Posted by Chief Petty Officer Kohana Black Wolf (Helmsman) in Main Sim - Landing Party 2 - Zarath, Phy-Knight & Ovik

Posted by Rear Admiral CockRoach (GM) in Main Sim - Landing Party 2 - Zarath, Phy-Knight & Ovik
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When Zarath Phy-Knight, and Ovik were finally released from the transporter they were set down in the colony center near the main administration building. It was a three story structure above ground and a single floor below. Rectangular in shape it was topped by the colony’s comm array dish and sensor pallets. The building was crudely boarded up by phasered metal plates and nailed wood beams, all now cracked or broken in places. Whatever had hit the building had hit hard and fast it seemed from likely a few survivors from whatever had hit the colonists who had made a last stand in the admin center unable it seems to react to get a distress call out. Around them were other smaller housing and commercial buildings all a wreck and some showing signs of fire damage likely intentionally set.

Nearby the first signs of life were found though, phasered cow corpses lay on the ground a few feet away multiple strikes to its head also indicated blunt trauma to it from attackers.

GM CockRoach

Ovik materialized and immediately got to work with the tricorder he had. It was not as broad-sweeping a scan as he’d hoped, but it sufficed. They quickly found signs of life and the Vulcan shook his head. “Sirs, take a look…” He was now kneeling down at one of the corpses trying to find any sense of timing as to the death of these things.

Time of death was rough to say, perhaps 4-6 days? Give or take a few hours. The fact they weren’t decayed was odd, perhaps further scans of other corpses might reveal more over time.

“I’d like to take a closer look at some of the houses, sir,” he asked Phy-Knight. He kept his tricorder out but checked his phaser at his hip.

Ens. Ovik, Security

Ovik began scanning some of the other animals and then eventually made his way to one of the homes, trying to assess the exterior and structure before getting close. He tried to ensure he could see the Lieutenant at all times.

Ens. Ovik, Security

Approaching the house, Ovik found it showed signs of a hasty departure or maybe some kind of fighting even. Flecks of what might have been blood marred the entry way but the lack of power in this house meant seeing much further then the busted inward door meant he could see a stair case spiraling up to the second floor, and a split of the entry hall to left and right.

IC: Th’elin took in the carnage of their surroundings once they’d materialized. He was silent, shocked by the scene laid out before them… The Andorian watched as the Vulcan began his scans. “Ok, this changes things…” The Captain called to the others. “Doc, stay close to Ovik, and you two don’t get out of sightline from Ms. Phy-Knight and me. Let’s cover the immediate area. The primary goal is locating survivors, the secondary goal is finding out what happened here. Keep a Comm channel open at all times.”

Before anything else, Th’elin made contact with the Sentinel. =/\=Sentinel, this is Captain Zarath. We’re in the settlement near the Administration Center. This destruction looks like it was purposefully inflicted. We’re looking for signs of survivors now. Please update me with any… relevant information the sensors come up with. We’ll check back in with you in a couple of hours./=/\=

Antennae undulated, snakelike as the Andorian adjusted his communicator and clipped it back to his belt. Then he pulled his Phaser Pistol from its holster and set it to stun.

-Zarath, CO

OOC: Just waiting for the rest of you to decide where and what you’re doing.

GM CockRoach

A reply came back from the ship. . .

=^=Captain, this is Chief Black Wolf. Once we were able to get through the interference, we received two messages. A written text coming from the access to the mining tunnels near Cmdr. Cerny’s position. The message said “Don’t trust the cows.” We then received a second message coming from the administration building near your position, sir. This was a vocal message and also cryptically stated to not trust the cows. A ‘mooing’ could be heard in the background.=^=

CPO Black Wolf (Helm)

As if on cue, Ovik hollered over a bit to the group. “Sirs, you might want to take a look at this.” He was hoping Hudson could maybe do an analysis on the blood samples or at least make some good guesses on what they had here. He wasn’t going to go into one of the houses until he had people with him…

Ens Ovik, Security