Stardate 1671.8

Alfa 177 show some promise. Extremely cold nights, but lots of life signs. We'll be sending down survey parties asap...

Finally, we prepare to begin "The Enemy Within"

Supplemental: There was a plasma conduit rupture in the shuttle bay, damaging the shuttle and fusing the doors closed. 96 hours to fix...

Ever wonder why they didn't send a shuttle craft down to rescue the guys stuck on the surface? We know it was because they didn't have a shuttle set -- but I like this reason better.

Continued: We have 3 geological, 4 botanical, and 3 zoological survey teams on the surface gathering data before the temperature drops...