Dilithium Digger (Constitution)

USS Constitution-B
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Officers taking part in the Mission
Name	Position	Notes
Jalana Rajel	Commanding Officer
Saveron	First Officer
Cade Foster	Mission Specialist
Vurdal	HCO Officer
Lystra	Security/Tactical Officer
Atan T'Seva	Chief Tactical Officer
Ravenna Carter	Medical Officer
Jacob Horne	Assistant Chief Engineering Officer
Sirn	Engineering Officer
Lazarus Davis	Assistant Chief Science Officer
Sarah Mason	Intelligence Officer
Nugra	Intelligence Officer

Away Team
Name	Position	Notes
T'Aven	Pilot / Marine	Played by Jalana Rajel
Sawyer Moore	Security Officer	Played by Ravenna Carter
T'Mar	Intelligence Officer	Played by Sarah Mason
So'Mior	Science Officer (Geology)	Played by Cade Foster
Imas Heeka	OPS Officer	Played by Lazarus Davis

MSNPCs
Name	Position	Notes
TBA		played by Jalana Rajel
Orin Dann	Chief Mining Engineer - Dilithium Mine	played by Saveron
TBA		played by Lazarus Davis
TBA		played by Cade Foster
TBA		played by Ravenna Carter
TBA		played by Sirn

Mission Brief

Rajel: "We will make a journey to the Shahar Nebula. This Nebula is even more further south from here at the south farthest edge of the Marchlands. Someone recorded some strange energy readings that we get to check out. The nebula also has some stellar nurseries and such. Shouldn't be too hard. Admiral Heraan has also instructed us to check in on a dilithium mine in the nebula, but I don't anticipate it taking much."

First Act

On the Constitution

Preparations

After the Senior Staff is briefed about the new mission each department prepares for departure. They have 6 hours plus one more hour flight to the Shahar Nebula.

• Science and Engineering prepare the Sensors and Engines to work better in the nebula that promises interferences. They work on optimizing an experimental build and an adjustment to the bussard collectors.
  • "By increasing the through-put of the Bussard Collectors, we could pull the nebula gases away from the sensor arrays while simultaneously filtering out useful and essential gases and ejecting it back out assisting with forward momentum. Essentially turning the Collector assemblies into a from of thruster. It will be difficult to maintain a warp field within the nebula so any assistance to propulsion will be advantageous." ~ Sirn
• Medical prepares for possible casualties, you never know. Among other things they stock up on medications and make sure the equipment runs smoothly. They then go through the ship to make sure the emergency medkits are all equipped properly.
• Tactical gets a complete Level IV diagnostics through Lystra.

After arrival

7 hours after the briefing the Constitution arrives at the Shahar Nebula. They head into the nebula and is in awe of its (filter created) beauty. The readings of the energy signatures are not the same as they had received during the briefing, so they plan to find out why as there could be a multitude of reasons.

On route to the Stellar Nursery the Conny sends their away team - consisting of T'Aven, Imas Heeka, Sawyer Moore, So'Mior and T'Mar - to the Dilithium mine to check on the decreased production. The Conny also calls the Mine to inform them of the team's soon to be arrival.

Scanners are picking up on random readings that could mean anything as the Nebula causes interferences on the sensors. Upon Cade Foster's repeated suggestion they send out a set of 4 probes, one in each direction, to boost sensors. After that boost Sciencce discovers a phenomenon that could be behind the fluctuating sensor readings: Pulsars.

• The main view screen changed to show the hazy and interference-laden sensor data. At that distance, the nebula was almost like a dense, low-lands fog. And shining in that fog was what could only described as a rapidly spinning and orbiting series of lights. At first blush, it looked almost like a lighthouse beacon. "I think those are stars, orbiting each other at an incredible rate. That’s the source of our energy reading. It’s mind boggling. I can’t calculate the orbital period because we don’t know how many stars are in this… tempest. Whatever it is, it’s fast. Near relativistic speeds, I would think." ~ Lazarus Davis

There seems to be an issue with the experimental sensor array and it has to be turned off for 10 minutes to fix it.

The Away Team

T'Aven, Imas Heeka, Sawyer Moore, So'Mior and T'Mar head to the mine in a Type 11 Shuttle. Flight takes them 1.3 hours. On the way the team goes through the detail of their mission which is to do an inspection of the mine and the production.

The Mine

Someone is in the mine who makes things difficult for Orin Dann. When the Constitution calls that someone sends off one of her people to inform "the Boss" about the imminent Starfleet arrival.

Somewhere

Someone else notices that the Constitution is entering the Nebula, but for now only watches as they seem to be there for the Stellar Nursery.