[ USS Chimera - Deck 8 - Astrometrics ]
Two science officers stood in front of a pair of consoles at the edge of the small catwalk that extended out into the center of the large holographic sphere that was the Astrometrics Laboratory. Currently displayed within the sphere was a highly detailed holographic projection of the Stellar Nursery that spanned several star systems inside the Karador Sector. Up until the edge of the Nursery, the astrometrics data was quite up to date and accurate, displaying all the stars and their planetary bodies, as well as any other celestial bodies picked up by long range sensors. But inside the Nursery, data was scarce with most of the areas simply displayed as a grey mass on the projection with little detail.
Lieutenants Carpenter and Iresia had been working together to try and boost the resolution of the Chimera's sensors, combining it with incoming data received by the Eagle and the Rapier, but so far it only gave them a marginal increase of sight into the dense cloud.
"It's rather peculiar," Lieutenant Ilanre Iresia said, peering at the display in front of them. "Nurseries are known to be active and cause sensor interference, but not so much as to completely prevent any sensor penetration."
Mercedes nodded once in agreement, also gazing upon the grey mass of the Nursery and letting her thoughts run. "The computer's prediction suggests this Nursery is at least 3 billion years old, and a Nursery of that age should not be prone to star formation anymore, much less exhibiting the kind of sensor black out we see here. I'm beginning to think more and more that the interference is not naturally-occurring."
"Didn't the information we received from the Quorum indicate that they are rather superstitious about this region?" Ilanre said, tapping at the console in front of hir and accessing the database to bring up the file she was looking for. "Here it is, the Quorum files. All their ships are forbidden to enter the region. It lists here reports of unexplained activity with several ships disappearing."
"Perhaps it's more than just a Nursery," Mercedes thought out loud as she looked over her colleague's shoulder at the file. "Something similar to the Badlands or the Marsh?"
"Let's hope not, otherwise we're in for a rough ride," Iresia responded.
[ End Log ]
Lieutenant Mercedes Carpenter
Deputy Chief Science Officer
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Lieutenant Ilanre Iresia
Head of Astrophysics
[NPC by Bren]
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USS Chimera NCC 96899-C
