[X][NAME] VIGILANCE
To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)
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] Knights RadiantBut seriously, what to call them...
If it's an informal name, I'm just going to go with
[X] [NAME] Aeroknights
Also can you imagine the reaction from fans of the show who thought Nash had been put on a bus? In the universe where TBG is a TV show, I can imagine this was planned since her removal from the EC.
[X] [NAME] Aeroknights
Also can you imagine the reaction from fans of the show who thought Nash had been put on a bus? In the universe where TBG is a TV show, I can imagine this was planned since her removal from the EC.
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[X][NAME] VIGILANCE
Torgamous
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Pretty much exactly the same. Amarki call for blood, Vulcans advise restraint.
[X] Aeroknights
I think there'd be a lot of McCoy/Spock style talks where they're accused of being cold-blooded bastards. Like I can see the Vulcan... Premier? Making a statement like "While the cost of light is regrettable, it was an attack designed to heighten tensions. Vulcan will not be led down the illogical path of anger wished for by the Syndicate. We encourage the other members of the Federation to not fall to this as well."
But delivered in a flat affect. It'd probably be seen as really cold and callous to outsiders.
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[X][NAME] VIGILANCE
I would honestly shorten VIGILANCE to VIGIL. It has the same meaning, is easier to use informally as it's shorter, is easier to backronym, and has a double meaning as a memorial. Which is fitting in memory of those who died to bring about this unit.
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Headcanon: Informal name is the result of an attempt at social media interaction.
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Social media chose its own informal name before that speech was even done.
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Ooh! I like that. I am going to use that for my vote.
[X][NAME] VIGIL
So, great update and a few comments on the bottom line.
Bound to be some friction trying to get two organizations with long, distinguished histories to work together. Still, we've been told the Gendarmes are heavily armed and armored. They won't fall easily to Syndicate ambushes.
Well ka'Sharren's first space assignment as a commodore certainly tosses her back into the thick of things. What interests me is the nature of the assignment. Up until now, the ships assigned to the anti-Syndicate Task Force have been primarily on interdiction duty, locking down whichever world Uhura was working on at the time. The UESPA and Andorian Guard ships seem to have been on commerce inspection duty, looking for Syndicate smugglers. This is... something different. I have a hunch what it's actually about.
They're looking for the Syndicate's hidden fleet. We know the Syndicate has some real, dedicated warships. Not many (we hope) but some escorts, one or two or three cruisers. Thus far the Syndicate has been very carefully keeping them out of this fight, judging correctly that if Starfleet ever got a bead on them it would be all over. However, starships are big items. The Syndicate has to actually keep them at some physical location, preferably with enough support infrastructure to keep them repaired and ready to move out.
Outer-colony worlds and "uninhabited" systems in and near Orion space seem like the most likely places for hidden Syndicate bases. With so much of the CA-Navy, it might finally be possible to do a sweep of all potential hiding places, drive the Syndicate fleet into the open, and bring them to battle. That's the ultimate goal of this CA-Navy task force, even if they can't say so. (I mean, the Syndicate will probably suspect, but there's no reason to confirm their suspicions.)
The only downside is that with so many CA-Navy forces tied up here, they aren't going to be able to do much to support the Gabriel Expanse.
This does worry me a little. I understand why it had to happen as part of the political compromises being made, but we can count on more leaks. The Task Force probably isn't going to be able to surprise the Syndicate as much as it has int he past.
Oh my! Poor Development faction. This was their big concession in negotiations less than six months ago, and already they're being forced to compromise it. At this rate, the only thing they'll have accomplished is keeping the Risans out of the Federation an extra year or two!
But it's also a huge move for the Orion Union. They're pushing all their chips in to bet on the Federation. This bombing proved what crazy fuckers the Syndicate actually are; it stripped away a lot of the excuses about how they're just freedom-fighters. There may be a lot of things about Federation membership that worry the various Orion political parties, but they're willing to trade away restrictions on genetic research and the End of Ambition if only it means the Syndicate will be gone too.
I don't see the End, but I do maybe see the Beginning of the End. Another couple of years and maybe...
[X][NAME] Aeroknights
Bound to be some friction trying to get two organizations with long, distinguished histories to work together. Still, we've been told the Gendarmes are heavily armed and armored. They won't fall easily to Syndicate ambushes.
Well ka'Sharren's first space assignment as a commodore certainly tosses her back into the thick of things. What interests me is the nature of the assignment. Up until now, the ships assigned to the anti-Syndicate Task Force have been primarily on interdiction duty, locking down whichever world Uhura was working on at the time. The UESPA and Andorian Guard ships seem to have been on commerce inspection duty, looking for Syndicate smugglers. This is... something different. I have a hunch what it's actually about.
They're looking for the Syndicate's hidden fleet. We know the Syndicate has some real, dedicated warships. Not many (we hope) but some escorts, one or two or three cruisers. Thus far the Syndicate has been very carefully keeping them out of this fight, judging correctly that if Starfleet ever got a bead on them it would be all over. However, starships are big items. The Syndicate has to actually keep them at some physical location, preferably with enough support infrastructure to keep them repaired and ready to move out.
Outer-colony worlds and "uninhabited" systems in and near Orion space seem like the most likely places for hidden Syndicate bases. With so much of the CA-Navy, it might finally be possible to do a sweep of all potential hiding places, drive the Syndicate fleet into the open, and bring them to battle. That's the ultimate goal of this CA-Navy task force, even if they can't say so. (I mean, the Syndicate will probably suspect, but there's no reason to confirm their suspicions.)
The only downside is that with so many CA-Navy forces tied up here, they aren't going to be able to do much to support the Gabriel Expanse.
This does worry me a little. I understand why it had to happen as part of the political compromises being made, but we can count on more leaks. The Task Force probably isn't going to be able to surprise the Syndicate as much as it has int he past.
Oh my! Poor Development faction. This was their big concession in negotiations less than six months ago, and already they're being forced to compromise it. At this rate, the only thing they'll have accomplished is keeping the Risans out of the Federation an extra year or two!
But it's also a huge move for the Orion Union. They're pushing all their chips in to bet on the Federation. This bombing proved what crazy fuckers the Syndicate actually are; it stripped away a lot of the excuses about how they're just freedom-fighters. There may be a lot of things about Federation membership that worry the various Orion political parties, but they're willing to trade away restrictions on genetic research and the End of Ambition if only it means the Syndicate will be gone too.
I don't see the End, but I do maybe see the Beginning of the End. Another couple of years and maybe...
[X][NAME] Aeroknights
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I'm sure they aren't not looking for them, but the Syndicate also has a bunch of asteroid bases and stuff hiding out in deep space. We found the Amarki captives on one of them. Finding more seems more likely to make a difference than finding ships the Syndicate is already not using.
I don't think they'd mind this much, actually. The problem with expansion is that it spreads our resources too thin, and we're already dedicating plenty of resources to Orion. Their inclusion might actually make Development's goals easier.
