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Stirrings of Life

Help Carol Marcus investigate a possible new lifeform.

Overview

Warp required1
Operations level1
Warp for completion15
Warp via superhighway1
Completion via superhighway15

Costs & rewards

Mission rewards

Ultra Recruit Token
Objective ID1,832,227,197
Amount250
Officer XP
Objective ID1,832,227,197
Amount101,000

Locations

Objectives

Objective 1

ObjectiveMeet with Carol Marcus in Lorillia.
DestinationLorillia

Objective 2

ObjectiveInvestigate Marcus' coordinates.
DestinationSorenle

Objective 3

ObjectiveTake readings of Bos Vehna.
DestinationSorenle

Objective 4

ObjectiveRelease 1,000 Dilithium to break apart the vortex.
ResourceDilithium
Amount1,000

Objective 5

ObjectiveReturn the telemetry to your Station.

Dialogue

Mission dialogue

Objective ID
1,392,353,602
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
Commander, I’m glad to see you. I’ve been pleading with Starfleet to authorize another expedition to Bos Vehna but they’re too caught up in their damn war preparation to help me.
Objective ID
1,392,353,602
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
They’ve forgotten what Starfleet is really about. To explore new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations. We strove to enlighten humankind. Now, we seem hell bent on destroying it.
Objective ID
1,392,353,602
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
Luis spoke highly of you. He’s a smart man and has a bright future ahead of him. If what he says is true, we might have something huge on our hands.
Objective ID
1,392,353,602
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
Something that absolutely needs to be investigated, but Starfleet Command aren’t willing to allocate me any resources to do it. I need your help.
Objective ID
1,392,353,602
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
I don’t want to say too much over an unsecured network, but this discovery could be a historic moment for Starfleet. Meet me in Lorillia and I’ll come aboard your vessel.
Objective ID
1,403,441,307
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
Thank you for agreeing to meet with me, Commander. I know that I haven’t given you much to go on as of yet.
Objective ID
1,403,441,307
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
If we’re right about this, you and Luis may have just uncovered a never before seen lifeform, right here in the Milky Way!
Objective ID
1,403,441,307
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
A probe picked up lifesigns on Bos Vehna that don’t match anything in Starfleet’s records. It’s fascinating, Commander, we know absolutely nothing about these beings!
Objective ID
1,403,441,307
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
A species with an entirely different genetic makeup to anything we’ve ever seen… This discovery could alter how we think about xenobiology!
Objective ID
1,403,441,307
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
I need you to take me to Bos Vehna so I can run a deep scan on the planet’s surface. We need to know everything. Atmospheric makeup, water density… We have a lot of work to do.
Objective ID
1,487,210,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
There it is: Bos Vehna. Amazing, isn’t it? Such an unremarkable planet, but it could hold one of the most significant discoveries of the past two decades.
Objective ID
1,487,210,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
I’m not getting much from this distance. Commander, I need you to take us closer to the planet.
Objective ID
1,832,227,197
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Carol Marcus
Dialogue
Excellent work out there, Commander. Thank you for helping me with this research. Once I get this data to Starfleet Command, I’m sure they’ll start allocating some resources to the project.
Objective ID
1,832,227,197
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Carol Marcus
Dialogue
I’ll be in contact soon, I’m sure that I’ll have more work for you on this.
Objective ID
1,832,227,197
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
It appears to be working, Doctor. The gas has dispersed somewhat and is retreating to the planet’s upper atmosphere.
Objective ID
1,832,227,197
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
Excellent, because I had no idea if that was going to work. Luckily, our little mess gave me enough time to gather detailed data on the planet’s make up.
Objective ID
1,832,227,197
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
If we could return to your Station, Commander, I would be able to get to work on this immediately.
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
Ah, that did it. I’m getting some details now. Interesting.
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
Just as Luis reported, the planet’s atmosphere is made up entirely of a toxic gaseous compound. No carbon based lifeform could survive in an environment like that.
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
No water sources, no flora or fauna that I can make out. These lifesigns I’m reading are far too pronounced to be from anything microscopic… Where are they hiding?
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Doctor Marcus, I am picking up movement from a pocket of gas in the planet’s atmosphere.
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
Something is moving inside the gas cloud?
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
No doctor, the movement is the gas cloud. It has entered orbit. It appears to be drifting toward us at a speed of roughly one thousand kilometers per minute.
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
So Luis was right! I should have trusted his instincts in the first place.
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
The gas has enveloped our vessel. Shields are at seventy percent and dropping, we are under attack. Preparing photon torpedoes.
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
No, wait! We don’t know what it’s motivations are. For all we know, this could be its form of a greeting.
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Shields are falling rapidly, Doctor. We must act quickly or our ship will be destroyed.
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
Hmm. If I’m right about this, the creature’s molecules appear to be made up of a substance that has a density similar to that of Dilithium, but their pH levels stand at opposite ends of the scale.
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
If we were to introduce some refined Dilithium to the gas, there is a chance that it could act as a repellant and give us enough time to distance ourselves from the planet.
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
How much Dilithium would it require?
Objective ID
341,668,136
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
If my calculations are correct, we would need 1,000 Dilithium for this to work.