Offical Report
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Offical Report from the USS Platine, Mahan Class, on incounter with Zanzavarnians.
Star Date: 47384.3  Earth Year: 2372
Offical Report on First Contact Incounter with Zanzavarnians
Name: Captain John Higgs
Position: Commanding Officer of the USS Platine
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Report:
  Backround: A Task Group of 6 ships was assembled to enter Borg space for Recon. A battle erupted and one Borg Cube was destroyed. The ships were split up to look for remains of the cube that could be taken back.

  Report: After a long search for remains nothing had turned up. We found ourselves in a random star system with an ajoining system that had a Blue sun. Neither of the systems had names. So while doing scans of them we just called them Red797 and Blue182 in reference of their suns color.
Prelimanary scans showed much more then we first thought we would find. We were scaning for plasma trails, ion trails, and any non-normal sub-space particals. What we found was a possible bee hive of Warp Plasma trails that lead from Blue182 to the four out laying systems.
  After scaning the other three systems that we had not yet scanned the trails only got larger. It seemed as if there was a close race that had had warp ability for some time now. Or at least had been using it for all means of transportation inside the system.
  A more intense scane was ordered on the Blue182 system sense the trails seemed to all lead to it. The system contained one Sun, Blue, and three Planets. The First, closest to the sun, was a Class C Planet, Not able to support Human life along with most other alien races known. The Second a Class M Planet that had around 4.1 Billion beings on it. The Third Planet was a Class K planet, able to support only lower life forms.
  The Warp trails seemed to all lead to the Second Planet in the System. Because they had Warp Travel we moved the ship into the Blue182 system in hopes to find out more with out interferring with them.
  After passing the third Planet we were within short range sensors area for scanning. We positioned the Ship in orbit of the Third Planet to stay far enough away to not be seen, so we thought.
  When we put the ship into orbit our scanners went off. They indicated that another ship was in orbit of the planet and was rotating around to our position. I ordered that we move out of orbit and hope not to be seen.
  We sat back on the outside of the orbit on the dark side of the Third Planets Moon. Sensors said that the Ship was now almost directly infront of us. The Communications Officer then Stated that we were being Hailed on all channels.
  With the best intention in mind I thought for a moment and then had him place in on the main viewer. On the screen a rather stern looking person was shown. By our standards they would appear to be the female of the species. Those indicating that it was a race with equal rights. This also turned out to be false.
  Within moment we all noticed that there was only one Male on the Bridge of there ship. And he was bound to a wall with a shackle on his leg. That is when we realized that it was not an equal rights race. That is when Communications Began.
  They  said a few words and we could not understand them. Even after through the Universal translator they were still jibberish. The communications officer then said that a translation program had been sent over. It was altered to read in Federation Standard. They must have understood us easier then we could them. After adding the Program to the Translator I began our own Communications.
   I began to say who we are and what we were doing. I was abruptly cut off and spoken to. They stated simply that they would send over an array of files from their database and Three Males that they no longer had a need for. They then said we would have one of our hours to leave the system and not return. If we failed to do so it would result in the destruction of our ship.
  At that time four more ships appeared on the sensors from both behind the planet and the moon which we had been hiding. They seemed to know more about there own system then we knew about it. They knew every place to hide to get an atvantage on others.
  They only thing that we could do was agree to their terms and leave. Each of the ships had Polaron beams on them. All locked on us, that left little interpertation for friendly talking.
  With in moments a small craft was launched from their ship and was landing in our own shuttlebay. Three were pushed out a door on the side of the craft along with a data crystal. They were all bound and gaged, wearing robes of some sort. Only one Female was seen, she too wore a robe and carried some sort of whip in her hand. Before we could say anything they were up and out of the bay. They returned to their own ship did not say anything.
  The Ships backed off 100 meters and maintained a running lock on us. We did further scans of both ships and planets. 45 minutes later we left the system with the three males on board in sick bay being treated and exsamed for anything that might cause the crew harm.
  We maintained scanning the systems for as long as we could before we re-entered borg space and left theirs.  Opening the Data Crystal proved harder then what was first thought. The crystal had about 6 million layers to it were the normal has around 3 million. After unlocking the crystal we ran it through a personal computer padd before loading to the ships main computer to make sure it was not a viral attack of some sort.
   After the three had been exsamed the counseler began talking with them. They seemed to pick up the language very easily. They only had trouble with a few words which used high piched silibles. After looking into this it seems that their genetice make up blocks certain pich ranges from their hearing abilitys. Also we noticed that Lower lights seem to not blind them as much. The Ships doctor made up some quick appling contact lenses that were tinted slightly so that they can travel through the ship like every one else.
   Two weeks after we began our trip home we discovered another Male Zanzavarnain aboard. He was apprehended in the Observation lounge on deck 1. He had already learned most of our language and seemed to have accessed the computer a few times. Although he only was able to view things and not change any ships systems he seemed to have learned the whole layout of the ship and begain to learn how it works on an engineering level. He was exsamed like the rest and given quarters with the other three. It did not seem that he was a threat to us or the Federation. Mearly that he stowed away aboard the shuttle over and sliped out while no one was looking. How he did it he refused to state.
  After further communications with the four we found out their names and what they said their classes were. Glason Tury, Slave-Sickness of the Head; Esalpe Rowep, Slave-Space Trained; Kazvar Guten(stowaway), Slave-Worker Class; Kirtz Gwizdak, Counsele Members Messenger-Slave.
  Slave was a hard word to work out. It took almost three days to figure out and explain between us what a slave was. They had no knowledge of the word. According to the Data Crystal they had always been owned by the Females. Although the Crystal gave much information about the males it said almost nothing about the Females. Only that they ruled the Systems, now known as Zanzavarnian Space, and were the only ones allowed to learn technology.
  It also gave basic specs for the ship that we encountered and several small crafts. Also showing parts of the structer of there civilization. But with large enough gaps to make things hard to figure out. It was basicly a source of information that they ment to use to scare and intimidate us.
  Senior staff gave this as the analises of there race:
XO: Very well thought out race. It seems as if the Females have put a lot of effort and thought into how they would rule over the males. It seems as if they do not want to ever let them be on an equal level to the females, even the lower ones.
Counseler: After long talks with all four of them and reviewing the crystal it seems that the females have been lieing to the males for so many years that the male do not know what to think. The males are told that the females can destroy anything anytime anywhere. The information on the Data Crystal would not seem to show that that is possible. After telling the Males this they all refused to speak with me again.
Strategic Operations Officer: The Ship that we encountered is a powerful ship. It has strong fire power, sheilds, and manuverability. But it seems to lack any real purpose. With all that fire power, and all those shields on one ship there can only be one purpose for it. That is to intimidate others into thinking that you are bigger, badder, meaner, and can blow the others out of the water. But with what it has it does not seem likely that it is as great as it would seem at first glance.
Engineer: The level of technology that they have is enough to rival the Borg, their neighbors, for all of two weeks. That is to say, if all there technology is like what they have showed us, and what we saw, then they would only survive against the borg for two weeks. There level of technology is equal to the Dominion and Romulans put together. But has as much use as the Ferengi and Cardassians technology. It would seem that most of it is just hype.
Flight Control Officer: Good sense of manuvering for the size of the ship. It has thrusters in all directions for full 3D turning. It would both make it an interesting ship to pilot and try and keep up with.
Inteligence Officer: Very interesting race. It is certainly a race that deserves a few more long looks at.
Operations Officer: Systems on the ship we encountered seem to run fine. We detected no problems during the time. Although we did detect a brech in out own computer. We suspect that if was from them tapping in to figure out our language and then making it able for us to communicate with them. But they covered their tracks so well that we will never know what they really looked at or copied. New security measures have been inacted and suggestions across the fleet have been sent for new security measures of the main computer against this sort of brech.
Marine Detachment Commander: The data crystal indicated that there are Space Fighters aboard the ships. Specs are not given but if they follow true to the rest of the specs we have seen they would be a hand full. Also it made mention to a Cast of Slaves trained for hand to hand combat only. Some trained for Blade type weapons fighting. The only reason they would have for slaves of this nature is for a hostile take over of ground forces. Numbers indicated that they would send very large amounts of thies slaves into a ground battle for the soul purpose of over taking the enemy so that the females could then put them back in cages.
Diplomatic Officer:  I am concerned with what we learned about them. Slaves, weapons of very mass distruction, unknown battle fields in space, worlds taken over by hostile force, even signs of possible genetic changes in the males and female. If the Federation every incounters them again I would recommend that they take extreme measures of safty and prepare to defend themself at all costs. I fear that unless they want it a peaceful talk with them will never happen.

  So we now arrive back in Federation space. Kazvar has expressed a willingness to join the Federation. With my endoresement he has been exsepted into the Star Fleet Academy under special curcumstanses. Kirtz also showed that he would like to join. I gave a letter of recommendation for him also. He stated that he will wait to go in unlike Kazvar who will make way to the Academy right away. The other two choose to stay in Federation Space but not to do anything note worthy. They have choosen to try and live a life as free men.
  So in final my reccomendation;
  After hearing from all of my senior staff I am left with only one judgement call to make. And that is to advise the Federation to stay away from Zanzavarnian Space. It would seem that we are neither welcome or will be invited to come again. But at the same time I feel that we should keep an ear out their direction in case anything happens that we should know about. The last thing that we want is for them to catch us off gaurd. We do not know how many ships they have, what type of ship, or what they are truely capably of.
So after long thought it is my decission to advise the Federation to leave the Zanzavarnians alone untill we recive futher notice that they would be welcoming to us.
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Name: Captain John Higgs
Position: Commanding Officer of the USS Platine
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