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Main Sim - Surface of the Moon

Posted March 13, 2021, 4:14 p.m. by Commander Eric Holmman (Executive Officer) (Daniel Lerner)

Posted by Cadet M’rahja Ko (Security Officer) in Main Sim - Surface of the Moon

Posted by Captain Emmeline Davis (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim - Surface of the Moon

Posted by Cadet Stanislaw Wisniewski (Scientist) in Main Sim - Surface of the Moon

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As the cadets and away team started to fan out and investigate the structure several things would be instantly noticable.

First, Ko stumbled, quite literally, across a loose stone and when kicked with her foot rolled away from where it was resting, revealing a carved slot almost like a peddle ready to be pushed.

The science information came back with some possible matches in the database, either too far away for a pre-warp civilization to have traveled or not close enough to make sense. They had several similarities to some other ruins a few light years over, similar in structure and design with similar markings but nothing definitive. The curves of the writing was alien in form. One thing was certain, these were neither Menk nor Valakian.

GM Wombat

“Yes, Commander,” Stan said in response to the XO’s orders and rapidly headed over to a side of the ruins, almost jogging in his excitement to get started. He kneeled down on the jungle ground and set down the lab kit that had been slung over the shoulder.

He scanned the wall of the ruin carefully and spotted some locations where the traces of paint residue were most noticeable. Perfect spots for his first samples. Sample container already in one hand, he put the tricorder down and picked up a small laser pick from the lab kit and carefully cut off a small piece of the ruin to put in the sample container. He then repeated the process with additional containers.

Stan tapped his combadge. =^=Wisniewski to Lt. Barr. I have taken several samples from the ruins, if you want to beam some of them up the Lab. I will also analyze some of them with the equipment I brought with me. =^=

As Stan waited for a response from the Lieutenant, he shifted his attention from the paint flecks to the mysterious curved writing on the ruins. He picked his tricorder back up and started focusing his scans on the writing, wondering if any of the Federation linguistic or archeological databases would have anything helpful on it.

Cadet Wisniewski, Scientist

OOC: Lovely job cross-posting that comm message, Dan J.!

IC:

Emmy remained somewhat close to Holmman, not willing to entertain the notion that the oddities they had noticed already were making her uncomfortable with her decision to go on the away team. There was a reason why she had agreed to an Academy CO posting as opposed to a main fleet one and her distinct preference for the mundane and routine over the dangerous and unusual had been it. She winced slightly as her footing became unstable, the lack of balance flying through her body like a shock, but then steadied herself and continued to slowly look around.

  • Davis, CO

Eric caught Davis’s movement and quickly looked over. “Are you okay, Captain?” he asked, concern on his face.

M’rahja made steady progress around the ruins, taking care to watch her surroundings and keep an ear towards her tricorder for alerts. Her toes knocked against a loose stone and she kicked it away to clear the path and inadvertently revealed something interesting. =^=Ko to Captain Davis and Commander Holmman, I have found some kind of mechanism on the ground that looks like it could be pressed. Examining it in more detail now.=^= Her gut instinct was that this was some kind of trap, placed to snare unwary and unwanted visitors.

Cadet Ko

Eric frowned as he listened to Ko’s message. =^= Scan the mechanism and see if you can see what it is connected to. I’ll join you in a moment. =^=

(OOC: Geoff, how far apart is everyone? And does it make sense to split the thread are continue like this if we are still close by?)

-Cmdr. Eric Holmman, XO


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