I hate to say this, but the rogue chief science officer of the USS Arcane – the Starfleet officer who took one of the Arcane’s type-7 shuttles, and disappeared into the atmosphere -- may be on to something. His claimed theory is false: chroniton particles are theoretical. They don’t exist. And there are none surrounding this planet. However, we have confirmed that there are unnatural radiation particles in the atmosphere, and they may have been collecting there for millennia. They more than likely had something to do with the disappearance of all six vessels, although, we do not yet know how.
Our research continues, and, tomorrow, if we don’t experience any more setbacks, we will be ready to launch another probe, just like the one that was destroyed.
We hope our 87 personnel are out there, down there, somewhere – waiting to be recovered. We hope they are safe, and alive, and ready to come home.
-Lieutenant Sam Archer
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February 29, 2365 -- (Original Devron Timeline)
