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Frontier Day was a Federation holiday celebrating the 250th anniversary of the launch of the Enterprise NX-01 under the command of Captain Jonathan Archer.
Phase 1: Prelude to Frontier Day
Aboard Amity Outpost (which previously served as Copernicus Station, a center of anti-Borg research), Borg tech is stolen from a classified research lab. Their investigations leads them to an unexpected collaboration with the USS Artemis on the other side of the galaxy, which has discovered a strange sensor reading of a cube-shaped structure hiding in the Badlands.
Meanwhile, the USS Kitty Hawk and USS Astraeus have returned to Earth in preparation for Frontier Day before both ships unexpectedly receive orders to hunt down a rogue Starfleet vessel that attacked the USS Intrepid.
USS Artemis
Captain Addison MacKenzie and the USS Artemis discovers an inert Borg Cube in the Badlands and attempts to contact Starfleet Command, only to find their communications sabotaged. Realizing there's a saboteur on board, the crew divides: one team investigates the Cube, while others repair the damage and search for the saboteur. LT Hallia Yellir's team reroutes communications before an explosion disrupts their efforts. Cmdr. Genkos Adea's team suspects a shapeshifter saboteur, and an explosion implicates Ens. Marcus Li, who disappears. On the bridge, LtJG T'Ama suggests Borg assimilation of Changelings. Captain MacKenzie's away team finds the Cube filled with hibernating drones but loses contact with the Artemis.
USS Astraeus
As part of the expedition hunting the USS Titan, the Astraeus crew aboard are hustling to prepare their individual departments for the upcoming task, while also attempting to find the best way to perform their duties. Captain Mei'konda Delano and Cmdr. Serala , meanwhile, dedicate themselves to doing their duty and supprting their crew in this trying mission, with Cmdr. Serala voicing her concern about the validity of the claim that three legendary Starfleet officers have gone rogue, and Cpt. Delano and Cpt. Roshanara Rahman reaffirming each other over subspace that their primary task is not to apprehend the fugitives, but to find out the truth.
Amity Outpost & USS Kitty Hawk
After an unapproved attempt to access Amity's classified research database is registered, a team led by Lt. Cmdr. Robin Hopper gains access to the Restricted Laboratories filled with Borg technology from when the station was previously known as Copernicus Station, an anti-Borg research facility. There, they discover the ex-Borg (xB) Drone, LtJG David Flint, outside the doors as well as a biochemical compound on the access panel. Meanwhile, on Earth, Cpt. Rahman and the Amity officers who traveled aboard the Kitty Hawk have also been tasked to the same task force as Astraeus to bring in the renegade USS Titan. Seven hours into their journey though from Earth to the Titan 's last known location, the ship falls out of warp, its propulsion systems, sensors, and communications systems disabled.
USS Artemis
Aboard the Artemis, the efforts to counteract the sabotage continues, but this close to victory, the infiltrating Changelings grow more confident, soon taking the visage of the two most senior officers - Lt.Cdr. Dakora and Cdr. Adea. While the Adea-Changeling is unable to fool LT Yellir and Ensign Chevalier, prompting a firefight near Main Engineering, Ravicz - the Changeling masquerading as Lt.Cdr. Dakora - successfully lures Ensigns Gnai and Kel to the Shuttle Bay before sabotaging the forcefield separating the bay from the open vacuum outside the vessel. The Ensigns who commenced investigations of one of the shuttles are now in a struggle against rapid decompression, while LT Silveira and LtJG T'Ama has a desperate face-off with a Changeling-turned-Borg in the Jeffries’ Tubes.
Meanwhile, on the Cube, Cpt. MacKenzie picks up a peculiar energy signature in the belly of the vessel - seemingly the focal point for the wandering drones - and suggests the team head that way. Upon arrival, the team is met with a true flood of drones all surrounding a strange artifact emitting a powerful green light. Before they can gain any meaningful information about the artifact, a sudden change in orders is disseminated through the Collective, and the group of Officers find themselves escaping from a horde of Drones now intent on capturing and assimilating the intruders. Their mad dash is soon interrupted, as a bright light manifests before them. When the light dims, they see another group of Starfleet Officers, who are far away from home…
USS Astraeus
Frustrated with the amount of red tape and falsehoods littering their information and assistance from Starfleet, and indeed their fellow taskforce vessel the Intrepid, numerous senior officers aboard the Astraeus attempt to gain access beyond their stations. Lt.Cmdr. Kiax lead a team in a rogue - and highly illegal - attempt to hack into Starfleet communications, but after countless failed attempts, change tack and instead work on gaining unredacted and unfiltered access to the Intrepid’s logs. Meanwhile, on the Bridge, the crew is able to utilize a new tracking algorithm penned by Lt.Cdr Alentonis and Ens Tasen to track the Titan’s most likely destination, in spite of numerous false trails: The Daystrom Institute. The Astraeus attempts to get in contact with the Institute, when they learn that the Institute had suffered a recent theft. The details are too classified to provide details, but two things are clear: the theft was commutted while the Titan was in drydock, and the stolen object is dangerous.
As the Astraeus sets a course for the Institute, an explosion occurs near Strategic Operations, which floods the area with theta radiation and traps Lt.Cdr. Kiax’s team inside. Cpt. Mei'konda starts to suspect that there are rogue elements aboard his vessel, as rescue teams are dispatched. While the Doctors work tirelessly to rescue the numerous officers in Ops, the revelation that transporters are down - thereby making site-to-site transport of the wounded impossible a makes the Bridge abuzz with theories and accusations. In order to put a lid on a tense atmosphere that he deems could be damaging for crew morale at this crucial junction, Cpt. Mei'konda secretly orders three of his senior crew to conduct a covert investigation to ascertain the likelihood of treason and sabotage.
Amity Outpost & USS Kitty Hawk
On Amity Outpost, the team enters the restricted area to find a lab filled with old borg tech and deactivated drones. Guided by their scans, LT Vailani suggests that there might be a transponder nearby sending out a signal, but before the team can look further into this idea, a call comes to them about activity on another level of the lab. Splitting the party and trying to gather their thoughts on how to proceed, a piece of borg technology activates - seemingly unprovoked - and they are all caught unawares when Mr. Summerside - an independent journalist who’d been trapped behind the ‘red tape’ - clobbers a security officer before stealing the piece. He makes a run for a peculiar piece of technology - a ‘transwarp conduit’ - hovering in air in the center of the lab, emitting a vibrant green light. Then, before their very eyes, his features shift and change into that of a Changeling.
Meanwhile, on the second level, Crewman Emmonds assaults LtJG Moore before they can assist the team on the lower deck, starting a tense confrontation, but faced with three and a half capable Starfleet officers, the Changeling is soon seen slinking away into the dark. The distraction, however, has been efficient, as Amity’s sensor tower is rocked by explosions dismantling it entirely from the station, while the senior officers face down the Changelings in the restricted labs. Faced with the possibility that the overloading transwarp consuit might explode - taking Amity with it - Lt.Cmdr. Hopper allows the two Changelings to pass through it before starting what she hopes is the shut-down procedure. However, her efforts are not very successful, and instead, her entire team is sucked through the conduit and deposited elsewhere… Soon, they’re face-to-face with Cpt. MacKenzie and her band of Artemites.
Meanwhile, the makeshift crew of the USS Kitty Hawk scrambles to address the numerous issues with their vessel, while still trying to suss out the location of the renegade USS Titan. Captain Rahman suggests the possibility of a saboteur, and appropriate measures are taken to catch them, though not in time. A Crewman by the name of Nuva passes by the two senior Engineers and mere moments later, the Kitty Hawk finds itself adrift in space. While hoping to mitigate the damage, LT Richards and LT Reade are pulled away from Engineering, when LtJG Blackwood pleads for help over comms after getting seriously heard on an upper deck. Heading up to assist him and escort him to Sickbay, they are joined by Ens Barberra mere moments before Nuva appears, starting to shoot at them and accusing them of sabotage. However, not everything is as it seems.
In one of the Science Labs, a group of senior officers are brainstorming to ascertain the most logical location of the Titan, but with the vessel operating on emergency power only, their options are limited. In a daring move to force the saboteurs' hands, Cpt. Rahman makes a radical decision: in one hour, the Kitty Hawk will self-destruct.
USS Artemis
Aboard the Artemis, a Spider-man worthy stand-off occurs in the hallways, when Cmdr. Adea comes face-to-face with his own double. LT Yellir demonstrates quick wit as a game of ‘21 Questions’ outs the imposter, and the Changeling makes a quick getaway. Deliberating on what to do now, Cmdr. Adea realizes that the two Ensigns are in deep trouble, and the trio heads towards the Shuttle Bay to intercept. Meanwhile, the aforementioned Ensigns are trapped in a shuttle with a malicious Changeling-Dakora outside, intent on taking vengeance on the Starfleet that’s wronged him so. Catching onto the deception, the two Ensigns manage to use the internal shuttle controls to vent the Shuttle Bay, sending the Changeling to his untimely demise in the vacuum of space. On the Bridge, Lt.Cdr. Dakora - the real one, we hope - resummons LT Silveira and LtJG T'Ama (and a Changeling-Borg in Tupperware) to their station, as the Borg Cube is powering up. Combat soon ensues, and while they are all aware that the odds are stacked against them, the Artemis is adamant. They are leaving no one behind.
On the Cube, the crews of the Artemis and Amity Outpost fuse together, as Lt.Cmdr. Hopper’s complement is transwarped across quadrants. Dropped onto a bustling Cube gunning for their Beta Quadrant colleagues, the sizable group splints into two teams, one aimed at hijacking Borg transporters and getting the team back onto the Artemis, and one aimed at crippling the Cube, which is powering up and about to engage the disabled Starship in combat.
Lt.Cmdr. Hopper’s team makes their way towards the inner parts of the Cube, trying to make a reasonable strategy for dealing with the Changelings and the artifact they stole. En-route, the officers encounter numerous concerning indications that the Borg of today are very different from the ones of yesteryear, and by the time they locate the Changeling infiltrators, they are approaching the antechamber of the Borg Queen herself. Listening in on this meeting of evil, it becomes apparent that what is planned does not bode well for Starfleet at large. Before they have a chance to escape or make a surprise attack, however, the Borg are alerted to their presence, and while the Starfleet officers attempt to enact defense, the Borg Queen uses her unequaled mastery of the Cube to entrap them and bring them before her. And then, re-assimilate LtJG David Flint - Nine of Twenty - into the Collective.
USS Astraeus
With the medical emergency still occurring in the Operations Center, the first responders divvy up the responsibilities. Cmdr. Serala, LtJG Doucet and Ensigns Saa and Tasen are working on reaching the senior officers trapped in StratOps, and LT Ral alerts Ensign Saa about his suspicions regarding a saboteur, using their telepathic abilities to communicate the necessity for the Captain to be briefed. LtJG Doucet realizes that the senior officers cannot be moved manually to Sickbay - on account of a large piece of shrapnel piercing the abdomen of Lt.Cmdr. Kiax - and calls for assistance in clearing the air of radiation, so the transporters can be utilized. Ensign Tasen manages this before Lt.Cmdr. Kiax’s condition can worsen, and the medical team and their patients are transported directly to Sickbay. Meanwhile, Ensigns Tam and Fianna head for the Environmental Control Centre to find the source of the radiation leak, and are met with a disturbing revelation. An Engineer - later identified as Chief Davis - is found murdered and stuffed in an access tunnel. This confirms beyond reasonable doubt the presence of saboteurs aboard the Astraeus, a development which the Captain is made aware of.
On the Bridge, measures taken to attempt to identify the saboteurs are being taken when the Astraeus finally reaches the Daystrom Institute. Cpt. Delano calls for his crew to prepare for combat as he takes the center chair, and the Astraeus drops out of warp kilometers away from the Institute. The rogue Titan is not immediately visible, but they are soon flushed out from their hiding place, and herded in the Astraeus’ direction. Cpt. Delano has a crisis of duty as the rogue Starship gets within phaser range, but ultimately disobeys orders and orders his crew to stand down. Receiving a call from the Andorian CO of the USS Cole in his ready room, the Andorian expresses disappointment with the Captain’s unwillingness to parry orders, and he hints that it might be time the Astraeus has a change of leadership... Just as the fleshy form of a Changeling slinks into the Ready Room from a grate and attacks the Captain.
Amity Outpost & USS Kitty Hawk
After Cpt. Rahman activates the Kitty Hawk’s self-destruct, she, LtJG Ylvor and Cmdr. Ukinix goes back onto the Bridge, only to learn of a firefight having broken out on Deck 35. On recommendation from Cmdr. Ukinix, everyone involved save LT Richards - due to the necessity of bringing the Kitty Hawk back to full functionality - are transported to the Brig for interrogation. Cpt. Rahman opts to head towards Engineering to assist LT Richards, but elsewhere, on Probert Station, the real Captain Roshanara Rahman awakens, hidden away in a dark crawlspace. Desperate to escape and alert someone about her suspicions of something nefarious occurring within Starfleet, Captain Rahman receives the assistance of Hannibal Parker, an old friend, who reveals an uncomfortable pattern, hinting at one thing: Dominion infiltrators. The two Officers procure weaponry from a set of Starfleet Security Officers sent down the turbolift with phasers set to kill - likely looking for them - before using the Jefferies’ Tubes to reach the transporter deck. When there, they force a Transporter Chief at phaserpoint to set transporter coordinates of the USS Miller - the Miranda II prototype that Parker had been working on - and Ensign Galanis (a recent graduate of the Academy) is forcefully brought along. Cpt. Rahman orders the transporter chief to come along with them, but when it becomes apparent that he is a Changeling and is attempting to bar their escape, the trio of Starfleet Officers initiate transport and soon materialize in the transporter room aboard the USS Miller.
Meanwhile, on the Kitty Hawk, Cmdr. Ukinix and LtJG Ylvor head to the Brig to conduct their interrogations, and through shrewd manipulation and antagonizing, LtJG Ylvor feels that she had narrowed the saboteur down to Crewman Nuva, and the others are released just as a vessel comes out of warp by the Kitty Hawk and goes into offensive action. Cmdr. Ukinix dispatches the others to where they are most needed, but remains behind himself to transport LT Richards and Cpt Rahman into the brig as well. The two of them appear wounded and bloodied, and they both accuse the other of being an infiltrator, with LT Richards stating that the Captain is a Changeling. Cmdr. Ukinix attempt to get to the truth of the matter, and the Captain’s refusal to cancel the auto-destruct forces the situation into a tense direction. The Science Team, on the other hand, have gotten no further with their ideas as a new mystery reveals itself. Scans from the Titan indicated the presence of Thelomium-847 in some crew’s medical profiles, which LT Wong finds peculiar. Furthermore, Thelomium-847 is registered on the Kitty Hawk, indicating a possible connection to the crew of the rogue Titan, despite the two Ships having never encountered each other. The team - armed with their tricorders - depart for a bear hunt just as a message comes in from Cmdr. Ukinix, calling Cmdr. DeVeau and LT Wong to the Brig. They arrive just in time to see Cmdr. Ukinix fire his phaser at Captain Roshanara Rahman...
USS Artemis
TO BE FILLED
USS Astraeus
TO BE FILLED
Amity Outpost & USS Kitty Hawk
TO BE FILLED
USS Artemis
TO BE FILLED
USS Astraeus
TO BE FILLED
Amity Outpost & USS Kitty Hawk
TO BE FILLED
Phase 2: Frontier Day celebration & fleet demonstration at Earth, Sector 001
The Frontier Day celebrations start out with the blast of fireworks but quickly turn into a crisis.
Phase 3: Outer Perimeter Defense of the Federation in the Alpha Isles and Marchlands
While the bulk of Starfleet is distracted by the events of Frontier Day, it's up to the USS Constitution, USS Khitomer, and USS Ronin to respond to the threat of a new alliance of factions that take advantage of the Federation's vulnerable position.
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