Chief Engineer's Log

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(Recorded via tricorder, scheduled for upload to QoB via Tyderium II)

 

Ramjep and I have succeeded in locating and beaming up most of the hunting party, save for BcH and Kawalas.  First aid is being administered to those suffering from cold weather exposure as possible aboard the runabout.  Quv claims his boots are frozen to his feet, but should thaw out with time.

 

After conferring with the hunting party, none of whom had seen BcH and Kawalas in some time, we decided to explore their last known location hoping this would give us some clues. Visibility remained bad so Ramjep agreed to take the sensors while I concentrated on piloting the ship.  

 

After some searching we discovered a series of underground caverns containing pockets of unusually warm weather.  If the commanders were still on the surface they would surely be dead by now.  We reasoned that if they were still alive they would be in those caverns.  However, our scans could not penetrate the caves to confirm this.

 

Attempting to land the runabout on the rocks, ice, or some other uneven surface would damage it's warp nacells.  Our only remaining option was to beam someone down to the caves for a first-hand look.  Ramjep volunteered for this task, but I thought it unwise to beam someone down who had already received cold weather exposure.  Being that I have not been exposed yet I convinced her to send me instead.

 

I grabbed a phaser, a tricorder, and filled a pack with as many medkits and emergency rations as could fit.  The rations would be a necessity as biological life forms burn more calories in cold weather, and the Klingons had exerted themselves during the hunt and had not eaten since they beamed down.  

 

Upon beaming down the tricorder immediately picked up their life signs.  I am heading to their position as I record this.