- Location
- Patriarchova
Seriously, the queenship is currently the fastest ship in known space.
To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)
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Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
- Location
- USoA
Murder zoom zoom is a time honored tradition.
Omake - Khitomer, Kadesh, and the Amarki Cascade Pt 1 - Leila Hann
- Location
- Patriarchova
Excerpt from "Khitomer, Kadesh, and the Amarki Cascade" (part one)
While no major sustained conflicts were fought in the interim between the Romulan War and the Biophage Crisis, the twenty-third century is often mischaracterized as more "peaceful" than it was. The Federation's borders were constantly disputed by the Klingons, Romulans, and several minor powers. Perhaps more importantly, Starfleet's mission of exploration may have gotten off to a premature start; with the Vulcan, Human, Andorian, and Tellarite fleets not yet as fully integrated as their civilian governments, the policing of a constantly expanding frontier was made nearly impossible by organizational chaos. While brief periods of successful expansion under the likes of James Kirk and Abok began to leave their mark by the late 2200's, much of the political confidence they generated were undermined by the Genesis and Whale Probe incidents. Consequently, the longterm viability of the Federation as a galactic power was still in doubt by many foreign observers until at least the 2290's.
The diplomatic postures of the Rigellian Assembly and Ferrasan Republic are illustrative of the Federation's precarious state during that century. The Assembly was the first alien power to affiliate with the Federation immediately after its foundation in 2161, and at the time was offered membership. Rigellian spokesmen insisted that Federation membership would follow in the near future provided that the union appeared stable enough, and the matter was set to be put to popular referendum in 2173, and then again in 2185, 2197, and every electoral moot for the following hundred and fourteen standard years. According to 2247 census data, only 15% of the voting population were even bothering to cast their votes on the referendum by that time, making the electoral majority needed for ratification literally impossible. Within the demographic that did continue to vote on the referendum, results fluctuated wildly depending on the Federation's current status with the Klingon and Romulan empires, and on the time elapsed since the last frontier crisis. Within the powerful merchant class of the Assembly, the political consensus was that the Rigellians were already gleaning the benefits of Federation trade and exploration without putting themselves at the risk of Klingon or Romulan aggression that membership would create. Within the working class, nationalist sentiment ran strong enough to make ratification unpopular unless it came with significant improvements in security, economy, or overall quality of life, which affiliation had already improved to the point where there were no pressing deficiencies.
The Ferrasan Republic affiliated with the Federation in 2235, and remained an affiliate until joining the Federation as a full member nearly a century later in 2310. In addition to the concerns about security and skepticism about the utility of membership shared by the Rigellians, the Caitian affiliation took place at a time when historical inertia - or perhaps it would be more accurate to say, historical friction - was in effect. The Federation had, despite its charter being written with the intent of welcoming new species into the fold, failed to actually ratify a new member since its twenty-second century foundation. While Starfleet captains and admirals continued their endless struggle with the member fleets for resources and operational freedom, the political machinery of the Federation had begun to calcify in its four-member state. Official offers of membership to the Caitians were delivered with all the pomp and grandiosity worded in the Charter, but the sitting Caitian President Arisharith himself wrote of the apathy he sensed behind those offers. Meanwhile, the Rigellian Assembly - the Federation's largest and oldest affiliate - was there to serve as a role model for the Republic. If the Rigellians, a species whose spacefaring history and experience predated that of the Caitians by centuries, had seen no reason to ratify, why should the Caitians second guess them?
The events of the mid to late twenty-third century did little to make the Caitians or Rigellians rethink their position. Repeated skirmishes with Klingon and Romulan border forces - at least twice nearly escalating into full warfare in the 2260's alone - were always followed by dire predictions about who the likely victor would be in an all-out conflict, with many affiliates reasoning that divestment would afford them greater security in such a case than combined military force. In the case of the Rigellian Assembly, this thinking may have persisted even beyond the point where it would be logically applicable; by the mid 2200's, the Rigellian economy was so deeply intertwined with the Federation's and its population so widely dispersed through the coreward region of Federation space that rapid divestment would have been impossible, and likely would have been insufficient to deter hypothetical Klingon or Romulan invaders after nearly a century of close integration with the Federation's economic bloodstream. While some historians have clung to the explanation of fear - to the point of mischaracterizing the Rigellians of the time as irrational paranoiacs - it is more sensible to assume that these fears were only a minor factor after the mid 2200's, and that the real barrier to their ratification was a simple, prosaic lack of political will. This conclusion is supported by the aforementioned electoral census data; had fear been the primary obstacle, one would expect a majority of anti-ratification votes rather than abstinence.
This "affiliate stasis" continued as the Federation's successful expansion in the later mid-twenty-third century began to slow down again, with the Betazoid affiliation closing that era of exploration and seeming to provide the third data point in a pattern. The "United Federation of Planets," it appeared by the close of the twenty-third century, had abandoned its ideological foundation and would forever remain an empire of Vulcans, Humans, Andorians, and Tellarites, with other species remaining peripheral vassal states in all but name.
The Khitomer Accords would be the first crack in this uncomfortable paradigm. The Ulith III Biophage Crisis would be the last.
While no major sustained conflicts were fought in the interim between the Romulan War and the Biophage Crisis, the twenty-third century is often mischaracterized as more "peaceful" than it was. The Federation's borders were constantly disputed by the Klingons, Romulans, and several minor powers. Perhaps more importantly, Starfleet's mission of exploration may have gotten off to a premature start; with the Vulcan, Human, Andorian, and Tellarite fleets not yet as fully integrated as their civilian governments, the policing of a constantly expanding frontier was made nearly impossible by organizational chaos. While brief periods of successful expansion under the likes of James Kirk and Abok began to leave their mark by the late 2200's, much of the political confidence they generated were undermined by the Genesis and Whale Probe incidents. Consequently, the longterm viability of the Federation as a galactic power was still in doubt by many foreign observers until at least the 2290's.
The diplomatic postures of the Rigellian Assembly and Ferrasan Republic are illustrative of the Federation's precarious state during that century. The Assembly was the first alien power to affiliate with the Federation immediately after its foundation in 2161, and at the time was offered membership. Rigellian spokesmen insisted that Federation membership would follow in the near future provided that the union appeared stable enough, and the matter was set to be put to popular referendum in 2173, and then again in 2185, 2197, and every electoral moot for the following hundred and fourteen standard years. According to 2247 census data, only 15% of the voting population were even bothering to cast their votes on the referendum by that time, making the electoral majority needed for ratification literally impossible. Within the demographic that did continue to vote on the referendum, results fluctuated wildly depending on the Federation's current status with the Klingon and Romulan empires, and on the time elapsed since the last frontier crisis. Within the powerful merchant class of the Assembly, the political consensus was that the Rigellians were already gleaning the benefits of Federation trade and exploration without putting themselves at the risk of Klingon or Romulan aggression that membership would create. Within the working class, nationalist sentiment ran strong enough to make ratification unpopular unless it came with significant improvements in security, economy, or overall quality of life, which affiliation had already improved to the point where there were no pressing deficiencies.
The Ferrasan Republic affiliated with the Federation in 2235, and remained an affiliate until joining the Federation as a full member nearly a century later in 2310. In addition to the concerns about security and skepticism about the utility of membership shared by the Rigellians, the Caitian affiliation took place at a time when historical inertia - or perhaps it would be more accurate to say, historical friction - was in effect. The Federation had, despite its charter being written with the intent of welcoming new species into the fold, failed to actually ratify a new member since its twenty-second century foundation. While Starfleet captains and admirals continued their endless struggle with the member fleets for resources and operational freedom, the political machinery of the Federation had begun to calcify in its four-member state. Official offers of membership to the Caitians were delivered with all the pomp and grandiosity worded in the Charter, but the sitting Caitian President Arisharith himself wrote of the apathy he sensed behind those offers. Meanwhile, the Rigellian Assembly - the Federation's largest and oldest affiliate - was there to serve as a role model for the Republic. If the Rigellians, a species whose spacefaring history and experience predated that of the Caitians by centuries, had seen no reason to ratify, why should the Caitians second guess them?
The events of the mid to late twenty-third century did little to make the Caitians or Rigellians rethink their position. Repeated skirmishes with Klingon and Romulan border forces - at least twice nearly escalating into full warfare in the 2260's alone - were always followed by dire predictions about who the likely victor would be in an all-out conflict, with many affiliates reasoning that divestment would afford them greater security in such a case than combined military force. In the case of the Rigellian Assembly, this thinking may have persisted even beyond the point where it would be logically applicable; by the mid 2200's, the Rigellian economy was so deeply intertwined with the Federation's and its population so widely dispersed through the coreward region of Federation space that rapid divestment would have been impossible, and likely would have been insufficient to deter hypothetical Klingon or Romulan invaders after nearly a century of close integration with the Federation's economic bloodstream. While some historians have clung to the explanation of fear - to the point of mischaracterizing the Rigellians of the time as irrational paranoiacs - it is more sensible to assume that these fears were only a minor factor after the mid 2200's, and that the real barrier to their ratification was a simple, prosaic lack of political will. This conclusion is supported by the aforementioned electoral census data; had fear been the primary obstacle, one would expect a majority of anti-ratification votes rather than abstinence.
This "affiliate stasis" continued as the Federation's successful expansion in the later mid-twenty-third century began to slow down again, with the Betazoid affiliation closing that era of exploration and seeming to provide the third data point in a pattern. The "United Federation of Planets," it appeared by the close of the twenty-third century, had abandoned its ideological foundation and would forever remain an empire of Vulcans, Humans, Andorians, and Tellarites, with other species remaining peripheral vassal states in all but name.
The Khitomer Accords would be the first crack in this uncomfortable paradigm. The Ulith III Biophage Crisis would be the last.
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AKuz
Been Better
- Location
- A Rising Tide of Horrors
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Though as a point of order, the Federation and the Klingons did actually get into a major big all out throwdown brawl to the death... for a couple days until the Organians were like "Actually, Children. Sit down, shut up and listen"
Which is yes, one of those weird things that you might as well gloss over instead of sidetracking for half an essay. So I can see why it wouldn't be mentioned
Which is yes, one of those weird things that you might as well gloss over instead of sidetracking for half an essay. So I can see why it wouldn't be mentioned
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- Location
- Patriarchova
That was one of the 2260's incidents that the author referred to. Since the Organians stopped the war almost before it started, history remembers it as another near-miss.
AKuz
Been Better
- Location
- A Rising Tide of Horrors
- Pronouns
- She/Her
That's about what I figured, but I thought I'd bring it up to highlight the point of how uncertain that time period actually was.
Night
Widow Null
- Location
- Hoff
This is what we get when the only red on our ships is the shirts and the Bussard collectors!
Omake - Khitomer, Kadesh, and the Amarki Cascade Pt 2 - Leila Hann
- Location
- Patriarchova
Excerpt from "Khitomer, Kadesh, and the Amarki Cascade" (part two)
The Biophage Crisis made two important changes to the political landscape of the Federation sphere.
The first was that, like Camp Khitomer a decade earlier, it led to peaceful normalization with one of the Federation's oldest and most powerful enemies. While the Accords had removed the Klingon Empire as an active threat to the Federation, the role that the Romulan Star Empire played in the attempted Khitomer Conspiracy - and the breakdown of its relations with the other two great powers in the aftermath - meant that security was still no guarantee. Many both within and without the Federation pointed out the parallels between the post-Khitomer era and that of the early Coalition of Planets period in the 2100's, and feared that the Romulans would once again resort to drastic actions to prevent a powerful new alliance from threatening them. While the mutual defense clause of the Accords provided deterrence against a direct Romulan invasion of either the Klingon Empire or the Federation, the Rigellians, Caitians, and Betazoids had all experienced firsthand the Romulan aptitude for political sabotage and asymmetric warfare. Likewise, the traditionalist revolution on Qonos that followed the Praxis disaster ended an era of centralized authority in the Klingon Empire with a restoration of the fractious Great Houses to control of the High Council. Klingon honor being a poorly understood concept by aliens in that time, the Federation and its affiliates were unsure if future Klingon regimes would continue to honor the Khitomer Accords amidst the chaotic pressures of feudal politics. The scenario discussed in the 2299 Security Summit - the Romulan Star Empire launching an invasion of the Federation while the Klingons were distracted by a hypothetical dynastic war - was strong in the public consciousness of Ferrasa and Betazed. With diplomatic relations between the Federation and the Star Empire suddenly restored, and even improved far beyond their state in the 2280's, this lurking fear was finally exorcised. In the wake of Kadesh, the Romulans were revealed to be less militarily powerful than their carefully gardened reputation suggested. Furthermore, cooperative post-Biophage policing of the Neutral Zone led to a sense of comradery between Starfleet and the Romulan Imperial Navy that made war politically impractical.
The dissapearance of the Romulan threat coincided with the birth of another, very different, bugbear. The Ulith III Biophage was an enemy unlike anything the Federation or its affiliates had encountered before, and one to which none of the traditional rules of conflict applied. Unlike the Klingons or the Romulans, the Biophage could never be placated by nonaggression treaties or displays of political neutrality. While surrendering to Klingon or Romulan rule might have been unappealing worst-case scenarios, consumption by the Biophage was literally unthinkable. The Biophage was an example of an enemy that was strong enough to overwhelm a great power, could only be dealt with through force of arms, and to whom submission in any form was synonymous with extinction. While the Ulith III Biophage was destroyed in 2304, the possibility of similar life forms existing, perhaps already spreading and expanding outside of known space, forced governments and voters throughout the Alpha Quadrant to rethink their priorities. The only way to resist a future Biophage-like invader was to form a unified political, logistical, and military front.
It is uncertain how long - if ever - it would have taken these newfound fears to lead to Rigellian or Caitian ratification on their own. While mutual defense pacts and organizational transparency between affiliates were quickly strengthened, ratification talks did not take place in any official capacity until 2306, when this nearly-forgotten clause of the Federation Charter was invoked by a newcomer. As discussed in the previous chapter, rapid affiliation with the powerful Amarki Confederacy was already being touted as a great accomplishment for Admiral Kahurangi's reborn Explorer Corps, and one that restored faith in the ongoing Federation mission of discovery. Untouched by the political friction and calcification that had long ago set in among the Federation's historic affiliates, and roused by its critical role in resolving the Biophage Crisis, the Confederacy shocked the entire quadrant when it requested - without any solicitation by the Federation government - full membership.
Political conservatives within the federal government are believed to have been paralyzed with confusion. Ratification had never, in one hundred and fifty years of Federation history, been successfully passed. And yet, it remained an active clause of the charter, and the Amarki met every criterion of technological prowess, political unity, and social justice by a vast margin. The resurgent Expansionist Party, which had since the turn of the century been growing in popularity due to the successes of the Explorer Corps, was quick to rally the rest of the legislature in favor of ratification. President sh'Arrath, the pro-Expansionist Federation president at the time, famously called for an end to "the century of stagnation" amid the Amarki talks.
Cardassian and Orion Syndicate terrorism was insufficient to deter the Amarki, whose ratification inspired the Betazoids - a somewhat more recent and less calcified affiliate than the Caitians or Rigelians- to follow suit. Watching these perceived upstarts pass them by was taken by a large subset of the Caitian people as a humiliation, and one which they had only brought upon themselves with their century of reluctance. The Rigellians, seeing a change in the nature of the Federation they had long grown alongside with, underwent their largest democratic turnover in nearly two hundred standard years in their next moot, replacing 75% of their elected officials and voting overwhelmingly in favor of the Ratification Referandum, whose presence on the ballots had been the object of tired political satire for an entire generation.
The Amarki Cascade had begun.
.....
A/N: just my attempt to explain how the Federation still only had four members by 2300 in this timeline, and why that might have changed so quickly during the events of the quest.
The Biophage Crisis made two important changes to the political landscape of the Federation sphere.
The first was that, like Camp Khitomer a decade earlier, it led to peaceful normalization with one of the Federation's oldest and most powerful enemies. While the Accords had removed the Klingon Empire as an active threat to the Federation, the role that the Romulan Star Empire played in the attempted Khitomer Conspiracy - and the breakdown of its relations with the other two great powers in the aftermath - meant that security was still no guarantee. Many both within and without the Federation pointed out the parallels between the post-Khitomer era and that of the early Coalition of Planets period in the 2100's, and feared that the Romulans would once again resort to drastic actions to prevent a powerful new alliance from threatening them. While the mutual defense clause of the Accords provided deterrence against a direct Romulan invasion of either the Klingon Empire or the Federation, the Rigellians, Caitians, and Betazoids had all experienced firsthand the Romulan aptitude for political sabotage and asymmetric warfare. Likewise, the traditionalist revolution on Qonos that followed the Praxis disaster ended an era of centralized authority in the Klingon Empire with a restoration of the fractious Great Houses to control of the High Council. Klingon honor being a poorly understood concept by aliens in that time, the Federation and its affiliates were unsure if future Klingon regimes would continue to honor the Khitomer Accords amidst the chaotic pressures of feudal politics. The scenario discussed in the 2299 Security Summit - the Romulan Star Empire launching an invasion of the Federation while the Klingons were distracted by a hypothetical dynastic war - was strong in the public consciousness of Ferrasa and Betazed. With diplomatic relations between the Federation and the Star Empire suddenly restored, and even improved far beyond their state in the 2280's, this lurking fear was finally exorcised. In the wake of Kadesh, the Romulans were revealed to be less militarily powerful than their carefully gardened reputation suggested. Furthermore, cooperative post-Biophage policing of the Neutral Zone led to a sense of comradery between Starfleet and the Romulan Imperial Navy that made war politically impractical.
The dissapearance of the Romulan threat coincided with the birth of another, very different, bugbear. The Ulith III Biophage was an enemy unlike anything the Federation or its affiliates had encountered before, and one to which none of the traditional rules of conflict applied. Unlike the Klingons or the Romulans, the Biophage could never be placated by nonaggression treaties or displays of political neutrality. While surrendering to Klingon or Romulan rule might have been unappealing worst-case scenarios, consumption by the Biophage was literally unthinkable. The Biophage was an example of an enemy that was strong enough to overwhelm a great power, could only be dealt with through force of arms, and to whom submission in any form was synonymous with extinction. While the Ulith III Biophage was destroyed in 2304, the possibility of similar life forms existing, perhaps already spreading and expanding outside of known space, forced governments and voters throughout the Alpha Quadrant to rethink their priorities. The only way to resist a future Biophage-like invader was to form a unified political, logistical, and military front.
It is uncertain how long - if ever - it would have taken these newfound fears to lead to Rigellian or Caitian ratification on their own. While mutual defense pacts and organizational transparency between affiliates were quickly strengthened, ratification talks did not take place in any official capacity until 2306, when this nearly-forgotten clause of the Federation Charter was invoked by a newcomer. As discussed in the previous chapter, rapid affiliation with the powerful Amarki Confederacy was already being touted as a great accomplishment for Admiral Kahurangi's reborn Explorer Corps, and one that restored faith in the ongoing Federation mission of discovery. Untouched by the political friction and calcification that had long ago set in among the Federation's historic affiliates, and roused by its critical role in resolving the Biophage Crisis, the Confederacy shocked the entire quadrant when it requested - without any solicitation by the Federation government - full membership.
Political conservatives within the federal government are believed to have been paralyzed with confusion. Ratification had never, in one hundred and fifty years of Federation history, been successfully passed. And yet, it remained an active clause of the charter, and the Amarki met every criterion of technological prowess, political unity, and social justice by a vast margin. The resurgent Expansionist Party, which had since the turn of the century been growing in popularity due to the successes of the Explorer Corps, was quick to rally the rest of the legislature in favor of ratification. President sh'Arrath, the pro-Expansionist Federation president at the time, famously called for an end to "the century of stagnation" amid the Amarki talks.
Cardassian and Orion Syndicate terrorism was insufficient to deter the Amarki, whose ratification inspired the Betazoids - a somewhat more recent and less calcified affiliate than the Caitians or Rigelians- to follow suit. Watching these perceived upstarts pass them by was taken by a large subset of the Caitian people as a humiliation, and one which they had only brought upon themselves with their century of reluctance. The Rigellians, seeing a change in the nature of the Federation they had long grown alongside with, underwent their largest democratic turnover in nearly two hundred standard years in their next moot, replacing 75% of their elected officials and voting overwhelmingly in favor of the Ratification Referandum, whose presence on the ballots had been the object of tired political satire for an entire generation.
The Amarki Cascade had begun.
.....
A/N: just my attempt to explain how the Federation still only had four members by 2300 in this timeline, and why that might have changed so quickly during the events of the quest.
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2311.Q2.M2 - Master of Orion
- Location
- Australia
[x][RIGEL] Courageous
[x][TMIR] Get a report on Cardassian political in-fighting
[x][CARD] Cardassian Shipbuilding Report
[x][ROM] Romulan Shipyard Report
[x][REPORT] Syndicate strength and how much Impact do we need?
[X][REPORT] Klingon Fleet Strength Report
[x][REPORT] The relationship between the Sydraxians and the Gretarians.
[x][TMIR] Get a report on Cardassian political in-fighting
[x][CARD] Cardassian Shipbuilding Report
[x][ROM] Romulan Shipyard Report
[x][REPORT] Syndicate strength and how much Impact do we need?
[X][REPORT] Klingon Fleet Strength Report
[x][REPORT] The relationship between the Sydraxians and the Gretarians.
"Everyone down! Everyone down!"
Frontier Police officers swarm into the public house with phaser pistols drawn. They move fast, coming in from not just the front entrance but boiling out of the service entrance, where officers are already detaining kitchen staff.
A bartender stands up with a disruptor rifle, and sits back down promptly as a coruscating lance of nadions stuns him. Colonel Yrrhaya Shrr'far lowers his pistol and strides calmly behind the rest of his officers with eyes for only one Orion. A woman, scarred and angry, giving him a vulgar gesture even as pistols level at her, stares back at him. The olive green woman doesn't reach for the heavy disruptor pistol on her hip as she knows it's far too late for that now.
"Torparra Volshone, you are under arrest for Syndicate financial membership, murder, conspiracy to commit murder, fraud, tax evasion, gross corporate misconduct, and jaywalking."
"It doesn't even matter, Caitian," snarls the Orion woman. "You've got nothing, no one will testify."
Yrrhaya grins like a fiend and winks at the Orion criminal. "I hope you like surprises, Torp, because we have a few for you. Book 'er, Shrro." A pair of Caitian officers turn Torporra around and slam her into the table, placing electromagnetic-locking cuffs around her wrists and activating them. He flips open a communicator and taps. "Base, this is Blue, we have the Alasho, beam her directly to the brig."
[+2 Impact]
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Union Interstellar Press Agency
Protests and rioting against heavy-handed Federation actions on the world of Bradia erupted across many worlds with Syndicate. The worst of the rioting occurred on the capital world of Alukk, the first world to riot, where a number of Planetary Police Units were caught unawares. A number of PPU stations were overrun and even when the ISSU began to enforce curfews, the bloodshed was already extensive. However, on other worlds the rioting was far more readily confined, and many arrests on suspicion of Syndicate sympathies were made. Only on Qinal was the PPU particularly challenged, where many detachments had to fortify their stations and hole up for reinforcements to clear the areas.
[+4 Cost]
The Bradia operation has been heralded as a success, with a wide array of arrests made. However, it was not a bloodless operation. Exact casualties have not yet been announced but are believed to be in excess of a dozen fatalities.
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Union Interstellar Press Agency
A furious night of violence has rocked the capital, with dozens reporting to local hospitals to order medical care. The ISSU has announced the death of a Syndicate Shodar, the highest of the Syndicate ranks, one of the rumoured council that exists upon Alukk. Reports from anonymous sources within the ISSU command structure, and the Union government, suggest that the plan had originally been to capture the Shodar. However an apparent late tip off to the Syndicate turned the operation from a surprise raid to a frontal assault, one that had to be ended by heavy weapons.
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Anti-Slavery Task Force Progress Report
Commodore T'Lorel is overseeing the interrogation of a number of important detainees, starting with the Alasho herself, the Syndicate agent that leads the planet. Overall, we feel that the gains received by the sweep outweigh the cost considerably. The use of signal intercepts will prove the case against these Syndicate agents, without the need to risk the safety of informants. To help address attendant casualties that may have swamped the medical care facilities of Bradia, or exhausted such reserves of currency that the Federation holds for operating in the Union, a Starfleet Medical Hospital ship has arrived, her arrival timed to coincide with the beginning of the intensive sweep. This has proven to have been a valuable precaution, due to casualties received during the operation. [4 Impact]
Our operations on Bradia have triggered a wider response, however. Riots have begun on worlds that we have denoted as being of High or Extreme Syndicate influence, most of which have thankfully been bottled up already. This was amplified on the capital of Alukk when the ISSU killed one of the Syndicate leadership in a botched raid. Dozens are dead in the capital, as the ISSU and SSD continue to bear the brunt of Syndicate violence. [3 Impact, 2 Cost]
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CFP2 - 4/5hp
Kearsage 3/4hp
Zephyr 1/2hp loss
(Overall 6/8hp Starfleet Security)
Syndicate Merc Team, 1 Captured, 1 casualty, 1/4hp left
Syndiate Agent Cell 0/2hp, 2 captured
Alasho captured
Local Assets on Bradia 1hp captured, 1 hp lost, 2/4 and 3/4hp left
Riots - Short-term arrested
Alukk - 0hp LA arrested, 3 PPU casualties
Celos - 1hp LA arrested, no PPU casualties
Duaba - 2 hp LA arrested, no PPU casualties
Freedom - 1hp LA arrested, no PPU casualties
New Rigel - 1hp LA arrested, no PPU casualties
Qinal - no LA arrested, PPU pinned up
Xav - 1 hp LA arrested, no PPU casualties
Kearsage 3/4hp
Zephyr 1/2hp loss
(Overall 6/8hp Starfleet Security)
Syndicate Merc Team, 1 Captured, 1 casualty, 1/4hp left
Syndiate Agent Cell 0/2hp, 2 captured
Alasho captured
Local Assets on Bradia 1hp captured, 1 hp lost, 2/4 and 3/4hp left
Riots - Short-term arrested
Alukk - 0hp LA arrested, 3 PPU casualties
Celos - 1hp LA arrested, no PPU casualties
Duaba - 2 hp LA arrested, no PPU casualties
Freedom - 1hp LA arrested, no PPU casualties
New Rigel - 1hp LA arrested, no PPU casualties
Qinal - no LA arrested, PPU pinned up
Xav - 1 hp LA arrested, no PPU casualties
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[Total: +9 Impact, +6 Cost]
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UbeOne
Daydreaming CPU
- Location
- Philippines
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Jaywalking? Really? :lol
Also, we need to keep going, keep moving forward, for our efforts to be successful.
- Location
- Terror Australis
I thought we had bonuses to resist corruption, but here we are handing over ships to the Syndicate.
- Location
- Australia
Whoops, how'd those letters get there...I thought we had bonuses to resist corruption, but here we are handing over ships to the Syndicate.
UbeOne
Daydreaming CPU
- Location
- Philippines
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Any ideas on how we can improve our PR? The media is a powerful weapon against the Syndicate.
A Lecarre disguised as a Syndicate member.
- Location
- Germany
With every Syndicate-asset eliminated their hold on the media should grow weaker.
It just takes a lot of impact to get there.
- Location
- Patriarchova
Ouch.
Could have gone much worse, but still, they're making us pay for our victories.
Could have gone much worse, but still, they're making us pay for our victories.
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UbeOne
Daydreaming CPU
- Location
- Philippines
- Pronouns
- She/Her
At least we're earning more Impact than Cost.
- Location
- Patriarchova
Hence why it was still a victory.
- Location
- Terror Australis
Undines/Species 8472 are extradimensional, their home realm is fluidic space. They are also an extremely advanced species, given that they were able to just flat out overpower the Borg. Well until Janeway betrayed everyone and had her crew science up a partial counter to their warships.
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They are also somewhat territorial, their standard response to anyone intruding into fluidic space seems to be to destroy them, though this may be a learned response as pretty much everyone from the milky way who entered their realm did so to attack them.
The Undines don't actually seem to be especially hostile, merely isolationist if left alone. As all the interactions between the Undines and the milky way races have been because of them responding to attacks on them. First the Borg tried to invade and assimilate them and then the Iconians ran false flag operations to get them to attack the Alpha/Beta Quadrants.
Though it should be noted that Species 8472 had an initially poor understanding of interstellar politics, due to their native realm not having any other sophont species. They originally declared war on the entire galaxy because, since the Borg are an amalgam of a huge number of species, they though the entire milky way galaxy had initiated hostilities with them. Though they did change their minds when they eventually figured out that the galaxy wasn't united and it was just one group that kept attacking them.
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They are also somewhat territorial, their standard response to anyone intruding into fluidic space seems to be to destroy them, though this may be a learned response as pretty much everyone from the milky way who entered their realm did so to attack them.
The Undines don't actually seem to be especially hostile, merely isolationist if left alone. As all the interactions between the Undines and the milky way races have been because of them responding to attacks on them. First the Borg tried to invade and assimilate them and then the Iconians ran false flag operations to get them to attack the Alpha/Beta Quadrants.
Though it should be noted that Species 8472 had an initially poor understanding of interstellar politics, due to their native realm not having any other sophont species. They originally declared war on the entire galaxy because, since the Borg are an amalgam of a huge number of species, they though the entire milky way galaxy had initiated hostilities with them. Though they did change their minds when they eventually figured out that the galaxy wasn't united and it was just one group that kept attacking them.
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lbmaian
a thirsty squirrel
- Location
- USA
This was one bloody month. We've now passed our resilience limit. And no reduction in world corruption this time around
Geez that initial cost made me think the capture wasn't worth the cost, but it's good to get further confirmation that successful captures are critical to the whole operation.
On the flip side, more confirmation of corruption within Orion ranks with that semi-failed Shodar capture.
Geez that initial cost made me think the capture wasn't worth the cost, but it's good to get further confirmation that successful captures are critical to the whole operation.
On the flip side, more confirmation of corruption within Orion ranks with that semi-failed Shodar capture.
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Throne Room - Leila
- Location
- Patriarchova
This was one bloody month. We've now passed our resilience limit. And no reduction in world corruption this time around
Geez that initial cost made me think the capture wasn't worth the cost, but it's good to get further confirmation that successful captures are critical to the whole operation.
On the flip side, more confirmation of corruption within Orion ranks with that semi-failed Shodar capture.
We're getting there. Its costing us, but still, slowly but surely, we're getting there.
Captain's Log - 2311.Q2.M3
- Location
- Australia
Captain's Log, USS Enterprise, Stardate 24414.4 - Captain Samhaya Mrr'shan
We have been heading coreward towards the Rigel sector to make sure we are in position should the Courageous require assistance in the upcoming Rigellian ratification. However, a recent massive warp signature has been detected by Starbase 6 at Beta Indi and we are making a maximum warp course change to join Excelsior and Svai.
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Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 24414.8 - Captain Rosalee McAdams
It appears that there is a damaged Syndicate slaving vessels afoot. An Yrillian civilian ship reported the vessel had been damaged from defensive fire from their colony world and is now making its escape.
As my regard for Syndicate slavers is scarce warmer than my regard for coffee, we are diverting course to put paid to this threat.
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Captain's Log, USS Enterprise, Stardate 24415.1
We have joined the Excelsior and Svai in the shadows of Starbase 6. We were preparing to enter the neutral zone together after advising our Romulan counter-parts. However, the warp signature is heading this way and will arrive momentarily.
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Bridge Transcript, USS Enterprise, Stardate 24415.2
[Lt Jelan] Six ships have arrived ... one of them is absolutely off the scale. The size is ... I've never seen anything like this.
[Capt Mrr'shan] On screen.
[Several gasps, indistinct noises]
[Capt Mrr'shan] Tell me what I'm seeing here, Lieutenant.
[Lt Jelan] Yes, captain! It's Kadesh, five Keeper-class motherships. Plus one ship that masses well, sixty million ton.
[Lt Brann] Captain, they're hailing us.
[Capt Mrr'shan] On screen.
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Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 24415.6
We have located the vessel, which is outpacing the shadowing civilian vessel despite the damage. We are hailing the ship but not getting any responses. The damage to the ship must have destroyed their communications systems, as well as most of their weapons. I cannot let such a ship escape, however.
But there is something about this I do not like. A slaver ship should have turned away, attempted to escape. This one has not, merely continuing to put distance between it and its pursuer. I am attempting to get more details out of the trailing ship.
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Captain's Log, USS Enterprise, Stardate 24415.9
We are currently hosting Rachel Sarjan of the Kadesh, and will be escorting them to Sol System. It appears that the great journey to a new homeworld is beginning for the Kadesh!
[Gain +25 relations with Kadesh, +10pp]
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Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 24416.3
Sneaky, sneaky!
The story of the civilian ship's captain fell apart under closer examination. The damaged ship wasn't a slaver at all, it was the ship of a runaway from the Syndicate. The civilian ship was the true Syndicate vessel. We have detained the Syndicate agents and rescued the defector.
[Gain +4 Impact, +5pp]
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Captain's Log, USS Avandar, Stardate 24417.3 - Captain Huth fop Makpol
Late yesterday a Caitian distress call was received in this area. We are searching, but though we find considerable evidence of a recent warping of space-time, and a deviation of causality, in this region, we cannot locate any sign of the Caitian vessel.
[Caitian Swarmer disappears]
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We have been heading coreward towards the Rigel sector to make sure we are in position should the Courageous require assistance in the upcoming Rigellian ratification. However, a recent massive warp signature has been detected by Starbase 6 at Beta Indi and we are making a maximum warp course change to join Excelsior and Svai.
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Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 24414.8 - Captain Rosalee McAdams
It appears that there is a damaged Syndicate slaving vessels afoot. An Yrillian civilian ship reported the vessel had been damaged from defensive fire from their colony world and is now making its escape.
As my regard for Syndicate slavers is scarce warmer than my regard for coffee, we are diverting course to put paid to this threat.
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Captain's Log, USS Enterprise, Stardate 24415.1
We have joined the Excelsior and Svai in the shadows of Starbase 6. We were preparing to enter the neutral zone together after advising our Romulan counter-parts. However, the warp signature is heading this way and will arrive momentarily.
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Bridge Transcript, USS Enterprise, Stardate 24415.2
[Lt Jelan] Six ships have arrived ... one of them is absolutely off the scale. The size is ... I've never seen anything like this.
[Capt Mrr'shan] On screen.
[Several gasps, indistinct noises]
[Capt Mrr'shan] Tell me what I'm seeing here, Lieutenant.
[Lt Jelan] Yes, captain! It's Kadesh, five Keeper-class motherships. Plus one ship that masses well, sixty million ton.
[Lt Brann] Captain, they're hailing us.
[Capt Mrr'shan] On screen.
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Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 24415.6
We have located the vessel, which is outpacing the shadowing civilian vessel despite the damage. We are hailing the ship but not getting any responses. The damage to the ship must have destroyed their communications systems, as well as most of their weapons. I cannot let such a ship escape, however.
But there is something about this I do not like. A slaver ship should have turned away, attempted to escape. This one has not, merely continuing to put distance between it and its pursuer. I am attempting to get more details out of the trailing ship.
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Captain's Log, USS Enterprise, Stardate 24415.9
We are currently hosting Rachel Sarjan of the Kadesh, and will be escorting them to Sol System. It appears that the great journey to a new homeworld is beginning for the Kadesh!
[Gain +25 relations with Kadesh, +10pp]
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Captain's Log, USS Courageous, Stardate 24416.3
Sneaky, sneaky!
The story of the civilian ship's captain fell apart under closer examination. The damaged ship wasn't a slaver at all, it was the ship of a runaway from the Syndicate. The civilian ship was the true Syndicate vessel. We have detained the Syndicate agents and rescued the defector.
[Gain +4 Impact, +5pp]
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Captain's Log, USS Avandar, Stardate 24417.3 - Captain Huth fop Makpol
Late yesterday a Caitian distress call was received in this area. We are searching, but though we find considerable evidence of a recent warping of space-time, and a deviation of causality, in this region, we cannot locate any sign of the Caitian vessel.
[Caitian Swarmer disappears]
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