Frontier Day: Phase Two (Artemis): Difference between revisions

Hallia_Yellir_Picard_Uniform.png|<small>[[Hallia Yellir|Eight of Twelve]]<br>Formerly LT Yellir<br>Chief Engineer</small>

'''(HOUR 1)''': The USS Artemis-A arrives to Frontier Day after two days in transit after their encounter with the Borg Cube in the Badlands. During that time, Robin Hopper, Talos Dakora and Charlena Vanlith had time to analyze the data to identify the piece of technology stolen by the Changeling infiltrators on Amity Outpost: a Harmonic Convergence Node. What plan this piece of technology plays in the Borg's plans, however, remains a mystery.

<br><br>The Artemis rendezvous with the USS Kitty Hawk to return most of the lost crew of Amity Outpost, and in order to address some personnel concerns after the Artemis' combat with the Borg, and to exchange necessary information about the encounter to the Kitty Hawk's command structure, an exchange of personnel occurs. Nathan Richards comes onboard the Artemis, while Gila Sadar and Gnai head to the Kitty Hawk. Soon after, Admiral Shelby begins her formal address to the Fleet, activating Fleet Formation Mode in celebration of the NX-01's maiden flight 250 years ago. Unfortunately, this is when everything goes wrong. A loud shriek goes off, and numerous Artemis personnel are assimilated into the Borg Collective... Just as planned.<br><br>

On the Bridge, Jaseb Chevalier leads the other assimilated in his attempt to eliminate the other officers, but Vitor Silveira intercepts his attempt to shoot Addison MacKenzie as the others head for the turbolift to exfiltrate. They've almost made it out, gathering all still-unassimilated officers in the turbolift when a group of Drones prevents the door from closing. Talos Dakora and Nathan Richards forces the drones away from the lift, but are thus trapped on the Bridge as the lift heads on down. Robin Hopper is very upset at leaving behind the two officers, but MacKenzie urges for calm. They need to arm themselves and retake the Artemis, and the first step to that is heading to the arms locker near Transporter Room #1 on Deck 4. Meanwhile, the Borg on the Bridge start shooting on the USS Kitty Hawk as Chevalier - now One of Eight - takes center chair.<br><br>

'''(HOUR TWO)''': On the Bridge, Ensign Chevalier - still helming the vessel as One of Eight - witnesses the final moments of the USS Excelsior with certainty in his mind that the Collective shall be victorious. At that point, however, the Artemis is brutally impacted by space debris, which has a devastating effect on the Ship’s systems. Transporters offline, replicators offline, turbolifts offline, holodecks offline, and the Artemis drifting through space towards the hulking remains of the USS Cambridge resting in space…

'''(HOUR 1)''': On the Bridge, the left-behind Talos Dakora and Nathan Richards manage to seek refuge in the Ready Room, but then find themselves very locked-in. Deciding that they'd rather be proactive about getting out of there and assisting the Artemis' crew in retaking the Ship, they don some EVA suits and destroy the Ready Room's window. Space walk, imminent... Meanwhile, assimilated Drones inhabiting Hallia Yellir and the once more awake Kel Solas start patrolling the lower decks of the Artemis, ready to assist the Collective in eliminating the desperate defense of the unassimilated.<br><br>

'''(HOUR TWO)''': On the hull of the Artemis, Lt.Cdr. Dakora and LT Richards continue on their walk down the vessel, witnessing the carnage occurring outside in space. It’s almost beautiful, but in a very fatalistic sense, and the two officers have little time to sightsee, as torpedoes and phasers shoot through the vacuum around them. The impact of one such weapon hit is almost enough to send Lt.Cdr. whirring through space, but LT Richards manages to ground him. Unfortunately, Dakora’s helmet takes some minor damage, expediting the two officers’ need to get back inside the Ship. They access through an airlock near the Central Computer Core, clueless about the fact that the ‘TriKenzie’ diversion plan has led a small, but concentrated group of Drones to the very corridor they exit into, leaving them with precious few options to avoid combat.

'''(HOUR 1)''': In Sickbay, Commander Adea and one of his nurses are attacked by the assimilated personnel and seek shelter in the CMO's office. LtJG David Flint wakes up from his post-surgery bedrest to find Sickbay overrun by Drones, and he wields the anti-Borg Serum that broke the Collective's hold on him in an attempt to fight back. Unfortunately, the curative properties have been adapted to, but the sedative is still functioning. Utilizing the weapon at hand, Cmdr. Adea suggests that the three of them set to replicating more of the serum in an effort to thin the herd of awake drones at least a little.

'''(HOUR 1)''': In the Security Center, Ensign Kel Solas's assimilation is underway when Savel realizes what is happening. Kel begs his senior officer and fellow Vulcan to shoot him to prevent assimilation, not wishing to engage his fellow security officers, and Savel adheres to his wishes. Realizing that the Borg are attempting to take over all central areas of the Artemis, Savel runs out of the Security Center to start fighting back. His first goal is the Intelligence Suite, where he - unfortunately - runs straight into a small cadre of Drones who's managed to assume full control of the department. Now outnumbered, Savel calls for assistance, whcih arrives in the form of LtJG Delri'ise, and the fight for Intelligence commences.<br><br>

'''(HOUR TWO)''': After arming themselves in Transporter Room 1, Captain Addison MacKenzie leads her team of escaped bridge officers to render assistance to LtJGs Savel and Delri’ise, who are pinned down outside Intelligence. Going down towards Deck 8 in the Turbolift, the Starfleet Officers listen to an intercepted distress call from the USS Excelsior, who is annihilated with every man onboard just after the unassimilated had managed to retake the Bridge. The Borg take this opportunity to announce their victory over Starfleet, hoping to capitalize on the despair and hopelessness permeating the fleet in the face of this disaster, but they find no hopelessness in that turbolift. Arriving on Deck 8, the group of Starfleet Officers jerryrig a ploy to divert the Collective’s attentions elsewhere, by sending a dummy-Captain MacKenzie - the highest priority officer - in the shape of her combadge with the turbolift down towards the computer core. With the combadge showing up as a big glowing target for the Collective, the group hopes that this diversion is enough to allow them free movement, at least for a time, as they head to assist the LtJGs outside Intelligence. Their assistance is welcomed by the two LtJGs, and as the group fights back against the Drones still attempting to gain the upper hand against the unassimilated, they regroup and decide that their next logical step is Sickbay. Ensign Kel, now firmly in the grasp of the Collective, joins the skirmish to reinforce the Collective alongside fellow Drones from Security, and Captain MacKenzie orders everyone to regroup, as she sees the odds turn against them..