<Stardate: 2421.07 - 2421.12.01 - Six of Twelve - Begin Log>
When we arrived at Dakkhus Station, Cromwell underwent repairs for the damage sustained during the Hope-3 Mission. The Species 10030 individuals on board Cromwell were transported to the station, so that the DFA could find a new planet for them. Colonel Reynolds returned with the Marines and a new vessel provided by the Klingons. Apparently Colonel Reynolds amused the Klingons, but he does not know how he achieved this. The new vessel was designated 'Darkhorse'. All of the marines except Major MarQ were at the celebration for Darkhorse, so Six of Twelve was sent to locate Major MarQ. We found him in Cargo Bay 2, still regenerating. He was unresponsive to our attempts at activating him, so we contacted Captain Sesgaard. Major MarQ was eventually able to communicate with us using a holographic representation of himself. He was locked in the regenerative state, trapped in the computer system. We have still not determined the cause of the malfunction, but we went on a mission to correct it. Using Six of Twelve and Major MarQ's interlink nodes, we formed a connection between us and then connected Six of Twelve directly to the marine holodeck to transmit data from Major MarQ's system. We would go into Major MarQ's system to find the cause of the problem and resolve it. The away team (Query: Is it still an 'away' team if we are technically still on Cromwell and therefore not 'away'?) consisted of Captain Sesgaard, Colonel Reynolds, Lt Greene, Ensign Kate, Petty Officer Mallory, Four of Seven and holographic transmissions of Six of Twelve and Major MarQ. Dr Clark and Lt Commander Martis monitored Major MarQ in sickbay while Lt Commander Taylor monitored the holodeck systems from Engineering. Major MarQ's system displayed itself as a hot, dry environment with molten lava and fire that was designated a 'Hellscape'. There were weapons in the environment. Six of Twelve was provided with a multi-functional adaptive weapon capable of firing projectiles, energy beams and rockets. It was efficent. If possible, we suggest recreating this device in real life, but as it was a figment of Major MarQ's mind, we do not know how. The first thing to attack us in Major MarQ's system were shadow beings. Their appearance was vague and shifted when you looked at them. They detained Ensign Kate because they believed her telepathic abilities posed a threat to Major MarQ's system. Major MarQ was able to command them to release her and they complied. The next thing to attack us was a dragon. It was a large, flying reptilian creature that breathed fire. Six of Twelve shot one of its wings, destabilising its flight pattern, but its fire breath temporarily incapacitated Six of Twelve. It burned off most of the skin on our neck. We were able to contact Major MarQ - the Major MarQ in the alcove we mean - through our interlink nodes. It was difficult. Our communication was strained and Major MarQ struggled to maintain it, but he was able to get the dragon to leave while we took cover in some caves Petty Officer Mallory had found. The holographic Major MarQ repaired the damage to Six of Twelve's neck. It healed even more quickly than our nanoprobes would have achieved in reality. Another Captain Sesgaard appeared at the entrance to the caves and told us that he was the dragon. It was very confusing. We still do not entirely understand Major MarQ's system but from what information we were able to gather, these creatures represented defence mechanisms to protect the system. They were parts of Major MarQ, but their actions were not as one. They existed in disharmony. The real Captain Sesgaard spoke to the other Captain Sesgaard about something called The Citidel. Captain Sesgaard - the real one - was also contacted by a Major MarQ that the rest of us could not see, though Six of Twelve knew, because it was processing the simulation. The Major MarQ that Captain Sesgaard saw said that we must go to the Citidel for answers. On our way to the Citidel, we encountered an entity designated 'The Enigma'. The Enigma could not be seen by the others and we could not always see it either, but it was always there. We could hear it, or sense it. We suggested assimilating the Engima, as it appeared to be the element of Major MarQ causing the disharmony but we could not catch it. Meanwhile, Major MarQ had deactivated safeties in the Marine holodeck. When we asked him about it, he did not realise he had done so or how and could not reactivate them. Ensign Kerrel, a new unit who arrived while we were in Major MarQ's system, found a solution to the problem by implementing a manual override program for the safeties that would reactivate them every five seconds, giving little time where the safeties were inactive. We were followed by more flying creatures, although these were smaller than the dragon. We do not know if they also breathed fire. We were commanded to eliminate them before there was a chance to find out. To eliminate the creatures, we had to shoot all three at the same time, so Colonel Reynolds, Six of Twelve and Lt Greene coordinated our attacks to do so. One of the creatures dodged and went for Captain Sesgaard, but Petty Officer Mallory shot it before it had a chance to land its attack. The creature landed in a pile of goo on Captain Sesgaard, but he was unharmed. We were able to make it out of the system before reaching the citadel by assimilating the enigma when it got too close to Six of Twelve. We do not know what effect this might have had on Major MarQ yet if any, but he is no longer trapped in a regenerative state. Another new unit also arrived on Cromwell. Six of Twelve met her in the shuttle bay after leaving the marine holodeck. Her designation is One of Six, Primary Adjunct of Submatrix 86 of Unimatrix 76 or Ensign Amber Rosek. She is Borg but she has been taken apart. Many of her implants were removed by the Federation when she was severed from the Collective. We set up her alcove in Cargo Bay 2, alongside the one the Federation sent us for Major MarQ. We had an award ceremony after the mission in the holodeck. Campaign ribbons for the Hope-3 mission and the Banor's Brain mission were handed out to those involved. Additionally, Dr Clark and Lt Greene received the Diplomatic Advance ribbon for their actions during the Hope-3 mission, Ensign Kerrel and Ensign Rosek received New Crewmember ribbons and Arrain N'Vek received the Creative Applications of Technology ribbon for sharing RSE technology to find Captain Sesgaard during the Hope-3 mission. DJ Greene and Dr Clark were both promoted to the rank of Lt Commander and Banor MarQ was promoted to the rank of Lt Colonel. The Christmas Program has just started. It is set on Earth, 1930s, United States of America during a period Species 5618 have designated 'The Great Depression. Colonel Reynolds is currently making 'Stone Soup' which does include stone, but from what we can tell, this is not the primary ingredient. So far, stone soup also includes potatoes, carrots, onions and bacon. <<End Log>>
<Stardate: 2421.12- Six of Twelve - Begin Log>
Colonel Reynolds made the stone soup to create harmony. It worked by causing individuals to share, each adding new ingredients to the soup. He explained to us that the children are not yet ready to function fully, even though Toby is six years old, a year older than Six of Twelve was when it was activated. It takes individual children longer to become functional units than drones and when they are grown, there is uncertainty in what they will do. They might go to the academy but there are other things they could do as well. Captain Sesgaard said that the list of possibilities is too long to provide.
Lt Commander Martis, Lt Commander Taylor, Lt Commander Greene, Colonel Reynolds, Crewman Mallory and Ensign Kerrel were sent on a mission with an individual designated 'Mudd' to retrieve Arrain t'Kheall from the Romulan Star Empire. It was the same Mudd that put the emotion chips in toys like Cuddles three years ago. He took them past the neutral zone in his ship and they met with an agent in the RSE to trade some Tethedromicabioltite for Arrain t'Kheall. They arrived back shortly before Santa Claus came to Cromwell on Christmas Eve.
Lt Commander Braun and 1337 came out of R&D for the first time in a year. Lt Commander Breun had accidentally frozen himself in cryostasis. 1337 told us what it is. It is a deactivated drone whose components are being powered by an Emergency Science Hologram. We asked if it would be possible to make more efficient use of corpses by doing this to all deactivated units but 1337 said this would not work because of 'ethics'. We shared our Christmas subroutines with 1337 on gift-giving and told it about Santa Claus. It suggested assimilating one of the caribou to find out how they fly, but Kit said we were not to do this. The Christmas program deactivated and we are on route to investigate a DFA colony that has stopped transmitting reports.
<<Stardate 2422.01 - Six of Twelve - Begin Log>>
When we arrived at the colony, which is designated 'B217', four away teams were sent down, one to each settlement. All four teams found the skeletal remains of the colonists. DNA residue (a thick blue substance that was on all of the corpses) suggested they had been attacked by an unidentified species. The DNA was more complex than any species in our database, excluding Species 8472, but it did not match Species 8472. While investigating the Main Settlement, Arrain t'Khaell found an injured quadrupedal lifeform with its tail stuck underneath a cargo container. t'Kheall freed and treated the lifeform, which turns out to be from a species called the Chernov. The Chernov do not appear in the Borg or DFA databases, but there is brief mention of them in ancient Federation records. The individual t'Khaell found is designated 'Lumi'. Lumi explained that they arrived on B217 a week ago seeking refuge on the DFA colony because their homeworld had been destroyed by giant insectoid creatures. Days after the Chernov arrival, the insects also attacked this colony, but Lumi does not know how they arrived. The insects killed the colonists, the fourteen other Chernov and the Chernov bioship. Lumi was the only survivor we found. Ensign Mallory announced contact. Team-3 had been attacked by the insectoid creatures. Shortly after, the other teams were attacked as well. Lt Commander Taylor attempted to evacuate the teams but Lt Desson reported interference which was stopping transporters from working so Colonel MarQ was called to arrange evacuation via the marine shuttles. Ensign Rosek and Ensign Kerrel were investigating the Chernov bioship when the attack happened. They were able to pull data from the Chernov computer which confirmed Lumi's timeline. Colonel MarQ dropped into the combat zone in the main colony. We had to clear a space for Lt S'Hirt to land the shuttle, as the colony was now overrun by insects. The insects proved extremely resistant to our attempts at killing them. It took several shots just to incapacitate them and the number of shots needed to kill one increased exponentially with those deactivated. They appeared to be adapting. Lt Petalosa and Arrain N'Vek used their shuttles firepower to clear a path for Ensign Rosek and Ensign Kerrel to escape the Chernov vessel. Ensign Mallory was injured by one of the insects. Teams 2 and 3 met up and made their way to the Main Colony, the marines and security officers fighting off the insects while they ran. While the others were fighting the bugs, Six of Twelve and Colonel MarQ prepared several grenades. We exploded them in the middle of the swarm, using our shield to protect us. This created a small crater clear of insects for Lt S'Hirt to land in. Lt S'Hirt's vessel was loaded with the away teams. It was loaded beyond its capacity. We had to deactivate the shield emitters to escape orbit but we did make it back to Cromwell with the shuttle intact. Twenty-five individuals have been confirmed as deactivated by the insects, ten are missing and presumed dead. A funeral was held for them after the away teams were decontaminated and treated for their injuries. We are now sending a smaller team back to the planet to attempt to recover the colony computer's databanks and bring a (dead) insect back for examination.
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