From: Nai (naomi_lara_at_optusnet.com.au)
Date: Tue Jan 09 2007 - 03:40:07 PST
"Historia" Con't from Erik's "Elsewhere in Esperion" Location: USS PATRIOT Scene: Catherine's Office The drone of the streaming news report was a constant feature in the background. It was the only way that Catherine could keep tabs on the situation going on below as she continued working. She constantly had a nagging worry in the back of her mind, and felt frustrated that she couldn't act on anything. All she could do was sit back, watch and wait for any eventuality. The current situation however, was giving her a unique insight. By not being directly involved with the happenings, it allowed her to develop a relatively unbiased understanding of the situation. As far as she could tell, there were two antagonists - the government, and the rebel movement. Both were using the religious upheaval to further their own ends, and both had much to gain by emerging victorious. Catherine knew that the situation on the planet would explode. It wasn't a matter of if, in her mind, but of when. She was anxious, unsettled, apprehensive, and definitely couldn't keep her mind on her work. Her thoughts kept turning to the situation below, and eventually she gave up the pretence of trying to finish her tasks. She would spare a little time with the dramas of Esperion. "Computer, upload a synopsis of the political and military movements of Esperion over the five thousand years, or at least until records date." Sterling asked, as she flipped her braided hair over her shoulder onto her back. "Summarise alliances, movements, motive and actions over defined time period. Also note any religious connotations." It was going to be a massive task, even for the super computer. [[Working. Will have two point seven hours to compile.]] The computer replied. It was going to take her days to read all of the information and to make sense of it all, which she wasn't very confident of. The intelligence operative replicated herself some J'Quari. Kenta had given her a taste for it, but no matter how many times she tweaked the recipe, it was never quite as good as his version. And Catherine wasn't going to ask him for it either. "Computer, are there any records in the historicals that may detail how this planet is supposed to be destroyed?" She asked, then took a sip of the hot spiced tea. Even though it wasn't great, it still brought a faint appreciative smile to her lips and her shoulders relaxed slightly. [[No historical record found.]] She had expected that. It just would have been too easy otherwise. Catherine frowned as she sat down behind her desk and pondered the meaning of the Esperion legend. Was this apocalypse a literal event, or a metaphorical one? Both ideas held merit, and there was enough evidence to back both core ideas. Many cultures had reached their epitome of existence, only to have some sort of internal conflagration that resulted in its demise. From the viewpoint of those remaining, they would well consider it a destruction of their world. Civil war and disease were mostly to blame; but so to was the changing of social order, the changing of a religion, anything that could end life as the Esperion's knew it. And any of the ideas were possible. From the other standpoint, if they were to consider a physical destruction of the planet, was it an endogenous threat, or exogenous. A sun going super nova, a rogue asteroid or comet could cause destruction. So could a massive upheaval of the world's tectonic plates, or a super volcano. One thing Catherine knew for certain was that praying wouldn't alter their future. The woman began asking the computer a battery of questions. Were there any asteroids or space debris on an impact trajectory? Were the solar emissions stable, or was there any evidence that an instability was forming? Were there any changes in the light spectra? Was there any evidence of machinery, life signs or power signals coming from the host of dead moons and planets that also inhibited the solar system? Was there any evidence of other space travel or races coming by the planet? She probed the computer's database thoroughly, trying to determine the most logical method of a planetary destruction. Catherine just kept following trains of thought, and could only hope that she'll eventually find a lead. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NRPG: Just kicking things along Naomi Lara Lt. J.G. Catherine Sterling-Jade Intelligence Operative USS PATRIOT And Lieutenant Tellah 'Cal' Callishendrack'Hylarmarishnakaashanah Chief of Operations USS PATRIOT And Commodore Teneill Danara-Bennow Deputy Chief of Starfleet Intelligence From HyperNews_at_youth.net
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