***UPDATE***
It is even more serious than was at first thought, ladies and gentlemen. We have to move fast or we are all doomed to become cross-dressing pawns to the power that is Kroma.
I have just returned from Antares VII, site of the United Federation of Planets Conference on Interstellar Diplomacy. What I have to tell you all is beyond shocking. It may spell the end for many Federation officers.
As the Dauntless moved into orbit around Antares VII we were hailed by someone on the surface who claimed to have an urgent message of utmost importance. I told my XO to relay it to my ready room. Bear in mind, I was literally minutes away from beaming down to attend the conference.
As I sat down at my desk and turned on the viewer I was met with the visage of a sweaty and unshaven human in his mid thirties. His eyes bespoke great fear and agitation.
"Turn back..." he whispered. "Do not move into orbit of Antares VII." Looking left, then right, as though afraid he was being watched, he continued. "They have been here." He swallowed hard, tears filling his eyes, and went on. "Kroma and his folloowers have been here. The conference is a trap. Turn back before it is too late."
Disbelieving, I sat stunned and watched the viewer.
"One of our men was able to record what is really going on," he whispered, his face inches from the video pickup. "I am sending the recording to you now on a scrambled circuit." He touched something off-screen, presumably on the viewer, and a file began uploading to my viewer. "It will take you a while to decode this. Get far away... far away."
With that he stepped back from the viewer. As he did I could see large green hands grab him from either side, a hissing sound, something like a lizards voice was heard and then the viewer went dark. The last image I saw was this mans' face. Just before the viewer went dark his face, terror etched in every line, relaxed, a smile that I would call ecstatic spreading over his face.
I ordered the Dauntless to pull away from orbit and into warp speed. Now, two days later, I have deciphered the recording the man sent to me. I offer it here as evidence of the grave threat we all face.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a recording of several minutes of what was supposed to be the United Federation of Planets Conference on Interstellar Diplomacy. Prepare yourselves. I suggest sitting down. To see so many dignified Federation Diplomats and high ranking officers under the power of whatever Kroma and his followers utilize is deeply disturbing.
Top Secret Video of UFP Conference on Diplomacy. **Warning: The images you are about to see are deeply disturbing. Likely NOT safe for work. Especially if you have speakers on.**
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