USS Cherokee 
Altrius, Part 8
11508.23

Starring_
Steve Weller as CO_Ayidee, TO_Morrow, and Producer
Dawn Freeman as OPS_Cmdr_Nash
Topper Loghry as CTO_LT_Q`ten
Zach Farland as CNS_Ens_Daniels
Absent
Rob Bindels as FCO_Lt_Zdunovski
Guest Star
Pablo Delsoglio as SO_Expendable
Ship's Log, Stardate 11508.23, Captain Ayidee recording.  The team of Counselor Daniels and Lieutenant Q'ten have discovered what appears to be some sort of vessel.  What it was for, when it was built, what is inside...those and many other questions need answers.

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CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Standing near the well-insulated sphere, wondering what's beyond the next door::

SO_Expendable says:
::puts the shuttle in fully auto operational mode and puts his EVA suit on::

SO_Expendable says:
*CNS*; I will be joining you and the CTO in a moment. Beaming down now.

Host TO_Morrow says:
::In the strange room the CNS and CTO found, having been called by CTO while he double checks security setup.::  CNS: Ready to try the door.  Chief thinks we can try to see if this thing opens like an airlock.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@*CNS*: We are putting teams together to back you up.  But for now, proceed carefully.

SO_Expendable says:
::activates the transporter::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: Aye, sir.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
TO: Let's wait for our science officer.

Host TO_Morrow says:
CNS: Yes sir.  Of course.

SO_Expendable says:
::materializes some meters away from the CNS/CTO location, near the alien airlock::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Sees the new arrival::  SO: Glad to have you with us.

Host TO_Morrow says:
::Double checks Phaser and Tricorder, then nods to SO and steps forward.::  CNS: What do you think, step inside, close the outer door and then open the inner?  Or try to open the inner?

SO_Expendable says:
CNS: ::nods:: Ensign. So... do you have some trouble with that airlock? ::smiles::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
TO: Okay, go ahead, let's try that door you wanted to try but, go slowly and with caution

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
SO: I hope it's the airlock and not evil aliens behind it.

SO_Expendable says:
;;pulls his tricorder off the holster and scans the airlock once again::

Host TO_Morrow says:
::Steps in first, scanning with Tricorder as we go.  Once the team is in closes the outer door and turns to the inner one.::  CNS/ SO: Ready?

SO_Expendable says:
CNS: My exact same thoughts.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
TO: Ready.  We'll follow you.

SO_Expendable says:
TO: Proceed.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@OPS: Can we get some more teams to the Counselor and CTO's location to try and figure out what they have?

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
@CO:  They are already waiting for the word to go, Sir.

Host TO_Morrow says:
::Tries to unseal the inner door, and is kind of surprised when it cracks open.::

SO_Expendable says:
CNS/TO: Some indication of the presence of an atmosphere behind the airlock.. still trying to process it's composition
Host CO_Ayidee says:
@OPS: Then send them in.  There may be more out there but we have a nice sample to examine here.

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
@CO:  Aye, Sir.  They are eager to get this mystery solved as much as everyone else.
::she sends the word for the teams to go in.::

ACTION: As the door opens, some of the atmosphere flows  in as well as some liquid flowing over the edge.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
SO/TO: What's with the...  SO: What is the wet stuff?

SO_Expendable says:
CNS: That a mix of oxygen, nitrogen, and CO2 in liquid form from the cold. .. And the temperature is only 4 Celsius degrees above absolute zero.

ACTION: As the liquid hits the Away Team's boots, it vaporizes back to gas form.

SO_Expendable says:
CNS/TO: No a good situation to for our EVA suits to experience a malfunction.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
SO: Okay, so... ::Looks down at his feet::

Host TO_Morrow says:
CNS/ SO: So...the air in here really did freeze?  I had a cousin who lived in Alaska.  As kids he used to say the air would do that.  I told him he was nuts for years...

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
SO/TO: Do we really want to meet whatever they got on ice in here?

SO_Expendable says:
TO; :: smiles at the TO's comment::

SO_Expendable says:
CNS: We are by definition member of an exploring fleet... so... we must find out

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
SO: I was afraid you'd say something logical like that.

Host TO_Morrow says:
CNS: You think whatever is in here breathes this stuff by design?  Didn’t the science guys say this field is like billions of years old?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
TO: What if it's cryogenics and we're thawing something out, huh?

SO_Expendable says:
CNS/TO: I suggest we better not speculate on frightening ideas, and try to concentrate on finding out the true purpose of this facility.

Host TO_Morrow says:
CNS: Yeah, if that's the case they would be frozen, right?  ::Pushes the door open and shines a light inside before stepping through onto the floor.::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
SO: Just thinking outside the box.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
::Heads back to the bunker entrance from the shuttle::

SO_Expendable says:
CNS: ::smiles:: I know... sometimes I tend to be kind of... an square guy... blame it on my age... ::continues trying to find something with his tricorder::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Follows the TO::  SO: I often find a little comic relief is good for morale under stressful situations.  It's kinda what I do.  ::Smiles::

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
*CNS*: This is Q'ten. I'm ready to come in if you wanna shut that inner door.

ACTION: Once inside, the Away Team's hand lamps show the room inside is huge, with no back walls in sight.  The entire room is filled with egg shaped cylinders, each 2 meters tall and 1.5 meters across.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CTO*: Hang on, I think we found a nest.

SO_Expendable says:
::moves closer to try to get a better view::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Looks around in amazement::  SO: Okay , so what do you think of this?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
TO: Can you assist the CTO in reaching us?

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
*CNS*: A nest of what?  You gotta let me get in there with you!

Host TO_Morrow says:
CNS: Yes sir.  *CTO*: Once we close the door you should be able to get in.  One second.  ::Closes the door.::  OK, ready to go Sir.

SO_Expendable says:
CNS/TO: Definitely some sort of a preserving cryogenics chamber... I need to get closer to inspect the contents of those cylinders.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
::Pulls the outer door open and quickly steps inside to close it::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CTO*: I dunno but, they like to keep their eggs in the freezer.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
*CNS*: Eggs?

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
::Heads to the inner door and pulls it open::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CTO*: Well, yeah, they look like very large eggs.

SO_Expendable says:
::points his hand lamp and proceeds towards the nearest cylinder::

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
::Steps inside and finds the rest of the party:: CNS: You like yours scrambled or poached?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: Even you couldn't eat an egg this big.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS: ::Smiles:: I could put a dent in it though

Host TO_Morrow says:
CNS: But we could make an omelet and feed the crew with just a few...um, if these were simple eggs I mean.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: Come on, we got a science guy here that will tell us what they are.  ::Follows SO::

SO_Expendable says:
CNS/TO: As expected... this cylinder are cryogenic chambers... all of them contains one life form inside... ::moves his tricorder:: Some of them are degraded, but most of the specimens are still intact...

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
::Tags along::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
TO: After twelve billion years I wouldn't think they are suitable for consumption.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@OPS: Rough guess, given the makeup of the asteroid field, how many objects like the one they are inspecting could there be in this belt?

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS: Definitely past the "sell by" date

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
SO: Seriously?  So, can we assume whatever is in there didn't expect to be in there this long?

SO_Expendable says:
CNS: A safe assumption.

SO_Expendable says:
CNS: let me do some checking.. ::taps on his tricorder::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: I wonder if this just didn't turn into a rescue mission.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
ALL: Has anyone seen anything that might pass as a control panel?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: You'd think they'd keep it by the door.

SO_Expendable says:
All: At least it won't be an extracting mission ...

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
::Starts looking for some sort of control panel::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
@::looking from her console back to the view screen then the Captain.::  CO:  Roughly the best guess to an estimate could be about a half dozen to 2 dozen, maybe more. It's hard to say because they blend in with the asteroid field.

ACTION: The hand lamps beams show a console about 10 meters away, and another in the other direction about 90 meters away.

SO_Expendable says:
All: They are from an unknown humanoid species... 1.5 meter tall... still need to confirm whether they have skin or scales.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
::Approaches one of the eggs and starts rubbing the sediment off to see who/what may be inside::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Goes to check out one of the control panels::

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS: 1.5meters...it's the little people.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: They're called munchkins.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
::Makes his way to the nearest console and starts examining it::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Runs to the control panel 90 meters away::

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
::Stares at the black dead screen and starts feeling for an on switch or something::

SO_Expendable says:
All: Dwar.... ::stops::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@OPS: That's a lot of chunks to investigate.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
::Finds what looks like it may have been a battery at some time, but it is dead::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Begins the walk back after finding the control panel void of power::

OPS_Cmdr_Nash says:
@CO:  Too many.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
SO: is there any way that we can rig some power to these control panels?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Reaches the others::  All: We need a battery recharge or something.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
SO: Perhaps we can use this battery to determine what type of power is required.

SO_Expendable says:
CTO: Let me check.. ::tries to identify the power source distribution::

Host TO_Morrow says:
CNS/ CTO: Um, sirs, I know this is your operation, but weren't we just nervous about finding them inside alive?

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
TO: Well it would be rude to get this far and then not even try to say hello.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: Sir, we are in a room the size of Cleveland.  There appears to be hundreds of eggs containing a life form each.  Some of them are still viable.  The control panels are dead but, we didn't know how you'd feel about us trying to revive these poor creatures.

SO_Expendable says:
::examines the battery and then compares the results with his previous scanning::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@*CNS*: Life forms?  How many are you looking at there?

SO_Expendable says:
CTO: Unfortunately, the battery components are frozen solid. Impossible to determine their operational mode.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: Hundreds, maybe thousands.

SO_Expendable says:
::Moves closer to the panels:: CTO: Maybe I can figure out something analyzing these panels.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
SO: Well I'm pretty sure it's not going to be a matter of simply plugging it into the nearest outlet.

Host TO_Morrow says:
CNS: That's what we can see.  Based on the size of this asteroid, there may be more floors filled with these things.  And hard to see much past the range of our lights.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: They're in some kind of egg shaped cryogenic chambers.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
TO: You're right, could be an entire civilization.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@*CNS*: For now proceed with caution, I do not think it wise to simply wake them up like that.

SO_Expendable says:
CTO: Not at all. But they waited for a long time here... A couple of hours more will not do any harm to them ;;smiles::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
::Looks around to see if there's an elevator of stairs leading to other floors or other rooms::

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS: Who, or whatever they are, there had to be some sort of hierarchy. Maybe we can find one that would be a leader, or some sort of authority figure.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: I agree.  Maybe start with waking just one?

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS: We'd have to figure out how.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS: Even if we are able to do that, then what? Ask him to "take us to your leader?"

SO_Expendable says:
::tries to decode the panel indicators symbols::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: That's what I think.  One would be able to answer a lot of questions only, I doubt if any of us speak ancient... whatever they speak, if they speak.

Host CO_Ayidee says:
*CNS*: For now let us see if this is possible to even do.  We aren't talking a ship keeping them in stasis a few years.  We figure out what we have first and then we can make the decision to move forward from there.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS: True, but given time the universal translator would figure out the language barrier.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: Also, we'd need a lot of power to wake them all.  Who knows how many more rooms like this are here?

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: What if they have no mouths?  Then what?

SO_Expendable says:
CNS/CTO: So far, it is hard for the translator to decode their written symbols... very unusual form indeed. ::Continues working::

Host CO_Ayidee says:
@*CNS*: Agreed.  I'll have the teams coming over bring lighting gear from the shuttles.  Should give you some idea what you actually have there.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS: I think if we could wake one up, then it's possible that one could lead us to others that would be more qualified.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
SO: If anyone can decode the puzzle, it's you, Expendable.

SO_Expendable says:
CNS: My name is a guarantee of that, sir. ::taps on the tricorder::

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
*CO*: Aye, Sir.  We could use more light and maybe a power source, a generator or something.

SO_Expendable says:
CNS/CTO: Unfortunately it seems the guarantee expired... The translator cannot decode it. Nothing on our database is similar to their writing... ::scratches his head::

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS/SO: Wait a minute.  This...whatever it is... was draining power from our equipment. So our power systems must be at least partially compatible.  Why don't we just bring in some generators and plug them in.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: That's a good idea.  I wonder why they aren't draining power from us still.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS/SO: Take cover and see what happens.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS: Perhaps they just needed to drain enough to activate their systems enough to be noticed.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
CTO: All this fuss just to hatch a few eggs.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
CNS: It's a dirty job, but somebodies gotta do it.

Host TO_Morrow says:
::Fidgets a bit.::  CTO: The drain as a reboot maybe, enough to get their generators running?  What's the term, the energy needed to start a fusion reaction?

SO_Expendable says:
All: Anyway, with some more times of decryption work, it is possible we can be able to crack their language code.

CTO_LTjg_Q’ten says:
TO: Exactly. Just like a jump start.

CNS_Ens_Daniels says:
TO: You must be lots of fun at parties, Morrow.  We'll work on that.  Make an appointment.

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