Alternate History (Artemis): Difference between revisions

Finding themselves aboard the bridge of the ''Artemis'', scrapes and bruises previously suffered strangely healed and non-existent. The group is unable to rest, however, as they soon find themselves staring down certain doom in the shape of a dreadnought commandeered by an adult version of '''Tevet Elain''', [[Genkos Adea|Commander Adea]]'s childhood friend. In the altered timeline caused by the clumsy attempt at assassination the [[Genkos Adea|Commander]] led before his second transplacement, Tevet Elain became the Empress of the Betazoid Empire and has conquered most of the Beta Quadrant within a single lifetime. Feeling abandoned by her childhood friend when he left her to guard a time window, the Empress demands that the Starfleet vessel surrenders itself to her. Seeking other options, [[Genkos Adea|Commander Adea]] questions the senior officers stuck on the bridge with him, and they concoct a plan involving tinkering with the warp core and causing an anti-matter spread to interfere with the Betazed dreadnought's sensors, which would allow the ''Artemis'' a brief window in which to escape.<br>

[[Genkos Adea|Commander Adea]] uses his past with the Empress to stall for time, while [[Hallia Yellir|LT Yellir]] leads the two Ensigns in some covert tampering. The plot goes off without a hitch - or so it seems - just as [[Genkos Adea|the Commander]] makes a play to ensure his crew's safety in exchange for his own capture. [[Kel Solas|Ensign Solas]] notices, however, that their tampering has led to an instability in the warp core, and warns the crew that they will lose all warp capability in less than an hour. Utilizing the brief moment of invisibility, the ''Artemis'' escapes to a nearby nebula, in which they hope to be able to hide from their warmongering pursuers. Unfortunately, hiding in the nebula comes with its own dangers to the compromised ''Artemis'', and soon, [[Hallia Yellir|LT Yellir]] realized that they might have made a significant tactical error.<br>

Did a dreadnought filled with telepaths even need to rely on sensors to locate their prey?<br>