"Why don't you start by explaining why two federation ships have been destroyed in less than half a week, one of which was ours...then you can explain to us just what in the world happened to change everyone here into these 'monsters' we keep hearing about."  The talkative member of the ground forces spoke.  "None of us know what's been going on down here...so we only have your word for it and I for one wouldn't mind hearing an account of the situation from someone that lived through the whole thing."