Alassca, Grayn - Main Bridge<br/><br/>Alassca nodded and turned toward the Science station, pausing with a slight start at the feel of the XO's hand brushing down her body.  A Deltan body is so sensitive to sensation, she thought.  A no doubt innocent touch, and she was reacting too strongly, feeling her nipples harden (one already was from her earlier stimulation, now it had a twin.)  Steady, she told herself, and not for the first time considered selecting a different humanoid form to emulate, if she could find one not so readily affected by touch.  Taking a breath, she moved to stand at the Science station, skillfully touching the screen to bring up her sensor scans.<br/><br/>"The area is here," she pointed to a global map of the planet, indicating the far side of their syncronous orbit.  "There are traces of ..."  she began rattling off the list of non-natural alloys, all of them indicative of advanced metallurgical development.  "This one is used exclusive in warp containment," she pointed, "and these in shield generation.  Even the more mundane alloys, aluminium, steel, have heavy doses of barion particles, which we know is accumulated from warp travel."  Star Fleet vessels had to regularly be swept for barion buildup.  "The super structures are almost completely degraded, and the entire site partly covered by erosive sediments.  A proper archeological expedition might determine the origins of the debris more accurately, or even find DNA traces of the crews, which we could compare to the current population to see if they are related.  As you can see, Commander, the field is quite large, indicating a once significant fleet of spacecraft."<br/><br/>She turned back to face the XO, conscious of how close he was.  "I don't know if this has an immediate bearing on the Away missions, but I thought it important the team be aware of this.  Perhaps the natives will openly answer questions about their past, if it is broached diplomatically.  It is curious that the reports seem to indicate they were aware of our arrival and had knowledge of our command personnel, even the Captain who was not present.  This would be at variance with their apparent level of technology.  Their skills may be telepathic, or there may be something at work we have not discovered yet."<br/>