Captain. Tersan out.

Cptn Swain: Clark> Subspace packet received sir.

Cptn Swain: ::Leans back:: Forward it to Commander Stanton and myself.

Irene Mincine: Irene> "I've never heard of D'kar fever."

Cptn Swain: ::Takes a drink of tea:: And medical...

William Chocox: It's an alien disease, at least to me, so it's probably very deadly to humans.

Cptn Swain: ::Shrugs, looking over the mission info sent to him:: Sounds like its something Tellerite. The colony is almost exclusively made up of them.

Irene Mincine: Irene> "I was really looking forward to getting a good look at the gas moon, too..."

Cptn Swain: ::Looking over the information:: Helm pull up the star chart for the Dourup system on the tactical viewer.

Indaura Ryssan: I have.

William Chocox: If I may sir, maybe we should make a mark here on our star chart to come back once we've cured an epidemic?

Irene Mincine: Val> "Aye. Bringing it up now." :: One of those cool views of the system that the FX team spent way too much money on appears on the viewer. ::

Cptn Swain: ::Smirks at Will:: I like your thinking.

Indaura Ryssan: It's nasty and very contagious.

William Chocox: I try to have a good idea once every two weeks or so.

Cptn Swain: ::Glances over, hearing Indaura:: Ah, Doctor Ryssan.

William Chocox: ::turns to Doctor Ryssan:: Does it cross species?

Cptn Swain: ACTION> The cool FX scene shows that Dourup system is located closer to the Neutral Zone than we are currently and the projected course looks like it will also take us fairly close to the Neutral Zone.

Indaura Ryssan: It can. It's primarily a Tellarite disease, but it can cross over to anyone with an iron-based blood system. No documented cases for copper or other based types.

Cptn Swain: ::Frowns:: Lovely. Make sure everyone is up on their quarantine protocals Commander.

William Chocox: So...Vulcans are fine, it's the humans that have to watch out? ::turns to Mincine:: What's Klingon blood based on?

Irene Mincine: :: Val makes an ugly face at the suggested route on the screen. :: "Five days at high warp, most of which is too close to the neutral zone for my comfort."

Cptn Swain: ::Glances back to the tactical display:: We don't have many options. Lay in a course and engage.

Indaura Ryssan: I guess it's time to put my other specialty into play.

Irene Mincine: Irene> "My blood's iron-based, same as human blood."

William Chocox: You have a specialty in infectious diseases?

Indaura Ryssan: Yeah...

William Chocox: Impressive.

Cptn Swain: ::Indaura:: Thankfully it sounds like we can replicate the anti-viral. ::Looking through the mission packet:: Report to medical and start working with Doctor DuBois to begin synthesizing it. ::Will:: Make sure they have all the resources they need, this is top priority.

Indaura Ryssan: I need all the information they have on this strain. Highly unlikely we can use just any old anti-viral.

William Chocox: ::to Swain:: Of course sir.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::Sends a memo to all department heads about the disease and suggested safety protocols.::

Irene Mincine: Val> "Understood... course laid in for the Dourup system, warp 8." :: The warp drive kicks in. ::

Indaura Ryssan: :: Looks something up on her padd :: Last count there were 24 strains of this virus.

William Chocox: That sounds like a lot, but I don't know enough about viruses to make an actual comment.

Cptn Swain: ::Nods to Indaura:: The full mission packet likely contains that information, but we can also likely reach out the colony itself.

Irene Mincine: Irene> "Captain, I'd like to assist the medical teams in synthesizing the antiviral - my specialty is genetics, after all."

Cptn Swain: ::Stands up:: Commander I want a full staff briefing in ::looks at chrono on the wall:: Four hours. I assume we'll have to help with distribution as well any triage assistance they need. Looks like a pretty small colony. 18,000 people is the biggest settlement. I doubt they have much in the way of a medical facility.

Cptn Swain: ::Nods:: Very well Ensign.

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Cdr Jalen Stanton> ::Nods.:: Of course, sir. I'll check in with medical before the meeting to make sure they have everything they need.

Cptn Swain: ::Nods again:: I'll be in my ready room.

Irene Mincine: :: Irene nods. :: "Thank you, sir. Permission to head down to the science labs and get started."

Indaura Ryssan: :: Sighs, closing out her padd and heading for the lift ::

William Chocox: ::sends a message down to Reynolds telling them to prioritize Medical for computer time.::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: Ens Reynolds> ::Catches message and sighs, closing down his super secret project so he could check the other systems.::

Indaura Ryssan: (Yeah! Holodeck time...whoops)

Cptn Swain: >> 2 minute warning >>

William Chocox: ::feels a disturbance in the force...like a protege, that didn't know how to hide his work properly::

Cdr Miranda Hawthorne: (( Do NOT go looking for Reynolds super secret projects. ))

William Chocox: ((You know what? Now I'm just going to look harder. :P ))

 

Cptn Swain: PAUSE SIM

Cptn Swain: PAUSE SIM

Cptn Swain: PAUSE SIM