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Get psychological profiles of all crew members (living or dead) for review and ranking of rebel likelihood.
(Character programmed input into the transmitter to send out every minute a one microsecond signal to either one of the TIE fighter receivers, or on-board system check reciever. Used to detect if someone deleted a transmission from the log, as the cycle would show a missing area where there is no cycle and no logged transmission.)
Zanzetkuken glances around the bridge and frowns. It's unfortunate he didn't add an extra layer of security to the transmission logging routines during the past couple days sitting around in space. It should be possible to create a sort of log-erase checking system by having the system send out a regular transmission packet to be received by another receiver...say, on one of the TIE fighters. Set that system to log all incoming transmissions, so that any outbound transmissions sent from the ship would be logged along with the regular security packets. And if there were any inconsistencies between the two records it would be apparent from the gap.
Of course, it wouldn't be foolproof. A competent programmer with knowledge of the system might be able probably simply access the data and recreate. But with you and BFEL being the only programmers on the ship, that's probably not a huge concern. Either of the communications officers, Radio Controlled and Snail555, would be able to access and delete the logs. But recreate fake logs exactly matching the expected content? Not impossible, maybe. But unlikely.
So exciting! Programming code yay! So much to do! Sitting down at a bridge station, he immediately start coding.
Get psychological profiles of all crew members (living or dead) for review and ranking of rebel likelihood.
...on second thought, it will take at least a few hours to do. The code itself is trivial, but interfacing with the transmitter hardware will take some doing. Plus, both of the TIE fighters are on external clamps and powered down. That means putting on an EVA suit to get out there and set them to log transmissions. And come to think of it, it would be far simpler to to simply power up a fighter and enable logging. That way, even if somebody erases the outbound log on the Dependable, there would still be an
inbound log on the fighter. They'd have to erase both copies, and that would mean either putting on a suit and physically boarding the fighter, or possibly remotely accessing it from the ship. And there are only a couple other crewman capable of doing that, and it would be difficult to get out there and back unnoticed.
Well, later then. It's probably more important to check up on some of the others and see who's the crazy one.
Name: Iituem
Rank: Petty Officer (Logistics)
Homeworld: Sacorria
Psych Evaluation: This man is an utter moron. He can cook and mix drinks, and that is the best that can be said of him. Tests indicate below-average attention span, reasoning ability and a tendency to day dream. He is an embarrassment to the Empire and in a just Galaxy would be shot and used for fertiliser. Not that anyone's going to read this, because his cousin's Tarkin's P.A. and he'll get the job out of nepotism. If some future captain is reading this, I'm sorry. Do yourself a favour and kick him out of the airlock at the first opportunity.
...this does not inspire confidence.
Try and re-open a channel to Lord Vader
if I see people randomly trying to work the comms console, prevent it through non-hostile means. Like standing in front of it or something.
Ghazkull, having been standing near the entrance to the Bridge when Commander Tells was
murdered disciplined, silently observes the bridge crew bicker, and decides to take action. Stepping over to one of the communications consoles and attempting to reestablish contact with Lord Vader, he is interrupted by Radio Controlled hastily getting up and interposing himself between Ghazkull and the console.
There is a moment of tense silence as the two men face off.
Fortunately, the tension is dispelled when Iituem walks into the room with a yellow body bag for Commander Tells:
P.O. Iituem entered med-bay, looked around for a bit and then tried to find the ship's doctor on the computer. Funny, he hadn't seen the man in days. Actually, had anyone? The computer came up with no clear results, so he returned to the bridge with the body bag.
Ituem: "Hey, has anyone seen Dr. Lasken lately? He wasn't in medical, and come to think of it, I haven't seen him in a couple days."Each of you look around at each other. Everyone shrugs. Last person to see the Dr. was Zanzetkuken, for a routine checkup. That was three days ago. Nobody has seen the Doctor since.
Your thoughts are interrupted by a message from mastahcheese, presently in the ship's cargo hold:
"Anyone know anything about the crate in cargo? It's under Tell's name, but otherwise, there's no information on it at all. I'm bringing it up there so you all can see this."
mastahcheese:
"Anyone know anything about the create in the cargo hold?"Oh, right. The cargo. It's a standard duranium small cargo container, about 6x6x6 feet. It's big enough that it would be a bit of a nuisance to cart up to the bridge, but most of you know the container he's talking about. It's no secret. It's in plain view in the hold, and most of you have seen it while passing through the area. According to the cargo manifest, the contents are listed as "Tells - cargo" but there's no further information. The container does have a standard scomp port, so it's plausible that Commander Tells' code cylinder, presently in Seargent Taricus' possession, might open it. But it also has a keypad, and if it requires a passcode as well, it might be more difficult to open.
"Bridge officer Snail, set course for Ryloth and move into hyperspace once you are ready.
Aye sir!
Deciding that the situation of the missing doctor and mysterious cargo container can be dealt with once you're safely into hyperspace, Radio Controlled and Snail plot a course to Ryloth and engage the hyperdrive.
The stars on the bridge viewscreen begin to streak into lines as the ship accelerates into hyperspace.
Nav computer estimates it will take 12 hours to arrive.
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