To Boldly Go... (a Starfleet quest)

OneirosTheWriter · Apr 10, 2017

[X][FLEET] Plan Even Distribution
-[X] Tellar Constitution-B to Task Force 1
-[X] 2 of Tellar Miranda-As to Task Force 2
-[X] 1 Tellar Miranda-A and Tellar Constellation to Task Force 3
-[X] Rigellian Oda-Gach and Vulcan Oberth to Task Force 4

[X][AOG] Assign to Betazed
[X][VSC] Assign to Clover
[X][ENG] Rush Betazed Starbase Construction (2x Speed)
[X][IND] Prepare components for 2x1mt Repair Yard Berths (3 Months)

[X][LADY] Convey a write-in request to Licori House of her choice
-[X] Feel out willingness to make and keep a deal on mentat control

2314.Q4.M3.F1

Having retired Admiral Kahurangi around Starfleet Headquarters again was a special treat for everyone. The last few years of sun and relaxation have done her a world of good. You appreciate the opportunity to commiserate with one of the very, very few people who have any idea what it's like to be in your job. But at the end of the day, you brought Kahurangi back to do work. Her first opportunity arrives with the Arcadian yacht, His Arcadian Majesty's Yacht Morshanib. Representatives of the Imperial throne and the major Houses are in attendance. You send along Vitalia to to the New Seoul Summit, sending her along on a UESPA Constellation.

Despite the best efforts of all involved, no common ground can be found that might avert war.

However...

There are glimmers of a post-bellum order that may come to pass. The urgency of the situation, plus the clout of Vitalia, prompt the deepest cooperation between Starfleet and the Diplomatic Service that you can recall in your decades of service. The Intel services of both sides work together and focus your efforts on the Tartresis and the Bene. Baroness Othid Tartresis, a cousin of the Duke, is the chief emissary of that House, and Kahurangi establishes an early rapport. They will fight alongside their liege, they won't turn their backs on Arcadia during a war, but they are a noble people, and if Starfleet fights in a noble fashion, then it is entirely possible to see peaceful relations with a Tartresis run Empire.

There is rather a hiccup in proceedings when the Ixarians present some of the after-action reports of the M5 computer fiasco, along with some fairly alarmist views on the potential fallout. Not a few current senior Starfleet officers had involvement in that incident. Kahurangi isn't the only one rubbing old war wounds after hearing that name. But the argument is made convincingly that an AI disaster is something that can be safeguarded against, but the full mentat process effectively produces its own failure state.

Meanwhile, the Bene show a certain flexibility. They may hold the key to avoiding a scenario where the war has to be prosecuted to bedrock. There is nothing concrete, of course, but your Intelligence officers tell you they have back-channels open now that will allow them to continue to talk to House Bene in the future.

At the end of the day, unfortunately, with the intransigence of the Ixarians, the Kortennon, and the reluctance of the throne itself, a path to averting war cannot be found. A new ultimatum stands, to expire at the end of the year, in one month's time.

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State of Emergency, 2314.Q4.M3.F1 (Turn 5 of State of Emergency)

You are currently operating in a State of Emergency.

This entails an increased operational tempo and an increase to available assets.
These assets usually will require no additional resources from Starfleet, as you are directing the resources of a Federation that does not embrace money. Any additional requirements will be noted on the actions themselves. The most notable brake on your mobilisation of assets comes from their effect on the war support of the various member groups. You have already been provided control over a large fraction of fleet assets from the member worlds nearest the LBZ, but more can be requisitioned.

This State of Emergency will endure until such time as the cause of the crisis is resolved. In this case, until the Mentats of the Arcadian Empire no longer poses a threat to the Federation.

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Assets

Current Assets:

Special Assets
Ret. Admiral Vitalia Yukiko Kahurangi - Licori Outreach (Single turn)

Fleet Units
Starfleet Line Starships
Starfleet Auxiliary Ships
1 Oberth from Vulcan
1 Oda-Gach from Rigel
1 Cargo Ship from Tellar

Recon Units
Vulcan Survey Corps - Assigned to Clover Outpost (+1 to Clover Outpost detecting ships)
Andorian Orbital Guard Runabouts - Assigned to Betazed (+1 to Rixx Defence Platform [Outpost] detecting ships)

Internal Diplomacy Teams
Federation Emergency Committee - Focus on increasing mobilisation (+10pt/mnth mobilisation rate)
Federation Diplomatic Service Consular Team 3 - Focus on increasing mobilisation (+10pt/mnth mobilisation rate)

External Diplomacy Teams
Federation Diplomatic Service Ambassadorial Team 4 - Lobby to integrate into forces if war commences - ETC 2315.Q1.M1.F1

Engineering Teams
UESPA Deep Space Engineering - Rush Betazed Starbase Construction (2x Speed) - ETC 2315.Q1.M2.F1

Heavy Industry Teams
Dhara Heavy Industry Park (Andor) - Prepare components for 2x1mt Repair Yard Berths (3 Months) - ETC 2315.Q1.M3.F1

The following units are available to be mobilised at relatively short notice. More options from each world will become available:

[ ] Please select up to a maximum of 30 war support of assets to mobilise from the start
(Please be aware of costs associated with assets)

Starfleet Reserve Personnel (20pt from Starfleet, +20 O/E/T for duration of SoE only, one-time)
Starfleet Engineering Command (5pt from Starfleet, to deploy will require 2 cargo ships and 2 freighters to be sourced from member worlds)

Federalise Fleet Units from <Member World> (5 cost for explorer, 2 cost for cruiser, 1 cost for frigate, paid against member world you are calling up fleet units from)
Federalise Auxiliary Units from <Member World> (3 cost for freighter, 2 cost for cargo ship, 3 cost for other auxiliary units)

Andorian Civil Service - Internal Diplomacy Team (20pt cost for Andor, gain Internal Diplomacy Team)
Earth Civil Service - Internal Diplomacy Team (20pt cost for Earth, gain Internal Diplomacy Team)

Starfleet Academy Red Squad Runabouts - Recon team (4 cost for Starfleet, gain +1 to outpost and starbase attempts to detect incoming ships)
Rigellian Customs Service Runabout Squadron 1 (6 Cost for Rigel, gain +1 to outpost and starbase attempts to detect incoming ships)

North America Productivity Commission - Heavy Industry (5 Cost to Earth, gain Heavy Industry asset)
Shorc Xurth Resource Combine - Heavy Industry (5 Cost to Tellar, gain Heavy Industry asset)
East Asian Productivity Commission - Heavy Industry (5 Cost to Earth, gain Heavy Industry asset)
Cheleb-Kor Industrial Centre - Heavy Industry Team (8 Cost to Vulcan, gain Heavy Industry asset)
Morchell Arebb Complex - Heavy Industry (5 Cost to Rigel, gain Heavy Industry asset)

Gorc Belth Colonial Engineers - Engineering Team (10 Cost from Tellar, gain Engineering Team with 2 Engineering Ships, 3 Cargo Ships, 1 Freighter)
Andorian Imperial Star Engineers - Engineering Team (10 Cost from Andor, gain Engineering Team with 2 Engineering Ships, 2 Cargo Ships, 1 Freighter)
Hadad Pradesh Mond Engineering - Engineering Team (10 Cost from Rigel, gain Engineering Team with 2 Engineering Ships, 2 Cargo Ships, 2 Freighters)
Calixx Reisu Engineering Corps - Engineering Team (8 Cost from Betazed, gain Engineering Team with 1 Engineering Ship, 1 Cargo Ship, 1 Freighter)

Generate Generic Heavy Industry from <Member World> (10 Cost to Member World, gain Heavy Industry asset)
Generate Generic Engineering Team from <Member World> (15 Cost to Member World, gain Engineering team)
Generate Generic Internal Diplomacy Team from <Member World> (10 Cost to Starfleet, 5 Cost to Member World, gain Internal Diplomacy Team)
Generate Generic External Diplomacy Team from <Member World> (10 Cost to Starfleet, 5 Cost to Member World, gain External Diplomacy Team)

Retired Vice Admiral Heidi Eriksson - Doctrine Specialist (5pt Cost to Starfleet, gain Doctrine Specialist)
Retired Vice Admiral Lachlan Ablett - Doctrine Specialist (5pt Cost to Starfleet, gain Doctrine Specialist)

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Fleet Units: Fleet Units

Starships and other assets that you can use to supplement your forces, create new task forces, replace losses, or reinforce attacks.
Recon Units: Recon Units

Supplementary patrol units that you can attach to your starbases, outposts, and fleet units.
Internal Diplomacy: Internal Diplomacy

Assets that you can employ to help bolster links between member worlds, or shore up flagging support. They can also be used to increase the rate with which you are able to mobilise assets, though that may become a double-edged sword.
External Diplomacy: External Diplomacy

Assets that you can employ to conduct relations with other nearby powers, such as the Ked Paddah, the Honiani, the Laio, the Gaeni, and others.
Engineering Teams: Engineering Teams

Field deployable units consisting of Engineering Ships, construction crews, and the like. They are capable of conducting operations abroad in unsettled systems.
Heavy Industry: Heavy Industry

You need heavy industry to provide extra boosts to ship production, repair, to produce the components necessary for constructing stations, outposts, and starbases.
Doctrine Specialists: Doctrine Specialists

All doctrines are plans, and no plan survives first contact with the enemy. War is the most unforgiving task master, so you best learn what works and doesn't work quickly.

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The Home Front

Current War Support:
Starfleet - 175pt
United Earth SPA - 135pt
Vulcan High Command - 51pt
Tellarite State Forces - 128pt
Betazed Defence Forces - 45pt (-5pt from Mobilisation)
Rigel Defence Force - 99pt
Andorian Guard - 97pt
IT of Gaen - 150pt

NB: Starfleet's entry here is more to do with organisation-wide morale and depth.

War Weariness increases with:
Battles
Casualties
Time
Resource Requests
Economic Policy changes
Failing set objectives

War Support increases with:
Some victories
Achieving set objectives
Releasing resources

Councillors
UESPA - 3 Dev, 2 Exp, 1 Pac, 1 Haw
VHC - 1 Dev, 5 Pac
TSF - 3 Dev, 1 Pac, 1 Haw
BDF - 2 Pac
RDF - 4 Merc

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Current Economic Settings:
Starfleet - N/A
United Earth SPA - Early Mobilisation
Vulcan High Command - Peacetime
Tellarite State Force - Early Mobilisation
Betazed Defence Forces - Pacifist -> Peacetime
Andorian Guard - Peacetime
Rigel Defence Force - Peacetime
IT of Gaen - Wartime Economy
Honiani - Peacetime
Laio - Peacetime

Levels of Mobilisation
Pacifist - 75% of normal income, 100% of normal build
Peacetime - 100% of normal income, 100% of normal build time, no stockpile opening
Early - 125% of normal income, -1Qtr build time, open 25% of stockpile
Limited - 150% of normal income, -2Qtr build time, open full stockpile
Wartime - 200% of normal income, -25% build time, post-war economic slump,
Total - 250% of normal income, -50% build time, post-war economic crash,

There are maximum time-frames that a wartime economy can be maintained without income dropping again.

2314.Q4.M1.F2:
UESPA has moved from 110/60/2/2.2/2.2 to 140/75/2.5/2.75/2.75 - gained 50/40 from stockpile
VHC has moved from 40/35/1/1.75/1.5 to 55/45/1.35/2.35/2
TSF has moved from 95/50/1.45/1.95/1.95 to 120/65/1.8/2.4/2.4 - gained 50/40 from stockpile

2314.Q4.M3.F2:
BDF will move from 35/35/1.15/1.45/1.15 to 45/45/1.45/1.8/1.45

Tailward Theatre Command - Vice Admiral Viraan zh'Dohlen

Licori Border Zone Commanding Officer - Rear Admiral Victoria Eaton
-LBZ Auxiliary Task Force CO - Commodore T'Mina (promote)
-LBZ Executive Officer - Captain Ferath zh'Kylarrth
-LBZ Chief of Staff - Captain Rosalee McAdams
--Staff Personnel Officer - Commander Staik
--Staff Intelligence Officer - Commander Elizabeth Faring
--Staff Operations Officer - Commander Hayden Kennedy
--Staff Medical Officer - Commander Prshrr Marhar
--Staff Science Officer - Commander Krabad
--Staff Engineering Officer - Commander Gordon Laver
--Staff Industrial Liaison - Tash sh'Petreth (Andorian Chamber of Industry)

-Clover Outpost Commander - Commander Ceisrud Ozei
--Vulcan Survey Corps

-Starfleet Intelligence Task Force - Captain Thren th'Panyth
--Intel Gathering
--- Office 25 (Other Field Desk) Detachment
--- Coreward Desk Detachment
--- Office 11 (Minor Powers Decryption) Detachment
--Special Security Ops Teams
--- Office 10 (Romulan Irregular Ops Team)
--- Office 19
--- Office 24
--Squadron 1, 2 Detachments (Runabouts + Shuttles)
-Andorian Orbital Guard Runabout Squadron

Task Force 1 CO - Commodore Michel Thuir
-Flag: USS Sarek
Task Force 2 CO - Commodore Nash ka'Sharren
-Flag: USS Enterprise

Task Force 3 CO - Rear Admiral T'Lorel
-Flag: USS Renaissance
-- Task Group 3.1 CO - Commodore Brufraogm Wev
---Flag: RDS Yagad-Tich
-- Task Group 3.2 CO - Commodore Erzath zh'Darlyth
---Flag: USS Endurance

Task Force 4 CO - Commodore Iorin Grann (promote)
-Flag: Thirishar

-Task Force 5 CO - Ms Alexia O'Conner, UESPA Deep Space Engineering
-- UES Kagutsuchi, Engineering Ship
-- UES Norn, Engineering Ship
-- 3 UES Cargo Ships
-- UES Freighter

Sol Sector Command - Rear Admiral
-Rixx Defence Platform [Betazed Outpost] - Commander Pirala Narax
--Andorian Orbital Guard Runabouts

Rear Admiral Victoria Eaton
Current Posting: Commander, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: High
Aggression: High
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High

Commodore Brufraogm Wev
Current Posting: Commander, Task Group 3.1, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: High
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Low
Politics: High

Commodore Erzath zh'Darlyth
Current Posting: Commander, Task Group 3.2, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Low
Aggression: High
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High

Rear Admiral T'Lorel
Current Posting: Commander, Task Force 3, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: High
Politics: Medium

Commodore Michel Thuir
Current Posting: Operations Officer, Starfleet Tactical Field Command
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: High
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High

Commodore Nash ka'Sharren
Current Posting: Commander, Task Force 2, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Low
Aggression: High
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: High
Politics: Medium

Captain Rosalee McAdams
Current Posting: Chief of Staff, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High

Commodore T'Mina
Current Posting: Commander, Auxiliary Task Force, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: High
Politics: Medium

Commodore Iorin Grann
Current Posting: Commander, Task Force 4, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Low
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: Medium

Captain Ferath zh'Kylarrth
Current Posting: Executive Officer, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Low
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: High
Politics: High

Tailward Theatre, Vice Admiral Viraan zh'Dohlen
Sol Sector
Rigel Sector
Vulcan Sector
Andor Sector
Klingon Border Zone
Romulan Border Zone
Licori Border Zone

-Task Force 1, Commodore Michel Thuir
USS Sarek, Excelsior-class, NCC-2004 - Captain Straak
USS Excelsior, Excelsior-class, NCC-2000 - Captain Yamada Ichigo
USS Lexington, Constitution-B-class, NCC-1741 - Captain Winslow
USS Blizzard, Centaur-A-class, NCC-2108 - Captain Senok
USS Lightning, Centaur-A-class, NCC- 2105 - Captain Khrerg bak Arguk
UES Calgary, Miranda-A-class, NCC-1903 - Captain Tan Ming
USS Torbriel, Oberth-class, NCC-1511 - Captain Diego Zaardmani

-Task Force 2, Commodore Nash ka'Sharren
USS Enterprise, Excelsior-class, NCC-1701-B - Captain Samhaya Mrr'shan
UES Liberty, Excelsior-class, NCC-2017 - Captain Olesya Sokolov
USS Hood, Constitution-B-class, NCC-1742 - Captain Angela Curtis
USS Winterwind, Centaur-A-class, NCC-2104 - Captain Abigail Taggart
UES Shanghai, Miranda-A-class, NCC-1904 - Captain Gao Yang
UES Yorkshire, Centaur-A-class, NCC-2109 - Captain Angus Connelly
USS Hawking, Oberth-class, NCC-1509 - Captain Bruce Ponting

-Task Force 3, Rear Admiral T'Lorel
USS Renaissance, Renaissance-class, NCC-2601 - Captain Larai Leaniss
--Task Group 3.1, Commodore Brufraogem Wev
RDS Yagad-Tich, Megatortoise-class, NCC-2901 - Captain Irdask
RDS Hadabat, Turtleship-class, NCC-2903 - Captain Rumo
RDS Monsad, Turtleship-class, NCC-2904 - Captain Caagid
BDS Radlawxa, Patrol Cruiser-class, NCC-2501 - Captain Viamelo Gru
RDS Oda-Gach-3, Oda-Gach-class Cutter, NCC-3005
USS Svai, Miranda-class, NCC-1658 - Captain T'Atring
--Task Group 3.2, Commodore Erzath zh'Darlyth
USS Endurance, Excelsior-class, NCC-2007 - Captain Pavel Chekov

RDS Pagatat, Turtleship-class, NCC-2907 - Captain Zukeik
UES Jupiter, Constellation-class, NCC-1813 - Captain Roberta Sherman
USS Calypso, Miranda-class, NCC-1632 - Captain Tomiq zh'Pohren
USS Thunderhead, Miranda-class, NCC-1656 - Captain Amos Bao
USS Inspire, Oberth-class, NCC-1510 - Captain Amelia Currie

-Task Force 4, Commodore Iorinn Grann
USS Thirishar, Excelsior-class, NCC-2011 - Captain Norkair ch'Gharist
USS Gale, Centaur-A-class, NCC-2106 - Captain Gorth th'Hashok
BDS Harmony, Centaur-A-class, NCC-2120 - Captain Eneram Idrai
BDS Astute, Patroller-class, NCC-2507
BDS Assist, Patroller-class, NCC-2508
RDS Oda-Gach-4, Oda-Gach-class Cutter, NCC-3006
RDS Oda-Gach-5, Oda-Gach-class Cutter, NCC-3007
USS T'Mir, Oberth-class, NCC-1507

-Auxiliary Force
3 Tellarite Cargo Ships
1 Tellarite Freighter
2 Andorian Cargo Ships
1 Andorian Freighter
1 Vulcan Cargo Ship
2 Human Cargo Ships
1 Human Freighter
1 Betazoid Cargo Ship

-Research Attachment
1 Vulcan Civilian Research Cruiser

-UESPA Deep Space Engineering
2 UESPA Engineering Ships
3 UESPA Cargo Ships
1 UESPA Freighter

Illuminated Technocracy of Gaen

Recon Units
Inid Uttar Institute (Runabouts + Research Cruiser) - Assigned to Gaen
Nitta Oian Institute (Runabouts + Research Cruiser) - Assigned to Thunti

External Diplomacy Teams
Technocracy Interstellar Ministry - Lobby for Federation entry to war

Internal Diplomacy Teams
Central Technocracy Council - Increasing Asset Mobilisation
Chamber of Commerce Council - Run Internal Recruiting Campaigns

Engineering Teams
Henn-Makad Engineering Institute (1 Cargo, 1 Super-Freighter, 1 Freighter, 2 Cargo) - Assembling Staging outpost (2315.Q1.M1)

Heavy Industry Teams
North Apada Industrial Council - Accelerating Tech-Cruiser Build in [Gaen Man. Coop Bay 1]
Thunti Industrial Council - Building Components for 2x1.5mt repair bays (will complete by 2315.Q2.M1)

Doctrine Teams
Kedaia Naar Institute - Developing Anti-Licori techniques (will gain +1% at 2315.Q1.M3)

Logistics
Gaen Central Technocracy Logistics Network
(Income 90/100)
Hubs - Gaen (30/20), Thunti (10/10)
Sources - = 50br 70sr 20rp
Targets - 5 minor colonies
Industry -
Destination -

Total for Feeder Network -
Source - 90s 50b
Minors - 40s 20b
Route Penalty = 1.1
Total x Route Penalty = 143s 77b
Per Bi-Monthly = 24s 13b
1 Freighter, 3 Cargo Ship Assigned

Total for Trunk Network -
Homeworld + 1 Major Worlds = 20s 10b
Route Penalty = 1
Per Bi-Monthly = 4s 2b
1 Cargo Ship Assigned

Total for Industry Network -
90br/100sr = 20s 18b
Route Penalty = 1
Per Bi-Monthly = 4s 3b
1 Freighter Assigned

Fleet Support -
6 Cruisers = 6s
7 Frigate = 4s
15 Auxiliary = 15s
Total = 25s
4 Cargo Ships Assigned

2 Freighters, 8 Cargo Ships assigned to networks
1 Super-Freighters, 3 Freighters, 9 Cargo Ships free for other tasks
Under 50% capacity - no strain

Simon_Jester · Apr 11, 2017

DEVAS AND ASURAS
Chapter Two

Recommended Listening: Selection from Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7

USS Republic
Six Light-Minutes off Deva IX
Stardate 25152.7

"Engineering, give me main phaser conduit status."

"Holding; some heating, but we can sustain this output level for- I'd estimate forty to sixty minutes."

"Good, but try to improve that."

There wasn't much room to put more tubes on the torpedo-heavy Constitution-A. But there'd been room to run a dedicated EPS tap up through the neck, straight from the warp core to the forward phaser banks. The old-style banks, with deep battery rooms and rugged circuits, overbuilt for their era and with more than their share of potential for overcharging. Those were Republic's real teeth, now.

Switching that tap on had been one of the first moves Sulu'd made, after Kumari and Endurance jumped into position. So long as power burned straight from the antimatter furnace to the cruiser's main beams, they couldn't escape into warp- but anything that crossed Republic's bow would know it had been kissed.

There they go again! The chaotic turning battle was a madhouse. Sulu was a child of the early '90s Academy, a tactical tradition focused on the classic single-ship actions of the 23rd century. Only occasionally had they practiced a surprise jump to Axanar or Caleb IV or the sort of crazy dogpile Dad might come up with. But they had practiced those. And a good thing too, at Kadesh, when all the old admirals were out of the picture. It had been the laughing wild child from the Academy class ahead of hers that took command, then, used that training, and did the new generation proud.

Sulu felt a thin, dauntless twist of her lips coming on, something close to a smile. She didn't particularly care for the dizzying brawl the Sydraxians were trying for, with threats on every side. But she could cope, and she could fight her ship, trying to impose shape on the fight. Hasques swooped around to trap Kumari in a crossfire; Republic and Korolev's forward phaser banks pounded the Sydraxian escorts back with brilliant, flickering, summer-lightning beams.

The Sydraxians returned fire, their escorts' chin guns blazing before breaking off the swooping attack runs. Republic's reinforced shields shuddered under the hammer. But combining their attack with Kumari's crack gunners, the Starfleet cruisers wove a net of death the Hierarchy ships couldn't escape, despite the baffling grace with which even their heavy units slipped out from under Starfleet sights. The Mirandas, with the broad firing arcs of their turret phasers, did their best to corral the enemy back into the cruisers' path, but it was a long, long way from easy.

And once in a while...

"Ma'am, Endurance is relaying their next target. I have a lock on them."

Once in a while, old 'Uncle Pavel' brought the artillery. "Tactical, arm torpedoes. Stand by to fire a spread, impact immediately after Endurance's birds. Helm, bring us around; put that cruiser at relative bearing eighty mark sixty. Tactical, main forward phasers, full fire."

Answering Sulu's word, the sleek Constitution yawed and pitched her saucer upwards, giving the main phaser banks full play. M'Rasha seized her moment, the heavy phasers lancing out to put ripples in the heavy cruiser's shields as the forward tubes whumped, sending a pair of blazing missiles downrange.

And then it happened. For far from the first time during the scrambling ship to ship dogfight, the Sydraxian cruiser seemed to slide in a direction no engine burn or maneuvering blast could properly explain, piloted with an effortless grace. Despite the Kalindrax's almost explorer-grade size and bulk, she seemed almost leisurely as she out-danced six torpedoes from Endurance. The flaming scarlet bolts of destruction tracked towards their target, but too late- perhaps blinded, perhaps simply outmaneuvered, four detonated dozens of kilometers off their heavily shielded target's bow, barely affecting it. Two more lit up the cruiser's shields to minimal effect, most of the gamma ray burst rolling off into space in a shower of crackling, dissipating energies.

Sadly for the Hierarchy, Endurance's phasers tracked them through the turn, drawing shield power off to that flank- just as their helmsman's evasive turn brought them squarely into the path of the pair of torpedoes from Republic, on crossing trajectories artfully laid in by the Caitian tactician. Antimatter erupted, spraying broad patterns of shield scatter where the expanding bubble of gamma rays met the hard-held dome of force covering the Sydraxians' broadside. The heavy, armored ship reeled under the heavy blow.

"Reading their shields at just over thirty-five percent, ma'am!" M'Rasha called with satisfaction.

"Good work, Guns-" Damn. The Mirandas were starting to fail to keep back the more numerous enemy escorts. Again. If Kumari got caught in a nutcracker like the one Republic and Endurance had set up for the Sydraxian heavy hitter for any length of time, the whole battle could fall apart!

Sulu had cut herself off in midsentence to issue the next round of orders. "Helm, bring us around on a reciprocal course; Tactical, plot a firing pattern that will force those warbirds to go full evasive." Settling the enemy cruiser's hash would just have to wait. But they could do it. Sulu felt a bit of a smile twitch at the corners of her mouth. They were doing it!

That was when all six Sydraxian ships pitched up and over and unloaded a sudden, massed barrage of weapons fire at USS Endurance.

Heavy Cruiser Skafladrax
Six Light-Minutes off Deva IX

Conductor Rexasodie's ships wheeled and whirled and danced, lines of death and power stitching out across the eternal night. The moment came, she judged, watching nervously as the Federation ships exploited their formidable beam weapons. Even so, there were moments of greater and lesser pressure. And this was the moment to carry out the commands she'd already issued.

"Strike!"

Trusting, her captains executed her orders without delay. Six ships swirled, still taking the brunt of Federation weapons on their wavering shields as they twisted around. The full firepower of six million tons of solidly built warships came to bear on that lone, sharpshooting Excelsior, so far out on the edge of the battlezone.

The scarlet flame of massed disruptors struck Endurance's shields like a blowtorch. Her frigates' axial cannon snarled and tore at the dreadnought's defenses. Sheaves of torpedoes blurred across the gap, and she awaited their arrival tensely. This wasn't safe, might not be wise- but it was the only way to do more than inconvenience that lone enemy ship. And that, they had to do; Chekov's sniping fire, guided by the the massive dreadnought's sensor suite, was more than her ships could take while fighting fang and claw against Kumari and her little sisters.

Even under overwhelming attack, Chekov's practiced crew clearly knew their business. The entire torpedo spread from the frigate Tintreax suddenly veered aside, the little ship reporting that somehow the Starfleet wizards had hacked their fire control telemetry. Then another spread, from another frigate- the same fate, but still the remaining missiles closed in. Three more vanished in a sudden gulp of inverted, devouring un-space, something her own CIC chief couldn't even analyze except as "SPACETIME ANOMALY," with a hasty note about deflector dish adjustments.

That still left a great many torpedoes running straight and swift, and though the range was long, the Sydraxian barrage had finally crossed it.

USS Endurance

"Good work!" Pavel Chekov shouted encouragement to the quiet, dry woman at the comm console, not that she needed it. Whatever trick she'd used probably wouldn't work on Sydraxians in any other battle, not unless they were outstandingly stupid- but it had done wonders to ease their troubles here and now. So would that burble of warp field Commander Kole had managed to coax from the main deflector. But as For the rest...

"All hands, brace for impact!"

Sparks of induced fusion ripped through metallic hydrogen as the Sydraxian torpedoes reached their target. Already abused and thinned, the explorer's shields flared blue, then burst like a soap bubble. Crackling arcs of disruptor fire ate into Endurance's starboard nacelle and stitched lines of fireballs across half the saucer. The great ship rocked, power surging and faltering, propulsion offline while the crews down in Engineering scrambled to bring backups into operation.

Heavy Cruiser Skafladrax

"Its shields are down!"

The flagship rocked fiercely, jolting her against her seat restraints. That felt like a blast had penetrated the weak shield bubble entirely and scarred Skafladrax's armor. The fleet's emergency batteries would help with that soon, but even so this battle wasn't going well. Maybe, maybe she could turn the tide before minor damage started to add up beyond what her squadron could survive to tell the tale. Not that she was looking forward to her after-action lay, even in the best possible case.

But, having lamed Endurance, it remained to finish it. Keeping up concentrated fire much longer would doom her command as the rest of their squadron reacted. On the other hand-

The Hierarchy had never yet had any joy of a clash with Federation in deep space. They'd harried blasphemous Miracht in vain. They'd raided, they'd attacked fortress-stations. In vain. They'd ambushed- still in vain. But face to face, in personal combat? Nothing Starfleet had ever accomplished had given the Sydraxians much reason to fear them. Close up, no longer wrapped in millions of tons of steel, all the advantages of alien superscience would be neutralized. That was a fight they could win.

The Hierarchy's cruisers were built like fortresses. They could keep up full power on, say, their ventral shields- and still flicker down the opposite side to beam commandoes onto the alien dreadnought. They could do it. For a while, at least. If she used the reserve batteries.

"All ships, emergency supercharge to the shields. Cruisers are to break away from the enemy main body, reinforce shields facing the main body, and prepare to beam boarding parties over to the Endurance. Tintreax is detached to support the boarders and act as staging nest for boarding operations. All other ships, keep up full fire on the enemy main body; they may try to exploit our vulnerability."

Her ships were stretched cruelly thin by the enemy's superior weight of metal, but maybe, maybe she could stretch this out into a win of some kind, or at least force the enemy to withdraw and leave her one of the huge "explorers" as a prize. That would be a Hierarchy victory worth more than a little price in blood and steel...

OneirosTheWriter · Apr 11, 2017

[X] Plan Diplomats and Starfleet Engineers
-[X] Starfleet Engineering Command (5pt from Starfleet, to deploy will require 2 cargo ships and 2 freighters to be sourced from member worlds)
-[X] Shorc Xurth Resource Combine - Heavy Industry (5 Cost to Tellar, gain Heavy Industry asset)
-[X] Retired Vice Admiral Heidi Eriksson - Doctrine Specialist (5pt Cost to Starfleet, gain Doctrine Specialist)
-[X] Generate Generic External Diplomacy Team from United Earth (10 Cost to Starfleet, 5 Cost to Member World, gain External Diplomacy Team)

Captain's Log, USS Odyssey, Stardate 25681.3 - Captain Langa Mbeki

A passing cargo ship reported unusual sensor readings coming from the sixth planet of the Cronulla system. Of course, with the recent demands on the attention of the Explorer Corps, this task has sat for about a year, so I'm not sure what we will find when we arrive.

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Personal Log, Commander Jennifer Zhang, Stardate 25682.3

My time aboard the Basilica of Lakhept is coming to a close, but we still have a mission to go on. The Honiani have discovered a new spacegoing power on their coreward border and Big Lak is going to pay our respects. We're not sure of too many details about what these people are like, but we mean to put our best foot forward.

I will be allowed to make contact on behalf of the Federation as well, and the Diplomatic Service have sent me some details to help me make a good impression.

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Captain's Log, USS Bulwark, Stardate 25682.7

[Chief of Staff's NB: FYI - This one came my way from the Director of Starfleet Engineering along with a lot of colourful invective]

As per orders from Starfleet Engineering, we deployed to Viridia IV, at the coreward end of the neutral zone, where the new listening post was meant to go.

Turns out that the mapping run that was meant to pass over this planet first before we established the facility was never run and there's semi-intelligent life down there. I don't know who fouled this up over on Operations end, but I can't put this facility down without violating, at last count, forty-two Federation laws.

[Lost 10pp]

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Captain's Log, USS Odyssey, Stardate 25683.4

The gas giant at Cronulla VI is still putting out unusual energy readings. Highly localised and utterly mystifying, well within the cloud layer, just hovering along above the liquid ammonia layer of the planet, we are having a hard time isolating its sensor signature through the natural interference.

My chief science officer has proposed cleaning up the sensor image by placing probes at three points around the anomaly.

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Personal Log, Commander Jennifer Zhang, Stardate 25683.7

The Obar are a rather long-limbed and spindly race, with a covering across their head and shoulders that truthfully makes me thing of tree moss. Their chief emissary, Ambassador Akthuun, puts me in the mind of a stern but gold-hearted grandfather. A somewhat dangerous impression for someone who you are meant to be conducting diplomacy with!

A thoughtful and ponderous man, he seems quite taken with the Honiani. I hope I have made as good an impression for the Federation.

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Captain's Log, USS Odyssey, Stardate 25684.1

There's something incredibly strange about this energy reading. After we isolated it down with the probes, it began to emit EM pulses through the atmosphere. My science officer believes that there is something pattern-like about these pulses, and is trying to identify what it could be.

The ship's counsellor is telling me that she senses a presence down in the gas giant's atmosphere as well.

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Personal Log, Commander Jennifer Zhang, Stardate 25684.5

I have started making arrangements for an envoy from the Obar to travel to Rigel to meet with the Federation. And even some of the normally taciturn members of the Obar delegation have expressed enthusiasm about the Federation.

Some kind words thrown in our direction by the Honiani also helped.

[New Race Encountered: the Obar - starting 65/100]

[Gain +50 relations with Honiani for successful completion of Jennifer Zhang's tour]

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Captain's Log, USS Odyssey, Stardate 25685.1

The energy anomaly is an intelligent life form! It is using the energy pulses back through the atmosphere in an attempt to communicate with us. We've managed some primitive exchanges by sending pulses indicating basic electrical principles, plus leaning on our telepathic ship's counsellor. I'm thrilled to be a part of this discovery, to find life in such an unexpected visage.

[Gain +10rp, Cronulla VI is now a research colony option]

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OneirosTheWriter · Apr 11, 2017

[X] Plan Diplomats and Starfleet Engineers
-[X] Starfleet Engineering Command (5pt from Starfleet, to deploy will require 2 cargo ships and 2 freighters to be sourced from member worlds)
-[X] Shorc Xurth Resource Combine - Heavy Industry (5 Cost to Tellar, gain Heavy Industry asset)
-[X] Retired Vice Admiral Heidi Eriksson - Doctrine Specialist (5pt Cost to Starfleet, gain Doctrine Specialist)
-[X] Generate Generic External Diplomacy Team from United Earth (10 Cost to Starfleet, 5 Cost to Member World, gain External Diplomacy Team)

2314.Q4.M3.F2

Tick tock, tick tock...

You can hear every passing second as the clock on the ultimatum draws down to its final ebb. There is no five minutes to midnight diplomatic rush.

The Gaeni have been waiting.
The Ked Paddah have been waiting.
The Arcadians have been waiting.
The Romulans, the Klingons, the Cardassians, the Honiani, the manifold powers of the galaxy, all have their eyes on Sol III and the forthcoming declaration.

The last days of peace are at hand.

Kahurangi is also on hand, and she is your confidant in these days of bitter self-reflection and terrible anxiety. Her war was a simple thing by comparison - so much more dangerous, but morally as simple as can be. She helps you face the coming multi-layered storm. She is there along with Eriksson, Sulu, zh'Dohlen, sh'Tharvasse, and your other most trusted officers and friends, as President Arsharra N'Gir steps up to the podium on Federation Broadcast News.

"My fellow citizens of the Federation. As of ten minutes ago, the deadline for the ultimatum issued to the Arcadian Empire of Morshadd expired. As a consequence, it is my melancholy duty to account that the Council of the United Federation of Planets hereby recognises that a state of war exists..."

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State of Emergency, 2314.Q4.M3.F2 (Turn 6 of State of Emergency)

You are currently operating in a State of Emergency.

This entails an increased operational tempo and an increase to available assets.
These assets usually will require no additional resources from Starfleet, as you are directing the resources of a Federation that does not embrace money. Any additional requirements will be noted on the actions themselves. The most notable brake on your mobilisation of assets comes from their effect on the war support of the various member groups. You have already been provided control over a large fraction of fleet assets from the member worlds nearest the LBZ, but more can be requisitioned.

This State of Emergency will endure until such time as the cause of the crisis is resolved. In this case, until the Mentats of the Arcadian Empire no longer poses a threat to the Federation.

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Assets

Current Assets:

Special Assets
Ret. Admiral Vitalia Yukiko Kahurangi - Unassigned

Fleet Units
Starfleet Line Starships
Starfleet Auxiliary Ships
1 Oberth from Vulcan
1 Oda-Gach from Rigel
1 Cargo Ship from Tellar

Recon Units
Vulcan Survey Corps - Assigned to Clover Outpost (+1 to Clover Outpost detecting ships)
Andorian Orbital Guard Runabouts - Assigned to Betazed (+1 to Rixx Defence Platform [Outpost] detecting ships)

Internal Diplomacy Teams
Federation Emergency Committee - Focus on increasing mobilisation (+10pt/mnth mobilisation rate)
Federation Diplomatic Service Consular Team 3 - Focus on increasing mobilisation (+10pt/mnth mobilisation rate)

External Diplomacy Teams
Federation Diplomatic Service Ambassadorial Team 4 - Lobby to integrate into forces if war commences - Estimated completion 2315.Q1.M1.F1
UESPA Offworld Diplomacy Team - Unassigned

Engineering Teams
UESPA Deep Space Engineering - Unassigned
Starfleet Engineering Command - Rush Betazed Starbase Construction (2x Speed) - ETC 2315.Q1.M2.F1

Heavy Industry Teams
Dhara Heavy Industry Park (Andor) - Prepare components for 2x1mt Repair Yard Berths (3 Months) - ETC 2315.Q1.M3.F1
Shorc Xurth Resource Combine (Tellar) - Unassigned

Doctrine Specialist
Retired Vice Admiral Heidi Eriksson - Unassigned

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Fleet Units: Fleet Units

Starships and other assets that you can use to supplement your forces, create new task forces, replace losses, or reinforce attacks.
Recon Units: Recon Units

Supplementary patrol units that you can attach to your starbases, outposts, and fleet units.
Internal Diplomacy: Internal Diplomacy

Assets that you can employ to help bolster links between member worlds, or shore up flagging support. They can also be used to increase the rate with which you are able to mobilise assets, though that may become a double-edged sword.
External Diplomacy: External Diplomacy

Assets that you can employ to conduct relations with other nearby powers, such as the Ked Paddah, the Honiani, the Laio, the Gaeni, and others.
Engineering Teams: Engineering Teams

Field deployable units consisting of Engineering Ships, construction crews, and the like. They are capable of conducting operations abroad in unsettled systems.
Heavy Industry: Heavy Industry

You need heavy industry to provide extra boosts to ship production, repair, to produce the components necessary for constructing stations, outposts, and starbases.
Doctrine Specialists: Doctrine Specialists

All doctrines are plans, and no plan survives first contact with the enemy. War is the most unforgiving task master, so you best learn what works and doesn't work quickly.

Task Assignments:

[ ][UNASSIGN] List any teams you wish to unassign from their current tasks

Ret. Admiral Vitalia Yukiko Kahurangi
[ ][LADY] Increase Mobilisation Rate by +10
[ ][LADY] Act as Doctrine Team
[ ][LADY] Convey a write-in request to <Non-Member Target> (Variable results)
[ ][LADY] Lobby to have an <Affiliate Member> join the war effort (Will begin to build support in that world)
[ ][LADY] Lobby Council on your behalf (Chance of random war support gains)

United Earth Space Probe Agency Offworld Diplomacy Team
[ ][AMB] Conduct half-strength diplomatic push on <Target>
[ ][AMB] Lobby to integrate <Affiliate Member> who is already at war into your forces (Will begin to build support in that world)
[ ][AMB] Lobby to have an <Affiliate Member> join the war effort (Will begin to build support in that world)
[ ][AMB] Convey a write-in request to <Target> (Variable results)
[ ][AMB] Extend peace talks feelers

Starfleet Engineering Command
[ ][ENG] Commence outpost build at <Target> (3 Months - apprx)
[ ][ENG] Commence starbase build at <Target> (12 Months - apprx)
[ ][ENG] Build listening post builds in <Subsector> (5 Months - apprx)
[ ][ENG] Build heliopause sensor pickets in <Target> (+1 to Sci-T against infiltrating craft) (3 Months - apprx)
[ ][ENG] Keep in reserve for now
(If you want to just place in a given subsector as a picket, just nominate the subsector instead of a particular world)

Shorc Xurth Resource Combine
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 3 Outposts (3 Months) - You have 3 in stock
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 1 Starbase (3 Months) - You have 1 in stock
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 2x1mt Repair Yard Berths (3 Months)
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 1x3mt Repair Yard Berth (5 Months)
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 1x1mt Shipyard Berth (3 Months)
[ ][IND] Prepare components for 1x3mt Shipyard Berth (6 Months)
NB: Both of the following options may also be applied to Member World facilities, also apply for refits - if both are applied to a single build, the -1Qtr proc's BEFORE the 2x rate
[ ][IND] Rush Starship Construction for <Single ship under construction> (Variable, ship will proceed at 2x rate)
[ ][IND] Rush Construction at <Shipyard> (9 Months, all builds gain +1Qtr of work)
[ ][IND] Brute force repairs (1.5x penalty to cost, 4x speed increase)

Retired Vice Admiral Heidi Eriksson
[ ][DOC] Begin analysing the Tech-Ship Doctrine (Gain +1% to combat weighting vs Licori) (3 months)
[ ][DOC] Begin developing new patrol doctrines to gain +1 to intercepting ships at the patrol phase (3 months)
[ ][DOC] Begin developing developing countermeasures for fixed defences (improve minefield rolls) (6 months)

Additional task types may be requested of the QM.

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The Home Front

Current War Support:
Starfleet - 155pt (-20 from Assets)
United Earth SPA - 130pt (-5 from Assets)
Vulcan High Command - 51pt
Tellarite State Forces - 123pt (-5 from Assets)
Betazed Defence Forces - 45pt
Rigel Defence Force - 99pt
Andorian Guard - 97pt
IT of Gaen - 150pt

NB: Starfleet's entry here is more to do with organisation-wide morale and depth.

War Weariness increases with:
Battles
Casualties
Time
Resource Requests
Economic Policy changes
Failing set objectives

War Support increases with:
Some victories
Achieving set objectives
Releasing resources

Councillors
UESPA - 3 Dev, 2 Exp, 1 Pac, 1 Haw
VHC - 1 Dev, 5 Pac
TSF - 3 Dev, 1 Pac, 1 Haw
BDF - 2 Pac
RDF - 4 Merc

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Current Economic Settings:
Starfleet - N/A
United Earth SPA - Early Mobilisation
Vulcan High Command - Peacetime
Tellarite State Force - Early Mobilisation
Betazed Defence Forces - Peacetime
Andorian Guard - Peacetime
Rigel Defence Force - Peacetime
IT of Gaen - Wartime Economy
Honiani - Peacetime
Laio - Peacetime

Levels of Mobilisation
Pacifist - 75% of normal income, 100% of normal build
Peacetime - 100% of normal income, 100% of normal build time, no stockpile opening
Early - 125% of normal income, -1Qtr build time, open 25% of stockpile
Limited - 150% of normal income, -2Qtr build time, open full stockpile
Wartime - 200% of normal income, -25% build time, post-war economic slump,
Total - 250% of normal income, -50% build time, post-war economic crash,

There are maximum time-frames that a wartime economy can be maintained without income dropping again.

2314.Q4.M1.F2:
UESPA has moved from 110/60/2/2.2/2.2 to 140/75/2.5/2.75/2.75 - gained 50/40 from stockpile
VHC has moved from 40/35/1/1.75/1.5 to 55/45/1.35/2.35/2
TSF has moved from 95/50/1.45/1.95/1.95 to 120/65/1.8/2.4/2.4 - gained 50/40 from stockpile

2314.Q4.M3.F2:
BDF has moved from 35/35/1.15/1.45/1.15 to 45/45/1.45/1.8/1.45

Tailward Theatre Command - Vice Admiral Viraan zh'Dohlen

Licori Border Zone Commanding Officer - Rear Admiral Victoria Eaton
-LBZ Auxiliary Task Force CO - Commodore T'Mina (promote)
-LBZ Executive Officer - Captain Ferath zh'Kylarrth
-LBZ Chief of Staff - Captain Rosalee McAdams
--Staff Personnel Officer - Commander Staik
--Staff Intelligence Officer - Commander Elizabeth Faring
--Staff Operations Officer - Commander Hayden Kennedy
--Staff Medical Officer - Commander Prshrr Marhar
--Staff Science Officer - Commander Krabad
--Staff Engineering Officer - Commander Gordon Laver
--Staff Industrial Liaison - Tash sh'Petreth (Andorian Chamber of Industry)
--Staff Diplomatic Liaison

-Clover Outpost Commander - Commander Ceisrud Ozei
--Vulcan Survey Corps

-Starfleet Intelligence Task Force - Captain Thren th'Panyth
--Intel Gathering
--- Office 25 (Other Field Desk) Detachment
--- Coreward Desk Detachment
--- Office 11 (Minor Powers Decryption) Detachment
--Special Security Ops Teams
--- Office 10 (Romulan Irregular Ops Team)
--- Office 19
--- Office 24
--Squadron 1, 2 Detachments (Runabouts + Shuttles)
-Andorian Orbital Guard Runabout Squadron

Task Force 1 CO - Commodore Michel Thuir
-Flag: USS Sarek
Task Force 2 CO - Commodore Nash ka'Sharren
-Flag: USS Enterprise

Task Force 3 CO - Rear Admiral T'Lorel
-Flag: USS Renaissance
-- Task Group 3.1 CO - Commodore Brufraogm Wev
---Flag: RDS Yagad-Tich
-- Task Group 3.2 CO - Commodore Erzath zh'Darlyth
---Flag: USS Endurance

Task Force 4 CO - Commodore Iorin Grann (promote)
-Flag: Thirishar

-Task Force 5
--Task Group 5.1 CO - Ms Alexia O'Conner, UESPA Deep Space Engineering
--- Flag: UES Kagutsuchi, Engineering Ship

-- Task Force 5.2 CO Starfleet Engineering Command
--- Flag: USS Anvil, Engineering Ship

Sol Sector Command - Rear Admiral
-Rixx Defence Platform [Betazed Outpost] - Commander Pirala Narax
--Andorian Orbital Guard Runabouts

Rear Admiral Victoria Eaton
Current Posting: Commander, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: High
Aggression: High
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High

Commodore Brufraogm Wev
Current Posting: Commander, Task Group 3.1, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: High
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Low
Politics: High

Commodore Erzath zh'Darlyth
Current Posting: Commander, Task Group 3.2, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Low
Aggression: High
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High

Rear Admiral T'Lorel
Current Posting: Commander, Task Force 3, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: High
Politics: Medium

Commodore Michel Thuir
Current Posting: Operations Officer, Starfleet Tactical Field Command
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: High
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High

Commodore Nash ka'Sharren
Current Posting: Commander, Task Force 2, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Low
Aggression: High
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: High
Politics: Medium

Captain Rosalee McAdams
Current Posting: Chief of Staff, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High

Commodore T'Mina
Current Posting: Commander, Auxiliary Task Force, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: High
Politics: Medium

Commodore Iorin Grann
Current Posting: Commander, Task Force 4, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Low
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: Medium

Captain Ferath zh'Kylarrth
Current Posting: Executive Officer, LBZ
Rule-Abiding: Low
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: High
Politics: High

Tailward Theatre, Vice Admiral Viraan zh'Dohlen
Sol Sector
Rigel Sector
Vulcan Sector
Andor Sector
Klingon Border Zone
Romulan Border Zone
Licori Border Zone

-Task Force 1, Commodore Michel Thuir
USS Sarek, Excelsior-class, NCC-2004 - Captain Straak
USS Excelsior, Excelsior-class, NCC-2000 - Captain Yamada Ichigo
USS Lexington, Constitution-B-class, NCC-1741 - Captain Winslow
TSS Krinuk, Constitution-B-class, NCC-1750
USS Blizzard, Centaur-A-class, NCC-2108 - Captain Senok
USS Lightning, Centaur-A-class, NCC- 2105 - Captain Khrerg bak Arguk
UES Calgary, Miranda-A-class, NCC-1903 - Captain Tan Ming
USS Torbriel, Oberth-class, NCC-1511 - Captain Diego Zaardmani

-Task Force 2, Commodore Nash ka'Sharren
USS Enterprise, Excelsior-class, NCC-1701-B - Captain Samhaya Mrr'shan
UES Liberty, Excelsior-class, NCC-2017 - Captain Olesya Sokolov
USS Hood, Constitution-B-class, NCC-1742 - Captain Angela Curtis
USS Winterwind, Centaur-A-class, NCC-2104 - Captain Abigail Taggart
UES Shanghai, Miranda-A-class, NCC-1904 - Captain Gao Yang
UES Yorkshire, Centaur-A-class, NCC-2109 - Captain Angus Connelly
USS Hawking, Oberth-class, NCC-1509 - Captain Bruce Ponting
2 Tellarite Miranda-As

-Task Force 3, Rear Admiral T'Lorel
USS Renaissance, Renaissance-class, NCC-2601 - Captain Larai Leaniss
--Task Group 3.1, Commodore Brufraogem Wev
RDS Yagad-Tich, Megatortoise-class, NCC-2901 - Captain Irdask
RDS Hadabat, Turtleship-class, NCC-2903 - Captain Rumo
RDS Monsad, Turtleship-class, NCC-2904 - Captain Caagid
BDS Radlawxa, Patrol Cruiser-class, NCC-2501 - Captain Viamelo Gru
RDS Oda-Gach-3, Oda-Gach-class Cutter, NCC-3005
USS Svai, Miranda-class, NCC-1658 - Captain T'Atring
1 Tellarite Miranda-A
--Task Group 3.2, Commodore Erzath zh'Darlyth
USS Endurance, Excelsior-class, NCC-2007 - Captain Pavel Chekov
RDS Pagatat, Turtleship-class, NCC-2907 - Captain Zukeik
UES Jupiter, Constellation-class, NCC-1813 - Captain Roberta Sherman
USS Calypso, Miranda-class, NCC-1632 - Captain Tomiq zh'Pohren
USS Thunderhead, Miranda-class, NCC-1656 - Captain Amos Bao
USS Inspire, Oberth-class, NCC-1510 - Captain Amelia Currie
1 Tellarite Constellation

-Task Force 4, Commodore Iorinn Grann
USS Thirishar, Excelsior-class, NCC-2011 - Captain Norkair ch'Gharist
USS Gale, Centaur-A-class, NCC-2106 - Captain Gorth th'Hashok
BDS Harmony, Centaur-A-class, NCC-2120 - Captain Eneram Idrai
BDS Astute, Patroller-class, NCC-2507
BDS Assist, Patroller-class, NCC-2508
RDS Oda-Gach-4, Oda-Gach-class Cutter, NCC-3006
RDS Oda-Gach-5, Oda-Gach-class Cutter, NCC-3007
RDS Oda-Gach-7, Oda-Gach-class Cutter, NCC-3008
USS T'Mir, Oberth-class, NCC-1507
1 Vulcan Oberth

-Auxiliary Force
1 Tellarite Cargo Ships
2 Andorian Cargo Ships
1 Vulcan Cargo Ship
2 Human Cargo Ships
1 Human Freighter
1 Betazoid Cargo Ship

-Research Attachment
1 Vulcan Civilian Research Cruiser

-Task Force 5
--Task Group 5.1 CO - Ms Alexia O'Conner, UESPA Deep Space Engineering
--- UES Kagutsuchi, Engineering Ship
--- UES Norn, Engineering Ship
--- 3 UES Cargo Ships
--- UES Freighter
-- Task Force 5.2 CO Starfleet Engineering Command
--- USS Anvil, Engineering Ship
--- USS Hearth, Engineering Ship
--- 2 Tellarite Cargo Ships
--- 1 Tellarite Freighter
--- 1 Andorian Freighter

Illuminated Technocracy of Gaen

Recon Units
Inid Uttar Institute (Runabouts + Research Cruiser) - Assigned to Gaen
Nitta Oian Institute (Runabouts + Research Cruiser) - Assigned to Thunti

External Diplomacy Teams
Technocracy Interstellar Ministry - Lobby for Federation entry to war

Internal Diplomacy Teams
Central Technocracy Council - Increasing Asset Mobilisation
Chamber of Commerce Council - Run Internal Recruiting Campaigns

Engineering Teams
Henn-Makad Engineering Institute (1 Engineer, 1 Super-Freighter, 1 Freighter, 2 Cargo) - Assembling Staging outpost (2315.Q1.M1)

Heavy Industry Teams
North Apada Industrial Council - Accelerating Tech-Cruiser Build in [Gaen Man. Coop Bay 1]
Thunti Industrial Council - Building Components for 2x1.5mt repair bays (will complete by 2315.Q2.M1)

Doctrine Teams
Kedaia Naar Institute - Developing Anti-Licori techniques (will gain +1% at 2315.Q1.M3)

Logistics
Gaen Central Technocracy Logistics Network
(Income 90/100)
Hubs - Gaen (30/20), Thunti (10/10)
Sources - = 50br 70sr 20rp
Targets - 5 minor colonies
Industry -
Destination -

Total for Feeder Network -
Source - 90s 50b
Minors - 40s 20b
Route Penalty = 1.1
Total x Route Penalty = 143s 77b
Per Bi-Monthly = 24s 13b
1 Freighter, 3 Cargo Ship Assigned

Total for Trunk Network -
Homeworld + 1 Major Worlds = 20s 10b
Route Penalty = 1
Per Bi-Monthly = 4s 2b
1 Cargo Ship Assigned

Total for Industry Network -
90br/100sr = 20s 18b
Route Penalty = 1
Per Bi-Monthly = 4s 3b
1 Freighter Assigned

Fleet Support -
6 Cruisers = 6s
7 Frigate = 4s
15 Auxiliary = 15s
Total = 25s
4 Cargo Ships Assigned

2 Freighters, 8 Cargo Ships assigned to networks
1 Super-Freighters, 3 Freighters, 9 Cargo Ships free for other tasks
Under 50% capacity - no strain

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Admiral's Stateroom, USS Sarek

"My dear Captain! What did they do to you!?"

Thuir looks up at the familiar but horribly unwelcome voice. For a few slow seconds he breaths in deeply, looking to keep his calm. "I believe you'll find that they promoted me. It's Commodore Thuir, now."

"I know, Michel, it's horrible!" The energetic being of seemingly limitless powers pops up onto Thuir's desk and crosses her legs nonchalantly. "How could you let them do that? We would have had so many adventures together!"

"Be still my bleeding heart," replies Michel dryly as he leans back in his chair. "To what do I owe the pleasure, Q?"

Q flicks her hair back over her shoulder and shrugs. "What, do I need a reason to see my favourite captain after years away?" Thuir just looks at her silently. "Well, if you must know, the idea of humanity going on a crusade to cease the recklessness of another new race to be absolutely hilarious. I wouldn't miss this for the world."

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OneirosTheWriter · Apr 12, 2017

[X][AMB] Convey a write-in request to <Ked Paddah> to begin coordinating war effort with Federation
[X][DOC] Begin developing developing countermeasures for fixed defences (improve minefield rolls) (6 months)
[X][ENG] Commence outpost build at <Onos IV> (3 Months - apprx)
[X][IND] Rush Starship Construction for <Courageous>
[X][LADY] Lobby Council on your behalf (Chance of random war support gains)
[X][UNASSIGN] Federation Diplomatic Service Consular Team 3

Admiral Sousa,

We've been holding tight for the past quarter. The recent spate of battle has clearly pushed our repair infrastructure as far as it can be born, which is leaving me waiting on the new repair yard and marshalling the remaining assets. Unfortunately, the start of the problems with the Arcadians has clearly left me a bit further down in terms of resources, and I am starting to put out feelers towards our counterparts among the Indorians and Caitians to see if they are interested in joining out efforts here.

In good news, the Amarkians have finished the Tal Hanar outpost, and are preparing to establish a mining colony to exploit some of its riches. They want to establish a civilian colony sooner rather than later, but we are still red-lighting that for the time being due to safety concerns.

Sincerely,
Rear Admiral Rachel Ainsworth

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The Gabriel Sector

Date Updated: 2314.Q2.M1

Starfleet Status: Normal (Can travel 1 Sq Length per 2 Weeks)
Starfleet Status within GBZ: High Alert (Can travel 1 Sq Length per Week)
Federation Status: Normal

UESPA: High Alert (LBZ)
VHC: High Alert (LBZ)
TSF: High Alert (LBZ)
AG: High Alert (LBZ)
Amarkia: Normal
Caitian: Normal
Apiata: Normal
Indoria: Normal
Orion: Normal
Rigel: High Alert (LBZ)
BDF: High Alert (LBZ)
Caldonia: Normal
Risa: Normal
Gaen: Normal
Seyek: Normal
Qloath: Normal
Honiani: Normal

Sector Command Staff

Sector Commander: Rear Admiral Rachel Ainsworth
Task Force 1: Commodore Jessica Rivers
Task Force 2: Commodore Revak
Auxiliary: Commodore Alejandro Suarez
Apiata TF: High Queen Nerzizza

Commander, Starfleet Medical assets: Captain -
Commander, Starfleet Engineering assets: Commodore -
Director, Starfleet Logistics assets: Captain -
Director, Starfleet Colony assets: Commodore
Others TBD

Additional Personnel:
FBS Embedded Reporter -
FNN Embedded Reporter -
High Comb Times Embedded Reporter -

Rear Admiral Rachel Ainsworth
Current Posting: Commander, GBZ Sector Fleet
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: High
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Low
Politics: Medium

Commodore Jessica Rivers
Current Posting: Commander, Task Force 1
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: Medium

Commodore Revak
Current Posting: Commander, Task Force 2
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: Low
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Medium
Politics: High

Commodore Alejandro Suarez
Expanded Field Repair capacity
Current Posting: Auxiliary Command, GBZ Sector Fleet
Rule-Abiding: High
Aggression: Low
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy: Low
Politics: High

High Queen Nerzizza
Current Posting: Commander, Apiata Gabriel Fleet
Rule-Abiding: Medium
Aggression: High
Nerve: High
Diplomacy: Low
Politics: Medium

Admiral Galen Toor
Current Posting: Commander, Amarkian Gabriel Fleet
Rule-Abiding: High
Aggression: Medium
Nerve: Medium
Diplomacy:Medium
Politics: High
The man who led the Amarkian response to Syndicate slaving raids in Amarkian Space.

Sector Details
Roughly encompasses area from 4h to 1e, with outcroppings, with space above and below this plane
~15 Squares worth, each of which contains a few dozen stars, of which a quarter will have planets and other items of interest
Each power is accessing the sector from a different direction. Your staff will be attempting to surge out, claim, then retain space. Keeping a safe route for logistics for stations and nascent colonies will be important.
To start with, your commanders will have Starfleet assets and Starfleet auxiliaries. They will begin to ask for other resources, and you will be empowered by Acts of Council to pick and choose who you use to contribute.

Current Sector Policy Settings
Green Light = Fully Allowed, Red Light = Fully Denied, Yellow Light = Proceed on Own Recognizance

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Apiata Fleet & Auxiliary GBZ Access - Green Light
Amarki Fleet & Auxiliary GBZ Access - Green Light
All Member World - Fleet Unit GBZ Access - Red Light
All Member World - Auxiliary GBZ Access - Red Light

Expansion - Green Light
Infrastructure Building - Yellow Light
Mining Colony Building - Yellow Light
Civilian Colony Building - Red Light

Assault on Entry Worlds - Yellow Light
Assault on Link to Entry Worlds - Red Light
Attack Opposing Auxiliary Shipping - Yellow Light

Attack Cardassian Claims - Yellow Light
Attack Sydraxian Claims - Yellow Light
Attack Dylaarian Claims - Red Light

Pursuit into Cardassian Space - Red Light
Pursuit into Dylaarian Space - Red Light
Pursuit into Sydraxite Space - Red Light

The Competitors

The United Federation of Planets
Entry Point into GBZ:
Delzarr (0f) <-> Collie (1f)

Capital to Frontier Supply Chain
Sol <-> Tellar Prime <-> Amarkia <-> Leas Akaam <-> Apinae <-> Delzarr

Current GBZ Network
Collie (1f) <-> Sguirri (1f)
Collie (1f) <-> Bean's Star (1f)
Bean's Star (1f) <-> Tal Hanar (1e)

The Cardassian Union
Entry Point into GBZ:
Aranyak (1h) <-> 67 Gabriel (2h)

Capital to Frontier Supply Chain
Cardassia <-> Vedarot <-> Karadoc <-> Aranyak (1h)

Current GBZ Network
67 Gabriel (2h) <-> ???

The Sydraxian Hierarchy
Entry Point into GBZ:
Moskar(2e) <-> ~~Deva (2e)~~
Moskar (2e) <-> ???

Capital to Frontier Supply Chain
Borandt/Dar Nakar <-> Nax Degar <-> Moskar (2e)

Current GBZ Network
~~Deva (2e)~~ <-> -none-

The Dylaarian Federation
Entry Point into GBZ:
Lydantic (5i) <-> Legei (4h)

Capital to Frontier Supply Chain
Dylaaria <-> Lydantic

Current GBZ Network
Legei (4h) <-> ???

Starfleet Assets supporting GBZ

Main Fleet
Fleet Commander, Rear Admiral Rachel Ainsworth
2314.Q4 - 1 Excelsior (6) [Avandar], 4 Constitution-B (20) [Korolev, Defiant, Exeter, Saratoga], 4 Miranda-A (8) [T'Kumbra, Agile, Bantam, Clarion] = 38 C.
Task Force 1, Commodore Jessica Rivers
-USS Avandar, NCC-2010, Excelsior
-USS Korolev, NCC-1744, Constitution-B, Captain Kwame Okoye
-USS Defiant, NCC-1746, Constitution-B, Captain -
-USS T'Kumbra, NCC-1659 Miranda-A, Captain -
-USS Agile, NCC-1632, Miranda-A, Captain -

Task Force 2, Commodore Revak
-USS Saratoga, NCC-1745, Constitution-B, Captain -
-USS Exeter, NCC-1748, Constitution-B, Captain -
-USS Bantam, NCC-1634, Miranda-A, Captain -
-USS Clarion, NCC-1663, Miranda-A, Captain -

Task Force 3, High Queen Nerzizza
-Light Queenship Telzziadriz, NCC-3103
-Stinger Gerzzi, NCC-3202
-Stinger Triada, NCC-3201
-Light Queenship Pollizazza, NCC-3104
-Stinger Grizzi, NCC-3205
-Stinger Fozarri, NCC-3204
-Forager Trinzzi, NCC-3304
-Forager Onzala, NCC-3302

Task Force 4, Admiral Galen Toor
-CAS Abhriec, NCC-2203, Riala
-CAS Atorfroil, NCC-2304, Brieca
-CAS Icafroil, NCC-2302, Brieca

Task Force 5
CAS Ilotraia, NCC-2121, Centaur-A
CAS Tamac, NCC-2306, Calac
CAS Socac, NCC-2307, Calac

Damaged
--USS Endurance, NCC-2007, Excelsior, Captain Pavel Chekov - 2313.Q3 - 2314.Q2
--USS Shield, NCC-1661, Miranda-A, Captain - 2313.Q3 - 2314.Q2
--USS Republic, NCC-1743, Constitution-B, Captain Demora Sulu
--CAS Jolintoor, NCC-2305, Hebrinda
--CAS Odala, NCC-2404, Hebrinda

Auxilary Forces
-Home Stationed at Delzarr
-- Starfleet Engineering Command
--- USS Atlas, NCC-845, Engineering Ship - Supporting Outpost Build
--- USS Titan, NCC-844, Engineering Ship - Supporting Outpost Build
-- Starfleet Medical Command
--- USS Grace, NCC-747, Hospital Ship
-- Starfleet Tactical Command
--- Runabout Squadron 5 (Tactical Recon Squadron) - Out Exploring
-- Starfleet Logistics Command
--- USS Sidok, NCC-381, Freighter - Supporting Outpost Build
--- USS Shri sh'Kannath, NCC-385, Freighter - Supporting Outpost Build
--- USS Rawhide, NCC-388, Freighter- Supporting Outpost Build
--- USS Vega Maru, NCC-391, Freighter- Supporting Outpost Build
--- USS Yagok, NCC-473, Cargo Ship - Supporting Upkeep
--- USS Luna Maru, NCC-475, Cargo Ship - Performing Upkeep
--- USS Pikri, NCC-478, Cargo Ship
--- USS Kalakandor, NCC-481, Cargo Ship - Supporting Outpost Build
-- Starfleet Colony Command
--- USS Nicholas Barton, NCC-632, Prospector - Exploring Subsector 2e
--- USS Somak, NCC-635, Prospector - Exploring Subsector 1e
--- USS Altathyk, NCC-904, Colony Ship
--- USS Trailblazer, NCC-905, Colony Ship
-- Starfleet Intelligence Command
--- SS Appleseed, NC-2653, Civilian Ship

-- Apiata, Home Stationed at Delzarr
--- Bumblebee 1 - Performing Upkeep
--- Bumblebee 2 - Servicing Sguirri XI Trade
--- Bumblebee 3 - Servicing Sguirri XI Trade
--- Bumblebee 4
--- Bumblebee 5
--- Bumblebee 6
--- Worker Bee 1
--- Worker Bee 2
--- Worker Bee 3
--- Worker Bee 4
--- Hasilla, Colony Ship

-- Amarkia, Home Stationed at Bean's Star
--- Cargo Ship 1
--- Cargo Ship 2
--- Cargo Ship 3
--- Freighter 1
--- Freighter 2
--- Passenger
--- Colony Ship
--- Prospector
--- Engineering
--- Super-Freighter

Engineering Ships = Build and Repair Facilities
Hospital Ships = Allow responses to medical distress calls without tying down your Excelsiors
Freighter/Cargo Ships = Supply
Prospectors = Required to prepare for Colony creation
Colony Ship = Required to deliver colonists
Passenger = Required for evacuations, and major colonies
Civilian = Can be set for a number of tasks.

Logistics
Example Requirements:
1 Sm per four Auxiliaries deployed
1 Sm per two Escort assigned
1 Sm per Cruiser assigned
2 Sm per Explorer assigned
1 Sm, 1 Blk per Station
2 Sm, 2 Blk per Outpost
5 Sm, 5 Blk per Starbase
Colony: Varies

Current Requirements:
1 Station (Collie) - 1S 1B
1 Station (Bean's Star) - 1S 1B
2 Outpost (Sguirri, Collie) - 4S 4B
2 Mining Colony - 2S 4B
1 Explorer - 2S
4 Cruiser - 4S
4 Escort - 2S
7 Auxiliary in action - 2S

15 raw br, 25 raw sr from Collie Mining Colony - 15b/yr, 25s/yr - 25S 15B, handled as part of regular infrastructure

Apiata - 8S, 5b
50 raw br from Sguirri XI Mining Complex - 50b/yr, 1 Bumblebee (swapping Sm-0.5Bk) trip /month - Handled as part of regular infrastructure

Amarkia - 7s

13 Small, 1 Bulk Cargo
Apiata - 9 Small Cargo, 2 Bulk Cargo - Two Bumblebees atached
Amarkia - 7 Small Cargo

Total Available:
40 Small, 48 Bulk Cargo Capacity in regular Cargo/Freighter ships
48 Small, 12 Bulk Cargo Capacity in Bumblebees
36 Small, 46 Bulk Cargo Capacity in Amarkia

Assigned:
USS Yagok, USS Luna Maru - Upkeep
Bumblebee 3 (2 servicing Sguirri XI)

Projects Underway / Under Construction

Starfleet - Collie Repair Yard - 2x1mt
Starting 2314.3.3
92/250b
60/100s
96/288 SpcE
As of 2314.4.3
4xFreighters assigned - 40b, 12s
2xCargo Ship assigned 4b 16s
2xEngineering Ship assigned - 24SpcE, 4b 4s
Total - 44b 28s per 2 mn, 24SpcE/mn

Starfleet Sector Infrastructure supporting GBZ

"Critical" - One of very few (or even only one) of its given type of infrastructure within Starfleet's control, the loss of which will cause major loss of function
"Key" - Important assets, the loss of which will impair functions for Starfleet

GBZ
- Collie (1f) - Outpost, [Repair Yard], Critical Logistics Station, BR Mining Colony (+15br), SR Mining Colony (+25sr)
- Sguirri (1f) - Outpost, Mining Station, BR Mining Colony (+50br)
- Bean's Star (1f) - [Station]
- Tal Hanar (1e) - Outpost

Apinae Sector
- Apinae (-1e) - Starbase 11 [Apinae], Shipyard, Critical Resource Hub
- Alrizzine (0e) - Outpost, Shipyard
- Delzarr (0f) - Mining Facility, Key Logistics Station

[ ] = Under Construction

Member World Assets in Sector

United Earth Space Probe Agency
-

Vulcan High Command
-

Andor Guard
-

Tellarite State Forces
-

Amarki Confederacy Fleet
1 Riala
2 Hebrinda
1 Centaur-A
2 Brieca
2 Calac

3 Cargo, 2 Freighter, 1 Colony+Engineer+Prospector+Passenger
1 Super-Freighter

Betazoid Defence Force
-

Caitian Grand Fleet
-

Unified Hives of the Apiata
2 Light Queenships
4 Stingers
2 Foragers

6 Bumblebees
4 Worker Bees

Indorian Congress
-

Rigel
-

Honiani
-

Member World Sector Infrastructure in GBZ

UE = United Earth
V = Vulcan High Command
A = Andorian Empire
T = Tellarite State Forces
M = Amarkian Confederacy
B = Betazoid Noble Houses
F = Caitians Grand Fleet
R = Rigel
P = Unified Hives of the Apiata
I = Indorian Congress

None as of Yet

OneirosTheWriter · Apr 13, 2017

Starfleet Personnel - Promotions Board

[Chief of Staff NB: Some premature promotions in this batch - between yet another increase in Captain billets, the need to staff a new starbase, the massive shake-up of Ops, and a few other things, the pipeline is pushing people along]

2314.Q4
Highlighted Officer's Summary

Commissioned as Ensign
Rachel Garrett - Assigned to Junior Officer, USS Odyssey

Promoted to Lieutenant Junior Grade
Shayla Fluttrax - Assigned to Junior Officer, USS T'Mir
Sharizz - Assigned to Junior Officer, Orion Desk, Starfleet Intelligence
Schodad - Assigned to Junior Officer, Office 19, Special Projects Security

Promoted to Lieutenant
Tiberius Kahurangi - Assigned to USS Enterprise-B
Tisana Bessle - Assigned to USS Enterprise-B
Albina Antonov - Assigned to Team Leader, Office 24, Special Projects Security

Promoted to Lieutenant-Commander
Calai Tabriec - Assigned to Officer, San Francisco Fleet Yards Berth A
Lafriebh - Assigned to Chief Engineer, USS S'harien
Rekkon - Assigned to Tactical Officer, USS S'harien
Awa - Assigned to officer, USS Yukikaze

Promoted to Commander
Adele Chatsworth - Assigned to First Officer, USS Endurance
Solen - Assigned to First Officer, USS Sappho
Kaylee Straite - Assigned to First Officer, USS Sarek
Camille Alexander - Assigned to Starfleet Tactical Tiger Team
Tarao zh'Rhilor - Assigned to Second Officer, USS Yukikaze

Promoted to Captain
Jennifer Zhang - Assignment Pending, returned from exchange with Honiani
Tethvox - Assigned to Starfleet Tactical
Reginald Berthold - Assigned to Director, San Francisco Design Bureau
Mica zh'Halron - Assigned to Commanding, USS Defiant

Promoted to Commodore
T'Mina - Assigned to CO, Auxiliary Task Force, LBZ from Commanding, USS Cheron
Iorinn Grann - Assigned to CO, Task Force 4, LBZ from Commanding, USS Yukikaze
Saavik - Assigned to Operations Officer, Starfleet Tactical Field Command from Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Starfleet Tactical Command

Promoted to Rear Admiral
Syzi ch'Zelil - Assigned to Commander, Klingon Border Zone
Francis Nkumba - Assigned to Commander, Rigel Sector
Constance Lecras - Assigned to Vice Chief of Staff for Operations, Starfleet Operations Command
Revak - Assigned to Commander, Vulcan Sector

Promoted to Vice Admiral
Viraan zh'Dohlen - Assigned to Commander, Tailward Theatre from Commander, Starfleet Explorer Corps
John Harriman - Assigned to Commander, Spinward Theatre from Director, Starfleet Theory Command
T'Faer - Assigned to Director, Starfleet Logistics Command, Starfleet Operations from Commander, Starbase 9
Sotak - Assigned to Commander, Central Theatre from Commander, Starbase 2

Promoted to Admiral
None

Retirements

Rear Admiral Park Seong-ho - Director, Stafleet Medical Command
Rear Admiral Seruk - Director, Starfleet Personnel Command

Key Reassignments

Rear Admiral T'Lorel - Assigned to CO, TF3, Licori BZ from Director, Starfleet Tactical Field Command
Commodore Michel Thuir - Assigned to CO, TF1, Licori BZ, from Operations Officer, Starfleet Tactical Field Command
Commodore Nash ka'Sharren - Assigned to CO, TF2, Licori BZ from Director of Operations, Starfleet Explorer Corps
Commodore Erzath zh'Darlyth - Assigned to CO, TG3.2, Licori BZ from Commander, Ground Forces, ASTF
Captain Pritya Asurva - Assigned to Director, Emergency Response Division, Starfleet Medical Command
Captain Pavel Chekov - Assigned to Deputy Director, Mission Control, Operations Missions Control from Commanding, USS Endurance
Lieutenant Commander Jelanna Ye Holena - Assigned to Chief of Security, USS Renaissance from Liaison, Orion Union Reconnoitre Bloc

Changes to Explorer Panel of Captains
Out: Rosalee McAdams (Reassignment)
In: Jennifer Zhang (promotion)

Placed on Sabbatical/Convalescent Leave
None

Notice of Retirement

-

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Starfleet Judge Advocate General Corps - Disciplinary Notice

Courts Martial into the Disablement of the USS Salnas in the incident of Stardate 25056.9
Presiding Judge: Captain Harlon Caster
Ship: USS Salnas, NCC-2009

Subsequent to the completion of the Courts Martial proceedings in relation to the disablement of the USS Salnas (NCC-2009), officers T'Leea and Jonas Hopper have been found to have allowed the accident to happen through negligence, and have been demoted to Commander and Lieutenant-Commander respectively.

OneirosTheWriter · Apr 13, 2017

End of Year Report Card - 2314

Starting Resources
1323 Bulk Resources
603 Special Resources
193 Political Will
200 Research Points

Starting Personnel Pool
Standard Starfleet: 26.35 Officer, 35.45 Enlisted, 24.05 Techs
Explorer Corps: 9.5 Officer, 11.65 Enlisted, 12.6 Techs

Spent During the Year
Expenditure

1005 Bulk Industrial Resources
710 Special Industrial Resources
291 Political Will
232 Research Points

Casualties
Standard: - 2 Officer, 3 Enlisted, 4 Technician
Explorer: -

Career Casualties
Standard: 19 Officer, 28 Enlisted, 25 Technician
Explorer: 6 Officer, 8 Enlisted, 7 Technician

1 Excelsior, 1 Constellation, 1 Centaur, 3 Miranda

Gained During the Year

Political Rewards

-

USS Enterprise
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+15sr
+20pp

Gain +75 Relations with Seyek

New Race Encountered: the Ashidi, 50/100 starting

USS Courageous
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Heavily damaged by Mentat experiment in Agamedes system

McAdams to have High Politics Trait post-Captaincy

USS Sarek
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+30br
+20sr
+10pp

Straak will have Medium Politics instead of Low Politics

USS S'harien
----

+10sr
+15pp
+15rp

+15 relations with Qloath
+15 relations with Seyek

Avoid rise in tension with RSE

USS Stargazer
----

+20rp
-1yr from travel time

USS Odyssey
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+15sr
+10pp
+20rp

New Colony Option: Ulen Gao VII - 20 br/yr (base)
New Colony Option: Cronulla VI - 5rp/yr (base)

+25 Relations with Laio

USS Atuin
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+15sr
+10pp
+10rp

-25 relations with Licori

+1 Crew Rating

Other Ships
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USS Avandar -
USS Blizzard - +15br
USS Bull -
USS Calypso -
USS Challorn -
USS Cheron - +10pp, +5rp
USS Cloudburst - Klingon incident averted
USS Defiant - +10pp, +10 relations with Honiani
USS Docana -
USS Dryad - +10pp, +25 Relations with Honiani
USS Eketha - +15sr
USS Endurance -
USS Excelsior -
USS Gale - +5pp, +25 Relations with Yan-Ros
USS Hawking -
USS Hood - new colony option: Piara V, 25br/yr base
USS Inspire -
USS Lightning - -20sr
USS Renaissance - +10rp
USS Salnas - +10pp, avert flashpoint, +25 Relations with Seyek
USS Sappho -
USS Stalwart - +5rp, -10pp
USS Thirishar - +10pp, +30br, gain +25 Relations with Caldonia
USS Thunderhead - +5pp
USS T'Mir - +5rp, +5pp, +10 relations with Seyek
USS Torbriel - +5pp
USS Valiant -
USS Vigour - +5pp, +5rp
USS Winterwind -
USS Yukikaze - new SR mining colony: Peco Sigma +10 SR/yr base
USS Zephyr - +5pp

Ships Lost
None

Ships Damaged

USS Courageous, Excelsior
USS Kumari, Excelsior
USS Repulbic, Constitution-B
USS Exeter, Constitution-B
USS Valiant, Constitution-B
USS Challorn, Constellation
USS Bon Vivant, Miranda-A
USS Fidelity, Miranda-A
USS Shield, Miranda-A

Ships Scrapped
None

Ships Laid Down

4 Renaissance
3 Miranda-A

2 Miranda-A Refits

Ships Crewed
4 Excelsior
1 Constitution-B

Ship Commissioned
USS Atuin - Excelsior, NCC-2014

USS Agile, Miranda-A, NCC-1662
USS Bantam, Miranda-A, NCC-1663
USS Clarion, Miranda-A, NCC-1664
USS Typhoon, Centaur-A, NCC-2124
USS Cloudburst, Centaur-A, NCC-2125

Refit - USS Bon Vivant - Miranda-A, NCC-1621
Refit - USS T'Kumbra - Miranda-A, NCC-1659

Final Stockpile with Annual Income
1323 - 1005 + 75 + 830 = 1223 Bulk Resources
603 - 710 + 145 + 610 = 648 Special Resources
193 - 291 + 145 + 136 = 183 Political Will
200 - 232 + 95 + 190 = 253 Research Points

New Personnel Pool
Standard Starfleet:
21.05 - 23 + 0 + 14.2 = 12.25 Officer
27.6 - 20 + 0 + 17.65 = 25.25 Enlisted
20.1 - 20 + 0 + 18.55 = 18.65 Techs
Explorer Corps:
6.75 - 6 + 0 + 3.5 = 4.25 Officer
8.6 - 5 + 0 + 2.95 = 6.55 Enlisted
9.55 - 5 + 0 + 2.7 = 7.25 Techs

Standard Starfleet: 12.25 Officer, 25.25 Enlisted, 18.65 Techs
Explorer Corps: 4.25 Officer, 6.55 Enlisted, 7.25 Techs

OneirosTheWriter · Apr 14, 2017

2315.Q1

So it has come to war.

The beast that lurks within has been freed from its chain, and the Federation will flex its might. For the first time in many years, the commander of Starfleet looks out over their domain and prepares to do harm. You must now set aside questions of righteousness, the question of if this is necessary, if it could have been avoided, if the President is up for the task. Right now you know that the only way out is through, and the quicker and more decisive you can make this fight, the less bloody and the less risky it will be.

As always, your first task in the new year is to tend to the forges of exploration, the shipyards that dot the Federation.

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Starfleet Personnel Command Report - Furnishing Ship's Complements

[ ][NAME1] Name the Excelsior that will launch in Q2 from Utopia Planitia Berth A
[ ][NAME2] Name the Excelsior that will launch in Q2 from Utopia Planitia Berth C

Two Miranda-A class (NCC-1666, -1667) @ San Francisco Fleet Yards is deducting crews (2 Officer, 4 Enlisted, 2 Technician)

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Starfleet Shipyard Operations Command Report

From: Captain T'Pana, Superintendent, 40 Eridani A Fleetyards, Berth B
To: Admiral Valentina Sousa, Starfleet Command; Rear Admiral Vinan, Director, 40 Eridani A Fleet Yards; Vice Admiral Patricia Chen, Shipyard Operations Command
Subject: Certificate of Completion

To Whom It May Concern,

As per Starfleet Regulations IV-12 (a) and United Federation of Planets Edict, as Superintendent of this Shipyard Berth, I herein certify that the project under my command, the construction of the USS Voshov (Excelsior-class Explorer, Fleet Order NCC-2015) is complete, assessed, and ready to be presented to the Fleet Register.

Sincerely,
Captain T'Pana

From: Captain Toriq sh'Irinas, Superintendent, Lor'Vela Orbital Construction Facility, Berth A
To: Admiral Valentina Sousa, Starfleet Command; Commodore Tiroth th'Barriss, Director, Lor'Vela OCF; Vice Admiral Patricia Chen, Shipyard Operations Command
Subject: Certificate of Completion

To Whom It May Concern,

As per Starfleet Regulations IV-12 (a) and United Federation of Planets Edict, as Superintendent of this Shipyard Berth, I herein certify that the project under my command, the construction of the USS Rru'adorr (Excelsior-class Explorer, Fleet Order NCC-2016) is complete, assessed, and ready to be presented to the Fleet Register.

Sincerely,
Captain Toriq sh'Irinas

Ships Commissioned:
USS Voshov, Excelsior-class, Starfleet Build Order NCC-2015
USS Rru'adorr, Excelsior-class, Starfleet Build Order NCC-2016

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[ ][BUILD] Submit a Build Plan
You may select up to ONE ship of 3m ton and ONE ship of 2.5mt that will commence in Q1. You may select up to THREE ships of 3m ton and THREE ships of 1m ton mass displacement that will commence in Q2. You may select up to TWO ships of 1m ton mass displacement that will commence in Q3.

To make a plan, pick a ship you would like to build and put it in one of the available berths that can handle the mass. All ships have a price in materials and time that are noted in the square brackets after the word "Cost". You can now build Excelsiors in any of the large berths at San Francisco, 40 Eridani A, Ana Font, Utopia Planitia, or Lor'Vela shipyards, while the small berths can make all of the others.

The amount of resources you have right now are listed below, as are the classes you can make, and the shipyards you have available.

Active Starfleet Shipyards
San Francisco Fleet Yards - one (1) large 3mt Berth, two (2) small 1mt Berths
40 Eridani A Shipyards [Vulcan] - two (2) large 3mt Berths, two (2) small 1mt Berths
Ana Font Shipyard [Tellar] - one (1) large 2.5mt Berth, one (1) small 1mt Berth
Lor'Vela Orbital Construction Facility [Andor] - one (1) large 2.5mt Berth, one (1) small 1mt Berth
Utopia Planitia Shipyard - three (3) large 3mt Berths, three (3) small, 1mt Berths

Current Resource Stockpile
Bulk Industrial Resources: 1223 br
Special Industrial Resources: 648 sr
Political Will: 183 pp
Research Points: 253 rp

Current Personnel Pool
Standard Starfleet: 12.25 Officer, 25.25 Enlisted, 18.65 Techs
Explorer Corps: 4.25 Officer, 6.55 Enlisted, 7.25 Techs

Current Construction
Repair [USS Kumari] @ San Francisco Fleet Yards Berth A (ETR 2315.Q2)
2 Miranda-A-class (NCC-1666,1667) @ San Francisco Fleet Yards Berth 1,2 (ETC 2316.Q1 - Crews deduct 2315.Q1)

Repair [USS Courageous] @ 40 Eridani A Berth A (ETR 2315.Q2) - Being rushed by Heavy Industry
USS Voshov, Excelsior-class (NCC-2015) @ 40 Eridani A Berth B (ETC 2315.Q1 - Crew deduct 2314.Q1)
Refit [USS Intrepid] @ 40 Eridani Berth 1 (ETC 2315.Q3)
Refit [USS Eketha] @ 40 Eridani Berth 2 (ETC 2315.Q3)

1 Excelsior-class (NCC-2023) @ Ana Font Shipyard Berth A (ETC 2317.Q1 - Crews deduct 2316.Q1)
1 Renaissance class ship (NCC-2602) @ Ana Font Shipyard Berth 1 (ETC 2317.Q2 - Crews deduct 2316.Q2)

USS Rru'adorr, Excelsior-class (NCC-2016) @ Lor'Vela OCF Berth A (ETC 2315.Q1 - Crews deduct 2314.Q1)
1 Constitution-B (NCC-1752) @ Lor'Vela OCF Berth 1 (ETC 2315.Q2 - Crews deduct 2314.Q2)

1 Excelsior-class (NCC-2021) @ Utopia Planitia Berth A (ETC 2315.Q2 - Crews deduct - 2314.Q2)
1 Excelsior-class (NCC-2024) @ Utopia Planitia Berth B (ETC 2317.Q1 - Crews deduct - 2316.Q1)
1 Excelsior-class (NCC-2022) @ Utopia Planitia Berth C (ETC 2315.Q2 - Crews deduct - 2314.Q2)
3 Renaissance (NC-2603, 2604, 2605) @ Utopia Planitia Berth 1,2,3 (ETC 2316.Q3 - Crews deduct 2315.Q3)

Auxiliary:
1 Hospital Ship (Prototype) (NX-3501) @ Lasieth Craft Yards Berth 1 (ETC 2318.Q1)
2 Freighter (NCC-3601, -3602) @ Lasieth Craft Yards Berth 2,3 (ETC 2317.Q2)
1 Prospector (NCC-638) @ Lasieth Craft Yards Berth 4 (ETC 2316.Q2)

ETC = Estimated Time of Commissioning. The bays are clear and new ships can be created as of this date. Crews are deducted 1 Year before Commissioning date to begin specific training and shakedown work.

Assignments

None

A more comprehensive deployment plan will be asked for when the Renaissance launches

Available Non-obsolete Ship Classes
Explorers/Cruisers
Excelsior 2287-Now [511m, 2.3m t]

C6 S5 H4 L5 P5 D6
Cost [230br 150sr, 4 years], Crew [O-6, E-5, T-5]

Light Cruisers

Constitution-B 2310-Now [289m, 1m t]

C5 S3 H3 L4 P3 D5
Cost [100br, 80sr, 3 years], Crew [O-3, E-4, T-4]

Renaissance 2314-Now [285m, 1m t]

C5 S3 H4 L5 P4 D5
Cost [100br, 80sr, 3 years], Crew [O-3, E-5, T-3]

Long-range Explorer
Oberth 2260-Now [120m 150k t]

C1 S5 H1 L2 P1 D0
Cost[15br, 60sr, 2 years], Crew [O-1, E-1, T-4]

Frigates
Miranda 2280-Now [277m, 655k t]

C3 S1 H1 L2 P1 D2
Cost[60br, 40sr, 2 years], Crew [O-1, E-2, T-1]

Miranda-A 2312-Now [277m, 655k t]

C3 S2 H2 L3 P1 D2
Cost[60br, 45sr, 2 years], Crew [O-1, E-2, T-1]
Refit Cost from Miranda [20br, 10sr, 1 year]

Centaur-A Refit 2308-Now [315m 800k t]

C3 S3 H2 L3 P3 D3
Cost [80br, 70sr, 2 years], Crew [O-1, E-2, T-2]

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Member World Coordination Office

[MWCO NB: only 2 Vulcan and 1 Andorian Miranda are yet to be refitted to the Miranda-A model]

Commissioned:
Andor - 2 Miranda-A Refits (now at 4/5 total)
Vulcan - 2x1mt Berths @ Atatan (Hanath-Cho)
Tellar - 1 Cargo Ship
Humans - UES Oslo Centaur-A (NCC-2126), 1 Cargo Ship
Amarki - Refit [CAS Hebrinda, Hilindia] CAS Cafritraia Centaur-A (NCC-2128), 1 Cargo Ship, 1 Civilian Ship
Betazed -
Caitian - CSS Nisharr Excelsior (NCC-2019), 1 Hospital Ship, 1 Prospector, 1 Civilian Ship, 2x600kt Berths @ Ferasa (S'Harrhr Auxiliary Yard)
Rigel -
Apiata - Queenship Sisterhood (NCC-3107), Stinger Harzzira (NCC-3219), 2 Bumblebee
Risa -
Gaeni - 1 Berth upgraded to 600kt @ Gaen VI [Colonial Yard 1], 1 600kt Berth @ Thunti II [Colonial Yard 2[
Caldonia - 1 Cargo Ship
Indoria - ICS Bellow Combat Escort (NCC-3416), 1 Cargo Ship
Seyek - 1 Cruiser, 1 Super-Freighter, 1 Cargo Ship
Orions - 2xBerth Upgrades 600kt->800kt @ Alukk
Qloath - 1 Arquila Leb Hoiathi, 1 Cargo Ship
Honiani - 1 Reliquary, 1 Civilian Freighter

Starfleet Intelligence Report

Admiral,

Indications are strong that two of the under development shipyards Cardassia is establishing have been completed. One is at Karadoc, the other at Cardassia. Both shipyards consist of a pair of Jaldun-size berths. The other shipyards should complete within the year.

Dutifully,
Commander Tabhria Palanna, Supervisor, Office 34, Starfleet Intelligence

Member World Coordination Office Supplementary

The Amarkian navy is rushing the two newly refitted Hebrinda-A class vessels to the GBZ to replace the damaged CAS Jolintoor and Odala.

-

Simon_Jester · Apr 16, 2017

DEVAS AND ASURAS
Chapter Three

Recommended Listening: "The Battle of the Ice"

Advisory: This chapter contains depictions of intense, close-quarters violence.

USS Kumari
Six Light-Minutes off Deva IX
Stardate 25152.7

"Ma'am, the Sydraxian cruisers have dropped shields on the side facing Endurance- I think they're beaming boarding parties over!"

"Understood." Jessica Rivers hid the fuming frustration and worry building in her gut.

She'd had her reasons for dividing her command in the face of the enemy. She'd expected a chaotic melee with no ship able to concentrate on another for long. Formation fighting had never been a Federation strength, and nothing she'd seen, read, or heard led her to expect it from the Sydraxians. But if the fight would be chaos, keeping one ship out of the fray to watch the others and exploit opportunities? She'd need that, as a reserve force.

And it had worked. Endurance's sniping fire had chewed up the shields of more than one of the Hierarchy ships, either directly or indirectly. But the price was leaving Chekov isolated. She'd bet on the Sydraxians being too busy to take advantage of that, she'd lost, and now they would pay.

Still, better a bunch of screaming commandos than another spread of those crude- but frighteningly effective- thermonuclear torpedoes. If the enemy wanted to board Chekov's ship, at least they had minutes, not seconds, before the Excelsior was mortally threatened. Minutes they could use. But how? Rivers felt her jaw twitch slightly, as she pondered the display. How to make the advantage Chekov had bought her count? Could they exploit that, hard enough to turn the tide of the battle, and bail the other Excelsior out of its disastrous troubles?

USS Endurance
Main Bridge
Moments Earlier

Pavel Chekov sucked in a deep breath as the Sydraxians milled about in the middle of their battle against the rest of Task Force One.

They'd brutally beaten his ship with massed fire. Endurance lolled in space, attitude thrusters stuttering in short sharp bursts to counteract plumes of boiling coolant from hull breaches. Entire sections were offline, though he desperately hoped that was damage to internal communications and not outright destruction of vast tracts of the hull. But he still had torpedoes, most of his phasers, some of his propulsion systems... The shield generators would be back on line soon enough. If the rest of the fleet could keep the Sydraxians from finishing the job-

ch'Vohrer cried from the backup tactical console, "Sir, their cruisers are lowering shields-" even as frinc Cheg at the main controls laid in a barrage of phaser strikes. On battery power and with some of the control lines cut, the Excelsior's fire lacked its usual ferocity, doing little more than skitter across the cruisers' armored hulls, leaving long burn scars but little damage.

"Picking up spikes of transporter energy!"

And within a heartbeat of those words, an armored soldier began to appear in a blue shimmer before Chekov's very eyes- only to double over, agonized. Ensign Melethdra had leapt from the helm console in that moment, drawn her smallsword, and leaned into the mass of sparkling motes. When the Sydraxian fully emerged from the transporter's unreality, he did so with a length of steel as long as his forearm already buried in- commingled with- his heart.

The Amarki drew her phaser and died, another Sydraxian's carefully aimed flechette gun raising a spray of blue-green blood from her chest and neck. Time seemed to stretch as Melethdra fell, and Chekov shouted an agonized curse. He'd had his phaser out and trained and firing, but the stunning beam shimmered harmlessly against the commando's heavy armor. The Sydraxian's flexible neck flicked around quickly and their eyes met. Then a second weapon warbled its song, Commander frinc Cheg adding the weight of his own stun-beam.

The commando's knees buckled from what fraction of the effect had leaked through armor plate, buying moments. Chekov's fingers might tremble now and then, but he knew exactly where to place them from half a century of practice as he set his phaser to kill. It was the old model, souped up in a few ways that had never made it into the books, and the captain's next shot left a blinding red-purple outline of disintegration where the Sydraxian used to stand.

Chekov hissed and nearly dropped the weapon; he'd forgotten how much heat the little old thing could generate at maximum power. He knelt, half expecting to have to pick the phaser up off the floor, but it didn't slip through his fingers after all. His decision took only an instant as his bridge crew traded energy beams against scattergun blasts at point blank range. We'll never be able to hold here, or control the ship even if we do. Sooner or later there'd be a second wave.

He flipped the hidden latch off a cover plate, made one adjustment- screamed again, as ricocheting flechettes chewed into and through his left leg, sending him sprawling to the deck. Scrabbling, the old man recovered the weapon. Removed a certain interlock dowel, made another adjustment, a third. Over his head, his bridge crew fought and died. Frinc Cheg screamed horribly, and it wouldn't stop- The main door slid open and a security team charged through, phasers at the ready. Soon the firing stopped.

Chekov dropped his gun and stopped gritting his teeth against the pain. This he must do. "Computer! Transfer control to Auxiliary Bridge! Bridge crew, evacuate!" The Starfleet officers around him heard the shout, and the computer's faint, calm "Acknowledged." A few moved as if to argue, but when they saw that he was wounded they changed their minds. Two security troopers moved to drape his arms over their shoulders and led him off the bridge.

Numbly, he allowed it- his eyes, though, dwelt on the wrack and ruin of officers and equipment.

USS Endurance
Deck Five Corridors

As he led his people to sickbay, Pavel Chekov had scraped together the bridge crew, the bridge module computer techs, and two medical orderlies. Even so, They had barely enough people- even counting walking wounded- to keep watch against the fireteams of roving enemy commandos, keep moving, and assist those unable to move themselves.

Especially not after the Sydraxian claymore mine went off, killing the security team's point man and wounding two other officers.

Ch'Vohrer limped along on his own feet now, refusing help and sweeping for more boobytraps. The Andorian was so mauled from his attempt to grapple with a Sydraxian commando that Chekov was amazed the lieutenant could stand, let alone operate a tricorder. But he couldn't afford to tell him to stop, as they trudged and staggered through corridors that were starting to fill with the smells of smoke and blood.

He could hear Commander T'Mela's crisp voice over the intercom; either the Sydraxians didn't know where Battle Bridge was, or they hadn't been able to get commandos into it. Grimly, he repeated the long-familiar process of thanking his stars for a Vulcan's implacable nerve in a crisis.

For a moment he longed for his old leaders, his old companions- then thought better of it. Perhaps it was best that it be him. The hapless young Russian. Not so young now- but in his bones and in his heritage, Pavel Chekov knew how to endure through red-handed chaos. McCoy, Sulu, Spock, the rest- they deserved better than to have to suffer this. They'd have done marvelously, that he knew... but this wasn't their kind of fight, not any of them.

And the new breed of officers, the ones who'd killed the Biophage and manned the frontier against the Cardassians? They had their virtues, too. Lieutenant Commander Chatsworth had, without a word, with seemingly total unconcern, quickened her pace to replace the team's point man. Holding her phaser in a posture straight out of a textbook, she fell into step with the security team.

Presumably, the communications officer had spotted the arm sticking out around the corner a split second fast. But only a split second- Ensign Zwicky shouted "DOWN! GRENADE!" even as the hissing whine of Chatsworth's sidearm split the air, and ended in an eerie silence. No explosion. For in that moment, grenade, arm, and hand had all vanished in a red flash of disintegration, annihilating the chemical explosives before they could detonate.

The silence was broken by armored commandos charging around the corner. Chatsworth took the first, her beam stepped back down to high heat, tracking out to sweep up and through his long, twisting neck. Two security men fired within moments, the net of deadly energies such that the next commando was disintegrated before he could fall. They turned their fire on the third and last- who was already writhing, his armored visor smoking from another burst from Chatsworth.

Chekov could not help but be surprised, even though he'd known this on some level, known since the counter-intrusion drills he'd ordered run just after the Cardassians hit Bajor.

He'd known this. He'd known. He just hadn't... grasped it when he came aboard.

The most capable pistolera on his ship was his communications officer. Not Security. Not Tactical, as often proved the case despite the difference between war in space and on the ground. No, it had been communications, of all things. The quiet, asocial, electronics wizard. The standoffish officer with the clipped, severe voice, the one he couldn't help but imagine shushing library patrons. Sometimes he half expected her ears to sprout points- but in all honesty, most of the Vulcans he'd known were friendlier, once you got to know them.

And she might just have saved all their lives.

Gritting his teeth, Chekov gasped, "KEEP... GOING!" Sickbay was defensible- at least, so far as any place could be defended against this.

Chekov rounded the corner they'd just fought their way around, bolstered by a barrel-chested Vulcan. The computer technician gripped his shoulder with casual strength, like a machine press trying to be gentle, supporting his captain even as he carried Commander frinc Cheg slung under his other shoulder like a parcel.

All the Vulcans among their motley band were helping wounded, now, whatever they'd been doing before, whatever their specialization. Anyone could fire a phaser or scan for explosive boobytraps. Only a Vulcan could handle two or three wounded men with no more trouble than a human would have with one.

Looking at the alien, Chekov couldn't decide if the first commando, the one with the grenade, had been lucky or not. The disintegration blast had only taken the Sydraxian's arm. Chekov watched, realizing that the seeming twitches of the commando's right hand were not purposeless, but truly were reaching for some device- but even as he took breath to shout an alarm, the commando vanished in a shower of blue swirling sparks. Beamed up, beamed away to some Sydraxian ship that must be hovering like a vulture outside his own.

It hadn't only been the descent on the bridge, then. The Sydraxians must be using their transporters for more than just a round of boarding attacks.

Unbidden, his mind threw images of the enemy commandos appearing out of nowhere, vanishing as his security teams reached them. The attack on the bridge might have been a fight to the death, but the Hierarchy's ground troops weren't stupid. They would know an Excelsior's crew had the advantage of numbers, and better knowledge of the ship. But with Endurance's shields still firmly down, the Hierarchy troops could move about the ship and concentrate their forces at will, whittling away his people one attack at a time and vanishing whenever they met more resistance than their objective was worth.

The blood of his crew, draining from a hundred cuts...

Smoke and burnt flesh were stronger smells, now; distant explosions and the sounds of weapons fire echoed along the corridors through the glare of emergency lights.

His mind was wandering. Focus! He wracked his brains, trying to recollect things that could be done to defeat a teleporting enemy, things within the skills of the people he had left...

Vehrec · Apr 17, 2017

I would like to offer a thought. Been thinking about an ancient, derelict, asteroid-base used by the Orion empire but I couldn't come up with a name...until I remembered The Last Orion.

Suitable sites for Shipyards in the Orion Union: New Construction
(An excerpt from Lieutenant Xia Wu's reports.)

Subsection 2-1 Summary

Loknar Tamash is a planetoid approximately 209x250 kilometers in size-it is primarily composed of nickel-iron, and was extensively mined for Duranium by the Orion Empire.
These mining operations, in time, expanded into a vast shipyard, built inside and exterior to the original asteroid.
Said shipyard was ultimately left to decline due to official neglect, warring Hypercorps, and multiple invaders, and finally, Syndicate salvage teams.
Very little is left, but the site itself is centrally located and accessible, with multiple sites for heavy industry, critical sub-component assembly, and assembly yards.

Loknar Tamash is a minor planetoid with an ellipsoid shape, measuring 209 by 249.4 kilometers in it's minor and major axis, in the Alukk system with a storied, but faded history. Records of it's operations are vague and distorted by legend, destruction, and the actions of salvagers and the Hur'q, but it was once the greatest warp core foundry and shipyard of the entire Orion Empire. Huge Duranium reserves, though played out over a millennia ago, provided the initial impetuous to mine the asteroid-ore refining and smelting operations were soon moved to it as well, and before long, entire habitats were growing on and inside the asteroid. The largest mines, though long abandoned, still pock the surface of the asteroid, hollowing out a side and held open by huge girders to prevent the collapse of the entire edifice. These stark structural elements are all that remains today of the once imposing structure.

Our best picture of Loknar Tamash dates from approximately 920, shortly before the first outbreak of war between the Imperial government and the Hypercorperations. Unlike most shipyards at the time, it was owned jointly by several Hypercorps, each of whom profited from the others and compettion was actually fierce for contracts and employees. At this stage, Loknar Tamash swallowed the resources of an empire about the size of the Klingon's holdings in the 2250s, and brought forth from it's yards a myriad of civilian, quasi-military, and purely martial ships. Accordingly, our picture is of a vast, urban-industrial complex, sprawling across the surface of the asteroid, and connected via huge boom arms to orbital platforms like squat space elevators. Domes cover entire towns, or huge arcologies burrow into the surface. Most interesting of all, hundred-kilometer structures trail from one end of the complex, their purpose unclear even now. The onset of the Colony Wars, and subsequent battles for supremacy, saw this station greatly reduced in size, population, and productivity. In 920, Loknar Tamash may have had 5 Capital Ship berths and at least twice as many Warbird berths, but by 1100, perhaps only one warbird berth was still in operation. The Hur'q temporarily restored some facilities, only to strip bare the entire operation around in the 1300s and remove even the bolts from the walls. So complete was this salvage operation, and subsequent scouring by the Orion Syndicate, that very little historical structure has been left, and only the holes indicating where fasteners were once attached testifies to Loknar Tamash's size and industrial power. (see Appendix 3 for an speculative 'reconstruction' of the facility and a comparison to current yards.)

For the Federation however, Loknar Tamash offers an interesting possibility. It is one of the few sites within the Orion Union where a suitable shipyard site exists that is not already claimed by a cooperate or government agency. It is large-very large, too large for the Orion Union's needs in fact. This is why, despite it's obvious prestige, no effort has been made to reclaim it for the Orions. Distance also plays a role-Loknar Tamash is rather distant from Alukk, and it would be necessary to build the tools to to build the tools to build the ships-and building accommodations for hundreds and thousands of workers would also be required. With no nearby planet to base efforts from, for industrial work and defense, initial setup and defensive measures will necessarily be more expensive. Even with the best minefields and defense stations guarding it, Loknar Tamash is a poor defensive position. But when it is deep within the Federation, a weak defense against direct attack matters far less. Restarting operations at Loknar Tamash would take a huge effort-but it could easily become second only to Utopia Planitia, and it's central location allows for shorter logistical lines to certain colonies. (Appendix 4 is a tentative schedule for reconstruction and expansion, based on early plans by the Orion Union to reconstruct the original facilities, and Starfleet's expansion priorities.)

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