" Headaches Are a Natural Defence Mechanism "
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Stardate: 60298.1530
Setting: USS ANUBIS, Bridge
The ringing in her head had stopped for the most part allowing the Shililan woman to return to her duties at the science station. On repeated occasions the Chief Science Officer had glance over her workstation to the floor that extended between the rear consoles where the Shillian worked and the back of the station of the First Officer thinking that the fall looked worst than it had felt. Than again maybe not since her neck still echoed from the pain that she had experienced during the tumble, not to mention the soreness in her back, right shoulder and wrist.
The Doctor and Medical Technician who had responded to the call for medical assistance had certified the Chief Science Officer fit for duty although there had been a strong recommendation offered that the Shillian report to Sickbay for a more complete medical check-up as soon as time permitted. Given the little amount of time that she scientist had actually spent thinking about her little trek over her station had been all the proof the Shillian woman had needed to know that this had not been the time for her to visit Sickbay. The situation both in orbit and on the surface of TOLAR IV was rapidly changing and Captain Simmons would need the combined efforts and skills of all of his senior officers to make it so that they came out of this without any additional problems.
"Sensors are picking up several beam downs from the Hirogen Tracker," the Chief of Security said just as the Executive Officer returned to the bridge, her presence in the Intelligence Gathering Centre no longer required thanks to the return of Lieutenant Commander Enaii and her bodyguard. The strange and unorthodox method used by the Intelligence Liaison Officer to return to the ANUBIS had been a source of great curiosity for the Shillian scientist, but the head of the science department knew better than to inquire about this right now. As great as the curiosity of the Chief Science Officer might have been it needed to be placed on hold while the crew of the USS ANUBIS worked together to find a way to get Second Lieutenant Pravat and the rest of his Marines safely back home.
"Can we figure out a way to penetrate that ice shield that is over the ruins?" Captain Simmons asked, the frustration of not being able to use their sensors to locate the Marines having started to get to him. The USS ANUBIS had been built to be the apex of Intelligence ships able to follow a single person hundreds of kilometres away through some of the most secured and heavily shielded structures known to the Federation, yet a single wall of snow and ice had rendered their instruments useless.
"I haven't had the time to perform a more detailed analysis of the composition of the ice," the Chief Science Officer began, figuring that she could at least explain the why if not able to find a way around it. "I mean it would be easier if I had a sample of the ice but since I doubt that Lieutenant Commander Enaii brought any back with her I will have to use what little readings I have been gathering to formulate a hypothesis that should account for our inability to get any sort of readings from inside the ruins. According to my research there is an odd combination of minerals contained in the water molecules that form the shield of ice covering the entire ruins. Although I doubt that those minerals are sufficient to stop our sensors from reaching within, it is my belief that they do act as a sort of natural scattering field that is reducing the effectiveness of our instruments. Again without having access to the ruins themselves of a sample of the material used to build them, I can only venture an educated guess but I think that there is something inside of the building material that is also interfering with our sensors leaving us with a complete inability to scan the inside of the structure. Maybe if we could find a way to melt the ice off the ruins we could manage a limited scan of the interior and locate Second Lieutenant Pravat and the rest of his men."
"You know," the Chief of Security said, looking at the Shillian woman with a less than inviting look in his eyes, "you could have just said that our sensors could not reach into the ruins. Would have been as accurate and not proven to be such a waste of all our time."
As sharp and aimed as the words spoken by Lieutenant Seth had been the Chief Science Officer had not felt hurt by them, instead the Shillian had been made to feel disappointed in herself for having once again failed to "keep it short" as her Commanding Officer had so often requested from the scientist. There had been so much that the Shillian woman had wanted to report on that she had simply not thought of better organising her thoughts and words in a more direct and relevant report.
"We might not have to try to find a way to penetrate the ice," Lieutenant Serenna said from the Operations station, the latest information obtained by the sensors having appeared on her console. "Looks like there are numerous people emerging from the ruins. The storm is making it hard to get clear and precise readings but I think I can make out the distinct physiological signature of a Klingon amongst them."
=/\= Confirmed, =/\= the Intelligence Liaison Officer said via her holographic image. =/\= Multiple signals have been detected on the surface, one of them is Klingon. =/\=
"Well?" The Captain rhetorically asked of the officers on the bridge with him, "What are you all waiting for? Get them back up here!"
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Jessica Solarik { maya_992003@yahoo.com }
Lieutenant Maya
Chief Science Officer
USS ANUBIS
"To see the world in a grain of sand,
and a heaven in a wild flower.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
and eternity in an hour."
- William Blake (British, 1757-1827)
