Post# 40 "Human Kind"

Posted on Wed Mar 3rd, 2021 @ 2:01pm by Crewman Kuroth Tor Ranjen

Mission: Planet Savai
Location: Class 8 Shuttle Beloit
Timeline: Concurrent to 38

On

< Beloit >

The Commander and Doctor beamed back down to certain doom leaving the security chief, science officer and diplomat to land the shuttle in a safe place.

" Lt Urma you are the ranking officer now. Commander Raymond left orders, but what are yours?" Tor asked.

" Continue on schedule. Monitor the away team," replied Urma.

Tor was a diplomat but his many years of skills on Bajor availed him some experience.

" Lieutenant how hard are these crystals? We need to effect repairs to this shuttles roof. There are engineering tool we could use to smelt a piece into the hull if we could find the right allow" Tor hoped.

“From the scans they appear to diversify in size from tiny to considerably large.” Ellie checked the readouts. “Whether they’d be as strong as diamonds is another matter, they could have a completely different tolerance level.”

" So that floating land mass rains decaying stalactites?" Tor asked

“It might under the right circumstances but it looks stable enough right now.” Ellie gave Tor a smile. “I think it would take a sizeable collision with another large mass to do it.”

" Or one of those flying creatures." Tor replied..

Following their conversation Tor's sensors detected the humanoid sensors and transponders.

" I found them. Located near the base of a cave."

Ellie nodded. “Let’s cross fingers and hope we can get repairs done easily enough.”

The shuttle hovered but then paused as Tor spotted two flying creatures approaching. But these were mechanical in nature.

" Lt Urma we have company." Tor told the Security Chief.

" Tactical Approach." Urma replied.



“Mechanical?” Ellie frowned. “The people here haven’t shown signs of knowledge of mechanics, either that or they’ve kept it well and truly to themselves.”

[ Federation vessel please lower your weapons. We come in peace. We are the Savai Primates.] the translator intercepted.

" Primates? Surely they mean the humanoid culture?" Tor said aloud. " Lt Urma do you wish to respond?"

Urma made contact and soon the shuttle was escorted to the top of the largest land mass.

Tbc...

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