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 ====Mission Briefing====
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   |quote ='''Niac''':  People, welcome to the Alpha Isles.  I know that very few of you are familiar with this region so I'll give you a brief overview before we get down to the details of what Starfleet has handed us.  ::He tapped a few commands and zoomed in on their present location.::  This is Deep Space Thirty Three, Starfleet's newest frontier outpost.  It was established less than a year ago in response to a rapid deterioration in the stability of the region.  ::The map began to morph, colored blobs representing power blocs expanding and contracting to represent Starfleet's understanding of the political realities in the region.::  Several major powers, most notably the Sheliak Corporate and the Breen Confederacy, claim areas within this volume, while other large areas are either unaligned, unexplored or generally too dangerous to establish a long term presence in. After this meeting you'll all be receiving detailed reports on the particulars of the region, the various power players, and some of the more recent alarming indicators that Starfleet Intelligence is keeping under close observation.  In short...it's a simmering cauldron of trouble.  Anything to add XO?
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 '''Niac''':  Starfleet is...'concerned'...with the situation here.  So much so they feel that one starship, the Arrow, is no longer adequate to effectively patrol and secure Federation interests in this region.  As such, they've rushed this ship out of spacedock before its current refit was complete and assembled this crew from across the fleet to counter what they perceive as an intolerable threat to Federation security.  What that means for us is this; in three days we will clear our moorings from DS33 and conduct our shakedown trials in the Isles themselves, dealing with any issues as they arise while performing a reconnaissance in force of the Olidra system.  It is believed the Sheliak are massing resources there for purposes unknown.  Our mission is to get in, find out everything we can and get back out to report what we've found. |source = [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-ronin/c/2vrnhLhhNE0/m/grfY4CBLAAAJ Lt.Cdr. Toryn Raga - First Briefing (Revision)] - SD 240009.22}}
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 ====On the Ronin====
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 After some ''issues'' with leaving drydock on DS33, the USS ''Ronin'' is underway, heading into the Alpha Isles on its shakedown cruise. The Ship is barely holding together in places, but in true Starfleet fashion, the newly assembled crew is expected to perform miracles with blunt instruments. Upon arriving in the Sunjat system, Lt.Cdrs. [[Alieth]] and [[Kirsty Lee Carpenter|Carpenter]] locate debris from an older vessel, a trail leading to a nearby gas giant and evidence of an attack. Erring on the side of proactive caution, Cdr. [[Karrod Niac|Niac]] gives orders to approach the gas giant and engage in a search for the origin of the debris. Meanwhile, the debris is transported onboard for closer examination, and Lt. [[V'Len Kel|Kel]] and his staff in Sickbay is ordered to prepare for possible casualties.
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   |quote =''XO...since I suspect the Doctor is about to order me to sickbay you have the conn.  Keep us at red alert until we're certain that was the only enemy vessel in the system.  ::Karrod winced as he stood and threw an arm around the Doctor's shoulders for support.::  <br>Find that freighter and keep us in a defensive posture until we figure out our next move. They sucker-punched us in the first round.  I don't intend to let them do it again.  Check in with your people and make damage reports to the XO.  It'll take more than a shove to take the Ronin out of this fight.  Starfleet wanted us to find out what's going on out here...looks like we'll have a lot to tell them.''|source = [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-ronin/c/g75JUldQC5Q Cdr. Karrod Niac - Blast from the Past (Part 2)] - SD 240010.14}}
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 * Infiltrate Olidra System, gather any information about what is going on there
 ** '''Team:''' Lieutenant Commander [[Alieth]], Ensigns [[Luxa Lorana]], [[Ian O'Connor]] & [[C'iri Mingan Hopkins]]
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+ |quote =''According to Starfleet Intel, there are indications that the Sheliak have unusual traffic in the system, so we are heading there to determine what they are up to and if the presence of the Tholians in such close proximity has anything to do with it. Our mission is to see and analyse whatever is there, ::turning to Luxa:: from a scientific :: turning to Hopkins:: and tactical point of view.
+''|source = [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-ronin/c/4sHbsuP0Lzw Lt.Cdr. Alieth - Fly Casual] - SD 240010.20}}
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+Despite being wounded during the Tholian vessel's attack while manning her station, Lt.Cdr. [[Alieth]] stubbornly refused any attempts on part of her crew at administering medical aid to her, and instead directed her attention at the next leg of the mission. While ensuring that Ensigns [[Ian O'Connor|O'Connor]] and [[C'iri Mingan Hopkins|Hopkins]] report to the Shuttlebay, the [[Alieth|Lt.Cdr.]] goes to personally fetch Ensign [[Luxa Lorana|Lorana]] from Stellar Cartography. While there, she's briefed by Ensign [[Marty Tucker|Tucker]] on the strange impulse-driven asteroid, and makes sure to send him in the direction of his own away mission aboard the ''Kushiro''.
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+As the ''Rhine'' set off for its mission, Ensigns [[Luxa Lorana|Lorana]] and [[Ian O'Connor|O'Connor]] considered how to remodulate the runabout's sensors to possibly pick up on the advance warning - the "buzz" - that the Sencha Wave weapon released before impact, just as Ens [[Ian O'Connor|O'Connor]] noticed a small meteor swarm apparently orbiting something. Lt.Cdr. [[Alieth]] ordered the runabout close in on the meteor swarm, as they could use it as cover for conducting more detailed scans on the Olidra system, when they realized that it was orbiting another piece of debris. An intact escape pod of Starfleet make. Approaching the escape pod, the ''Rhine'' transports three still-living escapees on board - one Vulcan Lieutenant, though wearing an old Uniform, a civilian female and a wounded Betazoid male, whose capsule had cracked, depositing a piece of glass in his torso. Lt.Cdr. [[Alieth]] - a trained physician - and her volunteer nurse, Ensign [[C'iri Mingan Hopkins|Hopkins]], set to aid the Betazoid, as Ensign [[Ian O'Connor|O'Connor]] maneuver the ''Rhine'' back out of the meteor swarm. Ensign [[Luxa Lorana|Lorana]] comments on the old uniform, believing it to be from the early 24th century.
 ====On the Kushiro====
 * Return to Sunjat System, track the damaged freighter and rescue the crew.
 ** '''Team:''' Lieutenant Commander [[Toryn Raga]], Lieutenant [[V'Len Kel]], Ensigns [[Maverick Kenmore]] & [[Marty Tucker]]
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+After assembling the data logs about point of interest in the system - such as the odd impulse-driven asteroid - Ensign [[Marty Tucker|Tucker]] reports to the runabout ''Kushiro'' for a rescue and recovery mission. With an assembled team, the ''Kushino'' departs the ''Ronin'' shuttlebay from the wrong side, earning the overeager Ensign the ire of Major [[Ishani Singh|Singh]], the resident CAG,  and inspiring the amusement of his senior officers. Approaching the gas giant where they presume the freighter to be hiding, LT. [[V'Len Kel|Kel]] programs the runabout to broadcast a signal to assure any still-living crewmembers that the approaching vessel is friendly to avoid armed conflict from their would-be rescuees, before inoculating the team in preparation for the rescue mission.
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+The team manages to locate life signs inside the atmosphere of the gas giant, but due to the native interference, they aren't capable of ascertaining how many. Moreover, the freighter's in a decaying orbit, and will likely fall further into the gas giant in short order. Strategically maneuvering the ''Kushino'' above the freighter, Ensign [[Marty Tucker|Tucker]] extends the runabout's shields to encompass the freighter as well - in order to protect both vessels in case enemies come about while the rescue operation is ongoing - and locks the freighter in place with the tractor beam. Then, the operation is ready to begin.
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+The group suits up in EV equipment before transporting aboard the S.S. Sabrina's Delight. Ensign [[Marty Tucker|Tucker]] comments on the poor state of the freighter, but the party is soon intercepted by the Andorian First Mate, Sm'uf. Sm'uf guides the group to meet the Captain of the freighter.
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 ====On the Ronin====
 * Attract the attention of the Sheliak and/or Tholian present in the Olidra system, distract them long enough so that the team Rhine can gather intel data.
 ** '''Team:''' Commander [[Karrod Niac]], Lieutenant Commander [[Kirsty Lee Carpenter]] & [[Dekas]], Lieutenant [[Kammus Corelli]]
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+ |quote =''As you may have heard by now we have a plan for tackling our original mission, which was to perform reconnaissance of the Olidra system and see exactly what the Sheliak were up to.  The discovery of Tholian involvement makes that mission even more urgent and necessary as far as I'm concerned.  So, we're going to complete our mission...just not quite the way Starfleet would've intended.''
+''As soon as Commander Raga's rescue team departs for the freighter, we will take the Ronin to this point in space and drop of Commander Alieth's team aboard a runabout.  From that point we'll backtrack and then approach the system from a completely different vector, at which point we'll...well, I don't suppose anyone knows any really good insults about Tholians or the Sheliak?''
+''We'll approach the system from this point ::He gestured towards the holodisplay:: and challenge whatever perimeter security we find there as loudly as possible.  Our goal is to create a big enough distraction to allow our team on the runabout to slip in, take detailed sensor readings and slip out before anyone realizes they were there.  Everything goes well the Ronin will rendezvous with them at this point before picking up Commander Raga's team and getting the hell out of this area.''
+''To be clear, our intention is not to get into a full-scale firefight.  Chief Corelli has made it abundantly clear that we're pushing the ship dangerously hard, so my intent is a series of harassing engagements.  Once we've made contact and draw the attention of the defenders, we lead them on a chase around the perimeter of the system, never stopping in one place long enough to get pinned down.''|source = [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-ronin/c/ErboSm6Qpgs Cdr. Karrod Niac - Interspecies Harassment Workshop] - SD 240010.21}}
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+Having had time to consider his crew's probable course of action while getting multiple ribs reknitted in Sickbay, Cdr. [[Karrod Niac|Niac]] summons the members of his senior staff not slated for other away mission to his Ready Room. Their task - the significantly louder task among the three - is to distract the enemy forces present in the Olidra system, so that the ''Rhine'' can sneak in close and get workable intel. LT. [[Kammus Corelli|Corelli]] provides the plan of using 'fireworks' - empty containers filled with mexcellon gas - that the ''Ronin'' could shoot with micro-torpedoes. The resulting explosion was loud and ''very'' visible - in the form of a big red cloud - but ultimately harmless and cheap to make in terms of necessary materials.
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+Lt.Cdr. [[Kirsty Lee Carpenter|Carpenter]] and LT. [[Kammus Corelli|Corelli]] agrees to use spare footlockers from Security, as well as some leftover cargo containers left behind after the refit, to contain the pressurized gas and spend the following three hours while the Ronin heads to the Olidra system, and drops off the two away teams, getting their firework boxes set up. As the ''Ronin'' moves into the Olidra System proper, they happen upon a proper fleet of both Tholian, Sheliak and numerous other unidentified vessels. Dedicating themselves to their task of playing decoy, LT. [[Kammus Corelli|Corelli]] transports three containers filled with mexcellon gas into space and prepares for the spectacular show about to begin, as the hostile fleet approaches the lone Akira-class Starship.{{Quote box
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+ |quote =''I want the ship lit up brighter than Freecloud during happy hour.''|source = [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-ronin/c/nPz-KSyy9Hs Cdr. Karrod Niac - Here's....Ronnie!] - SD 240010.28}}
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+Lt.Cdr. [[Kirsty Lee Carpenter|Carpenter]] starts the party with a load of microtorpedoes, and the ensuing spectacle not only takes out three orbital platforms, but also breaks up the fighter wing that had been steadily approaching.
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