I, Florand Anremdor, am assigned to the Communications Branch,
Exploratory Section, Sector Nine.
At 261.0196, I was on duty in the emergency communications room at
Increment Four. A call came in from Resident Station number fourteen,
Planet 3-G3-9/4871, requesting emergency condensation over the immediate
station area. Co-ordinates were not given and I checked the planetary
co-ordinates with the call sign and the Communications List. I added
these to the message and forwarded the request to the Patrol Duty
Officer for his action.
There was no visual on the call, but the voice sounded urgent. I relayed
the request without requiring special authentication, since the station
was precisely on the correct settings, no inimical culture is known to
be operating in this sector, and the coded call was correct. At the
time, I had no way of suspecting that this was not a genuine emergency
call.
Florand Anremdor
Comm. 1/c