- Inspired by episodes:
- Discovery: S3E1 TNG: S6E13
Interstellar Communications
Discover the power of radiowaves as you communicate across space and time.
- Inspired by episodes:
- Discovery: S3E1 TNG: S6E13
Summary
Use different amateur radio to communicate over extended distances.
Try this Mission at nighttime too. The ionosphere reflects radiowaves further at night time, meaning you can make contacts all around the globe.
Narrative
Communication Officers, as well as being linguistic experts, have to be trained to use a vast array of communiation tools to enable them to communicate over different distance and at different speeds with all types of vessels and operators. With most of these tools using electromagnetic radiation of different frequencies, the Communication Officers have the capacity to contact cultures using the most primitive communicaiton devices as well as beam messages through sub space faster than the speed of light. Unfortunately the communicators on your base aren't currently working so you need to rely on traditional radio transmissions to contact the other bases on your planet.
Mission Outcomes
By completing this activity, you can show your Unit Council that you can:
STEM | Amateur Radio:
- Operate radios using different frequencies
- Learn how different antennas and frequencies impact on radiowave propagation
- Follow conventions to communicate a message clearly via radio
Completing Projects using Missions
Using the Scout Method of Plan, Do, Review, you can demonstrate your capabilities to your Unit Council once you have completed this Mission.
Plan
Use Terrain to record your goals based on the missions you intend to complete during Star Trek: Survival for presentation to and approval by your Unit Council.
Do
Complete any pre-work that might help you to complete the Mission, such as practicing using maps and radios, or doing research into particular concepts that missions mention that you may not be familiar with, or any other technologies or concepts you are curious about that might help you find success.
Complete the mission at Star Trek: Survival 2024.
Review
Get your Starfleet Report Card from this website at the conclusion of the event to summarise your achievements. These accomplishments can be presented to your Unit Council for Project approval and recorded in Terrain to keep track of your progress.