Star Trek: Starbase 777

The fog settled mostly in the exterior of the clearing, meaning that line of sight was a bit better here. In the center of the clearing, an ominous-looking concrete entrance loomed, much like the mountains surrounding it. Some kind of bunker?

Immediately, she was searching, even just with her eyes, for some kind of latch, console, button… anything to provide them an entrance, in case they needed a quick getaway.

The door to this bunker was locked behind a hydraulic lock, one operated by turning a large wheel, like one would find on an old submarine, or more low-tech airlocks.

"Exploration, they said, it'll be fun, they said ..." Holly sighed as she caught sight of the odd looking mechanism. That was a job for someone taller.

Vara'l, as he entered the clearing, started to look around and reached for his tricorder. Once he had it grabbed he started to scan for lifesigns other than the party or anything that'd have indicated life signs detectors and the like. "This looks hopeful." Vara'l dryly observed before he then questioned. "Wheel lock?"

William, who was totally here this entire time, had followed the group from out of the shuttlecraft and now into the clearing. The walk here was of course somewhat ominous, made more so by the odd rounds and thermal readings. Regardless, the group now seemed to find something particularly interesting - an entrance of some kind?

Seeing the ominous-looking bunker door thing, Paco joined Suun though he mostly looked around to see if there was any surveillance equiptment around that would be observing them.

“We should check for anyone inside before barging in, huh?” She commented, placing a hand on the wheel.

"I can try to map the inside, but unsure how much i can do with the bunker unless we call the ship" He walked back into the group, standing near william who was always there.

Paco, there was certainly a camera lingering in one of the trees, though it appeared as though it had been broken, and there were scratches on the tree it was attached to. They looked humanoid…

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He peered cautiously around Vara'l's shoulder. "We could also make sure it isn't filled with some sort of.. dangerous gas?" ....???

Sak scanned the entrance using his tricorder. "Whoa, this is old stuff, really old stuff. How old would this even be? The material is dense though."

With the scans, through the hydraulic door appeared to be some kind of decontamination unit, one that would be found in airtight labs.

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"Camera. Over there. Broken." Paco first pointed out as he looked towards the trees. That was an easy spot. and then he squinted his eyes since he saw something else along with that camera. Pulled out binoculars again and uttered. " oh_no

" he muttered "Person??"

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She furrowed her brows, taking it all in. “There are wartime bunkers from… hundreds of years ago on earth somewhat similar to this. Thick material, sealed doors…” She whipped her head around to where Paco had mentioned.

"Are we sure we need to go in?" Holly inquired. Exploration was all well and good, but this ...

Scratches that climbed all the way up the tree, four fingers and a thumb. There were no people present, but these scratches meant that someone was…or something.

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"Uh... strange a sealing.. wait let me see that!!" He looks towards the tree, then starts to measure a number of animal species against it "Yeah wathever it is, i think it had opposable thumps and it doesn't match any know marsupial or primate animals."

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He kept going trought animal genus but nothing.

".... I think I know what killed those deer now..." Paco said to himself, mostly thinking outloud as he used his binoculars to look up higher on that tree because there is no way in fucking hell he was going to go anywhere near that thing in case there was some thing up it.

"That's very true." The Romulan nodded to Five as he angled his tricorder to let them see. He then tapped on it briefly and started to scan to make sure it wasn't in fact filled with dangerous gass. Vara'l then looked to Paco and frowned, a glance direct to the camera then the leavings. "..Indeed." He hummed.

"It may still be unrelated, i mean if not, it would also need to be virtually invisibble to our tricorders and that's unlikely!" Oh... oh

“That would… do it.” She continued to stare, somewhat entranced and horrified at the same time. Uncanny.

Sak looked where Paco pointed. "This means that a: This was either a war bunker of sorts, and Breld Company may be there. Or b: This is an old science lab where something important was being built, because my tricorder can barely pick up anything beyond this entrance." Sak added: "This means that whatever killed that deer, is not friendly. We can assume it broke that camera too."

"Bit grim this is." She muttered. "I reckon we should try and find a terminal or something first, yknow." Her eyes searched out to see if she could spot one.

"Well, at least we can assume we are in the right place," Dakom remarked, mostly indifferent. He remained to the back of the group but still well within it, just in case someone decided to open the thing and there was, indeed, some contaminant inside. Not that a few yards would realistically make a difference, he supposed...

There was nothing but the hollow sound of the wind whistling through the clearing. Whatever broke the camera, and potentially killed the deer, was long gone now.

She looked back at the bunker. “May I?” She gestured towards the wheel in curiosity.

"Appeared to have humanoid hands.... Best we try getting in. We may not know what's in there, but its certainly probably safer than staying out here." Paco suggested to the group. "Whatever it was, it's not up in the trees as afar as I could see...."

"Uh... assuming they were doing illegal stuff, doesn't biongineering fall on that?."

"After you, Commander." No tetanus for him, thank you very much.

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"Ladies first?" No tetanus for Paco either, thank you.

Putting her upper body strength into it, she moved to turn the wheel, gripping it tightly as she pulled it to the left. Left loosey, and whatnot.

Sak interjects. "If you're opening that, wear a mask, or something protective! There could be a 400 year old disease waiting to be released." (edited)

KER-CHUNK. Large hydraulic locks released as Suun turned the wheel, three that thumped into place within the large door. As it creaked open, the away team was met with lights that flickered on within the decon chamber. Though the entrance was very old, the tech in here seemed comparable to the early days of Starfleet. The away team’s EV suits didn’t immediately beep in red alert emergency, meaning the air was clean…

“I’m half as old.” She joked, “But that is a smart idea. All of you, protect yourselves.” She blinked, eyebrows high as she looked around. Interesting, she thought, entering without a second thought.

She pressed down on her tricorder, setting it to scan continuously, before following behind Sunn.

"Charming. Rustic," Holly commented as she half-heartedly followed Suun.

William gave a little nod to Suun, taking one last glance outside before entering alongside her.

Sak raised his tricorder infront of him, far away from his face and moved in the chamber. "Ooh, it's old, real old. My favorite kind of old."

Ehlai thought for a moment, glad that he had an EV suit to protect him. He was worried, but he trusted a senior officer. And so, he followed.

The great maw opened, and Five followed with only a slight hesitation to their step, curiosity bright in their dark eyes. "What's your least favorite kind of old?" (edited)

“Ahh.. old creepy stuff. Guess we’re going in!” She said, wanting to look brave. She was right behind Suun, because she was a good Cadet who wasn’t scared of anything if there were superiors watching.

"The air's clean." The Romulan observed simply then as he started up to the fore with his phaser rifle still held as it was, his tricorder closed and returned to its holster as he grasped the phaser rifle two handed once more. "Indeed, Lieutenant commander." Vara'l mused at the charming comment. "Lets keep rifles to the fore of the group please and someone keep on scanning." The CTO requested as he continued to move.

"No where else to go but in.." Paco was not taking any chances. He will double check his EV suit before following the others, tricorder still up on scanning for lifesigns and signs of potential disease or chemical hazards.

Onwards into the #bf-central-corridor…

Walked in and...the ceilling was still nowhere near his head.