06-29-2026, 12:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-29-2026, 12:48 PM by Ris'maeriiffa Qab'ataar.)
Ris allowed himself a slight smile in response to Chertstone's comments about cats.
Although Vulcans are known to keep domesticated sehlats as pets, they still retained a lot of aggression. T'Rohnna's pet adjusted to him and eventually accepted him. Still, there was a significant difference between one of the Vulcan felines and the typical Terran domesticated cat.
His brief side trip into Memory Lane came to a sudden stop as Flint answered his inquiry.
“Well, Sir. The easy description is we power down everything we can, and we make like a hole in space. Anyone actively scanning for us will find us eventually, but if they don't know we're here, they should never know we were here.”
Ris nodded slightly.
"That makes sense. The only problem with becoming a hole is that you stand out because you're quieter than what should be here. Given the Cardassians' infamous levels of paranoia, we should expect them to be more alert for that than most."
He may not know a lot about these long-time adversaries, but, certain traits were simply well-known by this point.
"I wonder if there's an unobtrusive way to monitor our own signal noise, much like...oh, I remember this from the Historical Tactics class, primarily because it dealt with EM radiation." He quickly accessed the information on a secondary screen at his station. "The twentieth and twenty-first century Terran navies had what they called a Towed Sonar Array. It allowed them to listen behind themselves, drastically reducing their sensory blind spots. I wonder if we could accomplish something similar with a Class 1 probe?"
While still overall calm and focused, Ris' demeanor and body language conveyed his interest and even some excitement.
"Captain? Request permission to deploy a Class 1 probe trailing us approximately one hundred thousand meters aft and slightly positive on the Z axis relative to the Yeager, operating purely in passive mode."
== Tag Braggins, Chertstone, Bridge ==
== Request GM input: do we have any Class 1 probes available, and could one be operated similar to a towed sonar array? ==
Although Vulcans are known to keep domesticated sehlats as pets, they still retained a lot of aggression. T'Rohnna's pet adjusted to him and eventually accepted him. Still, there was a significant difference between one of the Vulcan felines and the typical Terran domesticated cat.
His brief side trip into Memory Lane came to a sudden stop as Flint answered his inquiry.
“Well, Sir. The easy description is we power down everything we can, and we make like a hole in space. Anyone actively scanning for us will find us eventually, but if they don't know we're here, they should never know we were here.”
Ris nodded slightly.
"That makes sense. The only problem with becoming a hole is that you stand out because you're quieter than what should be here. Given the Cardassians' infamous levels of paranoia, we should expect them to be more alert for that than most."
He may not know a lot about these long-time adversaries, but, certain traits were simply well-known by this point.
"I wonder if there's an unobtrusive way to monitor our own signal noise, much like...oh, I remember this from the Historical Tactics class, primarily because it dealt with EM radiation." He quickly accessed the information on a secondary screen at his station. "The twentieth and twenty-first century Terran navies had what they called a Towed Sonar Array. It allowed them to listen behind themselves, drastically reducing their sensory blind spots. I wonder if we could accomplish something similar with a Class 1 probe?"
While still overall calm and focused, Ris' demeanor and body language conveyed his interest and even some excitement.
"Captain? Request permission to deploy a Class 1 probe trailing us approximately one hundred thousand meters aft and slightly positive on the Z axis relative to the Yeager, operating purely in passive mode."
== Tag Braggins, Chertstone, Bridge ==
== Request GM input: do we have any Class 1 probes available, and could one be operated similar to a towed sonar array? ==