Frontier Day - Phase 3 (Constitution)
| Episode 23 |
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| USS Constitution-B | ||
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 ACTIVE STATUS | ||
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Characters
| Officers taking part in the mission | |||
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| Name | Position | Notes | |
| Jalana Rajel | Commanding Officer | ||
| Diz'mim Ch'Nilmani | First Officer | ||
| Laria Herren | 2nd Officer/Mission Specialist | ||
| Atan T'Seva | Chief Tactical Officer | ||
| Lystra | Security/Tactical Officer | ||
| Mingxing Shimisi | Engineering Officer | ||
| Jiroo Zaka | Engineering Officer | ||
| Eleanor Park | Assistant Chief Medical Officer | ||
| Ashra | Medical Officer | LOA | |
| Ba'el | Counselor | ||
| Azura Ada | Chief Science Officer | ||
| Rendov Felbri | HCO Officer | PNPC by Indrid Yirah | |
| MSNPCs | ||
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| Name | Position/Info | Played by |
| Captain Nelspur | CO LAS Prenskeel, Tholian | Indrid Yirah |
| Assistant Manager Tarlzoc | Tactical Chief LAS Prenskeel, Sheliak | Laria Herren |
| Captain Va Remy | Commanding Officer, Hermes Outpost, Bajoran female | Eleanor Park |
| Lieutenant JG Aja | Communications Officer, Hermes Outpost, Hinji female | Jalana Rajel |
| Crewman 1st Class Anzol | Medical Officer, Hermes Outpost, Dokkaran male | Indrid Yirah |
| LtCmdr. Lida Khenn | Chief Engineering Officer, USS Constitution-B, Bajoran female | Diz'mim Ch'Nilmani |
| Varea Dawn | FNS Reporter, Risian female | Laria Herren |
OOC Briefings
The call for help
| Captain Va Remy: Commander, we request immediate assistance. We are receiving reports of several attacks along the border. There have been reports of issues with pirates near the border in the past. Please help us. We are a small outpost, but our work.. I believe it’s only a matter of time before they target us. We will hold them off as long as we can.
Officer: Captain, they are shooting at the Communications rela– The last thing Akeelah saw was the Captain’s hand come down as if to slam it down but before it reached the destination the screen went blank. [1] |
Hermes Station Information
Hermes Station (often colloquially referred to as the Hermes Outpost) is located in a small system about 20 Lightyears South of Cait. It had some fixed weapons that were destroyed in the initial attack. The station is mostly ground-based on the only M-class planet in the system, the planet is small - just so a planet. Features include the central structure, a large communications array, and several orbital telescopes and sensor platforms. The station is a communications hub for the Marchlands and surrounding areas, that helped coordinate activities across the southern sectors of the Federation. Its sensors also allow for large amounts of data gathering for both scientific and intelligence purposes. With close proximity to a Federation world and the Tholians typically avoiding that section of the border, the station has been assigned a very limited on-site presence for some time.
Known Officers
- Commanding Officer: Cpt. Ve Remy
- Communications Officer: Lieutenant JG Aja
- Medical Officer: Crewman 1st Class Anzol
Act 1
While on shore leave the USS Constitution receives a call for help from the Commanding Officer of the Hermes Outpost. Captain Ve mentions reports of pirate attacks along the border that divides the Federation and Tholian space in the recent months. The call is interrupted after the station's communications relay is attacked and the Constitution jumps into action. Upon arrival they witness several ships attacking the orbital installations and the Outpost itself and engage into battle. [2]
After a heated battle in which part of the outpost was destroyed and the Constitution hit with heavy fire, the constitution utilized the Wild Weasel method of using a shuttle and stuff with with emitters that would signal to be a Galaxy Class Starship to aid the Constituion. They filled said shuttle with explosives. Once the Pirate ship discovered the other 'Galaxy Class ship' they opened fire on it and it crashed into them, exploding and causing considerable damage. The Pirates were affected enough by the battle and decided to retreat. Once they were gone the Conny began its own repairs while Jalana transported to the station with a first survey team to assess the situation.
Act 2
After being delayed the Transmission from the Sol System displaying the Frontier Day Celebrations finally reaches the Constitution. But something is going wrong and the transmission is being cut short. Nobody is sure what exactly is going on and part of the crew is taking the news badly. Meanwhile the rest of the crew is helping the Conny and Hermes outpost with repairs.
Weekly Summaries
Week/Hour 1
Argo buggy races on Drever IV were unexpectedly canceled after the Constitution received a distress call from the Hermes Outpost. Hermes outpost is located in a small system about 20 Lightyears South of Cait. It is a communications hub for the Marchlands and surrounding areas that helped coordinate activities across the southern sectors of the Federation. Its sensors also allow for large amounts of data gathering for both scientific and intelligence purposes.
Captain Va Remy, the outpost’s Bajoran CO, reported attacks by suspected pirates along the border and requested assistance. The comm was cut off, however, when the relay they were using was destroyed.
When everyone was back onboard and at their stations, the Conny wasted no time headed for the outpost. They arrived to find the outpost under attack. Commodore Jalana Rajel issued the orders to fire and the battle to protect the outpost began. After the pirates managed to inflict damage to part of the outpost, LtCmdr Atan T'Seva and LtCmdr Diz'Mim Ch'Nilmani worked to devise a way to distract the largest ship. Meanwhile, Lt Mingxing Shimisi and Ensign Jiroo Zaka tried to find a way to beam supplies to the damaged outpost and down in sickbay Doctors Ashra and Park worked to prepare for injuries.
Over in Intel, Cmdr T’Mar, Senior Commander Nugra, LtJG Tann Ilix, and LtCmdr Laria Herren worked to find out more information on who the attackers are.
Week/Hour 2
The battle for the Hermes outpost is in full swing. Small pirate ships continue to attack the orbital installations and have begun to attempt to scratch the Conny's hull, as she has thrown herself in the middle of the attacking vessels in an attempt to give the outpost a breather from the pressure of continuous attacks.
Ensign Jiroo Zaka, the new engineering officer found that the structural damage of the outpost was severe and they were already on backup power. did not believe the Shields would be lasting much longer and suggested beaming teams down to help. Alas the Conny needed those teams themselves to stay in one piece. Instead they opted for aid in form of automated worker drones until a team can be spared.
Minxing Shimisi in engineering has been working on prepping said worker drones to deliver urgent supplies to the station to try and buy it more time.
Based on the data, Lt.JG Lystra and T'Seva are sure that there is a carrier or type of mothership out there supporting the smaller attacking ships and the struggle was trying to find where it is hiding. They didn't have to wait long until that ship showed itself by zapping past the Constitution and opening heavy fire on the Outpost, destroying part of the structure. The Conny crew had to act quickly and First Officer Diz'mim Ch'Nilmani offered a Wild Weasel maneuver. A Shuttle would be equipped with mobile sensor equipment emitting another Galaxy Class signature to confuse enemy sensors into believing that more help had arrived.
After agreement of Commodore Jalana Rajel, he contacted Rachel Flores, in engineering who would prepare the shuttle, and the was expanded on by stuffing the shuttle full of explosives to hand out some BOOM should the pirate ship open fire on the 'Galaxy Class'. That plan worked out well and the Pirate Mothership took considerable damage. We have yet to see if it is enough to chase them away.
Sick bay has been busy preparing for injured, while several teams have been moving out to treat injuries from exploding consoles and other battle damage. Counselor Ba'el meanwhile is trying to find patterns in the attacks from the bridge to find out motives and gaps the Conny could use.
Who is attacking? Why are they so interested in knockout out the Communication Outpost? These are the biggest questions, and the intelligence Department with Laria Herren, Nugra, Ilix, and T'Mar are trying to find that out, so that Jalana has all the pieces to the puzzle!
Week/Hour 3
Our pirate opponents didn't easily let go and gave the crew of the Constitution a run for their latinum. Commodore Jalana Rajel had a great chance to bring out Mama Bear. When the crew witnessed the mothership of the swarm attach the Planetary Outpost Hermes and destroy a section of their compound, Jalana instructed T'Seva to give it all she got, and fire phasers and Torpedos on the pirate ships and attempt low them to smithereens. Naturally the pirates didn't take that laying down and returned the favor with attacking the outpost and the Constitution with high yield quantum torpedos.
The attacks naturally caused a lot of issues all over the ship and Medical was called to various places all over the ship to treat injured, because these consoles decided it was a good idea to stop working with fireworks. In people's faces. While Engineering barely was able to keep up with fixing all the small issues the battle brought with it, Mingxing Shimisi discovered a Tachyon leak and energy fluctuations. At his attempt to fix that, the discharge entered his body and knocked him out cold. Maybe that saved him from being in the way of the exploding console next to him that hit the Caitian Engineer S'Rrrell.
Intel attempted to figure out who the attacker may be, but the ship design was unknown to them, as well as to the Bridge crew. It was all a mystery to them until during the last minutes the Bridge crew witnessed smaller ships attempt to create a Tholian web. Luckily that scheme was interrupted as the Mothership fell for the Weasel tactic and shot on the shuttle that emitted the fake Galaxy Class signature. The ship, packed with explosives blew up as it crashes into the ship's walls causing considerable damage to the shields and the ship.
That was enough for the pirates to collect their little ships and get out of the system. Lystra caught a transporter signal before the ships were gone and Security teams were dispatched to make sure no boarding party had been dispatched by the pirates.
While Diz'mim Ch'Nilmani oversees the repairs on the Constitution, Commodore Rajel grabbed a team for a first survey of the Hermes outpost. Since comms of the outpost are down the team beamed down to get a first overview. To say that they need 'everything' would be an understatement. The witnessed attack destroyed a whole section of the station, how many fatalities they carried away is yet unknown. The Comm systems, internal and external are destroyed, contact was lost to all orbital relays and stations, most of them because they were destroyed or badly damaged in the attack. The only saving grace is that the outpost was built on a class M planetoid and the spotty shields do not cause a problem with the oxygen supply.
Engineering Officer Jiroo Zaka is working on determining the extend of the damage, what materials and how many teams they would need to assist the outpost. Assistant Medical Chief Ellie Park is exploring the outpost trying to get an overview of how many injured they may have, and assess the situation, transport paths and access to the medical facilities. Second officer Laria Herren and Commodore Rajel are conferring with Captain Va Remy of Hermes outpost to find out what has happened in the area that may have caused the attack.
Will they find out who these pirates were and why they had come? Can they help the outpost to get back up to their feet? And how will they react when the news about the events in the Sol System finally reach them? Tune back in next time to find out!
Week/Hour 4 (Act 2)
The battle is over and now the crew of the Constitution and the Hermes Outpost can focus on the damage inflicted to both the equipment and the people. Commodore Rajel, Second Officer LtCmdr Laria Herren, Assistant Chief Medical Officer LtJG Ellie Park, and Engineering Officer Ensign Jiroo Zaka beamed down to the outpost and after speaking with one of their Comms officers LtJG Aja, everyone got to work.
Rajel and Herren met with Hermes’ CO Captain Va Remy in her office to discuss the situation and share information. Meanwhile, Zaka returned to the ship to meet with fellow Engineering Officer Lt Mingxing Shimisi, who was injured during the battle, was thankfully cleared to return to duty and the pair met with a so-called “holo” of Ollos and learn that the engineering officer has also been cleared for duty. All duplicated versions of him. The engineering team, including two of the Ollos return to the Hermes to start the repairs.
Due to delays caused by the destroyed Comms the transmission of Frontier Day celebrations reached just after the battle. Some of the crew gathered and watched the footage when the signal suddenly cut out before receiving a quick message from a FNS News Anchor that their studio had lost contact with the Sol Station. While the news network attempted to keep the situation under control, several members of the crew began to worry about their families and friends in the Sol System.
The news began to spread, mostly by the uninformed, and panic took hold of various crew members- some even screaming that everyone in the Sol System was dead. Counselor Ensign Ba'el and Security Trainee LtJG Lystra began making their way through the ship to diffuse the situation. On the bridge, First Officer LtCmdr Diz'Mim Ch'Nilmani is looped in by the Saloon about the situation and reaches out to Rajel to inform her, while some Bridge Officers are taking the news rather badly and had to be called to order.
Meanwhile, Cmdr T’Mar, Senior Commander Nugra, and LtJG Tann Ilix are joined in the Intel Suite by LtCmdr Atan T'Seva and LtCmdr LtCmdr Azura Ada . With their combined efforts, they get closer to answers before also receiving the word about the Sol System.
As the news of the unknown situation begins to spread, how will the crew cope? Will they be able to continue their work on repairs? Will they ever be able to confirm who their attackers were? Tune in next time!
Week/Hour 5 (Act 2)
News of the Frontier Day situation continues to spread like a wildfire across the ship. Unfortunately, most of the rumors spreading are entirely unfounded. This doesn’t stop crew members and civilians alike from panicking, however, and soon this leads to altercations, such as a young Officer being on verge of starting a row in the Saloon (Constitution's 10 Forward). Counselor Ensign Ba'el diffused upcoming panic by organizing a 'Distraction Karaoke' for those not occupied with repairs. Ba’el and Security Trainee LtJG Lystra continue making their way through the ship to diffuse the situation, their way leading them to the board school in which young children cause quite a ruckus by throwing unfounded theories around and upsetting their fellow students. First Officer LtCmdr Diz’mim Ch’Nilmani manages to calm the Bridge Officers who had begun to panic about their loved ones in the Sol System and continues to work on the organisation of repair efforts.
Down on the Hermes Outpost, Commodore Jalana Rajel and Second Officer LtCmdr Laria Herren began to wrap up their meeting with Captain Va Remy when Engineering Officer Lt Mingxing Shimisi joined them. He informed them that Ensign Jiroo Zaka and other engineering officers were now on the outpost to begin repairs. Rajel and Herren leave Va to return to the Constitution with the promise to check in with the Hermes’ Captain soon. Va informs Shimisi that comms and defense systems should be among their priority repairs.
Also down on the outpost, unaware of the situation in the Sol System, Assistant Chief Medical Officer LtJG Ellie Park follows Crewmen 1st Class Anzol (Indrid Yirah) of the Hermes to find an injured officer. She finds herself unable to reach the officer due to a wall of rubble from when the outpost had been hit. Working with Anzol, she tries to get a path to the injured officer but the debris proves unstable.
Back on the Constitution, Rajel and Herren met first to review the News transmission from Sol, and then proceed to make a general plan of action in case the situation moved towards the Marchlands. Rajel left to head to Engineering and check in on the progress of the Constitution’s own repairs. On the bridge, Herren checked in with Ch’Nilmani and informed him that she was to connect with tactical and intel while he focused on keeping the crew under control in the midst of the chaos caused by news of Frontier Day. While there, they receive a message: Fleet status update from Regional Command to ships in the region, from Admiral Treen-Cti. The update informs them that the fleet formation mode had been hijacked and there were unconfirmed reports of assimilations by unknown means. Though the use of 'assimilations' doesn't leave any doubt what has happened in the Sol System.
Down in the Intelligence Suite, Cmdr T’Mar, Senior Commander Nugra, and LtJG Tann Ilix continue to work with LtCmdr Atan T’Seva and LtCmdr Azura Ada to work on confirming the identity of the alleged pirates that attacked the outpost. With news of the Frontier Day situation arriving in the suite, the group begins to question if the two incidents are related. Herren calls down to T’Seva and instructs her to start working on preparations in case any threats in the area try to take advantage of the situation in the Sol System.
With the situation becoming increasingly tense, will the crew be able to rally and complete the repairs on the Hermes Outpost? Are the attackers somehow tied to the situation in the Sol System? Tune in next time!
References
- ↑ "Total Recall", Cpt Ve/Cmdr D'Sena, USS Constitution-B), SD240107.21
- ↑ "This is gonna be rough (MISSION START)", Jalana Rajel, USS Constitution-B), SD240107.21