Arcadia Station SB-101 / USS Quirinus NCC-83942
SD 11111.14

Starring:
Mitch Travis as Commanding Officer Captain Sulek
Christopher Dickinson as Chief of Security Commander Bill Powers
Eduardo Oneto as Chief Engineering Officer Lt. Commander Edward On
Bruce Oriani as Chief Science Officer Lt. Commander Trikk Starr
Karriaunna Scotti as Counselor Commander Azhure Powers

Ship Manager Keith LaHue

Also Starring:
Christopher Dickinson as Security Officer Ensign Gren
Keith LaHue as Molina

Absent:
Christina Doane as Executive Officer Commander Havaris Alora
Richard Robbins as Operations Manager Commander Twelk

TIME LAPSE SINCE LAST MISSION: None

"The Gates of Delirium, Part 6": Last time on Arcadia... The crew edges closer to a solution, but at what cost...?

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CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
@:: Having sent a scan of the rubbing to the ship, she turns to her captain.::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Azhure: Missing parts?
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
@ :: steps closer to the wall and carefully lays the paper out against it for better support.:: CO: As we can see, it is degraded. The tricorder is good at scanning, but lighting can affect it. The rubbing gets 'into' what is there.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
@:: Shares a meaningful glance with Gren, who's been watching him for a while now :: Gren: Don't say it.
Sec_Ens_Gren says:
@CSec: Later?
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
@Gren: Not even later, Ensign.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::studying the drawings focusing on the distorted area:: Computer: Focus on Grid Sector Alpha 7. Enlage and enhance. Put on science monitor 3.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::looks at larger view of distorted area on the requested monitor::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
@ CO: What we have so far... a magnetic formula, a rubbing with hieroglyphs I do not recognize and the depiction of an alien I also do not recognize, doing something to a large stellar body that looks like it alters the star and possibly changes climate.... on what I think may be Marcella II.
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
:: sees carefully what the CSO is doing ::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@*Starr* Take the magnetic formula we sent earlier and have the computer start to try and restore it. In the meantime, enter the hieroglyphs that the rubbing revealed through every language decoder we have.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
*CO*: Aye Captain
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Azhure: Your species is probably the most widely and long-lived of us, still no inkling as to what race this alien might be from.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
@ :: Simply shakes her head:: CO: There have been many species that have come and gone as you know. Given I do not know this one, there are two possibilities. They have long since gone or they are a species that guards their privacy and we simply do not know of them.
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
@:: Pondering their issue at hand while he has the distraction ::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::inputs the magnetic formula:: COM: Try to restore the distortion to whatever it is or was ::enters the hieroglyphs from the rubbings and begins the process of running them through every language decoder the Federation has::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Azhure: Still a species with such science must've had a reason that it decided to do this. They should be reasonably local unless they are a band of Samaritans roaming the galaxy saving random systems.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@*On*: Look at the control the alien seems to be doing with the large stellar body. See if you can decipher of the mechanics of what he is doing.
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
CSO: Maybe the hieroglyphs can't be understand by our Federation computer.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
@ CO: There is probably some connection with either the species here or the planet itself. This may have been their homeworld long ago. These people may be descendants... or possibly rescues from another world. There are many possibilities. Unfortunately, we need more information which may require more time then we have.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@*On*: We know that is has in some way changed the climate on Marcella II. Perhaps this is a key.
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
*CO*: I will work on that right now, Captain
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CEO: Well, I've managed to get a clearer picture of the rubbings, but what we need to do now is try and figure out a way to help the computer figure out what it's looking at
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Azhure: Too true. Still there must be more to this record that we are missing. Perhaps the computer can restore the magnetic degradation or at least decipher the hieroglyphs... still our own Rosetta stone would be useful.
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
Computer: Try to decipher the mechanics of the Marcella 2 with the large stellar body.
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
@ :: Turns to look at the other walls, for anything they have missed or a hint of something hidden.::
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
CSO: Maybe we need more input on the stellar body, I am trying to figure it out with the computer
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
CSO: We need to find a key in order to resolve this enigma
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@::he looks at their local guide::Molina: ::showing her the drawings:: Have you seen other hieroglyphs like these or can you read them?
Molina says:
@CO: I can't really tell much more than you. These languages are long lost to us.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CEO: Hmmph...this seems like it's becoming an enigma wrapped in a mystery
CSec_Cmdr_Powers says:
@Molina/CO: If we could find more of this language, the computer's universal translator might be able to work on some basic interpretation.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Molina: Are there more markings like these in the cave?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CEO: The closer we get to an answer, the more puzzles we find.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Powers: agreed. ::he looks at Molina::
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
CSO: It looks like the formula is trying to tell us a way to leverage one of the Jovian (gas giant) gravitational pull, to change the orbit of the planet. Also In theory, be used to change the orbit of the gravity well. The well seems to be forming as a naturally occurring cycle in the life of the system
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
@ :: Comes back to the wall they had been studying as apparently it was it... there was no sign on either of the other walls of anything.::
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CEO: Do you have an inkling of an idea of what you're proposing? We're not playing "marbles" here. Ya just can't go "ok, you go here, and you go there" and boom problem solved.
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
CSO: So, I asked you first... I know that the idea is maybe out of my mind or crazy...what can I tell you, but we need to work in a solution
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CEO: It would take an eternity of time to come up with something of that magnitude, cause if the calculations are off by even the slightest echobar, the whole shooting match is down the johnny-flusher, not to mention the possibility of making matters worse instead of better
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
@ CO: Now what?
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CEO: So since it will take an eternity of time...I'll have something for us to try in simulation in 8 hours.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CEO: However, since we don't have 8 hours, I'll do it in 2.
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
CSO: 8 hours that we don't have. I agree we have to do it in 2.
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
:: smiles ::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Azhure: Hope the teams on the ship come up with a solution and the computer finds a way to decipher the hieroglyphs and restore the magnetic data....many ifs.
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@*Ops*: send all data and pictures to Marcella I. They may have forgotten the meaning here, but perhaps more has survived of the past on their sister planet.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
CEO: Then I suggest we get started
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
@ CO: And mean while... plan B, just in case?
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
CSO: Let the "games" begin... :: grins ::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Molina: We should return to our ship to continue to work on the problem. Are there any other ancient oddities on the planet?
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Azhure: I am not sure we even have a Plan A yet, but we do have more than we had.
CSO_LtCmdr_Starr says:
::begins putting in the calculations for the first simulation::
CEO_LtCmdr_On says:
:: sees what is doing the CSO with the simulations ::
CNS_Cmdr_Azhure says:
@ :: Looks toward Molina as she prepares to leave::
Molina says:
@::looks back at Azhure::
CO_Capt_Sulek says:
@Molina: We shall remain in contact. ::Looks at the others:: *TR Chief*: 4 to transport. Energize.
Molina says:
@::watches as they dematerialize::

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