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After fighting off the attack, the team decided to try to lure the data thief/saboteur back in by sending a false transmission to the Gorkon. The plan succeeded and they captured the saboteur, discovering he had an implanted Pelian organ, infected with the disease. They were unable to discover more, as the “Red Lady” burst in and vaporised his unconscious body before collapsing herself. The team finds the Red Lady has been extensively altered through surgery, with the organs and limbs of different species grafted to her. Evidence on her boots led the team to a facility below the hospital, where surgeries have been conducted... | After fighting off the attack, the team decided to try to lure the data thief/saboteur back in by sending a false transmission to the Gorkon. The plan succeeded and they captured the saboteur, discovering he had an implanted Pelian organ, infected with the disease. They were unable to discover more, as the “Red Lady” burst in and vaporised his unconscious body before collapsing herself. The team finds the Red Lady has been extensively altered through surgery, with the organs and limbs of different species grafted to her. Evidence on her boots led the team to a facility below the hospital, where surgeries have been conducted... | ||
[[Samira Neathler]], [[Cory Stoyer]], [[Tahna Meru]] investigated the murder of Bisul, an important figure in the Pelian’s religious structure. Their first stop was his study, where they determined Bisul had died from cardiac arrhythmia brought on by hyperkalemia, a known physiological weakness of Pelians. Investigating his library led to a brush with a force field, and the discovery of a note and an access token, as well as access to a hidden cave garden beneath the residence. Inside, they found more secrets; a scroll locked in a case submerged in the pond. As they left the cavern, they ran into the tail end of an assault on [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Agent Lynas]], losing his attacker courtesy of a flashbang and a rapid retreat. After waking, [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Agent Lynas]]revealed a secret he had been keeping; his wife [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Sylan]] was having an affair with Bisul... and now she’s missing. | [[Samira Neathler]], [[Cory Stoyer]], [[Tahna Meru]] investigated the murder of Bisul, an important figure in the Pelian’s religious structure. Their first stop was his study, where they determined Bisul had died from cardiac arrhythmia brought on by hyperkalemia, a known physiological weakness of Pelians. Investigating his library led to a brush with a force field, and the discovery of a note and an access token, as well as access to a hidden cave garden beneath the residence. Inside, they found more secrets; a scroll locked in a case submerged in the pond. As they left the cavern, they ran into the tail end of an assault on [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Agent Lynas]], losing his attacker courtesy of a flashbang and a rapid retreat. After waking, [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Agent Lynas]] revealed a secret he had been keeping; his wife [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Sylan]] was having an affair with Bisul... and now she’s missing. | ||
Returning to the [[Federation Security|FedSec HQ]], the team carried out research and discovered the murder “weapon”, a poison derived from a local mushroom the Pelians had tried to eradicate from the planet. The leads pointed them toward several meeting places of [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Sylan]]and Bisul—but while en route, the team’s public transport suffered a bombing attack. After being joined by [[Lephi]] and gathering their wits, the team headed toward a favourite restaurant of the adulterous couple. There was no sign of Sylan there, and the team contacted [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Agent Lynas]]who asked them to meet him in a house on Sallu’um Street. Their journey briefly interrupted by threatening figures, they arrived at their location to discover an unconscious and bound [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Agent Lynas]]—and shortly thereafter, two more people, one of whom seems to be Bisul... | Returning to the [[Federation Security|FedSec HQ]], the team carried out research and discovered the murder “weapon”, a poison derived from a local mushroom the Pelians had tried to eradicate from the planet. The leads pointed them toward several meeting places of [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Sylan]] and Bisul—but while en route, the team’s public transport suffered a bombing attack. After being joined by [[Lephi]] and gathering their wits, the team headed toward a favourite restaurant of the adulterous couple. There was no sign of Sylan there, and the team contacted [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Agent Lynas]] who asked them to meet him in a house on Sallu’um Street. Their journey briefly interrupted by threatening figures, they arrived at their location to discover an unconscious and bound [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Agent Lynas]]—and shortly thereafter, two more people, one of whom seems to be Bisul... | ||
[[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Agent Lynas]] | [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Agent Lynas]] | ||
[[Jona ch'Ranni]], [[Serren Tan]] and [[Mallora Vossti]] descended below the surface to search for a group of missing Starfleet cadets. After encountering some radiation readings and potential evidence of the cadet’s passage, they got into a spot of bother. First, they narrowly avoided being crushed in a rockfall, then they were attacked by unknown assailants and forced to retreat by diving through a body of water. Their route took them into the same city as the lost cadets, and the trio began to explore the first building they encountered. | [[Jona ch'Ranni]], [[Serren Tan]] and [[Mallora Vossti]] descended below the surface to search for a group of missing Starfleet cadets. After encountering some radiation readings and potential evidence of the cadet’s passage, they got into a spot of bother. First, they narrowly avoided being crushed in a rockfall, then they were attacked by unknown assailants and forced to retreat by diving through a body of water. Their route took them into the same city as the lost cadets, and the trio began to explore the first building they encountered. | ||
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** Rear Admiral [[Quinn Reynolds]], Lieutenants [[Alieth]] and [[Corliss Fortune]]. | ** Rear Admiral [[Quinn Reynolds]], Lieutenants [[Alieth]] and [[Corliss Fortune]]. | ||
[[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Agent Lynas]] took Lieutenant Commander [[Samira Neathler]], Lieutenant [[Cory Stoyer]]. Lieutenant [[Lephi]] and Ensign [[Tahna Meru]] to the local FedSec headquarters, where Tahna used their labs to analyze the samples taken from Bisul's residence. She learned that Bisul was poisoned by a powder made from the Gorak mushroom, an invasive species that was believed to be eradicated because it was highly poisonous to Pelians (but, notably, had medicinal properties for Vulcanoids). The team (minus Lynas), boarded a bus to follow leads on bookstores and restaurants Sylan and Bisul frequented together, but their bus was bombed and the scroll they found in the grotto was stolen. Lieutenant [[Lephi]] found them in the aftermath of the explosion, and they regrouped at The Burrow, a restaurant Sylan was known to frequent. They learned that Agent Lynas was also caught in an explosion, and agreed to meet him at his house, but when they arrived they found themselves caught in a trap with Lynas, set by a Pelian masquerading as Bisul and a Lady in Gray. Neathler, Stoyer, and Lephi engaged them in a shootout, scaring their attackers away, though Neathler fell injured by a mysterious weapon. They follow the fake Bisul outside, where he had raised a crowd of onlookers, back to the real Bisul's house. There were six life signs inside, and after throwing a phaser set to overload into the room and a brief struggle, they subdued the fake Bisul and others present. Fake Bisul was not working with them, however, he was attempting to poison the six gathered religious and political figures so he could consolidate power, just as he'd poisoned the real Bisul. With the murderer caught, they turn the investigation over to FedSec and local authorities. | |||
Meanwhile, exploring the underground ruins, Rear Admiral [[Quinn Reynolds]], Lieutenants [[Alieth]] and [[Corliss Fortune]] discovered several pods containing strange liquids, with samples of the virus affecting the [[Pelian]] inside. In one of the stasis spheres they discovered the missing [[The Pelian Brief (Gorkon)#Notable Characters|Sylan]], still alive, but who had undergone several genetic modifications, such as the duplication of several organs. With her body under stress due to these procedures, but sedated and stable, the group decided to leave the Pelian there, along with [[Alieth]]'s combadge, to be rescued later, once they had secured a way out of the ruins. | |||
They advanced carefully, finding more spheres from one of which they were able to extract a base of the disease afflicting the natives in a tempered form, which could be used to create a cure and a vaccine. With this data well in hand, the group set out on their way in search of a way out, with the proper precautions to be taken given that there were signs that they were not alone in those ruins, or at least that someone had been there shortly before them. | They advanced carefully, finding more spheres from one of which they were able to extract a base of the disease afflicting the natives in a tempered form, which could be used to create a cure and a vaccine. With this data well in hand, the group set out on their way in search of a way out, with the proper precautions to be taken given that there were signs that they were not alone in those ruins, or at least that someone had been there shortly before them. | ||