Cracking the code

Posted on Tuesday 18 June 2019 @ 20:12 by Captain Melody Jones & Lieutenant Marbim Rejal

Mission: The New Collective
Location: Shuttlebay 2
Timeline: After Groundfall
754 words - 1.5 OF Standard Post Measure

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Once she was certain the away team was back onboard, Melody had left the bridge and come down to inspect the computer terminal that had been beamed onboard. She had called Lieutenant Rejal and Ensign Rathburn to join her.

She entered the shuttlebay and stopped at the perimeter of the forcefield. The computer terminal was very strange. The language was certainly not anything belonging to any federation member planet Melody thought.

Once Marbim was sure everyone was back aboard the Merlin he beamed up to the ship. Stepping off the pad and preparing to head for the Bridge he heard the Captain requesting him in Shuttlebay 2. Grabbing a tool kit from an Ops storage locker he hurries down to meet with his Captain. As the doors open he checks something on his padd while juggling the tool kit in his other arm, “Glad to see you again Captain, I see you’ve found our so called prize. Doctor Ki believes that these aliens are Species 8472, from fluidic space, and enemies of the Borg. I was trying to see if Starfleet has any data on their language as they interacted with Voyager while she was in the Delta Quadrant. Might give us a hand up on figuring out what the hell they were doing down there.”

Breana listened as she silently followed Marbim into the shuttlebay 2. Her gaze drawn to the terminal before them and a slight shiver ran though her as she ducked around the Operations officer and inched a bit closer. "Think we can get this thing to work? Maybe there is something in it that might give us a clue..."

Melody frowned "Species 87472? Well that certainly complicates matters. We had a security briefing on them at Starfleet Headquarters. The crew of Voyager used Borg nanoprobes to fight them. Is there a way we could use nanites to do the same thing?" She turned to Breana "Ensign, I want you to see if you can get any information from this computer, also can you have a team look into the possibility of using nanites to fight 8472."

"Yes Captain" Rathburn was quick to respond with as she lifted the PaDD she more often than not carried with her. Sending a message to Doyle to get a group together for some nanites study. Bree then ventured closer to the computer terminal, silently studying it a bit as she listened to the other two still. First things first... to get the thing turned on.

Marbim will wander around the opposite side from Rathburn, scanning the side he is looking at, mainly to see if he can come up with any answers of a power source or on/off switch. Without looking up he says, "I've got a power source, looks like a replaceable battery pack, almost like this thing was built to be transported around, and not stay in one place. It also looks like there are holes here where cords could be plugged in, perhaps from monitoring units, or other computers."

Melody nodded satisfied. “Very good. Ensign, I’m leaving this in your capable hands. I’ll be on the bridge after I’ve checked in with the good Doctor and the state of our survivors. I’ll want a full report on whatever you can get of this. Come and see me then. Good work Number One. Get some rest, you’ve earned it. Carry on.”

"Yes Captain" Breana responded instantly as she brought up her PaDD and typed a few things on it. Sending the message to Doyle for him to meet her there as they had work to do.

And with that, Melody headed out of the shuttlebay.

Marbim looks over at Ensign Rathburn, “Well Chief, do you think you can handle this or do you need my help?” She hasn’t known him all that long but she should be able to tell his ‘mischievous I’m up to something smile’ by now...

Bree caught that look of his, and while she could tell he was up to something she just wasn't sure what. A slight smile touched her features as she gave a little shrug. "I'm pretty sure I can handle things here, if I need you... I'll make sure to hunt you down."

OFF:

●●● Commander Melody Jones
Executive Officer
USS Merlin

●● Lieutenant Marbim Rejal
Second Officer / Chief of Operations
USS Merlin

● Ensign Breana Rathburn
Chief Engineer
USS Merlin