Personal log, Zanntos ch'Aroom

The personal log of Zanntos ch'Aroom, a chan Andorian Starfleet engineering officer who served aboard the USS *Galaxy* and USS *Galar*.

## Entries

### 2371

#### Mission at Free Haven

Zanntos ch'Aroom, personal log, stardate 48645.43.
I have been pondering the events on Free Haven with Lieutenant Jaro. At the time, I was certain that I was in the right. We had an engineering mission to complete, and I was focused on that task. I failed to recognize his perspective in the matter. Having meditated on the matter and consulted with T'lea, I have come to realize that my single-mindedness on missions is beneficial when working with equipment or anomalies but not so when interacting with my crewmates. I will be making appropriate adjustments to my approach in future leadership roles.
### 2372

#### The Merchants of Menace

Zanntos ch'Aroom: Personal Log. Stardate 49003.58.
I had a rather peculiar experience with three other crewmen in Nine Forward after my duty shift today. As I sat with Ensign Nasyr, and Lieutenants Jaro and Jitezo, two unknown crewmen approach, in succession, to discuss technical manuals and nausicaan ants. A strange orange mist, not unlike a nebula appeared to drift up along the side of the ship and then in through the viewport.
Our efforts to scan and contact others were futile, so we began to explore. In the corridor, the orange mist gave way to utter darkness. I was still able to sense my way forward with my antennae with much greater precision than they normally provide. We passed several strange figures in the corridor, but they seemed to be unaware of us. We made our way to the nearest science lab.
Upon reaching the lab, the darkness dropped off in favor of the orange mist. Now we could hear a voice, and we each experienced some sort of flashback to our past. A riddle was presented, which Lieutenant Jaro was able to solve in a flash of inspiration. Though it was all nonsense to us, the names of "four kingdoms" seem to have triggered a response from the entity controlling, or being, the orange mist. It thanked us for our help, sent the strange crewmen and shadowy figures back to their "now" (they, perhaps, were drawn from another time), and then disappeared.
We contacted Commander Kyl and Dr. Morganth, who were both unaware of any such occurrence. My questioning following the matter has led to the conclusion that we were the only four to experience this. The only evidence was a piece of cake, orange-hued, that Lieutenant Jaro promptly consumed. He appears to have a stress response that favors rapid consumption of glucose-heavy foods. This response mostly prevented me from being able to run scans on the cake to get answers.
My only other line of inquiry left to pursue is the names of these kingdoms. Perhaps they will lead me somewhere.
Zanntos ch'Aroom: Personal Log. Stardate 49012.58.
I have been researching the names of the four "kingdoms". There do not, in reality, appear to be any kingdoms by such names in any Starfleet records. Two of them, Falstar and Sinatria, seem to originate from Earth English, but all etymological lines have led me nowhere (with the exception of a certain American singer, which I assume is a coincidence of linguistics).
Things quickly turned more curious as I dug deeper using the other two names, Chitchwatchestan and Hoobalawha. After I moved past a cursory search into a deeper research, I was hindered. I begin coming upon search line after search line that appeared to be artificial dead ends. I eventually was completely locked out of the computer console due to what the screen indicated was "LAN connectivity issues". Any further searches have led to similar roadblocks. It would appear that someone does not want me to find out more. The only clue was in the strange error code on the first occasion: 2007TMOM.

Accompanying the error message was a small symbol. Which quickly vanished. I did my best to recreate the symbol here for my records.
## Appendices

### Connections

**Departmental:** First officer's log • Second officer's log • Chief medical officer's log • Chief of security's log

**Personal:** **Zanntos ch'Aroom** • Jaro Eden • Nara • Shrive • Tharan • Romel Vinaa