| SUBMITTED: Stardate 93745.5 | FILED BY: CAPT K Se’Lai | SECURITY: Level 2 - Confidential |
LOCATION: Debris Field, Alpha-7192 Sector
MISSION: Search and rescue for missing Gainsborough crew and development of countermeasures against Species 2492
OUTCOME: Approximate bearing for location of missing crew established. Several countermeasures successfully tested and ready for usage in next encounter with Species 2492.
KEY PERSONNEL:
CAPT Se’Lai
CAPT Timoreev
CAPT Draz
CAPT Bishop
LTDR Eunbi
LT Keliaya
SGT Blarg
CDT Mitsuki
CAPT Timoreev
CAPT Draz
CAPT Bishop
LTDR Eunbi
LT Keliaya
SGT Blarg
CDT Mitsuki
NARRATIVE: USS Valley Forge, Endeavour & Saraswati departed DS13 during Beta shift to commence SAR [search and rescue] operations for the missing Gainsborough personnel. While en route, numerous 2492 countermeasures were trialled and implemented across all ships. This most notably saw an expansion on the previously postulated theory of using a sensor ghost vessel by including a probe launched alongside the sensor ghost to receive telemetry from the 2492 viral communications - a theory put forth by Captain Timoreev and tested with the aid of Lieutenant Keliaya. Tests were successfully conducted with a faux virus compiled on board by Mana, which saw it contained with a secure cache following interception by the probe.
Upon arrival at the debris field, search operations commenced with USS Saraswati taking point on the survey. The flashpoint for the Gainsborough’s core breach was used as a central measure since it was recorded that the 2492 dreadnaught entered it’s wormhole in close proximity to this position. Initial scans were inconclusive and after a number failed attempts to improve results, the ships were redeployed to triangulate a sensor net around the measure point. The coordinated results of the net were able to determine a fixed point at which a wormhole aperture had - at some point recently - been active, though we were unsuccessful in yielding any further bearing from this.
We were however able to interpolate a narrowed search area based on this position and by plotting an approximate flight path from the Gainsborough flashpoint to it. This has narrowed the search area drastically, though it still represents an undesirably large portion of Alpha-7192 sector. Given this result, the decision was taken to canvas the identified search radius with long range probes which should feed back - via a relay buoy dropped at the debris field - astrometric data which we anticipate will form a first step in identifying systems with the potential to house planets capable of sustaining survivors.
RECOMMENDATION:
The procedures for creating sensor ghosts and establishing anti-virus defenses should be counter-analyzed by DS13 personnel and shared with other fleet vessels.
Astrometrics data from the despatched probes should be prioritized for analysis, and additional ships should - ideally - be made available to explore new regions as this data comes in.
