The Battle Of New Year's Day (Columbia): Difference between revisions

{{SubHeading|Act One|#29235C|ALIGN=Left}}

The passage of a new year into 2396 on the Earth calendar would have gone unchecked except for an unprovoked attack upon the {{USS|Columbia}}. While the ship was completing a visit to [[Dehner Base]] on [[Delta Vega I]], an unknown assailant appeared near the second planet and quickly fired upon the starship. Quick responses from the crew threw the ship into a heavy space battle. The ship's impulse engines were quickly disabled. The crew implemented a plan by [[Jona ch'Ranni|Ensign ch'Ranni]] to fire an ''ionized nadion pulse'' from the main deflector at the assailant to disrupt their sensors. [[Pholin Duyzer|Lieutenant JG Duyzer]] suggested a plan to launch a probe to boost the Columbia's own sensors while providing for communication with the enemy vessel. After the failure of the ship's shields, boarding parties beamed to the Columbia. [[Graciela Solis|Lieutenant Commander Solis]] and [[Jona ch'Ranni|Ensign ch'Ranni]] encountered a group of hostiles in Deflector Control while [[Jarred Thoran|Commander Thoran]], [[Rune Jolara|Lieutenant Commander Jolara]] and [[Tommy Gottci|Ensign Gottci]] head to Main Engineering in response to reports of another boarding party.

{{SubHeading|Act Three|#29235C|ALIGN=Left}}

Professor Jev Crim Glev reveals that the relics stolen from Dehner Base are of Tkon origin, an ancient and powerful civilization that died out more than 600,000 years ago. The priceless artifacts could be very dangerous in the wrong hands.