Posted by Lieutenant Commander Sifeda Itri (Executive Officer) in Main Sim: Studying the Volograd’s Data - Planetary Science Lab

Posted by Commodore Drudoc Andone (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim: Studying the Volograd’s Data - Planetary Science Lab
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Kaden looked around and commented to Lt Hobbes, “Do we have any reports of what it looks like they have currently? I know the signals have disappeared based on the last review by the USS Volgograd. Have there been any additional reports since then?” Kaden asked. Kaden was very curious on what was actually going on with the current setup since the signals seem to no longer be showing up. Did something happen to the civilization or have they moved beyond this which is why its not showing up anymore. He then waited for a response.

“You have the right mindset for this Ensign Buchanan, a curious one. To answer your questions, I don’t think there is any additional data. I am sure the Commodore provided all the information she was able to obtain from the Volgograd. We are going to have to do some digging and make sense of what we have. The answer is in there somewhere.”

The appearance of the Forseth currently were a humanoid like species, but with reptilian like characteristics and make up. They had scaley skin for example, they had very little body hair, they had cold blood, their physical movements were fairly above average compared to humans, as was their strength. Mental ability seems more or less average to a humans, culturally they evolved from pack hunters, through their ages of culture and development their seemed to be a continued focus on collective group help and development.

She thought for a brief moment the said, “The Volgograd’s survey probe missed any sign of intelligence life on the third planet or of any sign of civilization. Will you review the scans from this and see if you can determine how this could have happened? The Volgograd is a Moscow class Surveyor, it may help if we can review the specs of the ship to rule out malfunction.”

Ensign Buchanan Eng Officer

Ensign Baptiste went through the data that they had, Interesting, a species that appears to be developing on an evolutionary scale faster than they should be. he thought. He dug further into the data, I wonder if anyone has looked into these tiny space faring organisms from the nebulas, I know they are some distance away, but how fast can they travel? Can they survive in an atmosphere? Most importantly, can they infect and cause an evolutionary change in another species; similar to the Trill? he thought as he began making notes. Also, one must consider the way the unique binary star system, could the radiation from these two stars effect the evolution of biological lifeforms. he pulled up some data on reptilian lifeforms There, some reptilian species are more susceptible to radiation and mutate under it. Could this be the case? If so, how are they developing so fast on an industrial scale? he again pulled up some data, this time on known space faring Reptilian species. he wanted to see if there was any correlation in development. He was also considering if the ‘echoing’ radio traffic had anything to do with their mental development.

-Ensign Johnathan Baptiste, medical

They would need to dig further into the nebula organisms once they got closer, for now all that the Volgograd reported was they fed a lot on helium gases and did not seem to roam very far from such sources, nor did they seem intelligent. Looking then at known reptilian species none of them matched the Forseth. As for the echoing radio traffic there so far did not appear any connection.

Sifeda turned to Hobbs then said. “There was significant radio traffic in that part of the solar system. Is there anyway to determine the frequency and what was being transmitted over these waves? I feel like that could be part of the puzzle.”

Itri, XO

What little information they had from the Volgograd’s scans showed a barely 1.7 second sublight radio emission, but so brief was it that exact frequency or such could not be made. However, given it was of a high enough energy output to be detected by sensors a quarter of a light year from J17 at the time whatever emitted it had to have a large store of energy output to make it happen. One thought could be it was perhaps a fusion reaction, say a ship exploding? But then no debris or such residual energy was left that the Volgograd would have picked up. So again more information on site was needed.

Demil slipped into the room, carrying a PADD. “I remembered reading about Voyager encountering a similar situation, and pulled the ship’s logs. If nothing else, it could help set precedent for what to do if and when they achieve spaceflight.” He set the PADD on an empty console and took a seat next to it. “It might also be some sort of dimensional anomaly, or an effect of the unique binary system.”

Ens. Lis

“Great thinking Ensign Lis.” She said as she tried to recount that particular Voyager mission. “It is definitely worth exploring, since from what we are aware of they could be developing space flight capabilities at any moment now. I think we could be on another right track if we consider their binary star system. Combining your two theories together, do you think the binary system could cause a dimensional anomaly, Ensign?”

Itri, XO

“Maybe,” Demil said. “It’s quite likely the two are linked. What if ,” he stood up and started pacing, “what if the second star is a ‘refugee’, in a way, from a second dimension, a part of that reality that crossed over to ours. It could be maintaining an anomaly because it’s foreign to our universe. If that other dimension is chronally shifted, it might provide an explanation for rapid development. That might also explain the unusually high level of radio traffic, if we’re hearing echoes from that dimension.” He stopped at the edge of the room and spun back to face the group, eyes bright.

Ens. Lis

It was possible somehow that the rare binary system’s setup was producing an anomaly that the Volgograd’s crew had not considered, but to verify such they would need to wait till they got into the system.

“My apologies for being late,” Doctor Stacey said as he entered the Science Lab while reading a PaDD, assumingly catching up on the data packet, “I had an unexpected patient stop by.”

“No apologies needed Dr. Stacey, we are actually just getting started. There are a number of theories floating around.”

The Chief Medical Officer spotted Doctor Baptiste and made his way over. “Did you spot anything about their appearance?” Still hoping to be able to get a way for the crew to have a possible avenue of further study. Gavin did leave a mental note that he might have to table that idea if the species became space faring.

CMO

“Sir they appear to be in the category of Reptilian species. I have pulled all known space faring species and have the computer running any similar biological developments.” replied Ensign Baptiste. “I would also like to request a probe be sent to the nearby nebulas to investigate the space faring organisms there. I think we need to see if perhaps they are capable of making their way to this system, and possibly being symbiotic with this species.” he said. “Then there are the possibilities that this species is being effected by the uniqueness of this binary system and the way the stars radiation effects them, as well as these ‘echo’ radio frequencies.” Ensign Johnathan stated. “All, some or even none of these factors may be a contributing factor. The rest of the team have come up with some interesting theories.”

-Ensign Johnathan Baptiste, medical

Gavin nodded in reply. “There are only a few reptilian species that we know of, Gorn, Voth, and one could say Cardassians.” The CMO exclaimed. “Though none seem to have a symbiotic relationship in any form.”

V’alura typed away on her console’s haptic keyboard while listening to all the wonderful and creative theories being suggested around her. Today she seemed more passive than assertive as she catalogued everyone’s thoughts and ideas into useful notes. “We’ve gathered quite a few theories.” She said, “The question I would like to pose now is what will we do when we arrive? What should be our number one focus? It seems to me we have two avenues to explore. The Forseth, and the binary system they live upon.” How will they prove or disprove their theories? Given the extreme speed of the Foresth evolution, V’alura had the strangest feeling that a count down timer has been placed upon the Ark Angel and her mission.

Lt Belmont, CSO

These were all good questions. “I think the number one focus should be, studying the species so that we can determine an obvious answer to their evolution, if we can. The next thing I would focus on is ruling out the theories we have developed here. One I would definitely like to rule out or in is the effects of the binary star system and if it facilitated this anomaly. Obviously we can’t do any of this effectively until we reach the star system and have an opportunity to explore more closely.”

Katie covered her mouth with her right hand for a moment. “The loss of signal is probably a sign of technological evolution. They’ve evolved beyond conventional radio and perhaps beyond our communications technology. Assuming we have samples of their earlier transmissions, a linguistic analysis could eliminate the “hyper-fast thinkers” hypothesis. Unfortunately that sort of analysis is outside my personal skill set,” she said. She paused for a moment. “And Volgograd’s lack of detection of psychic or telepathy may just mean they have a form that we haven’t encountered before.”

“That makes sense.” Sifeda said to the CE regarding the lack of detection of the psychic/telepathicabilities, “So now you just have to prove it.”

Itri, XO

“If they’ve surpassed our own tech, then a probe just might be an early warning alert of our arrival.” LTJG Stacey added, “Though, I’m no engineer but isn’t there a way to mask our probe to look like a passing meteor?” The Doctor asked. Though, the CMO was hoping there weren’t any psychic/telepath abilities involved since there was zero chance that could be replicated with prosthetics.

OOC: So I do understand what a binary system is in our real science, BUT part of the mystery of this sim is the fact that the J17 system IS unusual to more known binary examples both in trek and real life, a point i mentioned about ;) so just roll with it. It may or NOT fit real science but as we’ve seen in Trek at times a lot of known science is just accepted as a ‘new discovery’ in trek, think of this like that!

GM CockRoach

CMO