Some Alone Time

[Seiben 0]

Tar'Mok went over maps and starcharts alone in Astrometrics in the search of finding evidence to clear the names of the Admiral and Capitan, and any other crew involved. He started replaying the explosion, hoping to find the cause. After replaying some frames, Tar'Mok stopped at frame 0609. When the deflector started to transmit a steady beam to the research facility, 3.44 seconds before the explosion. He notices something odd, and zooms in. "Computer, extrapolate data". The image started to clear up, showing the high-intensity beam headed towards the research facility. Using his superior Vulcan vision, Tar'Mok could see that the particle beam was more brighter than usual. "Computer, what was the power output of the beam at the time of this recording?" Tar'Mok asked.

 

"Power output was 1.24 giggawatts" It replied. 1.24 giggawatts? Thought Tar'Mok. This was unusal as the beam had a constant power output of 1.21 giggawatts. The power output was triple-checked, by both Tar'Mok, and the computer's redundant backup system. Tar'Mok thinks it might be a logical assumption to think this may have been a factor in the explosion of the research facility, but he could be mistaken. Tar'Mok would require more evidence supporting this. Tar'Mok goes over to another console. The 0.03 giggawatts of excess power by itself, would not have caused the explosion at the facility. At worst, it would cause the power relays to blow out. However, the power management system should have shut the beam off, before any damage took place. Unless of course, the power management software was deactivated, or the relays were removed, or disabled.

 

This, in cojunction with the excess power, could have been what caused the explosion. Tar'Mok goes over to a console. "Display user logs of the research facility on stardate 52104.3 between the hours of 0900 and 1500." he said. The computer beeped inreply, but ten seconds later yielded an error message. "Unable to comply, data has been deleted" it replied. "By whom, and when?" asked Tar'Mok. "Unknown" the computer replies. Apparently, some of the missing data recovered last week, was still missing. It was obvious somebody professional made quite an effort to make sure nobody saw the event logs from the station.

 

Tar'mok saves the data, and downloads it to his PADD for backup. It would be illogical for him to assume the access power output caused the explosion by itself. Though he was certain this was a factor. Most people wouldn't notice that small of a devience on the power output levels. He also jots down some notes. Since he has little evidence to back up his theory, Tar'Mok refrains from going public about his findings. It would be illogical to jump to such harsh conclusions, when this incident could have been nothing. However, the missing log files do still arouse his suspicions. Somebody obviously went to great lenghts to making sure, noone was able to ascertain what went on in the research facility's final moments.

 

Thinking it would be an inefficent use of his time to remain in astrometrics, Tar'Mok takes the turbolift up to the main science lab. Perhaps from there he can piece together the events leading to the explosion, and proove the Excalibur crew's innocence. Tar'Mok takes a seat at a science terminal and begins his long tedious work.

Edited January 19, 2004 by Seiben