Beta Cthon

Description of Site
In 2318.Q4.M1 the Courageous detected a geothermal anomaly beneath the surface of an ice-covered moon in the Beta Cthon system. The moon's core is not inert, but absent, and in its place is a crystalline organism of at least forty million ton displacement that is a larval member of the same species of cosmozoan that destroyed the USS Suvek and crippled the USS Tarrak. The Courageous used a constant vibrational bombardment to drive the larva into a state of hibernation, which will be maintained until Starfleet may someday devise a method of harmlessly deterring this species from attacking starships.

In 2326.Q1, the Dreamers have made it known that the cosmozoa we know as suvekizers are, when properly raised and trained, something akin to pets for the Collective. They have asked to be permitted to ‘hatch’ the suvekizer larva in Beta Cthon I-b, so that they can raise it as a guardian for the Dreamer towns. Starfleet federalized and transferred the Oberth-class USS Selek (formerly of the Vulcan High Command) to the Federation Science Council and will use it to monitor the suvekizer larva's development. (Beta Cthon I-b research colony becomes Selek suvekizer research colony.

Other Notes
OLD: In addition to studying the larval organism, the research station holds responsibility for constantly maintaining the high-powered sonic reverberation devices that hold the larva in a state of hibernation. A Starfleet Outpost has been located in the system to aid local navigation and aid in securing the border zone.

NEW: This is a mobile research station following the development of the organism as the Dreamers train it.