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+Despite being a progressive, reason-based organization, Starfleet has, on occasion, made questionable decisions. These questionable decisions can have disastrous consequences for the people and starships involved. Such was the case for the USS ''Eagle''. Engineers at Utopia Planitia, in conjunction with two captains from the fleet (one of whom was Oddas Aria) had been tirelessly working to develop a revolutionary propulsion system- the Warp XV Core. Heralded as the first of its kind, its integration throughout the fleet over the course of decades would bring Starfleet into a new era of technological and exploratory excellence. As the ''Eagle'' was the starship of one of the lead designers, she was installed with the prototype core first. She was then ordered to attempt subpsace field trials in an area of space known for its unusual and unexplored anomalies. ''Eagle'' was able to reach well past Warp 11 before trouble started, but when it began, it was truly problematic. ''Eagle's'' warp bubble collapsed and refused all attempts to restabilize. Comms and turbolifts were down, and the crew was forced to send runners back and forth. It was soon discovered that, in the chaos, ''Eagle'' had been snagged into a subspace distortion, and the unconventional warp drive systems had launched the ship into an unfamiliar pocket of subspace. TBC...
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