ALERT: Comms array overload
A few hours after Stacy is taken into custody, a massive power surge rips through the ship's communication array. The overload emits a tremendous burst of noise through subspace, audible even over combadges, and severely damages the ship's communications equipment. Engineers quickly determine that the surge was triggered deliberately by a hidden device attached to the array. While they can't determine when the device was put in place, they do note that it was attached to a timer and a signal receiver that could periodically have been used to delay the timer, a little like the snooze button on an alarm. It's either a dead-man switch, or it was deliberately designed to look like one.
Communications officers say that the signal will almost certainly be picked up by anyone within several light years, giving away the ship's location at the time of the surge. However, as the ship was at warp at the time, and is still following a circuitous path with emissions minimized, the signal can't necessarily be used to pick up our trail. They also note that the damage from the surge will limit communication to short range only.
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OOC: Told you there'd be alerts popping up! You can investigate the device, look over logs of the signal itself, ask Stacy about it... anything you can think of. Make sure to notify anyone who doesn't check this board often, too, in case they're curious.
Communications officers say that the signal will almost certainly be picked up by anyone within several light years, giving away the ship's location at the time of the surge. However, as the ship was at warp at the time, and is still following a circuitous path with emissions minimized, the signal can't necessarily be used to pick up our trail. They also note that the damage from the surge will limit communication to short range only.
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OOC: Told you there'd be alerts popping up! You can investigate the device, look over logs of the signal itself, ask Stacy about it... anything you can think of. Make sure to notify anyone who doesn't check this board often, too, in case they're curious.