In reply to Thani sh'Elliaph (msg # 6):

A response came back after a few minutes from Jason.

Duras signature. There is some history of them being allied with the Romulans. I am afraid of what the meaning of this is. Talking to Brenn to see if he knows.

-Ensign Walker

Tekar frowns as he checks the heading and glances at the message from Jason. "I believe we can guess who are responsible for the theft and attack now.  Whether the ships had Romulan or Klingon crews, the course puts them on a heading toward Romulan space."

Since all information is going through the XO, badge comms, "Commander, we have information when you are ready."

Looking over the different reports, he paused to answer, "Procede when ready Commander."

"Commander, from the sensor logs it is clear there was disruptor fire radiation, nothing to indicate a warhead explosion and no debris. It can be safely assumed the warhead is in enemy hands. Lt Davis investigated the logs and says the three ships were already here in the system, two followed us and one followed the shuttle. Further evaluation by Ensign Walker indicates the house of Duras signature on all vessels, which is noted as being allied with the Romulans. Unknown who crewed the vessels - Romulan or Klingon makes little difference, but their last heading was directly for Romulan space." Thani recites with precision to allow the commander to get the full message.

"Lt. Cmdr sh'Elliaph, Security Chief zh'Idrani here," Nynev said, opening a comm channel to the Chief Science Officer while mentally noting Thani was a shen to her zhen.  "I'm uploading some readings I took of the explosion in the lab.  The source was clearly the other prototype, but the readings aren't consistent with the simulated data provided.  That and the module wasn't blown off the main hub.  Also, Dr. DuPont reported that the four Takarans were killed, but can't explain why. I'm hoping perhaps you two can reconcile this?"

"Thank you Lt. zh'Idrani, I will look them over." While the tendril of thought thrilled that zh'Idrani was a Zhen. When she wasn't busy she would need to talk to her Andoran to Andoran. Another thought intruded upon her mind, she was still looking for some males to make her feel completed. Her body yearned for the stability of that structure embedded into her DNA.

She begins to review the data... (20,11). Corrupted files? How?

Jason headed back to security before it occurred to him that he might get more information from Science since they were working with those over on the base to figure out what happened. He made his way in that direction, entering the lab as he looked at his padd. "Commander sh'Elliaph, ma'am? What have they picked up so far?" He glanced up as he came to a stop, unaware of what was going on.

Assuming GM approves this (She needed to sleep on it):
Thani seems upset at her padd, badge comm to Nynev, "Lt, can you resend, something appears glitchy on my end." (Yay for threat, maybe? Borg cube armada for Kate coming up!) Roll of 6 and previous 11.


Looking up at Jason, she felt something stirring. An awakened beast from last night, and it sought to devour more. She licks her lips without conscious thought of the act... "Oh, Ensign Walker. You just missed the briefing I sent Commander Geary. Here it is written, but synopsis version. The sensor log is clear there was disruptor fire radiation, nothing to indicate a warhead explosion and no debris. It can be safely assumed the warhead is in enemy hands. Lt. Davis investigated the logs and says the three ships were already here in the system, two followed us and one followed the shuttle. Further evaluation by you indicated the house of Duras signature on all vessels, which is noted as being allied with the Romulans. Unknown who crewed the vessels - Romulan or Klingon makes little difference, but their last heading was directly for Romulan space."

She looks at the padd waiting for a resend, "Dr. Dupont apparently thinks his dead patients shouldn't be dead and Nynev says the readings from the explosion doesn't match the theoretical data and wanted my input on it. But this blasted Padd is faulty. I think after this I'll need a reissued one. Ever since the virus incident none of the padds work properly for me."

Her antennae point at Jason, "I trust you've had more success in whatever assignment you've tackled. I mean you are a rising star and have a good head on your shoulder I'm told." She'd discount the fact he was clueless on Andoran decorum but learned his actions would have been consoling and comforting to a human, so she'd forgiven his faux pas as the humans called it. Though whether that last statement could be a form of flirting would be unknown. Thani thinks it was innocent, but the beast inside her might say otherwise.

Jason came to a halt under Thani's stare, suddenly feeling a little nervous and not quite sure if he should stay or leave. The need for information overruled that and he nodded slowly, still watching her. Her words suddenly made him blink. "Wait. You said they were already in system?"

As she looked back down, he continued to listen. "What can kill a Takaran? I mean besides normal means...? Do you have those readings? I am somewhat familiar with weapons fire. If we can find out how or why the 2nd device went off, this might narrow things down."

He then made a face. "No, but I was really good at insulting the Doctor there just to see if we could get him to say anything. Leaves me to believe he had nothing to do with this but perhaps one of his people did...? Those dead, who were they? And who of his group is missing? Or has no one checked that yet?"

He moved closer to see if she had the data from what was sent over, not really aware of the consequences of what his actions might do. He was more concerned with what happened and finding out what did occur. "We can start with the data at least. Maybe I might see something you don't? And who's there at the labs investigating?"

In reply to Thani sh'Elliaph (msg # 15):

"Resending, Lt. Cmdr sh'Elliaph," Nynev said from the site of the explosion and added with a slight tease, "Let me know if you need help working a padd."
This message was last edited by the player at 03:16, Fri 01 May 2020.

In reply to Nynev Idrani (msg # 17):

OOC: To save some time and because you all know, the four dead Takarans on the station were the rest of his development team.  Ja'Brenn, Ra'Ghul and these four, all are accounted for.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:34, Fri 01 May 2020.

Tekar glances at Jason Walker and nods, "Yes, there were three ships in the system when we entered under cloak, a clear treaty violation if Klingon high command is aware of their actions."

Tekar glances at the others and frowns slightly, "one of the things we need to rule out is that Dr. Brenn gave us the wrong code or the wrong torpedo.  It would be one explanation for why the explosion happened after the team sent their detonation code." Tekar suggests. "The Takaran may be resistant to radiation but we have no real data on what one of these Quantum torpedos, might do in the real world outside the simulations."
This message was last edited by the player at 00:52, Sat 02 May 2020.

In reply to Nynev Idrani (msg # 17):

"Can you? I would appreciate it." Thani says with a very innocent reply. (Blasted Pads did not like her... Maybe the virus had a small brother picking on her)

Thinking on it, "Yes, if the wrong code and torpedo was armed that could explain the explosion back on the station, but would the transmitter rigged up by Chief Blatt go that distance?"


Thani to Jason, "Lt. Davis can show you the information that indicated the three vessels were already here." Pointing to the defunct data padd, "My information on the sensor logs regarding the debris and lack of warhead is here." and then she shrugs her shoulders, "I don't know who all is down at the lab. I assume at least Idrani since she sent some information."
This message was last edited by the player at 00:55, Sat 02 May 2020.

In reply to Thani sh'Elliaph (msg # 20):

OOC: To save time and rolls:

1) Photon torpedoes don't sit around with matter/anti-matter because if their magnetic containment bottles failed for whatever reason, BOOM.  Thus, to the best of your knowledge, the prototype was NOT armed.  Unless someone did.

2) The range of the detonator that was meant to be sent from the Mihoshi was calibrated by Ja'Breen to the range specified.  The Mihoshi to the Freighter was about 100k km.  The freighter to the station is 200 million km.

3) Blatt's tracker signal could have worked. Should have worked.  Unless something were blocking it.

4) Even then, Nynev is reporting that the explosion doesn't match the simulated data.  It gave out a radiation signature that's weird.
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Jason rolled a shoulder briefly. "Duras, not the best lot for playing nice. Doubt that would matter to them but its possible those birds were used by the Romulans. Once everything died down, they sort of faded into infamy."

He shook his head at Tekar. "As far as we know, Chief Blatt placed a remote trigger he cobbled together from a phaser as the detonator. Unless the Mihoshi sent the code out? Did they?"

The three B'Rels being in system didn't bother him as much as the logs that showed what they had found in the labs. "The Commander's sharp," he said of Idrani. "Pretty sure she'd find everything there was to find."

Then he picked up the padd, tapped it and arched a brow before looking at Thani. "I think this padd hates you." turning back he started to look it over to see if he could get the data back or if it was truly something even his skills, as meager as they were, could fix.

"You're all having a party without me?" Cat said as she entered, drawn in out of curiosity.  "I'm hurt."

A moment later, she realized things were on a more serious note. "What's going on?"

Thani smiles, "Cat, come over here and pull up a pad that actually works." Pointing to the data, "Lots to go over."

So I don't repeat the same post again, Thani summarizes the findings thus far.

In reply to Thani sh'Elliaph (msg # 24):

Thani would have to be patient in explaining findings to Cat as she "glitched" in and out in an attempt to make sense of the information provided her.  Cat did her best to keep up, but it was simply beyond her control.  When it was over and after a full minute with her mind elsewhere, she asked Thani as if they had discussed it before, "So why didn't you try tracing quantum resonance of the micro-singularity in the warhead?"
This message was last edited by the player at 03:45, Sat 02 May 2020.

In reply to Jason Walker (msg # 22):

"If they immediately put it into a kind of Faraday Cage or just sufficiently shielded, they'd block Mr. Blatt's signal," Taylor said to Jason.  "I mean, a phaser couldn't generate a subspace signal that'd reach it."

In reply to Catrina Matheson (msg # 25):

Thani looks at Cat, "Wait, what mini-black hole?" She then pulls up the simulated test results, "Ahhhh, that's what I was missing."


Pulling up the logs, Thani begins the trace recommended.

In reply to Thani sh'Elliaph (msg # 27):

Observing Thani, Cat asked, "Oh!  You have the design specifics on the singularity?  I didn't see those in the test data."
This message was last edited by the player at 03:51, Sat 02 May 2020.

In reply to Catrina Matheson (msg # 28):

Shaking her head, "No, Dr. Brenn has those. Ensign Walker was talking with him last." Looking at Jason, "Is he still available or did he depart?"

Jason was still trying to mess with Thani's rather irritatingly glitchy padd when Cat came in. He smiled at her. "Hi Ms Kitty," he teased gently and moved to the side to allow Cat space with Thani.

His head came up when Taylor spoke and he frowned. "I'll take your word for that. Question is why would they think we'd do something like that? Isn't something like that not easy to do without planing it?" At least to him it seemed like something well beyond his ken.

His attention was drawn to Thani when she spoke his name. "He hadn't left when I left but let me check. Ms Seward was talking to him when I did leave." Then he gave a rather weak smile. "I might have done my best to try and make him mad enough to say something."

"Computer: Where is Dr Brenn at this moment?" Jason asked.

In reply to Jason Walker (msg # 30):

Taylor shrugged at Jason.  "Ida know.  If you were going to steal something, wouldn't you want to make sure it couldn't be tracked?"