Captains log, star-date 70016.7.

Starfleet command requested the USS Helgoland link up with the USS Zheng He in orbit over Edren IV. Upon arrival, we made contact with Captain McKinnon, who informed us of an increased Gorn Hegemony presence in orbit over the planet.

Apparently we had agreed to research the rich mineral deposits together under a ‘peace accord.’

After beaming down science and engineering teams, I join the away mission myself. Once on the surface I linked up with Ensign Skarvin and Hunter who aided me in our scans of various local minerals.

While finishing up our last of the scans, the USS Hegoland hailed me on the surface with a priority one message; apparently a Gorn ship exploded unexpectedly, with the remaining Gorn forces engaging in combat with the Hegoland and Zheng He.

I had little time to think about this however, almost as soon as the transmission came through, Gorn fire-teams beamed down to the planet surface and began targeting the away missions personnel. Even going so far as to corner my team in a cavern and try to ambush us.

Thanks to some fast thinking and great Starfleet engineering minds, we blasted our way back to the encampment and rescued all remaining federation personnel.

From there my away team and I beamed back to the Hegoland to help with repairs and to defeat any remaining Gorn ships. During out conflict however, Ensign Skarvin discovered that Romulan Warbirds were responsible for the initial attack and were working to spark conflict between our two organizations.

We where able to expose the Romulan’s treachery and with the Gorns help, destroyed their hidden fleet.

The USS Zheng He reported for ESD and we departed the planet with good diplomatic relations with the Gorn.