100840.9
CDT Vemok
LOCATION A-7190 G3, Alpha-7190 Sector
MISSION Investigate the unusual cytoplasmic activity registered on A-7190 G3.
OUTCOME Cytoplasmic shapeshifters discovered, specimens retrieved for study and quarantined. Nurse Iotaw KIA, Lieutenant Commander Zital placed under quarantine.
KEY PERSONNEL
- LCDR Zital, Serris
- LT Greene, Rhea
- LTJG Vaas, Halur
- CDT Vemok
NARRATIVE After beaming down to A-7190 G3, the away team, lead by Lieutenant Commander Zital, journeyed to the closest crater, a site of heavy cytoplasmic activity. Once the group had traversed down to the crater basin, an abnormal avian form was discovered, whose life-signs continually fluctuated between avian, mammal and cytoplasmic. The form collapsed into a yellow gel, revealing an avian skeleton, left behind as the gel reformed into an avian. The form attempted to attack Lieutenant Commander Zital, at which point Lieutenant Vaas fired upon it, causing it to revert to a gelatinous state.
Doctor Greene retrieved some of the gel and stored it in a sealed sample container, however at that point the crater was surrounded by further avian forms, all making the same loud screech. The away team retreated immediately, moving back to the beam-down point, as the cytoplasmic interference prevented immediate extraction. As the team moved, they came across Nurse Iotaw at the crater edge, who was almost immediately set upon by the avian forms and dissolved into one of them.
The away team was soon returned to the Mariner, however the Iotaw form was transported as well. As soon as the team rematerialized, the Iotaw form attacked Lieutenant Commander Zital, at which point Cadet Vemok stunned it, causing it to revert to it’s gelatinous form. Lieutenant Vaas removed Lieutenant Commander Zital from the gel before a Level 10 forcefield was established around it.
RECOMMENDATION It is the belief of this cadet that A-7190 G3 should be quarantined immediately to protect the citizens of the galaxy from these carnivorous shapeshifters. Any further research teams sent to A-7190 G3 should be heavily armed and prepared for what they will encounter.