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The Packet on the Species was put together from the initial reports from the observation team. It started with a description of the Mar’zek as they were apparently called.

The Mar’Zek are a sentient species of humanoids, standing once fully grown between five foot ten inches at the smallest, and eight-foot at the tallest. weighing between one hundred to three hundred pounds. This species from what we can tell evolved from a Salamander-like species, smooth scales cover their dermal layer, these scales are extremely tough and naturally is colored Green, Red, and Orange. their eyes are amber, orange, or green in color. with Horizontal slit pupils, their noses are flush with their skin giving them a smooth face. Their ears are very long, thin, and pointed, extending behind them upwards of a foot long in some cases, Piercings in the ears are a common style choice. Instead of hair, the species grows Tendril growths on their heads, and in the case of the males faces. These Head tails can be cut and removed without pain, and styled much like hair. They also have a tail that extends from their back just above their posterior. These two can be removed without pain and regrown, it is considered the height of humiliation if one has even a single one of these Tail like appendages cut off against the individual’s will. The species have Prehensile feet much like Earth Chimpanzees, however, some wear foot coverings that actually hide that fact. The Mar’Zek also have a venomous bite that seems to be an evolutionary leftover. and even more interesting, life on this planet seems to have evolved to be Dextro-Amino acids based, as opposed to most life so far discovered being based on Levo-amino acid. this means native foods are at best uneatable at worst poisonous to species of the Federation and its galactic neighboors.

The species seems to have a fascination with color, and thus tries to be as wildly colorful as possible using a dye method to change their skin and eye color at will! some of the more affluent of the species can have almost 100 different colors at one time! though any shade of purple has yet to be seen.

The Mar’zek are devoted to living in harmony with nature, it seems that a cataclysmic event has erased most of the species history, and so the population are beginning to question why they have had such a reverence for nature. In this time of Industrial revolution, the species has taken to living in massive city ships, as well as Airships though the Airships seem to only be for the extremely wealthy. all plant and animal life are bioluminescent, and the planet has an overabundance of Geothermal vents which keep the temperature of the world quite comfortable given the planet is in a constant state of Twilight.

GMT Phoenix

“Definetely pre-warp,” Lunan noted, “Do we know anything about the cataclysm that ‘erased history’?”

-Lieutenant Lunan Farrah: Chief Science Officer-

The Packet had no hard information on the Cataclysm other than whatever it was it had changed the whole course of the Mar’zek as a people the packet also gave the reason the team was observing the Mar’Zek while they had just entered their Industrial Revolution period they had technology that was almost 100 years advanced of where they should be a few examples being primitive internal combustion engine land vehicles Early Radar and Radio and even early plastics

MGT Phoenix

Tal’lia quickly read over the packet and began her second read, focusing on the airships, they seemed particularly interesting to her. I wonder if they require a lot of calibrating She mused to herself. Aloud she said, “Do we have any intelligence pointing to outside interference, either in their cultural and scientific evolution or with our observation team?”

Major Veyo - CAG

The Captain would be aware that, The whole reason for the team being there was to investigate whether or not there was any outside interference. However, there was no strong evidence of it in the reports from the team thus far. The team also by the reports, had been very careful about following protocol in their investigations and observations.

GMT Phoenix

“That’s one of the questions we’ll need to answer Major,” Freja replied, “The observation team has gone dark, so we’re not sure what happened to them, so it’s something we may need to prepare for, however, standard Prime Directive rules apply to this mission.”

~Freja Andreassen~

“I think it would be wise to get use to the feeling of local clothing in order to blend in with the people of the planet.”

-Lieutenant Lunan Farrah: Chief Science Officer-

The packet contained descriptions of such clothing which was found to come in two styles one was very minimalist and could be described as Swamp Hillbilly style apparently the Mar’Zek liked to show off as much of their colorful skin as possible one outfit that was apparently for both genders was a pair of suspenders and a thigh-length pair of shorts for the women they had a shirt if you could call it that to cover up their bust. however, this shirt was optional and women could walk around without it if they wanted

The other style was more akin to standard steampunk leather top hats goggles monocles canes corsets dresses parasols vest jackets petty coats and so on however these were just as if not more so colorful as the Hilbilly style

There was a note of course that the Hillbilly like style was for the poor and the Oonakka or the Un-clanned while the more Steampunk Victorian style was for the rich and the elite of the species of course there were some that wore combinations as well however those were the two general styles of the Mar’zek as far as clothing goes

GMT Phoenix

“Indeed, we may need to plan a few away missions, at least once we have an idea of where on the planet we need to look for the team,” Freja replied, “We’ll know more once we connect with the Fitzgerald,” she paused, “Engineering, you’ll probably run point on assisting the Fitzgerald in their technical issues, while Science will run point on figuring out how best to integrate with the Mar’zek without violating the prime directive while we start to piece together what happened to the observation team. Medical will need to obviously prep for some makeovers potentially, while security and the marine departments will coordinate with the science department. If we need to go down to the surface, I want us to keep our people safe, we don’t need two missing teams. Major Veyo, we may need you to run fighter patrols if the Fitzgerald needs extra protection while we conduct repairs as well.”

~Freja Andreassen~

Lunan cleared his throat, “Captain, I believe it would be beneficial if we liased with the crew of the Fitzgerald in order to come up with the best options for both ships.” Farrah normally became a little resistant to the idea of working with others on projects, but had to admit to himself that working in groups was part and parcel of being a Starfleet Officer.

-Lieutenant Lunan Farrah: Chief Science Officer-

Tal’lia was reading over the local fashion when the Captain started giving out assignments, it looked like something straight out of a cheesy holonovel, very fun. She looked up and gave a sharp nod “Yes Ma’am” Was all she said, the assignment was fairly basic, running escort missions with an unknown risk factor, the best way to see how good her pilots really were.

Major Veyo - CAG

The packet, unfortunately, had very little as far as customs at the moment this was due to the team focusing their initial observations on trying to see if some outside influance was affecting their technological growth though they had not yet found evidence of such behavior so the team would have to be careful moving forward

GMT Phoenix

“Regardless, I think our primary goal first will be to get a report on the situation from the Fitzgerald, find out what they know and then proceed from there, are there any additional questions right now?”

~Freja Andreassen~

“I’ll get a pack ready.” Lunan said rising, broadcasting to the rest of the group that he was keen to get underway.

-Lieutenant Lunan Farrah: Chief Science Officer-

Koria looked up, “Not right now Captain. Though once we get into sensor range of the Fitzgerald we’ll have a better idea of how much trouble we are going to have.”

Koria was glad she had a straight engineering task to work on. Something about dressing up as a giant lizard really did not appeal to her.

Lt Sutret - CE

“One more thing Captain.” Looking to the crew “Leave your Comms open so we can assist you better should it become necessary. Progress reports every hour should be sufficient for this particular mission until we know better of what’s going on.”

Harris, XO

Tal’lia simply nodded her head at the first officer’s instruction but didn’t move, waiting on the meeting to end.

Major Veyo - CAG

OOC So the officers that will be on the Away team I will need to speak with you out of character and get information from you about what your characters will look like in their disguises

IC more than likely an Away team was going to be needed and that team was going to need to be in disguise the team members would have to be very careful about the look of said disguises not only to fit the look but also did not make any cultural faux pas

GMT Phoenix

OOC: Helping to keep this thread on the board from your friendly neighborhood GM Mentor CockRoach!

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