<div class="floatleft">(https://i.stack.imgur.com/mVOSg.gif)</div>The security cameras were located in strategic areas of the ship along with personal offices, but none were in the research arms themselves, since they handled delicate materials and no one wanted Starfleet to be accused of stealing secrets from large corporations just to turn a profit or cash in on valuable research secrets.<br/><br/>Security scans revealed nothing beyond the away team, informing Coles helpfully that the station was free of all known potential alien intruders which meant it was quite interesting when the cameras revealed a different situation. In the arboretum where Dr. Khal'vanas was about to enter were two creatures that could best be described as blobs. They were a soft almost bubblegum pink and seemed to slide along the floor similar to a slug, though unlike a slug they had a single rather blank 'face' that they seemed to look with. There was no audio available but they kept glancing at each other as they roamed through the flowers and trees, small and spindly arms reaching out to pick something and then bring it to their face, before simply pulling the arm and whatever it held back into itself.<br/><br/>Before Coles could even begin to grab her communicator to warn the doctor, the door slid open, causing the two creatures to turn and take notice.