"Tag, You're It" Joint Log by Demore and Brown

[HyperDrive 0]

Demore was seated in the science lab, going over what effects an ion storm

would cause. The basic belief in the room right now was that, if Aegis

tried to reflect the ions away, and save the station, it would probably

affect one of the nearby planets. So, we would have to find a different

way; save the station and don't do anything to the planets in the system.

 

Overall, it was more of a science department problem. Engineering could

setup whatever needed to be done, but in all honesty... Lieutenant Demore

didn't have any idea what the effects of an ion storm would cause.

 

He looked over at the science chief. "Brian, what if we gathered everyone in

the station at a few essential locations, and shutdown the rest? Then we

would just have the ion shield reflecting off of the smaller areas, instead

of the entire station." What that would do to the unguarded area of the

station was unknown to Demore.

 

Brown ran through a quick simulation on his console. "Demore, critical

areas, such as the power and computer cores, and all lines leading to the

secure areas would need to be shielded. We would need to go space by space

de-ionizing the spaces that are not protected. But it will work. Its your

call as to where you think we can put the reflectors up. Once the storm

passes, we need to go and de-ionize immediately. Even with power secured,

any lingering ions can cause problems."

 

With that, Brown ran the new updated simulation on the storm. "Well, I have

good news and bad news. Actually just make that bad news. Looks like the

storm is going to hit almost head on as of right now. We'll know for sure in

just about 40 hours."

 

Brown looks up at Demore. "Tag. You're it!"

 

Demore glanced up to Brown. "Tag? Been a long time since I played that..."

and grabbed his PADD. Several areas were critical to power supplies,

especially Main Engineering and the areas around it containing the

generators. They would all have to be protected. So, logically, you'd want

to put everyone in the places that have to be shielded anyway. That leaves

the Control Tower, Main Engineering, and all of the computer core decks. Out

of memory, he began writing it up.

 

"The following decks should be shielded: 1, 8-9, 20-28, 49-58, 100-104. New

line. Midway section should be placed offline, as well as all of pylon two

except for orbital stability systems. New line. All remaining personnel must

be placed on one of the shielded decks. New line. Some of the fusion

reactors will be in unshielded areas. However, there will be sufficient

reactors in the shielded area to power systems in which people are located.

New line. De-ionizing processes should begin immediately, with all personnel

not currently working on any other activity aiding in the process. The

de-ionizing processes will be led jointly by the Science and Engineering

departments. End of message."

 

Demore looked over to Brown. "If it sounds good to you, go ahead and send it

to Meve, Ayers, and Hawke. Probably ought to send it to Muon, too. I'm

headed off to get the engineering teams together."