Shaard says, "okay... I recommend everyone else watch from Monitor mode." Command Chair 0 is already in Monitor mode. Shaard says, "from now on, I'll be addressing just the students." Shaard says, "type: MODE ENG" Aloph1 says, "okie" Shaard says, "the consoles have modes. you can see which modes a console has, after you 'MAN ', with LIST MODES" [Command Chair 0 supports Communications, Monitor, Off, Inactive modes.] Aloph1 says, "i know this" Shaard says, "the primary modes I'm going to cover are Engineering, Helm, Tactical, and Operations." Shaard says, "Aloph, I'm going to cover -everything-. If you already know it, be silent. This is being logged." Aloph1 says, "ive done a little of Nav and tact" Shaard says, "MODE ENG selects engineering mode." Kor'desa has disconnected. Shaard says, "now, type STATUS or ENG STATUS" USS Lexington systems are inactive. Shaard says, "oop." Shaard says, "someone type: ACTIVATE SYSTEMS" [Corbet]--[All systems initializing and starting up] USS Lexington activates all systems. [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (1): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (2): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (3): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (4): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (5): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (6): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (7): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (8): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (9): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (10): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (11): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (12): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (13): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (14): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (15): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (16): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (17): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (18): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (19): Ship] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (20): Ship] Shaard says, "or ACT SYS for short. most commands have abbreviations." Shaard says, "great. Now, STATUS or ENG STATUS" --[Condensed Status Report]---------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Visibility: 100.000% Cochranes: 1293.724 Course: 0.000 0.000 Total Power: None Speed: Stationary Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antimatter: 1280.00/1280.00 tons: 100% [====================] Deuterium: 12800.00/12800.00 tons: 100% [====================] Reserve: 5.20/5.20 GW*H: 100% [====================] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beam Power: (None) Missile Power: (None) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- Forward shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (None) Starboard shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (None) Aft shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (None) Port shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (None) Superstructure 100% No Damage Rating: 95.000 (95) SS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[Engineering Status Report]-------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Speed: Stationary Total Power: None Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 0.000000 Impulse Maximum: 0.000% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antimatter: 1280.00/1280.00 tons: 100% [====================] Deuterium: 12800.00/12800.00 tons: 100% [====================] Reserve: 5.20/5.20 GW*H: 100% [====================] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- M/A Reactor 100% No Damage Rating: 52.000 GW (5.200 TW) EPS Fusion Reactor 100% No Damage Rating: 20.000 GW (200.000 GW) EPS Batteries 100% No Damage Rating: 5.200 GW EPS Warp Drive 100% No Damage Rating: Warp 11.402 (0.000) Impulse Drive 100% No Damage Rating: 90.000% (0.000%) Impulse Superstructure 100% No Damage Rating: 95.000 (95) SS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Great." Shaard says, "We have a full tank of fuel." Shaard says, "The M/A reactor consumes both Antimatter and Deuterium." Shaard says, "The Fusion Reactor consumes just Deuterium, and the Batteries draw from the Reserve power." Shaard says, "You will note six data lines at the bottom of the screen:" Shaard says, "the first one is the M/A reactor status." Shaard says, "It provides 52 GW (Gigawatts) of power, at 100 percent, to the ship's power grid." Shaard says, "This is allocatable power." Aloph1 says, "yes" Aloph1 says, "i have done this b4" Shaard says, "Note also, the 5.2 T (terawatts) in parenthesis." Shaard says, "The M/A actually produces 5.2 TW ... 5200 GW of power. Only 1/100 of this, the 52 GW listed, is available to allocation. The remaining 5148 GW of power ALWAYS resides in the warp drive." Shaard says, "lets turn on the M/A" Shaard says, "MAIN 100" [Aloph1]--[M/A reactor set at 100.000%] Shaard says, "thank you." Shaard says, "ENG STAT" Shaard says, "Notice that the M/A will take 52 seconds to power up to 100 percent." Shaard says, "It is possible to run reactors above or below 100 percent." [M/A reactor balanced at 100.000%] Shaard says, "above 100 percent, however, they will accrue damage." Shaard says, "Ah, there it is." Shaard says, "ENG STAT again." --[Engineering Status Report]-------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Speed: Stationary Total Power: 52.000 GW Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.344602 Impulse Maximum: 0.000% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antimatter: 1279.90/1280.00 tons: 100% [====================] Deuterium: 12799.90/12800.00 tons: 100% [====================] Reserve: 5.20/5.20 GW*H: 100% [====================] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- M/A Reactor 100% No Damage 52.000 GW EPS: 100% Fusion Reactor 100% No Damage Rating: 20.000 GW (200.000 GW) EPS Batteries 100% No Damage Rating: 5.200 GW EPS Warp Drive 100% No Damage Rating: Warp 11.402 (11.345) Impulse Drive 100% No Damage Rating: 90.000% (0.000%) Impulse Superstructure 100% No Damage Rating: 95.000 (95) SS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Notice that the fuel is being consumed." Shaard says, "Notice also that the Warp Maximum is no longer 0." Shaard says, "The Warp Cruise indicates how fast your ship can go, with 5200 GW of power allocated to the warp drive." Shaard says, "that is 100 percent of the M/A." Shaard says, "The Warp Maximum indicates how fast the ship may go -right now-" Shaard says, "The two numbers do not correspond because thereis only 5148 GW of power allocated to the warp drive. the remaining 52 GW of power has not been allocated." Shaard says, "We will come back and do that in a moment." Shaard says, "Right now, lets switch to MODE HELM" Command Chair 0 does not support that mode. Shaard says, "in this mode, we can undock the ship." Shaard says, "UNDOCK" [Corbet]--[USS Lexington has undocked from Starbase Alpha] The USS Lexington slides out of dock. [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (1): Planet] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (2): Base] Shaard says, "Let's turn on all our sensors." Aloph1 says, "you have to tell us who you want to do it" Shaard says, "LRS ON" [knanna]--[Long-range sensors online] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (3): Planet] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (4): Planet] [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (5): Ship] Shaard says, "the LRS Sensors are for seeing things at large distances." Aloph1 says, "it is not working" [tIqHoS]--[Short-range sensors online] Shaard says, "are you in HELM mode?" Aloph1 says, "no you said eng mode" Shaard says, "I said switch to HELM MODE." Shaard says, "er, MODE HELM" Aloph1 says, "okay" Shaard says, "LRS means Long-Range Sensors." Shaard says, "SRS means Short-Range Sensors" Shaard says, "One more." Shaard says, "EW ON" [tIqHoS]--[Electronic warfare systems online] Shaard says, "EW means Electronic Warfare." Shaard says, "I'll cover its complete usage later." Shaard says, "okay... lets have a look around." Shaard says, "SEN REP" knanna says, "What is the range of the sensors? Different on every ship?" Shaard says, "or SR" Shaard says, "Yes... though mostly, SRS are effective out to around 100000 SU" Shaard says, "and LRS are effective out to 10 PC." Shaard says, "SU = Standard Units = 10000 km." Shaard says, "PC = Parsecs = 3085659622.014257 SU" Shaard says, "there is a function for doing conversions... pc2su and su2pc" Shaard says, "as you see, a PC is very large." Shaard says, "let us return to MODE ENG" Command Chair 0 does not support that mode. --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 180 0 9441.84 APSUD 0 0 None FPSUD JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 0 0 0.00000 FAPSU 0 0 None FAPSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 0 0 0.00000 FAPSU 0 0 None FAPSU Earth 3 Plan 24 202 353 [4.792] APD 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 326 3 30008.2 FPU 0 0 None ASD Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 0.000 0.000 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aloph1 says, "i got it this time" Rltar sorry to interrupt 1 more coming in The door is now unlocked. Shaard nods. Shaard says, "okay... ENG STAT" Shaard says, "Lets examine the Fusion Reactor status." Aloph1 says, "cant you just use stat" Shaard says, "Yes, you can." Rltar has left. Shaard says, "That's an abbreviation that Eng mode supports." Shaard says, "Note that the Fusion reactor, like the M/A, has two numbers" --[Engineering Status Report]-------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Speed: Stationary Total Power: 52.000 GW Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.344602 Impulse Maximum: 0.000% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antimatter: 1278.43/1280.00 tons: 100% [====================] Deuterium: 12798.43/12800.00 tons: 100% [====================] Reserve: 5.20/5.20 GW*H: 100% [====================] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- M/A Reactor 100% No Damage 52.000 GW EPS: 100% Fusion Reactor 100% No Damage Rating: 20.000 GW (200.000 GW) EPS Batteries 100% No Damage Rating: 5.200 GW EPS Warp Drive 100% No Damage Rating: Warp 11.402 (11.345) Impulse Drive 100% No Damage Rating: 90.000% (0.000%) Impulse Superstructure 100% No Damage Rating: 95.000 (95) SS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aloph1 says, "it is also quick, if in battle you need to use the commands quickly" Larissa has arrived. Shaard says, "The first one, like the M/A, is allocatable power." Rltar has arrived. Shaard says, "The second is its total." Shaard says, "with the M/a, only 1/100 of the total is allocatable." Shaard says, "the fusion, however, gives you 1/10" Rltar has left. Shaard says, "This fusion reactor provides 20 GW of allocatable power, 200 GW total." Shaard says, "the remaing 180 GW of power ALWAYS resides in the impulse engines." Rltar has arrived. Shaard says, "...just as the remaining 5148 GW of M/A power ALWAYS resides in the warp engines." Shaard says, "lets turn them on." Shaard says, "FUSION 100" Shaard says, "or FUS 100, or AUX 100" Shaard says, "anyone." [Aloph1]--[Fusion reactor set at 100.000%] [tIqHoS]--[Fusion reactor set at 100.000%] [Aloph1]--[Fusion reactor set at 100.000%] [Fusion reactor balanced at 100.000%] Shaard says, "It will take 20 seconds for it to power up." Shaard says, "it is wise to note it will also take 20 seconds to power down." Shaard says, "the power up/down time = the number of allocatable GW." Shaard says, "okay. ENG STAT again." --[Engineering Status Report]-------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Speed: Stationary Total Power: 72.000 GW Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.344602 Impulse Maximum: 88.889% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antimatter: 1277.93/1280.00 tons: 100% [====================] Deuterium: 12797.91/12800.00 tons: 100% [====================] Reserve: 5.20/5.20 GW*H: 100% [====================] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- M/A Reactor 100% No Damage 52.000 GW EPS: 100% Fusion Reactor 100% No Damage 20.000 GW EPS: 100% Batteries 100% No Damage Rating: 5.200 GW EPS Warp Drive 100% No Damage Rating: Warp 11.402 (11.345) Impulse Drive 100% No Damage Rating: 90.000% (88.889%) Impulse Superstructure 100% No Damage Rating: 95.000 (95) SS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aloph1 says, "stat" Shaard says, "They know, Aloph. I'm doing it this way for the log I'm making." Shaard says, "Note at the top the Impulse Cruise and Max." Aloph1 says, "grrr" Shaard says, "Like the values for the Warp Cruise and Max, the Impulse Cruise is how fast the ship can go with 100 percent of the Fusion power dedicated to the impulse engines." Shaard says, "the Impulse Max is how fast the ship can go -right now-." Shaard says, "Right now, those 20 GW of allocatable Fusion power have NOT been allocated to Movement, so only the 180 GW of nonallocatable Fusion power is there." Larissa has left. Shaard says, "This is why, at present, the Max is less than the cruise." Shaard says, "lets change that." tIqHoS says, "So the M/A supports the warp drive and the Aux support the impulse drives." Shaard says, "Yes." Shaard says, "You can, however, cross-power them." Shaard says, "I'll show you how." Shaard says, "ENG ALLOC 1 0 0" Shaard says, "or, ALLOC 1 0 0" --[Engineering Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 72.000 GW: 100% Total Helm 72.000 GW: 100% [===================================] Total Tactical None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Total Operations None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[Engineering Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 72.000 GW: 100% Total Helm 72.000 GW: 100% [===================================] Total Tactical None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Total Operations None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "good." Shaard says, "the Allocations are done as -ratios-." Shaard says, "This is a very important point." Aloph1 says, "1 is the same as 10 right" Shaard says, "you could have done ALLOC 72 0 0, or ALLOC 2342352356 0 0... it would not matter. Its all ratios." Aloph1 says, "i se" Aloph1 says, "e" Shaard says, "This is the first level of the power tree." Shaard says, "Eng power breaks down into Helm, Tactical, and operations." Shaard says, "Helm power breaks down into Movement, Shields, and Other/Cloak" Shaard says, "lets further allocate." Shaard says, "HELM ALLOC 1 0 0" Shaard says, "tI, your turn." Shaard says, "mm. aloph?" Aloph1 says, "sorry?" Shaard says, "HELM ALLOC 1 0 0" --[Helm/Navigation Allocation Report]------------------------------------------ Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total Helm 72.000 GW: 100% Movement 72.000 GW: 100% [===================================] Shields None: 0% Forward shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Starboard shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Aft shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Port shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[Helm/Navigation Allocation Report]------------------------------------------ Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total Helm 72.000 GW: 100% Movement 72.000 GW: 100% [===================================] Shields None: 0% Forward shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Starboard shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Aft shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Port shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aloph1 says, "done" Shaard says, "thank you." Shaard says, "We have now shifted all the power to the helm, and in there, to Movement." Shaard says, "typing POWER will show you the entire power tree." --[Total Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 72.000 GW: 100% Total Helm 72.000 GW: 100% Movement 72.000 GW: 100% [===================================] Shields None: 0% Forward shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Starboard shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Aft shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Port shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Total Tactical None: 0% Beam Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Missile Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] EW Systems None: 0% ECM None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ECCM None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Total Operations None: 0% Transporters None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Tractors None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Miscellaneous None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "The indentations in the POWER status indicate the structure of the tree." Shaard says, "lets play around a bit with this, before going for a cruise." Shaard says, "ENG ALLOC 52 20 5.2" Shaard says, "and BATT 100" --[Engineering Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 72.000 GW: 100% Total Helm 48.497 GW: 67% [========================-----------] Total Tactical 18.653 GW: 26% [=========--------------------------] Total Operations 4.850 GW: 7% [==---------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "We'll turn on our batteries." [tIqHoS]--[Batteries set at 100.000%] [Batteries set at 100.000%] [Corbet]--[Batteries set at 100.000%] --[Engineering Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 77.200 GW: 100% Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% [========================-----------] Total Tactical 20.000 GW: 26% [=========--------------------------] Total Operations 5.200 GW: 7% [==---------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Cool. Now, we have 52 GW coming from the M/A, 20 GW coming from the Fusion, and 5.2 GW coming from the batteries." Shaard says, "we'll take 52 GW and give that to helm, 20 GW and give it to tactical, and the last 5.2 go to operations." Shaard says, "ENG ALLOC 52 20 5.2 accomplished that." Shaard says, "Now, this would also work: ENG ALLOC 26 10 2.6, or ENG ALLOC 13 5 1.3" Shaard says, "its just a ratio." Shaard says, "Aloph, try ENG ALLOC 13 5 1.3" --[Engineering Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 77.200 GW: 100% Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% [========================-----------] Total Tactical 20.000 GW: 26% [=========--------------------------] Total Operations 5.200 GW: 7% [==---------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HosKar has disconnected. HosKar unmans Bridge Console 8. Aloph1 says, "done" Shaard says, "The ratio is the same, and it divided up our 77.2 allocatable GW up the same way." Shaard says, "Everyone clear on this?" Corbet nods. tIqHoS says, "One set of figures is the actual power, the other set the ratio." Aloph1 says, "yep" Arc nods Shaard says, "They're all ratios, T." Shaard says, "It just so happens that allocating with the actual power is a bit easier to do in one's head." Albert has disconnected. Albert unmans Bridge Console 3. Shaard says, "okay. type POWER" --[Total Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 77.200 GW: 100% Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% Movement 52.000 GW: 67% [========================-----------] Shields None: 0% Forward shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Starboard shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Aft shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Port shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Total Tactical 20.000 GW: 26% Beam Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Missile Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] EW Systems 20.000 GW: 26% ECM 10.000 GW: 13% [=====------------------------------] ECCM 10.000 GW: 13% [=====------------------------------] Total Operations 5.200 GW: 7% Transporters None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Tractors None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Miscellaneous 5.200 GW: 7% [==---------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Our Helm power, 52 GW, is still in movement." Shaard says, "movement power backfeeds into the Warp and Impulse engines, supplementing the 5148 GW in warp and 180 GW in impulse that the reactors always provide at 100 percent." Shaard says, "This means, right now, the Warp drive has 5148 + 52 = 5200 GW (the full 100 percent M/A output)" Shaard says, "The impulse engines have 180 + 52 = 232 GW (more than the 100 percent Fusion output)" Shaard says, "ENG STAT" --[Engineering Status Report]-------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Speed: Stationary Total Power: 77.200 GW Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.401754 Impulse Maximum: 91.379% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antimatter: 1275.56/1280.00 tons: 100% [====================] Deuterium: 12795.19/12800.00 tons: 100% [====================] Reserve: 5.20/5.20 GW*H: 100% [====================] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- M/A Reactor 100% No Damage 52.000 GW EPS: 100% Fusion Reactor 100% No Damage 20.000 GW EPS: 100% Batteries 100% No Damage 5.200 GW EPS: 100% Warp Drive 100% No Damage Rating: Warp 11.402 (11.402) Impulse Drive 100% No Damage Rating: 90.000% (91.379%) Impulse Superstructure 100% No Damage Rating: 95.000 (95) SS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "This means... our Cruise and Max Warp Speeds will now match." Shaard says, "But... our Max Impulse speed exceeds the Cruise Impulse speeds." Shaard says, "If you ever exceed your Cruise speed, your engine will take damage." Shaard says, "This is true for both Warp and Impulse, as I stated ealier." Shaard says, "Can anyone tell me what we need to allocate to movement, in order for the Impulse Cruise and Max speeds to match?" Shaard says, "Anyone at all?" Albert has connected. Shaard says, "Hmm. Well..." tIqHoS says, "Allocate 1 1 1?" Shaard says, "Nope." Albert mans Bridge Console 8. Aloph1 says, "alloc 1 0 0" Shaard says, "Nope. We have 52 GW in the helm." Aloph1 says, "hmmmm" Shaard says, "Lets try ... HELM ALLOC 20 32 0" --[Helm/Navigation Allocation Report]------------------------------------------ Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% Movement 20.000 GW: 26% [=========--------------------------] Shields 32.000 GW: 41% Forward shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Starboard shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Aft shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Port shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[Helm/Navigation Allocation Report]------------------------------------------ Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% Movement 4.127 GW: 5% [==---------------------------------] Shields 47.873 GW: 62% Forward shield 11.968 GW: 16% [=====------------------------------] Starboard shield 11.968 GW: 16% [=====------------------------------] Aft shield 11.968 GW: 16% [=====------------------------------] Port shield 11.968 GW: 16% [=====------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "The first one was correct." Aloph1 says, "sorry" --[Helm/Navigation Allocation Report]------------------------------------------ Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% Movement 20.000 GW: 26% [=========--------------------------] Shields 32.000 GW: 41% Forward shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Starboard shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Aft shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Port shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[Engineering Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 77.200 GW: 100% Total Helm 35.907 GW: 47% [================-------------------] Total Tactical 41.293 GW: 53% [===================----------------] Total Operations None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Someone mangled the ENG ALLOC." Shaard says, "ENG ALLOC 52 20 5.2" Aloph1 says, "sorry it was me" --[Engineering Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 77.200 GW: 100% Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% [========================-----------] Total Tactical 20.000 GW: 26% [=========--------------------------] Total Operations 5.200 GW: 7% [==---------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huh? (Type "help" for help.) Shaard says, "Great." Shaard says, "type POWER" --[Total Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 77.200 GW: 100% Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% Movement 20.000 GW: 26% [=========--------------------------] Shields 32.000 GW: 41% Forward shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Starboard shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Aft shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Port shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Total Tactical 20.000 GW: 26% Beam Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Missile Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] EW Systems 20.000 GW: 26% ECM 10.000 GW: 13% [=====------------------------------] ECCM 10.000 GW: 13% [=====------------------------------] Total Operations 5.200 GW: 7% Transporters None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Tractors None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Miscellaneous 5.200 GW: 7% [==---------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "we've taken 32 GW out of movememnt and moved it to the shields." Shaard says, "This leaves 20 GW in Movement." Shaard says, "Remember that the Fusion reactor, at 100 percent, sends 9/10 of its full power to the impulse engines." Shaard says, "our fusion reactor has a total of 200 GW. Its sending 180 GW to the impulse engines, at 100 percent." Shaard says, "We've backfed 20 GW to the impulse engines now, so they are getting their full 200 GW." Shaard says, "so... ENG STAT" Shaard says, "...the Max and Cruise Impulse Speeds match." Shaard says, "the Warp drive is getting 5148 + 20 = 5168 GW, less than the 5200 GW needed for them to match." Shaard says, "They would need the full #21 GW we had there before, to match." Shaard says, "er, 52" Shaard says, "does this make sense now, sort of?" Aloph1 says, "yes sort of" --[Engineering Status Report]-------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Speed: Stationary Total Power: 77.200 GW Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.366618 Impulse Maximum: 90.000% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Antimatter: 1274.24/1280.00 tons: 100% [====================] Deuterium: 12793.67/12800.00 tons: 100% [====================] Reserve: 5.15/5.20 GW*H: 99% [====================] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- M/A Reactor 100% No Damage 52.000 GW EPS: 100% Fusion Reactor 100% No Damage 20.000 GW EPS: 100% Batteries 100% No Damage 5.200 GW EPS: 100% Warp Drive 100% No Damage Rating: Warp 11.402 (11.367) Impulse Drive 100% No Damage Rating: 90.000% (90.000%) Impulse Superstructure 100% No Damage Rating: 95.000 (95) SS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corbet nods. Shaard says, "good. lets go back to MODE HELM" Huh? (Type "help" for help.) Shaard says, "POWER" --[Total Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 77.200 GW: 100% Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% Movement 20.000 GW: 26% [=========--------------------------] Shields 32.000 GW: 41% Forward shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Starboard shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Aft shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Port shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Total Tactical 20.000 GW: 26% Beam Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Missile Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] EW Systems 20.000 GW: 26% ECM 10.000 GW: 13% [=====------------------------------] ECCM 10.000 GW: 13% [=====------------------------------] Total Operations 5.200 GW: 7% Transporters None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Tractors None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Miscellaneous 5.200 GW: 7% [==---------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tIqHoS says, "Why do we want to match max/cruise?" Shaard says, "So we can get full speed out of the ship." Shaard says, "You don't NEED to." Shaard says, "I'm just explaining what all these numbers mean." Aloph1 says, "all power to movement" Shaard says, "lets set a course." Shaard says, "Right now we are on heading 0 0 0." Shaard says, "the first number is Yaw -- turning left or right" Shaard says, "the second is Pitch -- pulling up or down." Aloph1 says, "and the comand is layin, right?" Shaard says, "the third is Roll -- spin along the long axis of the ship." Shaard says, "No." Aloph1 says, "sorry" Shaard says, "There are many ways to steer." Shaard says, "Aloph, IMPULSE CRUISE" [Aloph1]--[Speed set to 90.000% impulse] Shaard says, "SEN REP, everyone." [Speed now 90.000% impulse] --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 180 0 9679.60 APSUD 0 0 None FPSUD JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 180 0 237.762 APSUD 0 0 None FPSUD Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 180 0 237.762 APSUD 0 0 None FPSUD Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] APD 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 326 3 29811.6 FPU 0 0 None ASD Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 0.000 0.000 Speed: 90.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 26.9813 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "or SR for short." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 180 0 9868.46 APSUD 0 0 None FPSUD JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 180 0 426.625 APSUD 0 0 None FPSUD Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 180 0 426.625 APSUD 0 0 None FPSUD Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] APD 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 326 3 29655.9 FPU 0 0 None ASD Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 0.000 0.000 Speed: 90.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 26.9813 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Contact #2, Starbase Alpha, we have undocked from." Aloph1 says, "how do I do this" Shaard says, "Note as you type SR over and over, it is getting further away." Shaard says, "SR" Shaard says, "Our speed is 90 percent impulse." Aloph1 pages: how do i contact starbase Shaard says, "Aloph, that wasn't a command." Shaard says, "100 percent impulse is Lightspeed." Shaard says, "since 1 SU is 10000 km, lightspeed is 29.9597 SU per second." Shaard lags really bad. Shaard says, "Our velocity is 26.98 SU per second." Shaard says, "do anoyher SR" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 180 0 14320.2 APSUD 0 0 None FPSUD JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 180 0 4878.40 APSUD 0 0 None FPSUD Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 180 0 4878.40 APSUD 0 0 None FPSUD Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] APD 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 320 3 26111.7 FPU 0 0 None ASD Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 0.000 0.000 Speed: 90.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 26.9813 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "I'll explain this screen a bit." Shaard says, "### is the contact number. You use this number for all contact-oriented operations." Shaard says, "like.... DETAIL 2" Shaard says, "try that." Shaard says, "or DET 2 for short" --[Detailed Sensor Report]----------------------------------------------------- Type: Base Resolution: 1610.614% Name: Starbase Alpha Class: Starbase II Cargo Capacity: 33312000 mt Cargo Carried: None Contact Arc: FPSUD Contact Shield: Forward shield Course: 0.000 0.000 Speed: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bearing: 180.000 0.000 Range: 6254.41 SU Firing Arc: APSUD Facing Shield: Aft shield ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "tI, COURSE 45 45 0" Shaard says, "...please." [tIqHoS]--[Coordinates 45.000 45.000 0.000 laid in] Shaard says, "no." Shaard says, "COURSE 45 45 0" [tIqHoS]--[Course set to 45.000 45.000] [Yaw now 45.000 degrees] [Pitch now 45.000 degrees] Shaard says, "thank you." tIqHoS says, "What is the difference?" Shaard says, "I'll get to it." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 181 358 17714.9 ASU 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 183 356 8286.75 ASU 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 183 356 8286.75 ASU 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] ASU 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 314 3 23867.2 FPU 0 0 None ASD Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 45.000 45.000 Speed: 90.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 26.9813 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Back to the SEN REP." Shaard says, "The 'type' is self-explanatory." Shaard says, "the 'Res' is the resolution we have on each contact." Shaard says, "Note that contact 3 is only at 21 percent Res." Shaard says, "We therefore do not get to know its Name." Aloph1 says, "why is this" Shaard says, "We can't see it very well." Shaard says, "only 21 percent Res" Shaard says, "Everything else we can see." Aloph1 says, "ohhh i see" Shaard says, "The next field, 'Bearing' is the direction from us it is in." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 186 352 19455.8 ASU 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 191 345 10264.3 ASU 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 191 345 10264.3 ASU 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] ASU 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 309 357 23993.1 APU 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 45.000 45.000 Speed: 90.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 26.9813 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aloph1 says, "i have to leave" Aloph1 unmans Bridge Console 1. Aloph1 has left. Shaard says, "All of these contacts are 'behind' us, and slightly 'above us'." Albert says, "Below..." Shaard says, "well, they are all above the plane of the ship." Albert nods. Shaard says, "...mostly because we are climbing at an angle of 45 degrees." Shaard says, "If we level off, to the plane of the galaxy..." Shaard says, "tI, COURSE 45 0 0" [tIqHoS]--[Course set to 45.000 0.000] [Pitch now 0.000 degrees] --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 190 347 21750.4 ASD 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 197 338 12956.2 ASD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 197 338 12956.2 ASD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] ASD 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 303 352 24565.0 APD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 45.000 0.000 Speed: 90.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 26.9813 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "...we come down out of our sharp ascent, and the contacts are now below the plane of the ship." Shaard says, "We are, thus, above all of these contacts." Shaard says, "Above, relative to the plane of the galaxy." Shaard says, "IMP 0" Shaard says, "or WARP 0." [Corbet]--[Speed set to 0.000% impulse] [Speed now full stop] Shaard nods. Shaard says, "INTER 2" Shaard says, "...short for INTERCEPT 2" [Corbet]--[Intercept course to Starbase Alpha (2) set 201.464 340.558] [Pitch now 340.558 degrees] [Yaw now 201.464 degrees] --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 FPU 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSU 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 ASD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 201.464 340.558 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Now that spun us around." Shaard says, "Made us come about and point directly at contact 2." Shaard says, "from the SR, you see its bearing is 201 341" Shaard says, "DETAIL 2 will give a more precise bearing." --[Detailed Sensor Report]----------------------------------------------------- Type: Base Resolution: 1601.364% Name: Starbase Alpha Class: Starbase II Cargo Capacity: 33312000 mt Cargo Carried: None Contact Arc: FSU Contact Shield: Forward shield Course: 0.000 0.000 Speed: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bearing: 201.464 340.558 Range: 14799.0 SU Firing Arc: FPSUD Facing Shield: Forward shield ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "COURSE 201.464 340.558" Shaard says, "you don't need to type it." Shaard says, "the INTERCEPT did that already." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 FPU 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSU 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 ASD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 201.464 340.558 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Note the Range." Shaard says, "...from the SR" tIqHoS says, "Don't we have to re-inter with the new curves?" Shaard says, "No." Shaard says, "We've stopped." Shaard says, "Then, we did an INTER 2. Contact 2 is stationary." Shaard says, "We're pointing right at it." Shaard says, "Ranges are shown in either SU or PC." Shaard says, "Things in SU ranges are shown as numbers. Things in PC ranges are shown as [numbers]" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 FPU 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSU 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 ASD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 201.464 340.558 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "all the contacts are close, and at impulse distances." Shaard says, "...except for 3." Shaard says, "contact 3 is 4.792 PC away." Shaard says, "That is [pc2su(4.792)] = 14786480908.692318 SU" Shaard says, "a lot farther. :>" Shaard says, "Everyone clear on reading ranges now?" Shaard says, "Some example ranges:" Shaard says, "1 SU = docking/landing range." tIqHoS says, "So FPSUD tells us that we are pointed at the correct contact." Shaard says, "320 SU = optimal photon torpedo range." Shaard says, "3200 SU = maximum photon torpedo range." Shaard says, "yes. I'll get tot hat next." Shaard says, "while at warp speed, torpedo ranges switch to [0.032] optimal and [0.320] maximum." Shaard says, "but for now, we'll deal with impulse." Shaard says, "transporter range is 5 SU." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 FPU 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSU 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 ASD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 201.464 340.558 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "From this, we can see that all these contacts are well outside our weapon ranges." Shaard says, "The next thing on the SR is 'Arcs'" Shaard says, "This tells you which of the ship's firing arcs, which are defined in octants, the contacts are in." Shaard says, "The 8 octants are: FPU FPD FSU FSD APU APD ASU ASD" Shaard says, "FPU = Forward/Port/Upward, for instance." Shaard says, "Envision the ship. the FPU arc is anywhere that is in front of, above, and on the port side of it." Shaard says, "These arcs compine." Shaard says, "combine" Shaard says, "FPU + FSU = FPSU" Shaard says, "FPSU would thus be anything in front of the ship, on either the port or starboard side (and of course the centerline), and above." Shaard says, "FPU + FPD + FSU + FSD = FPSUD" Shaard says, "Now for contacts, these arcs are read a little differently." Shaard says, "something that is FPSUD is dead ahead of the ship, exactly in its centerline." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 FPU 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSU 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 ASD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 201.464 340.558 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "on the SR, contacts 2 and 1 meet this criteria. They are dead ahead." Shaard says, "Contact 3 is at FPSU" Shaard says, "it is in front of us, above us, and neither port nor starboard, but right in the margine." knanna whispers to knanna. Shaard says, "Contact five is above, in front, and on the port side of the ship." Shaard says, "Does anyone not follow this?" tIqHoS says, "FPSU does not mean that they are below our location?" Shaard says, "They are not below the plane of the ship." tIqHoS says, "Then how are we in their Up firing range?" Shaard says, "standing on the hull of the ship, you would see it is straight ahead, and up a bit, from the bow." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 FPU 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSU 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 ASD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 201.464 340.558 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tori has disconnected. Tori unmans Bridge Console 5. Shaard says, "Well, you notice there are two entries on the table for Arcs." Shaard says, "The first one is which of OUR arcs the contact is in." Shaard says, "the second one is which of THEIR arcs we are in." Shaard says, "The reason we are 'above' all the contacts in relation to the plane of the galaxy..." Shaard says, "...and yet some of them appear to be 'above' us..." Shaard says, "...is because our pitch is currently 340" Shaard says, "We are pointing downwards." Shaard says, "...so things in front of us appear to move upwards." Shaard says, "Does that make sense?" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 FPU 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSU 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 ASD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 201.464 340.558 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corbet says, "Yep. But how did you know we are above them?" Shaard says, "Well... all of the contacts out there are on course 0 0" Corbet ahs. Shaard says, "you can see that from their headings." Shaard says, "They are not pitched at all. Also, we are in the ??U arc of each one." Shaard says, "so we are above them with respect to the galaxy plane." Shaard says, "This means, in simpler terms, we'v got a higher Z coordinate then all of them." Albert says, "Actually...for that sort of thing, the bearing is more important..." Shaard says, "lets resume our course... COURSE 0 0 0" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 FPU 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSU 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 ASD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 201.464 340.558 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [tIqHoS]--[Course set to 0.000 0.000] [Pitch now 0.000 degrees] [Yaw now 0.000 degrees] tIqHoS says, "What does that do?" Shaard says, "That's true, and another good way of looking at it." Shaard says, "Let me demonstrate something." Shaard says, "We are at Pitch = 0 now. we are level, with the plane of the galaxy." Shaard says, "lets point the ship upward slightly, at +5 degrees pitch." Shaard says, "so... PITCH 5" [Corbet]--[Pitch adjusted +5.000 to 5.000] [Pitch now 5.000 degrees] Shaard says, "there. we are now pointing upwards a bit, at 5 degrees relative to the galactic plane." Shaard says, "lets dive downwar." Huh? (Type "help" for help.) Shaard says, "PITCH -10" [tIqHoS]--[Pitch adjusted -10.000 to 355.000] [Pitch now 355.000 degrees] Shaard says, "355 is 5 degrees below 0." Shaard says, "Instead of reporting -5 degrees, it circles back to 360, then, to 355." Shaard says, "Does that make sense?" Corbet nods. Shaard says, "cool." tIqHoS smiles Shaard says, "PITCH 5" [tIqHoS]--[Pitch adjusted +5.000 to 0.000] [Pitch now 0.000 degrees] Shaard says, "that will bring us back up level." Shaard says, "now, SR." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 APD 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 APD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 APD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] APD 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 FPD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 0.000 0.000 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "the Bearing numbers are reporting the Yaw and Pitch, relative to us, of where each contact is." Shaard says, "Note that all the Pitch values are in the 300's." Shaard says, "That means, to get to any of them, we'd have to have a downward pitch angle." Shaard says, "This tells us that we are above them." Shaard says, "I believe that was the point Albert was making." Albert nods. Shaard says, "everyone clear on the meaning of stuff on the SEN REP?" Shaard says, "If not, lemme know." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 APD 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 APD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 APD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] APD 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 FPD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 0.000 0.000 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "lets check out the HELM STAT" Shaard says, "or since we are in MODE HELM, STAT will work too." --[Helm Status Report]--------------------------------------------------------- Galactic X Y Z: -9174.044 61.800 0.000 Relative X Y Z: -9174.044 61.800 0.000 Destinat X Y Z: -9174.044 61.800 -0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Territory: Federation Quadrant: Beta Visibility: 100.000% Cochranes: 1293.724 Course: 0.000 0.000 Helm Power: 52.000 GW Speed: Stationary Velocity: Stationary Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.366618 Impulse Maximum: 90.000% Shield Freq: 543.000 GHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- Forward shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Starboard shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Aft shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Port shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tIqHoS says, "Okay, the contacts are now in our Down firing arc and we are now in their Up firing arc, yes?" Shaard says, "Yes." Corbet says, "Yes." Shaard says, "the HELM STAT shows a lot of information." Shaard says, "the empire-space we are in, the class of our ship, the quadrant we are in, the local visibilitly." Shaard says, "...the cochranes." Shaard says, "it also reports the condition of our shields." Shaard says, "At the very top, it shows some coordinates." --[Helm Status Report]--------------------------------------------------------- Galactic X Y Z: -9174.044 61.800 0.000 Relative X Y Z: -9174.044 61.800 0.000 Destinat X Y Z: -9174.044 61.800 -0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Territory: Federation Quadrant: Beta Visibility: 100.000% Cochranes: 1293.724 Course: 0.000 0.000 Helm Power: 52.000 GW Speed: Stationary Velocity: Stationary Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.366618 Impulse Maximum: 90.000% Shield Freq: 543.000 GHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- Forward shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Starboard shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Aft shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Port shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "the top line is the Galactic Coordinates." Shaard says, "These are shown in Parsecs." Shaard says, "in Galactic Coordinates, 0 0 0 = the center of the galaxy." Shaard says, "clearly, we are far away from that." Shaard says, "The next line shows our Relative Coordinates. These are user-programmable coordinates that allow us to define where we are using more convenient numbers." Shaard says, "for instance." Shaard says, "We are near Earth." Shaard says, "The coordinates for Earth, using the Federation coordinate frame, are 23 69 0 or so." Shaard says, "lets program the helm: SET COORDS 23 69 0" [Corbet]--[Relative coordinates set to 23.000 69.000 0.000] Shaard says, "HELM STAT" --[Helm Status Report]--------------------------------------------------------- Galactic X Y Z: -9174.044 61.800 0.000 Relative X Y Z: 23.000 69.000 0.000 Destinat X Y Z: 23.000 69.000 -0.000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Territory: Federation Quadrant: Beta Visibility: 100.000% Cochranes: 1293.724 Course: 0.000 0.000 Helm Power: 52.000 GW Speed: Stationary Velocity: Stationary Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.366618 Impulse Maximum: 90.000% Shield Freq: 543.000 GHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- Forward shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Starboard shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Aft shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Port shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Okay. Now, our position is being read by the Relative Coords as being 23 69 0. These numbers will change as we move, but if we return to 23 69 0, we will return -here-." Shaard says, "lets give this a try." Shaard says, "SEN REP" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 APD 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 APD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 APD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] APD 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 FPD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 0.000 0.000 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "LAYIN 3" Shaard says, "oops." Shaard says, "INTER 3" [tIqHoS]--[Intercept course to contact (3) set 202.249 352.807] [Pitch now 352.807 degrees] [Yaw now 202.249 degrees] Shaard says, "HELM STAT" --[Helm Status Report]--------------------------------------------------------- Galactic X Y Z: -9174.044 61.800 0.000 Relative X Y Z: 23.000 69.000 0.000 Destinat X Y Z: 18.600 67.200 -0.600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Territory: Federation Quadrant: Beta Visibility: 100.000% Cochranes: 1293.724 Course: 202.249 352.807 Helm Power: 52.000 GW Speed: Stationary Velocity: Stationary Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.366618 Impulse Maximum: 90.000% Shield Freq: 543.000 GHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- Forward shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Starboard shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Aft shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Port shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "The Destination Coordinates have changed." Shaard says, "They now reflect the coordinates of contact 3, in the Relative reference frame we defined." --[Helm Status Report]--------------------------------------------------------- Galactic X Y Z: -9174.044 61.800 0.000 Relative X Y Z: 23.000 69.000 0.000 Destinat X Y Z: 18.600 67.200 -0.600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Territory: Federation Quadrant: Beta Visibility: 100.000% Cochranes: 1293.724 Course: 202.249 352.807 Helm Power: 52.000 GW Speed: Stationary Velocity: Stationary Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.366618 Impulse Maximum: 90.000% Shield Freq: 543.000 GHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- Forward shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Starboard shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Aft shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Port shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tIqHoS says, "So the new course is 4.400 1.800 -0.600 from Earth?" Shaard says, "In addition to programming our Destination coordinates, INTERCEPT also changed our COURSE automatically." Shaard says, "no, its 202.249 352.807 from earth." --[Helm Status Report]--------------------------------------------------------- Galactic X Y Z: -9174.044 61.800 0.000 Relative X Y Z: 23.000 69.000 0.000 Destinat X Y Z: 18.600 67.200 -0.600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Territory: Federation Quadrant: Beta Visibility: 100.000% Cochranes: 1293.724 Course: 202.249 352.807 Helm Power: 52.000 GW Speed: Stationary Velocity: Stationary Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.366618 Impulse Maximum: 90.000% Shield Freq: 543.000 GHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- Forward shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Starboard shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Aft shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) Port shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (8.000 GW) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "We are -at- coordinates 23 69 0" Shaard says, "We are going -to- coordinates 18.6 67.2 -0.6" Shaard says, "the course to get from here to there is 202.249 352.807" Shaard says, "the INTERCEPT computed that and set it into the helm autmatically." Shaard says, "SEN REP" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 FPD 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 ASD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 202.249 352.807 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "note that the Bearing to contact 3 on the SEN REP is 202 353." Shaard says, "note also that our Course is that same direction." Shaard says, "thus, contact 3 is in our FPSUD firing arc; its dead ahead." Shaard says, "make sense?" tIqHoS nods Shaard says, "okay." Shaard says, "lets fly there." Shaard says, "first, SET SEN 3" Rltar has disconnected. Shaard says, "this will remove some spam." Shaard says, "SEN REP" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 5 Ship 100 193 348 23524.6 FPD 0 0 None FSU JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 2 Base 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSD 0 0 None FSU Starbase Alpha --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 201 341 14799.0 FPSD 0 0 None FSU Earth 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None 4 Plan 100 298 352 25090.6 ASD 0 0 None ASU Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 202.249 352.807 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sensors now showing only contact 3. ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None Shaard says, "to undo this, SET SEN ALL" Arc has left. Shaard says, "you can also SET SEN SHIP, SET SEN BASE, etcetera." Shaard says, "...but right now, SET SEN 3 will work fine." ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags 3 Plan 21 202 353 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None Shaard says, "we will want to go our Cruise Warp." Albert has disconnected. Albert unmans Bridge Console 8. Shaard says, "...which is as fast as we can safely go." Shaard says, "How much power do we need to backfeed into Movement for this?" Corbet says, "52 gw?" Shaard says, "Correct." Shaard says, "We've got 52 GW in the helm, we need all the helm power into movememnt." Shaard says, "So, here in MODE HELM, we can just HELM ALLOC 1 0 0" --[Helm/Navigation Allocation Report]------------------------------------------ Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% Movement 52.000 GW: 67% [========================-----------] Shields None: 0% Forward shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Starboard shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Aft shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Port shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "HELM STAT will show our cruise and max warp speeds to be identical." Shaard says, "and that's good." Shaard says, "WARP CRUISE" Shaard says, "Go for it, C." [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 11.401753] Shaard says, "you could also type out WARP 11.401753" USS Lexington shifts into warp. Shaard says, "but eh." [ETA is 1 min 54 sec] Shaard says, "type: ETA" [ETA is 1 min 54 sec] Shaard says, "That is how long it takes to get there at warp 11.4" tIqHoS frowns, "lag Shaard says, "we have not reached warp 11.4 yet, we are still accelerating." Albert has connected. Albert mans Bridge Console 8. Shaard says, "once we reach 11.4, ETA will function as a timer." Elessar has left. Shaard says, "SET SEN PLANET" [Speed now warp 11.401753] Shaard says, "ah, there, we've reached cruise speed." [WARNING]--[Ship contact lost: contact (5)] Sensors now showing only type: Planet. --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 100 22 7 [1.788] APSUD 0 0 None APD Earth 3 Plan 52 202 353 [3.004] FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Vulcan 4 Plan 100 22 7 [1.788] APSUD 0 0 None APD Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 202.249 352.807 Speed: Warp 11.401753 Location: Open Space Velocity: [0.042] PC/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ETA is 57 sec] [ETA is 56 sec] [ETA is 55 sec] Shaard says, "When the ETa reaches 10 seconds or less, cut to WARP 8" [ETA is 37 sec] [ETA is 36 sec] [ETA is 34 sec] --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 83 22 7 [3.507] APSUD 0 0 None APD Earth 3 Plan 100 202 353 [1.285] FPSUD 0 0 None FSU Vulcan 4 Plan 83 22 7 [3.507] APSUD 0 0 None APD Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 202.249 352.807 Speed: Warp 11.401753 Location: Open Space Velocity: [0.042] PC/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [WARNING]--[Base contact lost: contact (2)] [ETA is 18 sec] [ETA is 16 sec] [ETA is 15 sec] [ETA is 14 sec] [ETA is 11 sec] [ETA is 10 sec] tIqHoS says, "I'm still lagging" [ETA is 9 sec] [ETA is 7 sec] Huh? (Type "help" for help.) [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 8.000000] [Speed now warp 8.000000] Huh? (Type "help" for help.) --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 40 22 7 [5.051] APSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 [0.259] APSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 40 22 7 [5.051] APSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 202.249 352.807 Speed: Warp 8.000000 Location: Open Space Velocity: [0.013] PC/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ETA is 22 sec] Corbet says, "Sorry, me too." Huh? (Type "help" for help.) Shaard says, "imp 75" Shaard says, "IMP 75" [Corbet]--[Speed set to 75.000% impulse] [Speed now 75.000% impulse] USS Lexington drops out of warp. Shaard says, "INTER 3" Shaard says, "We overshot." Corbet says, "inter 3?" Shaard says, "yes." [Corbet]--[Intercept course to Vulcan (3) set 22.249 7.193] [Pitch now 7.193 degrees] [Yaw now 22.249 degrees] --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 37 22 7 [5.257] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 [0.465] FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 37 22 7 [5.257] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: 75.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 22.4844 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "A word about warp speed." Shaard says, "I said that lightspeed = 29 SU per second, yes?" Corbet nods. Shaard says, "SET SEN ALL" Sensors now showing only type: . Shaard says, "SEN REP" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 37 22 7 [5.257] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 [0.465] FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 37 22 7 [5.257] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: 75.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 22.4844 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard lags. Shaard says, "See our Velocity there? 22.4844 SU/sec?" tIqHoS says, "And 100 impulse" Shaard nods, yes. Shaard says, "go to WARP 1" [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 1.000000] Shaard says, "watch the velocity climb" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 37 22 7 [5.257] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 [0.465] FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 37 22 7 [5.257] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: 98.468% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 29.5201 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Speed now warp 1.000000] USS Lexington shifts into warp. --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 37 22 7 [5.257] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 [0.465] FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 37 22 7 [5.257] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: Warp 1.000000 Location: Open Space Velocity: 38764.8 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "notice that it jumped from 29 SU to 38764 SU per second when we hit warp 1." Shaard says, "HELM STAT" --[Helm Status Report]--------------------------------------------------------- Galactic X Y Z: -9178.871 59.825 -0.658 Relative X Y Z: 18.173 67.025 -0.658 Destinat X Y Z: 18.600 67.200 -0.600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Territory: Federation Quadrant: Beta Visibility: 100.000% Cochranes: 1293.054 Course: 22.249 7.193 Helm Power: 52.000 GW Speed: Warp 1.000000 Velocity: 38764.8 SU/sec Warp Cruise: 11.401754 Impulse Cruise: 90.000% Warp Maximum: 11.401754 Impulse Maximum: 91.379% Shield Freq: 543.000 GHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- Forward shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (None) Starboard shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (None) Aft shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (None) Port shield 100% No Damage Rating: 4.000 GW:16.000 GW (None) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "See the Cochranes? 1293.054" Shaard says, "That is a warp-field-effect multiplier." Shaard says, "Warp 1 = 1 ^ (10/3) * lightspeed * cochranes" Shaard says, "Cochranes are a measure of the curvature of local spacetime." Shaard says, "where space is relatively 'flat', i.e. where there is little gravitational mass, that value comes back to 1.0" Shaard says, "At THAT point, Warp 1 == Imp 100 == lightpseed." Shaard says, "Here, deep in the galaxy's mass, where space is highly curved, warp 1 != lightspeed. Warp 1 = lightspeed * 1293.054" Shaard says, "29.9 * 1293 = 38660.7" Shaard says, "...and thus, the Velocity on our SEN REP and HELM STAT." Shaard says, "Does this make sense?" Shaard says, "Anyone?" Albert says, "Yes. :>" Shaard sighs. "Good." Corbet says, "Yes.." Shaard says, "WARP 2" [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 2.000000] [Speed now warp 2.000000] Shaard says, "now... Warp 2 = 2 ^ (10/3) * lightspeed * cochranes" 10.079368 Tolos has disconnected. tIqHoS says, "The higher the cochrane the greater the mass of space per a certain point." tIqHoS says, "If it is "flat" then the speed increases per second, hence the 29.9 multiplied the 1293.054" Shaard says, "Warp 2 = 10.000000 * lightspeed * cochranes" Shaard says, "...or about 380000 SU per second, as the SEN REP Velocity indicates" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 37 22 7 [5.243] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 [0.452] FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 37 22 7 [5.243] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: Warp 2.000000 Location: Open Space Velocity: 390725 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tIqHoS smiles, "Just lagged very badly.. Shaard nods. Shaard says, "Once the Velocity climbs about 9999999 SU / sec, the Velocity readout switches to PC." Shaard says, "er above." Shaard says, "WARP $" Shaard says, "er, WARP 4" [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 4.000000] Shaard says, "SEN REP" [Speed now warp 4.000000] --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 37 22 7 [5.230] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 [0.439] FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 37 22 7 [5.230] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: Warp 4.000000 Location: Open Space Velocity: 3938265 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Heh. Not fast enough." Shaard says, "WARP 5" [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 5.000000] --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 38 22 7 [5.199] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 [0.407] FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 38 22 7 [5.199] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: Warp 4.899797 Location: Open Space Velocity: 7745209 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Speed now warp 5.000000] Corbet grins. --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 38 22 7 [5.175] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 [0.383] FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 38 22 7 [5.175] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: Warp 5.000000 Location: Open Space Velocity: 8285919 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "WARP 6" [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 6.000000] Shaard says, "INTER 3" [Speed now warp 6.000000] Shaard says, "...to clean up any course drift." [ETA is 1 min 4 sec] [Corbet]--[Intercept course to Vulcan (3) set 22.249 7.193] [Yaw now 22.249 degrees] [Pitch now 7.193 degrees] [ETA is 1 min 3 sec] [ETA is 1 min 1 sec] [ETA is 1 min 0 sec] Shaard says, "ETA is 1 min." Shaard says, "SEN REP" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 40 22 7 [5.049] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 [0.258] FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 40 22 7 [5.049] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: Warp 6.000000 Location: Open Space Velocity: [0.005] PC/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "IMP CRUISE" [Corbet]--[Speed set to 90.000% impulse] [Speed now 90.000% impulse] USS Lexington drops out of warp. Shaard says, "okay. At warp 6, our velocity went to PC, and was 0.005 PC per second." Shaard says, "Since Warp 6 = 6 ^ (10/3) * 29.9 * 1279 = 392.497814 * 29.9 * 1279 = mul(power(6,3.333333),29.9,1279) SU / sec ..." Shaard says, "Warp 6 = 15009940.652769 SU / sec ..." Albert says, "Somewhat unimportant, but 30 is really a better approximation for c." Shaard says, "[su2pc(15009940)] = 0.004864 PC / sec" Shaard says, "...which the Velocity field rounded up to [0.005] PC / sec" Shaard says, "Hopefully, that clarifies the equations and exactly what cochranes do." Shaard says, "questions?" tIqHoS says, "That also provides a better idea of warp speeds." Corbet smiles. "Believe it or not, that makes sense!" Shaard says, "okay. Lets fly to Vulcan." tIqHoS says, "My turn" Shaard says, "You can both do it at once... this will ensure a double-check in case of lag." [tIqHoS]--[Intercept course to Vulcan (3) set 22.249 7.193] [Yaw now 22.249 degrees] [Pitch now 7.193 degrees] Shaard says, "I want it done like this:" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 41 22 7 [4.980] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 [0.189] FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 41 22 7 [4.980] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: 90.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 26.9813 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "We are at 0.189 PC. Warp 4 is very nearly 0.001 PC per second, so we'll use it in a sequence as follows:" Shaard says, "Go to WARP 4. use ETA and track the time until it gets below 10 seconds. Then go to Warp 2. Track the time down to 10 seconds, and go to WARP 1. Track the time down to 0 Seconds as best you can, then go to IMP 99. We can't -do- 99 percent, so it will default to IMP MAX, which is equal right now to IMP CRUISE. Its just easy to type. Be sure and INTER 3 every so often to clean up your course in case we drift." Shaard says, "Proceed." [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 4.000000] Shaard says, "the goal is to get under 30000 SU from Vulcan while under warp." tIqHoS says, "Hey!" USS Lexington shifts into warp. Shaard says, "You can both do it." [Speed now warp 4.000000] Corbet says, "Sorry, you was laggin:)" [ETA is 2 min 21 sec] tIqHoS says, "That was before 8)" Shaard says, "go to WARP 5 until the ETA is under 30 seconds." [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to warp 5.000000] [ETA is 53 sec] [Speed now warp 5.000000] [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to warp 4.000000] [Speed now warp 4.000000] [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 2.000000] [Speed now warp 2.000000] [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to warp 2.000000] tIqHoS says, "Now I'm lagged 8) Hahahahahhahaaa" [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 1.000000] [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to warp 1.000000] [Speed now warp 1.000000] tIqHoS says, "Good match!" [ETA is 1 min 1 sec] [ETA is 1 min 0 sec] [ETA is 55 sec] Shaard says, "I said to go WARP 2 down to 10 seconds, then switch to warp 1." [ETA is 35 sec] Shaard says, "but, eh." Shaard says, "we're getting lose." [Corbet]--[Intercept course to Vulcan (3) set 22.249 7.193] [Yaw now 22.249 degrees] [Pitch now 7.193 degrees] Albert says, "They did....warp 2 to warp 1 is 10x ratio, remember." Shaard says, "No, they didn't." [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to 91.379% impulse OVERLOAD] [Speed now 91.379% impulse] USS Lexington drops out of warp. Huh? (Type "help" for help.) Shaard says, "IMP 75" Corbet says, "A little early..." [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to 75.000% impulse] [Speed now 75.000% impulse] Shaard says, "I forgot that our Imp Max exceeds our Imp Cruise." tIqHoS says, "Why did it prompt impulse overload?" Shaard says, "We've burned our impulse engies a little." Albert says, "When they hit warp 1, the ETA was 8 secs under warp 2...." Shaard says, "Ah." Shaard says, "You're right, Albert. Sorry." [tIqHoS]--[Impulse Drive repairs complete] [Repair capacity maximized] Shaard arghs. Shaard says, "leave them burned a bit." Huh? (Type "help" for help.) Shaard says, "IMP 99" [Corbet]--[Speed set to 91.379% impulse OVERLOAD] [Speed now 91.379% impulse] [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 7.540000] Shaard says, "then, IMP 75" [Corbet]--[Speed set to 75.000% impulse] [Speed now 75.000% impulse] Corbet says, "Ack!" Shaard says, "yes. values above 100 in the IMP command will give you warp speeds." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 206453 FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: 75.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 22.4844 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corbet says, "accidentaly did 750" Shaard says, "Okay." Shaard says, "Our target is at 206k SU" Shaard says, "we need to get it under 30k SU./" Shaard says, "Warp 1 is known to be 38K SU/sec around here." Albert says, "ETA AT" Shaard says, "Hey, yeah." Shaard says, "ETA AT 1.0" [ETA is 5 sec] Shaard says, "That tells us we need to hop to warp 1 for 5 seconds, then back down to imp 75" Shaard says, "Proceed." [tIqHoS]--[Intercept course to Vulcan (3) set 22.249 7.193] [Yaw now 22.249 degrees] [Pitch now 7.193 degrees] [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to warp 1.000000] [Speed now warp 1.000000] USS Lexington shifts into warp. [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to 0.000% impulse] [Speed now full stop] USS Lexington drops out of warp. Shaard says, "too soon." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 87761.0 FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Corbet]--[Speed set to warp 1.000000] [Corbet]--[Speed set to 75.000% impulse] [Speed now 75.000% impulse] Shaard says, "Too soon." Nicholas has disconnected. Nicholas unmans Bridge Console 6. Corbet nods. [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to warp 1.000000] Shaard says, "We're not at warp, until we see it shift." [Speed now warp 1.000000] USS Lexington shifts into warp. [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to 0.000% impulse] [Speed now full stop] USS Lexington drops out of warp. --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 202 353 67843.5 APSUD 0 0 None FSU Vulcan 4 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "too far." Shaard says, "INTER 3" Shaard says, "its behind us." [Corbet]--[Intercept course to Vulcan (3) set 202.249 352.807] [Yaw now 202.249 degrees] [Pitch now 352.807 degrees] Huh? (Type "help" for help.) Shaard says, "okay." [Corbet]--[Speed set to 75.000% impulse] [Speed now 75.000% impulse] Shaard says, "two more seconds at warp 1." [tIqHoS]--[Intercept course to Vulcan (3) set 202.249 352.807] [Yaw now 202.249 degrees] [Pitch now 352.807 degrees] [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to warp 1.000000] [Speed now warp 1.000000] USS Lexington shifts into warp. [tIqHoS]--[Speed set to 75.000% impulse] [Speed now 75.000% impulse] USS Lexington drops out of warp. [Corbet]--[Speed set to 75.000% impulse] --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] APSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 22 7 10520.2 APSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] APSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 202.249 352.807 Speed: 75.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 22.4844 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "excellent." Shaard says, "turn towards it." [tIqHoS]--[Intercept course to Vulcan (3) set 22.249 7.193] [Pitch now 7.193 degrees] [Yaw now 22.249 degrees] Shaard says, "now, a quick demo of MODE DAM" Shaard says, "go to MODE DAM" Command Chair 0 does not support that mode. Shaard says, "DAM STAT" Shaard says, "...or just STAT, once in MODE DAM" --[Damage Control Status Report]----------------------------------------------- System Name Integ Condition ------------------ ------- ---------------------------------------------------- Impulse Drive 100% Patched Damage 0.017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Repair Capacity: 95.000 (95) units: 100.000% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "it only needs 0.017 points of repair capacity to fix the impulse engines entirely." Shaard says, "we have 95 points." Shaard says, "After you spend these points, they will regenerate." Shaard says, "REPAIR IMP" [tIqHoS]--[Impulse Drive repairs complete] [Repair capacity maximized] Shaard says, "they recovered almost immediately." Shaard says, "Now, here is a tip:" Shaard says, "Extra power allocated to Operations, and then to Miscellaneous, has two effects:" Shaard says, "#1: The power is used to recharge the batteries." Shaard says, "#2: The power will improve the repair point recovery rate." Shaard says, "Note, we are running the batteries at 100 percent... they are providing 5.2 GW of power." Shaard says, "We are also feeding 5.2 GW of power into Operations/Misc." Shaard says, "type POWER" --[Total Allocation Report]---------------------------------------------------- Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total EPS 77.200 GW: 100% Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% Movement 52.000 GW: 67% [========================-----------] Shields None: 0% Forward shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Starboard shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Aft shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Port shield None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Total Tactical 20.000 GW: 26% Beam Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Missile Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] EW Systems 20.000 GW: 26% ECM 10.000 GW: 13% [=====------------------------------] ECCM 10.000 GW: 13% [=====------------------------------] Total Operations 5.200 GW: 7% Transporters None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Tractors None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Miscellaneous 5.200 GW: 7% [==---------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Julianna (JB) pages: I hate to bother you, but we've got a major Airlock screwup on Plant's freighter. Shaard says, "This means that the batteries are constantly recharging at the same rate they are depleting... AND ... the repair-recovery-rate is being improved somewhat." Shaard says, "Does everyone understand this?" Corbet says, "Yes." You paged Julianna with 'I'll tend to it when I'm done with this session. I'm logging right now, and I can't really change screens.'. tIqHoS says, "Of the 5.2 to Ops all of it is allocated to the batteries." Shaard says, "yes." Shaard says, "miscellaneous, under Ops." Shaard says, "okay, MODE HELM" Command Chair 0 does not support that mode. --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 23 7 3872.69 FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPSUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 22.249 7.193 Speed: 75.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 22.4844 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "ETA" [ETA is 2 min 37 sec] Shaard says, "we'll be there in 2 min 37 sec." Shaard says, "there ARE fancy flying tricks that can get you in to point blank from warp 1, so you do not have to fly at impulse, but they are beyond the scope of this session, and can be learned here in the sims from others." Shaard says, "As we get in close, slow us down, and bring us to less than 1 SU." Shaard says, "Cor, if you aren't lagging, you can do it this time." Corbet says, "Okie." Shaard says, "I need to go and get a target ship for you guys to shoot at." [Corbet]--[Intercept course to Vulcan (3) set 24.461 6.935] Shaard says, "Actually." [Yaw now 24.461 degrees] [Pitch now 6.935 degrees] Albert says, "Me?" Shaard says, "Albert, are you here?" Albert says, "OH yes." Shaard says, "Yeah. Could you bring in the Dominatrix?" Albert says, "What do you want me to bring out....ah. Sure." Shaard says, "I'll get on channel Subspce." Albert has left. CHAT: You join channel . [Corbet]--[Speed set to 10.000% impulse] [Speed now 10.000% impulse] --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 24 7 29.6525 FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 24.461 6.935 Speed: 10.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 2.99792 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Corbet]--[Speed set to 1.000% impulse] [Speed now 1.000% impulse] [Corbet]--[Speed set to 0.500% impulse] [Speed now 0.500% impulse] Shaard says, "IMP 3 is == 1 SU / sec" [Corbet]--[Speed set to 3.000% impulse] [Speed now 3.000% impulse] Shaard says, "often a useful number to remember." --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 24 7 13.0096 FPSUD 0 0 None APD Vulcan 4 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 24.461 6.935 Speed: 3.000% Impulse Location: Open Space Velocity: 0.89938 SU/sec ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Corbet]--[Speed set to 0.500% impulse] [Speed now 0.500% impulse] [Corbet]--[Speed set to 0.000% impulse] [Speed now full stop] --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 205 353 0.62994 APSUD 0 0 None FSU Vulcan 4 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 24.461 6.935 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tIqHoS says, "Alright! Corbet" Shaard says, "Very good." [WARNING]--[New sensor contact (6): Ship] [TNG|JHV Dominatrix] Albert says, "Lemme relog." Shaard says, "now, if this ship could land, we could land on that planet." Corbet says, "Thank ya, I've practiced that a little before:)" Shaard says, "but we can't." Shaard says, "Also, that planet will does not have a dock, so we cannot dock to it." Shaard says, "I think though, that the idea of getting to within 1 SU is clear." tIqHoS nods Shaard says, "Albert is bringing in the Dominatrix." Shaard says, "While we wait for him to arrive," Shaard says, "...lets go to MODE TACT" Shaard says, "or, MODE WEAP" Shaard says, "many modes have alternate names." Shaard says, "MODE HELM for instance is also MODE NAV... but lets stay with MODE TACT for now" Shaard says, "mkay." Shaard says, "ALL WEAP ON" [tIqHoS]--[Beam Weapon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Missile Weapon 1 2 3 4 online] Shaard says, "there are MANY ways to do this." Shaard says, "BEAM 1-12 ON, MISS 1-4 ON, ALL BEAM ON, ALL MISS ON, etc." Shaard says, "BEAM 1 ON, BEAM 2 ON, etc." Shaard says, "Many ways, depending on what you like." Shaard says, "TACT STAT" Shaard says, "since we are in MODE TACT, STAT will also work." --[Tactical Status Report]----------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise LRS Resolution: 187.083% SRS Resolution: 509.902% LRS Signature: 53.452% SRS Signature: 1079.659% Visibility: 100.000% Tactical Power: 20.000 GW Beam Freq: 123.456 GHz Missile Freq: 69.450 GHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beam Power: None/900.000 GW : 0% [--------------------] Missile Power: None/4.000 GW : 0% [--------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- LR Sensors 100% No Damage Resolution: 100.000% SR Sensors 100% No Damage Resolution: 100.000% EW Systems 100% No Damage LR/SR ECM 1.9/5.1 ECCM 1.9/5.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "Here, we see some numbers." Shaard says, "the two Signatures show our current 'brightness' on enemy LRS and SRS." [TNG|JHV Dominatrix] Albert says, "What's the ROE?" Shaard says, "These two combine with range to form the 'Res' on Albert's SEN REP." [TNG|USS Lexington] Shaard says, "get in weapon range, rig for battle, sit still, and wait for instructions." [TNG|JHV Dominatrix] Albert says, "Aye." Shaard says, "The Two Resolutions on the TACT STAT are our Sensors's sensitivity." Shaard says, "Our LRS Resolution competes with Albert's LRS Signature." Shaard says, "like wise for SRS." Shaard says, "Combined with the range to Albert's ship, they will give us our Res on the SEN REP." Shaard says, "Does this make sense?" knanna has disconnected. knanna unmans Bridge Console 9. Corbet says, "Person with the lower sig and higher res will see the other first?" Shaard says, "precisely." Shaard says, "Many factors are involved in these numbers. Power output, speeds, cloaks, electronic warfare, distance, local visibility." Shaard says, "ship's mass, stealth ratings on the hull, ... many factors." tIqHoS has disconnected. tIqHoS unmans Bridge Console 2. Shaard says, "The Res, from the SEN REP, on a target, combined their maneuverability, and our weapons effective ranges, determines how easy it is to hit them." Shaard says, "The higher we can make our Resolution, the better" Shaard says, "The lower we can make our Signature, the better." Shaard says, "There are many ways to do this." Shaard says, "The most direct method is the use of ECM and ECCM. These are subsets of the EW system." Shaard says, "TACT ALLOC 0 0 1" --[Tactical/Weapon Allocation Report]------------------------------------------ Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total Tactical 20.000 GW: 26% Beam Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] Missile Weap None: 0% [-----------------------------------] EW Systems 20.000 GW: 26% ECM 10.000 GW: 13% [=====------------------------------] ECCM 10.000 GW: 13% [=====------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "This will divert all tactical power to EW." Shaard says, "by default, it allocates half to ECM, and half to ECCM." Shaard says, "We've already turned these on with EW ON, so, TACT STAT" --[Tactical Status Report]----------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise LRS Resolution: 187.083% SRS Resolution: 509.902% LRS Signature: 53.452% SRS Signature: 1079.659% Visibility: 100.000% Tactical Power: 20.000 GW Beam Freq: 123.456 GHz Missile Freq: 69.450 GHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beam Power: None/900.000 GW : 0% [--------------------] Missile Power: None/4.000 GW : 0% [--------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- LR Sensors 100% No Damage Resolution: 100.000% SR Sensors 100% No Damage Resolution: 100.000% EW Systems 100% No Damage LR/SR ECM 1.9/5.1 ECCM 1.9/5.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "note the EW System status line at the bottom." tIqHoS has connected. tIqHoS says, "Thanks for waiting!" tIqHoS mans Bridge Console 2. Shaard says, "these are multipliers to the LRS/SRS Sig's and Res's." Shaard says, "Ti, TACT STAT" Shaard says, "last line." Shaard says, "C just did a TACT ALLOC 0 0 1 to put all power from Tactical into Electronic Warfare." tIqHoS says, "I have it..ECM 1.9/5.1 ECCM 1.9/5.1" Shaard says, "type POWER to see it. we've got 10 GW in ECM and ECCM" Shaard nods. Shaard says, "The ECM is Electronic Counter-Measures." Shaard says, "The ECCM is Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures." Shaard says, "ECM makes it harder for an opponent to see us." Shaard says, "ECM will lower our LRS and SRS signatures." Shaard says, "that last line says LR/SR ECM 1.9/5.1" Shaard says, "with 10 GW to ECM, our LRS Sig will be DIVIDED by 1.9" Shaard says, "and our SRS Sig will be DIVIDED by 5.1" Shaard says, "Correspondingly, the LR/SR ECCM 1.9/51 means..." Shaard says, "...thatour LRS Resolution will be multilplied by 1.9" Shaard says, "and our SRS Resolution will be multiplied by 5.1" Shaard says, "You follow this?" Corbet nods. Shaard says, "Let me demonstrate the difference." Shaard says, "EW OFF" [Corbet]--[Electronic warfare systems offline] Shaard says, "TACT STAT" --[Tactical Status Report]----------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise LRS Resolution: 100.000% SRS Resolution: 100.000% LRS Signature: 100.000% SRS Signature: 5505.200% Visibility: 100.000% Tactical Power: 20.000 GW Beam Freq: 123.456 GHz Missile Freq: 69.450 GHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beam Power: None/900.000 GW : 0% [--------------------] Missile Power: None/4.000 GW : 0% [--------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- LR Sensors 100% No Damage Resolution: 100.000% SR Sensors 100% No Damage Resolution: 100.000% EW Systems 100% No Damage Rating: (20.000 GW) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "note the LRS/SRS Sig/Res now, without the benefit of our EW." Shaard says, "the SRS Sig is huge right now, because we are running our reactors." Shaard says, "okay. EW ON" [Corbet]--[Electronic warfare systems online] Shaard says, "TACT STAT" --[Tactical Status Report]----------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise LRS Resolution: 187.083% SRS Resolution: 509.902% LRS Signature: 53.452% SRS Signature: 1079.659% Visibility: 100.000% Tactical Power: 20.000 GW Beam Freq: 123.456 GHz Missile Freq: 69.450 GHz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beam Power: None/900.000 GW : 0% [--------------------] Missile Power: None/4.000 GW : 0% [--------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System Name Funct Status Specifics ---------------- ----- --------------- ---------------------------------------- LR Sensors 100% No Damage Resolution: 100.000% SR Sensors 100% No Damage Resolution: 100.000% EW Systems 100% No Damage LR/SR ECM 1.9/5.1 ECCM 1.9/5.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "The Resolutions went way up, the signatures came down, exactly as specified by the EW systems line." Shaard says, "Are we clear on the function of EW then?" --[Sensor Report]-------------------------------------------------------------- ### Type Res Bearing Range Arcs Heading Speed Arcs Name Class flags --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 6 Ship 100 21 321 1563.44 FPD 201 39 None FPSUD JHV Dominatrix AEeS --- ---- --- ------- ------- ----- ------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ 1 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPUD 0 0 None APD M 3 Plan 100 205 353 0.62994 APSUD 0 0 None FSU Vulcan 4 Plan 44 22 7 [4.792] FPUD 0 0 None APD M ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course: 24.461 6.935 Speed: Stationary Location: Open Space Velocity: Stationary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tIqHoS says, "How is it that our srs sig. is high yet the lrs sig. is low?" Corbet says, "Sure are." Shaard says, "power output impacts SRS." Shaard says, "SRS Sig." Shaard says, "Velocity impacts LRS Sig." Shaard says, "We're not moving, but our reactors are all at full." Shaard says, "thus we have a normal LRS sig, but a high SRS sig." Shaard says, "we need to hop back to MODE HELM" Shaard says, "for a moment." Shaard says, "Riht now, all helm power is in movement." Shaard says, "All 52 GW." tIqHoS says, "If we were traveling at warp the lrs would increase?" Shaard says, "the LRS Sig would increase, yes." Shaard says, "HELM ALLOC 20 32 0" --[Helm/Navigation Allocation Report]------------------------------------------ Allocation EPS Power ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- Total Helm 52.000 GW: 67% Movement 20.000 GW: 26% [=========--------------------------] Shields 32.000 GW: 41% Forward shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Starboard shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Aft shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Port shield 8.000 GW: 10% [====-------------------------------] Other None: 0% [-----------------------------------] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shaard says, "we'll leave 20 GW in Movememnt so we can get that maximized impulse speed." Shaard says, "theother 32 will feed the shields." Shaard says, "HELM STAT" --[Helm Status Report]--------------------------------------------------------- Galactic X Y Z: -9178.444 60.000 -0.600 Relative X Y Z: 18.600 67.200 -0.600 Destinat X Y Z: 18.600 67.200 -0.600 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: USS Lexington Class: Enterprise Territory: Federation Quadrant: Beta V