(G248 04/09/2015 via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, MI) 38

(G248 04/09/2015 via Roll20 - JF(GM), AP, MI) 38

DAY 103 (wed)  continued ...

1900 hours
The AI known as James Adam put in several requests with Voyager. One was permission to search through the ship's computer's databases.
The other was for raw materials for repairs to its robotic Physical Avatar.

When it received no word on either request it went to Main Engineering and talked to B'Ellana Torres. She told him to put all requests
through Ensign Kirk. She was perhaps put off by Adam's cold and impersonal manner.

When Adam contacted Kirk he was told to fill in the proper forms.

But Kirk was misunderstanding the nature of his new command. When he contacted the Quartermaster for all the equipment he and Adam wanted
the curt reply was 'Do you not know that Voyager's supplies are at rock bottom? Your ship is better equipped than us! Sort your own stuff out!'

2300
There was one last conference with Harvin Hala, tying up the last of the Banean mission loose ends.


DAY 104 (thu)

0700
Ensign Kirk, now with his cabin relocated to the Cacophony, reports for duty at the Cacophony bridge.

Kirk receives further instructions from Captain Janeway, which can be summarised thusly;
'Go to the Vulcan Preserver world and carry out your mission. Then rendezvous with us at the system of Drydax. From there we will
continue together. Please attempt to find faster warp engines for the Cacophony. Your ship is too big to fit the hole left by the
Aeroshuttle so my plan is to rebuild it and the Cacophony will become an escort vessel. In order to not hold us up though the Cacophony
needs to be fitted out with at least warp 6 engines. If its not by the time we meet again at Drydax then it will have to be abandoned
or sold.'

Kirk, Adam and the rest of the crew spend some time researching the local area for where they can buy faster engines for the Caco.

There were several options at the Banean homeworld but in the end Kirk opted for a deep space breakers yard on the way to the Vulcan Preserver
planet of Huroc where Warp 7 engines were offered for sale. The advert read,

'Grottog the Blaxion has a great deal on Norlot Fast Attack Vessel Engines. WARP 7. Hardly any wear on them at all! Cost yah [CLASSIFIED] Credits!'

Kirk realised he would have to come up with the credits from somewhere though and began thinking of the things he could sell. He started by
selling off a few of James Adam's 'secrets' from the Numiri destroyer but it turned out they were not worth much.

1200
Ensign Kirk arranges to sell some of the Photon Torpedoes in exchange for a Dilithium scanner. With the scanner he planned to search
for Dilithium on the way to Huroc and hopefully come up with enough to buy the second hand warp engines from Grottog the Blaxion.

2000
The deal is done and the scanner is installed. Adam integrates the scanner into his own systems.

The rest of the ships crew worked on the following:

Paterson - Plotting the route they would take to Huroc
Dell     - Fitting the scanners
Murphy   - Getting familiar with the systems of the Caco
Celes    - Studying the ships sensors

Murphy and Celes were new additions to the crew. Crewman Pat Murphy was a science specialist with specialisations on Agronomy and Anatomy.
Kirk primarily selected him as he could operate the Dilithium Scanner. Crewman Tal Cales was a young female bajoran with experience in
ships sensors and communications.


DAY 105 (fri)

0900
After a big breakfast of heated up ration packs they set off. Ensign Kirk was rather surprised that Voyager had already left while
he was asleep. They set off for Huroc at the maximum speed that the Cacophony could travel; Warp 4.

1500
The targeting scanner started registering false positives and had to be repaired by Crewman Dell.

2000
The Caco arrives at the first likely place for Dilithium mining, in part of the outer Oort Cloud of the Banean system.
The area is already being mined by nine small mining ships. The purchased a quantity of unrefined dilithium from a numiri
miner.

2200
Ensign Kirk retires to his cabin, after setting up a watch rotation.

0.278 LY Travelled

DAY 106 (sat)

The Cacophony continues on its way to Huroc at its max speed of Warp 4. (0.556 LY Travelled)

0800
The Dual Phase Cannon starts issuing routine maintenance required warnings. Crewman Dell spends the next six hours
sorting it all out.

Kirk and Adam also cannibalise parts of the ship, including life support, to set up a dilithium refinery in the hold.
They finish it at 2200.



DAY 107 (sun)

The Cacophony continues on its way to Huroc at its max speed of Warp 4. (0.834 LY Travelled)

Today was uneventful except for the fact that the Warp Engine started to report faults and Adam spent two hours
repairing them, digging into the precious dilithium supplies to do so.

He then told off the crew for not using the engines correctly, which was the source of the damage in his opinion.



DAY 108 (mon)

The Cacophony continues on its way to Huroc at its max speed of Warp 4. (1.112 LY Travelled)

Today the Life Support system reported venting. In the end Ensign Kirk used talcum powder (his own personal supply?)
to find the leak. They then patched it up.


DAY 109 (tue)

The Cacophony continues on its way to Huroc at its max speed of Warp 4. (1.39 LY Travelled)

1100
Both Crewman Paterson and Celes report hearing a 'clunking' sound. After some investigation it was thought that a bit
of the empty escape pod bay had fallen off and hit the hull as it escaped the warp bubble.

Today Adam, working on MATSE reported that it was finished and ready for MATSE sets to be replicated from the final working
proto-type.

Kirk was pleased.