Posted Jan. 29, 2019, 7:42 p.m. by Gamemaster Mischief Maker (Gamemaster/Fate bringer) (Lindsay B)
Posted by Civilian T’Pris (Psychobiologist/Scientist) in Main Sim: Science Labs
Posted by Civilian T’Pris (Psychobiologist/Scientist) in Main Sim: Science Labs
Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Bradar Tressex (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim: Science Labs
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“Indeed. Given the area it is in, it is not unexpected. Evaporation from the wetlands would build up in that region. What we need to do is ascertain where it will be going. That will depend on the winds.” She looked closer at the graphs to see if they predict where the moisture and resulting clouds would move too.
T’Pris Psychobiologist
OOC: What has T’Pris found, Linds? In regards to the scans she had set up for biological infections and viruses before moving on to the environmental, biological, climate and geological surveys.
Krys
OOC: I’m a bit confused. Are you looking at things in the atmosphere? Or setting up the biofilters? Or at you targeting a specific area?
OOC: Okay definitely in the area surrounding the colony and atmospheric/ground for biologic infections or viruses. And then just general surveys for the environmental, biologic(I am assuming plants and animals), climate and geologic.
Tressex took the station next to T’Pris and began making a rough weather forecast on the fly. “Do we have any records from the colony about any of our focal points prior to their incident? Anything they had been concerned with at all?”
Tressex, CSO
All they would find for weather records was the few references to the conditions the clinic staff had mentioned in reports. Generally, it had been in the drier season (but still receiving precipitation) and they were in a transition season before the wet season appeared. It wasn’t an area that had monsoons, but it did have a high amount of precipitation. Bosede used that argument as a reason to have the clinic replacement up and going before conditions made construction too difficult.
~Mischief Maker
“Let’s keep an eye on that system.” Tressex said as he watched the model. “If it begins to develop more, we will let the Away Team know.” and he pulled up the rest of the data. “What have we seen with regards to any environmental concerns? Anything of note?”
Tressex, CSO
“Results still coming in, Lieutenant.” T’Pris said as she continued to run her scans.
T’Pris Psychobiologist
The computer provided them with more details in addition to the previous info gathered: https://www.star-fleet.com/core/stf3/ogawa/notes/24727/.
Environmental:
Located about 650 kilometres from the source of the river that carved the canyon, the site of the Klingon/Romulan compound was roughly 1500 kms up the river from the its main delta on the east coast and sat at an elevation of 758m. The river itself was the longest one on the continent, and had a drainage areas of 300,000 square-kilometres. About 100km down river, the canyon opened up into a bit of a plateau that the river cut through before splitting off into other tributaries and then carrying on its way. All the rivers contributed to an abundant amount of lakes as well.
The site was 2km from the river itself and the banks of the canyon were quite high, though there were areas where access to the water could be found, if rather treacherous.
Biology/Ecology:
The local area is one of high species richness, with over 75 species of fish, 60 species of reptiles/amphibians, 120 species of birds, 60 species of mammals, 30 species of crustaceans, and at least 3000 species of insects. Of all of these, 25% were endemic to the river basin and 30 were known by the Klingon/Romulan compound to be poisonous and/dangerous, including the infamous arboreal needle snake which was known to drop down from the trees on unsuspecting victims. It was one of 16 known predators in the area, but there had been no reports of any entering the compound or camp specifically.
Botanically, the area was equally rich in tree, plant, flower and fungi species. Between the botanics, the animal species and the volcanic aspects to the geology, the soil was quite rich.
Climate:
It was currently 22 degree Celsius at the mid-day, and the humidity levels were at 55%. They were currently about 5 weeks away from when the true wet season would begin, but this shoulder season was known to have fairly consistent rain. It was still cloudy from the last downburst.
Geology:
While long dormant, the elevation in the area was due in part to a nearby dormant shield volcano that was part of a cordillera. Rising to a height of 2835 metres, the volcano was part of a chain of dormant or extinct shield volcanoes that were a part of the larger mountain range. They formed as a result of the continental plate moving over hotspots. Long glaciated by weather patterns and periods of glaciation, the later activity of the volcanoes built up several of the volcanoes into their shield shape, leaving heavy amounts of basaltic andesite in the area.
As expected there is regular low level tectonic activity in the area, but no earthquakes have ever been reported.
In addition to the andesite, the area features silicates, dacite (a quartz-bearing version of andesite) on top of older metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
Infections/Viruses
The scans showed some basic pathogens on the planet. One very nasty type seemed to have felled a nearby grove of trees but none biologically occurring that could infect humanoids that was not already registered on the medical database. That did not mean however that carriers of off-world or mutated viral agents were not present.
OOC: If there is anything you want to know more about, just ask.
~Mischief Maker
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