Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Main Sim - Underground Cave System - Landing Party
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Glen looked both ways along the steep cliff edge for a pathway down. “Let’s get off this ledge and have a closer look.”

Jasper kept his distance from the eggs and the possibility of snakes. Apparently, he had a fear of snakes and was not totally aware of it till now. He wished he was back aboard ship. as he continued to collect his scans.

“Don’t look so worried Ensign,” Glen told Jasper. He mistook his fear for a fear of heights and added, “I’m sure Doctor Cross will hold your hand.”

The doctor shook her head from side to side as if to remove the horrible thought urging her to throw Glen over the edge’‘Don’t take any notice of him he quite enjoys bugging us’’ Cross told Jasper ‘’It’s amazing that he’s still alive’’ .

In the years she had known him, the Captain must have broken every protocol in the book and still got away scot free...... every time.

” Many things don’t happen by chance. You make your own luck!” Glen told them.

William looked around the room “Well if the young are hatched here it may be safe to assume that there is a mother somewhere that lays eggs.” He grabbed his scanner and started a general scan of the area and the surrounding eggs. He looked at the Doctor with a smile “You know she’s right” He agreed with her in a bemused manner “Mr Lucky stars there” He chuckled at his own comment. The Captain had gotten quite a reputation over the years since he’d first known him.

Tia had followed as perimeters were set, groups moved, people took off and bus villages were found. Her purpose for being there seemed a bit like overkill in a landing party.

But then they found the small ‘city’ and it’s eggs. The conversations speculating the ties tethering the two together piqued her curiosity to no end. As folks hesitated, she headed for the cliff edge to see how to help with the descent. She suddenly had an urge to find out why it was that way.

Like any good engineer, wires, ties, power, and everything in between, was a new toy to explore and play with. She patted Jasper’s shoulder as she passed him and winked. “Keep an eye on your feet against the stone. That’s all that matters. You’ll do ok… Ignore the others and focus on your feet. Think from an engineering standpoint. ‘Where can I place my foot that most effectively moves me in the direction I want to go, at the safest pace, with the proper placement of weight?’” She smiled once more. “Test your for placement before each step and be alert. Just like climbing in jefferies tubes.”

She hoped the analogies would help as she moved to the edge in hopes of starting hey own descent.

Cross peaked over the edge ‘’Say Lt’’ she told Tia ‘’Back there you just jumped and got back up without being hurt ,can we not do the same here?’’ the doctor asked.

“Unless ye tumble and fall everything works the same. Gravity is just on the wrong side, or our perception of what is the right side is wrong. There doesn’t appear to be a secondary gravity on the roof, but I suggest saving the Human testing for later and simply toss something up next time”

The speculation about the weird gravity and the origin of the city and eggs was all well and good, but as some of his officers were insisting, the hesitation was not to their advantage, and they needed to quickly get down off the ledge. The needed to find a safer position that they could defend, if necessary. Down below was also where they might find some answers. If the Merrimack was still here, she would find them through the static eventually. If she had left, then she had a good reason, and there was nothing they could do about it. “Let’s concentrate right now on getting to the bottom of this cliff without any accidents,” said Glen. “Once we find a less open place to hold up, then we can discuss these things further.” While Glen believed what he said, he could tell that others had some trepidation about going any further down inside. “Now, does everyone like omelette?” Glen joked to lighten the mood.

Cross rolled her eyes ‘’Captain if mother serpent is down there ,we’re going to get trapped since the team would not be able to climb back at break-neck speed’’ .

“I’m sure the Merrimack will be able to get a Transporter lock on us before that eventuality, ” Glen replied.

Well since everything she said fell on deaf ears the female doctor strapped the medical kit tightly on her back and started to descend,it was not much of a problem for her since both body and mind were created for this.

Glen let Cross go first, as there was really no stopping her, content that Mthunzi had his eye on her and would stop her getting into too much trouble. As he fell back, he saw Jasper making his scans. “Mr. Ericson,” Glen asked. “What do your scans show about these clusters of ‘eggs’ and the mini city? Are the city dwellers tapping into the eggs in some way by those thin strands of organic root/wire or is it the ‘eggs’ tapping into the city? Or is it a mutually beneficial relationship? And is there any evidence of a ‘mother’, like Cross asserts, that we need to be concerned about?”

Glen, CO

As Cross was making her way down ,her transmitter bleeped * Great she thought to herself you picked the right time* flicking it open the doctor found it was from the Cmdr telling her to prepare for casualties =/\= Sir marthese is in charge of sickbay I’m hanging by one hand..................Aaaaaa=/\= would be the last thing Kord would here as she tumbled down the slippery rock.

Cross Dr.