Investigation, The Ambassador, and The Arcane

Two days later, and our 86 crew remain missing. We may have developed a few promising ideas to further assess this planet’s atmosphere, and, hopefully, determine what happened to our five auxiliary vessels. We don’t know how well these ideas will work, so I can’t comment on them until they are put into action. We are also cooperating with personnel from the USS Ambassador in all this, and they are proving to be surprisingly helpful.

The Excelsior-class USS Arcane also arrived in orbit this afternoon. Many of our command crew have expressed concern at their unusual reasons for being here, however, they are a fellow Starfleet ship, and we are including them in our efforts. Thus far, their crew appears to be taking a mostly theoretical approach to finding a solution.

Whatever happened to those five vessels, and those 86 people, I pray they are all alive and well. I’ve been on the missing end of survival, and it is not a pleasant experience. I was forced to survive, alone, for three weeks. I hope, wherever these people are, their conditions are more comfortable, bearable, and secure.

-Lieutenant Sam Archer

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February 27, 2365 -- (Original Devron Timeline)