USS Pandora Mission Transcript 11406.13

USS Pandora Cast of Characters

CO	Captain John J Adams	Bob Baldwin	Absent	
SC	Captain Satok Z Marek	Pablo Delsaglio		
XO	Commander Gaeb	Gabriel Marceau		
DO	VACANT			
FCO	VACANT			
2O	VACANT			
OPS	Lieutenant Xara Xetani	Julie Léger		
CTO	Lieutenant D’ghor Rustazh	Gilles Léger		
TO	VACANT			
CSO	Lieutenant (jg.) Vertan Trix	Steven Weller		
SO	VACANT			
CEO	VACANT			
EO	VACANT			
CMO	Lieutenant Commander Anita Marie Santiago	Arlene McIntyre	LOA	
MO	VACANT			
CNS	VACANT			

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CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
:: standing at tactical as if he has not moved for the last day ::
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
:: On Bridge, reviewing the ever increasing amount of data on the planet we're approaching. ::
SC_Capt_Marek :
:: paces around the Bridge watching the crew do all the work ::
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
:: standing at tactical as if he has not moved for the last day ::
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: sitting on the Bridge at her console, monitoring ships systems ::
SC_Capt_Marek :
:: walks next to the XO :: XO: So another race to observe... it is always fascinating to discover a new civilization...
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
SC: It seems less fascinating when we have to observe a civilization that is doomed.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: taps at her console, going through the signals ::
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
:: grunts :: XO: I refuse to believe that no options are available.
SC_Capt_Marek :
:: with a cold Vulcan expression :: XO: Yet still a lot to learn.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CSO: I have every linguist on my staff and yours going over these transmissions and I think we have all come to the same conclusions.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
All: Life has a nasty habit of finding a way to survive. :: Shrugs. :: Or a good habit, I suppose.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
OPS: Oh? They figured it out already? What did they find?
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CSO: Chaos theory, life will find a way.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CSO: It would appear to be a type of news broadcast.
SC_Capt_Marek :
OPS: Chaos is an order which its rules we don't fully understand yet...
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: Indeed Captain. :: smiles ::
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CSO: Perhaps even pictorial electromagnetic waves, just not close enough yet for that.
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
OPS: Any chance that the signals that are being sent out could be interpreted as distress signals? Somewhere in that mess of signals, are there signals directed outward requesting help?
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
OPS: News...Yeah. Makes sense to send it that way. Before subspace frequencies became easily managed most of the so called "modern" civilizations used radio waves.
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
OPS: The Prime Directive is quite clear. "If a society sent a general distress call to any space-faring cultures who might pick it up." We can render assistance.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CSO: I concur Lieutenant.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CTO: At this time I couldn't tell you Chief.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: The news broadcasts are of something they are calling "The Arc".
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
CTO: Not sure on that, but scans are coming back rather strange. Primitive technology on many fronts, but their space craft are rather numerous, far outclassing the other technology we've detected. Maybe they want to help themselves?
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
:: grunts :: All: Then we assume they are distress signals and render assistance and let Starfleet Legal sort it out.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: smiles :: CTO: It could be interpreted that way Chief.
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
SC: They probably know that they have to get away from their star and are trying to build ships at an unusually rapid pace.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
:: Looks confused. :: CTO: That's rather risky. Isn't... never mind. Not my call to make, don't want to volunteer to get involved...
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
XO: That is the logical conclusion Commander.
SC_Capt_Marek :
XO/OPS: I agree. The need is the mother of invention...
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
:: examines scans :: SC: My sensors are picking up a rather large vessel being built. I also notice dozens, if not more, smaller ships flying about it. No power to the large vessel, but I believe they do have dilithium or some form of it on board the large vessel.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: Yes it is.
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
SC: The question is can they develop warp speed fast enough for us to make contact and help them?
SC_Capt_Marek :
XO/OPS: The question is: are they tampering with the warp concept or just sub light propulsion? That question is key in this situation.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
SC: My applied technology professor loved to say that, :: Clears throat and speaks in a low, monotonous voice. :: "Necessity, students, is the mother of invention".

SC_Capt_Marek :
:: nods to the XO ::
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC/XO: Unknown, the broadcasts aren't saying what type of propulsion is being used.
SC_Capt_Marek :
All: We need to process more of their emissions... and find the answers we need.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
XO/ SC: Sub light would take them decades to reach the nearest star system. :: Pauses. :: It's two light years away, so at full impulse that's over 4 years.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CTO: Dilithium? Are you certain?
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: turns in her chair and it squeaks ::
SC_Capt_Marek :
All: We also need to find out what type of political structure they have... maybe if their government isn't unified, we would hardly be able to find out that type of information, since it would be extremely secret.
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
CSO: Still feasible, many races of the Federation had sub-light shipping lanes between near systems.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: looks down at her chair :: Self: Hmmm.
SC_Capt_Marek :
OPS: Have Engineering take a look at that chair. :: raises an eyebrow ::
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
CSO: Would make sense even more when in a rush to evacuate a planet.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: Aye Sir. That was my next call. :: smiles ::
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
XO: Yes Sir, just saying it would not be easy.
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
OPS: I am fairly certain. I do believe it is not the same dilithium we use but it appears to serve the same purpose
XO_Cmdr_Gaeb :
SC: I wonder if travelling to other systems in sub-light speed should not be an exception to the Prime Directive, after all they are at risk of finding other races just by getting around.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
XO: That is a logical conclusion Commander.
SC_Capt_Marek :
XO: That would be... bending the Prime Directive a lot to say the least... but ... :: thinks for a moment :: It could be logically argued.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CTO: Really? :: looks over at the CSO :: Is that something we could get a better read on?
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
CTO: Dilithium would allow controlled antimatter reactions. :: Turns to the scans of energy sources. :: They might be closer than we thought.
OPS: I'll focus the sensor pod's sensors on it, should be able to get more scans on the molecular level given time.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: nods as she turns back to her console and the chair squeaks again ::
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: looks up at the SC :: SC: Calling Engineering now Sir.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: contacts Engineering about the chair. ::
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
:: Focuses the sensor pod on the vessel in question. :: All: Lots of activity around that thing. But the computer thinks that it has a high probability of being dilithium, a rather crude one.

SC_Capt_Marek :
All: It would be necessary to have more data on this civilization in order to determine if Prime Directive applies here. Maybe a closer look... :: turns to the XO ::
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
SC: Yes Captain. More information is always good to help figure things out.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: taps at her console :: XO: Right now, we are not finding anything about any different governing bodies, but we do keep hearing about one leader. The verbiage suggests "The First Citizen". I am assuming that to be the leader with all that transmissions we are going through.
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
:: shakes head :: All: We have two obvious things, that can avoid the Prime Directive. They are space faring and or they are asking for help. In either case, given the choice of saving lives on a planetary scale, I believe we can render some kind of assistance.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
All: I'm not a good engineer, but I know enough of the theories behind it to say that if that big ship is a warp ship in construction, the decision becomes far easier.
SC_Capt_Marek :
CTO: If they ask us for help; that means that we should have introduced ourselves before their request... that would be a direct violation of the Prime Directive.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
All: Well, may be a warp ship in construction. Wishful thinking saying "is".
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
OPS: Out of curiosity, do we have any visuals of their broadcasts yet? Are they humanoid/insectoid or other type of species?
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: Not if they are sending out a general distress signal to any space faring civilization.
SC_Capt_Marek :
OPS: But we haven't received that distress call yet, have we?
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
SC: A general broadcast to anyone "out there" would be sufficient to call a distress signal to answer.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
CTO: But have any of their broadcasts asked for help?
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CSO: Not yet.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CTO: We have a couple of black and white visuals.
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
:: grunts :: CSO: If I interpret them as such, it doesn't matter. I claim they are.... I say we help them.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CTO: They appear to be hexapods. Six appendages.
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
OPS: Good.... they can work faster
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: taps on her console :: All: I do have a couple of images if you would like to see them.
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
OPS: I would like to see them and any visuals of their vessel if you can
SC_Capt_Marek :
OPS: Please let us see that information.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: nods :: SC: On screen.
SC_Capt_Marek :
:: turns to the Screen ::

ACTION: Black and white images of an insectoid people come on the screen, covering what appears to be a strong hurricane in the area. The reporter is standing on two of his or her legs, is holding a microphone with two, and is using the last two to hold onto a tree to brace against the wind.

OPS_Lt_Xetani :
All: You will notice that they are insectoid and have 6 appendages.
SC_Capt_Marek :
OPS: Indeed. Insectoid species seems to be the predominant developed species around the whole sector...
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
:: examines the images ::

ACTION: Next to it comes up sensor images of the beings; basically the same but now they appear a glossy black front with a bright yellow back. This being appears to be teaching a class, and his last two appendages are writing notes in a tablet.

OPS_Lt_Xetani :
All: In this next image, you can see that the beings are standing on 4 of the 6 appendages.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CSO: I would assume that the top two are intended as arms and the bottom two are intended as legs and the middle pair can be used either way.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
OPS: It appears to be so. :: Grins. :: How many times have any of us wished for another pair of hands?
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:; chuckles :: CSO: One too many times.

ACTION: Next comes up an image of the vessel noted earlier. It is long, with a large compartment between two long pylons similar to Warp nacelles. There is a small area up front that appears sealed from space.

SC_Capt_Marek :
OPS: Can you enhance the resolution? Anyway we can guess what type of engines are inside those nacelles?
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: We are trying to clean up the images Sir.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
SC: It appears they do have some low power engines, but without power it's tough to analyze exactly what its main propulsion will be. Maybe once we get closer, unless someone can interpret the scans better than I can.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: For now, we only have very grainy images to work with.
SC_Capt_Marek :
OPS/CSO: I fully agree. We all better not jump into decisions based on incomplete data... I would suggest waiting until we are closer to the planet and count with more information on this insectoid species.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: Perhaps when we get closer, we will find better images.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: looks at the console beeping ::
SC_Capt_Marek :
All: That would be the most logical course of action.
Ens_H’lo :
*OPS*: Lt, we have some new images!
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
*H'lo*: Send them up.
Ens_H’lo :
*OPS*: You should have them now.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: looks at the images ::
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
All: A different species. Bipedal, speaks a different language from the insectoids.
SC_Capt_Marek :
OPS: Please elaborate on that.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: taps at her console and put the images on the view screen :: All: On screen now.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: They appear to be amphibious.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: I can't clear the images up any more than this. They aren't as good as the insectoid images.

ACTION: A new image comes up, less clear than the earlier one. It is of a bipedal being, smooth skin that appears to glisten. This one is standing before a crowd, speaking to them. The computer cannot yet translate the language, however.

OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: We don't have enough to translate this language yet.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
All: Science fiction maybe? Or a monster movie? But why is the picture so bad?
SC_Capt_Marek :
All: So things are getting more complex than we first saw... a second species...
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
:: frowns :: All: I am certain when we enter the system, our sensor scans can determine if this is fact or fiction.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
CSO: I don't know. It could be due to distance and galactic radiation.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
SC: I believe it is a different species because of the different language.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
:: looks at the new message from H'lo ::
SC_Capt_Marek :
All: Another reason not to rush into decisions yet.
OPS_Lt_Xetani :
ALL: This image is not from the system we are headed to. It's from the second signal we detected. It is from the system that is two light years past this one.
CSO_LtJG_Trix :
:: Quickly turns back to sensors and starts looking in that direction. :: Self: Uh...
CTO_Lt_D`Ghor :
:: blinks :: All: TWO systems.... we are going to need to clone ourselves and be in two places at once.

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