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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Collab wrapping up
I've just sent Thorson's last bit of the session to Eol. I imagine he'll have it built, edited and posted shortly. 
Posted on 2016-03-15 at 15:50:24.
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Topic: Hello I'm New
Subject: The Geeks Are In
If you need help with the Trek-ese language and all that, just holler here, and any number of us will leap majestically upward to sprinkle a lil' geek on it. 
Posted on 2016-03-15 at 11:57:50.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Let's see em!
Morning, all. Feeling much better today. Will try to get that RP session with Eol done. In the meantime, let's see some more awesome posts!
Posted on 2016-03-15 at 05:47:41.
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Topic: Hello I'm New
Subject: Velcome!
Glad to have ya, Boo Boo. Don't let unfamiliarity hold ya up; most folks here who run games are quite helpful and will work with the level of knowledge one does or doesn't have.
Hope you have a good stay!
Posted on 2016-03-14 at 13:17:29.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: BLARG
I have had to come back home from work, got the Evil Pukes. If I can get feeling well enough for long enough, gonna see if Eol and I can coordinate our RP session today. But it's not gonna be important plot stuff by any means, and the plot can advance when needed. It's not a spoiler to say that Thorson probably won't be actively needed much until the next phase of the adventure; Flight Control and Starbase Control should be able to handle the pod's offload just fine.
Posted on 2016-03-14 at 11:58:55.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Trying...
It's my holdup, Olan; haven't had a lot of time to trade PMs with Silent this weekend, lot going on, and company coming over this evening.
I made it a point to make Thorson's exit such that things can continue from other departments; he's really on cruise control until needed after the pod handoff and rendezvous for the escort.
Will see if Silent and I might be able to find a time to meet in DragonChat or on FB or something, RP the thing in real time to save PM-swapping time.
Posted on 2016-03-13 at 14:49:29.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Safe assumption, Ody
Hiya Ody. Yeah, the repairs and subsequent shock were pretty much the last things to happen before the containment field came down, so it's a safe bet Rock was already there.
Will be PMing with SilentOne to RP Thorson's Sickbay visit; that'll pretty much be the next post from Thorson. But he's suitably extricated from the main doings at this point. If we get on to other things, I'll just do our Sickbay interlude as a back post.
ADDED THOUGHT: I am loving the Logbook for keeping timelines straight; this is the first Trek game I've played in that we used it; VERY valuable game reference. Kudos!
Posted on 2016-03-13 at 12:40:30.
Edited on 2016-03-13 at 12:43:34 by Duncan74
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: You do not...
...want me to post tonight. We'll be unduly undulated by disasters of drunken proportions. The flux capacitor will get fluxed.
And Irish Car Bombs will be exploding everywhere.
Posted on 2016-03-12 at 20:51:57.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Nice
I still have my original edition of that manual. Lovingly preserved-hehe. I agree that it has some great reference material in it.
There are some great sets of loose blueprints out there too.
Posted on 2016-03-12 at 16:53:00.
Edited on 2016-03-12 at 16:54:33 by Duncan74
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Not a problem
Feel free to do that, Astrid. Don't worry about technical details; I can have Thorson read something specific (made up by me, you need not worry) from her reports if it's needed for something. To me, it's more about the storytelling. I just happen to be that obsessed of a Trek geek that I can make up and spout this jargon as I write. Hehe.
Posted on 2016-03-12 at 10:27:21.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty
Subject: Interlude: Thorson's responses
Stardate 2365.02.07
USS Peregrine, Cargo Bay One - 1330
Eric had just entered the containment field to attempt the shield repairs when he noticed Ensign Maize enter the cargo bay. He was glad to see that Lieutenant Tesenblen was giving his junior staff members some valuable experience. And he was quite sure that the assignment was merited; young Maize seemed like she was going to make a fine Chief Science Officer someday.
"Good day, Lieutenant Thorson," Maize said in a respectful tone. "Hello, Ensign Maize," Eric replied, the purple energy of the containment field shimmering between them. "I hope you're prepared to be mystified, astounded, and amazed!" He said with a grin. "This pod has some fascinating stuff going on all over it. I'm about to be a bit a bit busy inside the containment field here, but feel free to ask Petty Officer Toporov there if you need anything."
He watched her set up her scanning gear in a very efficient and professional manner, noting that Tesenblen definitely had a good one here. And then,it was time to get to work. It was only seconds after the shielding was repaired that Maize called, "Lieutenant Thorson, is there something different about the craft? I'm not seeing any variance in the overall scans anymore." She's a quick catch, Eric thought. She picked up the change in readings immediately after the shielding was repaired. "Yes, Ensign," Eric said a bit shakily, as he recovered from his almost-catastrophe, "I just got the shielding repaired on one of the pods, and the other is now inert. Your fluctuations were caused by the intermittent weakening and flickering of the shielding. You should get stable readings now." "Ah, I see. Thank you, sir," Maize replied.
And with that, Eric headed to get out of this suit.
Cargo Bay One - 1410
Eric had just made his report to the captain after lowering the containment field. =/= Good news, Commander, =/= Drake replied. =/= By all means, let's employ our full resources to study this thing. Now, then... was anyone nearby when the flare-up occurred? Are you quite certain that the organisms were killed? =/= "I was performing the repairs myself when it happened, sir. I was pretty close, and caught a bit of a shock when the one canister's shielding overloaded. But all scans confirm that all of the organisms in that canister were overwhelmed by the overload. Every organism still in the canister is completely inert and showing no signs of life processes. They were definitely killed. And it was a mild shock, considering. I feel fine now." =/= Be that as it may, =/= Drake responded, =/= I would very much prefer that you go and see Doctor Synklar, just to be certain. In fact, Eric... let's make that an order. Go directly to Sickbay, please. I want the doctor to confirm a clean bill of health for you. =/=
Eric resigned himself to a bit of probing and prodding. That was alright, though; Doctor Synklar was one of the best doctors Eric had served with. And he would know; he had run through his fair share of them after the Maxia Zeta debacle, back in his Stargazer days. And, he admitted to himself, it would be good to make sure nothing weird had happened when he got zapped. "Aye, sir, I'll head there right away," he told Drake. =/= Very good, =/= the captain replied. =/= Keep me posted as to any further discoveries regarding the pod. Drake out. =/=
Eric then got Lieutenant Sa'eridon squared away on doing her analyses of the pod for Engineering, bid her farewell, and headed for Sickbay.
Posted on 2016-03-10 at 17:58:40.
Edited on 2016-03-10 at 17:59:50 by Duncan74
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Topic: Tumbleweeds, again
Subject: No oh, not awain
Fhat the wrig are dou yoing?
Posted on 2016-03-10 at 17:15:21.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Thumbs way up! :D
Nice one, brother. My congratulations, and a huge cup of decaf, and a Xanax cupcake to young Megan.
Loved the post!
Posted on 2016-03-10 at 16:58:42.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Paging Dox and SilentOne to the white courtesy ferret, please...
Dox, will put up a short post tonight with Thorson's end of the conversation with Ensign Maize.
SilentOne, Thorson will be coming to Sickbay from the cargo bay to get checked out after the shock he received when the canister's shielding overloaded. If you'd like to RP the visit, feel free to send me a PM and we can jump on that like a Hutt on a snacky-frog.
Posted on 2016-03-10 at 12:53:26.
Edited on 2016-03-10 at 12:54:02 by Duncan74
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Nicely done, all. :)
Loving the posts all around.
I have changed Thorson's destination in his most recent post; makes much more sense for him to go to Sickbay than back to Engineering. I'm sure he'd be curious what had happened to him with the zappity.
Astrid, nothing ever wrong with asking a superior officer if they're ok. I think approximately 46% of Star Trek is just that-hehe.
But now Karri's concerns should be eased as well, upon hearing that he is headed to the doc.
Posted on 2016-03-10 at 06:04:53.
Edited on 2016-03-10 at 07:30:56 by Duncan74
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Aaand pod is in play
All righty, the pod is available to all now.
Astrid, I couldn't find a point to specifically talk to Karri before there at the end, so you can assume she came on down at some point to help out. That's the way I approached it in the post, that Karri was already there when he asked for her help at the end. So backpost about what Karri does in the cargo bay leading up to 1300 hours or so, if you want to. 
The pod is now out of the containment field. Y'all have at it.
Posted on 2016-03-09 at 18:23:04.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty
Subject: Pokin' the pod
Stardate 2365.02.07
USS Peregrine, Cargo Bay One - 1300
That's it. That's IT!! Eric thought triumphantly.
The final puzzle pieces had finally fallen into place! After hours of poring over streams of data from the numerous scans of the mysterious pod, countless attempts to start through the technological maze only to be brought to screeching dead ends, and many painstaking attempts at recreating Hekaran technological processes, Eric had started to see errors that should have been just impossible. The numbers just didn't add up.
The numbers don't add up,
The numbers,
The num,
"THE NUMBERS!!" Eric shouted, once again startling poor Toporov, who was at that unfortunate moment head-first underneath a terminal checking a data connection. Unfortunate because the sudden THUD from underneath the terminal indicated that Toporov's head was most likely now in a good deal of pain. The subsequent string of Russian cursing seemed to confirm this.
It's different math! Of course! Eric literally slapped himself in the forehead. How did he not catch it in the beginning? You're slipping, old man, he chided himself. The Hekarans were using higher-order math, and at a level that was even now mainly theory for Eric and his contemporaries in engineering and mathematics. Eric began frantically scanning back though earlier scans and test results, and he began to see a pattern of the specific areas where seemingly paradoxical results had emerged. Using these patterns, Eric began retrieving various but specific references from the computer and working them into the results.
It was only minutes later that the computer reported, =/= Processing complete. All results correct and confirmed. =/=
Eric thrust his fist into the air in triumph. That was it! The computer had applied the various higher-order theorems and equations to the test results, and everything had proven out. The power distribution curves, the applied dynamics, the energy decay ratios,all of it made sense now!
It was the work of only minutes to integrate the new results into the architecture simulations. After that, Eric was able to map out the needed circuitry and hardware, determine how to route energy through it, and run simulations to determine that everything would function as it should. With full awareness of their dwindling time limit to get this done, and vowing that if he were wrong, no one but him would be exposed to the risk, Eric made his preparations. He was the Chief Engineer; this was his plan, those were his people out there, and he took his responsibility to them seriously. "Computer, apply latest results to scans, and perform a scan of the interior of our containment field at maximum resolution. Identify any lifeforms, including and especially microorganisms."
=/= Scan complete, =/= the computer replied seconds later. =/= No Hekaran or other lifeforms detected. =/=
And with that, Eric had his plan. He called together his team. "All right, people. You have done some amazing work getting us to this point. Now that we have the math figured out, everything looks doable. However, even though the computer is not scanning any of the organisms, we still can't be sure it's totally clean in there. All of my scans are showing that the canisters' shielding is still functioning and that nothing has gotten out, but it's getting weaker by the hour, and there are fluctuations that are getting more unstable by the minute now." He looked around at all of them. "This has to be done, or we'll never get this pod off the ship. But I'm not exposing anyone else to the risk. No one but me is going in that field, and you may consider that an order."
After donning a Haz-Mat environmental suit and gathering his tools and needed components, Eric stepped up to the edge of the containment field. He drew in a deep, resigned breath, held it, and released it in a slow hiss. Showtime.
"Computer, isolate my biosignature and authorize entry into the containment field." =/= Warning. Entry into Level Five containment field not recommended, =/= came the obligatory caveat. "Acknowledged. Authorize entry. Engineering Override Thorson-Alpha-Seven-Epsilon." =/= Override acknowledged. Biosignature of Chief Engineer Eric Thorson authorized for field entry. =/=
Eric stepped forward, the forcefield that prevented physical entry reading his biosignature and allowing him to step through unimpeded. He approached the canisters, checking his tricorder screen all the while for any signs of the shielding's degradation or failure. Still stable for now. Consulting his tricorder, Eric went about installing the components they'd replicated. Now that the shielding tech had been figured out, Eric was simply going to hardwire a new shielding system into the canisters, effectively "covering" the failing shielding that was already in place. This would also prevent any possible loss of containment risked by working on the existing shielding.
After only a couple of false starts, Eric completed the work on the first canister. Wincing, Eric gingerly activated the new shielding. With a small pop-buzz, the new shielding snapped into place, glowing faintly. Eric ran some tests and diagnostics, and the shield looked like it was holding just fine. Beautiful!
He now turned to the second canister and began work. He was in the middle of making an adjustment to a balky circuit when the weakened shielding on the canister began to flicker wildly. Before Eric could begin to back away, the canister's as-yet unrepaired shielding flared dazzlingly bright for a moment. As it did, an errant strand of energy arced over and stuck briefly to Eric's cybernetic arm. Eric suddenly felt a shock snap through his cybernetics and into his flesh. There was a brief but searing pain at the contact,and the canister's shielding suddenly winked out of existence.
Eric's eyes snapped wide open. "Computer, scan containment field for the organism!" he shouted as he frantically completed the repairs. He kind of drifted to a stop when the computer replied, =/= No organisms detected. Internal energy overload from shielding terminated all contained lifeforms. No activity detected. =/=
Eric was dumbfounded. From his readings, the canister's shielding was weak, but still viable. It shouldn't even have had enough power for a discharge like that. However, after several more scans and confirming that the second canister's contents now proved no danger, there was nothing to be done but wrap it up. Eric and the rest of the team spent a few more minutes painstakingly going over every inch of the cargo bay and confirming that no foreign organisms were in the air, and then Eric said "Computer, lower the containment field."
And with that, the field around the pod winked out of existence. The pod now lay exposed, its own shielding now repaired and operating. Its secrets were a little closer to the surface.
Eric tapped his combadge. "Thorson to Captain Drake. Sir, the shielding on the remaining canister is in place and holding. The organisms in one of the canisters were all killed when some sort of energy flare-up in the shielding occurred. However, as I said, the other canister is now operating under its own shielding and holding stable. Direct contact with the pod is now possible, so further study and scanning can be done at your discretion."
(OOC: Assuming Drake's acknowledgement, response, further order of some sort)
"Understood, sir. Thorson out."
He then turned to Lieutenant Sa'eridon, who had come to the bay even on her off hours. Eric was impressed, and made a mental note to add a commendation to her file. She had a habit of going above and beyond. "Lieutenant, thanks very much for helping us out on your off time. I hate to impose, but you're my best person with scanning. I wonder if you could spend some time going over that pod, now that the containment field is down. We still have a couple of hours before we reach the starbase, and I have a feeling we can learn a lot more about their engineering than we already have. I'm sure Science and Medical will have their own people here, so I'd appreciate it if you could carry the flag for Engineering and see how we can broaden our engineering knowledge."
(OOC: Assuming Karri's acknowledgement)
"Thank you, Lieutenant. I'll be in Sickbay."
Posted on 2016-03-09 at 18:17:00.
Edited on 2016-03-10 at 06:01:01 by Duncan74
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Astrid, check post
Astrid, your post is only showing a header and time stamp, just fyi.
Posted on 2016-03-09 at 16:12:07.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Yep
Yes, by all means, if Karri wants to come join the engineering team, feel free to do so. She will be called to help in Thorson's next post anyway.
There's a specific reason this repair process is going the way it is and why I might seem a bit stringent about it. And that is all I can and will say right now.
Posted on 2016-03-09 at 14:42:21.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Regarding containment
Astrid, sorry, just noticed your post. You'll note in Thorson's post that there already is a secondary field up around the entire pod; that's the field that they set up when they took the field enhancers to the cargo bay. Until the containment on the canisters can be repaired, the larger field is the only thing holding in any potential contamination. Repairing that containment on the canisters so that the larger field can be dropped is the only way anyone can get close enough to physically work with the pod and its contents. Again, Thorson will deal with all of this in his next post.
I would reiterate that any studies of the canisters and corpse can go ahead and be addressed; post away about it. Just make sure your time stamp is after 1400 hours ship time. We will need to take it as read that no one will be doing anything with the pod's contents until the canisters are repaired, which will happen at about 1400. This would simply be a logical and needed amount of time for repairs to happen. But anything you want to do after the canisters are repaired, you can go ahead and post, as long as it's stamped after the completed repair time of 1400. Thorson will have the canisters repaired so that others have time to have at the contents before we get to the starbase.
I just need time to get home from work and write the post, and I'd prefer not to have to give away any further spoilers about his next post until then.
So to recap: you are fully free to post about what is done with further study of the canisters and the corpse. Just make your time-stamp after 1400 hours.
Posted on 2016-03-09 at 13:54:08.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Nope
Starfleet transporters won't transport through a Level Five containment field.
If anyone is itching to post about further findings or removing the corpse, by all means do so, just make sure your time stamp is after about 1400; that's about what time Thorson and team will figure it out and complete the repairs. That's about two hours before we reach the starbase. Enough time for a round or two of posting about findings.
Posted on 2016-03-09 at 11:42:31.
Edited on 2016-03-09 at 11:52:36 by Duncan74
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: If it helps...
...in Thorson's next post I intend to cover attempts at repairs to the pod's canisters' containment. I've told him that he needs to have it done in time for further study by other departments before we reach the starbase. If he does not do so, I have made it clear that the next hull breach will be sealed with his behind (immediately watch the film Space Truckers if you do not get that reference; you haven't lived until you've seen George Wendt get sucked out of a tiny space station porthole...butt first).
So count on food for the SCI-MED folks soon.
Posted on 2016-03-09 at 07:37:10.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Nope
That would be a negatory. No one can get to the pod itself yet due to the Peregrine's containment field around the whole pod. All work and study so far has been done from outside of it, until the repair work is done on the canisters' containment. So corpse 'n canister are all still there.
Posted on 2016-03-09 at 07:09:25.
Edited on 2016-03-09 at 07:09:54 by Duncan74
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: Vurry Noice
Nice intro, Arcani. 'Twill be good to have Mount Starfleet as a shipboard monument.
Posted on 2016-03-08 at 21:06:55.
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Topic: Star Trek: the Edge of Duty Q&A
Subject: *SNORT*
Just paid attention to the tattoo: "Bricker Forever"...
Posted on 2016-03-08 at 16:30:11.
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