=Outpost R-12=
=Tarangor Shipyards=
=Tarangor System=
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"Says here, Detector was 75 percent complete," Rick said
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Jo Weathersby looked over at Rick's screen.
"Interesting. I wonder why they didn't finish it?" she said.
"Don't know," was Rick's reply as he looked over the information
on the screen. "Says here, they abandon station before they finish."
Rick continued to study the info. There were enormous amounts of
information on the Detector project to go over. There was a block of
information that he couldn't bring up. When he tried, it said that it
was encrypted. He decided to worry about that little mystery later.
After all, he could sit here and study what he did have for days and
even weeks.
"One thing for sure. They not take it with them," Rick said.
"Did they scuttle it?" Jo asked.
"Not know," Rick said as he continued to read. "Don't think so."
Rick read the numerous reports from the shipyard's former
occupants. The logs told him a great deal about what had happened
during the final days of their stay on the outpost.
"They left ship behind," Rick said.
"So, it should still be out there, docked with the shipyard," Jo said.
"But it's not. Where is it?"
Rick pointed at his screen.
"It say here in these readouts that following explosion in lower levels
of outpost, there was secondary explosion to shipyard itself. Piece
likely broke off taking Detector with it."
"Could the explosion have destroyed the ship?" she asked.
"No, if did, then there would be debris," Rick answered. "Detector
must have slowly drifted away."
"Where?"
Rick stood and walked over to a larger screen. He had the charts of
the nebula brought up on the screen. He typed in a few calculations.
He then brought up the shipyard's schematics on a split-screen.
"Explosion took place here," he pointed at a spot on the schematics.
"Intensity of explosion would have forced it in this direction. It would
not have been much push. It would have been slow."
He focused on the nebula chart.
"My guess would put it somewhere here," he pointed to an area on the
chart.
"That's less than couple of light years from here," she said.
Rick nodded.
"I think we should take look," Rick said, downloading the info to a PADD
before walking to the exit. "I need talk to Commander Ohmsford."
Commander Rick Rodgers
Engineering Officer
Starbase Unity
and
Chief Petty Officer Jo Weathersby (npc by Rick)
Chief Engineer
U.S.S. Qashqai
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