#(TAADEVIC 1)
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CAPTAIN! WE HAVE FOUND AN UNUSUAL
GLOWING ROCK-THING HERE ON THE
SURFACE.

WHEN WE FIRST NOTICED IT, WE
THOUGHT IT WAS A NATURALLY
FLUORESCING, IGNEOUS DIKE, BUT
UPON CLOSER OBSERVATION WE CAN
ONLY CONCLUDE THAT THIS OBJECT IS
ARTIFICIAL IN ORIGIN -- TAALO
DESIGN!

THOSE GUYS SURE BUILT TO LAST.
SIMPLE RADIOMETRICS SHOW AN AGE IN
EXCESS OF 20,000 YEARS.

REGARDLESS OF HOW OLD IT IS, IT
CONTINUES TO RADIATE ENERGY ALL UP
AND DOWN THE EMR SPECTRUM, WITH A
CONCENTRATION OF EMISSIONS IN THE
RED/INFRARED RANGE.

EVEN THOUGH IT WEIGHS A TON, WE
WILL DEFINITELY LUG THIS PUPPY UP
TO THE SHIP.

ONE LAST COMMENT BEFORE I SIGN
OFF ENSIGNS HODGKINS AND
WITHERSPOON HAVE BOTH REPORTED
EXTREME HEADACHES AND MENTAL
DISARRAY WHENEVER THEY APPROACH
THE TAALO DEVICE. NONE OF THE REST
OF US HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, SO EITHER
THE ENSIGNS ARE JUST BEING BABIES
OR THE TAALO DEVICE PRODUCES SOME
KIND OF SHIELD THAT AFFECTS ONLY
CERTAIN PEOPLE'S MINDS.

MAYBE THE SCIENTISTS BACK AT THE
STARBASE WILL TELL US MORE.

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