Mission 01: Recovery [Briefing]

[cityship]

The Meeting is interrupted.

There is a resounding mental alarum that sounds through the ship. Nearly "deafening." Lights flash from places for extra emphasis, making it impossible to ignore.

||Attention, Attention. All personnel please report to the Observation Deck. Attention, Attention. All personnel please report to the Observation Deck. Attention, Attention, all personnel...||

They can hear it through the meeting bubble and Jaime drops it.

It's entirely likely that she won't stop repeating the announcement until, well, everyone reports to Obs Deck. The mouth in the huge statue opens, revealing a screen. On it, the dossier for the mission flickers into display, understandable to every person there. Smaller copies of the dossier appear in holographic form in front of everyone.

The planet's stats, right next to a rotating picture of it, marled blue and green, are as follows:

Planet Designation: Earth-534A342Z
Status: Terrestrial, H-class.
Non-sentient life: Extensive flora and fauna.
Semi-Sentient Life: Yes.
Sentient Life: No.
Water: 82% of the planet's surface.

Climate: Similar to Earth's Mediterranean climates/desert climates in some areas. [Click here for cultural equivalents for non-Earth cultures.]
Landscape: Varied. Lightning storms plague the plains and mountain plateaus. Tectonic upheaveal.
Air: Normoxic concentration: 28% oxygen, 62% nitrogen, 5% xenon, 5% trace gases, such as hydrogen, krypton, and argon.

Air Pressure: 14.543 pounds per square inch.
Sky: Blue with orangeish-gold clouds (clouds ride rather low in the sky due to gravity being stronger and therefore reflect the colors on the surfaces of the plateaus.
Sun: A class M5V, a red dwarf star.

Warnings: Wildlife and plant-life can be hazardous.

Mission: Track escape pod vessels with the scanners provided. Manually activate recovery processes. Return to Main Planet Pod.

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Following that, there is a table displaying the escape pods--they looked like little bugs or maybe giant beans. Something between plant and insect.

||Attention, podmates. Attention.||

Apparently Stacy wants their attention.

||It is critical that you pay attention at this time.||

Comments

[sonof-mogh.livejournal.com]

Worf is right next to the Chief, half-crouched with his phaser in one hand.

"It expects us to preform tasks for it?"

[pie-bitches.livejournal.com]

"Oh, fantastic," Dean says loudly, trying to be heard over the alarm. "Because following orders from a giant breathing ship is exactly how I wanted to start my day."

[prettycoolguy]

"This is new," the Chief tells Worf, giving him a quick sidelong glance.

[anoldtrickster.livejournal.com]

"If those are escape pods, who escaped?"

[outweightheone.livejournal.com]

"I believe that is classified information."

[anoldtrickster.livejournal.com]

That earns Spock a grin.

[waylostandfound.livejournal.com]

Nathan glanced around.

"We're all here. I thought those bugs and the Yeerks were gone?"

[cowsquirtdrinkr.livejournal.com]

"I suppose we could ask whoever's in the pods if they're still inside them."

[bostonbeatcop.livejournal.com]

"How much you wanna bet that's classified too? It's like being in the army all over again."

[godimgood.livejournal.com]

"No, the food's better here."

[pie-bitches.livejournal.com]

"... Man, that must have been some crappy food if you think it's better here."

[godimgood.livejournal.com]

"Mostly we were grateful not to be going hungry."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"He's got a point there."

She then wondered, "Ok so there's life there, what kind of life?"

[re-hymenated.livejournal.com]

"Little green men."

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"What is with the human fixation with green men of small stature in regards to aliens?"

[outweightheone.livejournal.com]

"If the humans I have accompanied are anything to go by, popular fiction of the period is to blame." Spock bristles slightly.

[oopshitrefresh.livejournal.com]

"You know, a woman actually mistook me for a Martian once?"

[re-hymenated.livejournal.com]

"What can I say, TV rots your brain."

[cowsquirtdrinkr.livejournal.com]

"Let's keep the conversation on track people."

[acid-dissonance.livejournal.com]

"Alright. Any other more orders or whatnot?"

[captain-jtk.livejournal.com]

Kirk puts his hands on his hips and eyes the view screen for a moment, before flashing Spock a grin, "Well, you can't really blame us, Mister Spock. At the time, we had no idea what was out there and the human mind is incredibly inventive."

He nods at the Middleman, "You're quite right, though. We should be paying attention to this... I have a feeling we don't have a choice in participation."

[oopshitrefresh.livejournal.com]

"If the apes in the room can't hold two conversations at once, that's not our fault," the Doctor protested. He called them apes with great fondness, really.

"If we're lucky, we might be able to rewire some of those escape pods, you know. As long as we can keep the humans away from the movies."

[captain-jtk.livejournal.com]

"We're hardly 'apes'... er, Doctor, wasn't it? We may be related to them, but we're an entirely different species. It's as inaccurate as calling you a Martian."

[outweightheone.livejournal.com]

Spock was beginning to like this one.

[pie-bitches.livejournal.com]

"Hey, who you calling an ape?" Dean protests, entirely off topic.