AAR - The Hunt for Red Lobstober

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Stardate: 92991Hunt for the Nova StriderReport Submitted: CAPT Konieczko, D.Classification Level 1 - Open


On Stardate 92990.5 the U.S.S. Vanguard departed DS13 in an attempt to search for the Nova Striders whose evidence of we found on Waydis I and II. We began our investigation on the outskirts of the Waydi system. The ship moved to Waydis II with the intention of beginning our investigation there. Commander Sivath performed a scan of local subspace disruption. The intention of finding out of the Nova Striders were FTL capable on their own. Those results returned nothing but the Waydi and Federation's own trails.

Shortly after the commander's results came in, the Ernasot a bioship, one of the civilian ships attached to the fleet arrived in the system and offered to lend aid. An offer gladly taken. Commander Sivath performed a scan for astronavigational data in the local vicinity. He was able to find a Tachyon Eddy, a sort of natural slipstream that flows both ways to speed travel.

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The Vanguard accompanied by the Ernasot navigated into the slipstream following it with the assumption that this is a key part of their migratory process. A short distance off the slipstream we did find several more Class-D planets with the egg shells present on them.

Spoiler: Those findingsShow
A: eggshells found, high quantity
Orbital Radius 6.84 x 107 km (0.46 AU)
Period 4.43 x 103 hours (0.51 earth years)
Gravity 4.34 m/s2 (0.44 x earth)

B: eggshells found, medium quantity
Orbital Radius 3.71 x 107 km (0.25 AU)
Period 1.99 x 103 hours (0.23 earth years)
Gravity 5.64 m/s2 (0.58 x earth)

C: no shells
Orbital Radius 1.78 x 108 km (1.19 AU)
Period 1.85 x 104 hours (2.12 earth years)
Gravity 12.27 m/s2 (1.25 x earth)

D: no shells
Orbital Radius 6.11 x 107 km (0.41 AU)
Period 4.21 x 103 hours (0.48 earth years)
Gravity 10.64 m/s2 (1.09 x earth)

E: no shells
Orbital Radius 2.79 x 108 km (1.86 AU)
Period 2.31 x 104 hours (2.65 earth years)
Gravity 12.52 m/s2 (1.28 x earth)

F: eggshells found, high quantity
Orbital Radius 5.54 x 107 km (0.37 AU)
Period 2.20 x 103 hours (0.25 earth years)
Gravity 4.64 m/s2 (0.47 x earth)

G: eggshells found, low quantity
Orbital Radius 3.62 x 107 km (0.24 AU)
Period 1.95 x 103 hours (0.22 earth years)
Gravity 8.00 m/s2 (0.82 x earth)

H: no shells found
Orbital Radius 1.39 x 108 km (0.93 AU)
Period 8.76 x 103 hours (1.00 earth years)
Gravity 12.12 m/s2 (1.24 x earth)

I: no shells found
Orbital Radius 1.47 x 1010 km (98.37 AU)
Period 3.56 x 106 hours (406.84 earth years)
Gravity 16.75 m/s2 (1.71 x earth)

Obviously the Nova Striders do not rely solely on Waydi I and II for hatching grounds. I still recommend further study on the Nova Striders and their habits for our records and understanding.

Officers Involved:
CAPT A. Nimitz
CAPT Drexia
CMDR. Sivath
LCDR R. Jinsoo
LT. Lendaria
CDT. A. Carter


//SIGNED//
Captain Dmitri R. Konieczko
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Vanguard
Taurus Squadron C.O.
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Stardate: 92993.3Report ADDENDUMReport Submitted: CAPT Konieczko, D.Classification Level 1 - Open

After looking over the data we collected for several long thoughtful hours I believe that there is valuable information, or at least a theory that should be noted.

The systems in which we discovered the egg shells are all sub 1 x Earth gravity, the lower the value of gravity the more egg shells were present. This is reflective in that those that had an earth like gravitational pull. This leads to believe that the Nova Strider prefer a lower gravity planet to lay their eggs to make leaving the pull easier.

It also comes to mind that Waydi I and Waydi II are at 1.09 x Earth and 1.61 x Earth respectively. The egg shells present on both of these worlds are a much smaller amount and would support this theory with the addition that these are not favored worlds of the Nova Strider.


//SIGNED//
Captain Dmitri R. Konieczko
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Vanguard
Taurus Squadron C.O.
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Stardate: 93033Discovery of the Nova StriderReport Submitted: CAPT Konieczko, D.Classification Level 1 - Open


On Stardate 93032.1, The U.S.S. Vanguard set off to find a Nova Strider, something successfully accomplished producing Starfleet's first sighting of the creature and several findings via probe, scans, and an EVA mission.

The mission course was to follow the Tachyon Eddy discovered on the last venture from the southern source in the Aldebaran sector near POI-K-1454 up through the Kelterre Sector. A wide spread scan of Class-D worlds with signs of Nova Strider visitation was performed as it was last time.

Aside from eggshells nothing was found through and past the Waydis system until we came to the Renovamen Cluster. We encountered four spheroid objects outwardly composed of calcium carbonate in the nearby vicinity. We approached and found ourselves in an uncharted system of four planets.

Once in the system we deployed a surveillance probe where we caught sight of the pod of Nova Striders. From our distance we gathered what anatomical data we could though we were still lacking some information we would have liked to have. Our next move was to embark an EVA mission to a larger Nova Strider, the size of an asteroid.

Several more samples, scans and observations were taken once on the surface of the Strider. That information is attached below, finally we tagged the strider for tracking. Originally designated 'Moby Dick' though changed and currently marked as 'Olympus' or 'Olly' for short.

We split away from the Nova Striders when they entered the Tachyon Eddy and carried on their way while we returned to Deep Space 13.

Officers Involved:
CMDR Sivath
LCDR B. Sedai

FNS Reporter Tuesday Tate


//SIGNED//
Captain Dmitri R. Konieczko
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Vanguard
Taurus Squadron C.O.


//ATTACHMENT//Probe-video-recording.log
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The video feed of the class J planet fills the viewscreen, as the probe zooms in to focus on four striders dipping in and out of the class J's atmosphere like slowmoving whales. They don't quite move as a flock would, but they remain clustered together as they navigate through the planet's atmosphere, floating down towards the planet, then pushing away from it, then back again. One of them is a fair bit larger than the others and its shell is practically bleached white. Possibly due to years of exposure to stellar radiation elements. The others are darker, more closely matching the provided Waydi datafile image.

//ATTACHMENT//Nova-Strider_Anatomical_Data.log
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The strider's shell itself seems to be made out of a very hard and thick compound that is a mix of calcium carbonate and copper. It is capable of absorbing solar radiation and converting it to energy for the strider's usage.

There are several deposits scattered across the strider's shell made entirely of calcium carbonate and seem to grow straight out of the shell itself. The tubes are hollow and expel small amounts of gas (a mix of carbon dioxide and nitrogen) in regular intervals.
Primitive bacterial cultures can be found growing in small quantities along the surface of these deposits, seemingly dependent on the gas output to survive.

The strider has four massive leg appendages extending out from the shell, with one 'knee' joint on each leg and all covered in a thick armor. They oscillate forward and back in a rhythmic pattern, providing the primary manuevering by which the nova strider travels. Scans show that each of the legs actually serve as individual electrodynamic tethers, giving off electromagnetic pulses that give the strider propulsion and allowing it to adjusts it's course in surprisingly minute quantities.

The 'head' of the Nova Strider is more of a beak. It segments into four quarters and opens and closes in a regular rhythm. Judging by it's shape, it's likely used to break apart tough objects or substances into more bite-sized pieces, to more easily consume it. At best guess, the strider doesn't care what goes into the beat at all; it just eats anything that enters.
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