(Likely) Theft of Art Auction

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Summarized Findings

Engineering Team:
  • The loss of power was limited to the single room hosting the Gala.
  • Power loss was caused by a localized dampening field, generated by a purpose-built device.
  • The device was located in the room, on the underside of one of the dinner tables. It has the general appearance of a serving tray, and had food residue on it.
  • The device was professionally constructed - not makeshift, and not inexpensive.
  • The device has been turned over to DS13 Security.
Operations Team:
  • All 12 paintings in possession of the winners are confirmed to be forgeries.
  • The authentic paintings arrived from the foundation, and were switched during the power outage at the gala.
  • The transporter inhibitors that normally prevent unauthorized site-to-site beaming on DS13 were deactivated momentarily to allow large artifacts to be transported in/out of the archaeology convention hall - The art theft was timed to occur at that exact moment.
  • There was no second transporter signature on DS13 at the time of the theft - the art was not beamed to another location on the station itself, so must have been beamed onto a nearby ship.
  • The site-to-site transport authorization in use at the moment of the theft belonged to Seres Avlin, the vendor selling the Capt. Varley teddy bears as well as the towering stone artifacts.
Security Team:
  • Two civilian contractors that worked at the gala did not have extensive background records on file:
      1. T’pluk - a Vulcan chef. She is still present on DS13.
      1. Ekahlir Th’vyvit - an Andorian server who worked Table D at the gala. Station records did not log his departure, but a search indicates that he is no longer aboard.
  • The purchaser of the artifact transported at the time of the theft is a Ferengi named Prac, a private collector who is on DS13 for the archaeology convention. His ship’s departure authorization has been revoked.

OOC To keep everyone on the same page and allow the RP to continue without having to wait for individual AARs, I’m providing a summary of findings from each investigation session here.

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