Musings of a Polaron Torpedo

Posted on Tue Dec 1st, 2009 @ 11:03am by Lieutenant Jimmy Cooper

710 words; about a 4 minute read

Mission: Balowlli System
Location: Corridor/Turbolift
Timeline: After the meeting

Kevin Larkin stepped from conference room, his mind swimming with ideas about the mission ahead. He found himself immensely excited to be able to run tests on such a new technology, and for the first time since returning the Starfleet he remembered why he'd gotten into this job in the first place.

Seeing his assistant a few steps ahead of him, the Lieutenant jogged to catch up the the catlike creature. "T'kaarch," he called out the man's name.

T'kaarch looked back to see the CSO's face. "Oh, hello Kevin!" T'kaarch was so busy thinking about the torpedo, his manners were nowhere to be found. "You know, I've been thinking about this Polaron Torpedo... Don't you think it could be dangerous?"

Larkin smiled knowingly. "Scientific discovery frequently is."

"Well," T'kaarch thought out loud, "we wouldn't want that thing to blow up in our faces..." He started to regret a little to wanting to dissect a weapon.

As the pair reached the turbolift, and began to wait for it's arrival, the CSO mussed. "Your suggestion back in the briefing was intriguing. Have you had any other thoughts on how we might be able to get a handle on the polaron technology?"

"I'm hoping we can build a device... maybe refit a medical ray device... to emit polarons... It's just that I don't really like the idea of using them... we might bring people in danger." Meanwhile, the turbolift had arrived and the two stepped into it.

"I'll admit, it's a possibility," Larkin began. "however, we're on one of the most advanced scientific vessels in the federation. If we don't have the capability of handling the technology here, then it's obviously too dangerous to be used anywhere. It would be tragic if we had to find that out the hard way, but at least we would have stopped the same incident from happening anywhere else," The CSO was surprised at just how cold his statement had sounded. 'Where did that come from?' he wondered to himself, before continuing. "Nevertheless, we should take every precaution necessary."

T'kaarch nodded. "I guess you're right... This ship has containment fields, right? It might be best to do our first tests within those fields... If something goes wrong, then, it should only affect us..." T'kaarch went so deep in thought, that he didn't even notice the turbolift had arrived on the Science deck.

Larkin proceeded out onto the deck. "I'd like to," he stopped, as he realized that his assistant was no longer beside him. Turning back, he saw the man still standing in the lift. "T'kaarch?"

"Sorry boss," he said as he quickly stepped out of the Turbolift. "Wanna go and see what we can find in the databases?"

"Yes, I believe that would be a good place to start. I doubt we'll find much," the CSO began his walk down the corridor once more. "considering the experimental nature of this technology, that is, but we should have all the information Starfleet already has on this technology before we begin. Maybe we'll find something there to build on."

The CSO's eyes turned up toward the ceiling, as he inspected his mental roster of the science department. "I'm going to start working on a program to discern some pattern to the of the polaron's effects on electronic systems. Seeing as how you're so concerned about dangers, I'd like you and Ensign Lee to work on containment procedures; people worried about potential dangers are less likely to overlook hazards. Send anything you come up with to Lieutenant Martin and Security." Larkin was speaking rapidly, as various thoughts and plans flashed through his mind. "Oh, and you might want to consult with Lieutenant Hargrove or Doctor Fox about any potential effects of polaron radiation on lifeforms."

"Sounds like a plan." He immediately walked up to one of the science computers. "Po..la...rrrooonnn..." As the computer started searching he turned around. "Ensign, take the console next to me, start running computer simulations with Polaron particles on different materials... check how much radiation passes, what kind, anything important..." As the computer blipped, he turned back around. "This'll take a while..."

OFF:

Post by
Lieutenant JG Kevin Larkin,
Chief Science Officer,
USS Archimedes.

AND

Ensign T'kaarch,
Assistant Science Officer,
USS Archimedes.

 

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