Posted by Lieutenant Helena Laursen (Helm/Nagivation Officer) in Main Sim - Wolf 359 Planet 2 - Pod 2 Cave Exploration

Posted by Lieutenant Naomi Locke (Science Officer) in Main Sim - Wolf 359 Planet 2 - Pod 2 Cave Exploration

Posted by Commander Heather Grace (Executive Officer/Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim - Wolf 359 Planet 2 - Pod 2 Cave Exploration
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With the drone safely returned to their possession and without detection by the locals they were as good as ready to return to the surface base camp as they could be.

GM CockRoach

A sense of relief washed over Naomi. She wanted to get out of here, but tossing a fit solved nothing. A lesson she learned long ago. Once the group started to move, she would follow them.

-Lt. Naomi D. Locke, Sci

Once on the surface, Marceau contacted the other team with his communicator. [C] Commander Grace, this is Captain Renault. What have you found over there? [O]

~ Capt Renault

“Captain, we could place cameras so we could observe the people. Get an idea of who they are and their culture. See how best to approach them or not.” Helena wasn’t worried about their seemingly primitive weapons, but a person defending their home was dangerous. The people may be peaceful, but that didn’t mean the presence of aliens on their planet wouldn’t scare then and make them panic. No need to provoke them and scare them.

Laursen, pilot

OOC: Bump for the XO to reply and contact the other team etc

GM CockRoach

The MACO CO said “We do have surveillance transmitters, Captain. It would be no problem to set them up and transmit the signal to the base camp and ship.”

Baumann, MACO CO

“I like that idea.” Marceau nodded to the MACOs, “Go ahead and set them up while we talk to the other landing party.”

~ Capt Renault

“Aye, sir.” He looked at his Staff Sergeant and nodded, and in a few moments they had a half dozen palm-size cameras and began positioning them outside the entrance to the tunnels.

[O] Grace here Captain. We just made it back to basecamp with a couple of samples of ore. Not the purest, but still serviceable. We did find signs of what might have been a mining operation here previously, though definitely primitive. Scans from orbit didn’t pick up any native inhabitants, and we didn’t see anything on our scanners while we were down in the caves. But our scanning range was limited due to something in the cavern we found. I hope you had better luck then we did Captain. [C]

Cmdr. Grace - XO/CSO

Naomi was silent. Her eyes continued to observe their surroundings, paranoid the locals might’ve followed. So far there was no sign of them. She picked at her clothing as she listened to the team figure out their next plan.

-Lt. Naomi D. Locke, Sci

Baumann, MACO CO

[O] We have not had better luck over here. The caves we checked were inhabited, by a seemingly primitive people. We pulled out of the caves, not wanting to disturb them or cause conflict. How could the sensors have missed them? [C] Marceau said into the comm.

~ Capt Renault

Baumann walked over and handed the Captain a small hand-held device. “Monitor for the surveillance vids.”

Baumann, MACO CO

[O] Well it’s just speculation at this time Captain. But we did notice a dampening effect on our scanners while we were in the caves. The effective range was pretty dramatically reduced. This could definitely be impacting the ship’s sensors as well. Ground penetrating scans are only so effective, add in something diffracting the scanners, and then add in that we weren’t surveying for life signs. It’s quite possible that we didn’t even see any of the life sign readings, or the computer automatically categorized them as small animals, because the signature had been so greatly decreased. I would need to do a deeper analysis of the original scan data to be sure Captian. [C]

Cmdr Grace - XO/CSO

“Sounds like next time, we need to send down a scouting party or something.” Naomi commented, her voice lower and quiet.

Her nerves hadn’t eased even when they were currently safe. Fingers began to pick at her sleeve and her eyes continued to stare around the scenery. Deep down, she knew that wasn’t going to change things if the natives decided to approach. She hated this sense of helplessness gnawing at her.

-Lt. Naomi D. Locke, Sci

Locke sounded nervous to Helena. She understood the feeling, but they were the scouting party. That’s why command had sent them out here, to scout the planet and resources and determine if it was viable for a colony. She reached into the side pocket of her pack and walked over to Locke, “Want one?” Helena held out a pack of gum and little round donut shaped mints. “Sounds silly but it feels like something to do while we wait. Always helps me.”

That’s all they were doing right then, was waiting for Renault and Grace to decide what to do next. Until they knew the movement patterns of the natives there was no way to know where it would be safe to camp. Just because they housed in the caves didn’t mean they weren’t out and about, which seemed to be the case from the chimney ladder. Helena kept her eyes on the ground above the cave entrance. She’d be much happier back on the ship, watching the cameras from there until they knew more. That wasn’t her call though, and she never wanted it to be.

Laursen, pilot

“As good as that would be, I don’t think we’d gain much from a scouting party that we didn’t already gain ourselves.” Kenzo said, nodding.

LtJg Kenzo Kurata, Chief Armory Officer