Subject: Grail - The Great Brightness' - `Lab Report'
<<Stardate: 47307.29- 15:13>>
<<Stellar Cartography>>
François sat back in his chair while Hillary Singh checked the data
again. He was pooped. It had been a long shift the night before and he
had worked like a demented today. The doors to the Stellar
Cartography lab opened and Alison Donucci walked in.
François and Alison hadn't spoken much since the brig
incident, keeping their conversation strictly professional and
saying as little as possible. It had been a cold ten days.
"So what have you got?" she asked as much François as Hillary.
The latter was the one to respond.
"Here Lieutenant," she said, pointing to the viewscreen, "now
that we are closer to the Great Brightness, our sensors have been
able to pick up more information and also a possible way through.
If we navigate the gravitational borders in this manner we could
get up to the last star. However, this last one blocks any exit using
the borders, but with a well calculated trajectory, we could use it's
own gravitational pull to get us around it and out of the Great
Brightness."
Donucci frowned, "This is definately good news, but the data
from the sensors is still unreliable because of the interference."
François cut in, "That's right, but hopefully we'll be able to
confirm this route with the information from the probe we will be
lauching tonight. We'll know where to look."
Taking a moment to take in all the information Alison tries to gather
her thoughts to make sure nothing is overlooked, then turns to François
and states.
"Lieutenant DeMontigny I would like to know what effects the immense
gravitational pull will have on the integrity of the ships structure."
Pausing to complete her thoughts, "You should coordinate this with
engineering."
"With all this radiation do you know if the shields will protect
the ship and the crew?" asks Alison. "Exactly how much time
will we be saving by taking this route.?" Staring strait at François
searching for any signs of the smugness in her subordinate that could
cause concern for her.
François grinned at his superior, obviously enjoying knowing more than
she did on the situation. "All in all, we will be saving almost of month
of travelling. As for the radiation, I suspect we will have to keep the
shields at maximum during the whole time, but I still have to verify
this with Science and Engineering. I'll have a report ready for our
meeting with the captain tomorrow at 0900 hours."
"I'd like a chance to familiarize myself with what you come up with
before the meeting." Alison requests, not wanting to be embarrassed by
any blunders in François work. "Please make sure you double check your
facts lieutenant."
DeMontigny put on a hurt expression. "Chef, you wound me. After all, I
am the best helmsman on the ship. If I made mistakes, who knows where
we'd be!" He smiled as he left the lab with his usual smile on his face.
Joint post by
Lt. Alison Donucci
Lt(jg) François DeMontigny