Editing Once More Into The Breach (section)

== The Reconnaissance Mission==

[[File:Beam attack on planet.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The Antiproton beam strikes Dovek II]]
As a result, Captain [[Ahmed Ibn Salid]] gave the green light for the [[Lorimar Class Runabout]] ''Lorimar'' to be deployed. A mix of personnel from boths ships, comprised of [[Chance Raschen]], [[Matthew McLaren]], [[Robert Lorimar]], [[Maria Holly]], [[Joseph Willowbrook]], [[Nickolas Romanoff]], [[Andrew Elliot Maddox|Andrew Maddox]],  and [[Brandy Shea]] were dispatched, under the command of Lorimar.

The shuttle had been modified by replacing several of the modular components with advanced sensor pallets. This was supposed to allow the Runabout personnel to be able to scan the area effectively, even despite the interference.

The shuttle was underway when the [[Borg]] suddenly disengaged the Antiproton beam. It became immediately apparent that the [[Borg Pyramid]] was excavating large sections of terrain in an attempt to unearth something of value.[[File:Tkon Nanosphere.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Tkon Nanosphere]]

At this latest site, the object that they were looking for was revealed. It was a [[Tkon Nanosphere]], a device that was originally designed by the [[Tkon Empire]] to seed specially designed nanites into the irradiated atmosphere of a planet and absorb the deadly radiation sparing the biosphere of that world from radioactive death.

It was a solid sphere 300-meters in diameter and was comprised of a high concentration of Iridium as well as a tritanium compound that was phase bonded to some unidentified alloys. It was quantum dated to the Age of Makto, when the Tkon Empire collapse. It's exact age was calculated at 61,344 standard years by Romanoff. That meant that the device was firmly [[Tkon]] in origin.

After the beam was deactivated, it was determined that the Borg had transported hundreds of [[Borg Drone]]s to the surface to continue a more fine tuned excavation of the site.