From griffon at wmis.net Tue Nov 3 00:51:17 2009 From: griffon at wmis.net (Tana Ragsdale) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:51:17 -0500 Subject: [Vimyridge] USS Vimy Ridge MR 150 (SD941026-SD941101) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: USS Vimy Ridge NCC 71704 Galaxy Class MR 150 ___________________________________________________________________ Contents: I OOC Address II Promotions, Awards, Academy Reports, Coming and Going III Mission Summary Report IV Mission Objectives a Last Weeks Mission Objectives b This Weeks Mission Objectives V Quotes VI Weekly Awards a Log of the Week b Player of the Week VII Crew Structure VIII Subject Headings IX Log Roster X URLs _____________________________________________________________________ I. =/\= OOC Address =/\= Captain's Address: And the away team is off. get out there and explore the caves, run tests on Radiation levels, inoculate and determine once the flares have subsided can The colonists live out their lives or is there too much radiation? Keep Blake and I in the main JL and we will enter tidbits now and then but in general the ball Is in your court to write and post as Command is not with the crew on the surface. Those of you on the vessel we'll have our own issues. let's keep the great momentum going! As a side note please be patient if you have any logs with Ivri or Cho'lu as they are Dealing with RL and so are only partially active, those of you on the away team You may need to make assumptions that you found Cho'lu. ~~Weekly ramble~~ ***If you need an excusal please email vimyridge-command at 14th.org*** If there's a visible U showing in the current MR eligibility for awards or promotions is suspended. Please make certain your bios are up to date or else we can't promote or give out awards! Same goes for U's. If there's any on the MR I can't hand out an award to you. In addition to your own ineligibility; the CO of the vessel, which would be me, is not eligible for awards with a crew with incomplete bios. So let's keep those bios up to date. Bios requiring action to be considered complete (Personal History, Family info parents/siblings), Transfer History, Promo History)... see anybody in Command if you need help here Vilqa or Blake) HAPPY SIMMING! K`y ~*~*~*~ XO's rant: Well the away team is off and the command team... Well... The Captain is female, the XO male and they sent friends and loved ones into a very dangerous situation, so... Don't be surprised if you find that they behave like nervous parents! Let's keep up the momentum though folks it's nice to see the logs. Toby/Vanyel ~*~*~*~ 2O's Two Cents Worth: Well, we're off....probably in more ways than one. There's plenty to do when we get planet side and every one knows what a bossy little pixie Cait is. :D Let's see what kind of trouble we can find. Cait/Robyn ~*~*~*~ _____________________________________________________________________ II =/\= Promotions/Awards and Coming & Going =/\= Promotion/Awards: N/A Coming: N/A Leaving: N/A On Leave: Bowers ___________________________________________________________________ III =/\= Mission Summary Report =/\= Status: Yellow Location: In the Tzenkethi-Federation ___________________________________________________________________ IVa =/\= Last Week's Mission Objectives =/\= Department heads I really want to see you guys take control of your Departments and run them like little mini plots within the major plot. Let's see some direction logs for those working under you to get orders. If any department heads notice simmers in their departments are not logging part of having a department head role is to assist them and give orders - I'll be watching for this as it's part of the responsibility of the department head and something to be taken into consideration with awards and promotions in the possible future. OVERALL: ... anybody speculate just what's up? Helm (NPC): Fly us steady Security: Prepare for anything on or off vessel, work with Nix. Be on alert To go planetside Engineering: Get our shuttles ready and be on alert to go planet side Medical/Councelling: Work with Nix and general day to day and prep for a venture off vessel/inoculations. Work out the Wilkinson issue. Science/Ops: Continue your research/prepare to go planetside. _____________________________________________________________________ IVb =/\= This Week's Mission Objectives =/\= Department heads I really want to see you guys take control of your Departments and run them like little mini plots within the major plot. Let's see some direction logs for those working under you to get orders. If any department heads notice simmers in their departments are not logging part of having a department head role is to assist them and give orders - I'll be watching for this as it's part of the responsibility of the department head and something to be taken into consideration with awards and promotions in the possible future. OVERALL: The away team has had clearance and have departed Helm: Shuttle Piloting Security: Prepare for anything on or off vessel. **Cho'lu we're going to meet you on the surface Engineering: We're getting ready to hit the surface Continue your work with Nix, et al. Medical/Councelling: Hope you guys are ready for work on the surface! Science/Ops: Now comes the fun field work! _____________________________________________________________________ V =/\= Quotes =/\= Quotes: "For one moment, the desire to poke at her captain was overwhelming and her hand twitched with its need to rise and wave that she didn't want to go." Caitlin - don't you ever take me seriously - Blake ""What do you have in mind for my shuttles?" Kylee arched her brow slightly as he referred to them as his shuttles, seeing he was highly protective of them." Justin - Keep your hands off - Lox Kylee glanced over her shoulder.glancing back to Justin and nodding. "Don't worry. I won't do anything too stupid out there..." Kylee - They're in good hands - Nix "K`ylana nodded at Toby's comment then turned on her heels, "We've got our own work to do. And if I know Nix as well as I think I do she is foaming at the mouth to speak to use about her little side foray that she requested." K'ylana - It doesn't take an empathy - Vilqa "Despite his preparation, his thoughts kept going to Cugino... and the O'Rourkes... damn, what he'd give for an old earth vice... a simple cigarette sounded wonderful right about now." Nicholas - I kicked it, honestly! - Reed ------------------ Thank you to Saladin and Nix for searching for quotes for us. For those of you missed we'll catch you next time! ~ K`y & Toby _____________________________________________________________________ VIa =/\= Log of the Week =/\= Logger(s) of the week: Garret - great job getting involved. Log of the week: SD941029.14 Going over the Data Lt Cmdr Lox, Lt Nix _____________________________________________________________________ VII =/\= Vimy Ridge Crew Structure =/\= CO-> Captain K`ylana Vilqa - kylana at 14th.org Or kylana.14th at gmail.com XO-> Commander Tobias Blake - griffon at wmis.net Or vasago at gmail.com vimyridge-command at 14th.org -OM-> Lt Commander Marcus Saladin mdinlongview at gmail.com -FCO-> Ensign Matthew Garret - trekerman5000 at yahoo.com -CEO-> Lt Commander Justin Lox - janus at magicstar.net -CSEC-> Lt Commander Yim'Bar Cho'lu - sirpenitent at yahoo.com -SEC-> Lieutenant Nicholas Reed - dyerdon_sandren at yahoo.com -SEC-> OPEN -CMO-> Commander Cait Blake - lathee at charter.net -MO-> Lt Commander Katrina Wilkinson - lambkin04 at yahoo.com -MO-> aLieutenant Commander Jason Juard - PDoug3rd at gmail.com -Counsellor-> Lieutenant Ivri - nyxfirefly at gmail.com -CSci-> Lieutenant Kylee Nix - jlearhea at gmail.com -SciTech-> Crewmand 2nd Class Takis Daephon - corvaad at gmail.com _____________________________________________________________________ VIII =/\= Subject Headings =/\= For use on Vimy Ridge Listserv Only: Stardate, Position , rank, name: SD941101.17 - CO's Log - Capt K`ylana Vilqa SD941101.17 - PL - Cmdr Toby Blake - Executive Officer SD941101.17 - JL - Captain Vilqa & Commander T Blake PL - Personal Log DL - Duty Log JL - Joint Log Remember 94 is the current year; 11 is the current month; 01 is the current day 17 Hour (in military time)The listserv automatically adds [USS Vimy Ridge] to the subject heading, so there's no need for you to do it as well. When we are doing a joint plot with another sim or when we are docked at a Starbase our important logs will be forwarded to other side and the other way around. ** Please note as of January 1, 2009 we will be using SD94 ** ~*~LOGS DUE BY~*~ 20:59 SUNDAY PACIFIC 23:59 SUNDAY EASTERN For times in your area if not noted above check out this link: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ _____________________________________________________________________ =/\= IX Log Roster =/\= |OCT| | | |NOV| Position |Officer Name |-04|-11|-18|-25|-01| ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Commanding Officer |Captain K`ylana Vilqa | A | E | 1 | 3 | 4 | Executive Officer |Cmdr Tobias Blake | E | A | E | 2 | 3 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Operations Manager |LtCmdr Marcus Saladin | E | A | 2 | 3 | 4 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Chief of Security |LtCmdr Yim'Bar Cho'lu | E | A | E | E | E | Security Officer |Lt Nicholas Reed | A | A | E | 2 | 2 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Flight Control |Ensign Matthew Garret | U | A | 1 | 2 | 2 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Chief Engineer |LtCmdr Justin Lox | A | A | E | 3 | 4 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Chief of Medical |Cmdr Cait Blake | E | A | E | 2 | 3 | Medical Officer |LtCmdr Katrina Wilkinson | A | A | 1 | 2 | 4 | Medical Officer |aLtjg Jason Juard | | | | | 1 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Counsellor |Lt Ivri | A | A | E | 2 | 1 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Chief Science |Lt Kylee Nix | A | A | E | 2 | 3 | Science Tech |C2C Takis Daephon | | A | E | 2 | 1 | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Leave of Absence | | | | | | | Medical Officer |LtCmdr Billy Bowers | L | L | L | L | L | ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| RESIGNED/Transferred| | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________| SUMMARY | ___________________________________________________________________| Total Crew Logs | | 15| 14| 06| 24| 33| Total Guest/NPC Logs| | 00| 02| 00| 00| 00| Total Combined Count| | 15| 16| 06| 24| 33| ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| Total Crew | | 13| 14| 14| 13| 14| Active Crew members | | 08| 10| 06| 10| 12| Unexcused | | 01| 01| 00| 00| 00| Excused(Inc LOA/New)| | 04| 03| 08| 02| 02| Removed/Resigned/Trs| | 00| 00| 00| 01| 00| ____________________|__________________________|___|___|___|___|___| *Crew will be counted in crew numbers after their initial log. **New crew members, unless leave is approved by Command, must log an initial log within 2 weeks or will be removed from the roster.** Legend: Active = A Excused = E Resigned = R Unexcused = U Leave = L Review = RV Transfer = T Katan'ka = K Non Player Character = NPC^ *At the Captain's discretion a player may get logging credit by playing an NPC if it is beneficial to a plot or if for example a player is in non-responsive in sickbay so they play an NPC character pivotal to the plot. ** Absences ** Excused absences must be cleared through your command staff( vimyridge-command at 14th.org ) ie: Just email us and tell us you can't log :) If we do not hear from you after 3 weeks within 5, your character may be moved to an NPC status and then dropped from the roster. *Remember, a U above removes eligibility for awards or promotion until we no longer see the U on the MR.* _____________________________________________________________________ =/\= X URLs =/\= USS Vimy Ridge - http://www.ussaudax.org/vr USS Vimy Ridge List Archives - http://14th.org/pipermail/vimyridge_14th.org/ 14th Fleet - http://www.14th.org Forums - http://www.14th.org/forums Forums - Vimy Ridge - http://14th.org/forums/index.php?showforum=14 Star Trek - http://www.startrek.com ==/\== USS Vimy Ridge ==/\== End Transmission... From mdinlongview at gmail.com Tue Nov 3 17:36:54 2009 From: mdinlongview at gmail.com (Michael Davies) Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:36:54 -0600 Subject: [Vimyridge] SD951103.16 LtCmdr Marcus Saladin OM Message-ID: <7703a5ce0911031436m10005751kb2501060ac1397c0@mail.gmail.com> The shuttle flight was short but given the circumstances even five minutes gave enough time to ponder what they might find upon landing on the planets surface. Cho'lu had gone ahead of them but had not reported on the condition that they might find the planets citizenry in. He had seen people before who had been poisoned by radioactivity. It wasn't pleasant. He was sure Cait was thinking the same thing. Nix would be looking into the reasons behind the radiation. That it might possibly have been done on purpose horrified him, though it wasn't a surprise. Humanoid species did many terrible things in the name of competition or revenge. It was a natural tendency to think of ones self first, and that applied it seemed, as a race as well. In earths own history white had done it to black, Muslim to Christian, everyone to Jews, and vice versa for all. He shook his head while he remained deep in thought. Humanity did not have a pretty history and other races were no different. No, it seemed the one constant flaw. Vulcans had dealt with their more aggressive emotions early on due to the horrific amount of violence that they had heaped on one another. It was a wise choice but still left much of life to be unfelt. It was not the way for most races, and there were a few vulcans that even questioned whether it was their way. And so Kylee would go to the asteroids, with the facts that Justin and she had unearthed, and test their theory. Discover, or rather prove, for in her mind he thought that it was probably a full gone conclusion, that this atrocity had been committed by another. What would they find? How would they stop it? What should they do? K'ylana. How would she do being so far away from those on the planets surface. He prayed silently that communications would not be cut off. He could only imagine the stress it would cause upon both K'ylana and Toby, and if he was really honest, himself. He didn't want K'ylana stressed, he didn't want her worrying. There was enough for her to worry about. His feelings were getting stronger in that regard and he realised it almost as a surprise. His thoughts were not quite as neatly ordered and arranged as he would have liked. "We're approaching the planet". He almost jumped at the voice, then shook himself from his revery to dive into the mission at hand. **V** Lieutenant Commander Marcus Saladin Operations Manager U.S.S. Vimyridge -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kylana.14th at gmail.com Thu Nov 5 22:58:47 2009 From: kylana.14th at gmail.com (Kylana ~) Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:58:47 -0800 Subject: [Vimyridge] SD941105 - Away Team Pt 2 - Blake, Blake, Saladin, Lox, Reed, Wilkinson, Garret, Juard, Daephon Message-ID: ((OK away team folks.... you guys need to post partials as you see fit from this log forward -- K`y)) "Bridge to Shuttle MacDowell, you are clear for departure." came the slightly delayed reply. Justin smiled and watched Matthew and his own controls. He wasn't in charge of the shuttle flight, so his duty was to maintain sensors and shields, but he wanted to see what this pilot could do. Matthew gave a grin. "Acknowledged. See you when we get back" he said as he closed the comms channel. He turned his head slightly. "ladies and gentleman, we thank you for choosing the Vimy-Ridge airways. We hope you have a somewhat enjoyable flight, the turbulance is rough so please fasten your saftey belts. Stewardess' will be around shortly with complimentary drinks. i am your pilot, Ensign Matthew Garret, and again, have a safe flight" he said jokingly. "And here we go" he said as he pressed some controls. The shuttle took off from the ground smoothly, and it spun around slowly. Matthew pressed a few more controls and the shuttle sped forward. It passed the forcefield and was in open space. Toby stepped back further as the shuttle powered up and started to take off. He watched until the shuttle was out of sight and the doors to the bay were closed, and then he turned and headed for the bridge. Justin watched the sensor readings as they cleared the Vimy's shields. "Radiation levels up 35%. Shuttle shields holding it in check. So far nothing to worry about." Justin continued to watch the readings as they made their way to the planet, Nick smirked lightly toward the pilot, funny guy, he mused. He wasn't sitting near Kat, as she would have liked... but rather closer to the back to hear the readings, he disliked the lack of any fundamental weapons that could come in handy... that probably would have come in handy during that Orion Sydnicate attack... he was still working on looking more into that. His pale blue eyes scanning over the crew that was tagging along, before leaning over to Justin. "What's the highest these shields can take?" he asked softly. Kat smirked at the pilot's remark though really found it rather inappropriate. She looked over at Cait a little concerned about the pixie like doctor. "you alright Cait?" she asked once her own nerves about the mission had calmed. A little frustrated that Nick hadn't sat near her of course she'd almost expected that. Growing tired of the silence between them, it wasn't like she asked to be attacked it just happened and only because she was close to him. She lost herself in thought making plans to visit the holodeck and thoroughly vent. Once again trying to convince herself not to hate him, he was supposed to be her friend though now she wasn't so sure anymore even though he told her he was still there some how she'd begun to doubt it. 'if only Ren were here' she mused missing that redhead. "Yeh, just..ducky." Cait got out between clenched teeth. "Couldn't be better...Like a Venusian cruise..." Kat smirked at that. "Let me know if I can help okay... I mean I'm sure you'd rather not decorate the inside of your EVA suit with lunch" she told her. "The shields can take about 8 times the current levels, but not for long. One of the crates in back is a portable fusion reactor. Once we land I'll be hooking it up to the shuttle's shield system to create a base camp we can work from. Even then, we will need to wear our EVA suits all the time to prevent fatal exposure." Matt nodded. "Approaching the planet" he said as the shuttle sped towards the planet "Alright, everybody, hang on tight, things are bound to get a little bumpy as we enter the Atmosphere. I will try and make things as swift as possible. One minute to entry" Mentally, Cait moaned and whined. Luckily that didn't come out verbally. It would surely have been embarrassing to say the least if it had. She swallowed, forcing back the memories. "Do your best." At least with the meds in her, she wouldn't puke during a rough ride...hopefully. Marcus looked at Cait, "Hopefully it will be smoother than we expect" He smiled warmly. Then he looked at Matt, "Try and make things SMOOTH and SWIFT." He grinned trying to ease a little of the tension, "For our sake." "Ensign Garret, take us as close to the caves as possible. We're not positive on the conditions. Commander Lox, let us know immediately if the radiation suddenly spikes or we need to change landing location." "Radiation levels are increasing... As expected. IF you haven't already done so, seal your helmet on your suit and go to suit environment only." Justin said. "Keep us steady Ensign. We don't want to shake things up back there." He then started the process of reducing the level of environment in the shuttle to conserve power. Marcus nodded to that. "I know these suits are designed to keep radiation out, but is there any danger that any level of radiation can penetrate? Or is there a certain length of time we can stay in radiation for? Takis nervously triple-checked his helmet and suit to make certain he was sealed. He wasn't particularly spooked by the irradiated environment into which he was dropping. He'd studied survival in most any environment, and frankly he preferred boots on the radioactive ground to the boring safety of one of these Starfleet flying pillow ships. Not that he minded the ride; he was just glad there was plenty of opportunity for away missions. He set his jaw and promised himself he'd do a fine job, so that he'd get to go on more of them. Juard asked prepared for anything, "Does anyone need radiation treatment?" Justin looked back at the others "If we stay under the shuttles shields, indefinitely. Without the extra shielding... about 30 minutes. I hope we don't need the treatment yet. Levels are still pretty low within our shields. Once we land, you will be quite busy helping people." Nick nodded at that, "Once we land, I'd like to have my security team secure the sight, under the shuttle's shields still," he said, "Once confirmation is sent back here, then we can start setting up our base camp," he said, glancing toward Cait. The little doctor had the final say in anything involving the mission, but at the same time, he knew that they'd have to keep an eye out for any security risks, his primary job was to protect the crew on this mission, and any friendlies they'd encounter,,, Kat began to feel the fluttery butterfly feeling in her stomach she patted her stomach mentally telling herself 'oh no I'm not giving in to the power of suggestion' she thought as she glanced over at Cait again.She too hoped not to need radiation treatment just yet she didn't like having to risk the dangerous radiation but they had a job to do. "Everyone was suppose to be innoculated before we left the ship so we'll be fine for a while even if radiation gets through. Mister Reed, Security will be out the door first." Cait sat with her eyes closed still. <> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jlearhea at gmail.com Sun Nov 8 23:18:44 2009 From: jlearhea at gmail.com (Jennifer Giles) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:18:44 -0500 Subject: [Vimyridge] SD941108.23 Please... Let Me Go Play in the Asteroids Pt 1 Captain Vilqa, Cmdr Blake, Lt Nix Message-ID: <1db429a10911082018u7a7f4b32n75c5008a56c4cadc@mail.gmail.com> Kylee moved about her office, searching for the data she needed about the asteroid field, including both the data from the probes, and that from previous records. Digging through a collection of PADDs, she uncovered the one that contained the past records. She let a sigh as she grabbed the PADD containing the info from the probe, lift a hand up to push a strand of hair back from her face. She took a seat behind her desk, tapping the screen on her computer to pull up a map of the asteroid field. Moving that to her PADD, she climbed to her feet once more. "Time to see if I can head to study the asteroids.." she stated, exiting her office and continuing down the hallway. She tapped her comm badge as she walked, wanting to determine where the captain and commander were, though she assumed they were on the bridge. "Captain, where can I find you and Commander Blake?" she asked. Vilqa was waiting eagerly along with Blake for information on the away team; no news wasn't always good news as in this case she was on pins and needles like a mother waiting for the child who was late for curfew. She would wait however to get comms. There was a time in her head, and that was 2 hours from departure that she's get the vessel to comm down and but not before then. There were no warnings or true cause for alarm from the Vimy Ridge's own monitoring of the situation and yet still there was a feeling of unease. The Captain was actually grateful for the interruption from Nix's comm, "Lieutenant." she replied calmly, defying her emotions, "We are both on the bridge however if this is about what you approached me in the shuttle bay meet us in my ready room in ten minutes." Kylee nodded as she walks through the hallway to the turbo lift. "Yes captain.. I will see you two there in ten minutes," she said. She glanced down at her notes for a second time, making sure she had all the data as she paused before the turbo lift doors. Unlike the captain, she wasn't worried about the shuttle, because she knew that many of the best were on the ship, and they would make it safely to the planet. She chuckled softly as she thought about Takis, sure he was extermely excited to be on such a mission. As the turbolift doors opened, she stepped within, waiting for the short ride up to the correct deck to end. Vilqa glanced toward Toby, "Let's see what she has to say." Standing up the Captain actually felt her knee pop but continued forward only muttered a curse word or two loud enough for her to hear. Passing the whooshing doors of her familiar office she glanced toward the replicator, "Want anything?" For herself she got a sweetened chai. Toby followed K`y into her ready room, the perfect fatherly match to her motherly worry about the away team. "Coffee please." He looked around the room then at K`y, "They'll be alright. Marcus, Cait and Justin are all quite competent." His words were for both of them. Kylee stepped out of the turbolift a short time later. Taking a deep breath, she walked forward, making her way to the captain's ready room. She pushed the chime, letting the captain know she was there, assuming it would be wise to show respect to make up for the incident in the science lab. The Captain had just handed Toby his coffee as the chime rang, "Enter." It was of course the spitfire of a science department head. The pair had split hairs before but there was no time to dwell on that; the captain felt that she had made herself clear the previous time they had a formal talk. Taking a seat in her chair behind the desk she motioned for Toby to get comfortable on the choices of chair or small sofa in the room. Toby took the coffee with a soft murmur of thanks and moved to sit on the couch, sipping from his cup, as he sat back and stretched out his long legs, taking a casual pose. Not too coincidentally, making sure that Kylee would be between the two of them meaning she would have to split her attention if she wanted to be polite, or would allow him to watch her unobserved as she spoke with the captain. Kylee stepped in to the room, the doors making a soft whoosh as they close behind her. She nods to both the captain and the commander as she takes a position that allowed her to look at them both. "Captain, I was hoping to discuss my wish to venture out to the asteroids to try and find any clues as to who is sending them at the sun," looking from her to Toby. "I've brought the notes of all the data I've gathered, showing how the composition of the iron matches that of the asteroids, as well as a few points that I have selected where the asteroids could be coming from." Vilqa nodded, "Tell us Lieutenant..." She could have read the information however it would be far easier to get a overview verbally that she could followup afterward by reading the more detailed report. Her hands clasped together, elbows on the arm rest of her chair and chin leaning to rest on her knuckles. Sitting quietly, Toby sipped his coffee and waited to hear what the scientist had to say. He knew of the clash between the two earlier, of course, and could sense Kylee's concern over it, but since there wasn't any overwhelming fear or nervousness he chose to remain quiet than to reassure her. She'd soon learn that while K`y had a temper and didn't like being challenged, that she didn't hold a grudge once the matter was settled. If that were the case, she'd never had asked Toby to be her executive officer. Kylee nodded, pulling up the correct data in her PADD. She offered the diagram to K`y to look at as she spoke. "If you look on the layout of the asteroid field, you'll note that several areas are farmed by both planets for the different ores in the asteroids, therefore limiting the amount of areas where smaller asteroids can still be found. From the info sent by the probe, there are three such areas, within 50 to 100 km of each other," she explained, looking between the two of them. She tapped her other PADD, pulling up the info on the iron composition and offered it to Toby. "On here, you'll note the iron within the asteroids are paired with multiple other elements, and that the breakdown of those elements from the sun match to a simulation I performed with a test asteroid." "And do you believe the only true way to run the tests necessary to determine this is by going out via shuttle?" The captain looked toward Nix with a questioning gaze, "There are no probes that can do the job for you?" The captain knew she had to cross off and over every possiblity, "After all, Lieutenant, if you are out there in a shuttle by yourself, and find something someone doesn't want you to, you'd be pretty much a sitting duck, as the saying goes. We don't want to put you in a situation of unnecessary risk." Toby's voice was calm, soft, and gentle one might even say concerned for her physical well being. Kylee bit back her initial response to Toby's words, her Klingon heritage pulling her towards performing the more risky situations. "I believe that the only way to properly locate the exact location is to go out there and search for any signs that the probe may be unable to run, due to the effects from the flares as well as the area itself, which the shuttle, with access to more power, may be able to detect," she said, trying to word it so that she would be allowed to go, since she was going a bit stir crazy on board the ship, wanting to test this theory in person, not stuck staring at more data. A brief glance toward Toby pulled the Captain's attention away from Nix for a few moments. "Have you spoken with the security on the matter of possible dangers you may be facing not of the natural kind of the flares?" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: