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((Engineering)) | ((Engineering)) | ||
Breeman: Its muscular system isn't really ideal for this environment. Ugh... It's a good thing nobody is trying to work in here. But it will get very bad if I have to repair a warp core breach. What if I step on him...it... sir? | |||
Turner: ::distractedly:: Just give it a wide berth, Breeman. | |||
T'Meni: Sir, I believe it would be most beneficial to the life form as well as the crew to beam it directly into a containment field. It's mass appears to have increased 1.0782 percent since our arrival. | T'Meni: Sir, I believe it would be most beneficial to the life form as well as the crew to beam it directly into a containment field. It's mass appears to have increased 1.0782 percent since our arrival. | ||
Turner: T'Meni, have it beamed to the Bio-hazard unit in sickbay, and accompany Parker. She will be able to do an in depth study of it better there. I'll stay with Breeman while he checks out engineering for anything unusual. We'll meet you there later. | |||
::Kevin watched as T'Meni and Parker left. Tricorder still in hand, Kevin turned back to where the creature had been, to face the warp core. Walking toward the matter-antimater reaction chamber, Kevin was relieved to see it unmolested.:: | |||
oOIf that thing wanted to tamer with anything it was stopped on beaming in here. What a stupid way to attack someone – at least check the gravitational forces where you plan to land first!Oo | oOIf that thing wanted to tamer with anything it was stopped on beaming in here. What a stupid way to attack someone – at least check the gravitational forces where you plan to land first!Oo | ||
::Kevin smiled to himself, imagining a fluffy brownish creature that looked like a decapitated guinea pig plotting the demise of the Centrix and her crew.:: | |||
oOCome on, Kevin. It couldn't have been here to attack us! It's a good thing I didn't go into security!Oo | oOCome on, Kevin. It couldn't have been here to attack us! It's a good thing I didn't go into security!Oo | ||
::He scanned the floor where the creature had been. The annular confinement beam had gathered up all traces of the creature, including any residue it might have left. Kevin opened a panel in front of the port PTC, scanning for any interruption in power flow.:: | |||
Turner: I haven't found anything. What about you, Breeman? | |||
Breeman: No sign of tampering, sir. ::Should he have called her ma'am? It was so hard to tell. But this being the 24th century and not the 20th century, gender-specific titles had lost their intrinsic value and now tended to be used as archaisms:: I can't see it having done anything. I don't even know if it possessed any kind of locomotion. I hope Parker and T'Meni can figure out more about it. And there's nothing indicating the nacelles have been affected by anything in here. Shall I open the other PTC just to be sure? | |||
Turner: Yeah, go ahead and... | |||
Jaxx: =/\= Bridge to Commander Turner =/\= | |||
::Kevin listened to the conversation as he closed the port PTC and opened the starboard conduit's maintenance panel. Still no sign of interruption.:: | |||
Turner: =/\= I'm listening, Captain =/\= | |||
::What about the computer core? Could the life form have tampered with it? Intriguing possibility. He walked over to a terminal and issued several commands at it which he knew would alert him of any problems in the command processor.:: | |||
Breeman: Computer. Lead strong tomatoes into the arboretum. | |||
Computer: That command is not understood. | |||
Breeman: Execute a level 3 diagnostic on all parallel processing units, routing the results through the serial validator and then to this terminal. | |||
Jaxx: =/\= Sitrep, Commander? =/\= | |||
Computer: Working | |||
::The results came back without indication of any problem. | |||
Turner: =/\= Cadet Breeman and I are in Engineering, checking for tampering. So far, we haven't found anything. I noticed you've had the Centris powered down, Captain. Any new orders?=/\= | |||
oOOh cool! We're in range now! I wonder how the long-range scans match up against a short-range scan....Oo | oOOh cool! We're in range now! I wonder how the long-range scans match up against a short-range scan....Oo | ||
Breeman: What is the status of the long-range sensors? | |||
Jaxx: =/\= Response =/\= | |||
Computer: Long-range sensors are functional. | |||
OODuhOo | OODuhOo | ||
Breeman: Computer, call up long-range sensor scans taken by Cadet Koloth and myself and compare them against a short-range scan of same area. | |||
Koloth: =/\= Koloth to Breeman. =/\= | |||
oOSpeak of the devil!Oo | oOSpeak of the devil!Oo | ||
Breeman: =/\= Breeman here =/\= | |||
Koloth: =/\= Breeman, did you get a chance to view the long range sensor results we got back from the modified array? =/\= | |||
Breeman: =/\= I'm reviewing the results now and comparing against a short-range scan, and ::The images are nearly identical, apart from some minor degradation where the internal sensors got things a bit wrong:: I'm impressed. I don't know what you did, but I didn't think it was possible to make those kinds of modifications without first making some serious adjustments to the internal sensors and their heuristics. | |||
Koloth: =/\= I wish I could accept the compliment but like you I wasn't expecting anything quite like the results we got back. I suspect something strange is going on in ships systems. =/\= | |||
oONow I'm worried.Oo | oONow I'm worried.Oo | ||
Breeman: =/\= Well the fluffy thing.. Uh I mean the intruder – doesn't seem to have done any harm to engineering. Let me see if I can find anything else... =/\= | |||
Koloth: =/\= I'll leave things to you then. =/\= | |||
Turner: =/\= Aye, Sir, we'll be right up. Turner out. =/\= ::looking around for Kevin:: Cadet Breeman, the Captain wants us on the Bridge A.S.A.P. | |||
oOI can diagnose this problem from there.Oo | oOI can diagnose this problem from there.Oo | ||
::He quickly downloaded the data to a PADD and took it with him.:: | |||
Breeman: Understood. | |||
Turner: Lead the way, I'll be right behind you. | |||
Breeman: Aye. ::Kevin steps out of engineering and as he walks continues to report excitedly to Turner:: I don't know what Koloth did but it looks like the internal sensor picture of the long-range data was very close to the way things really are out here. These data indicate the movement of several gravimetric distortions in this area of space. And.... | |||
::He eyed the PADD some more and began to notice something rather peculiar in the distribution of the graviton wave patterns in the area. He called up a schematic of the Centrix, dorsal elavation. Two nacelles, one warp core, twin impulse engines. It was a K2 graph! And in each cubic AU there were collections of subspace anomalies. Each one of them resonated perfectly with two others, each in its own adjacent cubic AU. A K2 graph! | |||
Breeman: Of course the internal data extrapolated correctly! The distribution and harmonics of these spatial anomalies is isomorphically identical to the distribution of key power centers on the Centrix. Our ship, from the perspective of the warp field, is topologically equivalent to this area of space! | |||
Turner: <Response> | |||
Cadet Kevin Breeman | Cadet Kevin Breeman | ||
Engineering | Engineering | ||
USS Centrix | USS Centrix | ||
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Kevin makes use of topology in explaining why the sensor scans piped through the internal sensors worked so well.
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((Engineering)) Breeman: Its muscular system isn't really ideal for this environment. Ugh... It's a good thing nobody is trying to work in here. But it will get very bad if I have to repair a warp core breach. What if I step on him...it... sir? Turner: ::distractedly:: Just give it a wide berth, Breeman. T'Meni: Sir, I believe it would be most beneficial to the life form as well as the crew to beam it directly into a containment field. It's mass appears to have increased 1.0782 percent since our arrival. Turner: T'Meni, have it beamed to the Bio-hazard unit in sickbay, and accompany Parker. She will be able to do an in depth study of it better there. I'll stay with Breeman while he checks out engineering for anything unusual. We'll meet you there later. ::Kevin watched as T'Meni and Parker left. Tricorder still in hand, Kevin turned back to where the creature had been, to face the warp core. Walking toward the matter-antimater reaction chamber, Kevin was relieved to see it unmolested.:: oOIf that thing wanted to tamer with anything it was stopped on beaming in here. What a stupid way to attack someone – at least check the gravitational forces where you plan to land first!Oo ::Kevin smiled to himself, imagining a fluffy brownish creature that looked like a decapitated guinea pig plotting the demise of the Centrix and her crew.:: oOCome on, Kevin. It couldn't have been here to attack us! It's a good thing I didn't go into security!Oo ::He scanned the floor where the creature had been. The annular confinement beam had gathered up all traces of the creature, including any residue it might have left. Kevin opened a panel in front of the port PTC, scanning for any interruption in power flow.:: Turner: I haven't found anything. What about you, Breeman? Breeman: No sign of tampering, sir. ::Should he have called her ma'am? It was so hard to tell. But this being the 24th century and not the 20th century, gender-specific titles had lost their intrinsic value and now tended to be used as archaisms:: I can't see it having done anything. I don't even know if it possessed any kind of locomotion. I hope Parker and T'Meni can figure out more about it. And there's nothing indicating the nacelles have been affected by anything in here. Shall I open the other PTC just to be sure? Turner: Yeah, go ahead and... Jaxx: =/\= Bridge to Commander Turner =/\= ::Kevin listened to the conversation as he closed the port PTC and opened the starboard conduit's maintenance panel. Still no sign of interruption.:: Turner: =/\= I'm listening, Captain =/\= ::What about the computer core? Could the life form have tampered with it? Intriguing possibility. He walked over to a terminal and issued several commands at it which he knew would alert him of any problems in the command processor.:: Breeman: Computer. Lead strong tomatoes into the arboretum. Computer: That command is not understood. Breeman: Execute a level 3 diagnostic on all parallel processing units, routing the results through the serial validator and then to this terminal. Jaxx: =/\= Sitrep, Commander? =/\= Computer: Working ::The results came back without indication of any problem. Turner: =/\= Cadet Breeman and I are in Engineering, checking for tampering. So far, we haven't found anything. I noticed you've had the Centris powered down, Captain. Any new orders?=/\= oOOh cool! We're in range now! I wonder how the long-range scans match up against a short-range scan....Oo Breeman: What is the status of the long-range sensors? Jaxx: =/\= Response =/\= Computer: Long-range sensors are functional. OODuhOo Breeman: Computer, call up long-range sensor scans taken by Cadet Koloth and myself and compare them against a short-range scan of same area. Koloth: =/\= Koloth to Breeman. =/\= oOSpeak of the devil!Oo Breeman: =/\= Breeman here =/\= Koloth: =/\= Breeman, did you get a chance to view the long range sensor results we got back from the modified array? =/\= Breeman: =/\= I'm reviewing the results now and comparing against a short-range scan, and ::The images are nearly identical, apart from some minor degradation where the internal sensors got things a bit wrong:: I'm impressed. I don't know what you did, but I didn't think it was possible to make those kinds of modifications without first making some serious adjustments to the internal sensors and their heuristics. Koloth: =/\= I wish I could accept the compliment but like you I wasn't expecting anything quite like the results we got back. I suspect something strange is going on in ships systems. =/\= oONow I'm worried.Oo Breeman: =/\= Well the fluffy thing.. Uh I mean the intruder – doesn't seem to have done any harm to engineering. Let me see if I can find anything else... =/\= Koloth: =/\= I'll leave things to you then. =/\= Turner: =/\= Aye, Sir, we'll be right up. Turner out. =/\= ::looking around for Kevin:: Cadet Breeman, the Captain wants us on the Bridge A.S.A.P. oOI can diagnose this problem from there.Oo ::He quickly downloaded the data to a PADD and took it with him.:: Breeman: Understood. Turner: Lead the way, I'll be right behind you. Breeman: Aye. ::Kevin steps out of engineering and as he walks continues to report excitedly to Turner:: I don't know what Koloth did but it looks like the internal sensor picture of the long-range data was very close to the way things really are out here. These data indicate the movement of several gravimetric distortions in this area of space. And.... ::He eyed the PADD some more and began to notice something rather peculiar in the distribution of the graviton wave patterns in the area. He called up a schematic of the Centrix, dorsal elavation. Two nacelles, one warp core, twin impulse engines. It was a K2 graph! And in each cubic AU there were collections of subspace anomalies. Each one of them resonated perfectly with two others, each in its own adjacent cubic AU. A K2 graph! Breeman: Of course the internal data extrapolated correctly! The distribution and harmonics of these spatial anomalies is isomorphically identical to the distribution of key power centers on the Centrix. Our ship, from the perspective of the warp field, is topologically equivalent to this area of space! Turner: <Response> Cadet Kevin Breeman Engineering USS Centrix
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