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Just as the XO was making their call the NE at comms behind them spoke up, “..Ma’am? We got a hail coming in from the Volgograd. They got a live update feed on current developments in the J17 system. Shall I put it on screen?” She asked.

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Without turning around, Sifeda a nod followed by, “Yes, please.”, as she tuned her eyes to the display screen.

Itri, XO

Now that his JO was tasked with assisting the science and engineering departments with setting up the probe, the CMO made his way to the Bridge in an effort to see first-hand data once it was launched. There were still too many questions left unanswered, but it appeared that their only option after a probe was to make their way into the system and make contact in some form. Doctor Stacey had his prosthetist working on a few possible options based on known reptilian species that the Federation had encountered. He believed the models could be easily configured once a visual representation of the Forseth was made.

LtJG Stacey gave a subtle nod to the Counselor and XO as he slide into the mission specialist chair, turning his attention to what just appeared on the viewscreen.

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”..Sorry ma’am one second there is some local interference..” the NE said.

As the Dr. Stacey sat in his chair, Sifeda quickly turned to him and said, “I am glad you are here. Lieutenant Anders is on his way, and after we view the incoming transmission on screen, I need to discuss with both of you the logistics of the away team since Anders…or myself will be leading them and you, Dr. Stacey, could be potentially fitting them for prosthetics. Hopefully the probes can provide sufficient data whether it is visual or descriptive so you can refine your concept. If not we must think of other ways to get on planet undetected and observe them.” She began to get a small headache after thinking about how hard it would be to accomplish the latter. It was her hope all the stars in whatever universe they were in would line up perfectly and they could get on planet with some realistic and functional prosthetics. She leaned her forehead in the left palm of her hand for a moment then she fixed her eyes back on the view screen as she said to the NE at the comms console, “We are still waiting for that on screen transmission, Ensign. Any day now.” Even though anxiety was creeping up on her, she kept her Romulan face on.

Itri, XO

Leaving Ensign Luna in charge of looking after Captain and Mrs. Freeman, Kyle made his way up to the bridge at a brisk pace, eager to see where the next stage of the mission to J17 was going ot take him and his team. The turbolift doors on the Bridge parted and Anders crossed to the Conference Room, “Reporting as ordered Commander,” he said as he entered the room.

-Lieutenant Kyle Anders: Chief of Security-

Just as Anders got to the bridge the NE finally worked out the interference, on screen the viewer showed into the system of J17. On it showed the third planet where several artificial satellites were showing small thrusters firing to bring them in a carefully planned orbit to each other. After another few seconds a radio feed was shown through the Volgograd picking up a local broadcast. =/\= Today we of the Forseth take our first steps beyond our planet’s orbit. As I speak six advanced orbital satellites are currently maneuvering to within close orbit of each other. From there they will jointly link up and together their central fusion power cores will be used to create an extended high speed burn out of the system. If our space agencies calculations are correct and this experiment pans out it will pave the way for larger construction efforts of space faring vessels to further explore and mine our own solar system and beyond =/\= Came a male voice. As they watched said six satellites finished their maneuvering and linked up by even finer maneuvers. After 10 seconds the not conjoined ‘vessel’ began a high speed sublight burn. It soon accelerated up to .238 a fraction of the speed of light! In essence just slightly higher speed then the Ark Angel could use for sublight impulse motive power at quarter speed. Within several more minutes the male voice came back as the conjoined satellites exited the system and died out due to power loss about 10,0000km away from the Volograd. =/\= We report success! I repeat success! What a joyous day for us Forseth! =/\= He said before the comm signal ended.

Then the screen faded and up came the image of Captain Samuels a human on the Volograd. =/\= That was ten minutes ago, since then we continued to observe. We also took deeper scans of the conjoined satellite, not much to speak of advanced steel and light weight metal working consistent with most species of the late 20th and early 21st centuries of Earth. Fusion core is probably a bit more advanced say on par with those after First Contact made on Earth. But it matches what we’ve been seeing in their generator production efforts. All in all nothing stands out as being of alien design and not capable of being done by the Forseth. =/\= He said.

Then a beep behind him cause him to pause, =/\= Report Lieutenant..=/\= He said to someone off screen.

=/\= Captain picking up a change in the system, putting it up on screen now…=/\= A female voice said.

The screen flickered then changed view again showing that now the Forseth planet was ringed by three fair sized construction platforms. All three held what seemed three tubular shaped vessels with slight wing arcs to port and starboard. Readings soon came in that all three showed signs of possible warp capabilities and were in the process of being powered up and run through probable pre-flight checks. =/\= Seems even taking our eyes off these folks for ten minutes shows how fast they can move! =/\= Samuel said. =/\= Lieutenant do scans show any sign of temporal or other anomalies during this sudden shift? =/\= He asked.

=/\= No sir, only the echoing effects of the radio broadcasts and other local stellar phenomena in the area like before. =/\= Came the NEs reply.

=/\= Helm take us deeper into the cometary matter nearby begin sensor deflecting efforts just to make sure no one sees us on scans. Take us to yellow alert as well, raise shie---- =/\= Samuel said but was cut off.

Suddenly there was a zitch and squeal sound from the audio channel and the video feed stutters and then cut out.......

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