ST:TTV220 | "Rogue Element"

Stardate 94591.6

Returning to her primary mission, the Valley forge sets course once more for the uncharted regions when a new discovery en route warrants attention. The question remains if it will prove to be a help, or a hindrance...

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Sulayman@drcrippler wonders on in. He may have taken a wrong turning. He may be avoiding his wife. Who knows? Vidzia@osi#6269 just types away on a console, doing sciencey stuff. Keelah@crystyll FX | With recent troubles dealt with, VF returns to her exploration duties. Presently cruising at low warp towards the unexplored regions Keelah@crystyll FX | The lab is a quiet hum of activity as ongoing research projects are worked on by various personnel, making the most of the travel time Keliaya@anncarise steps in and gives Vidzia a nod, "Hello Commander." Sulayman@drcrippler falls in line with the others to avoid standing awkwardly in the way Sulayman@drcrippler: "Commander...Commander," he says. "Working on anything interesting?" Vidzia@osi#6269 turns around to the other two and gives a curt, emotionless nod. True to her Vulcan nature. "It depends on your definition of interesting." Sulayman@drcrippler: "Oh well...erm...there is that...what are you working on?" Sulayman@drcrippler shifts slightly on his feet Vidzia@osi#6269 raises an eyebrow at Sulayman's apparent uncomfortableness. "I'm working on seeing if there ware any models that properly explain the formation of an asteriod belt we recently surveyed." Vidzia@osi#6269: *are Sulayman@drcrippler perks up. He knows this! "Oh? May I have a look?" his eyes twinkle Keliaya@anncarise chuckles, "I guess that answers the interesting question." Vidzia@osi#6269 steps to the side and gestures to the console. "By all means." Vidzia@osi#6269: "So far my best model has a correlation coeffecient of 0.884. Not ideal, but it seems to be on the right track." Sulayman@drcrippler taps to see the results of the survey. "Mhm?" he listens only halfly has he looks at the dataset. Vidzia@osi#6269 looks to her right to Keliaya. "Is there anything I could assist you with, Lieutenant Commander?" Sulayman@drcrippler: "No...I don't think so," he says without looking back, not noticing that the question was not directed to him Vidzia@osi#6269: "You don't think what?" Keliaya@anncarise: "Oh, I just wanted to see if the lab was free." Sulayman@drcrippler: "Pardon?" he blinks to Vidzia, tearing his eyes from the console, confused Keelah@crystyll strolls in, hands folded at her back, "And how are things in here today?" she asks with a smile Vidzia@osi#6269 shakes her head in dismissal of Sulayman with a muttered 'nevermind', before turning to Keliaya. "There are 3 free consoles in this lab if you need them. If that is insufficient, I can make free Vidzia@osi#6269: some up." Keliaya@anncarise: "Oh I only need one, thank you," she smiles. "Maybe two, but three should be more than enough." Keelah@crystyll chuckles at Kelly's comment Sulayman@drcrippler blinks again and quickly turns to the data. "I've placed some of my quick suggestions that might help," he says before turning around. "Oh, hello Captain," smiles a little Vidzia@osi#6269 nods, satisfied that the situation has been taken care of, before looking to Keelah. "The lab is operating within acceptable parameters." Keelah@crystyll: "I'd never doubt it for a moment Vidzia" she smiles, returning the greeting to Sulay, "Always nice to have you back with us" Sulayman@drcrippler: "Well, I'm glad I'm not in charge of a ship anymore! It's always good to work with the Valley Forge," Keliaya@anncarise: "Can go back to being just a scientist again?" Sulayman@drcrippler: "Can go back to micromanging again," Sulayman@drcrippler: *managing Vidzia@osi#6269 turns to the console to look at the notes Sulayman left on her models. Keelah@crystyll: "That big chair still feeling a little too big, eh?" she smiles sympathetically Sulayman@drcrippler: "There's a lot I still need to learn...but having a good XO helped immensely! I now know that I need to step up my work in my current post!" he steps to one side to let Vidzia look at the notes Keelah@crystyll peers over curiously, "Still working on the asteroid survey are we?" Keliaya@anncarise: "Seems so!" Sulayman@drcrippler: "The survey looked really interesting," Sulayman@drcrippler turns back to look at the console Keelah@crystyll FX | The ship suddenly drops out of warp. Inertial dampeners working overtime, while the warp core thrum intensifies as engines go through sudden shift. The ship shakes turbulently and lights dim as Keliaya@anncarise: "Astronomy's not my forte though, I'm just here to check on some scan results and verify some reports." Keelah@crystyll: + they go to red alert Keliaya@anncarise: "Speaking of scan results..." Keliaya@anncarise rushes over to a console to check what just happened. Vidzia@osi#6269 looks around with a raised eyebrow. "Interesting." Keelah@crystyll staggers to keep her footing Vidzia@osi#6269 switches the console to check sensors of the ship, wasting no time to try and figure out what's going on. Keelah@crystyll: <Intercom> "Red alert! Captain to the bridge" Sulayman@drcrippler grabs the console to prevent himself from falling. "Guessing this isn't a drill?" he mutters Keelah@crystyll: "That's my cue. You three as well, come on!" she strides out purposefully Vidzia@osi#6269 nods and joins the Captain. Keelah@crystyll FX | The corridor is a sudden bustle of activity as personnel scramble to emergency stations. Numerous minor system overloads from the sudden surge being dealt with intermittently Sulayman@drcrippler leaves the minions to deal with the minor stuff as he heads for the bridge Keliaya@anncarise follows Keelah but breaks off before they reach the turbolift, going for main engineering instead. Keelah@crystyll FX | Turbulence continues as the ship clearly struggles to settle, but dampeners are doing their part mostly Sulayman@drcrippler goes straight for the science console, trying to divert powet to the dampeners Keliaya@anncarise appears to already be on the bridge when the turbolift arrives. Keelah@crystyll looks to the viewscreen as she exits the turbolift, "Status report!" Sulayman@drcrippler sits in a bridge officer chair. Keelah@crystyll FX | the screen is filled with the view of bellowing fire. Chag and Fisher work furiously to stabilize the ship Vidzia@osi#6269 tries to diagnose why the sensors won't work properly. "There seems to be interference of some sort. I'm trying to diagnose the sensors so we can get a reading of what's happening." Keliaya@anncarise: "We're still assessing the damage, control teams have been diverted to the most severe situations." Keelah@crystyll | Vrolmacht: "It just appeared out of nowhere Captain!" Keelah@crystyll glares across, "What did?" Sulayman@drcrippler nods to Kazra as he works Keelah@crystyll | Vrolmacht looks to the viewscreen as his response Keelah@crystyll FX | moments later, the hellish view on screen begins to give way to the soft hue of an upper atmosphere, then the familiar stars as the turbulence settles. Viewscreen changes to show image of a Keelah@crystyll: + planet just... hanging in space Sulayman@drcrippler turns to Keelah. "I have stablized the dampeners so we shouldn't have to worry about falling over..." trails off as the image appears on the screen Keliaya@anncarise looks ahead to the screen, "Is that...the gravity well that pulled us out?" Keelah@crystyll | Chag: "Like the Commander said; it just popped in out of nowhere, right in our path!" Vidzia@osi#6269: "A rogue planet?" Sulayman@drcrippler: "That's not possible..." he says then stops. "Who am I kidding, we're in space..." Keelah@crystyll: "It certainly appears so... Chag, set a standard orbit. I want to know what this rogue is doing here and why it didn't feature on our navigation charts!" Keliaya@anncarise: "Looks like one...but even if it's just a single planet our sensors should have picked it up soon enough to divert course..." Keelah@crystyll: (( https://imgur.com/f0JMukl )) Keliaya@anncarise: "Scan for quantum and chronoton variance, it could be dimensionally or temporally displaced." Sulayman@drcrippler: "On it" he turns. "Let's go Kazra," he begins to do some science Keelah@crystyll FX | The ship gently comes about and settles above the planet while scans are conducted Keliaya@anncarise turns to her right, "Why is the weapons power so high? Reroute 20% to SIF until we know we're dealing with something dangerous." Sulayman@drcrippler Kazra beats Sulayman to the punch. "There are no signs of either quantum or chronoton particles" Sulayman@drcrippler scowls very slightly at Kazra for stealing his thunder. He thought he was the important one in this duo Vidzia@osi#6269: "Interesting. This planet is at a complete standstill." Keliaya@anncarise: "Anders, just shut off that section of Deck 5 until we can fix the gravity plating. Don't want anyone getting stuck." Keliaya@anncarise looks back to Keelah, "Sorry, I probably should've installed a mute function on this thing..." Keelah@crystyll glances over her shoulder with a quirked brow, "Would that be considered 'normal' for a rogue? With no star to act a gravitational pull on it?" Keelah@crystyll glances back to Kelly with a chuckle, "It's quite alright. We took quite a shake up there, SIF is our highest priority at the moment" Sulayman@drcrippler scans the biosphere of the planet Keelah@crystyll | Chag: mumbles with small hand gestures to suit, "just... poof, out of nowhere..." Keliaya@anncarise: "Huh...what about warp trails? Tetryon particles? Maybe a very big wormhole?" Keliaya@anncarise: "Something has to have brought this planet here. That or someone managed to cloak an entire world..." Keelah@crystyll | Fisher: leans over to Chag, "Nice job kicking the saucer engines in while attached to give us a sharp incline" Keelah@crystyll looks up, "That would require an immense power source" Keliaya@anncarise: "As would moving a world." Keliaya@anncarise: "Trying to move a space station already poses a massive risk of tearing it apart, and most stations aren't even close to a moon in size." Sulayman@drcrippler turns to report his findings. "There seems to be a rich oxygen and nitrogen type atmosphere, with...well...no ecosystem but it seems like there should be one..." Keelah@crystyll: "No lifesigns at all? What about power or energy readings?" Vidzia@osi#6269: "There hasn't been enough research on rogue planets to determine if the lack of motion is out of the ordinary." Keliaya@anncarise: "They are supposed to be very rare. Not something you just...run into like this." Sulayman@drcrippler runs energy and power reading scans Keelah@crystyll shudders slightly at the literal sense of almost running into it... Vidzia@osi#6269: "Indeed. Perhaps the small size of it compared to a full star system is why long range sensors haven't picked it up before." Keelah@crystyll | Chag: turns defensively, "Sensor be damned! ...Sir, I tell you it wasn't there until we were nearly on top of it!" Keelah@crystyll raises a hand to Chag who understands he's a little high strung still and turns back around Vidzia@osi#6269 looks to Chag with a dissaproving look. Vidzia@osi#6269: "There seems to be some spikes of tetryon particles surrounding the planet." Keliaya@anncarise: "I really hope the sensor doesn't need recalibrating..." Keliaya@anncarise: "Spikes of tetryon...they only exist naturally in subspace, so it's possible that's where this planet came from." Keliaya@anncarise: "Or came through." Sulayman@drcrippler spins around in his chair but Kazra nudges the chair to send him all the way round. "There seems to be an energy source deep beneath the surface but it's nothing like we've sen before" she says, + Keelah@crystyll: "That's... one hell of a rift to take a planet through" Sulayman@drcrippler: leaning over Sulayman's console, giving him a grin Keelah@crystyll: "But the theory does pan out" Keliaya@anncarise: "I can think of a lot of reasons someone might want to move a planet. The only issue is the technicalities of it...the power requirement like you said." Keliaya@anncarise: "Not to mention the consequences of a planet when it's moved away from the gravitational forces usually impacting it." Keelah@crystyll: "Power requirements... like the unknown power source Kazra detected beneath the surface?" Sulayman@drcrippler: "Actually...we should monitor the nearby Keelah@crystyll grins slightly as she asks the loaded question, clearly already with mind of where it's going Sulayman@drcrippler: +areas to see if there are any changes that comes with the moving planets" he frowns at the praise going in the wrong direction Vidzia@osi#6269: "There are some faint traces of possible subspace distortions. There does seem to be weight to the idea of it coming from subspace." Sulayman@drcrippler Kazra beams proudly Keliaya@anncarise: "We should monitor the planet itself as well. Maybe investigate that power source." Keelah@crystyll looks back to Sulay, "A sound suggestion. see what you can dig up. Maybe something to explain how or why this appeared now" Sulayman@drcrippler spins back to the console. "Maybe Kazra should do it" he mutters bitterly Keelah@crystyll leans back as she looks to Kelly, "You know, investigating does sound most prudent doesn't it!" she grins, "How about we start looking for a good spot to put a team down, maybe look for some kind of Keelah@crystyll: natural formation that could lead to this power source" Keliaya@anncarise: "We should keep a constant transporter lock on the team, in case the planet moves away again." Keliaya@anncarise: "But the power source seems to be what's holding the answer to whether this planet was moved, cloaked or something else..." Keelah@crystyll nods, "Definitely. As long as there's no indicator of anything that might interfere with that lock" Keelah@crystyll glances back, "What do you say Vidzia, up some mystery solving?" Vidzia@osi#6269: "Always." Keelah@crystyll: "Then assemble your team and we'll see if we can't get to the bottom of this" Keliaya@anncarise: "If someone's managed to move a planet, I want to see how." Keelah@crystyll leans back in her chair some, studying the image on screen Vidzia@osi#6269 nods. "Keliaya, Sulyaman, and Kazra. Let's go find out what's going on here." Keliaya@anncarise nods and smiles, "I'll see you in the transporter room!" Keliaya@anncarise flickers and disappears. Sulayman@drcrippler hands his scans over to Kazra. "Yes Commander," Enelya@crystyll FX | The away team land in the middle of a barren valley that totally doesn't have buildings etc. in the background Sulayman@drcrippler does the typical science scan with his tricorder when he materalises Sulayman@drcrippler scans the environment with a tricorder. Enelya@crystyll does her preliminary scan, "Atmosphere reads as expected. Little rich for some perhaps, but pleasant enough!" Keliaya@anncarise simply looks around, then looks to Sulayman, "You said this planet should by all means have life, right? Perfect conditions and all." Sulayman@drcrippler: "Yeah that's what we...I...found," he nods Enelya@crystyll smirks, crinkling her nose at Sulay Keliaya@anncarise chuckles. Keliaya@anncarise: "Well I'm thinking it was. Inhabited that is." Vidzia@osi#6269 looks around stoically, taking in the surroundings. "Which direction is the power source?" Keliaya@anncarise: "Moving a planet, if the power issue is resolved, would still probably cause some cataclysmic events on the surface." Sulayman@drcrippler: "So...you're saying that there was life here before the planet was moved?" Keliaya@anncarise: "Without the gravitational forces or solar radiation the tides would completely shift, plant life would die out..." Keliaya@anncarise: "Sounds like a recipe for mass extinction to me." Enelya@crystyll: "It's a theory for sure" Sulayman@drcrippler: "Unless that was the aim...I guess we can scan to see if that is the case..." he does a bit of wondering and scanning for anything that could indicate that there was life on this planet Keliaya@anncarise: "Anyways, the power source! That would probably answer a fair few questions we have." Sulayman@drcrippler: *wandering Keliaya@anncarise takes out her tricorder and scans for nearby tech. Keliaya@anncarise: "Looks like it's...this way." Keliaya@anncarise walks after Sulayman. Enelya@crystyll FX | The indicated direction is a pure rockface Enelya@crystyll FX | But a discrete path through the rocks soon leads into a cavern Vidzia@osi#6269 scans the structural integrity of the cavern. Keliaya@anncarise scans again to make sure they're going the right way. Keliaya@anncarise looks to Sulayman in the meantime, "Any sign of fossils, past life?" Enelya@crystyll FX | The cavern starts narrow but soon widens evermore as it winds down deeper and deeper... Vidzia@osi#6269: "Looks safe enough to enter." Sulayman@drcrippler frowns and taps the side of the tricorder Sulayman@drcrippler can't get the tricorder working! Sulayman@drcrippler shakes his head. "I can't detect anything" Keliaya@anncarise: "Let's go inside, then. Guess the power source is our best bet." Sulayman@drcrippler nods Enelya@crystyll follows, taking geological scans and samples as they descend Enelya@crystyll FX | Power readings begin to spike as they draw nearer, everyones tricorders telling them they're heading the right way Sulayman@drcrippler: "So my tricorder is working," he mutters Keliaya@anncarise: "There's definitely something putting out a lot of power here..." Enelya@crystyll: "I'm not picking up anything harmful yet. No radiation or such" Keliaya@anncarise nods, "Safe to keep going without EV suits then. At least for now." Keliaya@anncarise presses on. Sulayman@drcrippler nods and follows since there's no Eunha to hide behind this time Vidzia@osi#6269 scans to try and get a better sense of where the energy is going to. Keliaya@anncarise scans for rare minerals that could mess with the transporter lock from the Valley Forge. Enelya@crystyll FX | As they progress, the cavern begins to take on a distinctly smooth and artificial appearance. Those with finer senses may even notice a subtle vibration in the walls Sulayman@drcrippler looks around and keeps moving towards the source Keliaya@anncarise: "Not picking up any interference with comms or transporters. We should be safe for evac if we need one." Sulayman@drcrippler: "That's always a good sign," Keliaya@anncarise: "This environment though...it's definitely not a natural cave at this point." Enelya@crystyll: "Perhaps your theory about an extinct civilization is right, Kelly" Keliaya@anncarise: "Someone who has the know-how to move a planet would definitely be aware of such consequences though..." Sulayman@drcrippler: "Why would they want to move a planet though?" Vidzia@osi#6269: "Perhaps there was a mistake." Enelya@crystyll FX | The team comes to what appears to be a dead end with a smooth, flat wall identical to the floor in composition Keliaya@anncarise: "Or maybe it was done to conceal something." Enelya@crystyll: "Some form of catastrophe perhaps?" Keliaya@anncarise scans the wall. Sulayman@drcrippler: "The last time I encountered something like this, the person who moved the planets was trying to solve an interplanetary dispute. This...is obviously different" Vidzia@osi#6269: "Where's the power source? Is it beyond this wall?" Enelya@crystyll FX | As the door is scanned, an unnatural wind bellows forth from beyond the wall. Followed by a figure who passes straight through it who stands - fists on hips - and stares accusingly at the team Enelya@crystyll | Alien: booms in a deep voice, "Savop! nalkriuk dareuk enavas avhe hearav ro avhe ukecond votar?!" Enelya@crystyll: --- /to be continued.../ --- Enelya@crystyll: so personality wise, or speechwise at least Enelya@crystyll: the speech is very Orc-like. gruff and grunty, generally unintelligent sounding Keliaya@anncarise: ooooh Keliaya@anncarise: Like pakleds but not so extreme! Enelya@crystyll: these guys are not the brains behind the planet move. they're the hauliers xD Keliaya@anncarise: Right! hehe Enelya@crystyll: so they know how it works, but in simple terms. and what we find unfathomable is childsplay and second nature to them Enelya@crystyll: so think fancy subspace science, in dumb orc speak! Keliaya@anncarise: It's like an impatient adult trying to explain basic math or something... Enelya@crystyll: hehe yeah! Keliaya@anncarise: They're like "Yeah it's 2. Don't you see it's two? That's obvious!" Keliaya@anncarise: and everyone else is like "wait what's 2" Keliaya@anncarise: hehe Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: I think I got it! Enelya@crystyll: then our goal is to make them understand why they can't just take a pit stop to rest their power source in the middle of a mapped shipping lane Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: Hehe Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: Like the start of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: Where they see no problem with something that's an obvious issue Enelya@crystyll: exactly! Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: Awesome idea! Enelya@crystyll: that's the inspiration for this whole thing, these guys are like vogon! Keliaya@anncarise | LAST TIME ON TTV Keliaya@anncarise: FX | The ship suddenly drops out of warp. Inertial dampeners working overtime, while the warp core thrum intensifies as engines go through sudden shift. The ship shakes turbulently and lights dim Keliaya@anncarise: <Intercom> "Red alert! Captain to the bridge" Keliaya@anncarise: | Vrolmacht: "It just appeared out of nowhere Captain!" Keliaya@anncarise: Keelah@crystyll glares across, "What did?" Keliaya@anncarise: FX | moments later, the hellish view on screen begins to give way to the soft hue of an upper atmosphere, then the familiar stars as the turbulence settles. Viewscreen changes to show image of a Keliaya@anncarise: + planet just... hanging in space Keliaya@anncarise: Keliaya@anncarise: "Something has to have brought this planet here. That or someone managed to cloak an entire world..." Keliaya@anncarise: Keelah@crystyll: "How about we start looking for a good spot to put a team down, maybe look for some kind of natural formation that could lead to this power source" Keliaya@anncarise: Enelya@crystyll FX | The away team land in the middle of a barren valley Keliaya@anncarise: FX | A discrete path through the rocks soon leads into a cavern Keliaya@anncarise: FX | The cavern starts narrow but soon widens evermore as it winds down deeper and deeper... Keliaya@anncarise: FX | As they progress, the cavern begins to take on a distinctly smooth and artificial appearance. Those with finer senses may even notice a subtle vibration in the walls Keliaya@anncarise: FX | The team comes to what appears to be a dead end with a smooth, flat wall identical to the floor in composition Keliaya@anncarise: FX | As it is scanned, an unnatural wind bellows forth from beyond the wall. Followed by a figure who passes straight through it who stands - fists on hips - and stares accusingly at the team Keliaya@anncarise: Enelya@crystyll | Alien: booms in a deep voice, "Savop! nalkriuk dareuk enavas avhe hearav ro avhe ukecond votar?!" Keliaya@anncarise | AND NOW THE CONTINUATION Sulayman@drcrippler blinks. "Erm...Hi?" Enelya@crystyll pulls out her tricorder to scan the new arrival Keliaya@anncarise: "Wait...give us a second for our translators to calibrate...wait, there's not much of a point to saying that if it's not calibrated yet is it..." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 yells some more words in his alien tongue, seeming annoyed. Sulayman@drcrippler just waves. Waving can't be interpreted the wrong way, can it? Enelya@crystyll: "I don't think we need a translator to understand that..." Enelya@crystyll: "According to my scan data, he is a Shegtar. I've only ever encounted limited mention of them in medical journals though. Never met one before..." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 speaks again. This time the translator has kicked in, "I asked you what [Untranslatable] you're doing here!" Enelya@crystyll frowns lightly, little imagination needed for the untranslatable expletive Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Your speech-assists must be really slow. What are you using, uktag dung?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Can. You. Understand. Me. Now?!" Sulayman@drcrippler steps forward. "We are representatives from the United Federation of Planets. This planet just appeared from nowhere, and we're looking for a cause," Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "I'll take that as a yes. I don't need to know where you're from and I don't care. You can be a Fehrun but NO ONE interrupts my work." Sulayman@drcrippler: "Your work?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Yes, my work! You want a cause for why this planet is here? Well we put it here. There you go. Go home." Sulayman@drcrippler: "Why? Why did you move a planet?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "To get it somewhere new, obviously. Why else would we move something?" Enelya@crystyll chuckles softly at the logic Keliaya@anncarise: "But...why here specifically?" Sulayman@drcrippler: "But...why? Why go to the lengths of doing so?" Sulayman@drcrippler looks at Kazra. Is she trying to steal his thunder again? Narrows his eyes slightly Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 looks to Kelly, "Based on a lot of calculations and algorithms I doubt someone with such a simple speech-assist can understand." Enelya@crystyll smiles back sweetly. and innocently Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Even I don't grasp all of it." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 looks to Sulayman, "Well how did /you/ get here? You got some kind of star-ship I bet?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Maybe even gateways? You smart enough for that?" Sulayman@drcrippler: "We have a starship, sitting in orbit," he answers, looking at the Brow Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "So why did you move it here?" Enelya@crystyll: "We didn't. We were moving it somewhere else when your planet appeared in the way and almost caused our ship to crash into it" Sulayman@drcrippler: "Well we weren't planning on moving it here, we were moving it elsewhere..." glares at Kazra Sulayman@drcrippler gives her the "how dare you steal my quip" look Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Well why were you moving it elsewhere?" Enelya@crystyll maintains a tall, professional posture. Hoding eyes on the Brow like she doesn't see the glare. You know she does though and revels in it Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "And are you going to still go there, or just stand there and keep gawking." Sulayman@drcrippler shrugs "I'm not the Captain, I'm not really in the habit of questioning orders..." Sulayman@drcrippler: "Also...you're missing the point of the question...a starship's purpose is to move from A to B. A planet is not meant to move away from its standard orbit," Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Oh you're just somebody's lackey. I see." Enelya@crystyll snickers Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Okay, lackey. What's the name of your species' homeworld." Sulayman@drcrippler looks around for the lackey. Realises. "Oh it's Earth...Sol System," Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Well you're /supposed/ to be on Earth then. Why are you here, huh?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Just because something was created in a certain place doesn't mean it'll always stay there. You obviously didn't." Sulayman@drcrippler: "To be honest, I'm still figuring that one out..." he mutters to the other two Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "A lackey for the sake of being a lackey," he laughs a deep, gutteral laugh. "You're a funny being!" Enelya@crystyll: "We are explorers, our ship is currently tasked with charting previously unexplored regions. That requires us to leave our homeworlds" Sulayman@drcrippler frowns. Eunha clearly stated that he should never try to make jokes. He's terrible at them... Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "So if you can go to new places. why can't we?" Enelya@crystyll: "Nobody is saying you can't. As curious as we are as to how you moved your planet. Our Captain was most concerned with why you moved it here specifically, since this is the middle of an existing Sulayman@drcrippler runs his hand through his hair. "Well, we're not saying you can't...it's just...moving a planet is...a little extreme? Doesn't that mess up huge parts of space?" Enelya@crystyll: shipping lane" Sulayman@drcrippler: "And also that," he nods to Kazra Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Look, lackey. Everything causes ripples in spacetime. Your presence on this planet, just by exhaling...whatever gases you exhale and stepping on the spots you step could affect this planet many - Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 - cycles from now. Bahkt, if we go now and leave this planet alone the dead cells on your body might even introduce life here on its own." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Yes, it does things. But no, it does not 'mess things up.'" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "We have our calculations. We know what we're doing." Sulayman@drcrippler raises his eyebrow. "Wait, didn't you just say that even you didn't understand all of what you were doing..." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Of course /I/ don't understand! Don't tell me /you/ understand every little detail about how your ship works." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "I might be smarter than you but I'm no Q, villy." Sulayman@drcrippler stares at him blankly. "I do understand every detail about how my ship works...that's...my job..." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "So you run your ship all alone? I thought you were a lackey?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "You might know how it works but what if I told you to...what's a basic thing you might know how to do..." Enelya@crystyll muttercoughs, "realign the dilithium matrix" Sulayman@drcrippler shakes his head and raises his hand. "Look, I understand your point... where did this planet originally come from?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Sector 9917 Grah-221 Vet-42 Tek-9917, give or take a few nex." Sulayman@drcrippler taps that into his tricorder Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "I doubt you understood any of that since you didn't bother to ask how we map things before that question." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 FX | Tricorder returns an error. Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "And no, I won't spend hours of my existance explaining how to a lackey like you." Sulayman@drcrippler rolls his eyes. "Alright, where are we now?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Sector 4166 Grah-91 Vet-7764 Tek-424" Enelya@crystyll: "Well even without detailed knowledge of your mapping system; it sounds like you've come a long way" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Of course we have." Sulayman@drcrippler taps this into his tricorder and then asks the computer to extrapolate the data from the previous coordinates to see if it can give an area Enelya@crystyll: "The question remains; do you intend to keep this planet here or move it further?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 FX | The tricorder requires more data to make sense of the numbers. Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "It's staying here now." Sulayman@drcrippler feels like he'd just get called names if he asks for more data Enelya@crystyll: "Well that settles the matter of ongoing safety. I'm sure the last thing you would want is a starship warping into your planet" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "So tell your ships to go somewhere else." Enelya@crystyll nods, "That we will. However we would like to understand your methodologies better, that we may avoid any future near misses... or worse" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "You mean you want /all/ our calculations and algorithms?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Like I said...I doubt you'd understand it, or even be able to store that amount of data on your systems!" Enelya@crystyll: "Well... probably not, no. Let's say there is more interest in the 'why' rather than the 'how'" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Let's just say we had a little...disagreement with the chairman of the Architect Guild." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "So we had to go somewhere else." Sulayman@drcrippler: "Your whole planet had a disagreement with this guild?" Sulayman asks, puzzled Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "No! Our designers had a disagreement with the Guild and we decided to move the project elsewhere." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "We took a planet that didn't belong to the Guild, and we took it to a place that the Guild doesn't manage. Which is here." Sulayman@drcrippler: "Oh..." is still puzzled Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "I doubt a lackey like you understands politics." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "But ther eyou go." Enelya@crystyll: "Well, I suppose that answers the question of this incident repeating then, if it's not habitual behaviour" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "No, we usually don't come out this far." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Only people who leave the Guilds or get exiled ever wander outside our territory." Keliaya@anncarise: "So basically you had a falling out with the authorities of your people and left to make your home somewhere else?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "In your simpleton terms, yes." Enelya@crystyll: "Well then, we will ensure that our peoples update their navigation charts to avoid this area for you" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "How often /are/ your people around this sector?" Enelya@crystyll: "Often enough since this falls within our established borders" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "If you're just going to keep interrupting our work I can just recommend the designers to move again." Sulayman@drcrippler: "We may be able to give you our star charts that can let you know which areas are under who's control. That can help your designers to move into a location that doesn't bother anyone," Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Good. We should be able to figure out how to read your maps easy enough." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "It's a lot of work moving again but we've done it several times already. First the hairballs, then the liquid bekat and their clone soldiers." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "That's the risk of working outside Guild regulations. Everybody wants a chunk of space for themselves and no one else." Enelya@crystyll: "I'm sure our people would be more than happy to take the time in assisting you with the map translation. Not to say you couldn't read them, just as a courtesy" she smiles Sulayman@drcrippler: "We can offer any assistance that you may need," he says Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "The maps'll do. We'll manage the rest." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 stares at Sulayman, "So you going to run back to your master for approval, or still stand there gawking?" Sulayman@drcrippler scoffs "I'll have the maps transferred over straight away," mutters something quietly in Arabic Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Good. Has the speech-assist STILL not kicked in fully?!" he exclaims as he detects the quiet muttering Sulayman@drcrippler taps his combadge. <C> al Firawn to the Valley Forge. Download latest Federation Starcharts into a datachip and have it beamed down. al Firawn out" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 chuckles, "Now he's calling his masters..." Enelya@crystyll FX | A few moments later, said datachip materializes Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 looks to the datachip and bursts into laughter. Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Is /that/ really your data storage drive?" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 laughs even harder. Sulayman@drcrippler rolls his eyes. "Do you want the data or not?" he huffs Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570: "Of course we do!" Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 steps up to take the datachip. Sulayman@drcrippler hands over the chip, with a small smile. "Enjoy," Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 looks to the chip and laughs again as he begins to walk back through the 'wall' at the end of the cave, "This is just precious..." Undruk Greatbrow@annpc#5570 waves a hand behind him before he disappears, "Now get off our planet!" Enelya@crystyll chuckles softly at the demeanour, "Well that was... that" Keliaya@anncarise: "I wonder if the rest of his people is so charming as well..." Sulayman@drcrippler turns. "Let's place a tracking device on the planet. We'll be able to see where they come out the other end," Enelya@crystyll: "That seems rather unethical..." Keliaya@anncarise: "Assuming they won't detect it and remove it before they move..." Keliaya@anncarise: "These people can take entire planets across the galaxy, and we aren't exactly Starfleet Intelligence here." Sulayman@drcrippler blinks. "Yeah...we're not...I don't suppose you have any of those Intel types on the Valley Forge right?" Enelya@crystyll shakes her head, "Not that we know of at least" she chuckles Keliaya@anncarise chuckles. Sulayman@drcrippler frowns. "Still, I don't like the idea of these guys just running away free. But... I guess we should go report back to the Captain?" Sulayman@drcrippler: "And...as the charming man said, get off the planet" Keliaya@anncarise: "That he did." Enelya@crystyll: "Indeed" Sulayman@drcrippler: "Very well," he taps his combadge. "al Firawn to the Valley Forge. Three to beam up please" Keliaya@anncarise FX | The away team is beamed back to the Valley Forge...

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SUBMITTED: Stardate 94591.6 FILED BY: CAPT K Se'Lai SECURITY: Level 1 - Open

LOCATION: Deep Space

MISSION: Return to charting unexplored regions

OUTCOME: Rogue planetoid identified and situation resolved.

KEY PERSONNEL:

CAPT Se'Lai (USS Valley Forge) CMDR Meel [npc] CMDR Vidzia LCDR Keliaya LCDR al Firawn Undruk Greatbrow [npc]

NARRATIVE: At approximately 0900 hours ship time the Valley Forge was cruising at low warp en route to continue her charting of previously unexplored regions, when the proximity alert sounded and evasive maneuvers were taken. By the time the senior staff and myself arrived on the bridge, we could see on screen that we were plunging through a planet's upper atmosphere. Thanks in no small part to a commendable effort by the flight team, a stable orbit was established affording us the opportunity to investigate. Duty staff insisted that navigation charts held no record of the planetoid's presence and sensors did not register it's presence until it was almost too late to avoid.

Following a brief analysis from orbit and full sensor diagnostic, an away team was dispatched to further investigate some anomalous energy readings coming from beneath the surface. CMDR Vidzia led the team who soon encountered a being identified from (limited) Starfleet records as Shegtar; a reclusive but advanced species of builders. An extensive dialogue ensued in which the Shegtar - one 'Undruk Greatbrow' - revealed that he and his people were some form of breakaway rogue element, leaving the confines of their peoples' normal area of operation due to some form of disagreement with the Architects Guild. Seemingly taking their constructed planetoid with them through a means which still eludes us, though in terms we presently comprehend seems most comparable to some utilization of subspace. The discussion was closed with the away team providing Undruk with courtesy data on current areas of population and traffic routes within the quadrant, that they may relocate to a less trafficked region.