Posted by Captain Bryson Erin (Commanding Officer) in Sim Update

Posted by Gamemaster Wookius Furrius (Sr. GM) in Sim Update
Just so we’re on the same page here .. it all began with a Captain’s Log ..

Captain’s Log, Supplemental.
The Wolverine has been dispatched to a system called Myst, named after the gaseous proto clouds that surround the system and the star. The Myst system is home to seven worlds, three gas giants, two twin ice worlds, a rocky lump of a world that is more like a patchwork conglomerate of metal rich pieces, and the planet Myst. Home to currently no known intelligent species but having a unique eco-system under a layer of mist or fog that rises and lowers with the daylight, almost like a tide. Within these mists are ancient ruins that follow softer stone layers of the slopes of the mountainous landscape that is prevalent over the planet’s surface. This planet too holds a wealth of rare minerals and metals.

The Myst system is outside the Federation boundary and has had on and off claims on it set by the Federation, the Romulans and two other species - the Kien and the Wis. While it holds a wealth of minerals the dust proto clouds in the system do not react well to complex alloys and slowly break it down. Ships like the Wolverine are safe, however more permanent structures are not. Federation presence has been limited to survey vessels, archaeological and science teams. This is where we come in. A month ago the science and archaeological team that was on the planet failed to check in. A follow up ship, a small science surveyor, the Pythagoras, was dispatched and has not been heard from. The Wolverine is next to determine the fate of this ship and the first planetary team, headed by a Janine Carson, who is a cousin to my first officer, Commander Erin.

The situation is complicated by an on and off again war between the Kien and the Wis, neither having shown interest in joining the Federation. Data on each are limited and neither of their homeworlds have been visited by Federation diplomats. Both the Kien and the Wis claim the Myst system as theirs. Evidence from science teams suggests they have undertaken prospecting in the system, and, in one case a report of possible grave robbing of the alien crypts far down in the mists. Evidence also suggests that there have been land battles on Myst between the two parties, however, to date, Federation teams have been left alone.

We are approaching the Myst system now. Sensors have picked up the Pythagoras orbiting Myst, but with no life signs. We have also picked up Kien and Wis ship signatures inside the system, but farther out. It may be that they are playing cat and mouse with each other amongst the clouds, planets and planetoids dotting the outer system areas.

Since arriving they found the Pythagoras abandoned. An away team retrieved some logs which found that they had taken on a wounded Kien from an escape pod. A Wis vessel was shown to be approaching and the Captain sent down his crew to the planet. A single escape pod had been ejected from the Pythagoras. Investigation found that there was Romulan DNA found in sickbay. Within a Sehlat’s cage there was an active data cylinder. Taking this back to the Wolverine it activated and auto-downloaded its contents to a holodeck, activating the programming. On checking this out there was a man and a short alien there who had at the last identified as the doctor to the Pythagoras, one David Barclay.

The away team to the planet Myst came to the scientific encampment and found its transmitter damaged and the camp abandoned. Two Vulcans emerged from the mists in EVA suits and identified themselves as members of the archaeological team. Shortly thereafter another Vulcan in a ragged Starfleet uniform and serious injury in his back came to the camp and collapsed. He was tended as best they could in those conditions and taken to the shuttle and from there are on their way up to the Wolverine.

As a possible surprise element, there was detected a Jem’hadar vessel jutting out from a crevasse in an asteroid. This was investigated and found to be jammed between the canyon walls of the asteroid. It was quite corroded and with limited power readings. An investigation yielded a data crystal that has been brought to the Wolverine. Two of the investigating members shifted out into space to follow the canyon and discovered a small hidden base there. They have just breached the base and are investigating that.

I think that is that … Gene

This is great! Thank you Gene, you’re the best! If anyone wasn’t involved in the start of the sim, and is having trouble jumping in, report to the Bridge thread and we’ll dish out orders IC.

Thanks again!

-Ray

OOC: Bumping for our new crew :) .. Gene