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.
