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To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)

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Can we spend an action to replace the black trousers in the current uniform set with brown ones?
 
[X] Starfleet Command - Convoy Protocols (1 turn)
[X] Federation Emergency Council - Expand Federation Mobilisation Level (1 turn)
[X] Andorian Ambassadorial Team - Arrange coordination of Federation and Klingon sensor nets for duration of crisis (3 turns)
[X] Starfleet Infectious Disease Institute - Ulith III Biophage General Research Rush (1 turn)
[X] Vulcan Science Academy Detachment - Biophage Vaccine Research Rush - (1 turn)
[X] Starfleet Tactical Command - Tiger Team - Biophage Combat Research Rush (1 turn)
[X] Commodore T'Faer - Romulan Cooperation Doctrine Research - (1 turn)
[X] Tellarite Mining Expedition - Evacuate Arcori III (25k) to Andor Sector (1 turn)

[X] RBZ Fleet - Commodore T'Faer - Own Initiative
 
Why is everyone putting Starfleet Command on Convoy Protocols? Did you miss that Oneiros is allowing Mobilize an Asset as long as we also expand the mobilization level, or do you really think there are THREE doctrine research projects that are all more important to do right now, despite Mobilize an Asset being able to give us an extra doctrine research team if you really consider it that important and us being so short on teams relative to important tasks in general?
 
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Okay, closing the vote now. Have slept off my headache :D

Muramasa said:
Same here. This quest has a bit of a steeper learning curve than I hoped. Definitely entertaining to read though.
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Fwiw, most of the votes so far have been relatively simple ones. The crisis management stuff is more complicated, but if you've ever played Hearts of Iron 2, it should be a bit more intuitive. This stage won't last forever :)

My aim is to try and keep things as streamlined and simple as possible, and I'm still thinking over ways that we can make this learning curve easier. Maybe could even put up a template people can just copy for a vote.
 
Something to consider: what happens if this thing heads to the Klingon border?

Maybe coordinating with the Klingons would be worthwhile, both for that and for getting more ships and science to throw at the problem.

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Winning vote is:

[X] Starfleet Command - Convoy Protocols (1 turn)
[X] Federation Emergency Council - Expand Federation Mobilisation Level (1 turn)
[X] Andorian Ambassadorial Team - Arrange coordination of Federation and Klingon sensor nets for duration of crisis (3 turns)
[X] Starfleet Infectious Disease Institute - Ulith III Biophage General Research Rush (1 turn)
[X] Vulcan Science Academy Detachment - Biophage Vaccine Research Rush - (1 turn)
[X] Starfleet Tactical Command - Tiger Team - Biophage Combat Research Rush (1 turn)
[X] Commodore T'Faer - Romulan Cooperation Doctrine Research - (1 turn)
[X] Tellarite Mining Expedition - Evacuate Arcori III (25k) to Andor Sector (1 turn)

[X] RBZ Fleet - Commodore T'Faer - Own Initiative
 
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Ulith III Biophage Crisis 2303.Q4.M2 Result
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    • [X] Starfleet Command - Convoy Protocols (1 turn)
    [X] Federation Emergency Council - Expand Federation Mobilisation Level (1 turn)
    [X] Andorian Ambassadorial Team - Arrange coordination of Federation and Klingon sensor nets for duration of crisis (3 turns)
    [X] Starfleet Infectious Disease Institute - Ulith III Biophage General Research Rush (1 turn)
    [X] Vulcan Science Academy Detachment - Biophage Vaccine Research Rush - (1 turn)
    [X] Starfleet Tactical Command - Tiger Team - Biophage Combat Research Rush (1 turn)
    [X] Commodore T'Faer - Romulan Cooperation Doctrine Research - (1 turn)
    [X] Tellarite Mining Expedition - Evacuate Arcori III (25k) to Andor Sector (1 turn)
    [X] RBZ Fleet - Commodore T'Faer - Own Initiative


    Starfleet Command, Stardate 21372.7

    "Computer, play Starfleet Frequency 117.4 on speakers," you order.

    "...-nd by, SS Husog Zoch. Stand by. Okay, commence beam-up of colonists from Point Two-Five. That is Point Two-Five."

    "Understood,     Courageous, Tellarite Freighter Husog Zoch, commencing beam up from Point Two-Five."

    "Thank you,     Husog, please advise when beam-up complete. All ships, remember to keep eyes firmly on those sensors, we're expecting trouble."

    You are in your office at Starfleet Command in San Francisco. Through the open window you can see the Golden Gate Bridge that has been a favourite of generations of Starfleet officers. The gentle breeze is crisp and bracing. It's a beautiful winter's day here. You wonder to yourself what season it is for the settlements on Arcori III right now. You've just been given word from Ops that the USS Courageous has detected the missing Romulan D7 Cruiser skulking around the edges of of the system. It warped out before a response could be mounted, but everyone had a dreadful suspicion that this wasn't going to be the last of it. There's a strong covering force, though. The Courageous and Excelsior, plus Task Force Challorn, and a pair of Constellations from the Andor sector fleet to help cover the trip back to Machado IV.

    It seems that after giving the Romulans a black eye last month, the Biophage has turned their attention upon you. The month starts with a probe into the Kiterunner system, where Starfleet Tactical Command keeps a listening post. The sensors on the post picked up an escort-weight vessel of unknown design, and is able to confirm a Biophage infection is aboard. The USS Challorn's task force gets there in time to save the outpost and destroy the infected ship. The real worry, however, is that we don't recognise the design of the ship. Could there be nascent starfaring cultures within the Neutral Zone, unaware of the enforced silence of space around them? Has our ancient feud with the Romulans just doomed a culture that may have offered much to the galaxy? It appears to have come from Area 2 of the Neutral Zone.

    Less successful, however, is the attempt to reach the Liath V colony. Another vessel of the same type as the Kiterunner II probe appears in the system and even at maximum warp, the USS Challorn's task force does not get there in time. They destroy the vessel, and work to stop the spread of the infection. The USS Kumari soon reinforces them from Indi Beta, but over nine thousand colonists succumb across seven settlements before the infection is brought under control. Kumari's sensors prove invaluable in detecting the last pockets, utilising the latest research into the Biophage to fine tune their sensors. You try to focus on the fact that forty-six thousand were saved, rather than that nine thousand were lost. It isn't easy though. Losing so many on a sparsely populated planet continues to remind you of what a hellish nightmare this Biophage can be if it gets to a major world.

    More of the cloaked shuttles make an appearance, too. The T'Seren had a complement of twelve, so with the sixteen that were used at the Romulan's Ithrid evacuation, and now four at Solitude and four at Indi Beta, both you and your Romulan counterpart are forced to conclude that the Biophage is capable of manufacturing new shuttles. The USS Courageous was left red-faced after missing the shuttles on approach to Solitude, but the Sarek was able to pick them up and destroyed the incoming wave. USS Excelsior did likewise in Indi Beta. We picked up some useful sensor data, especially from the upgraded Indi Beta sensor arrays. The new shuttles are effectively a warp-capable biological weapon, with a large chunk of bio-matter in the forward compartment. It seems that it is using these missiles to hit you without exposing the T'Seren to harm. Truth be told, it has you and your Romulan counterparts tearing their hair out.

    As the familiar static of long-range subspace comms plays in your office, you hope dearly that the Biophage has used up their stock of shuttles. You drink your coffee and close your eyes. You listen and let some of your years fall away to when you wore a younger woman's skin and a less gaudy rank device on your shoulder. Back to when you served on the bridge of Constitution-class ships. You hear the voices of officers, the routine traffic that plays out many lightyears away. Memories wash over you as you listen. Those experiences make your ears perk up at a subtle shift in tone from one of the officers.

    "Sensors picking up an anomaly, bearing two-two-four, mark oh-seven-three."

    "What is it    , Courageous?"

    "Stand by."


    Time passes while you listen. Nerves begin to play up. An old war wound in your back twinges. Several seconds later the sound comes back.

    "Fleet, this is Commodore T'Faer. There are four suspected cloaked shuttles inbound. Defend the convoy."

    "Red Alert, Red Alert!"

    "Lock in formation."

    "    Challorn is shifting to take the port guard."

    "All weapons powered."

    "Confirm four cloaked shuttles. Confirm presence of the Biophage. This is an attack!"

    "They're coming in high, USS     Docana, Polaris, this is your sector."

    "We're on it. Acquired!"

    "Routing power from engines to weapons."

    "Direct hit, shuttle in sector six gone."

    "One is shifting into sector five, careful."

    "Shuttle destroyed, two left."

    "Miss, miss, careful, that one in sector-"

    "This is SS     Skegal, Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! We've been hit!"

    "The shuttle didn't explode, just crashed through, shields held up to the contact."

    "Biohazard warnings, we have biohazard warnings."

    "We've lost main engineering! Controls are non-responsive. It's ... it's in the hold now."

    "We're beaming out survivors from uninfected areas."

    "Cease transport operations, the risk is too great. USS     Excelsior, destroy the ship before it takes control and escapes."

    "There are still uninfected people on that ship, Commodore, I won't fire on it until there aren't uninfected left to save."

    "You can do nothing but increase the risk of losing your own ship,     Excelsior."

    "Fourth shuttle destroyed."

    "Second wave on sensors, sector three,     Challorn, your turn."

    "Understood."

    "    Excelsior, no other ship has the firing solution, destroy the Skegal."

    "There are still uninfected lifesigns! Let me get them off! We have three hundred, but there's still over a thousand lifesigns left!"

    "If you do not-"

    "Warp detected,     Skegal has gone to warp!"

    "Shuttle destroyed, sector three."

    "Phaser array three is under-performing, reorient and fire from array five."

    "Two more shuttles destroyed. Watch the fourth, it is drifting into your sector     Courageous."

    "We have it. Further report, third wave! Four more shuttles! Also sector three."

    "Not a problem."

    "    Excelsior, this is Commodore T'Faer. Captain O'Hara, you are relieved of command. Your first officer will take command now."

    "... Commodore, this is Commander Yamada, I'm ... taking command."

    You wash your hand over your face and let out a sigh that seems to come from somewhere ten floors below you. You keep listening, but no further waves appear and the convoy warps out towards Indi Beta en route to Machado IV. It could be a lot worse, you know. But, it could be a lot better. Captain O'Hara is a popular figure on Earth as commander of the explorer usually stationed in Sol system. Having him relieved of command by T'Faer could lead to a bun fight. But if you don't back the Commodore in this, there could be another set of ramifications. You'll have to look at options and consequences. Still, this month has seen thousands die to the Biophage and the threat grow, rather than diminish. But the scale of your response is continuing to grow, and your researchers are working around the clock to find the cure.



    Internal Diplomacy Report, Federation Councillor, Emergency Committee Chairman Hayley Singh

    We have undertaken steps to bring further assets under Federation authority, both reaching deeper into the pockets of the nearby Andorians, and also to the other member nations. We expect that you will soon have many more resources made available to you. So far there are no rumblings or complaints. A number of media outlets, such as Federation News Service, were covering the attack on the Arcori III evacuation. The tale of T'Faer versus O'Hara is playing out on a number of channels, and the Human representatives on the Council are up in arms that the Captain could be relieved of command for trying to save all possible lives, while the Vulcans can't understand why the Captain shouldn't be punished for putting the Few ahead of the Many. Despite this conflict, however, the horrifying scenes have helped drive home the threat of the Biophage to the Federation. Any lingering opposition has gone silent overnight.

    [New Team Cap is 16]

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    Federation Diplomacy Report, Federation Councillor Bohril ch'Zhaonar

    We have started an exchange of contacts between the Federation and the Klingon Empire. They are receptive to the idea of arranging these data exchanges, but there will have to be a lot of work put in to satisfy everyone's security concerns. Not to mention the actual technical feat, which is no small matter itself.

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    Starfleet Tactical Command Report

    Admiral, our runabouts have returned safely to Indi Beta, and their crews are enjoying a day of much needed down-time. Their reports are in, and it looks like that area of the Neutral Zone is clear at this present time. Doesn't look to be much that would interest the Biophage for that matter, just three abandoned and cleared-out Romulan bases and one marginal Class L planet.

    Also at Indi Beta, the team of Engineers from Andor have finished beefing up the weapons and sensors of Indi Beta. She now mounts another set of photon torpedo launchers, and a quarter of potent phaser banks. We can now deploy ships out of Indi Beta with more confidence that our outpost will protect the civilians around her.


    The new set of Convoy Protocols that your command cooked up have now been disseminated to all Starfleet captains, and we think they'll help save lives and hulls in the future.

    Convoy Protocols

    (When all techs researched, provides a boost to intercepting attacks on the convoy) [Escort and light cruiser grade vessels gain +1 Combat, +1 Defence when intercepting attacks on a convoy, and an additional +1 if two or more vessels are present)

    5 / 5 Starfleet-Civilian Communications
    5 / 5 Sensor Interlock Coordination
    5 / 5 Contingency Doctrines


    Our tactics team is still developing some new tricks to try when confronting this Biophage. They don't have a rigid set of instructions yet, but they hope to have something to give to Captains soon.

    Starfleet Tactical Command - Tiger Team - Biophage Combat Research Rush (1 turn)

    13 / 20 Develop EPS Venting Protocols
    13 / 20 Romulan Combat Footage Analysis
    12 / 20 Phaser Firebreaks (to slow spread of biophage on a planet) [+ 4 From Task Force Challorn experience]
    NEW     4 / 20 Rapid Beam-out (Save crews while minimising the risk of conveying the infection) [+4 from Excelsior's Experience]

    Meanwhile, a line of communication has been opened to T'Faer's Romulan counterpart in the Quarantine Fleet. She cannot command them directly, of course, but she is now able to hammer out joint operations, as well as provide and receive reinforcements during crisis times. Imagine, Romulan warbirds crossing the Neutral Zone to aid a Distress Call, not to cause one!

    Romulan Cooperation Doctrine Research - (1 turn)

    10 / 10 Establish Initial Contact Points

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    Starfleet Expedition to Machado IV Report

    Our Medical Team on Machado IV has completed our evacuation camp on the surface. It all still smells of plastic and sealant, and there is a bug-list that would reach the top of an Andorian's antenna, but it's up and running. Even if we had to finish building parts of it around the incoming refugees from Arcori III. Those people ... they're settling in pretty well, but a lot of them are shook up with the loss of that refugee ship. To lose nearly a tenth of your whole colony in moments, well, I can't say I blame them. We're providing counsellors and plenty of supplies, and doing all the necessary medical checkups. Commander Sahraav th'Zithar has taken command of the evacuation site and is doing yeomen's work, Starfleet Medical Command can't speak highly enough of him.

    Up in orbit, the outpost is continuing to take take. The reactor cores are installed, along with the inner major bulkheads and the outer docking rings. It's all beginning to flesh out nicely, and is still on schedule for becoming operational next month.

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    Biophage Vaccine Research Report, Starfleet Medical, Infectious Diseases Institute, Rear Admiral Park Seong-Ho

    Admiral, we are continuing our research into this disease. The assistance of another team from the Vulcan Science Academy is welcome. They have taken over attempts at a vaccine while we have returned to trying to analyse the Biophage as a whole. We have been exhaustively analysing the Dunwich IV colony site and the sensor data that we have retrieved from the Starfleet vessels involved. We should have something to report soon. The team from the Vulcan Science Academy are by no means specialists in this area, and we are very, very, very careful with how they access the material in question. Thankfully Vulcans do not need to have warnings repeated. They have nearly finished off a series of Sterilisation procedures that will no doubt help lead to more efficient ways of clearing ongoing infections.

    Ulith III Biophage General Research Rush

    10 / 10 Perform full analysis of the properties of the Biophage.
    17 / 20 Fully Examine the Dunwich IV colony site and review the gigaquads of sensor data pulled in.
    6 / 10 Assess Biophage Infection Beam Properties
    6 / 10 Assess Biophage Technical Repurposing Abilities

    Biophage Vaccine Research Rush

    10 / 10 Perform full analysis of the properties of the Biophage.
    9 / 20 Sample Bio-laboratory Containment Procedures
    19 / 20 Sterilisation Procedures
    9 / ??? Vaccine Development I
    3 / 20 Structural Integrity Field Modifications I

    End Report

    USS Enterprise report will be in follow-up report...
     
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    • OneirosTheWriter said:
    The tale of T'Faer versus O'Hara is playing out on a number of channels, and the Human representatives on the Council are up in arms that the Captain could be relieved of command for trying to save all possible lives, while the Vulcans can't understand why the Captain shouldn't be punished for putting the Few ahead of the Many.
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    Artemis1992 said:
    Open insubordination in the face of the enemy?
    Blue Kirk might get away with that, but anyone else should propably end in a military prison.
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    The thing is Blue Kirk succeeds 99% of the time and has enough successes to justify the occasional minor failure. O'Hara failed majorly and doesn't have a proven track record to absolve him of his failures. Hell Blue Kirk would be in deep shit if she had a failure of this magnitude.
     
    We were a bit unlucky with the biophage research rolls in that we have a wasted +5, but the Vulcan Science Academy team can finish off the Dunwich data analysis next turn and one other tech with the +5 leaving only one unfinished general tech.
     
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