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To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)

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Of course I'm a bit skeptical we actually have the kind of continuous communication with our EC ships suggested here anyways...
 
Night said:
Of course I'm a bit skeptical we actually have the kind of continuous communication with our EC ships suggested here anyways...
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Not continuous - regular data packets. Of course, the time delay involved at those distances, even with subspace comms, is considerable, but it is helpful. It became more of a thing when the Miracht was lost, though it has a lot of its origins in the loss of the USS Excalibur, shortly before the start of the quest. Always good to be able to keep tabs on your biggest risk takers, even if only to try to piece together what went wrong, or figure out where to send pick-up crews (Miracht).
 
Given that this is occurring in M1, that Courageous is a veteran Excelsior, and knowing that Oneiros is a tease... I doubt she's dead.
 
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Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 25361.4 - Captain Rosalee McAdams

The engineering crew is running some tests on a set of minor warp drive modifications. Nothing major, I fear, but nonetheless, they promise a measurable improvement in efficiency. A percentage point here and there does eventually begin to add up, after all! As a result, we are in high orbit around Torquedes V, with a number of our engineers making space walks to perform works on the currently vacuum exposed warp nacelles.

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Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 25632.5

By all the stars of Andromeda, there's been a murder!

At first we thought it was a terrible accident. An all-clear signal stating that all the engineers were accounted for was received, and we made an activation of the subspace field around our warp coils. Tragically, Chief Petty Officer Gorman was still there, between the nacelles. With the exclusionary force of the kilocochrane fields, his body was both pulped and accelerated away from the Courageous at ... ah, one third light speed. A shuttle had to be sent at warp one to retrieve his remains. It seemed to be an accident at first. Astonishingly unfortunate, but the stars are a cruel mistress. But then the remains revealed that the emergency transponder we track to generate the all-clear was tampered with.

We have begun the investigation, but Starfleet JAG is sending representatives from the local headquarters on Rigel via the Suvek.

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Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 25634.3

Commander T'Rab and Lieutenant-Commander Bellash ch'Arthyne of the Starfleet JAG have arrived aboard. We have been able to hand over a strong set of leads. It seems that the late Petty Officer had covered up responsibility for an accident that resulted in severe injuries to a trio of crew a few months hence. I have read the riot act in about ten different languages over the fact no one came forward to blow the whistle, and full intend to drum three relevant persons out of not just this ship, but Starfleet as a whole.

Never accept the cover-up. Never shy from the truth. To do so is to fall fail Starfleet and fail yourself.

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Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 25634.7

A crewman is in custody now.

This has been a harrowing experience, coordinating with the JAG office, with the legal departments, getting advice from flag officers I know, and fighting for the truth and for the rights of my crew. I can't say that there were winners among the crew, but I feel confident that I can say that the truth won out in the end.

[Post-captaincy, Captain McAdams will have High Politics trait]
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This is what we had from them most recently.

The thing that I'm worried is responsible has been bolded by me.
 
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