| Stardate: 93502.3 | Report Title: Destruction of the U.S.S. Sirocco | Report Submitted: CAPT Konieczko, D. | Classification Level: 2 - Confidential |
On Stardate 93501.5, the U.S.S. Sirocco departed from Deep Space 13 with several members of the 38th fleet to assist in the ongoing terraforming efforts taking part on Waydis II. Upon arriving we were informed that the Sirocco was nearing the end of phase 5 of their plan.
Captain Burns, Commanders Konieczko and Sedai, and myself went down to the planet's surface to take several samples of soil and water and begin the planting process. The while we had a waydi visitor watching us. The samples were aggregated into a solution and loaded into 6 torpedoes which were then transferred into a shuttle.
We made three passes of the coastal shoreline with Commander Konieczko piloting the shuttle, myself and Captain Burns deploying the payloads with our Waydi spectator looking on from the back. Lieutenant Commander Sedai remained on the planet's surface before beaming back up to the Sirocco. Upon completion were were informed of that and instructed that the we were expected back on the Sirocco. All docking procedures were followed as we arrived back with the shuttle.
Again, myself Captain Burns, and Commander Konieczko disembarked the shuttle and began making our way to the terrametrics lab aboard the Sirocco. The two others quickly noted that our Waydi spectator was not with us, we immediately doubled back to attempt to locate them. As we reached the shuttle again Captain Burns and I heard a low rumble coming from the shuttle. When he stepped in the shuttle exploded and launched Captain Burns back a fair distance. Commander Konieczko sensed that the Waydi observer was still inside at the time of the explosion.
After the initial blast we began working on the evacuation of the shuttlebay, before I could start moving to assist Captain Burns he was already working towards the controls to vent the shuttlebay before the destruction could spread for further shuttles. The Commander and myself made it out with as many of the hands working as we could before Captain Burns vented. I had organized to have him transported out the moment it opened, I later learned that it worked as intended.
Before we could come up with our next move it was decided for us as the bulkheads began cracking and buckling under the stress of the now two explosions. The order changed to move away from the compromised section and keep moving. Things began happening too quickly to get a full understanding of the timetables.
As Commander Konieczko and I moved towards the bridge we were informed engineering was tied up preventing a warp core meltdown, the explosions chaining to compromise the vessel further. By the time we got to the next corridor intersection they had sent out the general distress call. When we arrived to the safest turbolift in the area in our attempt we found it inoperable.
The order was then relayed for all hands to abandon ship. The Commander and I found the nearest lifeboat and launched ourselves. From our viewscreen we could see the Sirocco attempting to eject the warpcore, it didn't make it far before detonating. Our lifeboat was later on picked up by the U.S.S. Atlantis.
Officers Involved:
Captain Dallas Burns
Commander Mathilda Konieczko
Lieutenant Commander Katriel Sedai
//SIGNED//
Captain Dmitri R. Konieczko
Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Vanguard
Taurus Squadron CO.
((EDIT: Astrometrics -> Terrametrics ))