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[[File:Purple-nebula.jpg|right|frameless|150x150px]] On her first mission aboard the ''Artemis-A'', the senior officers engage in a combat drill in the [[Paulson Nebula|'''Paulson Nebula''']], with half of the bridge crew manning the ''Artemis'' and the other half using the smaller ''Reliant''-class cruiser, the [[USS Berlin|'''USS ''Berlin''''']], on loan from Captain Martin. However, the drill is halted when Suliban saboteurs utilize the sensor-impeding effects of the nebula to sneak their way onto the ''Artemis'', sabotaging her systems and leaving her dead in the water. While Gila was not initially part of the drill - being a newly-arrived Ensign - she was called to the Bridge to assist in countermeasures when [[Addison MacKenzie|'''Captain MacKenzie''']] realized what was happening. Together with the Captain, [[Yogan Yalu|'''Lt. Commander Yalu''']] and [[Jovenan|'''LtJG Jovenan''']], Gila worked on an antidote to a knockout gas laced with the hallucinogenic compound Felicium, which had knocked out three decks' worth of crewmen, and then assisted with the defense of both the ''Artemis'' and the ''Berlin'' as combat with the Suliban ship - the ''Sarna'' - officially commenced.

[[File:Both Sides Now (Artemis).png|left|frameless|150x150px]]A relatively uneventful mission in the Borderlands seemed a great follow-up to the Suliban incident, but little did Gila know that in another universe, another Gila - [[Gila Thevn|'''Gila Thevn''']] - was fighting for the fate of an entire galaxy. Following a daring heist aboard a starship known as a 'World Ender', the CIC ''Desdemona'' - the vessel Gila Thevn served on - and the World Ender itself was transported to this universe. After the Artemis handedly dealt with the World Ender, the ''Desdemonan'' Crew - which curiously consisted of mostly mirrors of the ''Artemis'' crew - was welcomed onboard the Artemis as guests while their Starfleet counterparts helped repair their damaged ship. The crew of the Desdemona unfortunately took it quite personally when the Artemis' Brass was unwilling to get mixed up in another universe's politics by aiding them in their war against the Shint, and they initiated a takeover of the ''Artemis''.

Unbeknownst to Gila, her superior officer, Cmdr. [[Genkos Adea|'''Genkos Adea''']] had already been replaced by his counterpart, but when Lt. [[Jovenan|'''Jovenan''']] realized this, after Gila reported a series of confusing changes to the Commander's personality and workplace behavior, the two of them used Gila's emergency override codes to gain access to [[Genkos Adea|'''Cmdr. Adea''']]'s quarters and rescue him. They then teamed up with [[Addison MacKenzie|'''Cpt. MacKenzie''']] and [[Vitor Silveira|'''Lt. Silveira''']] to retake the Bridge, which had been commandeered by Silveira's counterpart, Victor Olivera. While there, Gila took to the Operations Console to check in with the other departments and provide a real-time update to the Captain on how the liberation of the ''Artemis'' was going. While on the Bridge, they were alerted to an explosion in Sickbay that had critically injured [[Hiro Jones|'''Counselor Jones''']], were able to stop an impromptu escape attempt by the Desdemonans remaining on board their own vessel, but could only watch as Lieutenant Colonel Genkos Adea - [[Genkos Adea|'''Cdr. Adea''']]'s imposter - evaded capture in a Starfleet shuttle and promptly warped out of the system.

As the ''Artemis''' scientists conducted research aimed to send their counterparts back to their own universe, Gila took the time to head to the Brig and speak to her counterpart face-to-face. [[Gila Thevn|'''Gila Thevn''']] had been the one responsible for setting the explosive device in Sickbay, and as Gila struggled to understand and accept the fact that a fellow Doctor could commit such an act, her counterpart could only sneer in return. They were dooming an entire galaxy to extinction. What was one life in comparison to that?

<br>'''''Sadar''': Why did you set that bomb?''

<br>''Gila Thevn - her twisted mirror - smiled grimly.''

[[File:Alternate History Icon (Artemis).png|right|frameless|150x150px]]At the tail end of a shoreleave on Betazed, the entire crew of the USS ''Artemis'' are waylaid by an old enemy of [[Addison MacKenzie|'''Cpt. MacKenzie''']] and her fellow crew from the [[USS Excalibur-A|USS ''Excalibur'']] - a member of the Q continuum known as CloQ. Determined to play a devious game with the assembled officers, the Q displaces the crew at different points in time, marooning Gila, {{Genkos Adea|'''Cmdr. Adea''']] and [[Jovenan|'''Lt. Jovenan''']] in the [[Genkos Adea|Commander's]] childhood home during the Dominion War. Or, at least, an alternate version of the Dominion War - one where Betazed is occupied by the Dominion, and [[Genkos Adea|'''Cmdr. Adea''']]'s child version was sent to a camp. While there, they encountered the alternate child-version of '''Tevet Elain''', a childhood friend of the [[Genkos Adea|Commander's]], who ran an impromptu pet kennel for all the displaced pets of the city in his basement.<br>

While searching for information about this alternate reality that they had been sent to, Gila and her senior officers realize that this reality was brought about by way of the Romulans not joining the Dominion War in time to turn the tables on the Alliance's enemies. Without their added firepower, the Dominion War is still ongoing, with the Dominion having gained a great amount of ground in the Beta Quadrant. After a confrontation with CloQ in his father's study, [[Genkos Adea|'''Cmdr. Adea''']] initiated a house-wide search for a 'window', a method of travelling that occasionally cropped up during encounters with CloQ. They managed to locate such a schism, which connected to Ki Baratan - the capital of the long-dead world of Romulus - a year prior. Leaving Tevet to guard the window in her own time, the officers jumped through.<br>

In Ki Baratan, the group joins up with the newly-arrived [[Gnai|'''Ensign Gnai''']], who'd been displaced to this moment in time, seemingly on its own. While there, the group realizes that Senator Vreenak is returning to Ki Baratan in order to settle the political debate on what position the Romulans will take in the war, and the Senator will favor the Dominion. To [[Genkos Adea|'''Cmdr. Adea''']], there is but one remaining course of action. They must prevent the Senator from convening with the Senate by force. As the group starts working on disguises to better traverse Ki Baratan, the [[Genkos Adea|Commander]] realizes that the building they were transported to is connected to the planetary defense turret, which is quickly chosen to be the blunt instrument of their clumsy timeline surgery. The attempt is hamfisted at best - complicated further by the difficulties involving disguising Gila and [[Gnai|'''Ensign Gnai''']], the actual technological know-how required to take control of the turret and the conniving finesse necessary to frame the Dominion for the Senator's untimely death - and when [[Genkos Adea|'''Cmdr. Adea'']] finally shoots down the approaching shuttle, it goes careening straight towards the turret, crashing the four Starfleet officers under it's massive weight.<br>

Or so it should have.<br>

Not interested in losing any of their game pieces, CloQ shuffles the boards, and Gila is summoned to their domain alongside [[Talos Dakora|'''Lt.Cdr. Dakora''']] and LTs [[Jovenan|'''Jovenan''']] and [[Vitor Silveira|'''Silveira''']]. CloQ engages the Starfleeters in a bit of taunting back-and-forth, before revealing that the assassination attempt was unsuccessful and ultimately unnecessary, resulting in an even worse timeline than the one they'd been originally moved to. Gila and [[Jovenan|'''LT Jovenan''']] despair at this, but CloQ offers them a final way out: If they can discover what was actually supposed to happen to the Senator,  CloQ will reset the timeline back to its original state. This quest prompts CloQ to take the four Officers on a guided tour of the Deep Space Nine of 2374, frozen in time. Through sleuthing and hacking and trespassing the four Officers reveal the scandalous truth behind the successful war against the Dominion: Captain Benjamin Sisko, venerated war hero and Emissary of the Prophets, enabled, if not ordered, the unlawful assassination of a Romulan Senator, after unsuccessfully attempting to forge evidence that would pit Romulus against its Dominion allies.<br>