Terran Federation - Resurrection

[ein1017]

*transmission from the hathaway*
This is Captain Ein, our engineers has managed to get the main power up and running and repaired our communication dish. However the engines are underpowered and we can only manage to stablelized our orbit. With the power back on, our navigator places us out by Pluto.

We sent a scouting party to the surface to see if we could find anything usefull and...well... we did find something. It Appears to be an acient ruins of something or as far as we can tell. And it is massive and underground. We lost one person due to the fact she found a hidden entrance the hard way. So far we have only found very little artifacts and evidance suggests it was abandoned for at least several thousands of years. The remarkable part is the fact the it is still sealed. We are not done exploring and since we can't go anywhere or do annything else, I figure it is the best course of action. Still no clue who it belonged to. Will report back later will more info.

[SgtRicko]

*Ricko's team breaks into the Orion supply ship's storage area*

Ricko: Well, would you look at that: a whole storage room full of Proton torpedoes and space mines. Good thing we didn't decide to drill on this part of the ship, or we would've been disentigrated...:dead: (guess it also expains why the Orions stopped firing at us)

Lt. Kendell: Sir, the bridge is ours, and we've also got several POWs including the comms officer and the second in command.

Ricko: Excellent. Take them on-board our transport; we'll save their interrogation for later. In the meanwhile, do you think we can open the docking bay and activate these babies here?

Lt. Kendell: For what purpose, sir?

Ricko: Nevermind what purpose, do you think you can do it?

Lt. Kendell uhhh... doubtful, sir. The captain put a lock-down on the systems of this craft before we could reach him (we're dead in space cause of this bTW), and almost took Corporal Franks with him too when he tried to suicidally detonate a frag grenade on his own body... not a pretty sight!

Ricko: Yeesh. Alirght, then. I guess we'll just have to --

*BANG!*

Ricko: What the hell was that just now?!

*another explosion then occurs which rocks the supply ship, knocking everybody down on the floor*

Ricko: Aww, no no NO!!!! They're hitting our transport, tell them to break off now, before they get destroyed!!!

*The transport attempts to back off and avoid the attack, but the Orions locked on to it and launched a torpedo*

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5x89AZNGvS8BHR2jzbkF/SIG=1272q287q/EXP=1184125629/**http%3A//www.newprophecy.net/Explosion_in_space_1.jpg

[Nilsog]

*Defiant comes along side the disintegrating vessel*

Transporter room 5, lock onto lifesigns and beam aboard immediately!

[SgtRicko]

Thanks for saving my men on my transport, but we're still onboard the supply ship!

[Nilsog]

oh...

Transporter room 27, beam up those guys too... if theyre still alive...

[SgtRicko]

Thanks for the save! Wasn't too sure on how the hell I was gonna get out of that one, if at all!

However, I think that supply ship can still have its uses for us, Admiral -- can you use your tractor beam on it, and maybe sorta "sling" it towards the center of the Orion fleet? With that many Proton torpedoes aboard, I'm pretty sure you'll be able to severly damage them, if not totally destroy their forces!:cool:

(don't worry detonating it though, some of my gear was left behind during the beaming including some explosive charges with a remote frequency - you just gotta dial it in to set it off once you are ready)

[Nilsog]

Make it so!

[SgtRicko]

Alright, sling it way!

*Everybody begins to buckle up and brace themselves, except for Ricko who's still standing up counting down*

Detonation in 3, 2, 1... *click*

http://www.sondasespaciales.com/public/imagenes/chandra-supernova-artistica.JPG

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! *Ricko flies straight into the control panels*

http://uplink.space.com/attachments/469312-Spaceballs_1987_3.jpg


Don't worry evurbouddy... I'm jussshh fahhn... totallyyyy... fahhinne!!!

*Ricko drops flat*

[Trevorrex]

Onboard Excelsior:

'Sir, the Defiant just tractor slinged a ship towards the center of the Orion forces'

Hmm, where are we?

'Um......'

Uh oh...........

TRANSMISSION LOST

[Nilsog]

*Conn* Admiral, the explosion has disabled several Orion vessels!

Excellent, move in and target their remaining vessels. Ricko, you'll get a medal for this (Then the president will probably shoot you)

*Conn*Excelsior was damaged by the blast, but she still has power.

Good. Defiant to fleet, get in there and finish this fight!

[Trevorrex]

*Communications online*

Ow. That hurt. We have power, but shields are almost gone. Weapons are at 30%, power failures over 3 decks.

We have little power to manouver however. (explosion)
Arrrgh! Damn you Ricko!!!!

[Statalyzer]

Lt.Cmdr. Axon: "That Orion battlecruiser lost all shields and impulse power in the explosion - they are defenseless!"

Cmdr. Krasnodar: "Target engineering, prevent them from restoring power."

*The Orion ship gets in the first shot with it's cannon. The main computer on Unity's bridge shuts down.*

Adm. Statalyzer: "What the hell happened, how did they get through our shields?"

Lt.Cmdr. Axon: "They didn't! Shields are still holding. This doesn't make any sense."

2d Lt. Boren: "Oops, I got the blue screen of death and I was trying to fix my console but I unplugged the wrong switch, sorry guys."

Cmdr. Krasnodar: "Well plug it back in, hurry, we're under fire. Why on earth is your console using a PC after hundreds of years?"

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "Would you trust James Boren with a modern computer on the bridge?"

Cmdr. Krasnodar: "Good point."

*He plugs it back in and power is restored to the bridge computer.*

Adm. Statalyzer [muttering under his breath]: "Stupid Boron."

*Meanwhile, a Romulan ship swoops in and finishes off the Orion battlecruiser.*

http://images.wikia.com/memoryalpha/en/images/thumb/1/15/IRW_TMet_firing_disruptors.jpg/180px-IRW_TMet_firing_disruptors.jpg

[Bean]

*Communications online*
Ow. That hurt. We have power, but shields are almost gone. Weapons are at 30%, power failures over 3 decks.
We have little power to manouver however. (explosion)
Arrrgh! Damn you Ricko!!!!
Mr. President, what have you done to my ship! ;)
The engineering crew is working overtime in an attempt to bring everything back to operational status. I suggest that we return to the shipyards for a full repair, however, as it is doubtful that they will be able to make the ship 100% or even 60% functional on their own.

[Nilsog]

No need to worry, Captain Bean, I am declaring a victory.

That's right, with the destruction of the core of the Orion Fleet, theres not much left to do in this battle but pick off the remaining support ships and capture what we can. I can already tell the tides of this war are changing. While we lost some good ships, and some brave men and women in this fight, it has changed our future to a brighter one. With the bulk of the Orion Capital fleet obliterated by Sgt. Ricko's brilliant plan, the Federation is free to take back our outlying colonies and member planets.

This is not to say that there will not be more challenges in the future, or that we are done with the Orion, but the job will be much easier from here on out.

I must congratulate you all on the success of this mission, without the talent and bravery you people possess, we very well may have failed. I am proud to be your commanding officer.

I am recommending a promotion for Sgt. Ricko of SFMC. General Wargrudge, the fine details shall be up to you. Captain Gaucho, with the destruction of your vessel, you are an untapped resource to Starfleet. I am reassigning you command of FSS Exeter NCC-1672. Take care of her.

As for our new classes of ships, Utopia Planetia reports construction of the Ambassador Class is going well, and is estimated to be at 35%.

Rear Admiral Statalyzer will be keeping us updated on the Alliance Class light cruiser variant.

When medals day comes, you will all be looking for more room on your uniforms. You have done an excellent job.

Defiant clear.

[Trevorrex]

*brushes debris off uniform*

Yes, I agree with the sentiments of Admiral Nilsog. Despite the collateral damage, Ricko's plan was most effective. I wholeheartedly approve of his promotion.

The remainders of the Orion fleet are on the run, they have suffered a near crippling loss today.

Sorry Bean, but you weren't around to take this ship into battle, so somebody had to. We are on our way to the shipyard, pending repairs, command of this ship shall be returned to you.

Yorkie, many injured people are on their way to you. Injuries range from dismemberment to boo boo's.

Well done everyone.

[Nilsog]

*** INCOMMING TRANSMISSION ***

FROM: STARFLEET COMMAND, SAN FRANCISCO, EARTH

TO: STARFLEET VESSELS

RE: BATTLE OF SOL

Following are the estimated losses of both sides during the Battle of Sol.

TERRAN FEDERATION

Starship Losses

1 Battlecruiser, FSS Cerebellum
3 Cruisers, FSS Enterprise, FSS Constitution, FSS Constellation
2 Light Cruisers, FSS Lantree, FSS Brittain
1 Frigate, FSS Grissom

Estimated Loss of Life
1,300

ORION SYNDICATE

Starship Losses

5 Battlecruisers
7 Cruisers
5 Light Cruisers
4 Frigates
9 Support Craft

Estimated Loss of Life
15,000

Romulan Fleet Losses Unknown, awaiting contact with Admiral Rekar.

As you can see, we dealt a serious blow to the Orion. Starfleet Intelligence suspects with the destruction of their fleet, the Orion Syndicate will soon collapse, as its primary source of funding has been removed.

*** TRANSMISSION TERMINATED ***

[Desolator12]

Great... so what you're telling me is that the science frigate was destroyed...

*sigh* I'm going to either need some higher-grade equipment in my surface labs or another ship...

Also, I did manage to decode that data on that one ship... and phew! Sending you the information on the sucker, all higher-ups...

As for the new weapons tech, I'm at a standstill without equipment... so unles you want a catapult mounted on your hull and me standing there loading these things in it, I suggest someone give me something useable...

[Nilsog]

Take Command of FSS Eagle NCC-956, do try and take care of her.

[Desolator12]

I'm not the one who pulled the Grissom out to be blown up, sir... and I will take care of her, as much as I can.

Right! There's work to be done!

[Gaucho8788]

Thank you Admiral Nilsog. We are already on board the Exeter and getting our posts ready. We are awaiting your orders for our next course of action. Ohh, and don't worry, we'll take good care of her, unless another fleet comes and manhandles us again. Anyways awaiting orders.

[SgtRicko]

*Ricko wakes up*

Uhhh... oh god... what the hell happened? Last thing I recall was that I was counting down, then all of a sudden somebody got the wise idea to throw me into the freaking controls or somethin. Whoever the hell did that to me -- wait, THE ORIONS!!!! Admiral, you gotta watch out for --

*Ricko looks around and realizes he's in a StarFleet medbay*

Oh... Hey, Yorkie, did we win?:wired:

[Statalyzer]

*The fleet of the Terran Federation and the Romulans is regrouping, repairing, assesing damage, etc around Neptune after the battle. For a brief few seconds they all hear a general hail.*

"Starfleet look out, that mole got control of our eng-"

*The nacelles of FSS Unity began to light up in blue and . . . . WHOOSH*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/Statalyzer/Unitywarps.jpg

And with that, she's gone from sight.

[wargrudge]

Has the ship that destroyed Jupiter been destroyed yet Admiral Nilsog, or has it even been spotted again since it passed the sensors going towards Neptune? As for any promotions (and demotions), they will all be dealt with shortly in accordance with what is deserved.

[SgtRicko]

Has the ship that destroyed Jupiter been destroyed yet Admiral Nilsog, or has it even been spotted again since it passed the sensors going towards Neptune? As for any promotions (and demotions), they will all be dealt with shortly in accordance with what is deserved.

No, I'm afraid not. It's still at large sir, -- and we got no idea where it's at.

The only thing I can think about is the data from the sensor array that I collected sometime ago. Deso's probably done decrypting it by now, so perhaps we can use the telemetry it recorded to piece together which direction it might have went?:chin:

[ein1017]

I am glad to hear we won but I am still stuck out in the middle of nowhere around pluto. a little help and a research team would be quite usefull.

[Daishi]

We're sending the Asclepius to lift its capacity from Yorkie's overburdened hospital. Again.

[Nilsog]

Captain Deso, take Eagle and assist Ein if you would.

*Defiant takes up pursuit course on Unity*

[wargrudge]

SFMC BOARD OF PROMOTIONS

RE: Sgt. Ricko


Upon the recommendation by Admiral Nilsog for the promotion of Sgt. Ricko, the Board of Promotions agrees with his recommendation and has conferred with General Wargrudge on the matter. He sees it fit to give Ricko a significant promotion, and as such will be given one.

Sgt. Ricko: For valor far beyond the call of duty, for exceptional intellect displayed while under fire, and for doing the duty of a Starfleet Marine in every sense of the word, the Board of Promotions here-by promotes you to the rank of Sergeant Major of the Starfleet Marine Corps.



Promotion ceremony will be conducted at 1200 hours tomorrow.

[Desolator12]

Sure thing... on my way Ein.

[ein1017]

Well you don't have to worry about us going anywhere. Our boys over here thinks the ruins was an Orion outpost of some sort but we can't say for sure.

[Desolator12]

Right then... I'll get some more survey equipment ready while I work on finishing the weapons...

[Trevorrex]

Captain Deso, take Eagle and assist Ein if you would.

*Defiant takes up pursuit course on Unity*

Make sure you bring that ship back in one piece Nilsog, those things are expensive you know.

[Gaucho8788]

The Exeter reads all systems green and is ready to do whatever the Federation requires of it. Ready and willing to serve.

[SgtRicko]

UPDATE ON THE RECENT THEFT OF THE USS UNITY:

Well, it's really not that big of an update, but I just got word that our deep space listening post picked up a Federation starship heading past the brink of our solar system. My guess is that it's the Unity. There were also several other signatures along with the Unity as well (Orion escorts, maybe stragglers from the previous engagement???), but from the looks of things we'll never be able to get a ship out there in time to intercept them.


Whatever the case, it doesn't look like we'll be seeing it's joyriders returning her anytime soon...:\

[Trevorrex]

Remotely set off the self destruct.

If Nilsog can't catch up.

[Nilsog]

*** INCOMING SUB-SPACE MESSAGE ***

Defiant to whoever is receiving... Unity only has another hour of warp at her present speed. Once we catch her I will send another transmission. Preliminary scans are telling us there are approximately 3 to 4 frigate class ships escorting her, no match for Defiant. Assuming her CO and crew are safe, regaining control once she drops out of warp should be no problem.

Defiant out.

*** TRANSMISSION TERMINATED AT SOURCE ***

[SgtRicko]

*** INCOMING SUB-SPACE MESSAGE ***



Defiant to whoever is receiving... Unity only has another hour of warp at her present speed. Once we catch her I will send another transmission. Preliminary scans are telling us there are approximately 3 to 4 frigate class ships escorting her, no match for Defiant. Assuming her CO and crew are safe, regaining control once she drops out of warp should be no problem.

Defiant out.


*** TRANSMISSION TERMINATED AT SOURCE ***



Heh, you almost make it sound like the Unity is just some trivial task, Admiral... what do say if I were to, oh I dunno, add some spice to this otherwise dull job, eh?

*The Defiant suddenly loses all of her targeting, navigation and other various automated systems, forcing her crew to do mostly everything manually*

By the way, "Don Vaklu" sends his regards!;)

--Your Dear 'friends'!


Ricko: --WHAT THE!? Who sent that message just now?!?:wtf:


*Attempts to track the source of the message*

...Damn, the scanners can't triangulate the signal's location! Somebody get a ship to help out Nilsog, he's practically a sitting duck out there with so many crippled systems!!!

[Yorkie]

Sorry I haven't responded sooner Mr President Sir but it has been mayhem here, I am so greatful for the help from Daishi otherwise I don't know what I would have done.

We have things pretty much under control now and the boo boos have been sorted, I hope you don't mind but I have sent all the walking wounded to have a well earned rest in the club area which was placed in the hospital grounds while you were all in combat.

Unfortuanately we do seem to be running low on Smirnoff Ice at the moment though *hiccup*

The dismemberment has proved to be a little bit more difficult to deal with and we are still looking at ways to perhaps use bionic body parts but hopefully this will be sorted in the next day or two so expect a super crew to leave the hospital unit.

"Ricko! Get back in bed you are not well enough to get up yet."

"Yes, okay I will send the nice junior nurse to give you a bed bath again if you will just lay back down."

/me goes to the club to mix

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: I read you Ricko. Helm, plot a course out of drydock.

Ensign Tyler Reeves: Yes sir.

Captain Gaucho: Comm, hail spacedock and inform them we're prepared to depart.

Lt. Kimberly Hunter: Yes sir, hailing now.

Spacedock officer: This is spacedock.

Captain Gaucho: We are now departing.

Spacedock officer: Alright, our system are registering green for your ship. We have released your ship, you are now clear to leave drydock.

Captain Gaucho: Alright, helm do you have that course laid in to intercept with the Unity and Defiant.

Ensign Reeves: Yes sir, ready to engage.

Captain Gaucho: Alright then, move out of dock at low impulse. Once we're out immediately go to maximum warp.

Ensign Reeves: Yes sir. (exits drydock) Going to warp.

(The Exeter immediately enters warp at maximum safe warp factor).

[Trevorrex]

This is getting ridiculous. Gaucho, consider yourself under orders to destroy the Unity if necessary.

Some nonsense is going on and I won't let one of our ships fall into enemy hands.

Repeat: Destroy the ship if you cannot secure it. Do not hesitate either.

[Nilsog]

*** INCOMING SUBSPACE TRANSMISSION ***

...lost powe.... adrift.... possi....reamergenc....ENSA...

*** TRANSMISSION JAMMED AT SOURCE ***

[SgtRicko]

*** INCOMING SUBSPACE TRANSMISSION ***

Accessing...

WARNING, VIRAL ACTIVITY DETECTED!!!

-- ENGAGING ANTI-VIRUS COUNTERMEASURES -- MEASURES DEPLOYED -- FAILURE, VIRUS IS ACCESSING EARTH'S ORBITAL SENSOR GRID --

Attention: All Star Fleet Primary sensor stations and servers will be offline until a proper maintenance can be performed. Until then, all public and private channels will be unavailable. We are sorry for the inconvience this may cause! --Star Fleet auto-maintenance program 447-1

-- VIRUS NOW ACCESSING STARFLEET ORBITAL COMMAND -- PRIMARY AND SECONDARY FIREWALLS ACTIVATED, LOCKDOWN OF PUBLIC COMMS TO STAR FLEET INITIATED -- FIREWALL DEFENSE SUCCESSFUL! ACTIVATING SECONDARY SERVER NETWORK --

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: Affirmative Mr. President. Go to Red Alert. John, raise shields and arm all weapons. Zach, We need to increase warp factor from warp 7 to warp 8.5 at least, can we do it.

Lt. Commander Costello: Yes it is possible but it can't be indefinitely.

Lt. Commander Seers: Sir, shields are up and weapons armed.

Captain Gaucho: Alright, we just need to catch up to take it's warp capabilities offline. Make sure also that no unauthorized transmission of any kind gets in understood. Good.

Lt. Hunter: Sir we're picking up a subspace transmission. Putting it through now.

*** INCOMING SUBSPACE TRANSMISSION ***


...lost powe.... adrift.... possi....reamergenc....ENSA...

*** TRANSMISSION JAMMED AT SOURCE ***


Captain Gaucho: I'm not liking this. We'll come back for them once we have the Unity, or have destroyed it.

[Statalyzer]

Meanwhile, on board the Unity...

Lt.Cmdr. Avis: "We've detected Orion frigates moving in. We don't have control of engines or weapons but sensors, communications, defense systems, and all information databanks are still ours."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Quick, we've got to launch a shuttle before the frigates get in range. Get a message on it informing any pursuing Federation ships of our status. Also, load the rest of it up with a stockpile of Smirnoff Ice to transport to the medical center, as Yorkie is one awesome woman with good taste in beverages if she loves that drink so much."

Cmdr. Krasnodar: "You realize this is a glaring plothole, as there is no possible way we could have known that Yorkie sent that message to Trevorrex?"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Yes, I understand."

************************************* (some time passes)

*Captain Gaucho's ship detects a Federation shuttlecraft approaching, which hails them and sends the following message.

This is Admiral Statalyzer onboard the Unity. We are about to be "escorted" by 2 Orion Frigates and 2 Orion Raiders, destination unknown. We cannot control the engine or helm, but most of the systems are ours. You don't have to worry about our weapons being used against you, because we can shut down our own sensors and thus disable target tracking. To any Federation Captians it may concern: if you catch up with us and we have not regained control of our own ship, you have permission from the Admiral to use directed phaser fire to disable our engines. You can fire through our shields by setting your weapons to modulate at 34186.2 but target only propulsion systems.

[ein1017]

*On board the hathaway.*

Com. Officer:"Sir we see desco's ship on the aft side."

Captain Ein:"Good, we better let them know to dock using the aft airlock"

Com. Officer: "But sir the comms line are down how are we going to do that?"

Captain Ein: " We do have a searchlight right?"

Com. Officer: "Yeah but how is that going to help us?"

Captain Ein: "Here I will show you"

Desco's. ship recieves a visual on a light that is blinking:
.-- . / -.-. .- -. / ... . . / -.-- --- ..- / -. --- .-- .-.-.- / --. --- / .- .... . .- -.. / .- -. -.. / -.. --- -.-. -.- / --- -. / - .... . / .- ..-. - / .- .. .-. .-.. --- -.-. -.- .-.-.-

[chaoscontrol512]

Hey, sorry for joining in late, but do you guys need a new recruit? I specialize in electronics and weapons systems.

[Gaucho8788]

Lt. Commander Seers: Sir A shuttle just left the Unity, and they appear to be transmitting a message. It reads:

This is Admiral Statalyzer onboard the Unity. We are about to be "escorted" by 2 Orion Frigates and 2 Orion Raiders, destination unknown. We cannot control the engine or helm, but most of the systems are ours. You don't have to worry about our weapons being used against you, because we can shut down our own sensors and thus disable target tracking. To any Federation Captians it may concern: if you catch up with us and we have not regained control of our own ship, you have permission from the Admiral to use directed phaser fire to disable our engines. You can fire through our shields by setting your weapons to modulate at 34186.2 but target only propulsion systems.

Captain Gaucho: Well at least now we have a better way to penetrate their shields with little cost to us. Alright, John bring all weapons online, I want to be able to fire as soon as we get the chance and make sure to have the phasers modulated to the frequency that the Admiral gave us. Also how long till we’re in weapons range?

Lt. Commander Seers: Yes sir, all weapons armed and ready, phasers modulated and at this speed about 5 minutes till in range.

Captain Gaucho: Alright. Ensign Reeves, have us drop out of warp as soon as we knock them out.

Ensign Reeves: Yes sir.

Lt. Commander Costello: Sir if we don’t drop out of warp soon the core will overload. I recommend we drop down to warp 6.5.

Captain Gaucho: I’m sorry but we just don’t have that luxury. Hold it at warp 8.5.

Lt. Commander Costello: Alright, but it won’t take long for the injectors to overheat and the plasma coolant container to…

Captain Gaucho: I get the picture. How much longer till we’re in range.

Lt. Commander Seers: Almost in range…….. And now. Firing phasers.

The phaser shot penetrates the shields and takes out all of the Unity’s Propulsion systems. The Exeter drops out of warp right after the Unity.

Captain Gaucho: Target the Orion ships, fire when we come in range.

Lt. Commander Seers: Sir they’re not stopping.

Captain Gaucho: Hmm, that’s odd. Beam an away team to the Unity to make sure everyone is alright and accounted for. Commander, you lead the away mission.

Commander Sims: Already got a team prepared and at the transporter pad. Beaming over now.

The commanders team beams over to the Unity and immediately gets to work.

Captain Gaucho: Commander, I want you to try and find that mole at all costs, understood. I don’t want him/her causing anymore problems.

Commander Sims: Affirmative.

Captain Gaucho: Zach, I want you to get over to the Unity and help them get their engines back online.

Lt. Commander Costello: I would but I have to tend to our engines first. We nearly overheated the antimatter injectors to the point that the core nearly overloaded.

Captain Gaucho: Well can you spare a few men to assist them.

Lt. Commander Costello: I think so but I need to get our engines stabilized first.

Captain Gaucho: Alright do it as soon as you can then. Lt. Hunter, send this transmission to Starfleet:

This is Captain Gaucho. We have regained the Unity and are working to get her propulsion systems back up. The Orion ships kept going as soon as we knocked the Unity out of warp which was odd but the entire Unity crew has been accounted for. Also I'd advise sending a ship out to the Defiant's last position to ensure that the ship and her crew are alright. The message we got from them as we passed by was disturbing and I fear that they may have been infiltrated. Also it appeared that they had lost all primary power so they have no way of defending themselves. We will contact you once the Unity has regained warp drive. Captain Gaucho out.

Lt. Hunter: The message has been sent.

Captain Gaucho: Drop from Red to Yellow Alert and keep our weapons online. Also make sure that the shields are ready to be brought up whenever needed. I’ll be in my ready room, John you have the bridge.

[SgtRicko]

Hey, sorry for joining in late, but do you guys need a new recruit? I specialize in electronics and weapons systems.

Do you also specialize in any fields related to computers, networking, cyber-warfare, or anything similar? We've been having a rash of cyber-based attacks from an unknown source, and we have yet to get a single lead on the perpetrators.

Thus, if you can lend some help there, it would be appreciated!;)

[Statalyzer]

* Meanwhile on-board the Unity*

Lt.Cmdr. Axon: "Exeter is in sight, Admiral, we're ordering the crew to clear engineering."

Lt. Sharma: "Our speed is reducing, our engines can't sustain this much warp for this long. She's catching us fast."

Ensign Eglise: "Message from Exeter, sir - brace for impact."

*Phaser shots tear into the engineering decks and shake the ship. Everyone on the bridge is jerked momentarily from side to side. A non-essential console with no obvious function - manned by a random cadet who is on the bridge for no apparent reason - shorts out and blows. At the next round of shots, the officers on the bridge lean suddenly to the left and nearly fall out of their chairs, but recover. The cadet is jerked violently from his station and dramatically flies across the screen.

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "I'll never understand why a hit anywhere on this ship causes consoles on the bridge to endure electrical explosions. Did we route every single point on the power grid right through the bridge? Damage report."

*Calculations are made and charts pulled up on screens as the Unity drops out of warp and begins to drift.

Adm. Statalyzer: "Good work, Captian Gaucho, you disabled our propulsion without disabling any other systems. . . .Medical report?"

Dr. Kuma: "The cadet who was on the bridge for no apparent reason suffered massive abrasions to his shoulder. Also, Cadet Not-Appearing-In-This-Show suffered a concussion. I can scan them with some bizarre futuristic-looking tools and they'll be fine."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Good work, doctor. Gaucho, would you be kind enough to give us a tow? I don't want to get to work on repairing our drive systems until we've found that mole."

[SgtRicko]

I was tracking the comms in the midst of the fight to see if there was any foreign signals, and --

*An Escape pod suddenly brakes off from the Unity*

THAT'S OUR GUY!!! :eek:

I'm 99% sure he's the one that was routing all of those viruses to StarFleet and our ships; you gotta catch him, he most likely knows about the other moles and viral executables as well!!!

[chaoscontrol512]

Do you also specialize in any fields related to computers, networking, cyber-warfare, or anything similar? We've been having a rash of cyber-based attacks from an unknown source, and we have yet to get a single lead on the perpetrators.

Thus, if you can lend some help there, it would be appreciated!;)
I was in the Chinese military; I was one of those guys who drained money from the Internet during the war with the GLA, so I'll try and work on whoever is behind these attacks.

[Statalyzer]

"Quick, get a tractor beam on that escape pod and hold it in position!"

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: Quick John tractor beams on that pod.

Lt. Commander Seers: The pod is locked in our tractor beam.

Captain Gaucho: Alright, get a lock on the person inside the pod and prepare to beam him over. John, I want you to take a security team to transporter room 2, thats where we'll beam him aboard. Once we have him throw him in the brig, we'll question him later.

Lt. Commander Seers: Security team to transporter room 2, I'll meet you their.

Captain Gaucho: Once we have the pod in our shuttle bay we'll lock our tractor beams on the Unity and start towing it.

Lt. Commander Seers: Sir, we have the prisoner are on our way to the brig. We had to stun him with our phasers, luckily no one was injured.

Captain Gaucho: Make sure we keep at least 2 guards on him at all times. This is becoming one hell of a day.

[wargrudge]

Security on the Exeter was extremely inadequate and the prisoner captured has escaped somehow. Captain Gaucho, I recommend that you reprimand your security chief immediately and have him replaced. As for the escaped prisoner, we're tracking his movements as of now. NO ONE IS TO ATTEMPT A RETRIEVAL. If we can find out where he is going, than we can eliminate the source of the operation instead of the operative alone.

[chaoscontrol512]

This is Private ChaosControl512 reporting. I've disabled the viruses in your guy's database and examined the virus's code It is like nothing I have ever seen before. I still don't know who is behind the cyber-attacks, but I learned that there is a secret base somewhere on Ganymede. It's exact location is unknown. I will try and hack into their database and find out more.

*** end transmisison ***

[Trevorrex]

People, please. This is becoming a mess. I need a clear status report.

Plus, has anyone rescued the Defiant? Nilsog is complaining of low oxygen and impending death.

[Statalyzer]

Status of Unity: We're drifting right now and still trying to repair the engines.

*Meanwhile, in engineering*

Lt.Cmdr Sharma: "Alright, back to work repairing the power relays, coffee break is over."

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "Darn, already?"

2dLt. Williams: "Might as well be over, the food was horrid. This donut was so stale and crunchy. Even dunking it in the coffee didn't help."

Lt.Cmdr Sharma: "Alright now, all I need is the metaphasic gyroscopic electromagnetic auto-configured trans-frequency alternator disc."

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "I thought you left it right here. Wasn't it the small brown disc shaped like a flattened donut?"

Lt.Cmdr Sharma: "Yeah, that's the one. It'll take days to repair the engines without it. Where the hell is it?"

2dLt Williams: "Permission to go to sickbay? My stomach isn't doing too well."

[Nilsog]

[EMERGENCY TRANSMISSION]

This is FSS Defiant... we are adrift and have lost main power. Our auxiliary batteries are sustaining life support, but we only have an estimated operable time of three to four hours left. Assistance required ASAP.

[END TRANSMISSION]

[Scoot]

Relient is on the way with some parts. I will have it follow you back to base for repairs.

[SgtRicko]

I guess it'll be up to me to attack the hacker's base on Ganymede then... alright, I should be ready to go in approximately 30-35 hours.

[wargrudge]

That is a negative for now Ricko, we do not know the enemy's strength on that floating boulder. When it is confirmed how many of what they have, then we will decide what course of action to take. I do not want my men walking into a death trap. Many Marines were lost in the last war thanks to commanders going in without proper intel.

[Gaucho8788]

General Wargrudge, we have been monitoring the escapees every movement, but he is just moving around, he doesn't stay in one place long enough to get anything accomplished. We'll give you further intel when it becomes available.

Lt. Kim: Transmission has been sent sir.

Captain Gaucho: Alright, I'll be in my ready room. Computer, where is john.

Computer: Lt. Commander Johnathan Seers is in engineering.

Captain Gaucho: John, come to my ready room.

Lt. Commander Seers: Yes sir.

John makes his way to Gaucho's Ready room.

Lt. Commander Seers: What is it sir.

Captain Gaucho: I'm relieving you of duty.

Lt. Commander Seers: Why!!

Captain Gaucho: Your performance in apprehending the fugitive was horrible. I'm assigning Lt. Akbar as your replacement. That is all.

Lt. Commander Seers: But sir!

Captain Gaucho: That is all. No leave before I call security to escort you out.

Lt. Commander Seers: Yes sir.

[chaoscontrol512]

I've managed to hack into their database, and it does not look good. The Ganymede base is heavily fortified, with several powerful cannons and they seem to have taken possesion of a number of Scorpion class tanks. On top of that, it is defended with an electromagnetic shield which can deflect any projectile: bullets, phasers, missiles, etc. I have taken extensive stealth training (by stealth training I mean playing Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell a million times :p), so with your permission I would like to infiltrate the base and power down their defenses so that Ricko's armada can destroy it.

[SgtRicko]

(by stealth training I mean playing Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell a million times :p), so with your permission I would like to infiltrate the base and power down their defenses so that Ricko's armada can destroy it.

Dude, I'm a marine, not a fleet commander!:squint:

[chaoscontrol512]

My bad, dude. It's just from your last post it sounded like you were in charge of something.

[SgtRicko]

My bad, dude. It's just from your last post it sounded like you were in charge of something.

Actually, I'm the Seargent Major of the Marine Corps, so yes, I do have authority (though Wargrudge ultimately calls the shots).

[wargrudge]

Ricko, you call the shots on this matter. I have something a little more urgent to handle at the moment.

[Nilsog]

Reliant, thank you for your assistance, you may stand down and return to your previous assignment.

*Defiant warps back to Sol*

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*Later, at Starfleet Command*

Lt. Ware: It's good to see you, Admiral, you gave us a scare for a while there!
Adm. Nilsog: Spare me the smalltalk, Lieutenant. I want an update on the Ambassador.
Lt. Ware: She's ready for her trial run, sir.

Adm. Nilsog: ... get me a transport.

*Orbiting Earth is th enewly built FSS Ambassador NX-10521*

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*On the Bridge*

Adm. Nilsog: Helm, set a course for the egde of the sector, maximum speed. Lets see what she can do...
Helm: Aye, sir.

*Ambassador jumps to warp*

[SgtRicko]

Ricko, you call the shots on this matter. I have something a little more urgent to handle at the moment.

Very well then. Better start the planning for the operation then...

[Statalyzer]

*In the officer's ready room onboard the Unity*

Adm. Keen Statalyzer: "Alright ladies and gentlemen, I've called this tactical conference because of some new developments that make our situation more interesting. Every one of you will need to give some input here."

Cmdr. Svetlana Krasnodar (Ex. Officer): "I made a routine review of our transporter log and discovered that while Exeter was blasting our shields and the Orion frigates broke off contact, one individual onboard our ship beamed over to a frigate even though our shields were up. Perhaps this was the mole, and he escaped?"

Lt.Cmdr Hil Avis (Operations): "Therefore, he must have known our shield frequency by looking into our ship's computer. We are therefore not only still dead in space, but we have to face the possibility of attack by ships that know our shield frequency."

Lt. Ravin Sharma (Engineering): "Obviously, the main thing to do is divert all personnel who can be spared to engineering, to get the engines online as quickly as possible and get out of here."

Lt. Takao Kuma (Medical): "The mole's best chance to defeat us is from within. We must make sure he didn't affect anything on board with toxins or diseases."

Lt.Cmdr Mitchell Axon (Weapons): "The first order of business is to make sure all our weapon systems can run off backup systems in case the mole shuts down our main computer again."

Lt. Abigail Williams (Sciences): "We should run a scientific analysis to see if we have any oddly-named particles that can mask the trail of our ship, making us difficult to locate."

Lt. James Boren (Security): "None of that can be done safely until we beef up security to make sure there isn't another mole on the loose somewhere."

Ens. Pierre Eglise (Communications): "We need to contact Starfleet for assistance."

Lt. Julius Malcom (Helm): "I have nothing to suggest, the helm is useless without power."

Ship's counselor, wearing skin-tight spandex: "What the hell am I doing in a tactical meeting?"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Why don't we just remodulate our shields to a new frequency? Make it so. Dismissed."

[Nilsog]

*Ambassador returns to Spacedock, ready to be outfitted with her weapons and have the final bugs worked out*

*** INCOMING TRANSMISSION ***

From: Starfleet Shipyards at Utopia Planetia

To: Federation Starships

RE: Ambassador Class

The construction and trial runs on the FSS Ambassador are complete, we are now ready to begin line assembly. The following are currently in production:

NCC 26849 FSS Adelphi
NCC 1701-C FSS Enterprise
NCC 26517 FSS Excalibur
NCC 266324 FSS Gandhi
NCC 105324 FSS Horatio
NCC 26198 FSS Valdemar
NCC 26510 FSS Yamaguchi
NCC 26136 FSS Zhukov

These additions the fleet should greatly help our efforts. Pre order yours today and get 50 free photons! *shipping and handling not included*

*** END TRANSMISSION ***

[Trevorrex]

Ooh! *puts in pre order*

Paypal okay?

[sovietmisaki]

alright people, who's ship needs a REALLY good cleanup? cause if you're going into battle, you might as well pay more attention to your duties than to some stench

[Trevorrex]

The Excelsior does. Following the victory over the orions, the crew threw a week long party, mostly consisting of vodka. Let's just say the bathroom facilities were inadequate.

The ship is at Dock 8.

[SgtRicko]

Alright, everybody. We've got some new ships, new weapons, and fresh faces, so I suppose it's time to get on the offensive again.

Intelligence believes that the mole we were having all those problems with headed to the moon of Ganymede shortly after his escape. Sensors show that there have been no ships leaving the moon recently, so we can assume that he's still there. We also believe that this moon is where all the Orion's local comm relays and systems responsible for hacking us are located at, so this means that the destruction of this base will pretty much end any cyber attacks on the Federation.

However, the moon has been pretty well fortified with several ground-based mass driver cannons, along with three platoons of Scorpion class tanks and what appears to be about a company's worth of hired guns and such. There are also various other defenses in place as well (mainly a small missile battery and a group of anti-infantry turrets on the base's flanks), but we can't be sure as to the full extent of these defenses until we actuall commit to the attack and see it for ourselves.

The base also has an electromagnetic shield which can deflect any projectile: bullets, phasers, missiles, etc. Thus, we''ll have to send in a spec-ops team first to power down the shields so as to make an attack possible. So far, Chaos and I have signed up for this part, but any additional help, particularly in the form of a heavy weapons specialist or somebody with REALLY good tank busting skills, would be appreciated.

Once Ganymede's shield's go down, the orbital bombardment shall begin, at which point all ground forces will be whisked away to safety from the bombardment. At this point, the mission's probably going to be over pretty soon, since the area doesn't seem to have any Orion ships around with the exception of the ones that escorted the mole away. Oh, and as for the mole... take him alive if possible, but otherwise, don't concern yourself for his safety: I doubt he'll tell us anything valuable even if interrogated.


The attack will begin tomorrow at 12:00 hours. Therefore, anyone who's going to participate in this operation better prep up, cause it's going to be a while before you'll be able to rest again.

Seargent Major Ricko out.

[ein1017]

Well thanks to deso the ship can now move but will still need to dock to finish up the repairs. Since the troubles we are having I figured it would be safer to personally hand in the report about what we found.

[sovietmisaki]

during the cleaning of the Excelsior the cleaning crew I sent in took a week to fix the plumbing system seems that we needed to put in a new one to handle such events, and it would seem that my men almost fell to the stench, boy, what did you're guys eat anyways? well the Excelsior is now in tip top shape and is ready for re-deployment at anytime

[Nilsog]

Thank you for your order, President Trevorrex.

The following Ambassador Class starships have been taken-

FSS Enterprise -Nilsog
FSS Excalibur -Trevorrex

There are still some left, we need these ships to have the best captains we have, so I need volunteers to come forward *rich volunteers*

These ships remain-

NCC 26849 FSS Adelphi
NCC 266324 FSS Gandhi
NCC 105324 FSS Horatio
NCC 26198 FSS Valdemar
NCC 26510 FSS Yamaguchi
NCC 26136 FSS Zhukov

[Trevorrex]

Yeah, they combined all the leftovers in the fridge and blended them. Thankyou for the cleanup soviet.

The Excelsior will participate in the orbital bombardment. We are stocking up on torpedoes as we speak.

Oh and I'd like to point out that phasers are directed energy weapons, not projectile weapons.

[SgtRicko]

Oh and I'd like to point out that phasers are directed energy weapons, not projectile weapons.

Still though, you're 'projecting' the phasor in a direction when you fire, so in a sense, you could also say that a phasor is a projectile weapon in the way a bullet would be... but meh, it's your call.:|

[Statalyzer]

*Unity's patched-up impulse engines are working and she begins heading at sublight speed back towards earth*

Adm. Statalyzer: "We need to look carefully over all the settings that were changed and commands that were ordered by the spy, if we know how he did it, we can change our system to be more spy proof."

*Several hours later. . . .*

Lt. Boren: "Chief Crewman Henry Benson is no longer aboard the ship, sir, computer confirms he hasn't been here for over a day. He may have been the one who transported over to the Orion."

Cmdr. Krasnodar: "He wasn't killed, so there's no other way he could have left the ship. Perhaps that's how he was able to alter our systems - he didn't even need to hack, he just used his own normal access to Engineering that all technical crew have."

Adm. Statalyzer: "We'll have to report this to HQ whenever this thing finally limps back to earth."

[ein1017]

*Incoming transmission from the Hathaway.*

WARNING: This ship is now quarantined until further notice. Do not attempt to board this ship. If this ship attempt to land or board without being cleared, you have permission the destroy the ship. DO NOT MAKE CONTACT WITH THIS VESSEL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!!

[chaoscontrol512]

Still though, you're 'projecting' the phasor in a direction when you fire, so in a sense, you could also say that a phasor is a projectile weapon in the way a bullet would be... but meh, it's your call.:|
Either way, it'll still be difficult to do some serious damage to the base while the shields are up.

I am approaching Ganymede in my own personal transport. It would be best to restrict the special ops team to as few soldiers as possible in order to avoid detection. My weapons are fully loaded and I have some explosives for taking out the shield generator. I'm ready to go! Just say the word...

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: Adm. Stat, we are ready to escort you back to spacedock whenever your ready, just tell us and we'll follow close behind to protect you from any ships that may show up.

Commander Sims: Sir, we're ready to beam back over.

Captain Gaucho: Alright, see you when you get back. Lt. Akbar I want you too take a couple of security teams to apprehend the supposed Orion spy thats floating around the ship. If it's true that the Orion spy had already gotten off the ship then this guy might just be a decoy.

Lt. Akbar: Yes sir. Security teams 1 and 2, meet me on deck 12.

Captain Gaucho: Ohh and Lt. don't loose him like Seers did.

Lt. Akbar: Yes sir.

Lt. Hunter: Sir, apparently the new Ambassador class Starship is finished.

Captain Gaucho: Hmm, send a transmission to Admiral Nilsog telling him that I'd like to command one.

Lt. Hunter: Message sent.

Captain Gaucho: Now we'll just wait on the Unity to get ready.

[SgtRicko]

Either way, it'll still be difficult to do some serious damage to the base while the shields are up.

I am approaching Ganymede in my own personal transport. It would be best to restrict the special ops team to as few soldiers as possible in order to avoid detection. My weapons are fully loaded and I have some explosives for taking out the shield generator. I'm ready to go! Just say the word...

Hold up -- I'm still waiting for some starships to join up with us for the assault after the shield goes down.

[Statalyzer]

It'll take us months to return to Sector 001 on impulse power. If we can get warp drive working we can rush in to support the bombardment.

[chaoscontrol512]

Hold up -- I'm still waiting for some starships to join up with us for the assault after the shield goes down.
Roger that...standing by...

[Nilsog]

FSS Ranger NCC-27918 shall be at your disposal, Capt. Gaucho.

[Trevorrex]

Dear Citizens:

I am officially resigning as President. My reasons are my own, but suffice it to say, I am no longer capable of carrying on my Presidential duties.
I am going away into the galaxy to learn for a while. I hope what information I can gather on my journey into the unknown will benefit the Federation.
Nilsog is now President, please accord him the respect he deserves. Wish me luck on my journey.

Farewell.

Trevorrex.

[Nilsog]

CITIZENS OF THE FEDERATION!

It is with a sad heart, I take up the office of President of the Terran Federation.

I shall be resigning my post as Commander Starfleet, and turning that position over to Fleet Admiral Keene Statalyzer. The Enterprise is now yours, Admiral. I expect you to lead our armed forces as good, if not better than myself. I have high expectations of you.

As for the rest of you, the hour of our return to a galactic superpower is at hand. I expect you all to do your best to ensure the needs of the Federation and its member planets are met, and exceeded.

Mr. Trevorrex, I thank you for your years of dedicated service to the Federation. Without you, we would probably still be speaking DENSA-ese. I bid you farewell. Live long and prosper.

[SgtRicko]

As for the rest of you, the hour of our return to a galactic superpower is at hand. I expect you all to do your best to ensure the needs of the Federation and its member planets are met, and exceeded.

And you know what else could help??? SHIPS TO HELP ESCORT MY TRANSPORTS!!! For god's sakes, we've been overdue for about three to four days now guys, wait any longer and our mole's gonna die of old age!:irked:

[sverkuijlen2000]

<lurker mode off>

My god, this is still alive?
The last I remember of this was being a sentient robot captain of the "Prometheus" :p

So, how have you all been?

[ein1017]

A small capsule reaches the space dock orbiting earth. It is a message capsule from the Hathaway.

*This is for the president's eye only*

Sir I have decided to send a hard copy of part of my report insure the maximum best chance of this not falling into the wrong hands. I will meet you personally when I get there. Time stamp, before we left Pluto.

Report on the outpost

The outpost was here to keep an eye on this solar system and to make sure a military threat does not come up. I believe if it was not for the outpost being wiped out, we would not have been able to reach the technological level we are at now.

All the data at the outpost is still there. No one bothered to wipe out the data core. Granted part of it is encrypted but this definitely holds valuable information on the Orions. I believe even their home worlds location is in here. I am the only person who has this info. I insured that all data is transferred to me first for safekeeping.
_______________________________________
report about what happened to the outpost

What we have been able to gather is this was an Orion outpost. Looks like the outpost has been abandoned more on the lines of 500 years ago. The scary part is there are still bodies in here. Some of them looked like they died on the spot and others from weapons fire. Some areas where locked from the inside. Something happened here and from the remaining records we have found, it sounded like a type of disease that affected the mind and made the victim homicidal. The disease incubation period is around 22 hours.

The disease, as far as they could figure out, came from an asteroid that hit near the outpost and the Orions brought it in for study. The scientists where naturally first and basically went crazy and started trying to kill the rest of the outpost. A military force was dispatched to detain the rogue scientist and they where locked up. From there the situation went downhill until 2 months later everyone but the commander was left alive. Through his have crazed mind he managed to keep up with his reports until he died of starvation 1 year later.

The disease spreads through fluid contact and breath. Sir the disease is still there. Fortunately we where able to detect the disease before it spread onboard. See when the disease is in the air, it actually glows with an unnaturally green tint. Deso’s crew came after we discovered this so as far as we know, Deso’s crew is clean. We have taken the strictest measure to insure it does not get onboard. The crew began to call the disease “Space craze” I think the name is a good one since it seems to be able to survive in space.

[SgtRicko]

Since no one has decided to send a ship to support my op, I'll guess I'll have to get someone in my debt then...

Alright... Stat, would it be OK if I were to use one of the marine assault transports to deliver you the parts you need for repairs, in exchange for you acting as my orbital bombardment and cover for our escape once the shields are down?

[Nilsog]

Sgt. Rick, per General Order 15776-3A, Subsection 5, Paragraph 2, I hereby temporarily promote you to Lieutenant General in Command of SFMC. General Wargrudge has taken Emergency leave due to an unexpected illness. You now have command.

[Avapodnaught]

Data Pod from the remains of Mech Worlds:
set to relay message to president of the Terran Federation
messaging, abrupt change, seeking, seeking, seeking,
found transmission alpha, set to relay, seeking, seeking, seeking, seeking,
connection lost, seeking, seeking, seeking, unable to find confirmation Trevorrex, seeking second in command, seeking, seeking, seeking....
Unable to find commander statalyzer, seeking new president, seeking, seeking, seeking,

Transmission ends...

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: Zack, are you ready to go over to the Unity and asses what they need to fully repair their engine.

Lt. Commander Costello: Yes. I have been gathering parts and equipment to take with me. I have also gathered together a team to assist.

Captain Gaucho: Alright, leave asap. I'm starting to get a bad feeling just sitting out here.

Lt. Commander Costello: Understood sir, we're on our way to transporter room 1 right now.

Captain Gaucho: Commander, I want you to be in charge of engineering while Zach is on board the Unity seeing as you used to be a chief engineer.

Commander Sims: I'm on my way to engineering then.

Captain Gaucho: Lt. Hunter, send a transmission to Admiral Stat saying this:"My best engineers are coming over to assist you in repairing your warp core. I'm ready to start heading back to safer space. I'm sure you understand what I talking about." Also send this message to Lieutenant General Ricko: "We will be able to assist you in the attack as soon as we can get the Unity's Warp capabilities back. Anything you can send as far as parts will be greatly appreciated since I believe that we are low in supply as it is. Thanks in advance for any help you give us."

Lt. Hunter: Alright, both messages have been sent. Sir what is this bad feeling you are having.

Captain Gaucho: I'm not sure yet but I'm not liking it.

[Statalyzer]

Alright... Stat, would it be OK if I were to use one of the marine assault transports to deliver you the parts you need for repairs, in exchange for you acting as my orbital bombardment and cover for our escape once the shields are down?

Gladly. With help from both you and the Exeter we should be able to finally get this thing repaired. Alliance is finally complete and able to leave Earth. She'll rendevzous with me and assist in the bombardement.

I shall be resigning my post as Commander Starfleet, and turning that position over to Fleet Admiral Keene Statalyzer.

Thank you president. I shall fulfil my duty with the utmost pride and honor, now please spell my first name correctly.

Lt. Boren: "Hahaha, it's still hilarious that your parents actually named you Keen Stataly-"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Shut the hell up, why don't you go repair the engines and stick your finger in a power relay socket"

Lt. Boren: "Aye, aye, sir!"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Wait, that was an insult, not an order!"

*There is a large power surge as all the lights in the ship turn off and come back on weakly.*

Dr. Kuma (on comm): "Sickbay here, I detected a power surge. Do I need to resusitate any electric shock victims?"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Affirmative."

Dr. Kuma: "I hope his brain power wasn't permanently damaged."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Don't worry, we wouldn't know the difference anyway."

[Nilsog]

My deepest apologies, Admiral. The Enterprise's new registry is NCC-1701-C. She is an Ambassador Class, due for completion within the week.

[SgtRicko]

*An assault transport pulls up next to Stat's starship*

Alright, help has arrived! Engineering team, do your thing!;)

Engineer Team: OK, set up the charges and we'll blow this thing to kingdom come! Detonation in 30, 29, 28-

Ricko: Huh? No, no wait-wait-WAIT!!! You're not supposed to blow the damn ship up, you're supposed to fix it you idiots!!!

Engineer 1: But I thoug-

Ricko: NO BUTS!!! Get to work fixing stopping the bomb countdown already, man!!!:gnasher:

Countdown timer: Detonation in 5, 4, 3, 2-- *Click* TIMER STOPPED!

Ricko: For Christs sakes man...:dead:

[Statalyzer]

*The repaired Unity and Alliance meet at the Rendezvous point with SgtRicko's men. Ricko and Statalyzer discuss the invasion on the bridge of Unity*

Adm. Statalyzer: "Two ships may not be enough for this operation. Ensign Eglise, send out a general subspace message: 'All ships within 12 hours of our location at warp are ordered to join the Admiral's ships to prepare for planetary bombardment.' Can we afford to delay the attack any longer than that, Ricko?"

Lt.Cmdr Axon: "Final offensive status run-through indicates everything is functional."

Lt. Sharma: "The damage in engineering wasn't able to be repaired completely, but there are no major flaws. Gaucho and his crew know their stuff - they hit us just perfectly to shut down the warp engines with the least amount of permanent damage possible. We'll still need to dock for repairs, but we can procede with the operation."

Ensign Eglise: "Message sent, Admiral. I still can't isolate that last transmission from Ein, there is too much distortion to assertain exactly where it came from."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Very well. After this invasion is over Unity will head to Yokosuka Naval Yard for repairs while Alliance takes the "twins" with her to search for Ein and attempt to locate the ship on long range sensors and scan for the source of the problem. Contact Cochrane and Copernicus with this information."

Ensign Eglise: "Yes sir."

[SgtRicko]

In all honesty, all we really need is just three starships so as to deal with the three escorts that took the mole to Ganymede, and to commence the bombardment once my team kills the shields and missile defense.

But hey, the more the merrier!;)

(BTW, the attack can wait as long as no ships take off from Ganymede. The whole reason why we're doing this is to take out the Orion's last remaining foward base and capture (or kill) the mole who launched the cyber attacks and sabotaged our ships).

[Nilsog]

Stop lallygaging and get this op underway!

[SgtRicko]

Stop lallygaging and get this op underway!

I say once again, I need STARSHIPS, at least three!

(Don't worry about transport, I already got that taken care of!)

[Nilsog]

Enterprise and Excalibur, while still in trial phases, are armed and available for this operation. I suggest you make good use of them.

[Statalyzer]

I've ordered Enterprise to head over. Keep in touch, Ricko, we will fire on your signal.

[SgtRicko]

I've ordered Enterprise to head over. Keep in touch, Ricko, we will fire on your signal.

Alright then. The operation will begin tomorrow.

[sovietmisaki]

well since i been kind of AWOL a little too long, I've decided to take the remains of lost ships, both former enemy and allied ships from past battles with many being in various states of repair, as I do have a job as the main cleaning man, it will take some time to put together a few ships using spare parts found along the way, and send the rest of the spare parts to commanders who may need them. sovietmisaki out.
P.S some of the spare parts include engines for enterprise class sized ships, and will use my space freighter to bring the equipment.

[SgtRicko]

Alright everyone -- as of now, the assault on Ganymede shall commence!


First, me and two of my squads will be dropped 10 km NW outside of the Orion base and will travel to the top of the nearby plateau. Once there, we will use it’s elevation to recon the area and also place three portable artillery guns so as to create a distraction when needed. Meanwhile, another team will land 7 km SE of the base in a deep ravine, in which they will use to stealthily travel to the base and bypass the minefields on the flanks of the base.

When my squads are done, we will then wait for the second team to quietly infiltrate the base through the ravine and attempt to find any way to deactivate the mines and possibly the automated anti-infantry defenses. They can do this by either by hacking into the defense net (and possibly even overriding control of the defenses to our side) or by destroying the power grid’s connection to the defenses so as to cripple or outright disable some of the turrets. The team will then exit the base and sabotage the Scorpion tanks if possible, and then escape to the ravine and meet with my teams.

Once that is done, the assault proper will begin as we start to fight our way through the (hopefully) deactivated minefield, taking out any of the anti-starship guns on the way while the artillery we placed earlier will provide a distraction/cover for our forces until we reach the base. Once inside, we must then fight our way to the mainframe room and see if we can recover any data related to the Orion’s cyber-warfare attacks and acts of sabotage by the mole along with anything else in those databanks of theirs. If we’re lucky, we may even run into the mole in there; if we do, we’ll attempt to bring him in alive (though I hope you’ll understand if he ends up getting killed in the ensuing firefights).

The infiltration team should have fought their way to the shield generator itself by this point. All they have to do is just take down the damn thing by means necessary (.i.e. BLOW IT STRAIGHT TO FREAKIN HELL!!!), so that shouldn’t be too hard unless the Orion Mercs wise up to us. If so, I’ll try to speed up the op in the mainframe room so we can assist. Finally, our teams will gather up and head to the power generators to the whole base and destroy those as well, if the opportunity arises.

And as soon as the shields and defenses go down, we’ll head to the hangars and signal for evac, which is where the starships will come in. All they’ll have to do is just beam us the hell out of there and then finally commence the bombardment of the base. Once that’s done, its Mission accomplished, boys!

WARNING: The Orion’s three escort ships are still somewhere in the area, so be warned!

--COMMENCE THE OPERATION!!!







Four hours later...


This is Ricko to Fleet: we have successfully landed, and are setting up the portable artillery guns on the plateau as we speak. Charlie team will contact you shortly on their progress in the ravine…

Charlie Leader: Roger that, we’re A-OK here as well. Ran into an Orion probe droid, but we managed to find a Wookie to blast the thing before it made that odd loud bleepy noise it makes. Expect little resistance from the outside from what we’ve seen so far. We’ll contact you when we’ve completed the current objective, over…



Thirty Minutes Later…


Charlie Team Leader: Alright, we’re past the base perimeter. Encountered a couple of the mercs and Orions on the way to the objective, but managed to take them out quietly enough. Basically on the final stretch here, sorta. Just got to get past the next room and down the staircase; that might be a bit of a problem, since the staircase has a camera and there happens to be a break room just to the left of it (which seems to be pretty occupied)… gonna have to improvise here…

*The team leader pauses to think*

Charlie Team Leader: Alright. Vick, you got a flash bang?

Cpr. Vick: Sure do.

Charlie Team Leader: Good. Think you can toss it just above the camera’s viewpoint?

Cpr. Vick: I could try… not an easy arc, though…

Charlie Team Leader: Kenneth, I want you to sneak up to the camera and disable it at the exact same moment Vick throws the flash bang, but also make sure to do it BEFORE the flash bang goes off; afterwards, I’ll go in and silence ‘em. Got it? Okay, on the count of three, two, one… GO!

*Vick throws the flash bang successfully into the room, while Kenneth disrupts the connection of the camera just in time before the flash bang went off*

Charlie Team Leader: Okay now for the kill!

*Charlie Team Leader goes in with the team and quietly subdues the whole room while they were still stunned from the flash bang*

Charlie Team Leader: …And I think that’s the last guy. Alright, should be a straight shot to the Defense Grid’s control room from here on.

Cpr. Vick: And here comes the nasty part…

Charlie Team Leader: Guns at the ready boys, eliminate anyone in the control room, LETS GO!

[Statalyzer]

Transmission to Captain Gaucho:

This is Admiral Statalyzer. You contacted me earlier and said you were available to assist in the bombardment. Can you still bring your ship over here?

[chaoscontrol512]

As reported earlier, we've managed to infiltrate the base, encountering minimal resistance, the occasional Orion merc or two, but not much else. Anyways, I've reaced their main computer room, I'm going to take out the guards and enter their database, see if I can find anything of use in there.
Orion Guard: We've just received information that a massive Federation attack is imminent. Radar has already detected three starships in orbit or approaching. If they find out what's in these computers, we're fragged. Let's take 'em out!
*the guard being shooting the computers*
CC512: NO! We need those files!
/me kills the guards before they can destroy all the computers*
CC512: Crap! We've been detected. Everybody, prepare for counterattack! I'll try and shut down the mines from here.

[SgtRicko]

*Ricko sees that the turrets are powering down*

Excellent! The infiltrators did their job, now it’s time to do ours! ALL SQUADS OPEN FIRE ON THE ORION PATROLS, AND THEN HEAD TO THEIR BASE!!!

*Combat between the three squads and Orion forces begins*

Sev: Boss, I’ve spotted a Scorpion tank headed our way!

Ricko: Get Scorch to blast it, he’s got the anti-armor equipment! You just keep on sniping the mercs, Sev!

Scorch: One flame broiled tank crew, coming right up!

*Scorch fires the Anti-Tank missile and hits the Scorpion right in the cockpit*

Scorch: Bullseye!

*Three more Scorpion tanks appear in the distance*

Scorch: Oookay, definitely not an ideal situation…:uhh:

Ricko: Aww dammit, they’re closing in quick… Get Charlie Team on the comms, tell them to reactivate the minefield, ASAP!!!

[Statalyzer]

Cmdr. Krasnodar: "Any sign of the 3 Orion escorts?"

Lt.Cmdr. Avis: "Negative, Commander. My guess is they know we're up here and are either staying away or else are trapped on the planet's surface knowing if they try and take off and leave we'll find them and blast them."

Ensign Eglise: "Still no reply from any of the fleet, Admiral."

Adm. Statalyzer: "How can there not be any ships within 12 hours of this place? We're in our own solar system! How can I be Fleet Admiral if I don't even know where my own fleet is?"

*Suddenly the ship shakes*

Lt. Williams: "Nothing to worry about, sir, it appears to be gravitronic fluctuations caused by the unstable remains of Jupiter as the debris cloud collapses into itself."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Is it possible that the Orion escorts are hiding inside that cloud?"

Lt. Williams: "It's possible sir, but they'd have no way to scan outside the cloud or communicate with home base, so they'd have no way of knowing we are here."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Still, they could escape by exiting the opposite side of the cloud. Send a probe inside, when it gets back to us we should have a better idea what the inside of that thing looks like."

Lt. Williams: "Aye aye, sir, contacting Lt. Kuma in medical."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Why don't you just send the probe out yourself?"

Lt. Williams: "I'm a scientist, Admiral, not a proctologist."

*The Admiral is speechless*

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "I'll launch it myself Admiral, don't worry."

[SgtRicko]

Ricko: Bravo Team, go and charge ahead towards the base wall, the defenses shouldn’t cause a problem for us anymore!

Bravo Team Leader: Yes sir! Move out Bravos!

*Bravo Team maneuvers through the tank’s cannon-fire and other various random stray shots*

Bravo Team Leader: Just about there people, keep up the pace and get the charges ready! We’ll-- *BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM*

Ricko: What the-- THE DEFENSES ARE ACTIVE AGAIN?! If Charlie were at the controls then the turret defenses should be already off! And why haven’t the mines detonated, the tanks are going straight through the minefield! Fixer, get on the comms with Charlie and see what the hell is wrong!

Fixer: Already on it, but the line seems dead…

Ricko: Keep trying! Buz, we’re gonna need the artillery right about now, so be ready to use your laser designator for the barrage when I give the signal! Ready?

Buzz: Hold on, I need a better vantage point, this area jus- *POW!*

Ricko: What the fu—SNIPER!!! Eveybody get down and take cover!!!

*Ricko looks around and observes how his men are virtually out in the open*

Ricko: No no no, this isn’t gonna work… we’re sitting ducks out here…

Fixer: Sir, the line with Charlie is still not responding!

Sev: Alpha’s got another man down! Sir, what are we going to do, sit out here and die like this!?!

Ricko: EVERYBODY INTO THAT CRATER NOW! I’M CALLING THE ARTILLERY ON THIS GENERAL AREA, SO GET READY!!!

*Ricko throws a beacon towards the area where tanks are incoming*

Ricko: Here goes…

*the beacon transmits its location to the artillery, and then shortly the whining sound of the shells are heard. The Orions apparently understood what that meant as well since they began to hide moments before they made impact. The barrage goes on for a little over thirty seconds or so before it finally goes quiet.*

*Ricko takes a look with his suit’s zoom function*

Ricko: OK, a gap’s been made in the wall to the right, all teams haul ass for that hole now before the Orions wise up!

[chaoscontrol512]

Ricko: Aww dammit, they’re closing in quick… Get Charlie Team on the comms, tell them to reactivate the minefield, ASAP!
*ChaosControl512 is still in the computer room*
Roger...reactivating minefield.
*The Scorpions roll over the mines, setting them off. They explode in a huge fireball.*
There you go, Ricko. Do you want me to keep the mines online in case more tanks come? I don't know how the turrets came back online, they must be able to be remotely activated from a place other than here. I'll turn 'em off for now, but it's only a matter of time before they come back on.

While I was rummaging around in their database, I found information about a source of funding, I don't know who is behind it or where the money is coming from.

Anyways, I'm going to take out that shield generator.

*** end transmission ***

[Nilsog]

*listens to starfleet communications from Earth*

I've had enough of this, Lt. Terrio, meet me at the air tram station.

*at Spacedock*

This is President Nilsog, I am assuming command of the FSS Eagle, and will be en route to the operation at Gannymede.

*TRANSMISSION TO FSS UNITY*

Admiral, where would you like me?

[SgtRicko]

Ricko: This is Ricko to Fleet: We’ve gotten into the base, but not without casualties. Bravo Team is dead, along with two members of Alpha (Delta’s A-OK though), so we’re definitely not in the best shape down here. Currently, we’re fighting our way to the shield generator, but since Charlie Team has reported that the turrets have a remote control system, it means we’ll have to eliminate whoever’s currently in possession of it.

*Ricko looks ahead*

Ricko: Well, we just arrived at the door to the shield generator room. Looks reinforced, but I’m sure a charge on the lock mechanism should cause it to open up for us. Commence door breach, Deltas.

*Delta Team gets into position while Scorch places the charge on the door. He then backs off*

Scorch: Charge set, detonation in three, two one…

*BANG*

Ricko: Frags out! *BANG* Let’s clear out this room before any more Orions arrive!

*A small firefight ensues for about a minute before the shield generator is cleared out*

Ricko: Good work. Get to work on those explosive charges, Alpha Team; Delta Team will cover you.

*All of a sudden several Orion squads blast their way through the vent shaft and eastern doorway, along with some strange kind of armor unit which begins to lay waste to the whole room*


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a0/Rev6_mech.JPG


Sev: What the hell IS that thing?!:dismay:

Ricko: Scorch, rockets, NOW!!!

[chaoscontrol512]

This is President Nilsog, I am assuming command of the FSS Eagle, and will be en route to the operation at Gannymede.


So now President Nilsog is coming into this? Wow, looks like things are heating up.

This does not look good, that mech seems to be well armored. We're outnumbered here! I'm not sure how much longer we're going to hold out...SON OF A B-

* CC512's transmission suddenly ends *

[Avapodnaught]

Authorization transmission "president nilsog"



History of the Mech Worlds (original warp side 'balanced')

Mech Worlds was a cyborg creation created on a planet with little supply for the mechanical species to evolve and develop, choice to destroy them by a creator who was too caution and was suspicious about everything....

The species was supposed to fight back against the creators enemies, and become the new police force of the galaxy, but the project ended after many tamperings with the files, and the creators race was destroyed by the borg,

The creatures of machine adapted and made modular mechanisms to show the planet had life that needed to be rescued, and eventually they were, and released onto a large planetary system where they expanded and started off as a trade union seeking pieces to add to themselves, and they made their own hollow planet that possesed technology to manufactor the species, they were becoming quite powerful and they ran into the borg, who they fought off deeper away, when they anchored their planet away, the system was overun, and taken, destroyed, and borgzessed, until the swarn enemy of the borg returned to swipe them away...

The Fuzors, as they were called, colonized three mechular planets near the galaxies surrounding earth, to explore and expand, but they found themselves in the middle of a war, and tryed to think of what was right, and aided the Terran Federation, against the Orions, only ot be betrayed by the Terran federation, a covert operationalist used persuasion to get the allies of the Orions to take down the commanding ship, and unveil a new weapon, the rift generator, afterwards, their planetary destructor took down the first mech planet, and then another, they used a new scope enhancer ray to make the range furthen as the last planet skewed away, and missed...

The Fuzors took revenge upon the weapon, took it, and left , only to be destroyed by a cover up by the same covert op before, attacked with the rift generator, which had become more powerful, the warp drill warped out at the ships destruction, and launched this message pod, the Imformant, and the warp drill tore a hole into another universe, where the mirror world of the Fuzors, where they were called teh Aviators, to deliver the message of plea to the commander of the region, Lord Mk the 3rd

[SgtRicko]

18 minutes later...

Ricko: The shield is down, I repeat, the shield is down, but that damn power armor ended up taking one of Chaos's men down as well! I don't think we're gonna be able to get the power generators, they're just too far into the base. As for the mole, we ne- *BANG*

Sev: Boss, the damn thing just blasted through the doors and it ain't happy to see us again!

Ricko: CRAP! All men, fall back again!

Fixer: Where to?! We're boxed in here!!!

Ricko: Admiral, beam everyone out of here NOW!!!

[Nilsog]

This is Eagle, standby for transport.

Engineering! Auxiliary power to the transporters! All Transporter rooms, lock onto the Federation signals on Gannymede and beam them up immediately!

*Ricko and his Marines are beamed to the Eagle*

Eagle to fleet, fire at will.

*Torpedoes and phasers obliterate the outpost*

[Statalyzer]

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "Admiral, remember how our transporter logs showed that Cadet Harris was beamed over to one of the Orion frigates right before Exeter blasted our propulsion?"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Yes, we concluded he was the mole."

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "Well, I was reviewing the incident to prepare a report for Starfleet, and I found out that Cadet Harris' lifesigns vanished from the ship aproximately 30 seconds before the transporter was activited. "

Ensign Eglise: "I also reviewed our communication logs and found evidence of erased data. It turns out someone from our ship contacted the frigate saying "He's dead, prepare to beam up his body."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Are you telling me the mole is still on board the ship, and he killed Harris and beamed him over to make it look like Harris was the mole?"

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "It would appear so. We're resuming full security and investigating."


*10 minutes later*


Ensign Eglise: "Message from the President sir: "Eagle to fleet, fire at will!"

Lt.Cmdr. Axon: "Sir, I can't lock the weapons! What the hell?"

*Eagle, Enterprise, and Alliance send spreads of torpedoes towards the Outpost, while the firepower of Unity remains dormant.*

Lt.Cmdr. Axon: "Somebody disabled the weapon lock by remote - ah ha! The bastard apparently doesn't know how to mask a signal though, it's coming from deck 7 section B4."

Lt. Boren: "I'm already on it, security to deck 7 lift ASAP. We've got him now!"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Mitchell is there anything you can do about the weapons in the meantime?"

Lt.Cmdr. Axon: "If we set up a computer link with Alliance, I should be able to manually target our phasers by copying the coordinates from her tracking computer."

*Unity's phasers join the bombardment. Soon the 4 ships have reduced the compound to rubble.*

Lt. Boren: "Bridge look out, the mole is headed for you!"

*A door opens and a man runs in, dodging a phaser shot coming from behind him. The mole turns around and shoots, easily dispatching a crewman in a red shirt, then blasts a control panel, causing an explosion which sends Lt. Malcom and The Admiral to the floor. "Death to the Terrans!" is his last words as simultaneous shots from Axon and Boren terminate him.

*Lt. Malcom has some electrical burns on his arm but is otherwise alright. Adm. Statalyzer, unconscious, is beamed directly to sickbay.*

Dr. Kuma: "This looks bad folks, some sort of extra-dimensional electric pulse has shut off most of his brain signals, I can probably keep him alive in a coma but that's it. We've got to get him to a medical station pronto! I'd recommend Dr. Yorkie, she's the best the Federation has."

Cmdr. Krasnodar: "Quick, to earth!"

***TRANSMISSION FROM FSS UNITY TO BOMBARDMENT FLEET***

This is Commander Kransodar. I'm taking command of Unity because the Admiral is incapitated, we're heading back to Earth immediately. Captain Johnson of Enterprise, as a Commander I cannot order you to make any move, but the Admiral had previously mentioned your ship returning to Earth to finish trials, so that is my recommended course of action. Alliance and Enterprise are both under the president's direct command now, until the Admiral is revived.

*Krasnodar gulps nervously and mutters to herself: "If he's revived."*

[Nilsog]

My best wishes to the crew of the Unity.

I am transferring my command to Enterprise, the rest of the fleet is to return to Earth for some much needed R&R. All commanders, I need status reports.

[chaoscontrol512]

Could one of you guys beam me back to the surface of Ganymede? My transport is still down there. Thanks :)

[Avapodnaught]

Mirror Side of Universe Tape


The Fuzors as they were known in the regular time flow here were called the Aviators, created near same say in the other universe, but were unruly and killed their creature, and took his ship to be in silence from the worlds that they stood no chance against,

The species that were rather powerful against the borg had taken them seriously down, and the Avaitors observed them, they learned the secrets to survive, and conquer, so they quickly took over the collective, to create Mech Worlds, easily one of the most feared ring of nine planets in many galaxies, they grew powerful and conquered,

The Terran Federation was unjust and destroyed those who wouldn't join them, and the clash between the Aviators and the Federation began, and since earlier links between the universe was already in place, they had farther advanced technology than other dimensions, and they were stuck in war,

A planetary destruction weapon was given as a 'seal of truce' between the Fuzors and the Aviators, and the Aviators dominated, the Aviators in question will soon strike down the Terran Federation and Orions, prepare to be terminated

[ein1017]

*Incoming transmission from the Hathaway*

*Audio Only*

A lot has happened since last transmission and since I made sure that no one can track me down by following the message I am sure some of you are worried. Well you should be. I don't have much time so let me be brief. The disease that we found somehow escaped containment and affected most of the crew. Once the first symptoms was discovered, I ordered a complete lock down of ship except for life support. By the time I placed the entire crew in quarantine, it was too late. Luck was on our side by the fact the disease does not do as much damage to humans as it did to the Orions. Surprisingly enough, even electronics are effected. It seems to be able to basically short circuit anything. But from I can gather, the stronger the current, the less likely for the disease to survive.

The result is most of my crew is either dead or permanently disabled. I too was affected but came out of it will little damage. The remaining crew that can do some good is working around the clock to keep the ship running. Even though we disease has passed through us, I believe it is still on the ship and until we can find a vaccine we are still under quarantine. I have sent our position along with this message just in case.

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: What in the name of .... GGGrrrrrrrrhhhh....

Commander Sims: Sir we have restored our systems back to normal.

Lt. Commander Seers: Sir I got the Orion fugitive.

Captain Gaucho: Well that's some good news. Good job John, I think it's time you returned to your post on the bridge.

Commander Sims: But sir, I thought that reprimanded him and was going to ..

Captain Gaucho: That's what we wanted everyone to think. The way the Orion was being so erratic we new that something was going on. He was checking our weaknesses. We also figured he was monitoring us whether it be visually or audio. The slipup was intentional, to find out what he was going to do. John slipped a tracking sensor on him so we could monitor him completely.

Commander Sims: I understand now. But why didn't we continue to monitor him.

Captain Guacho: Because when he stopped and started to access a main control conduit in a Jeffreys tub in engineering I had John take him out.

Commander Sims: But how did you give the signal, I mean you didn't contact him.

Captain Gaucho: That's our little secret. Anyways Lt. Hunter what's been going on since our little communications blackout.

Lt. Hunter: Well, the communications net I made captured several transmissions, the first one was Unity contacting us to assist at Ganymede, the second one was for any ship within 12 ours of Sol to assist at the same place. The third is for all ships to return to Earth for R&R and full debriefing by all commanding officers.

Captain Gaucho: Well then set a course for Earth now Ensign.

Ensign Reeves: Course set at warp 5.

[chaoscontrol512]

/me obtains the access code for the Eagle's teleporters from the ship's database. *
/me teleports himself back to Ganymede's surface, where he reclaims his transport. *
Oh did I forget to tell you guys? I'm a freelance bounty hunter. Now that my work here is done, I shall be moving on. If you guys ever need my services again, just say so, and I'll see what I can do, provided the price is right. Don't worry about this one, I'll let it go free.
Adios, Terrans...for now.
/me takes off and flies away. *

[SgtRicko]

We’ve had some time to analyze the data that Chaos managed to obtain from the Orion’s databanks on Ganymede, and are currently at 95% completion. The full report of what was collected should be ready within the next hour or so, so make sure to check your –

*Ricko receives a call*

Hello?... Yes… Yes… aahh, that’s great news… Ok, just upload onto my computer, I’ll transmit the data to them myself. Thanks for the expediency!

Well, well. Looks like intel’s already finished! I’ll send the data out for you all to read right away!






ORION DATA REPORT (SUMMARY):


All data essentially indicates that all Orion activity has effectively ended within our solar system… all remaining Orion starships were ordered to leave within the month… the Ganymede base was to be the last to evacuate as it was tasked as acting as an early warning sensor net against us…

…There is a confirmation that there indeed is an inside financial source within the Terran Federation, most likely a private company involved in the nano recorder production business… True level of corruption uncertain, though speculated to be rather moderate to high… There are only three people involved in this inside source, this is confirmed due to a payload signed by an Orion ship captain that corresponds to the serial # of several missing shipments of nano recorders… suspected that the insiders may be giving away the info and/or location of the ships carrying the nano recorders so as to allow the Orion pirate units to easily track and attack them… Reason(s) for stealing such items unknown…

…On subject of Don Vaklu… suspected head of Orion pirate groups and other various illicit activities in this region of space No data available on age, or appearance, though definitely male, often with an escort of Orion slave girls at his side… Confirmed money link to the slave trade in the Hesita system… Confirmed traces to laundered money and bank accounts… significant ties to the criminal underworld… Strongly linked to the mole within StarFleet… may very well have hired him… Subject overall value: HIGH

…Status of “Warp Drill” weapon is most likely under Orion R&D…

…The Orions also seemed to be experimenting on a sort of biological weapon of sorts, capable of affecting anything that has a significant level of electromagnetic activity within, ranging from organics to mechanical systems… Unknown whether it is a virus, bacteria, or possibly a form of spore… Whether the bio weapon is originally their own creation is unknown, but the data gathered seems to suggest that it may be a foreign agent even to them… data summary below…

Codename: ‘Star Rage’

Bio-safety Class Required: 5

Symptoms: Fever, headache, nausea, gradual loss of motor control, and eventually a total loss of sanity, sometimes death

Incubation Period: N/A
NOTE: the bio weapons’ effects are extremely rapid: within 20-30 minutes, a subject can go from completely healthy to uncontrollably insane and ill)

Infection Potential: EXTREME


(This virus sounds REAAAAL familiar… I think this might be what the team at Pluto encountered!)


Well, that was a damn long report -- 38 pages of info, all of it pretty juicy and vital, that’s a good thing. But did anyone notice the utter lack of a report on the ship that destroyed Jupiter some time ago? I mean jeez, the data had info on all kinds of readings and scans collected over the months by the Orions, yet there isn’t a single drip of data related to it! Why didn’t they have it???

[chaoscontrol512]

The wherabouts of the Orion leader are currently unknown, and they are not listed in the data that I managed to extract from the Ganymede outpost. And since it's now nothing more than ash, there's not much more I can learn from there. Oh, and it may have been obvious, but the attack on Jupiter was both planned and launched from that base. But yeah, like Ricko said, there isn't a shred of intel that's related to the ship that actually did it.

[Daishi]

The Asclepius is making rendezvous with the damaged FSS Hathaway, and our science staff will attempt to identify and study the Star Rage pathogen so we don't risk our own ship and crew if we commence an evacuation of the Hathaway. I'll keep high command informed on what we find, and once fully dissected, we can most likely start producing a vaccine back on Earth.

[ein1017]

Daishi, one warning, make sure your men stay in suits at all times.

EDIT:After a clean bill of health, I am taking the Hathaway off duty for refit and repair and to replaced some crew members, this should take about a week. (Good way to explain my vacation)

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: (Captain comes over the shipwide comm system) Well now that we arrived at spacedock I am now commanding everyone to take a little R&R while the ship is being given minor repairs and refits. Only officers that I deem are necessary can stay. I need time to get a report gathered up for president Nilsog and Admiral Stat so I will be here until the rest of the crew has left the ship. If you need me I'll either be on the bridge, in my ready room, or in my quarters. That is all. ( Comm shuts off) Now then time to get my report gathered up. Commander you have the bridge.

Commander Sims: Yes sir. Well people lets start getting packed up.

[Daishi]

Commander Ein, It appears that your crew is disastrously sick, but we have discovered the pathogen has no way to penetrate our hazmats. We're going to put your vessel under quarantine. Since we cannot risk infection of the Asclepius's systems, I've called in a few tugboats to bring you to Starbase 401. The good news is we've developed a serum that should reverse the disease's progress on the crew, and it will be made ready for it at the station.
On a side note, the pathogen's capacity to attack and disable a ship's systems is still a mystery to us. Our science department is on it, but I can't promise an answer. Until then, your ship cannot be refit, though your crew may be healthy.

...

Oh dear... our impulse engine will not respond, though it's fully functional, and our structural integrity field is at 80%. I can only assume the worst, we've also been infected, and most likely through the transporter. Fortunately since our communications are still active, I'll send a distress call. We've got two ships to be towed... we're going to start sanitation a bit early today.

[Yorkie]

Sorry for the delay in bringing news of Adm. Statalyzer but it was touch and go for a while and I really didn't want to bring any news that might harm moral so now he is totally out of danger and should be able to return to his ship later today providing he only tends to light duties.

The cause of the problems was a serious virus which took us a while to diagnose, we have it on record now so if there are any more cases such as this we will be a step ahead.

[Statalyzer]

*Unity rendezvous with Alliance*

Adm. Statalyzer: "Glad to be back, looks like the whole darn fleet decided to get sick as soon as I couldn't keep my eye it while I was busy getting sick. Did anybody ever supply Yorkie with that extra Smirnoff Ice?"

Lt. Williams: "Approximately 75% of the Smirnoff was successfully transported to its destination."

Adm. Statalyzer: "What happened to the other 25%?"

Lt. Williams: "It was taken and consumed while the person in charge of transporting it was resting."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Taken and consumed?"

Lt. Williams: "Yes sir, the shuttlecraft had landed and the pilot was resting before loading the cases onto the transporter, and during this time 25% of the Smirnoff was removed from the cases by some thirsty soul who drank the Smirnoff but left the empty bottles."

Adm. Statalyzer: "That's amazing, I ordered an entire cargo load of that stuff. To be able to drink that much of it - besides you I can't think of anyone dumb enough that they wouldn't suffer greatly from losing so many brain cells. Who was piloting the shuttlecraft at this time?!"

Lt. Williams: "I was."

Adm. Statalyzer: "And you fell asleep while guarding it?"

Lt. Williams: "No sir, I was resting - relaxing with a nice sip of cold refreshing...uh...liquid."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Well, don't let it happen again."

*TRANSMISSION TO PRESIDENT NILSOG*

...This is Admiral Statalyzer inquiring on the status of Enterprise. Has she finished her trials and ready for full service yet? I'm going to take my 4 ships (2 cruisers and 2 frigates) on routine patrol, but in the meantime, what's the status report you have? What I've got is Exeter and Hathaway are the only ships currently at below condition good, thanks to this unusual virus. Anything I'm missing?...

[Gaucho8788]

(Gaucho sits comfortably in his ready room putting his report together for the Federation)
Captain Gaucho: Hmm, well what should I put here? (computer beep) come in.

Commander Sims: Sir, about 75% of the crew is off on shore leave and the rest is being reluctant, wanting to stay and help.

Captain Gaucho: Tim did we enter the Jupiter cloud before or after the Enterprise?

Commander Sims: !?!?!? Uhh sir, did you here what I said?

Captain Gaucho: Yes I did, do you remember the officers I said that could stay.

Commander Sims: No I don't, sir.

Captain Gaucho: Only the Senior Officers.

Commander Sims: Ohh ok. And to answer your question it was after the Enterprise.

Captain Gaucho: Thanks sims. Keep up the good work.

[SgtRicko]

...This is Admiral Statalyzer inquiring on the status of Enterprise. Has she finished her trials and ready for full service yet? I'm going to take my 4 ships (2 cruisers and 2 frigates) on routine patrol, but in the meantime, what's the status report you have? What I've got is Exeter and Hathaway are the only ships currently at below condition good, thanks to this unusual virus. Anything I'm missing?...

Other than the virus outbreak and the summary report that I filed earlier about the Orion database, absolutely nothing. Hell, I'd say that's it's been too quiet...

[Trevorrex]

*distorted comm channel*

Greetings citizens! I am speaking to you from the Pegasus Galaxy, which is Very Far Away. I have learnt much on my voyage with my alien benefactors, whom are incredibly advanced, however I have learnt little of any practical use. It's mostly been 'universal understanding' type stuff complete with phrases that sound very meaningful but in actuality are meaningless nonsense. Eg: 'The orchestra play perfectly, but are silent in character'.

My attempts to get a peek at the specs of their intergalactic hyperdrive have so far met with failure. I can only hope when I reach 'true enlightenment' they will give me all their cool stuff.

Citizen Trevorrex over and out!

PS: Gaucho gets a pay rise of 70%.

[SgtRicko]

*distorted comm channel*

Greetings citizens! I am speaking to you from the Pegasus Galaxy, which is Very Far Away. I have learnt much on my voyage with my alien benefactors, whom are incredibly advanced, however I have learnt little of any practical use. It's mostly been 'universal understanding' type stuff complete with phrases that sound very meaningful but in actuality are meaningless nonsense. Eg: 'The orchestra play perfectly, but are silent in character'.

My attempts to get a peek at the specs of their intergalactic hyperdrive have so far met with failure. I can only hope when I reach 'true enlightenment' they will give me all their cool stuff.

Citizen Trevorrex over and out!


Also, see if you can acquire a Nano Ripper or Fusion-powered Beer Cooler: the boys at the Marine Corps would TOTALLY love you for that if you ever come through, man!:D:p

[Daishi]

The tugboats have arrived and are hauling the FSS Hathaway and its crew to Starbase 401 for quarantine. There is a problem, though. We cannot risk the station's infection until we can learn more about the virus's ability to damage a ship's systems, so physical contact, even in via transporter, is out of the question. In the meantime, we can supply the Hathaway with freshly developed antibiotics, straight from Earth.

The Asclepius is staying put... the tugboats will come back for us when they drop off the Hathaway.

The Asclepius's medical and engineering department are right now searching for a method to kill the virus as it infects a ship's systems. Overload seems the most viable option, as it kills the pathogens without fail and should only require a few weeks of refit to restore optimum efficiency. It's the best we can do since computers don't have immune systems.

[SgtRicko]

Daishi, does your ship run on bio-neural circuitry (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Bio-neural_circuitry)? If it does, you might want to consider deliberaltely increasing the ship's temperature to about 120+ degrees farenheit so as to kill the Star Rage virus. I'm not sure if it will work entirely, but I think its worth a try, no?

[Nilsog]

*Transmission to Admiral Statalyzer, FSS Unity*

Enterprise has completed her trial runs and is completely operational, Admiral Statalyzer. It's good to have you back.

As for this 'star rage'... This is something we cannot let get out of control, it threatens the very... standby..

*Captain's chair wheels around to face science station, channel is muted while science officer speaks*

*Chair spins back around*

Admiral... our long range sensors have picked up an automated transport of unknown origin. My return to Paris shall have to wait, I am diverting Enterprise to investigate... this may have something to do with the virus.

*Enterprise out*

[Statalyzer]

*Transmission to President Nilsog, FSS Unity*

"Understood. We'll be performing some science experiments on the Jupiter cloud in the meantime to see if we can get a clue as to how to find the planet-killing weapon before it strikes again. Nothing we destroyed in the recent space battle gave any hints, maybe the Romulans learned something but we haven't been able to contact them. Have you heard anything?"

[ein1017]

This is Captain Ein speaking.
There seems to be an interesting side effect from this virus or 'space craze' as I call it. It seems like after the virus runs it course, it changes the brain to a certain degree. Some of the crew, including me, seems like have some form of esp. Still looking into it so no definite answer at the moment.

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: Man how long is it going to take these people to get gone.
(Knock knock knock)

Captain Gaucho: Hmm!? Come in.

Ensign Reeves: Sir, I would like to request to stay aboard and help in any way I can.

Captain Gaucho: Listen, I've already said that the only ones staying are Lt. Commander Costello, Lt. Commander Seers, and Commander Sims; even I'm going to take a break, you should to.

Ensign Reeves: But sir I can ...

Captain Gaucho: Silence! I already made my decision and thats final. I have my reasons which do not need to be discussed with you.

Ensign Reeves: Yes sir.
(Reeves is about to walk out of the Captains' ready room as the Captain stops him)

Captain Gaucho: I got a question for you by the way.

Ensign Reeves:.....uhh, umm, what.

Captain Gaucho: Why didn't you just ring the doorbell.

Ensign Reeves: I didn't know we had them.

Captain Gaucho: !?!? Get out of here.

[Statalyzer]

*RESEARCH REPORT TRANSMITTED FROM FSS COCHRANE.*

The Jupiter cloud is getting unstable, our ships have had to leave. The entire planet apparently broke down at the microscopic level - individual atoms split apart all over the planet. It wasn't a typical fission reaction where a few atoms split and the pieces run into other atoms which split, etc - Jupiter isn't made out of fissile material anyway. Some large field passed through the area causing atoms all over the planet to break apart simultaneously. The radiation here is unprecedented and we had trouble getting readings.

We aren't really sure how such an energy field could be created without defying the laws of physics, but we did find that all ships passing through the cloud will absorb trace amounts of unusual quantum particles that slowly fade away. It's possible that whatever ship destroyed Jupiter left a trail, but there are so many trails criss-crossing the area that we can't tell which is which. The trail looks the same for every ship including our own 4 ships which have manuevered all over and masked other trails.

We can't continue researching unfortunately, due to the gravitron fluctuations.

[Nilsog]

*INCOMING TRANSMISSION, AUDIO ONLY*

Enterprise to any Fede....ion Sta...........jammin....ignal....unmanned drone carrying prototype....rage virus.....Earth....Admiral Statalz....Red Alert!...

*SIGNAL JAMMED AT SOURCE*

[Gaucho8788]

(Captain Gaucho is walking down a corridor to the stations command center)
Captain Gaucho: I think I finally finished my report. I'll go hand

Commander Sims: Sir come to the command center quick.
(Captain Gaucho rushes over)

Captain Gaucho: What is it.

Station Commanding Officer: We just received an urgent transmission from President Nilsog. It reads

"Enterprise to any Fede....ion Sta...........jammin....ignal....unmanned drone carrying prototype....rage virus.....Earth....Admiral Statalz....Red Alert!..."

Captain Gaucho: Have you tried scanning for an unmanned prob?

Station Officer 1: Sir I believe the prob that we are referring to is the one that the president went to investigate. After determining its telemetry, I found that it is heading towards earth.

Station Officer 2: Also it appears to have come from President Nilsogs last known location.

Captain Gaucho: Alright, put the repairs on standby. We're going after them.

Station Commanding Officer: Sorry but once we've started, even if we were to stop, it wouldn't do any good because we've already started to

Captain Gaucho: I understand. Is their a ship within range?

Station Officer 1: The only ones in range are Captain Ein and his group, and Admiral Stat. Unfortunately Ein and his ships have been contaminated by this unknown virus and comm to Adm. Stat is hard due to the increasing radiation from the Jupiter Cloud.

Captian Gaucho: Send a sub-space transmission to them, they'll receive it after they exit the radiation interference. What about the FSS Ranger NCC-27918?

Station Commanding Officer: Hey what are the stats on the Ranger.

Station Officer 2: She is about 75% complete. While the outer hull and most of the inner hull are complete, she has no weapons, no shielding, the deflector is at minimum operational status. Also the impulse drive is down as well as the warp drive.

Captain Gaucho: How long till the impulse and warp engines can be brought online?

Station Commanding Officer: I know what you're thinking but no.

Captain Gaucho: Give me a time.

Station Officer 2: If they rush it, maybe 3 days for the impulse and an extra 4 days for the warp engines. Even if they were ready the hull isn't even near ready to fly yet.

Captain Gaucho: Alright either get me the Ranger or get me the Exeter, I don't care which but we need to do something. We have to intercept that prob before it gets anywhere near Earth.

Station Commanding Officer: I'll see what I can do.

[Nilsog]

***PRIOTITY TRANSMISSION TO ALL FEDERATION STARSHIPS***

This is President Nilsog, aboard the FSS Enterprise.

I am putting the entire Federation on a state of high alert. While investigating the drone carrying the virus, 3 starships decloaked. They appeared to be of Romulan make, we did not make contact with them as they fired upon us. Even after taking moderate damage with our shields down, I am glad to say the Ambassador class starship is formidable in battle. We were able to destroy two of the vessels and the third cloaked and withdrew. Due to the current state of affairs with the Romulan Star Empire, I have no option but execute General Order 37- All starships encountering Vessels that seem to be of Romulan origin are to go to red alert and send a subspace distress signal immediatly. I will be dispatching an envoy to Romulan space as soon as possible to determine why this has happened.

As for the drone, we currently have it in tow, although our engines are disabled. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as we are still sitting ducks here.

*Enterprise Clear*

http://www.lcarscom.net/fsd/enterprise/1701c/1701c-1.jpg

[Statalyzer]

*Unity, Alliance, Cochrane, and Copernicus are gathering repair equipment from Yokosuka Naval Yard so they can come to the assistance of Enterprise.*

Computer Sound: [BEEP BEEP BOOP DOOP]

Adm. Statalyzer: "Come in."

*The door starts opening and then shuts, then starts reopening again, etc*

Computer Sound: [BEEP BEEP BO - BEEP BE - BEEP BEEP BOOP - BEE]

Adm. Statalyzer: "Stop playing with the door and get in here!"

Lt. Williams: "Sorry Admiral. We have an incoming message."

Adm. Statalyzer: "What? Where's Pierre?"

Lt. Williams: "I'm installing some new electronics at his station so I took over comm duties for him. The message says: All starships encountering Vessels that seem to be of Romulan origin are to go to red alert and send a subspace distress signal immediatly.' "

Adm. Statalyzer: "That's odd, they were our Allies as of last week. Who sent this message?"

Lt. Williams: "General Ordor Therdisevon, sir."

Adm. Statalyzer: "This has to be some sort of false transmission by the Orion, there's no General in the Federation Army by that name. Ignore the message and we'll proceed with our repair mission plans. "

[Nilsog]

*INCOMING DISTRESS SIGNAL*

This is Enterprise... We are under attack and unable to withdraw... assistan...

*END TRANSMISSION*

[SgtRicko]

Captain Gaucho, I want you to take some of the engines from my Marine Assault Ships. Currently, they're just sitting around doing nothing, so you might as well strip 'em of the engines and use them until you're done. Just make sure to return them, alright?;)


NOTE: The engines aren't going to be exeptionally fast or maneuverable -- their usual top speed is warp six, and since your ship is more demanding in terms of energy needed, I'm guessing that you won't be able to go that fast. Just thought you should know that.

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: How are we doing?

Station Commander: Well, we fixed what we could on the Exeter and got it back up and running. The Ranger is still in its construction phases so speeding it up, it still wouldn't have been flight worthy, especially with the Romulans as a possible enemy.

Captain Gaucho: Come again.

Station Commander: We got a transmission from the Enterprise saying that 3 ships appeared: but from cloak. They also appeared to be Romulan in Origin. They decloaked by the ship that Enterprise was intercepting and opened fire on the Enterprise.

Captain Gaucho: Commander Sims, (Commander Sims: Yes sir), contact most of our crew, tell them their shore leave has been cut short. (Commander Sims: Affirmative). Is she ready for departure.

Station Commander: As soon as you get your crew.

Commander Sims: Sir we got a message from Ricko, I'll patch it through.
"Captain Gaucho, I want you to take some of the engines from my Marine Assault Ships. Currently, they're just sitting around doing nothing, so you might as well strip 'em of the engines and use them until you're done. Just make sure to return them, alright?;)
NOTE: The engines aren't going to be exeptionally fast or maneuverable -- their usual top speed is warp six, and since your ship is more demanding in terms of energy needed, I'm guessing that you won't be able to go that fast. Just thought you should know that."

Captain Gaucho: Sims, Contact him back and tell him thanks but we won't be needing them.

Station Commander: It wouldn't matter anyways. It would probably have taken longer for us to switch out the engine.

Station Officer 1: Sir incoming transmission
" This is Enterprise... We are under attack and unable to withdraw... assistan..."

Captain Gaucho: Commander, tell the crew we'll beam them directly to the ship, (Commander Sims: Will do.)

Captain Gaucho: Time to get over to my ship.
(The Exeter regains its crew and heads for the position of the Enterprise)

Captain Gaucho: Warp 7, higher if you can manage it.

Ensign Reeves: Will do.

[Statalyzer]

*Unity, Alliance, Farragut, Copernicus, and Cochrane drop out of warp*

Lt.Cmdr. Avis: "Long-range sensors report one Federation Ambassador-class vessel and one unknown vessel. The unidentified vessel is emitting signals characteristics of tracking drones, and no lifeforms are aboard it."

Cmdr Krasnodar: "Can we confirm that is the Enterprise?"

Lt.Cmdr. Avis: "No, sir, there is interference from some sort of energy radiating out from the probe."

Ensign Eglise: "The interference is also preventing us from establishing communications."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Helm, maximum impulse towards their position. Hil, is there anything you can assertain about our ship?"

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "Propulsion appears to be non-functional. Life signs are faint but this might be due to interference. She has her shields up but their strength is unknown. I'm sending a scan of the interference to Science Officer Williams."

[A few minutes later]

Lt. Williams: "Portals on the surface of the probe appears to contain gasseous forms of the Rage Virus, sir. I can't tell if it's got any weaponry - the energy effect that it's projecting appears to slowly drain all shielding in it's radius."

Lt. Cmdr Axon: "Sir, our vessel is unleashing maximum phaser fire against the drone. . . . with apparently no effect whatsoever. It doesn't even appear to have shields raised!"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Well, at the very least we can give them 3 more targets to distract them. Signal Alliance and Farragut to follow me towards the drone and tell the frigates to see if they can aid our damaged vessel. Pierre, try to contact them through the interference."

*The following portions of the message make it through*

"This is...alyzer...can you...enterpri....any inform...st....of the drone would...we sh...disperse its weap....capt....charge of rep..."

Ensign Eglise: "Most of the message was lost, sir, I'm not sure if they'll be able to make sense of what's left."

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: How much longer?

Lt. Commander Seers: Maybe about 5 minutes. It appears that Admiral Stat is their with three other ships, all Federation.

Captain Gaucho: Alright, Lt. Hunter send a message to Admiral Stat. We need to get an assessment of the current situation and know what we need to get started on. John, take us to yellow alert status. Also I want shields at max and all weapons armed and on standby.

Lt. Hunter: Message sent.

Lt. Commander Seers: Sir shouldn't we ask the Admiral if he received the Enterprises transmission, because we don't know if he received it because he was so close to the Jupiter cloud.

Captain Gaucho: That is irrelevant at the moment. What we need to focus on is the current condition of the Enterprise and her crew, especially President Nilsog. We can worry about the transmission on the Romulans later.

Lt. Commander Seers: Yes sir.

Ensign Reeves: We've arrived, dropping out of warp.

Captain Gaucho: Begin scanning the area for anything out of the ordinary. Get the results to me as soon as possible. Get ahold of the Admiral and see if he received our transmission and get whatever stats on the situation you can.

[Nilsog]

*On the bridge of Enterprise*

[Nilsog] Lt. Morison, open a channel to the arriving ships...

[Morison] Aye, sir.

[Nilsog] Admiral, it's about time... I wasn't sure if we were gonna make it...

*An explosion rocks the bridge, crew members fly accross the screen as sparks and smoke fill the air*

[Nilsog] Why the hell do they put so many explosive things on the bridge of a starship? Anyway...

[Tactical] Sir! That last hit knocked out our shields!.. I've lost weapons control as well!

[Nilsog] Morison, get me Engineering!

[Scottish chief Engineer] Sir, Ive had to take the mains off-line...

[Nilsog] Can you give me auxiliary power?

[Scottish chief Engineer] Aye... but it'll take a wee bit...

[Nilsog] We don't have a wee bit!

[SgtRicko]

If possible, try to bring in that pod with the virus, along with a record of those readings that those supposed "Romulan Warships" were sending out. We can then send the thing to R&D for analysis...

[Nilsog]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/American_Infidel/st2_11.jpg

[Statalyzer]

*The three Federation cruisers approach the drone and began firing, to no effect. Suddenly the Farragut lurches and spins out of control.*

Lt. Williams: "Apparently she's caught in the same radiation field that Enterprise is caught in. Any ship within this spherical projection will rapidly lose shield power and propulsion. If we stay farther away we should be safe."

Lt.Cmdr. Axon: "I've signalled Alliance to concentrate her fire on the same point of the hull, but we still can't damage it. This doesn't make sense, the thing doesn't even have shields!"

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "It appears to be charging some sort of directed energy weapon."

*A large yellow-green oblong glow of light is emitted from the drone which engulfs the Enterprise.*

Ensign Eglise: "President Nilsog reporting that hit knocked out her weapons systems, Admiral."

Lt. Williams: "That is the probe's only weapon that our scans can detect - the good news it has to recharge before it can fire again which should take approximately 17 seconds. The bad news it will take systems offline very fast once shields are down."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Launch photon torpedoes, aim directly at the firing portal of that weapon."

*Salvos of torpedoes impact directly at the portal, but nothing seems to happen. The weapon fires again, hitting the Farragut this time and blowing hull breeches into the underside of the saucer.*

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "Sensors indicate another Federation starship closing in on our position - it's the Exeter."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Tell her to stay out of range of that field effect or she'll get disabled just like Enterprise and Farragut!"

[ein1017]

Ein: Dang it, there are reports of our ships being in trouble and here we are out in the middle of nowhere. I need repairs and refit my crew. It is almost impossible to even move this ship with only 15 crew members let alone fight.

Medic: Remember sir, the virus has not been wiped out and..

Ein: Don't finish it, I already know it. Sigh. Well to pass the time we could play a little game. I am thinking of a number between 1 and a million.

Medic: Is it 205,801?

Ein: Sigh, forget it, though you are right.

[Gaucho8788]

Lt. Hunter: Sir we're recieving a transmission. Their telling us to stay out of range of the strange field that the pod is emitting.

Captain Gaucho: Make it so. Continue scanning.

[Statalyzer]

Lt.Cmdr. Avis: "Exeter is standing at safe range to join in the fight, sir."

http://images.wikia.com/memoryalpha/en/images/4/4d/Constitution_class_refit_torpedo.jpg

*Exeter's torpedo actually richochet's off the hull of the probe and explodes in empty space.*

Commander Kransodar: "This is ridiculous, firing at this machine is about as effective as bashing through a stone wall with our head. How can any armor be that strong?"

*The probe's weapon recharges and blasts the Enteprise again.*

Lt.Cmdr. Avis: "Sir, although the design of the probe is Orion, the composite materiel of the hull seems of Maran origin. Metallic substances from that system are known for attaining incrediblely high energy states when excited by certain plasmas."

Lt. Williams: "Now I understand - the high energy of the metal itself IS effectively an integrated energy shield, that's why we can't penetrate it. It would also explain why they have to recharge their weapon for so long before firing. Using that much power too often would drain too much energy from the hull."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Any theory on how to exploit this?"

Lt. Williams: "No idea sir, I'll send the data to the fleet."

*The probe fires once more, sending Farragut careening through the radiation field.*

http://www.stgu.com/startrekgames/images/thumb/8/8c/G48.jpg/150px-G48.jpg

[Nilsog]

*Having lost all power, Enterprise is adrift. The surviving crew huddles in the dark*

*Using a shuttlecraft, the communications officer opens a channel to the rest of the fleet*

This is Enterprise... we are adrift with no power, life support has failed... oxygen will reach critical levels within 2 hours... unable to abandon ship... President Nilsog has been incapa... *static*

*END TRANSMISSION*

[ein1017]

Ein: I can't take it anymore. Johnson tell the crew members to prepare for hyper space jump.

Johnson: uh we don't have that capability

Ein: Oh yeah, fine then max warp speed to the Enterprises last known location.

Medic: The virus?

Ein: No matter, we will figure that out once we get there.

*Incoming transmission from the Hathaway*
We are coming to ur aid. though we can only do so much since we are undermanned and quarantined. Better tell your men to get into suits so we can transfer them over. The virus seems to be unable to penetrate the space suits.

[Daishi]

Ein, you idiot... if it was unable to pass through space suits, we on the Asclepius wouldn't be awaiting our own refit right now. You're still in quarantine at base, and last I asked, your propulsion systems weren't working properly, so you're staying right where you are. The most you can do is obey the doctor's orders and stay put.

I know it's painful, but understand that anything you do except aborting that last order of yours can do nothing to help the Enterprise, and will certainly hurt the Hathaway. Just wait until the refit's over, your men are mostly fit for duty.

[ein1017]

Ein: Dang you Daishi! *takes some pills, mentally count to 10* ok. *Over the com* This is the captain speaking, belay that last order. Daishi, how close are you to eliminating the virus?
Oh and Daishi, think of a number, any number, I want to test something.

[Daishi]

Very well...

Your ship, for the most part, is clean. We're targeting specific areas of the ship now and eliminating every infection. We'll need to replace some parts that our overload "treatment" has damaged, and it seems the infection is specific to the bio-neural circuitry you've been testing. Good news is engineering can vaccine your ship (and all other recently commissioned ships) against Star Rage by replacing a few key systems with older hardware, and we'll also construct resistors between the new (old) and old (new) parts. Your engineers won't know the difference, and you'll be able to isolate and eliminate anything we might have missed with an overload without risking severe damage. ;)

All this should take about 48 hours, if we rush. Then we can let you go and start curing the Asclepius.

*beep*
Admiral Statalyzer, just letting you know that Starfleet's engineers can protect ships against Star Rage now. A two-day refit at your local Starbase might have some tactical benefits.

[Trevorrex]

*Ambassador class starship Excalibur arrives on the scene, in the nick of time*

This is Trevorrex to fleet! The aliens I went cruising with dropped me off at Earth when I heard about the situation with the probe, they gave me a prototype for an advanced weapon called a Tricolbalt torpedo. It will be fired out of range of the probe's power dampening field and will home in on the probes exhaust trail.
Lieutenant Bob, fire!

*Excalibur fires the blue tricolbalt torpedo, which instantly homes in on the probe, which tries to evade. The torpedo successfully detonates within 1 mile of the probe*

Scanners report the probe has suffered damage, it's stabilisation and reflective shield systems are suffering power loss.....this may be our only chance, all ships target the probe and OPEN FIRE!

[ein1017]

Very well...

Your ship, for the most part, is clean. We're targeting specific areas of the ship now and eliminating every infection. We'll need to replace some parts that our overload "treatment" has damaged, and it seems the infection is specific to the bio-neural circuitry you've been testing. Good news is engineering can vaccine your ship (and all other recently commissioned ships) against Star Rage by replacing a few key systems with older hardware, and we'll also construct resistors between the new (old) and old (new) parts. Your engineers won't know the difference, and you'll be able to isolate and eliminate anything we might have missed with an overload without risking severe damage. ;)

All this should take about 48 hours, if we rush. Then we can let you go and start curing the Asclepius.

Thank you Daishi. Now was the number 42?

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: You heard Trevorrex, lock on weapons and Fire!
( The fleet fires weapons at the probe and completely destroys it)

Lt. Commander Seers: There is no sign of the prob, but there appears to be some residual radiation left by the probs field.

Captain Gaucho: Will we be able to get a tractor beam lock on the Enterprise?

Lt. Commander Seers: We should be able to.

Captain Gaucho: Ensign take us in at half impulse. Be ready to get the Enterprise with our tractor beam.

Ensign Reeves: We're approaching the Enterprise.

Lt. Commander Seers: Almost within range.... I got her.

Commander Sims: Alright, lets leave at half impulse.

Lt. Commander Seers: The tractor beam is starting to destabilize.

Captain Gaucho: Are we moving to fast?

Lt. Commander Sims: I think this radiation is just having to much of a destabilization effect on the tractor beam.

Captain Gaucho: Continue at this speed and do your best to keep them in tow.

Lt. Commander Sims: Alright we're out.

Commander Sims: Sickbay, get a medical team ready to go over to the Enterprise. Lt. Commander Costello prepare an engineering team for when we confirm that the conditions are safe. Seers, gather a security team together just in case there is an unknown threat on board. Security team will go over at the same time the medical team does. The engineering team will soon follow. Seers,have your team meet us in transporter room 2. I'm going over with you guys.

Lt. Commander Seers: They're on their way now and so are we.

[Nilsog]

*two days later*

I am pleased to announce I will be stepping down as President, so that Trevorrex may resume his position.

We are yet to confirm the virus was created by the Romulan Star Empire, but after nearly being destroyed by ships that sensors say are Romulan, and having a drone attempt to eradicate the inhabitants of Earth with a deadly virus, I don't believe it is possible to be too cautious.

We still are yet to contact the Romulan government... their motives are still unknown, so General Order 37 still stands.

The condition of Enterprise is serious, however, this was the Ambassador Class' trial by fire, and she performed excellently.

I have been informed that I shall not resume a postion in Starfleet's Admiralty, but will retain the rank of Captain, and command of the starship Enterprise.

I am awaiting the completion of repairs to Enterprise, once complete, I will be ready for orders, Admiral Statalyzer.

[Trevorrex]

Yes, I believe the Federation is best served by Nilsog retaining the rank of Captain, a far more 'hands on' role. The Demotion Paddling Ceremony is complete, I expect you to exceed in your new role.

Alright people, we clearly need to contact the Romulans asap and get to the bottom of this. Production of tricolbalt torpedoes is to begin IMMEDIATELY and every ship in the fleet to be supplied with them.

This should protect us against any further probe attacks. Ambassador class sensor upgrades will be applied to every ship in the fleet to enhance long range combat operations.

Move people!

[Daishi]

Thank you Daishi. Now was the number 42?

Nope. 11. :looklive:

[chaoscontrol512]

/me is wandering around the outskirts of the solar system in his transport. *
Chaos: Oh man, I am soooo freaking lost. Where the hell is that Romulan ship I was told about.
/me has a flashback to a few weeks ago. He has just received an anonymous message.*
Some Romulan Dude: Greetings Chaos. I have heard of your skills, and of your...financial issues. I have a job for you, and I believe it will pay well enough to get you out of your debt.
Chaos: Who the hell are you, what kind of job are you talking about, and how much are you paying?
Romulan Dude: My name is not important, although I assume you know I am a high-ranking Romulan official. I am not telling you what you must do yet, in case this message is intercepted. You will meet my cruiser outside of Pluto in two weeks. There you will learn more.
*end flashback*
Chaos: This guy had better not be pulling some bluff, 'cause I haven't been able to find a job since that shindig at Ganymede. If I don't get a decent amount of cash soon, I'm screwed.

[Nilsog]

[Lt. Darling] The is FSS Enterprise to Starfleet, requesting permission to depart from spacedock.

[Spacedock] This is Starfleet, permission granted for NCC-1701-Charlie to depart.

[Lt. Darling] Acknowledged, Starfleet.

*a vulcan officer, fresh from the Academy is on the bridge*

[Nilsog] Lieutenant T'Prin, man the helm

[T'Prin] Aye, sir.

[Nilsog] Ahead one-quarter impulse power.

*T'Prin spins around in hr chair and stares Nilsog down*

[T'Prin] May I remind the Captain that regulations state that maneuvering thrusters only are to be used while in spacedock?

*The first officer coughs as the rest of the bridge crew stares on*

[Nilsog] You heard the order, Lieutenant.

[T'Prin] Aye, sir, ahead one-quarter impulse power...

*Enterprise moves forward and through the space doors, exiting the Earth Spacedock*

[T'Prin] Heading, sir?

[Nilsog] *waives hand forward* Out there.

http://www.shiporama.org/Images/ambassador/1701c1.jpg

[Statalyzer]

Lt. Cmdr. Avis: "Romulan Warbird decloaking to port, sir."

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/Statalyzer/warbird.jpg

Adm. Statalyzer: "Open a hailing channel."

Ensign Eglise: "They aren't responding, sir."

Lt. Cmdr Axon: "Their targeting computer is scanning us!"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Shields up!"

*Unity's shields are raised in time, but the damaged Farragut is too slow. Disruptor blasts tear a chuck of the saucer away and disable virtually the entire engineering system.

Adm. Statalyzer: "Alliance, beam away all the survivors you can, we'll keep him busy."

*Unity and the Warbird exchange fire; both ship's shields are holding.

Ensign Eglise: "Alliance signalling, everyone alive has been taken aboard."

Adm. Statlyzer: "Maximum impulse, withdraw immediately."

Lt. Cmdr. Axon: "The Romulans are not pursuing sir."

Adm. Statalyzer: "This is an outrage! I thought that transmission we received warning us was a hoax. How could it have been real when it came from a fake 'General Ordor Therdisevon' who doesn't even exist? Maybe the Orion did that knowing we wouldn't believe the truth? Or maybe - "

Cmdr. Krasnodar: "Wait, look at this - I just accessed Federation databanks."

*The bridge crew stares at the screen and reads the following data.*

:clear: Name: Therdisevon, Ordor
:clear: Rank: General
:clear: Current Post: TF Marine Officer Training Camp
:clear: Years of Service: 18

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: (makes a ship wide announcement) Well we're back at spacedock. We got a few of the major refits done before we left to assist Nilsog so it won't take as long this time around. All crew are to stay and assist. The major issue will be upgrading the torpedo bays to fire the new tri-cobalt torpedoes, this will take the most time. So, I am sorry if you feel that your shore leave wasn't long enough but we do have an emergency situation with the Romulan Star Empire as a possible enemy, so the sooner we can get this ship finished, the sooner we can be out their finding the truth and preparing for a possible war.(ship wide announcement ends)

Commander Sims: Are you sure that a war could be upon us?

Captain Gaucho: I don't know for sure, but I rather be prepared for it than get caught by surprise. Also we need to find out how much longer till the rest of the Ambassador class ships come out, we're really going to be needing them.

[Nilsog]

*Enterprise drops out of warp and comes alongside Unity*

[Nilsog] Lt. Darling, hail the flagship.

[Darling] Aye, sir

*On viewscreen*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/Nilsog/nilsog.jpg

[Nilsog] Admiral, our sensors detected weapons fire and I decided to investigate, is everything ok?

((Thats right, bitches, I'm Captain Kirk!))

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: What's our current status on the refit?

Commander Sims: So far al we have left to do is ad the Tri-Cobalt Torpedo launcher.

Captain Gaucho: About how long will that take?

Commander Sims: According to the station it'll take around 3 days. Then we have to wait on the production of the torpedoes, which we're at the back of the pack right now since some of the Ambassador Class ships are coming off the conveyor belt.

Captain Gaucho: Do you have the Estimated Time till Completion on the Ranger.

Commander Sims: They say that it's going to be about 4 months, thats counting trials and tests.

Captain Gaucho: Alright. Also I got to see if they'll let me keep the Exeter under my command while being on the Ranger. Just assign a different crew to the Exeter. As a matter of fact, I think I'll go ask now.

[Statalyzer]

Yes, Gaucho, take charge of the Ranger as well. It's built but still has some touching up and trials to complete first.

Nilsog - We were just attacked with no provocation by a Romulan Warbird. We lost the Farragut before we could withdraw. Unity stood a chance on her own and we still outnumbered him 2:1, but Alliance is not designed to slug it out with a ship of that class, and I was not willing to trade our lone experimental raider for an enemy vessel, even a more powerful one.

Lt. Boren: "What if we could trade some precious stones for an enemy vessel?"

Adm. Statalyzer: "That's not the kind of trade I was talking about."

Lt. Boren: "Could I trade my ex-wife for an enemy vessel?"

Dr. Kuma: [under his breath]: "If I were a woman, I'd have divorced Boren too."

******************************************************************************

NOTICE: I've updated the list of all our warships. Ships with a DGNF captaining them are listed. Rank and Name spelled out means that person is generally on-board that ship as their personal flagship. Just a name in parenthesis means that ship has it's own NPC captain and crew but is under the command of and takes orders from a DGNFer. If you notice any incorrect, missing, or out-of-date information, inform me immediately.

[Excelsior Class, Battlecruiser]
NCC 2000 Excelsior - Captain Bean
NCC 23442 Unity - Admiral Statalyzer

[Ambassador Class, Heavy Cruiser]
NX-10521 Ambassador
NCC 1664 Excalibur - President Treverrox
NCC 1701-C Enterprise - Captain Nilsog
NCC 1818 Ranger - (Gaucho8788)

[Constitution Refit Class, Heavy Cruiser]
NCC 1672 Exeter - Captain Gaucho8788
NCC 964 Eagle - (Nilsog)
NCC 1764 Defiant
NCC 1657 Potemkin
NCC 1710 Kongo
NCC 1717 Lexington - Lt. Commander Tesla

[Constellation Class, Light Cruiser]
NCC 1974 Constellation
NCC 38902 Gettysburg
NCC 2593 Hathaway - Captain Ein1017

[Miranda Class, Light Cruiser]
NCC 31860 Majestic
NCC 319103 Nautilus
NCC 1864 Reliant - Commander Scoot

[Alliance Class, Light Cruiser]
NX 3285 Alliance - (Statalyzer)

[Soyuz Class, Interceptor]
NCC 1941 Bozeman

[Oberth Class, Frigate]
NCC 503312 Biko - (Statalyzer)
NCC 593182 Cochrane - (Statalyzer)
NCC 6232 Copernicus- (Statalyzer)

[Still Under Construction]
NCC 26849 Adelphi
NCC 266324 Gandhi
NCC 105324 Horatio
NCC 26198 Valdemar
NCC 26510 Yamaguchi
NCC 26136 Zhukov
NCC 3281 Scipio
NCC 42296 Hood

[Other Commanders]
Research and Development - Desolator12
Marine Division - SgtRicko
Medical Corps - Daishi & Yorkie
Janitor/Mechanic - Sovietmisaki
Mercenary - Chaoscontrol512

We haven't heard much from Desolator, Bean, Scoot, or Sovietmisaki in a while, but everyone else appears to be organized and ready for action. We need to make sure all our fleet is repaired, armed, and virus-safe, that is the first order of business.

[Bean]

This is captain bean reporting in. we've been experiencing some difficulties with our communications equipment, but after a retrofit by spacedock, we are back to operational status.
Now, is there any way we can be of immidiate assistance?

[Nilsog]

*INCOMING TRANSMISSION*

Captain Nilsog reporting, all systems functioning normally. We have completed a routine patrol of Sector 001 and have found nothing out of the ordinary. While Myself, my Exec, Medical Officer, Science Officer and Ensign Ricky were on an away mission to Mars Colony, Ensign Ricky was killed when a flower shot him in the chest with a poisonous dart. I have a science team researching the previously unknown flower now, and so far they have discovered the poison can be refined into great smelling cologne. The loss of Ensign Ricky was not in vain. I am suggesting Starfleet posthumously award Ensign Ricky with the Medal of Honor.

*Enterprise clear*

[Trevorrex]

The Medal of Honour (we spell it with a 'u' in the Terran Federation) is hereby awarded to Ensign Ricky. His body shall be sprayed with the cologne he died to help create before being shot into space.

*pins medal to disfigured corpse*

In other business, the Excalibur is in fact an Ambassador class, so update your records please Stat. My ship is currently in orbit of Earth and my crew are enjoying the third day of 'Victory over Evil Radiation Death Probe...day'.

Much shenanigans are taking place, and none of that synthetic booze, we have the real thing. I encourage all within the system to come join us. Deck 8 mess hall, with the donkey tied up out front.

[Nilsog]

Enterprise will be en route to the party, save us a parking spot, and not a damn handicap one either!

[Trevorrex]

Plenty of space Nilly, though don't park on the orbital path of Spacedock.

[Nilsog]

IN MEMORY OF ENSIGN RICKY~ WE BARELY KNEW YOU

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/9/94/STObsession.jpg

[Trevorrex]

I have just received a tragic report. Ensign Ricky's space coffin just burnt up in Saturn's atmosphere.
Someone sent the torpedo launcher to setting '9' where space burials are usually more dignified at setting '1'. Also, the aim was less than perfect.

The crewman in question has been harsly disciplined. Heres to you Ensign Ricky! *toasts*

*drinks*

[Nilsog]

*clinks glass with Trevorrex*

I'll drink to that! *gulp*

[Trevorrex]

I'll drink to that too!

*glug* *glug* glug*

[Nilsog]

What are we drinking for again? *hic*

[Trevorrex]

I don't rembersersss.....something about ricky martin?! I dont knowzzzz...lolozzz..*glug*

[Nilsog]

*collapse* HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Trevorrex]

*hic* Heheheee...*looks down at Nilly's vulnerable body*


hehehehee. *glug*

[Nilsog]

HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Trevorrex]

*collapse* Heh....heh....eh......*zzzzz*

[Nilsog]

HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Trevorrex]

*ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ* *burp* *ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*

[Nilsog]

*A starship uncloaks of the port bow of Excalibur*

RED ALERT! RED ALERT! THIS IS NOT A DRILL, UNKNOWN STARSHIP OFF PORT BOW, MAN YOUR BATTLESTATIONS!

Oh... my... head... Romulan Ale should be illegal...

*stumbles to bridge*

[Trevorrex]

*gets up, staggers to door, trips over donkey and knocks self out on bulkhead*

Aw....****it...

[Nilsog]

*stumbles back to Trevor*

Mr... *hic* Pressssssident... We're *trips over Trevor's crumpled body and hits head on floor*

HURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Trevorrex]

Uhhhgh. *crawls to turbolift* Bloody klaxons....headache...ouch

[Nilsog]

wait... for... meeeee... who thought of this ****ing sound anyway... *hold head*

[Trevorrex]

Bah....orbital defence grid will deal with it. I wonder what it is anyway...

[Nilsog]

*Excalibur shudders and everyone falls out of bed*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/Nilsog/bed.jpg

[Trevorrex]

AH ****!

Ahem, I mean (slurps coffee), what the hell is going on!? Get into contact with the orbital defense grid! Tell them to get their asses into gear!

[Nilsog]

*defense grid activates after toll free call*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/Nilsog/bopexplode.jpg

[Statalyzer]

Bean, if you could take the Excelsior and set up station at [insert meanginless but impressive-sounding set of coordinates here], see if you can make any barters with the Ferengi for bizarre pieces of equipment that Desolator can use for his new futuristic cooking tool design.

[Offscreen voice heard] "Uh, Craig, you weren't supposed to leave that in the script, you were supposed to actually write up some coordinates."

[Offscreen voice #2] "Sorry"

Ensign Eglise: "Sir, visual transmission from Sector 001 coming onscreen."

*They watch footage of the explosion shown in Nilsog's last post*

Adm. Statalyzer: "What? That's doesn't quite look like any known Romulan warship. We need to find out what planet it belongs to."

Lt. Williams: "That's not all we need to find out, Admiral. "WHAT" is only one of the 5 key W-questions. Can you name the others?"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Huh?"

Lt. Williams: "That doesn't start with W."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Wait, what?"

Lt. Williams: "No, we already mentioned that one. The next one is who. WHO was piloting the ship?"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Oh, I get it. But you see, if we knew what alien planet it was from, we'd know who was piloting it. If what it was was a Romulan ship, then who was captaining it would be a Romulan."

Lt. Williams: "Next we shall ask - WHEN was it sighted."

Adm. Statalyzer [annoyed]: "Just a minute ago!"

Lt. Williams: "Don't brush off such important questions. WHERE is it going? Now then, we've taken care of WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, so the last question is-"

Adm. Statalyzer [angry]: "WHY don't you go looking for another job!"

[sovietmisaki]

oui...guess that liquor really did cause a big mess. time to bring my cleanup crew to clean up that monster of a mess
Lt. Gallagher: sir! we're all prepared this time sir!
Capt. sovietmisaki:....yea that last time we had to clean up after that week long party, never going to cleanup the likes of those unprepared as long as I have sanity in me, boy was that a learning experience..:dead:
Lt. Gallagher: sir! we are preparing to send in our decontamination squad sir!
*goes and cleans the Excalibur*

[ein1017]

Radio operator: Sir the president's ship is under fire from an enemy ship!

Ein: Why should I care, I was not invited to the party.

Radio Operator: Uh sir here is the invitation right here (holds the invite up)

Ein; Dang it! Oh well, All stations man your battle stations!

[Bean]

oui...guess that liquor really did cause a big mess. time to bring my cleanup crew to clean up that monster of a mess
Lt. Gallagher: sir! we're all prepared this time sir!
Capt. sovietmisaki:....yea that last time we had to clean up after that week long party, never going to cleanup the likes of those unprepared as long as I have sanity in me, boy was that a learning experience..:dead:
Lt. Gallagher: sir! we are preparing to send in our decontamination squad sir!
*goes and cleans the Excalibur*
That really was a great party, mad props go out to those involved in setting it up. Damn, half my crew is still hungover...

Oh yea, and we are enroute, admiral statalyzer. I got the proper set of coordinates off of Google Interstellar Maps.
/me out.

[SgtRicko]

Man, am I glad that I don't drink at all...:|

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: Have we finished the Tri-Cobalt Torpedo launcher yet?

Station Commander: The launcher is finished. You now have two forward photon, and 1 forward Tri-Cobalt torpedo launchers. Your warp drive is slightly enhanced as well as your deflector and your phaser arrays. Also the Ranger has been finished. I assigned a crew to her based on your recommendations.

Captain Gaucho: Awesome, is she ready to depart?

Station Commander: Affirmative.

Captain Gaucho: Alright. Well then I better get to my ship.
(Gaucho beams over to the Exeter)

Ensign Reeves: Whats our course sir?

Captain Gaucho: First set up to where our destination data is sent to the Ranger. She is finished and will be under my command, but we'll be using this as the command ship. Lets see the Ranger in action.

Ensign Reeves: Alright, standard trial run?

Captain Gaucho: That sounds good.

[ein1017]

well I see no more signs of the enemy, standing down. Will stay in dock until refit is completed

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: The Ranger performed beautifully.

Commander Sims: She sure did. Well I think we should leave it with Commander Turner and Captain Bradford.

Captain Gaucho: Yeah, lets head back to the Exeter. You have a fine crew Captain. Though you are a Captain you still fall under my command, and that of the Federation itself, is that understood?

Captain Bradford: Yes sir.

Captain Gaucho: Exeter, three to beam aboard.
(Gaucho, Sims, and Reeves beam aboard the Exeter)

Captain Gaucho: I still have a question for you Commander.

Commander Sims: What is that?

Captain Gaucho: Why didn't you take command of the Ranger? Move on up from just a commander. This was your chance to be a captain, so why didn't you?

Commander Sims: I just don't feel ready yet.

[SgtRicko]

well I see no more signs of the enemy, standing down. Will stay in dock until refit is completed

Sounds like it might be the wiser choice as of now, since we have still to make official contact with the Romulan in any way...

[Statalyzer]

*In the mess hall of the Unity...*

Lt. Sharma: "Meatloaf, Calamari, steamed rice, and a cup of frappachino please."

ZZZZOOOOOOOPPPPP (replicator creates the dinner).

Lt. Malcom: "Fried shrimp, veggie mix, and a cup of lemonade please."

ZZZZOOOOOOOPPPPP

Lt. Boren: "Tuna sandwhich on rye with a bottle of coke please."

ZZZZOOOOOOOPPPPP

*A couple of minutes later.*

Lt. Boren: [grunt] [argh] "I can't get this - " [grrrrr] "- stupid bottlecap off. Wait, hey, that's not fair, the replicator gave you normal plastic lids!"

Lt. Malcom: "You ordered a bottle. We both ordered cups."

Lt. Boren: "Well, the human mind shall triumph eventually. After all, the coke battle does not have a brain, and I do."

Lt. Sharma: "That's debateable."

*A few minutes later, on the holodeck.*

Lt. Boren: "Holodeck computer, please make this stupid worthless thing have a plastic lid on top."

Random passerby: "Hey James, why do you have a plastic soda lid on your head?"

*A few minutes later, in the transporter room.*

Lt. Boren: "Alright, I'll just beam this thing into outer space, than beam all of it except for the bottlecap back on board!."

*Meanwhile, on the bridge."

Lt.Cmdr. Avis: "Admiral, unknown vessel decloaking right underneath us."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Yellow alert! Mitchell, target it but don't fire. What's the sensor readout on this ship."

Lt.Cmdr. Axon: "It's transporting some unidentified but potentially toxic liquid, sir, it could be a means of biological attack. It's shaped like an Orion weapon, but the target is only .2 meters long!"

Commander Krasnodar: "How could a device that small having a cloaking device or a means of propulsion to get out in space this far?"

Lt.Cmdr Avis: "It's attempting to beam itself onboard our ship!"

Adm. Statalyzer: "FIRE!!!!!"

*One blast of a phaser obliterates the offending soda bottle.*

Adm. Statalyzer: "Prepare a report at once for headquarters. The Orion apparently have a new microdevice capable of beaming toxins aboard our ships."

[Nilsog]

Captain's Log, Stardate 0709.02

We have recently returned from Sector 051 where we contacted two Federation colonies. The colonies were happy to hear that the Federation is alive and growing again, and requested several tons of supplies. I have forwarded this list to the Forward Supply Command. After a short resupply and shore leave at Starbase 214, Enterprise and Eagle will be en route to Sector 067 in hopes to find and reactivate the New Sydney shipyards above Therra Prime. A science and engineering team has been provided by Starbase 214 to crew the shipyards.

On a personal note, I am happy to report that crew and compliment are functioning well aboard the new Enterprise... we have been through life and death together, and even with recent developments with the virus, the crew's morale has remained high.

[SgtRicko]

Good to hear that we finally made contact with the friendlies in sector 051 again.

However, if we're going to be heading back to the 'badlands' of the Federation, you'd better give me an advanced heads up Admiral. I'll definately be taking an entire company with me over there if I ever do get called, no way I'm gonna end up like commander Kale during the last days of the pullout from that area!:dead:

[Trevorrex]

*Incoming Transmission*

This is the Automated Perimeter Alert system. An automated scan has detected a perimeter breach in the Sol system. This is cause for alert.

Scans have detected a single vessel, however our sensors cannot penetrate the ship's shield systems. This is the visual of the vessel in question:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/Trevorrex/hat.jpg

So far the vessel has taken no direct hostile action. The vessel is completely unknown, with nothing in our databases matching it.

Thankyou for listening to the Automated Perimeter Alert system, have a pleasant day.

*End Transmission*

You heard the APA, everyone. Investigate this vessel at once, I want to know everything we can find out about it.

*Side note: Make up what you like about this one everyone, consider it a free reign. First come first serve.

[ein1017]

Ein: Well, what is that ship and who is piloting it and most importantly, why are they here?

Comm. Officer: Well I am reading an incoming transmission from the ship, it seems to bee looping although I can't seem to make it out what they are saying. Wait a second, this sounds familiar to an ancient earth language of Latin. Give me a sec. to confirm..... I am having the computer translate it for us.

*Hello intelligent beings, This is Captain Nemo of U.T.S Heartstop, We are from the planet Temboth from the other side of this galaxy. We have traveled far in exploration of space, though we never thought there to be another intelligent being capable of building machines that flies through space. We come to exchange knowledge and a partnership. We await your reply*

Comm officer: sir, orders?

Ein: Patch that translation to the president and let him decide. I may be the captain of this ship but I am no diplomat and certainly have no authority to speak for the human race.

[chaoscontrol512]

*Incoming Transmission*
This is the Automated Perimeter Alert system. An automated scan has detected a perimeter breach in the Sol system. This is cause for alert.
Scans have detected a single vessel, however our sensors cannot penetrate the ship's shield systems. This is the visual of the vessel in question:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/Trevorrex/hat.jpg
So far the vessel has taken no direct hostile action. The vessel is completely unknown, with nothing in our databases matching it.
Thankyou for listening to the Automated Perimeter Alert system, have a pleasant day.
*End Transmission*
You heard the APA, everyone. Investigate this vessel at once, I want to know everything we can find out about it.
*Side note: Make up what you like about this one everyone, consider it a free reign. First come first serve.
This is Freelancer Chaos requesting permission to infiltrate the ship and find out what the hell it is.

[Nilsog]

My fleet will be en route

[Tesla]

Colonel Tesla requesting permission to join the Terran Federation.

[Trevorrex]

Ein: Well, what is that ship and who is piloting it and most importantly, why are they here?

Comm. Officer: Well I am reading an incoming transmission from the ship, it seems to bee looping although I can't seem to make it out what they are saying. Wait a second, this sounds familiar to an ancient earth language of Latin. Give me a sec. to confirm..... I am having the computer translate it for us.

*Hello intelligent beings, This is Captain Nemo of U.T.S Heartstop, We are from the planet Temboth from the other side of this galaxy. We have traveled far in exploration of space, though we never thought there to be another intelligent being capable of building machines that flies through space. We come to exchange knowledge and a partnership. We await your reply*

Comm officer: sir, orders?

Ein: Patch that translation to the president and let him decide. I may be the captain of this ship but I am no diplomat and certainly have no authority to speak for the human race.

Well done Ein. Congratulations on your promotion to Lead Diplomat. You now have authority to speak on behalf of the human race and incorporated bug eyed insects. Permission to engage in diplomatic relations granted!

This is Freelancer Chaos requesting permission to infiltrate the ship and find out what the hell it is.

You may find that a wee bit tricky as their shields are still operating. We shouldn't try and subversive tactics at this point however, as they may be telling the truth. However, start working on a way to scan past their shields.

Colonel Tesla requesting permission to join the Terran Federation.

I shall refer you to Nilsog who will decide your fate and/or position.

My fleet will be en route

Thankyou Nilsog. Should this situation turn pear shaped, we will need as many ships as possible, the alien vessel seems extremely powerful.

[Avapodnaught]

*Incoming Transmission*

This is the Automated Perimeter Alert system. An automated scan has detected a perimeter breach in the Sol system. This is cause for alert.

Scans have detected a single vessel, however our sensors cannot penetrate the ship's shield systems. This is the visual of the vessel in question:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/Trevorrex/hat.jpg

So far the vessel has taken no direct hostile action. The vessel is completely unknown, with nothing in our databases matching it.

Thankyou for listening to the Automated Perimeter Alert system, have a pleasant day.

*End Transmission*

You heard the APA, everyone. Investigate this vessel at once, I want to know everything we can find out about it.

*Side note: Make up what you like about this one everyone, consider it a free reign. First come first serve.
Be careful what u wish for :evil::evil::evil:

[SgtRicko]

Ein: Well, what is that ship and who is piloting it and most importantly, why are they here?

Comm. Officer: Well I am reading an incoming transmission from the ship, it seems to bee looping although I can't seem to make it out what they are saying. Wait a second, this sounds familiar to an ancient earth language of Latin. Give me a sec. to confirm..... I am having the computer translate it for us.

*Hello intelligent beings, This is Captain Nemo of U.T.S Heartstop, We are from the planet Temboth from the other side of this galaxy. We have traveled far in exploration of space, though we never thought there to be another intelligent being capable of building machines that flies through space. We come to exchange knowledge and a partnership. We await your reply*

Comm officer: sir, orders?

Ein: Patch that translation to the president and let him decide. I may be the captain of this ship but I am no diplomat and certainly have no authority to speak for the human race.

Do they seriously think that we are the *only* advanced space-faring race out here???:wtf: I mean, jeez, if they're from the other side of the galaxy, why the heck didn't they run into the Orions while on route or somethin?!

[Avapodnaught]

Do they seriously think that we are the *only* advanced space-faring race out here???:wtf: I mean, jeez, if they're from the other side of the galaxy, why the heck didn't they run into the Orions while on route or somethin?!
/me tears at how many posts till making general....

Galaxies rn't that large.... milky way doesn't havemuch life in it besides us (that we know of...) would be better if it came from other parts of the galactic sstem... Hey, Im not making a comeback yet, im just apicking at that small detail...

[Nilsog]

Colonel Tesla requesting permission to join the Terran Federation.

Colonel, today is your lucky day. Since I have been given the authority to decide your fate, I shall slowly lower you into a boiling vat of chocolate, and then consume your chocolate encrusted body. mmm mmm good.

NAHHH! I hereby give you the rank of Lt. Commander and command of the vessel F.S.S. Lexington NCC-1717.
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She's in Earth Spacedock awaiting your arrival. I expect you to be able to respond to any and all situations that may arise. Speaking of situation, get that ship in service and standby for orders... we still haven't found out what the intruders really want...

FSS Enterprise is in Sector 001 awaiting orders.

[Trevorrex]

Do they seriously think that we are the *only* advanced space-faring race out here???:wtf: I mean, jeez, if they're from the other side of the galaxy, why the heck didn't they run into the Orions while on route or somethin?!

Well, I imagine they travelled from there to here nonstop using whatever faster-than-light engines they have, they would have bypassed the Orions and everyone else completely.

[Statalyzer]

Adm. Statalyzer: "Alliance, follow us to Sector 001 to help investigate this potential threat."

Cmdr. Davis (skipper of Alliance): "Copy Gold Leader. Red Five, move in after us."

Adm. Statalyzer: "What? This isn't Star Wars!"

Do they seriously think that we are the *only* advanced space-faring race out here???:wtf: I mean, jeez, if they're from the other side of the galaxy, why the heck didn't they run into the Orions while on route or somethin?!

Simple, there are many different paths through the galaxies, it's not like the Orion surround us 360º on all circumferences or anything.

In the meantime, we all need to recall all information banks in Latin that are available and communicate back with this vessel.

Lt. Williams: "I speak Latin, Admiral."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Excellent. Pierre, open a communication channel."

Lt. Williams: "Welcomus, aliei esteemus, us federatus terrum pax. Amor tu vesselus impressivum et we hopus for treatii con your shipus. E plurbis unum!"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Pierre, close that communication channel."

Cmdr. Krasnodar: "Excellent job Lieutentant. If they had any hostile plans, they'll now assume we're too primitive and stupid to be worth conquering."

[Tesla]

NAHHH! I hereby give you the rank of Lt. Commander and command of the vessel F.S.S. Lexington NCC-1717.

She's in Earth Spacedock awaiting your arrival. I expect you to be able to respond to any and all situations that may arise. Speaking of situation, get that ship in service and standby for orders... we still haven't found out what the intruders really want...


Acknowledged. Colonel Tesla assuming command of vessel F.S.S Lexington. I'm afraid the vessel will probably not be operational until about 1000 hours tomorrow, but when it is, I shall await orders.

EDIT: The F.S.S. Lexington is operational. Colonel Tesla awaiting orders.

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: The FSS Exeter and the FSS Ranger are en-route to intercept.

[ein1017]

Will be on stand by but it sounds like they want an answer, what should i say?

[Statalyzer]

*Transmission from FSS Unity to Federation Fleet*

"We will approach the alien vessel with weapons powered down to show that we intend no harm. Ein, please stay on station with the Hathaway since you established first contact. President Trevorrex, we will await your orders as to what reply we should send. To all other ships: keep your weapons at the ready to respond in case they turn hostile, but stay back out of phaser range to avoid provoking them in the meantime."

[Tesla]

Acknowledged. What power should I set my weapons on?...that is, if they do turn hostile.

[Scoot]

Sorry for not reporting in awhile. The Reliant is ready and awaiting orders. I will continue to keep up with repairs, and learning the new systems on the new ships.

[Trevorrex]

Oh I don't want to micromanage everything here folks. I think you are capable of making executive decisions. Ein, I promoted you because I thought you could handle it, don't disappoint me.

Stat, as Admiral I believe you can assist Ein competently.

Tactical update: Orbital Defense Grid is standing by to power weapons and lock target.

[Statalyzer]

To Lt. Cmdr. Tesla: "Full phaser power. We don't know how powerful this ship is but we can't take any risks. Plot a battle command to move in, intercept, and fire as quickly as possible if need be, but until then do not engage target tracking. We don't know if they can detect a weapons lock or not from that range, so let's not risk it."

***TRANMISSION FROM FSS Unity TO UTS Heartstop***

"Exspectata ut Foedero Terrar, Nemo. Ego sum Navis Dux Keen Statalus quod meus traba est FSS Iunctum. Vos ero laetus ut expiscor nos es non solus intelligent res huic universum tractus eo. Caveo sententia, nonnullus es obnoxius. Quam did vos expiscor defero in orbis lingua terrarum of Latin?"

(Rough translation of: "Welcome to the Terran Federation, Nemo. I am Admiral Keen Statalyzer and my vessel is the FSS Unity. You'll be glad to know that we are not the only intelligent beings who travel this galaxy. Be cautious, some of them are hostile. How did you learn to speak the Earth langague of Latin?")

*After a few minutes, the alien ship responds.*

"Viator ex Temboth video ceterus illae galaxy diu quod recolligo notitia in totus civiliations theca ullus lemma umquam philologus tractus eo. Is notitia comprehendo ultum defero Latin. Gratias ago vos pro vestri exspectata. Tamen vestri verus nomen non exsisto Keen Statalus non is ut iustus ridiculum! Usquam, nos diligo ut verto scientia quod sapientia of vestri proprius, tamen nos nonnullus testimonium exhibeo ut vos es non obnoxius pariter? Quis est vestri mos exhibeo pacis intentions?"

Adm. Statalyzer: "Translation please."

Computer readout: "Travellers from Temboth observed the rest of this galaxy a long time ago and gathered data on all civiliations in case any of them ever learned space travel. This data included much communication in Latin. Thank you for your welcome. But your real name can't be Keen Statalyzer, can it - that's just ridiculous! Anyway, we would love to exchange knowledge and wisdom of your species, but may we have some proof to show that you are not hostile as well? What is your ritual to show peaceful intentions?"

Adm. Statalyzer: "What the-?! I'll blow them to smithereens!"

Cmdr. Krasnodar: "Admiral, don't you think that would be overreacting?"

Adm. Statalyzer: "You're right. Get Ein on the comm."

Capt. Ein: "Ein here."

Adm. Statalyzer: "Recommendation on possible courses of action to indicate our friendly intentions as well as any traditional customs of non-hostility they might recognize?"

[ein1017]

Well captain Stat. I don't think a white dove would do now will it? How about this. *opens a com. to the alien ship* (Translated) This captain Ein, I understand you want some proof of our intentions. I know our customs are different considering where we are coming from different backgrounds. I also know that tensions is high on both ends especaily on ours considering our history with other aliens. I propose to come aboard your ship so we can talk face to face. I will come alone so I am placing my faith in your hands. I figure that if you are hostile, I am probally in trouble no matter what I do. I will be wearing a space suit to prevent contamination on both ends. Also since all communication so far has only been vocal only, be a good chance to see what what each other's look like. *End*

[Tesla]

To Lt. Cmdr. Tesla: "Full phaser power. We don't know how powerful this ship is but we can't take any risks. Plot a battle command to move in, intercept, and fire as quickly as possible if need be, but until then do not engage target tracking. We don't know if they can detect a weapons lock or not from that range, so let's not risk it."


Acknowledged. Lieutenant Commander Tesla moving in to intercept, but target tracking will not be enabled until I receive further orders.

[Gaucho8788]

Ensign Reeves: We've arrived. Should we take any action?

Captain Gaucho: NO! Lt. Hunter, contact Admiral Stat and get the full details of the situation, John have the Shields and Weapons ready to be brought online. Also tell the Ranger to be prepared just in case. I feel that we might be making another ally today.

Lt. Commander Seers: Weapons and Shields on standby, communication sent.

Captain Gaucho: Now we just sit here and wait.

[Statalyzer]

***TRANSMISSION TO FSS Exeter***

Captain Gaucho, hold your ships in position with the others just outside of weapons range. Until Ein comes back with a report from his visit, only Hathaway and Unity will station near the alien vessel.

***TRANSMISSION TO FSS Reliant***

Commander Scoot, once the refitting of your ship is complete, attempt to contact Captain Bean of the Excelsior, who is out on random exploration mission as well as attempting to trade with the Ferengi for scientific cooking components. Take along extra stores of various ales and random gizmos that look more impressive than they actually are, so you two will have a lot of stuff to give out in trade.

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: Affirmative Admiral. Did you relay that to the Ranger?

Lt. Hunter: Yes sir.

Captain Gaucho: Alright, now for the part I hate most about this, we wait.

Commander Sims: Well that ain't so bad.

Captain Gaucho: Well I'm not the type of person who waits around for things to happen. I take action, of course I make sure I have the full story and all the facts before doing so but still I hate waiting.

Commander Sims: Well why don't you go find something to and I'll watch the bridge.

Captain Gaucho: Now that isn't to bad of a plan. Alright number one, you have the bridge. Contact me if the situation changes, or if we get new orders.

Commander Sims: Will do.

Captain Gaucho: Now then, I think I'm going to go have a drink or two.

[Scoot]

We will be in Captain Bean's sector in a couple of days. I have brought along some old discontinued parts for ships that the Ferengi might find to their liking. I had to confine a few crewmen to their quaters, because they were dipping into the ales we brought along.

[Tesla]

Lieutenant Commander Tesla here. I misunderstood my previous orders, sorry. I shall plot a battle course to intercept, and my weapons are on full power. I am ready to attack at any time, but until then, I will await further orders.

[Gaucho8788]

Captain Gaucho: It's been almost a day and there has been no sign of any change in the situation.

Commander Sims: OOooHHhhh my, when did you get back on the bridge?

Captain Gaucho: About ten minutes ago, but thats no the point. I really don't see the need for Admiral Stats two ships, the Unity and the Alliance, along with our two ships, the Exeter and the Ranger. Eins ship is in peace talks with the new arrivals to our system right now and I feel that this many ships aren't necessary. John, do we have a tactical layout of their defenses?

Lt. Commander Seers: Well, their weapons aren't quite like ours. They are energy weapons, appear to partical weapons like our phasers, can't give any real details. Also there appear to be no areas that would look like they would use something like photon or tri-cobalt torpedoes. Their shield generator appears to be a little bit stronger than our own so they may be able to hold out in a fight longer than us. Also the hull metals are of unknown origin. This is from the initial scan we made when we joined with the fleet here.

Captain Gaucho: I see. Lets not bother scanning them right now, we will wait to see the outcome of our encounter with this species before we make any decisions.

[Trevorrex]

We are not going to take any chances Mr. Gaucho, it is an alien ship in our home system. I think we've been attacked enough recently, don't you?

[ein1017]

Just to let everyone know the talks are going good so far but still has a long way to go. I will give a full report later.

[Nilsog]

Enterprise and Eagle on station in Sol Sector.