Posted by Ensign Elemirre Serinde (Engineering Officer) in Main Sim - Wolf 359 Planet 2 - Pod 1 Survey Work

Posted by Ensign T’Mera (Linguist/Comms Officer) in Main Sim - Wolf 359 Planet 2 - Pod 1 Survey Work

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Isaac Black (Chief Armory Officer) in Main Sim - Wolf 359 Planet 2 - Pod 1 Survey Work
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As Pod 1 was launched their approach took them to the far western edge of the main continent near the first survey marker site. They would be roughly 2,872 miles away from the other pod’s landing and survey site. There site as they got back into the upper atmosphere soon was in view by a high altitude view.

The spot marked was along a long flat valley nestled between two smaller mountain ranges. The valley was roughly 80 miles long by 40 miles wide. Two small rivers spanned between the valley in spots going from a west to east direction. Their landing site would be almost smack dab between the middle of the valley and a wide open plain of flat land between both rivers about 10 or so miles wide from end to end. All in all a fairly good landing site and a future colony site. The plains area around in the valley showed fairly viable farming land, as well as a lush wealth of local edible fauna and animal life. Tree and brush were sparse but plentiful enough to be useful in some form or another. River life in the two rivers showed average water life possibly edible. They would also have an easy time of putting down the claim and survey markers as the site was where they would be landing too.

Land and air based life was sparse, most being small or tiny rodents for plain or mountain range species. The air life was a bit larger then one might expect, flocks of large feathered avian with purple and blue wings spanning almost 18ft from tip to tip were probably able to lift smaller prey easily. It was probably good they did not bring their new ship mascot dog as it would likely be easily grabbed by one such bird. Thankfully the birds gave the pod a wide berth, squawking territorially a bit before flying off from the strange thing invading their air space. Land based predators seemed mostly limited to 4ft high 10 ft long cat like creatures that moved from cave system to cave system spread along the mountain sides hunting likely within their tunnels or using them as homes and only coming down to the lower valley if food was scarce.

A quick general scan showed likely deposits of minerals could be in the area too but they would need to get out on food to fully be sure to look for samples. As the pod came to a soft landing in the open area all signs of anything dangerous was gone, they had the area to themselves. Atmosphere outside was breathable, with the current temperature around 58F with a light warm breeze coming from the north west, making it closer feeling to 50F when present. Overhead it as fairly cloudy skies with a 15% chance of possible rain on its way. The gravity as noted was just slightly heavier then on Earth but nothing to be concerned for unless they had to do a lot of heavy lifting or running.

GM CockRoach

They touched down. Not having a ‘window’ El spent the time once they passed through the atmosphere to peer forward to catch what she could from the front windows, which, admittedly, was very little. A bit of mountain. A bit of green. A bit of sky. What she did feel when they set down was that she felt a bit heavier. Stretching in her chair El didn’t think that would be a problem for her. She glanced over to Isaac. She’d seen how he moved, favoring a leg. The gravity might be a problem for him. More of a problem would be the weather. When she brought up the information the temperature was cool. Not as cool as England had been at times but she grew up in much warmer temperatures. As soon as they touched down El unbuckled herself and reached for her jacket.

The realization settled in that she was on another planet. The Bonaventure traveled about in space and she had had no offboarding time. It ‘felt’ like another planet with the gravity. Peering forward it ‘looked’ like a normal world, a familiar world, Earth, but the gravity spoke otherwise. What would the air smell like? Did they have flowers here? Still close to her seat, El waited for orders and the hatch to be opened to disembark.

• El, Eng

Isaac opened the hatch and left the pod first with his weapon drawn. After a quick look around he spoke “ it’s clear you can all exit the pod” he said

Lt. Isaac Black (AC)

El watched with a mix of concern and excitement of the hatch opening and Isaac getting out. She may have missed something. The bit of reading she had done on the way down on the mission - more really on the planetary data than anything - revealed the only thing dangerous was stubbing her toe. In the back of her head, from her years of apprenticing, wasn’t there protocol on disembarking to a new world or place? She glanced to the XO. Perhaps Isaac’s exit was in line and previously discussed. When she had been part of the military academy any disembarking in an operation had been carefully planned. Had she missed it? She paused near her seat waiting on the XO.

That being said she could feel the cool air wafting in from the open hatch. It felt fresh against her face and reminded her of some mornings while on exercise and exiting her tent in the early morning. It felt clean and new then and, for that moment, enjoyed it. With her and cold, however, the novelty wore off quickly. She zipped up her jacket a little higher and leaned over to peer out. A girl can be curious, after all.

• El, Eng

OOC: Ok back from LOA getting caught up and bumping this!

GM CockRoach

As the pod made its decent, and with her own gear already checked and stowed, T’Mera spent most of her time and attention studying the chatter and body language of her fellow crew, whilst trying to ignore the somewhat strong smell that rapidly built up within the close confines of the pod as the humans’ excitement began to build.

As the pod settled, T’Mera remained seated, allowing the others to take the lead. This was not her first minshara class planet after all, and she wanted to monitor how her crewmates dealt with the experience.

Unsurprisingly, the human warrior was first out of the hatch, weapon drawn in an aggressive posture. Typical human behaviour but also somewhat disappointing, given the optimism she had initially formed from conversations she had had in her short period aboard, that these Star Fleet humans would not conform to the stereotypical view held of their species.

Sublieutenant T’Mera - Linguist/Communications Officer

OOC: Ohhh .. Vulcan .. nice.
IC:

El had known that others had come in after her in the shuttle but had been mainly looking forward or centering herself to curb both her excitement of going to a whole new world, and the anxiety of the same. While she waited for the ‘leadership’ to go first - after Isaac had - she looked around at who else was there, then as quickly looked forward, surprised. A Vulcan?! How did they get aboard? She had no idea when that had happened. In her cave some gossip was slow to get to her. What was going on? How did this happen? Why did they have to stick their noses into what was a human endeavor, if only to stall and hinder it?

Truly, that was something that was only on the margins of El’s senses. She knew that patience was more formidable than bluster and that in time they would get around and surpass any blocks that these aliens put before them. It was inevitable. She had never met a Vulcan. Two had toured the monastery where she was staying. In utter curiosity El had kept her eyes on them, her mentor more amused than anything, and allowed her that indulgence. Many emotions had risen up in her. Mostly jealousy which she tried to tamp down. Envy. Their composure had been what she had attained to which they seemed effortless in. Their disdain at viewing some of the things they did at the temple irked her. El had had much to say to her mentor in the days that followed. Much had been forgotten in the mists of the past since then but this .. surprise sighting .. brought some of that back. She was better than this. She was better than them. That in itself was not part of her teachings. She recalled what master Ko said to her, “Elemirre, you will not like to hear this but you and they are more alike than you would like to think, or, at the present, even know.” He was right. She didn’t like to hear that.

Slowly she turned back to look at this .. alien who was supposed to be like her. She didn’t ‘look’ like her. Well, not much. Okay, some. Slighter in build. Her clothes tighter than El would want to wear. Possessed with an almost indifferent calm she noticed that she was looking toward Isaac. Did she like him? No, the eyes. Intelligent. Scrutinizing. Judging. Was El’s gaze any different, if marked with some curiosity in the mix?
- El, Eng

Isaac pulled a scanner and started a survey scan of the area. He felt someone was staring at him so he climbed the pod and took a set on top away from eyes looking at him.

T’Mera found that the fresh breeze was welcome after the stuffy interior of the shuttle pod and took a couple of deep cleansing breaths as she exited the hatch.

As the crew began to spread out, she extracted a small scanning unit from her belt clip and began surveying the environment, paying particular attention to atmospheric conditions, weather fronts, or geographical anomalies that might affect communications between the ship and the two survey teams. She also began surveying for suitable locations to deploy a communications ground station, as per her assigned duties.

Sublieutenant T’Mera - Linguist/Comms Officer

El watched with some curiosity the veritable contrast between Isaac and the Vulcan woman. In any assessment, El thought, there would be a question to the man’s sanity, or at least heightened paranoid nature thus exemplified by his actions here of retreating back into the shuttle and looking for all the world like someone hunted. She cast a quick look over to the scans made during their descent and didn’t see anything noteworthy that would trouble them. This was very much contrasted to the Vulcan who, smoothly and confidently exited the craft. This must be so much ‘same old, same old’ for her in terms of new worlds and space travel. Unless this confidence was more attributed to Vulcans in general, El was ready to say that T’Mera’s confidence lay in her having done this again and again before.

“Are you okay?” El asked Isaac.

Having caught something about setting up shelters, El went first to the aerial scans in the general area of their touchdown. My as well let the computer do the job rather than pointing at a hill and saying, ‘that looks good’. Perhaps something in the lee side of a hill that would provide cover, maybe in light woods or nearby to again give shelter from weather, but still not too far away from potential things that science may be wanting to do. There was perhaps some geological prospecting happening too. Should she wait on this to see if they detected anything so as to not settle too far away from it? A full on prospecting unit would come with its own ground vehicles and drilling apparatus. Hmmm.
- El, Eng

Isaac was looking around through a pair of binoculars when he heard EL saying something “ya sorry I can see some flat ground from here it will be best to set up camp with shade but not here this area will flood if it rains and I can see some storm clouds coming in from the south”