26th Fleet - Starbase 381
Praetorian Science Department
"Ex Astris, Scientia; Ex Scientia, Veritas"
From the desk of the Chief Science Officer
Stardate 94359.8
Stardate 94359.8
To: Fleet Captain Neema Perim
From: Commander Juzel Rix
Subject: A Small Request
Neema,
First, I'll get the official stuff out of the way. We're investigating an anomaly here in the Outback which basically boils down to a massive amount of dark matter collapsing in on itself, thus weakening the fabric of space-time. We're calling it a Dark Matter Sinkhole. I was hoping that you'd be willing to dispatch a ship to the system Bepi-113 to run some scans. During my tenure with DTI we had several accounts of the weakening of temporal barriers in that area and I'd like to get a current base-line and compare that with what we're seeing here. You'll probably need to present credentials, but just tell them it's 'Echo-5-Alpha' and they should at least let you run scans.
Second, I know we haven't spoken in years, but I wanted to congratulate you on all of your success. Being so far removed here in the Outback, I don't get to keep as up-to-date as I'd like to, but from what I've heard you've made quite a name for yourself. Aunt Kell says she's been hoping to visit you soon - I was fortunate enough to spend a few days with her last time I was in the quadrant. She also said that it wouldn't kill you to contact her more often, but that's none of my business.
Anyway, I'm glad to see you're doing well, and I'd greatly appreciate any findings you could get from that system. I still have access to the old files, but something more recent would be helpful. And, if you happen to 'lose' a shipment of Aldebaran whiskey to the Outback... well I've always been partial to it, and you guys are the closest base.
Your cousin,First, I'll get the official stuff out of the way. We're investigating an anomaly here in the Outback which basically boils down to a massive amount of dark matter collapsing in on itself, thus weakening the fabric of space-time. We're calling it a Dark Matter Sinkhole. I was hoping that you'd be willing to dispatch a ship to the system Bepi-113 to run some scans. During my tenure with DTI we had several accounts of the weakening of temporal barriers in that area and I'd like to get a current base-line and compare that with what we're seeing here. You'll probably need to present credentials, but just tell them it's 'Echo-5-Alpha' and they should at least let you run scans.
Second, I know we haven't spoken in years, but I wanted to congratulate you on all of your success. Being so far removed here in the Outback, I don't get to keep as up-to-date as I'd like to, but from what I've heard you've made quite a name for yourself. Aunt Kell says she's been hoping to visit you soon - I was fortunate enough to spend a few days with her last time I was in the quadrant. She also said that it wouldn't kill you to contact her more often, but that's none of my business.
Anyway, I'm glad to see you're doing well, and I'd greatly appreciate any findings you could get from that system. I still have access to the old files, but something more recent would be helpful. And, if you happen to 'lose' a shipment of Aldebaran whiskey to the Outback... well I've always been partial to it, and you guys are the closest base.
Juzel "Zelly" Rix, Chief Science Officer
Starbase 381 - Praetorian
