05-13-2026, 11:09 PM
“I think we would be better off piggybacking the class 3 probes onto something that will catch their attention without telegraphing our intentions. I think we should try to make the Class 8 look like something that’s been floating in space for a long time, rather than something that we launched today. We can spoof some of the data and bang it up a bit to help sell the idea that it’s been running autonomously for years.”
Ris nodded slightly as his brain chewed on the problem.
Maybe I should have paid better attention in the classes on interspecies relations, especially those powers that are antagonistic towards the Federation.
Peering over the holographic display, his antenna bobbed back and forth very slightly - more of a sway, really - Ris narrowed his gaze slightly. As the seed of an idea germinated within, he slowly stalked around the projection to gain differing vantage points.
"Commander, sorry, Qi, can you run this through a backwards and forwards loop so we can see how the various celestials will be positioned around the time frame we want to deploy these probes?" His brow furrowed slightly as his focus increased, and his antenna locked forwards. "Bringing in the Class 8 behind a moon, or something similar, might be just the edge to get the Class 3s into position without the Cardassians noticing. That will also help us figure out just how much EM spoofing we'll need to do."
== Tag Qi/Jadaris ==
== GM Input: within the time frame of probe earliest Class 8 probe arrival into the system plus seven Earth standard days, which of those seven days would put the celestials (planets, moons, asteroids) in between where the station is and where we want out probe package to arrive? ==
Ris nodded slightly as his brain chewed on the problem.
Maybe I should have paid better attention in the classes on interspecies relations, especially those powers that are antagonistic towards the Federation.
Peering over the holographic display, his antenna bobbed back and forth very slightly - more of a sway, really - Ris narrowed his gaze slightly. As the seed of an idea germinated within, he slowly stalked around the projection to gain differing vantage points.
"Commander, sorry, Qi, can you run this through a backwards and forwards loop so we can see how the various celestials will be positioned around the time frame we want to deploy these probes?" His brow furrowed slightly as his focus increased, and his antenna locked forwards. "Bringing in the Class 8 behind a moon, or something similar, might be just the edge to get the Class 3s into position without the Cardassians noticing. That will also help us figure out just how much EM spoofing we'll need to do."
== Tag Qi/Jadaris ==
== GM Input: within the time frame of probe earliest Class 8 probe arrival into the system plus seven Earth standard days, which of those seven days would put the celestials (planets, moons, asteroids) in between where the station is and where we want out probe package to arrive? ==