• Inspired by episodes:
• TNG: S3E7 TNG: S5E15 TNG: S6E24 TNG: S7E16 ENT: S1E6

Red Shirt Rescue

Practice navigation skills to locate 'lost' or 'abandoned' equipment in a search and rescue simulation

• Inspired by episodes:
• TNG: S3E7 TNG: S5E15 TNG: S6E24 TNG: S7E16 ENT: S1E6

Summary

Using Radio Direction Finding technologies and mapping skills, Scouts will need to localise position indicating beacons, determine and plot the beacon positions, and navigate through unforgiving terrain to find the items.

Narrative

Welcome to Starfleet Academy's Search and Rescue (SAR) training module. Upon completion of this course you'll be ready to beam down to an alien planet, and use your skills to locate and possibly retrieve injured personnel, valuable artifacts, or dangerous materials. As you may need to operate within pre-warp societies, hence the need to develop the most basic skill levels as well as introducing higher level post-warp technologies. Usually the SAR component is completed in a state-of-the-art training facility, featuring anti-gravity modules, quantum computing terminals, immersive holodeck weapons training, and full-featured remote environment equipment support kits. However, it has been determined that the use of a most realistic and harsh environmental area with limited facilities operating at a reduced safety level provides better trained Starfleet team members.

Briefing

Starfleet officers and Crew are often sent of Missions of Recovery, due to equipment being lost on a previous mission, or due to new information received that provides a level of guidance to possible historical or useful discoveries. Various location methods can be used depending on the equipment or information being acted upon. In this training exercise it has been assumed that all items were fitted with Starfleet Mark 3 (post-warp) beacons. However, all the beacons have been found to be in a Level 1 civilisation area (pre-warp), so while you may use the Mark 3 equipment to assist in mapping the beacon locations, this equipment CANNOT be taken into the Level 1 zone. (Refer to the Prime Directive). It is assumed that Starfleet cadets have completed the required Level 1 mapping and navigation exercises before attempting this training module. Please follow all directions from your Course Instructors over the weekend. They can be identified by their Star Trek: Survival Lanyards, and are here to assist you in achieving as much as possible here at Mafeking Rover Park.

Instructions

As a Patrol: plot a bearing to each of the 6 beacons from reference location A move to reference location B, and plot a crossing bearing to each of the 6 beacons Using the generated map locations, enter the search zone, safely navigate to, and locate the objects (Scan) record each of the object ID codes of the designated 6 items Return to Mission Base to verify your finds NB Some other objects in the search zone are dangerous or prohibited access - these will impact your final result

Activity Background

This activity is a scavenger hunt style wide game. Based on the clues determined (cross bearing locations), and actually finding the targets will provide points contributing to the success of each Patrol.