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>Lorin stood up, "We appreciate your being here...the Engineering staff
should be here momentarily but we need to start this briefing now as it is >urgent your team gets on their way. This is Commander McTiernan and Lt Lorenna Pweretza of the Research Station Kerry on Io. The lowdown is that a >runabout-the Kennedy-has dissapeared in what is being called a beam of light with no resulting debris indicating destruction or damage. Commander, Lieutenant->do you wish to give us what else you have please?" >"There really is not too much else to tell you folks abou the disappearance. We can only concluded that the light beam might be some sort of transport device that >sent the Connecticut somewhere," replied Pweretza. "Either that or they were so utterly destroyed that no trace of them or the Runabout remains." "You said you had the last communications from the Connecticut-let's hear them please." McTiernan nodded. He tapped his PADD a few times to bring up the file. The images appeared on the console at the head of the table. The familiar sounds of a Runabout could be heard in the background as two scientists are talking. One of the scientists is a male human. He is looking over the scanners. He has pea greaen eyes and a dark complexion with short straight hair. The other officer, who seems to be in charge of the mission is a human woman. She has shoulder-length, blonde hair that is touched with darker highlights. She has brown eyes. They are discussing the sensor readings. They are describing the dark spart on Jupiter and how the senser are actually reading it as having the structure of an average humanid eye.
McTiernan broke in briefly. "We tend to record these missions so the scientists can go over the events after the fact more slowly. It allows for a more in-dpeth examination of events by the science team."
On the screen, it was clear that the two officers were becoming more agitated.
"There seems to be an energy buildup in the structure," replied the male.
McTiernan paused the film again. "That is LtCdr Gabriel Ares, the mission's xenobiologist. The woman is Janice Howser, the geologist. LtCdr Howser was the one who first noticed the irregularities in the atmosphere of Jupiter. She was in th lab with LtCdr Ares at the time. They decided to take their examination closer to the phenomenon."
"Confirmed" replied the woman as the film started up again. "I am unable to identify the type of radiation, but it does appear to resonate in the visual color spectrum. There is light starting to eminate from the area of the 'eye'."
"It definitely seems like the eye is getting more detailed. It's biological structure is becoming formed. I wish we could get a sample of the DNA of the thing," said the male.
"Energy buildup is continuing. It is going to have to start releasing the energy soon or it might explode."
Gabe Ares looked up from his console. It was the first time that he genuinely looked frightened. "The energy is moving closer to the cornea. It is starting to look more and more like some sort of weapon."
Suddenly the cockpit of the Runabout filled with light and the screen went blank. The familiar Federation logo filled the screen with a statment indicated the that the transmission had ended.
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