> After catching up on most of the pending items that awaited her, Admiral
> Bedru decided to indulge some of her curiosity regarding the new
> administrative duty that she was now taking over. She did not have to work
> hard to find the information that she was looking for. Apparently, Lasiter
> had assumed that she would take the assignment. The information was as
> follows:
>
> Planetary Reference Number: 0097642
>
> Atmosphere: Class M
>
> Solar System: twin suns, 6 planets, and 1 asteroid belt.
>
> Sentient Life: None at present
>
> Life: Abundant non-sentient life including flora, animal, and insect life.
>
> Land Mass Distribution: There are three main contentents, and few thousand
> islands ranging from several hundred square meters to about 100 square
> kilomaters in area. (OOC: the largest contentent is just bigger than United
> States, and the smallest is the size of Austrailia.)
>
> History: First surveyed by a Vulcan science vessel 211 years ago. In that
> survey there was a early industrial civilization on the planet, with a
> population of about 10 million. Subsequent surveys documented the progress
> of the culture, but surveys stopped 90 years ago. The most recent survey
> started just 3 weeks ago, and found that the planet was now devoid of
> sentient life. There had been a natural disaster, a planetary strike, which
> was compounded by the industrialization of the planet. Most life was killed
> off in the aftermath. The survey determined that the disasterous event
> happened just 81 years ago. In the 80+ years since the disaster the planet
> has healed itself to where it is today.
Bedru found the report disturbing. What kind of "natural" disaster destroys
the
sentient lifeforms of a planet, apparently leaving the nonsentient life pretty
much unharmed, and completely disappeared within less than an eyeblink on the
time scale?
That the Federation was willing, no eager, to move the Venasians onto that
planet after a single survey that did not answer that question was even more
disturbing.
Bedru began noting questions that she would ask Lasiter's rep. She then
contacted Staek. "Staek, I need everything we have on (planet name). Go
beyond the last standard Federation survey report. I also want the survey
reports made by the Vulcans 211 standard years ago."
"Certainly, Admiral. LCMR Sorensen has set up an appointment to meet with you. He
will be here in roughly one hour.", answered the Vulcan.
{response}
Moments later, the report from the first survey came in.
Planet: Dultar V
Biological profile: Inhabited by a reptillian species, numbering 9.93 million. The
dominant reptillian species are sentient, possessing a moderate intellect based upon
analysis of crude broadcast technology. The current stage of development has been
assessed to be industrial, and as such produce a wide range of pollutants....
The report continued, and read not all that different from what earth was like in the
early 1900's.
{OOC: What else are you looking for, Randye?}
Co-GM of the Spacedock/JSOC Game
Characters:
Adm. Samuel Lasiter,
RAdm. Markus Garibaldi,
Ambassador Marconis, and a host of others.
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