: Posted by Ensign T J Rivers (Engineer) in Planet Argos
: : Posted by Lieutenant Micah Glass (Counselor) in Planet Argos
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : As the crew members began to exit the shuttle they noticed a few facts very shortly. One, it was raining. And by the cloud cover it didn't look like it would stop anytime soon. So they would have the weather to contend with. The second thing they noticed was the island itself. It was not very large at all, being only perhaps a half mile wide by a mile and a half long. And it had been the largest island conformation that could be found.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Also it was not made up of what the away team might have expected an island to be made up of. There was no grass or greenery anywhere to be seen, which, if the cloud cover was any indication, wasn't surprising with little sunlight. The ground appeared to be made out a calcified substance of some sort.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : There was also no beaches, as in sand beaches. The only indication of what might be a beach was that the calcified ground matter sloped suddenly down toward the water near the edges. They would have to ferry the equipment nearer the water as it was all water structure based.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Toren stepped off the shuttle and crouched down, running his hand over the surface, looking around "You know, this stuff almost reminds me of dead coral back on Earth" He said, almost to himself.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : OOC: Lewis is in command of the landing party until the XO arrives. I will play an NE Medical for now until Tyra is back from LOA. Besides she is on Shuttle 2.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : IC: NE Dr. Nightingale, had her medical tricorder out and was scanning each person as well as the atmospheric readings. She was wondering if there were any substances that were harmful to the crew members and was checking her tricorder carefully. She liked the smell of the moist planet. She was anxious to get some samples of the ocean water to analyze.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Booker and misc crew. =D (It is a good thing I am crazy enough to play so many characters! m@,@m )
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Jehry activated his triorder and analyzed the surface of this 'island'. The surface of the island was intresting. He used a tube to collect samples for further analysis.
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: : : : : : : : : : Jehry's tricorder scans showed an interesting fact. Instead of just being one entire mass the coral island was actually many masses amalgamated together. As if they had floated separately at one point and then upon 'meeting' sealed together into one mass.
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: : : : : : : : : : It was also actually floating on the water and not 'moored' to the ocean floor. So they were actually on a moving island not a stationary one. Toward the edges of the mass, or shoreward the color shifted to one of yellow white.
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: : : : : : : : : : The composition of the coral showed it was consisted mostly of keratin and silicate spicules interwoven with the more natural calcium carbonate that coral was made up of.
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: : : : : : : : : : It was very odd to have a heavier elements intermixed with the coral but perhaps it was an explanation of the planets high magnetic interference rate if such heavy elements were present in the atmosphere or oceans as well.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : He wanted to scan the water next. "Sir, I need to get a anaysis of the water before we start entering."
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Sax, science.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : "Absolutely. Go forth and do whatever sciencey stuff you need!" She expected that each of them had a job to do and would go do it now that they were safely on the planet. The next team would be coming shortly anyway.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : Lewis looked around. "Well this certainly isn't the dream vacation I thought it would be." She said dryly.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Let's get started on the dry dock Rivers. Shouldn't take too long... I was expecting sand to get in the way. This slopes pretty easily into the water."
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : "Righty roo."TJ said. He looked over the area. It would be good to make the dock. "We'll need our supplies first."
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : "Have whatever you need beamed down if it isn't in the shuttle. We took the first shuttle so it should have most of what we need to get started..." She walked along the edge of the water with a tricorder, analyzing the shore for depth.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : : OOC: Hi Krys... wondering if it just drops off or slopes down and how quickly. Or you can just say "it looks like a great place to build a dry dock!" and we'll go with that. <G> - Jen
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: : : : : : : : : : OOC: Its a gradual incline from where the away team set down to the water's edge, then there is a shelf that extends out perhaps 50 feet of the same material as the island under the water before it drops off sharply.
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: : : : : : : : : : : : Toren, lacking the science expertise or equipment to take part in the initial construction, walked over the waters edge, looking down, he saw the white under the water fade as it went further out, smiling, enjoying the soft sounds of water lapping against the shore, it reminded him of home, he had grown up near the sea and there wasn't nearly enough ocean in space, he closed his eyes and breathed in deep, memories of home flooding back.
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: : : : : : : : : : : Jehry moved to the shore line. He got down on his knees to examine the water with his tricorder. He used a container to take samples examine for any toxins. "Ma'am, as far as I can tell, the waters save for the crew. It resembles a lot like Earths Pacific ocean."
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: : : : : : : : : : : OOC: I hope this okay. :)
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: : : : : : : : : : Jehry's scan of his water sample did indeed show that the water was very similar in composition to Earth's oceans except for the heavier elements present in the water as well.
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: : : : : : : : : "That's good. By safe I assume you mean safe to swim in. If it's like Earth ocean, it's not safe to drink." She said it like a statement but she was looking for confirmation as well.
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: : : : : : : : : "Any security threats?" She added. Beats on the island, beasts in the shallow water....
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: : : : : : : : : "This area will do fine for our dock." She stated, having chosen a site. She went back to the shuttle and began getting all the parts assembled to build it.
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: : : : : : : : TJ joined the chief. He grabbed a couple of parts and began to assemble the beginnings of the dry dock. It would be important that they got that done before getting the ship built.
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: : : : : : : Between them the Chief and the engineer managed to get the supports down to the waters edge first. Using sonic drillers they began to drill into the coral to anchor the supports that would hold the decking of the dock. This was a work of several hours.
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: : : : : : : Meanwhile Jehry Sax moved farther away from them as he gathered his scientific samples. His newer data began to trickle down though as he began to obtain the same results and readings. If he wanted more he was going to have go deeper.
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: : : : : : Toren looked from one end of the island to the other and then to the Chief "The only beasts on this island are of the two legged variety, as for under sea creatures...well that I don't know" he sat down by the waters edge and ran his hand through the water, smiling, he rubbed his fingertips together, feeling the water, he sniffed his fingers, the scent of salt water bringing back more memories of his childhood.
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: : : : : : He looked out across the surface of the water "Do you have any underwater probes in that napsack of yours? We'd do well to take some shallow readings, just in case there is anything down there that wants to eat us"
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: : : : : Lewis looked up from her task briefly. "Probes? Talk to Sax. We just came down with stuff to build this other stuff. If you're out of security stuff to do you can help." She offered with a smile. This was going to take awhile.
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: : : : : She and Rivers worked on, getting the dry dock prepared so they could finish the rest of the work. Ugh, what a bunch of work! Hopefully the second shuttle was bringing a team of engineers...
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: : : : "Sir, These reading are really interesting. I don't see any signs of threats as of yet, I think it would be wised to get more reading from below the water. Did we bring the scuba gear onboard?" Jehry asked. returning to the shuttle.
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: : : : "Sax science.
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: : : Sydney stepped off the shuttle and looked around "Well it's definitely wet." She said and looked at Sax "There is scuba gear on the shuttle, I believe we knew that we were going to need it." She said looking around. Sydney walked a bit further away, she was still feeling a bit ill but she was now curious about what was going on around here.
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: : OOC: Wrong shuttle Sydney. You are on shuttle 2 and Sax is on shuttle 1, so ignore the post about the scuba gear. Someone on shuttle 1 will have to answer that question. Also, why isn't anyone trimming their posts? Its getting ridiculous!!!
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: : D...who's scrolling finger is worn out! :)
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: TJ continued to work on the dock. It wouldn't take much more. He would've like to have a few more hands to help. But, on the other hands; he rather enjoyed working by himself. He knew it would be done right that way.
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The base of the dock went up reasonably well now they had to only add on the rest of the module that had been designed. That was a matter of several more hours of work.

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