"He was confused, probably by the same disturbance, and shoot at us with no warning, so we had to disarm him and we are holding him under control until he will be able to control himself again, then we will set him free.
Can you show us the device? I'm eager to inspect it."

Ero looks at the man that brought you in, and he nods. After that, Ero looks back at you. "Drev will show you the entrance."

Bianca follows, keeping her eyes open.

(Decide if you want to take the Romulan with you!)

The colonists take you to one of the mine entrances on the cliff face. The inside of the mine is well lit and supporting beams are already in place. Just as the indoors, it seems obvious they are getting technical support from somewhere. After a while you reach an elevator, which takes you further down. When it stops and you exit the elevator, you can instantly see what the miner found. As you look down further the cave, you can see in the distance the cave ends with a metallic wall, already breached by a hole in it.

[OOC: I suggest that most of the crew stays behind (with the Romulan) while Bianca investigates the alien artefact. Considering that my colleague didn't log in since the 27th April, maybe I can continue this adventure as a solo character until he's back? Can you scale it accordingly?]

Question is, what is the use of leaving the rest of the gang behind? Their sole purpose is to assist you to begin with, both gamewise and storywise. But it can be scaled, yes.

[OOC: I think it's better leaving somebody behind with the Romulan and I don't know if Shremi wants to do something different in the meanwhile. However, you know the adventure and the ruleset much better than me and you can advise accordingly. I'm happy to follow your recommendation.]

"Romulans. They're so predictably treacherous!" Weyoun, DS9 S7E1.

:D

No sign of the other player? :/
How would you like to progress?

Since you are at the last encounter anyway, I leave it up to you.

[OOC: better that most of the group stays back with the Romulan, hopefully understanding better what happens around here, while Bianca explores the alien artefact... unless there are NPCs with special skills that could be really helpful in this action.]

Ok, so can I get a declaration of intent?

Bianca approaches the metallic wall at the end of the cave.

As Bianca approaches the wall, she starts hearing a noise from inside, like an electric static.

Bianca takes a deep breath and approaches, slowly and cautiously.

??? Approaches what?

I guess you will look inside...

As Bianca looks into the hole, she sees the room is probably pentagon shaped. In the middle, there is a floating obelisk in the middle, with strangely glowing glyphs on it's surface. Around the walls of the room, she sees control panels, with their own displays.

Bianca approaches to the metallic wall and to the hole in it.

As Bianca looks into the hole, she sees the room is probably pentagon shaped. In the middle, there is a floating obelisk in the middle, with strangely glowing glyphs on it's surface. Around the walls of the room, she sees control panels, with their own displays.

How big is the hole? Can she go though it?
Can Bianca recognise the control panels and the symbols on them?

Yes, the characters can easily fit through it.

Bianca does not seem to recognize the characters, they are alien.

Bianca breathes deeply, then enters the alien room.

As Bianca enters the room, she notices, the room's shape is indeed pentagonal, as well as the floating obelisk. On the walls, there are five different sized control panels, some larger and some smaller. As her eyes adjusts to the darkness, she notices there are also a few smaller obelisks floating around the room. What is even stranger, there is no obvious entrance to this room - aside from the blown hole she entered.

How does the hole that Bianca used to enter look like? Is it like a damage a hole blown by some sort of explosion or heat ray or is it something designed and crafted by whoever built this room?
Bianca passes some time looking at the room and at the movements of the obelisks, trying to figure out their sense.

The mining colony leader said his miners opened up the wall (with drills). Other than that, there seems to be no obvious entrance.

Can Bianca make any sense of the movement of the obelisks?