New Enemies Form Alliance & Develop New POWERFUL Weapon

Captain's Log - SUPPLEMENTAL

Since the above log entry last night, I have received (So far) UNCLASSIFIED & UNCONFIRMED information from Starfleet Intelligence that the Sutran MAY be more dangerous than first thought.

First, they tried manipulating the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise by infiltrating The Federation via supplantation of a synsian being inside the body of a Starfleet officer who, while assigned to the Enterprise, did something to wipe the memories of the crew clean & caused SERIOUS damage to the computer system of the Enterprise itself to drag The Federation into their war with The Lyssians. When that didn't work, they tried the supplantation of a synsian being again BUT THIS TIME, they didn't wipe anyone's memories clean or cause any damage to any computer systems.

That is because SI believes The Sutran may have developed a new weapon. One that could POTENTIALLY make them a BIGGER threat than THE BORG ever was.

It's believed to be on the concept of the combination of Temporal systems (Mainly sensors & transporters) & DNA.

How does it all work you ask? Well according to information from SI, it's all pretty simple.

When (What's thankfully now) the old Borg Collective (Existing only in insurgent remnants in pockets of Echo Quadrant & minus its leader) assimilated humanoid species, they completely stripped away any form of DNA. But The Sutran OTOH seem to have developed a weapon that's (Presumably) based on the thesis of Temporal sensors & transporters, only there's one slight difference.

The Sutran can either unwittingly copy the DNA of a humanoid species (Either from the species itself or anything it touches) WITHOUT the knowledge of said humanoid species OR they can COMPLETELY ABDUCT said humanoid species using a Temporal Transporter system of some kind WITHOUT DETECTION. How they do this is anybody's guess. (If anybody has any information on this, please feel free to chime in).

According to SI, it's also believed that the very same people who tried to kidnap the children of the crew of the Enterprise may have seemingly sold their cloning technology to The Sutran (Through however many hands is uncertain & unknown at this point. Any information here would also be appreciated). It's feared that The Sutran may have (And are capable of) doing one (If not ALL) of these things with this new weapon.

1) Cloning another humanoid species (Using the DNA sample unwittingly obtained from the DNA source)

2) Exhuming the body of a deceased hmanoid species via their Temporal Transporter system to serve as host (An admittedly much harder process, but still possible)

3) Surgically altering or replacing the DNA of a living person in some way after kidnapping via their Temporal Transporter system (The hardest process of all, but still possible).

Either way (And in short), ALL possibilities are being looked at & investigated by us & Starfleet. After the incident here on Deep Space 51 last night & receiving this report from SI, the Temporal Shields will be raised at variable frequencies & set to change frequency at random intervals by the time you see this. Admiral Hollenbeck has indicated to me that he will order the same be done at ALL outposts with Temporal systems. Unfortunately though, that will only cover LESS THAN 5 PERCENT of all of Starfleet's outposts. When you add in ships, it will add up to roughly LESS THAN 3 PERCENT of ALL of Starfleet.

In the meantime, we'll just have to wait & see just how serious this threat REALLY is & at what security threat The Sutran really pose in the long term. I personally hope we don't have another nemesis to deal with. As indicated earlier, we already have enough problems on our plate & people to be on the lookout for. We don't need any more. ::)

More developments as they come in.....