User blog comment:USS Enterprise CVN-65/The New (And Improved) Official Roleplay Room/@comment-25373667-20151121021155/@comment-12161342-20151122124406

Tato: "I would like to point out that the intel you are working off of is outdated. As of a week ago, the Cattiran Islands have become so heavily irradiated that few, if any, organisms could be surviving there. In fact, we recently sent in survey teams to asses the situation, and the results are quite shocking. Estimates are that it will take multiple centuries for the island to recover and become habitable again, and we cannot aid in the cleanup yet. It is too dangerous to send in any men and equipment. The shuttle we sent in had to be destroyed in space because of how contaminated it had become, and it was only in the CN for about an hour! In addition, the personnel, who were clothed in full hazmat and radiation suits, are suffering severe health effects, and THEY were outside the shuttle for minutes at most. I estimate that background radiation and toxicity levels will take years to settle to a point where we can send in cleanup."

Tato hands out copies of the survey team's results.