Captains Blog 19908. The Time Zone in the quadrant changed at the beginning of the month and therefore the nights are drawing-in already, with night Away Missions able to commence at 18.30 hrs now. This in conjunction with a local tradition called Ramadan has made the last few weeks interesting to say the least for the crew.
There have been few sightings of the larger species in the quadrant over recent weeks, which makes us believe that any intent to invade Federation space has for the moment subsided. However, other rarer creatures have been identified.
Our Deep Tec specialist, Ensign Sarah has recently reported a Guitar Shark and Manta at the same time at Middle Garden, whilst Mr Scott has found the hiding place of a Frog Fish on Jackson Reef, a very rare find indeed.
Captains Blog 17908 cont. On screen. Open a channel. It has just been reported that USS Mahy Tours on an extended overnight Away Mission to coordinates Thislegorm have reported first contact with 12 dolphins for a prolonged period over the wreck. We will continue to monitor the situation and remain in orbit.
Captains Blog 17908. With the defeat of one of our allies on the other side of the Neutral Zone many who had hoped to cross into Federation space have had to alter their plans or not come at all. The demise of this ally came as a surprise to many and will affect the operation of the Fleet over the coming months, but we are keeping a keen eye on events in that sector.
We have continued our patrols in the whole area and three days ago had 2 dolphins reported at 5m for over 5 minutes by Ensign Andre at one of the site in the Local Zone called Ras Katy.
Our Science Officer, Mr Dan, with Chief Engineer, Roger, have been looking after a delegation from across the pond and confirmed contact with a 2m marlin on the back of Jackson for 3 minutes. A very rare sighting indeed.
It is hoped that a new small shuttlecraft will arrive in the next two days to assist with our extended Away Missions later this year and into next.
Captain's blog 6908. The whole quadrant has been subject to gravitational distortions and quantum singularities over the last week. Whether these have occurred naturally or are do to man made events we are unsure. All our long and short range sensors have been affected and all ships have reported unusually high solar winds, plasma waves and extremely bad visibility until you get 5 metres or so below the surface.
As a consequence little has been reported in the last week and we wait for these phenomenon to subside, which should happen in the next few days. Strange but this all seems to have coincided with a time known as 'Ramadan'. We are investigating if their is a connection between these two events.
Captains Blog 2908. Despite most of his delegation leaving Ambassador Scowcroft has continued his journey within Federation space. Number One has taken USS Shorouk into the Ras Mohamed System and confirmed the sightings of the large Manta at the location known as Ras Ghouzlani.
Meanwhile Counselor Denis and Dr Donna have diverted USS Marcus to a slightly more remote part of the quadrant in the early hours to locate and examine the wreckage of an old ship known as Dunraven. On the local 'M' class reef they also discovered creatures we call 'Stonefish'. We believe that this is one of their main breeding grounds as often we locate and identify several of these creatures in the area. They further reported two 'Hawksbill Turtles' on returning to the Ras Mohamed System.
Mr Dav has been assigned to teaching duties following a prolonged time out on patrol. He has been sent to conduct the training at our outpost at Sharks Bay, and was fortunate enough to show his students a Manta our their first ever Away Mission.
It would appear that the Manta's have replaced the Whale Sharks who were conducting recce patrols all over Federation space only a few weeks ago. Today Dr Donna, still escorting the Seaway Scuba delegation, also found another Manta at Amphorus. When she tried to hail them, it move off at warp speed.
Captains Blog 27808. Our Protocol Officer, Ensign Penny, took USS Mahy Tours into the Briar Patch late yesterday afternoon on their extended patrol of the area. 7 Hammers were spotted at around 30m but were making their way deeper into the Outback and were therefore only encountered for a few minutes. In the meantime once back close to the 'M' class reef of Jackson a young White Tip stayed near to the Away Team scanning them for several minutes at shallow depths until the end of the mission.
During the night the ship had to move for operational reasons but found a large pod of creatures known as Dolphins caught in the gravitational distortions at her bow. We have not seen these creatures much at night, but they were moving in force towards the Ras Mohamed System. They are normally seen as allies of the Federation.
Ensign Penny despatched an Away Team later that night to the 'M' class reef known as Gordon and reported much activity including: Spanish Dancers, Octopus, and Stone Fish.
We hope she will complete her mission successfully tomorrow.
Captains Blog 26808. We have welcomed the 'Seaway Scuba' delegation with Ambassador Harding to the Federation. Counselor Denis and Dr Donna are to help them acquaint themselves to the Quadrant and the ship USS Marcus.
After yesterdays failure to locate the Hammers, Number One has been sent to the Ras Mohamed system to report on the situation there. He was surprised to find a very large Manta still in the area at coordinates Raz Ghouzlani, which maintain it's position for 10 minutes before headed off at warp speed in the direction of Marsa Bareika.
Concerned at the total disappearance of the Hammers for two days in the Tiran system, I have asked Ensign Penny, our Protocol Officer, to lead an Away Team for an extended mission in to the area tonight.
Captains Blog 25808. Quite an eventful day as our Science Officer, Mr Dan, Deep Specialist Ensign Sarah and tame Wokie, Arni, all returned from the Cocos Islands. Initial reports confirmed our thoughts that this location is the main staging area for the Hammers, with reports of hundreds at a time being seen together. They must then use some form of long range transporter system to come to this area. Also seen where many Tiger Sharks and therefore we believe an alliance has been formed between the two species. Although only seen once the large Hump Back Whale was also seen by the Islands.
Back in the Tiran system, Number One has found the Briar Patch devoid of any Hammers, and despite several sweeps using our sensors nothing was to be found.
Captains Blog 23808. The 'Fins' delegation are from a rather private part of the galaxy and the only person who has been actually seen them has been Number One, but our understanding is that their mission aboard USS Shorouk has gone well. Ambassador Scrowcroft has stayed an extra few days with a few of his team to complete their findings. Number one is still with them and will report on any contacts made.
Meanwhile, following the good contact by Ensign Ellen with the Hammers, Dr Donna has lead another Away Team into the Briar Patch area of the Tiran system. Initial reports from the team seem to indicate that this is a major incursion by them in force. Another fighting patrol was seen in the area as the team transportered down and instantly came into contact with 14 Hammers. They probed the team's defenses for 15-20 minutes at around 25 metres, before retreating further into the Outback.
We have asked the 'Fins' delegation to return to the area tomorrow.
