Walking Through the Mud

Posted on Thu Mar 5th, 2020 @ 5:46am by Captain Aurelian Saunders & Captain Worf, Son of Mogh

Mission: Mission 53: Last March of the Enterprise-E
Location: Surface - Shermans Planet
Timeline: 1000Hrs - February 4th 2392

Commander Aurelian Saunders looked from the left to the right as she emerged from the shuttle which she had landed on a rather massive slab of rock that massed almost a million metric tonnes, in short it wasn't going anywhere and neither was their shuttle. "Well.. This is new.." as she looked around. "This isn't far from Milestone city." she added quietly. "I .... didn't expect this."

Norsvin was the next one out, stretching and walking around, enjoying the fresh air, with Massae and Zeri. The air was relatively warm as they where in a warm weather environment.

Saunders smiled. "Alright guys, spread out." she smiled. "Norsvin. You come with me.." and with that she turned and slowly went off into the trees, followed by Norsvin.

She waited a moment. "So.. Norsvin. I'm noticing you feel highly stressed... Would you like some help with relief?" her smile widened.

Norsvin didn't really get it at first," How can you help me with relief?"

"I'd like to fuck you." she responded. "You and me in one of these nearby hot springs... I find aquatic sex is better then on sand covered with a beach towel." she gave him a rather evil grin. "Lets just say that it hurts when sand gets into funny places.."

Norsvin shrugged. "Eh Sure, don't have anything better to do, and yeah, not care for beaches much myself, saltwater and fur, doesn't mix to well."

Saunders smiled. "Alright.. I'll let you find us a good location for it." she responded. "As for me... I want to make sure the plants aren't poisonous and the wildlife isn't going to be a pain." as she drew her tricorder and went to work.

Norsvin nodded and took a look around at the nearest hotspring, finding a nice area that was relatively clean. "Eh, this spot looks good enough."

"Good enough for me." before she drew the communicator from her belt. "Team two, this is team one... talk to me Goose?"

Zeri and Massae, along with the two science officers where heading in the other direction to the nearest photon tube. Zeri answered the comm." Yeah we are on our way to the nearest photon tube, whats up."

"Not much... In addition to your sweep. take a look at the local vegetation and plant life... report back when you have something.... If you don't hear from us.. do not be alarmed.. Norsvin and I are in the middle of something..." she paused. "Any questions?"

Zeri nodded. "Alright willdo."

"Alrighty. Team two out." as she began peeling off her clothing until she was wearing nothing. "You ready?" as she grinned at him.

Meanwhile Zeri and Massae continued their way through the underbrush. There was no shortage of plant life, given that they appeared to be in a sub tropical forest. Alyssa had decided to stay back at the shuttle and Zeri was starting to envy her. Thought he bugs weren't too bad, it was definitely warm and humid. After a full 10 minutes of making their way through increasingly thick forest they finally made their way to where the photon torpedo laid. The Casing was covered in vines and moss and heavily obscured by underbrush, indicating that it had been there for a while. But on close inspection Zeri was ablke to determine this model of photon torpedo was quite old. After doing a detailed scan she was able to determine that this torpedo was very old, 150 years old. The Scan also revealed there was no warhead inside the tube. Rather only the decayed remains of a human. this torpedo tube was a casket. The four officers then worked to clear the brush and vines off the torpedo until Massae found the ships name printed on the Tube," USS Mohawk, NCC 697"

Zeri was not familiar with that ship so she tapped her combadge," Zeri to Alyssa, can you find out about the USS Mohawk NCC 697."

Alyssa nodded and went to work, pulling up the ships database. After a few moments she reported in. "USS Mohawk, a ship form the 4 years war era, reported missing near the sherman system close to the end of the war. No one knows what happened to the ship."

The two scientists nearby shared a look. "USS Mohawk.." the younger of the two paused. "I had an ancestor on that ship.. my great great great great grandfather." he shifted his attention to the photon tube. "If this graveyard is here.. where is the rest of her crew?"

Zeri shrugged," Who knows, wasn't enough debris in system to account for a whole ship. But then again, if the ship was here, it would have happened a hundred and fifty years ago."

"Mmmm.." The scientist nodded his head. "Even if she crashed.. We'd still be able to detect her, even if its just a metallic signature." he paused before turning to his companion. "Any chances we could miss something like that?"

"Not a chance." the second scientist responded. "Should we advise command of this?" he inquired.

Zeri gave the scientist a look. "Are you kidding, of course we do." She then tapped her combadge and got in contact with both Worf and Aurelian," Well we have been able to determine what these photon tubes are. They are caskets, from the USS Mohawk. they're about 150 years old."

Aurelian smiled, her timing was great as she was taking something of an interlude from her activities of helping Norsvin to unwind, in truth she felt better then she had in months. "Any sign of the rest of the ship guys?"

Worf responded. "I will have the science personnel sweep the planet until we find something or we turn up nothing, whichever comes first." as Aurelian smiled. "Okay... Norsvin and I are just checking the water around here.. we'll be moving onto the vegetation and plant life soon... anyone else got any issues or concerns?"

Zeri shook her head, "No none right now."

Aurelian smiled. "None on my end... I'll let you guys get back to it then.. Saunders out." and with that she tapped the display once, silencing the connection. "So.. Norsvin my lovely... you feeling better?"
as she gave him an evil smile.

Norsvin groaned," Ugggh." was all he could manage.

Saunders felt a lot better then she had in quite some time as she began sluccing off the extra water from her body before she began donning her clothing, but as she stretched her arms, she was able to quickly work out the kinks. "Mmmmmm.." as she gently kissed Norsvin on the tip of his nose. "Till tonight..." she commented softly.

Norsvin didn't say anything, instead he picked himself up and started back towards the shuttle.