Dr. Tam and his constituents arrived a few minutes before Ramos and his engineering team and upon their arrival they found the Life Support-A station filled with a cold cloud of steam. The nitrogen spill had caused the floor and surrounding machinery to freeze over and the team had to be careful as they moved into the chamber.
Tam strode over to one of the Environmental crewman who was tending to the other. The young ensign held his hand and upper arm which appeared to be 'burned' by the freezing liquid. The crewman tending to the other looked at Tam as he approached.
"He is burnt... and he can't move his fingers!"
Tam immediately pulled out his medical tricorder and began scanning.
While the medical team worked, Ramos and his staff entered the station. The engineering staff began to evaluate the situation and prepare to close the valve and seal the line...
:arrow: OOC:
Tam's Team- I will need a First Aid Test TN 10 to scan with the medical scanner to diagnose the situation. If successful, the patient will need to be injected with an adequate dose of Chloromydride. The injection will require a First Aid Test TN 15. With these tests done, the individual can be moved to Sickbay for further tests and aid.
Chris feel free to elaborate on what the patient has wrong and what Tam discovers and helps with.
Ramos' Team- I need a Sys Ops (Sensor) test TN 15 to scan the broken line and isolate the leak(s). You will get a +5 bonus for using the tricorder. Once the line is isolated, you can shut down the nitrogen flow. To repair the station will require an Extended Repair Test TN 50. Each test performed will need to achieve a TN 10 or higher and will be 30 minutes. Time will be reduced by DOS. A failed test will not be added to the cumulative total though the time will have been spent. There will be no adverse conditions from the Life Support Station being offline for the hour or so that it will be.
Matt feel free to elaborate in your post.
I may add more here... I am not sure, but go ahead with what I have so far. ;)
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Ramos' Team- I need a Sys Ops (Sensor) test TN 15 to scan the broken line and isolate the leak(s). You will get a +5 bonus for using the tricorder. Once the line is isolated, you can shut down the nitrogen flow. To repair the station will require an Extended Repair Test TN 50. Each test performed will need to achieve a TN 10 or higher and will be 30 minutes. Time will be reduced by DOS. A failed test will not be added to the cumulative total though the time will have been spent. There will be no adverse conditions from the Life Support Station being offline for the hour or so that it will be.
:arrow: Sys Ops (Sensor) +10, Tricorder +5
Roll(2d6)+15:1,4,+15 Total:20
OOC: How do you want me to handle the extended test? Which skill (Repair or Engineering) - are there any affinity/tech bonuses, and does the team have anything to bring to the table?
***
Flipping open his tricorder, Ramos scanned the line and quickly isolated the leak. He instructed Sovak and Shimoda to shut it down while Williams prepared his equipment to seal it.
Ramos walked over to Dr. Tam and looked at his patient with sympathy.
"Doctor, as soon as you feel it's safe to move your patients, it would be best if you did so. While our repairs should be rather straightforward, there's always the risk of complications."
He smiled at the wounded young man once more.
"You're in good hands now."
He patted Tam gently on the shoulder and headed back to work.
Quote from: tomcatTam's Team- I will need a First Aid Test TN 10 to scan with the medical scanner to diagnose the situation. If successful, the patient will need to be injected with an adequate dose of Chloromydride. The injection will require a First Aid Test TN 15. With these tests done, the individual can be moved to Sickbay for further tests and aid.
Chris feel free to elaborate on what the patient has wrong and what Tam discovers and helps with.
[First Aid: 2,3+6=11 vs TN 10 - Success]
Tam pulls out his medical scanner and starts attending to the injured crewman. "I'll need 3cc's of Chrolomydride, mixed with 6cc's of Coradrenaline," he mutters out loud, as he sets the hypospray to deliver the correct dosages
[OOC: Coradrenaline halves all damage from frostbite and hypothermia, according to the Starfleet Ops Manual]
[First Aid: 5,4+6=15 vs TN 15 - Success]
After treating that patient, he quickly looks at the other crew member, to see if he has any conditions that need treating. Finding nothing he turns to his nurse. "Prepare the stretcher, lets get this man back to sick bay," he says, referring to the back-board that the nurse carried with him. He asks his nurse and the unwounded crewmember to carry the stretcher back to the sickbay so that he could keep an eye on the status of the patient. It's a short walk that the patient probably could have made himself, but better safe than sorry.
Quote from: sdrotarOOC: How do you want me to handle the extended test? Which skill (Repair or Engineering) - are there any affinity/tech bonuses, and does the team have anything to bring to the table?
:arrow:
OOC: It is a Repair Test Shawn and it depends on who is doing the work. If your teams are doing the work they will perform at 1/2 your Repair Skill with an Affinity of +1 for the team and +2 from you (if you stay present)...
If you do the work, it will be your normal skill level and a +1 affinity from the team.****
For both Ramos and Tam, the troubles in Life Support were not major challenges - both the doctor and the engineer were well-skilled, as were their subordinates. The two groups took care of their charges quickly and efficiently.
The wounded young ensign blinked as he entered the white, bright sickbay. His hand had been screaming with pain until Tam had delivered the hypo injection. Now he could not feel it at all, which suited the young crewman just fine. Still, Tam looked at the 'burnt' appendage with a bit of grave concern. The hand had not been immersed in the liquid gas but had been caught in the freezing steam that it had generated. It had almost resulted in removing the outer layer of skin. The crewman would be out of work for a few days, perhaps weeks.
Ramos and his teams were also busy with their patient - the line's leaks had been isolated and now the tools were being applied to repair the cracks.
The ship jostled a little bit causing Ramos to pause and listen. He would be happy when this interstellar gas ball was behind them.
It was on the bridge that things became exciting. Stonn had been scanning the regions around the ship to the best of his abilities. Unfortunately, the nebula had a bad way of dampering the sensors abilities, which in turn restricted the vulcans skills at 'seeing' what was out there.
Then it appeared, the large mass was off to the port side of the ship. The problem was that Stonn could not get an exact reading on its make-up, size, or exact position. Was it a rock in space? Or maybe just a dense cloud of dilithium hydroxyls.
Stonn knew that his ultimate challenge within the Paulson was going to be the echoes or sensor 'ghosts'. He would be busy for the next few days (hopefully not weeks) trying to discern objects outside the ship. The Paulson had been reported to echo its contents by the density of the gases. It seems solid matter would literally leave an imprint as they would drift throughout the nebula and sometimes these imprints would last. Sensors scanning the area would pick up denser patches of the gases around areas of space that were left vacant by the passing matter as if they still were bieng roiled by the object. Unfortunately sensors became very handicapped and thus would take some time to realize that they were scanning nothing but empty space. Early sub-mariners on Earth had called things like this a "knuckle".
Stonn made note to himself to bring all of his staff up to speed with the nebulas quirky traits.
Across the bridge, Jess held her hand to her ear, the fuzz of static was all she heard emanating from the great cloud. She had to be very careful of the great static discharges that arced through the Paulson - one could literally blow out her eardrum.
Pushkin was also having a challenging time trying to maintain course. Not because there were problems with his controls, it was just the the navigation systems were having difficulty plotting their position in regards to the many stellar bodies out there. He stared out the view screen hoping that the XO was sure there was nothing in front of him!
:arrow:
OOC: Stonn is going to need to make a TN 24 Sys Ops Sensor test to discern the position, makeup and size of the object.
"When space couldn't get any weirder..." Darkan mutters. "What've you got there, Mr. Stonn?"
OOC: Is this mass keeping pace with the ship or stationary?
Quote from: GandalfOfBorgOOC: Is this mass keeping pace with the ship or stationary?
Shawn can give the following information from Stonn if he makes his TN 22 test:
The object is stationary and in front of the vessel on the port side. It lies on the X-axis at 120º, under the Y-plane (on the Y-plane at 310º). The distance to it is about 2.5 Million Kilometers on the Z-Axis.
Note: if you need help with my geometries, you can check the link on the control panel for Systems.
Also, so that everyone knows... I am using the LCARS skin while we play this game. Keeps me in the right game mode. :wink:
OOC: My apologies, everyone - I have been swamped lately, and I haven't had much time to post here. I'm sorry I've been holding up the game. :oops:
***
:arrow: Extended Repair Test (TN 50)
Repair +8, Team +1 = +9
Roll 1 (0:15 elapsed): Roll(2d6)+9:3,6,+9 Total:18 ( 18 )
Roll 2 (0:30 elapsed): Roll(2d6)+9:6,5,+9 Total:20 ( 38 )
Roll 3 (0:53 elapsed): Roll(2d6)+9:4,2,+9 Total:15 ( 53 )
I edited the time elapse to show the effects of the DOS reducing time.
The work was routine, but Ramos and his team finished the repairs rather quickly. The leak was sealed, and posed no further risk.
Juan thumbed the intercom on the nearest wall. "Ramos to bridge. The line's good as new - no complications. You may restore full life support to Deck 7 at any time. We're on our way back to Engineering. Ramos out."
On the way back, Ramos and his team stopped by Sickbay to check in on the injured officers. While Juan knew it wasn't his fault, he always felt at least partially responsible when something went wrong on the ship that injured anyone. Fortunately, Tam seemed to have the situation under control, and Ramos, Williams, Sovak and Shimoda headed back to Engineering, hoping nothing else needed their immediate attention this day.
***
:arrow: Sys Ops (Sensors) test (TN 22)
Sys Ops (Sensors) +11
Roll(2d6)+11:1,1,+11 Total:13 -2*= 11 - DISASTROUS FAILURE
OOC: D'oh!
*This is the 1d6 roll result using the Double Ones house rule.
Stonn shook his head - to Darkan, it looked as if the Vulcan was frustrated - but "of course that couldn't be, right?"
Despite the gravity of the situation, Darkan couldn't help but smile inwardly...
The Vulcan never turned towards the captain, speaking as he fiddled with the panel in a vain attempt to wrest something useful from the sensors.
"Captain, I cannot ascertain anything about this object other than the fact that it exists. The nebula is making scanning extremely difficult. I will continue to search for further information."
"Yup," thought Darkan, "he's frustrated."
"Good work, Ramos. Bridge out."
Returning to the new quandry in front, rather, beside them, Darkan speaks up. "Well our primary mandate is, of course, exploration... so let's go see what this is. We've got a little time. Helm, take us to AU of the object unless Mr. Stonn feels otherwise."
To Stonn, "This is your area of expertise, my friend. I want to check on the injured crewmen while I have a chance. You have the bridge."
:arrow: OOC: Due to the Disastrous Failure, I am requiring a System Reliabilty test on the Sensors.
Sensors Reliability Test TN 13
System +6, Disastrous Failure Penalty -2
Roll(2d6)+4: 3,3,+4 Total:10 FAILED
Stonn pressed a few buttons on his console to narrow the bandwidth of the EM energy that emanated from the forward sensor array. His goal was to penetrate the gas 'bubble' to see if there was matter in their way - stone or metal or something else. At the speed that they traveled, there was just over ten minutes to make any course changes.
What Stonn did not expect was the sudden discharge of tachyon particles that emanated from a distant arc of static. The EM waves acted like an antenna drawing the high-energy particles into their stream and the accelerated particles coursed in both directions - towards the unknown bulge in the far off distance and back towards the Columbia.
The Columbia's sensor array was designed to both send and receive energies and the ship's computers monitored the amounts of energy so that there would be no overloads. Unfortunately, when Stonn changed his bandwidth, he did not increase the dampers on the ship's system. The computer worked in speeds of millionths of a second - the particles were faster.
The tachyons impacted the ship's array and flared through the sensors circuitry while the computer manically attempted to compensate. Its efforts were futile and the energy caused the circuit breakers to open, effectively shutting down the system. Because the computer could not compensate quick enough, it shut down all sensor systems. In mere seconds, the Columbia went blind.
To witness the impact of the tachyon particles was very unimpressive... there was a spark and a pop on deck 11, but on the bridge, Stonn's consoles simply went dark.
Quote from: GandalfOfBorg"Good work, Ramos. Bridge out."
Returning to the new quandry in front, rather, beside them, Darkan speaks up. "Well our primary mandate is, of course, exploration... so let's go see what this is. We've got a little time. Helm, take us to AU of the object unless Mr. Stonn feels otherwise."
To Stonn, "This is your area of expertise, my friend. I want to check on the injured crewmen while I have a chance. You have the bridge."
Hey Matt,
A couple of questions:
What is "AU" of the object? Astronomical Unit = ~93 million miles. Okay, I have my answer here. Only thing is, the ship is about 2.5 million miles to the anomaly. What do you wish to do?
Does Darkan leave before or after the sensor failure?
OOC: Depending on when Darkan left the bridge, Stonn will either recommend (if he's still around when the sensors go down) or order (if he left by then) that the ship come to an immediate full stop.
Flying blind is bad enough - doing it in a nebula with a large unknown mass nearby is crazy.
Sorry about that lousy roll, guys... :oops:
OOC: Oops my bad, I read the current distance incorrectly... bad habit of mine Im afraid. Substitute the helm command for an all-stop. Travelling at warp with things popping up that close inside a nebula could get dangerous ;)
As for Darkan leaving the bridge, that'd depend on how long it took Stonn to perform the action to burn out the sensors. If it was fast, my guess would be he could catch the captain before entering the turbolift.
:arrow: OOC: I am going to make a Narrator decision here... Darkan did leave the bridge before Stonn had the problem with the sensors, but after Ramos completed his work. I need you guys to remember the time frames that the game is happening - Ramos spent almost an hour repairing the liquid nitrogen line. Just keep that stuff in mind when you are making your posts.
Maybe we can manage this by holding off on any dialogue or narrative for a particular character while he is in the process of an extended test. So as an example Shawn, you can roll the extended tests out so I have a time frame that Ramos would be involved with the task but do not give nay dialogue on him until I announce that the time has passed. In other words, don't post the stuff about him calling the bridge and giving the A-okay until I tell you he is freed up. Make sense?
We will leave it as is and just play it as stated above... the Columbia is now almost an hour into the nebula, the line is fixed and Darkan is on his way down to the Sickbay. While in the elevator, Stonn has his mishap. Here we go...
*****
The turbolift made its high whirring sound and the lights flashed as it descended to Deck 7. Darkan wanted to check on his wounded crewmen and also see the extent of the damage, though Ramos and his team had already taken care of it. He could feel it before he stepped out of the lift... the ship was slowing. The call overhead confirmed what he felt.
"Captain to the bridge. Ramos to the bridge."
Stonn's voice was calm over the intercomm as the ship came to a halt. With the sensors out, they could not proceed further into the nebula. But though the ship's 'eyes' were out, her ears were still functioning... in a manner.
Townshend was bent over her console, her hand to her ear trying to block out the excited noise of the bridge around her. The sounds she heard were common noise that emanated from celestial bodies but... there it was again! It was very faint, but it was definitely a signal - a repeating signal, like a beacon or transmitter.
"Mr. Stonn, I have something!" yelled out the young Communications officer.
Quote from: tomcat
Townshend was bent over her console, her hand to her ear trying to block out the excited noise of the bridge around her. The sounds she heard were common noise that emanated from celestial bodies but... there it was again! It was very faint, but it was definitely a signal - a repeating signal, like a beacon or transmitter.
"Mr. Stonn, I have something!" yelled out the young Communications officer.
Stonn turned away from his now-dimmed sensor panel to look at Townshend with a penetrating gaze.
"
Something? More detail is necessary, Lieutenant. Please explain."
Something in Townshend's eyes told Stonn that she was surprised by his request. As for himself, he thought it odd that the young woman would think "something" was an appropriate description, but then again, Humans and Vulcans often differed on what they felt was appropriate...
Quote from: sdrotar"Something? More detail is necessary, Lieutenant. Please explain."
"I apologize, sir." Corrected, Townshend continues, "I am picking up a signal that I believe is coming from a transmitter. It is garbled but the ship's computer is in agreement - it is definitely not space noise."
Unfortunately without the ship's sensors, there was no way to determine if there was something out there - the ship's computer only had the data from the last sensor feed.
"I am trying to run it through the Universal Translator, but there is too much interference."
"I'm glad to see that you're doing well, crewman. I'm sure you'll be..."
The comm interrupts Darkan with the message from Mr. Stonn. "Get well soon, son. But don't get too used to the hospital food," he says with a smile. Once out of sickbay, Darkan gives the bridge a reply and heads to the turbolift. When it gets to his deck, he finds Ramos inside and joins him on the way to the bridge.
Darkan enters the bridge with Mr. Ramos in tow, the duo wondering what the summons was for and why the ship had been brought to a stop.
The bridge is abuzz with activity as Mr. Stonn walks up to Ramos handing him a PADD with a diagnostic report that he had just run. The engineer's eyes opened a bit when he scanned down the report and saw that the computer's safety systems had effectively shut down most of the sensos suite. It was a safeguard that protected the ship's delicate circuitry and what startled the engineer was that the amount of power was immense enough to have caused even the redundant systems to trip. This was going to be a hefty task before him.
Ramos took the PADD with him, muttering to Stonn and Darkan as he walked towards the Engineering station on the bridge, "I'll have a situation report in about 20 minutes."
Darkan looked about and saw that Pushkin and his navigator companion were both in a deep discussion over the astrogation panel between them. The captain did not know what it was all about, but it didn't seem pressing at the moment. He continued his scan of the bridge and saw all other departments looking busy but seemingly normal. Finally his eyes fell on Townshend who was making some urgent adjustments to her console.
While he looked at her, Pushkin announced, "Captain, I have the Columbia at a full stop. We are using the data from the last sensor scan to plot some local anomolies to keep us in our present position and to not lose our plot on the starcharts."
Effectively what the helmsman was saying was that he was keeping the ship from becoming lost in this huge blanket of gas and space matter.
****
Astrogation Test TN 20 ( TN 15 +5 for inadequate equipment )
Science: Space (Astrogation) +11, Specialty +2
Roll(2d6)+13: 4,2,+13 Total:19 +3 (Courage) SUCCESS
"Alright, Mr. Pushkin. Keep me appraised of your progress." Sitting down in his chair, he mutters to himself, "Well this is about par for us lately. What's next?" As captain, he's practically useless in these kinds of situations. His people were good at what they do and knew better than to get in their way. All he could do now is stare at the hazy viewscreen or read those reports that he's let slide while waiting for the updates on the ship's status.
"Hmm... I think I see a Constitution-class in that cloud over there..." he ponders, looking up from the PADD in his hand.
Quote from: GandalfOfBorg"Alright, Mr. Pushkin. Keep me appraised of your progress." Sitting down in his chair, he mutters to himself, "Well this is about par for us lately. What's next?"
Hearing his question, Townshend turned in her chair to report her findings to the captain.
"Sir, I am picking up what I believe is an electronic transmission. It is definitely not space noise and the interval seems to be either a beacon or some other kind of transponder. I ran it through the UT but it is too distorted to make any kind of interpretation. I also did a comparitive analysis of the signal and the computer agrees that it is not a pulsar or other space body. Besides, the computer is saying that for the power level of the signal, it is not too far away... maybe 1 to 2 million kilometers away. Close enough for a weak supspace signal to be heard in the nebula."
Across the bridge, Ramos was discovering that he and his teams were looking at a job that would require at least 10 hours until the sensors would be usable... 24 until he felt that the ship once more could get safely under weigh. But he needed to spend a little more time preparing his report for the captain.
"Hmm... Can you approximate a direction based on signal strength?"
"Yes captain, I believe we could. We are getting a little interference from the nebula but nothing I couldn't compensate." The communications officer was very confident in her skills.
"Close enough for a shuttlecraft ride," said the helmsman as he listened in to the conversation.
Brightened at the prospect of getting off the ship and doing something, Darkan calls out, "Mr. Pushkin and Mr. Stonn, you're with me. Mr. Grahm, have one of your people meet us at the shuttle bay. You have the bridge. Catch up to us if improvement to the sensors warrant it."
Pushkin clapped his hands together in excitement; it had been a while since he had had the opportunity to fly a shuttlecraft.
"Yes Sir!" he exclaimed. "I will head down to the shuttle bay now and get her prepped."
With that, Pushkin turned to Falcone, the navigator, and gave a nod and a wink, "Be back in a while." The Russian quickly moved to the turbolift.
Townshend finished sending her intership signal to the shuttle hangar to have a shuttle prepared for launch. Grahm had also signaled his department for two security members to head to the hangar with proper gear. The security officer was a little envious of his men but being given the conn was a huge duty. Then his heart sank a little deeper as he heard Townshend speak up to the captain...
"Sir," she said, "won't you need me on this trip to help guide you? I can help Pushkin by tracking the radio signal and it would be easier from the shuttlecraft then it would be from my station here on the bridge."
******
:arrow: OOC:
Stonn needs to do the following system diagnostic for Ramos (what he gave him on the PADD):
Sys Operations (Sensors) TN 15
Ramos will then need to do:
Engineering: System (Sensors) - he doesn't have Sensors as a specialty, but this is the required test.
-He will gain an affinity bonus of +1 from his staff
-This is an Extended Test TN 150; each individual test is TN 15 and will require 2 hours per test (reduced by DOS); Ramos can only be working on the system for 8 hours total before weariness penalties will start to affect him; if he is 'off the job' to rest, the staff will only get half his skill rank
-Any disastrous failure will add 50 points back to the Extended test goal
-Any failed test will not penalize the system but nor will it add to the extended test goal
Lastly, remember that even though the tests are all rolled now, it is to determine the actual amount of time the ship is going to be stationary and that Ramos will be out of the picture while he repairs the system. If he is needed elsewhere, then he certainly can leave the job but the test results will need to be re-determined.
Any questions, give me a shout.
"Alright, Townshend, you too. It will be a tight fit in the shuttle, but we'll manage," says Darkan. With a smile, he added before the turbolift door closed, "And Grahm, please keep the ol' girl from falling apart any further."
Quote from: tomcat
Stonn needs to do the following system diagnostic for Ramos (what he gave him on the PADD):
Sys Operations (Sensors) TN 15
Ramos will then need to do:
Engineering: System (Sensors) - he doesn't have Sensors as a specialty, but this is the required test.
-He will gain an affinity bonus of +1 from his staff
-This is an Extended Test TN 150; each individual test is TN 15 and will require 2 hours per test (reduced by DOS); Ramos can only be working on the system for 8 hours total before weariness penalties will start to affect him; if he is 'off the job' to rest, the staff will only get half his skill rank
-Any disastrous failure will add 50 points back to the Extended test goal
-Any failed test will not penalize the system but nor will it add to the extended test goal
Lastly, remember that even though the tests are all rolled now, it is to determine the actual amount of time the ship is going to be stationary and that Ramos will be out of the picture while he repairs the system. If he is needed elsewhere, then he certainly can leave the job but the test results will need to be re-determined.
Any questions, give me a shout.
:arrow: Stonn Sys Ops (Sensor) test (TN 15)
Sys Ops (Sensors) +11
Roll(2d6)+11:2,6,+11 Total:19
:arrow: Ramos Engineering: Systems (Sensors) extended test (TN 150/TN 15 per test)
Engineering: Systems +9 (no Sensors specialty), Staff bonus +1
1.) Roll(2d6)+10:2,6,+10 Total:18 - 1.5 hours (132 left)
2.) Roll(2d6)+10:5,4,+10 Total:19 - 1.5 hours (113 left)
3.) Roll(2d6)+10:1,3,+10 Total:14+3 Courage= 17 - 1.5 hours (96 left)
4.) Roll(2d6)+10:3,2,+10 Total:15 - 2 hours (81 left)
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Fatigue Test (TN 10)
Roll(2d6)+3:3,5,+3 Total:11
5.) Roll(2d6)+10:4,2,+10 Total:16 - 1.5 hours (65 left)
Fatigue Test (TN 10)
Roll(2d6)+3:2,4,+3 Total:9 - FAIL, Winded (-1)
6.) Roll(2d6)+9:5,5,+9 Total:19 - 1.5 hours (46 left)
Fatigue Test (TN 10)
Roll(2d6)+2:4,3,+2 Total:9 - FAIL, Tired (-2)
7.) Roll(2d6)+8:2,4,+8 Total:14+3 Courage= 17 - 1.5 hours (29 left)
Fatigue Test (TN 10)
Roll(2d6)+1:5,6,+1 Total:12
8.) Roll(2d6)+8:4,6,+8 Total:18 - 1.5 hours(11 left)
Fatigue Test (TN 10)
Roll(2d6)+1: 1,2,+1 Total:4 - FAIL, Fatigued (-4)***
OOC: That's it. With the Staff having only half Ramos' skill, I don't think they can get it done, either.
So after 13.5 hours off work, Ramos will tell the repair crew to call it a night, and they should be able to get the last 11 points fixed in the morning.
Though Stonn grabbed his science tricorder and followed his captain to the turbolift, he had some concerns about this voyage.
When the two had a moment alone, he asked Darkan, "Sir, are you certain that this shuttle flight is necessary? Mr. Ramos will have the sensors repaired tomorrow morning, and we will be able to ascertain much more about the object before placing yourself and other senior officers at potential risk. Star Fleet has invested a great deal into your training, and it would be... unfortunate... to have to replace you."
"Time, my friend, may have seemed like a luxury before, but it really isn't with this mission. Right now we do have the time and I won't let it go to waste. Anyways, I've always preferred the hands-on approach to science," says Darkan. In a somewhat cospiratorial tone, "Besides, Stonn, what would you be doing if we weren't going out? Staring idly at blank sensor displays?"