The Darwin 47: Apprehended

Good news! Our Marines have apprehended the remaining three fugitive scientists from Darwin Research Station. They escaped into the tunnels below the facility, and were captured down in the canyon. Two of the individuals were apprehended at a choke point coming out of the caves and tunnels, while the third – a woman – was taken into custody after she fell 55 feet onto a ledge. The Marines repelled down the cliff to her location, and she was pulled from the ledge in a coordinated shuttle rescue.

All 47 personnel from Darwin Research Station are now in custody aboard the Enterprise. In addition, the last pieces of evidence and machinery related to the genetic experiments have been brought aboard the Enterprise, and we are scheduled to depart within a few hours.

A number of individuals from our crew have been transferred to Darwin Station, to await the arrival of another Starfleet ship that will resume control of the station, and prepare it for other uses. A platoon of 30 Marines have been reassigned to the station as well, and will remain on Gagarin IV when we leave.

Our mission to Gagarin IV was a success. We have obtained what we were ordered to acquire, and now we are headed back to Deep Space 1 to offload everything for transport to Earth. It is my hope that the Federation justice system deals swiftly with our prisoners, and that we do not have to play a part in any future arrests of this nature.

-Lieutenant Sam Archer

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September 26, 2364 -- (Original Devron Timeline)