Destination: Unknown
In reply to Kheaiftouaw (msg # 115):
"I am scanning it! I'm not going to have the drone activate the fuel pump with no ship set to receive. I've got the drone scanning for traces around the nozzle..."
Vonon then gestures around the Bridge, "There's nobody here but us - of course, I suppose our voices might carry down the hallway...through that wide-open entryway into the Bridge. I swear I'm gonna weld a damn blast door in there, one of these days..."
"Any way, what seems interesting...?" Vonon looks at the sub-screen Khea is indicating, "Oh. Wow. Lookee there. Um, in answer to your question, I'm not sure, but probably not. The wall panel that covered that airlock was a neutronium panel...I think. All the neutronium we've seen so far has had that pebbly surface, which that airlock door doesn't seem to have - but that doesn't mean the airlock door metal isn't neutronium. However, if the door is just some alloy similar to our hullmetal, it might allow comm-signals through."
"We could always try to rig up some kind of work-around - maybe an antenna outside, and one inside, connected by a micro-wire small enough to let the door seal, without being cut. Or maybe a transducer stuck to either side of the door."
"Course, another option would be to send one drone into the airlock and let it cycle through. Even if we lose contact, I'll only program the drone to cycle the lock, open the inner door, take a bunch of scans, then come back out and give us a data dump."
"Which reminds me..." Vonon turns in his seat and looks around Khea, towards the pilots station.
"Hey, Sam! You're monitoring these sensor feeds, right? What do you make of the energy signatures the drones found at each of the four corners of the square base of this ship? I'm thinking either really big weapon turrets, or covers for really big sensors, or something to do with propulsion - covered thruster pods, maybe. What do you think?"