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				Title: <strong>USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography [archive]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aether</strong> on <strong>16-11-2010, 12:10:29</strong>
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				The ship had been built with economy and space saving ideas in mind.&nbsp; As it was, there were more than one multi purpose rooms aboard and this was one of them.&nbsp; Starfleet had more than proved its brilliance in taking something so broad as cartography and incorporated the actual trajectory of everything within such a map into one lab.&nbsp; The newly designed computers had ample energy to draw from to allow for any request that the seeker of knowledge had from the systems at hand.<br><br>Dun walked into the lab and smiled.&nbsp; Here was an example of something that his work made possible.&nbsp; It wasnt a gloat or a pat me on the back sort of scenario, merely an internal glow that he had helped make it happen.<br><br>"Computer, engage the Emergency Engineering Hologram."<br><br>Dun smiled to himself again.&nbsp; With the computers increased range of function and energy aplenty to engage such activity, he had authorized a sub routine which allowed the EEH to monitor all communications aboard ship which involved any application of an engineering state of mind.&nbsp; Such a cue would then involve a search to incorporate any and all knowledge gathered by Starfleet to make an application ready for the crew at hand.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>orderNchaos</strong> on <strong>16-11-2010, 17:00:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatright"><strong>Ensign Kroken Liara - Astrometrics and Stellar Cartography</strong><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j77/wulfjaeger/Kroken.jpg)</div><br>After her brisk walk from the Turbo lift the the Astrometrics and Cartography lab, Liara was happy to see that Dun had beat her to the lab.&nbsp; She had not had a chance to check out the Astrometric systems in the lab since she arrived on board, but having looked over the schematics on the way to the ship from the Academy shuttle hangar, she knew that though it was small, the McNair's Atsrometrics lab was tied into some of the most advanced sensors Starfleet could put on a ship.&nbsp; "Lt McGalleon, I'm still working out those calculations you asked me to look over.&nbsp; I had to grab a bite to eat."<br><br>Liara walked up to the console which interfaced with the advanced holographic display.&nbsp; Her fingers rolled over the flat smooth glass controls like a pianist playing a concerto, within seconds a bright detailed map of the Alpha quadrant appeared to float above the flat table holographic emitter.&nbsp; "You said you had work we needed to accomplish? I'm guess this doesn't have anything to do with the propulsion system?"&nbsp; She looked at the Lieutenant, her grin quietly innocent, her eyes hungry for knowledge and direction.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>NosCorventius</strong> on <strong>16-11-2010, 21:22:55</strong>
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				<div class="floatright"><strong>EEH Lewis R Scott</strong><br>(http://img.freebase.com/api/trans/image_thumb/m/029lf9p?errorid=%2Ffreebase%2Fno_image_png&amp;maxheight=200&amp;mode=fit&amp;maxwidth=150)</div> "Computer, engage the Emergency Engineering Hologram." Lewis materialized at the voice command, unsure wether he was happy about being summoned or not. When he had jumped back into the computers memory he had been certain he'd be able to activate himself again but now he wasn't so sure. "Lieutenant Lewis Reginald Scott, reporting for duty sir. Glad to finally meet you and you as well Ensign Liara." He said extending his hand in welcome to his Superior officer and nodding in the direction of the rather pretty bajorian next to him. " I believe I may have a solution to our current dilemma. With your permission I'd like to present my ideas once everyone has arrived. "
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>orderNchaos</strong> on <strong>16-11-2010, 23:11:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright"><strong>Ensign Kroken Liara - Astrometrics and Stellar Cartography</strong><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j77/wulfjaeger/Kroken.jpg)</div><br><em>"and you as well Ensign Liara.......I believe I may have a solution to our current dilemma. With your permission I'd like to present my ideas once everyone has arrived. "</em>&nbsp; Liara cringed at the way the preposterous holographic excuse for an engineer butchered her name.&nbsp; <em>Stupid human program can't even access the proper way to address a Bajoran,</em> She thought to herself, <em>How can I expect it to make it to make sound judgments in a crunch.</em><br><br>Liara nodded absently to the hologram as she continued to check the diagnostics for the numerous ship sensors and systems tied into the Astrometrics console.&nbsp; "Lieutenant, what exactly is the nature of the problem we are tasked with before we lay the brunt of the problem solving at the feet of a jumble of photonic particles?"&nbsp; Liara was obvious with her disdain for the holographic system.&nbsp; She understood the need for an EMH program during high casualty situations, but she had never know the EEH programs to be much more than extensions of the main computers ability to solve problems, which generally never worked out for the best.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aether</strong> on <strong>17-11-2010, 00:29:28</strong>
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				Dun turned and smiled as he listened to Liara's report of her past couple of hours and shook his head with a small laugh as she apologized for not finishing a report he had spent five years tallying.<br><br>"Please, unless protocol warrants it, Liara, please call me Dun.&nbsp; That goes for you too, Lewis, if i may call you both by your own names..."&nbsp; He paused a moment and looked back and forth, all of a sudden unsure of himself.&nbsp; He almost missed the EEHs out stretched hand and took it quickly, shaking firmly.&nbsp; Why he felt uncomfortable now, after so many years, was beyond him.&nbsp; Maybe it was because of the task that was before him.&nbsp; That must be it.&nbsp; "Anyway, the cost analysis I have you working on can be done on your shift time when you are not running routine diagnostics and keeping the SDD Core together.&nbsp; Please let your down time be just that and dont let my request hamper your leisure.<br><br>"Now, as for the mission.&nbsp; Okay, it is broken down thusly.&nbsp; We will be analyzing chronitrons that have not been produced by anything Romulan, thus the reason we are being sent.&nbsp; As we all know, chronitrons have temporal effects on most anything the are exposed to.&nbsp; For them to occur naturally is a bit of a mystery.&nbsp; To research them without adverse effect will require some sort of stabilization field that we can employ to protect the ship and the away team that will be heading planetside to investigate.&nbsp; And oh, by the way, this planet is within the RNZ as you may have heard.<br><br>Looking towards the EEH, Dun asked, "What ideas did you have?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>NosCorventius</strong> on <strong>17-11-2010, 23:00:08</strong>
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				Lewis rolled his eyes in response to the typical human disdain for holographic entities, realizing that any further protest would only serve to further alienate him from his crewmates, he would simply have to prove himself as a member of the crew and as more than a "simple jumble of photonic particles." Instead he answered the chief engineers question instead pleased that at least he treated him like a person. <br><br>"Sir I have been researching possible solutions to or problem and believe I have found something useful. While researching temporal anomilies I found a report that in 2369, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander Data, Deanna Troi, and Geordi La Forge used subspace isolation fields, projected from modified emergency transporter armbands, that enveloped each of them in their own pocket of subspace. Thus isolating themselves from the effects of the temporal fragment that affected the Enterprise-D. The armbands functioned as a type of skin-tight force field.I believe we may be able to reproduce and perhaps even improve upon their solution."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>orderNchaos</strong> on <strong>18-11-2010, 02:41:20</strong>
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				Bringing up the reports from the Neutral zone on the planet in question, Liara also activates the long range sensor array, tied in with the Starfleet sensor nets around the Federation.&nbsp; After extrapolating all of the information combined, the computer displayed an image of Rkar N'ra and slowly turned the planet to display the location of the Chroniton emissions.&nbsp; A readout began scrolling on the holographic display just below the point of the Chroniton emissions.&nbsp; <br><br><em>"Thus isolating themselves from the effects of the temporal fragment that affected the Enterprise-D. The armbands functioned as a type of skin-tight force field.I believe we may be able to reproduce and perhaps even improve upon their solution."</em>&nbsp; Liara considered the hologram's idea for a minute, her mind racing, multiple calculations ran through her mind as her fingers manipulated the controls to enhance the readings.&nbsp; "Lieut...... Dun" she smiled, her academy training still deeply ingrained in her mind to change ways so quickly.&nbsp; "I see a couple of issues with that plan.&nbsp; The first being that although we have identified Chroniton emissions from the planet, we have not identified any sort of temporal anomaly which we would be able to program the arm bands to counter.&nbsp; Chroniton's themselves are generally harmless, we used them in the Defiant's cloaking device.&nbsp; While the signature of the Chronitons is very different from what we know in Romulan or Federation cloaking devices, there is no indication of anything beyond that."&nbsp; <br><br>She brought up a holographic image of the armbands in question and let if float harmlessly above the table.&nbsp; "The arm bands work on a principle of using a phase discriminator to compensate for a temporal flux around the person wearing them.&nbsp; While chronitons have temporal qualities, No temporal field exists that we have been able to ascertain, thus the armbands would be useless.&nbsp; If we could find a way to adjust the armbands to create a portable shield which has been modulated to the frequency of the Chronitons, we might be able to limit the exposure of the away teams while they investigate."&nbsp; <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>22-11-2010, 19:39:52</strong>
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				The chief science officer had nodded his head in response to Keval th-Zarth saying that he was ready to go.&nbsp; Once they were in the turbo lift Lugus went on to brief his fellow science officer on what they were trying to accomplish and the reasons behind the rush to get the device made as quickly as possible.&nbsp; At the same time he handed Val a data pad that had the comparisons of normal chroniton emissions as they new them from use in cloaking devices and those that were found by the passing cargo ship.&nbsp; All the data pointing to the fact that this mission was far more dangerous than it appeared to be on the surface.&nbsp; <br><br>Walking into Astrometrics in time to hear, <em>"I see a couple of issues with that plan.&nbsp; The first being that although we have identified Chroniton emissions from the planet, we have not identified any sort of temporal anomaly which we would be able to program the arm bands to counter.&nbsp; Chroniton's themselves are generally harmless, we used them in the Defiant's cloaking device.&nbsp; While the signature of the Chronitons is very different from what we know in Romulan or Federation cloaking devices, there is no indication of anything beyond that."</em><br><br>"On the contrary Ensign, preliminary comparisons between normal Chroniton's as we know them and those from the planet while similar in many ways are also far different from anything we have ever seen before.&nbsp; Of course we wont know anything for sure until we are close enough to get scans with our own equipment but going only by the comparisons what we will be dealing with is an unknown but dangerous substance."&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cyclops</strong> on <strong>23-11-2010, 04:08:55</strong>
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				Val listened to the explination of their mission and the task at hand...&nbsp; They walked in the room as were discussing sunspace isolation fields...&nbsp; He thought he remembered reading a report at some point in time about a mission requiring the use of them avaunt widespread anomalies.&nbsp; The Chief Science Officer did not bother with introductions either so...&nbsp; Who was he to argue with efficiency...<br><br>"No, I agree the armbands are a poor solution to the problem.&nbsp; Any field inconstancy would be potentially extremely dangerous on the nervous system.&nbsp; Best to mix an isolation fields with a qasi-cloaking device rather than pushing the away team out of normal space we have the field push the chronotons around then field by modulating the magnetic containment.&nbsp; No nervous system stress if he field destabilizes."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>NosCorventius</strong> on <strong>23-11-2010, 20:36:17</strong>
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				Lewis frowned deeply this was not going the way he had envisioned. His crewmates should be cooperative and excited by such a solution. Instead they displayed signs of skepticism and even slight hostility. Lewis wondered if the Vulcan, or for that matter anyone else but him, had proposed the idea if it would have been met with such reactions. He suddenly wanted to just phase back into the holo-emitters but the mission was too important for him to just abandon these people. He carried on though in perhaps a slightly more annoyed tone.<br><br>"As I said we would need to adapt and improve the technology." <br><br>He was looking directly at the ensign now, addressing her directly, feeling her above everyone else needed to be most won over here. <br><br>"While you are correct that chronotons usually bleed through shields leaving a trail that has been sometimes exploited to allow tracking of a cloaked ship, the data I've reviewed suggests that they do have a significant electron field to be repelled by shields using the proper harmonics. The real issue here is going to be finding that frequency range. MY plan was to build a adaptive harmonic field transmitter similar to those The Borg use for personal defense. By programming the bands to react to the particles as if they were phaser fire and exposing it to these new chronotons as well as those we have encountered before, the field should, in theory, adapt itself to the chronotons thus finding the maximum range we will need into the bands. I do not intend to have the bands remove the away team members from our current subspace frequencies just to provide in the simplest way possible a personal defensive shield against these particles. I believe the armbands are the easiest way for that to be accomplished. Though of course if you have a better solution, I would love to here those as well. Perhaps there is something I've overlooked." Lewis finished in a rush hoping that the last statement had come off as open to teamwork and not as arrogant. <br><br>Despite his vast database on social interactions he still carried some of the insecurities of his father, Reginald Barclay. Lewis found he wanted desperately to be valued as a both a lifeform and a member of engineering. Something that he reflected was a very odd emotion for a holographic program. The fact he was having "feelings" at all was actually very odd. He would have to look into it as soon as he was done with this mission but for now he put it on the back burner. Lives were at stake here, his programming issues were far less important then that. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cyclops</strong> on <strong>23-11-2010, 21:19:08</strong>
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				Val listened...&nbsp; Wow this hologram did sound like an arrogant one...&nbsp; He had heard that about the Mark 1 EMH.&nbsp; He could value the AI as a form of computer life, and a form of life that should have rights...&nbsp; The same rights that any human being had honestly...&nbsp; However, that didn't change the fact that he really couldn't see how a hologram could ever have the true passion that a person had.&nbsp; Maybe the Vulcan would like him, not a shot against Vulcans but they were logical beings and logically there was no difference between algorithms in a computer and synapse pathways in the brain that created consciousness.<br><br>Val replied simply, "I think we were going along the same page there Mr. Scott...&nbsp; I think our efforts should be focused on diversion, however, rather than absorption.&nbsp; Temporal energy has to go somewhere...&nbsp; I suggest we set up a few simulations either here, or in the holodeck, and see what the practical impacts on subspace field harmonics are from absorbing temporal energy verses bending it."<br><br>Val did smile then, he didn't dislike the hologram and was willing to see if this EEH could really be like a biological person in passion and vigor.&nbsp; Two qualities very highly valued for an Andorian.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>orderNchaos</strong> on <strong>23-11-2010, 21:41:18</strong>
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				Liara listened to the discussion; the science officer and his assistant, the EEH.&nbsp; All discussing what they thought was the most logical solution to the problem but missing one extremely simple point.....they did not have enough information to make a valid assessment of the facts.&nbsp; Liara had always been about the numbers.&nbsp; Numbers flowed through her mind like water and she absorbed every bit.&nbsp; Engineering came as natural to her as numbers and breathing, and she had learned a long time ago that a lack of information regarding any engineering problem can be catastrophic.&nbsp; While engineers like Chief O'Brien and Jordi La Forge may have treated engineering as an art, it still all came down the the numbers, and they were missing quite a few.<br><br>Running some calculations on the computer, based on the data that they had collected for the planet and for the armbands, Liara programmed the computer to replace the astrometric hologram with a representation of the armband on a uniformed starfleet model.&nbsp; "What we have here gentlemen is a lack of information"&nbsp; She looked at Dun and the science officers but made sure to look past the photonic man.&nbsp; "We have no idea what type of chroniton radiation we are dealing with and apparently it is much different than what we have dealt with in the past.&nbsp; The armbands will not work unless we are dealing with a temporal anomaly.&nbsp; There is nothing saying however that we can't develop a mechanism which uses multiphasic shield harmonics to protect us.&nbsp; The computer could run the calculations on how to build the mechanism to the size of a tri-corder or armband if we gave it the proper specifics."&nbsp; She rubbed her eyes, the numbers were a strain and she honestly realized that she would prefer being in Engineering learning the new Power Distribution system.&nbsp; "We need more information before we can proceed.&nbsp; Perhaps the Intrepid has made more detailed scan's since we left spacedock."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nim</strong> on <strong>23-11-2010, 22:18:02</strong>
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				Lugus raised his eyebrow.&nbsp; Hadn't he already said they needed to do their own scans to be sure of what they were dealing with.&nbsp; Stating what had already been stated and something that was so plainly obvious was simply illogical.&nbsp; "Are you suggesting ensign that it is a waste of time to consider possible solutions based on what do know?&nbsp; Wouldn't it be more logical to continue on building a base to work from instead of waiting until we arrive to come up with a solution to what the Captain has required of us?"&nbsp; <br><br>"The captain does not strike me as the type to make idol requests and as such will be looking to see some sort of results from our efforts.&nbsp; When Lt. McGalleon gives his report on our findings wouldn't it be better to say that we have looked at the problem from every angle but we still need more information.&nbsp; Or would you rather tell him we decided there was insufficient data to make any form of attempt so we merely did nothing."&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>orderNchaos</strong> on <strong>23-11-2010, 22:48:17</strong>
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				<em> "Are you suggesting ensign that it is a waste of time to consider possible solutions based on what do know?&nbsp; Wouldn't it be more logical to continue on building a base to work from instead of waiting until we arrive to come up with a solution to what the Captain has required of us?"</em><br><br>Liara sighed, trying very hard to keep her frustration from showing.&nbsp; "On the contrary Lieutenant, considering possibilities is never a waste of time.&nbsp; However, without a detailed scan of the Chrontions present on the planet and the distinct power and temporal emissions they are emitting, any solution we come up with would simply be a best guess and would likely need serious modification to reset to the new data."&nbsp; Liara pressed a few buttons on the console and the holographic image winked out of existence.&nbsp; She looked quickly over at Dun then back at the Science officer.&nbsp; "With all due respect Lieutenant, I know I'm the least experienced in the room next to the jumble of photonic particles, but&nbsp; I am an engineer and you are a science officer.&nbsp; I am simply looking at this from the cold hard numbers.&nbsp; There are so many variables possible that we could work through a hundred prototypes before we had one that might work, or we can take a little extra time once we get there, and get it right first try."&nbsp; Liara looked at the floor for a moment, taking a deep breath.&nbsp; "Excuse me sir"&nbsp; She said looking up at Dun for a second then escaped quickly through the door.<br><br>&lt;-------in the corridor------&gt;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aether</strong> on <strong>24-11-2010, 07:09:04</strong>
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				Dun knew that the most important thing about his position was how to listen and incorporate the ideas that were being voiced and to be able to press forward and present the captain with the requested solutions or a way to get there.&nbsp; The best thing he could do at this time was speak, because speaking allowed him to formulate his ideas from the different array of what he was hearing in opinion.&nbsp; One thing he knew foremost, that Lugus and Liara hit upon the uncertainty aspect and did so with out discounting the other information being discussed.<br><br>Liara, though, was not handling something well and Dun was uncertain what exactly was going on.&nbsp; He did know that it was not uncommon for people to act adversely to holograms in an intellectual sort of way.&nbsp; The only reason this came to mind was the way she looked at the EEH and then subsequently ignored it.&nbsp; Then, in leaving the room, so stepped in and towards it, forcing it back a step as she excused herself.<br><br>"Well, I will need to step out here in a moment," Dun nodded towards the now closing doors of the lab.&nbsp; "But for your consideration, let me say this.&nbsp; Without proper scans of the particles in with which we are dealing with, we can not truly know how to respond.&nbsp; Multiphasic Shielding will buffer us from the emissions, from where ever they derive.&nbsp; So, when we arrive, we will send out a probe with our shields up so we can gather more information, as Lt Lugus and Ensign Kroken has suggested.&nbsp; Once we have the data and some of these chronitrons to analyze, we can then make a more informed decision.<br><br>"One thing is for certain.&nbsp; The multiphasic shielding will be impossible to sustain on a personal or portable nature due to energy requirements.&nbsp; A harmonic field may expose the party initially to particles before the field itself can adapt, which is a risk we can not afford to take due to uncertainty.&nbsp; I am not against the idea of subspace manipulation, but I have not heard enough yet to know that its a viable option.<br><br>"My only idea so far is taking one of these particles and replicating our own copy with the Gatekeeper Array.&nbsp; Then, with a personal holographic emitter, we could possibly overlay each individual with a life like representation of the particle we have replicated for each person so that the chronitrons merely bounce away from them when they come in contact with them.... It would require some phasic manipulation and the energy requirements might get tricky..."<br><br>Dun drifted off into silence that had built up around him thick like a winters hard snow.&nbsp; It was cold too.&nbsp; He could feel the depth and breadth of the amassed knowledge about him as he gave his own idea weight.&nbsp; He did not even know if it could work.&nbsp; One thing he did know, was that he needed to check on Liara.<br><br>"If you all will excuse me..." Dun nodded to them all and headed into the corridor.<br><br>&lt;&lt;Headed to corridor thread after Liara&gt;&gt;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cyclops</strong> on <strong>28-11-2010, 02:40:32</strong>
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				<em>[Assuming time syncs up with meeting the Intrepid, etc...]</em><br><br>Val was still working on the problem of shielding people from Chronotons after the hoopla with the EEH and the young woman storming out with the Chief Engineer after her like he was her long lost dad or something.&nbsp; He sighed to himself, such behavior was...&nbsp; Not promising and he enjoyed heated emotional conflict as much as the next Andorean but there was a time and a place.&nbsp; Then there was the fact that she obviously had a problem with the hologram being used and that was plainly bad form to show it so brilliantly in front of senior staff.&nbsp; Why would the chief go after her like that?&nbsp; He knew he was low man on the totem pole but by the ice of the winters of his homeworld he would never display such blatant disrespect for senior officers as she did.<br><br>At any rate, he'd come up with a few ideas and wanted an engineer to run them past...&nbsp; "Computer, is the EEH active?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>NosCorventius</strong> on <strong>04-12-2010, 00:43:02</strong>
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				"I am indeed" The EEH responded materializing next to the Science officer. <br><br>"I was running some of the simulations and going over the original files on the armbands and an earlier tech known as the life support belt. I must say with as many applications as these devices have I'm surprised starfleet seems to have abandoned the tech." the hologram rambled.<br><br>"Oh and please call me Lewis. I find the use of EEH or The Hologram slightly offensive. Not as offensive as, how did the ensign put it? Ahh yes....a jumble of photonic particles, but still! The fact that I a valued member of this crew and an officer has to prove myself to.....well I mean it just seem so damn unreasonable!" <br><br>It was clear that the holo-tech was upset by his mistreatment, despite his only being a program. Lewis took a few breathes and pulled on his uniform to straighten it, which seemed to calm him greatly. Speaking once more in his usual business like tone, he folded his arms behind his back and smiled sheepishly at the Andorian. <br><br>"I apologize, what did you wish to speak with me about?" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cyclops</strong> on <strong>05-12-2010, 10:27:43</strong>
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				Val jumped slightly when the hologram materialized next to him after he requested information from the computer.&nbsp; That would take some getting used to, he wondered if the hologram could appear anywhere on the ship in that way...&nbsp; Something to keep in mind he supposed.<br><br>Listening to the near rant of the hologram called Lewis, Val was...&nbsp; Surprised to be honest...&nbsp; This holographic projection seemed to be responding to the world with some amount of emotional passion.&nbsp; He was a man of science but his field of science really didn't leave him without a sense of ambiguity with what actually sparked the conscious mind, what pushed the emergent properties of life from a jumble of chemically reactive cells in the brain to a mind that could think, feel, and love in the world at large.&nbsp; This...&nbsp; Computer program was doing a fair imitation of hurt outrage.&nbsp; Fascinating.<br><br>When Lewis was finished Val said, "Alright, Lewis, I was looking at field dynamics and different subspace harmonics that would bend the path of chronitons around a given object.&nbsp; Studying material on various impacts of the particles I do not believe it would be wise to collect or deflect them.&nbsp; When collected they could force the person inside the field out of sync with time.&nbsp; If deflected, they could pose a risk when interacting with technology such as the USS Defiant faced when its transporter beam interacted with temporally polarized hull armor, caused by chronitons."<br><br>Val worked his controls and the room darkened, in the center of the room a hologram of a subspace energy field in a spheroid shape was being bombarded by particles.&nbsp; When Val adjusted the field frequency and geometry, the particles went around the bubble.<br><br>"What do you think?"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aether</strong> on <strong>09-12-2010, 23:06:05</strong>
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				Dun strolled back into the lab with Liara and looked about him.&nbsp; He had been monitoring the conversations within the room with a micro ear piece and felt the discussions were moving to a general consensus.<br><br>"Lets build a batch of prototypes utilizing subspace harmonics and make them for personal use.&nbsp; Arm mounted units would be sufficient.&nbsp; We will leave the tuning to be done once we have a particle or some readings with which to go by.&nbsp; I have asked the Capt'n to launch a probe we equipped earlier that will hopefully fill in some of the gaps we need to make the fields on the armbands to work.&nbsp; Lets get to work, people!<br><br><strong>=/ Lt McGalleon to the Captain, we have the probe ready to go and in the launch tube and awaiting your command.&nbsp; We will have prototype armbands ready for specific tuning once we have our data from the probe! \=</strong>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HockeyGod</strong> on <strong>10-12-2010, 03:28:59</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				[Captain Airik Mitchell on the bridge]<br><br>=/\= “Excellent, Lieutenant. We’re coming into standard orbit. Launch when you’re ready.” =/\=
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>orderNchaos</strong> on <strong>10-12-2010, 05:30:18</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Liara quietly slips in the room with Dun and moves directly to the main command console.&nbsp; After tapping in a few commands, an small image of Rkar N'ra begins floating over the flat Astrometrics table.&nbsp; The image rotates as if it was a live image of the planet.&nbsp; A second image, a scrolling readout display appears beside the planet.&nbsp; Inside the readout a small image of a class&nbsp; IV probe spins slowly as Liara begins manipulating some of the onboard sensors normally assigned to the probe.&nbsp; As she manipulates each region, the image of the probe spins and illuminates the designated region, a description of each effected system appears in a bubble above the probe.&nbsp; Her fingers move with musical accuracy over the buttons on the console as the image spins, illuminates then spins and illuminates.&nbsp; <br><br>"Dun, Rkar N'ra is on long range sensors and we are beginning to get initial telemetry from the planet.&nbsp; I've modified a class IV probe to give us better resolution on the designated target parameters."&nbsp; Liara shot a sneering glance at the EEH then smiled and looked back at Dun.&nbsp; "The probe has been modified to extend our other scientific sensors range to the target area so we should get much more fidelity on all sensor data to make a sound assessment of the situation."&nbsp; Smiling at her handy work, Liara nodded and returned to monitoring the sensor data of the planet they were receiving so far, finding ways to tweak the sensors till the probe began transmitting.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HockeyGod</strong> on <strong>12-12-2010, 22:12:37</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				[Captain on the Bridge]<br><br>=/\= “Mitchell to McGalleon. Good work on the probe Lieutenant. It’s quite amazing. We’re sending the telemetry to you now. I’m authorizing an Away Team. Calibrate the armbands to the signatures from the probe.” =/\=
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cyclops</strong> on <strong>13-12-2010, 02:40:03</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Val worked his console, sorting the readings and converting them into values that could be easily imported into a calibration for the prototype armbands.&nbsp; He looked at those others present, "I think we have our field calibration, field geometry might be problematic though, we'll have to compile a subroutine to automatically adjust it to fluctuation in the local Chronoton field."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HockeyGod</strong> on <strong>15-12-2010, 03:41:22</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				[Commander MacReady in Three Forward]<br><br>=/\= “Will the following personnel report the Transporter Room One for beam down to the planet's surface: Lieutenants Tosh and Lugus; Lieutenant Junior Grade th-Zarth, and Ensign Liara.”&nbsp; A brief pause.&nbsp; "Also, Lieutenant Tosh, would you bring two compression rifles from the ship's armory.&nbsp; That is all." =/\=
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Cyclops</strong> on <strong>17-12-2010, 07:09:26</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Val hears his name and loads the relevant data into a package file to be downloaded to a tricorder once he equipped in the transporter room.&nbsp; Looking at those in attendance, "Well, wish me luck." he winked and left the room, headed for the transporter room tapping his com badge, "Lt. JG th-Zarth here Commander, on my way." as the doors whished shut behind him.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>orderNchaos</strong> on <strong>19-12-2010, 11:01:35</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>=/\= “Will the following personnel report the Transporter Room One for beam down to the planet's surface: Lieutenants Tosh and Lugus; Lieutenant Junior Grade th-Zarth, and Ensign Liara.”&nbsp; A brief pause.&nbsp; "Also, Lieutenant Tosh, would you bring two compression rifles from the ship's armory.&nbsp; That is all." =/\=</em><br><br>Almost like the screech of Pyrithian bat causing her jump, the sound of her name being spoken incorrectly caused Liara's brow furl almost unconciously.&nbsp; She understood that Bajoran's were still relatively new to the ranks of Starfleet, but she figured a little sensitivity to the correct pronunciation of her name would be a small thing.&nbsp; &nbsp;Her brow furled a bit more at the request for her to join the away mission to the planet.&nbsp; Not sure of the reason but always willing to serve as requested, she gave a quick smile and nod to Dun, secured her console and exited Astrometrics towards the turbolift.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>NosCorventius</strong> on <strong>19-12-2010, 17:44:14</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=88991.msg4006996#msg4006996">Quote from: titanshadow on 13-12-2010, 02:40:03</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Val worked his console, sorting the readings and converting them into values that could be easily imported into a calibration for the prototype armbands.&nbsp; He looked at those others present, "I think we have our field calibration, field geometry might be problematic though, we'll have to compile a subroutine to automatically adjust it to fluctuation in the local Chronoton field."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Luckily that's what I've been working on since this whole project started. I also have adjusted the range so that the shields will be skin tight thus allowing for easier movement and less visual distortion than your spherical design. Computer insert and run LBS subroutine 12 on the holographic display." <br><br>"Affirmative subroutine now running." <br><br>The display in front of Lugus flickered as it recalibrated.&nbsp; When it was done the spherical shield was gone replaced now with a pulsing red overlay of energy that hovered mere inches from the skin, The energy flowing over the humanoid tightly like a suit of custom made armor. "We'll need some time to test it but, ..."<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=88991.msg4015516#msg4015516">Quote from: alxnjsh on 15-12-2010, 03:41:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">[Commander MacReady in Three Forward]<br><br>=/\= “Will the following personnel report the Transporter Room One for beam down to the planet's surface: Lieutenants Tosh and Lugus; Lieutenant Junior Grade th-Zarth, and Ensign Liara.”&nbsp; A brief pause.&nbsp; "Also, Lieutenant Tosh, would you bring two compression rifles from the ship's armory.&nbsp; That is all." =/\=<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Lewis turned to Dun terror clearly written on his holographic features. <br><br>"Sir I can't guarantee the safety of the away team at this time. The armbands haven't been properly tested! He said wringing his shirt nervously. <br><br>"In theory the solution is sound and its 95 percent probable that there will be no complications. However that other 5 percent could well.....be rather disastrous. Please, I...I mean, we, need more time." 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>orderNchaos</strong> on <strong>20-12-2010, 16:19:52</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>=/\= "Ensign Liara, would you please report to Engineering to make a check on the propulsion systems.&nbsp; Mr. McGalleon, how is the EEH?&nbsp; Suitable for fieldwork at the moment?" =/\=</em><br><br>Liara cringed again, some day they would get used to her, or she would get used to that....Just barely getting ready to step onto the Turbo lift, she sighed, her eyes privately rolling in their sockets as she lightly tapped her comm badge.&nbsp; =/\="Copy that Sir, I'll check the propulsion systems from Astrometrics so I can continue assisting with the telemetry we are getting from the probe.&nbsp; Ensign Kroken Out.=/\=<br><br><em>"In theory the solution is sound and its 95 percent probable that there will be no complications. However that other 5 percent could well.....be rather disastrous. Please, I...I mean, we, need more time."</em><br><br>Turning back down the corridor and stepping back through the double doors into Astrometrics, Liara was astonished to hear the EEH's assessment of the situation regarding the armbands.&nbsp; Logging back into her console at the Astrometrics terminal, she brought up the schematics for the armband design they had implemented and run her own calculations in her mind.&nbsp; Checking her figures on her trusty PADD, she inserted a new set of calculations and variances into the program and re-ran the simulation based on the new numbers and the updated telemetry from the probe.&nbsp; "I've adjusted the calculations based on the variance in the chroniton emissions so far.&nbsp; Unfortunately the programming in the armbands is not sensitive or quick enough to compensate for the variance.&nbsp; The fix I've provided will give us about ninety seven percent, but as I mentioned when we started looking at this, these armbands are attempting to protect us from something we've never experienced before.&nbsp; And there's no way of knowing if our calculations are even in the same dimension as what's down there."<br><br>That being said, Liara continued to monitor the telemetry but brought up a diagnostic on the Gatekeeper and Propulsion system, checking for any anomalies in power flow or regulation.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aether</strong> on <strong>20-12-2010, 18:04:48</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"The armbands will be just fine, Lewis.&nbsp; In fact, why dont you replace Liara here on the away mission.&nbsp; That way you can monitor their performance in the field?&nbsp; You wont be affected by anything regardless thus you can give the away team its best chances for success avoiding these chronitrons."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>NosCorventius</strong> on <strong>02-01-2011, 21:40:25</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Lewis brightened at the Cheifs suggestion. "I think that's a rather sensible idea. I had somewhat anticipated the order actually, so I modified one of the armbands for myself as well. Where the rest of the shield emitters will protect you and the crew from the effects of the chronitons, mine will act as a portable holo emitter. Its not as advanced as the one The Doctor uses but, we cant all have the advantage of stealing....er I mean commandeering twenty-ninth century tech for present use, can we? I'm sorry sir," Lewis said turning a bit red in the cheeks. "I'm rambling aren't I?" <br><br>The Hologram engineer pulled an armband from the briefcase that he had put on the table earlier. This one appeared to have bee painted in the engineering departments trademark grey and yellows however setting it rather apart from the others in appearance. Lewis clipped it to his "arm" and waited for the hum of activation to stabilise before he spoke. "Here goes nothin'. Please Sir, if this fails reactivate me ASAP. I really dislike those Memory Cores. It's dark in there." He said sheepishly, before becoming once more serious.&nbsp; <br><br>"Computer, disable all ship-intergrated holo-emitters in the Astrometrics Lab" <br><br>"Acknowledged, Disengaging holo-emitters" <br><br>Lewis waited on baited breath as he watched the emitters, his literial life line to the outside world,&nbsp; shut off row by row. First, in the ceiling; then along the floor and walls. With the blinking out of the last blue lit array the Holo-Tech let out a sigh of relief. He beamed from ear to ear thankful he hadn't simply vanished. "I guess I should get down to the transporters then," He beamed. "See you when you get down there Chief." He said briskly walking out of the room and into the corridor. 
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>orderNchaos</strong> on <strong>09-01-2011, 16:48:01</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<strong>Kavash Teel on the Bridge</strong><br>=/\= Tactical to McGalleon, we are having a system malfunction which is not allowing the shields to re-activate after we transported the away team to the planet.&nbsp; All systems are showing green, but there seems to be a break in the system somewhere.&nbsp; Please advise. =/\=
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aether</strong> on <strong>11-01-2011, 09:32:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<strong>=/ Copy that, Tactical, running diagnostics now. \=</strong><br><br>Dun's brow furrowed in concentration as he ran a level one diagnostic on the shield emitters.&nbsp; They seemed to be in good working order and functioning as they should.&nbsp; <em>Lets bring the search backwards, then</em> he thought as he sent a command to re~engage the shields and watched the flow of his desires across the electrical pathways.&nbsp; <em>There,</em> he thought, his orders seemed to not be making it past engineering, they were lost in the ships systems as the the neural net of the ships computer seemed to think about his wishes before dismissing them out of hand.&nbsp; <em>That was odd...&nbsp; time to re~enforce his authority and let the ship he really meant his commands to be obeyed.</em><br><br>"Computer, command authorization Gamma Three Kilo Six Kilo, immediate emergency activation of the phasic shielding to coincide with a level two diagnostic with audio analysis."&nbsp; His eyes blurred a bit causing Dun to squint at his display resulting in an involuntary rubbing of his eyes which caused mild discomfort throughout his left arm and hand.&nbsp; <em>I need to sleep more and take care of my body,</em> Dun thought, as he winced.<br><br><em>"Emergency shield activation initiated,"</em> said the all too familiar feminine persona of the ships computer, except with a bit of an annoyed edge to it.&nbsp; It almost sounded snobbish, but Dun knew that was not something that was built into the ships sub routines.&nbsp; He watched as the ship surged energy to the shields with a snap that was not healthy considering the power <em>The McNair</em> had at its disposal.&nbsp; with an air of aloof finality, the computer responded <em>"Shields are functioning within nominal parameters."</em><br><br>"Liara, did you notice anything odd about that exchange or am I just too sleep deprived to be thinking clearly?"&nbsp; Dun turned to the young ensign with an all too aged and worn out look as he stifled a yawn.&nbsp; "Perhaps we should head back to engineering and try and figure this one out from there."&nbsp; Dun hit his com badge as he headed out of the lab towards his home in the belly of the ship.<br><br><strong>=/ Lt McGalleon to the Bridge, I have shields back up at full strength.&nbsp; I am at a loss for the exact malfunction, but the computer relays seemed annoyed with the request, if thats even possible.&nbsp; I will continue to keep you informed.&nbsp; McGalleon out. \=</strong><br><br><strong>A slower and creakier looking version of the Lt moves from the lab back to engineering.</strong>
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>orderNchaos</strong> on <strong>11-01-2011, 20:55:51</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<em>"Liara, did you notice anything odd about that exchange or am I just too sleep deprived to be thinking clearly?"</em><br><br>Noticing a number of small anomalies in the secondary systems while she had been running diagnostics on the Gatekeeper and the SDD warp core, Liara didn't make the connection when Dun started running the diagnostics on the shields that wouldn't come up no matter the free flow of power.&nbsp; The first time Dun attempted to raise the shields Liara monitored on a second screen but saw the same thing that Dun had seen.&nbsp; The command interface was blocking the activation sequence, but there was not reason why.&nbsp; The second time Dun activated the shields using command overrides and emergency protocols, Liara noticed the issue.&nbsp; Liara's face lite up with a sudden epiphany and she logged off the console running out of the lab after Dun.&nbsp; "I think I know what the problem is." She said catching up to him a lot quicker than she expected.&nbsp; Looking down at Dun her face turned in shock at how much older he looked.&nbsp; "By the prophets Dun, you're face!&nbsp; You look like you're thirty years older."&nbsp; She thought for a minute then remembered her train of thought about the glitches.&nbsp; "Dun, the computer isn't responding to commands because the commands are being lost along the bio-neural network somewhere.&nbsp; I've been noticing ship wide computer glitches for about the last twenty minutes or so."&nbsp; <br><br>Following Dun through the large double doors into Engineering, Liara helped him to a seat and started logging into a diagnostic console.&nbsp; "computer, run a level three diagnostic on all ship bio-neural networks."&nbsp; She looked over at Dun with concern as she waited for the computer to respond.&nbsp; Her concern overriding her need to have him help her fix the problem, she punched the comm button on the console.&nbsp; =/\= Engineering to Sickbay.&nbsp; I think we have a medical emergency down in Engineering.&nbsp; Lt McGalleon is growing older.=/\=
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Re: USS McNair - Astrometrics &amp;amp; Stellar Cartography</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>HockeyGod</strong> on <strong>12-01-2011, 00:43:13</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				<strong>Captain Mitchell on the bridge</strong><br><br>=/\= We appreciate the shielding Lieutenant McGalleon. We’ll remain at yellow alert pending the results of diagnostics. Bridge out. =/\=<br>
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