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Host Cheryl_vTrek:
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Host Cheryl_vTrek:
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Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Mission summary:  The Luzon and her crew find themselves navigating the nebula
Rich_Ayles:
::sat in Sickbay at console::
vulture_:
;;waiting for instructions
Exar-Kun:
::standing at tactical::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Supplemental:  this is a shakedown cruise, so we're testing systems, etc
Host Liz_vTrek:
::watching the screen as the asteroids clear a path through the debris of the nebula::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Bridge crew: status update on all stations
Host Liz_vTrek:
Matthew: How are you doing on clearing that debris?
Rich_Ayles:
*Cheryl* Sickbay operating at full functionality. No casualties to report.
vulture_:
Captian:continuing in 1/2 impulse and no imidiate threats in the area accept the asteroids
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
*Med* acknowledged
Host Liz_vTrek:
::nods to Tac/Sci::
Exar-Kun:
Captain: we are clear of the worst  
Host Liz_vTrek:
PHASER FIRE LEAPS FROM THE LUZON'S FORWARD PHASER BANKS, BLASTING THE ASTEROIDS INTO TINY PARTICLES OF DUST AND LIGHT.

Host Liz_vTrek:
THE LUZON, ALMOST BLIND, MOVES GINGERLY THROUGH THE DUST CLOUDS.  SUDDENLY, AN ANOMOLOUS SENSOR READING INDICATES A SMALL OBJECT MOVING IN AN UNPREDICTABLE MANNER THROUGH A NEARBY DUSTCLOUD.  IT IS TOO SMALL TO BE A VESSEL.
vulture_:
;;watches the explosions and thinking how lucky his on this side
Rich_Ayles:
::tuts in annoyance as the ship rumbles due to another weapons blast::
Philip_Thibaudeau has joined the conversation.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Matthew, can you get a reading on that object?
vulture_:
captian: somthing's approching
Exar-Kun:
Captain: I am picking up some kind of probe
Host Liz_vTrek:
Matt:  What are sensors showing....is it active?
Bluewolfe has joined the conversation.
vulture_:
captian: i suggest we raise our shilds until we know if its offensive!
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Matt: we need any details
Host Liz_vTrek:
::nods::  Make it so.
Exar-Kun:
It appears to be lifeless, however is well shielded and our sensors are almost out
Rich_Ayles:
::downloads medical files to Captains PADD as requested previously::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::nods at Brightstar::  yellow alert only til we know what we are dealing with
Host Liz_vTrek:
Mr. Brightstar, approach with caution.
Host Liz_vTrek:
THE YELLOW ALERT PANELS GLOW AN EERIE SHADE OF YELLOW
vulture_:
Captian:Yellow alert, aye captian
vulture_:
;;aproaching with a quarter impulse
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Tactical: is it possible to beam this probe into a containment chamnber?
Rich_Ayles:
::Looks up as the ship signals Yellow alert::
Host Liz_vTrek:
Wait, Number One...
vulture_:
;;thinks: isnt this exciting
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::pauses:: belay that order
Host Liz_vTrek:
Matthew:  Do sensors detect any signs of armament?
Host Liz_vTrek:
What is it's power source?
vulture_:
captian: should i try and hail the ship ?
Exar-Kun:
XO: Should be possible although the interference from the nebula may prevent a good lock
Exar-Kun:
I cant find an active power source or any weapons systems
Host Liz_vTrek:
Matt:  Yes, attempt all frequencies.  I don't expect anything, though
Host Liz_vTrek:
Matt:  Then it is inert, or seems to be?  ::frowns::
Rich_Ayles:
::begins setting out key medical equipment and initiating key medical systems in compliance with Alert status protocol::
vulture_:
;;Hailing the probe 
Host Liz_vTrek:
THE PROBE DOES NOT RESPOND
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
ACTION: NO RESPONSE
vulture_:
Captian: there is no reponse!
Exar-Kun:
Captain: I have a reasonable scan and cannot find any opower source at all
Host Liz_vTrek:
::nods to Ops::  Aye.  Then prepare to beam it over.  All security precautions.
vulture_:
Captian : maybe some unknown technology?
Rolf_vTrek has joined the conversation.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Bridge: beam the probe aboard
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Containment field of course
vulture_:
*transporter room 9* : beam the probe aboard , use a conteiment field 
Host Liz_vTrek:
A SMALL PROBE, SPHERICAL IN SHAPE AND BRISTLING WITH SENSOR PROJECTIONS, APPEARS ON THE TRANSPORTER PAD.  IT IS LARGELY INERT, ALTHOUGH ONE SMALL LIGHT APPEARS TO BLINK ON A FORWARD PANEL.

Host Liz_vTrek:
Number One, Mr. Matthews, please go to TR 9 and examine the probe.
Exar-Kun:
Aye sir ::leaves bridge::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Matthew: put your staff on investigating this at once
vulture_:
Captian: should i maintain our position ?
Host Liz_vTrek:
XO:  See if you can determine where it came from.
Host Liz_vTrek:
Where would a probe come from in this remote sector?  ::still frowning  slightly::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::nods at CO::
vulture_:
Captian: prehaps it was sent to investigate many years ago, We dont know much about this sector and eve less about the probes power source , Prehaps theres a base nearby?
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Commander: permission to accompany Matthew to the containment area
Rich_Ayles:
*Sickbay to Bridge* I am reading slight fluctuations in some of my medical systems.
Host Liz_vTrek:
Jonathon, that is a distinct possibility.  It could very well be from this system.
Host Liz_vTrek:
::nods to XO::  Permission granted, Number One.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Tac: can we transport the probe to the science lab?
vulture_:
captian: should i inform star-fleet of our discovery ?
Host Liz_vTrek:
*SB* What's that, Doctor?  Can you pinpoint the source of the interference?
Exar-Kun has left the conversation.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::moves to TL, assuming the probe has been transferred::
Host Liz_vTrek:
Jonathon, I don't think so right now.  Let's check it out first.
Rich_Ayles:
*Captain* No..i'm sorry captain. It may be coming from one of the transporter bays.
Host Liz_vTrek:
I want to know where it came from first.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::arrives in Science lab, where the probe has been transported::
Host Liz_vTrek:
::slightly alarmed:: *SB* Await orders, Doctor.  I think I know what may be the problem.
Rich_Ayles:
*Captain* Systems seem to be functioning correctly now, captain.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::determines that the probe poses no immediate threat, but contains information::
Host Liz_vTrek:
*XO* Commander, please scan the probe for any EMS activity.  SB is reporting interference with their systems.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::continues analysys::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
*CO* acknowledged
vulture_:
Captian: maybe we should scan the area for warp or other signatures to discover its origin ?
Host Liz_vTrek:
IT IS TARNISHED AND BATTERED, AS IF IT HAS BEEN FLOATING IN DEEP SPACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.  STRANGE ENCRYPTIONS BENEATH THE PANEL LIGHTS LOOK EERILY FAMILIAR, YET UNFAMILIAR.

Rich_Ayles:
::wonders at the cause of the interference...it only seemed to last for a couple of minutes and seemed to be coming from a transporter room::
Host Liz_vTrek:
::nods to Ops::  Yes, if there is a trail, we might be able to determine its origins that way
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
*CO* the probe shows residual emissions, nothing our systems shouldn't be able to handle
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::decides the probe is safe, orders the containment field dropped::
Host Liz_vTrek:
*XO* Acknowledged.  Increase the containment field to block out the transmissions until we know what they are about.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::her hands move over the shell of the probe::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::deciphering::
Host Liz_vTrek:
*XO* You can just block out the EMS transmissions and drop the rest of the field.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
CO: acknowledged
Host Liz_vTrek:
::watches activities from viewscreen::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
*CO* there seems to be a message embedded her
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
here
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
*CO* the probe is ancient, and inactive, but there are readings here......
Host Liz_vTrek:
*XO*  Can you decypher it, Number One?  Does any of it appear familiar?
Bluewolfe has left the conversation.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
*CO* I need help in deciphering them
Host Liz_vTrek:
::thinks for a second::
Host Liz_vTrek:
*SB* Doctor, can you join Commander Rand in  TR 9?
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
it is unfamiliar to me, but it appears to be directions to a place...
vulture_:
;;Ensgin colway (exar's replacment) is scaning the area for any signatures
Host Liz_vTrek:
*SB* She needs ome help deciphering some ancient encryption on a probe.  
Rich_Ayles:
*Captain* Yes, captain
Rich_Ayles:
::hurries to TR9::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::glances up as Dr Ramares appears::
Rich_Ayles:
::arrives at TR9 carrying scientific equipment::
Rich_Ayles:
XO: What have we got here then ?
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Doc: not sure
Host Liz_vTrek:
::looks at results of scan...notices that this system was the result of a SuperNova some millenia ago::
Rich_Ayles:
XO: Yes, I have seen this sort of script before.
vulture_:
;;ensgin colway reports that nothing has been detected (no warp signatures)
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
ACTION: SUDDENLY, RAMARES FINDS THE KEY TO DECIPHER THE CODE
Rich_Ayles:
::Runs hand over the object and something clicks !::
Rich_Ayles:
XO: I am not sure what that click was but this script looks very similar to something I have come across before from this region...
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::notes that the Doc has found something::
Host Liz_vTrek:
::notes that the system once was a trinary::
vulture_:
*ayles* should i access star-fleet language logs ?
Rich_Ayles:
*Operations* Thats Ok. I am cross referencing the computer files now.
Host Liz_vTrek:
LONG RANGE SENSORS PICK UP AN ION TRAIL FROM THE PROBE THAT LEADS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NEBULA
Rich_Ayles:
::looks at PADD carefully::
vulture_:
*ayles* : acknowledged
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
*XO* it appears that this probe is a leftover from a civilization
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
<oops, CO>
Rich_Ayles:
XO: The script looks like a dialect of the Grevoran race language....
Host Liz_vTrek:
*XO* Acknowledged, Number One.  An ion trail seems to indicate that the probe may be from this system.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Doctor:  I need details
Host Liz_vTrek:
*XO* See if you can confirm that from the probe's encryptions.
vulture_:
Captian: should i set course for the probes origin ?
Rich_Ayles:
XO: They are a small race who inhabit an M class planet on the fringe of this Nebula
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
*CO*  the probe seems to contain coordinates
geordi1701 has joined the conversation.
Host Liz_vTrek:
::looks at map of system::  Yes, Mr. Brightstar.  Continue to clear a path as you go.
geordi1701 has left the conversation.
Rich_Ayles:
XO: These figures seem to be co-ordinates from on the other side of the Nebula.
Rich_Ayles:
::looks at PADD again::
Host Liz_vTrek:
*XO* Please relay those coordinates to Mr. Brightstar's station, Commander.
vulture_:
;;setting a course 1/2 impulse
vulture_:
matt: plz clear the asteroids as we go along!
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::smiles in anticipation of going where no-one's gone::
Rich_Ayles:
XO:...Although that doesn't fit in with the co-ordinates to the Grevoran homeworld.
Host Liz_vTrek:
*XO*  It appears that the trail and the coordinates coincide by 95%, Number One.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
*Tac*  establish a course: heading 537, bearing 97783, and engage on the captain's order
Exar-Kun has joined the conversation.
Rich_Ayles:
XO: It is not surprising that you may not have heard of the Grevoran race as they are a very small colony of very religious people.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::nods at the Doctor::  indeed
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
religious, you say?
Rich_Ayles:
XO: I came across them in my medical studies. They are similar to Jehovahs Witness' in that they won't accept exchange of blood for medical procedures.
vulture_:
setting course heading 537 bearing 97783
Host Liz_vTrek:
Engage, Mr. Brightstar
vulture_:
;;engagin at warp 5
JLOQuinn has joined the conversation.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::returns to Bridge::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
CO: I suggest we prepare an AT
Rich_Ayles:
::returns to Sickbay, satisified at his contribution to the mystery of the probe::
Host Liz_vTrek:
Brightstar:  Reduce to full impulse, Brightstar.
vulture_:
;;cutting speed
Host Liz_vTrek:
I don't want another Titantic. ::smiles::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
I request that the team include Brightstar, Matthew, Jonathan
Host Liz_vTrek:
::nods to XO:: That's an excellent idea, Number One.  Permission granted.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Brightstar:  prepare equipment for the AT
vulture_:
xo: yes commander
Host Liz_vTrek:
THE LUZON SUDDENLY BREAKS THROUGH THE DUST AND DEBRIS INTO A SMALL CLEARING.  IN THE CENTER OF THE CLEARING REVOLVES A SMALL ROCKY PLANET ABOUT THE SIZE OF MARS.  ITS FACE IS SCARRED AND POCK-MARKED AS IF ITS SURFACE HAS BEEN MELTED, THEN PEPPERED WITH METEORS.

vulture_:
;;preparing eqwipment for away team.. (including triecoder and a phaser)
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Science:  Do you detect any life readings?
Host Liz_vTrek:
THE EDGES OF THE PLANET APPEAR SHARPLY AGAINST THE DIMNESS OF THE SURROUNDING NEBULA, INDICATING THAT WHATEVER ATMOSPHERE IT ONCE POSSESSED HAS BEEN STRIPPED AWAY.

Host Liz_vTrek:
::looks at viewscreen::  Oh dear.  I hope no one was living on this planet when the supernova erupted.
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Host Cheryl_vTrek:
A DESERT WORLD, SURFACE SCANS INDICATE
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
 IT CANNOT SUPPORT LIFE
Rich_Ayles:
::arrives back at Sickbay and references the computers files about the Grevoran race::
Exar-Kun:
 There are know life signs on the surface, although I cannot scan more than two miles below the ground
Host Liz_vTrek:
Mr. Brightstar, assume orbit around the planet.
vulture_:
captian:yes, captian
vulture_:
;;entering orbit
Host Liz_vTrek:

THE LUZON ASSUMES ORBIT ABOVE THE PLANET'S DEAD, SEARED SURFACE.

Host Liz_vTrek:
Matthew, are there any lifesigns detectable at all?
Exar-Kun:
Captain: I have found an area I can scan deeper and there is a lifeform there
Host Liz_vTrek:
::excited::  Below the surface, I'm assuming.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::glances at CO:: time for the AT
Rich_Ayles:
::finds that there is little information in the computers database concerning this humanoid lifeform::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Tac: can you lock onto the location?
Host Liz_vTrek:
::nods::  Get to it, Number One.  We need to know if there's anyone else surviving.
Exar-Kun:
Captain: I can get a lock on the lifeform, but cannot gaurantee the safety of anything we nbeam in next to it.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
*AT* all personnel report to TR3 immediately
vulture_:
;;reporting to transporter room for transportion to the surface
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::exits bridge, reports::
Host Liz_vTrek:
*XO:*  Take phasers and have them at the ready, Number One. Don't take any chances.
Exar-Kun:
::enters transporter room::
Rich_Ayles:
::hurries to TR3::
Rich_Ayles:
::enters TR3 slightly breathless::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::nods at transporter chief:: Engage
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::the AT shimmers::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
ACTION:  THE AWAY TEAM MATERIALIZES IN A CAVERN DEEP BENEATH THE PLANET'S SURFACE.  ALMOST CATHEDRAL IN ITS APPEARANCE; THE ROCK WALLS SOAR INTO THE CEILING HIGH OVERHEAD.  EVERY WORD, EVERY MOTION, REVERBERATES FROM THE WALLS AND THE CEILING OF THIS PLACE.

Rich_Ayles:
::scans area with tricorder::
Host Liz_vTrek:
::watches activities of AT from view screen and paces on the bridge::
Exar-Kun:
::looks around, phaser in one hand and tricorder in the other::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
Matthew: any lock on the life form?
vulture_:
;;waiting for the results of the scan
vulture_:
;;drawing his phaser, trying to get used to the relative darkness
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@Matthew: can you find the life form?
Exar-Kun:
@yes, we should be very close to it
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@:Brightstar: tactical report
Rich_Ayles:
@ XO: I am reading a biological composition very near.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
ACTION:  THE AT FOLLOWS THE LEAD OF THE DOCTOR
vulture_:
@commander: we appear to be safe for the moment
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@brightstar: acknowledged; stay alert
Host Liz_vTrek:
<COMM>AT:   Any detectable lifeforms other than the original, now that you're under the surface?
Geoff_vTrek has joined the conversation.
Rich_Ayles:
::lurches back as a flying creature similar to a bat swoops overhead::
vulture_:
;;thinks : god i Hate these Bats
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
COM: Captain: we have detected a single life form
Host Liz_vTrek:
<COMM> *XO* Stay alert and safe, Number One.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
ACTION:  THE AT DISCOVERS A SMALL ROOM, OFF THE MAIN CHAMBER.  IT CONTAINS A SMALL COMPUTER STATION, AND A SINGLE STASIS BED.  THE BED CONTAINS A HUMANOID FEMALE.
vulture_:
;;examines the rest of the room for any uninvited visitores...
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@AT: I need an update
Host Liz_vTrek:
::orders scan of planet for evidence of a warp-capable civilization::
Rich_Ayles has left the conversation.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@status asap
vulture_:
;;approaching the computer
Host Liz_vTrek:
SCANS INDICATE THAT PLANET ONCE SUPPORTED A THRIVING WARP-CAPABLE CULTURE WHICH WAS OBLITERATED BY THE SUPERNOVA
vulture_:
matt: i think u had better take a look at this (pointing to the comuter)
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
::looks at Ops:: download all information from the computer
Exar-Kun:
@moves over to computer terminal
Host Liz_vTrek:
<COMM> Status report, Number One.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@CO: we have found a life form in stasis
Rolf_vTrek has left the conversation.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@CO: we're downloading information from the computer station now
Exar-Kun:
@Cmdr: I believe I can operate this terminal to bring her out of stasis
Rich_Ayles has joined the conversation.
Host Liz_vTrek:
<COMM> ::suddenly very alert::  Number One, that may the last survivor of this civilization.  Handle it very carefully.  We have a first contact situation here.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@Science is determining if we can awake her
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@CO:  I know that
Geoff_vTrek has left the conversation.
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@Matthew, R
vulture_:
matt: shouldn't we get a doc down here ?? she might have been injured or something b4 she entered stasis
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@Matthew, Mark:  can we bring her alive?
Exar-Kun:
@Cmdr: I believe I can bring her out of stasis, but the doc will need to keep her alive after that
Rich_Ayles:
::Doctor Ramares hurries to the stasis chamber::
vulture_:
;;thinks : well lets see what happens 
Chad_vTrek has joined the conversation.
Erminia_Camassa has joined the conversation.
Host Liz_vTrek:
THE STASIS CHAMBER APPEARS UNHARMED.
Rich_Ayles:
::scans female lifeform with medical tricorder through stasis chamber::
Exar-Kun:
@Taps a seven key sequence 
Host Liz_vTrek:
<COMM> AT:  Any possibility of waking her up?
Exar-Kun:
@Dr: Stasis field is collapsing
Erminia_Camassa has left the conversation.
Rich_Ayles:
::gets ready with hypospray::
vulture_:
;;makes room for the doc
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
COM:  CO: yes, we're working on it
Exar-Kun:
Dr: Okay doc, she's all yours now
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
@Matthew, Rameres:  status update
Rich_Ayles:
::approaches humanoid and administers hypospray::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
ACTION:  THE HUMANOID FEMALE AWAKENS
Exar-Kun:
@Cmdr: The stasis field is down and the doctor is attempting top bring her round
vulture_:
doc: well how is she ?
Rich_Ayles:
@AT: This is a neural stimulant. She should be coming round now
Rich_Ayles:
::watches as the patient stirs::
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
SHE IS SURPRISED AND SHOCKED TO FIND HERSELF SURROUNDED BY ALIENS
Rich_Ayles:
::scans brain patterns for unusual signals::
vulture_:
alian: its o.k. ur safe now
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
TERROR IN HER EYES
vulture_:
alian: how are u feeling ?
Host Cheryl_vTrek:
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