Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Ashley Walker (Engineering Physicist) in Main Sim - Ardan V - Landing spot

Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Main Sim - Ardan V - Landing spot
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M’Mera looked around, “I haven’t seen the Chief, is Mullins herre? And Sharrp and Fleegman? Captain, I would like at least two Securrity in the firrst grroup to beam down to set up a perrimeterr.”

Sharp who was at the back raised his hand ‘’I’m here ma’am ‘’ he replied.

Guy arrived, out of breath. “Sorry, Ma’am! A mix up with the phasers!”

Eros went down the list, matching the names with the faces then nodded. “You are correct M’Mera. Lt. Mullins has yet to report here.”

“We’ll give him five minutes more and then start with the first group,” Glen told the Transporter Chief.

Eros nodded and stepped into the transporter and took a spot on one of the right side pads.

Hunter not so enthusiastic followed,stepped on a pad near Eros while putting the sling of the medical kit around his shoulder .

“Mrr. Fleegman and Mrr. Ssharrp, you will beam down with the firrst grroup. I will come with the ssecond. Set up a perrimeterr arround the away team upon beam in.”

“Aye, Ma’am!” replied Guy, who took the pad farthest left.

Captain Glen took position on the front pad.

‘’Aye ma’am ‘’ Sharp replied following Guy .

The crew arranged themselves into two groups with the two Security Crewman joining the first group who beamed down. The transporter officer looked up at the Captain, “Sir, I am placing you in a park area on the South East side of the colony where there is less interference for the beam in. There is a large hub just the North of the park that is in walking distance.”

Young Ashley hadn’t been on board the Merrimack for long but she was yet assigned to an away mission. Which means her check ins will have to wait. She then went up to the captain. “Hello captain. I am Lieutenant J.G. Ashley Walker your new engineering physicist. Tell me where you need me and I’ll do it.” She said as she was super eager to get to work on the planet surface. She then however stood there awaiting orders from her commanding officer and uses her tricorder to run scans.

“Yes, I’d like you to join this Landing Party too,” Glen replied. “There may be inspections of mines necessary and the determination of their safety, so we can always use another engineer.”

“Whenever you are ready!” Captain Glen told the Transporter Chief.

When both groups were finally beamed down they found themselves in a round park area, surrounded by jungle foliage with two paths that lead out to the North and South. Mist weaved itself through the canopy but blue sky could be seen right above them. The air was humid and warm, the team might find that their uniform jackets would be too heavy to wear once they started hiking.

When ever Lance beamed anywhere he always felt the overwhelming urge to check he had all his limbs in the right places, he had got good at not making it obvious and was once again glad to see he’d come down in one piece. He felt the heat first, “We really have to get better at weather reports when we land.” he muttered. He took out his tricorder and began initial scans on air quality, pollution, and life forms. He looked over at Stella “Fancy scanning for radio and media broadcasts?” he asked her, he would normally added it to his list but having more people to help was a bonus.

Unlike Lance who had managed to keep it a secret, Hunter on the other hand seeing he was still in one piece thanked the Gods ,then the nausea hit but the doctor had always managed to keep that to himself knowing it would soon pass. He then took out his medical tricoder to search for any life signs in the vicinity.

Glen checked that everyone had arrived and waiting while scans were performed and Security officers took up their flanking positions before asking them to move on. Given that the choice of path was North or South, and that there was a large hub just the North of their present position, the direction they should take was a no brainer. However, he wanted to see if the surface scans threw up anything they had missed from the Merrimack in orbit.

Scans were still intermittent, even here on the surface though a bit better than they had been in orbit. It was if something was scrambling the signals, not like a regular signal jammer though, it did not blanket the area and there were spots where the scans got through. Atmospheric scans showed the typical atmosphere and weather from an area in the equatorial region of a planet. High humidity, high temperature with the building of cumulus clouds through out the day. Given the jungle like growth around them it was highly likely that it rained heavily in this region every afternoon.

What pollution there was, was focused around the mining colony and dissipated as it wafted away from it. Being as it was a Federation mining facility though the pollution was of much lower levels then most non Federation mining colonies as the Federation provided the proper equipment to dilute any pollution from mining efforts so as not to negatively effect the planet, atmosphere or water.

The natural fauna(animal lifeforms) in the immediate area of the colony was scarce and mainly consisted of birds, marsupials, simians, insects, reptiles, and other lifeforms indigenous to a jungle environment. As to the colony the lifeforms within showed almost 10, 000 beings, of a variety of species such as Human, Betazoid, Vulcan, etc.

Something interesting of note: scans within the colony (now that they were close enough) were clearer and more concise then the scans they attempted to make away from the colony. It was if they signal jamming was coming from without the colony not within.

Sharp his eyes darting around, one hand on his phaser just in case he needed to take it out .He did not waste anytime taking his position outside the group, knowing that as a security he was the first line of defense . He knew Hunter was scanning for any life signs in the vicinity in what ever form and he was not about to take any chances .

Ashley then heard something about mines. “Captain. Did I hear you say mines?” As she wasn’t sure if she heard anything right. But she is now that she can do what she needs to do. It’s her job to be that engineer that can do her job. So she went ahead and did her job with no hesitation.

“Yes, that’s right, mines!” replied Glen, “Niobium Dilithium Hard Rock Mines! Not Anti-Personnel Mines!”

“I’ve heard about them back at the academy,” Ashley said to the captain. She was however thinking of how to work with them. She only has heard about them. But never seen them nor worked on them before.

Lieutenant J.G. Ashley Walker
Engineering Physicist
U.S.S. Merrimack

“Mining?” Glen replied, ” The process of extracting valuable minerals and geological materials from a planet’s surface? It’s required to obtain most materials that can’t be grown or created in Replicator. I would have hoped that you had heard of mining before, unless the standard of teaching at the Academy has fallen even further.”

“Sadly enough sir. The teaching there at the academy has fallen through more and more into a hole. I’m just surprised they didn’t exactly teach it right. But I will get the job done no matter what.” Ashley said as she got excited to do something that she wanted to learn at the academy but was never taught.

M’Mera nodded to Fleegman and Sharp, she motioned Fleegman to take up a position equidistant from herself and Sharp so they surrounded the Away Team in equal distance. She then turned her attention to the trees surrounding them in her third of an area. Her ears swivelled and nose twitched as she followed the sounds and smells of the natural animals around them. She neither heard nor smelled any humanoid beings in their immediate vicinity.
“We arre alone herre at thiss moment, Captain. Therre iss no one in ourr vicinity though I hearr morre manufacturred noises to the norrth of uss.”

GM Nosferatu
Your Darkest Nightmare

“The nearest population hub is also north,” replied the Captain. “That is where we will find answers, so I suggest we get moving before the rains begin.”

OOC: Can I make the request that the signatures not be deleted when the threads are cut? I need to be able to see at a glance who has posted, thx!:)
OOC: I only do it after a while to make it read like a story and make it easier to follow. I’d prefer it if people identified their speech by adding their names after the speech quotes. It also shows you who posted in the thread. I will do it less often though, and not immediately..

• Glen, CO

Lieutenant J.G. Ashley Walker
Engineering Physicist
U.S.S. Merrimack

The entire process of being transported for the first time had left Stella's stomach a bit queasy for a moment. She looked a bit confused as she patted her stomach as if to make sure that everything had been put back together properly. After a good inspection she took a deep breath and smiled at the heat , humidity and the various and nefarious smells that go with most swamps which it is best not to know what they might be. The only thing she could do was to smile. " Well, I'll be!" she exclaimed. " Feels like St. Tammany's Parrish on a summer day!" As soon as the last words had left her lips though than she had gone to work. She was busily scanning her surroundings for a few moments before she dutifully addressed the captain. First, she had to get her serious face and remember not to call him honey or captain sugar. " Sir. she began. " I feel I should remind you that swamps like this may put off enough methane to the point that the can interfere with infrared radiation communications which are sometimes used for comms."

Lt. jg. Stella Gagnon