<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rrLZaAV.png)</div>Captain Galven sipped her coffee and let the questions come in. They were the usual sort of questions she liked to get from officers who knew their stuff. The disparaging comments from Lt. Riak had her concerned, however, so she decided to nip that one in the bud. "Lieutenant, we'll be observing for our colleagues in Starfleet Planetary Sciences for follow up. We're here to observe and figure out what we can from passive observation and they'll determine if we need to investigate further or mark the system as off-limits." Her tone made it clear he was to use the proper terminology, like a mother correcting an unruly child.<br/><br/>To Lt. Commander Kes, she thought for a moment, "I believe standard procedure is to simply observe passively for now, and only make a sweep of the planet if we get authorization. I'll let you know when we hear back." H'Raal mentioned settlements, and she tapped a few controls. The image was incredibly grainy and obviously from a long-range probe, "We know of at least twenty major settlements of over a million, though beyond that we simply don't have a way of knowing without deeper scans." Lt. Kir-Je brought up primitive satellites and probes, "As far as we know, no. We're not sure where they are in development, which is why we're here."<br/><br/>Lt. Cmdr Nelan brought up the class 7 probe and that got the Captain thinking. "Hmm. I doubt they'll be able to detect subspace communications unless they are already using warp, in which case the prime directive goes out the window to a degree. We'll hold off on sending a probe until we've had a chance to make initial observations from our hiding position, and then we'll assess and go forward. Are there any other questions, comments, or suggestions?" She waited, then said, "Alright everyone, let's go to work."