Compile Summary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate: 2406.10.22 (USS Mystique -ÊDeck 4, Counselor's Office Ê-ÊDr. Riven Mias -Ê1135) (USS Mystique -ÊEnsign Raynars quarters- Ensign Telan Raynar-Ê1136) (USS Mystique -Êquarters - Ensign Jason DemaÊ-Ê1305) (USS Mystique - Mess Hall- Ensign Travis Keswick- 1540) Ê(USS Mystique - Mess Hall; FO Lt Cmdr Petre Belinia; 1545) (USS Mystique - Mess Hall; TASC Ensign Travis Keswick; 1548) (USS Mystique - Personal Quarters-Ê Ensign Travis Keswick; 1800) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ê Stardate: 2406.10.23 Ê(USS Mystique - quarters - Ensign Jason DemaÊ& Cassandra DemaÊ- 0453) (USS Mystique - Holodeck - Ensign Jason Dema & Cassandra Dema - 0501) (USS Mystique - quarters - Ensign Jason Dema & Cassandra Dema & Sarah Nevada - 0612) (USS Mystique - FO's Quaters; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 0730) (USS Mystique - Shuttlebay - Ensign Jason Dema - 0830) Ê(USS Mystique - Bridge; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 0840) (USS Mystique, Shuttle Bay, OPS, Lt (jg) HHril, 915) (USS Mystique - Shuttle bay 1; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 1330) (USS Gunnel; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia/Tashish Laoa; 1358) (USS Gunnel -ÊCSO KetalÊ- 1359) (Planet: Raellus VI; Capital City: Matais; FO Lt Cmdr PeterÊ Belinia/Tashish Laoa; 1430/1755) Ê Ê ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Begin Compile Ê Ê Stardate: 2406.10.22 (USS Mystique -ÊDeck 4, Counselor's Office Ê-ÊDr. Riven Mias -Ê1135) Ê Riven was sitting at his desk sifting through recent events in his own mind. There were many things happening all at once and it would have been easy for his attention to be pulled in other directions but as it was he was thinking about the inhabitants of the planet below and what they must be like when the computer signaled for his attention. Ê [Message for Counselor Riven Mias.] Ê ~ This is extraordinary, who would be sending me a message? ~ Ê " Computer play the message,"ÊheÊsaid as he pursed his lips and gave it his undivided attention. Ê Ê[This is Telan Raynar, 2nd ships counslor. If it is possible I would like to meet with you at your earliest convenience to discus my duties and how I may be of best service to my new ship and crew. 2nd Counselor also sends his compliments.] Ê Riven leaned forward and pressed the comm button on the computer panel and said. "Counselor Raynar, this is Dr. Riven Mias welcoming you aboard. I am currently in my office on deck 4 and would enjoy meeting with you at your earliest convenience. Please drop in as soon as possible." Ê Having answered the message he smiled at the possibilities having a 2nd Counselor afforded, this could allow him to draw back some from normal routineÊwhile the other Counselor assumed the role thus placing him in the position he was most valuable in which would be his speciality; Mind healing and the dispensing of hi sustantialÊexperience and wisdom.ÊHis smile grew wider at the thought of the other things it would freeÊup time for. Ê ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ê Stardate: 2406.10.22 (USS Mystique -ÊEnsign Raynars quarters- Ensign Telan Raynar-Ê1136) Ê Telan herd the sounder go off on the terminal as he was headed to the sickbay to meet the CMO. He punched up the call code and replayed the message. Ê =/\="Counselor Raynar, this is Dr. Riven Mias welcoming you aboard. I am currently in my office on deck 4 and would enjoy meeting with you at your earliest convenience. Please drop in as soon as possible."=/\= Ê Telan touched his comm badge =/\= Dr. Riven, This is Ensign Raynar. I was just on my way up and if it is alright I will stop in for a visit now=/\= Ê (reply Dr. Riven Mias) Ê ~This ought to be an experience, I have wanted to meet this guy for a while~ Telan was thinking.He walked quickly to the nearest turbo lift and gave the command to go to deck four.Ê a few short minutes later he was outside the DR.'s quarters pressing the entery chime. Ê ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ê Stardate: 2406.10.22 Ê (USS Mystique -Êquarters - Ensign Jason DemaÊ-Ê1305) Ê Jason was thinking about the mission all the time, and decided he should go over some specifics with HhrilÊbefore they departed. After all, the ship was old, and a lot could go wrong. Jason arrived at Hhril's room and knocked on the door. Ê (reply Hhril) Ê "Excuse me Sir, I was thinking about the mission, and I wanted to go over the plan, to make sure nothing can go wrong.... or at least, as less as possible." Ê ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ê ÊStardate: 2406.10.22 Ê(USS Mystique - Mess Hall- Ensign Travis Keswick- 1540) ÊTravis walked into the mess hall and looked around to see who wasÊ there he sow Commander Belinia over at the bar talking to DarwinÊ Kusogal so Travis made his way over to the bar. Ê"What can I get for you"Ê Ensign Kusogal asked as he moved over to him. Ê"Klingon Blood wine Please" Travis sead as Kusogal turned to get himÊ his drink. Ê"Thank you" He sead as Kusogal placed his drink infront of him. ÊTaking a drink from his cup he turned to Peter. Ê"Commander May I say I like the new you He sead with a smile," Ê"Sorry I have not had time to talk to you much since we started thisÊmission." Ê"I just wont to see how you are doingÊ and get to know you a littleÊ bit and seeing you here I thought I would just say hi." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ê ÊStardate: 2406.10.22 Ê(USS Mystique - Mess Hall; FO Lt Cmdr Petre Belinia; 1545) ÊAs Travis took his drink he started to talk with Peter. Peter turnedÊ to face Travis, who was looking quite different. It had been a longÊ while since the two had talked, and he felt that it was time to get toÊ know Travis better. Ê"Commander may I say I like the new you. Sorry I have not had time toÊtalk to you much since we started this mission.Ê I just want to seeÊ how you are doingÊ and get to know you a little bit and seeing youÊ here I thought I would just say hi." ÊPeter smiled. "I do look quite dashing!" He turned to survey the room,Ê he saw an empty table by the window and headed in that direction. "IÊ must say, Ensign, that you are coming on leaps and bounds since yourÊ commission to the Mystique. How are you finding it here?" Ê(Reply Travis) ÊThey reached the table and sat. Peter noted that the stars wereÊ dancing, and it seemed to be a forboding symphony that the performedÊ to. He noted it and turned his attention to the Ensign sat oppositeÊ him. Ê"I am glad to hear that you like the Mystique so much. How do you feelÊ about the away mission, are you apprehensive at all?" Peter wanted toÊ know what his chief tactical officer was thinking. Ê(Reply Travis) Ê"I share your conscern, but I doubt we will be discovered. JustÊ remember that you are in charge of our safety, and if you feel that weÊ are taking unnessecary risks you should voice your concerns to me."Ê Peter, who did not have a drink, waived down a waiter. "Green tea,Ê sweet. Thank you." Ê(Reply Travis) ÊAs the waiter ambled off to fetch Peter his tea, the two officers satÊand talked. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ê Stardate: 2406.10.22 Ê(USS Mystique - Mess Hall; TASC Ensign Travis Keswick; 1548) ÊPeter smiled. "I do look quite dashing!" He turned to survey the room,Ê he saw an empty table by the window and headed in that direction. "IÊ must say, Ensign, that you are coming on leaps and bounds since yourÊ commission to the Mystique. How are you finding it here?" ÊTravis followed the Commander to the empty table. Ê"Thank you Sr." Ê"I find this ship and her crew to be the best in the fleet and I thinkÊ that we can make history." Travis noticed the commander looking out the window and he look out asÊ well. Ê"The viewÊ is outstanding don't you think Sr?." Travis sead has he satÊ down with the commander. ÊHow do you feel about the away mission, are you apprehensive at all?"ÊPeter asked as he looked back at him. Ê"Yes I am a little apprehensive about this away mission we don't knowÊ much about this planet or the people how live down there". Ê"And there is always a chance that we may be discovered". Ê"But I understand why we must do it so I know we will over come anyÊ problems we might come across". he sead with a smile. Ê"I share your concern, but I doubt we will be discovered. JustÊ remember that you are in charge of our safety, and if you feel that weÊ are taking unnessecary risks you should voice your concerns to me."Ê Peter saed as he ordered a drink. ÊTaking another sip of his blood wine she continued talking to theÊ commander. Ê"I understand Sr." Ê"Do youÊ see us comingÊ across anyÊ problems on this mission. Ê(Reply peter) Ê"I have to agree I think if that comes up we will handle it no problem" ÊFinishing his drink " ÊWell commander i hate to cut this short it is 1600 and I need to do myÊsecurity rounds before I call it a night. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ê ÊStardate: 2406.10.22 (USS Mystique -Ê Deck 16 Weight Room-Ê Ensign Travis Keswick; 1730 ) ÊTravis Walked into the weight room to see Lt. Alesia and Sgt. PetersÊ working on hand to hand combat drills. Ê"Sorry to interrupt your training but I need to talk to you about theÊ upcoming away mission. he sead as he walked up to them. Ê(Reply Alesia and Peter) ÊTravis Looked into the two marinesÊ eyes as they stood at attention.Ê"This is the finalÊ plan for the away mission." he sead as he handedÊ them padds"Do you have any questions?" Ê(Reply Alesia and peters) Ê"Good now that that is out of the way." he sead after answering thereÊquestions.Ê"Now for why I'm here". Travis sead his voice turning vary series.ÊHe looked them over as they where still standing at attention.Ê"As you know we are going down to the plant to wish we know varyÊlittle about." Ê"It is my job to make shoreÊ that we all make it back in one pice." Ê"Your only job on this mission is to see that everyone stays safe." Ê"Is that understood" he sead spinning to look into there eyes. Ê"Good carry on then" ÊTravis then continued his rounds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ê ÊStardate: 2406.10.22 (USS Mystique - Personal Quarters-Ê Ensign Travis Keswick; 1800) ÊHe walked into his quarters and kicked off his boots and removed hisÊ uniform jacket. ÊHe sat hat his desk and reviewed the notes for the away mission. ÊAfter reviewing his notes he headed for the shower something he didÊ every nightÊ to help him sleep. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ê Stardate: 2406.10.23 Ê (USS Mystique - quarters - Ensign Jason DemaÊ& Cassandra DemaÊ- 0453) Ê Jason was still sleeping, it was only a few hours before the away-mission. The room was quiet... Too quiet. Something in the room was moving, slowly, and heading to jason. Gazing at Jason, it got closer and closer, determined to reach him without him even knowing.... Just at the moment it was about to reach Jason, it fell, creating a loud noise wich woke Jason up. Ê "Computer, lights on." Ê The lights turned on, and as they did, jason looked at the position where the noise originated. There he saw Cassandra lying on the floor. Ê "Cassie? What are you doing up this early." Ê "I wanted to wake you up, you said we would do some exercises before you would leave for work." Ê Cassandra, who was healing pretty fast, could allready walk and move, but she was still a bit restricted, but jason kept helping her, and encouraging her to keep going. They practiced every morning at the level that Cassandra could handle, the progress was good, and they predicted that she'll be fully healed in about 3 weeks. Also the help from Sarah was welcome, as she took care of her when Jason wasn't there. Sarah appeared at the right time. Jason was gratefull for what she did to help, asÊwas cassandra. Ê "Come on let's go." Cassandra said. Ê Jason got out of bed and put his clothes on and walked at the pace of his sister to the holodeck. Ê ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stardate: 2406.10.23 Ê(USS Mystique - Holodeck - Ensign Jason Dema & Cassandra Dema - 0501) Ê As soon as they arrived, Jason went over the list of excersises the doctor prescibed. he could notice Cassandra's progress, but they still had a long way to go before she could be like she used to be. The exercises went slowly, probably due to the early hour, but they didn't let them get discouraged. Ê "Come on Cassie, I know it's early, but at least try to reach your last result." Ê Cassandra gave everything she had, but she couldn't do it. She sighed. Ê "Well, I guess we can't have the same result every day, you did your best, I can't ask you to do more then that." Ê Cassandra looked at Jason and smiled, she knew how much jason cared about her, that alone gave her the spirit to keep on going, but she felt a bit weak, probably cause of the early hour. Ê "I'm tired, can we stop for today?" Ê "On last exercise, and we'll go back to our room." Ê "Okay." Ê Jason loaded the last exercise, but lowered the difficulty a bit without Cassandra noticing it, just to make Cassandra feel a bit better. Luckily it worked. Cassandra finished the last exercise and stood up. Ê "Good job Cassie, now, let's go back, I'm starting to get hungry." Ê "Your hungry? geez, you didn't do a thing and are nagging your hungry? Then what do I have to say?" Ê "Your right, come on, let's go eat, or I'll have to live without you yelling at me all the time." Ê Cassandra made a face, she knew he was joking, but she stuck out her tongue to tease him back. Ê ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ê Stardate: 2406.10.23 Ê(USS Mystique - quarters - Ensign Jason Dema & Cassandra Dema & Sarah Nevada - 0612) Ê When jason and Cassandra entered their quarters, the table was set, and a soft music was playing. They looked in disbelief as they didn't knew what was going on. Ê "Hey guys, have a seat." Ê They turned to see who was there, and saw it was Sarah. Ê "Go on, have a seat, I've made breakfast." Ê Jason and cassandra looked at each other and walked over to the table. Ê "I know you how you two like earth food, so, I've made something especially for you two." Ê "What is it." Jason asked. Ê "You'll see, now, close your eyes." Ê They closed their eyes, and Sarah put a plate in front each of them, and joined at the table with her plate." Ê "Okay, dig in." Ê They opened their eyes, and saw a plate, with on the side 3 pieces of bacon, a pile hash brown, and in the middle a full stack, with butter on it, wich was allready melting and dripping over the edges. Cassandra saw it, and immediatly started eating, Jason couldn't believe what he saw. Ê "You know, you really didn't have to do this." Ê "But I wanted to, now, eat." Ê So, Jason started eating. It was a while ago sonce he ate breakfast, he normally worked out and went to work straight after, but he couldn't refuse this time. Ê "You know, you really didn't have to do this." jason said Ê "But I wanted to." Ê "Why? you allready did enough, even more then I can ask of you." Ê "Just eat and enjoy, that's all I want you to do now." Ê Jason looked at Sarah's face, and couldn't find anything else to say, so he gave up and continued eating. After it was done, Jason checked the time. it was allready 0701. He had to prepare for the away-mission. Ê "Sarah, can I talk to you in private for a second?" Ê "Sure." And Sarah went along. Ê "I need you to take care of Cassie now, I have to leave on an away mission, and I can't say when I will return, so if I'm not back tonight, feel free to sleep in my bed." Ê "Okay Jason, no problem." Ê "One more thing, it can turn out dangerous, so I want you to look over Cassie when the worst happens, wich I hope won't happen." Ê "You make sure you come back you hear, or I'll drag you back from the afterlife." Ê Jason smiled. Ê "I hold you to it." Ê They walked back into the room where Cassandra was waiting. Ê "I got to go now Cassie, but don't worry, Sarah will stay to watch over you, so you two have fun." Ê "Will do." cassandra said. Ê Jason stepped over to cassandra and gave a kiss on her forehead. Ê "Be a good girl okay." Ê "Yep, I'll keep my 'yelling' for when you come home." Ê Jason smiled and walked to the door, and Sarah followed him. Ê "Be safe, and come back okay." Ê "I'll see what I can do about it." Ê Jason smiled and gave Sarah a hug, and he then walked through the door. Ê ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ê Stardate: 2406.10.23 Ê(USS Mystique - FO's Quaters; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 0730) ÊPeter awoke to the sound of Mozart. He felt that the computer was tooÊ much to bear as an alarm and had changed it to play classical musicÊ instead. He sat up and rubbed his eyes, they felt strange. He slumpedÊ out of bed and sauntered into his bathroom where he started his waterÊ shower. The steam started to rise and he took off his night clothes.Ê That was when it hit him, he was different. He looked in the mirrorÊand stared. It was odd, forgeting that you have changed, but heÊ remembered what had happened yesterday and laughed. ÊOnce he had showered and had some breakfast, he bagan to read hisÊbriefing notes from yesterday. He started to think of what he neededÊ to do before they departed in the shuttle. After his long personalÊ briefing he dressed and walked out to the Bridge. Ê ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ê Stardate: 2406.10.23 Ê(USS Mystique - Shuttlebay - Ensign Jason Dema - 0830) Ê Jason entered the shuttlebay and looked for his team. Ê "Okay guys, be prepared for anything, remember what you learned, and listen carefully to my commands and we'll come back safely, any questions?" Ê "No Sir." sounded from the team. Ê ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stardate: 2406.10.23 Ê(USS Mystique - Bridge; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 0840) ÊPeter stepped out onto the Bridge to see Herk in the command seat. Ê"Report." Peter said as he approached Herk. They exchanged glances,Ê Herk was obviously trying to hide hir ammusement at Peter's newÊ 'look'. Peters look was more of a 'Don't say a word, or you'll beÊ scrubbing plasma manifolds for a month!' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ê Stardate: 2406.10.23 Ê (USS Mystique, Shuttle Bay, OPS, Lt (jg) HHril, 915) Ê "Ladies and Gentlemen.Ê Start your engines." Ê HHril turned and headed towards the Runabout that would bring them over to the derelict vessel.Ê The USS Fleet of Foot was a new Runabout that the Mystique had picked up during their stop at Starbase Geneva to replace the Hood that had been destroyed during their run-in with the Fairchild.Ê It was a newly commissioned vessel that had seen little flight time, other than the preliminary testing.Ê HHril was certain that Tourana wouldÊeventually put the new ship through it's paces.Ê He hoped, however, that it would not have to be during this mission.Ê HHril took a seat at his station.Ê Ê Ê "Ensign Tourana," he began as his station flashed to life.Ê "How long before we can be underway?" Ê (reply Tourana) Ê "Very good." he replied.Ê "Mr. Dema, he said, turning to face the young Ensign.Ê "I don't expect to encounter any hostile situations over there, but the fact is that anything can happen while on an away mission.Ê I needÊyou to be our eyes and ears over there.Ê I want a sweep done as soon as we dock.Ê I will leave the logistics of setting that up to you.Ê But I do want at least one of your men for both Mr. Sarouk and myself." Ê (reply Dema) Ê HHril turned to face his terminal and began bringing the systems online.ÊÊKnown deck layouts for the class of ship appeared on the screen.Ê There were three main layouts that he had found in the database, and he quickly looked over them all.Ê This was an important mission to say the least.Ê If they were unsuccessful in their mission, it might mean the devastation of thousands of the planets inhabitants.Ê Nothing could be left to chance.Ê ~We will only have one shot at this.~ he thought to himself.Ê ~We better make the most of it.~Ê Ê Ê "Mr. Sarouk." he said as he turned from his station to face the CEO of the Mystique.Ê "Is there anything that we shouldÊbe made aware of beforeÊwe depart?" Ê (reply Sarouk) Ê The briefing was conducted quickly and efficiently, as only a Vulcan was capable of doing.Ê The signal was given that they were prepared for launch and that they had been cleared to take off by the Mystique. Ê "Lt. HHril to the bridge." he said, opening a COMM channel from his station.Ê "All systems are go.Ê Fleet of Foot requesting permission for launch?" Ê (reply bridge officer) Ê "Very good.Ê Fleet of Foot out."Ê HHril closed the COMM channel and turned to face forward.Ê "Ensign Tourana, take us out." Ê ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ê Stardate: 2406.10.23 Ê(USS Mystique - Shuttle bay 1; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia; 1330) ÊPeter was now in his element, he really enjoyed planning and preparingÊ for missions. Now he was in the middle of stocking the shuttle craft. ÊEnsign Jansen was also helping. There was not alot of material thatÊ needed to be loaded onto the shuttle, just some food rations andÊ emergency gear. There were also some containers for any arifacts whichÊ they may discover or aquire. It had only taken fifteen minutes toÊ complete. Peter turned to Jansen and smiled. "Looking forward toÊ this?" He asked, making small talk. (Reply Jansen, iyw) Ê"Good. Well, let's get prepared." Peter tapped the young man on theÊshoulders and walked to where he had left his bag, hat, gloves, scarveÊ and walking stick. He had added some things to his attire and amendedÊ some others. Not too much, just a little so he was comfortable. heÊ picked up his bag and checked its contents, one tricorder, oneÊ emergency ration pack, one emergency medical kit, sunglasses, wriingÊmaterials and a small holo-camera. He checked the postition of hisÊ type-I phaser and stood waiting for the others to enter the room. ÊAs it approached ten minutes to 1400 the entire away team wereÊ assembled. The Ambassador had been replaced by Ensign Telan Raynar.Ê Peter looked over them and smiled, he liked the look of them. And heÊ hoped that they would all fit in. Ê"I am glad to see you all looking so.......different! Now, I believeÊEnsign Jansen has already prepared a flight plan and has already beenÊ through the pre-flight checks. I want continuous scans as we aproachÊ the surface and I want to land somewhere completley out of the way. ÊOnce we land we will transport to our respective cities, and theÊ computer will keep an open transporter lock on our bio signs. PleaseÊ remember, this is not a first contact mission, we are not to revealÊ ourselves to the natives, I trusst we will all do our best to remainÊ as discreet sa possible. Now I think you are all aware of yourÊrespective missions. Let's board and get on with it." Peter, havingÊ said his piece started towards the open shuttle entrance. He pulledÊ Ensign Raynar to one side. Ê"I trust that you are fully briefed on this mission, and your role inÊ it?" Peter asked, hoping that the young officer had read up on theirÊ current mission. "Are you comfortable with it? It's not bad going,Ê your first away mission so soon!" Peter patted him on the back as heÊ answered. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ê Stardate: 2406.10.23 Ê (USS Gunnel; FO Lt Cmdr Peter Belinia/Tashish Laoa; 1358) ÊPeter sat in his seat, next to Ensign Jansen and watched as they leftÊ the Mystique. They were off. Peter started the scans as theyÊ descended. He was scanning primarily for more detailed maps of the twoÊ cities they were heading for, and any more information regarding theÊ local geography. There was more information concerning the detail ofÊthe buildings and the flow of people, which was always handy when youÊ need to beam into an alien city. As they flew down they conversed onÊ how excited they all were. The marines kept stoutly silent, which wasÊ the cause of many a joke. To peter's surprise, one even smiled - well,Ê if you can call a twitch of the mouth a smile, but it was all theyÊ could hope for out of one of Lee's marines. ÊOn the way down the computer started to beep, Peter was intrigued byÊwhat was displayed on his screen."Mr Ketal, what do you make of this?"Ê Peter was looking at a schematic of a large structure, obviouslyÊ designed by people who knew more about technology than the currentÊ inhabitants of this planet. And it had been built, and demolished, aÊ long time ago. Ê(Reply Ketal, any) Ê It was 1415 when they landed in a small glade, in a forrest whichÊlooked like nobody knew of its existence. Jansen had picked theÊ location well. Once they landed the people filed out of the shuttleÊ and scanned their surroundings, there was nothing to give them away.Ê There was a small family of what seemed to be deer over by the edge of the clearing, they were taking great interest in the newcomers. Ê"Okay, you all have your missions. My team; Ensign Raynar, EnsignÊ Jones, Ensign Ketal and Sargeant Peters. On the transporter pad. TheÊ team clambered back into the shuttle and assembled on the transporterÊ pad. They looked like they would fit in with the locals. "Alright, IÊ have located a spot behind a large building, it looks like a dissusedÊ alleyway, it should suffice. Once we have successfully beamed into ourÊ location, your team, Dr. should also beam to your location. Lets tryÊ to find out whether these people know what is outside these walls, IÊ wonder what happened....nevermind, I'm sure we will find out soonÊ enough. Energize." The team dissapeared ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ê Stardate: 2406.10.03 Ê (USS Gunnel -ÊCSO KetalÊ- 1359) Ketal sat quietly as the shuttle began its descent to the transport point, noting that except for the marines and himself everyoneÊappeared to beÊshowing slight signs of nervousness. When the computer beeped he saw Commander Belinia look at the screen, he then indicated indicated he wanted Ketal's attention to what was shown. "Mr Ketal, what do you make of this?" Ê Ketal looked at the schematic shown on the screen and then punched in a command for the computer to date the structure by the information coming in on sensors, what it showed him confirmed his suspicions. Ê "Commander, the structure as you can see is technologically far advanced over what the inhabitants of the planet currently have. There is a large impact crater on the other side of the planet (This he said knowing the FO already knew but he wanted to set his comments in logical order). According to our understanding the impact occured between 1,000 and 1,500 years ago. This structure falls well within thatÊtime frameÊat 1,280 years. The impact from the meteor caused global weather pattern changes as well as widespread destruction over the entire planet. The technology of the natives was set back immeasurably and only now has reached it's current level of pre-industrialization circa Earth 1920's. ÊThe structure itself appears to be a storage or supply building of some kind and might perhaps hold something of historic value. It is highly possible that there are many other such sites scattered over the planet that could yield a large database of imformation on the culture and technology of the original inhabitants." Ê Having given his treatise on the subject Ketal sat back and waited to see if Commander Belinia had any other questions or comments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ê Stardate: 2406.10.03 (Planet: Raellus VI; Capital City: Matais; FO Lt Cmdr PeterÊ Belinia/Tashish Laoa; 1430/1755) ÊÊThey materialized behind a building, in a dissused alleyway, just asÊ Peter had said they would. It was a dark and dank place, water drippedÊ ceaselessly down a wall. The air was foul, the floor was strewn withÊ rotting garbage, and it felt like it was moving. Then there was allÊ the stagnant water and animal effluent. Somewhere in the darkness cameÊ a beastial screech, followed by growling and another screech. To sayÊ that the air tasted nasty was an understatement, Peter nearly vomited.Ê It was clearly used as a rubbish tip by the building whose majesticÊ shadow they now stood in. There was little light to see by, but enoughÊ to vaguley recognise shapes and features. And so it was that theyÊ fumbled and stumbled out of the alleyway. ÊThe street that they emerged onto was almost deserted, just the oddÊfellow entering or leaving a building opposite. Nobody noticed them.Ê Peter glanced around the street, it was wide and cobbled. TheÊ pavements were clean and fringed by neat flower beds. TheÊ transportation of choice was obviously 'horse power', or whateverÊpassed as ahorse down here, as evidenced by the 'calling cards' of theÊ animals. The air smelled sweet compared to that of the alley. ÊThe building opposite was the only other building they could see. ItÊ was surrounded by the neat flower beds and the roads seemed to wrapÊ around it. Ê"I think that may be a good place to start." Peter said as he turnedÊto the rest of the team. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- End compile