Glory Guard Notes Compiled...

MISSION DAY 05

From "Glory to God? (Andrej)"

"...the Glory Guard struggled to maintain their hold on the political power in city. Their rule had become increasingly harsh as the scientific community had begun to gain credible support among certain sections of the populus. To be caught at such a meeting meant death. Scientific enquiry was heresy and to even think of questioning the teachings of the Church was suicide..."

An amusing note on how Dr. Brix's research has impacted his management style from Counselor Lev in "Dr Brix Makes A New Friend...He Thinks"

"The staff were on their best behaviour, and some of them even twitched on Zvi's approach. Brix had clearly read the Riot Act to them .... much in the same way as the local priests would have done to the villagers when notified of the approach of the Glory Guard. The boy was learning from his ownresearch."

Counselor Lev in "Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition"

"According to Dr Brix, the head of the research team studying the inhabitants of the planet Restal, the Restali Glory Guard, has for centuries been depicted as a monstrous tyranny imposed upon Restal by sinister Church and state officials, led by the Patriarch, the ruler of the planet.

Bent on wiping out heresy, the Glory Guard, according to the research team, arbitrarily arrested innocent Restalis accused of heresy and browbeat them during endless and unjust interrogations, often torturing the accused to secure meaningless confessions.

The condemned are then sent to vile prisons, there to await death by burning at the stake. Fundamentalists within the Restal community have claimed that millions have died in this fashion. Bigoted, ignorant, and fanatical Guards are accused of zealously directing this cruel and dark page of Restali history.”

Sadok in "We're All Ears"

"It appears that the church has it's own police force, run by a Preceptor. They have a specialist unit that seeks out subversives and heretics. This is known as the Glory Guard. Dr Brix surmises that any information Max Reinhardt might impart would almost certainly be classed as heresy. He might already have come to the attention of this group."

MISSION DAY 04

Dr. Brix' view from "No Restali for the Wicked (Sadok/Sorien)"

"The Restali live by a very strict code. Everything about them is geared to serving the church that rules them. The Preceptor's Glory Guard would be on us in an instant."

Igneous Intrusive Defined

Intrusive igneous rocks crystallize within the crust interior.

Intrusive igneous rocks (also called plutonic rocks, named after Pluto, the Roman god of the underworld) are formed from magma that cools and hardens within the earth. Surrounded by pre-existing rock (called country rock), the magma cools slowly, and as a result these rocks are coarse grained. The mineral grains in such rocks can generally be identified with the naked eye.

The central cores of major mountain ranges consist of intrusive igneous rocks, usually granite. When exposed by erosion, these cores (called batholiths) may occupy huge areas of the surface.

Coarse grained intrusive igneous rocks which form at depth within the earth are termed as abyssal; intrusive igneous rocks which form near the surface are termed hypabyssal.

(Taken from Wikipedia...)

Geological Instability

(From "Moral Implications (Sadok/Anderson)")

"Indeed." Sadok replied. "You will note that the logs of the mission report show that Reinhardt was at odds with the leader of the cultural observation team. He wanted to advise the local populace of something important, but was refused permission. It seems that the last time the teams there were reprovisioned, they were supplied by the science vessel USS Burke. The commanding officer, Captain
Davenport, had his people run a routine scan of the planet Restal from orbit. They made some disturbing findings."

"The major pollution centres of Restal are sitting directly atop a very geologically unstable region. The orbital scan revealed a very large igneous intrusive build up some 2 miles below the ground. There is no possible way that the local populace will be able to detect the phenomenon, at least that is, until it forces its way to the surface and engulfs many hundreds of kilometres in molten rock."

Mission Update - Day 05

Update for MD: 05

-We are orbiting Restal
- Sadok and Anderson have had their modifications and will be beaming down from Transporter Rm 3
-Zvi has lots of info on the Glory Guard and will be meeting with Dr. Brix to learn more about the Restali culture, Brix' team and their hard work and what underlies Brix' strong objections.
-The XO knows Max Reinhardt from before...a personal connection of
potential use and definite sim value in the near future!
-Dr. Brix is the perturbed Bolian from the Cultural Observation Team on
Restal.

Possibilities:
-The initial away mission will be brief - a quick in and out thing with
some more info on the culture, AND a surprise which they will return
with ... which I won't spell out so as not to jinx it. :)

-Discussing possibilities with Stewart for whether he wants Zvi on an
away mission, would require much love from Dr. Meriwether's surgical
abilites/team to pass him off to be sure....but we shall see....and/or
Zvi can go and chat with the lovely Dr. Brix as well...

-Without too much ado there will be another larger away mission to the
surface where most if not all of us can go down and play a role...