Protector 3/4/2022

[9:11][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*The STAR TREK: PROTECTOR theme begins to play...
[9:12][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*The camera pans around the Manta as it is at high warp. Marcus' voiceover plays after the opening theme ends...
[9:12][DOIC]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:“Captain’s log, stardate 98860.77. We’ve received orders to investigate LMC-2001, a system near the Apostate nebula. It seems that there may be a Coln outpost on this side of the nebula, a rumour..
[9:13][DOIC]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:that we’ve been sent to investigate. So far our orders are only to gather intel, so hopefully that means we’ll be avoiding unnecessary conflict. Hopefully. End log.”
[9:14][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Fun a date with the crazy eugenicists
[9:14][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Well, more like standing outside their window and staring into their apartment.
[9:14][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-monitors her console for coded messages and encryptions while goingover her ACCI updates
[9:15][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-to her left- Hey Ezri
[9:15][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] A one way window
[9:15][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--slow looks toward V'Tira-- "yes V'Tira?
[9:15][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-deadpanned- "What did the ocean say to the beach?
[9:15][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:So a romulan first date
[9:15][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Should all go to plan, yes.
[9:15][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Form the time of the cleansin
[9:16][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"its didn't say anything, it just waved..
[9:16][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-nods- Inee
[9:16][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Helm, what's our ETA?
[9:17][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-to Ezri dryly- "What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet?
[9:17][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] Approximately 43 minutes, sir
[9:17][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--thinks about that a moment-- "Why was he jumping out of a closet?
[9:18][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:To yell..Supplies
[9:18][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"...Wonder if an in-flight movie could be a thing... I mean I am the captain after all..." *He muttered to himself.
[9:18][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--blinks, looking confused-- "i don't get it.
[9:18][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-nods- Think on it som
[9:18][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:V'tira did you attend a bad terran standup holo program
[9:19][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i'll think about it V'Tira.
[9:19][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-to the doctor- I am attempting to help Ezri see she is naturally funny
[9:19][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-nods to Ezri
[9:19][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i am hilarious...or so I am told.
[9:19][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-nods in agreement with Ezri
[9:19][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Trust me, you're all funny to me..." *He checked his PADD.
[9:20][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"thank you sir.
[9:20][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-quirks abrow- Why thank you Marcus, I cana ssure you often i too do nott ake you as seriou
[9:21][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Ms tegan is more of an absurdist
[9:21][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--taps away on her console, going over the sensor data.-
[9:21][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"We know, V'Tira." *He eyed the PADD.* "In the meantime, what do we know about 2001? I take it it's been surveyed early on if it's got that low of an LMC number.
[9:22][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Ezri is very multi-talented -chekcs on LMC-2001's strategic data file
[9:22][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Try this one ms tegan. "Rice is great if your really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something
[9:24][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-to Marcus- aside fromthe current rumor of such an outpost...the only other speculation is such an outpost, judging from the type of transmissions intercepted is that it is a surface installatio
[9:24][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--looks at T'Lena confused.-- "How is that funny? it is a based fact that about 1000 grains of rice fit in a cup
[9:25][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:*raises an eyebrow
[9:25][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:-looks back aroung at the rest of the bridge. Light smile, possibly a little vacant.
[9:25][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Okay so not a strict absurdist
[9:25][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Should be easy to see, at least.
[9:26][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"...at least when its cooked anyway..
[9:26][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Indeed...unusual for an outpost based outside oone's spac
[9:26][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:*Comes back from his bathroom break.
[9:26][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Ezri...what did zero say to eight
[9:27][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"Number are abstract concepts V'Tira they can not talk.
[9:27][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:In pointof fact..Zero said.."Why that belt looks great on you
[9:28][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"..that was nice of zero to say.
[9:28][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-nods once- Indee
[9:28][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*Marcus rubbed his face for a moment.
[9:29][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-continues her sweeps for possible Coln transmissions
[9:30][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"...I'll be in my ready room, page me when we get to the system." *He stood up.* "You have the bridge, doc.
[9:30][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"why would the Coln ave a base so far away from home? Does not seems strategically sound.
[9:31][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:On the contrary
[9:31][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-to Ezri- We have received several ..rumored reports that the coln have grown more agressive as of lat
[9:31][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*He left the bridge.
[9:31][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:If you are a xenophobic isolationist group you want port of calls
[9:31][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Wait I have the bridge
[9:32][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Yes Docto
[9:32][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] That is what Commander Blaine said
[9:33][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:*looks around, blank-eyed as is normal, then starts watching T'Lena for some reason.
[9:33][DOIC3]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*Cathy buzzes Marcus' office.
[9:33][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Very well What is on scopes mr Costa
[9:33][DOIC3]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*Marcus paused, gulping down his drink of water.* "Come in.
[9:34][DOIC3]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] Commander
[9:34][DOIC3]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Something you needed, Baker?" *He looked up at her.
[9:34][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:*she tried to look at the console to her left but um... thats alot of buttons
[9:35][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:-suddenly snaps to and looks at his console- "Nothin' last I checked Doctor, I'll run it again.
[9:35][DOIC3]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] Just checking in...you seemed agitated
[9:36][DOIC3]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*He shook his head.* "I'm fine, Baker. Just not too interested in listening to that for the next forty minutes.
[9:37][DOIC3]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] Fair enough, sir
[9:38][DOIC3]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*He peered at his PADD a moment.* "Was that all, then? Or did you just want an excuse to avoid that, too?" *He smirked.
[9:38][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--stifles a yawn-
[9:38][DOIC3]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] Merely checking in on my commanding officer...is good to do from time to time
[9:38][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:-taps a few buttons and nods- "Still quite. No Coln or anybody else.
[9:38][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:You have to wonder, where wer ethe coln while the kzari were in the middle of a civil war
[9:39][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Stuck with us between them and the Kzari Docto
[9:39][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:"You said they were xenophobic isolationists right?
[9:39][DOIC3]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"That it is. Are we on silent running already, by the way?
[9:39][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Genocidal ones.
[9:40][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:They did add three systems that we are aware of during that time
[9:40][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:"Oh... I was thinkin' maybe they were just sittin' it out, but maybe they were waiting for one side to win then kickin' them when they were down. Or maybe they were off genocidin' somebody else we
[9:40][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:>don't know about some how?
[9:40][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Though those systems were in their genral area of spac
[9:40][DOIC3]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] Aye sir...in anticipation of potential detection on the way there
[9:40][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:An isolationist group never lets an external conflict go to waste
[9:41][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:If htey also have dreasm of empire
[9:41][DOIC3]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Ah, that explains why I'm not getting any of my messages." *He set the PADD down.* "Carry on, then, Lieutenant.
[9:42][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:"Well...t hat's why I was sayin' they might have just been waiting for the Kzari to destroy themselves or somethin'. I dunno... what about the other thing I said. Maybe they were busy elsewhere?
[9:42][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:"I mean aside from those three systems.
[9:42][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-rubs the bridge of her nose
[9:42][DOIC3]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*Cathy nods and quietly exits.
[9:42][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--shrugs-- "maybe we will find out why?
[9:43][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-to Ezri- Most likely they were busy conquoring those three systems with our attention diverted to the Kzari civil war
[9:44][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:"I mean yea... Yea that makes sense... Wait. Do we know all of thier borders I just had a dumb idea.
[9:45][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Who wer ethe populations of those systems
[9:46][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] We are fifteen minutes away, ma'am
[9:46][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:We do not yet knowm again it is largely speculation, we just know they have increased their system holdings by three
[9:46][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:It is possible they are merely established colonies however that does not seem their natur
[9:46][DOIC3]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*He leaned back in his chair with his glass of water, eyeing the stars streaking by his mini viewscreen.
[9:47][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:That area of space is largely unknown to us...itis possible such races if they were there were not space faring race
[9:48][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:Sorry... I was just tryin' to help speculate an' stuff
[9:49][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:We are already ready to um cloak right
[9:49][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:There is no need to apologize Mr Cost
[9:49][DOIC2]Bore Ristovski@bulgariandragon:=^= "Already ready, Doctor...
[9:49][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Any speculation is good at ths poin
[9:49][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:=^= Thank you engineering
[9:50][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Wiebe prepare to drop us out of warp at the systems oort cloud and cloak
[9:50][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] Aye ma'am
[9:51][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:-puts his finger on the cloak button- Ready here
[9:52][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-continues to search for any transmissions in and surrounding the system
[9:54][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] We are approaching the oort cloud, ma'am
[9:55][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Drop us out of warp and cloak
[9:55][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:=^= Commander we are approaching the system
[9:55][DOIC3]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:=/\= "Thanks doc. I'm on my way." *He put the glass down and headed back out.
[9:56][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*The Manta drops out of warp, and immediately disappears from view.
[9:56][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:-hits his big red cloak button- Done
[9:56][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Now... Standby periscope scans
[9:57][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-quirks a brow at the term
[9:57][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:And um.... report any federation presence..
[9:57][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*Marcus headed back to the big chair, nodding to his seatwarmer.* "Are we seeing anything yet?
[9:57][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:*subtle smile* Sorry old racial habiots
[9:57][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"aye aye ma'am..
[9:57][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Bridge is yours commander
[9:57][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:and yet not far from innaccurate docto
[9:57][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Thank you, doctor." *He sat down.
[9:57][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Confederation..
[9:57][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-nods to her
[9:58][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Fvadt missed a better pun
[9:58][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"There's always next time, doc.
[9:59][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:WEll I mean... wouldn't it be nice to know if where were friendlies around too
[10:00][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"I'd just like to know if -anything- is around, ensign. That's what we're here to find out.
[10:03][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:*snorts* If I say 'We're around' would you throw somethin' at me
[10:03][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*Cathy rubs her nose.
[10:03][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"...I'm your commanding officer, Ensign.
[10:03][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"I'd order you to personally inspect the torpedo launchers instead.
[10:04][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:*Nelson shrugs
[10:04][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:Hokay
[10:05][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--Ezri is hard at work periscoping the heck out of the place.-
[10:06][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Remember, Tegan, there's bound to be interference from the Apostate nebula..." (Teamwork?
[10:07][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"oh right, that would explain why I am getting nothing but static..I should compensate.
[10:07][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Approved! roll again
[10:07][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"..yeah that seems way better, thank you sir.
[10:08][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*He nodded.* "Any sign of our base?
[10:09][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i think so sir...I am detecting transmissions from the nearest planet.
[10:09][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Try and figure out what they're saying.
[10:09][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"but, the planet has a lot of nasty weather so sensors are not doing a great job of seeing past that.
[10:10][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"the transmissions are encrypted so it wont be easy to figure that out.
[10:10][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Lucky for us, we're very good at breaking encryptions. I trust you all can handle it.
[10:11][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:On it sir -tries to crack the endcoded transmission
[10:11][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i don't know sir, the Citadel could not crack Coln encryptions and that was with Eirene, so I don't know that we will do better.
[10:12][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Doesn't mean we can't try. Besides, we're awesome." *He leaned back in his chair.
[10:13][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"we might be lucky.
[10:13][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"We -have- to be to have survived this long, all things considered.
[10:13][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-quirks a brow- ..Curious -as she reads what she can decrypt
[10:14][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Care to share with the class, V'Tira?
[10:14][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:It is incomplete ...but what i ave is..interestin
[10:15][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Interesting in potential importance, or interesting in being some weird Coln stuff that we'd never understand?
[10:15][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Perhaps -rer-reads waht she was able to decrypt-...bot
[10:16][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Well? Don't keep me clenched in anticipation.
[10:17][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-deadpans-Most of the transmission is still encrypted...however what I am able to decrypt goes on and on about something..underground...beneath...and a ..well in our words..a beast
[10:18][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"What, do they have some sort of giant maneating worm problem on the planet?
[10:18][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"....okay.
[10:18][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Or a cosmozoan
[10:18][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:That is ..probably..that is also probal
[10:18][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:Maybe it's a euphemism for somethin' more mundane
[10:19][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:That is alsoprobabl
[10:19][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:...so you see..curiou
[10:19][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"These are the Coln we're talking about. They could even be referring to someone sentient as a 'beast.'
[10:19][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"yeah, maybe they are streaming movies or something.
[10:19][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:That is also Probabl
[10:19][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Keep working at it, try and get me some more context.
[10:20][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Yes sir..however i do pointout that this is an extremly complex command code..i doubntwhateveer they are discussing is...mundan
[10:20][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Then all the more reason for us to get to the bottom of this.
[10:21][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:But this does in point of fact confirm that there is afacility belonging to the coln on the surfac
[10:22][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:Well, we're probably better off staying up here instead of going down there. So we shoot it from space instead of getting mangled by some creepy monster
[10:22][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Perhaps it's on the surface because of the beast underneath. Would mean it -had- to be this planet or they'd have picked something more convenient to better conceal themselves.
[10:22][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:In a deep dark hole
[10:22][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"We're only on an intel collecting mission, Ensign, we weren't going to go down there anyway.
[10:22][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:Just sayin'
[10:23][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:a very logical theory si
[10:26][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Take some scans of the planet itself while V'Tira works on the encryption, Tegan. Let's see if we can't find this 'beast' they're referring to.
[10:26][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:Huh... stupid thought, but what if they're studying it 'cuz they want to weaponize it? I mean assuming it's some kinda monster. Terror weapon
[10:26][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:Lotta conjecture. Too much conjecture
[10:26][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:Never mind, forget I said it
[10:27][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"aye sir, I will see if I can locate this 'beast'. Not that I have much to go on.
[10:27][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-continues to work on cracking the full encrytion
[10:28][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Nelson it is more than likely already a weapo
[10:29][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:or a cute fluffy pupp
[10:29][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"oh I hope its a puppy..I love puppies.
[10:29][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:Maaan, the more I think about it, the more I don't wanna be right
[10:29][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] It does not sound like a 'puppy'
[10:30][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Most things in this galaxy are weapons
[10:30][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Perhaps the Coln are a people who....-quriks a brow as she reads somemore of her decryption-...indeed curious stil
[10:30][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Even the puppies," *he nodded.
[10:30][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:There is now the word...'examine' in the transmissio
[10:31][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Itis very likely we may be above a Coln research outpos
[10:31][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Hm... dissecting the puppies, maybe?
[10:31][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"Given their proclivity towards bioresearch. That is frightening
[10:32][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"They better not be vivisecting puppies down there...I will be very angry.
[10:32][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Indee
[10:32][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Let's figure out exactly what it is before we start waving our pitchforks at the puppy murderers.
[10:32][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Itis possible if Ezri is unable to locate a Very Large Lifeform that this beast is dormant..or already decease
[10:33][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"Given the weather on the planet I may not be able to detect any thing from up here.
[10:35][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"unless this storm clears I really am not going to be able to get any useful information from the surface,
[10:36][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:What type of storm
[10:36][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:What is the weather like down there
[10:36][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:"What if its nto biological at all.
[10:37][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:These people hate synthetics right
[10:37][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Ezri look for silicate based life
[10:37][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"looks like a regular storm V'Tira...I am not sure what the chemical composition of the clouds are.
[10:37][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Indeed their hatred of AI is confirme
[10:38][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:They commited known genocide onthe Ulna...who were humaniods with cybernetic enchancement
[10:39][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-to the doctor- You are thinking similar to the horta
[10:39][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Yes
[10:39][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-nods once
[10:39][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"..i will see if I can find somethinig...
[10:39][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Or any form of sentient machine
[10:40][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"it would be nice if we could send a probe down.
[10:40][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Too risky, we're trying to stay incognito here.
[10:41][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-quirkjs abrow- Why not attempt an abduction
[10:41][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i am not sure how much I can do with passive sensors under these conditions sir.
[10:42][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"You want to abduct a Coln V'Tira? For what?
[10:42][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Why information Ezr
[10:43][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:and apair would be acceptable as wel
[10:43][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"oh so no rectal probing?
[10:43][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:their dissapearancem ight even be attributed to this beas
[10:43][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:No Ezri....no anal probin
[10:43][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Unless the Doctor deemsitis require
[10:43][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"..good, cuz that would be wierd.
[10:43][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Ye
[10:45][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"We could try flying under the storm to take a look..I mean we are cloaked.
[10:48][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:There is rarely a case where anal probing is necessary any more now that we have scanners
[10:49][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-to Ezri- There you..you need not be concerned no
[10:49][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"Good point doctor...which begs the question as to why it is still a thing..
[10:49][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:..a thing
[10:49][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Where is such a ..thing Ezri
[10:50][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i have seen the stories on knowledgebattle.com..
[10:50][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Which stories
[10:50][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-continus her decryption efforts ont he transmissions
[10:50][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"The people who claimed they were abducted by aliens.
[10:51][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Ezri...we are all aliens to one anothe
[10:51][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"True...But, mostly I mean extradimensional lizard people.
[10:51][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:and they feel the need to...probe their abductees..anus
[10:51][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] V'TIRA
[10:52][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"..you don't get much more alien than that.
[10:52][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"it makes not sense to me either V'Tira...in fact it is most troubling
[10:53][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:I must agree -nods once- very troublin
[10:53][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"...Can we maybe not?
[10:54][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:More ont he transmission...i am now showing the use of he word combat no
[10:54][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"..getting back to our current operation...Sir, if we could get in under the storms we would get a better look.
[10:55][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Well, we do have a cloak after all. Helm, prepare to take us under the rainclouds.
[10:55][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Abduction still remains a viable optio
[10:55][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:wes hould look for islated pairs of col
[10:56][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"We're not abducting anyone. We're just gathering intel, not breeding pairs.
[10:56][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] Aye sir
[10:56][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-quirks abrow- Interogation is a soundlogical aproach to intelligence gatherin
[10:56][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:We need not breed the
[10:57][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Wiebe] Ready when you are, sir
[10:57][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Take us in, Wiebe. V'Tira, back to work.
[10:57][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-quirks abrow at that but continues her work ont he encryption
[10:59][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*The Manta dives down towards the atmosphere, underneath the storms that persist in the planet's skies.
[10:59][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:--as they pass throught he clouds, Ezri take the opportunity to gather chemical information about the storms.-
[11:01][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*The viewscreen shows the pouring rain and the crack of lightning before them as they now sit cloaked underneath the storms.
[11:02][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:"I really hope nobody notices the rain hitting the ship.
[11:02][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"pretty much typical water based rain clouds.
[11:02][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Good to know. Now find me that 'beast' of theirs.
[11:03][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"lots of wierd chemicals in the amosphere though from the planet's unique composition.
[11:03][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"scanning for it now.
[11:03][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"as well as the Coln facility.
[11:03][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Hmm
[11:04][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:as well as Coln life signs Ezri...we need number
[11:04][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"..I am picking up one life sign under the surface..
[11:05][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"sensors can not determine what it is.
[11:06][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"all I can say for sure is it is big.
[11:06][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Keep trying, we can't get much lower than this.
[11:07][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"I am going to see if I can determine how man Coln are down here on the surface.
[11:07][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Just one
[11:08][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"I guess it is just one..
[11:09][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"I am detecting three Coln life signs near the unidentified life sign.
[11:09][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"When you say big... how big are we talking?
[11:10][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i am not sure, I just know it is putting out a lot of bio energy...it must be pretty large to do that.
[11:11][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"More troubling is that I am only detecting three Coln life signs on the surface.
[11:11][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"...Just three for an entire facility?
[11:11][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Scan for biomass
[11:12][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Inert
[11:12][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"...they are nearby the unidentified life sign..no facility to speak of.
[11:12][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"so unless the rest of them are well hidden somewhere else.
[11:13][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:They must have a base camp for operation
[11:13][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"the monster probably ate the others. probably saving these three as a late night snack.
[11:13][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Let's deal with what we can actually verify for now...
[11:14][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:We can abduct the three perhaps and ask them
[11:14][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:"I dunno, do we have enough to call this in already? You think?
[11:14][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"i am trying to see if I can find any sign of thier facility.
[11:15][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Let's be absolutely certain there's no surface facility first. I'm not going to uncloak us just to be shot down seconds later.
[11:15][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"well I have found thier facility, it look to be in pretty rough shape.
[11:16][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Any signs of dead bodies, maybe the rest of the team?
[11:16][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"scanning for dead Coln..
[11:17][DOIC1]Costa@ThanatosR:"Yea. This is getting spooky.
[11:17][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"...at least there are no skeletons.
[11:18][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"yeah I got dead bodies down there.
[11:18][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Perhaps the subject breached containment
[11:18][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Indee
[11:19][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"..or they released something...
[11:21][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:*Marcus rubbed his chin a moment, then shrugged.* "Three Coln, we can take 'em. Let's grab 'em and stick them in the brig.
[11:21][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:Im hesitent to do that
[11:21][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:-dryly- What a simply marvelous idea si
[11:21][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] Aye sir
[11:21][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Why's that, doc?
[11:21][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"what about the other guy?
[11:22][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:We have no way to know why they are still alive
[11:22][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:We will have to go down there to se
[11:22][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:And th epotential for contamination is extrenly hig
[11:22][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"What other guy? I thought you said there were three?
[11:22][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"sensors read them as still with active biosigns.
[11:22][DOIC1]T'lena@Captain_Rien:I suggest we look at the facility under full hazard, and assess
[11:22][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:I concu
[11:22][DOIC1]Ezri Tegan@Demoncheru:"there are three Coln and then there is the big unidentified life sign.
[11:23][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:that wil also give us access to theri data and file
[11:23][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*Cathy looks back to Marcus regarding the objections.
[11:23][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"...I was kind of assuming it was, you know, too big for the brig." *He looked at Cathy.* "Fine, we'll go with their plan. Belay beaming them up.
[11:24][DOIC1]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:[Baker] Belayed
[11:24][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Yes we can 'abduct' them after we discover more about what they weredoin
[11:25][DOIC1]Marcus Blaine@liorexu:"Alright. Let's send what we have to command and prep for an away mission.
[11:25][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*As the bridge crew discuss how they are going to investigate and capture Bigfood and Marcus gives the order, the episode fades to a TO BE CONTINUED...
[11:25][DOIC1]V'Tira@Isis:Aye sir..sending a fully encoded message to teh Citadel -does so
[11:26][DOIC]DGMAngelboy@ClingingMar:*Bigfoo
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