Jaruq log -- 37908.06

[Thomas Jaruq 0]

PADD, begin recording duty log for Stardate 37908.06.

      We finally were able to join up with some security support in Marine Lieutenant Black.  Despite wanting to work a device with a trigger into every problem, Mr. Black has been helpful in interpreting legal protocol for us.  He gave us his assurance that it is within our rights to break back into the Lodi water plant.  Well, OK, not his assurance.  He did seem a bit indecisive about it.  It was more like a guess, really.  But if he was wrong, and we end up getting arrested, we can simply place the blame on him for giving us poor advice.  Security does have its uses.

      Unfortunately, even with the legal cushion Lieutenant Black provided, we were unable to regain access to the plant.  Breaking the seal on the door was no problem for Trichon and Seiben.  It was the forcefield contained within the walls of the plant that thwarted our efforts.  Trichon suggested modifying the frequency of the phasers to disperse the field--a standard Starfleet procedure.  That the field resisted that standard procedure implies that it isn't such a standard field; the generators have been modified from the colony specs.  This fact, coupled with the old man's use of site-to-site transportation, implies that Tepi is hiding more than even I suspected.

      Not all is lost, however.  We have a backup plan.  Trichon and Lo'Ami (who joined us with his science team) suggested using the water transfer system to our advantage.  Indeed, the forcefield surrounding the plant doesn't cover the floor.  Our most sure way into the plant would seem to be the underground route.

      The network of pipes leading to and from the colony establishments is connected to the water plant by three primary shafts, ranging from three meters to six meters in diameter.  The shafts, I assume, serve the additional purpose of providing access for maintenance of the water transfer network.  Each shaft has two access points--one at the edge of the colony, and one in the water plant itself.  The shafts shouldn't be sealed off at the plant end, as that would also block the flow of water.

      Our scans have only offered vague pictures of these shafts.  I'm really not sure what it's like down there.  Seiben mentioned something about "sewers," a method of water reclamation once used on Earth that sounds, by his description, as if it was remarkably unsanitary.  I'm hoping the engineers who installed the water distribution net here decided to utilize more modern design elements ...