Posted by Commodore Drudoc Andone (Commanding Officer) in Main sim - Forest Area - Wolf Hunting
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Once the go ahead was given the team was sent back down to the forested region about 4 or so miles out from the colony. They were in a hillside area somewhat lightly forested. The sounds of a small stream was nearby and a few small native birds were chirping here and there. There destination was somewhere up ahead near the top of the hill roaming into a small series of cave entrances.

GM CockRoach

” Let’s head up hill. Remember what i said and your traning. We will be fine” Luna said taking the lead. As she moved to head up hill twords the caves.
Ensign Luna

T’Mor followed cautiously and continually scanned the immediate area with the tricorder. She was looking for life signs, heat signatures, and any signs of environmental danger.

~€> Ensign T’Mor, Science

Raith leaned in towards T’Mor and in a low voice said, “Keep an eye on that tricorder and look out for any, and I do mean any readings that may seem out of the ordinary. These wolves have the ability to hide themselves from conventional detection, so we need to look at any unconventional means available to us.” With that, he drew out his phaser and set it on high, ready in case the wolves, or anything else, tried to get the drop on them again.

ENS Raith, Security

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Heading up the rough trail through the moderately thick woods, the sounds of natural wild life was present as mentioned before. Scans confirmed the location of the caves ahead, now about 800 feet off. Around them no obvious signs of the wolves were present, that was until they came nearer the smaller of the streams coming down from the hill. Imprints in the soft dirt near it showed about 5 of such creatures had come and gone by here in the past few days. A scan showed the most recent set of tracks was likely less then a few hours old heading back up the hill to the nearest of the cave mouths. This was likely the pack that had attacked them a few hours ago down on the edge of the farms by the colony. One thing that only reinforced that this pack’s travel was not natural was each member of the pack stepped precisely in the tracks of the one ahead in an orderly precise line in both coming and going to this point, before splitting off in one direction or another probably to go on hunts or go elsewhere.

GM CockRoach

T’Mor knelt down to one knee to closer examine the tracks with her tricorder. Adjusting the settings for a more precise scan, if there was any material remains in the track she wanted to know.

“In appears to be a pack of five wolves. They likely rely on this stream as a water source. Scans show these newest tracks to be less than a few hours old.” she noted out loud.

She looked at the patterns with interest. During a research trip to Yellowstone, she learned a few things about wolf tracks. While walking single file was common for wolves, the precision with which each one stepped in the previous’ tracks was unique.

T’Mor looked back toward Ensign Raith, “These new tracks are curious. See how one precisely follows the other?”

~€> Ensign T’Mor, Science