The Irresistible Prize (Veritas)
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The USS Astraeus, a refitted Galaxy class starship, is in the midst of a shakedown cruise after a bow-to-stern refit that saw almost every system on the vessel updated to 2390s standards. Under the command of Commander Victor Yeager, the Astraeus has only a skeleton crew on board and is well over the mass limit to enter the Shoals - and yet, Commander Yeager has made the decision to bring her into the Shoals anyway, to both test out her new engines and perhaps get himself a commendation or two.
| Veritas Mission History |
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| Year 1 (2393-2394) |
| The Forgotten Land · Rag and Bone · Aftershock · The Mother Road |
| Year 2 (2395) |
| The Irresistible Prize · Kallo Ver & The Hunt for the Lost Romulan Treasure Fleet · The Omega Paradox · Hope Lost · Flashpoint |
| Year 3 (2396) |
| Limbo · Dawn · Home · Sentinel · Play the Part · The First Colony · Tour de Ketar V · Charybdis · Lost and Found |
| Year 4 (2397) |
| E Pluribus Unum · Nadira · Free Flight · Pirates of the Quantum Realms · Forever and Always · Heartbeat · Home Is Where the Heart Is · Wandering Star |
| Year 5 (2398) |
| Here Kitty Kitty · Reunion · Chasing Shadows · Endeavour · Loopy · Fissure |
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The Irresistible Prize
- Stardate 239501
Unfortunately for him, things do not go as planned, and the Astraeus loses her ability to create a stable warp field shortly after entering the Shoals, rendering her vulnerable and in need of assistance. The Veritas, under the command of acting captain Lt. Cmdr. Mei'konda, will rush to assist, but they won't be the only ones. After all, a Galaxy class starship is filled to the brim with valuable technology, and the Shoals sometimes feel as though they're filled to the brim with pirates!
Plot Elements
- USS Astraeus, refitted Galaxy class starship
MSPNPCs
NPCs
- Commander Victor Yeager: The acting commanding officer of the USS Astraeus, responsible for making the decision to bring the Astraeus into the Shoals that got them stuck there.
- Lieutenant Rajan Rothlyn: the Bajoran female Chief Medical Officer of the USS Astraeus
Mission Summary
Act 1
With Captain Roshanara Rahman off the ship on an engineering mission, Lieutenant Commander Mei'konda had assumed command as acting Captain, and for some time, the Veritas' patrol through the Shoals was uneventful - until the reception of a distress call from the USS Astraeus, a Galaxy class starship under the leadership of Commander Victor Yeager. Commander Yeager intended to prove his command ability by bringing the Astraeus, a ship much too massive for the Shoals' travel restrictions, through this dangerous space to demonstrate that it could be done. However, it soon became apparent that the vessel's warp field would not hold up under the strong tachyon radiation of the region, and she soon lost the ability to travel at warp in the area.
The Veritas raced to support the Astraeus, and while en route, the Astraeus came under attack by several dozen pirate vessels, under the overall command of Jilor, a Klingon terrorist who had attacked Antor II some months earlier. The two ships worked together to fight off this initial attack, but not before the pirates heavily damaged and boarded the Astraeus. Acting Captain Mei'konda dispatched engineering, tactical, and medical teams to assist.
Act 2
With Jilor's forces utilizing jury rigged cloaking devices to retreat and regroup from the two powerful starships, the crew of the Astraeus and assisting teams from the Veritas, led by Commander Kelrod and Lieutenant Commander Lael Rosek, fought to prevent the theft of equipment and supplies by the pirates. Showing no regard for the lives of the Starfleet officers on board the Astraeus, the pirates killed rather than stunned anyone who got in their way, resulting in heavy casualties among the Astraeus already skeleton crew.
With the help of the Veritas teams, the pirates on board the Astraeus called for a retreat, and their cloaked vessels began to move back in toward the stricken Galaxy class starship to beam them away. Meanwhile, an expert technician who had boarded the Astraeus along with the other raiders managed to retrieve the prefix codes for the Veritas from the ship's computers, and transmitted them to Jilor before she and her team leader were beamed back out. With the ability to lower the Veritas' shields, the pirates prepared to strike.
Act 3
In progress...