As One Mystery is Solved, Many More Appear

Captain’s Log Stardate 47032.9

While investigating a century’s old distress signal, we came across a star system, with a class M world, orbiting an unstable wormhole. We detected a ship or object in the wormhole but couldn’t tell much more without moving closer. We focused instead on the M class world. There was one life sign on the planet–a human. It turns out that this human was or is from the 22nd century–during the Romulon-Federation war. (Damn, I guess this means I’ll be getting a visit the Department of Temporal Investigations–great). He had been stranded on that planet for six years. He was in an unstable mental condition–paranoid and possibly delusional. He ranted about “the blue.” It might be a reference to a strange and prolific blue moss that was found near his shuttle-pod.

Commander T’Laan and the landing party return to the Avenger with the stranded time traveler. About this same time, the ship was rocked by a graviton wave from the unstable wormhole. Sensors indicated a second ship in the wormhole, it was the Atlantis, a ship thought to be lost in the Romulon-Federation war. The wormhole then began to drag the Avenger toward it. The power drain on our engines from the wormhole was enormous. Commander Alder was doing all he could to lessen or at least manage it. We were eventually dragged within transporter range of the blank and I assembled an away team to beam aboard. Dr. Drex, Lt. Jiang, Lt. Bav Ker and crewman Tanner materialized in their transporter room.

We immediately heard phaser fire in the corridor and investigate. We found two factions of the crew fighting. Lieutenants Jiang and Bav Ker quickly stunned the factions, but not before the first officer made off with their unconscious chief engineer. Our security officers pursued and tracked them to where the first officer’s faction was hold up, but were unable to break through the door. Meanwhile, the Doctor revived one of the stunned officers and we learned a great deal from him. The captain was dead, and the remaining crew had divided up, one side following the first officer, the other the chief engineer. The science division seemed to be a neutral party which both factions respected. At this point, I have yet to speak with them. Adding another complication, both sides claim that some sort of monster had infiltrated the ship and could change appearance. And in attempt to kill this monster, both factions have murdered some of their fellow crewmen. At this time, I am unsure whether this monster really exists. Although there is surveillance footage of an alien craft in their hanger bay. And of course, this is another craft in the wormhole with us.

I communicated with the Atlantis’ first officer and arranged a meeting. We met and discussed this situation and I reminded her that she is a Starfleet officer and that Starfleet has no death penalty. I did this because she refused to release the chief engineer. I made her give his word that he would not harm her.

My next steps are to find and speak with the science division, figure out what that other craft is, return the Atlantis to its own time and get the Avenger out of this damn wormhole.