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Briefing: USS Victory is ordered to the Dysons Sphere under the operational command of the USS Atlanta. Victory is tasked to complete a ground survey of grid 1287 through 1289.

The Dysons sphere was discovered by the USS Jenolen in 2294; whilst investigating the sphere, the Jenolen was damaged when it triggered an automated system and crashed on the surface. Captain Montgomery Scott was ultimately the only survivor of the accident and was rescued by the Enterprise-D when it discovered the sphere in 2369.

Acting Commander Parker allowed Lt.(jg) Julia Harden to take a shuttle with Lt.(jg) Thomas as security and Lt. Beta at the helm. During this short field trip, she gathered several indigenous plants. One of the plants developed its own naturally occurring lectrozine. Mixed with hyronolin, this proved to be a safe long lasting protection for the crew against the Dysons sphere radiation bursts.

Lt.Cmdr. Nugra (Gorn) received word that the leader of the Gorn Confederation was severely wounded in an assassination attempt. Princess Vsh'Ta requested his presence. Asking for an emergency leave of absence, which was reluctantly granted, he immediately left the ship.

Commander Phoenix took the Lady Hamilton and scouted a location for the Victory's landing. He took Lieutenants Margate and Rocket, and Ensigns Napoleon and Bennit.

On recon, Rocket and Bennit discovered a domed building. Entering it, Bennit went in first whereupon the door slammed shut behind him. In the dark, he was attacked and wounded by an unknown creature. Meanwhile outside, Lt. Rocket was seeing children playing, then the ashes of people who were vaporized. Hearing the door close, Rocket managed to get it open again. Quickly transported back to the shuttle, Bennit was treated by Lt.Cmdr. Phoenix and stabilized. Dr. Napolean and Lt. Margate arrived soon after. They had not found anything significant to report. Aboard the Victory, Dr. Harden's examination of Abe's eye confirmed it had turned black and swollen but had no permanent damage.

Team two: Lt. Beta (Soong Android) led the Medical team with Drs. Harden (Terran) and Napoleon (Terran); Lt. Joshua Phoenix (Terran) provided security.

Prior to leaving the landing site, Commander Phoenix drove one of the two SVENs off the shuttle, demonstrating its abilities. Explaining the vehicles the USS Atlanta sent, he said, "A compact and efficient all terrain vehicle based on the Argo designs. There is room for four people and equipment. It has less fire power and is smaller then the Argo. But it is just as quick and more maneuverable. On the back of the vehicle the defense systems are located. One push on the button and out comes a class 4 automated phaser pulse rifle. Not powerful enough to win a war, but very efficient for defensive purposes."

At this same time, Lt.Cmdr. Nugra returned to the Victory under guard. Wounded in his heroic fight to save his queen and after striking another officer, he was subsequently discharged from the Gorn Navy. That translation is repeated here in its entirety:

The Victory also took on two new ensigns, McKnight (Terran) and Dominus (Vulcan). Lt. Nugra took them through security and assigned quarters.

In the science institute, Team Margate discovered that the buildings were made of the same standard alloys Star Fleet used in all of their building structures. The building was in an advanced stage of decay. Dr. Keyes located an alien data port and tried to translate the interface. Lts. Thomas and Margate contacted the Victory for help in finding the local power source. Deciding a search would be beneficial, the lieutenants left the doctor at the data port and moved down a corridor. The power source was located by the Victory to be in the northern section 45 feet below ground level.

Dominus opened up his tricorder, tapped a few buttons intending to send Lt. Cmdr. Nugra back to the Thomas Slade. Nugra materialized in a standing position and he instantly knew that he wasn't on the Thomas Slade. His senses kicked off and he spun around. The silver metal ground molded out and a bent support molded out of it with a glowing crystal in the center. It turned like a periscope and faced Nugra. Called OMI, the object claimed that Nugra was responsible for the slaughter of all his kind. He had been attempting to warn the humanoids of Nugra's presence, but their brain patterns were completely different and the attempt was unsuccessful. Nugra protested that he was an officer of the USS Victory and had committed no such crime. OMI agreed that it was not Nugra personally that had committed those acts, but his evil people; 2,000 years before.

Bennit lay in a pool of dark blood, which generally meant a serious injury to an internal organ. An emergency beam-out was ordered, directly to sickbay.

Nugra reached out with his clawed hand and pressed it to a hologram's red dot. A crystal field surrounded him and he vanished. He reformed back up and was standing in the middle of Beta's team. Describing his recent journey, Nugra said, "I was just warned that something was released and it's a very dangerous threat.

Rocket and Phoenix were beamed to the Isolation Ward in sickbay where they were further altered mentally. The King (Rocket) and Queen (Phoenix) were slowly taking over. Calling each other 'Honey' the two men amazed those who were within hearing distance.

Still in pain, Abe accompanied Cmdr. Parker to the isolation ward to interrogate the second officer and the lieutenant.

Lt. Beta arrived at his quarters and discovered that the radiation levels on the surface was up 45%. At this point, he was greeted by a vision of Dr. Noonien Soong, his 'father'. The OMI robot took the form of Dr. Soong to communicate with Beta. " I have already encountered your Lieutenant Cmdr. Nugra but he is not a machine. I am unable to send such a detailed message to him. Or any one else besides yourself. Now listen Android, if they escape, you and your crew are to blame you will only have one chance."

The Acting First Officer shouted out in pain as his body transformed to that of the female Queen. Cmdr. Parker ordered the computer to flood the containment field with Anesthezine. Phoenix and Rocket slumped to the floor unconscious. A boy and a woman were immediately placed in separate containment fields.

She gazed at the wall next to the forcefield as she once again moved her hands from the side of her body to the front and pointed at the wall. This time a concentrated beam of fire energy was launched against it. Slowly the metals and materials began to glow. From a dark red to a brighter yellow, until the molecular structure began to break down. T he wall gave way, and the Queen stepped outside. Using Cmdr. Phoenix's authorization code, the Queen commanded the computer to unlock the cell containing Lieutenant Simon Rocket. The force field yielded.

Havington (NPC) was walking along the hallway carrying reports for Commander Nugra in Engineering when he turned down the hallway. He saw glowing coming from the security department and he rushed up. He ran in and saw a Security guard lying on the floor with his phaser beside him. A beautiful woman was destroying the cell and trying to get out. Terror filled him as he watched and without thinking he slapped his comm badge hard. '''Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert! Security Deck! We have a Code 3 emergency!'''

On the bridge, Beta reported to Cmdr. Parker, "I have restricted access to all terminals except bridge. I have deactivated Cmdr. Phoenix and Lt. Rocket's access codes. Only senior staff and security personal can pass through force fields or open doors."

The security team converged on engineering one half on each side. Lt.(jg) Blair (NPC) hit the code and the door flung open. The whole team stood back in disbelief as the image and images expected were not there. Instead there were distorted images. Calling for the holo illusion to be deactivated, Blair explained that the entities were not there and neither was the engineering crew.

It wasn't long before they found an unused bio neural gel pack that an engineering officer had been preparing. Sensing that this would sustain them till another humanoid body came close enough to take over they placed themselves inside. The gel pack disappeared in a blue haze. Shocked faces were now left to stare at their acting Commanding Officer.

The EMH in main engineering was instantly activated. Cmdr. Parker turned to the crew. "Relax. They're not dead. The doctor did indeed make a poison for me. Her fear and the remnants of Commander Phoenix and Lieutenant Rocket was enough to convince them I was serious. The gas was simply Anesthezine combined with a simple inert colored gas for effect. They thought they were going to die and were forced to flee the bodies to save themselves. Our officers will be fine.. perhaps a slight headache."