thirteenth translation // action

[lt_linguist]

[Uhura is on the porch today, surrounded by what looks like the insides of an old-fashioned transistor radio. She is utterly absorbed in messing about with the various wires and metal bits - she's been so busy with these experiments lately that she's kind of missed the fact that an experiment is going on.

After all, she can't see the thought bubbles if she doesn't even look up from her little wires.

Her current thoughts are full of wiring, circuitry and strange mathematical symbols, along with a smattering of other languages. There are some thoughts running by in English, though.

Like ((A signal boost would require a break in the barrier, but a break in the barrier would require a significant surge of power. What sort of power, is yet to be determined...))

Or ((Radio frequences are more than likely present, but I'd need to encrypt any messages and the likelihood of tampering is high...))

Or ((I wonder if Spock and Mal should meet...))]

Comments

[skulljokelol.livejournal.com]

Could I bother you to show me how it works? Or is it still a ways off from functioning?

[lt-linguist.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not functional right now, but you can probably get an idea. It uses radio waves to transmit messages - you can't see radio waves, but this tuner - [She points to a knob.] It'll tune the signal to an available frequency which, theoretically, allows me to send the message to anyone else who might be listening in on that frequency. It's primitive, but it's all I've got right now.

[skulljokelol.livejournal.com]

So you can talk through them as well... ((It's similar to a Den Den Mushi then-)) Does that mean you will need more than one of them, then?

[lt-linguist.livejournal.com]

[She shrugs.]

Where I come from, all starships are equipped with things like this. Theoretically, if I was able to get a signal past the barrier, any ship with a device capable of tuning to the correct frequency that would be in range would be able to get the message. ((I just wish there was a way to get a message to the Enterprise. If there's a way to find us, Kirk could do it.))