ILLUMINARRPG: (2-0600, 0750)- CO, Captain Sekal

[Charles Gatling]

Mission:  The Ring of the Rephaim
Day: 2
Stardate: 2446.09.01

(USS Illuminar - Deck 3 - Captain's Quarters - CO, Captain Sekal - 0600)

It was the singing over the ship's intercom that woke him followed by
T'lah's petulant hiss at being rudely disturbed from her slumber. He lay
quietly for a moment with his eyes closed before opening them as Luma
joyously began the celebrations of the day with musical entertainment
learned from the Illuminari.

Let it be known that he had rubber-stamped the celebrations of the day
without administrating them which gave the crew, and Luma it seems, the
ability to 'go crazy with it' as some emotional species might say. You
might think this illogical however the festivities around the one year
anniversary of the ship were for the crew and not its captain.

He lightly rubbed the back of T'lah's head followed by scratching under her
chin as she purred contentedly, her white paws extended from under equally
white breast fur. It was still early for arising as he had changed alpha
shifts start time from 0800 to 1600 and bumped the other shifts back
appropriately. Or had he kept this same time on the Raptor? Why couldn't he
remember?

The mission aboard the Raptor and its return to Federation space followed
by losing then recovering the shuttle had taken place in some particularly
unstable sections of space. Add to his lack of memory much of his
activities during that time. Were those unstable sectors responsible for
his memory loss? A disturbing question which he would continue to consider.

He took a deep breath then rolled out from under the sheet and moved to the
wardrobe prior to getting ready for the day as Luma started another
selection.

(USS Illuminar - Deck 1 - Bridge - CO, Captain Sekal - 0750)

T'Mur was in the center seat, having arrived early as he stepped from the
lift.

"Captain on the bridge."

"At ease." It appeared as though today was going to be a formal affair in
some ways. He stepped down to the command level. "Were you awakened by Luma
as well Lieutenant Commander?"

(Reply: T'Mur)

He stopped and folded his arms across his chest which was atypical of him,
a closed stance rather than open but the reason for it was that he found
the air a bit chill this morning. Probably nothing, he merely needed to
concentrate a little better on regulating his body temperature.

"She has been pleased about returning to this skin, certainly. I believe
she may be using the opportunity to showcase that."

(Reply: T'Mur iyw)

He waited as the oncoming tour entered the bridge. On the viewscreen was a
detailed and static model of the system in question which he studied as
they took their positions.

"All stations report. Ensign Piripi, what time did the ship arrive on
station outside the system?"

(Reply: Piripi)

"Roger that, continue to maintain position until the science department
reaches a consensus."

"Commander Verin, I assume you have been informed of the days festivities
and I would like a rundown of them if you please."

(Reply: Sienna, as much as you want)

An eyebrow arched as he nodded then turned to Quinna. "I try not to take up
much of your time doctor but am going to need to speak with you at some
point soon about a memory issue."

(Reply: Quinna, as much as you want)

He then turned his attention to the Ops console. "Mr. Korek, the long range
sensor palettes have been showing a degradation of efficiency with extended
use, please watch the power conversion rate to the science department
equipment and log any inconsistencies."

(Reply: Korek)

Sekal turned to his right. "Doctor Gralen, what are you seeing?"

Holis had been mumbling to himself, he looked up with a start. "Something I
never expected to see sir."

"Explain."

The betazoid sucked in a deep breath as he straightened. "It isn't all that
unusual to see a system with its planets all in large orbits but closer in
you will normally find an extended debris field left over from the stellar
compaction and ignition as you well know. In fact, this system has 3 outer
planets, all gas giants and while there is no debris field there is this."

Holis tapped on his screen and a shot of the inner system came into view
with a silvery ring encircling the star.

"A ring world. It orbits approximately one point eight million kilometers
from Beta Ostri and arcs around it, essentially retracing the orbit of
Venus within the Sol sector but in a complete circle rather than an oval."

Sekal had taken a step toward the screen. "Fascinating."

Holis was speaking again. "Dyson spheres are a popular option for a species
which would like to set up such a construct but each, ring world and Dyson
sphere has its own set of advantages and disadvantages. Dyson spheres
completely encircle the sun, encasing it in a metal sphere but with that
much surface space it has to be made as close to the sun as possible, is
hotter and so needs a heftier cooling system not to mention a system that
can effectively use or discard all of the emitted radiation."

He made a gesture toward the screen. "Ring worlds like this however can be
created much farther from the star which simplifies the heat and radiation
issue but systems can be set up quite effectively to use the star to power
the structure. But even though it is a ring rather than an encircling orb
the mass of material used to create it will be quite similar. Its main
drawback compared to a Dyson sphere is that it is more of a gossamer strand
without the full strength of an encircling structure and can be much more
fragile."

(Reply: Any. Questions for Holis? Plenty of room)

"It would appear that a closer examination is in order."

"Thank you captain, that was going to be my request."

Sekal turned to Pihi. "Take the ship in helmsman, get us a close look."

(Reply: Piripi)

(Posted by Charles Gatling)



Charles Gatling
Commanding Officer
USS Illuminar
NCC 61240


"The light shines brightest amidst the deepest darkness."
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