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Mission Summary 10512.08
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"Welcome to Brrrrsville, Part 3"
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The trip to Danau was far from simple.  As they proceeded on their course from the Starbase, the Don Johnson traveled through a matter cloud.  The cloud turned out to be a sentient being that attacked in response to the contact with the DJ.
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Although a little banged up from the contact with the cloud, the DJ was relatively unscathed and no one was injured.  The ship continued on course to Danau after the crew regrouped.
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The ship is now in orbit and preparing to complete their mission.
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CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: Please alert the science departments that we have arrived and they can start their research.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: Mr. Mahl please keep constant scans
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: I don't want any more surprises please.
XO_Arca says:
::in his XO chair and looks at the engineering progress on the damage::
CTO_Mahl says:
CO: Understood, Ma'am.  I would prefer not to have anything chewing on us either.
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ACTION:  The science teams pour into the new pod and begins scanning the surface.
XO_Arca says:
CNS: Note any places that AT should investigate.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
FCO: Keep our orbit stable.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
::at one of the aft science consoles reading the information.::
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: Captain, The science teams are working according to schedule for use of the pod.
XO_Arca says:
CTO: How are your systems Lieutenant?
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: Understood Lt Pino.
CTO_Mahl says:
XO: Everything seems to be working within proper parameters, Sir.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
XO: I am assuming that all the department heads sent their reports to you?
XO_Arca says:
CO: Yes ma'am
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: I am confirming some reports that the surface readings are experiencing interference from the mineral levels in the atmosphere.
XO_Arca says:
CO: Every department is 5 by 5 except for engineering that is working on the damaged areas of the ship.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: Well that is another part of the reason why we are here.  To study why these particles are interfering with the communications from the planet.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
XO: Well I hope engineering is working to get our repairs done fast.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: Communications Captain, I understood this place to be uninhabited.  Is there something we should know?
XO_Arca says:
CO: I'm sure the new chief is doing the best job he can sir
CTO_Mahl says:
CO: Ma'am, tactical sensors are penetrating a thin layer of the atmosphere.  I am seeing something that resembles the ruins of a village down there.
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ACTION: The surface temperature of the planet registers -74 C.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
::Refocuses the science sensors to where the CTO is looking.:: CO: Well Captain, there does appear to have been some inhabitance of this planet but some time ago.  The surface temperature is -74 Celsius.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: We were to find out these particles and what they are.  Remember the ruins of the village were once teaming with life at one point.  So the second part is to find out what happened to the village.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: Agreed so maybe this field is what is keeping the surface frigid instead of temperate?
XO_Arca says:
Self: I bet they have good skiing down there
CTO_Mahl says:
XO: I bet I could make a good snowball to get you back, too.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: Lets just find out what happened to the village and its occupants and worry about the particles later.
XO_Arca says:
::smiles:: CTO: Not if I get you first
CTO_Mahl says:
XO: I wonder who the barbarian was that first decided to throw a ball of crystallized water at someone?
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: Captain, we can confirm that the metallic particles are interfering with the full sensor readings.  However, we may be best able to study the surface better if we sent an investigational away team.
XO_Arca says:
CTO: Barbarian more like genius
XO_Arca says:
::moves over to the science station  to see what the CNS and CO are talking about::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: Yes that is part of the reason why we are here.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::turns to look at the XO as he approaches::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
XO: Curious are you?
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
XO: I think that maybe a probe should be used first to confirm what the CNS has found out.
XO_Arca says:
CO: Oh course why did you ladies find something?
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: Your opinion?
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: Captain, a probe will likely have the same difficulty in transmitting that the sensors are having with the interference.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
::looks at 3 spots that appear on her sensors.::
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: I am picking up 3 heat sources via infrared on the sensors about 15 kms from the ruins.  It is possible some sort of life form is a remnant of technology still partially working.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: Yes that is true but maybe we could get it within a certain distance so that we might be able to punch through it without actually landing on the surface.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::looks at the CNS's screen::
CTO_Mahl says:
::tunes the tactical sensors to where the CNS found the heat source, and verifies.  He also sees something else::
XO_Arca says:
CNS: If we can't you probe Lieutenant what do you recommend?
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: I sense you have something to say?
CTO_Mahl says:
CO: Ma'am, tactical verifies the counselors find.  I also want to report that I am detecting motion around those sources.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: Motion??? How? What type of movement?
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
::looks at the XO curiously.:: XO: We have been issued equipment able to withstand the surface and as such, with the sensor interference, I recommend a manned team to see what is really down there.
CTO_Mahl says:
CO: Trying to determine, Ma'am, one moment.
XO_Arca says:
::smiles at the CNS and turns to the CO:: CO: Ma'am permission to take an away team to the planet.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS/XO: Yes we have the equipment but I will not let anyone go to the surface until I am sure it is safe.
CTO_Mahl says:
CO: The sources seem to be moving in a straight line along the curve of a mountain range.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: Away from the village?
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ACTION:  The 3 heat sources disappear one by one into the mountain wall.
CTO_Mahl says:
CO: Actually, it appears they have disappeared into the mountain wall itself, Ma'am.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
::checks the database for information on the Shamadoi civilization that once inhabited this village.::
XO_Arca says:
CO: Then I recommend a class 2 probe to make a slow approach to the planet to get as much information before we lose the signal.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
XO: I agree send the class 2 probe.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CTO/CO: It is likely that the mountains have the same metallic minerals as the atmosphere does and that the sensors are unable to penetrate it in such large quantities.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: Stay sharp Mahl.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: I want to know what these particles are.
XO_Arca says:
::moves next to the CTO:: CTO: Launch three class 2 probes toward the heat sources on slow approach.
CTO_Mahl says:
CO: I am trying to coax a bit more out of the sensors now.  But, with all the interference, I wouldn't count on much, if anyhing at all.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
All: If we can not acertain what is the composition of this partical no one and I stress no one is going to leave the ship.
CTO_Mahl says:
XO: Will do.  ::prepares three class 2 probes, and launches them on slow decent towards the heat sources::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::thinks now about what the last part of the mission orders said::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
XO: I won't permit any one to leave until I am assured by tactical and science that we can beam out of those walls or what ever they turn out to be.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: Captain, based upon the information given us and available the Shamadoi were a prewarp society that were hunters and gatherers in a nomadic fashion.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: Noted.  Do you think that we might be safe enough to send a shuttle to the surface?
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ACTION:  The probes launch and proceed into the atmosphere where they disappear from sensors.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
ALL: I don't want to lose any of you or the science........::looks at the sensor at the science station::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO/CNS: They just disappeared.  How is that possible?
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO:  The metallic particles are gold, silver, iron copper pyrite and graphite, all of which are fairly standard and normal but it is the combination of them here that fools the sensors and blinds them.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: The metallic mineral particles. ::smiles.::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: Well it would seem so because the probes are gone.
CTO_Mahl says:
::tries in vain to make contact with the probes:: CO: They just seem to have vanished into thin air.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::walks back to her chair and stands there thinking for a moment::
XO_Arca says:
CTO/CNS: Could the signal just too weak for us to receive?
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: I do not believe they are gone, we cannot read their readouts because it is being interfered with.  There was nothing on sensors to indicate that they in anyway had harm come to them.
CTO_Mahl says:
XO: I can’t say for certain.  However, the way they just simply vanished would lead me to believe otherwise.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: Science team 1 reports that they have been able to conclusively identify the moving heat sources as that of life forms, however they have not been able to determine yet of what type.
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ACTION:  As the gap in the atmosphere passes once more the sensors faintly detect the probes.
XO_Arca says:
CO: I think we should launch a class 6 to boost the signal but stop the probe just before the last location of the other probes
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
::points to her console.:: CO: There the probes are and science team 2 has conclusively determined that this mineral and particle make up is a natural jamming signature.
CTO_Mahl says:
::receives a weak signal from the probes:: CO/XO: I just received a weak signal from the probes.  It would appear that the atmosphere is indeed blocking the signals.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: Understood stay on it.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
XO: Maybe boost to a class 7?
CTO_Mahl says:
::turns to the CO:: CO: I agree with your idea of sending stronger probes down.  Perhaps we will be able to keep the signal longer if we do.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
::thinks about the XO's idea of a class 6.::
XO_Arca says:
CO: I was think that the communication relay packed in the class 6 would be better suited sir.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
XO: Yes Then we can make the class 6 probe a comm relay from the other probes.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: Science team one has determined that there is another larger heat reading coming from within the mountain/cave where the other 3 entered.  They are requesting that we position ourselves directly over the area for further study.
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ACTION: Sensors pick up 7 heat sources and the science pod confirms that they are humanoid life forms.
XO_Arca says:
ALL: How about if we send a class 2 but this time program them to return to the ship after using its imaging systems?
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: 7 life forms confirmed with in the cave/mountain and they ARE Humanoid!
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
XO: That could work.
XO_Arca says:
::moves away from tactical and back to science:: CNS: Could our sensor be fooled some how?
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::hears the CNS::
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
    CNS: Humanoid are you sure???
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
XO/CO: It is possible but not likely given the circumstances surrounding them.  The break in the atmosphere has enabled the best readings and the closer the better the readings are.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
XO: I suggest a class 5 probe to return once finished its recon.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: I am satisfied. That is enough for me to send an Away team.
XO_Arca says:
CTO: Launch the class 5 to scan and return and a 6 to boost the 2 signals
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: Prepare your Away teams.
CTO_Mahl says:
XO: Understood.  ::prepares a class 5 probe, programming it to take its recon photos and scans.  When complete, it is programmed to return to the ship.  Also prepares a class 6 probe to boost the two signals::
CTO_Mahl says:
CO/XO: Launching probes now.  ::pushes a few buttons, and launches the probes::
XO_Arca says:
::smiles and taps her on her arm:: CNS: Have fun down there and break back a snowball for Mahl.
XO_Arca says:
::moves toward his chair::
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: Me Captain?
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ACTION:  The probes launch as programmed.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CNS: I need not remind you that this is to be considered as a first contact situation.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CO: Aye Captain.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: You are to join the away team as well.  I want nothing left to chance.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO: You’re TO will man the tactical station while you are away.
CTO_Mahl says:
CNS: I recommend standard side arms for all away team members.
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
::takes a moment to request 2 persons from Science team 1 and 2 from science team two to report to the shuttle bay and prepare for the away team.::
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
CTO: Mr. Mahl, we will need you and two of your personnel that are experienced in first contact situations.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO/CNS: Remember the EVA suits that were specially adapted for this mission and the shuttles as well. Remember I want nothing left to chance.
XO_Arca says:
CNS: Oh Lieutenant make sure you have a good pilots it could get every bumpy
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
CTO/CNS: Good luck to both of you.  Report in regularly if distortion fields permits.
CO_Shemara_Arca says:
::watches both of them as they prepare to exit the bridge::
CNS_LtJg_C_Pino_PhD says:
::nods to the XO and CO and enters the TL and heads for the shuttlebay to prepare for launch.::
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