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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Mission: Exogenesis </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Day: 4</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Stardate: 2446.06.04</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">(Ixtal - Deck 5 Corridor- CSec/Tac - Lt. Commander T'Mur - 1108)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">As they walked boh T’Mur and Sekal ran tricorder sweeps of the area. Sekal was, of course, looking for scientific information, where
T’Mur was more tactically based, looking for life signs and energy signatures that might indicate weapons. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Sekal noted that atmosphere of the ship was well within normal parameters. Then he noted, "A transitory molecular reading in the
lower order of bandwidth of the Planck's constant. Non ionizing and not biologically based." He paused for a moment and said, "This was not noted on the shuttle scans of the ship."</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">T’Muir changed her display and acknowledged the information with a nod, “The readings from the Illuminar are still somewhat inconsistent
from the distance due to the ionize atmosphere. But the signature of the dust particles appear to have a similar ionic reading as the atmospher of the planet.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">"It lasted for only milliseconds,” Sekal said. "We should quicken our pace." </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">They quickly made their way to the bridge. T’Mur went back to scanning for life, with no results. As they walked Sekal commented
about possible theories to the missing crew. None of it seemed logical to either of the Vulcans. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">“It would be irrational to assume that the ship was locked in the ionosphere and unable to send a message when all of its systems
are functional," Sekal said.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">T’Mur agreed, “It would only be logical to assume that the ship was… hiding from being discovered by unsuspecting ships.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">The door to the lift opened admitting them to the bridge.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">As they stepped on the bridge and surveyed the area. It was in disarray, but did not appear to show signs of damage or a battle.
With the exception of the PADDs strewn about, some of which were damaged. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">"Access the security logs and attempt to determine if there was an armed ingresion or internal uprising,” Sekal told T’Mur. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">“Yes, sir,” T’Muir replied and headed over to the what appeared to be the security station. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">The system was far from state of the art, but whoever had been in charge of it knew how to lock out their data. Fortunately T’Mur
was just as adept as finding ways around such measures. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">She heard Sekal behind her call out, "Flight controls are locked. Before attempting to free them I am going to attempt to access the
command logs."</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">She had already started the security logs. She found the most recent log and played it. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">[A majority of the crew have been affected. As a precaution we transported as many of the unaffected to the surface in hopes that
they can survive long enough to explain what has happened here. Communication systems are no longer functioning, fried by the last ion flare from the planet. The ship has been positioned so that only someone actually looking for u will find us. Hopefully they’ll
have better luck than we had. End log.]</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">T’Mur turned her head and looked at Sekal with a raised eyebrow. “That did not sound like a positive report,”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">(reply Sekal)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">(posted by Al Muir)</span></p>
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