= Kas Povaan (V'Tar II), Vulcan Colony =
Two figures sat in front of a square stone table on a balcony overlooking the Vo'Kar valley below on the planet of Kas Povaan. A game of kal-toh was underway between them, and each of them took their turns patiently and slowly, carefully deciding what move to make next. The binary suns of the V'Tar System were setting on the horizon of the desert valley floor, casting hues of brilliant red and orange and long shadows of jagged rocks and peaks across the plains. The city of Vo'Kar was built on the edge off the cliffs the provided a spectacular view of the valley.
Kas Povaan was a new world by Vulcan standards, but by Federation standards it was not so new anymore, having been colonised almost 400 years ago, before the Federation was even a thought in the collective minds of the races that founded it. A desert world, which resembled the climate of Vulcan very closely, it did not attract many people who were unaccustomed to its harsh conditions. The population of 48 million consisted mostly of Vulcan citizens with the rest made up of Xenexian and similar arid-world species, with the capital city of Vo'Kar housing 12 million of the population. The Federation planet had almost fallen to Romulan invasion forces during the Earth-Romulan war, but was sucessfully repelled by the Vulcan government after only a few days of occupation.
"Your move," said the Vulcan man and looked at the elderly woman seated across him.
She nodded her head slowly and studied the chaotic kal-toh sphere. Her son was nearly 120 years old and he had yet to beat her at a game of kal-toh. At the ripe old age of 220, Sakkal was beginning to lose control over her emotions and at times suffered from episodes of dementia. She was aware that she had not much time left, perhaps a year or two at most, but she had lived a satisfied and full life. Her legacy would remain with her 12 children, 27 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
Taking a single, thin rod from the sphere, she placed it two sectors above it's current location and a moment later the sphere transformed into a more harmonius formation.
"Well done, mother," Pavik said. Even now still, she remained unbeaten at kal-toh, a true achievement.
The quiet moment between mother and son were suddenly broken by low rumbling sound that hovered over the golden city of Vo'Kar. Alarmed, Pavik quickl stood up and walked towards the edge of the balcony. He glanced upwards to the sky and saw the air shimmer as a massive ship decloaked over the city. It's design was clearly Romulan, but it was unlikely any Romulan ship Pavik had seen or heard of before. Almost spiderlike in its design, the ship however menacingly over the city for a few moments until a bright beam of light shot from orbital defense platforms struck the shields of the vessel, causing the electormagnetised air around it to create a half-sphere of sickly green light.
Then suddenly a blindly luminescent pulse of light shot forth from the belly of the large beast, striking into the heart of Vo'Kar. The cascading shockwave of thalaron radiation that swept through the capital city of Kas Povaan destroyed everything in its path within a matter of seconds. Pavik had barely a second to turn away from the balcony when the shockwave hit, causing instant cellular necrosis in every living thing and toppling the tall structure into the deep valley below.
= End Log =
Vo'Kar City
Kas Povaan (V'Tar II)
Federation Colony
[NPC by Bren]
