Editing The Anointed (section)

==At the Altar==

[[File:Iconian Device.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Iconian Device]]

the following morning after breakfast with [[Bowen]] and some of the other members of the away team, Matthew was led ionto the inner sanctum of the temple where he was allowed to study the room and the altar directly.

After almost twenty minutes of study, Matthew noticed a single set of patterns on the floor of the chamber which were significantly altered from the rest of the architecture. focusing his attntions there, he deduced that the lines were in fact a mathematical series denoting musical or soundwave tones. Using a heavily modified commbadge he was able to recreate those tones.

At first nothing happened and Matthew was seized by some temple guards, but when a sound and a bright blue light emanated from the altar, the guards and [[Bowen]] fell prone, allowing Matthew the opportunity to investigate the alter more closely.

McLaren had discovered a secret compartment in the Altar of the temple which could only be opened through the use of specific coded sound waves. Within the hidden compartment was a device of [[Iconian]] origin. The discovery of the device was a significant clue to some of the more technical aspects of the away team's problems on the planet, specifically those centered around their malfunctioning equipment.

Matthew was able to determine that the artifact was capable of enhancing the telepathic powers of any telepaths in the area, including [[Eva Straton]] as well as extend their relative range. The device also acted as a sort of [[Phase Variant Modulator]] which allowed the equipment carried by the away team to work within a very close proximity to the device.

This information later allowed McLaren to modify the systems of the [[Danube Class Runabout]] [[Rameses]] to work within the quantum field of the planet Iradon.