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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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