captain's log | oo1 | video

[in-three.livejournal.com]

[Jim's in engineering, you can see the room behind where he sits. he looks a little tired, but his eyes are as bright as ever as he looks into the camera.]

Hey all, Kirk here.

We've been up here for about a week, ship's time, which probably seems like forever and no time at all for most of you. Trust me when I say that probably won't change much. I know a lot of you are still panicking, but we need to keep in mind that the only way we're going to get out of this situation safely is by staying calm.

Anyone still adjusting to their human body should remember to stop by medical. A week is more than long enough to mess yourself up, even if you know what you're doing. [his tone says, trust me, i've been there.]

If the internal clock is anything to go by, we'll arrive at Tansei Station in about 12 days. I know we don't have much with us, but if you're thinking you need something, you might want to consider what you can barter when we get there. There's no telling when our next chance at shore leave will happen again.

[here, Jim glances away, keying something in, and anyone who expressed interest to Resnik and Ward in their broadcast concerning data collection will get a ping before he goes on.]

> open broadcast > attn $data collection team/$resnik/$ward

I've managed to get the chronometer back online, but she won't give me anything outside of a 24 hour count. [so no stardates or the equivalent thereof.] I've been trying to pull up a map of this place for the passed 78 hours but it's like the damn thing never existed in the first place. I'm starting to wonder if a blueprint was even put in the databanks.



> to: $spock | text | encryption 100%

Spock, status report. How's that list of personnel coming?



> to: $scienceAteam | text | encryption 100%

Hey guys, anyone have updates on that theory we had going?
Or an idea of how to get some private communication set up? I don't know about you, but I'm starting to doubt how safe these encryptions are if the computer system is smiling at our resident technopaths.

Comments

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[flares.livejournal.com]

[ Capa takes a moment to respond. ]

Are we talking about a third party here, or— [ Again, possibilities. Many of them. ] —something else?

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[of-two.livejournal.com]

[ his chin lowers and it's evident in his tone. an indirect reply to both expressed concerns. ]

If this information was indeed, deliberately removed, this suggests that whatever the Tranquility had been meant to carry, was not intended to leave a record.

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[in-three.livejournal.com]

Wait.

[you can almost hear Jim's hands going up, and his face scrunching as he processes this information.]

So the ship hasn't been hijacked but it's been carrying this thing the whole time?

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[of-two.livejournal.com]

A theoretical possibility, yes.

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[in-three.livejournal.com]

[a beat.]

If that's the case then the captain and commander would know about it. That's a big section of this ship locked down.

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[of-two.livejournal.com]

Another theoretical possibility.

However, we may eliminate extraneous conclusions if we examine first the reason that both the Captain and Commander have remained aboard the Tranquility while the remainder of the vessel has been abandoned.

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[consulting]

Unless Ward and Resnik are blissfully unaware, why would they feel the need to withhold information like this?

We lack data and we're theorizing without it.

[ He actually sounds like he's whining a bit. ]

Data. Data. Data.

[ Exasperation ]

This ship is making me build bricks without clay.

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[in-three.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's confidential and not something that would be shared with anyone outside the right security clearance.

[but Jim sighs too.]

I'll see if I can get anything out of them.

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[of-two.livejournal.com]

I believe a respectful and capable compliance would likely garner a more favorable reaction.

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[in-three.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to interrogate them. [he knows how that would come off]

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[of-two.livejournal.com]

That was not my assumption.
However provided I have had ample experience with your previous methods...

voice | TEAM SCIENCE | encryption | 100%

[in-three.livejournal.com]

That was a totally different situation.