O Brave New World That Has Such People In’t (Columbia)

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Season One

USS Columbia Mission History
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Prologue
Season One
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Act One


Columbia heads out beyond Losarian space to investigate a seemingly uninhabited Class-M world that long range sensor probes have revealed is giving off intermittent energy readings. Arriving in orbit, closer inspection reveals the presence of an energy field in the lower atmosphere and the presence of possible ruins. An away team led by Captain Whittaker heads down the surface to investigating. The presence of ruins is quickly confirmed. Before long, however, Lieutenant Commander Rune Jolara reports that her telepathic abilities are being dampened on top of malfunction tricorders. Examining one of the nearby ruins, newly arrived Lieutenant Commander T'Lea discovers a strange symbol which, when activated, sends Captain Whittaker, Lt. Commander Jolara and Ensign Ben Burns falling into what appears to be an alien vessel buried under the surface of the place. Examining the chamber they find themselves in, they discover a strange half-stone/half crystalline object in the centre of the room but have little clue as to it's purpose.

In orbit the Columbia begins experiencing escalating power failures within minutes of the away team departing. Starting off with the holodecks before spreading to other systems, a console explodes on the bridge, injuring a crew person. While medical assistance is summoned, Acting CO Lieutenant Commander Anath G'Renn leads the senior staff aboard the ship in attempting to contain the power failures and find their cause. While Ensign Vel Careno and a Losarian representative attempt to trace the source, Lieutenant Pholin Duyzer suggests putting the ship into Grey Mode.

Meanwhile, in Losarian space Commander Jarred Thoran, Commander Luna Walker, Lt. Cmdr Mirra Ezo and Lieutenant (J.G) Jona ch'Ranni are participating in an officer exchange program with the Losarian Royal Navy aboard the cruiser Illrith. They pick up a distress call from the 'Mantras Corridor'- a volatile and dangerous region of space filled with subspace phenomena, where the barriers of reality are weaker. Compelled to investigate, they respond- but find themselves hampered by the unique properties of the region. When an initial plan to locate the ship in distress hits a stumbling block, the Illrith's CO, Ellin Marayn refuses to put her ship and crew in danger. This draws the ire of Commander Thoran who objects on the grounds that they have an ethical responsibility to do everything they can to rescue the crew of the vessel.


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