Ensign/Agent Thomas Richards
Chief Operations Officer
USS Normandy
Second Lieutenant John Moore
Marine
USS Normandy
Chief Operations Officer
USS Normandy
Second Lieutenant John Moore
Marine
USS Normandy
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#2
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
November 26, 2007, 11:10:56 PM
Tom shrugged. "I was young, and I'm sure even you remember what it was like to be nieve like that, Director." he said, stating Simon's Intelligence Rank. "Still, not only was no harm done, but I highlighted a few areas for improvement in the network security, which I noticed were worked upon, but could use some more effort."
"And it seems that Admiral Yates is a wise man. I wouldn't want me as my enemy, either. Especially when given enough time I can coax whatever piece of information out of a computer system."
"And it seems that Admiral Yates is a wise man. I wouldn't want me as my enemy, either. Especially when given enough time I can coax whatever piece of information out of a computer system."
#3
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
November 30, 2007, 10:55:14 PM
Tom calmly tapped in commands on his console, unfased by the destruction of the ship around him. He made the decision that it was more important that they got as close to the surface as possible before the ship broke up than them surviving any heraani attacks, and so diverted all power from rear shields, the now empty marine deck, and all non-essential or now-unusable systems to the front shields, managing to raise them by 13.43%
"Power conduits are rupturing all throughout the ship. The EMH is offline. Captain; I recommend the order to be given for non-essential crews to abandon ship via the escape pods. The ship is coming apart and we may start losing people soon too."
As he spoke, his console lost all contact with the computer systems in the port nacelle, meaning it had either had it's systems disconnected from the rest of the ship somehow, or the nacelle was gone completely.
"Power conduits are rupturing all throughout the ship. The EMH is offline. Captain; I recommend the order to be given for non-essential crews to abandon ship via the escape pods. The ship is coming apart and we may start losing people soon too."
As he spoke, his console lost all contact with the computer systems in the port nacelle, meaning it had either had it's systems disconnected from the rest of the ship somehow, or the nacelle was gone completely.
#4
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
November 26, 2007, 09:52:29 PM
"That would depend entirely on the situation, Sir. If it was for the good of the Federation, or you were going completely rogue, then yes, I would shoot you."
#5
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
November 26, 2007, 10:44:43 PM
"Of course you were aware, Sir. The resourceful can bypass the security of even Starfleet Intelligence if their mind is set to it and they have the right tools. I know that there is more than meets the eye to you, Sir, and I know that your access goes a lot higher than a mere Starfleet Captain."
#6
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
January 24, 2008, 08:55:34 PM
Richards had kept out of the bulk of the action mostly during the battle on the planet, working on trying to do something with the Lothlorien's systems.
Now that they were on the Heraani ship, however, he had begun work on locking out as many files as he could find on the Heraan database on behalf of Starfleet Intelligence. He was good at his job, very good, and made sure that there was no trace of him accessing the systems. As far as any of the other crew were concerned, the files had been locked by the Heraan. There were a few files, however, that managed to escape this, as the database was too large to lock everything down covertly and quickly.
Now that they were on the Heraani ship, however, he had begun work on locking out as many files as he could find on the Heraan database on behalf of Starfleet Intelligence. He was good at his job, very good, and made sure that there was no trace of him accessing the systems. As far as any of the other crew were concerned, the files had been locked by the Heraan. There were a few files, however, that managed to escape this, as the database was too large to lock everything down covertly and quickly.
#7
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
November 26, 2007, 09:16:06 PM
Tom breathed in, and then out again through his nose. "Well, Sir; I expect you already know a great deal about me already. If you want to know more, however; I almost faced a court-martial in my time at the Academy. My CO was being tried for testing an unsafe device, and I refused to testify. No action was taken against me, however, since enough of my classmates testified against him to convict him."
#8
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
January 24, 2008, 09:25:48 PM
"Well, it's Heraan for one." He said, jokingly. More seriously, he said; "It's database has a huge amount of information. Terrabyte after Terrabyte of the stuff. Some of the crew may have accessed parts of it before I could lock it all. There's information on species in the galaxy older than humans, Sir. My guess is the Heraan have been around a lot longer than I thought, or they have been given some of the knowledge of the Najigat."
"This ship doesn't have any special purpose other than to try and wipe the annoyance called the Federation off the face of the Galaxy. That would lead to suggest that this is the more standard end of their knowledge, and that larger facilities dedicated to information would have more. That's just a guess though."
"This ship doesn't have any special purpose other than to try and wipe the annoyance called the Federation off the face of the Galaxy. That would lead to suggest that this is the more standard end of their knowledge, and that larger facilities dedicated to information would have more. That's just a guess though."
#9
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
November 24, 2007, 01:01:10 AM
Tom sat in the briefing, quiet as usual. He had come onboard the ship before it's departure, working as the Ops officer. He always tended to quietly observe and do what was needed from him, but he felt he needed to speak up here.
"Sirs" he paused, deciding it would be best to introduce himself, as he hadn't drawn any notice to himself before, and would be an unknown. "- Ensign Richards, Operations Officer - has the computer given us a location for this molecule?"
"Sirs" he paused, deciding it would be best to introduce himself, as he hadn't drawn any notice to himself before, and would be an unknown. "- Ensign Richards, Operations Officer - has the computer given us a location for this molecule?"
#10
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
November 26, 2007, 08:07:58 PM
Tom sat down calmly and silently, his face blank. "What would you like to know, Captain?" he asked.
#11
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
November 24, 2007, 01:28:59 AM
Tom nodded silently. He'd run a sensor sweep after the briefing, double-check the computer's initial readings. For now, he sat back and listened quietly to the rest of the briefing.
#12
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
December 19, 2007, 07:34:37 PM
As the battered deflector dish began charging in it's damaged state, if began to glow. At first just a subtle light, but it gradually built up to a brilliantly bright blue glow. A slight humming could be heard from anyone close enough to it.
As soon as his sensors showed all the Marines inside, the ones right near the dish among them, Tom's eyes flicked back to the readings on the panel infront of him. "Ten seconds!" he warned, as a few sparks shot out from the dish outside as it strained to hold less power than it would have for normal operating.
When he knew that the deflector had charged as much as it was capable, he ran the commands to run an override in it's systems, putting all of that power into the currently inactive shields at once.
There was sudden silence outside for a split second. Then a thunderous wave of blue energy expanded rapidly out from the ship, pushing everything with it - Heraan soldiers, corpses - both Heraan and Federation - rocks, discarded weapons, wreckage from the ship itself. Each and every one of them was thrown back, with no chance of resisting, until the deflectors burnt out, completely inoperable now. The Heraan, however, were now on the floor - disorientated, and without the charge, momentum and advantage they had only moments ago.
As soon as his sensors showed all the Marines inside, the ones right near the dish among them, Tom's eyes flicked back to the readings on the panel infront of him. "Ten seconds!" he warned, as a few sparks shot out from the dish outside as it strained to hold less power than it would have for normal operating.
When he knew that the deflector had charged as much as it was capable, he ran the commands to run an override in it's systems, putting all of that power into the currently inactive shields at once.
There was sudden silence outside for a split second. Then a thunderous wave of blue energy expanded rapidly out from the ship, pushing everything with it - Heraan soldiers, corpses - both Heraan and Federation - rocks, discarded weapons, wreckage from the ship itself. Each and every one of them was thrown back, with no chance of resisting, until the deflectors burnt out, completely inoperable now. The Heraan, however, were now on the floor - disorientated, and without the charge, momentum and advantage they had only moments ago.
#13
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
December 02, 2007, 08:50:40 PM
=/\="Richards to Bridge. I'm at the EPS Conduits *static* Deck Fou*****Sensors fif*****cent operational. Trying to repair**********nications."=/\=
Tom began rewiring the systems behind the panel he was working at, trying to get at least internal communications working temporarily. He had to hot-wire the thing to send his last message, and got a few burns on his hands and face from sparks for his troubles. Finally, he managed to replace the completely wrecked systems with some workable ones from other, now useless systems. =/\="Captain. Internal Communications are back online, though there are sections of the ship where the signal won't reach due to the damaged systems. I'm going to head over to the long range communications and subspace relay, I may be able to get them functional, as I believe some new parts were stowed in Cargo Bay Four before our departure for various systems.
"Also, Sir I found out something while trying to get sensors operational. Some of the systems such as internal force fields read as working on our consoles when they actually don't. If we can, we need to get an engineer on them right away. Richards out"=/\=
Tom stood up quickly, and then grasped his head. He needed to remember to take it slower until he could find a doctor to patch him up, else his head will feel like it is now - his brain trying to escape through his forehead and temples. Leaning on the wall for support, Tom waited for the pain to die down.
Then he moved off towards the jeffreys tube.
Tom began rewiring the systems behind the panel he was working at, trying to get at least internal communications working temporarily. He had to hot-wire the thing to send his last message, and got a few burns on his hands and face from sparks for his troubles. Finally, he managed to replace the completely wrecked systems with some workable ones from other, now useless systems. =/\="Captain. Internal Communications are back online, though there are sections of the ship where the signal won't reach due to the damaged systems. I'm going to head over to the long range communications and subspace relay, I may be able to get them functional, as I believe some new parts were stowed in Cargo Bay Four before our departure for various systems.
"Also, Sir I found out something while trying to get sensors operational. Some of the systems such as internal force fields read as working on our consoles when they actually don't. If we can, we need to get an engineer on them right away. Richards out"=/\=
Tom stood up quickly, and then grasped his head. He needed to remember to take it slower until he could find a doctor to patch him up, else his head will feel like it is now - his brain trying to escape through his forehead and temples. Leaning on the wall for support, Tom waited for the pain to die down.
Then he moved off towards the jeffreys tube.
#14
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
November 25, 2007, 11:49:16 PM
After leaving the briefing. Tom ran the sensor sweep as he had planned, and confirmed the computer's readings as to the location of the Omega Molecule exactly. At least they had put some decent sensor systems in the Lothlorien.
As the ship shook, Tom quietly regained his posture, redirecting power to ensure the efficiency of the ship's systems. Dolan seemed to work efficiently, and saw him order the DC teams to the damaged areas. A competent crew, as well as systems, then.
"Mr. Richards?" Aariya said quietly, walking up to the man. "The Captain would like to see you in his Ready Room."
"Aye." was all Tom said, as he nodded and moved away, allowing the relief officer to take his post.
Stepping into the ready room, Tom stood straight as the door hissed shut behind him. "Sir."
As the ship shook, Tom quietly regained his posture, redirecting power to ensure the efficiency of the ship's systems. Dolan seemed to work efficiently, and saw him order the DC teams to the damaged areas. A competent crew, as well as systems, then.
"Mr. Richards?" Aariya said quietly, walking up to the man. "The Captain would like to see you in his Ready Room."
"Aye." was all Tom said, as he nodded and moved away, allowing the relief officer to take his post.
Stepping into the ready room, Tom stood straight as the door hissed shut behind him. "Sir."
#15
U.S.S. Normandy / Mission 5 "The Great Blue Yonder"
December 01, 2007, 09:45:15 AM
Tom pulled himself up on his console. He had a gash on his head, a nosebleed, and he could feel some blood trickling down his right leg.
The console in front of him was only barely functioning, the controls flickering on and off. "Shields....offline. Life Support out on all decks minus Decks 1, 3 and Deck 5, Section 1. Hull Breaches on all decks. Transporters...have a minute amount of power but are not functional. Weapons systems are either offline or destroyed. The lower three decks and the forward section of the main hull are.......gone, Sir."
The console in front of him was only barely functioning, the controls flickering on and off. "Shields....offline. Life Support out on all decks minus Decks 1, 3 and Deck 5, Section 1. Hull Breaches on all decks. Transporters...have a minute amount of power but are not functional. Weapons systems are either offline or destroyed. The lower three decks and the forward section of the main hull are.......gone, Sir."