Excalibur Mission Logs pre-2398
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USS Excalibur-A Mission Archive Database
The following serves as a record of the Excalibur-A's missions under the command of Kalianna Nicholotti.
Pythia's Tale
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Mission Began: 239008.20 |
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At an unknown location several hundred lightyears away from Starbase 118 there lies a planet called Tempest 3, where there exists a primitive pre-industrial civilization with technology at about the level of the Europeans on Earth in the 1500s CE. Tempest 3 has been marked as off limits to Starfleet vessels as visiting the planet would violate the prime directive. However Tempest 3 harbours a hidden secret: An Iconian gateway has lay dormant on the planet's surface for millennia.
Recently Tempestians (name for inhabitants of Tempest 3) have discovered the now re-activated Iconian gate and several have stepped through it. One of the worlds these primitive travelers have landed at is located in Thracian space. Now Tempestians often suffer from a disease that for them is about the equivalent of our common cold. But for the inhabitants of Lambda Hydrae, a planet in Thracian space, the disease is deadly, manifesting itself as a plague that is killing millions.
A Starfleet medical team arrives from Starbase 118 in an attempt to treat the plague. Soon after arriving they hear a rumour of strange alien visitors from the North. Going to investigate they soon come face to face with the Tempestians and realize that not only are they the cause of the plague but also that more of have been arriving in a steady trickle.
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Strange New Worlds
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Mission Began: 239101.04 |
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As a new starship, the USS Excalibur has been put through its paces, but never in deep space. As a testbed for numerous new technologies, including a slipstream drive, the ship offers endless possibilities for exploration. And now, with a cure to the Romulan plague found, it's time to explore. Starfleet Command's orders are simple; engage the drive and explore, test the technology, and gather data. But even with simple directives like that, things aren't always as simple as might be hoped.
Somewhere, on the other side of the Romulan Empire, a strange alliance of previously unmet races fights for their very survival. Though capable of warp travel and deep space exploration, the people remain relatively close to home with their small fleet of mostly transport ships and one large space station located halfway between the furthest distance they travel. Orbiting the central planet of the small trade alliance that had been built over the years, they did what they could to stay out of the business of surrounding races and space, enjoying solitude and peace because of it.
But as it sometimes does, trouble found them anyways.
A violent spatial phenomenon is growing nearby. The scientists can't figure out what's going on, and their ships don't have the capability to study the event effectively. Results of the phenomenon are starting to wear on the population of all of the planets involved in the trade alliance; ships have been lost with entire shipments, without a trace, electronic disruptions are preventing solid communications, and those who live and work on the station are all but trapped after the last wave of evacuation shuttles simply pops out of existence.
As the Excalibur races through space, slipstream drive engaged, it is this phenomenon that drags them out of the slipstream and suddenly creates chaos aboard. Similar to the Alliance station and ships/planets in the nearby area, the ship experiences power fluctuations to the extreme and strange, sometimes personal, occurrences that no one can explain. Now, the crew must figure out where they are, what's going on, and attempt to make contact with an alliance of races that hasn't had outside contact for hundreds of years, or risk annihilation in the process.
Strange New Worlds Full Report
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Things We May Find
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Mission Began: 239106.21 |
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A civilian shuttlecraft has been found adrift just outside Romulan space. StarFleet retrieved the shuttle and has been investigating its contents and the strange condition in which it was abandoned. The shuttle was destroyed by peculiar and unknown means and exhibited a large amount of structural damage both inside and outside the craft. The craft, registered to one Veshtan Lir'Rhal - a Romulan scientist - appears to be connected to the an unknown Romulan male found onboard the USS Excalibur-A during the treatment of the Agurtha plague victims.
While in sickbay, crew members of the Excalibur-A found a concealed data rod in the man's jumpsuit that mentioned a "gateway" on a nearby planet. The interior of the shuttlecraft also bore the word 'gateway' scratched into the screens and bulkheads.
Mineral analysis place the man on the uninhabited planet Avronis V in the recent past. Avronis V is uninhabited, largely unexplored, and has a history as a waste dump for antimatter prior to the Hobus explosion. Officially, all dumping has ceased. However, the planet remains saturated with theta radiation, presenting a difficulty for exploration both from orbit and on the surface.
StarFleet Command, concerned by the unusual destruction of the craft and the threat it may pose to the Federation, has ordered USS Excalibur-A to investigate. Excalibur will travel to the nearby planet of Avronis V in search of any clues that may shed light on the situation, including anything related to the "gateway" mentioned on the data rod, the circumstances surrounding the abandonment of the shuttle, and the reason a scientist might have been on Avronis V at all.
Things We May Find Full Report
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