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Search for Lost Tech

Posted on Thu Nov 14th, 2019 @ 12:41pm by Captain Enalia Telvan & Lieutenant Commander Thex sh'Zoarhi

Mission: Family Detention
Location: Captain's Quarters
Timeline: 2396

With the Hera docked for repairs at Jupiter station and having some free time on her hands Thex was feeling rather happy with herself. Tothye and Decises were both happily sleeping down in her quarters so now she could finish off some tasks she needed to do.

Arriving outside the captain's quarters Thex pulled the PaDD from her pocket and pressed the button. " Captain it's Thex here to see you about the upcoming tests." She said politely.

From inside the quarters, there was a flurry of excited sounds followed by silence for a moment before the door to the Captain's quarters finally opened to the odd sight of Enalia covered head to toe in a red lace-up leather outfit was revealed. Her face was covered in sweat and she was doing her best to catch her breath. "Ah, yes... The tests... Ah... What... Which tests?" She'd been on Earth for most of the past week being interrogated by Starfleet Command so she was a bit out of touch with the going-ons of the crew, on top of starting some shore leave herself with her wife, the holographic entity known as Maica.

" Um is this a bad time captain I can come back later." Thex said as her eyes saw what the captain was wearing.

"No, now is perfectly fine," Enalia replied, glancing back towards the bedroom. "Maica and I were just enjoying each other since Jaeih has Moira for a while and the questioning at command was over. What can I help you with?" As she spoke, a holographic overlay wove itself over the kinky outfit to disguise it as her normal uniform and Maica came sauntering out from the bedroom with a knowing grin on her face, wearing a floor-length purple evening gown that was definitely suspicious.

Thex gave a polite smile to the Orion before she continued. Being caught in her Orion dancing outfit a couple of times she knew the feeling. " I need your authorization for the activation test of my copy of the amazonian bracelets. I have everything ready to go just need an asteroid to run the test on. Don't want to accidentally warp part of the ship into a subspace pocket if the test goes wrong. "

Pausing the Andorian looked around to make sure no one else was in the corridor. " There is something else I was hoping you could help me with. It involves my Thavan."

"Of course. Please come in and we'll talk about it," Enalia glanced around her quarters and motioned for Thex to come in as she moved around picking up odds and ends around the room, tossing them into the bedroom and closing the door. She didn't need to be advertising to the crew that they had a variety of whips and leashes, after all. "Maica, do we have any more of that lovely Andorian iced tea?"

"We do. I'll get some now," the olive-skinned woman replied as she too picked up the quarters, carrying a riding crop to the kitchenette with her.

"I apologize for the mess. We're supposed to be on leave, but until Commander Paris officially takes command..." With one last glance around, Enalia was satisfied and motioned towards the dining table. "Please, have a seat."

"Thanks." Thex said as she took a seat on the couch. " No need to apologize for my own quarters are always a mess, especially with the little ones. " The Andorian said with a grin. " Well, I've told you I've talked with my Thavan? After the holo call the holo transmitter crashed due to a large amount of junk data that had been dumped in its memory banks. When I took a look I found out it wasn't junk data but files in an old Andorian zombo computer code. I've tried to turn the file into regular Federation computer code, but the files keep on becoming corrupted. So to find out what's in them I need a working computer that uses zombo computer code. The only problem is Andorians haven't used them in over three hundred years. I've checked regular channels but can't find one so I was wondering if your pirate clan may know of any that may still be out there. " The sapphire engineer explained.

"I'm sure between the Artans and Maica's resources we can find something for you. It might take a few days though." With a bit of a sigh, Enalia sat down next to Thex as Maica returned with two teacups of Andorian iced tea for them. "Thank you, Maica. In fact, I think I saw a report of an old Andorian mining colony we were considering buying that was in excess of four hundred years old. It might have something you might be able to use."

" Thanks." Thex said taking the tea with a polite smile at the Orion. " Would be nice if you could find one. Zombo code was a nice thing even when it was at its height. I just can't understand how my Thavan learned about it or figure out a way to send it as junk data."

"Sometimes old formats like that are used for security measures. We use similar tactics in the Artan Family now and then. Then again, those that know that are never far from a means of reading such data, so... Yeah..." Enalia sipped at her tea, glancing around the room as if she hadn't just revealed yet another of her biggest secrets. It seemed she was slipping quite a bit today.

" That would make sense, but what my family could have gotten a hold-off and put this much effort to hide is the mystery. They were a bunch of Andorian cultists who believed Vulcans were putting sterilization chemicals in the drinking water." Thex added.

"That honestly sounds like the paranoid type to invest in antique tech to use as security," Enalia replied with a knowing nod. "At least it wasn't stored on magnetic tapes or something."

" And we Andorian's sure are known for our paranoia. " Thex said as she took a sip of her tea.

"I think most races have a deeply paranoid side," the spotted woman replied softly before speaking up a bit louder. "You know, Yeoman Gonadie and Jaeih are excellent with code, and I've heard that Az'Prel is good with older tech like that. They might be able to build a converter or something to adapt the data if you'd rather not wait. Heck, they might even be able to dig up the plans for one of these old devices and replicate one."

" That's something to think about especially if we can't find a working computer. " Thex added as she finished her tea. " I could try seeing if the are any blueprints in the Andorian record center. It's a small chance, but it does leave me some options."

"That's the spirit! Find every angle and hope for the best. I'm sure we'll turn something up soon and get that data unlocked. Was there anything else you wanted to ask about?" Enalia raised her eyebrows curiously, eyeing her Andorian friend over her teacup.

" No nothing else at the moment. " Thex said finishing her tea. " I'll get out of your hair and let you two get back to your fun."

"Ah, thank you," Enalia scratched at the spots on her forehead for a moment before composing herself. "And good luck."

 

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