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| ''"They’re a little too close to home. Especially when you factor transwarp into the scenario.<br>I’m sure the proximity to the fleet gathering for Frontier Day is far from a coincidence… But of course, there’s another problem."''<br>- Captain [[Addison MacKenzie]]'' | | |NAME=Frontier Day: Phase One |
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| | |BLURB=In Phase One, the ''Artemis'' encounters a seemingly derelict Borg Cube in the middle of the Badlands, and upon attempting to contact Starfleet Command, realize that their communications array has been sabotaged since their departure from DS9. A race against time now ensues, as the crew must find out why the Borg Cube is here, who sabotaged their Ship and how it all ties together with the upcoming Frontier Day celebrations. |
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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|USS ''Artemis''-A]] on the other side of the galaxy, which has discovered a strange sensor reading of a cube-shaped structure hiding in a nebula.
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| Meanwhile, the [[USS Kitty Hawk|USS ''Kitty Hawk'']] and [[USS Astraeus|USS ''Astraeus'']] have returned to Earth in preparation for Frontier Day before the USS Astraeus then receives orders along with the USS Intrepid to hunt down a rogue Starfleet vessel.
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| | |BLURB=In Phase Two, the Changeling/Borg Conspiracy comes to a head, as the ''Artemis'' joins up with the USS ''Kitty Hawk'', USS ''Astraeus'', USS ''Narendra'' and USS ''Chin'toka'' to defend Starfleet from the Enemy Within. |
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| ! style="width:200px;"|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-artemis/c/GaLwJS1uRjA Be Careful What You Wish For Pt 1]
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| ===On the Artemis===
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| |quote =''Someone better have a good reason for waking me up.''|source = [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-artemis/c/GaLwJS1uRjA Cpt. Addison MacKenzie- Be Careful What You Wish For - Part 1] - SD 240106.01}}
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| Late at night, Captain [[Addison MacKenzie]] is summoned to bridge by the Delta Shift Overseer, Lieutenant Alexis Edgington, who reports that the officers on duty has found strange signals within the borders of the Badlands. The Captain orders them to find the source, but is stunned with surprise when they discover a Borg Cube - seemingly inert - within the volatile area of space. However, the Borg Cube is estimated to have only been here for a couple of days, and with most Starfleet vessels across the galaxy returning to Earth for the Frontier Day Parade, the [[Addison MacKenzie|Captain]] is reluctant to consider it a coincidence. She attempts to brief Starfleet Command on the Cube's presence, but when the communications array fails to function, another piece of an alarming puzzle is revealed: A saboteur is aboard the ''Artemis'', and has silenced her. Filled with alarm and righteous fury, [[Addison MacKenzie|Cpt. MacKenzie]] summons her senior staff to the Bridge for an emergency briefing.
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| <br><br>Gathered on the bridge, with the additions of [[Quentin Beck|Ensign Beck]] of the USS ''Ronin'' and [[T'Ama|Lieutenant JG T'Ama]] of the USS ''Constitution''-B - both guests of the ''Artemis'' hitching a ride back to Sector 001 - the crew exchange their concerns about their current situation. Fulfilling his duties as XO, [[Talos Dakora|Lt.Cdr. Dakora]] enacted the newly established [[USS Artemis-A/Wildfire Protocol|Wildfire Protocol]] - a contingency plan aimed at combating internal threats to the vessel - making clear how serious the situation was. The ''Artemis'' had received a full set of repairs, ensuring it was in tip-top shape for the Parade in Sector 001, so it was all but guaranteed that the sabotage to the communications array occurred ''after'' their departure from DS9. Which in turn could mean only one thing: the saboteur was still aboard. The senior crew were split into teams, with a larger group heading to the Cube itself in order to discover the reason for its presence this close to Federation Space, while the remainder of the crew remained aboard the ''Artemis'' to repair the damage and locate and apprehend the saboteur.
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| Hallia_Yellir_Picard_Uniform.png|<small> [[Hallia Yellir|LT Hallia Yellir]]<br>Chief Engineering Officer</small>
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| Ensign_Chevalier.png|<small> [[Jaseb Chevalier|Ensign Jaseb Chevalier]]<br>Operations Officer</small>
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| Heading for the Communication Array, what meets them is an utter mess. [[Hallia Yellir|LT Yellir]] orders standard repair efforts - if expedient - but the sabotage is thorough. [[Hallia Yellir|LT Yellir]] - struck by a moment of brilliance - realizes that communications could be piggybacked onto the external sensors, allowing them to get a message out to Starfleet Command after all, when an explosion rocks the Artemis. After gathering her senses, [[Hallia Yellir|LT Yellir]] realizes that internal comms have died as well. Debating on how to proceed now, the two officers agree that getting a thorough idea of the current state of the ''Artemis''' systems would be easier from Main Engineering, and they could pick up some spare parts to start fixing the issues as well. With that in mind, they start to access the Jeffries' Tubes leading towards Deck 14 - and Main Engineering - but they are not alone...<br>
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| Coming around the corner, Cdr. Adea announces his intent to join their group, but between [[Jaseb Chevalier|Ensign Chevalier]]'s loyal faith in the importance of the Wildfire Protocol and the other Adea's confusion at [[Hallia Yellir|LT Yellir]]'s query about the state of his leg, it soon becomes apparent that this Adea is not - in fact - their Betazoid CMO, and a desperate struggle ensues between the two Officers and what reveals itself to be a Changeling.
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| In charge of locating the saboteur, [[Genkos Adea|Cdr. Adea]] and his team head into the bowls of the ship, the Betazoid fatigued with concern about the danger they're in. While they still have no evidence beyond the saboteur's handiwork, [[Kel Solas|Ens. Kel]] carefully voices the theory that either the saboteur has access to very advanced technology or has intimate knowledge of the ship's systems. Either option is distressing, but not so much as the third voiced theory. This close to DS9 and the main staging area of the Dominion War of years past, the questions poses itself: What if the saboteur is a shapeshifter? Elsewhere on the ''Artemis'', an Internal Security Sensor register PO3 Domingo Martinez, Ens. Marcus Li and Crewman Toro Nubar in the Secondary Sensor Control Room, performing their designated tasks. Ens. Li relieves PO3 Martinez, before producing an unknown object from his bag and going with Crewman Nubar into the restricted area with the sensitive sensor equipment. Moments later, an explosion sounds, and only Crewman Nubar exit the room again, disappearing out-of-view of the Security Sensors. The explosion knocks the turbolift temporarily out of service, and triggers emergency lights on the surrounding decks. Heading to Deck 13, the trio of officers arm themselves and head towards the site of the sabotage.<br><br> | |
| Arriving at the place in question, the team realizes that the damage to the comm relays will impede the Ship's internal communications, so as [[Gnai|Ens. Gnai]] beings taking scans to find any trace of the saboteur, or indeed the cause of the explosion itself, [[Kel Solas|Ens. Kel]] is instructed to move away from the sabotage in an attempt to get contact to the Bridge. Unfortunately, all attempts are met with silence. As the team deliberates on how to proceed, they are met with Lt.Cdr. Talos Dakora, who claims he's been trying to reach them since the comms went down. He attempts to lead the group towards the Shuttle Bay where a situation is unfolding. [[Genkos Adea|Cdr. Adea]] finds the situation curious, but allows the two Ensigns to follow the Betazoid First Officer with the telepathic message to keep each other safe. Barely has the trio rounded the corner, before [[Genkos Adea|Cdr. Adea]] is knocked unconscious by an unseen assailant...<br><br>
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| In the Shuttle Bay, Lt.Cdr. Dakora orders the two Ensigns to commence their investigations of the shuttles to ascertain whether they have been sabotaged, as he himself goes to the Flight Controller's office. There, he reveals himself to be Ravicz - a Changeling infiltrator - and sets to his diabolical plan. The two Ensigns - suspicious of the circumstances - opt to stay together while investigating the ''Griffin'', when a cacophonous sound ruptures the air and the Shuttle Bay enters rapid decompression. Ensign Kel barely manages to get the shuttle ramp sealed before they are both sucked into the now accessible vacuum of space, and the two of them are now sealed into the shuttle, safe... For the moment.
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| Settling into their positions on the Bridge alongside the Delta Shift crew, [[T'Ama|LtJG T'Ama]] ensures that the viewscreen provides the Bridge with a video feed inside of the Cube, piggybacking off of the signals from the away team's tricorders. With their primary focus on assisting the away team with their own scans and maintaining a transporter lock, tension is high, but it is nothing compared to the alarm that occurs when suddenly, an explosion occurs in the Secondary Sensor Control Room, rocking the ''Artemis'' and killing not only the sensors, but also restarting every bridge console and knocking out all phaser arrays. Accessing the computer bank, [[T'Ama|LtJG T'Ama]] locates a video feed from the site of the explosion, and what appears on the video causes her to suggest a hypothesis: Have the Borg assimmilated Changelings?<br><br>
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| |quote =''We need our weapons online, A-flippin’-SAP. ::He pointed.:: If that Cube wakes up and decides it’s time to party, I want to have something more than rude gestures to throw at them.''|source = [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-artemis/c/60zYeFrTMRA Lt.Cdr. Talos Dakora - Prove The Theory] - SD 240106.10}}While the idea itself is a massive leap considering the limited evidence available, [[Talos Dakora|Lt.Cdr. Dakora]] decides it worth acting on. After confirming the location of either Ensign Li or Crewman Nubar - the two identities reflected in the security log - the internal sensors locate Nubar in a Jeffries' Tube near Deck 13 where [[Hallia Yellir|LT Yellir]] and [[Jaseb Chevalier|Ens Chevalier]]. Deciding to mind the bridge on his own, [[Talos Dakora|Lt.Cdr. Dakora]] sends the two lieutenants on a manhunt.<br><br>
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| The two goldshirts travel downwards through the vessel on a hunt for Nubar, but soon discover his comm badge discarded on the floor. Utilizing [[Vitor Silveira|LT Silveira]]'s understanding of the layout of the ''Artemis'', the two of them realize that the Changeling infiltrator is dangerously close to Main Engineering, and decide to head in that direction. Some idle flirting is passed between the two, when a long, reddish-pink tentacle lashes out to grab [[T'Ama|LtJG T'Ama]]'s ankle. Inconvenienced by the tight fit in the crawlspace, [[Vitor Silveira|LT Silveira]] fires his phaser to make the Changeling release her, but in response to his hostility, the Changeling changes tactic and turns into a Gorn. Hardly an ideal situation...
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| 2400-MacKenzie-WM-Long.png|<small> [[Addison MacKenzie|Cpt. Addison MacKenzie]]<br>Commanding Officer</small>
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| Salkath1.png|<small> [[Salkath|Lt.Cmdr. Salkath]]<br>Engineering Officer</small>
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| Ensign_Savel.png|<small> [[Savel|LtJG Savel]]<br>Security Officer</small>
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| Jovenan_LtJG_2400.png|<small> [[Jovenan|LT Jovenan]]<br>Chief Science Officer</small>
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| Gila-Sadar-2.png|<small> [[Gila Sadar|LtJG Gila Sadar]]<br>Medical Officer</small>
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| Quentin_Beck_Ensign_sans_stache.png|<small> [[Quentin Beck|Ens Quentin Beck]]<br>Medical Officer<br>''Guest Writer''</small>
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| |quote =''The Borg are here, even if they’re not here. This cube only arrived a few days ago, and we have no indication that any entity, Starfleet or otherwise, detected their presence. I refuse to believe they just got here on autopilot…''|source = [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-artemis/c/6kWODh0Bxs0 Cpt. Addison MacKenzie - Strange Readings] - SD 240106.07}}
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| Heading into the Cube itself, [[Addison MacKenzie|Cpt. MacKenzie]] leads her team to Transporter Room One to outfit themselves with the necessary equipment. En-route, [[Gila Sadar|LtJG Sadar]] recounts the exploits of Lieutenant [[Sheila Bailey]], the then-Assistant Chief Medical Officer of [[Starbase 118 Ops]], who spearheaded the development of a new anti-Borg medication when attempting to cure the assimilated crew of the [[USS Nimitz|USS ''Nimitz'']]. While the medication is years old at this point, and thus there is a very real possibility that the Borg nanites has adapted to it, the medicine is added to the first aid kits of the two Medical Officers. Upon arming themselves with weaponry and other essential equipment, the group is then transported to the Cube itself.<br><br>
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| |quote ='''''Sadar''': But a state of ‘hibernation’ indicates that some sort of trigger will wake them up. And with a half-synthetic lifeform like the Borg, it would stand to reason that the ‘trigger’ is going to come from the system, or the Collective. Captain?''
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| '''''MacKenzie''': I can’t tell. It’s like they’re waiting for something.''
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| '''''Sadar''': ::whispers:: Please don’t say we’re going to be playing ‘poke the bear’ here.''
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| '''''Savel''': I don't believe that 'poking a bear' is ever a sound decision.''|source = [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-artemis/c/ugzTdpFJ7Mw LtJG Savel - A Smorgasbord of Borg. A Smorgas-Borg!] - SD 240106.09}}<br>As the team stealthily moves towards an access node, Doctors [[Gila Sadar|Sadar]] and [[Quentin Beck|Beck]] attempt to configure their tricorders in a manner to be able to register the Borg lifesign, but their efforts are unfruitful before the [[Addison MacKenzie|Captain]] manages to locate an access node. Upon accessing it, the [[Addison MacKenzie|Captain]] reveals that the drones seem to be in a sort of 'hibernation', awaiting a trigger that will eventually activate them again. What that trigger is remains a mystery, so the [[Addison MacKenzie|Captain]] deems it pertinent that the team head further down into the Cube to locate a peculiar power signature. Barely has the team started moving before [[Gila Sadar|LtJG Sadar]] manages to find the necessary settings to register the masked Borg lifesigns, prompting a cascade of newly registered lifesigns. Not only is the Borg Cube not abandoned, but rather teeming with hibernating drones. She attempts to contact the ''Artemis'' to alert them to the required alterations to sensor settings, when her attempts at communications are met with silence. The away team has officially lost contact with the ''Artemis''-A.<br><br>
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| ''As the light from the conduit continued to fade, there was a sudden shuffle of noise behind them. Robin spun around, looking for the source. Nothing could have surprised her more, as she found herself looking at another crew of Starfleet Officers and, at the head of their group, the familiar face of Captain Addison MacKenzie.''
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| '''''MacKenzie''': You’re pretty far away from home, aren’t you, Commander?''|source = [https://groups.google.com/u/0/g/sb118-artemis/c/004ecEB9Mds Cpt Addison MacKenzie - Safety in Numbers] - SD 240106.15}}Sent on a mad dash through the Cube to escape the coming storm of Borg Drones, [[Addison MacKenzie|Cpt. MacKenzie]] calls for ideas. [[Gila Sadar|LtJG Sadar]] previously noted that new Borg life signs were constantly appearing on her scans, indicating some sort of transporter activity going on in the Cube. If then their group could locate those transporters, it would be plausible for them to get back to the ''Artemis''. Reading scans while running is difficult, and the Borg were adapting rapidly to their weapons, meaning that they were running out of options. Soon, the group turns a corner, only to be stopped in their tracks by a vivid green light with a semblance to the artifact in the assembly chamber. When the light fades, friends from ''very'' far away appear before them...
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| Hopper2401.png|<small> [[Robin Hopper|Lt.Cdr. Robin MacKenzie]]<br>Acting First Officer</small>
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| Flint.jpg|<small> [[David Flint|LtJG David Flint]]<br>Reserve Helm Officer<br>''PNPC of [[Robin Hopper]]''</small>
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| Vanlith2401.png|<small> [[Charlena Vanlith|LT Charlena Vanlith]]<br>Engineering Officer</small>
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| Esma.png|<small> [[Esma|Ensign Esma]]<br>Engineering Officer<br>''PNPC of [[Rivi Vataix]]''</small>
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| Ensignvailanimar24new.png|<small> [[Vailani Zoyara|LT Vailani Zoyara]]<br>Operations Officer</small>
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| Rebecca-Iko.jpg|<small> [[Rebecca Iko|LT Rebecca Iko]]<br>Chief of Security</small>
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| Kaito-Moore.png|<small> [[Kaito Moore|LtJG Kaito Moore]]<br>Sec/Tac Officer</small>
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| SamRichards2401.png|<small> [[Samantha Richards|Dr Samantha Richards]]<br>Civilian Scientist</small>
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| JansenCivilian.jpg|<small> [[Jansen Orrey|Dr. Jansen Orrey]]<br>Chief Medical Officer</small>
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| * '''Mentioned NPCs''':
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| '''Lieutenant Alexis Edgington''' ''- Science Officer and Delta Shift Overseer''
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| <br>'''Petty Officer 3rd Class Domingo Martinez'''
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| <br>'''Ensign Marcus Li'''
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| <br>'''Crewman Toro Nubar'''
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