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|Upon returning to the Darwin, Cmdr Renos and Ens Lyldra lead Patriarch Phlendorp and Attendant Pernod to the bridge, where Cmdr Icavoc requests audience with the captain.  Asking Lyldra to escort the two Asavii to the observation lounge, Renos gets the opportunity to meet Ens Mpeba.  After a quick discussion, Renos instructs Mpeba to report for a physical in sickbay prior to her transport to Asav.  Before Renos can head to the observation lounge, he is advised by sickbay of a medical emergency involving Ens Block's adopted son.  Renos orders Icavoc to recall Ens Manius, Ens Alekos, and Block from Asav to cope with the event.
|Upon returning to the Darwin, Cmdr Renos and Ens Lyldra lead Patriarch Phlendorp and Attendant Pernod to the bridge, where Cmdr Icavoc requests audience with the captain.  Asking Lyldra to escort the two Asavii to the observation lounge, Renos gets the opportunity to meet Ens Mpeba.  After a quick discussion, Renos instructs Mpeba to report for a physical in sickbay prior to jheas transport to Asav.  Before Renos can head to the observation lounge, ne is advised by sickbay of a medical emergency involving Ens Block's adopted son.  Renos orders Icavoc to recall Ens Manius, Ens Alekos, and Block from Asav to cope with the event.  Arriving at the sickbay, Manius and Alekos are briefed by Nurse Aegis, while Block tries to comfort his son.  In the controlled chaos of the sickbay, Mpeba receives a quick medical from Manius before proceeding to the transporter room, while Alekos attends directly to Block's son.


In the observation room, after a minute to admire Asav from the viewpoint of space, Lyldra starts conversations of understanding between Patriarch Phlendorp and Attendant Pernod.  In discussing their divergent views of history, the two Asavii start to form an inkling of understanding between them.
In the observation room, after a minute to admire Asav from the viewpoint of space.  Ens Lyldra and Cmdr Renos start conversations of understanding between Patriarch Phlendorp and Attendant Pernod.  In discussing their divergent views of history, the two Asavii start to form an inkling of understanding between them.  Slowly, Patriarch Phlendorp admits to Renos of the half-truths and deceptions he has told nem in order to secure the Federation's assistance.


[[Image:Cable.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Rennyn's deadly sea monster!]]Upon being transported from Cmdr Thomas' expedition to the site where Iy and CPO Jellico are located, Cmdr Rennyn is disoriented by his immersion in the sea outside of a submersible.  Despite being safely housed in an EV suit, Rennyn panics as he is entangled in what ends up being data cables.  Hearing the distressed calls of Rennyn over their comms, Iy and Jellico exit the room they were exploring to aid him.  Assisting Rennyn in disentangling himself, Iy explains that the machinery around them might still be operational despite the prolonged exposure to water.
[[Image:Cable.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Rennyn's deadly sea monster!]]Upon being transported from Cmdr Thomas' expedition to the site where Iy and CPO Jellico are located, Cmdr Rennyn is disoriented by his immersion in the sea outside of a submersible.  Despite being safely housed in an EV suit, Rennyn panics as he is entangled in what ends up being data cables.  Hearing the distressed calls of Rennyn over their comms, Iy and Jellico exit the room they were exploring to aid him.  Assisting Rennyn in disentangling himself, Iy explains that the machinery around them might still be operational despite the prolonged exposure to water.  The three decide to try and find a power source that once ran the machinery.
 
Lying low after personal concerns during the previous mission, Avaris Torrin is ready to start contributing in a civilian capacity on the Darwin, and attains employment in Natural Selections, the officer's lounge.  However, despondency makes him listless and distracted, to the concern and chagrin of his new coworkers.
 
After receiving word that Ens Block needed to return to the Darwin, and his subsequent departure, Lt Traenor requests Cmdr Walker to implement her plan to clear away sediment from the cavern.  Anchoring the craft to the cavern floor using guy wires, Walker has Ens Logan fire sonar bursts down the lines to agitate the sediment.  The method has the unintended effect of enhanced readings of the wall, which reveal an empty void behind walls of rock and metal.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906300?sid=55597883387aa&p=11 "Heretical History"]
! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906300?sid=55597883387aa&p=11 "Heretical History"]
! style="width:300px;"| The true history of Asav starts to emerge.
! style="width:300px;"| The true history of Asav starts to emerge.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906397?sid=5566baa481d2f&p=55 "Common Concerns"]
! style="width:300px;"| Two adversaries find common ground.
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|With the absence of Ens Manius and Ens Alekos, Cmdr Thomas tasks Science Minister Veilta and Lt Valdivia to assume the duties they previously occupied.  They anchor their submersible against the rock face behind which the void is located, and discuss building a hatch to seal the void once they are finished exploring.  Cmdr Icavoc contacts Thomas from the Darwin, and advises him that Ens Mpeba will be joining his expedition party.  Thomas has Mpeba beam down with supplies to build a hatch for the void, and upon jheas arrival has jhea and Valdivia start the hatch construction.  Perforating the wall to the void, Valdivia finds that the room's atmosphere is more in line with that of a class M planet, which leads to the deduction that the void was sealed either before or during the planet's flooding.  Finally gaining access to the void, Thomas allows Science Minister Veilta the honor of being the first to enter.  Once they have all entered, the void appears to be a large room containing many workstations, and one dessicated corpse.  Further examination reveals a generator, which uses water as a fuel source.  While retrieving water from the submersible, Valdivia notes a name for the room, Ooyetirent, which translates as 'Control Center'.
Warning Patriarch Phlendorp that the Federation's tolerance for deception is not high, Cmdr Renos offers forgiveness, while Ens Lyldra offers sage advice about religious acceptance.  After discussing the reasoning for the Asavii desire for trade with the Federation, they discuss possible trade terms, and Patriarch Phlendorp mentions the true reason for exploring Skarlozent.  It was not in search of Balzog artifacts, as Attendant Pernod had feared, but for a historical technology that was rumored to be able to solve their resource ails.
Discussing ways to access the newly-found void, Cmdr Walker suggests a blind transport of a probe, but is concerned that the signal would not be able to emanate from behind a passive scan block that seems to be in place.  Ens Logan counsels caution, suggesting they abandon the area.  After conferring with Cmdr Thomas and discovering that his team had gained access to a similar void, Traenor is resolute in his determination to find a way to enter theirs.  There are no other viable options, so Lt Traenor advises Walker to initiate the transport of a probe into the void, and requests Logan to continue the sonar bursts to try and find an entrance-way.
With no luck finding a power source behind the first of three doors thanks to the composition of the walls blocking their scans, Cmdr Rennyn, CPO Jellico, and Iy decide to try a different room.  Rennyn immediately suggests the room marked 'Chitern', a word he had encountered while with Cmdr Thomas's party.  Jellico cuts through the latch, and with Rennyn in the lead, they cautiously enter.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906484?sid=5566baa481d2f&p=38 "Harness the Resources"]
! style="width:300px;"| The Asavii leader's true desire is revealed.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906587?sid=5566baa481d2f&p=32 "Creepy Abandoned Room"]
! style="width:300px;"| A haunted find.
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|Cmdr Renos, Ens Lyldra, Patriarch Phlendorp, and Attendant Pernod are called from the conference room to the bridge by Cmdr Icavoc.  A transmission has been received from Asav, from Minister Hurlich, one of the biodome's administrators.  Minister Hurlich demands the return of Patriarch Phlendorp and Attendant Pernod to answer charges of turning against Asav, and threatens violence against the Darwin if they don't comply.
Lt Valdivia and Cmdr Thomas fuel the generator, while Science Minister Veilta and Ens Mpeba inspect the corpse and the adjacent console.  As the generator powers up the room, the console next to the corpse erupts in sparks, and Mpeba is able to knock Science Minister Veilta out of harm's way.  After this, Valdivia finds and activates a security video feed playback.
Cmdr Walker arranges for the transport of a probe into the hidden void, but as expected, there are no readings received.  Just then, the submersible rocks wildly as if struck, and careens on its anchors right into the rock face.  When the craft settles, a previously hidden tunnel is revealed behind a hole created by their impact.  Though the ship is relatively intact, the comm blocking signal is in place again, but this time not by Pilot Tamit's choice.  Finally conceding defeat to fates, Lt Traenor orders Ens Logan to cast off the anchor lines so that they can leave the cavern as soon as possible.
The video playback initiated by Lt Valdivia displays three ancient security footage clips.  The first shows a meeting between a scientist and a governmental minister, and describes how water technology has depleted Asav's water supply to dangerous levels.  The government, in conjunction with a powerful defense contractor named Chitern, have concocted an audacious plan to mine the planet's ice moon.  The plan would require the use of the scientist's fledgling warp field project to safely transport the ice to the planet surface.  The second clip shows the launch of the project, where a detonation is to separate a shard of ice from the moon, and the warp field technology will alter its mass enough to bring the shard safely planetside.  A malfunction causes the moon to stay intact, while the field generators remain online to alter the moon's orbit just enough to ensure its eventual fatal descent into Asav's gravity well.  In the third clip, the scientist and the minister are seen two years after the failed mission.  The moon was destroyed by the combined arsenals of the planet, but the ice still rained down on Asav creating unfathomable flooding.  The events leading up to present-day Asav, in regards to religion and the biodomes, are discussed.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906716?sid=556e9d35cada8&p=68 "Flying Into The Gift Horse's Mouth"]
! style="width:300px;"| One expedition's mission turns rocky.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906757?sid=556e9d35cada8&p=61 "SECURITY FOOTAGE: The Rule of Balzog"]
! style="width:300px;"| The history of an audacious plan.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906758?sid=556e9d35cada8&p=60 "SECURITY FOOTAGE: The Gift of Zolrak"]
! style="width:300px;"| The history of a terrible mistake.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906759?sid=556e9d35cada8&p=59 "SECURITY FOOTAGE: The Wrath of Zolrak"]
! style="width:300px;"| The history of the horrible consequences.
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|After trying the second door, Cmdr Rennyn, Iy, and CPO Jellico are surprised to find a room containing etched glass panels that strongly resemble blueprints for the Asavii biodomes.  Upon further inspection, Rennyn discovers a stack of silver disks that resemble data chips.  They agree to take the disks to hand over to the Asavii government, and Jellico carefully collects them and hands them to Iy.  Tongue in cheek, Jellico invokes the earth god Balzog, which has the unintended effect of powering up the room's electrical systems.  Initial fears about reactivated security systems are mollified by Iy's words, as ne suggests they search for more records from the reactivated systems.  However, realization dawns on Rennyn that there is a risk of electrical shorts by compromised electronics, and requests an emergency beamout by the Darwin.  After a short swim to safety, the team is transported to the ship.
On the Darwin's bridge, Cmdr Renos and Ens Lyldra are faced with a reticent Minister Hurlich, whom Patriarch Phlendorp has described as a traditionalist with a penchant for amassing power and prestige.  Conversations with Minister Hurlich start off fruitless, especially as Patriarch Phlendorp acts antagonistically towards the man, until Minister Hurlich's bluff is called.  Patriarch Phlendorp then agrees to a trial by his peers in order to push the agenda of Asavii inclusiveness and tolerance, where the failure to successfully present his case will lead to his execution.  Feeling a sense of destiny, Patriarch Phlendorp and a newly-empowered Balzog initiate Pernod are accompanied by Lyldra to the transporter room, where they return to Asav.  Renos coordinates the instructions to both Cmdr Thomas and Lt Traenor to end the mission and leave Asav.
Trying to flee the cavern after their ship was rocked by an unknown force, Lt Traenor notices electromagnetic readings emanating from the hole that had been opened in the wall.  Cmdr Walker notices that it coincides with a flash from the hole, and the submersible is bathed in arcing electrical bolts as the ship shudders to a stop lifeless in the water.  With no comms and no power, Traenor, Walker, and Ens Logan debate whether to try swimming for safety or to wait for rescue, employing a makeshift antenna if need be.  Fortuitously, the Darwin is able to break through the comm block, and the team is transported back to the ship.
After the security footage has finished its playback, Science Minister Veilta is overcome with conflicting feelings.  The information is inflammatory, and has serious repercussions for Asavii society.  Concerns that the Asav government might cover up these startling discoveries ignite a feeling of defensiveness and impotence in Ens Mpeba, powerless as jhe is by the terms of her commission in Starfleet.  Wishing to confer with his colleague, Lt Valdivia attempts to contact Lt Traenor, and when he is met with silence, contacts the Darwin out of concern.  Receiving instructions to end the mission, Cmdr Thomas orders the tagging of vital artifacts before expressing his farewells to Science Minister Veilta, and the team transports back to the Darwin.
As the Away teams freshen up and after mission debriefs, the Darwin leaves orbit from Asav, leaving the Asavii to form their own fate in the short term.  Cmdr Renos receives a summon from Deep Space 6 with orders to return at full warp, thus ending the mission to Asav.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906773?sid=556e9d35cada8&p=55 "Oops"]
! style="width:300px;"| A slip of the tongue.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906873?sid=556e9d35cada8&p=46 "Death Penalty"]
! style="width:300px;"| A standoff between political rivals.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1906969?sid=556e9d35cada8&p=30 "Parting Of The Ways"]
! style="width:300px;"| A bittersweet farewell.
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! style="width:200px;"| [http://sims.starbase118.net/posts/1966491?sid=556e9d35cada8&p=8 "Asavii Renaissance"]
! style="width:300px;"| The start of a new chapter.
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