The runabout crews were planning to run a few more tests, and then move a safe distance away from the anomaly, but we haven’t heard from them since. Their comms have gone silent.
A Starfleet rescue ship was allowed into the Neutral Zone this afternoon, but was forced to turn back due to ship-wide system failures. Neither our ships, nor the Romulans have tried sending anyone else into the Devron System.
When the Enterprise arrived, Captain Picard insisted that the Enterprise be allowed to proceed to the anomaly. A number of personnel objected, due to the radiation, as well as the possibility of Romulan trickery, but we went in anyway. We are currently holding a position near the anomaly, with our deflector dish generating an “inverse tachyon pulse”. This should, in theory, provide us with a view of the interior of the phenomena.
As of this post, the bridge reports that we may be witnessing a “temporal event resulting from an eruption of time and anti-time”. I studied temporal physics, and I’ve never heard of anything known as “anti-time”, however, Lieutenant Commander Data has provided some possible insight into the topic. He believes that time, and “anti-time”, are similar to the matter and anti-matter that power our warp engines. When time and “anti-time” become imbalanced, they could, theoretically rip a hole in space and time. That rip might be what we are currently witnessing.
As far as the missing Starfleet runabouts and shuttles, they have been located, but they remain oddly unresponsive. Shuttle rescue missions are underway, but it will be a while before we have any concrete news. I’ll share anything as soon as it becomes available.
There have also been reports, all across the Enterprise, of crewmembers experiencing old wounds healing themselves, and old scars disappearing -- as if they had never existed. Our medical staff claims that these incidents should be medically impossible, yet, here they are, happening right in front of our eyes. I’ve witnessed them myself. Could this be the “serious health problems” that the runabout crews previously reported?
There’s a lot going on right now, and I have a feeling most of us will be up late as we investigate further. I will share information as it becomes known. Multiple posts, most likely. Stay tuned. Whatever this is…. I fear it could become a lot worse.
-Lieutenant Sam Archer
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May 9, 2363 – (Devron Timeline 3.0)