[USS Chimera] SD 241002.04 || Earth Log || Capt Rojac & EMaj Walters ||

[Bridge - Deck One - USS Beijing]

"Captain, we have a serious problem."

Captain Cropa Rojac gave his executive officer a questioning glance before looking at the padd that was placed in his hand. He skimmed over the contents with his middle and index fingers swiping downward to scroll down the record. 

"Vice Admiral Lomax?" Rojac said, handing the padd back. "He's been dead for almost five years, Walters. What does he have to do with this?"

"When I was interrogating the prisoner, Captain Jamis Tawrens the main question I was asking was 'Who gave the order?'.  I got an answer and not easily.  The name given was Vice Admiral Lomax...immediately after this Captain Tawrens was taken over by a thing within his body which started firing wires or tentacles at me.  Stunning it didn't work only vaporizing it worked.  I haven't seen anything like that before."  Walters said quietly.

"So a dead Admiral has ordered the attack?" Rojac asked puzzled. Though the mention of 'wires' triggered a memory cog into motion. "What's your point, Major?"

"The point is Captain.  Someone or something killed Tawrens because he gave us that name.  We cant afford to ignore that not to mention whatever the hell it was that killed Tawrens was some kind of Bioweapon and Lomax would have been up to his neck in that kind of shit, I guarantee it."  Walters replied in a forced whisper.

The memory found its mark, and Rojac's eyes widened in surprise. "There's a plague loose on UNITY very similar to what you've just described." Rojac walked over to an unused terminal on the sabre class's bridge and accessed the report he had the skeleton crew from the Chimera send him. Traumatizing images of zombie-like humans and non-humans alike were ravaging the religious sector with dark lines evident on their skin. "Does it look familiar?" Rojac asked his XO after watching a creature grab a fleeing man, ending dark wires into his eyeballs in a bloody mess.

"Similar yes but this one showed definite intelligence.  Whatever these things are they are smarter than they may first appear.  Whether thats by programming or strategy I can't say.  All I do know is I think the timing on this has something to do with why we were originally called to Earth."  Walters said quietly not wanting to mention TechEx in front of the uncleared crew of the Beijing.

"Yes," Rojac muttered, bring a fist to his bearded chin. "The timing is suspicious."

"So what's our next play then?  Do we investigate this further here or head back to Unity?"  Walters asked.  He had his own ideas about what to do but they would require some help from people within the Alliance and he didn't know how burned those bridges were.

"We need to inform our superiors." Rojac said. "I'll get in touch with Starbase Bragg and Joint Defense Command. You need to notify your superiors in the Erassian Alliance. They can take it from there." Rojac glanced back at the gruesome image on the screen. "I need to get back to my ship."

"Just be careful who you talk to, if one of your brass is involved who knows how far this goes.  I'll try and contact either General Ivanov or General Borden, see if they can get anything from Intel."  Walters said seriously.  "Something seriously messed up is going on and I've got the feeling this is only the beginning."

[End Log]

Captain Cropa Rojac

Commanding Officer

&

Erassian Major Scott Walters

Executive Officer

USS Chimera NCC 96899-C