"Any readings on the science shuttles?" The Captain glanced back at his science officer. "We can't get any readings other than the radiation coming from the planet." The Deltan woman stated evenly. :Intensified scans overwhelm and blind our sensors." "Commander?" The Captain then glanced towards the science director. "What happened down there?" "I was hoping you could answer that question." The Older man responded with a sudden jerk of his head towards the Captain. "Just going by how fast the atmosphere was changing, I assume something had collided with the planet." "Nothing even came within the sector." The Captain drew a deep breath. "So it had to be something on the surface." "Nothing our equipment detected until we got the call from you that radiation in the atmosphere was building." "Odd." The Captain leaned forward and stared at the now glowing red hot planet. "Nothing on surface conditions?" "Again;" The science officer related. "Our sensors can't penetrate the radiation." "Contact Starfleet Command. Request operational orders under these conditions." He then leaned back in his chair. "We wait."