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Spoiler: CNS-15322 Swiftwing (click to show/hide)

Swan-class light cruiser, produced from 2316 to 2340, first ship CNS-12434 Swan launched from Earth Navy Spaceyard at 2316.7

Registry  Name                                  Last Observed Location(Public)
CNS-14948 Kingfisher A                          2 monthes ago, Near Alpha Centauri II-A
CNS-15322 Swiftwing                             Current, Earth Spacedock, Sol
CNS-15796 Haven                                 2 weeks ago, Deep space near Epsilon Eridani system
CNS-16705 Red Robin                             Current, Rigel V Spacedock, Rigel
CNS-19021 Eagle B                               5 days ago, Near Planet Arcturus
CNS-20119 Kiwi A                                3 weeks ago, Deep space near Sol system
CNS-20283 Little Swan(Last Ship of the class)   Current, StarStation 23

Launched from Utopia Planitia Staryard, Mars at 2325.11 and entered service at 2326.3
The Swiftwing is one of the first(and sadly, also one of the last) ship of Swan-class Light cruiser.
Equipped with top-of-the-line technology, facility and equipment at it's prime, Swan-class formed a large part of the effective defence force throughout the last century, and performed well in both the Second and Third War, and as a result, many ship of this class has been lost in battle.
Originally designed with a service lifespan of 80 years, Swan-class performed beyond all expections, and is certfied of an additional lifespan of 20 years(Actually mainly because of the Third War).
Now this class of ship is meeting its end even with its extended lifespan, and began to show all sort of problem with aging.

As retrieved by Nirur Torir:

Main Hull:
  Length: 245.9 meter
  Height: 39.6 meter
  Width: 48.1 meter
 Total(incl. Hyperlight Engine):
  Length: 297.1 meter
  Height: 47.9 meter
  Width: 97.5 meter
This ship is relatively small for a light cruiser, only slightly larger most heavy destroyer nowadays, but still well-armored when compared to destroyers even with it's age.
It's called Swan-class for a reason, for its long, wide and downswept HL engine pylon connecting elongated main hull and long HL engine.
It's also capable of minimal atmospheric operation, but not landing except in absolute emergency because of the downswept and fixed HL engine pylon, and lack of landing strut. An emergency landing can be a premature end of the ship's service life.

As retrieved by Batista:

The ship has entered service in 2326.3, it's first Captain is Lt. Commander Frakes, who served aboard the ship for 19 years before his KIA in battle at 2340.11.
It have helped mapping out 277 systems, taking part in 596 combat action, destroyed(by major contribution) the following ship by class:
156 Frigates
42 Destroyers
9 Light Cruisers
1 Heavy Cruiser.
And had completed 14 diplomacy missions, 3 intelligence missions and 1 first contact situation.

Record of Major event:
2325.11 Launched
2326.3 Entered Service
2331.4-2342.9 Second War, Damaged and salvaged 2 times at 2338.5, 2340.11
2350.6-9 Major refit
2372.6 Damaged and salvaged in skirmish along the Border
2400.2-2405.7 Third War, Major refit 2400.4-7, Damaged and salvaged at 2404.12
2421.6 End of the 19th assignment cycle

Equipments(Firing arcs and stats are mostly statistical, and for brand-new equipment(hint hint)):
 Weapons:
 2 Confederated Technology HEP8-MK3A-3 Triple mount HEPPC Array (1 on fore dorsal(Class 8, 160 power to fire each array in standard mode, arc Fore 270 degree, Dorsal 85 degree), 1 on mid ventral(Class 8, 160 power to fire each array in standard mode, arc Fore 200 degree, Aft 50 degree(blocked by hyper-light engine) below Ventral 30 degree(Omnidirectional above), Ventral 85 degree))
 4 Confederated Technology HEP6-MK5C-2 Dual mount HEPPC Array (2 on Starboard Aft(Class 6, 70 power to fire each array in standard mode, arc Starboard 160 degree, Dorsal 75 degree, Ventral 55 degree), 2 on Port Aft(Class 6, 70 power to fire each array in standard mode, arc Port 160 degree, Dorsal 75 degree, Ventral 55 degree))
 12 General Weaponery GWHEP5-MK2P HEPPC Cannon(6 on each broadside, incapable of wide-beam, standard beam, 20 power to fire each array in standard mode, arc(Port: Port 170 degree, Dorsal 95 degree, Ventral 90 degree. Starboard: Starboard 170 degree, Dorsal 95 degree, Ventral 90 degree))
 2 Confederated Heavy Weaponery ATT-2C Antimatter torpedo tube (both on fore, 80 power to fire each, 80/80 Ammo: 60 Standard CHW-Mk2 Antimatter torpedo, 20 CHW-Mk2E EMP torpedo(Heavy damage to shield and have a good chance to fry some delicate systems, low structral damage), self-guided, arc Fore 30 degree, Dorsal/Ventral 15 degree)

As retrieved by Para(Paranatural):

The newest weaponery aboard the ship are the twelve General Weaponery GWHEP5-MK2P HEPPC Cannon mounted on port and starboard of the ship, replaced its predecessor in the 2400 refit, you checked your Combat Starship Simulator, and seems like the information in the simulator is pretty accurate, you chilled in your spine.
The oldest is the two Confederated Technology HEP8-MK3A-3 Triple mount HEPPC Array, which is already mounted since the ship's entrance into the service in 2326.
You also notes that the power requirement that listed on the operation manual is the power requirement to fire one of the multiple cannon mounted on the same point.
Also noted is that the 2 main cannon mount's power conduit is directly connected to the reactor core itself, possibly field-modified some years before, that allows more power on the main cannon mount as long as reactor's up, but will cause complications if the core is down, this also incresed the risk of damage in case of an overload feedback from the cannon.
The intergrity of the Weaponery Powergrid is pretty good despite its age, at least when compared to other systems of the ship.

 Propulsions:
 2 Dynamic Technology DI-FIMk4A Fusion Impulse Ion Drive (Sublight movement, aft, cruise .2c, max .5c, 50 power each engine each second each .1c, Generates 100 power per second normally, 150 maximum)
 2 Confederated Hyper-light Type 6/A Mk3 Hyper-light Engine (Hyperlight Movement,starboard and port overboard connected with pylon swept below the main hull, cruise 6.0, max.cruise 7 max 8.5 for 12 hrs, 100 power each engine each second each factor, actual speed X^4 c(X is the factor).)
 Dynamic Technology DI-RCS5A-Mk2 Reaction control system(Sublight manueverability, statistical)

 Power Generation:
 Confederated Hi-Energy Type 7 Mk2 M/AM Reactor(fuel for 3 years normal operation:100%, Normal output 1400 unit, Can be boosted to 2000 unit for 12 hours)

 Defences:
 Earth Industry Association Class 7 Mk6A Shield generator(1200 power to initialize, 300 power per second to stay up, each 80 additional power spent recharge shield for 1% on a side, defences are statistical)
 Earth Industry Association Mk4C ECM/ECCM Suite (Statistical influence and enables ECM/ECCM related roll)
 Earth Industry Association Mk3E Sensor Array (Stat. influence and enables sensor realted roll)

 Other Systems:
 Confederated Metallurgy Class II Titanium Alloy Hull (12 decks)
 Confederated Metallurgy Class III Titanium Alloy Powered Ablative Armor(15cm thick, 40cm in crit. locations, up to 400 pwr/sec on Tactical and Engineering's discretion)
 Confederated Technology Mk3C-CL Life Support Suite(for a light cruiser, includes atmos , lighting and heating(30pwr/sec), artificial gravity(50pwr/sec) and inertial dampening(100pwr/sec)
 Battery Array (maximum output 500pwr/sec, Capacity 60000/60000 pwr)

 Facility:
 Old(Poor) Science Facility(stat.disadv. to -1 to science roll),Well Maintainanced(Stat.Adv to science roll), Wide-ranged

Equipment status of Science department:
They are old. Logically one would assume that they won't be good for research as researching is a mainly cutting-edge job, and logic triumphs yet again.
Most of them dates back to 2350s, maintainance is very good, but their capability and precision has been degraded too much to be entirely acceptable.
Replacement at first chance is logical, but might not be practical, as we are this ship's last crew, serving in her last assignment cycle.

Catalogued 794 planets
Analyzed 2792 plant species
Analyzed 4347 animal species
Analyzed 1 new alien race
Completed modification to the Class 8 mount of the ship.
No major science breakthrough

The Botanical Garden is now a exceptionally beautiful place, filled with flowers and herbs.

Old(Poor) Medical Facility(stat.disadv. to -1 to medical roll), Maintainced(Stat.adv to medical roll)
 Old(Poor) Crew Facility(Some mess halls with half-functional synthesizers, Holodeck exists, but only one, and pretty old too(hint hint))(stat.disadv to crew morale)
 3000 cubic meter, 3000 ton cargo space

Inventory of security:
 30 Confederated Technology RC5 HEPPC[Technobabble: Stands for High-Energy Particle Projector Cannon]Carbines (Class 3, incapable of wide-beam sweep)
 90 Energy Cells for RC5 Carbines (60 charges each, 12 power unit)
 3 Confederated Technology RMK5-LM Light Machine Gun (Class 3, incapable of standard beam and wide-beam sweep)
 15 Energy Cells for RMK5-LM LMG (100 charges each, 20 power unit)
 12 Confederated Explosive PEC3 Plastic Explosive (0.5kg each)
 80 Composite Engineering Mk5 HEPPC Pistol (Class 2, incapable of wide beam and full auto)
 320 Energy Cells for Mk5 Pistol (50 charge each, 10 power unit)
 150 Confederated Explosive G4A Chemical Explosive Concussion Grenade (0.1kg each)
 30 Confederated Explosive G4E EMP Grenade (0.1kg each)
 150 Confederated Technology DMK5 HEPPC Mini-Pistol (Class 1, incapable of full auto and wide-beam)
 450 Energy Cells for DMK5 Mini-Pistol (30 charge each, 6 power unit)
 40 Confederated Explosive M5-Mk2 Chemical Explosive Proximity Mines (0.2kg each)
 2 Confederated Technology HW3-A Heavy HEPPC Cannon (Class 4, incapable of full auto, wide beam and pulse burst, No stun mode, 1 charge per shot)[Think about

Tesla Cannon in Fallout 3]
 8 Energy Cells for HW3-A Heavy HEPPC Cannon (5 charges each, 40 power unit)
 30 Standard Issue Light Security Armor (Covers upper body, both arm, both leg, stat.disadv to -1 on damage rolls depending on what they are up against)
 30 Standard Issue Medium Security Armor (Covers All body sections, stat.disadv to -2 on damage rolls depending on what they are up against)
 120 Communicators (100 use before recharge, 10 power unit, +1 to communication attempt roll(if needed))
 40 Action Belts
 60 Standard Issue Combat/Survival Knives
Default loadout:
 Confederated Technology RC5 HEPPC Carbines
 --3 Energy Cells
 Composite Engineering Mk5 HEPPC Pistol
 --4 Energy Cells
 4 Confederated Explosive G4A Chemical Explosive Concussion Grenade
 1 Confederated Explosive G4E EMP Grenade
 Action Belt
 Standard Issue Medium Security Armor
 Communicators
Other loadouts are based on this. Change Carbines for LMG or Cannon for Light/Heavy fire support, Change Carbines for Explosives for Demolition.
Mini-pistols are intended to be distributed to untrained individual for self-defence as needed.

Cargo:
 Supply due to Cephid 17 III : 2000 ton, 1200 cubic meter
 Ship supply: 1000 ton, 1000 cubic meter(3 year's worth)

Crew:
Generally trained, and of average capability and still a bit green. Morales are average.
 Command: 7/8 +1(Batista: Well known aboard the ship)  (Average, Green, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Respects Batista,)
 Science: 15/16 +1(Sxtan: A bit known aboard the ship)  (Average, Green, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Respects Batista, Respects Sxtan)
 Operations:
  Engineering: 49/50 +1(Nirur Torir: Known aboard the ship)  (Above Average, Green, Respects Nirur, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Above average morale, Respects Batista)
  Security: 24/25 +1(Flintus: First Officer, Known aboard the ship)  (Above Average, Green, Respects Flintus, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Good morale)
  Navigation: 4/5 +1(Nimitz: Known aboard the ship)  (Average, Green, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Respects Nimitz, Respects Batista)
  Tactical: 39/40 +1(Para: Well known aboard the ship)  (Average, Green, Fiercely Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Respects Batista)
 Medical: 19/20 +1(Faden: Known aboard the ship)  (Average, Green, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Respects Faden, Respects Batista)
 Passenger: 0/80
 Total: 157/164 +7(Players)

M/AM Reactor: 1400pwr/sec Normal 2000pwr/sec 12hours
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| |----Forward Primary Class 8 Mount(160 each, 480 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
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|    |-Ventral Primary Class 8 Mount(160 each, 480 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
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|--Main Capacitor Energizer(Storage:3000/3000pwr Output: 3000pwr/sec)
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|--Battery Array(Storage:60000/60000pwr Output: 500pwr/sec)
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|--Weapons Power Grid
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| |--2 Port Secondary Class 6 Mount(70 each, 280 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
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| |--2 Starboard Secondary Class 6 Mount(70 each, 280 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
| |
| |--5 Port Tertilary Class 5 Mount(20 each, 100 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
| |
| |--5 Starboard Tertilary Class 5 Mount(20 each, 100 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
| |
| |--2 Forward Torpedo Tube Mount(80 each, 160 salvo)
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|--Defence Power Grid
| |
| |--Shield System(1200 init, 300/sec to stay up, 80 additional recharge on 1 side, max 1500/sec)
| |
| |--ECM/ECCM System(200/sec full power)
| |
| |--Sensor Array(50/sec nominal 200/sec full power)
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| |--Powered Armor(up to 400/sec)
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| --Systems Power Grid
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| |--Atmosphere, Lighting, Heating(30/sec)
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| |--Artificial Gravity(50/sec)
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| |--Inertial Dampening(100/sec, can be boosted up to 200%)
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|--Port Sublight Drive(Generate 100pwr/sec Normal 150pwr/sec Max, cruise .2c, max .5c, 50/sec each .1c)
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|--Starboard Sublight Drive(Generate 100pwr/sec Normal 150pwr/sec Max, cruise .2c, max .5c, 50/sec each .1c)
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|--Port Hyperlight Drive(1200 to engage, Cruise 6.0, Max.cruise 7, Max 8.5 for 12 hrs, 100pwr/sec per 1)
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|--Starboard Hyperlight Drive(1200 to engage,Cruise 6.0, Max.cruise 7, Max 8.5 for 12 hrs, 100pwr/sec per 1)
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|--RCS System(50/sec on maneuver)

Standard Usable Power:1600/sec

Max Power Generation Rate:2300/sec

Max Power Output Rate(excl. Main Capacitor Energizer):2800/sec

Alpha Strike, Fore, Standard pwr: 1120 pwr

Alpha Strike, Broadside, Standard pwr: 1340 pwr

Alpha Strike, Aft, Standard pwr: 480 pwr

Alpha Strike, All weapon, Standard pwr:1880 pwr

Alpha Strike, All weapon, Full pwr:2740 pwr

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, Static:230/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, SL Cruise: 430/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, HL Cruise: 1430/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Red, SL Cruise: 1480/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Red, HL Cruise: 2480/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, SL Max: 730/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, HL Max Cruise: 1630/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, HL Max 12hrs: 1930/sec

Descriptive Map:
All decks are connected with turbolift on aft and fore section, with access tunnels and gangways dotting around, described from aft to fore,(otb) for Open to below.
Escape pod can be found throughout the ship
Deck 1(subdeck 1/5 length on aft): Captain's ready room, Conference room, Bridge
Deck 2(subdeck 1/3 length on aft): Officer's quarter(You will live there), Astrometic, Officer's lounge.
Deck 3: Crew quarter, 4 Class 6 Mounts, Science lab, Medibay, Crew quarter, Forward Class 8 mount.
Deck 4: Science lab, Matter storage, Crew quarter, Crew Lounge, Mess Hall, Teleporter room, Forward Class 8 support mechanism.
Deck 5: Upper Sub-light Engine room(otb), Crew quarter, Holodeck, Upper Engineering(otb), Security, Crew quarters, Forward torpedo mount support mechanism.
Deck 6: Middle Sub-light Engine room(otb),Upper Engineering(otb),12 Class 5 mount and support, Torpedo Magazine(otb), Torpedo Tube.
Deck 7: Lower Sub-light Engine room, Upper Engineering(otb), Engineering misc machinery,Torpedo Magazine,Forward torpedo mount support mechanism.
Deck 8: Sub-light Engine Support machinery, Main Engineering(otb), Engineering misc machinery, Gym and Botanic garden.
Deck 9: Misc machinery and storage,Hyper-light Engine Pylon, Lower Engineering(otb),Misc machinery and storage.
Deck 10: Misc machinery and storage,Lower Engineering(otb),Main Cargo bay(otb).
Deck 11: Misc machinery and storage,Lower Engineering, Ventral Class 8 support mechanism,Main Cargo bay.
Deck 12(subdeck 1/2 length on aft): Main Shuttle Bay, Antimatter Storage,Ventral Class 8 mount.

Damages and Malfunctions(Known):
1 burnt out light bulb, Deck 7, Corridor
1 missing floor plating, Deck 4, Corridor
(Maintainance Plan:Statistical reduction of aging-related malfunction.)

Chief Engineer Nirur Torir reporting at 2421.6.30 1900hrs:
All systems is ready for launch without major malfunction at any time.
Functionality report:
Power system 93%
HL Propulsion 89%
SL Propulsion 94%
Life support and crew facility 87%
Science system 86%
Medical system 84%
Hull intergrity 88%
Defense systems 92%
Weapon systems 89%
Reduction in functionality mainly caused by equipment aging, thus unrepairable.
The ship itself in combat efficiency is comparable to a newer medium destroyer, with strength in Armor, Shield and Point-defense effectiveness, and weakness in Maneuverabilty and Speed when compared to one of such ship. However this ship cannot hope to handle a newer light cruiser on itself, at least not in its current state of maintainance, the last crew should be reassigned to ground duty for their disregard on maintainance and bad attitute toward the next crew.
P.S. The Food Synthesizer in Officer's lounge is now repaired, turned out to be a prank.

Spoiler: Misc Facts (click to show/hide)

Lieutenant J.g. Sxtan's Ki'scri'caa Brown Tea is poisonous by causing severe diarrhea to anyone other than himself, but as long as others don't take the wrong cup there should be no problem.
Me, Lieutenant J.g. Faden's feather might cause a few crew a minor allergic reaction, mainly minimal sneezing, none of the senior officer is allergic to my feather though.
There might still be undiscovered allergic and pathological reactions, but that would need time to discover.

Cephid 17 is a binary system, 1205.2 lightyears away from Earth which is at the border between Core and Frontier systems of the Confederation of star.
Swiftwing should be able to reach the destination within a half year if everything went all right on a cruise speed factor of 6.0 and stay on the +1.0 Hyperspace highway.
Nothing much is interesting in the way though, as this is a pretty busy spacelane and everything around has been througthoutly studied.

As always, look out for errors, especially forgotten EXP points(too much of them)

[Nimitz]

So the captain just called for a meeting. Uh-oh. That came out of nowhere, and if there's one thing I can say for certain, it's that meetings like that are almost never good. I hope I didn't do something wrong. Ah, it doesn't matter. Let's go see what this is about.

I head to the conference room. Once I reach it, I will salute my captain. "I'm here, Cap'n," I'll say. "What's this about?"

[smjjames]

When Captain Bastista called for the officers to report to the conference room, Sxtan was doing review on an experiment that he was planning on simulating in the holodeck. Quickly saving the data and assigning any immediate duties (besides the mentioned experiment, which is his responsibility) to subordinates he knew could handle it, he tapped the combadge "On my way sir."

Head to the conference room and on arrival, salute the captain "Lt. Sxtan reporting.", then sit down (assuming the chairs morph into a shape that would be comfortable for his species to sit on), "Whats going on?"

I'm inagining a conference room like the one the Enterprise has, or Voyager as Noctis said.

[Paranatural]

(Actually usually the RNG Gods don't like me too much, maybe just this RTD and Chaosfactions? I hope my rolls are this good should we get into actual combat. Also: Random.org is good.)

Para gets the communication and calls in someone to relieve him from his post, before heading towards the conference room, his heart beating a bit faster, hoping for something a bit more interesting to happen during this journey.

After having been told of the change of plans, I let the tactical squad know of the change of plans, and start looking up any spaceships that may be around our destination, and any reports of combat activity.

[Batista]

Wait until everyone is present.

"Hey guys, you're not going to like this.

I just recieved a priority 1-Beta order, we are going to have to abandon our current course and head to the StarStation 23, it seems it isn't negotiable. You are in charge of informing your own departments, we will receive further instructions when we get there, and no, I'm not hiding anything, I know as much as I told you.

I just wonder... what the fuck is so important that they would deprive Cephid from these resources, take precious time from a fully manned Swan class ship and be afraid to transmit it over a secure encrypted channel? Any ideas?"

[Faden]

Faden delegates her current work to her subordinates, then heads to the bridge.

[smjjames]

Wait until everyone is present.

"Hey guys, you're not going to like this.

I just recieved a priority 1-Beta order, we are going to have to abandon our current course and head to the StarStation 23, it seems it isn't negotiable. You are in charge of informing your own departments, we will receive further instructions when we get there, and no, I'm not hiding anything, I know as much as I told you.

I just wonder... what the fuck is so important that they would deprive Cephid from these resources, take precious time from a fully manned Swan class ship and be afraid to transmit it over a secure encrypted channel? Any ideas?"

"No idea either. It could be a military matter, but given the fact that this ship is nearing the end of her lifespan and the fact that we aren't anywhere close to the border, it doesn't seem like that would be the reason."

((As far as notifying the departments, the science probably needs to know the least, but everybody would sooner or later notice a course change. Besides, if they had any plans or whatever for on the way, it would be affected greatly.))

After the meeting, send a note department wide that we are changing course due to a top priority message from command itself ((should be a clue that it's big)) and any future plans may be put on hold for the meantime.

[Faden]

"If it's not military, it must be political, I think."

[Flintus10]

"I  guess that we'll just have to wait and see. The lack of information given is a little worrying but and order is an order."

Obey the order and inform my men of the change.

Then I will accompany Batista and see what I can learn by observing.

[Nirur Torir]

I have no value for my Emergency Repair xp. Thanks for the power system values, they should be most useful if we're micromanaging our battles.

I consume the remnants of my late lunch in under a minute, then rush up to the conference room. As the last to arrive, I'll try to look inconspicuous, sitting silently with a slightly concerned look on my face. After the meeting is over, I'll send out a memo to my department that we've changed course for some important secret thing, and that the frequency of drills will be increased.

[Nimitz]

Yep, called it. "To be honest, sir," I begin. "I have no idea...but whatever it is, it has to be big. Uh, do you have any history with that station? If I may ask, of course." I shrug.

Once this meeting's finished, I will immediately head to the cockpit and change our course to StarStation 23. I will then start asking around, try to see what everybody thinks of this sudden change of plans.

[Batista]

Reply to the Navvy command and try to get a bit of information out of them. (Intimidate)

Try to calm down any crew members that might be nervous. (Lie). "Relax man, it's probably just some extra cargo wating to be picked up."

Yep, called it. "To be honest, sir," I begin. "I have no idea...but whatever it is, it has to be big. Uh, do you have any history with that station? If I may ask, of course." I shrug.

"Not really, I've been to Cril some years ago though, it's a planet not far from there, does anyone know if their civil war has ended? Please tell me we were not re-routed so we could babysit a planet."

[smjjames]

Sxtan makes a soft but rapid clicking sound for a second, his species equivalent of a chuckle (a laugh would be louder and longer) in response to Capt Bastitas comment about babysitting a planet and does guestures* used by his species to indicate what would be a slight smile for a human. "I hope not!"

*Being covered in chitin, I'm sure you guys would have figured out by now that he can't do facial expressions, so his people use guestures to indicate emotion and other subleties of language.

Edit: While the wiki page for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Humanx_Commonwealth_races#Thranx (which is actually what I'm using as a base reference) doesn't say anything about the guestures, if you read the books, it will reference that at various points. Although the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Humanx_Commonwealth_races#AAnn do use what I'm talking about, and is described in more detail.

Here though, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Just wondering, does being a bit known better or worse than just known?

[NoctisVampire]

I added that to indicate the familiarty the crew feels toward you...something like this:
Not known: Either(or both) you or your crew are total newcomers.
A bit known: Your department is familiar with you, but that familiarty usually doesn't extend beyond the department. Crews from other department might have a deja-vu feeling upon seeing you.
Known: Familiarized throughout the ship, some crew knows your name. Others may not know your name, but knows that you are one of them.
Well Known: Almost all crew know your name, many of them willing to greet you as you pass by.(Typically only captains will achieve this...but there are special cases, like Para's)
This will have a statistical influence on rolls involving interaction with the crew(especially those not from your department).

Beginning to resolve the turn...and preparing more details, this turn will end at the time you reached Starstation 23.
EDIT:To smjjames: That would make Sxtan appear even less emotional than Spock

[Paranatural]

How much travel time are we talking here? If we're talking weeks or months, I want to get some Class 1 and Class 2 weapons training in.