> >The trail of tracks led down a path that was
> cut through the growth. It must
> >have taken quite some work to cut this path.
> It was fresh, just older than
> >the battle. Indiating that the path was cut
> prior to the battle, but not
> >before the base came was set up.
> >
> >Following the path and tracks took Makkie and
> Katya a good distance from the
> >base camp, just over 120 meters. The trail
> opened up to a clearing about the
> >size of small shuttle bay. From sensor
> readings and the pattern of foot
> >prints, a pitch battle happened here. The
> beings that were trying to escape
> >into the forest were caught by their pursuers.
> The end results of that
> >battle were as yet unknown, but it appears as
> if some got away... More
> tracks
> >to follow.
>
> Katya shook her head. "They were overwhelmed.
> Not much chance with odds
> like that," she said, looking at the marks on
> the ground. "They were a
> survey team, not a fighting squad."
>
> "Not very sporting," Maggie said drily. She
> hated senseless slaughter.
>
> "The tracks of what are possibly some survivors
> go that way," she said,
> pointing with her phaser. "Shall we?"
>
> "My turn to lead," Maggie suggested, heading
> off in that direction, carefully
> scanning the area around her for anything
> untoward. She held her tricorder in her
> left hand, her Sig in her right, with the right
> wrist resting on the left one for
> stability.
>
They proceeded another 120 meters or so, and came across another clearing
at the top of a hill. What they saw was simply a horrid sight. Graves.
There were 4 graves, all fresh. Scans revealed that they were all Federation
member races. Those that ran were killed, and burried. By deduction that
meant that at least one survived the attack.
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