Siege of Deep Space 33 (Khitomer)

			Episode 2 - Frontier Day: The Siege of Deep Space 33

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Characters

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Officers taking part in the Mission
Name	Position	Notes
Randal Shayne	Commanding Officer
Nolen Hobart	Executive Officer
Ash MacKenna	Intelligence Chief
Connor Dewitt	Chief Engineer
Talia Ohnari	Chief Medical Officer
Maz Rodan	Science Officer	LOA during Act 2.
Zenno	Security Chief
Ras El'Heem	Medical Officer
Richard Matthews	Science Officer
Ezra Zerva	Security Officer
Lera Michaels	Engineering Officer
Heinrich Brenner	Helmsman
Nathan Campbell	Communications Officer	Joined during Act 2.
Talina Laika	Counselor	Joined during Act 3.

MSNPCs
Name	Position	Author
Space	???	Kali Nicholotti
Niac's Beard	???	Kali Nicholotti
Lost Torpedo	???	Kali Nicholotti
Station Spider	???	Kali Nicholotti
Chennit Astrid	Logistics, USS Khitomer	Zenno

NPCs & PNPCs
Name	Position	Author	Notes
Ginny Lacy	Engineering Officer, USS Khitomer	Nolen Hobart
Vincent Jones	Marine Captain, USS Khitomer	Kali Nicholotti
Adriana Morgan	Commanding Officer, USS Khitomer	Kali Nicholotti
Jenna Prix	Helmsman, USS Khitomer	Connor Dewitt
Stella Sparks	Petty Officer, USS Khitomer	Talia Ohnari
Aeryn Ra	Paramedic, USS Khitomer	Kali Nicholotti
Thaon Brom	Chief Petty Officer, USS Khitomer	Maz Rodan	KIA in Act 1.
Dukul Nibar	JAG Officer	Nolen Hobart
Alene Torado	Marine Officer	Nolen Hobart
Gott	Civilian	Geoffrey Teller
Atraxia	Gott's Assistant (Civilian	Geoffrey Teller
Vanta Nebir	Security, USS Khitomer	NPC
Siguay Alamenda	Security Department, USS Khitomer	NPC
Weyler	Petty Officer, Dukul's Assistant JAG	NPC
Jones	Marine Private	NPC	KIA in Act 3.
Bobbart	Marine Private	NPC
Sabira	Civilian	NPC
Mr. Quirky Birkle	Plush	N/A

Prologue

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The crew of the Khitomer is split between two teams and are then briefed on the imminent invasion of Deep Space 33 by the Lattice Alliance. The team who stayed aboard the Khitomer, led by Captain Shayne, sat in wait while the Ronin feigned helplessness with a self-sabotaged nacelle. The plan was to use the Ronin as bait to draw out the Lattice Alliance and use the element of surprise to wipe them out. If the gambit paid off, they could potentially prevent the invasion all together, or at the very least buy more time for defenses to be completed on Deep Space 33. While the Khitomer slunk in the shadows within warp range, Chief Medical Officer Ohnari began preparing inoculations meant to decrease the effects of an indirect hit of a weaponized form of Sencha Wave radiation, a newly developed Alliance capability.

Meanwhile, the away team, led by First Officer Hobart are aboard Deep Space 33, stationed in Cargo Bay A34. Hobart informs his team that the Ronin too has a team aboard the station to help set up defenses. Their task, however, was to ensure any remaining holdouts and the defense team are able to evacuate the station or hold out long enough for Starfleet to arrive.

Act 1

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The Lattice Alliance drops out of warp surrounding the faux-lame Ronin. The Khitomer is alerted and warps to the Ronin’s rescue. During the space battle the Alliance uses their dreaded spaced weapon which is shown to particularly harmful to telepaths and those with mental abilities. The explosion injures several crew members. On the bridge, Commander Morgan is knocked unconscious by the Sencha Wave Radiation and Ensign Prix is removed from her posting due to an injury. Chief Medical Officer and her team work quickly to inoculate the bridge crew with Hyronalyn, prioritizing telepaths.

In the bowels of the ship, the engineering crew frantically try to fix the ongoing damage to the Khitomer. Chief Petty Officer Brom, realizing that a sacrifice must be made so that the Khitomer’s warp core can be purged of the deadly Sencha Radiation, encloses himself with the core and initiates the process. Ensign Michaels is injured during the attempts to repair the ship. Ensigns Lacy and Sparks attempt to help Michaels while also trying to convince Brom to stand down. The core purges itself and Brom is flooded with radiation, killing him within minutes but saving the ship in the process.

The two ships are able to hold their own but realize they themselves had been baited into a trap, lured away from protecting the station.

On Deep Space 33, Commander MacKenna and Commander Raga of the Ronin, knowing that the Alliance are on their way, race to finish defensive preparations. The Khitomer away team is assigned various duties, including securing the station for evacuation, developing countermeasures against the Sencha Wave radiation, and planning for the station's potential destruction. Ensign El'Heem begins working on a way to replicate inoculations with limited access to medical facilities. Ensign Matthews explores the station's emergency protocols and transport options. Chief Security Officer Zenno and 1st Lieutenant Torado are charged with preparing the station's self-destruct mechanism as a last resort. The officers split up and begin their tasks.

Ensign El’Heem begins work on modifying a regulated cargo replicator to replicate inoculations for both the team and incoming evacuees. He creates a version of Hyronalyn and Epinephrine called Hyropinephrine, and administers it to those in Cargo Bay A24. This happens to include a holdout on Deep Space 33, a Ferengi doctor named Gott who has a negative reaction with the drug and begins swelling up incredibly fast. As First Officer Hobart begins negotiations with Gott to commandeer his personal vessel for evacuation purposes, Ensign Matthews begins modifying the cargo transporter for faster transporting of evacuees. Meanwhile, Chief Security officer Zenno and 1^st Lieutenant Torado make their way to Main Engineering where they successfully arm the station’s self-destruct mechanism while facing some resistance from the station's gravity plating buckling under an incoming attack.

The team's preparations are interrupted by a red alert, indicating the arrival of the Lattice Alliance, at which point the evacuation of the station is put into motion. First Officer Hobart orders the team to accelerate their plans to get people out via the modified cargo transporter and aboard the Billable Hours, Gott’s civilian ship. As they move to enact their plans, the team braces for an imminent battle and the potential destruction of the station

Act 2

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The Khitomer is caught in a brutal battle, sustaining heavy damage from a Sencha Wave and subsequent attacks from the Lattice-Alliance. The ship's systems are failing, the bridge is in ruins, and the crew is struggling with severe injuries. Despite the chaos, the crew, led by Captain Shayne and acting XO and Chief Engineer Dewitt, begins the difficult work of damage control. Ensign Michaels and her team in Engineering are working to repair the warp core, restore power, and counter the sabotage. The medical team, including Dr. Ohnari and Chief Ra, are overwhelmed with casualties, establishing triage areas and focusing on critical cases.

Aboard the damaged Khitomer, the crew faces a relentless barrage of challenges. They receive a warning from the Ronin about an incoming S-Wave Cannon, a massive web-like weapon, which is confirmed by Jones' scans. In a desperate bid to neutralize the threat, the Khitomer collaborates with the Ronin to create a counter-wave with a Chroniton Pulse, leading to a violent clash of energies that succeeds but doesn’t entirely prevent damage, including a loss of life support. The ship's environmental controls malfunction, further complicating matters with a temporal distortion causing a loss of breathable air. The crew also faces the challenge of dealing with a saboteur who is rerouting commands through the life support system.

As the Khitomer attempts to regain its footing, Captain Shayne orders the crew to prioritize damage control, transportation, and communications. The bridge crew, including Ensign Brenner, who is piloting the ship, try to regain control while navigating through enemy fire. They also collaborate with the Ronin to formulate a daring strategy, using the damaged Khitomer to fire on Deep Space 33 as a ruse to confuse the enemy. Ensign Zerva works to protect crew members from the Sencha Wave, while also working to restore shield power and establish communications with Deep Space 33.

Despite these challenges, the crew works together to restore vital systems, showing resilience, loyalty, and dedication to their duty. The Khitomer's journey back to Deep Space 33 is a desperate race against time, with the ship limping along as the crew struggles to keep it, and each other, alive.

Back on Deep Space 33, chaos unfolds as the Lattice-Alliance begin their assault on the station. The station has suffered significant damage, with corridors in disarray, power fluctuations, and breaches causing decompression. Multiple groups, initially focused on different tasks, now find themselves attempting to rendezvous, facing obstacles like enemy forces, station damage, and their own injuries. Commander MacKenna in Ops tries to coordinate defenses and assess the situation, while simultaneously grappling with her own past experiences and regrets. Meanwhile, a separate team led by First Officer Hobart, is focused on evacuating civilians and tending to the wounded, facing the challenge of a failed transporter and their own injured personnel. This group includes Ensign El’Heem, who is providing care to a critically injured Caitian, and other injured evacuees.

First Officer Hobart’s team begins to secure safe paths and make their way towards escape. The team face the setback of the transporter failure in Cargo Bay A24, leading them to carry a wounded Caitian and move through the station to reach another transporter room in an attempt to get closer to Ops. First Officer Hobart, Ensign Matthews, and Privates Bobbart and Jones run into the Alliance face to face. Bobbart suffers a severe injury and are nearly overcome when JAG Nibar and his assistant JAG Weyler, arrive to provide support and put down the Alliance regimen. First Officer Hobart is hit by intense Sencha Wave symptoms and collapses going into cardiac arrest. Ensign El’Heem grows impatient with the silence of the battle being over down the hall and runs in to find First Officer Hobart in dire need of medical attention. He is able to stabilize the commander long enough for the entire team to make it to the transporter room.

The Khitomer finally arrives at the station and initiates the plan to fire upon the station itself. This action has mixed results, with the station sustaining further damage but also drawing away some of the enemy fire.

Chief Security officer Zenno and 1^st Lieutenant Torado, operating behind enemy lines, are attempt to enact a self-destruct sequence, taking out enemy combatants while they make their way to the station’s computer core. They encounter numerous dead, including both Starfleet and Lattice Alliance personnel.

Act 3

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The Khitomer and Ronin are ambushed as they arrive just outside Deep Space 33, sustaining heavy damage, and are forced to fight against overwhelming odds. The Khitomer's bridge is wrecked, with hull breaches, a damaged warp core, and a destroyed deflector dish. The Ronin also suffers, with life support failing and both ships facing a powerful enemy gunship. With Sencha Wave weapons being targeted directly at the ship pair, the two must use coordinated chronition pulses to disable the weapon. The engineering and medical teams work against mounting odds to maintain the Khitomers integrity. The arrival of the USS Excalibur proves to be a crucial turning point, providing much-needed firepower, and additional support to the damaged ships.

The fight for survival has gotten desperate on Deep Space 33. A combined force of Sheliak and Tholian invaders has overrun much of the station, leading to intense close-quarters combat, with Starfleet officers struggling to maintain control and protect the station's critical infrastructure. Much of the remain defense for has been instructed to return to Ops for a final offensive. Some are cut off from returning. A team of three officers from the Ronin discover the Alliance had brought a quantum torpedo aboard and are set to detonate it, potentially destroying the entire station. First Officer Hobart’s group uses the transporter room to get behind enemy lines in a desperate attempt to reach Ops. They find a Starfleet counselor named Ensign Laika and bring her along.

The station's commander, Agatha Stergis, makes a desperate appeal for the remaining Alliance forces to surrender after their fleet retreats due to the arrival of the Excalibur. Despite the aid from the Excalibur, the danger is not over, as more quantum torpedoes are discovered on the station, forcing Starfleet personnel to make quick decisions about how to best counter them. First Officer Hobarts team are tasked with preventing the Alliance from opening an air lock and venting the Ops center to the void of space. They are able to stop the Alliance soldiers at the expense of the life of Private Jones.

The battle shifts as the Excalibur engages, prioritizing the destruction of the larger enemy ships. The Khitomer and Ronin, though heavily damaged, begin to recover, with repairs being made to vital systems and transporters being used to clear debris. Despite having survived the onslaught thusfar, the Khitomer is severely damaged, and the crews are aware of the need to catalog the debris in the aftermath and of the long road to full recovery. However, the immediate respite is short lived as another Sencha radiation buildup is detected, and the Excalibur coordinates with the two ships to execute a final chroniton pulse. The three successfully launch the chroniton pulse and destroy the Alliance gunship, but the crews' physical and emotional exhaustion is palpable. There is a lingering sense that though the immediate fight may be won, the larger war is far from over. The cost of the battle is evident in the injuries of the crew, the destruction of their ship, and the ongoing threat of the Alliance.

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