Incommunicado – Intricate Transmissions
by Lieutenant JG Petro
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Petro had been at the communications console for the past two hours, learning as much as she could about the system. The way that they had the circuitry running she was amazed that they were able to communicate with each other at all. Rather than having direct links from comm to comm, all calls were routed through a process server, then through a language filtering system after which is was bounced around various voice recognition programs and systems before being diverted through a coordinating program that directed the call to its intended destination.
She understood why some of it was necessary. The language filtering system contained the Universal Translator though it was partially redundant considering that each communications badge also had a UT. She supposed it was intended for those who communicated through consoles.
The voice recognition programs she didn't understand. She presumed that it very well could be because of possible threats to the Federation where key words could be filtered and the proper persons notified. She had read at one point that during the Dominion War, covert operatives used phrase codes to mask their real intent. It would make sense that they would be using programs now to catch and decipher such codes.
What she had taken for granted before was how quick a communcation actually was. She would press her comm badge and speak, never considering what was involved. After looking at how a call is routed within the station, she was impressed.
Communication outside the station was even more intense. Ships that were docked to the station were routed through one server whereas ships that were on approach were on a different server. From there considerations like distance, trajectory, speeds, gravitational interferences, location of subspace relay stations to name a few were taken into account and handled accordingly. All in all it was a mass of mazes and spiderwebs.
When the Nimitz had docked the board was lit up from one end to the other as it transferred the communication through the various relays. Even so, there wasn't a single utterance that dropped despite the chaos.
As she looked around Ops she wondered if the others were as she had been, ignorant of just how intricate the communications system really was. Perhaps at one time they had heard about it but since then didn't give it any thought. Some, who have worked on the system before, might very well be versed in its workings but have other things to focus on now. Her duty now was to make sure that the system remained working and cals were routed correctly. Despite the tremendous amount of automated systems, there were still a considerable amount of transitions that had to be done manually. That's what the communication officer was for, to manually route, preserve and clean up any calls that required it. She spend a lot of time just listening. And learning.
by Lieutenant JG Petro
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| Title | Intricate Transmissions | |
| Mission | Incommunicado | |
| Author(s) | Lieutenant JG Petro | |
| Posted | Thu Feb 09, 2012 @ 1:26am | |
| Location | Ops | |
| Timeline | SD53 0800 hrs |
She understood why some of it was necessary. The language filtering system contained the Universal Translator though it was partially redundant considering that each communications badge also had a UT. She supposed it was intended for those who communicated through consoles.
The voice recognition programs she didn't understand. She presumed that it very well could be because of possible threats to the Federation where key words could be filtered and the proper persons notified. She had read at one point that during the Dominion War, covert operatives used phrase codes to mask their real intent. It would make sense that they would be using programs now to catch and decipher such codes.
What she had taken for granted before was how quick a communcation actually was. She would press her comm badge and speak, never considering what was involved. After looking at how a call is routed within the station, she was impressed.
Communication outside the station was even more intense. Ships that were docked to the station were routed through one server whereas ships that were on approach were on a different server. From there considerations like distance, trajectory, speeds, gravitational interferences, location of subspace relay stations to name a few were taken into account and handled accordingly. All in all it was a mass of mazes and spiderwebs.
When the Nimitz had docked the board was lit up from one end to the other as it transferred the communication through the various relays. Even so, there wasn't a single utterance that dropped despite the chaos.
As she looked around Ops she wondered if the others were as she had been, ignorant of just how intricate the communications system really was. Perhaps at one time they had heard about it but since then didn't give it any thought. Some, who have worked on the system before, might very well be versed in its workings but have other things to focus on now. Her duty now was to make sure that the system remained working and cals were routed correctly. Despite the tremendous amount of automated systems, there were still a considerable amount of transitions that had to be done manually. That's what the communication officer was for, to manually route, preserve and clean up any calls that required it. She spend a lot of time just listening. And learning.