Tu'Peq/Duty Log

Main Page	TU'PEQ Serial Number: TS - 349 - 752 Rank: Lieutenant J.G. Position: Science Officer Assignment: USS Blackwell Clearance: L2
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_ _ Stardate 239407.31 SCIENCE OFFICER'S LOG STARDATE: 239407.31 1137 HOURS Science Officer's log, Stardate 239407.31. I have only been on board the USS Blackwell for a few days now, yet already the ship has encountered difficulty. We have encountered some form of anomaly; what Lieutenant Commander R'Ven is calling a "Verteron Snare". It is a most unusually phenomenon, in fact the entire region of space the USS Blackwell currently inhabits is bathed in verteron particles, the distribution and intensity of which is at the precise amount to disable a starship's warp capability while not causing any serious harm. This is further evidenced by the fact that while the Blackwell has suffered significant damage thus far, that is due entirely to the stress placed upon the ship by being pulled out of warp. I hypothesize that this is not a naturally occurring phenomenon. There is a pocket of space nearby that is unaffected by the verteron particles and so piloting the Blackwell at impulse to that location is the most logical course of action. The convenience of such a small region, whose volume is around the size of a large starship, leads me to suspect that it is some form of trap. Unfortunately, we have very few other options available to us. SCIENCE OFFICER'S LOG STARDATE: 239407.31 1137 HOURS END LOG