AAR: Drawing the Void

Subspace Network Reports
1
Stardate:
101808.7
Filed By:
CAPT Zohl, Kyhid
Clearance:

LOCATION
USS Tykera NCC-98701, Frontier Sector (Uncharted).

MISSION
Commencement of Operation Black Box under the Tupaia Initiative by consolidating astrometric data gathered from initial probe deployments and support vessels. Objective: establish the first baseline cartographic grid and identify the outer boundaries of the new frontier region beyond what connects to known space.

OUTCOME
Baseline calibration initiated; inter-ship data from across the fleet and prior Starfleet initial survey synchronisation was successful. Initial plotting updates along known-boundary demarcation proceeded as anticipated.

Projection of stellar drift data supplemented from Argus Array data, however, unexpected discovery of anomalous gravitational fields beyond the 200 lightyear marker (out into uncharted space) was complicated further by corresponding analysis of stellar density in that region. SĂ©rsic profiling conducted produced results indicating stellar ages exceeding that of the Milky Way.

Correlated phenomena include bio-luminescent energy vectors suggestive of Cosmozoan migratory activity linked with the gravitational fields.

Resulting data indicates presence of 'trans-spatially displaced stellar matter’ - potentially from primordial galaxy GN-z11 (initial Computer determination; requires further analysis).

In other words… there’s potentially a pocket of one of the universe’s most ancient galaxies right here in the new regions being explored. Not only that, but GN-z11 is 32 billion light-years away from our galactic centre.

Suffice it to say, that investigations are ongoing.

KEY PERSONNEL

CAPT Kyhid Zohl – USS Tykera (@nynik)

CMDR Zaphara – Exobotany Consultant (Capt_Nemphis: non-argo)

ENS Felenn – Operations Officer, USS Mariner (@Felenn)

NARRATIVE
The mission commenced with arrival of the science detachment transiting to the Tykera aboard various ships including but not limited to the USS Mariner, from where Ensign Felenn specifically came aboard. Additionally a Commander Zaphara, an expert in exobotany, had come aboard just prior, having come by shuttle.

All personnel were briefed on the current state of cartographic operations and both Ensign Felenn and Commander Zaphara were tasked to assist in Stellar Cartography on Deck 11 for data analysis.

Initial work involved aligning telemetry from deployed sensor buoys and probes, as well as integrating long-range readings taken by a variety of Starfleet and other vessels which had been compiled prior. Despite interference across subspace channels, the combined dataset yielded a preliminary outline of the sector’s gravitational and spectral composition as extended from known-space bordering this new frontier.

Ensign Felenn refined gravimetric baselines, extrapolating stellar distributions beyond the Federation’s own connecting border with the new sector, using Argus Array historical data to enhance the extrapolation of anticipated stellar locations.

Commander Zaphara focused on bioluminescent and spectral variances, identifying a recurring vector of pulsing light across several systems. The pattern’s consistency suggested biological or Cosmozoan origin rather than artificial emission. The directional nature of it certainly piqued interest, as Cosmozoa are indeed a rarity in their own right.

As the team expanded the data field, anomalies emerged. Most significantly, stellar densities within the mapped volume rose to 4.6 times expected values, incompatible with Milky Way age and structure. Computer cross-correlation linked these distortions to an 89% match with Argus Array deviation GN4-12… an unexplained subspace irregularity documented within the uncharted region four decades prior (though seemingly written off as a technical malfunction in a maintenance log; without follow-up).

Overlaying Zaphara’s vector revealed a near-perfect alignment between the bio-luminescent trail and the distorted gravitational region. The computer’s extrapolated model indicated an “ancient pattern of light and gravity interlaced,” implying both the anomaly and the life-sign vector shared a relationship.

Final analysis classified the stellar sample as locally present but originating from GN-z11 - which is the earliest galaxy formation recorded in Federation archives. Further, it is located approx 32 billion lightyears from our galactic centre.

Processing overload forced a systems reset in the Tykera’s Astrometrics suite. We’re estimating 77 hours of diagnostic and corrective runtime, leaving us with diminished long-range sensor capability for the duration.

Despite this, partial datasets confirmed that a “trans-spatial displacement” is the most likely reasonable causal explanations for what we’re seeing. That these are embedded remnants of an ancient galactic fragment, now quite literally in our backyard. The implication: a sector materially older than the Milky Way itself now lies within reach.

That such an ancient collection of stellar bodies originating from GN-z11, a galaxy nearing the time of the big bang itself… is now impossibly near, should raise considerable scientific interest.

We do not yet understand how it came to be here: whether through trans-spatial displacement as hypothesised, or temporal distortion, or even forces still beyond our comprehension. Yet its presence opens extraordinary opportunities and challenges alike.

The prospect of studying matter born at near the dawn of creation, preserved across epochs, presents a scientific horizon unlike any other in living memory. Until we can better determine the nature and stability of these areas within the wider region, formal delineation of this sector overall will remain in progress… and for good reason.

But the work ahead is clear. To map these stars, to learn their story, is to peer directly into the infancy of the universe itself.

After all, how often does Starfleet have the chance to study celestial objects that, in every other circumstance, would lie beyond even our greatest imaginations to reach?

RECOMMENDATION

  • Immediate submission of the anomalous dataset to Starfleet Science Council and Daystrom Institute Astrometrics Division.

  • Deployment of high-fidelity subspace buoys to monitor the displacement region for temporal shear or Cosmozoan movement, as part of Operation Black Box’s continued efforts (drawing on Engineering and Operations personnel skillsets).

  • Temporarily restrict all warp travel within 50 light-years of the anomalous regions until their gravimetric stability is confirmed.

  • Convene multi-disciplinary panel (Astrophysics, Xenobiology, and Temporal Mechanics) to assess possible trans-epochal contamination, if it exists.

  • Authorise continuation of Operation Black Box with adjusted conditions to acknowledge anomalous region boundary.

RECOGNITION

Cmdr Zaphara – for exemplary analysis and rapid identification of possible Cosmozoan migratory patterns across interstellar distances.

Ens Felenn – for outstanding computational modelling and extrapolative precision leading to discovery of the gravitational age inconsistency.

OOC
So I did not know where things were going to land for this, but I hope the evolving premise is appealing. Many thanks to Capt_Nemphis (non-argo) and @Felenn for the discovery-driven collaboration and creative thinking which led to this outcome.

I plan to host further sessions, following from the discovery - though likely with some small timeskip. For anyone interested - all sessions can be joined, whether you’ve been along for the ride to date or not at all… so don’t be shy!
/nynik
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