Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Quentin “Q” Dawson (Chief Weapons Officer) in Main SIM: Planet side Tag: XO AND ALL Department Heads including Kastarak [tag LT.JG Umbri Hakwins]

Posted by Lieutenant Commander William B. Grey (Chief Science Officer / 2nd Officer) in Main SIM: Planet side Tag: XO AND ALL Department Heads including Kastarak [tag LT.JG Umbri Hakwins]

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Kastarak (Doctor / Counsellor) in Main SIM: Planet side Tag: XO AND ALL Department Heads including Kastarak [tag LT.JG Umbri Hakwins]
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Chris waved goodbye to them in the transporter room. He wished that he could be down there now but T’Aria would not allow it. Kept citing regs but Chris knew it was because he had a habit of danger finding him. Arriving back on the Bridge and waiting for their communication he sat down.

Once the team materialized they would find themselves in a grass clearing next to a thick forest. Up ahead they could make out smoke from a few chimneys about a half mile away if they would use the binoculars and scanners. In front of them about 50 feet is a wooden fence about three feet high that boarded a dirt road. There were wheel ruts and horseshoe prints all over it. Another scan revealed that there was a town about two miles to the West.

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Dawson had always been rather cautious when going on away missions, especially to potentially hostile territory. He had his Type Two Phaser strapped to his belt on his right, along with a backup Type One strapped to his calf and a KaBar knife on his right. He had tapped Lt. Hawkins to join him on the away mission. He hadn’t had the time to really get to know the Lieutenant, but her record seemed to speak for itself.

When they all materialized on the planet, the rustic and rural scenery was not what Dawson had expected. He turned to Lt. Hawkins and raised an eyebrow. “What do you all make of this?” he asked to the group.

Lt. Q Dawson CWO

Kastarak had his med-kit with him, ready for any casualties. One would never know what would happen. The planet seemed like a regular M-class planet, very green and lush. Temperature was comfortable, similar to Earth’s California, he thought, but with more humidity in the air. Northern California, then, he thought for himself, recalling his visits to the redwood forests. The trees here were smaller though, less impressive. He looked around, noticing the animal shoe prints, the smoke from the background, the dirt road. It all looked like industry had not arrived here yet.

“I believe there might be ground to believe that we’re on the planet of a pre-warp society, or even a pre-industrial society. Prime directive should apply, and precautions should follow,” he said.

– Lt (j.g.) Kastarak (counsellor / physician)

William, who had started by immediately removing his scanners from his belt holster and starting a general scan. He bit off a sarcastic reply to the counsellor, sometimes voicing the obvious was necessary in case anyone missed it for whatever reason “There’s a settlement 2.3 Kilometres west of here.” He looked at the XO “I recommend we get off the road, looks like this is a fairly well-travelled area.” He said pointing to the deep marks in the ground. He knew horse tracks when he saw them, or at least whatever beast of burden they used here.

CSO, 2O

Dawson nodded at the Science officer. “I agree. Especially if we’re dealing with a pre-industrial culture.” Dawson was happy he had opted for the KaBar knife, as he would much rather use that then depend on that more primitive-looking device than something so telling as a phaser. “Those trees there should offer some proper cover,” Dawson said gesturing to the forest.

Lt. Q Dawson CWO

“Agreed,” Kastarak said to the two previous speakers, and began moving toward the trees, scanning the environment as he moved forward. Would the scans show anything?

– Lt (jg) Kastarak, physician/counsellor