Ronin Mission Archive: Difference between revisions

The [[USS Ronin]] has just been ordered out of port at Starbase 222 by [http://www.starbase118.net/lcars/profdet.php?pid=3|Captain James]. We are off to contact [[Ronin_Crew_History|Captain Skyfire]]. Our mission? We do not yet know. A meeting has been called for all senior officers.  

[[Ronin_Crew_History#Phoenix Treja|Phoenix Treja]] was founded murdered on the gym floor. An investigation is underway involving Ships Defenses, Science, and Medical officers. The truth will be found, and justice will be ours.  

The [[USS Ronin]], now under the command of [[Idril Mar]] has been chartered to the [[Lememda System]] in the [[Ithassa_Region|Ithassa Sector]].  The Federation has been contacted by a diplomatic representative of the [[The_One_Kingdom|One Kingdom]] to in a matter of some urgency to them as well as us. The [[Constellationites]] have been interested in some [[Grendellai]] activity that has taken place in that region.

When the [[USS Ronin|Ronin]] returned to the planet, they managed to accidentally intercept the escaping [[Ktarian]], who had something of a history with both [[Idril Mar|Mar]] and the ship’s CoS, [[Wilde, Danny| Danny Wilde]]. The Eye, knocked out of the transporter field by one of the [[USS Ronin|Ronin]]’s officers, was lost and presumed destroyed in a cave-in.

Now back at [[DS17]], the Ronin is undergoing a major refit that will repair some extensive damage from the battle in the [[Lamemda]] system and strip a couple of decks in favor of the more traditional through-deck [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Akira_class| Akira] configuration. Her crew is currently on leave.

The [[USS Ronin|Ronin]] is in for a refit following her first mission. The crew is currently at [[Deep Space 17]], technically on leave, though we are wrapped up in finding a solution to a [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Temporal_mechanics| inter-dimensional rift] which has manifested in and around the station. In this alternate world, the point of divergence is the death of then [[Idril Mar|LtCmdr Mar]] almost 3 years before. It seems that more than simple coincidence has brought these worlds together.

After a rough encounter with an [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Alternate_reality| alternate reality], the crew of the [[USS Ronin|Ronin]] settled into the spacious confines of [[Deep Space 17]] while their ship was finishing refits. A joint leave was had with the crew of the [[USS Triumphant|Triumphant]], with one of their crew getting married, much to the delight of all.

With her refit nearing completion, the ship is welcoming aboard it’s [[Craft_assigned_to_USS_Ronin|fighter wing]] and 3 pairs of prototype fighters for field testing. Each has its own quirks that need to be worked out. A test range has been decided on, a rocky system designated [[Ithassa_Region_Stellar_Cartography#7AE38_System| 7AE38]], that has a single [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/M-class| M-class] world that supports an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_age| industrial-age] sentient species. The ship plans to use the [[asteroid]] field for its test runs of the fighters, choosing the actual location of the tests based on where the [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/M-class| M-class] world is in its orbit so as to put the maximum distance and the system’s star in between them. With a little planning and luck, the inhabitants of the world will not see a thing.

The [[USS Ronin|Ronin]] has, after a small delay, received her new [[Craft_assigned_to_USS_Ronin#Tactical_Vessels|fighters]] and has launched for the appointed test range. The crew has been split into teams to analyze the problems plaguing the prototypes. [[Walker, Benjamin J.|Commander Walker]] and a small group has just returned after a ‘test run’ of a [[Craft_assigned_to_USS_Ronin#Tactical_Vessels|Maul]] that happened to pick up a missing officer and lead to some pretty severe damage to the vessel as well. The last pre-test meetings are underway and the crew is anxious to get on with the field experiments.

The [[USS Ronin]], recently recommissioned after a refit of her [[Ronin_Statistics|primary systems]] was tasked with the mission of conducting operational flight tests for three experimental new Federation [[Craft_assigned_to_USS_Ronin#Prototype_Fighters|prototye fighters]]. The fighters, designated the XF-353 “Boomerang”, XF-352 “Hammerhead” and the XF-354 “Gremlin” are each plagued by unique design problems.

In an effort to work out the final problems before productions, the [[USS Ronin|Ronin]]’s senior staff officers were divided into three groups, each assigned to study and if possible identify possible solutions to the issues plaguing the fighter prototypes to which they are assigned. A semi isolated region of space, designated as system 7AE38, was picked as the testing grounds. The region was adjacent to an inhabited planet that was known to have achieved [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_age| industrial] technology. Due to the presence of a thick [[asteroid]] field, however, it was determined that the tests could proceed without worry of discovery.

Test zones were mapped and the flight operations and testing teams began their tests. During the first stage of the tests, there was a mishap with the tactical system aboard one of the two Gremlins, which fired on and damaged a Hammerhead’s drive systems. Almost simultaneously, a sudden [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Subspace_anomaly| subspace ripple] disabled all three test flight wings and severely damages the [[USS Ronin]]. The source of this ripple is discovered to be from the [[Sya-Negan|Starship Sya]], which has just conducted their first warp drive tests. This proves that the technical advancement of the species inhabiting the [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/M-class| M-Class] planet in the [[Ithassa_Region_Stellar_Cartography#7AE38_System| 7AE38 System]] has been significantly underestimated.

The [[Sya-Negan|Natives]] have attempted to establish contact with the [[USS Ronin]], either unaware of the damage that their [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Subspace_anomaly| subspace ripple] has wreaked on the Federation vessels, or uncaring of those results. While the [[Sya-Negan|Natives]] seem genuine enough, there was a healthy amount of hesitation on the part of the [[USS Ronin|Ronin]]’s [[Idril Mar|Commander]], due especially to the unexpected nature of the encounter.

After detecting a new [[Warp_Systems|warp-capable]] [[Sya-Negan|species]] where one shouldn’t have been, the [[USS Ronin|Ronin]] started piecing things together. Faint [[Cardassian]] [[Warp_Systems|warp signatures]] were detected in a nearby system and a recon mission was organized. Meanwhile, meeting the [[Sya-Negan|aliens]] under [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/First_contact| First Contact] protocols was undertaken, with an away team visiting the alien vessel first, then the senior staff of the [[Sya-Negan]] vessel visiting the [[USS Ronin|Ronin]]. Meanwhile, the crew was still investigating something affecting crewmembers aboard by heightening their negative emotions.

The mission wrapped up with the [[Sya-Negan|alien]] ship towed back to its homeworld and a Starfleet engineering team left on the planet to help resolve the issues with the subspace pulse that the [[Sya-Negan|alien]] [[Warp_Systems|warp drive]] created. They also have instructions to subtly try to figure out where and how this culture made such a huge jump technologically and if there was any sort of outside influence on them.

The [[USS Ronin|Ronin]], returned from a surprise [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/First_contact| First Contact] mission, is undergoing minor repairs while the crew is on a short shore leave. An engineering team was left behind on the planet of the [[Sya-Negan]] to foster communication and hopefully help the [[Sya-Negan|aliens]] develop their [[Warp_Systems|warp drive]] away from the damaging subspace surges that it currently causes. A recon flight is in process currently to investigate some odd [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Warp_signature|warp signatures] in a nearby system, but they should be reporting in soon as well. This leave's party theme is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masquerade_ball| Masquerade Ball].

The [[USS Ronin|Ronin]] has interrupted her leave and left [[DS17]] in a rush, headed to the rescue of a recon fighter flight that may have run afoul of [[Cardassian]]s. Soon after launch, the [[Impulse_Systems|engines]] were disabled by an infestation of energy creatures. An away team was sent, with a squadron of fighters escorting the team's runabout, to investigate. On the way, they were caught by a booby-trapped fighter from the recon flight, allowing a [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Galor_class| Galor-class] cruiser to get the drop on them. The [[USS Ronin|Ronin]] herself, having solved her [[Impulse_Systems|engine]] problems, is still too far away to intervene directly in the situation. The [[Idril Mar|Captain]] made a not-so-veiled threat to the [[Cardassian]] [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Gul#Gul| Gul], but another ship, a [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Keldon_class| Keldon], lies between the [[USS Ronin|Ronin]] and her away team.

The [[USS Ronin|Ronin]], largely through the brandishing of her [[Quantum_Torpedo|torpedo]] arsenal, was able to bully her way past a pair of [[Cardassian]] ships to a rescue of her downed flyers and recover her [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Away_team| away team] as well. The subsequent leave was raucous and busy, with a wedding and various other events happening nearly simultaneously. However, new orders soon came and the ship is prepping for a long lonely run along the [[Gorn]] border, surveying the sensor buoys laid there at the end of the brief war a year and a half ago. During the briefing, [[Anassasi, Jessa|Admiral Anassasi]] made a surprise visit, transferring Lt. [[Adair, Ronan Tully|Adair-Walker]] off the ship and promoting [[Idril Mar|Cmdr. Mar]] to full Captain.

The [[Idril Mar|Captain]] split the crew, taking four crewmembers with her to investigate the beacon, thought to be a trap. One of the crewmembers, [[Wilde, Amber|Lt.Cmdr Amber Wilde]], a claustrophobe, “freaked out,” doing an active scan. The small group shut down the [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Sensors| sensors] on the runabout to hopefully avoid detection.

The [[USS Ronin|Ronin]] sat in a squadron with the [[USS Independence|Independence]] and the [[USS Ursa Major|Ursa Major]], stranded near the [[The_Great_Barrier|Galactic Barrier]] by an unexpected [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Wormhole| wormhole]. The [[USS Phoenix-C|USS Phoenix]], staffed by the COs and some officers of all three ships, attempted to reopen the [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Wormhole| wormhole] to allow the ships to return to [[Wheeler_Colony|Wheeler Colony]]. However, a fleet of small ships put the small Federation fleet in their sights. The [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Akira_class| Akira-class] ship took a defensive position while the other two deal with problems of their own. After being sent back to [[Wheeler_Colony|Wheeler]] by an energy being, the three ships reunited with their commanding officers.

The Ronin is currently under tow, thanks to the [[USS Wellington]], heading for [[DS17]]. There, her power systems will be shored up and she will be transported on to [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Utopia_Planitia_Fleet_Yards Utopia Planetia], Mars, for more extensive repairs.

The Ronin was towed to Deep Space 17, the main Federation outpost in the Ithassa region. At the small shipyards there, the ship's power systems were shored up in a whirlwind of damage control crews and industrial replicators. Docking to the USS Gridley, a fleet tug bound for Earth, with some of the damage control teams still aboard, the Akira-class battle-carrier left her Marine compliment and her fighter wing behind and made her way to the sprawling confines of the Utopia Planetia shipyards in orbit around Mars.