- TRANSMISSION FROM IKV DARKHEART TO IMPERIAL PROTECTORATE HEADQUARTERS-QO'NOS
- TO: DRAKOR LANDSRAAD MOLOR
- FROM: CAPT. K'TALEN IKV DARKHEART
- STARDATE:33457.9
MESSAGE READS AS FOLLOWS:
MY FIRST OFFICER HAS BEAMED DOWN TO THE PLANET'S SURFACE WTIH AN ARMED AWAY TEAM OF SEVEN WARRIORS TO YET ANOTHER DERELICT VESSEL. ORIGIN OF VESSEL UNKNOWN.
SCIENCE OFFICER ABLE TO MAKE SOME SENSE OF SECURITY VIDEO LOGS. WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO OPEN HAS BEEN INCLUDED WITH THIS TRANSMISSION...AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SOUND FILE OF...SOMETHING.
- AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LIFE FORM IS TRUELY A NASTY LOOKING BEAST. THE SPIDER-LIKE ORGANISM'S ROLE IN THIS SPECIES DEVELOPEMENT,AS FAR AS THE SCIENCE OFFICER CAN SAY, IS UNKNOWN. HOLD ON. THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE AWAY TEAM...ALL MEMBERS HAVE RETURNED TO THE SHIP UNEXPECTEDLY. THREE MEMBERS HAVE THE ORGANISM ATTACHED TO THEIR FACE.
- STARDATE;33458.4
SICKBAY REPORTS THAT DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE ATTEMPTED REMOVAL OF ORGANISMS CANNOT BE REPAIRED. LOST FIRST OFFICER IN ATTEMPT.
STRANGELY, ORGANISMS CAME OFF A DAY AFTER THE ATTACK...PERSONEL SEEM FINE. WILL KEEP YOU ABREAST OF SITUATION.
- STARDATE:33460.7
CREATURES EMERGED FROM SURVIVORS ONLY DAYS AGO! SOMEHOW THEY'VE GROWN TO FULL SIZE WITH INCREDIBLE SPEED! MY CREW OF 40 IS NOW DOWN TO 3. THEY SEEM TO KNOW THE LAYOUT OF THE SHIP! THE SCINCE OFFICER, WEAPONS OFFICER AND MYSELF ARE PREPARING TO ATTACK THE CREATURES.IF WE FAIL... THE SHIP WILL DESTROY ITSELF.
(voice in background)there's one!(disrupter fire...a scream that couldn't be klingon and then the deathcry of a fallen warrior)
K'talen="you pe'taqpu'!"(another scream as another Klingon falls)"I will fight you to the end!"(k'talen's voice is heard as he utters his last battlecry. The creature's voice is heard like a shrill cry.)"Come on! I am ready for you...huh...FROM BEHIND?...AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGH***..." STATIC AND THE SCREEN GOES BLANK
- STARDATE:33465.7
MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE PROTECTORATE:
THE IKV DARKHEART WAS DESTROYED IN BATTLE OVER THE TERRAN COLONY OF LV426. IN RETALIATION FOR THE ATTACK, THE PROTECTORATE HAS DESTROYED THE DERELICT ON THE SURFACE OF LV426 AND ITS DEADLY CARGO.
THERE WILL BE NO OTHER MENTION OF THE LIFEFORM: LV426 TO THE REST OF THE POPULATION. TO THEM THE SPECIES IS EXTINCT. LOCATION OF HOMEWORLD
IS PRIORITY FOR SHIPS ON THE RIM. ORDERS TO FOLLOW DISCOVERY. NO AWAY TEAMS WILL BE ALLOWED TO BEAM DOWN ONCE PLANET IS LOCATED.AWAIT ORDERS FROM COMMAND.
DRAKOR LANDSRAAD
HOUSE MOLOR
IMPERIAL PROTECTORATE
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