The crew was tasked to investigate a strange alien signal and the missing runabout, the Susquehanna. After traversing the Nebula and after performing their initial scans of the planet, Seku VI, the players were able to locate the source of the alien signal, as well as the comm-badges of 2 Starfleet Officiers.
As the players were about to make their way to the surface, the runabout was attacked by a Romulan shuttle. After a brief fire-fight, both ships were hit with a burst of energy that emanated from the planet. Both ships lost power and crashed to the planet.
Thankfully, the Atilla was being steered by Ens. Farragut, a top-notch pilot, and he was able to safely crash land the shuttle with out causing injuries to the crew.
Once planet-side, the crew found the comm badges and the crew members who belonged to them. Unfortunately, the 2 crew members appeared to have died in a terrible transporter accident.
Knowing that the Romulans crashed nearby, the away team decided to search for them. However, the Romulans had the same idea and a fight broke out on the planet. However, the away team made fairly quick work of the Romulans, and after a brief questioning session (which yielded nothing of interest), the crew set off to investigate the signal.
The crew set out for their several hour walk toward the source of the signal. However, the walk was not without peril. First, a sandstorm suddenly sprung up on the team, forcing them to shelter for a bit. Only the security and engineer took a little damage from the storm. Once the storm passed, they pressed on. About an hour or two later, they came upon a ravine that needed to be crossed. With a little team work and a lending hand by XO MacKenzie, the team managed to cross the ravine safely, only losing the Doctors medical tri-corder in the process.
As they approached the signal, the away team came across a settlement in a valley. As they were surveying the situation, a rifle blast hit the rocks in front of the away team, and they were soon surrounded by 3 snipers. The away team was told to toss down their phasers and put their hands up. The team complied and was lead into the settlement and to the sniper's boss, Ero Drallen.
Ero took the team to his office where a conversation was had. Ero explained what his miners had found in the caverns below the town and asked the away team for their help. Since the team was trapped on the planet, they agreed to help as best they could.
The team was lead into the caverns below the settlement to a chamber. This chamber contained an obelisk and some computer consoles. Inspection of these devices proved nearly inconclusive, though they were determined to be quite old. In fact, the age nearly matched the age of the technology from the Rl'lowo Shal.
Chief Engineer Foxwell was able to detect an off switch of sorts for the device, and after some discussion, turned the device off. For a moment, the obelisk appeared to be powered down. However, tricorder readings suggested a surge of power was building below them, leading the team to infer that a self-destruction sequence had been activated!
Left with the decision to flee or try to stop the explosion, the team decided to stay and try to deactivate the self-destruction sequence. With only a few minutes to work with, the team was able to quickly shut down the device before it could explode!
Once back on the surface, Ero and the Away team were able to beam up to the Tiberius, now that the signal and device were shut down. Onboard, Ero and Captain Ral negotiated a peaceful agreement for the time being until an actual diplomat from Starfleet could arrive.
The crew still has the missing Susquehanna to find, but has a new lead. Tune in next time as the Tiberius races to find the Susquehanna.
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