Classroom 4

[Rylaan Brish]

*salutes* Sir, I was ordered to report to you sir.

[Baphomet]

"Aboard a Starship, the Science officer will be called upon to explain any anomalies present."

Continues...

"I will ask you a theoretical question to access you abilties to assertain an anomaly without instrumentation."

"Ships sensors ae reading an anomaly with a large quantity of Hydrogen, Helium and nitrogen, as well as Ionised Plasma and dust particles, but next to no extenuous radiation besides the usual background noise.
Is it:
A: Wormhole
B: Nebula
C: Supernova

Another question for you to answer, is a general knowledge question.

Photons exist only as light.

True or False.

You both must answer before confirmation."

[Dominic Hobson]

Hobson sat for a long while reading. He set the padd back on the table as he finished.
"I have a question sir. Was my answer to the second question a reference to Photonic Energy? Where I felt that it was true that it was just light, in my reading it seems that the term for it is Photonic Energy"

[Baphomet]

OOC: Eh; Just ignore me I was in a bad mood, due to Insomnia, amongst other things.

IC: "As stated Cadet, I have never been to the Van'Gu cluster, therefore logically any comment I make on that subject would be supposition and unreliable."

"As for the Blackhole, I mentioned the centre, because of the gravity well they produce, as for Faster-Than-Light, no vessels actually travel Faster-Than-Light as it is impossible, but there are ways around it, due to the advent and creation of Warp drive etc."

"Naturally this is determinable, to the size of the blackhole, but it is quite impossible to escape the event horizon due to the sheer gravitational force, it would be like you trying to move a planet with your bare hands."

[Baphomet]

"That is correct Cadet."

"Astronomy is the study of stellar bodies and their motion in realtion to a fixed position, usually a planetary body."

"Most stellar distances are measured in Light years, that is the distance light travels in one year, which is 300 000 Km/s"
"Another form of measurement is performed using the term Parsec, short for Paralax Second and is 3.26 Lightyears.
This is achieved and measure using triangulation between the Earth and it's sun in reference to one Astronomical Unit (AU), 1 Astronomical Unit = 149 598 000 000 meters."
Many stellar formations, including nebulas are constructed of gases, usually Hydrogen, Helium and collections of other ether based elements and also usually contain stellar matter and particles of dust; Nebulas may and may not become starsystem, as with the term 'Stellar nurseries."

"As well as nebulas, there are many other forms of stellar formations, including wormholes; Which are natural or sometimes artificial holes in the Space/Time continuum, although it is rare to find one that is stable."

[Dominic Hobson]

"Forgive me if I am wrong, but from that I get the feeling I am finished with the course..?"

[Rylaan Brish]

*subspace transmission*
This is Cadet Rylaan Brish responding to the transmission ordering my attendance to this test. I have downloaded the test and will record my answers here.

Question 1: Answer: M Class

Question 2: Answer: A domain outside or below the normal space-time continuum i.e. the quantum level, where matter and energy are transferable

Question 3: Answer: A sub-atomic particle that exists only at Faster-Than-Light speeds.

Question 4: Answer: Library Cataloging And Researching System

Question 5: Answer: Carbon

Question 6: Answer: Copper Based

Question 7: Answer: 300,000km/hr

Question 8: Answer: Checks the readouts at the Science Station.

Question 9: Answer: Pieces of rock, dust particles and raw metal, usually the remnant of a destroyed planet. (Though according to my research, answer C could also be argued to be correct OOC: I had to, I'm sorry http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'> )

Question 10: Answer: Gravity, Electro-magnetic, Strong nuclear, Weak nuclear.

I hope this is a satisfactory examination and that I pass. I don't know how long I will be out of contact, but after I get my grade, I suspect that I will not be allowed to make another transmission till the next one.
Live Long and Prosper Commander Baphomet.

*end transmission*

[Rylaan Brish]

OOC: Wait a minute... I said the right answer to the 300,000 km/s... you can't make me wrong because I chose the right answer, but wrote it wrong... the other I understand... I guessed lol

[Baphomet]

"No need to salute Cadet, please be seated"

Baphomet walks to the front of the class room and sets up her computer interface.

"I am Lieutenant Commander Baphomet and I will be your instructor."

[Rylaan Brish]

Looking up from his PADD just long enough to hear his teacher's speech, and his classmate's arrival, Rylaan raises his hand in question.

"Commander, If Space contains four dimensions, and Hyper Space contains Six, does Subspace contain no dimension? And if so how can it function in the quantum reality we live in without causing a Paradox of universal proportions. And if it can truly function without causing a Paradox, does that mean the abscense of dimension is a dimension in itself? And if that abscense is actually a Dimension, would that mean there are truly eleven dimensions?"

[Rylaan Brish]

Tapping what was said on his PADD, Rylaan awaits the next part of the lesson, but as he looks over towards the window, he a man fly by in a EVA suit. His eye twitching a bit as several ideas come to him as to how to improve it, he begins tapping out his specs as the teacher continues.

[Baphomet]

To Cadet Hobson: "Your first answer, B (Nebula) is correct; but your second answer is incorrect."

To Cadet Brish: "Both your answers are correct."

To all: "Well done Cadets, these questions will not effect your grade, but to see your knowledge base and how well you do.

OOC: Roleplaying in Star Trek is alot like real life, in respect to real Science, when comfronted with a problem that you do not understand do not be afraid to research.
Cadet Brish did as I expected him to and that was to look up the Internet for the answer, DO NOT be afraid to do this Cadet Hobson, because that is what life is all about.
Remember this little addage:
If you do not know the answer, ask...

[Rylaan Brish]

OOC: I was told that inventing was an area handled in Science... If I'm wrong, let me know and I'll transfer.

IC: Takes PADD in hand, and begins reading carefully not skipping over what he already knows.

[Rylaan Brish]

"One question Commander..." Rylaan begins as he looks up from his PADD "well two really..." placing the PADD on his desk, he clears his throat before asking.

"The first question is of the Van'gu Cluster. How does the population keep alive with such gravitational fluxes surrounding their planet? A complex weave through several stars should rip the planet to pieces in mere moments, and render all ship travel impossible due to increased tidal forces. Should you get on the wrong side of a minor cluster, you would face the same effects as a Black hole."

"My second question is about that outdated view on Black Holes. With warp travel so prevailant in the universe at this time, there is no way a ship should be caught in a Black Hole. All one would have to do is move to Warp 1.1 or greater and they would be moving faster than the even horizan. Much faster in fact. So my question is this. Why has the description of a Black Hole not been updated to Federation Standard? Or are Black Holes that much stronger than first thought?"

With that said, Rylaan sits back awaiting the answers to his questions.

[Rylaan Brish]

Nodding as the explaination comes out "Ah, I thought it was the ship that moved faster than light.... Thank you commander.

OOC: I have to break out my Star Trek Encyclopedia and write up the Star Trek version of Black Holes. Cause the ships in Star Trek do move faster than light, what your describing is Transwarp, warp travel through Subspace.

Star Trek Black Holes According to the Star Trek: Encyclopedia:
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Black_hole" target="_blank">http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Black_hole