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+<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: A Discovery</h3>
+<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by
+Andrew Catterick 4-1-1997</h4>
+SD: 90401.0900<br>
+MD: 6.0900<br>
+Scene: Caves on Planet<br>
+As the small group of explorers spread out into the dim light of the
+underground base Zane's mind kept working on the problem of the charred
+remains of the Xanthandi they had found. One body. Who or what killed him?
+Was he alone? If not where were his companions? Why was he/they here?
+Were they now silently watching Zane and the others? Were they in the moon
+installation stalking the other team? Too many questions and no answers.
+What was becoming clear was that this cavernous chamber was a spaceport of
+sorts. There were a few derelict spaceships over to one side, a quick
+examination of which showed nothing of particular interest, without being
+able to power-up their onboard computers. Zane looked up at the roof far
+above him. Most likely it parted to allow the ships access and egress. He
+looked back down at the floor. The dust that had settled looked like it
+hadn't been disturbed for thousands of years. Perhaps the unlucky
+Xanthandi was the only one to have come here. An exile?
+It hadn't taken long to find the access tubes from the spaceport down in
+the bowels of their new discovery. As they stepped on to the belt it
+activated and they were slowly moved down the incline. Instinctively Zane
+drew his phaser, as did the security team. A few members of the science
+contingent raised their eyebrows at the action. As if the sheer thrill of
+exploration and discovery could conquer all. As they neared the bottom
+light began to flicker. As had happened in the spaceport the city's
+internal power system was laboring to light their way. By the time they
+set foot on the next level a very dim light had taken hold allowing them to
+see no more than 20 meters. Their wrist light would have to do the rest for
+now.
+As the group once again began to fan out and explore one of the science
+team looked up from his tricorder. "Captain this room is out into the ocean."
+Zane nodded at the report. He looked down at his own tricorder to get a
+better idea of the room's layout as the slowly brightening light was still
+not enough. Again, the room was huge but this time long and narrow. Behind
+the north wall there appeared to be another, much smaller chamber. As there
+was little of note in this room the party began to move in this direction.
+"Captain!" One of the forward team members called out as he jogged over to
+Zane. "You'll never believe it."
+Zane looked over in the direction he pointed. Standing at least one
+hundred meters high was a statue. The entrance to the next room at the
+floor between its feet. But it was not the size of the statue that the
+crewman had become excited about. Quickly Zane realized what he was staring
+at as the bright lights of the team splashed across the statue's face. It
+was Vulcan.
+If the Husnock computer could have sighed it would have. For several
+seconds it labored to override the alien computer on the planet surface.
+It was very primitive but extremely stubborn. From the second these
+newcomers had ventured into its underground lair it had sought to neutralize
+them. An action the Husnock computer had made every effort to stop. It was
+clear now they were explorers and it found it somewhat ironic that they had
+stumbled across the find that had taken years for its Husnock masters to
+locate. The find that had caused them to build this small moon and move
+it here to permit exploration. The computers purpose had been to aid its
+masters explore this world and now with them gone it found it had the need
+to help these new ones.
+<<<NRPG>>>
+Just keeping things rolling
+RT has started but it looks like there won=92t be much to delve into=85..so=
+far.
+Kris: excited!??!
+Respectfully,<br>
+Andy<br>
+<nowiki>---------------------------------------------------------</nowiki><br>
+-Captain Zane, Commanding, USS FEYNMAN<br>
+-Commander Horatio Sinclair, Fleet Intelligence, BLUE FLEET<br>
+-Commodore Robert Steele, Commanding, TASK FORCE ZINDERNEUF<br>