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1) Introduction

2) Location
3) Species
4) Violation of Prime Directive
5) Solutions

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1. Introductiopn

On Stardate 239901.26, the Federation Council approved the motion of allowing the construction of a Ferengi Trade Outpost in orbit of the Federation planet Iru III.

Sadly however, three days earlier a USS Bismarck Away Team involuntarily violated the Prime Directive by establishing a premature first contact with an Iru III native race. Adding even more violations, on Stardate 239901.31,
a Jem'Hadar attack fighter crash landed on the planet's surface.

The Federation Council sees no reason to call off the Ferengi Outpost, but
does insist that Starfleet deploys a Cultural Observation Team on the planet
to monitor and observe the effects of the violations on the Iru III native
race. A mission report for the Observation Team's deployment is availabe.

2. Location

Situated in a region of space within Federation boundries, but outside Ka'Leigh local space, Gamma Quadrant.

The Iru system is located 1.67 LY from the New Eden system and Deep Space Orion. 8 planets are in orbit of a type G3 star. The Federation's planet of interest is Iru III, only M class planet in the system, which has 2 moons orbiting.

Iru III is barely a class M planet, having the regular oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere, temperatures in the higher levels of the class M designation, little to no water.

Sendimentary analysis also reveal Iru III to be a relatively young planet. No fossil records have been found.

3. Species:

Little is known about the Iru III native species but the information obtained from tricorders and observations made by the USS Bismarck Away Team.


Tricorder scans

Confirmed is that the species are silicon based. Upon arrival to the surface, initial tricorder scans showed a 'high organic signature' in some of the surrounding rock. A more intense scan revealed the surface composition to be completely organic, eminating what could only be described as 'strange energy readings'.

Crew Observations

The USS Bismarck Away Team observed the species not to have displayed any aggressive tendencies and rather shy. The physical appearence of the species is described as 'stone pillars'. One subject is being estimated to be 50cm tall, 10 cm in diameter. Another as reaching up to 300cm.

When they reveiled themselves, they appearded 'shimmery with obvious crystaline striations, sparkling as it moves'. Later, after having received more stimulae from the Away Team, the appearence completely transformed to 'brilliantly colored and striated pattern, laced with crystaline veins'.

On an intelligence level, the creatures have attempted to establish communications through writing symbols in the sand. The symbols resemble those of a culture several sectors away. Some symbols have been identified as one for 'a molecule of diamant' another as 'Quarz'. It has been observed the species shifted on a molecular level into the matter drawn in the sand.

4.Violations

239901.24
Where as it is the professional opinion of some Bismarck Away Team members that this species has obviously encountered off-world humanoid species, the Prime Directive has been violated as the technological level of this race has not yet been determined. USS Bismarck however had no knowledge about the existance of these beings prior to contact.

239901.31
A Jem'Hadar attack-fighter, commandeered by Cmdr Spartan upon his escape from a Dominion Internment Camp crash-lands on the surface of Iru III. Details have been filed as classified under Starfleet Security measures. USS Bismarck however is working on a sollution to lift the wreck from the surface and minimalise contamination of Iru III with off-world technology.

5. Solutions

Although the damage has been done and the federation Council stands by it's decision to allow the Ferengi Outpost in orbit of Iru III, it does stand by a number of measures ensuring proper Federation protocols are being aintained.

First of these is the removal of all Federation and Dominion technology on the surface. At current the inventory is made on 1 Starfleet Issue Type II phaser, 1 Starfleet Issue Medical Tricorder and 1 Dominion Attack Fighter craft.

As stated before, USS Bismarck is already working on lifting the Dominion wreck off the surface. Later searches have to uncover the locations of the Phaser, the Medical Tricorder and any debris the Attack Fighter lost on it's atmospherical entry.

A Second measure is for Starfleet to install a Cultural Observation Team to:

A) Learn more about the species.
B) Observe and monitor the effects of the violation will have on the natural develoment of the species.

Further developments conserning this situation will be determined by the execution of these measures.
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Commander Thomas X. Spartan
Commanding Officer, USS Bismarck NCC-82517

Email: Spartan@ucip.future-gate.net

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