EXETERRPG: (1-1404) Science Officer Henry Parker

[Timothy Callow]

Mission: Space was cool before it mattered
Day: 1
Stardate: 2446.04.25

(USS Exeter - Main Science Lab - Science Officer Henry Parker - 1404)

The progress bar hit 89%. Henry was beginning to feel like he might be in the home stretch and be able to find more important work to do. But by that point it would likely be the end of his shift and he’d have to get to things tomorrow.

As he stared at the monitor Lieutenant Cortez called out, "Can someone come and take a look at this data and just confirm what i am seeing here?”

Happy to be doing something, anything, other than stare at the monitor Henry jumped right up. “I’ll be right over.” He said as he jogged across the lab.

“What do we have?”

“Okay, look at the levels on the radiation over the last few hours compared with those last night. Do you see the cycle?”

Henry looked at the levels for a beat and said, “I think so.”

“The radiation seems to rise to a peak of 3500 becquerel and then drop back down to 500 becquerel approximately every 6 hours. If what I am seeing is right then in the next… “ Erin paused as she glanced at the ship’s chronometer nearby her, “... 26 mins, the radiation levels should start to peak again.”

“I think you’re right.”

“If this plays out the way I think it will, it means that the survey team will have a definite timescale and timeframe to collect the most radiation for study. The levels seem steady and don’t seem to go over the 3500 becquerel limit I’ve seen. Can one of you just run these numbers and make sure that this is correct. Last thing I need is to call the survey team in here or Commander Bracken and have the numbers be wrong.”

“Yes, absolutely, I’ll get that right back to you.” He said as he returned to his part of the lab and took out a PADD to run some calculations. Henry was not a physicist, his expertise was in xenobiology, but he liked to dabble in other disciplines and figured that what the Lieutenant was asking for would not be so hard. Tapping a few times on the PADD he ran the levels again, and the model produced the same outcome. 

“Looks like you’re right!” He called across the room before walking back, PADD in hand.

(Reply Erin)

“See here? Ran it on a slightly different model, same result. The cycles are as dependable as a chronometer.”

(Reply Erin)

(Posted by Tim)