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=/\= ODCC, USS Chimera C =/\=
Jade was in her office looking over some technical writings about
tachyon she was still familiarizing herself with it mainly because she
hadn't work with it and also didn't have to work with it while in the
Marine Corps. But once switching to a ship she realized that she had
some reading to do on more special communications rather then ground
communication, " Vargas can you come in here?" Jade said shouting a
little, so her yeoman could here her.
Vargas stood up and walked to the door, "what can I do for you
Captain?" Vargas said trying not to smile still getting used to the
promotion.
"I need you send a message to Captain Xerxes asking her if she had the
time for a meeting with myself and Lt JG Kroitzer hopefully today let
her know that it's about breaking communication jamming." Jade said.
Vargas nodded, "yes ma'am." Vargas said turning around and heading
back to her desk with the PADD with the bullet points on it. It took
Vargas a few minutes to get the message ready and send it.
Anya was finishing up her packing in her Quarters on Deck 2 and heard
the message arriving at her desk terminal immediately. Upon reading
the message Anya send a message saying she would be there in 10
minutes but that she would be gone later on today for a few days. She
sent the message without any details as to where she was going or any
means of contacting her but the CO already had that information in
case of emergency.
Jade was going over reports when her computer beeped notifying her
that she had a new message it was from Xerxes stating that she would
be their in ten minuets. +taps+ Lt Kroitzer can you meet me in my
office in the ODCC in ten minuets? +taps+ Jade asked hoping he would
and if not she still could hold the meeting, but she wanted Kroitzer
to be their to explain the tachyon aspect of the design.
Gustav was still working on the environmental controls when his comms
badge chirped with a message from marine captain Reese asking him to
attend a meeting, he replied that he would be there in a few minutes,
he gave orders to the other engineers working on the systems then
left.
As me entered the room he noticed Capt Xerxes and nodded in her
direction and took a seat in the office.
Once everyone was in the office Jade become, "the reason I've called
you two here is to discuss and hopefully make a final decision on the
best way to defeat communication jamming. I've spoken to both of you
separately, but now I think we've an idea for the best way to deal
with communication jamming." Jade said eager to let them know the
ideas.
"The idea is very simple it is to use a tachyon beam along with a
laser beacon to cut through the jamming field I am not as well versed
in what tachyon is, so I'll let Lt Kroitzer explain that part. As for
the laser beacon it would be effective only if the the laser is
pointing to the ship or Starbase you want to make contact with, but
that means it would make you a sitting duck while you try to make
contact with that ship or Starbase." Jade said she then pointed to Lt
Kroitzer to start his idea dealing with the tachyon.
"Thank you Captain" Gustav said before going on with his idea for a
tachyon relay system. As he stood up from his chair as he hit button
on the desk in front of him to bring up a basic plan on the main
display in the room, he had been working on how the tachyon relay
system would work ever since Reese had asked his opinion.
"Well as some of you might know we use a tachyon grid to detect
cloaked vessels, Romulan or not, well we also use tachyon relays for
long range communications over areas that subspace transmissions wont
work" he paused before carrying on.
"Generally the transmissions had to be sent from a Starbase or a
specially modified ship because of the high power requirements needed
for the transmission but over a short distance, lets say a
battlefield, the power would be drastically reduced, to the point that
I think that a fighter would be able to utilise the relay system".
"So what do you think Captain Xerxes?" Jade asked hoping that she did
like the idea and hoping that she would have some input on how to
implement this into her fighters or even just to a shuttlecraft of
some sort.
"The Alliance already uses laser transmissions as backups in case of
jamming. The only reason they used the running lights instead of the
lasers was Chimera - B wasn't set up to receive them. Laser
transmissions do have problems though. The narrower the beam used the
stronger and more secure the transmission but the harder it is to hit
the destination target but the wider the beam it's weaker and less
secure but far more likely to be received by the intended party. What
was the beam diameter were you thinking of using?" Anya said as she
stood casually leaning against the wall.
"Would it be possible to allow the pilot or RIO or even an operations
personnel to adjust the diameter, so we could have choice?" Jade asked
not liking to make it a locked diameter when in certain situation a
narrower one would work better and then in another situation a wider
would work better.
"It's certainly possible but definitely not desirable. Diverting your
attention in battle isn't wise and in a dogfight even less. Also
granted any major power loss from a fighters capability isn't
desirable either. Whilst you may be protected by heavy hull plating
in a capital ship we in the fighters are walking the knife edge." Anya
replied bluntly.
"When we used laser beacons on the ground we used to show where a
fighter/bomber or just a bomber could deploy their payload, so we used
a more narrower diameter because we had to make sure it wouldn't hit
any friendlies." Jade said knowing that her workings with lasers were
limited, but the lasers she worked with had an easy adjustment then
again these were hand held and the one she was talking about would be
going on fighters or starships.
"The problem isn't that laser designators are not accurate, they are
used to pinpoint air to ground precision strikes for just that
purpose. However try to target a moving fighter is a completely
different proposition, even at a distance of a quarter of a light
minute laser transmissions are going to be too slow even backed by
tachyon particles. Think of it this way could you shoot a buzzing fly
at five hundred metres with a sniper rifle? No of course not. To be
able to beat a widespread jamming signal you either need one of three
things. One, a far more powerful broadcast source. Two, a blanket
counter-jamming signal which covers the entire combat area and beyond.
Three, a way to trace the jamming signal so as to know where to blow
shit up. As options on and two involve either rewriting the laws of
physics or a research grant equal to the global debt of a third world
planet I suggest option three. Perhaps if you could figure out a way
to use that tachyon beam as a communications dipstick if you will to
Jade was in her office looking over some technical writings about
tachyon she was still familiarizing herself with it mainly because she
hadn't work with it and also didn't have to work with it while in the
Marine Corps. But once switching to a ship she realized that she had
some reading to do on more special communications rather then ground
communication, " Vargas can you come in here?" Jade said shouting a
little, so her yeoman could here her.
Vargas stood up and walked to the door, "what can I do for you
Captain?" Vargas said trying not to smile still getting used to the
promotion.
"I need you send a message to Captain Xerxes asking her if she had the
time for a meeting with myself and Lt JG Kroitzer hopefully today let
her know that it's about breaking communication jamming." Jade said.
Vargas nodded, "yes ma'am." Vargas said turning around and heading
back to her desk with the PADD with the bullet points on it. It took
Vargas a few minutes to get the message ready and send it.
Anya was finishing up her packing in her Quarters on Deck 2 and heard
the message arriving at her desk terminal immediately. Upon reading
the message Anya send a message saying she would be there in 10
minutes but that she would be gone later on today for a few days. She
sent the message without any details as to where she was going or any
means of contacting her but the CO already had that information in
case of emergency.
Jade was going over reports when her computer beeped notifying her
that she had a new message it was from Xerxes stating that she would
be their in ten minuets. +taps+ Lt Kroitzer can you meet me in my
office in the ODCC in ten minuets? +taps+ Jade asked hoping he would
and if not she still could hold the meeting, but she wanted Kroitzer
to be their to explain the tachyon aspect of the design.
Gustav was still working on the environmental controls when his comms
badge chirped with a message from marine captain Reese asking him to
attend a meeting, he replied that he would be there in a few minutes,
he gave orders to the other engineers working on the systems then
left.
As me entered the room he noticed Capt Xerxes and nodded in her
direction and took a seat in the office.
Once everyone was in the office Jade become, "the reason I've called
you two here is to discuss and hopefully make a final decision on the
best way to defeat communication jamming. I've spoken to both of you
separately, but now I think we've an idea for the best way to deal
with communication jamming." Jade said eager to let them know the
ideas.
"The idea is very simple it is to use a tachyon beam along with a
laser beacon to cut through the jamming field I am not as well versed
in what tachyon is, so I'll let Lt Kroitzer explain that part. As for
the laser beacon it would be effective only if the the laser is
pointing to the ship or Starbase you want to make contact with, but
that means it would make you a sitting duck while you try to make
contact with that ship or Starbase." Jade said she then pointed to Lt
Kroitzer to start his idea dealing with the tachyon.
"Thank you Captain" Gustav said before going on with his idea for a
tachyon relay system. As he stood up from his chair as he hit button
on the desk in front of him to bring up a basic plan on the main
display in the room, he had been working on how the tachyon relay
system would work ever since Reese had asked his opinion.
"Well as some of you might know we use a tachyon grid to detect
cloaked vessels, Romulan or not, well we also use tachyon relays for
long range communications over areas that subspace transmissions wont
work" he paused before carrying on.
"Generally the transmissions had to be sent from a Starbase or a
specially modified ship because of the high power requirements needed
for the transmission but over a short distance, lets say a
battlefield, the power would be drastically reduced, to the point that
I think that a fighter would be able to utilise the relay system".
"So what do you think Captain Xerxes?" Jade asked hoping that she did
like the idea and hoping that she would have some input on how to
implement this into her fighters or even just to a shuttlecraft of
some sort.
"The Alliance already uses laser transmissions as backups in case of
jamming. The only reason they used the running lights instead of the
lasers was Chimera - B wasn't set up to receive them. Laser
transmissions do have problems though. The narrower the beam used the
stronger and more secure the transmission but the harder it is to hit
the destination target but the wider the beam it's weaker and less
secure but far more likely to be received by the intended party. What
was the beam diameter were you thinking of using?" Anya said as she
stood casually leaning against the wall.
"Would it be possible to allow the pilot or RIO or even an operations
personnel to adjust the diameter, so we could have choice?" Jade asked
not liking to make it a locked diameter when in certain situation a
narrower one would work better and then in another situation a wider
would work better.
"It's certainly possible but definitely not desirable. Diverting your
attention in battle isn't wise and in a dogfight even less. Also
granted any major power loss from a fighters capability isn't
desirable either. Whilst you may be protected by heavy hull plating
in a capital ship we in the fighters are walking the knife edge." Anya
replied bluntly.
"When we used laser beacons on the ground we used to show where a
fighter/bomber or just a bomber could deploy their payload, so we used
a more narrower diameter because we had to make sure it wouldn't hit
any friendlies." Jade said knowing that her workings with lasers were
limited, but the lasers she worked with had an easy adjustment then
again these were hand held and the one she was talking about would be
going on fighters or starships.
"The problem isn't that laser designators are not accurate, they are
used to pinpoint air to ground precision strikes for just that
purpose. However try to target a moving fighter is a completely
different proposition, even at a distance of a quarter of a light
minute laser transmissions are going to be too slow even backed by
tachyon particles. Think of it this way could you shoot a buzzing fly
at five hundred metres with a sniper rifle? No of course not. To be
able to beat a widespread jamming signal you either need one of three
things. One, a far more powerful broadcast source. Two, a blanket
counter-jamming signal which covers the entire combat area and beyond.
Three, a way to trace the jamming signal so as to know where to blow
shit up. As options on and two involve either rewriting the laws of
physics or a research grant equal to the global debt of a third world
planet I suggest option three. Perhaps if you could figure out a way
to use that tachyon beam as a communications dipstick if you will to
Jade nodded agreeing that the lasers were perfect for precision
bombing missions and trying to hit a laser onto a moving fighter that
is trying to dogfight would never happen and like Captain Xerxes said
it would also cause danger to the fighter pilot. "I like the idea and
that way once we figure out who is doing the jamming we could
eliminate them which would get rid of the jamming for that battle."
Jade said looking over at Gustav, "what your thoughts Lt?" Jade asked
knowing that he came up with the idea of the tachyon beam she just
wanted to make sure he also agreed with it.
"Well I guess if we attached a focused tachyon emitter to one of yourbombing missions and trying to hit a laser onto a moving fighter that
is trying to dogfight would never happen and like Captain Xerxes said
it would also cause danger to the fighter pilot. "I like the idea and
that way once we figure out who is doing the jamming we could
eliminate them which would get rid of the jamming for that battle."
Jade said looking over at Gustav, "what your thoughts Lt?" Jade asked
knowing that he came up with the idea of the tachyon beam she just
wanted to make sure he also agreed with it.
recon craft" Gustav said while looking at Anya, continuing, "we could
use almost like a high tech sonar, we could bounce the signal towards
a ship of our choosing and the weaker the return signal the most
likely that's your ship, there is one problem though, for that to work
the transmitter would have to be very high powered, which means
stripping most of the equipment off of the craft and channeling most
of the power to the transmitter".
"I like the tachyon emitter that way we would be able to find the source
and remove it instead of trying to beat it." Jade said, "I'll speak with the
CO and XO about this and hopefully we can get going on this as soon as
we can." Jade said smiling, "I would like to thank you both for your
continuous help on this project." Jade added.
and remove it instead of trying to beat it." Jade said, "I'll speak with the
CO and XO about this and hopefully we can get going on this as soon as
we can." Jade said smiling, "I would like to thank you both for your
continuous help on this project." Jade added.
Anya gave a slight chuckle of laughter "Well it benefits us all not to have
to deal with Romulan jamming. It's beneficial to life expectancy or so I
hear. If you do get into the design phase please make it as small and
lightweight as possible, remember we have to lug the thing around." Anya
turned around and exited the room with a mock salute saying "I expect to
hear great things."
to deal with Romulan jamming. It's beneficial to life expectancy or so I
hear. If you do get into the design phase please make it as small and
lightweight as possible, remember we have to lug the thing around." Anya
turned around and exited the room with a mock salute saying "I expect to
hear great things."
End Log
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Marine Captain Anya Xerxes
Flight Ops CO
USS Chimera - C
Marine Captain Jade Reese
Chief of Operations
USS Chimera - C
Lieutenant JG Gustav Kroitzer
Deputy Chief Engineer
USS Chimera - C
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