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'''USS ''Astraeus'''''<br>
'''USS ''Astraeus'''''<br>
Frustrated with the amount of red tape and falsehoods littering their information and assistance from Starfleet, and indeed their fellow taskforce vessel the ''Intrepid'', numerous senior officers aboard the ''Astraeus'' attempt to gain access beyond their stations. Lt.Cmdr. [[Esa Kiax|Kiax]] lead a team in a rogue - and highly illegal - attempt to hack into Starfleet communications, but after countless failed attempts, change tack and instead work on gaining unredacted and unfiltered access to the Intrepid’s logs. Meanwhile, on the Bridge, the crew is able to utilize a new tracking algorithm penned by Lt.Cdr [[Timothy Alentonis|Alentonis]] and Ens [[Gwen'ora Tasen|Tasen]] to track the ''Titan''’s most likely destination, in spite of numerous false trails: The Daystrom Institute. The ''Astraeus'' attempts to get in contact with the Institute, when they learn that the Institute had suffered a recent theft. The details are too classified to provide details, but two things are clear: the theft was commutted while the ''Titan'' was in drydock, and the stolen object is dangerous.<br><br>
Frustrated with the amount of red tape and falsehoods littering their information and assistance from Starfleet, and indeed their fellow taskforce vessel the ''Intrepid'', numerous senior officers aboard the ''Astraeus'' attempt to gain access beyond their stations. Lt.Cmdr. [[Esa Kiax|Kiax]] lead a team in a rogue - and highly illegal - attempt to hack into Starfleet communications, but after countless failed attempts, change tack and instead work on gaining unredacted and unfiltered access to the Intrepid’s logs. Meanwhile, on the Bridge, the crew is able to utilize a new tracking algorithm penned by Lt.Cdr [[Timothy Alentonis|Alentonis]] and Ens [[Gwen'ora Tasen|Tasen]] to track the ''Titan''’s most likely destination, in spite of numerous false trails: The Daystrom Institute. The ''Astraeus'' attempts to get in contact with the Institute, when they learn that the Institute had suffered a recent theft. The details are too classified to provide details, but two things are clear: the theft was commutted while the ''Titan'' was in drydock, and the stolen object is dangerous.<br><br>
As the ''Astraeus'' sets a course for the Institute, an explosion occurs near Strategic Operations, which floods the area with theta radiation and traps Lt.Cdr. [[Esa Kiax|Kiax]]’s team inside. Cpt. [[Mei'konda Delano|Mei'konda]] starts to suspect that there are rogue elements aboard his vessel, as rescue teams are dispatched. While the Doctors work tirelessly to rescue the numerous officers in Ops, the revelation that transporters are down - thereby making site-to-site transport of the wounded impossible a makes the Bridge abuzz with theories and accusations. In order to put a lid on a tense atmosphere that he deems could be damaging for crew morale at this crucial junction, Cpt. [[Mei'konda Delano|Mei'konda]] secretly orders three of his senior crew to conduct a covert investigation to ascertain the likelihood of treason and sabotage.<br><br>
As the ''Astraeus'' sets a course for the Institute, an explosion occurs near Strategic Operations, which floods the area with theta radiation and traps Lt.Cdr. [[Esa Kiax|Kiax]]’s team inside. Cpt. [[Mei'konda Delano|Delano]] starts to suspect that there are rogue elements aboard his vessel, as rescue teams are dispatched. While the Doctors work tirelessly to rescue the numerous officers in Ops, the revelation that transporters are down - thereby making site-to-site transport of the wounded impossible a makes the Bridge abuzz with theories and accusations. In order to put a lid on a tense atmosphere that he deems could be damaging for crew morale at this crucial junction, Cpt. [[Mei'konda Delano|Delano]] secretly orders three of his senior crew to conduct a covert investigation to ascertain the likelihood of treason and sabotage.<br><br>
'''Amity Outpost & USS ''Kitty Hawk'''''<br>
'''Amity Outpost & USS ''Kitty Hawk'''''<br>
On Amity Outpost, the team enters the restricted area to find a lab filled with old borg tech and deactivated drones. Guided by their scans, LT [[Vailani Zoyara|Vailani]] suggests that there might be a transponder nearby sending out a signal, but before the team can look further into this idea, a call comes to them about activity on another level of the lab. Splitting the party and trying to gather their thoughts on how to proceed, a piece of borg technology activates - seemingly unprovoked - and they are all caught unawares when Mr. [[Arthur Summerside|Summerside]] - an independent journalist who’d been trapped behind the ‘red tape’ - clobbers a security officer before stealing the piece. He makes a run for a peculiar piece of technology - a ‘transwarp conduit’ - hovering in air in the center of the lab, emitting a vibrant green light. Then, before their very eyes, his features shift and change into that of a Changeling.<br><br>
On Amity Outpost, the team enters the restricted area to find a lab filled with old borg tech and deactivated drones. Guided by their scans, LT [[Vailani Zoyara|Vailani]] suggests that there might be a transponder nearby sending out a signal, but before the team can look further into this idea, a call comes to them about activity on another level of the lab. Splitting the party and trying to gather their thoughts on how to proceed, a piece of borg technology activates - seemingly unprovoked - and they are all caught unawares when Mr. [[Arthur Summerside|Summerside]] - an independent journalist who’d been trapped behind the ‘red tape’ - clobbers a security officer before stealing the piece. He makes a run for a peculiar piece of technology - a ‘transwarp conduit’ - hovering in air in the center of the lab, emitting a vibrant green light. Then, before their very eyes, his features shift and change into that of a Changeling.<br><br>
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TO BE FILLED<br><br>
After successfully venting the Dakora-Changeling - Ravicz - into space, Ensigns [[Gnai]] and [[Kel Solas|Kel]] find themselves uncertain of how to proceed. While working to gain access to Intership Communications to hopefully find out the situation on the Bridge, Cmdr. [[Genkos Adea|Adea]], LT [[Hallia Yellir|Yellir]] and Ens [[Jaseb Chevalier|Chevalier]] arrive at the Shuttlebay to find the mayhem caused after the Ensigns’ struggles. And the Officers arrive at a standstill, as the two Ensigns - understandably weary after the threat of their First Officer attempting to kill them - try to ascertain whether their senior officers are actually who they say they are. On the Bridge, on the other hand, Lt.Cmdr. [[Talos Dakora|Dakora]] has Changeling troubles of his own, as the constant jostling of the ''Artemis'' caused by the incessant weapons fire results in the tupperware-Changeling to receive a crack in its containment. While LT [[Vitor Silveira|Silveira]] is ordered to continue firing upon the Cube itself, Lt.Cmdr. [[Talos Dakora|Dakora]] and LtJG [[T'Ama]] attempt to fight the Changeling, and their struggle eventually concludes with transporters being utilized to beam the tupperware directly to a reinforced cell in the Brig.<br><br>
On the Cube, seeing their fellow Officer - Ex-Borg LtJG [[David Flint]] - be reintegrated into the Collective breaks the spirit of Lt.Cmdr. [[Robin Hopper|Hopper]]’s team, and they find themselves herded towards a specific location in the Cube by a multitude of Drones, including LtJG [[David Flint|Flint]]. The room they arrive at is similar to a laboratory they encountered earlier, only without the dead drones, and while there, a number of the Officers are manhandled by the Drones and subjected to an invasive procedure of blood retrieval. As the desperate Officers try to ascertain what the Borg’s master plan is, LtJG [[Gila Sadar|Sadar]] utilizes a moment of relative calm to stealth-inoculate LtJG [[David Flint|Flint]] with a smaller dosage of the anti-Borg Serum in an attempt to allow him to retake his own mind. The Queen and her Drones realize what she’s done a moment too late, as Nine of Twenty is replaced by [[David Flint]] once more, and he disables the Collective’s internal shield matrix in one fell swoop, providing both them and the other team a moment of reprieve to escape. Cpt. [[Addison MacKenzie|MacKenzie]] - meanwhile - faces her own struggles on her mission of sabotage, as a steady influx of Borg Drones intent on keeping them from their objective forces her team to be in constant combat. Adrenaline and foolhardy youth goes hand-in-hand, and after numerous dangerous stunts by her junior officers, Cpt. [[Addison MacKenzie|MacKenzie]] gives a stern talking-to that rivals any threats the Borg could make. Soon enough, her team arrives at a shield complex guarded by many Drones and several forcefields, but as they brainstorm how to get at one of the generators, LtJG [[David Flint|Flint]]’s sabotage makes its presence known, and they see a moment of opportunity. LTs [[Charlena Vanlith|Vanlith]] and [[Jovenan]] start their work setting the explosive charges along the structure of the generator, while the rest of the team covers their back. When the rest of the team is clear, LtJG [[Kaito Moore|Moore]] takes the shot at the charges, triggering a massive explosion that renders the exterior shields inert - for a time - and Cpt. [[Addison MacKenzie|MacKenzie]] immediately calls the ''Artemis''. Time to go home.<br><br>
In another part of the Cube, Lt.Cmdr. [[Robin Hopper|Hopper]] leads her team to a keypoint of energy - an Anti-Polaron Distribution Node - and LtJG [[David Flint|Flint]] reveals that they might be able to do some severe damage to the Cube’s systems if the anti-Borg serum is injected directly into the Node.  The gold shirts start shredding the protective layers around the Node, while Ens [[Quentin Beck|Beck]] reveals that he had to dose himself with the Anti-Borg Serum in order to stop a spread of errant nanites. Knowing that there is limited time before he’s rendered unconscious by the medicine, he volunteers for the dangerous task of injecting the serum into the Node itself, and thus being unable to escape the blast radius of the ensuing explosion.
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'''USS ''Astraeus'''''<br>
'''USS ''Astraeus'''''<br>
TO BE FILLED<br><br>
On Deck 1, Lt.Cmdr. [[Timothy Alentonis|Alentonis]] and LtJGs [[Charles Matthews|Matthews]] and [[Christopher Caldwell|Caldwell]] realize that something is wrong within the [[Mei'konda Delano|Captain]]’s Ready Room when they hear noise resembling a struggle, and already on edge, the trio decides to intervene. The door slides open to reveal the Cpt. [[Mei’konda Delano|Delano]] being strangled by a shapeless Changeling tentacle, and the three Officers open fire immediately, attempting to rescue their struggling Captain. They succeed in killing the Changeling after a few moments, and Dr. [[Kris Fianna|Fianna]] is summoned to the Bridge to treat Cpt. [[Mei’konda Delano|Delano]] and begin analyzing the Changeling remains. As a number of other Officers all converge on the Bridge, the news of the identity of the saboteurs are spread throughout the inner circle, and plans to address the issue are made with haste.
<br><br>In Sickbay, Lt.Cmdr. [[Esa Kiax|Kiax]] is engaged in a life-or-death struggle in her own mind, while the medical staff preps her unconscious body for surgery. LT [[Wyatt Ral|Ral]] wakes in a much better state than he was prior to his stint in Sickbay, only for a familiar face - Jamie MacNemar - to enter the room. LT [[Wyatt Ral|Ral]] soon realizes that something is wrong, and as the Changeling is robbed of the opportunity to kill him, it turns the full brunt of its violent temper on the individuals arriving to answer the LT’s call for help, before escaping into the ventilation system. Moments later, LT Ral enters the surgical suite where Dr. [[Sylvie Doucet|Doucet]] is currently addressing Lt.Cmdr. [[Esa Kiax|Kiax]]’ medical situation, but it soon becomes apparent that this LT Ral is not who he appears to be. A desperate struggle ensues between the Changeling and the Medical Staff, once again ending with the Changeling escaping through the ventilation system. A little later, Lt.Cmdr. [[Esa Kiax|Kiax]] awakens with a start, an urgent message in her mind. Admiral Picard is innocent.<br><br>
Cmdr. [[Lael Rosek|Rosek-Skyfire]], meanwhile - already released from bedrest - hastens to a meeting with LtJG [[Slav Shewytch|Shewytch]] and Ens [[Gwen'ora Tasen|Tasen]] to devise a method to detect the incognito Changelings aboard the vessel, and the science team identifies Thelomium-847 as an important, and rare, compound relating to the Changelings, and they share their findings with the Bridge Crew. Cpt. [[Mei'konda Delano|Delano]] meanwhile contacts the Andorian CO of the USS ''Cole'' - obviously a Changeling-in-disguise - to apply subterfuge in an attempt to gain more information about the Changelings’ plans. In the call multiple pieces of information - Jack Crusher, an individual named Vadic, the importance of the Fleet Formation Mode - are revealed to the ''Astraeus''’ crew, as they’re given a new order: rendezvous with the ''Kitty Hawk'' and its Changeling infiltrators. The crew, however, agrees that finding and dealing with the Changeling threat must take precedence, and they start brainstorming how to counteract the Changelings’ wanton zipping about the vessel<br><br>
'''Amity Outpost & USS ''Kitty Hawk'''''<br>
'''Amity Outpost & USS ''Kitty Hawk'''''<br>
TO BE FILLED
Subject 731 - a Changeling who was a subject in the classified Project Protheus - recalls her experience growing up in the laboratories under the watchful eye of Dr. Boucher, and how she once longed to join Starfleet to defend the ideals of the Federation. Now, however, she is at phaserpoint by Cmdr. [[Wil Ukinix|Ukinix]], and her ruse as Cpt. Rahman is - at least in this instance - through. 731 escapes from the brig through the ventilation system just as Cmdr. [[Alora DeVeau|DeVeau]] and LT [[Ikaia Wong|Wong]] enters the room, opting to continue her task elsewhere. She soon appears before LtJG [[Indrid Yirah|Yirah]] and Lt.Cmdr. [[John Carter|Carter]], not bothering to feign innocence as she almost immediately engages the two officers in combat. When it becomes increasingly obvious that the two blueshirts are not a threat, however, 731 ceases lethal hostilities, and simply recommends they leave her alone to finish her task, prompting the two Officers to consider that - maybe - there’s more to this conspiracy than meets the eye.<br><br>
In the Brig, a change in command occurs rather hurriedly, as Cmdr. [[Wil Ukinix|Ukinix]] - now temporary CO of the ''Kitty Hawk'' - relays their situation to the crew at large. Captain [[Roshanara Rahman|Rahman]] is unaccounted for, there are changeling infiltrators on board and the ''Kitty Hawk'' is primed to self-destruct in 45 minutes. Sending Cmdr. [[Alora DeVeau|DeVeau]] to the Bridge to take the Chair as his XO, Cmdr. [[Wil Ukinix|Ukinix]] has LT [[Ikaia Wong|Wong]] do a quick patch-up job of both him and LT [[Nathan Richards|Richards]] before the trio beams into Main Engineering to assist with repairs. Obviously, they beam right into a firefight between the already hard-at-work Engineering team and another Changeling infiltrator. It’s utter chaos for a few moments while Engineering crew attempts to get repairs done between errant phaser fire, when - eventually - the Changeling is no longer immediately visible. Instead, Main Engineering is now staffed by two [[Annamae Barberra]]s. A nightmare, to be sure. Another Spider-man stand-off occurs, but it soon devolves into a fight between the two [[Annamae Barberra|Barberras]] when the senior officers are unsure of their next course of action. As one Crewman Barberra prepares to kill the other, Cmdr. [[Wil Ukinix|Ukinix]] shoots the offender, successfully killing and ending one of multiple infiltrators aboard the ''Kitty Hawk'', and offering the Starfleet Officers their first real shot at finding out more about this old threat from beyond the grave. LT [[Ikaia Wong|Wong]] is sent to Sickbay with the dead Changeling to start the autopsy, while the Engineering crew remains behind to finally get the ''Kitty Hawk'' back in fighting shape again.<br><br>
Up on the Bridge, Cmdr. [[Alora DeVeau|DeVeau]] replaces LtJG [[Torvi Ylvor|Ylvor]] in the center chair, calling for suggestions on how to deal with the hostile vessel outside while also making haste back to Earth. LtJG [[Torvi Ylvor|Ylvor]] suggests separating the ''Kitty Hawk''’s saucer from the rest of the vessel, escaping with the entire crew in the saucer only. It is an idea that everyone finds distasteful - given that the ''Kitty Hawk'' is not actually their Ship - but while they’re still considering the suggestion, scanners notice a growing plasma storm a short distance away, and Cmdr. [[Alora DeVeau|DeVeau]] orders her crew to head straight for the chaotic energy nexus. Meanwhile, on Probert Station, Ens [[Niev Galanis|Galanis]] - a fresh graduate - is faced with the most absurd first day in the history of Starfleet Ensigns, as they find themselves on gunpoint by Cpt. [[Roshanara Rahman]], and in the most haphazard series of events, find themselves on the USS ''Miller''. After confirming that none among their small group are, in fact, a Changeling, the barebones crew take the USS ''Miller'' to intercept the ''Kitty Hawk'', and hopefully rescue the crew aboard...
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Frontier Day was a Federation holiday celebrating the 250th anniversary of the launch of the Enterprise NX-01 under the command of Captain Jonathan Archer.

Phase 1: Prelude to Frontier Day

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Aboard Amity Outpost (which previously served as Copernicus Station, a center of anti-Borg research), Borg tech is stolen from a classified research lab. Their investigations leads them to an unexpected collaboration with the USS Artemis on the other side of the galaxy, which has discovered a strange sensor reading of a cube-shaped structure hiding in the Badlands.

Meanwhile, the USS Kitty Hawk and USS Astraeus have returned to Earth in preparation for Frontier Day before both ships unexpectedly receive orders to hunt down a rogue Starfleet vessel that attacked the USS Intrepid.

Week 1 ⮟

USS Artemis
Captain Addison MacKenzie and the USS Artemis discovers an inert Borg Cube in the Badlands and attempts to contact Starfleet Command, only to find their communications sabotaged. Realizing there's a saboteur on board, the crew divides: one team investigates the Cube, while others repair the damage and search for the saboteur. LT Hallia Yellir's team reroutes communications before an explosion disrupts their efforts. Cmdr. Genkos Adea's team suspects a shapeshifter saboteur, and an explosion implicates Ens. Marcus Li, who disappears. On the bridge, LtJG T'Ama suggests Borg assimilation of Changelings. Captain MacKenzie's away team finds the Cube filled with hibernating drones but loses contact with the Artemis.

USS Astraeus
As part of the expedition hunting the USS Titan, the Astraeus crew aboard are hustling to prepare their individual departments for the upcoming task, while also attempting to find the best way to perform their duties. Captain Mei'konda Delano and Cmdr. Serala , meanwhile, dedicate themselves to doing their duty and supprting their crew in this trying mission, with Cmdr. Serala voicing her concern about the validity of the claim that three legendary Starfleet officers have gone rogue, and Cpt. Delano and Cpt. Roshanara Rahman reaffirming each other over subspace that their primary task is not to apprehend the fugitives, but to find out the truth.

Amity Outpost & USS Kitty Hawk
After an unapproved attempt to access Amity's classified research database is registered, a team led by Lt. Cmdr. Robin Hopper gains access to the Restricted Laboratories filled with Borg technology from when the station was previously known as Copernicus Station, an anti-Borg research facility. There, they discover the ex-Borg (xB) Drone, LtJG David Flint, outside the doors as well as a biochemical compound on the access panel. Meanwhile, on Earth, Cpt. Rahman and the Amity officers who traveled aboard the Kitty Hawk have also been tasked to the same task force as Astraeus to bring in the renegade USS Titan. Seven hours into their journey though from Earth to the Titan 's last known location, the ship falls out of warp, its propulsion systems, sensors, and communications systems disabled.

Week 2 ⮟

USS Artemis
Aboard the Artemis, the efforts to counteract the sabotage continues, but this close to victory, the infiltrating Changelings grow more confident, soon taking the visage of the two most senior officers - Lt.Cdr. Dakora and Cdr. Adea. While the Adea-Changeling is unable to fool LT Yellir and Ensign Chevalier, prompting a firefight near Main Engineering, Ravicz - the Changeling masquerading as Lt.Cdr. Dakora - successfully lures Ensigns Gnai and Kel to the Shuttle Bay before sabotaging the forcefield separating the bay from the open vacuum outside the vessel. The Ensigns who commenced investigations of one of the shuttles are now in a struggle against rapid decompression, while LT Silveira and LtJG T'Ama has a desperate face-off with a Changeling-turned-Borg in the Jeffries’ Tubes.

Meanwhile, on the Cube, Cpt. MacKenzie picks up a peculiar energy signature in the belly of the vessel - seemingly the focal point for the wandering drones - and suggests the team head that way. Upon arrival, the team is met with a true flood of drones all surrounding a strange artifact emitting a powerful green light. Before they can gain any meaningful information about the artifact, a sudden change in orders is disseminated through the Collective, and the group of Officers find themselves escaping from a horde of Drones now intent on capturing and assimilating the intruders. Their mad dash is soon interrupted, as a bright light manifests before them. When the light dims, they see another group of Starfleet Officers, who are far away from home…

USS Astraeus
Frustrated with the amount of red tape and falsehoods littering their information and assistance from Starfleet, and indeed their fellow taskforce vessel the Intrepid, numerous senior officers aboard the Astraeus attempt to gain access beyond their stations. Lt.Cmdr. Kiax lead a team in a rogue - and highly illegal - attempt to hack into Starfleet communications, but after countless failed attempts, change tack and instead work on gaining unredacted and unfiltered access to the Intrepid’s logs. Meanwhile, on the Bridge, the crew is able to utilize a new tracking algorithm penned by Lt.Cdr Alentonis and Ens Tasen to track the Titan’s most likely destination, in spite of numerous false trails: The Daystrom Institute. The Astraeus attempts to get in contact with the Institute, when they learn that the Institute had suffered a recent theft. The details are too classified to provide details, but two things are clear: the theft was commutted while the Titan was in drydock, and the stolen object is dangerous.

As the Astraeus sets a course for the Institute, an explosion occurs near Strategic Operations, which floods the area with theta radiation and traps Lt.Cdr. Kiax’s team inside. Cpt. Delano starts to suspect that there are rogue elements aboard his vessel, as rescue teams are dispatched. While the Doctors work tirelessly to rescue the numerous officers in Ops, the revelation that transporters are down - thereby making site-to-site transport of the wounded impossible a makes the Bridge abuzz with theories and accusations. In order to put a lid on a tense atmosphere that he deems could be damaging for crew morale at this crucial junction, Cpt. Delano secretly orders three of his senior crew to conduct a covert investigation to ascertain the likelihood of treason and sabotage.

Amity Outpost & USS Kitty Hawk
On Amity Outpost, the team enters the restricted area to find a lab filled with old borg tech and deactivated drones. Guided by their scans, LT Vailani suggests that there might be a transponder nearby sending out a signal, but before the team can look further into this idea, a call comes to them about activity on another level of the lab. Splitting the party and trying to gather their thoughts on how to proceed, a piece of borg technology activates - seemingly unprovoked - and they are all caught unawares when Mr. Summerside - an independent journalist who’d been trapped behind the ‘red tape’ - clobbers a security officer before stealing the piece. He makes a run for a peculiar piece of technology - a ‘transwarp conduit’ - hovering in air in the center of the lab, emitting a vibrant green light. Then, before their very eyes, his features shift and change into that of a Changeling.

Meanwhile, on the second level, Crewman Emmonds assaults LtJG Moore before they can assist the team on the lower deck, starting a tense confrontation, but faced with three and a half capable Starfleet officers, the Changeling is soon seen slinking away into the dark. The distraction, however, has been efficient, as Amity’s sensor tower is rocked by explosions dismantling it entirely from the station, while the senior officers face down the Changelings in the restricted labs. Faced with the possibility that the overloading transwarp consuit might explode - taking Amity with it - Lt.Cmdr. Hopper allows the two Changelings to pass through it before starting what she hopes is the shut-down procedure. However, her efforts are not very successful, and instead, her entire team is sucked through the conduit and deposited elsewhere… Soon, they’re face-to-face with Cpt. MacKenzie and her band of Artemites.

Meanwhile, the makeshift crew of the USS Kitty Hawk scrambles to address the numerous issues with their vessel, while still trying to suss out the location of the renegade USS Titan. Captain Rahman suggests the possibility of a saboteur, and appropriate measures are taken to catch them, though not in time. A Crewman by the name of Nuva passes by the two senior Engineers and mere moments later, the Kitty Hawk finds itself adrift in space. While hoping to mitigate the damage, LT Richards and LT Reade are pulled away from Engineering, when LtJG Blackwood pleads for help over comms after getting seriously heard on an upper deck. Heading up to assist him and escort him to Sickbay, they are joined by Ens Barberra mere moments before Nuva appears, starting to shoot at them and accusing them of sabotage. However, not everything is as it seems.

In one of the Science Labs, a group of senior officers are brainstorming to ascertain the most logical location of the Titan, but with the vessel operating on emergency power only, their options are limited. In a daring move to force the saboteurs' hands, Cpt. Rahman makes a radical decision: in one hour, the Kitty Hawk will self-destruct.

Week 3 ⮟

USS Artemis
Aboard the Artemis, a Spider-man worthy stand-off occurs in the hallways, when Cmdr. Adea comes face-to-face with his own double. LT Yellir demonstrates quick wit as a game of ‘21 Questions’ outs the imposter, and the Changeling makes a quick getaway. Deliberating on what to do now, Cmdr. Adea realizes that the two Ensigns are in deep trouble, and the trio heads towards the Shuttle Bay to intercept. Meanwhile, the aforementioned Ensigns are trapped in a shuttle with a malicious Changeling-Dakora outside, intent on taking vengeance on the Starfleet that’s wronged him so. Catching onto the deception, the two Ensigns manage to use the internal shuttle controls to vent the Shuttle Bay, sending the Changeling to his untimely demise in the vacuum of space. On the Bridge, Lt.Cdr. Dakora - the real one, we hope - resummons LT Silveira and LtJG T'Ama (and a Changeling-Borg in Tupperware) to their station, as the Borg Cube is powering up. Combat soon ensues, and while they are all aware that the odds are stacked against them, the Artemis is adamant. They are leaving no one behind.

On the Cube, the crews of the Artemis and Amity Outpost fuse together, as Lt.Cmdr. Hopper’s complement is transwarped across quadrants. Dropped onto a bustling Cube gunning for their Beta Quadrant colleagues, the sizable group splints into two teams, one aimed at hijacking Borg transporters and getting the team back onto the Artemis, and one aimed at crippling the Cube, which is powering up and about to engage the disabled Starship in combat.

Lt.Cmdr. Hopper’s team makes their way towards the inner parts of the Cube, trying to make a reasonable strategy for dealing with the Changelings and the artifact they stole. En-route, the officers encounter numerous concerning indications that the Borg of today are very different from the ones of yesteryear, and by the time they locate the Changeling infiltrators, they are approaching the antechamber of the Borg Queen herself. Listening in on this meeting of evil, it becomes apparent that what is planned does not bode well for Starfleet at large. Before they have a chance to escape or make a surprise attack, however, the Borg are alerted to their presence, and while the Starfleet officers attempt to enact defense, the Borg Queen uses her unequaled mastery of the Cube to entrap them and bring them before her. And then, re-assimilate LtJG David Flint - Nine of Twenty - into the Collective.

USS Astraeus
With the medical emergency still occurring in the Operations Center, the first responders divvy up the responsibilities. Cmdr. Serala, LtJG Doucet and Ensigns Saa and Tasen are working on reaching the senior officers trapped in StratOps, and LT Ral alerts Ensign Saa about his suspicions regarding a saboteur, using their telepathic abilities to communicate the necessity for the Captain to be briefed. LtJG Doucet realizes that the senior officers cannot be moved manually to Sickbay - on account of a large piece of shrapnel piercing the abdomen of Lt.Cmdr. Kiax - and calls for assistance in clearing the air of radiation, so the transporters can be utilized. Ensign Tasen manages this before Lt.Cmdr. Kiax’s condition can worsen, and the medical team and their patients are transported directly to Sickbay. Meanwhile, Ensigns Tam and Fianna head for the Environmental Control Centre to find the source of the radiation leak, and are met with a disturbing revelation. An Engineer - later identified as Chief Davis - is found murdered and stuffed in an access tunnel. This confirms beyond reasonable doubt the presence of saboteurs aboard the Astraeus, a development which the Captain is made aware of.

On the Bridge, measures taken to attempt to identify the saboteurs are being taken when the Astraeus finally reaches the Daystrom Institute. Cpt. Delano calls for his crew to prepare for combat as he takes the center chair, and the Astraeus drops out of warp kilometers away from the Institute. The rogue Titan is not immediately visible, but they are soon flushed out from their hiding place, and herded in the Astraeus’ direction. Cpt. Delano has a crisis of duty as the rogue Starship gets within phaser range, but ultimately disobeys orders and orders his crew to stand down. Receiving a call from the Andorian CO of the USS Cole in his ready room, the Andorian expresses disappointment with the Captain’s unwillingness to parry orders, and he hints that it might be time the Astraeus has a change of leadership... Just as the fleshy form of a Changeling slinks into the Ready Room from a grate and attacks the Captain.

Amity Outpost & USS Kitty Hawk
After Cpt. Rahman activates the Kitty Hawk’s self-destruct, she, LtJG Ylvor and Cmdr. Ukinix goes back onto the Bridge, only to learn of a firefight having broken out on Deck 35. On recommendation from Cmdr. Ukinix, everyone involved save LT Richards - due to the necessity of bringing the Kitty Hawk back to full functionality - are transported to the Brig for interrogation. Cpt. Rahman opts to head towards Engineering to assist LT Richards, but elsewhere, on Probert Station, the real Captain Roshanara Rahman awakens, hidden away in a dark crawlspace. Desperate to escape and alert someone about her suspicions of something nefarious occurring within Starfleet, Captain Rahman receives the assistance of Hannibal Parker, an old friend, who reveals an uncomfortable pattern, hinting at one thing: Dominion infiltrators. The two Officers procure weaponry from a set of Starfleet Security Officers sent down the turbolift with phasers set to kill - likely looking for them - before using the Jefferies’ Tubes to reach the transporter deck. When there, they force a Transporter Chief at phaserpoint to set transporter coordinates of the USS Miller - the Miranda II prototype that Parker had been working on - and Ensign Galanis (a recent graduate of the Academy) is forcefully brought along. Cpt. Rahman orders the transporter chief to come along with them, but when it becomes apparent that he is a Changeling and is attempting to bar their escape, the trio of Starfleet Officers initiate transport and soon materialize in the transporter room aboard the USS Miller.

Meanwhile, on the Kitty Hawk, Cmdr. Ukinix and LtJG Ylvor head to the Brig to conduct their interrogations, and through shrewd manipulation and antagonizing, LtJG Ylvor feels that she had narrowed the saboteur down to Crewman Nuva, and the others are released just as a vessel comes out of warp by the Kitty Hawk and goes into offensive action. Cmdr. Ukinix dispatches the others to where they are most needed, but remains behind himself to transport LT Richards and Cpt Rahman into the brig as well. The two of them appear wounded and bloodied, and they both accuse the other of being an infiltrator, with LT Richards stating that the Captain is a Changeling. Cmdr. Ukinix attempt to get to the truth of the matter, and the Captain’s refusal to cancel the auto-destruct forces the situation into a tense direction. The Science Team, on the other hand, have gotten no further with their ideas as a new mystery reveals itself. Scans from the Titan indicated the presence of Thelomium-847 in some crew’s medical profiles, which LT Wong finds peculiar. Furthermore, Thelomium-847 is registered on the Kitty Hawk, indicating a possible connection to the crew of the rogue Titan, despite the two Ships having never encountered each other. The team - armed with their tricorders - depart for a bear hunt just as a message comes in from Cmdr. Ukinix, calling Cmdr. DeVeau and LT Wong to the Brig. They arrive just in time to see Cmdr. Ukinix fire his phaser at Captain Roshanara Rahman...

Week 4 ⮟

USS Artemis
After successfully venting the Dakora-Changeling - Ravicz - into space, Ensigns Gnai and Kel find themselves uncertain of how to proceed. While working to gain access to Intership Communications to hopefully find out the situation on the Bridge, Cmdr. Adea, LT Yellir and Ens Chevalier arrive at the Shuttlebay to find the mayhem caused after the Ensigns’ struggles. And the Officers arrive at a standstill, as the two Ensigns - understandably weary after the threat of their First Officer attempting to kill them - try to ascertain whether their senior officers are actually who they say they are. On the Bridge, on the other hand, Lt.Cmdr. Dakora has Changeling troubles of his own, as the constant jostling of the Artemis caused by the incessant weapons fire results in the tupperware-Changeling to receive a crack in its containment. While LT Silveira is ordered to continue firing upon the Cube itself, Lt.Cmdr. Dakora and LtJG T'Ama attempt to fight the Changeling, and their struggle eventually concludes with transporters being utilized to beam the tupperware directly to a reinforced cell in the Brig.

On the Cube, seeing their fellow Officer - Ex-Borg LtJG David Flint - be reintegrated into the Collective breaks the spirit of Lt.Cmdr. Hopper’s team, and they find themselves herded towards a specific location in the Cube by a multitude of Drones, including LtJG Flint. The room they arrive at is similar to a laboratory they encountered earlier, only without the dead drones, and while there, a number of the Officers are manhandled by the Drones and subjected to an invasive procedure of blood retrieval. As the desperate Officers try to ascertain what the Borg’s master plan is, LtJG Sadar utilizes a moment of relative calm to stealth-inoculate LtJG Flint with a smaller dosage of the anti-Borg Serum in an attempt to allow him to retake his own mind. The Queen and her Drones realize what she’s done a moment too late, as Nine of Twenty is replaced by David Flint once more, and he disables the Collective’s internal shield matrix in one fell swoop, providing both them and the other team a moment of reprieve to escape. Cpt. MacKenzie - meanwhile - faces her own struggles on her mission of sabotage, as a steady influx of Borg Drones intent on keeping them from their objective forces her team to be in constant combat. Adrenaline and foolhardy youth goes hand-in-hand, and after numerous dangerous stunts by her junior officers, Cpt. MacKenzie gives a stern talking-to that rivals any threats the Borg could make. Soon enough, her team arrives at a shield complex guarded by many Drones and several forcefields, but as they brainstorm how to get at one of the generators, LtJG Flint’s sabotage makes its presence known, and they see a moment of opportunity. LTs Vanlith and Jovenan start their work setting the explosive charges along the structure of the generator, while the rest of the team covers their back. When the rest of the team is clear, LtJG Moore takes the shot at the charges, triggering a massive explosion that renders the exterior shields inert - for a time - and Cpt. MacKenzie immediately calls the Artemis. Time to go home.

In another part of the Cube, Lt.Cmdr. Hopper leads her team to a keypoint of energy - an Anti-Polaron Distribution Node - and LtJG Flint reveals that they might be able to do some severe damage to the Cube’s systems if the anti-Borg serum is injected directly into the Node. The gold shirts start shredding the protective layers around the Node, while Ens Beck reveals that he had to dose himself with the Anti-Borg Serum in order to stop a spread of errant nanites. Knowing that there is limited time before he’s rendered unconscious by the medicine, he volunteers for the dangerous task of injecting the serum into the Node itself, and thus being unable to escape the blast radius of the ensuing explosion.

USS Astraeus
On Deck 1, Lt.Cmdr. Alentonis and LtJGs Matthews and Caldwell realize that something is wrong within the Captain’s Ready Room when they hear noise resembling a struggle, and already on edge, the trio decides to intervene. The door slides open to reveal the Cpt. Delano being strangled by a shapeless Changeling tentacle, and the three Officers open fire immediately, attempting to rescue their struggling Captain. They succeed in killing the Changeling after a few moments, and Dr. Fianna is summoned to the Bridge to treat Cpt. Delano and begin analyzing the Changeling remains. As a number of other Officers all converge on the Bridge, the news of the identity of the saboteurs are spread throughout the inner circle, and plans to address the issue are made with haste.

In Sickbay, Lt.Cmdr. Kiax is engaged in a life-or-death struggle in her own mind, while the medical staff preps her unconscious body for surgery. LT Ral wakes in a much better state than he was prior to his stint in Sickbay, only for a familiar face - Jamie MacNemar - to enter the room. LT Ral soon realizes that something is wrong, and as the Changeling is robbed of the opportunity to kill him, it turns the full brunt of its violent temper on the individuals arriving to answer the LT’s call for help, before escaping into the ventilation system. Moments later, LT Ral enters the surgical suite where Dr. Doucet is currently addressing Lt.Cmdr. Kiax’ medical situation, but it soon becomes apparent that this LT Ral is not who he appears to be. A desperate struggle ensues between the Changeling and the Medical Staff, once again ending with the Changeling escaping through the ventilation system. A little later, Lt.Cmdr. Kiax awakens with a start, an urgent message in her mind. Admiral Picard is innocent.

Cmdr. Rosek-Skyfire, meanwhile - already released from bedrest - hastens to a meeting with LtJG Shewytch and Ens Tasen to devise a method to detect the incognito Changelings aboard the vessel, and the science team identifies Thelomium-847 as an important, and rare, compound relating to the Changelings, and they share their findings with the Bridge Crew. Cpt. Delano meanwhile contacts the Andorian CO of the USS Cole - obviously a Changeling-in-disguise - to apply subterfuge in an attempt to gain more information about the Changelings’ plans. In the call multiple pieces of information - Jack Crusher, an individual named Vadic, the importance of the Fleet Formation Mode - are revealed to the Astraeus’ crew, as they’re given a new order: rendezvous with the Kitty Hawk and its Changeling infiltrators. The crew, however, agrees that finding and dealing with the Changeling threat must take precedence, and they start brainstorming how to counteract the Changelings’ wanton zipping about the vessel

Amity Outpost & USS Kitty Hawk
Subject 731 - a Changeling who was a subject in the classified Project Protheus - recalls her experience growing up in the laboratories under the watchful eye of Dr. Boucher, and how she once longed to join Starfleet to defend the ideals of the Federation. Now, however, she is at phaserpoint by Cmdr. Ukinix, and her ruse as Cpt. Rahman is - at least in this instance - through. 731 escapes from the brig through the ventilation system just as Cmdr. DeVeau and LT Wong enters the room, opting to continue her task elsewhere. She soon appears before LtJG Yirah and Lt.Cmdr. Carter, not bothering to feign innocence as she almost immediately engages the two officers in combat. When it becomes increasingly obvious that the two blueshirts are not a threat, however, 731 ceases lethal hostilities, and simply recommends they leave her alone to finish her task, prompting the two Officers to consider that - maybe - there’s more to this conspiracy than meets the eye.

In the Brig, a change in command occurs rather hurriedly, as Cmdr. Ukinix - now temporary CO of the Kitty Hawk - relays their situation to the crew at large. Captain Rahman is unaccounted for, there are changeling infiltrators on board and the Kitty Hawk is primed to self-destruct in 45 minutes. Sending Cmdr. DeVeau to the Bridge to take the Chair as his XO, Cmdr. Ukinix has LT Wong do a quick patch-up job of both him and LT Richards before the trio beams into Main Engineering to assist with repairs. Obviously, they beam right into a firefight between the already hard-at-work Engineering team and another Changeling infiltrator. It’s utter chaos for a few moments while Engineering crew attempts to get repairs done between errant phaser fire, when - eventually - the Changeling is no longer immediately visible. Instead, Main Engineering is now staffed by two Annamae Barberras. A nightmare, to be sure. Another Spider-man stand-off occurs, but it soon devolves into a fight between the two Barberras when the senior officers are unsure of their next course of action. As one Crewman Barberra prepares to kill the other, Cmdr. Ukinix shoots the offender, successfully killing and ending one of multiple infiltrators aboard the Kitty Hawk, and offering the Starfleet Officers their first real shot at finding out more about this old threat from beyond the grave. LT Wong is sent to Sickbay with the dead Changeling to start the autopsy, while the Engineering crew remains behind to finally get the Kitty Hawk back in fighting shape again.

Up on the Bridge, Cmdr. DeVeau replaces LtJG Ylvor in the center chair, calling for suggestions on how to deal with the hostile vessel outside while also making haste back to Earth. LtJG Ylvor suggests separating the Kitty Hawk’s saucer from the rest of the vessel, escaping with the entire crew in the saucer only. It is an idea that everyone finds distasteful - given that the Kitty Hawk is not actually their Ship - but while they’re still considering the suggestion, scanners notice a growing plasma storm a short distance away, and Cmdr. DeVeau orders her crew to head straight for the chaotic energy nexus. Meanwhile, on Probert Station, Ens Galanis - a fresh graduate - is faced with the most absurd first day in the history of Starfleet Ensigns, as they find themselves on gunpoint by Cpt. Roshanara Rahman, and in the most haphazard series of events, find themselves on the USS Miller. After confirming that none among their small group are, in fact, a Changeling, the barebones crew take the USS Miller to intercept the Kitty Hawk, and hopefully rescue the crew aboard...

Week 5 ⮟

USS Artemis
TO BE FILLED

USS Astraeus
TO BE FILLED

Amity Outpost & USS Kitty Hawk
TO BE FILLED

Phase 2: Frontier Day celebration & fleet demonstration at Earth, Sector 001

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USS Artemis-ALuna class
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USS AstraeusGalaxy class
USS Chin'toka-logo.png Akira-scale.png
USS Chin'tokaAkira class
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USS Kitty HawkGalaxy class
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USS NarendraAmbassador class

The Frontier Day celebrations start out with the blast of fireworks but quickly turn into a crisis.

Phase 3: Outer Perimeter Defense of the Federation in the Alpha Isles and Marchlands

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USS Constitution-BGalaxy class
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USS KhitomerNew Orleans II class
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USS RoninAkira class

While the bulk of Starfleet is distracted by the events of Frontier Day, it's up to the USS Constitution, USS Khitomer, and USS Ronin to respond to the threat of a new alliance of factions that take advantage of the Federation's vulnerable position.


Blockbusters