[Star Trek Adventures] Episode One: Fire, Earth, and Sky

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"Hugging the star closely before we've got a decent map of it's magnetic activity is an unwise move, Captain." The Damietta had detected evidence of a flare star, sure, but predicting where said flares would be aimed was a lot more difficult than detecting the luminosity changes they caused.

A quick glance around the bridge told her that the other duty officers weren't terribly pleased with her telling them to sit back and man the telescopes. Hm. Well... just because she didn't share their impatience didn't mean she couldn't indulge it. She wouldn't volunteer for anything too pointlessly dangerous, but there were compromises that could be struct between 'too much risk' and 'no risk allowed, ever'.

T'Loran takes a quick glance at the Damietta's timing information on her console.

"Based on the Damietta's measurements, there's a decent - though far from certain - chance that there will be no major flares in the current duty shift. While I would still recommend against spending unnecessary time in low orbit before the preliminary maps are complete, we could try temporarily dropping a touch below the habitable zone.

We could attempt a polar flyby, perhaps? The chances of being struck by an errant CME event increases as we approach the equator, after all. Besides which, the closer observations should aid the mapping effort... and cut a few hours off the positioning time for a complement of sensor probes. Seems the most logical place to start."