[Deck 1 - Main Bridge - USS Discovery]
The Captain frowned, shaking his head. "Perhaps they fared better than their compatriots. They should consider themselves lucky we are Starfleet. Alright, we're going to have to go in. Shields at maximum, start power sequence to phasers and torpedoes. Bring the ship to Yellow Alert... and helm, take us in, one quarter impulse."
[Bridge -
USS Discovery]
As soon as the captain ordered yellow alert, Ian moved back to the Mission Ops console and began checking ship's systems, but it was only to confirm what he already knew, all systems were nominal. He knew the shields wouldn't last for long and wouldn't amount to much for the time they did operate. One thing that was unique to the
Prometheus-class starship was the heavy automation allowed the ship to operate with a crew a third the size of any other ship in Starfleet.
The most useful product of this reduced manning was there weren't excess crew that needed to be moved to be protected from weapons fire or other hazardous conditions. However, given how deep into the nebula they had to go and the fact no one knew the what the conditions would be like when they got there, Ian wasn't going to take any chances.
"Beta and Gamma shifts, move ta the centerline of decks six through eleven. Security, assist with relocatin' those personnel. Once all personnel are in position, activate internal forcefields. Sickbay, standby to receive radiation casualties. Engineerin', shift all available power ta structural integrity. Ops be ready ta shift power as needed." Ian stood and moved next to the captain's chair.
"Figured it was best ta play it safe before we need ta scramble ta do the same thing.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As soon as the
Discovery entered the Devari Nebula, the ship began to rock from the waves of gravimetric sheer present inside and Lieutenant Addams found himself struggling to hold the ship steady and on course.
Ensign Torra found the shields immediately lost fifty percent of their strength despite her best efforts to keep them balanced even with the augmented power from engineering. The only bright spot was, for now, they were holding the radiation at bay.
New to the role of chief engineer, Lieutenant Quinn had his hands full maintaining power flow under the strain imposed by the horrible conditions within the nebula. Knowing it wasn't his place to comment yet, Lennox kept one skilled eye on his console and the other on the new chief, hoping both would hold up against the demands being placed on them.
Lieutenant Said found herself with the unenviable position of being alarm clock for the members of Gamma shift as she and her team, which included Dranik made their rounds to ensure they were all awake and in the process of moving to their designated safe zones.