=/\= ODCC, USS Chimera-C =/\
Specialist Jenny Vargas (NPC) Jade's yeoman walked up to
her, "um is there anything you need to meet with LtJg Dexter
and Ens Baco." Jenny said as they headed away from the
podium.
"No thank you, but I need you to check with the operations
team that I sent to go help the Engineers to get the
transporters working and get an update from them." Jade said
as they both headed back to her office. Jenny nodded and
went to her desk to check in with the operations team.
Jade then went to sit down at her desk to get everything she
needed for the meeting she was having with the two assistant
operations officers she wanted them to work on the project
that Jade was working on to deal with communication jammers
while on the old Chimera.
Both, LtJg. Dexter and Ensign Baco arrived at Jade's office
at the same time. Dexter was overranking Baco by a grade,
but Baco was the more eager officer, so it was him who
pressed the chime.
"Enter." Jade said not looking up she was finishing reading
LtJg Dexter's jacket and saw that he used to be in tactical
which will help her greatly.
Both officers entered the room and stood to attention. It
was again Baco who said: "Ensign Baco and Lieutenant Dexter
reporting as requested, ma'am"
It was a bit awkward situation. Dexter was one of the most
senior LtJg. on board. He should be a full Lieutenant for a
year, but for this reason or another he was still LtJg. Jade
was First Lieutenant, what was the marine equal to LtJg.
Nonetheless, she was the department head and boss of both
incoming officers.
Jade looked up when the eager Ens spoke for the both of
them, "take a seat." Jade said looking straight into the
Ensign's eyes. Once they were both seated Jade pulled out
her PADD with all the information she wanted them to have
for the idea she had.
"Alright I have a special project that I would like you two
to help me with." She said handing them both PADDs with the
same information on it.
Dexter might have been shy, but he was far from incompetent
and all the years in duty were paying off, as he learned
very fast what Jade's point was. "Ma'am" he said,
"if I understand this right, you want to create a way how
to deal with a possible comm. Jamming field. There are of
course several possible ways to follow, but I must say that
breaking a jamming field is quite a hard task"
"Yes that's correct." Jade said turning her monitor, so that
both
Dexter and Baco could see it, "this was an idea that a
Specialist came
up with on the Chimera-B it's called a cycling program the
idea is
simple it will cycle through the frequencies making sure
that we stay
one step ahead of the jamming frequency." Jade said.
It was Baco who said: "So we need to strengthen our own
communication devices or completely destroy a possible
jamming field".
Dexter looked at the Ensign with a piercing sight. Stating
the obvious was a clever way not to remain silent, but still
not saying anything of value. He shrugged and said:
"Ma'am, I'd suggest using a modified comm relay probe.
The point is to use the probe as a distant comm. transmitter
to be able to communicate while in the jamming field. The
point is to find the right frequency for communication
between the Chimera and the probe."
"Yes and no." Jade said, "the problem with the probe is that
it's a
sitting duck when we send it out there and that's where a EM
field
might work." Jade said having worked with EM fields on the
ground
before and seeing how effective they're she wants to get
them used in
space.
"The EM field can be used to disrupt a torpedos guidance
system or
even the detonation system." Jade added. "As for the jamming
field my
first thought was to use a big EM field to disrupt the
jamming field,
but the EM field would cause issues with other ships in the
area and
cause more problems then it would fix." Jade told the two
ops officers
knowing that the EM field is the easy answer, but it had to
me side
effects to it.
"Hmm" Dexter said, "it must be a frequency that wont
be jammed by the jamming field … so it must be somewhat
… exotic. Sure not in the standard EM band."
"True. That's the other option we've we try and find a new
frequency
that has never been used before or like what Ens Baco said
finding a
way to strengthen our frequency so that the jamming field
doesn't
effect the comm frequency." Jade said smiling now seeing how
much work
they will have with this project.
Dexter nodded: "I would vote for the new frequency. Using
sole strength is a fine thing, but unless the enemy has more
strength to fight us back. Using a frequency that the enemy
does not know could give us a major tactical advantage and
is not much depending on how much power could be reserved
for us …"
"Yes. I'll let you have free reign on how you want to go about getting
this started, but I would like daily progress reports and also if you
need anyone else on the team please come and see me first." Jade said
smiling happy that she was able to get two officers who know what
they're doing with this project. "You two are dismissed." Jade added
and as they both stood up and headed out of the office Jade went back
to work dealing mainly daily reports from the night shift.
First Lieutenant Jade Reese
Chief Operations Officer
USS - Chimera - C
&
Lieutenant Junior Grade Martin Dexter
Assistant Operations Officer
USS - Chimera - C
&
Ensign Baco (NPC)
Assistant Operations Officer
USS - Chimera - C (apd Dexter)