Embassy Current Mission

			Embassy of Duronis II • USS Thor

Current Mission - Crises of Identity

Plot Summary

Part 1

The USS Thunder-A was sent out to escort a Federation Defiant-Class ship, the Ashoka, back to the Embassy. The Ashoka is tasked with picking up a mystery woman who seems to be some sort of Argelian VIP, and returning her to the Argelians. The Thunder met up with the Ashoka to find it under attack by Orion ships. A Federation intelligence ship chases off the Orion attackers, meanwhile the Thunder arrives to discover a Zalkonian ship drop its Romulan tech-based cloak. In defence of the Ashoka the Thunder was the first to strike taking out the Zalkonian ship's weapons. Unfortunately, there appeared to be no signs of the Ashoka crew. They were not on their ship, the Zalkonian ship, nor the Federation intelligence ship. The battle was to be short-lived as the Thunder got word that three Romulan warbirds had de-cloaked near the Embassy. With no other choice the Thunder fired a volley of torpedoes destroying the Ashoka so that the ship would not end up in enemy hands. The Thunder engaged its Quantum Slipstream Drive to try to hurry back and defend its home from the Romulan threat.

Back at the Embassy, with the Thunder away, the USS Bronwyn filled in to patrol the space around the Embassy. Finding the ship in desperate need of repair with environmental systems down on most decks, engineering teams scrambled to restore key systems while the bridge staff began the Thunder's normal patrol. Before long, a Romulan Republic scout ship decloaked directly in front of the Bronwyn. The commanding officer of the Bronwyn, Major Pavlova, ordered Red Alert and hailing frequencies open. The commander of the scout ship, Subcommander S’Karan, presented the Major an extradition request for Shi' lar, the mystery Argelian woman in the Embassy's custody. While the Engineering staff continued to repair ship systems, the Major ordered Subcommander S’Karan escorted to the Embassy via shuttlecraft and all weapons trained on the Romulan scoutship. Without warning, three Romulan Empire Warbirds de-cloaked around the Bronwyn and Republic scoutship. The Empire ships opened fire on the Republic vessel. The soutship's remaining crew were transported to the shuttle safely. After some Sinatra-inspired repartee, the Bronwyn retreated from the Republic scoutship as the Empire triggered a tricobalt device from inside it and destroyed the Republic vessel in a violent blaze. The Romulan warbirds reengaged their cloaking devices and remain hidden from view. There would be no war with the Romulans today, but their would be war.

Terek, a Zalkonian death camp commander that the crew of the Thunder had put an end to a few months back, hailed the Embassy and made his presence known. After threats of revenge he and four other Zalkonian warships de-cloaked. Terek's ship began a bombardment campaign on the Embassy grounds and the other four Zalkonian ships focused their attack on the USS Bronwyn.