Into the Expanse

After exchanging crew members at Starbase 117, the Tiberius was given their new orders. The Tiberius has been tasked to explore the Shackleton expanse to help Starfleet unlock its mysteries.

Starfleet was notified of a missing civilian ship, the S.S. Tesla, which went missing 6 weeks ago. The ship contained 6 Federation (though non-starfleet) scientists. The Tiberius picked up its trail and discovered the ship crashed on Orgun III, a planet with a pre-warp civilization protected under general order 1: the Prime Directive.

Scans from orbit discovered the crash site of the Tesla. An away team was assembled to investigate the crash site and to return the missing scientists. However, some electromagnetic interference coming from the planet temporarily disabled the ships sensors. Not wanting to take the risk of transportation, the away team took a shuttle craft to the surface. Although the ride was quite bumpy, the crew managed to set the shuttle down safely.

Investigation of the wreckage revealed that the crew took most of the sensitive equipment from the Tesla. Before any further investigation of the ship could occur, local shuttles appeared filled with Lormeans appeared. They promised the crew they could take them to their scientists.

The crew was taken into the heart of the Lormean capital city where they were keeping the Federation scientists. The scientist, along with the leader of the government, informed the away team of problems on the planet. Several months ago, unusual tremors and electromagnetic pulses started becoming problematic. The scientist agreed to help the Lormean's to try to solve the problem as well as to help with the evacuation procedures despite the breaking of the Prime Directive (which the scientists, as civilians, are not beholden to).

At this point, the away team needed to decided what to do: help the Lormeans in violation of the Prime Direction, or to at least try to mitigate the contamination of the scientists. The away team decided the scientists should return to the Tiberius while the away team agreed to investigate the power sources coming from under the city to see if they have anything to do with the tremors.

Will the team find the source of the tremors and power fluctuations? Will the Prime Directive be upheld? Find out in 2 weeks!