Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
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Yaya! You have survived! That's too bad!
Posts: 804 Likes: 108
Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
Position: Chief of Engineering
Species: Trill
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Post by Kaya Som on Nov 15, 2021 18:44:01 GMT
Kaya gasped, offended! "I am not giving up!" she insisted. "I just ... was ... thirsty." She stomped back over to the console with an unmarked bottle. Elbow-to-elbow with the other two, she stabbed her fingers at the console, keying in a subroutine to jam her own signal right back through where it came from, riding the original transmission's trail. It was, um, very much not a Starfleet maneuver. "Happy? Mmhmm?" She opened the bottle with her teeth. "Knock knock." If there was someone on the other end, or anyone else reading the original transmission, they'd get a face-ful of screeching feedback. Kova Sh'qaleq, Charlie Fox
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Kova Sh'qaleq
Civilian
Posts: 516 Likes: 34
Position: Security Consultant
Species: Andorian
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Post by Kova Sh'qaleq on Nov 21, 2021 20:16:23 GMT
[ Kova Sh'qaleq - Denius Remote Research Lab, Kerelian Sector] Conor spoke after Kaya, in his attempt to get her to try and shine a little light on the mystery that had fallen into their laps. Uncertain if his efforts had succeeded, he turned his attention to Kova, and attempted to coax the Andorian into stepping in. Perhaps it was pride that brought the Trill back, or merely the reason she had claimed: the need to quench her thirst. As she stepped back into it, Kova could tell that what she'd done wasn't exactly 'academy official.' "You realize once you do this, you--"Perhaps she should have spoken sooner, because Kaya had done it. She had looped the polarity of the signal. If someone was on the other end, they'd likely find a way to respond, or at least know that their message had been intercepted. She took a deep breath as they stood there waiting. "In retrospect, this may not have been the brightest idea." Of course, that was mostly contingent upon who, if anyone, responded.
Tag: Charlie Fox (Lynch), Kaya Som
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Charlie Fox
Civilian
FOX NEWS
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Position: Journalist
Species: A human of some kind
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Post by Charlie Fox on Nov 28, 2021 13:59:07 GMT
[Petty Officer Conor Lynch - Denius Remote Research Lab]Conor Lynch smirked, feeling a little smug, believing that his little ploy had worked. He sat back in his chair, hands behind his head, as Kaya Som did her thing. He was now more than a little curious about the message. He wasn't really expecting a response, so when one came, he almost fell out of his chair. At first there was a crackle of interference. The first few words were difficult to make out, but then after a few moments the transmission cleared up. =//= "... is this? Identify yourselves. We cannot locate you, we have sustained heavy damage and sensors are malfunctioning... Repeat, this is the Orunmila. We require assistance. Please identify yourselves..." =\\=
Tags: Kaya Som , Kova Sh'qaleq
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
Site Historian
Yaya! You have survived! That's too bad!
Posts: 804 Likes: 108
Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
Position: Chief of Engineering
Species: Trill
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Post by Kaya Som on Nov 28, 2021 21:48:22 GMT
The crackle of the transmission was tinny and piercing in the small space. It interrupted like a shiver down the spine. Kaya froze in place, her cabin feverish grin a little janky now. The voice from the panel stopped. "Whaaaat ...?" she breathed. The Trill looked up between Lynch and Kova. "Not that Orunmila," Kaya said her voice low, as if they'd be overheard. "The ship everyone's been looking for, that we've searched lightyears after, and it turns up now in the absolutely wrong part of space?" She clasped her hands over her mouth in a sudden pang of excitement. Just as quickly, though, she sombered and scoffed. "Nah, it isn't." Charlie Fox, Kova Sh'qaleq
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Kova Sh'qaleq
Civilian
Posts: 516 Likes: 34
Position: Security Consultant
Species: Andorian
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Post by Kova Sh'qaleq on Nov 30, 2021 6:56:49 GMT
[ Kova Sh'qaleq - Denius Remote Research Lab, Kerelian Sector] The sudden response that broke the silence had been an unexpected one. Kova's brows arched as the ship on the other end identified itself as the Orunmila. She exchanged looks with the others as they too began to wonder if they had stumbled upon the ship that had gone missing over a year ago. To have it respond now all of a sudden. Kaya was quick to check her work, but the Trill's excitement waned as she relented to disappointment. "What do you mean it isn't?" Kova asked. Her eyes skimmed over the console. "Are you saying it's a different ship? Or... a delayed automated response?" There could be plenty of answers to the Andorian's question. There was also the possibility of some sort of temporal disturbance that had delayed the ship's transmission. "Can you at least pinpoint its origin?"
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Charlie Fox
Civilian
FOX NEWS
Posts: 730 Likes: 81
Position: Journalist
Species: A human of some kind
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Post by Charlie Fox on Dec 3, 2021 15:53:17 GMT
[Petty Officer Conor Lynch - Denius Remote Research Lab]Conor Lynch had still been in Starfleet when the Orunmila's disappearance had been the big news. Like many others though, he'd assumed it was lost forever. The idea that they'd returned, and were talking to them, was a lot. "Where've they been this whole time?" He asked, incredulous. "Wha' should we say?"He was mulling this question over, as well he should considering these folks likely hadn't spoken to anyone else in quite some time, when they began to speak again. =//= "Hello? Unidentified vessel, please respond. I repeat, this is the Orunmila. We have... We have sustained critical damage. To our ship, and... and to ourselves. They are here, they are following -" =\\= The transmission went dead.
Tags: Kaya Som , Kova Sh'qaleq
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
Site Historian
Yaya! You have survived! That's too bad!
Posts: 804 Likes: 108
Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
Position: Chief of Engineering
Species: Trill
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Post by Kaya Som on Dec 5, 2021 19:21:01 GMT
There wasn't time to answer Kova and Conor - the Orunmila sent another message and promptly cut out. Kaya about dove for the console to try and get them back. =/\= Orunmila, this is the Federation research lab Denius, coordinates 1092, 88, 907. What is your location? Repeat, what is your location. Shit - we have no shuttle and no transporters. Can you get to us? =/\= Agh! Kaya didn't know how to do this. Why now and why out here? There wasn't supposed to be anything out here except some scientifically significant space dust. =/\= Orunmila, come back, do you read? =/\= "We have to amplify reception. Oh! I saw an EM array on our way in. Maybe it still works." Kaya hurried over to a ladder up to a maintenance hatch, expecting to have to manually access the rig. "And boost our transmission!" she called back. Charlie Fox, Kova Sh'qaleq
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Kova Sh'qaleq
Civilian
Posts: 516 Likes: 34
Position: Security Consultant
Species: Andorian
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Post by Kova Sh'qaleq on Dec 18, 2021 21:22:59 GMT
[ Kova Sh'qaleq - Denius Remote Research Lab, Kerelian Sector] As the Trill vacated the seat, Kova quickly assumed it. Her hands moved about the console. It wasn't that she doubted Kaya's ability. In fact, she held the upmost faith in the Trill's capabilities. However, this was a ship that had thought to have been lost for quite some time. She attempted to modulate the frequencies, but nothing was there other than static. "Let us know when you have reconfigured the array," Kova called out. She then leaned to the side of the seat and removed a panel on the bottom of the console. She spied a few isolinear chips and then removed four. "This will allow us to bypass the conventional subroutines and allow us to access the array's higher bandwidths through the communication modules." Her eyes looked in Conor's direction. "Who are 'they' ?" The Andorian was referencing what they had all heard only moments ago. It was possible that 'they' had been responsible for terminating the Orunmila's communication.
Tag: Charlie Fox (Lynch), Kaya Som
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Charlie Fox
Civilian
FOX NEWS
Posts: 730 Likes: 81
Position: Journalist
Species: A human of some kind
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Post by Charlie Fox on Dec 26, 2021 13:24:47 GMT
[Petty Officer Conor Lynch - Denius Remote Research Lab]Lynch was silent as the transmission from the ship calling themselves the Orunmila played, and while Kaya Som and Kova Sh'qaleq spoke of arrays and boosting and subroutines. When Kova put the question to him, he was pulled back into the small room on the research station. "No idea..." He shook his head, eyes wide. But eventually he shook himself a little, and pulled his chair closer to one of the consoles. He accessed the record of Kaya's words to the Orunmila and looped and re-transmitted it back in the hopes that they would hear it as soon as the engineer got done boosting the signal. "Who in this area would want ta harm one o' ours? Tholians? Talorians?" He lowered his voice. "The Nybbies?" As an officer of the Alliance himself, he should not be making any such accusations, but even he could read the writing on the wall.
Tags: Kaya Som , Kova Sh'qaleq
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Kaya Som
Engineering/Ops
Site Historian
Yaya! You have survived! That's too bad!
Posts: 804 Likes: 108
Rank: Senior Chief Petty Officer
Position: Chief of Engineering
Species: Trill
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Post by Kaya Som on Dec 31, 2021 3:19:51 GMT
Upstairs, Kaya pulled apart the rig and began flipping and reflipping switches. It was an older model but set up with a very common control board so it was of little consequence to get the array running how they wanted. It took her only a few minutes. Once she heard it thrumming again and the dials came back nicely, she crawled out, announcing herself as she returned. "It's done! Try again," she said as she came up behind Kova and Conor. "Who's they," she asked them both, unaware that the query was a repeat. She elbowed Conor with a mood-lightening smirk. "Is it you lot this whole time?" Kaya didn't really think that. "This isn't Talorian space," she said more seriously, again repeating a thought she hadn't heard. "Tholians? Could just be pirates." Pirates. One of those things like quicksand that you grew up thinking would be far more of a problem than they really were. "Is it working?" Kaya leaned forward to try. =/\= Orunmila, this is the Denius Research Lab. Do you read? We're trying to boost the transmission. Come again, come again. What's your location? We'll send help."=/\= Kova Sh'qaleq, Charlie Fox
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Kova Sh'qaleq
Civilian
Posts: 516 Likes: 34
Position: Security Consultant
Species: Andorian
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Post by Kova Sh'qaleq on Dec 31, 2021 7:39:00 GMT
[ Kova Sh'qaleq - Denius Remote Research Lab, Kerelian Sector] After hearing Kaya call out that she had completed her modifications, Kova attempted to do her best to boost the signal. As she worked, she listed as Conor made a few suggestions about who 'they' could be. Kaya returned in time to offer her own thoughts on Conor's suggestions. "The Nyberrite Alliance thrive on tactical proficiency. It would make sense that they would have disabled communications before the Orunmila could have alerted us," Kova said. She tended to agree with Kaya about the Talorians. "It's doubtful the Talorians would sour their diplomatic efforts after all that has occurred. And the Tholains are rather adamant about keeping to themselves. Like the Sheliak, they rarely venture outside their own space," Kova continued. The mention of pirates, however, did sound practical. As Kaya attempted to renew communications with the ship, Kova tapped a few buttons on the panel before her. "There's a subspace echo coming from this region," she said as she pointed at the screen. It was a vast region, and one that could easily take weeks to search. "It may be possible to narrow down the area if we could get them to transmit again."
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Charlie Fox
Civilian
FOX NEWS
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Position: Journalist
Species: A human of some kind
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Post by Charlie Fox on Jan 2, 2022 19:21:31 GMT
[Petty Officer Conor Lynch - Denius Remote Research Lab]"Wish I knew!" Lynch responded to Kaya's gentle ribbing. "They tell me nothin'." The idea of pirates made sense. And the more he thought about it, the more he was sure it had to be. None of the alternatives fit, and there was something safer about the culprits being random pirates, somehow. But that didn't explain why the ship would be gone for over a year, and then suddenly reappearing, crew seemingly intact. "Let's focus on tha' region, so, I'll try a few targeted subspace frequency sweeps," he told Kova as Kaya tried to rouse the Orunmila again. Seconds ticked by. Then a minute. And then finally, the voice burst through once more. =/\= "Denius Research Lab! We read! We have sustained serious damage but we are trying to send you our location... We need immediate assistance...
Please..." =/\= A rumbling, thundering sound drowned out the scientist's words. If one listened carefully, one might hear screams just beneath the din, and desperate calls for help. Then the transmission cut off for the final time.
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