Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Main Sim - Bridge - Journey to Ardan V
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On arrival at the Bridge he told Eros Dionysovich, “Set a course for Ardan V. Take us out, one eighth impulse. And then, on my mark, Warp factor 5!”

Eros typed in the commands and set the course. As he did so, he replied, “Aye, sir. Course to Ardan V has been plotted and proceeding 1/8 impulse power.”

A moment later, he added, “Warp 5, on your mark, Captain.”

It was only a 30ly journey from K5 to Ardan V and the Merrimack easily made the trip uneventfully in 4.6 hours. M’Mera had made valiant attempts to raise the mining colony with no luck. It would appear that the communication problems that had plagued the colony had only gotten worse.

“Lt. Dionysovich, take us into standard orbit, with an altitude of 80 km,” Glen said. “Calculate an orbital speed to match.”

“Lt. Malone, scan the surface for lifeforms, buildings and mining spoil,” Glen asked. “See if we can locate a township of some kind!”

“Lt. Gagnon, take over from M’Mera and continue trying to raise the colony,” Glen said. “Keep all channels open!”

At the captains’ behest Stella pulled up the main channels used by the federation civilian populations such as colonies and trade ships and such. She immediately began to transmit across these. She then recoded a message to the colony and started using the federation channels used by the fleet. Soon she had her recorded messages going out over all known civilian and military channels. She also set up her filters to catch up and record any background noises which were tampering transmissions.

Stella did not detect any communication from the planet toward space, though there was ground communication between what was probably short distance communication devices. She could also detect communication satellites orbiting the planets and what was probably communication stations on planet. The satellites emitted no signals though and appeared dead. Likewise no signals came from the communication centers below.

Upon achieving standard orbit the viewscreen click on to show the view of the planet below. Ardan V Planet view.

Scans of the planet showed many areas of abandoned colonies but a rather large one that was definitely inhabited. Scans show various life forms of a variety of Federation races. Also a plethora of flora and fauna was found. Colony view.

After several moments of very carefully listening to anything that could make sound Stella sighed and turned in her chair saying. ” Captain sir? This place is quiet as the tomb. Nothing anywhere.”

Cross had stepped on the bridge and saw that they had arrived at Ardan V .

“Thanks!” Glen replied. “Keep trying anyhow… as you see fit, every 30 minutes or so. I’m getting Deja Vu! This is exactly like the last planet we visited, and I said it was a very different problem! …and these planetary maps? Who added all these mysterious place names?”

‘’I think its a cool name Captain ‘’ she responded ‘’Anyway just checking ,I assume it won’t be long before you call the team ?’’ .

Cross CMO.

“Before I send down the team, I need to establish first, where we are going,” Glen replied. “Which of the names is ‘cool’? ‘The Desert of Sculls’ or ‘The Black Swamp’?”

• Glen, CO

OOC: Oops my mistake I forgot to say where the colony was located. By the way you can do a records search to find out how these places got most of their names:)

IC: The active colony was located in the Penmost Forest area of the Ardan V world map.

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