Sierra-18:First Mission - Bad Weather
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Mission Summary
Captain’s Mission Summary Log Stardate 20805.08
Captain Joseph E. Valiant recording:
Shortly after taking over Sierra 18, and amidst conducting repairs, a powerful ion storm approached the station. Because of the power requirements to keep the shields operational to protect the station, all non-essential personnel was evacuated and the power gained from no sustaining a large number of crew and civilians was channeled to the shields.
Once the storm hit, its strange effects on subspace along with interaction with our shields began producing spatial anomalies which began to alter the mental capacity of many of the stations crew. Due to the quick thinking of the medical and science departments, the effects were mitigated, and the crew was able to function. Additionally, the Tactical department altered the shield configuration to prevent any new anomalies to form, allowing the medical departments work to remain effective.
Once the storm passed, and power could be properly channeled to the required systems, any remaining anomaly formed was collapsed.
With the storm passed and the anomalies cleared, all crew and civilians were called back, and life is beginning to return to normal.
End log.
Captain’s Log Stardate 20803.23
Captain’s Log Stardate 20803.23
Captain Joseph E. Valiant recording:
After only a few days since my return to my indigenous universe, the station’s sensors detected a severe ion storm. Its projected path put the station directly in its way. Because of the intensity of the storm, the power to the shields would be very demanding. So, as a result, power has been cut to all by several decks to allow all available power to be channeled into the shields, the station has been evacuated of all non essential personnel, and a skeleton crew remains to assure the station weathers the storm.
We’re only but a short time into the storm, and have already lost gravity to the station. In addition to that it seems crew performance is severely lacking; this is evident by the time it’s requiring to repair the stations gravity. Part of me wishes I could blame this decrease in performance on crew morale due to the mental stress of dealing with this situation or our close living situations, that or the stations gravity being offline; however, I fear that the reason this problem has yet to be resolved is due to the competency of our Chief Engineer. Her attitude alone during this crisis has much room for improvement, and her leadership skills are speaking for themselves. Perhaps I’ve made a mistake promoting her...
Aside from these issues, the station is fairing well.
Eng log.
Captain’s Log Stardate 20804.30
Captain’s Log Stardate 20804.30
Captain Joseph E. Valiant recording:
It would seem the cause of the crew's lack of performance was me. Better yet, it was my perception of the situation. Shortly after the storm began, spatial distortions began to form around the station due to the storms interaction with the shields; we didn’t know that at the time however. It was discovered by the Science and Medical departments that these distortions were having an adverse affect on the crew. These affects manifested themselves by hallucinations and other mental conditions.
Armed with this knowledge, the remaining medical staff began work on developing and distributing an antidote to combat these distortions affects. Meanwhile science began work on eliminating the distortions all together.
After a short time, science finished putting the puzzle together, and discovered that the shields were the primary cause that the distortions were encompassing the station. It was as if the station with its shields was a large rock in the middle of a swift moving stream. Like any large obstruction, the disruption created turbulence downstream. This turbulence for us was in the form of these spatial distortions. When this was discovered, Tactical quickly suggested that if we changed the formation of our shields to make them more streamlined with the current of the storm, that it would potentially solve the problem. So tactical reconfigured the shields, and it greatly reduced the formation of any new anomalies. That in conjunction with the antidote that medical had developed then put the stations crew out risk of being further affected.
Once the storms passed and we’re able to devote the necessary power to do so, we’ll collapse the remaining distortions, and proceed on with getting the station setup to accommodate civilian life and normal operations once again.
Eng log.
Captain’s Log Stardate 20805.07
Captain’s Log Stardate 20805.07
Captain Joseph E. Valiant recording:
With the storm passed station life is returning to normal. That is if there was a ‘normal’ in the first place; we’ve only had the station up and running for a short time now so it’s truly too soon for me to call anything normal. That aside, things on the station are returning to what they were before the storm. Civilians are once again roaming the promenade, families are moving into their quarters, business people are setting up shops, and the station’s crew seems to be settling in just fine. In fact talking of the crew's settling in, it’s been brought to my attention that in a few days there’s going to be a small party for the officer’s in the holodeck…something dealing with a Hawaiian theme; this to me is a very positive sign that the crews adjusting to the station life. Orders from Star Fleet may however force me for the most part to miss this event. Tomorrow they’re sending over to Starbase 157 for a conference hosted by Star Fleet Tactical Command where I’ll then be bringing home 12 of our purposed 18 fighters; I’m told the other 6 are on their way on a transport now. My return here will be later in the afternoon on Saturday, the day the staff party is intended to be which may cause me to be very late or even force me to miss the event completely. Regardless, I will have to at least attempt to make a brief appearance if for anything but for crew morale.
Eng log.
