Alexander Brodie/Mission Reports

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DUR-AWB-COU-MIS-0001
TO: Starfleet Medical Central Records
CC: Duronis II Central Records; USS Thor Central Records

Mission began during scheduled rest & relaxation period at the command of Real Admiral Toni Turner. All senior staff were ordered to report to the USS Thor (NCC-82607).

A briefing advised that a distress signal was received from an orbital drilling rig – the Hercules in orbit around planet P-995. P-995 was also the location of the Fortuna III mineral processing – both the Hercules and the Fortuna III facilities are owned and operated by Nova Corporation: Profile attached.

Senior staff were advised neither facility could be contacted leaving twenty personnel aboard the Hercules, in addition to fifty at the Fortuna III facility unaccounted for. Staff were also advised that the IKS K’Tal, a Klingon vessel was en-route to the region and would be the first vessel on scene. Quantum Slip-Stream Dive (QSSD) was engaged in order to reduce travel time to the scene from six hours to approximately thirty minutes.

Upon arrival the IKS K’Tal was found to be unresponsive to hails but otherwise appeared unhindered or damaged. In addition a quarantine protocol had been activated aboard the Hercules. Away teams were divided up to travel to the Hercules, Fortuna and the K’Tal. I was assigned to the K’Tal team under the lead of Major Hannibal T. Parker (SFMC). Due to the quarantine protocols in place level five atmospheric suits were in use.

Arrival aboard the K’Tal showed the ship systems to be locked out and unresponsive to non-crew voice commands and computer system inputs. The ship was noted to be uncommonly sterile with little biological contamination and little to no evidence of occupation by a crew. A PADD was recovered from the vessel showing a partial ships manifest including an amino acid sampling array.

Major Parker was able to circumvent the vessel protocols and download a substantial part of the mission profile of the K’Tal indicating it was a science vessel that was on a test cruise in the Typhon Expanse. Full details attached.

Upon further investigation the K’Tal was found to have sealed deck which appeared to be some form of medical facility. Unable to progress further Major Parker made the decision to join Admiral Turner aboard the Hercules.

Upon arrival it became clear that the Hercules crew had become compromised by what is suspected to be a viral contagion (See Attached Medical Report: Dr. Boris Hendon) that had caused them to become extremely aggressive and cannibalistic. Major Parker engaged the creatures in order to provide time to escape for the remaining members of the crew to escape via a shuttle to the USS Thor.

It became clear that Lieutenant Commander T’Lea and Junior Lieutenant Daniel Cain had become infected by their exposure to the contagion. Commander T’Lea appears to have been largely unaffected by this event but Lieutenant Cain appeared to suffer significant mental distress as a result of his ordeal – see below comments.

Following a period of quarantine aboard the Thor, Major Parker and myself returned to the K’Tal to try and see if it was possible to gain entry to the sophisticated medical centre aboard the vessel. During this away mission it was discovered that the Klingon crew, of five, had become largely compromised. Two fatalities, two advanced transformations and one crew member placed in stasis pending review – current status unknown.

Classified: Command Level Only
Further to this the K’Tal activated an internal protocol. This was in the form of a self-aware hologram similar to and advanced long-term Emergency Medical Hologram (LT-EMH). Disclosure from this photonic entity led to the acquisition of information pertaining to the Klingon away team and their efforts to ascertain the nature of the contagion. This was shared with the crew of the USS Thor but it’s transfer was purged from the K’Tal database by the ship’s internal system. To our knowledge the Klingon Empire is not aware it has been shared.
End Classified

Personal Notes
Advise that Lieutenant Cain be placed on restricted duties and undergo a full psychological evaluation prior to a full return to active service. In addition, all away team members to be monitored as part of routine follow up sessions to ensure no post-traumatic or other persistent psychological impact has occurred as a result of the engagement with the affected crew. Suggest follow up with Starfleet Intelligence and the Judge Advocate General regarding the activities of the Nova Corporation in regard to the incident.

Signed
Lt. (J.G.) Alexander W. Brodie; Psy.D, Ph.D.
Counsellor