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Captain's Logs Stardate 982366965
I honestly thought this commission would be a joke. Lost Earth? We've been telling stories about that place for centuries as if it's some kind of biblical Garden of Eden. Ye Olde Land of Promise type bullshit. Now I've got to eat my own damn hat. She's beautiful. Not that vibrant bluey green we're always seeing in ancient images - the labcoats say that's due to some kind of atmospheric interference - but still. This is the world we all came from: you can't help being a little awed.
It's taken the science crew about a week of scanning, analyzing, and doing whatever the hell they do to be sure teams can land safely on the planet. The air is breathable, the temperature livable. There's confirmed life down there, though they're not sure what kinds. Well, beyond the visible hues of vegetation spread across the continents we can clearly see from orbit. They've chosen what looks like a ruined coastal city to make the first basecamps.
Catherine Callery is leading up the first team, landing on the coastal side with plans of getting samples from the beach and the ocean itself. Drew the short end of the straw though and wound up with that idiot musician as part of their landing party. The Tessan is likely to knock him on his ass the first time he steps out of line.
Victoria Jowell was assigned the second team, tasked with landing on the jungle side of the ruined city to gather plant samples and look for fauna. The Bereen Ambassador didn't seem too pleased with this choice of leadership, nor about the addition of that kid Clem to their team. I got a gut feeling that woman's about to be in for beaurocratic hell.
Almost wish I was down there myself. But somebody's gotta stay up in orbit and keep an eye on things. There's no signs of radio waves or space communications coming off the planet, and the solar system itself appears to be quiet. Yet, some of the Tessan crew insist you can't let your guard down in systems like this. "It's the quiet places enemies best hide." An old Tessan saying.
Ambassador Nitau'li did not say a single word during their shuttle flight down to the planet's surface. He said many words. He had quite a few things to say about how "The Memphis" should fly down their shuttle, and a few criticisms of their landing within a small clearing along the jungle side of the ancient ruins.
There were quite a few suggestions that he didn't explicitly say were meant for Victoria, but for everyone listening were obviously his oh so polite way of back-seat managing the expedition.
"A shame we did not claim the Tessan or the Doctor for our team. Human physiology can be so fragile and with the child with us..." he murmured, in that soft chiding way of his, incidentally avoiding any sort of glances or eye contact in Clem's direction when it could be helped. In fact, he was quite uncomfortable with her presence to the point that it was visibly obvious, even when he'd try to keep his fluid posture or straightening his elegant travel robes.
Once their small team had a chance to exit the shuttle and take their very first view of the lost human homeworld, the Bereen Ambassador finally fell genuinely silent.
There was naught but green, green, green in every direction. Surely in the spot they landed, it once had been a wide open highway, but after centuries it was now a small grassy clearing surrounded by giant trees, sweeping draping of vines, and the skeletons of ancient skyscrapers. On this side of the ruins there was no viewing the beach, but if the loud chirping of wildlife suddenly quieted one might be able to hear gentle ocean waves in the distance.
With so many species of plant life readily at their fingertips and the sounds of multiple species in the jungle, their basecamp would not be lacking in work to collect.
Team B is: @Zarko Straadi @Karo @Analog @StarlightStarbright @Reliance
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