Posted by Gamemaster GMT Phoenix (GMT) in Main Sim-HP-4960Z Beamdown location-Outside of town (RETCON)
The jungle on this world was alive with the sounds of life strange creatures. croaks, caws, and buzzes all around, the Vegetation was thick and lush, the air equal to that of a Tropical island, and thick with the smell of a swamp! However, the ambient light level was very low, the world seemed to be stuck in a permanent twilight due to the nature of the twin stars of this system. There was still plenty of light to be had as the Plantlife and even some of the Animal life was bioluminescent, in a small clearing the animals became agitated sensing a change they could not understand.

a few moments later the whirring whine of the Transporters filled the air, the away team would find themselves in a clearing with some small wooden benches set up almost as if this was a rest stop along a walking path. this, of course, was the coordinates pre-arranged by the Observation team as the beam down location for replacements, or for any other authorized visitors. From where they were they could see a small road more like a walking path. and a wooden sign, that would point the travelers in two directions, one was the town the Observation team cover story had them come from. while the other was where they would need to start their investigation.

The packet would also have alerted the Away team that the Observation squad had a native contact in the city. whom they should go to for help in the event that the Observation team disappeared! this contact was a Seafood vendor down at the docks his name was Gal’mik, also in such an event their cover story would be that they are friends of the “Archeology team” and they were worried the team had not contacted them in quite some time so they came to find them.

Now the team just needed to make their way into the town now!

GMT Phoenix

Only but a few seconds after de-materializing off of the Chimera, Dr. Javal found himself quite literally in the midst of a strange new world, while looking just like a strange new…Mar’zek, it seems.

His eyes took a moment to adjust to the twilight, and what immediately drew his attention first was the vibrant bioluminescent light show of the surrounding flora and fauna that greeted him.

“Fascinating…It appears that a significant portion of the lifeforms on this planet have evolved in a convergent manner a similar form of bioluminescent activity. My speculation is that the flora of this planet may be highly reliant on a form of chemosynthesis to sustain their physiology, given the low ambient light generated by the binary star system…” he said, peering over at his Science Department colleagues in an effort to coax any other observations they might have on the subject.

The Vulcan assumed that it would be most logical to amass as much knowledge about HP-4960Z’s environs as possible in order to not arouse any suspicion from its local inhabitants. And, perhaps, to satisfy his own deep-seated curiosity.

[Lieutenant Junior Grade Javal - CMO]