AAR: Sensor Deployment

Subspace Network Reports
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Stardate:
101822.5
Filed By:
CAPT Zohl, Kyhid
Clearance:

LOCATION
Frontier Edge – Border of beta 6741 (Uncharted)

MISSION
Operation Black Box – Sensor Array Deployment.

Joint operation between USS Tykera, USS Aegis, and USS Saraswati to establish the first permanent deep-space sensor lattice in the newly designated frontier.

Objective: anchor multi-array subspace sensor frames to stabilise telemetry coverage beyond Federation charted space.

OUTCOME
Primary array deployment initiated but delayed due to significant subspace instability. During calibration, a concave subspace distortion field was detected, emitting harmonic wave patterns consistent with collapsed transwarp corridor signatures.

Original operation terminated under precautionary protocols; data forwarded to Fleet Cartography and the Science Council. Sensor arrays deployment using adapted strategy, resulting in lower sensor depth coverage outcome.

KEY PERSONNEL
CAPT Kyhid Zohl – USS Tykera (@nynik)
CAPT Sanara Draz – USS Saraswati (@Mudd)
CAPT Kuril Zex – USS Aegis (@morayman)
ENS Felenn – USS Mariner (attached) (@Felenn)

NARRATIVE
The mission commenced with a tri-ship formation of Tykera, Aegis, and Saraswati, en route to the outer sector boundary. I was designated as Joint Taskforce Lead for the purposes of this mission.

Upon coordinated warp drop, Ensign Felenn of the Mariner (temporarily attached to Tykera) integrated subspace telemetry across the fleet’s commnet, managing inter-ship synchronisation of sensor sweeps.

Initial scans revealed subspace “slippage”… a tangled network of gravimetric eddies drifting through the planned deployment location. The region proved an issue as the Ensign described, with field currents capable of displacing any free-floating equipment. Sensor frames risked being carried off-vector within hours.

Working collaboratively, Captains Draz and Zex proposed the use of anchoring nodes within comparatively calm regions… analogous to Lagrange points… to compensate. Operations and Engineering teams across all three vessels adapted deployment algorithms accordingly, producing limited stability for initial activation.

As calibration progressed, Felenn detected overlapping harmonic gradients. Data suggested the presence of a massive, aged distortion field, likely the remnant of something either very old or very large. Cross-analysis revealed concave gravimetric curvature extending millions of kilometres.

The fleet’s combined sensor array was shifted to a cross-knit scan pattern to chart the anomaly’s depth. The distortion grew increasingly active, emitting filament-like gravimetric waves apparently responding to the fleet’s energy output. The phenomena mirrored Starfleet sensor frequencies with alarming precision, suggesting adaptive resonance rather than random echo.

At this point, the fleet established Condition Yellow. All vessels held position and initiated diagnostic sweeps. Filament structures drew near, forming arcs of refracted light visible even on the main viewer. Further modulation of scan power confirmed that the field adapted in response… almost learning from emitted signals.

Subspace shear measurements returned harmonic values identical to “transwarp stabilisation frequencies”. The possibility of an ancient or dormant transwarp conduit was raised. Considering the potential for danger, I ordered the fleet to retreat two hundred thousand kilometres and launch a low-output probe.

The probe’s telemetry began normally, recording residual energy flux, but soon degraded. As it crossed the distortion threshold, its signal inverted, returning as a perfect phase-mirrored transmission. Visual overlays showed the probe trapped between converging eddies, locked motionless in mid-space, as if its momentum had been entirely arrested.

Preliminary analysis confirmed that the region represented a collapsed conduit structure. Its interior subspace had lost cohesion and “solidified”, forming a reflective membrane capable of bouncing sensor energy back upon itself. Essentially, and I forewarn, I am still trying to wrap my head around this fully… it was explained to me as if the probe had punched through a mirror… and was now seeing itself from the other side.

The fleet stood down from further active probing pending safety assessment. All ships disengaged successfully and resumed deployment of remaining sensor frames in adjacent safe zones using the prior identified solution - though it will produce a less than ideal sensor coverage outcome when completed.

SUMMARY
Findings suggest this region once hosted a functioning transwarp corridor or anchor system, now long-defunct. Its residual structure produces harmonic feedback and phase inversion effects. Further investigation will require dedicated temporal and quantum-field specialists.

WARNING - recommend extreme caution due to momentum arresting quality of the gravimetric anomalies present. Maintain appropriate spatial cordon until further examination and testing is conducted.

RECOMMENDATION

  • Submit full telemetry to Daystrom Institute’s Subspace Field Geometry Division for correlation against historical Borg and Vaadwaur corridor signatures.
  • Establish no-warp exclusion zone within 1 AU of the mirror boundary, and approach only after deducing range safety at impulse.
  • Authorise Starfleet Corps of Engineers study into the use of anchored deployment methodology for future arrays.
  • Assign a dedicated Temporal Mechanics taskforce to monitor for phase-variance drift or reactivation pulses.
  • Proceed with Operation Black Box under revised safety parameters, noting the potential for further corridor remnants along this new frontier.

RECOGNITION
ENS Felenn – For prompt identification of subspace gradient instabilities and accurate cross-correlation with historical anomalies.

OOC
Thanks to @Felenn, @Mudd, and @morayman and @Sam for an excellent tri-ship collaboration… with a very classic science Trek vibe.
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