Andrea's excitement began to grow as she moved through the dense undergrowth of the jungle.   She couldn't believe the Stellar Cataloguing Agency had missed this planet somehow.  She was amazed at the number plants she was finding that had potential medical applications back in the colonies.   Several appeared to have minor, but valuable uses...such as a potential remedy for insomnia.   Others were much more potent.   One was a powerful sedative, which could possibly allow a patient to remain lucid during surgery, but feel no pain.   One she even thought had the potential to cure a nasty plague which had been running rampant of Firox V for almost 3 decades now.  She smiled to herself as she collected her samples.  The Captain was more likely to make more money on this trip from her little venture than he was from all the minerals he was mining up above.<br/><br/>She was startled when she stepped into a small clearing surrounding a rocky outcropping.   Splitting its face was a wide cave opening.  She was surprised by the fact that virtually nothing grew around the small promontory...as virtually every other inch of the planet she had seen was covered in plant life.   "This must be an entrance to the underground cave system SCA had mentioned in its reports," she mumbled to herself.   As she scanned the cave mouth, her eyes widened in shock.   The sensor was definitely recording some sort of animal life in there.   No report or scan had EVER mention any possible existence of fauna on this world.  She pointed her handlight into the cave, and warily approached the entrance....trying to catch a glimpse of the hidden creature.