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ataraxion2012-08-21 06:03 pm
reversedpolarity) wrote in ataraxion2012-08-21 06:03 pm
video; encrypted 100% to non-native tranquility crew
[AKA to anyone who's not Ward or Resnik. Scotty's been pretty absent since Strela, not doing much in the way of socializing or... Okay, so he's been more or less completely absent and not at all because the person at the keyboard continues to be brainfried from work on account of being busy. He's not generally good at patient, but he's been trying. Biding his time, working to build a better understanding of Tranquility's engines and power grids. This venture may not have been entirely successful, given the fact that there's a lot that's off-limits. The fact that things are off-limits may not have stopped Scotty from trying to sneak a few peeks anyway.
Currently he's in his quarters, looking a bit disheveled. He's been working. When he speaks, he keeps his voice hushed, as though speaking too loudly is going to somehow mean that a) Ward and Resnik are going to overhear him through the walls of his quarters or b) sense that something's been encrypted against them and find a way to get through the encryption. There's a reason no sends Scotty on missions of extreme subterfuge.]
Is there anyone aboard this ship with prior experience in travelin' between dimensions? I've dabbled in multiversal theory myself, a bit, but without practical understandin'... [He shifts, casts a furtive glance toward his door.] Been considerin' the possibility o' buildin' a proper transporter. T'anyone unfamiliar with the concept, it's a way o' travelin' almost instantaneously from one location t'another. The question... Well. The questions are whether there's materials available, whether it'd be possible t'divert power from nonessential ship functions in order t'power it, if there'd even be way o' keepin' it secret from people who shouldn't know about it... [He pauses, and glances at the door again, like any minute someone's going to come bursting in to drag him away. All this talk of death lately has him a bit jumpy, though he's far too proud to admit it.] Purely as an academic exercise, o' course. Completely hypothetical, wouldn't dream o' actually tryin' it. It'd be entirely too risky.
[There are a lot of things Scotty is good at. Lying is not one of them.]
An' it'd especially be entirely too risky t'actually attempt workin' out transdimensional beamin'. Probably wouldn't even work, anyway. But there's no harm in thinkin' about it, aye? Purely hypothetically, o' course. [Pause.] But if anyone's got detailed information regardin' what happens in the ship's systems during a jump, it'd be appreciated if you'd be willin' t'share. Or any other information that might be relevant.
Currently he's in his quarters, looking a bit disheveled. He's been working. When he speaks, he keeps his voice hushed, as though speaking too loudly is going to somehow mean that a) Ward and Resnik are going to overhear him through the walls of his quarters or b) sense that something's been encrypted against them and find a way to get through the encryption. There's a reason no sends Scotty on missions of extreme subterfuge.]
Is there anyone aboard this ship with prior experience in travelin' between dimensions? I've dabbled in multiversal theory myself, a bit, but without practical understandin'... [He shifts, casts a furtive glance toward his door.] Been considerin' the possibility o' buildin' a proper transporter. T'anyone unfamiliar with the concept, it's a way o' travelin' almost instantaneously from one location t'another. The question... Well. The questions are whether there's materials available, whether it'd be possible t'divert power from nonessential ship functions in order t'power it, if there'd even be way o' keepin' it secret from people who shouldn't know about it... [He pauses, and glances at the door again, like any minute someone's going to come bursting in to drag him away. All this talk of death lately has him a bit jumpy, though he's far too proud to admit it.] Purely as an academic exercise, o' course. Completely hypothetical, wouldn't dream o' actually tryin' it. It'd be entirely too risky.
[There are a lot of things Scotty is good at. Lying is not one of them.]
An' it'd especially be entirely too risky t'actually attempt workin' out transdimensional beamin'. Probably wouldn't even work, anyway. But there's no harm in thinkin' about it, aye? Purely hypothetically, o' course. [Pause.] But if anyone's got detailed information regardin' what happens in the ship's systems during a jump, it'd be appreciated if you'd be willin' t'share. Or any other information that might be relevant.
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