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Arless was working at one of the computer stations. Her antennae had
turned toward the door when it had hissed open. A moment later. she lifted her face away from the microscope she was working with and zeroed her pale blue eyes on Gabe. The lighting of the room was a bit darker than was the norm for most Starfleet installations, but that was probably due to her sensitivity to light. "Lieutenant, I hope I did not bother you too late." "Not at all. None of us can sleep when science calls," he replied with a friendly smile. "What have you got?" "I was doing some research on the computers and came across some information about the Letrosians that no one had mentioned earlier. You might already know this or not, but I think the Letrosians are native to Earth." Arless' antennae slid all the way back, which made her suprise quite evident. Arless was not the only one surprised by her findings. "What gives you that impression?" he asked making his way closer to her workstation. Arless brought up some DNA samples that had been collected from the Letrosians by earlier contacts with them. She zoomed in and it was clear that the base pairs that were common to all the species of Earth were evident. They had definitely evolved differently than most of the other species of Terra, but that would have a lot to do with the influences of their transplant environment. She turned to see his reaction. Gabe had to admit that the evidence was clear. The odds of a species evolving this chain were to phenomenal to even consider. "That is irrefutable. Have you come across any evidence that indicates that this was known before?" Arless turned to face him. "I have been going through some of the logs of the two ships that dealt with the Letrosians, and it seems that the initial survey found nothing like that, but the USS James Cook, which was assigned the First Contact mission did come to that conclusion. For some reason, it has faded to the background, like everything to do with the Letrosians." (Gabe?)
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