11-19-2025, 03:28 AM
The bridge grew silent as the long-range sensors completed their sweep and the database queries returned their results. The data that scrolled across the Science and Tactical consoles confirmed Lieutenant Gath's hypothesis with chilling finality.
== GM Input for Science Lt Ra'an and Mid Cortez ==
Long-Range Sensor Analysis: Icarus III System
Planetary Status: Desolate. Icarus III is currently classified as a Class-K (Adaptable) world, but scans indicate a massive ecological collapse occurred approximately 98,000 years ago.
Life Signs: Negative. There are zero biosigns on the planet matching the physiology of the survivors in the cryo-pods. There is no sentient life on the planet.
Civilization: Extinct. Sensors detect the faint, fossilized radiocarbon remnants of mega-structures on the southern continent, but they have been eroded by nearly one hundred millennia of weather. There are no energy signatures, no satellite networks, and no radio traffic.
Conclusion: The civilization that launched the Broken Arrow died out shortly after the ship left. The twelve beings in the cryo-pods are likely the very last of their species.
== GM Input for Tactical Lt Powl and Mid Brennan ==
Federation Database Search: Sector 318 / Icarus System
Historical Records: The sector is largely uncharted. However, a sub-space telemetry buoy (Buoy 44-Alpha) passed within 4 light-years of the system 80 years ago.
Threat Assessment: The buoy recorded a massive debris field in orbit of Icarus III, consistent with a "Kessler Syndrome" event—a cascade of orbital collisions that would have trapped a planet surface-side for centuries.
Political Status: N/A. No government exists to claim the system.
Tactical Conclusion: There is no hostile force waiting at home. There is no home waiting at all.
The "Broken Arrow" is not just a ship in distress; it is an ark to nowhere. The Prime Directive argument regarding "interfering with a society's development" is now moot, as the society no longer exists. The crew of the USS Zephyr are now the sole guardians of an extinct species.
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== GM Input for Science Lt Ra'an and Mid Cortez ==
Long-Range Sensor Analysis: Icarus III System
Planetary Status: Desolate. Icarus III is currently classified as a Class-K (Adaptable) world, but scans indicate a massive ecological collapse occurred approximately 98,000 years ago.
Life Signs: Negative. There are zero biosigns on the planet matching the physiology of the survivors in the cryo-pods. There is no sentient life on the planet.
Civilization: Extinct. Sensors detect the faint, fossilized radiocarbon remnants of mega-structures on the southern continent, but they have been eroded by nearly one hundred millennia of weather. There are no energy signatures, no satellite networks, and no radio traffic.
Conclusion: The civilization that launched the Broken Arrow died out shortly after the ship left. The twelve beings in the cryo-pods are likely the very last of their species.
== GM Input for Tactical Lt Powl and Mid Brennan ==
Federation Database Search: Sector 318 / Icarus System
Historical Records: The sector is largely uncharted. However, a sub-space telemetry buoy (Buoy 44-Alpha) passed within 4 light-years of the system 80 years ago.
Threat Assessment: The buoy recorded a massive debris field in orbit of Icarus III, consistent with a "Kessler Syndrome" event—a cascade of orbital collisions that would have trapped a planet surface-side for centuries.
Political Status: N/A. No government exists to claim the system.
Tactical Conclusion: There is no hostile force waiting at home. There is no home waiting at all.
The "Broken Arrow" is not just a ship in distress; it is an ark to nowhere. The Prime Directive argument regarding "interfering with a society's development" is now moot, as the society no longer exists. The crew of the USS Zephyr are now the sole guardians of an extinct species.
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