"We have some cargo to off load. Other than that we are in the clear.
Please contact Dr. D'amondra and let her know that the package is for her.
We have someone aboard who is going to help her with it."
"Will do, Lieutenant," replied Brad, who immediately sent a message to the
good doctor.
A message came back from Dr. D'amondra's assistant. Dr. D'amondra was in an
exam at the moment, but to have the cargo sent to the Sickbay Shipping and
Receiving room, as per standard procedure. She would attend to it when she
had a free moment. The assistant - a young, cute spitfire of a human with
elfish brown hair and eyes that had cut through a swath of Starfleet
midshipmen already - pertly attached a copy of the standard procedures to
the return message, as if Docking wouldn't know...
Brad smiled when he received the procedures manual. He prepared up the
order for transfer and included the document with it and transferred it on
to customs. They were really going to love that.
Aravis closed the line and set the thrusters to allow them to land at the
designated area. Once they were down, she turned to the rest of the
passenger. "It would seem we are home."
(KN/Hilda?)
As the ship floated through the Sol System, Gabe sat at one of the work
stations at the back of the ship. He was going over the scans that he and
Dr. Ingolsdottir had taken earlier. "Computer, are there any entries in the
Federation xenobiology database that match the readings taken on the
subject?"
"Working," replied the rich voice of the computer. "The subject appears to
be a member of the Letrosian race."
Gabe was not familiar with that species, which sort of surprised him. He
considered himself fairly knowledgable about the major sentient species of
the Alpha Quadrant. "Please bring up a summary of information about the
Letrosians."
"The Letrosians are a species that were identified by the USS James Cook
about 130 years ago. In early Earth history, they visited Terra through a
number of cairns that were interstellar transits of some sort. They played
a major role in many of Celtic mythology in the roll of fairies. The
females of the species have wings that are clearly visible, while the wings
of the male seem to have atrophied through evolution. By the time that the
Cook arrived in their home system, the culture seemed to have turned in on
itself with a matriarchal society being its primary form of government."
Gabe's eyebrow lifted slightly as the mystery seemed to be goign deeper
rather than being solved. "What is the current relationship between the
Letrosians and the Federation?"
"Shortly after meeting with the Cook, the Letrosian government opted to
continue to remain blockaded off from the rest of the galaxy. They did send
a representative to speak with the Federation, but it did not lead to
membership or an alliance with the Letrosians."
"Did the Letrosians close of contact with those outside their system due to
military or political concerns?"
"The reason for Letrosian isolation has never been officially defined. Many
have proposed that the isolation was self-imposed by the government. The
leader of the Letrosians was resistant to outside influence at the time of
contact with the Cook. It was believed that the Empress simply just ended
up such conflict to avoid exposure to political and social corruption by
outsiders."
That might explain why Gabe was a bit unfamiliar with the Letrosians. They
were not really in circulation. That just added a bit to the mystery of why
this woman was being held in cryo in a facility so close to Earth. He felt
the thrusters kick in and realized they were landing. It was time to
disembark. They were going to have to look into things once he got to his
new lab on the station.
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