[Role Play] - Catching the Traitor
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posted on September 16th, 2011, 2:06 pm
Stardate 2402/118. The Tereanan empire has found a suspect and the Mountshining has been ordered to escort the vessel to a Tereanan starbase to be searched. This post is from the Federation's perspective.
=== BEGIN ===
== On-board USS Enterprise E ==
Worf: A Tereanan ship is decloaking off of our port bow. It's Hammer class. We're being hailed.
Picard: Onscreen.
== Begin Communications ==
TSS Hammer: This is captain Benedict Arnold of the Tereanan starship Hammer. We're here to provide defense for you while you patrol the Federation-Cardassian border. We have technology that can prevent the torpedoes from reaching their targets.
USS Enterprise E: Thank you for the support.
TSS Hammer: No problem.
== Channel Closed ==
Troy: He's hiding something. And he's definitely afraid of something.
Worf: Sir, that vessel is not transmitting any transponder information either to ships in this sector or on the Tereanan network.
Riker: Maybe their transponder system is damaged.
Worf: That vessel has redundant transponder transmitters, at least a few should be transmitting, but none are.
Picard: It's not really our business whether or not the vessel is transmitting any transponder information. But what is he hiding?
Worf: Captain, another Tereanan ship is decloaking off of our starboard bow. It's the Mountshining. They're powering weapons and are targeting the Hammer.
I'm picking up communications between the two ships.
30 seconds later:
The Hammer has cut-off communications and has raised it's shields. The Mountshining is firing temporal disruptors at the Hammer. The Hammer's shields are holding.
Riker: I'd like to know what's going on now. A Tereanan ship firing on a Tereanan ship?
Picard: Me too, but it's probably none of our business.
Worf: The Hammer has returned fire. Mountshining's shields are holding. The Mountshining is firing chroniton torpedoes. One of them missed us by 7 meters. The torpedoes have disabled the Hammers warp drive and have put huge holes in the glowing portions of both the port and starboard nacelles. The Hammer is moving away at full impulse.
Picard: Open a channel to the Mountshining:
== Channel Open USS Enterprise E to TSS Mountshining ==
Enterprise: This is captain Picard of the Enterprise. Please be more careful on where you fire the torpedoes. You almost hit us.
Mountshining: Sorry to have scared you. We'll do our best to make sure the torpedo trajectory is further from your ship. By the way, the torpedoes would not have detonated if it had hit you.
Enterprise: Thank you captain. But what's going on here?
Mountshining: We're trying to arrest captain Arnold for treason. We tried doing it peacefully but he didn't want to surrender his vessel. There are two Jerusalem Class and one Supernova Class battleships being sent to provide you with defense. They'll be here in just a few seconds.
Enterprise: How will we know that these are our true escorts.
Mountshining: They'll be transmitting transponder information. Here are the transponder signals you should expect to see.
Enterprise: Thank you. Enterprise out.
== Channel Closed ==
Worf: Sir, the Mountshining has fired more chroniton torpedoes at the Hammer. The Hammer's impulse plating has been destroyed. The Mountshining has locked onto the ship with a tractor beam. A second vessel is decloaking and firing shield neutralizers at the Hammer.
Sir, there are 3 transwarp conduits forming 1.3 lightyears away. They're the escorts that the Mountshining described.
The Hammer is transmitting surrender signals on all frequencies.
The fleet has arrived and we're being hailed.
Picard: Onscreen.
== Channel Opened
TSS Supernova: This is the Supernova. We're here to offer you defense from the illegally distributed chroniton weapons. We have technology that can neutralize those weapons so they won't cause as much, if any, damage.
Enterprise: Thank you.
== Channel Closed ==
=== END ===
The Tereanans don't like it when their suspects are told to surrender but instead raise their shields. If the Hammer had nothing to hide, they should have cooperated with the Tereanans. Not added resisting arrest to the list of charges. The Tereanan's don't even distribute temporal-based weaponry (or counters to those weapons) to the Federation. The Hammer is suspected (reinforced by it's actions towards the Mountshining) to be distributing temporal-based weapons to the Cardassians.
Tereanan torpedoes have an approximately 75-megaton explosive yield (Federation is about 65 megatons) that is compounded by their chroniton flux. These torpedoes will only detonate when they hit their target ship or in large battles, can be programmed to detonate if they hit any enemy ship even if it's not the specified target. Either way, the friendly ships are safe from the torpedoes should one of those torpedoes hit them by accident. The temporal disruptors work in a manner almost identical to the one used in Voyager: Relativity, but the beam creates the disruption when it hits an object or energy field.
=== BEGIN ===
== On-board USS Enterprise E ==
Worf: A Tereanan ship is decloaking off of our port bow. It's Hammer class. We're being hailed.
Picard: Onscreen.
== Begin Communications ==
TSS Hammer: This is captain Benedict Arnold of the Tereanan starship Hammer. We're here to provide defense for you while you patrol the Federation-Cardassian border. We have technology that can prevent the torpedoes from reaching their targets.
USS Enterprise E: Thank you for the support.
TSS Hammer: No problem.
== Channel Closed ==
Troy: He's hiding something. And he's definitely afraid of something.
Worf: Sir, that vessel is not transmitting any transponder information either to ships in this sector or on the Tereanan network.
Riker: Maybe their transponder system is damaged.
Worf: That vessel has redundant transponder transmitters, at least a few should be transmitting, but none are.
Picard: It's not really our business whether or not the vessel is transmitting any transponder information. But what is he hiding?
Worf: Captain, another Tereanan ship is decloaking off of our starboard bow. It's the Mountshining. They're powering weapons and are targeting the Hammer.
I'm picking up communications between the two ships.
30 seconds later:
The Hammer has cut-off communications and has raised it's shields. The Mountshining is firing temporal disruptors at the Hammer. The Hammer's shields are holding.
Riker: I'd like to know what's going on now. A Tereanan ship firing on a Tereanan ship?
Picard: Me too, but it's probably none of our business.
Worf: The Hammer has returned fire. Mountshining's shields are holding. The Mountshining is firing chroniton torpedoes. One of them missed us by 7 meters. The torpedoes have disabled the Hammers warp drive and have put huge holes in the glowing portions of both the port and starboard nacelles. The Hammer is moving away at full impulse.
Picard: Open a channel to the Mountshining:
== Channel Open USS Enterprise E to TSS Mountshining ==
Enterprise: This is captain Picard of the Enterprise. Please be more careful on where you fire the torpedoes. You almost hit us.
Mountshining: Sorry to have scared you. We'll do our best to make sure the torpedo trajectory is further from your ship. By the way, the torpedoes would not have detonated if it had hit you.
Enterprise: Thank you captain. But what's going on here?
Mountshining: We're trying to arrest captain Arnold for treason. We tried doing it peacefully but he didn't want to surrender his vessel. There are two Jerusalem Class and one Supernova Class battleships being sent to provide you with defense. They'll be here in just a few seconds.
Enterprise: How will we know that these are our true escorts.
Mountshining: They'll be transmitting transponder information. Here are the transponder signals you should expect to see.
Enterprise: Thank you. Enterprise out.
== Channel Closed ==
Worf: Sir, the Mountshining has fired more chroniton torpedoes at the Hammer. The Hammer's impulse plating has been destroyed. The Mountshining has locked onto the ship with a tractor beam. A second vessel is decloaking and firing shield neutralizers at the Hammer.
Sir, there are 3 transwarp conduits forming 1.3 lightyears away. They're the escorts that the Mountshining described.
The Hammer is transmitting surrender signals on all frequencies.
The fleet has arrived and we're being hailed.
Picard: Onscreen.
== Channel Opened
TSS Supernova: This is the Supernova. We're here to offer you defense from the illegally distributed chroniton weapons. We have technology that can neutralize those weapons so they won't cause as much, if any, damage.
Enterprise: Thank you.
== Channel Closed ==
=== END ===
The Tereanans don't like it when their suspects are told to surrender but instead raise their shields. If the Hammer had nothing to hide, they should have cooperated with the Tereanans. Not added resisting arrest to the list of charges. The Tereanan's don't even distribute temporal-based weaponry (or counters to those weapons) to the Federation. The Hammer is suspected (reinforced by it's actions towards the Mountshining) to be distributing temporal-based weapons to the Cardassians.
Tereanan torpedoes have an approximately 75-megaton explosive yield (Federation is about 65 megatons) that is compounded by their chroniton flux. These torpedoes will only detonate when they hit their target ship or in large battles, can be programmed to detonate if they hit any enemy ship even if it's not the specified target. Either way, the friendly ships are safe from the torpedoes should one of those torpedoes hit them by accident. The temporal disruptors work in a manner almost identical to the one used in Voyager: Relativity, but the beam creates the disruption when it hits an object or energy field.
posted on September 17th, 2011, 5:43 pm
It's 2402 why are Riker and Troi on the Enterprise; Riker got his own ship at the end of Nemesis. Further more what's Worf doing there? I could easily see him being a captain by 2402; and Picard an Admiral for all that (if he actually decided to give up the chair).
posted on September 17th, 2011, 5:54 pm
I knew there would be inconsistencies, but I couldn't find any names to fill those spots. Besides, I've only seen pieces of Nemisis. Primarily, the part where they discover the clone, where Troi gets married and Worf comments on Romulan ale, and where Data destroys that weapon ship (which is why I didn't include Data).
posted on September 17th, 2011, 11:14 pm
Then FYI, at the end of Nemesis Riker is given his own ship and takes Troi with him. We don't really know what happens to Worf, beyond presuming he goes back to what ever he was doing prior to Nemesis (as far as I know, he was only on the Enterprise for the wedding). Crusher takes a post at Starfleet Medical as I recall. Data dies (sort of - B4 has all of his data). La Forge is presumable still chief engineer and of course Picard is still captain.
Now 20 some odd years later, as you have your story set, we could guess that Picard might have finally accepted a promotion to Admiral, Worf and Geordi could easily be captains, and Riker is probably doing great assuming he hasn't gotten himself blown up.
Now 20 some odd years later, as you have your story set, we could guess that Picard might have finally accepted a promotion to Admiral, Worf and Geordi could easily be captains, and Riker is probably doing great assuming he hasn't gotten himself blown up.
posted on September 17th, 2011, 11:26 pm
i doubt picard would have had a choice about losing his captaincy. he was pretty old in nemesis, it was weird how the old man was beating up monsters with a riflebat. if we assume that picard is the same age as his actor, then in nemesis picard was 62. 20 years later he would be 82. i doubt starfleet would want octogenarians running starships doing exploration, especially the flagship.
posted on September 18th, 2011, 2:50 am
Picard was 74 in Nemesis (born 2305 from MA) so 20 years on he would be 94; he's probably approaching either forced retirement or an Admiralty desk job, maybe the Academy. That said, it's the 24th century; McCoy visited the Ent-D at 137 and despite looking old still appeared to be fit. I think we can assume that the retirement age is a bit farther on in the future. Which is not to mention the fact that Starfleet is basically the military so I'm sure most officers are quite fit.
posted on September 18th, 2011, 3:04 am
Atlantisbase wrote:. La Forge is presumable still chief engineer and of course Picard is still captain.
Actually, according to voyager(alternate timeline), la forge makes captain by 2390 and gets command of the USS Challenger, Galaxy class.
posted on September 18th, 2011, 9:58 am
Atlantisbase wrote:Picard was 74 in Nemesis (born 2305 from MA) so 20 years on he would be 94; he's probably approaching either forced retirement or an Admiralty desk job, maybe the Academy. That said, it's the 24th century; McCoy visited the Ent-D at 137 and despite looking old still appeared to be fit. I think we can assume that the retirement age is a bit farther on in the future. Which is not to mention the fact that Starfleet is basically the military so I'm sure most officers are quite fit.
ah ok, i forgot they established his age in canon.
Adm. Zaxxon wrote:Actually, according to voyager(alternate timeline), la forge makes captain by 2390 and gets command of the USS Challenger, Galaxy class.
alternate timeline, may never have happened. but i think it's likely he will get some captaincy.
posted on September 19th, 2011, 11:32 pm
2 hours after the Mountshining-Hammer battle.
=== BEGIN ===
Onboard the Enterprise-E
Tactical: Sir, 15 Cardassian ships have just crossed the Federation border. 8 Galor, 7 Keldon. Their weapons appear to be Tereanan. The Tereanan ships have raised their shields and are powering weapons.
Captain: Notify the Tereanan ships not to fire unless we're fired upon.
Tactical: Aye, sir. One of the Galor Class vessels is hailing us.
Captain: Onscreen.
== Channel Opened to Cardassian Galor Class Vessel ==
Cardassian: What have you done with the Hammer? There was a surrender signal given out near this location that fits the Hammer's communication signature. Where did you take the ship?
Enterprise E: We did nothing to the Hammer. The Tereanans intercepted and arrested it. And you are violating Federation space.
Cardassian: Tell us what you did with the Hammer, or we'll capture your ships and take the information by force!
Enterprise E: Your threats will not be tolerated. You will withdraw from Federation space immediately.
Cardassian: It seem you leave us no choice but to take the information by force!
The Supernova Class vessel jumps onto the channel (The name of the vessel isn't "Supernova" but that's the class name, and I haven't come up with a name for the ship, so for now, I'm just going by it's class name).
Supernova: Cardassian vessels, it is advisable to withdraw from Federation space. We have the ability to neutralize your weapons before they can deal any damage. If you fire on anyone, your ships will be either captured or destroyed.
Cardassian: Why would the Tereanan Empire care what happens to the Federation?
Supernova: We share the same home planet. That's why.
Cardassian: Unfortunately, you are in no position to make demands.
== Cardassians Terminated Transmission ==
Onboard one of the Jerusalem Class star ships.
Tactical: Sir, I'm detecting a subspace flux. A Borg cube is decloaking.
Operations: Sir, there are no drones aboard that cube. The crew is 100% Cardassian.
First Officer: That's the vessel that the Tereanans want captured. Recommend we call for reinforcements to capture the cube.
Captain: Agreed. Contact the Tereanan Starfleet Command and request a couple Border Class Assault Cruisers. Lock onto the cube with a tractor beam and inform the Federation of what our orders are for that vessel.
Tactical: Aye sir.
30 seconds later...
Tactical: Sir, Starfleet Command has dispatched 4 Border Class Assault Ships to capture this vessel. They'll be here in 15 minutes. The Cardassians don't seem to be familiar enough with Borg systems to attempt a feedback pulse. But we are being hailed.
Captain: Onscreen.
== Channel opened to Cardassian Galor Class vessel ==
Cardassian: You've made a big mistake trying to capture our cube.
Tereanan: We're still capable of neutralizing your weapons. And the other Tereanan vessels can neutralize what we can't. End transmission.
== Channel Closed ==
Tactical: Sir, the Cardassians are firing on us. Direct hit to the forward shields. They're holding, no damage, no casualties.
A chroniton torpedo just pierced the shields and hit near the forward deflector dish. No damage to the armor but there is a micro-fracture in one of the emitters on the dish. No casualties.
Captain: Don't fire unless they attempt to take out that cube or a Federation ship. Meanwhile, bring the neutralization program online.
Tactical: Aye sir. Neutralization program is online. Temporal disruptors will fire automatically at any torpedo that crosses into our firing arc. Temporal disruptors will also be configured to deflect only the Temporal disruptors, but not Cardassian or Borg phasers. As long as the deflector holds together, it can deflect the phasers.
Captain: Acknowledged.
Tactical: A couple of chroniton torpedoes hit one of our starboard shield emitters. Starboard shields are down to 85%. Compensating.
Operation: Sir, one of the Cardassian vessels is firing on the Enterprise. Their weapon was neutralized by the other Jerusalem Class vessel. The fleet is splitting it's fire between the Federation fleet, and us. The Federation fleet is returning fire. So far, no torpedoes have hit the Federation ships. But a phaser shot did drop the Enterprise shields down to 97%. No other phaser shots made it.
First Officer: Target the lead Cardassian vessel with chroniton torpedoes and fire.
Tactical: Aye sir. Direct hit. 1 Keldon has been destroyed.
Captain: Fire at will but don't hit the cube.
Tactical: Aye sir. Firing torpedoes and temporal disruptors.
1 more Keldon and 1 Galor were destroyed by 2 chroniton torpedoes. 3 Keldons have their shields at 50% and 2 Galors have their shields at 70% from Temporal disruptors and Federation weapons.
Operations: 4 Border Class vessels decloaking and are firing shield neutralizers at the cube. The Cardassians are focusing their fire on the Assault Cruisers.
First Officer: Let's give them a more threatening target. Fire a vollew of chroniton torpedoes at the Cardassian vessels.
Tactical: Yes sir. A direct hit on 8 vessels. 4 from the front, 4 from the rear. All 8 vessels are destroyed. The remaining 4 vessels are withdrawing.
Operations: The Border Class vessels have boarding parties on the cube. The Cardassians are no longer in control of the vessel. It's ours. The Cardassian crew is being beamed to the Brigs of the Tereanan ships.
First Officer: Notify Tereanan Starfleet Command that the cube is secure. I take it that the Federation might be upset at us for locking onto the vessel with a tractor beam and provoking the Cardassians.
Operations: There's minor damage to deck 5 of the Enterprise. It's shields are at 85%. It sustained the most damage of any Federation vessel. No apparent casualties.
Captain: Well, the Cardassians were on the verge of attacking the Federation vessels anyways and we were ordered to try to capture the cube at the next chance we got. Considering the low amount of damage to the Federation fleet. I think we proved to the Cardassians that we weren't bluffing. Plus, I don't think that the Federation will take this Cardassian attack lightly.
First Officer: The only thing on that cube that was Cardassian was the cloak. Everything else was Borg.
Operations: We just received word that the Mountshining has successfully towed the Hammer to Starbase 715. The captain of that vessel and those who went along with him are facing charges of treason. The Captain is facing the additional charge of conspiresy to put the Tereanan Empire against an ally.
=== END ===
Notice this time I didn't give names for the crew of the Enterprise E.
=== BEGIN ===
Onboard the Enterprise-E
Tactical: Sir, 15 Cardassian ships have just crossed the Federation border. 8 Galor, 7 Keldon. Their weapons appear to be Tereanan. The Tereanan ships have raised their shields and are powering weapons.
Captain: Notify the Tereanan ships not to fire unless we're fired upon.
Tactical: Aye, sir. One of the Galor Class vessels is hailing us.
Captain: Onscreen.
== Channel Opened to Cardassian Galor Class Vessel ==
Cardassian: What have you done with the Hammer? There was a surrender signal given out near this location that fits the Hammer's communication signature. Where did you take the ship?
Enterprise E: We did nothing to the Hammer. The Tereanans intercepted and arrested it. And you are violating Federation space.
Cardassian: Tell us what you did with the Hammer, or we'll capture your ships and take the information by force!
Enterprise E: Your threats will not be tolerated. You will withdraw from Federation space immediately.
Cardassian: It seem you leave us no choice but to take the information by force!
The Supernova Class vessel jumps onto the channel (The name of the vessel isn't "Supernova" but that's the class name, and I haven't come up with a name for the ship, so for now, I'm just going by it's class name).
Supernova: Cardassian vessels, it is advisable to withdraw from Federation space. We have the ability to neutralize your weapons before they can deal any damage. If you fire on anyone, your ships will be either captured or destroyed.
Cardassian: Why would the Tereanan Empire care what happens to the Federation?
Supernova: We share the same home planet. That's why.
Cardassian: Unfortunately, you are in no position to make demands.
== Cardassians Terminated Transmission ==
Onboard one of the Jerusalem Class star ships.
Tactical: Sir, I'm detecting a subspace flux. A Borg cube is decloaking.
Operations: Sir, there are no drones aboard that cube. The crew is 100% Cardassian.
First Officer: That's the vessel that the Tereanans want captured. Recommend we call for reinforcements to capture the cube.
Captain: Agreed. Contact the Tereanan Starfleet Command and request a couple Border Class Assault Cruisers. Lock onto the cube with a tractor beam and inform the Federation of what our orders are for that vessel.
Tactical: Aye sir.
30 seconds later...
Tactical: Sir, Starfleet Command has dispatched 4 Border Class Assault Ships to capture this vessel. They'll be here in 15 minutes. The Cardassians don't seem to be familiar enough with Borg systems to attempt a feedback pulse. But we are being hailed.
Captain: Onscreen.
== Channel opened to Cardassian Galor Class vessel ==
Cardassian: You've made a big mistake trying to capture our cube.
Tereanan: We're still capable of neutralizing your weapons. And the other Tereanan vessels can neutralize what we can't. End transmission.
== Channel Closed ==
Tactical: Sir, the Cardassians are firing on us. Direct hit to the forward shields. They're holding, no damage, no casualties.
A chroniton torpedo just pierced the shields and hit near the forward deflector dish. No damage to the armor but there is a micro-fracture in one of the emitters on the dish. No casualties.
Captain: Don't fire unless they attempt to take out that cube or a Federation ship. Meanwhile, bring the neutralization program online.
Tactical: Aye sir. Neutralization program is online. Temporal disruptors will fire automatically at any torpedo that crosses into our firing arc. Temporal disruptors will also be configured to deflect only the Temporal disruptors, but not Cardassian or Borg phasers. As long as the deflector holds together, it can deflect the phasers.
Captain: Acknowledged.
Tactical: A couple of chroniton torpedoes hit one of our starboard shield emitters. Starboard shields are down to 85%. Compensating.
Operation: Sir, one of the Cardassian vessels is firing on the Enterprise. Their weapon was neutralized by the other Jerusalem Class vessel. The fleet is splitting it's fire between the Federation fleet, and us. The Federation fleet is returning fire. So far, no torpedoes have hit the Federation ships. But a phaser shot did drop the Enterprise shields down to 97%. No other phaser shots made it.
First Officer: Target the lead Cardassian vessel with chroniton torpedoes and fire.
Tactical: Aye sir. Direct hit. 1 Keldon has been destroyed.
Captain: Fire at will but don't hit the cube.
Tactical: Aye sir. Firing torpedoes and temporal disruptors.
1 more Keldon and 1 Galor were destroyed by 2 chroniton torpedoes. 3 Keldons have their shields at 50% and 2 Galors have their shields at 70% from Temporal disruptors and Federation weapons.
Operations: 4 Border Class vessels decloaking and are firing shield neutralizers at the cube. The Cardassians are focusing their fire on the Assault Cruisers.
First Officer: Let's give them a more threatening target. Fire a vollew of chroniton torpedoes at the Cardassian vessels.
Tactical: Yes sir. A direct hit on 8 vessels. 4 from the front, 4 from the rear. All 8 vessels are destroyed. The remaining 4 vessels are withdrawing.
Operations: The Border Class vessels have boarding parties on the cube. The Cardassians are no longer in control of the vessel. It's ours. The Cardassian crew is being beamed to the Brigs of the Tereanan ships.
First Officer: Notify Tereanan Starfleet Command that the cube is secure. I take it that the Federation might be upset at us for locking onto the vessel with a tractor beam and provoking the Cardassians.
Operations: There's minor damage to deck 5 of the Enterprise. It's shields are at 85%. It sustained the most damage of any Federation vessel. No apparent casualties.
Captain: Well, the Cardassians were on the verge of attacking the Federation vessels anyways and we were ordered to try to capture the cube at the next chance we got. Considering the low amount of damage to the Federation fleet. I think we proved to the Cardassians that we weren't bluffing. Plus, I don't think that the Federation will take this Cardassian attack lightly.
First Officer: The only thing on that cube that was Cardassian was the cloak. Everything else was Borg.
Operations: We just received word that the Mountshining has successfully towed the Hammer to Starbase 715. The captain of that vessel and those who went along with him are facing charges of treason. The Captain is facing the additional charge of conspiresy to put the Tereanan Empire against an ally.
=== END ===
Notice this time I didn't give names for the crew of the Enterprise E.
posted on September 20th, 2011, 6:13 am
Stardate 102595.8 (3 hrs. after the attempted Cardassian incursion)
***Starfleet Command – San Francisco, Earth – Emergency Admiralty Meeting***
Staff rush about a large table passing reports to various admirals. Enter Fleet Adm. Braun Craddock, highly agitated.
Fleet Adm. Craddock: Alright, would someone care to tell me what the hell is going on!
Adm. Stp’h Vars – SF Tactical: At 0:29 hrs. fifteen Cardassian vessels and one Cardassian controlled Borg cube crossed the Federation boarder in sector 42892 and engaged the U.S.S. Enterprise –E and a small contingent of Tereanan vessels. The Cardassians were quickly dispatched with Tereanan aid. Furthermore the Tereanans have taken the Borg vessel and all the Cardassians aboard into custody.
Adm. Tuss’Va – SF Intelligence: Current reports suggest a rogue Tereanan cell is responsible for supplying the Cardassians with both Tereanan weaponry and the Borg cube. The current official statement by the Tereanan Empire is that a group of disgruntled officers stole a vessel and attempted to incite a Cardassian uprising. Those responsible have been charged with conspiracy and treason. Our own intelligence suggests, however, that this is far more than a case of differing opinions. The power signature and scans of the Borg vessel indicate it was one previously captured by the Tereanan approximately five months ago. Also, temporal signatures from the chroniton torpedoes the Cardassians obtained match those on a watch list issued by the Tereanan Empire for weapons which disappeared about four months ago.
Adm. Craddock: So, bottom line. Could we be looking at an upheaval in the Tereanan Empire?
Adm. Va: Not at this time sir. However, information is hard to come by. The Tereanans are keeping information to a minimum.
Adm. Craddock: Has the Cardassian government issued a statement yet?
Adm. Va: No.
Adm. Vars: Sir, at present the Cardassians have made no further movements. Our vessels assisting with the Cardassian Reconstruction & Oversight have reported no unusual activity.
Adm. Craddock: All that means is they’re either in on it, or aren’t but are quietly approving of it.
Adm. Picard: With all due respect, sir, the Cardassians are in no position to be waging a war; and I highly doubt the Tereanans would be quite so bold as to openly wage war against the Federation. Certainly not when they know we can have their homeland obliterated in seconds.
Adm. Craddock: I hope you’re right Jean Luc. I hope you’re right. Just in case I want you to keep communications with the Cardassians open. Hopefully you can dredge some modicum of truth out of the damn lizards Jean Luc.
Captain Gombert, you are to take the 3rd Wing of 1st Fleet and rendezvous with the Enterprise. I want every stitch of that boarded guarded around the clock. Additionally, you are to transport Admiral Picard to the Enterprise which will then head to Cardassia.
Capt. Noel Gombet: Aye, sir.
Vars, begin running tactical scenarios for both the Cardassians and the Tereanans. We’re already in one drawn out war; I don’t want it to be two, but just in case, draw up both defensive and offensive plans for both.
Adm. Vars: Understood. Should we inform the Delta Quadrant fleets?
Adm. Craddock: No, not yet. Don’t give them more to worry about if they don’t have to. Not yet anyway.
Tuss, get every information junkie you have on scrounging up every last scrap of info you can find. I don’t care how, just fill in the blanks. I’ll see if I can get the President to shake the Tereanan tree a little, but don’t expect much.
Adm. Tuss: Of course.
Adm. Craddock: Alright people, let’s get to the bottom of this. And fast. Dismissed.
***Starfleet Command – San Francisco, Earth – Emergency Admiralty Meeting***
Staff rush about a large table passing reports to various admirals. Enter Fleet Adm. Braun Craddock, highly agitated.
Fleet Adm. Craddock: Alright, would someone care to tell me what the hell is going on!
Adm. Stp’h Vars – SF Tactical: At 0:29 hrs. fifteen Cardassian vessels and one Cardassian controlled Borg cube crossed the Federation boarder in sector 42892 and engaged the U.S.S. Enterprise –E and a small contingent of Tereanan vessels. The Cardassians were quickly dispatched with Tereanan aid. Furthermore the Tereanans have taken the Borg vessel and all the Cardassians aboard into custody.
Adm. Tuss’Va – SF Intelligence: Current reports suggest a rogue Tereanan cell is responsible for supplying the Cardassians with both Tereanan weaponry and the Borg cube. The current official statement by the Tereanan Empire is that a group of disgruntled officers stole a vessel and attempted to incite a Cardassian uprising. Those responsible have been charged with conspiracy and treason. Our own intelligence suggests, however, that this is far more than a case of differing opinions. The power signature and scans of the Borg vessel indicate it was one previously captured by the Tereanan approximately five months ago. Also, temporal signatures from the chroniton torpedoes the Cardassians obtained match those on a watch list issued by the Tereanan Empire for weapons which disappeared about four months ago.
Adm. Craddock: So, bottom line. Could we be looking at an upheaval in the Tereanan Empire?
Adm. Va: Not at this time sir. However, information is hard to come by. The Tereanans are keeping information to a minimum.
Adm. Craddock: Has the Cardassian government issued a statement yet?
Adm. Va: No.
Adm. Vars: Sir, at present the Cardassians have made no further movements. Our vessels assisting with the Cardassian Reconstruction & Oversight have reported no unusual activity.
Adm. Craddock: All that means is they’re either in on it, or aren’t but are quietly approving of it.
Adm. Picard: With all due respect, sir, the Cardassians are in no position to be waging a war; and I highly doubt the Tereanans would be quite so bold as to openly wage war against the Federation. Certainly not when they know we can have their homeland obliterated in seconds.
Adm. Craddock: I hope you’re right Jean Luc. I hope you’re right. Just in case I want you to keep communications with the Cardassians open. Hopefully you can dredge some modicum of truth out of the damn lizards Jean Luc.
Captain Gombert, you are to take the 3rd Wing of 1st Fleet and rendezvous with the Enterprise. I want every stitch of that boarded guarded around the clock. Additionally, you are to transport Admiral Picard to the Enterprise which will then head to Cardassia.
Capt. Noel Gombet: Aye, sir.
Vars, begin running tactical scenarios for both the Cardassians and the Tereanans. We’re already in one drawn out war; I don’t want it to be two, but just in case, draw up both defensive and offensive plans for both.
Adm. Vars: Understood. Should we inform the Delta Quadrant fleets?
Adm. Craddock: No, not yet. Don’t give them more to worry about if they don’t have to. Not yet anyway.
Tuss, get every information junkie you have on scrounging up every last scrap of info you can find. I don’t care how, just fill in the blanks. I’ll see if I can get the President to shake the Tereanan tree a little, but don’t expect much.
Adm. Tuss: Of course.
Adm. Craddock: Alright people, let’s get to the bottom of this. And fast. Dismissed.
posted on September 20th, 2011, 2:28 pm
Last edited by Anonymous on September 20th, 2011, 2:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Stardate 2402/120.
=== BEGIN ===
== Tereanan Security Log ==
A thorough search of the TSS Hammer has concluded that the vessel indeed was supplying weapons illegally to the Cardassians in an attempt to drive the Tereanan Empire and the United Federation of Planets apart. There is also evidence that some of the crew members of the Hammer tried to notify Tereanan Starfleet of the situation but were silenced. Either by being thrown in the brig or killed. Now murder is being added to the list of charges being brought against the crew members participating in the conspiracy. Also, we found evidence that suggest that some of the crew members, including the captain, are in a terrorist group determined to drive apart any alliance that the Tereanan Empire has. Which raises the question, who put terrorists in command of a twenty, million-ton battleship and why didn't they check our watch list? There were also Cardassians aboard the vessel at the time that the Mountshining captured it. Which the Federation probably already knows about.
The fact that this may extend to the higher ranks means it'll be very difficult to trust anyone within the Tereanan Empire. Which means, that this investigation could take years. Additionally, the Tereanan Empire has fully withdrawn from the reconstruction project and is debating weather a war is in order as a means of destroying the illegally distributed weapons. Not to mention, whether or not an attack on an allied, but non-Tereanan fleet is enough to provoke a war.
Our findings on that cube indicate that the only thing modified was the user interface and the installation of the subspace cloak. It is likely that the technology was also given to them by the hammer, but there is no evidence to prove that yet. Plus, the cloak had an obvious Cardassian cloak signature. The Cardassians probably found the cube sometime after Voyager-Borg battle in that nebula that was thought to have destroyed the Borg. Plus, that cube obviously wasn't renegade because it participated in the attack against the Federation along with Cardassian ships. The Tereanan Empire is still extracting the information from the cube's data nodes, but it is suspected that the cube was not being commanded by renegades. 9 months ago, that cube attacked the Mountshining but cloaked before the Mountshining could disable or destroy it and the Cardassians claimed it was under the control of renegades.
As for the Hammer itself. It'll be under impound until we've extracted every piece of information from it's computer systems, then it'll be destroyed. As the Tereanan Empire does not put vessels back into the fleet that were under the control of traitors.
One of the backup databases has the coordinates of 3 terrorist cells within the Tereanan empire. It is believed that the Hammer was used to both smuggle the weapons into these terrorist cells, or provide the resources necessary to build the weapons, then give them to the Cardassians. The Tereanan Empire is sending a group of ships to each cell to do undercover operations that could give useful insight to the terrorist group, then arrest those in the cell. Meanwhile, other Tereanan ships have been sent to monitor the routes of the cargo vessels that go near the cells to see what we have to do to cut off their supply lines, but it is possible that they can supply themselves even if their primary supplies are cut off.
The Federation has been notified that the Tereanan Empire has fully withdrawn from the Cardassian reconstruction project because of the attacks on the Federation vessels. A report has also been sent to the Federation about the history of the encounters with that Borg cube. The Federation has not been notified about the found terrorist cells because we don't want any chance of our operations being blown.
To make sure that any Tereanan escorts are not part of the terrorist group, they have all gone through background checks and the Federation is allowed to send their own people aboard with "unprecedented" access to the ship and its systems to help ensure that the vessels aren't apart of the terrorist groups.
== End log entry ==
== TSS Mountshining Log ==
The Hammer is now impounded and being turned upside down to find out as much information about this terrorist group as possible. The Mountshining is being held at the base to testify against the crew of the Hammer that are being charged with treason, conspirasy, murder, false imprisonment, and resisting arrest. Treason or murder alone are enough to warrant the death penalty if convicted.
While the Mountshining is waiting to testify at the trial, the TSS Jerusalem, first of it's class, is being assigned flagship status temporarily. The vessel, only 3 years old, is much stronger than the Mountshining III class despite being about half the size of the Mountshining III class. It's 2,700 kilolengths in length whereas the Mountshining III is 5,500 kilolengths. The Borg cube is only 4,760 kilolengths and the Intrepid is 542 kilolengths.
== End Log Entry ==
=== END ===
EDIT:
I noticed that the two accounts on what the cube are conflict, but I'm trying to simulate each side having different information about the same thing and not knowing each other's information.
=== BEGIN ===
== Tereanan Security Log ==
A thorough search of the TSS Hammer has concluded that the vessel indeed was supplying weapons illegally to the Cardassians in an attempt to drive the Tereanan Empire and the United Federation of Planets apart. There is also evidence that some of the crew members of the Hammer tried to notify Tereanan Starfleet of the situation but were silenced. Either by being thrown in the brig or killed. Now murder is being added to the list of charges being brought against the crew members participating in the conspiracy. Also, we found evidence that suggest that some of the crew members, including the captain, are in a terrorist group determined to drive apart any alliance that the Tereanan Empire has. Which raises the question, who put terrorists in command of a twenty, million-ton battleship and why didn't they check our watch list? There were also Cardassians aboard the vessel at the time that the Mountshining captured it. Which the Federation probably already knows about.
The fact that this may extend to the higher ranks means it'll be very difficult to trust anyone within the Tereanan Empire. Which means, that this investigation could take years. Additionally, the Tereanan Empire has fully withdrawn from the reconstruction project and is debating weather a war is in order as a means of destroying the illegally distributed weapons. Not to mention, whether or not an attack on an allied, but non-Tereanan fleet is enough to provoke a war.
Our findings on that cube indicate that the only thing modified was the user interface and the installation of the subspace cloak. It is likely that the technology was also given to them by the hammer, but there is no evidence to prove that yet. Plus, the cloak had an obvious Cardassian cloak signature. The Cardassians probably found the cube sometime after Voyager-Borg battle in that nebula that was thought to have destroyed the Borg. Plus, that cube obviously wasn't renegade because it participated in the attack against the Federation along with Cardassian ships. The Tereanan Empire is still extracting the information from the cube's data nodes, but it is suspected that the cube was not being commanded by renegades. 9 months ago, that cube attacked the Mountshining but cloaked before the Mountshining could disable or destroy it and the Cardassians claimed it was under the control of renegades.
As for the Hammer itself. It'll be under impound until we've extracted every piece of information from it's computer systems, then it'll be destroyed. As the Tereanan Empire does not put vessels back into the fleet that were under the control of traitors.
One of the backup databases has the coordinates of 3 terrorist cells within the Tereanan empire. It is believed that the Hammer was used to both smuggle the weapons into these terrorist cells, or provide the resources necessary to build the weapons, then give them to the Cardassians. The Tereanan Empire is sending a group of ships to each cell to do undercover operations that could give useful insight to the terrorist group, then arrest those in the cell. Meanwhile, other Tereanan ships have been sent to monitor the routes of the cargo vessels that go near the cells to see what we have to do to cut off their supply lines, but it is possible that they can supply themselves even if their primary supplies are cut off.
The Federation has been notified that the Tereanan Empire has fully withdrawn from the Cardassian reconstruction project because of the attacks on the Federation vessels. A report has also been sent to the Federation about the history of the encounters with that Borg cube. The Federation has not been notified about the found terrorist cells because we don't want any chance of our operations being blown.
To make sure that any Tereanan escorts are not part of the terrorist group, they have all gone through background checks and the Federation is allowed to send their own people aboard with "unprecedented" access to the ship and its systems to help ensure that the vessels aren't apart of the terrorist groups.
== End log entry ==
== TSS Mountshining Log ==
The Hammer is now impounded and being turned upside down to find out as much information about this terrorist group as possible. The Mountshining is being held at the base to testify against the crew of the Hammer that are being charged with treason, conspirasy, murder, false imprisonment, and resisting arrest. Treason or murder alone are enough to warrant the death penalty if convicted.
While the Mountshining is waiting to testify at the trial, the TSS Jerusalem, first of it's class, is being assigned flagship status temporarily. The vessel, only 3 years old, is much stronger than the Mountshining III class despite being about half the size of the Mountshining III class. It's 2,700 kilolengths in length whereas the Mountshining III is 5,500 kilolengths. The Borg cube is only 4,760 kilolengths and the Intrepid is 542 kilolengths.
== End Log Entry ==
=== END ===
EDIT:
I noticed that the two accounts on what the cube are conflict, but I'm trying to simulate each side having different information about the same thing and not knowing each other's information.
posted on September 21st, 2011, 12:13 pm
Stardate 4202/121
=== BEGIN ===
== Report from Tereanan Command to Federation Starfleet Command ==
We've found evidence aboard the Hammers backup database that they were going to pose as escorts to protect you in case the Cardassians tried attacking the fleet with the chroniton weapons, but when the attack came, they would help the Cardassians destroy the fleet. The primary database was filled with deletions, but it's many, many times harder to delete information from the backup databases. But by posing as an escort, then betraying the Federation, the Hammer would have successfully started a war between us. But the Mountshining got there first and stopped the Hammer.
Also, we've found in the database of that cube that about 4 months ago, the vessel was given some serious equipment from the terrorists including the cloaking device. The method used to hide the technology has been shown to only be effective against the Tereanans with everyone else (so far) being able to easily scan through the 'camouflage.'
We've taken steps to ensure that these people are contained and will be of no further threat to the Federation. Steps have also been taken to ensure that they can no longer interact with the Cardassians and a special-ops team has been sent to destroy the illegally distributed temporal weapons that are in the hands of the Cardassians.
== End Report ==
== Another Report on Secure Channel ==
The Zaggepian omega facilities have been destroyed by a special-ops team. The Zaggepians have pulled all of their vessels to guard the border of Zaggepian space. The special-ops team also found the largest recorded concentration of omega particles in history and neutralized them. The Zaggepian ability to produce new ships and stations with the molecule are now severely limited. Most forms of cloak still don't seem to work though as only the Tereanan special-ops team has been able to elude the Zaggepian cloak detection systems which are quite advanced. Estimated to be at least 800 years ahead of anything we've ever encountered.
== End ==
=== END ===
=== BEGIN ===
== Report from Tereanan Command to Federation Starfleet Command ==
We've found evidence aboard the Hammers backup database that they were going to pose as escorts to protect you in case the Cardassians tried attacking the fleet with the chroniton weapons, but when the attack came, they would help the Cardassians destroy the fleet. The primary database was filled with deletions, but it's many, many times harder to delete information from the backup databases. But by posing as an escort, then betraying the Federation, the Hammer would have successfully started a war between us. But the Mountshining got there first and stopped the Hammer.
Also, we've found in the database of that cube that about 4 months ago, the vessel was given some serious equipment from the terrorists including the cloaking device. The method used to hide the technology has been shown to only be effective against the Tereanans with everyone else (so far) being able to easily scan through the 'camouflage.'
We've taken steps to ensure that these people are contained and will be of no further threat to the Federation. Steps have also been taken to ensure that they can no longer interact with the Cardassians and a special-ops team has been sent to destroy the illegally distributed temporal weapons that are in the hands of the Cardassians.
== End Report ==
== Another Report on Secure Channel ==
The Zaggepian omega facilities have been destroyed by a special-ops team. The Zaggepians have pulled all of their vessels to guard the border of Zaggepian space. The special-ops team also found the largest recorded concentration of omega particles in history and neutralized them. The Zaggepian ability to produce new ships and stations with the molecule are now severely limited. Most forms of cloak still don't seem to work though as only the Tereanan special-ops team has been able to elude the Zaggepian cloak detection systems which are quite advanced. Estimated to be at least 800 years ahead of anything we've ever encountered.
== End ==
=== END ===
posted on September 28th, 2011, 6:07 am
I dont want to spoil your fun TChapman but there's always something i've been a little unsure about, which needs to be cleared up as you seem to be doing alot of exciting work modding and im sure those projects will be very cool when completed. My question is who/what exactly are the Tereanans?
posted on September 28th, 2011, 4:29 pm
Last edited by Anonymous on September 29th, 2011, 2:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
ray320 wrote:I dont want to spoil your fun TChapman but there's always something i've been a little unsure about, which needs to be cleared up as you seem to be doing alot of exciting work modding and im sure those projects will be very cool when completed. My question is who/what exactly are the Tereanans?
To make a long story short. I made up the Tereanans in late 2001 as a fictional nation on Earth and only recently have I attempted to put them into the Star Trek timeline and in some of the relevant games. Expect a separate thread to explain in detail the real life history of the Tereanans.
EDIT:
I'll just explain in this thread.
posted on September 29th, 2011, 2:47 pm
For the real life history of the Tereanan's, I made up the fictional nation in 2001 and had almost no knowledge of Star Trek. Over the years, I started modding some simulators and I decided to try to put Tereanan structures in them. Well, the Flight Simulators, I couldn't get the hang of, but the racing simulators were relatively easy. Just a couple years ago, I got more and more familiar with Star Trek and I wanted the Tereanan Empire to have some involvement in the Star Trek timeline. Since a TV series is a tad bit out of my price range (a lot out of my price range), modifying STA2 and Fleet Ops to put in the Tereanan Empire, along with some missions, I'd be able to have them play some role in the Star Trek timeline.
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