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USS Mongoose - Engineering.

Posted by StarMasterFor group 0
Koram Val
player, 18 posts
Trill Engineer
Sat 14 Jul 2018
at 03:33
  • msg #7

USS Mongoose - Engineering

The trip and the recovery had been rather routine, and Koram had dealt with the mundane stuff that the CEO usually didn't want to bother with. It was part of being a junior officer.

While Dypec had gone off to the hangar deck to help analyze and piece together the wreckage from the Catspaw, Koram was left to deal with the sensors. Science was good at getting data from the sensors and analyzing it, but it was Engineering that knew how to install them, tweak them, and repair them.

It was that last that now came into play. As the Mongoose slipped into the Expanse, the sensors had to be recalibrated to this strange new dark-energy-laden environment. Dark energy had been known to exist for centuries, but little progress had been made in detecting it and analyzing it. Most of the time, you could only analyze the aftermath of its passing.

Reason 11 + Engineering 4 = Target Number of 15.

Advanced Sensor Suites = reduce Difficulty by 1; Difficulty is 2.
Focus: Quantum Mechanics.
Talent: I Know My Ship = add 1d20 to pool.

23:23, Today: Koram Val rolled 5,15,5 using 1d20,1d20,1d20 ((5,15,5)). Yowza! 6 successes! I only needed 2! So that should be 4 Momentum going into the pool for the next scene... Sensors anyone?
Miranda T'Shran
player, 84 posts
Human/Andorian Hybrid
Commander/FO
Fri 27 Jul 2018
at 18:59
  • msg #8

USS Mongoose - Engineering



=^= T'Shran to wreckage analysis team. Report with Preliminary Analysis. =^=
This message was last edited by the player at 11:59, Wed 08 Aug 2018.
Miranda T'Shran
player, 90 posts
Human/Andorian Hybrid
Commander/FO
Wed 8 Aug 2018
at 11:59
  • msg #9

USS Mongoose - Engineering

In reply to Miranda T'Shran (msg # 8):

=^= Doctor to Shuttle bay =^=
Anther th'Valla
player, 181 posts
Andorian Captain
Mon 30 Sep 2019
at 15:45
  • msg #10

USS Mongoose - Engineering

>>>>> From Science Department...


"Eclipse, may I present our Chief Science Officer, Dypec," Captain th'Valla said as they entered the Engineering Department.

"He is a Vulcan. Do you have Vulcan's in your universe?"

"Dypec, this is Captain Eclipse of the starship Ancestor. I'm sure you've heard by now that her ship and her species are from another universe, a parallel universe I believe it is called."

"Our theorists claim that there are other universes where the laws of space, time, matter and physics are completely different, such as a universe of pure intellect. Should we somehow find a way to visit such a universe, we would probably be incapable of even perceiving it, let alone interacting with it."

"Fortunately, Eclipse's universe isn't one of them."

Eclipse
player, 55 posts
Chakat Security
Tue 1 Oct 2019
at 02:41
  • msg #11

USS Mongoose - Engineering

>>>> from science department....

As they where making their way to engineering Eclipse replied to the captains comment in the science lab.

"I took the Ancestor into combat with no one else aboard her for roughly 25 years, But also I designed that ships hull and framework when I was six, and it is a fully combat tested design, also I have developed several other tricks including one involving the Ancestors warp engines."

When the Captain introduced hir to the Chief engineer shi bowed hir head slightly to him before replying.

"No we have no race back home called Vulcan. As I mentioned before all other races so far discovered are more animalistic in appearance, more similar to me in looks then you, or the other races I have seen here so far. Though one similarity in tech at least so far is that it seems your vessel , like the majority of ships back home uses a single warp core rather then like the Ancestors Multi core design."
Miranda T'Shran
player, 162 posts
Human/Andorian Hybrid
Commander/FO
Tue 1 Oct 2019
at 14:17
  • msg #12

USS Mongoose - Engineering

In reply to Eclipse (msg # 11):

-------> from Science Department

Following along as a dutiful first officer should.
_Dypec
player, 55 posts
Vulcan Engineer
Lieutenant
Tue 1 Oct 2019
at 17:39
  • msg #13

USS Mongoose - Engineering

"Greetings, Eclipse," Dypec says. "Fascinating that there is no Vulcan species in your universe, but, as you said, if the species are animalistic, that would explain it."

"We have attempted to develop a dual warp core, but the mechanics needed were impractical. I would be most interested to observe how you overcame that problem."

Eclipse
player, 56 posts
Chakat Security
Wed 2 Oct 2019
at 19:43
  • msg #14

USS Mongoose - Engineering

"Well, back home the primary races of the Stellar federation had all developed their own cores differently, The Voxxans where the first to use multi core setups and could actually get more power with their multicore designs then others could with a comparable single core. The Miraki had cores that where smaller then the others but had greater output, the Ciatians had the most control, but at the cost of efficiency, the Rakshani had the most durable and dependable cores, while the humans had the most efficient. During the Hinyii project the team researched how these old cores had been designed and the theories behind them and used them to develop first the Ancestors dual core system, and then her triple core system. but some of the research also went into the Ancestors Emergency core."

Eclipse smiled as shi continued.

"So in total my vessel actually has a total of four matter anti-matter cores it can use at once to generate power. Gave some pirates a nasty surprise one time when they managed to kamikaze a fighter into the rear of the ship, and took out the Ancestors main engineering and her original dual core system. But I'll have to see if I still have the base 8 to base 10 conversions for the Ciatian specs, as if you just use their specs without knowing base 8 you won't get anywhere."
_Dypec
player, 56 posts
Vulcan Engineer
Lieutenant
Mon 14 Oct 2019
at 15:05
  • msg #15

USS Mongoose - Engineering

"I have no difficulty in understanding base 8 specifications or calculations," Dypec replies. "Vulcans are a very logical species. We are thus quite capable in mathematics."

"I believe the issue of multiple cores was not the cores themselves but getting them to be synchronous as well as the warp engines. If any of the cores was off-line, then there was insufficient power to go to warp."

"While it was suggested that the warp engines have their own dedicated core, it would have required more personnel and far more power distribution systems than was deemed practical."

Eclipse
player, 57 posts
Chakat Security
Mon 14 Oct 2019
at 18:48
  • msg #16

USS Mongoose - Engineering

Eclipse nodded hir head as Dypec explained things.

"If I needed to conserve fuel I could actually run the Ancestor on just two, or in extreme cases even one core, but doing so would also greatly reduce her warp capabilities. Though one thing I was wondering about is how you control the reaction in your cores, as that could also have an effect, as all ours just use internal fields."
_Dypec
player, 57 posts
Vulcan Engineer
Lieutenant
Mon 4 Nov 2019
at 02:25
  • msg #17

USS Mongoose - Engineering

"We use magnetic fields but we also moderate it with dilithium crystals," Dypec explains.

"It occurs to me that the underlying physics may be slightly different in your universe."
Eclipse
player, 58 posts
Chakat Security
Mon 4 Nov 2019
at 23:04
  • msg #18

USS Mongoose - Engineering

Eclipse thought for a moment before she replied.

"It is possible it could be different physics, but then that would mean that my ship is surrounded those altered physics as she is still operating like she always has. But what are these Dylithium crystals you mention, as back home we have nothing of that name and as I said we only have the magnetic fields inside the core to control the reaction, unless maybe that was the problem for you being able to develop a feasible multicore system."
_Dypec
player, 58 posts
Vulcan Engineer
Lieutenant
Thu 5 Dec 2019
at 21:00
  • msg #19

USS Mongoose - Engineering

"That is something that should be looked into, but if the physics of your universe are different, perhaps that is why your were able to do it with magnetic fields," Dypec responds.

"It may also be why dilithium crystals either don't exist or never formed in your universe."

"We shall have to see how our meeting progresses."

Anther th'Valla
player, 182 posts
Andorian Captain
Thu 2 Jan 2020
at 20:44
  • msg #20

USS Mongoose - Engineering

"The longer we discourse, Eclipse," Captain th'Valla says, "the more intriguing it gets!"

"Dypec, how would we determine if the physics of their universe is different than ours? And what might be the effects if it is?"


Just then, he felt the ship move... it wasn't so much the movement that he felt but the change in the sound and vibration. One didn't get to be captain of a starship without getting a feel for the ship around him.

He tapped his comm badge.

"Bridge. Report."

There was clearly nothing seriously wrong, but he liked to be kept apprised of what was going on.
Miranda T'Shran
player, 165 posts
Human/Andorian Hybrid
Commander/FO
Thu 2 Jan 2020
at 22:45
  • msg #21

USS Mongoose - Engineering

Miranda doesn't have the Captain's connection to the ship but does feel the difference in sound and vibration and looks toward the direction of whatever caused the ship to move as Her tactical officer training kicks in.
Eclipse
player, 60 posts
Chakat Security
Sat 4 Jan 2020
at 01:23
  • msg #22

USS Mongoose - Engineering

Eclipse suddenly looked in the direction of the Ancestor right as the Mongoose altered speed and direction.

"What ever is going on has Navorn and especially the children extremely curious."

suddenly Eclipses eye's become unfocused as shi tried to see if shi could use hir astral projection to look outside the ship to see what was going on.






Eclipse rolled 26 using 2d20 with rolls of 6,20.  astral projection, take a look outside
StarMaster
GM, 202 posts
Threats = 2
Thu 9 Jan 2020
at 16:23
  • msg #23

USS Mongoose - Engineering

Eclipse has no difficulty in astral projecting outside the ship, but there is little she can see at first because of the great distance involved. However, as the ship moves closer to the scene, she can see a 'small screen' version of what is going on.
Eclipse
player, 61 posts
Chakat Security
Fri 10 Jan 2020
at 03:19
  • msg #24

USS Mongoose - Engineering

Eclipse suddenly cocked hir head to one side as shi 'saw' what was going on outside and flinched slightly as the Mongoos was fired upon by the startled crewman before hir eye's suddenly refocus and shi blinks rapidly a couple of times.

"Well I've hard of and seen trains in space, even an old steam engine, but I never thought I would see a Viking longship."

Eclipse turns to the Captain.

"If you don't mind Sir, I think it might be wise to get to your bridge to get a better understanding of whats going on. I can always teleport myself back to the Ancestor if required, but Navorn can handle her almost as good as I can."
_Roland Thames 'R.T.' Blackthorne
player, 24 posts
Human Sciences
Tue 10 Mar 2020
at 13:25
  • msg #25

USS Mongoose - Engineering

==>"We've got a situation, Captain. A space-going longship seems to be hunting a space creature."<== R.T. responded to the captain's request.

==>"We've moved between the two sides. Attempting to establish communication now."<==
Maribel Hanson
player, 6 posts
Human Lieutenant
Department Head, Physics
Sat 7 May 2022
at 20:41
  • msg #26

USS Mongoose - Engineering

<<< From USS Mongoose: Science Department <<<

Dr Hanson enters Engineering with Ensign Haskins in tow and looks around for the Chief Engineer. "Lt Dypec?"  She approaches the nearest engineer. "Is Lt Dypec around? I could use his assistance with an experiment I'm conducting."

Before the engineer can reply, Haskins leans in to answer her question, "Um, I believe Lt Dypec is on one of the Away Teams ma'am." He looks at the engineer, who nods in confirmation.

"Oh, yes, I think you're right. What would I do without you, Haskins?"

Haskins grins as he politely refrains from giving her a sarcastic answer.

She turns back to the engineer. "Well, anyway, who's in charge of Engineering while Lt Dypec is away?"
Reon Kasigwa
NPC, 1 post
Boslic Engineer
Sun 8 May 2022
at 03:13
  • msg #27

USS Mongoose - Engineering

"That would be me, Lieutenant," the engineer replies. "Lieutenant Kasigwa at your service... Acting Assistant Chief Engineering Officer. Wow. That's a mouthful, isn't it?"

"What experiment are  you conducting and how may I assist you?"

Maribel Hanson
player, 7 posts
Human Lieutenant
Department Head, Physics
Sun 8 May 2022
at 17:23
  • msg #28

USS Mongoose - Engineering

"Oh hello! I don't think we've met yet." She bows her head slightly in greeting, "I'm Dr Maribel Hanson, also a Lieutenant. I'm head of the Physics Department of the Mongoose's Science Division. That's also a bit of a mouthful, huh?"

"Anyway, yes, experiment. I have a theory about the Ancestor and it's crew and I'd like to test it, but to do so I need to be 110% sure that the sensors for a graviton scan are functioning properly. I'm a competent engineer myself, but I'd rather entrust this to an expert, and I don't want to step on another department's toes. We'll need to check the equivalent sensors in one of the shuttlecraft as well; if the captain approves an Away Mission for this test, we'll need to leave the Expanse temporarily. I want to make sure the sensors are good to go before I ask, however."
Reon Kasigwa
NPC, 2 posts
Boslic Engineer
Mon 9 May 2022
at 01:43
  • msg #29

USS Mongoose - Engineering

"As you probably know, there's sensor routines that can test whether they are working properly," Reon answers. "The first thing is running a battery of standard sensor tests and comparing the results with previous scans. If there's any discrepancy at all, it could mean that the sensors aren't working properly."

"The second test is to just put it through a test cycle. It'll scan the same item 1,000 times and if there's even a minuscule variation, that could also mean a problem."

"Unless there's an urgent need, I doubt if the captain will authorize a shuttle to leave the Expanse right now. It's a few days travel and we're in the middle of investigating the Dalmatia system. I doubt if the system will go away so we can always come back, but you never know. We could have gotten here just as some event is about to happen."

Maribel Hanson
player, 8 posts
Human Lieutenant
Department Head, Physics
Mon 9 May 2022
at 03:02
  • msg #30

USS Mongoose - Engineering

"Oh, that's a good point. We do have three away teams out, I doubt he wants a fourth right now. Hm." Dr Hanson's face scrunches slightly and she rubs her chin with her hand while she thinks. "Well, at the very least, checking the sensors can establish whether or not the discrepancy was real."

She turns to Lt Kasigawa, "Actually, now that you mentioned it, multiple scans is a good idea; I totally forgot to check if the discrepancy changes. Could you get that diagnostic started? I'll go back to the lab and repeat the graviton scan a few times, then figure out what to do next. Thanks for your help Lieutenant!"

Unless Lt Kasigawa stops them, Dr Hanson and Ensign Haskins turn to head back to the Physics Lab.

Dr Hanson looks puzzled as they leave. "Why didn't I think of any of that earlier?"

"Did you forget your morning medication again?" Haskins suggests.

Dr Hanson stops halfway out the door and brushes her lab coat to the side as she retrieves her tricorder from the belt holster she was carrying it in. She flips it around to face herself and sweeps it up from her abdomen to her head. When it chirps, she flips it back around to see the results. "Yup."

She puts the tricorder back in it's holster and follows Haskins into the hallway.

>>> To USS Mongoose: Science Department >>>
This message was last edited by the player at 03:05, Mon 09 May 2022.
StarMaster
GM, 275 posts
Threats = 2
Mon 9 May 2022
at 03:55
  • msg #31

USS Mongoose - Engineering

As Maribel follows Haskins out into the corridor, there's a shimmer in the air in front of her and before she can stop, the scene in front of her shifts and she's standing amid three Romulans!

>>>> To Ancestor's Arrival!
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