Posted by Commodore Drudoc Andone (Commanding Officer) in Main sim - Forest Area - Wolf Hunting
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T’Mor waved over NE Boyle, the other science officer that had volunteered to carry the majority of the equipment. They both put on the proper PPE for handling such samples. He handed over the proper containers and tools as T’Mor worked, a labeled them as she handed the back. To be thorough as possible she took many and multiple types of samples and swabs. Ultimately uncertain as to where further analysis would lead them, she wanted to be prepared with material on hand.

~€> T’Mor, Science

As both T’Mor and Raith could confirm, the nano-tech here was not of Borg make. So they could probably relax on that train of thought. With their nano samples and such collected they could continue up the path to where the cave mouth was at.

Once they had done so the trek took another 5 or so minutes on foot. The wildlife around was at normal levels, though they still saw no other recent signs of the wolves. Approaching the cave mouth where the tracks led they could smell the scent of decay and faint wet fur on their noses and taste buds. The cave mouth was about 13 or so feet high and about 11 or so feet wide. Scans showed it opened up into a 8 or so foot wide opening which narrowed into a natural cave formation leading underground a further 50 or so feet down and ahead. No further scans of wolves was picked up but that did not mean they were not present somewhere given how their enhancements worked. Thankfully in addition to their own lights they had the cave ahead was lit up by a silver-blue natural looking moss that seemed to feed and glow due to exposure to wet sources. This moss ran along the ceiling, floor and walls in various patches.

GM CockRoach

Raith looked at the moss curiously. “Perhaps we should have brought one of the colonists. They might have known if this kind of moss was natural to the planet’s environment or not.” As Raith moved in he tapped his com badge, =/\=Raith to Ark Angel. Comms check. Are we still coming through clear?=/\= The last thing Raith wanted was the team stuck in this cavern and find themselves in a jam with no transport available.

-Ensign Raith, Security

A second after opening comms, a reply came through from their Captain, =/\= Andone here, Ensign. We hear you loud and clear and still got a solid lock on you all. =/\= Came her reply.

A moment later another comm call came in and a beep from their tricorders signaled they received updated scanner information. =/\= Ark Angel to away team. You should have just received some information scanning updates to your tricorders. The other away team tending to the sick bull in the colony found an unknown metal shard that was giving off an odd energy pattern and signal. We are still working those two issues, but a metallurgical scanner ID’d some metal traces we believe you should be able to use now to better scan for the wolves or any other infected animals or the like. Confirm please that you received it? =/\= She asked.

Checking their tricorders they could indeed see they had all received the uploads. In this case they could also see that thin microscopic deposits of this unknown metal were sprinkled throughout in a path that matched the trail of footprints that brought them in here leading deeper into the cave system.

GM CockRoach