2419.12 - 2420.03

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Stardate: 2419.12, 2420.01, 2420.02, 2420.03

Colonel Reynolds, Six of Twelve, Dr Clark and Thorn followed Four of Seven's proximity signal to outside a containment centre in the town that Sam Sol originated from. Captain Sesgaard transported back to Cromwell after contacting Lt Harris and Commander Martis. Thorn and Dr Clark went inside the containment facility to try and ask for the release of our units. Shooting our way in may have been more efficient but Colonel Reynolds said this approach was better.

Lt Harris contacted Six of Twelve. He said that there were sufficient units assigned to the rescue operation and that he and Commander Martis would return to their mission of contacting the Terran rebels. Sam and Kaden were also working to release Four of Seven, Kit, Lt Hemstum and Lt Greene. <Pause Recording: Data from Lt Taylor>

The four of us woke up at different times. I was the last to wake up, just after Four, I think. I felt really groggy. Like a hangover but worse. From what the other's told me, I was lucky to be alive because these people tend to ah... dispose... of sick prisoners rather than treat them. There were several other people in the cell with us but only one I remember talking too. I think his name was Neil. We didn't have much time to find out what he was in for because all of a sudden a little girl appeared at the door. She was so thin that she was able to squeeze through the bars. Her name was Sally. She told me that Sam had sent her and that another child was going to get our stuff so that we could escape. Sally also told me that she had no parents and had lived on the streets her own life. She was so tiny and didn't look much older than MJ. The more time I spent with Sally, the more sure I was that I had to save her from any more suffering. An equally skinny little boy came from the vents and delivered our stuff and a key. We were able to escape in a big stampede. I scooped Sally up just before she got squashed. Turns out, Sam and Kaden had orchestrated the whole thing and had caused a distraction for the police so that Sally and Neilson could get in and rescue us. We met them outside a bookstore with Tas and asked for immediate beam out, taking Sally and Neilson with us.

We received data from Four of Seven informing us that it and the others had been rescued and returned to Cromwell along with two Terran subunits, so Thorn, Six of Twelve, Dr Clark and Colonel Reynolds returned to Cromwell as well. Commander Martis left shortly after but Lt Harris returned to Terra to continue his mission.

When we returned to Cromwell, we found that the Christmas Program had activated. It was set during 1950s Earth and there were several locations to explore including Ray's Cafe, the Rattlesnake Club and a hotel with a nightclub. We gave Captain Sesgaard his gift. It is a cat. He does not have a designation yet. Captain Sesgaard explained that it will take time to install a designation because 'names are what make individuals'. We also gave a gift to Sam Sol (an isolinar chip containing holographic representations of various vessels) and Lt Hemstum (we gave Hemstum a blue bear. Its designation is Cuddles-2). Lt Hemstum made cake. We shared eating subroutines so that Four of Seven could eat the cake without risk of deactivation, like the first time Six of Twelve ate.

Lt Greene and Kit became the primary units for the Terran subunits. The subunits ran around the cafe and made a 'snowman'. This is a semi-humanoid structure constructed of snow. Thorn sang in the hotel nightclub while Colonel Reynolds watched. Captain Sesgaard, Dr Avri and Sam communicated in the Rattlesnake club. Six of Twelve and Four of Seven were assigned the task of helping Sam adapt to modern technology. So far, he has been adapting efficiently, with emergency procedures expected to be completed by January 10th at current rate of assimilation.

Santa Claus came on Christmas Eve. We are still unable to determine his species or how his reindeer fly. He provided our collective with various gifts, primarily books and Four of Seven was given a toy crocodile, like Cuddles. <Pause Recording: data from Ensign Tas> I'm a few chapters into my book and really enjoying it. You'd be amazed how much life there is in the delta quadrant... and some of the animals don't eat your brains. I do hope I get to encounter a Garzillian Mammoth one day and... wait? This is for a report Six? An official report? Are you sure the Captain really wants my book review? Stop recording this Six. <End Data from Ensign Tas>

Lt Muraj and Commander Sinjin both left Cromwell. We do not know all of the details but Kit said that they were probably assigned to other vessels within our collective? They both left together, just before the start of the Christmas party.

Kit and Lt Greene relocated into different quarters with their subunits and began the process of 'decorating'. Kit says that 'decorating' involves changing the appearance or arrangement of the room without altering its functionality. We do not understand the purpose of this. It sounds like an inefficient use of time.

We have made contact with an unidentified entity shaped like an egg. It is impervious to scans, registering no bio or electrical signals and it has just breached our shields and entered Cromwell. Six of Twelve is going down to the docking bay with Colonel Reynolds now to investigate. <End Recording>

The Egg-shaped vessel cracked and two lifeforms came out. They were humanoid. We later found out that their species is designated the 'Aesir'. There were two Aesir individuals designated 'Eve' and 'Smith'. The Aesir had telepathic, empathic and telekinetic abilities and were looking to assimilate a subunit from Terra possessing these same abilities. The subunits the Aesir wanted were the ones Kit and DJ Greene had already taken. Sally and Neilson had empathic and telekinetic abilities, respectively. Neilson malfunctioned during discussion with the Aesir, using his telekinetic abilities to throw objects. Kit and Ensign Xozalt received minor damage but Smith shielded the occupants of the room from the majority of the projectiles using a telekinetic forcefield. Neilson passed out and went to sickbay. Sally spoke with the Aesir in private, with Ensign Xozalt waiting outside.

New units, Steven Edgeware and Nisala Epelo, went to investigate the Aesir vessel with DW179. The vessel took control of Steven Edgeware, drawing him in. We later found out that this was actually Sally, unconsciously experimenting with her empathic abilities. Nisala Epelo stunned Steven Edgeware with her phaser, setting of alarms. Ensign Xozalt left Sally in response to the phaser fire in the shuttle bay. Nisala Epelo and Steven Edegware went to sickbay.

Sally went missing. The Aiser say that she went into a place we could not follow using her abilities. Security has been searching but Sally was not aboard Cromwell.

A new unit, Ensign Mallory, arrived. She is a first contact specialist (and a second contact specialist). We had a meeting where teams for the second contact were decided. Six of Twelve, Dr Clark, Lt Petalosa and DJ Greene would be on the 'culture team'. We were to look for signs of cultural contamination on Terra. Lt Harris went down as the political 'team'. Is it a team if there is only one individual? Ensign Tas, Ensign Dribu, Ensign Radkene and Sargent Slattery were the biological team. There was going to be a diplomatic team as well, including Captain Sesgaard, Lt Commander Martis and Banor MarQ, but they never made it down. Marines were held in reserve in case any teams needed extraction.

On the planet, we detected some signs of 'cultural contamination' including posters with images of Four of Seven, Oliver, Hemstum, Tas and Kaden and the words 'we are not alone'. No Borg or DFA technology was detected during our search though. A subunit attempted to steal our PaDD but failed. Species 10026 and 180 individuals were detected inside a cafe.

<Incert data from Ensign Tas> We began the ecological mission near the shoreline as we wanted to collect as many samples there as possible before the tides came in. Midshipman Sol warned me of the danger of the tides rising and of some environmental hazards - including saw grass which I'll get too in a minute. Dribu and I found some exotic fish and Radkene found fluorescent sea-weed by the shore. In the swamp, we encountered the saw grass... well... I encountered the saw grass when I fell into it. Radkene pulled me out. I can't thank him enough for that as it was incredibly painful. I had numerous lacerations from the sharp plant but Slattery and Dribu were able to treat the injuries quickly. We followed crying sounds and found a very strange toad. In spite of looking like an amphibian, the animal actually had mammalian organs. It was a baby and it was hurt, probably attacked by a preditor. A female toad lay close by, dead. Presumanly his mother. The eco-team beamed back with the toad. Dribu and I were able to operate on the toad. I expect him to make a full recovery and have named the species 'Calidum-sanguinem Bufonem' or 'warm blooded toad' in Latin.<End of data from Ensign Tas>

We went into the cafe to investigate the alien signals. Terran soldiers followed in after us. They were checking everyone for a disease using an electric thermometer. Dr Clark demanded information from the soldiers. The away team was scanned and allowed to leave. We were to return to Cromwell, but transporters were down. Dr Clark had stolen one of the soldier's thermometers to try and collect data on the disease. The soldiers discovered this and began chasing us. Lt Petalosa said that we were not to shoot them. On Cromwell, Steven Edgeware, Oliver and Lt S'Hirt had organised a rescue mission in the Butterfly. They were able to transport us back to the shuttle where we were to stay in quarantine while the doctors determined whether or not the disease was a threat. The eco-team was also in quarantine in the menagerie. Lt Banor delivered supplies via 'Rock Jumpers'. This involved being tethered to Cromwell and delivering the supplies trough the airlock in zero gravity. We received enough sustenance and energy for 48 hours and a portable toilet so that Steven Edegware could dispose of his waste. We connected the recycling system to Six of Twelve's regeneration outlet to conserve as much power as possible. Quarantine did not last as long as expected because the nature of the virus was determined as harmless to Cromwell. It was a 'cold'. The Government on Terra is suspected to have been using it as a distraction while they searched for non-Terran lifeforms.

Cromwell's away team were not the only non-Terran lifeforms on Terra. Lt Harris discovered that Starfleet's Section 31 were also operating down there, investigating the rebel movement. Their vessels have not appeared on scanners but, given what we have assimilated about and from Section 31, they are likely using advanced cloaks to conceal themselves.

The computers had been set to run a diagnostic because Steven Edegware mistook EMH1's normal subroutines as a malfunction. DW179 responded to this malfunction report and organised a full system diagnostic. This is why transporters were offline. When Miss Clara went offline with the other holograms, Toby left the Childcare Centre and went in search of Commander Martis. He found Four of Seven in Ten Forward. Four of Seven took Toby to the holodeck looking for Commander Martis... who was looking for Lt Fletcher. Commander Martis found Lt Fletcher eating dinner in the 'Fantasy Island' simulation. Toby and Four of Seven's hovercar crashed in a forest. Six of Twelve found them and we used the lai Mr Roarky gave us (which appears to be a transportation device inside the program) to find Lt Commander Martis and Fletcher Harris. Meanwhile, Ensign Mallory submitted her mission report to Captain Sesgaard and was then ordered to interact with the rest of our collective. Ensign Mallory went to Fantasy Island on the holodeck and was introduced to Nisala Epelo. <End Log>

Mr Roarke asked if Six of Twelve and Four of Seven were married. We asked what 'married' meant and he said the following:

"When two people are inseparable. When they can complete each other sentences. When their thoughts become as one. They call that perfection.". This sounded like an accurate description of assimilation so we answered yes. Mr Roarkey said that there would be a ceremony of some description because of this.

Commander MarQ arrived and told us that we were to be doing a training exercise in the forest. We connected Commander MarQ's PaDD to our interlink nodes so that we could communicate more efficiently with him. Several marines arrived to join the training exercise and we headed into the forest. Movement was detected but it was non-threatening. Caused by holographic animals. We heard running water which lead us to a chasm. Transporters and vehicles were unavailable so we had to find another way over the chasm. It was too far to jump. With Commander MarQ's instruction, a transportation system was set up. Some units would get across the chasm first and then Six and Four would be pulled across with harnesses. Commander MarQ was to come across the chasm last. While we were setting this system up, Lt Hemstum, Oliver and Lt Lockwood found us. They had been taken to the holodeck by MAD264 which had woken them from their cycles, meaning to find Commander MarQ. The robot was suffering from a malfunction which enhanced its emotional responses. It had 'panicked' when Commander MarQ did not return home and had gotten the marines to help it.

It was 02:00 when Oliver, Lt Hemstum and Lt Lockwood arrived. They had brought a letter from Captain Sesgaard for Commander MarQ which explained that Colonel Reynolds was leaving for training. Commander MarQ's designation was updated to Major MarQ and he was assigned as CO of Cromwell's Marines in Colonel Reynold's absence. We went to the transporter room to watch Colonel Reynolds, MJ, Petty Officer Wells and Captain Adams leave. Colonel Reynolds said, "remember who you are". We were confused by this. We have been informed that he will be returning but we do not know when. When we returned to the simulation, most units slept until 05:00. Six of Twelve and Four of Seven stood watching for threats and alerted the others when it was 05:00. They consumed sustenance and then we made it over the chasm. Major MarQ said that Six of Twelve and Four of Seven were individuals. We told him that this was incorrect. We are to discuss it after the simulation as Major MarQ says he has something to explain.

<Data from Lt Tas> Let me think Six. I got a promotion to Lt j.g so you can update my designation! I had a chat with Commander Martis about... well um... never mind what that was about... Paige and Steven are getting to know each other and I heard Red took Opilia flying. Clark finally met up with Rose for dinner. Ah... the Captain was here. He went to dinner with a holographic lady called Jullie. Kit and DJ took Neilson and Sally to see Toby at the restaurant.<End data from Lt Tas>

We encountered another drone in the Arboretum. Its designation is 1337 of Research & Development, Primary Adjunct of Unimatrix Awesome. Unimatrix Awesome is not a place. We double-checked just in case. We are to call it 'Leet'. Leet has been in the Research and Development laboratory for the past 2 years and 10 months. It was created by Dr Bruen. Dr Bruen reanimated the cybernetic components of an inactive drone using EMH software which explains why Leet appears to be dead - it is. It's Borg designation is 13 of 124, tertiary adjunct of unimatrix 1773. All three designations have been stored. <End Log>

2419.12 - 2420.03

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