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Post by Capt Jim Harsting (Ret) on May 16, 2006 16:49:39 GMT -5
Difficulty Level: Mid-High
You are the chief engineer of the USS Pegasus, UFMV-25317.
As an engineer, it is your duty to maintain all systems on the ship so as to safeguard the many lives aboard the vessel.
By rank, you are Lt. Commander, and hold the highest rank outside of bridge officers.
While at warp, the Pegasus is struck by some unknown energy, and immediately drops out of warp.
Furthermore, the energy overloaded the EPS (Power) systems and made it to where the plasma (which supplies power) cannot be rerouted or cut off. In order to repair the EPS system, it will take over 12 hours. Communications are down from decks 4 up to 1 (the bridge). Also, the emergency bulkheads for turbolifts and crawlways have blocked the way between each deck between four and one, making them inaccessible. These will not be able to be removed until main power is restored.
Internal sensor resolution is too low to pick up definite life signs anywhere else in the ship, however, they do register plasma fires throughout decks 1 through 4, especially on the bridge.
Plasma fires are fed by oxygen, just like normal fires. As long as life support remains on these decks, the fires will be fed. Fire supression is down ship wide due to the power failures, and the plasma fires are spreading, according to the sensor readings, and will engulf the antimatter pods within 2 hours. If this happens, the antimatter containment will fail, and the ship will explode.
The only system you can reliably control on those decks is life support.
The last known location of General Weslynes, and her senior staff, was on the bridge.
What do you do?
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Post by mac on May 17, 2006 10:30:34 GMT -5
::After reflecting on the scenario at hand Mac is ready to answer. He feels there is only one correct way to go about this scenario. Without any further delay he would cut the oxygen/life support on decks 1 through 4 to suppress the fires that are raging out of control. Macs thinking is that the lives of say 30 people, even including the top brass on the ship, is better then putting 500 crew and civilians lives in danger. He would make out his log, inform starfleet high command, and assume command of the Pegasus temporarily due to his rank. This he feels is one of them no win scenarios. He wonders if he could go about terminating lives so easily in a real live situation. He knows he would have to but it would weigh heavily on his conscious.::
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Post by Lt. Zandile Hanson on May 30, 2006 15:29:58 GMT -5
::She listens to the scenario thoughtfully.:: It seemed that the situation had one logical answer, to terminate life support on the bridge to put out the fires and save the rest of the ship.
However, the purpose of the simulation is to try different possibilities. Starting the simulation, she would try to get communications up or more accurate lifesign readings of decks 1-4. Because of the fires, the people on decks 1-4 were probably already dead or seriously injured anyway, and if there were no responses on sensors or communications, she would cut life support without hesitation.
If there are lifesigns, then attempts should be made to cut through bulkheads and provide an escape route for people trying to escape the top 4 decks. If people can get out, others (in whatever haz-mat or enviromental suits are available) could get in and put out the fires without having to cut life support. If the teams couldn't put out the fires in two hours, or couldn't get in in two hours, then life support would be cut at that point to save the rest of the ship. Once main power is restored, the highest ranking officer would take command and we would make for the nearest base for repairs and an inevitable debreifing from the higher up regarding the unfortunate incident.
::Somewhat satisfied that she had given a good response, she ended the program and exited the holodeck, glad that this had been just a simulation.::
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Post by yheathrienteh on Jun 2, 2006 2:43:37 GMT -5
Walking in he makes up his mind quickly.He gives the crew on decks 1 through 4 20 minutes to get into environmental suits.Then I would cut life support on those decks and extinguish the fire.I am sure it is what the General would want and the ship and its crew is far more important.Once the fires where out and all systems were repaired I would have all available crew to search the decks for survivor's.
I would get the ship back to the nearest Star Base and hail for any available assistance if available.END PROGRAM
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Post by navycob on Jul 21, 2006 9:33:50 GMT -5
Knowing General Weslynes, I know that her first priority would be the safety of the ship. Also, not being familiar with the hull of the Pegasus, my first reaction would be to check for air locks external to the ship that could be use to send a fire fighting team to the affected decks from the outside of the ship. Were this not possible, and knowing that if anyone was alive on desk 1-4, they would, or should know what myself or anyone left below those desks would have to do. If they knew this, they would know that life support would be going down, and hopefully find and get into pressure suit. I would then remove power to life support on desks 1-4, and monitor the fires closely. As soon as I could assertain that the fires were out, or at least minimized, I would restore life support, in the hopes that some personnel survived the brief outage. I would continue this regiment of turning off and back on, life support, as long as I could, while engineering teams continued repairs. I would also begin exploring ways to cut through the emergency bulkheads to gain access to the affected desks that way. Once power had been restored, teams would enter the desk, looking for survivors. If none were found, I would assume command, and take the ship to the nearest space dock for repairs, and my report to higher coomand.
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Post by vraxlis on Nov 11, 2006 19:50:40 GMT -5
::Smiling faintly, as he brings up the scenario, he listens to the precursor information::
Using his force of will, he directs his will into the bulkheads, opening doors as he makes his way to the upper decks, to retrieve any remaining live crew (isolating them through mental signatures), and bring them down to sick bay. Allowing time for him to effect repairs to the warp cores.
With a timed use of the airlocks, ships schematics, and the overall view of the damaged sections, he leads the engineers back into the damaged sections to start cutting off the internal plasma vents. Then quickly, before there is an overload, sets up a plasma vent from the warpnecells for the excess pressure to escape.
Effecting repairs through replacing necessary parts, or rerouting power where possible, he would turn the ship back to the nearest Starbase for a more permanent solution. Due to the damage to the main bridge, the command functions would be transferred to the Battle Bridge.
Barring any more unforeseen accidents, he would then monitor the warp cores under minimal power in order to limp the ship back to the repair dock. Though it may take a few extra weeks, no new lives would be lost.
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