"Captain's log, stardate 56626.5. The repair work to the Benecia Colony weather grid is almost complete. I'm told there are just a few hours of final adjustments and tests today, and we'll be able to depart at 2100. Our next destination is Starbase 44, where we'll return to our cargo run to Cestus colony." - Captain Yiirel, Ready Room, Time Index 12:04:17
"Ensign Pico's log, stardate 56626. I have been serving as Acting Operations officer these past few days while we repair the Benecia Colony weather grid, as Lt. Zot has been on the surface coordinating operations. Ships systems are functioning at peak efficiency, I have been running the usual gambit of diagnostics on ships systems, and all appears well.." - Ensign Pico, Personal Quarters, Time Index 12:18:09
"Ensign Pico's personal log, supplemental. I am growing more bored each day, I feel like I need a change in my life. Perhaps I will request a transfer and try to find a Chief Operations officer position. Or serve aboard a ground station temporarily. Benecia has a nice Starfleet facility, though they also have practically nothing to do. I don't know what kind of change I am ready for in life, but I'm 23 and I did not sign up for the Trill Freight Commision, I enlisted in Starfleet." - Ensign Pico, Personal Quarters, Time Index 12:20:17
Wednesday, August 18
Tuesday, August 17
Ships Logs, USS Xir'tan: Stardate 56625
"Captain's log, stardate 56625.7. The repairs to Benecia Colony's weather grid are progressing nicely. I'm told they'll be completed by Wednesday night. Though I don't know how I'll break it to the ever hospitable Governor Koroko." - Captain Yiirel, Ready Room, Time Index 16:30:08"First officers log, stardate 56625. While the Captain has been entertaining Governor Koloko from Benecia Colony, and performing the usual ceremonial niceties of visiting a colony -- my responsibility has been to see if there's anything else we can do for the colony. Aside from sending Lt. X to their University as a guest, as a favor for a friend, the colony does not seem to be in much need." - Commander Kirrjall, via Comm Badge, Time Index 18:19:42
"Chief Engineers Log, supplemental. What are we a Engineering Corps ship? Seems like our last few missions have been repair work heavy. No matter, I've been enjoying myself! The challenges are much better than making sure the ship remains at pristine ship shape as we deliver supplies from one colony to another, etc ad nauseum. But Benecia's weather grid repairs are going fine, I think there was a power surge in the Severe Weather Trace detection grid, which led to a failure in all of the back-up subroutines, which allowed stray signals from normal space to just wreak havoc on what the thing thought it was detecting. We've cleared up the software, and repairs to the hardware are almost complete. I'm reporting we should be done by Wednesday evening." - Lieutenant Commander T'Loris, Tricorder, Time Index 18:25:37
"Chief Medical Officer's Log, Stardate 56625.992. There have been no particularly noteworthy injuries or illnesses since my previous log. Ensign Pico's case of Thelusian flu appears to have cleared up before it could manifest symptoms in any other crew members, but I will continue to monitor to be certain." - Dr. Saran, Sickbay Office, Time Index 11:30:32
"Ensign Pico's personal log, supplemental. Manning Ops has been more interesting this week than Mission Ops, but I am still putting off thinking about whats been bothering me -- should I request a transfer? I signed up to 'explore strange new worlds' and all we ever do is shipping and maintenance. Sure, part of Starfleet is the custodialship of Federation space, but I just want to do something more exciting." - Ensign Pico, Personal Quarters, Time Index 11:56:12
Thursday, August 12
Library Database: Benecia
NAME: BENENCIA
POPULATION: 509,000
AFFILIATION: FEDERATION COLONY
CAPITAL: EE'MAKATHA CITY
CLASS: L
OXYGEN/NEON ATMOSPHEREMEAN SOLAR DISTANCE: 270,600,000 KM
SURFACE AREA: 44% Land, 56% Water
ROTATIONAL PERIOD: 22 hours 2 minutes
History
First charted by the starship USS Archon in late 2166, the Benecia colony was founded in the 2250s by the Ariolo. Federation members, the colony operated as a Federation protectorate. Starting with a colony of 2,400 Ariolo in a marshy valley, the colony began to prosper and invite more colonists from other worlds. As part of a trade agreement, an equatorial jungle was offered to the Xindi, inviting them to colonize it and operate the colony jointly with the Ariolo and the Federation. The Xindi accepted this offer, and in 2263 sent a colony vessel of 1,400 Xindi-Insectoids to found a city-structure there.
By the 2270s, the colony had a population of nearly 5,000 Ariolo, and 3,200 Xindi-Insectoids. A small Starfleet communications base was put on the planet in 2271, operated by a staff of 5 officers. Various reasons soon led to a immigration influx: in 2272, severe weather conditional shifts on Midos V led to a flight of nearly 10% of the colonies population, many of which settled on Benecia and consisted primarily of Rigelians. By the 2280s, the Xindi-Insectoid population had built and improved ties with the Ariolo, and a colony of Xindi-Aquatics were also invited to colonize a neighboring sea.
During the 23rd century, the Colony had sub-par medical care for a colony of its size. Faced by repeated funding and construction issues, a fully-capable hospital to replace the small-scale medical centers was not constructed until 2296.
By 2300, Benecia was still a slow growing colony compared to other Federation successes. The 2300 Federation Census marked it's population as approximately 175,000 - consisting of 90,000 Xindi-Insectoid; 35,000 Ariolo; 15,500 Xindi-Aquatic; 12,500 Rigelians and assorted others. The Benecian Art Gallery gained sector-wide fame as a tourist location during the 2310s.
The Starfleet base was remodeled in 2322 and expanded, adding a shuttlebay and now requiring a staff of 30. It's location relatively near the Talarian border soon became an issue during the Galen border conflicts of the 2350s, when it's security became a higher priority. Starfleet presence in the system increased exponentially, when once a Starship would pass through only a handful of times a year - suddenly dozens of starships visited a week, to monitor Talarian activity. Starfleet built a Subspace Relay Station in the system, and the Starfleet Corps of Engineers designed a large scientific research observatory on a moon in the system. As the Talarian conflict died down, Starfleet converted the observatory (long believed to be a listening post) into a fullscale monitoring station that kept tabs on the Talarian border.
During later 24th century, the Benecia colony had fairly little involvement in intergalactic affairs continuing growth as a small Federation colony, reaching a population of 500,000 in 2372. During the Dominion war, Benecia operated a Topaline mine in it's southern polar continent. Sizable quantities of Mizinite existed on the planet but went unmined, used by the Dominion but not particularly by Alpha Quadrant races. A small worry existed that the Dominion might plan to seize the planet for the ore existed, but Starfleet considered Benecia safely protected.
History
First charted by the starship USS Archon in late 2166, the Benecia colony was founded in the 2250s by the Ariolo. Federation members, the colony operated as a Federation protectorate. Starting with a colony of 2,400 Ariolo in a marshy valley, the colony began to prosper and invite more colonists from other worlds. As part of a trade agreement, an equatorial jungle was offered to the Xindi, inviting them to colonize it and operate the colony jointly with the Ariolo and the Federation. The Xindi accepted this offer, and in 2263 sent a colony vessel of 1,400 Xindi-Insectoids to found a city-structure there.
By the 2270s, the colony had a population of nearly 5,000 Ariolo, and 3,200 Xindi-Insectoids. A small Starfleet communications base was put on the planet in 2271, operated by a staff of 5 officers. Various reasons soon led to a immigration influx: in 2272, severe weather conditional shifts on Midos V led to a flight of nearly 10% of the colonies population, many of which settled on Benecia and consisted primarily of Rigelians. By the 2280s, the Xindi-Insectoid population had built and improved ties with the Ariolo, and a colony of Xindi-Aquatics were also invited to colonize a neighboring sea.
During the 23rd century, the Colony had sub-par medical care for a colony of its size. Faced by repeated funding and construction issues, a fully-capable hospital to replace the small-scale medical centers was not constructed until 2296.
By 2300, Benecia was still a slow growing colony compared to other Federation successes. The 2300 Federation Census marked it's population as approximately 175,000 - consisting of 90,000 Xindi-Insectoid; 35,000 Ariolo; 15,500 Xindi-Aquatic; 12,500 Rigelians and assorted others. The Benecian Art Gallery gained sector-wide fame as a tourist location during the 2310s.
The Starfleet base was remodeled in 2322 and expanded, adding a shuttlebay and now requiring a staff of 30. It's location relatively near the Talarian border soon became an issue during the Galen border conflicts of the 2350s, when it's security became a higher priority. Starfleet presence in the system increased exponentially, when once a Starship would pass through only a handful of times a year - suddenly dozens of starships visited a week, to monitor Talarian activity. Starfleet built a Subspace Relay Station in the system, and the Starfleet Corps of Engineers designed a large scientific research observatory on a moon in the system. As the Talarian conflict died down, Starfleet converted the observatory (long believed to be a listening post) into a fullscale monitoring station that kept tabs on the Talarian border.
During later 24th century, the Benecia colony had fairly little involvement in intergalactic affairs continuing growth as a small Federation colony, reaching a population of 500,000 in 2372. During the Dominion war, Benecia operated a Topaline mine in it's southern polar continent. Sizable quantities of Mizinite existed on the planet but went unmined, used by the Dominion but not particularly by Alpha Quadrant races. A small worry existed that the Dominion might plan to seize the planet for the ore existed, but Starfleet considered Benecia safely protected.
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