USS Cherokee 
Altrius, Part 5
11507.19

Starring_
Steve Weller as CO_Ayidee, Griswold, Artlock and Producer
Dawn Freeman as OPS_Cmdr_Nash
Topper Loghry as CTO_LT_Q`ten
Zach Farland as CNS_Ens_Daniels
Rob Bindels as FCO_Lt_Zdunovski
Absent
Jon Benson as CEO_Salor
Ship's Log, Stardate 11507.19, Captain Ayidee recording.  The ship is sending a series of probes to start a more detailed survey of just how much debris is left within the asteroid field.  Once we know that we can get a better idea of just what sort of debris field we are dealing with.

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CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
::Straps himself into the co-pilot chair:: CNS: You're sure you can fly this thing?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::In a shuttle, in the pilot’s seat, ready to depart, with a band of scientists and Ensign Q'ten::  CTO: Of course I can fly this thing.  You just sit back and relax.  You might want to buckle your seatbelt.  ::Smiles as he checks some last minute shuttle readings::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@::On Bridge, reviewing preliminary scans of the asteroid belt.  Readings show it is consistent with the remains of a planet somewhere between the size of Earth and Vulcan.::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*OPS*: Waiting on clearance, Commander.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: I can't believe they’re letting us take the car out for a spin.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
*CNS*:  You got it. Take her out slow at first.  We don't want a shaken Klingon when you return.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: I know, they're nuts.  Too bad we want to study these asteroids.  You could have gotten in some target practice.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*OPS*: No, Ma'am... I mean, yes, Ma'am, nice and slow.  You can open the shuttle bay doors whenever you are ready, Ma'am.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: I still can. With a little imagination the sensors can be substitutes for Phasers.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
*CNS*:  Look again, the doors are open just for you.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*OPS*: Thanks a bunch.  See you on the flipside.  ::Slowly takes the shuttle out of the launch bay and into open space::

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: Hit it!

ACTION: As the shuttle launches, sensors show the number of active ships in the system has increased dramatically.  Mining operations in the outer belts have resumed for the day.  The path to the first belt where the debris was found is open and clear.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: Just don't shoot your foot off... or mine.  ::Picking up speed, careful not to hit and asteroids or the Cherokee or the space station or...::

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: yeah yeah yeah.  I'll bet I can shoot better than you can drive.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: Probably.

Host Griswold says:
@*Shuttle teams*: We are getting good readings from the scanners, but it seems the age of the samples makes a full analysis of how the materials interact impossible.  We are trying to get a full breakdown of how much material is in the field, but how much of that is debris and how much is natural minerals will be tough to figure out.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: Is this as fast as this will go?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::On route to the first belt and barely avoids hitting a small asteroid::  CTO: Whoa! Where'd that come from.  Huh?  Oh, you wanna go faster?

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: Well I'd like to get this over with before I have gray hair.

Host Griswold says:
@CO: Like I just told the shuttle teams, the amount of material out there...we can measure it.  We are just having a hard time determining how much of the field is constructed and how much is natural.  Billions of years, the tech is almost fossilized.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: I need the flight practice.  ::Decides to fly round for a little while, just to get a feel for the controls::

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: I wonder if they have drive-thru out here?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: They have a McDonald's on Mars and on some of the bigger ship yards, where I was born.  My mother would never let me eat that stuff.  She said McDonald's food barely qualifies for food.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: I don't know what McDonalds is, but let’s face it.  Human food barely qualifies for food anywhere.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@Griswold: So identifying the debris will require a hands on approach.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: I can't argue with that so, I won't.  I'll just try not to take it as a slam to my race.  So, does any of those asteroids look good to you?  Where should we begin?

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
*CO*: I am coming with my shuttle. I think we picked up something very interesting. And location data  can be viewed in Stellar Cartography lab. Everything we could detect has been mapped.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: Preparing sensors for first run...how about these over here?  ::points out nearby asteroids::.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Flying around in open space with the first belt ahead of them::  CTO: Okay, I'll get closer.  ::Flies towards Q'ten's recommendation::

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
Watts: That is it. Put the debris part safe. We are going back to the ship.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
<Watts> FCO: Aye-aye lieutenant.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*FCO*: Understood, It looks like we need to get a few more hands on samples going, try to see if we can figure out a way to identify the natural bits of rock from the once finished bits inside them.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*OPS*: You know, Commander, out here looking back at the Cherokee has given me a good idea.  If we paint the exterior hull black, we'd be practically invisible.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
@*CNS*: Only in your dreams.

Host Artlock says:
@Griswold: The computer can do it, we just need to set the parameters better.  Only problem there is we don't know what the 'starting sample' was.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
*CO*: Interesting stuff. Thank god, more, shuttles are coming over. The field is bigger than expected. I am sending some broadband parameters, to the shuttles, which are more location data, so all shuttles know what we already have mapped, and gathered of all data.

Host Griswold says:
@Artlock: Semantics, sir.  If we get a few samples we can set up the filters but for now, we need to do this a bit more hands on as the Captain said.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
::Starts sending all data, while the item has been fastened, and the shuttle starts returning.::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Puts the shuttle at a standstill so that the scientists on board can take their scans and whatnot of the area::  CTO: So far, I think I'm doing great.  No one's dead yet.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: okay getting readings of iron ore, nickel, pyroxene, and magnesium, sodium, and manganese, and trace elements of... I'm not real sure.  The sensors can't identify it.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
*OPS*: FCO here, holding short for the bay doors.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: Yeah, it's probably the unidentified stuff we should be the most concerned with.  Do we want to get a sample of the unknown?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
@*FCO*: You got it.  ::opens the doors.::

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: Transporters are standing by.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
*OPS*: Thank you. ::Sees doors open and flows slowly in.::

Host Griswold says:
@All: Starting to get some sample scans from the shuttle teams.  Iron compounds like steel, lots of other trace minerals likely mixed in to finish the materials, hmmm, seems like finished stone.  At least a few of these shuttle scans are probably from planet side buildings.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@Griswold: That's a bit of a wide spread comment, are you certain of that?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: We've found something we don't know what it is and neither does our sensors.  Do we want a sample or do we already have one of this unknown stuff?

Host Griswold says:
@CO: Um, I'm fairly certain sir.  Either it's part of a building from a planet or...maybe a ship carrying building supplies?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@*CNS*: Anything yourr shuttle crews can't identify with your equipment then bring back.  If we already had a sample of it then we'll know a bit about how much of it might be out there.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
@*OPS*: In. You can close the doors. 
Watts: You and your team make sure that the item is being transported to the science lab. I will go to the bridge shortly to visit the captain.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: Aye, Sir.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: I heard that Roger Okey dokey.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
@*FCO*: Already got it.  ::closes the doors.::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: Go ahead and have the scientists take a sample then, when they're ready, we'll move to another section.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
::Activates the transporter to gather samples of the unknown stuff.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
@::Sees over it that the item is proper prepared for transport, and leaves the shuttle bay. Directly to the nearest transporter. Which brings the FCO to the bridge.::

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: We have our first sample. Time to move onto the next one.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: You got it, big buddy.  ::Begins to move the shuttle deeper into the asteroid belt::  CTO: We should take shuttles out more often.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: You think they would let us each take one out?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<Shuttle SO> CNS/ CTO: Sirs?  I'm looking at the transporter signature of the object you brought aboard.  It looks...if I was to make a guess I'd say this thing was some sort of scanner, like a Tricorder.  Might be wrong, but that's first guess.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
SO: You mean it's not just a source element but a piece of equipment?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
SO: Wow, that's pretty cool.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: This changes everything.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
@::Enters the bridge and walks over to the captain.:: CO: We brought a smaller item back. It is being sent to the Science lab. And I am going to Stellar Cartography now.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
SO: Can we see what readings it has on it?  I mean, can it be made operable again?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<Shuttle SO> CTO: I think so, definitely some bit of equipment, yes.  
CNS: Not sure if it would still work though, given the age.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
@CO: Just wanted to let you know personally.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@FCO: Understood.  It's starting to appear that this is more than just a ship or two lost here ages ago.  Looks like we found the remains of an inhabited system.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: How could possibly still work?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
SO/CTO: If we could get it to work...  That would really give us some answers.  Let's find some more stuff.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: I'll bet if we got it back to the ship it could be reverse engineered.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<Shuttle SO> CNS: We might be able to, but I'd rather pass it off to an Engineer.  I'm a biologist, so I'd rather not try to do the repairs.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
@CO: Yes, that is what I already saw in the shuttle. But astro can show more. And I only picked up a small part. Due to the equipment we had on board, we picked a bit broader and deeper than a default shuttle. Going of. :: Leaves for Stellar Cartography.::

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
SO: I agree with you.  There isn't any sort of sign of a power output is there?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: Sir, we seem to have found, what our scientists feel, some kind of old scanner of some kind.  That's a pretty good find, huh?  Our scientists think an engineer might be able to get to what's on it.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
@::Turns around in front of the turbo lift.:: CO: If the others send their scans over to the ship, I can integrate it.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
<Shuttle SO> CTO: No, if the thing has a battery it's long dead I'd guess.  Might be this part here...  ::Points to the display.::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Finds a new area to be surveyed::  CTO: We could get famous if we find something really substantial.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*CNS*: A scanner?  Yes, that is more than I'd expect to find that fast.  It looks like we at least see what we are dealing with now.  Bring it back for Engineering then.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
FCO: The information is already being collated in the Astrometrics lab.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Isn't ready to return to the ship::  *CO*: Now or when we've been out a little longer?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Sees a huge asteroid ahead:: CTO: Whoa!  Check out the size of that one.  It's huge!

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
@CO: Thanks. ::Takes the Turbolift down to Stellar Cartography. Walks over there and starts to load the data from the shuttles. And it starts to build and map everything. Thinks over that mapping could take quite some time, as it is lot of data.::

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: You don't think finding a 10+BILLION year old scanner, intact enough to be recognizable as such, substantial?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*CNS*: I'll leave that to your judgment, but I don't see a rush.  We want to get the information right, not fast.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: We could land on it and really get a closer look.  Do we have EVA suits on board?

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: There should be at least one stored on here. But we could just go in the back and look at it.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: Sir, we've found an asteroid as big as Ceres from my home star system.  Permission to land on her and take closer scans an observations?

ACTION: The asteroid the Counselor is looking at is nearly a thousand kilometers in diameter, and has several smaller asteroids orbiting it.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Flies quickly towards the large asteroid::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@*CNS*: Permission granted, but take care.  If the asteroid shows any signs of instability, back off and we'll find a better way to investigate.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
@:: Walks over to the Science lab, in order to see what the engineers have discovered.::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: Aye, sir... and thanks.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: I'm going back here and see just what it is we picked up. ::Begins to unstrap himself::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
@::thinking that this is one fascinating mystery to say the least.::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@<SO> FCO: Hello, sir.  Bringing in a sample or just looking for a tour?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: It's a go.  Let's go take a walk on an asteroid.  Break out the EVA suits, let's see how many we have and we're naming this big asteroid Wally, Wally, the asteroid.  ::Smiles::  CTO: I did discover it, after all.

CTO_LT_Q’ten says:
CNS: I thought I pointed it out to you.

FCO_Lt_Zdunovski says:
@::Looks at the object. and to James Watts:: Watts: Stellar Cartography is building the mapping. Any idea already about this item?

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@<SO> FCO: I'm afraid we're just cataloging and forwarding the objects from here, sir.  We have 4 labs set up starting analysis but right now most of our manpower is working on collecting the samples and mapping the field.

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