<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/ZDCxScf.png)</div><strong>Lt Cmdr Nissillia Nelan (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=329997.msg15759948#msg15759948)</strong><br/><strong>Bridge</strong><br/><strong>Scanning Threats </strong><br/><strong>Tag | Mention:</strong>Open<br/><hr/><br/>Nissillia was working hard at her station, collating data now that she had an idea on what the ghosts were.  Inwardly she was cursing herself for not seeing it sooner, but that was how things went.  Now she had to recover from that mistake and go forward.  When Mara stepped behind her, she turned her head to him.<br/><br/>"Now that I know what the ghosts were, I have figured out what they were doing and have had the computer go back over our sensor logs to match the ghost signal to different debris and start tracking the debris."  She explained as she pulled up a schematic of the platforms she has nailed down, especially the ones that have not revealed themselves as yet.  "What they were doing was just turning on the platforms for a quick location check, microburst communication with facilities on the ground, followed by a quick, minor course corrections and then shutting off.  The platforms are all unmanned and are coordinated from facility on the ground.  I am scanning for that facility as we speak.  Over the long run, this is very hard on the platforms and the only reason it works now is because there are lots of debris in the system already."<br/><br/>As she was explaining what she was doing to Commander Mara, the computer was adding more suspected platforms to the system map she was developing as she tracked down all the hidden missile/laser platforms.  Because sensor data was always recorded, especially unusual sensor data, there was a lot she was able to do without having to engage active scanners.<br/><br/>Once Commander Mara had moved back to the ready room with the Captain, Nissiillia turned toward Lt Andros and Zittia, "I am continuing to plot the platforms, they are marked on screen by yellow numbers for ones on hot-standby.  They will turn Red if they start actively targeting us.  Green are confirmed platforms that aren't a current threat to us.  Grey are unconfirmed platforms."<br/><br/>Now that she was locating and identifying the platforms, she was leaving their capacities to tactical to figure out, so she could continue to focus on discovering more platforms, where they were controlled from and narrowing down what communication frequency was being used to control them.  If she could figure the protocol they were using to communicate with the platforms, she might be able to hack the platforms.<br/>