101175.1
CMDR Sedai, Katriel
LOCATION Rheic II, Celes System
MISSION Convey Daystrom cargo and personnel to Eternal Gallery and Archive, per Daystrom request.
OUTCOME Successfully arrived at Eternal Gallery and delivered all cargo. Remained on site while Daystrom team completed their duties, then made return trip to Daystorm Annex in Vulcan Sector to complete dropoff.
KEY PERSONNEL
- CAPT Kermit
- CMDR Sedai
- LT Vehl
- ENS Idrael
NARRATIVE Mission started with on time rendezvous at Vulcan Sector Daystrom annex to pick up Dr J’nar Allek, his colleagues, and their cargo bound for the Eternal Gallery.
Travel to Rheic System in Arucanis Arm of Celes Sector went without incident. Prior coordination and research with Daystrom personnel had already yielded the Archive’s location just below the thick ice crust of the planet, floating in the supercritical ocean layer. On arrival in orbit of Rheic II, Captain Kermit ordered yellow alert as a general precaution and ENS Idrael set a course to descend towards the planet’s core.
Descending through the atmospheric layers was a nontrivial exercise, as they were dominated by intense storms and unpredictable pressure changes. Still, ENS Idrael was able to maneuver us through with relatively little incident until arrival at the ice crust. The worst discomfort was when traversing a particular pressure zone unluckily seemed to produce the precise vibrational harmonics to resonate with the Reyga’s metal frame.
ENS Idrael continued to progress forward through the ice crust and our path took us somewhat scenically through a variety of underground tunnel and terrain.
We did incur some damage due to unlucky timing; Reyga had just opened airlocks in an effort to relieve the structural resonance issue just as an ammonia geyser erupted and damaged the interior of two adjacent port airlocks.
Reyga finally arrived to what should have been the limits of the ice crust, though had not come in contact with the ocean still. ENS Idrael located a thin and brittle ice wall, which was determined to be fragile enough to simply ram through without issue. Scanning for the Archive’s location from there became trivial and we arrived without further incident.
Daystrom personnel went aboard the station and we assisted in offloading of cargo. While Dr Allek and his team completed their duties, Reyga remained docked with the station, carried out interior repairs and made shield and deflector calibration adjustments to minimize disruptions on the return trip.
After Daystrom team notified us of their readiness, Reyga loaded the return cargo and made the return trip from the planet with significantly fewer incidents, followed by a smooth return trip to Daystrom annex.
RECOMMENDATION Calibrations package has been included with this AAR for any future vessels interested in approach of Rheic II. Due to the Archive’s somewhat sensitive nature, package security access is restricted. Please be aware that Archive staff do respond with hostility to those who arrive without an official library card and the location is technically an honored secret, so access to package will only be granted for necessary approaches.
RECOGNITION ENS Idrael’s performance was especially remarkable, as was Reyga’s engineering crew for their outstanding management of vessel’s power distribution in a very volatile environment, allowing ENS Idrael to successfully maintain control of the vessel at all times.
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OOC
Mission Brief: 28 Feb: Cold Storage
Transcript: https://argo.ex-astris.net/t/711-cold-storage/5029
System info: Star System: Rheic