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Part 29 – The Delta Quadrant

Aftermath of the Caretaker battle

In the days following the battle with the Caretaker both ships would take stock and repaired the damage caused not only with the battle with the Kazon but also the affects caused by the Caretaker’s dragging them 70,000 light years from the Alpha quadrant.

A detachment of 50 Royal Space Marines were sent over to Voyager to provide additional security. They would set-up two marine roving patrols of six marines each, there would also be two marines on the bridge and two in engineering on guard duty. Captain Janeway would also have a marine assigned as bodyguard. Captain Janeway reluctantly agreed to these measures as Captain Lore would make it an order in necessary, but as Captain Janeway agreed this was not necessary and would agree to having a personal bodyguard assigned to her.

The marines onboard Voyager would serve on shifts of 90 day rotation from Echo’s complement of 300 marines. Also several of Echo’s and Voyager’s will do crew exchange program to give variety to both crews.

The Royal Space Marines were assigned quarter onboard Voyager. When on patrol each marine had the following - full body armour, phaser pistol, phaser rifle, personal force field generator, stun baton, marine frequency communication system and bayonet/survival knife. When off duty the marines would just carry their phaser pistols sidearm with them at all times.

Kazon Attack

Two months after the destruction on the Caretaker both Voyager and Echo were attacked by a large Kazon attack group consisting of several Kazon sects, with an attack group of 33 Kazon raiders and 6 Kazon boarding shuttles. The attack was to concentrate on Voyager as the Kazon had realized they could not capture HMSS Echo as this ship’s combined are to powerful for the Kazon to capture.

The attack come in two phases, phase one was to draw HMSS Echo away from USSS Voyager and then phase two was for an assault force to attack and capture Voyager.

A diversionary raid by the first wave of 13 Kazon raiders draws of HMSS Echo from USSS Voyager. The second wave of 20 Kazon raiders and 6 Kazon boarding shuttles attack USSS Voyager and after half an hour of combat manage to bring down Voyager’s shields so have the boarding shuttle can attach themselves to Voyager’s hull and cut though Voyager’s hull and enter. Each Kazon boarding shuttle carries 30 Kazon, these Kazon are not troops just Kazon with weapons and no real coordination between each boarding shuttle.

The RSM detachment on board Voyager splits into two 15 marine teams these two teams along with some of Voyager’s own security begin the process of eliminating the Kazon intruders from Voyager. The battles between the Kazon and the two RSM teams are short but furious fire fights and one by one the Kazon intruders are eliminated. The superior combat equipment of the RSM ensures that the RSM have no casualties due to the use of their personal force field generators and the fact that the Kazon weapons are not powerful enough to penetrate the RSM personal force field generators and their combat tactics are rubbish to none existent.

The space battle between the 13 Kazon raiders has ended by the time the RSM onboard Voyager has eliminated the Kazon intruders HMSS Echo has returned to aid Voyager. The remaining 20 Kazon raiders decide to break of the engagement and flee.

Retribution

Several days after the attack most of Voyager’s battle damage has been repaired and the Kazon boarding shuttles are being used as raw materials to repair the damage to Voyager’s outer hull. This enables Voyager to move to a nearby system to make more extensive repairs and bring Voyager’s systems back up to full strength.

Captain Lore decides that the Kazon need to be taught a lesson. Using the information captured from the Kazon boarding shuttles Captain Lore is able to locate the Kazon base where this attack is launched from. Captain Janeway is invited to come on board to see the attack by HMSS Echo on the Kazon “military” base.

On board HMSS Echo’s bridge Captain Janeway see the differences between Voyager’s bridge and Echo’s bridge. This bridge is different to Voyager’s bridge as it is in the centre of HMSS Echo’s saucer section rather that on deck one also the crew are all seated in chairs fitted with old style racing car seatbelts, also on Echo’s bridge are four RSM guards. HMSS Echo is primarily designed for exploration but has the firepower of a combat cruiser to deal with any problems that this class of warship may encounter while exploring.

Using HMSS Echo’s cloaking device to approach the Kazon base unseen. When in range HMSS Echo’s uses the classic de-cloak and attack strategy learnt from the Klingons. This proves to be very successful and the Kazon are caught completely unawares. Within a matter of a few minutes the Kazon vessels in orbit are destroyed and the small orbital space station is disabled.

Then HMSS Echo turned its weapons onto the planet surface destroying the planets military installations from orbit using spearfish heavyweight photon torpedoes in orbital bombardment mode. The casualties suffered by the Kazon were just over 350,000 killed or injured and the lose of all the Kazon space craft in orbit, only the small Kazon space station was spared complete destruction so that the survivors would let the other Kazon sects what happened here and that if the Kazon tried this again the retribution would next time be worse.

During the attack Captain Janeway watched in stunned disbelief of what Captain Lore was doing and after the attack on the Kazon base Captain Janeway told Captain Lore that she was shocked by what Captain Lore had done. Captain Lore said that it would have the desired effect that the Kazon would not bother them again while they travelled through Kazon space. This turned out to be the case as their were no further Kazon attack on either HMSS Echo’s or USSS Voyager over the next few months as they passed though Kazon space.

Also unknown to both Captains this had a knock-on effect on another race called the Vidiians who would keep well clear of the two Alpha quadrant ships in fear of the consequences of attacking these ships. This would lead to an uneventful first few months in the Delta Quadrant without attack from anyone until they had cleared Kazon space.

A certain member of Voyager’s crew who was going to go over to the Kazon but with the defeat of the Kazon this crew member decided not to proceed, but Voyager crew member’s preparation had not gone unnoticed by one of the Section 31 agents on rotational duty on Voyager.

To be continued…….

Next – Part 30 – Spies

 

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Part 30 – Spies

Early in 2372 one of the undercover Section 31 Agent is posted to Voyager on a crew exchange program under her cover identity of Lieutenant Samantha Jones a sensor specialist with the RSN. While on Voyager Lieutenant Jones spots a known Cardassian agent called Seska as a Cardassian operative, genetically altered to appear Bajoran in order to infiltrate the Maquis. She was assigned to Chakotay's Maquis raider, the Val Jean, and used her relationship with him in order to steal Maquis secrets.

Section 31 was keeping track of all the known Cardassian agents and their whereabouts and current appearance, Seska was one of these agents that Section 31 had been aware of for sometime.

When Lieutenant Jones period of duty was up on Voyager and returned to Echo, Lieutenant Jones contacted the other five members of the Section 31 team on board HMSS Echo. After some discussion a decision was made that Lieutenant Jones would go and see Major Wreford-Brown who was the only member of Echo’s crew that could confirm a Section 31 agent’s identity.

Lieutenant Jones contacted Major Wreford-Brown using pre arranged code phrases and informs Major Wreford-Brown of the Cardassian agent onboard Voyager, Lieutenant Jones also says that Section 31 must remain secret at all costs. Major Wreford-Brown suggested that when they inform Captain Lore that they tell Captain Lore that Lieutenant Jones is a member of RSC Intelligence and not Section 31. Lieutenant Jones agrees that this is the best course of action and Major Wreford-Brown makes an appointment to see Captain Lore.

Captain Lore in informed of the Cardassian agent Seska on board Voyager and of the “true” identity of Lieutenant Jones as an agent of RSC Intelligence, Captain Lore accepts Major Wreford-Brown assurances that Lieutenant Jones as an agent of RSC Intelligence and the information that Lieutenant Jones can easily be checked by a medical scan by Voyager’s doctor. Captain Lore orders Major Wreford-Brown to inform his marines on Voyager but not to inform Captain Janeway as he will beam over and inform Captain Janeway himself.

Captain Janeway is informed of Seska true identity and agrees that this must be verified, one of the marine roving patrols captures Seska to Voyager’s sick bay were Voyager’s EMH doctor informs both Captain’s that Seska is a Cardassian. Confronted by the evidence Seska admits to being a Cardassian agent. On hearing this Captain Janeway confines Seska to her quarters with a Starfleet security guard outside until Seska fate can be decided and gives permission for Voyager’s doctor to restore Seska Cardassian appearance.

After some debate between Captain Janeway and Captain Lore it is decided that Seska can resume limited duties onboard Voyager but will be kept away from critical areas and will not participate in the crew exchange between Voyager and Echo. When informed of this decision Seska is not happy but in time if Seska does not do anything to cause concern then Seska’s duties will be expanded, after several days of thought Seska accepts the decision. Seska will remain as part of Voyager’s crew.

Captain Lore during this time did not let on how he got hold of the information on Seska, just that it was information gained though RSC Intelligence and did not reveal the identity of the source of the intelligence to Captain Janeway, thus preserving the cover identity of Lieutenant Jones as not only a member of “RSC Intelligence” but also Lieutenant Jones true identity as a Section 31 agent and the cover of the five members of the Section 31 team on board HMSS Echo, thus keeping the UESPA/Starfleet personal “in the dark”.

In the aftermath of the revelations about Seska being a Cardassian agent Captain Janeway had suspicions that the RSN had spy(s) onboard Voyager keeping an eye on Voyager’s crew, but Captain Janeway had no proof of such activity onboard Voyager and would keep these suspicions to herself.

The Encounter

Still en route to Earth, the starships USSS Voyager and HMSS Echo detects traces of rust in space. Because the absence of oxygen in space prevents iron from rusting, Captains Lore and Janeway decide to follow the particle trail. They discover an old Earth automobile, a 1936 Ford truck, floating in space. When investigating their find Tom Paris manages to start the vehicle (old Earth cars are his hobby) and discovers a signal on the vehicle's AM radio. This signal turns out to be an old Earth distress call, called "SOS".

The decision is made to follow the signal to its origin, but the planet it emanates from is Class L. The planet's atmosphere is charged with trinimbic interference making communications on the surface and use of the ship's transporters difficult and dangerous. So, Captain Janeway with Captain Lores permission decides to land Voyager on the planet. This is the first time Tom Paris, Voyager's helmsman, lands the Intrepid Class ship on a planetary surface. While HMSS Echo remains in orbit prepping one of its two planetary assault combat shuttles just in case Voyager needs back-up.

An away team with a RSM contingent as back-up is sent out to locate the source of the signal and finds an old Earth airplane. Investigation of the plane leads to an alien power source which is powering its AM radio, still sending the SOS. Meanwhile, other members of the away team have found a mineshaft that seems to be the source of the trianium readings detected by their tricorders. After entering the mineshaft, they find five cryostasis chambers. One of them contains eight bodies, Human, although with minimal life signs. When Janeway rubs off some dirt of the stasis chamber containing a human female, she notices a name tag on her jacket. "A. EARHART", Amelia Earhart one of the first female aeronautical pioneers from Earth's 20th century.

When the away team returns to Voyager they discuss their findings in the briefing room with a communications link to HMSS Echo. Because it is thought that the technology which brought the abducted humans to this Delta Quadrant world might be used to return Voyager and Echo to Earth, the decision is made to remove the humans from stasis. As a precaution only human crew members will be present. The exception is Kes, who can easily pass as a human, as she needs to be present to check their medical status.

When all the humans are removed from stasis, they wonder about the people who found them. They are told they were believed to be abducted by aliens from Earth in the 1930s but they only seem to remember the day before. After leaving the mineshaft, they find Tuvok's security team and the RSM contingent pinned down by alien weapons fire. In this skirmish Fred Noonan is hit but dragged to safety by Harry Kim. With the help of the away team the aliens are overpowered. It turns out the aliens are actually humans, descendants from the humans abducted from Earth in 1937 by the Briori. Back on Voyager, one of them, John Evansville explains to Janeway and Lore via the communication link with HMSS Echo that the people they revived are the 37's revered by them as monuments to their ancestors, who were held as slaves. They managed to free themselves from Briori oppression, destroying the Briori ship and its technology in the process.

Captains Janeway and Lore hope of using the ship or its technology to get back to Earth is thus in vain. Meanwhile, Fred Noonan has been treated for his wounds by The Doctor. Thinking he will die, he confesses to Earhart his love for her, but takes it back when he finds himself cured. Earhart promises to forget what Noonan said to her.

Since defeating the Briori, the former human slaves have built a society, by now over 100,000 souls, and three beautiful cities. The both crews and the 37's are invited by Evansville to tour those cities, Captain Lore will come down in a combat shuttle to tour the cities. The tour itself is impressive and reminds a lot of Voyager and Echo crewmembers off their home back on Earth.

After several days of discussion Voyager and Echo will continue their voyage back to Earth, but not before taking on as much supplies as possible that have been given by the colonist, in exchange they are given designs for small scale warp drive ships that can be used to defend their colony.

What will both ships will encounter next……

To be continued…….

Next – Part 31 – Distant Origin

 

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Part 31 – Distant Origin

In 2373 HMSS Echo and USSS Voyager encounter the Voth. The Voth are a saurian species, native to the planet Earth, but residing in the Delta Quadrant. The Voth are a significantly advanced race, they are cold-blooded creatures, have a superior sense of smell and skin pigmentation which alters according to moods. Adult Voth are slightly taller than adult Humans, have six clawed manipulator digits (three on each hand), and their eyes are protected by heavy bony brow ridges which have a central crest rising to a conical protrusion on the back of the skull. This is the extra-cranial area which probably accounts for the fact that a Voth's cranium capacity is 28% greater than that of a typical Human. Most importantly, they have 47 genetic markers which are identical to Humans and many Terran creatures throughout Earth's history.

Technologically advanced, they possess transwarp capabilities, as well as being able to scan from a distance of over ninety light years with significant accuracy, even down to the individual life form readings. The Voth also have spatial displacement capabilities - a form of cloaking technology that moved their starships or even individuals out of phase. Their personal spatial displacement system could be disrupted by altering a phaser to a dispersion frequency of approximately 1.85 GHz.

Based on the remains of Voyager crewmember Hogan (A causality on an away mission), Voth scientist Forra Gegen concluded his long worked-on Distant Origin Theory, stating that the Voth had evolved on Earth.

The Ministry of Elders arrest Gegan for heresy, accusing him of preaching against Doctrine. Despite Gegan's protests that he was merely conducting a scientific expedition, the Elders tried to accuse him of being reckless, that his "casual theorizing" was damaging the Doctrine, intentionally or otherwise. Scientists loyal to the Elders wanted to say that although the data were compelling, Gegan's interpretations weren't clear. The Elders were reluctant to punish Gegan as such, but were more concerned in getting him to retract his claims. Voth society was not willing to accept such a radical concept.

Ministry of Elders decided to capture Voyager and Echo and to imprison them on a distant prison colony world controlled by the Voth.

The attack on the USSS Voyager went quite well until the Voth boarding party encountered one of the RSM patrols, the Voth tried to use their tranquiliser darts on the RSM patrol but the RSM used their personal force field generators to deflect the darts. By using this technology the various RSM contingents on Voyager were able to group together and holdout along with a number of Voyager’s crew. By the time the RSM had grouped together most of Voyager’s crew had been captured with the exception of the bridge crew who fought a series of running battles to join up with the RSM near the RSM quarters on deck 5.

On HMSS Echo the Voth attack encountered more resistance than even the Voth though possible from a supposedly inferior species, with the remaining 250 RSM on HMSS Echo and the counter intrusion system, the Voth were in for a hell of a fight.

When the Voth tried to gain control of HMSS Echo’s main computer Captain Lore encrypts the ship's computer using a fractal encryption so that the Voth can't access Echo’s main computer or use the ships systems against Echo’s crew. The Voth are unable to beam into several areas of HMSS Echo’s as certain areas have anti transporter shield set-up, so the Voth try to use force against these areas and manage to gain access to HMSS Echo’s main bridge in the centre of the saucer section, but this is a short lived victory as the first Voth come onto the bridge they are confronted by the four RSM on guard duty and Captain Lore. The RSM open fire with the phaser rifles and to the Voth’s surprise Captain Lore move with the speed and power of his android body and with an almost casual motion snaps the necks of several on the Voth intruders, much to the surprise of the Voth (until the were killed) and the bridge was soon secure again.

While the attempts to capture USSS Voyager and HMSS Echo were underway both ships were brought inside one of the Voth’s city ships.

With critical areas on HMSS Echo secure Captain Lore orders that the forward and aft Spearfish Heavyweight Photon Torpedo launches be loaded and ready to fire on his command. Captain Lore also orders the bridge crew to monitor and record the conversation between the Ministry of Elders and Lieutenant Commander Chakotay, these talks were being monitored and transmitted by a RSM who was observing the conversation with Voyager’s and Echo’s other crew members.

Once Captain Lore had heard what all this was about, Captain Lore ordered the entire conversation to be ready for broadcast on all Voth channels. Using Echo’s holographic transmitter Captain Lore appeared before the Voth Ministry of Elders and demanded immediate release or Captain Lore or else he would order Echo’s torpedoes to be fired, the Voth Ministry of Elders called Captain Lore’s “bluff”, to their surprise the Voth’s city ship shook with the explosions caused by Echo’s torpedoes striking the inside of the Voth’s city ship.

The Voth Ministry of Elders were forced to give in and ordered both Voyager and Echo’s crews and both ships to be sent on their way. Once both crews were back onboard their ships and free of the Voth city ship, Captain Lore ordered the transmission of the evidence on the Voth Ministry of Elders cover-up of the distant origin and the truth.

This would cause the Voth to become embroiled in a civil war between the two Voth factions and allow both Voyager and Echo to exit the Voth’s area of space without any more attacks or interference from the Voth.

The Voth civil war would see the end of the Ministry of Elders. The Ministry of Elders would be replaced by a new leadership under the Ministry of Scientists, who would confirm the distant origin theory and prove that the Voth did come from a planet in the Alpha quadrant called Earth.

The Voth Ministry of Scientists ruled was Captain Lore of the RSN had done was lawful in showing the truth, even though the Voth had to go though a civil war this was considered “worth it” for the truth.

A Find

By March 2373 Voyager and Echo came across a small derelict space ship no bigger than a shuttlecraft, they discovered that it was from the 26th century by metallurgical analyse, though most of the equipment was destroyed one peace of technology was retrieved a portable holo emitter this that could be used by Voyagers EMH this would allow the EMH doctor complete freedom of movement from Voyager’s sickbay and also permit the EMH to go on away missions with Voyager’s and Echo’s crews.

The rest of the derelict space ship yielded no more clues on the ships origin just that it was from the 26th century. The reason the 26th century ship came to be in this part of space would be a mystery for the next few hundred years.

The derelict space ship will be held onboard HMSS Echo for further study by a joint team from both Echo and Voyager one of the Section 31 agents gets themselves assigned to the joint study team to take copies of any information that they discover and to keep an eye on the Voyager members of the study team.

New Territory


In June 2373 while looking for mineral supplies on a planet a joint away team discovers to Borg corpses both Captains Janeway and Lore agree that they are on the edge of Borg territory, which consists of thousands of systems. HMSS Echo and USSS Voyager launch a series of long ranged probes to scout out the space ahead of them and finding large amounts of Borg activity ahead of them. After a series of meetings between Captain Lore and Janeway they come to the conclusion that they have been in Borg space for at least 3 months and going back is not and option, so they decide to push on though Borg space.

As both ships go though Borg space, both ships continue to launch probes to scout the area ahead, these probes discover a narrow passage devoid of Borg activity. Dubbed the "Northwest Passage," it is filled with gravometric distortions, but as Tom Paris puts it, "Better to ride the rapids than face the Hive." While the Northwest Passage appears safe, Captains Janeway and Lore tell their reactive crews that a confrontation with the Borg may be inevitable and instructs them to prepare for one. While Kes and the EMH Doctor work on an antibody to combat the Borg assimilation nanoprobes.

What will lie ahead for both crews……

To be continued……

Next – Part 32 – Borg space

 

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Part 32 – Borg space

While heading towards the "Northwest Passage", both ships sensors pickup twenty five Borg cubes are headed their way. The crew prepare for a fight but the cubes do a quick sensor scan but pass them by. Both crew wonder what is going on that is so important to the Borg, Captain Lore orders both ships to follow the twenty five Borg cubes at a discrete distance,

Suddenly all the Borg ships' power signatures have stopped and the Borg armada appears’ to be dead in space. They follow the cubes' path only to discover that most of the cubes have been destroyed and several ships have been disabled by an unknown type of weapon.

Further scans reveal there is an alien bio ship of unknown design attached to the hull of one of the remaining damaged Borg cubes. Chakotay, Tuvok, and Kim and a RSM detachment from Voyager beam aboard the damaged cube to investigate, while Echo will provide cover for Voyager. They see no aliens but can hear roars coming from elsewhere within the Borg cube. As they scan the bio ship, Kes has a vision of Harry screaming in pain. B'Elanna Torres beams the joint away team back, but not before the alien returns and injures Harry just as Kes predicted.

Despite the possibility of this new threat, Captain Lore decides they must maintain its original course as the Northwest Passage is only a day away. The EMH Doctor discovers along the way that an infection caused by cells from the alien is consuming Harry's body. He is unable to combat the infection with traditional medicine but thinks he can modify Borg nanoprobes to destroy the alien cells; however, it may be too late for Harry. Meanwhile, an analysis of the information recovered from the damaged Borg cube, discovered that the Borg call the alien Species 8472 and have been defeated by Species 8472 several times, also the Borg cannot assimilate Species 8472 as these aliens are immune to Borg elimination technology. Upon reaching the Northwest Passage, Echo and Voyager are greeted by hundreds of Species 8472 bio ships coming through some kind of quantum singularity.

As before, Kes is able to hear the aliens say, "The weak will perish." They are arriving through some kind of quantum singularity, although it is unclear where they come from, they intend to destroy everything. Captain Lore considers the possibilities and comes up with a radical idea: an alliance with the Borg. Captain Lore’s plan is to offer Voyagers EMH Doctor's cure to the Borg but withhold it until the Borg escort Echo and Voyager through their space. The crews do not question Captain Lore’s judgment, and Captain Lore admits that it is a great a risk that he is taking.

Echo and Voyager travels to the nearest Borg star system, where a cube announces that it will assimilate the ship and places a tractor beams on the two ships. Captain Lore explains the situation and the cube beams Captain Lore aboard. Captain Lore and the Collective's voice are close to coming to an agreement when a quantum singularity opens and ten bio ships emerge. Ignoring several Borg cubes, the bio ships head straight for a nearby planet.

Captain Lore asks to be beamed back to his ships to help in the battle, the Borg agrees. Back onboard Captain Lore orders his helmsman to rotate Echo 180 degrees and orders Echo’s tactical officer to open fire on the nearest bio ship with a blaze of blue phaser and photon torpedoes hitting the bio ship, Voyager also joins the attack on the bio ship Echo is engaging along with the Borg cube. The combined firepower of all three vessels manages to destroy one bio ship, but another 10 more come though the quantum singularity, making a total of 19 bio ships. The Borg says that they must leave the system to protect the weapon against Species 8472.

All three ships exit the system at warp nine while the remaining Borg cubes by time for the three ships to escape as the Borg world in that system is destroyed by Species 8472. Once clear of the destroyed Borg world all three ships slow to warp 7 and set course though Borg space.

Captain Lore hails the Borg vessel and suggests that a single Borg come onboard Voyager as a liaison between the Borg and the two Alpha quadrant ships, the Borg agree to this proposal. A vaguely Human Borg beams over to Voyager to speak for the collective designated Seven of Nine.

Suddenly a bio ship appears and begins firing on Voyager and Echo. The Borg cube is hit as well. To prevent the destruction of Voyager and Echo the Borg cube sacrifices itself and rams the bio ship destroying both ships. Tuvok signals from Voyager's cargo bay that some of the Borg from the cube has beamed into Voyagers cargo bay. Seven of Nine explains that this was necessary as this was the only way the collective could maintain a strong link. Captain Lore and Captain Janeway are initially sceptical but allows the Borg to remain in Voyagers cargo bay for the time being while the nanoprobes are developed and manufactured on Voyager.

The first batches of nanoprobes are used to cure Harry Kim of the alien cells that have infected Harry Kim’s body. With the successful test Voyager and Echo begin to manufacture more nanoprobes. This information is passed onto the Borg, so that the Borg can also use the modified

With production underway and a large number of both Echo’s and Voyager’s photon torpedoes being modified with the modified nanoprobes, also several old style projectile weapons are manufactured with the projectiles modified to carry the nanoprobes for use against and of Species 8472 that manage to try and board either vessel.

After several weeks the production of the modified nanoprobes is well underway and the Borg are keeping their end of the agreement, as both Voyager and Echo are travelling though Borg space at warp 8 passing cube after cube and Borg world after Borg world unharmed.

Suddenly after several uneventful weeks of travelling though Borg space a quantum singularity appears in front of both ships and several dozen bio ships come though, Species 8472 have found them. Captain Lore orders Echo and Voyager to action stations and to transfer power from the phasers to the shields as they are only going to use the modified photon torpedoes against Species 8472 bio ships, as phaser would not be much use against Species 8472 bio ships.

The first use of the modified nanoprobes against Species 8472 bio ships, the first modified photon torpedo warhead used seems to have little effect, but after a short delay the first attacking ship is destroyed. The remaining Species 8472 bio ships continue to press the attack, Captain Lore hails Voyager and suggests to Seven of Nine that now would be a good time for more Borg reinforcements, Seven of Nine agrees and says that the collective is sending reinforcements to help in the battle against Species 8472.

In the mean time Echo and Voyager are on there own. The battle between the two forces is short and furious with both Echo and Voyager using the modified photon torpedoes with great effect against Species 8472 bio ships. During the battle the cargo bay were the Borg are on Voyager is hit and depressurises sucking all the Borg into space, also during the battle Seven of Nine is his by an electric discharge on Voyagers bridge and taken to Voyagers sick bay.

The battle is looking bad for the to Alpha quadrant vessels until the arrival of several hundred Borg cubes arrive to fight Species 8472. During the battle between the Borg and Species 8472 the Borg signal Echo and Voyager to go as the Borg will deal with Species 8472 with the modified nanoprobes created by Voyagers EMH. The Borg will keep to their end of the agreement and allow the two ships though Borg space without interference.

The temporary alliance with the Borg appears to be working and will continue until the two vessels leave Borg space.

In Voyagers sickbay the EMH has managed to heal Seven of Nine injuries, but the Doctor discovers that Seven of Nine's human immune system is starting to re-establish itself and a war between the organic and the synthetic is being waged inside her body. The Doctor wants to remove many of her Borg implants so that Seven of Nine can survive. Seven of Nine allows this procedure but only very reluctantly. When the operation is over Seven of Nine looks more human but still has several Borg abilities, but is no longer connected to the collective, Seven of Nine is now an individual. Though Seven of Nine must use the Borg regeneration alcove to “sleep and regenerate”, also Seven of Nine does posses the knowledge of the Borg collective, though is no longer linked to the collective.

Captain Janeway talking to Captain Lore several days after the battle with species 8472, Captain Janeway is sceptical that the alliance with the Borg will last long enough to get though Borg space. Captain Lore says that the Borg will be so busy with Species 8472 that the Borg are unlikely to bother with two ships and the Borg may need their help again, but only time will tell what the Borg’s true intention or reasons are.

To be continued………

Next – Part 33 – July 2373 to December 2376

 

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Part 33 – July 2373 to December 2376

By the end of July 2373 both HMSS Echo and USSS Voyager were steering clear of any Borg sightings just in case the Borg changed their collective mind.

The Srivani

While HMSS Echo is scouting ahead of USSS Voyager under cloak, the crew of the USSS Voyager are charting a binary pulsar they'd discovered in the region. The Captain complains of headaches, and goes to bed for the night. Chakotay goes to bed as well, but when he gets there, he brushes his hair and it starts to fall out.

In sickbay, Chakotay's condition has worsened considerably. He shows all the signs and symptoms of adult progeria (rapid aging), which has been brought on by over-stimulation of a gene. The Doctor relieves him of active duty whilst his investigation continues. In the mess hall, Neelix falls over in agony as his face changes colour.

Back in sickbay, Neelix has large patches of pigment all over his face. The Doctor is surprised by his scan - the effect has been produced by over-stimulation of a gene again. Neelix reveals that his great-grandfather was a Mylean, so his Mylean genes are asserting themselves. Neelix and Chakotay complain about their ailments to each other, competing for the most sympathy.

The Doctor and B'Elanna Torres are working on a sample of Chakotay's and Neelix's DNA. Looking at full magnification, the Doctor discovers a genetic tag on a part of both of their samples. Torres studies it, and discovers that it is transmitting a signal to somewhere. However, just as they're about to see where it's transmitting to, the Doctor's program begins deleting for no apparent reason. Torres falls over, spasming in agony, and he transfers himself back to sickbay.

Torres is stabilised in sickbay, but soon more injuries arrive and the room is quickly filled with people. Tom Paris and the limited medical staff are not helped by the loss of the Doctor somewhere between the experiment room and sickbay. Suddenly, Seven of Nine hears the Doctor's voice. He's tapped into her cortical implant and is transmitting from the da Vinci program in the holo deck. Seven leaves sickbay and goes to see the Doctor.

When she arrives, the Doctor suggests that the injuries of the crew are related to each other, somehow. Just before he transferred himself to the holo deck, he saw the frequency the signal was transmitting at, and adjusts Seven's optical sensors to that frequency. She looks around, but sees nothing out of the ordinary in the holo deck. She leaves, and conducts a ship-wide search for any anomalies.

Very quickly, she spots some unusual things. A few crewmembers have odd contraptions on their heads, and there is an unusual person walking the corridors, which no one appears to notice. She pretends not to see the alien, and he enters a turbo lift with her. He probes her in the neck, and then leaves at the next deck. Seven continues her search, and soon discovers that most of the crew have various monitoring and testing devices attached to them. There are also a number of the aliens walking around with them, scanning and taking notes.

Reporting back to the Doctor, Seven suggests producing an electrical pulse within the ship to knock out the genetic tags. The Doctor agrees, but is aware of the pain of such a procedure. Seven gets to work on her idea. However, in engineering, she is stopped by Tuvok because she has had to bypass certain security protocols. She tries to explain to Tuvok, but is suddenly joined by three aliens. She fires a modified phaser at one of them, bringing it into phase with the rest of the crew.

In the brig, the alien, known as Alzen, describes herself as a Srivani medical researcher, on a scientific mission to investigate the crew of Voyager. This enrages Captain Janeway. The Srivani, however, says that the experiments will go on without her, and that there's nothing that they can do about it.

Also reviled and several small ships attached to Voyager’s hull, the RSM Lieutenant in charge of the RSM detachment warns Alzen the her and her entire team will be destroyed. Alzen says that there are no other ships like Voyager with their scanning distance and they know that Voyager is on it own.

Just then HMSS Echo de-cloaks in front of Voyager and using HMSS Echo’s phasers Captain Lore begins to destroy the Srivani ships attached to Voyagers hull. Alzen and the rest of the Srivani medical researchers beam back to their ships to try and flee but HMSS Echo continues to pick of the remaining Alzen ships with ease, all the Srivani ships are destroyed by HMSS Echo.

With the technology gained from Voyagers EMH both Voyager and Echo will run random phaser sweeps, both on the inside and outside of their ships just in case the Srivani decide to return. Throughout the remainder of their voyage home the Srivani are not encountered again.

Message in a Bottle

In December 2376 Seven of Nine discovers an operational alien subspace relay network, and uses it to scan an area in the Alpha Quadrant. She discovers that two vessels one RSC/RSN and one UESPA/Starfleet, and informs Captain Janeway and Captain Lore that it may be possible to send a message. Both Captains try to hail the two ships but none of the two Captains hails get through, however; instead they are bounced back.

Torres informs Captain’s Lore and Janeway that it may be possible to send a holographic data stream, as it would not degrade as quickly. Since they have no time to design a hologram to send the message, the Doctor is asked to volunteer. He agrees, and is sent through the relay network just before the ships in the Alpha Quadrant moves out of range.

The Doctor is activated inside the ship's sickbay, the computer identifying the vessel as the USSS Prometheus, a prototype for a new class of long-range tactical cruiser, along with HMSS Fearless an advanced version of the Vanguard class Super battleship on a long range tactical reconnaissance mission at the edge of the Alpha quadrant.

When the EMH from Voyager explains where he is from and gives a general account of what had happened in the past few years to both HMSS Echo and USSS Voyager. Voyagers EMH also says the HMSS Echo’s Captain Lore has invoked Alliance Emergency Regulation 191 (Article 14): In a combat situation involving more than one ship from the Alliance where there is either no flag officer present or communication with higher command cannot be establish, command falls to the vessel with tactical superiority.

The arrival of Voyagers EMH on the USSS Prometheus causes both joy and shock back at RSC/RSN headquarters and UESPA/Starfleet headquarters.

Meanwhile, in the Delta Quadrant, the Hirogen, the builders of the subspace relay network, contact Voyager and Echo and instruct them to discontinue their use of the network. They do not respond to diplomacy, so Seven of Nine gives the Hirogen a mild shock, in order to give the Doctor enough time to get back to Voyager.

After several hours of briefings, Voyagers EMH doctor is told that they will send the Doctor back to Voyager/Echo through the subspace relay network with a message for the captain’s of Voyager and Echo that they are longer alone and every effort will be made to help them.

On the return of Voyagers EMH and the news that both RSC/RSN and UESPA/Starfleet are aware that they are not dead and every effort will be made to bring them home. Both crews are now more than ever, confident that they will get home.

Also both Echo and Voyager have not seen any Borg activity for several months and they draw the conclusion that they maybe clear of Borg space.

What lines ahead for the two alpha quadrant ships…….

To be continued…….

Next – Part 34 – The Hirogen/The Omega Directive

 

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Part 34 – The Hirogen/The Omega Directive

The Hirogen

Hirogen adult males are quite large, standing above the average height of other known humanoid species. Their sensory perception is acute and quite useful for a hunting species. The Hirogen also possess an impressive immune system for attacking foreign bodies. They use an enzyme to break down the bones and muscle tissue of their prey. This suggests that the Hirogen use some of their victims as food.

The Hirogen have started to hunt both Voyager and Echo as part of their hunting ritual a pack of Hirogen ships successfully claimed the starships Voyager and Echo and forced them to participate in vast holodeck hunting simulations. This unique technology offered the Hirogen a better chance to study their prey, and the Alpha believed it represented the next stage of Hirogen social evolution. When the two crews fought back and forced the Hirogen to a standoff resulting in the death of the Alpha, Captain Janeway and Captain Lore gave the new Hirogen Alpha the data necessary to make holographic technology, in the hopes that it would calm Hirogen society and stop them from hunting sentient beings.

In 2377 the Hirogen have gone on to make holographic prey in huge space stations fitted with holoemitters. In order to make the prey more challenging they had programmed the holograms not only with the ability to feel pain so that they would avoid the hunters with more desperation, but also to learn and the ability to retain knowledge after being killed. When they were reactivated for another hunt, they would remember the last one. The result was truly worthy prey. This technology would stop the Hirogen from hunting sentient beings and lead to the Hirogen being a slightly calmer race.

The crews of HMSS Echo and USSS Voyager have another new friend in the Delta quadrant and a new treaty between the Alliance and the Hirogen is sealed.

The Omega Directive

Both Voyager and Echo have suddenly dropped out of warp as a result of a subspace disturbance. Asked to track the disturbance, both crews are surprised when they suddenly loses all sensor readings. All the information on both bridges monitors suddenly disappears, replaced with the Greek letter omega (Ω). Neither Voyager or Echo’s senior staff can access the message the symbol denotes, also in communication with Echo’s first officer cannot get an override either, with even Voyager and Echo first officers command authorization code is rejected. Captain Janeway suddenly appears on Voyager’s bridge and at the same time as Captian Lore appears on Echo’s bridge, both Captains order their bridge crews to do nothing. The two Captains make the symbol disappear, but no data returns to the monitors. Both Captains go to their ready rooms, saying instructions will be forthcoming.

In their ready rooms, they both order their doors sealed. Using their level 10 security codes, the computers on both ships report to both Captains the data; the Omega Phenomenon has been detected just over a light year from Voyager/Echo. Both ships computers informs’ both Captains that they are obligated to initiate the Alliance Omega Directive immediately - all other orders are rescinded.

On HMSS Echo all six members of Section 31 have gathered in the quarters of Lieutenant Samantha Jones to review the Omega Directive and confirm the data, that the Omega molecule has been detected. Now the six members of Section 31 must make a decision on weather to inform Captain Lore of Section 31 existence and how the Omega Directive came about, the decision is made not to tell Captain Lore or any one else about section 31’s involvement about the Omega Directive.

The Omega Directive came about because in the 2270s a scientist called Katteract was researching the Omega molecule under one of Section 31 black projects (though Katteract was unaware that he was be funded by Section 31), the molecule existed for a fraction of a second before exploding, killing Katteract and 126 of his colleagues. This helped cover up any Section 31 involvement as all the scientists involved were killed. A secondary effect of the explosion was that subspace fractures appeared in a region of several light years from the space station it is now impossible to create a stable warp field anywhere within a 3.2 light year radius from the station.

The Alliance created a cover story that these instabilities were a natural phenomonen. They'd quickly realized that a small chain of these could destroy a space faring civilization, and/or be a doomsday weapon. Though the Alliance members were unaware that it was RSC Intelligence Section 31 that caused this in the first place, only that this was a terrible scientific accident.

The RSC informed the Alliance council of the accident of this scientific experiment that had gone wrong and the terrible loss of life. The Alliance accepted that if was just an experiment gone wrong and nothing more.

The Omega Directive was issued by the Alliance, and knowledge kept only to those of a rank of Captain or above. The molecule is to be neutralized at all costs. Normally, a specialized Alliance squad would be sent in to do this, but the two crews will have to do this job themselves, or they may never be able to achieve warp speeds again.

A joint mission with both Voyager and Echo is needed and both crews are informed of the Omega Directive though giving just enough detail to get the job done.

After several days of work the crews of Voyager and Echo manage to eliminate the Omega particles from the system that a pre warp civilisation were trying to use the Omega particles to create a power source for them selves.

Both crews continue their voyage back to the Alpha quadrant.

To be continued……..

Next – Part 35 Project Lifeline/Equinox

 

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Part 35 – Project Lifeline/Equinox

Project Lifeline (Alpha Quadrant)

On the 28 March 2377 is the date when Admiral Data from the RSC/RSN and Admiral Paris from UESPA/Starfleet visits Starfleet headquarters to be informed on the progress in contacting Voyager and Echo under Project Lifeline.

Lieutenant Reginald Barclay wants to brief Admiral Data and Admiral Paris on his theory about using a pulsar passing within four billion kilometres to create an artificial wormhole and then using it to communicate with Voyager. Commander Harkins rejects the idea, recalling that several weeks were wasted on trying to develop a transwarp probe, based on Barclay’s simulations. Commander Peter Harkins says that he will do the talking during the briefing for Admiral Data and Admiral Paris and for Lieutenant Barclay to keep silent during the tour.

When Admiral Data and Admiral Paris arrive, Commander Harkins start’s the briefing on how the project is going, and then Lieutenant Barclay speaks up. He tells the two Admirals that there might be a way to establish two-way communication with Voyager. He tries to tell the two Admirals about his plan, but Commander Harkins cuts him off. But Admiral Data cuts Commander Harkins off and asks Lieutenant Barclay to continue his briefing and orders Commander Harkins to silent, when Lieutenant Barclay is finished Admiral Data asks Lieutenant Barclay to proceed and to demonstrate his theory and try to contact Echo and Voyager in the Delta quadrant, Admiral Paris agrees with Admiral Data.

In the Delta quadrant Voyager and Echo detects’ the micro-wormhole. Only part of the message is received, Lore and Janeway respond straight away, as the wormhole is collapsing. Back on Earth, everyone in the lab suddenly hears a beeping noise. Lore and Janeway transmission is garbled, but Barclay mangers to clean it up. Barclay replies, and Lore and Janeway says they been waiting a long time for this since they got Voyagers EMH to back from the alpha quadrant. Barclay tells both Captains the feeling is mutual, but the wormhole is collapsing. Lieutenant Barclay sends both Captains information on the hyper-subspace technology, and Lore and Janeway transmits the ship’s logs, crew reports and navigational records, these records will reviewed be their respective commands.

Then Admiral Paris speaks. He asks her how the crew of Voyager is holding up. Janeway replies that the crew has been exemplary, Tom included. The Admiral says he misses him, and that he’s proud of him. Tom listens in silence and shock aboard Voyager. Admiral Paris tells her they’re doing everything they can, before the wormhole collapses. Harkins says he’s sorry he doubted Barclay, and Admiral Paris tells him that thanks to Barclay, Project Lifeline is just beginning.

Lastly Admiral Data speaks to his “brother” Captain Lore and asks how Lore is, Lore replies that he is functioning within normal parameters and that the crew of HMSS Echo have preformed their duties very well.

Then the link is lost, and the room goes quiet for a few seconds.

After the link is lost Admiral Data asks to speak to Admiral Paris and Commander Harkins in private. Admiral Data says that the RSC/RSN will continue to fund this project on one condition that Lieutenant Reginald Barclay is placed in charge. With some reluctance Admiral Paris agrees, leaving Commander Harkins in a stunned silence. After the losses during the Dominion war UESPA/Starfleet lacks the full resources of the RSC/RSN and needs the RSC/RSN to continue Project Lifeline, as most of the resources of UESPA/Starfleet are being concentrated on repairing or rebuilding its damaged colonies and ships.

Later at UESPA/Starfleet orbital headquarters Lieutenant Reginald Barclay is promoted to Captain (of engineers) and placed in charge of Project Lifeline, and Captain Barclay will get all the resources he needs, mainly from the RSC and some resources from the UESPA to continue with Project Lifeline.

Captain Barclay says that once the final tests are carried out that they should be able to send a message between Earth and the two vessels in the Delta quadrant once and month, also both Voyager and Echo will be able to reply during the time the micro wormhole is open.

Equinox

Delta Quadrant June 2377, the USSS Voyager picks up and emergency message from the USSS Equinox a Defiant Class warship. This information is relayed to Captain Lore on Echo who orders a course change and both ships to go to action stations. The USSS Equinox was lost in the badlands a few weeks before the Caretaker captured Voyager and Echo on a reconnaissance mission seeing how much Maquis activity their was.

The USSS Equinox is one of a small but growing number of Defiant Class warships with a length of 120 meters a crew of 47 a maximum warp speed of just over warp 9.5 and an armaments of 4 pulse phaser cannons; 2 phaser beam emitters; 2 forward torpedo (photon and quantum torpedo) launchers; 2 aft torpedo launchers and is fitted with ablative armour on the ships hull. The Defiant Class is a very spartan design as UESPA/Starfleet engineers had to pack as much firepower into the smallest ships design possible.

After several hours a high warp Echo and Voyager arrive to find the USSS Equinox under attack by a large number of small fighter like spacecraft. Hailing the USSS Equinox Captain Lore finds out from the USSS Equinox Captain Rudolph Ransom that they attacking vessels are part of a group of pirates called the Zon.

Both Echo and Voyager engage the pirate vessels along with the damaged Equinox. With their combined firepower, the three ships mange to drive of the pirates, but more pirates will be coming for them. After the battle Captain Ransom hails the two ships to thank them for saving his ships from being captured by the Zon.

Captain Lore says that Voyager will be responsible for looking after the Equinox’s casualties while HMSS Echo stands guard.

The initial damage assessment by Voyagers chief engineer says that the Equinox can be saved. It will take a few hours of work to restore the warp drive, then the Equinox could only achieve maximum of warp 7 for short periods, and can run at warp 6 for several days so the Equinox can get out of the imitate area and find some ware safe to do more extensive repairs. It will take a least 3 weeks worth of work to restore the Equinox to full operational capability. Captain Lore says that having an extra ship will be useful and it will be worth the time and effort, if only that can elude the pirates called the Zon.

After several hours work the Equinox’s systems are restored to a basic level of operation, allowing the Equinox to go to warp and also allowing the shields to be at maximum of 50% and some limited weapons capability. In a brief ceremony on Voyager Captains Lore and Janeway welcome Captain Ransom to their group. Initially Ransom is disappointed to learn that the advanced vessels Echo and Voyager are not ships sent from the Alpha Quadrant to find him and his crew, but shared their fate of having been pulled to this side of the galaxy by the Caretaker. But Captain Ransom is happy about not being alone in the delta quadrant any more.

Over the next few days the three ships play a game of cat and mouse with the pirates, also having a series of short pitched battles with the pirates. The three ships make for a dense asteroid field for cover and a place to restore the Equinox to full capability and to take stock of the situation.

In a briefing onboard HMSS Echo Captain Lore points out that he has invoked Alliance Emergency Regulation 191 (Article 14). When the Equinox is restored to full operational capability, Captain Janeway will be pushed into third place as the Equinox has tactical superiority over Voyager and this will make Captain Janeway subordinate to Captain Ransom, Captain Janeway has no choice but to accept this decision and is not very pleased about being pushed into third place. Captain Ransom accepts being second in command of the three alpha quadrant ships’ and acknowledges that Captain Lore is in command under Alliance Emergency Regulation 191 (Article 14).

By July 2377 the Equinox has been restored to full operational capability with a full load of photon torpedoes being manufactured onboard Voyager to replace those used against the Zon pirates, the raw materials have come from the asteroids to manufacture the torpedoes and replacement parts that are needed, using Echo and Voyagers replicators.

But the Zon Pirates have found the three ships. The alpha quadrant three vessels now prepare for another battle with the pirates known as the Zon. The battle between the three Alpha quadrant ships and the Zon pirates will be the hardest battle between the two groups. The battle lasts for several hours with battle swinging one way then the other, space was filled with a spectacular light show as beams of energy interspersed with blue and red balls of photon torpedoes and the small novas when one of the Zon vessels is destroyed. The small size of the Zon pirates would be their downfall as it would only take one direct hit from a phase or torpedo to destroy one of the pirate vessels, the pirates could not concentrate enough firepower onto one of the Alpha quadrant ships with out taking it away from the other two. After several hours of trying the pirates decided that it was no longer worth the effort or the causalities that they were taking and the pirates withdrew from the battle.

Once the battle damage had been repaired and the ships had been brought back up to full capability the three ships set a course of the Alpha quadrant and resumed their course back home.

By August 2377 Captain Barclay has managed to get project lifeline working properly and they manage to contact Voyager and Echo, also much to everyone’s surprise at Project Lifeline base, they also hear that the USSS Equinox has also been found in the Delta quadrant safe and sound.

Captain Lore is confirmed as leader of the group of ships until they return to earth as under Alliance Emergency Regulation 191 (Article 14). Also once a month they will be able to send and receive brief messages to loved ones back in the alpha quadrant.

Back in the Alpha quadrant on the RSC colony of New Edinburgh, in the orbital shipyards of New Govan a discussion is underway on weather or not to use the two black projects in combination (Eclipse and Mirror) to get the three ships home.

The outcome of the meeting will decide weather or not to revile what level of technology the RSC really has be researching. This would shift the balance of power in the alpha quadrant to the RSC and give the RSC a large technological lead over the other races in the alpha quadrant.

To be continued……

Next – Part 36 – Projects Eclipse and Mirror

 

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Part 36 – Projects Eclipse and Mirror

Eclipse

The Eclipse was initially a concept of what a future RSN warship might look like, but Eclipse turned into a full blown project. With the coming of the Dominion war the Eclipse project slowed down to allow resources to be concentrated into tried and tested designs. With the peace treaty being signed on the 1st February 2377 project Eclipse was back.

During the Dominion war the Eclipse had begun construction at a shipyard of New Govan in the RSC colony of New Edinburgh, by the time the Dominion war was over the basic ships was constructed all that was needed was to fit the ships systems.

The Eclipse design was based loosely on the Vanguard class design. With a saucer section and a new secondary “engineering” hull, this new secondary hull not only went from the centre of the lowed part of the saucer section but also the upper part of the saucer section, creating a saucer section wedged between the secondary hull. The lower part of the secondary hull held the navigational deflector and the shuttle bays as well as main engineering, the upper part of the secondary hull contained the fore and aft spearfish heavyweight photon torpedo launchers. The secondary hull also held the four warp nacelles, two on the lower and two on the upper part of the secondary hull, the four warp nacelles were necessary to more such a large warship at high warp.

The length is 3,020 meters and a height of 775 meters and a width of 895 meters; this was an increase of 50% in size and mass over the Vanguard class design and allowed for more storage space especially for the large number of torpedoes. The Eclipse is largest warship ever produced by RSC/RSN command.

The Eclipse has an armament of four forward firing and two aft firing Mark 4 heavy phaser cannons, 46 dual phaser banks, 20 spearfish heavyweight photon torpedo launchers (10 forward and 10 aft) with 1,500 torpedoes “ready to use” and another 3,000 “stored. The spearfish heavyweight photon torpedo launcher can hold 12 torpedoes at a time thus if all 20 launchers are loaded this gives a total of 240 torpedoes in one salvo. The shields were the latest on regenerative shielding technology the Eclipse was also fitted with back-up shields and the latest in polarised hull armour. The upgraded Mark 2 point defence system (PDS) of the successful Mark 1 that is fitted to the Vanguard class is also fitted the HMSS Eclipse.

The Eclipse’s uses bio neural circuitry rather than the current bio neural jell packs. This bio neural jell packs improves reaction time on the ships systems. The main computer was based on positronic from the Noonien Soong institute on Earth; this technology was designed to improve computer processing time. Though the Eclipse’s main computer did not have the ability of Dr. Noonien Soongs androids.

The Eclipse’s could maintain a maximum continuous speed of warp 9.99 until fuel exhaustion without putting any strain on the ships systems while being at high warp for long periods of time.

The crew numbers on the Eclipse were not much larger that the Vanguard Class, having a crew of 2,575 and can carry up to 1,800 RSM the equivalent of a light regiment, normally only up to 900 RSM are carried on board for ship security.

The Eclipse would be used as a test bed for new systems and technology coving all areas of ships systems, equipment and operation.

Between February and the May 2377 the Eclipse is out fitted with its improved equipment and the latest technology. The Eclipse is launched on the 1 June 2377 with no publicity and little ceremony to keep the Eclipse secret until the ships trails and testing are completed.

The Eclipse will be for the next few years a one of a kind as there are not enough shipyard capacity to build and more Eclipse’s, though later on it will be decided that no more Eclipse class ships will be built after an event in 2385.

The main emphasis of the RSC shipyards will be to concentrate on keeping tried and test designs coming of the production lines and updating the currents ships with the latest technology.

Mirror

The mirror project was designed to develop the Iconians gateway technology for RSC and RSN use.

The Iconians were an ancient and highly advanced civilization that was destroyed about 200,000 years ago. The Iconian gateway was a technology developed by the ancient Iconians, whose underlying principles remain well beyond RSC science. The gateway allowed instantaneous travel over enormous distances; at least 70,000 light-years was possible, even much further in theory. Physically the gateway appeared literally as a "door", either suspended in space or on a planet surface surrounded by a frame, through which was the destination. An individual could simply step through the gateway as they would an ordinary door and emerge on the other side.

Though the underlying principles remain well beyond RSC science, the RSC Research and Development division can copy the technology and use the Iconians gateway technology for short periods before the copy burns out and is destroyed. The RSC do not have the ability of technology to exactly duplicate Iconians gateway technology for a least another 50 years or more. Until then the RSC Research and Development division can only build copies that last for no more than 1 hour before being destroyed.

The RSC found an abandoned Iconian outpost in a system within RSC space, on a moon orbiting a dead planet. The RSC Research and Development division would use this moon as it main base for studying the Iconian technology and trying to reverse engineer the Iconian gateway technology. So far they can only get one of their gate copies to last for about 1 hour before the gates control panel and then the power source explodes, also once activated the copy seems to locked onto the on position and cannot be switched off, though during the time the gate is working anyone can be transported anywhere as long as the RSC R&D staff have a location coordinates in space or on a planet.

This system has been successfully tested several times, they only other flaw is that you need a gate at the other end to come back as the Iconians gateway technology is one way, you cannot come back though the gate you came though. All these tests were carried out in space and not on a planet as the power core detonation would cause no damage in space.

The RSC have also been successful in transporting shuttlecraft and small star ships from the Iconian outpost to anywhere within RSC space, they have also been able to send probes over longer distances, once the probe has confirmed it has arrived it self destructs to avoid detection.

The debate

On the RSC colony of New Edinburgh, in the orbital shipyards of New Govan a discussion is underway on weather or not to use the two black projects (Eclipse and Mirror) to get the three ships home.

The RSN ship HMSS Eclipse could carry an Iconian gateway device/power plant to the Delta quadrant. Deploy the Iconian gateway device then all four ships could return, once the four ships have gone though the Iconian gateway, the Iconian gateway device would self-destruct leaving no trace of the Iconians gateway technology behind in the delta quadrant.

The debate between the 30 RSC member representative heads of the 10 RSC countries, 10 RSC Intelligence and 10 from RSN command would continue for several weeks in an on off discussion until a decision has finally been made. Also present are members of the RSC Research and Development division to brief the 30 RSC representatives on the technology and how it works.

This decision could have a profound effect on the balance of power in the alpha quadrant for a long time to come and have considerable repercussions for the RSC.

To be continued………

Next – Part 37 – The Decision

 

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Part 37 – The Decision

Buy November 2377 the decision is made to use the Iconian gateway device to send HMSS Eclipse to the delta quadrant with a second Iconian gateway device to bring all the ships home. There is one clause that the rest of the alliance will not be told about the Iconian gateway device until after all three ships have returned to the alpha quadrant and the RSC will deal with the repercussions afterwards.

A deserted and out of the way system on the edge of RSC space is chosen as the start point for the mission and when the copy of the Iconian gateway device explodes after one hour after activation the detonation will harm no one. Also well away from were the Iconian gateway technology was found.

HMSS Eclipse is full armed and equipped for the mission, just in case there are any problems, this preparation takes several weeks. The second Iconian gateway device is safely stored onboard HMSS Eclipse main cargo bay. The Captain of HMSS Eclipse will be Rear Admiral James West a combat veteran of the Dominion war and has extensive knowledge of starship engineering.

The crew of the Eclipse will not be told of what the mission is until just before the Eclipse goes though the Iconian gateway.

In the December transmission from Project Lifeline the RSN transmit a coded order to Captain Lore to go to a certain location in the Delta quadrant and await instructions, no reasons are given except that their might be a way home.

Captain Lore receives the order, though he does not fully understand the order he will obey the order and instructs that all three ships will make for the coordinates indicated. Captain Lore tells Captains Ransom and Janeway that he has received these orders and that he intends to follow them. Captain Janeway questions the orders, but Captain Ransom agrees with Captain Lore that this may be a short cut that they have found or even a way home and this order will be obeyed, thus Captain Janeway is sidelined and will follow the orders.

In the Alpha quadrant the Eclipse now is ready for the mission and proceeds under cloak to the start location codenamed “gateway”. Once at the location the crew is informed of the mission. The first Iconian gateway device is powered up remotely and the coordinates are set for the delta quadrant rendezvous point.

A discharge from the first Iconian gateway device, this creates a gateway to the delta quadrant, looking though the Iconian gateway the bridge crew can see the three ships waiting on the other side, so that they know they have the right coordinates.

The Eclipse is given the go ahead from the ship that is controlling the Iconian gateway by remote control, to proceed though the gateway and in to the delta quadrant.

HMSS Eclipse moves slowly towards the Iconian gateway and goes though the Iconian gateway in to the delta quadrant. An hour after activation the Iconian gateway device overloads and explodes causing the Iconian gateway to close.

In the delta quadrant HMSS Echo along with USSS Equinox and USSS Voyager are waiting at the coordinates that the RSC/RSN command indicated, with a series of scans the three alpha quadrant vessels have determined that there is nothing at these coordinates.

After waiting there for several days Captain Janeway is about to contact Captain Lore to suggest that they move on, when Harry Kim reports a disturbance in the area of space in front of them. Suddenly the front of very large space ship begins to appear in front of them as more and more of the ship appears until the whole vessel has completed is journey though the Iconian gateway.

Captain Janeway is staggered at the size of the vessel; the IFF identifies the vessel as HMSS Eclipse of the RSN. This warship is so large that it dwarfs the three ships. Captain Janeway comments that HMSS Eclipse was built for war and not for exploration.

Rear Admiral James West commanding the Eclipse hails all three ships says that the Eclipse has brought a way back to the alpha quadrant. The Eclipse is carrying a crude copy of an Iconian gateway device. This will take several days to set-up, but once the Iconian gateway device is set-up all four ships will be able to go home. Both Captain’s Janeway and Ransom are astounded that the RSC has been able to copy the advanced Iconian gateway technology even at this crude level that allows even limited operation.

All four ships crews set to work in setting up the Iconian gateway device, this work takes 15 days for solid work to set-up the Iconian gateway device and a further 5 days of testing to make sure that the device is working properly, as they only have one shot at this. If the Iconian gateway device and is not working properly the Iconian gateway device will overload and explode within one hour of activation, loosing their only way home from the time being.

By the 6th January 2378 the Iconian gateway device is ready to be activated all four ships prepare to go home. The Iconian gateway device is activated and the coordinates are set for the location were HMSS Eclipse departed from 20 days ago. The gateway works and the doorway show the destination, first though the gateway is USSS Equinox followed by USS Voyager then HMSS Echo and finally HMSS Eclipse. One hour after activation the Iconian gateway device overloads and explodes, though no one is around to see the explosion.

The Return and Repercussions

With all four ships back in the alpha quadrant there is a tremendous celebration’s at the three lost ships return from the delta quadrant from the general UESPA and RSC population. The three crews get a hero’s welcome when they arrive at Earth, all three crews will over the next few weeks receive awards and promotions and go to numerous award ceremonies.

The political fallout is less severe as the RSC states that it is under no obligation to reveal it secret projects or is technology to anyone. The RSC get support from the Klingon Empire, also quite surprisingly the RSC gets support from the Vulcan’s and the Andorians both support the RSC in the Alliance council. With the support of the Klingon Empire, Vulcan and the Andorians the motion by the UESPA to get the RSC to share Iconian gateway technology with the rest of the Alliance is defeated in the Alliance assembly by the RSC, Vulcan and the Andorians using their veto on the council. The Klingons do not have a vote on the Alliance council but they are allowed to voice there option at the Alliance council.

Even though most of the members of the Alliance members wanted a share of the Iconian gateway technology, none of the Alliance members wanted to force the issue as this could lead to civil war within the Alliance and after the Dominion war no one wanted another war. Also there was nothing in the Alliance charter that says that the RSC should hand over the Iconian gateway technology and this would also set a dangerous precedent by allowing the Alliance to control any technology they wanted, this is something no one wanted even the UESPA. This is probably one of the main reasons the Vulcan’s and the Andorians used there veto along with the RSC, as the Vulcan and the Andorians did not want the other Alliance members to have access to there advanced technology.

Even though the UESPA motion has been defeated in the Alliance assembly, the UESPA still has a small number of Alliance members that will continue to press the RSC to release the Iconian gateway technology to be placed under Alliance control. The RSC along with the Vulcan’s and the Andorians will continue to use there veto to thwart all attempts at getting the Iconian gateway technology placed under Alliance control or anyone else’s control.

The Vulcan’s and the Andorians during these sessions have never stated there reason for not supporting putting the Iconian gateway technology under the Alliance council control.

This political back and forth will continue in to 2380’s and beyond but to no avail as the RSC will not release the technology. The UESPA will eventually release this and give up the fight to obtain the Iconian gateway technology from the RSC.

Promotions and Changes for Echo, Voyager and Equinox crews

Captain Janeway is promoted to Rear Admiral and given a desk job in UESPA/Starfleet headquarters on Earth. With responsibility for UESPA/Starfleet exploration command, Rear Admiral Janeway will third in the chain of command in the UESPA/Starfleet exploration command.

Captain Ransom is also promoted to Rear Admiral and it put in charge of the UESPA/Starfleet forces guarding the colonies along the Cardassian boarder and is given one of the new upgraded Sovereign class star ships as his flagship.

Lieutenant Tom Paris is promoted to Commander and will become Voyager’s new first officer once Voyager is refitted with Harry Kim promoted to Lieutenant Commander and becoming operations officer on Voyager also B'Elanna Torres is confirmed as Voyager chief Engineer with the rank of Commander. Tom Paris previous criminal record is forgotten this is mostly due to his farther Admiral Paris intervening on his son’s behalf and RSN Admiral Data supporting this and the fact that the three crews have so much public support no one would dare day no to this.

Voyagers EMH would remain Voyagers chief medical officer with the rank of commander and would be granted full rights as a sentient being within the UESPA. This would of set the mess that the UESPA made with Seven of Nine (Annika Hansen) being treated as a lab rat.

The rest of the Maquis crew on Voyager decide to return to their new homeland in the badlands and settle down and try and find is the have any family left after being away for so long.

Seven of Nine (Annika Hansen) is treated by UESPA as more like a lab rat than an individual after enduring six months of prodding, poking and testing by UESPA scientist. Seven of Nine (Annika Hansen) leaves the UESPA and renounces her American citizenship and becomes a citizen of the RSC with New Zealand citizenship with no intention of returning to the UESPA. The RSC treat Seven of Nine (Annika Hansen) much better than the UESPA ever did and Seven of Nine (Annika Hansen) becomes a specialist in stellar cartographic among other things.

Neelix and Kes leave Voyager and settle down on one of the many colony worlds within the Alliance controlled space.

Captain Lore is promoted to Vice Admiral and is made deputy commander of RSN exploration division and will retain command of HMSS Echo as his flagship once refitted with the latest technology.

Major Wreford-Brown is promoted to Brigadier and given command of the 18th Royal Space Marine Brigade within the 6th Royal Space Marine division and will be promoted to Major General with 18 months and given command of the 6th Royal Space Marine division when the current 6th RSM division commander retires.

Rear Admiral James West is also promoted to Vice Admiral and retains command of HMSS Eclipse as his flagship also 30 other RSN warships are added under the designation Battle Group Eclipse. This task force will be used as a diplomatic tool in sending Battle Group Eclipse on showing the flag to both none Alliance members and Alliance member’s worlds.

The mission that retrieved the three ships stranded in the Delta quadrant does have one long-term benefit it brings RSC and UESPA closer together with both Earth based governments doing more joint missions together in the future. This is even with the problems over the Iconian gateway technology. Though the two Earth governments will never be allied under a joint Earth command, this does help in the warming of the relations between the two Earth governments.

What will the future bring for both RSC and the Alliance as a whole?

To be continued……

Next – Part 38 – Organisation of the RSC and the RSN

 

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Part 38 – Organisation of the RSC and the RSN

Royal Space Command

The RSC is made up of 10 member countries – Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Malta, Nepal and Tibet. Each member country has one vote on the RSC council no matter how many colonies etc each country has in the RSC. This makes the decision making process very easy as all that is needed is a majority vote and as no county has the power of veto this also levels the playing field.

The RSC has two headquarters one in London on Earth and the other is based in the colony system of New Gibraltar. New Gibraltar is also the headquarters of the Alliance.

Each country’s ambassador on the RSC council is chosen by that counties government, the head of the RSC is the King or Queen of Britain, and this post is purely a ceremonial role befitting a constitutional monarchy.

Each member country within run their own colony(s) with their own laws, colony defence comes under each countries military and also the Royal Space Navy witch is responsible for the defence of the RSC colonies and orbital defences. Each country maintains its own military forces on Earth and its colonies, but does not possess and combat spacecraft as this comes under the jurisdiction of the RSC.

The RSC liaises with the military of each member country and conducts joint exercises with various units of the RSC military. This also allows the RSC military to conduct recruiting campaigns within RSC member countries on Earth and their colonies.

Each member country and its colonies pays a percentage of its GDP in to the RSC to provide funding for the RSC various branches this is 5% of each countries and its colonies GDP. This is used to fund the RSN, RSM, RSC Intelligence (including Section 31) and RSC Research and Development, this funding also partly pays for colony expansion the remaining funding for colony expansion comes from RSC member countries.

The current number of RSC colonies is 31 this is expected to grow to 35, with four new systems earmarked for colonisation within the next few decades to handle population growth within the RSC member countries.

The total population of the RSC is just over 50 billion people spread over Earth and its 31 (soon to be 35) colonies, population growth has been very high as the RSC has founded new colonies and expanded as needed rather than grabbing as much as possible without the ability to defend the new territory.

The RSC uses the pound sterling as its currency as the British pound, Canada pound, New Zealand pound and Australia pound etc. The total GDP of the RSC members countries and there colonies is 90 trillion pounds a year with 5% of the GDP going to the RSC to fund the RSN, RSM, RSC Intelligence and RSC Research and Development division etc. This gives the RSC an annual income of 4.5 trillion pounds plus additional funding for setting up new colonies for RSC member counties as needed. Economic growth within the RSC is currently running at 3.2% per year with no signs of the economic growth slowing.

The RSC is one of founding members of the Alliance and also had a separate alliance with the Klingon Empire. The RSC has a large number of trade agreements with both Alliance and none alliance members this brings in a large amount of trade of the various companies within the RSC member countries and also gives the RSC member countries a very large export market for a wide range of products.

The RSC does not sell it weapons or warships to any other race except the Klingon Empire for witch the RSC as a limited technological exchange treaty between the two alpha quadrant powers.

Royal Space Navy

The RSN has a force of just over 20,000 warships of various types. The main warship types are the Vanguard Class Super Battleship, Invincible III Class Battleships, Dreadnought IV Class Battle Cruisers, Leander XII Class Frigates and Longbow II Class scouts. These 5 classes form the backbone of the RSN warships. The size of the RSN still remains at it war level of 20,000 warships and shows no signs of decreasing. There are two sub classes in the RSN, the Scott class explorer cruiser and the Britannia class diplomatic cruiser, these two sub classes are only built in small numbers, with a combined total of just of 425 vessels.

The RSN in conjunction with the colonies operate the orbital defences around all of the 31 RSC colonies the RSC also operate manned and unmanned outposts along the RSC boarded and along the boarder with the Romulan Empire along with the rest of the Alliance.

The RSN also operate 26 standing task forces A though Z each of these task forces have on average 100 warships and support vessels assigned to each task force. These task forces are part of the RSN roving patrols within its space, these task forces are also assigned guard duties e.g. four of these task forces are assigned to guarding the Bajoran system and the wormhole as part of an Alliance standing fleet in that area of space.

The are also a large number of the smaller Rapid Response Groups (RRG) these RRG’s have on average 15 to 20 warships in each group. These RRG are formed/disbanded as need by the RSN, there are no standing RRG.

The RSN command is divided in five fleets, the most powerful of these fleets is the fifth fleet centred in the New Quebec system. This fleet is commanded by Admiral Data, the fifth fleet not only has its 950 warships but also commands the four task forces assigned to the defence of the Bajoran wormhole. The fifth fleet covers about 20% of the RSC controlled space and the RSC/Cardassian boarder area.

There are also the System Defence Forces, these are responsible for patrolling and defending RSC colonies from attack and maintaining a steady flow of space traffic into and out of the various systems that the SDF guard. The SDF is usually made up of mostly locally recruited colonist with a core of RSN personal. The SDF is mainly a law enforcement and system security organisation made up of law enforcement personal. The SDF use system patrol cutters and upgraded shuttlecraft to patrol their home system, in time of war the SDF will come under the full control of the RSN, in peacetime they come under the control of the systems civilian authority RSC member government.

The last part of the RSN is the convoy escort groups; these groups not only protect military convoys but also the civilian freighters that tag along with the convoy for added protection.

The RSN is command by a Fleet Admiral.

Royal Space Marines and Royal Space Marine Commandoes

The RSM has 30 standing divisions (one per colony except New Gibraltar that has 4 divisions) and 12 reserve divisions based on Earth. The Royal Space Marine Reserve is capable of increasing the number of marine divisions to 52 in time of war.

A RSM Division is made up of 3 brigades of 4,500 marines giving a total of 13,500 with a divisional support regiment of 2,500 bring a RSM Division to the grand total of 16,000 personal. A Major General commands each division and a Brigadier commands each brigade. Several of the divisional brigades operate interdentally of their divisional command. A Lieutenant General commands a RSM CORP. A General commands an RSM ARMY GROUP and as a whole a Field Marshal commands the RSM.

The RSM also provides marines for shipboard security and for ceremonial duties the numbers varies from ship to ship and also what sort of mission the RSN warship is going on.

The RSMC have only one division this division is separate from the normal RSM divisions and is used for raids against enemy rear lines of supply and to conduct commando operations against the enemy’s rear areas. The RSMC division has 3 brigades of 5,500 commandoes giving a total of 16,500 with a divisional support regiment of 3,200 bring the RSMC division to the grand total of 19,700 commandoes. A Lieutenant General commands the RSMC division and a Major General commands each brigade.

Ranks within the RSN and RSM

Admiral of the Fleet…………Field Marshal
Admiral……………………...General
Vice-Admiral………………...Lieutenant General
Rear Admiral………………...Major General
Commodore………………….Brigadier
Captain………………………Colonel
Commander………………….Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant-Commander……...Major
Lieutenant……………………Captain
Sub-Lieutenant……………….Lieutenant
Ensign………………………...Second Lieutenant
Warrant Officer………………Warrant Officer Class 1
………………………………..Warrant Officer Class 2
Chief Petty Officer…………...Colour Sergeant
Petty Officer………………….Sergeant
Leading Rating……………….Corporal
………………………………..Lance Corporal
Ordinary Rating………………Marine
Please note that some RSN ranks do not have a RSM equivalent.

The RSM division have their own troop carrying ships these are converted freighters, the converted freighters are not very good so the RSM along with the RSN will start receiving the Ark Royal class troop carriers. The Ark Royal class is based on the Vanguard class Super battleships but with most of the heavy armament removed. The removal of the heavy phaser cannons and most of the photon torpedo launchers releases a large volume of internal space and with a shifting of the internal layout of the vessel; this allows a RSM Brigade to fit into the new Ark Royal design.

The RSM will eventually start to receive 100 of these Ark Royal class troop carriers from 2391 onwards.

In times of war the RSM can call upon the regular army units of the RSC member countries to provide additional

RSC Intelligence (including Section 31)

RSC Intelligence was set-up when the RSC was formed in the early 21st century and a combined intelligence unit pooling the intelligence resources of the RSC member countries. The RSC Intelligence has is main headquarters on Earth London with secondary headquarters in all the capitals on Earth and also on all 31 colony systems.

RSC Intelligence also has 50 Shadow class stealth ships. The Shadow class is a usual design that it departs from the saucer design of the current RSC/RSN ships. The front half of the ship is shaped like an arrowhead and the rear half is squared of, the warp nacelles run the length of the rear half. The Shadow class is coloured black and has sensor bafflers along the hull and its sublight engines are muffled to reduce to a minimum any emissions when cloaked. The armament consists of only 8 twin phaser banks and no Spearfish torpedo launchers. The Shadow class is equipped with a normal cloaking device. With a length of 211 meters and a maximum warp speed of warp 9 with burst of warp 9.6 for short periods. This ship is virtually impossible to detect at low warp and at impulse speeds.

Section 31

The four founding members of the RSC Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia formed the RSC Intelligence off shoot intelligence organisation Section 31. The existence of this organisation is not known to very many people outside the Section 31 inner circle even within the other RSC members have very little knowledge of Section 31 existence or what sort of operations Section 31 carries out.

Section 31 also operates its own version of the Shadow class stealth ships 20 of these ships are operated by Section 31. These are identical in design to the RSC Intelligence version but they have a phasing cloak and they also have modified Spearfish torpedo launchers fitted that can fire phased torpedoes, each ship carries 50 phased spearfish torpedoes. The Section 31 Shadow class stealth ships cloaking device has two cloaking modes Phased and Normal, in normal cloak the Shadow class can fire its phased spearfish torpedoes. In Phased cloak the Shadow class cannot fire its torpedoes. When a Section 31 Shadow class stealth ships is on a mission the ship will spend the entire mission cloaked.

Section 31 officers wear no uniforms or any form of identification to identify them as Section 31 officers. They normally will identify themselves as RSC Intelligence officers or as RSN personal using one of their many cover identities.

Corporations and Company’s with the RSC


The RSC has a large number of company’s that not only operate on a planetary scale but also a multi planetary scale within the RSC and also within the Alliance and outside the Alliance with none Alliance members. As the RSC in 60% of the cases got their first the RSC member companies have managed to secure a large share of the markets with those alien races.

The RSC company’s operate a space based merchant marine with the ability in time of war to draft these ships into the Royal Space Navy Merchant Marine (RSNMM) under the Ships Taken Up From Trade (STUFT), these are a wide range of freighters, space liners and other types to provide the RSC and the RSN with an enlarged logistics chain.

The RSC and the Alliance

The RSC is one of the founding members of the Alliance along with the UESPA, Vulcan’s, Andorians and the Tellarites, these four member races make up the Alliance security council and each one of the four members has the power to veto any motion put before the Alliance security council. The Alliance consists of over 100 members and a lager number of none members who just trade with either the Alliance as a whole or with individual Alliance members. The RSC has seen its influence go up after the end of the Dominion war and is continuing to expand its diplomatic sphere of influence steadily.

The size of the Alliance is slowly growing by adding up to one or two new member species per year.

To be continued……..

Next – Part 39 – Organisation of the UESPA and Starfleet

 

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Part 39 – Organisation of the UESPA and Starfleet

The UESPA was formed out of the remaining members of the old UN after Earths third world war with the RSC countries breaking away. The UESPA Security Council is composed of four permanent members China, France, Russian Federation and the United States and ten non-permanent members on a rotating 2-year term. Each of the four permanent members can veto any decision made. The four permanent members can veto any decision that they don’t like so the decision making process can be a long one and sometimes not lead to a decision at all.

Starfleet headquarters are based in San Francisco and the UESPA are in New York and Geneva on Earth. The Geneva headquarters was a compromise by the US to the old EU, rather than having all the headquarters in the US it was decided to split them and have Starfleet headquarters in San Francisco and the UESPA in New York and Geneva for political reasons.

The UESPA has 70 colony systems made up from the various member countries each member countries is responsible for setting its own colony and must find all of the funding from its own countries income and resources. Most of the UESPA member countries club together to colonise a planet to spread the cost between them. The main reason why the UESPA expanded too quickly is because every member of the UESPA wanted a colony of its own or at least part of a planet shared with other UESPA member(s). The four permanent members each have their own colonies.

The UESPA would stabilise at 70 colony systems spread over a large amount of space, these would be in the form of “islands” of UESPA space with routes between each “islands” though Alliance controlled space. The current focus is to rebuild those colonies that were occupied during the Dominion war this is occupying much of the UESPA time, money and resources.

There is no one currency within the UESPA each member country uses its own currency with the Alliance and beyond though the US dollar and the EU Euro are to of the most promonent currencies within the UESPA.

The population of the UESPA is just over 62 billion people.

The UESPA still sell its second hand star ships to UESPA member countries for use in there our system defence forces. This has to be done to raise the extra income to partly fund new ships and to upgrade existing ships. This means that not only does Starfleet have to keep an eye on its enemies but it also has to keep an eye on its own people to make sure that they do not start a war with anyone else (though this is unlikely to happen).

This is a large drain on Starfleet resources but they have found a solution by the building the new Defiant Class ships that will be used for system defence but also to keep an eye on each countries on space forces and what they are up to. The UESPA fully backs Starfleet in its building program and has even provided some extra funding over the next few years so that they do not get a repeat of the Cardassian occupation of any UESPA colonies ever again.

Starfleet


Starfleet is charged with protecting UESPA space and the colonies with the UESPA sphere, Starfleet command answers to the UESPA Security Council.

When the Dominion war start had a large number of different types of star ships, during the Dominion war starlet command reduced the number of different types of star ships being produced to the three main types Defiant, Sovereign and the Nebula this is something that they should have done a long time ago by the politics got in the way.

Starfleet has grown in size since the Dominion war to just over 13,500 ships of all types. The three main classes are the Defiant, Sovereign and the Nebula. These three ship classes would form the backbone of Starfleet for the next few decades. The size of the fleet will increase over the next few decades with the majority of Starfleet vessels being the Defiant Class. The Defiant Class will primary be used for system defence and convoy escort.

Starfleet command receives one percent of each countries GDP to fund its fleet and the shipyards that build them.

Starfleet do not operate any kind of marine force, they do have Starfleet Security as an on board force and to be used to protect away teams on a planets surface. During the Dominion war Starfleet Security had to act as a marine force in every way but name as it was judged by Starfleet command that calling Starfleet Security marines would have political consequences and could not be done. Starfleet Security has no formal divisional structure the security forces that are based on a ship or a planet will be considered one unit whatever the size of that unit.

So now Starfleet Security is in reality a marine force but still referred to as Starfleet Security.

Ranks within Starfleet and Starfleet Security

Fleet Admiral
Admiral
Vice Admiral
Rear Admiral
Commodore
Fleet Captain
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant
Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
Ensign
Master Chief Petty Officer
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Chief Petty Officer
Petty Officer 1st Class
Petty Officer 2nd Class
Petty Officer 3rd Class
Crewman 1st Class
Crewman 2nd Class
Crewman 3rd Class
Cadet

Starfleet Intelligence


Starfleet Intelligence is an intelligence agency of the UESPA. Starfleet Intelligence is entrusted with foreign and domestic espionage, counter-espionage, and state security. Though it cannot deal with internal disputes within the UESPA it is charted to keep an eye on all none UESPA governments. But Starfleet Intelligence dose keep an eye on the member countries on space forces and what they are up to as well as external threats.

Currently Starfleet Intelligence spends 45% of its time keeping an eye on UESPA members to make sure that they are not about to do anything daft or illegal that some UESPA member try and do an a regular basis such as sell arms to planet that have not achieved warp capability yet, as this sort of business is illegal not only within the UESPA but also within the Alliance.

Starfleet Intelligence did quite well during the Dominion war as has seen it funding increase by fifteen percent during and after the Dominion war.

Corporations and Company’s with in the UESPA


The UESPA also has a large number of company’s that not only operate on a planetary scale but also on a multi planetary scale within the UESPA and also within the Alliance and outside the Alliance with none Alliance members. The UESPA had to make do with the 40% the remaining market after the RSC companies had got their first.

The UESPA and the Alliance

The UESPA is one of the founding members of the Alliance along with the RSC, Vulcan, Andorians and the Tellarites, these four member races make up the Alliance security council and each one of the four members has the power to veto any motion put before the Alliance security council. The Alliance consists of over 100 members and a lager number of none members who just trade with either the Alliance as a whole or with individual Alliance members.

The UESPA has seen its influence go up slightly after the end of the Dominion war and is continues to try and expand its diplomatic sphere of influence within the Alliance.

The UESPA must go the RSC colony of New Gibraltar where the Alliance headquarters are based.

Next – Part 40 – Darkest Hour

 

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Part 40 – Darkest Hour


In 2384 the Borg returned to attack the Alliance, the first stages of the Borg attack would come though a new transwarp hub to the Alpha quadrant after Species 8472 retreated back into fluidic space.

A transwarp hub was a structure used by the Borg to connect their network of transwarp conduits and to keep them open for immediate use. The transwarp conduits made it possible for the Borg to travel much faster than warp. As a result, the transwarp hubs were of vital strategic and tactical importance to the Borg because they made it possible to deploy vessels very quickly to anywhere in the galaxy. Each hub could connect to thousands of transwarp conduits with possible endpoints in all four quadrants of the galaxy, giving the Borg an enormous strategic advantage. The structure was supported by a series of interspatial manifolds.

With the war with Species 8472 a large number of these transwarp conduits were damaged not allowing the Borg to transport large numbers of vessels from Borg space in the Delta quadrant to other parts of their space and to other quadrants.

Early in 2384 the Borg sent two cubes to the Alpha quadrant to confirm that the rebuilt transwarp conduits were working ok. Both Borg cubes emerged in the Alpha quadrant and were spotted by a Vulcan science vessel that sent out an alert and calling for assistance.

The Alliance responded very quickly to the Borg threat and dispatched a task force of several hundred Alliance member ships to deal with the Borg incursion into Alliance space. The Alliance task force dealt with the two Borg cubes very quickly, but that was not the end of the Borg invasion of Alliance space. The Borg had dispatched four more Borg cubes though the transwarp conduit to the Alpha quadrant, the Alliance task force also destroyed these four cubes.

After several communications between the task force commander and Alliance headquarters on New Gibraltar additional ships would be sent to reinforce the task force that was at the Borg transwarp conduit exit point. Over the next few weeks the Alliance task force would be enlarged as more and more Borg vessels came though the Borg transwarp conduit exit point until the number of Borg cubes forced the Alliance task force to withdraw from that area of space and regroup at New Gibraltar.

At this point there were now several hundred Borg cubes at the transwarp conduit exit point consolidating their position. The Borg foothold in the Alpha quadrant and in Alliance space was being established. With more Borg vessels coming out of the transwarp conduit exit point every day.

In a meeting in the Alliance headquarters on the RSC colony of New Gibraltar the Alliance senior command and the Alliance Security Council assumed that the Borg would use the same tactic as last time, in that most of the Borg fleet would head for the Alliance headquarters on the RSC colony of New Gibraltar and a smaller group would head for Earth, this assumption would be proved very wrong.

The Alliance gathered as many warships that could get to the defence of New Gibraltar in time from the different member races of the Alliance. The bulk of the defence forces would be the two RSN task forces based in the New Gibraltar system for system defence. The rest would come from Alliance member worlds whose ships could get to New Gibraltar in time. On the RSC colony of New Gibraltar a state of emergency had been declared and all military units were mobilised this included the British Army garrison on the colony.

The Borg move out from their transwarp conduit exit point to what appeared to be a direction for New Gibraltar in large numbers estimated to be several thousand strong. The Borg on reaching a point where they should have turned towards the RSC colony of New Gibraltar instead the Borg turned towards Earth.

On hearing the news that the entire fleet Borg has turned towards Earth the Alliance orders all available ships to Earths defence. On Earth the RSC issues an order to all 10 of its member countries to fully mobilise its military forces to defend itself. The UESPA also issues similar orders but due to the fragmentary nature of the UESPA command this order is carried out to various degrees.

Earth


On Earth the RSC head of the Imperial General Staff Field Marshal Mark Matthews from his underground bunker complex in Northwood begins the task of organising the defences with the other RSC countries and trying coordinate with the UESPA. The first line of defence will be the multiple orbital battle stations’ in geo stationary orbit above each RSC member country. The next line will be a combination of shield generators and anti transporter generators to prevent the Borg from just beaming into a major city or onto any military base. This will force the Borg to assault any RSC military or civilian stronghold by ground assault, which will be very costly on Borg drones. The final line will be the ground troops defending the various RSC military and civilian stronghold locations. Every reserve solider, marine and even police are put in to the defence lines for the various stronghold locations throughout the RSC member counties.

The evacuation of most of the British royal family (except Prince Albert and Princess Mary who both insist on staying with their troops in London) is ordered as well as several key political and military leaders. After this is done the evacuation of the civilian population is ordered and almost every ship available from the Royal Space Navy Merchant Marine (RSNMM) under the Ships Taken Up From Trade (STUFT) is ordered to Earth to begin the evacuation of the civilian population before the Borg’s arrival

The UESPA member countries would make similar preparation on their own defences and begin fortifying their own strongholds all over the planet; also the UESPA Moon and Mars colonies were being fortified against attack in a similar way to Earth. The UESPA also hired in a large number UESPA member counties to begin evacuation of a large proportion of the civilian population as possible before the Borg’s arrival.

The UESPA member countries also placed their defences around their large population centres and major military bases, with their own versions of the shield generators and anti transporter generators to prevent the Borg from just beaming into a major city or onto any military base.

Space


Section 31 leadership makes the decision to use all 15 of is Shadow class spy ships that are available for operations and within range to intercept the Borg armada and try to slow its advance to give the RSC and the Alliance a chance to get their combined fleets into place to defend Earth.

The fifteen Section 31 Shadow class spy ships intercepted the Borg fleet at high warp while under phased cloak. Each ship targeted a Borg cube and fired destroying fifteen Borg cubes with the first salvo then another fifteen Borg cubes with the second salvo. The Borg reacted by dropping out of warp, for the Borg this was a bad idea as it would be more difficult to try and locate the fifteen Section 31 Shadow class spy ships as these ships would be at impulse speed rather than warp which would make them harder to detect. This would leave the fifteen Section 31 ships relatively free to engage the Borg cubes.

Over the next few days the fifteen Section 31 ships destroyed just over 200 Borg cubes before running out of torpedoes forcing the Section 31 ships to break off the engagement to rearm. This action gave the RSC and the UESPA and the Alliance time to bring the combined fleet to Earth. But the Alliance was unaware of this action by Section 31.

There were just over 30,000 Alliance warships of all classes gathered to defend the Earth against 25,772 Borg vessels. With half the Alliance fleet made up of the two Earth members the RSC and UESPA the rest where Alliance member vessels and 80 Warlock II class from the Maquis and several hundred Kingon vessels had also arrived in time before the Borg’s arrival. The further away from Earth the fewer ships other Alliance member races could send in time to help in the battle.

None of the ships from the RSN fifth fleet would be coming to the battle for Earth, this force would act as a reserve force to not only guard the 35 RSC colonies but to form the core to rebuild the RSN fleet is the worst happened and to carry on the fight against the Borg.

On the 20th July 2384 the Borg approached the Pluto defence line, the battle of Pluto was about to begin.

The battle started gradually with a few skirmishes and then escalated into a full-scale space battle. With both side taking heavy losses with the exchange of fire between the two fleets growing ever closer and eventually the two fleets were engaged in a free for all massive space battle. The space around Pluto’s orbit was lit up with an amazing light show of deadly weapons fire exchanges.

The RSN was making some headway against the Borg as their warships had heavier armament than most of the other member races of the Alliance. But the Borg had called for more reinforcements. Over the next few days the combined Alliance fleet was pushed back towards Earth the warships crews knew that they were fighting a losing battle but they kept fighting as they knew that they would be able to buy more time for more of Earths civilian population to be evacuated.

After 15 days of intensive fighting the Alliance fleet was down by 50%, though most of the Alliance ships had been disabled rather than destroyed the Borg had not had time to assimilate the ships crews allowing the ships crew to make hurried repairs and exit the combat area for more extensive repairs.

On day 16 of the battle several Borg cubes had made it though the defence line and were making a run for Earth, the RSN orbital battle stations in geo stationary orbit destroyed these cubes. But before being destroyed the Borg were able to beam 500,000 drones into the outskirts of London to try and begin assimilating the population before being destroyed.

The defences around London opened fire almost immediately on the Borg drones destroying with the first salvo just over 100,000 drones. The second wave was proving more resilient to the phaser fire and it was taking the combined phaser fire of 10 soldier’s phaser rifles to destroy one Borg drone. The combat would be intense on the ground with some troops resorting to using grenades and heavy weapons to destroy individual Borg drones. With the rest of the planet was quiet, as the Borg seemed to be concentrating on London for the time being. It was estimated that the remaining 300,000 odd Borg drones that they were trying to get into London would be destroyed unless they received reinforcements soon.

All over the planet similar but smaller battles were raging the Borg where finding it very hard to make any headway against the well fortified positions of the large population centres and major military bases that had been well fortified.

In space the battle was not going well for the Alliance fleet as the Borg were able to reinforce their fleet more quickly that the Alliance was able to. After day 20 the Alliance fleet was now unable to stop all the Borg cubes from penetrating the combined Alliance fleet, as the Alliance did not have enough ships left to defend all that gaps.

Some ships had taken to ramming the Borg cubes others were being boarded by the Borg and were involved in fierce firefights with their own ships, when the outcome looked as though the Borg would gain control of a ship the ship either activated its self destruct or was destroyed by another Alliance vessel to prevent the remaining crew members from being assimilated. Very few Alliance crewmembers were fully assimilated by the Borg because of this course of action. The RSN ships had the added advantage of RSM on board to the Borg had even more of a fight on their hand on these ships some RSN ships had managed to destroy the Borg intruders and restore there shield and engines and move clear of the combat area to effect more long term repairs.

Casualties on both sides were high but the Borg casualties were higher, the Borg could afford the casualties the Alliance could not.

This would be Earths Darkest Hour.

Will Earth survive the Borg assault or not ?

To be continued……

Next – Part 41 – Assimilation!




Part 41 – Assimilation!


On day 20 the Borg had gained a foothold in Earths orbit as was beaming down additional Borg drones onto the surface to begin the assimilation process and to add to the forces already on the ground. Assimilation was turning out to be a difficult task for the Borg, as the various strongholds over the surface of the planet were proving very difficult to capture and very few people were being assimilated. Some of the orbital battle stations were still operational and making the Borg’s task even more difficult.

The defences varied from country to country depending on what resources that country had available. The RSC member countries operating on a united front was in a far better position than the rest of the planet because all RSC member countries were operating with the same equipment. Those UESPA countries that could afford first-rate defences have a good prospect of holding out link the US, France, Germany, Switzerland, Russia and China etc. The UESPA member countries were operating a unified command just like the RSC but the UESPA member countries each had their own equipment, which was produced buy those members manufacturing companies.

The Starfleet headquarters in San Francisco and the UESPA headquarters in both New York and Geneva were very heavily defended not only by the US and Swiss governments military but also by heavily armed Starfleet security personnel. Giving these three UESPA cities has added protection against the Borg attack.

Day 21 the bulk of the Alliance fleet had changed tactics to stopping any more Borg vessels from linking up with the Borg vessels in Earth orbit. The current strength of the Alliance fleet was just over 9,500 warships available for combat; all of these ships has some form of battle damage but are still combat capable. The Borg has about 4,000 vessels left, but these ships are fully operational, the Borg reinforcements are keeping the Alliance fleet from helping Earths military forces on the ground.

Day 22 a task force of 50 warships from the RSN approached Earth under cloak, these 50 warships were lead by HMSS Eclipse and have 4 Advanced Vanguard class and 45 Advanced Invincible class ships as part of an upgraded task force Eclipse. Vice-Admiral James West on the bridge of HMSS Eclipse watches as the ships of his task forces get closer to Earth to try and destroy as many Borg vessels as possible before having to withdraw from combat.

When the ships are in range the Eclipse is the first to de-cloak and open fire on the Borg ships in Earth orbit this is the signal to the other 49 ships to do the same and join in the fight. The ripple of phaser fire and photon torpedoes has a devastating effect on the Borg ships, within the first minute 73 Borg vessels are destroyed. The Borg has been caught unprepared for this attack, but they recover quickly and begin their counter fire on the attacking RSN vessels, the Borg counter fire has little effect as all the RSN attacking vessels have been fitted with the upgraded Mark 2 point defence system (PDS) and this defence system is very successful in destroying incoming Borg torpedoes, thus forcing the Borg have to rely on beam weapons to stop the RSN vessels and this has reduced the amount of firepower of each Borg vessel can put out and lessening the damage each Borg cube can do.

After two hours of combat the 50 RSN vessels have suffered no casualties and very little battle damage. The Borg on the other hand has lost 311 vessels to the combined firepower of the RSN vessels, though the Borg still have superior numbers they Borg vessels begin to withdraw to the rendezvous point were the Borg reinforcements are battling the Alliance fleet, much to the surprise of Vice-Admiral West who is wondering what the Borg are up to.

The RSN task force dose not pursue the retreating Borg vessels but the goes into low earth orbit to help destroy the Borg drones on the surface that are attacking the various strong points by using their phaser in space to surface support fire for the troops defending the strongholds.

On the Surface the troops who are battling the Borg drones are unaware of what is happening in orbit. The fighting is getting more and more ferocious and desperate as the Borg drones keep attacking, the Borg have adapted to the phaser weapons and individual fire does now work against a single Borg drone only combined fire will kill a Borg drone. Around London they have the advantage of having the Household Cavalry division. The British Household Cavalry is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660. The regiments are Guards regiments and form Britain's Household Division with the five Foot Guards regiments.

The Household Cavalry is equipped with the best equipment first as this is “shown off” during state visits by Alien and Earth government to London. The equipment includes several hundred repulsesor-armoured vehicles with turret mounted phaser cannons, these armoured vehicles weapons prove very useful in destroying Borg drones, they also have their own force field generators to protect them from incoming fire and they can provide additional cover for the troops. With this level of firepower available the London outer perimeter is holding (roughly in line with the old M25).

In orbit HMSS Eclipse and its accompanying ships fires a series of probes into the atmosphere to give the ships targeting systems a better lock on were the Borg drones are. The fire from the RSN ships is nothing less than spectacular as tens of thousands of Borg drone are disintegrated by the phaser fire from the RSN vessels in orbit. Within two hours of entering orbit over the RSC countries the Borg on the surface have been destroyed.


The UESPA had been waiting for the RSN to archive some sort of success with the attack and had its own task force of 76 starships waiting at the edge of the solar system to follow though if the RSN task force was showing signs of breaking the Borg attack. With the surprise withdrawal of Borg vessels from Earth orbit, Starfleet sent in its own ships to eliminate the Borg drones around its own strongholds. These ships included the Intrepid Class ship USSS Voyager Captained buy acting Captain Tom Paris after Voyager’s Captain had been killed in combat with the Borg in the first days of the battle. Using Voyager’s ability to enter the atmosphere of Earth and then using Voyagers phaser arrays to destroy the Borg drones around UESPA member countries strongholds along with other Starfleet vessels.

This is part of a join mission to retake Earth orbital space between the UESPA and the RSC along with the other member races of the Alliance in a coordinated attack. By using the bulk of the combined Alliance fleet to keep the Borg from receiving any reinforcements it was hopped that this attack would give the Earths land forces on the planets surface a short breather. The plan went better than expected with the unexpected Borg vessels orbiting Earth withdrawing to rendezvous with the other Borg vessels at the edge of the solar system.

Day 23, after the Borg withdrawal to the edge of the solar system to regroup this gave the much-depleted Alliance fleet time to regroup itself and make some hasty repairs and receive some warship reinforcements. Though still involved in combat skirmishes with the Borg the Alliance fleet could with draw most of its fleet for a short period of rest and reequipping.

Day 26, the Borg having managed to reinforce their fleet and bring it up to 18,757 vessels with more ships on the way. The Alliance has only 11,081 vessels available for the defence of Earth as the rest are still too badly damaged and have withdrawn from the solar system from more extensive repairs or are unable to arrive in time to help.

The Second Coming


On Day 29, the Borg fleet is now 23,992 vessels strong compared to the Alliance fleet of just 11,673. The Borg vessels are now moving very slowly forward using a form of tachyon detection grid scan to detect ships with normal cloaking devices (though this will not detect the phase cloaks of the Section 31 ships operating within the solar system).

The Borg fleet moves ever closer to Earth at its slow pace and is taking much lower losses than before the Borg have adapted to the tactics of the Alliance. The Borg are using steamroller tactic of slowly moving forward into the solar system crushing any ships that get in the Borg’s way.

The Alliance is now even more desperate in the tactics that it is using against the Borg fleet, but every Borg ship that is damaged on the edge of the Borg fleet withdraws into the centre of the Borg fleet to begin regeneration, using this new tactic the Borg’s ship losses are very small compared to the first attack. The Alliance fleet with so many different warships from most member races including both Earth governments, Vulcan’s, Andorians, Tellarites etc don’t have the same advantage as the Borg to regenerate their ships in the same way and in the same short timescale.

The Alliance is loosing the battle for Earth it will only be a matter of time before the Borg reach Earth and this time they will be able to land millions of drones all over the planet at the same time.

As the Borg fleet approaches the moons orbit under constant fire from the Alliance fleet. A sudden blinding light that appears in front of them and stops the Alliance fleet from attacking the Borg fleet.

When the light fades what faces the Alliance fleet astounds them.

To be continued…….

Next – Part 42 – God help us all!




Part 42 – God help us all!


When the light had faded the two fleets were separated by another large vessel.

On board USSS Voyager Captain Tom Paris recognised the vessel as V'Ger (Voyager 6). The aspect of V'Ger was huge, with even the largest starship seeming microscopic in comparison. From the files Captain Paris read that the construction of the interior of the vessel was mostly symmetrical, but with few indications as to its nature or purposes. Organic in appearance, despite harbouring no biological life forms, the interior was multi-chambered, and contained circular apertures that could be closed or opened to prevent or allow passage from one section of the vessel to the next, the most prominent of which measuring in excess of one kilometre wide. As of the late 24th century, it remained the largest single space vessel ever encountered by any member of the Alliance.

With some quick thinking by Captain Paris he orders his communications officer to send a signal to V'Ger about what was happening to Earth and the Borg threat and ask for help, this would also include a log of the current battle and what was happening. It had been determined during the last encounter with V'Ger that V'Ger communicated on a frequency of more than one million megahertz (over one terahertz) and that at such a high rate of speed an entire message lasted only a millisecond.

While this was going on the Borg hailed V'Ger with the usual warning of assimilation, but as the Borg were not transmitting at the right sending rate and speed, V'Ger did not hear them this would prove a fatal mistake for the Borg.

When V'Ger received the information about the Borg attack and V'Ger response was nothing less than staggering. V'Ger fired at the Borg’s 23,992 vessels with energy bolts, one for every Borg vessels. The Borg ships responded with a hail of fire towards V'Ger that would have ripped apart any other vessel but the fire had no effect against V'Ger and just dissipated against V'Ger’s shields. The Borg vessel where eliminated by powerful, spherically-shaped 'bolts' of plasma energy emerging from the flank of V'Ger’s hull, those Borg vessels that tried to flee were also eliminated. The plasma energy 'bolts' also had the ability to go to warp speed; those Borg vessels that did manage to get to warp were also eliminated.

V'Ger also sent similar spherically-shaped 'bolts' of plasma energy towards the Alliance ships, but rather than destroying them these 'bolts' surrounded each Alliance vessel with an energy shield to protect them from attack, the same would happen to all the Alliance escape pods floating helplessly in the solar system.

The “battle” against the Borg lasted less than half an hour with all 23,992 Borg vessels eliminated by V'Ger, V'Ger then began to move out of the solar system towards the Borg’s transwarp conduit exit point and to deal with the Borg there. Once arriving at the transwarp conduit exit point V'Ger swiftly dealt with the Borg vessels there are also managed to collapse the transwarp conduit exit point so there would be no more Borg arriving though that transwarp conduit exit point ever again. V'Ger’s level of technology far exceeded that of the Borg and V'Ger’s power output was so high it was of the scale.

On V'Ger’s return to the solar system V'Ger would stand guard while the Alliance sorted its self out and made repairs to damaged vessels allowing them to get to a dry dock facility.

After a week of sorting out Earths defences up to a minimal level V'Ger was invited to the Alliance headquarters on the RSC colony world of New Gibraltar to answer some questions about why V'Ger had returned for a second time, V'Ger accepted and would go to RSC colony world of New Gibraltar and meet the Alliance council.

When V'Ger arrived at the RSC colony world of New Gibraltar V'Ger sent down two “probes” in the form of Lieutenant Ilia and Commander Decker that had joined with V'Ger so that V'Ger could evolve to a new level of existence and discover new replies and different dimensions that could not be discovered though logic.

The V'Ger “probes” had the memories of both Lieutenant Ilia and Commander Decker as well as V'Ger’s memories. The two “probes” explained that V'Ger had decided to return to see how its creators were doing and to return to its start point and then go off again to explore more of the universe. The Alliance council formally thanked V'Ger for saving not only Earth but in all likelihood the entire Alpha quadrant from the Borg.

V'Ger’s two “probes” also stated that the Borg were unlikely to come back again as the closest transwarp conduit exit point had been permanently sealed. But if the Borg did return V'Ger would leave a device behind to communicate with V'Ger and V'Ger would return to help not only Earth but the Alliance as well. With that V'Ger’s two “probes” said their farewells and disappeared back to V'Ger and V'Ger again disappeared in a blinding flash of white light to continue exploring.

Aftermath


With V'Ger’s departure all the Alliance’s members began the long process of rebuild their fleets. The RSC and UESPA had suffered the largest losses of the Alliance.

In the solar system the task of cleaning up all the debris begins, this cleanup will take 12 months to achieve. Most of the Borg debris will be destroyed and only a small proportion will be kept for analysis by the members of the Alliance.

The job of returning the people who were evacuated from Earth is also started this will take a least three years to achieve as some of the returning refugees will need to have there homes repaired/rebuilt as these home were damaged/destroyed in the battle will the Borg around the various strongholds on Earth.

A strong proportion of the Alliance fleet will remain the solar system until the two Earth governments have rebuilt there own defences. There is also a strong Klingon and Maquis warship presence in the solar system as part of their mutual defence pact with the RSC. The Maquis Warlock II class ships have proved their worth in fighting the Borg and out of the 80 ships sent by the Maquis they only lost 23, this support for the RSC will lead not only the RSC but the Klingon Empire go give more resources to the Maquis as thanks for their help against the Borg. The Klingons were unable to send a large fleet in time to help because of the distance between the Klingon Empire and Earth and the time it took to gather a large fleet together, but the Klingons did still send there fleet to help with the aftermath of the battle with the Borg.

The RSC took this “opportunity” to start a building program to replace all lost ships even those ships that could be repaired would be repaired and put back into operation until a new ship was available, it was estimated that it would take a least 5 years to rebuild the fleet this was the same amount of time it would take to rebuild those areas around the strongholds damaged by the Borg attack on Earth.

The RSC would continue to build new ships at an accelerated rate over the next few years until the ship numbers were back to pre Borg attack numbers.

The UESPA began a program of repairing those ships damaged in the Borg attack, but did not begin a program of building new ships to replace those ships that have been repaired only those ships that could not be repaired would be replaced. The shipbuilding program before the Borg attack would be continued with priority given to the three main Starfleet vessel types Defiant, Sovereign and Nebula.

The device that V'Ger left behind is a black sphere about 1,000 meters in diameter in high orbit around New Gibraltar, this area of space around V'Ger’s “black sphere” is quarantined to make sure that no accidents happen as no one knows what sort of defences the “black sphere” has.

By 2390 the Alliance is back to business as normal with no sign of the Borg returning in the near future. The other added benefit of V'Ger coming to the rescue was that the other major powers in the Alpha quadrant would now think twice before attacking and Alliance member race for fear of bring V'Ger’s wrath upon them.

In 2391 HMSS Royal Oak (Scott Class Mark VIII Explorer Cruiser) was sent on a mission that would open up new areas from exploration for the RSC and new dangers HMSS Royal Oak would go were no one has gone before.

To be continued…….

Next – Part 43 – Investigation

 

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Part 43 – Investigation


In 2391 HMSS Royal Oak a Scott Class Mark VIII Explorer Cruiser under the command of Captain Mark North is on a solo investigation of an area of space within RSC territory where several ships have disappeared over the past few years.

HMSS Royal Oak is a Scott Class Mark VIII Explorer Cruiser. This is based in the old Excalibur Class Combat Cruiser chassis, the Mark VIII Scott Class Explorer Cruiser has a length of 900 meters and a crew of 695 (with 300 Royal Space Marines for a total crew of 995) and a maximum continuous speed of warp of 9.99 and an armament of 26 dual phaser banks, 6 spearfish heavyweight photon torpedoes (4 forward and 2 aft) and also has the latest in regenerative shields, cloaking technology and next generation polarised hull plating armour. The Scott Class combines the best exploration equipment the RSC/RSN has and this is backed up by state of the art firepower. The Scott Class can operate a long way away from any base of operations and was designed to last for up to 10 years without re-supply if needed.

The Royal Oak has also been fitted with the latest in stellar cartographic scanning and analyses equipment with Professor Annika Hansen (Seven of Nine) onboard the Royal Oak to monitor her latest invention in stellar cartographic.

On arriving in the area of space were the ships had disappeared the Royal Oak begins a detailed survey of this are of space and detects a series of gravitational anomalies in the vicinity of the area of space were the ships had been lost. On approaching the gravitational anomalies with shields up the Royal Oak is suddenly hurled by one of the gravitational anomalies as it appears near the Royal Oak and moves the Royal Oak 10 light years from its previous position.

After recovering from the suddenness of the unexpected 10 light year trip Captain North orders that the Royal Oak back to were they started from before their sudden 10 light year trip. When Royal Oak arrives back at the area of space containing the gravitational anomalies this time Captain North orders that Royal Oak will use probes on this area of space rather than endangering Royal Oak. After several probes are destroyed by the gravitational anomalies it is suggested by Professor Hansen that the gravitational anomalies destroyed the ships that entered this area of space, but because HMSS Royal Oak had her shields up this stopped Royal Oak from being destroyed.

While Professor Hansen is giving a briefing to the senior staff of Royal Oak about the gravitational anomalies the Royal Oak is suddenly caught in one of the gravitational anomalies appearing out of no ward, even though Royal Oak was supposed to be at a safe distance from the gravitational anomalies. When the “ride” has ended the stars on the bridge view screen instead of the sparse stars of the edge of the Sagittarius arm, there are stars by the thousands, by the tens of thousands, a star field immeasurably brighter and denser than anyone on the bridge had ever seen.

Professor Hansen begins a series of scans to determine were they were, initially Professor Hansen thought that they were closer to the core of the Milky Way Galaxy and have travelled further than on the previous occasion. Professor Hansen says that her scan are unable to determine were they are in the Milky Way Galaxy and Professor Hansen is going to try and use external sources to try and confirm their location.

After several hours of work Professor Hansen finds out to her horror that HMSS Royal Oak in no longer in the Milky Way Galaxy but is in fact in another Galaxy that is at least several million parsecs from the Milky Way Galaxy, but Professor Hansen is as yet unable to determine what galaxy they are in at this time and will continue to try and find out were they area.

Further analyse of this galaxy reveals that the stars are in much closer proximity than in the Milky Way Galaxy this does not allow easy access too many external galactic points for reference.

Captain North decides to try and retrace their steps and try to return to their own galaxy to see if the gravitational anomaly goes both ways. After several days of trying with no success Captain North admits that the gravitational anomaly only seems to go one way.

After several hours of discussion with the ships senior staff it is decided to explore the surrounding star systems to see of their are any advanced civilisations that could possibility answer the question weather any other ships have suddenly come into that area of space from another galaxy over the past few years. It is decided to start with the nearest system which is just 9 light years away from their current position and has a similar star system layout to Earth.

A course is set for the near by star system at warp 3 just to make sure that they do not barge in on a first contact and get of on the wrong foot. After one day of travelling Royal Oak’s sensor operator picks up what appears to an unmanned satellite adrift in space. The second watch officer orders Royal Oak out of warp and request that Captain come to the bridge. On coming to the bridge Captain North asks for an analysis on the alien satellite.

The satellite looked like two pyramids glued together at the base slowly toppling end over at a very leisurely pace, Royal Oak’s science office report that the satellite is powered by a primitive fusion reactor with laser weapons and seems to be operating a very primitive sensor grid with a limited range with a length of 25 meters.

Captain North orders the Royal Oak’s shields up and to approach the satellite to see what is does and to achieve a closer and more detailed scan of the satellite to see if they can determine the satellite’s point of origin. When Royal Oak is within one million kilometres that satellite’s sensors are able to detect Royal Oak and the satellite stabilises itself with one end pointed towards Royal Oak. As Royal Oak slowly moves towards the satellite the science officer on Royal Oak’s bridge says that there is a power build-up within the satellite and the satellite’s laser weapons appear to be being charged. When Royal Oak is within 100,000 kilometres the satellite opens fire on Royal Oak with its lasers the lasers fire is easily absorbed by Royal Oaks shields.

Captain North asks if the satellite’s weapons can be disabled so that the satellite can be examined in more detail, the weapons office says yes and Captain North orders the satellite to be disabled, a very short burst from one of Royal Oaks phaser banks disable the satellites weapons. The phaser fire has not stopped the power build up in the satellite’s reactor and within 15 seconds of the lasers being disabled the satellite explodes. The explosion is defected by Royal Oaks shields, after making sure that there is no damage to the ship Captain North orders a resumption of the ships original course towards the nearest system.

After several uneventful days of travel Royal Oak arrives in the system and begins a slow entry into the system at one-quarter impulse. On approach to the fourth planet in the system the crew of the Royal Oak finds that the planet has been destroyed from orbit with what appears to be primitive nuclear weapons. Captain North asks if this was caused be some global conflict, the science officer says no, because it would one take able one percent of the estimated weapons used to destroy the planet, whoever did this wanted to make the planet uninhabitable for a very long time. The science officer estimated that this had been done at least two to three thousand years ago and it would take the planet a least another ten thousand years too start to recover if that was at all possible.

After spending several more days scanning the planet it was found that several miles below the planets surface there was a partially functional power source though it was impossible to say is their were any life forms alive due to the interference of the radiation and the depth at witch the power source was at. After another meeting of the senior staff it was decided to continue with the exploration of the surrounding systems.

On the way to the next system that was thought that could sustain life three more satellite’s were found of the same design but this time rather than trying to disable the satellite’s they were destroyed by phaser fire.

On arriving in the next system a similar planet was found that had been destroyed, but this planet had been destroyed by weapons similar to the photon torpedoes carried by Royal Oak and it was estimated that the destruction had happened over eight thousand years ago. Over the next few weeks the crew of the Royal Oak for several worlds that had been destroyed by a variety of different types of weapons going back at least ten thousand years.

After a month of exploring it was decided to go back to the start point and see if they could return to the Milky Way Galaxy, but after several days of trying with no luck. Captain North decided to strike out further a field at high warp and to only investigate one in every five systems to widen the search for any intelligent life in this galaxy.

What would the crew of Royal Oak find as they widen there search for a way home?

To be continued…….

Next – Part 44 – First Encounter

 

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Part 44 – First Encounter

On the 29th day Royal Oak encounters the first sign of life when the third watch science office on Royal Oak’s bridge reports a ship at maximum range travelling a warp 2. When Captain North arrived on the bridge he ordered a course to intercept the unknown ship at warp 8 and to continue to scan the surrounding space for signs of any more ships.

As Royal Oak closes on the unknown ship more information about the ship was found out. The ship was just over 166 meters long with one warp nacelle coming out of the back of a pyramid shaped front with an anti matter power core but with no dilithium crystals to focus the energy with a crew of eleven an armament of laser weapons and no torpedoes the maximum warp speed was estimated at just over warp 3. The unknown ship has a primitive sensor system that was only useful at short range and the unknown ship would most likely be unaware of Royal Oak’s presence unless Royal Oak got with the unknown ship sort ranged sensors.

For the next few hours Captain North decided to shadow the unknown ship just outside the unknown ships sensor range to see if they could pick up any signals or determine what course this unknown ship was taking and were this ship might be headed. After several hours of no activity at all Captain North orders the communications officer to send a standard hail and greetings on all channels towards the unknown ship, the response was a short communications burst and then nothing. The short communications burst was apparently a coded challenge of some sort. This coded challenge was given to the main computer to see it the computer could glean anything about the races language.

The unknown ship changed course heading towards HMSS Royal Oak, Captain North decided to drop out of warp and let the unknown ship approach. So with Royal Oak’s shields raised, they waited to see what would happen when the unknown ship detected Royal Oak on its sensors. The unknown ship continued to approach Royal Oak’s position at warp 2.5, when the ship was within sensor range the ship transmitted another short communications burst and then suddenly altered course and began to charge its weapons. Captain North order the helmsman to commence evasive action, the unknown ship opened fire on Royal Oak this fire was easily absorbed by Royal Oak’s shields. The unknown ship suddenly altered course and attacked again as soon as this attack run had finished the ship transmitted yet another communications burst this communication was slightly longer than the last two. Then the attack continued for the next half an hour the unknown ship fired its laser armament at Royal Oak’s shields with no affect.

During this time Royal Oak’s communications officer had tried unsuccessfully to communicate that Royal Oak was not hostile and that they come in peace, but no response from the unknown ship was received. Also during this time the science officer had noted that the lasers appeared to be being pushed beyond there limits and would not last long at the rate they were being fired. After another 15 minutes of fire the unknown ships laser started to give out and the science officer noted that the unknown ship seemed to have started a deliberate overload in its power core and on its next run would blow itself up as close as possible to Royal Oak trying to destroy both ships. On hearing this Captain North orders the helmsman to get Royal Oak away from this area as fast as possible, Royal Oak then leaps away at maximum warp speed.

As Royal Oak leaves the unknown ships sensor range the overload to the unknown ships power core is stopped and reversed according to Royal Oak’s science officer. Once Royal Oak is well outside the unknown ships sensor range but still within Royal Oak’s sensor range Captain North orders Royal Oak’s helmsman to bring the ship out of warp and to observe what this ship will do next.

After one hour the unknown ship sends another short burst transmission and then gets underway on a course that matches Royal Oak’s escape heading at warp 2. Captain North orders that Royal Oak should come around behind the unknown ship will beyond the unknown ships sensor range and see were the unknown ship is going and to continue to monitor the unknown ship until further notice. After following the unknown ship for two days Royal Oak’s communication officer picks up a similar incoming burst communication to the one the unknown ship sent two days ago. The unknown ship changes course and accelerates to warp 2.5 with Royal Oak still following.

The communication bursts appear to a highly compressed data stream of information the ones the unknown ship prior and during the attack on Royal Oak seems to be a description of Royal Oak with what appear to be size denominations and some sort of description of Royal Oak. The universal translator is still having trouble translating the language and it is estimated it could take several months to have a full translation of the alien’s language, unless they get more information on the alien’s language to shorten the time the translation of the alien language will take.

Thirty-six hours later Royal Oak’s sensor operator detects eleven more ships of a similar design to the ship that Royal Oak is currently following. All twelve ships rendezvous and after one hour all twelve ships would follow the course of the first ship and then they would follow the course Royal Oak took after its first encounter in an attempt at a pursuit course. What the crews of those twelve ships did not know is that they where being followed by the ship that they were supposed to be pursuing.

Another fifteen days later Royal Oak’s sensor operator detects five ships in front of the twelve that they have been following. These new ships are of a different design to the ones that Royal Oak is following. These new ships were larger with a length of 206 meters and being similar in design to the early UESPA NX series, but again with out the dilithium crystals to focus the energy just a bigger power plant. With what appeared to be a maximum speed of just over warp four and an armament of lasers and also had fusion missile launchers and has a crew of 43 each.

The encounter between these two different types of races was just the same as had happened to Royal Oak nearly 20 days ago. The twelve ships as soon as the five new ships came into their sensor range send their standard challenge to the five ships. The five ships did not send the same challenge instead they sent a broadcast across a wide range of frequencies, in what appeared to a hail and standard greeting.

The twelve ships start charging their weapons and changing course to attack the five ships, the five ships also charged their weapons and loaded their missile launchers. The battle between the two different races is very primitive and brutal, the initial exchange of fire between the two sides saw five if the twelve ships destroyed and they made their first pass with two of the five ships destroyed. Within several minutes all but one of the five ships was destroyed and two only two of the twelve ships remained. The remaining one of the five ships appeared to be heavily damaged and is trying to flee at impulse speed. The two remaining ships of the original appeared to have suffered moderate damage and were closing on the last of the five ships to finish it off.

At this point Captain North orders Royal Oak to action stations and with shield up moves Royal Oak between the last of the five vessels to protect it from the two remaining ships that Royal Oak had first encountered.

The affect of this action was that the two remaining vessels attacked Royal Oak with there lasers blazing at Royal Oak’s shields. Captain North orders the tactical officer to disable both the attacking vessels so that the last remaining of the five vessels can get to a safe distance. After the two remaining ships are disabled with a very short burst from Royal Oak’s phaser’s two remaining ships overload their reactors in a form of self-destruct.

The last of the five ships comes to a halt and sends a standard hail across a wide range of frequencies Royal Oak’s communications officer replies by sending a standard hail towards the alien vessel. Over the next few hours the communications team on board Royal Oak begin using the universal translator to communicate with this new alien race. The crew on the damaged alien ship appear to be trying to communicate with Royal Oak as well.

Basic first contact has been made with this new race in this galaxy.

To be continued…….

Next – Part 45 – Communication

 

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Part 45 – Communication

A day after the battle, first contact is established with the last of the five alien ships the aliens identify themselves as the Hosham. When visual communication is established with the Hosham vessel, the appearance of the Hosham appears to be very muscular in build and about six foot tall humanoid with no body hair. The Captain of the Hosham vessel identifies himself as Sonn Captain of warship number 206 and thanks Captain North for saving his vessel and its crew.

Captain North informs Captain Sonn that here represents the Royal Space Command and offers overtures of friendship to the Hosham and says that he was happy to help the Hosham against the hostile ships. Captain North asks if Captain Sonn would like to come on board Royal Oak for further discussions about each other’s cultures, Captain Sonn agrees and says that he will be over shortly in one of their shuttlecraft. Captain Sonn is unaware that Royal Oak has transporters and Captain North decides not to push the issue as this may cause an adverse reaction.

As the Hosham shuttle approaches Royal Oak’s main shuttle bay Captain Sonn seas the varst size of Royal Oak up close, the Hosham shuttle seems like a very small dot compared to the Hosham shuttle this impresses Captain Sonn greatly. On landing in Royal Oak’s main shuttle bay Captain Sonn is greeted by an honour guard of 12 Royal Space Marines. Captain Sonn is then escorted though Royal Oak to the main briefing room.

The first meeting between Captain Sonn and Captain North goes very well; Captain North explains how his vessel came to be in this galaxy and also explains the attack by the ships that attack the Hosham vessel and how they came to be following the unknown vessel. But Captain North does not give the precise location of were Royal Oak came into this galaxy. Captain Sonn explains that the only name they have for this unknown race is the Destroyers as their race name is unknown to any Hosham.

The Hosham first encountered the Destroyers fifty years ago when a Hosham exploration vessel was destroyed by several Destroyer ships, but the Hosham exploration vessel was able to send a warning to a nearby Hosham colony world before being destroyed. Several Hosham vessels were sent to the Hosham exploration vessels last known location, when they got there the Hosham vessels found that the Destroyers were still there. When the lead Hosham vessel tried to communicate with the Destroyers they were attacked without warning and several of the Hosham vessels were destroyed before the remaining vessels retreated.

Since that first encounter the Hosham have viewed the Destroyers as hostile but still try to communicate with them. Over the next fifty years as the Hosham explored they found countless worlds that had been destroyed by what they assumed were the ones they call the Destroyers. But Captain North points out that the Destroyers could not have destroyed all the worlds as some of the destruction goes back over several thousand years and the Destroyer technology is less capable than the Hosham. So the Destroyers must have been attacked by a superior foe and that is why they may just attack as soon as they detect any vessel that does not respond with the right coded transmission.

Captain Sonn has never thought about in those terms just that he was always under orders to destroy any vessel or vessels that attacked his ship or the ships within his group. Also Captain Sonn says that the Hosham are not strong enough to stand up to an attack by even one of the Destroyers ships for a prolonged period of time and suggests that the Royal Oak may have better luck in trying that.

But Captain North points out that this has already been tried when Royal Oak first encountered one of the Destroyers ships and tried to communicate with it with no success and when the Destroyers ships weapons were none functional the Destroyers ship tried to ram Royal Oak while overloading its anti matter core.

The meeting ends with Captain Sonn suggesting that they rendezvous as a predetermined point in one month’s time after Captain Sonn has informed his government of this peaceful contact with a new race Captain North agrees to this and they both pick a point in open space well away from the recent battle with the Destroyers.

Captain North decides to head to the first planet that they encountered to see if they can find out what the source of the power readings are, before they have to make the rendezvous in a month’s time. Also to see if there is a link to the gravitational anomalies that brought Royal Oak in to the galaxy.

On arriving in orbit around the fourth planet in the first system they encountered the science officer says they the power source is still their but appears to be stronger that last time and there appears to some sort of sensor system operating from within the planet. Captain North orders the shields to be raised just in case, what happens next surprises everyone on the bridge of Royal Oak.

The communications officer reports that someone down there is hailing Royal Oak on stand RSC frequencies also they appear to be sending the recognition codes of the civilian exploration vessel the British Space Survey Group Vessel (BSSGV) Ernest Shackleton. The BSSG Ernest Shackleton was lost in the same area of space six years ago just before the second Borg invasion charting the same gravitational anomalies as Royal Oak.

The British Space Survey Group (BSSG) is based on the old British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in the 20th and early 21st century, after the invention of warp drive the BAS changed from surveying the Antarctic to surveying space and has several custom built space ships. The BAS is 50% privately funded but the remaining 50% comes from the British government on the condition of this funding is that is the BSSG find anything of interest the British government has first refusal.

After confirming that the signal is correct Captain North orders a contingent of twelve RSM to go down to the underground facility and do a reconnaissance and report back. Using the transporter to transporter mode to boost the signal between two transporters so that the RSM’s will not beam into solid rock. After a tense few minutes the sergeant leading the twelve RSM signals back that the crew of the BSSGV Ernest Shackleton are alive and well in some sort of massive underground alien facility.

With the identity confirmed Captain North beams down into the underground facility to find out what happened to the BSSGV Ernest Shackleton and its crew. The Captain of the Shackleton Captain James Black explained that the same series of events the brought the Royal Oak to this Galaxy brought the Shackleton here six years ago. But unlike the Royal Oak the Shackleton was not designed for combat, so when the Shackleton encountered the race of aliens that Royal Oak had encountered and tried to make peaceful contact the Shackleton was fired upon, though the Shackleton’s shields were strong enough to absorb the aliens laser fire the Shackleton fled to this systems pursued by the alien ships that now numbered over fifty.

Though the Shackleton could keep outrunning the aliens they could not turn and fight them as their numbers would eventually break though the Shackleton’s shields to they decided to hide the majority of the crew in these massive underground caverns for safety while a skeleton crew drew the alien ships away from the planet.

The plan worked and the majority of the crew and scientists of the Shackleton were able to beam down in to the underground caverns with every bit of portable equipment that they could beam down and then the ships first officer with a skeleton took the Shackleton away from the planet to drew the alien fleet away from the survivors in the underground caverns. The first officer was due to return within a few months but it has been five years since the Shackleton departed and nothing has been heard. Captain Black assumes that the unknown aliens have destroyed by them or maybe they have encountered of the races that caused the destruction on the surrounding systems.

After Captain Black has finished reporting Captain North explains what happened to his ship and the encounter with a race known as the Hosham and the establishment of first contact with the Hosham. Also the Royal Oak has a rendezvous with the Hosham in twenty days from now to see of they can establish diplomatic relations with the Hosham.

Captain Black says that these underground caverns are not natural they have been drilled out and reinforced, these caverns were designed to house millions and the alien equipment that is still fictional down here the scientists says that the caverns have been here for over fifty thousand years and they were created by an unknown race and the race appears to have come from the Milky Way Galaxy to this system over fifty thousand years ago. The script on the machines is very difficult to translate and they have been having problems translating it, but just when Royal Oak arrived the equipment registered Royal Oak arrival in this galaxy and it appears the gravitational anomalies are not natural but artificial.

Also from the initial scans that the Shackleton it appears that another race set-up a colony on the surface of the planet without knowing what was down here and this race was destroyed by orbital bombardment. So that who ever created these caverns sometime over the previous fifty thousand years ago just abandoned this equipment presumably the creators of this were going to return but never did and there no indication why they left.

It has also been determined but the crew of the Shackleton that this “door” can be opened both ways but the crew of the Shackleton has been unable to do this because of the difficulty of translating the alien script. If both crews can work together in deciphering the controls then it may be possible to get home.

Captain North agrees and says that his first officer will remain behind with 100 Marines and 200 crewmembers from the Royal Oak to help translate the alien language and analyze the alien technology in the underground caverns. While this is going on Captain North will go to the rendezvous with the Hosham and begin peace negotiations with them.

A first step has been made for a possibility for the crew of Royal Oak to get home.

To be continued……..

Next – Part 46 – Treaty, Intelligence and Security

 

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Part 46 – Treaty, Intelligence and Security


Treaty

On arriving at the a rendezvous Royal Oak detected six Hosham ships, the lead Hosham ship hails Royal Oak saying that they have a Hosham diplomat onboard who wishes to discuss and alliance between the two races. Captain North says that he will meet the Hosham diplomat in Royal Oaks main hanger bay.

Once on board Royal Oak both sides get down to the business of negotiation on how this treaty will work. After several hours of work both sides have come to a rough agreement but the Hosham diplomat needs to know if Royal Oak has teeth and would be willing to end this war with the Destroyers. As if in answer to the question the comm. goes on and Royal Oaks second officer says that there are a group of 37 Destroyer ships headed in this direction.

On arriving on Royal Oak’s bridge with the Hosham diplomat to observe what is going to happen. Captain North orders that Royal Oak goes to action stations, and show the Hosham diplomat that Royal Oak can detect a threat and a greater distance than the Hosham ships can, this does not impress the Hosham diplomat that much. Also Captain North points out that the Royal Oak can easily out run the Destroyers ships this again does not impress the Hosham diplomat.

So Captain North orders the communications officer to send a warning to the Destroyers ships to withdraw or be destroyed. The Destroyer ships rather than moving away move to intercept the Royal Oak. Captain North orders the weapons officer to arm the four forward photon torpedo launchers and prepare to fire at individual targets on his command.

When the forward torpedo launchers are ready Captain North orders that the communications officer to sends another warning to the Destroyers, the Destroyers as usual choose to ignore the warning. Captain North orders that a single low yield torpedo be fired at the closest Destroyer ship to see if they get the message that Royal Oak can destroy their ships well outside the Destroyers ships weapons range.

After the first ships is destroyed the Destroyers ships still keep coming, then another two are destroyed and they still keep coming, then another four are destroyed but they still keep coming on. Only after another eight are destroyed do the remaining Destroyer ships withdraw from battle area. This does prove one thing in that the Destroyers can understand the warnings that Royal Oak sent the Destroyers simply chose not to respond.

After this incident the Hosham diplomat is convinced that forming an alliance with the RSC will be a good thing for the Hosham, even thought the RSC has only one RSN ship in this Galaxy. The Hosham diplomat returns to his ship and all the Hosham ships head of to report their success to the Hosham government.

The Hosham diplomat has arranged another meeting with Royal Oak in two months time to discuss their alliance in more detail when he has received further instructions from his government. Captain North agrees to another rendezvous point in deep space in two months time this rendezvous point will be in a different location to the current one and hopefully well away from the Destroyers.

Intelligence

While the negotiations with the Hosham are still going on, on the planet Royal Oaks crew along with the crew of the Shackleton have been trying to decipher the alien’s language in the many underground caverns. Royal Oaks RSC Intelligence officer Mark MacDonald has not been able to decipher the language beyond what the crew of the Shackleton have been able to do and it appears to be a dead end. Until the intelligence officer decides to try and run the language though the RSC intelligence database to see if there are any possible references to this language.

When Royal Oaks intelligence officer enters the language for a search against the RSC intelligence data base after a short while the screen goes blank and a notice comes up saying that a level 10S security clearance is required do you wish to enter the code or cancel. As officer Mark MacDonald has not even heard of a level 10S security clearance he decides to cancel the request until the Captain returns and report what happened to Captain North and to find out if Captain North has a level 10S security clearance or even knows what a level 10S security clearance is.

Until Captain North returns the RSC Intelligence officer Mark MacDonald and the two crews will have continue to try and translate the alien’s language without access to the intelligence data base which seems to hold the answer to the alien’s language, that is if Captain North has a level 10S security clearance. While the RSC Intelligence officer Mark MacDonald has been doing this he has been watched intensely by one of his junior annalists Kevin Davison. Once the RSC Intelligence officer stops trying to gain access to this information the junior annalists goes back to the work he was doing before.

Security

On Captain North’s return, Captain North receives a briefing about what has happen while he was in negotiations with the Hosham. Professor Hansen with her knowledge of the Borg has also been trying to decipher the alien language but also with no real success.

The RSC Intelligence officer Mark MacDonald explains that the information seems to be contained in a secure are within the intelligence data base but requires a level 10S security clearance to access the information and Officer MacDonald does not have that level of clearance to access the information.

When Captain North tries with his security code Captain North has no joy either in gaining access to the information and the ships computer will not even inform Captain North if anyone on Royal Oak has that level of clearance. So once again the team trying to translate the alien language is at another dead end and must continue the slow path that they are on for the moment.

The RSC Intelligence junior annalist Kevin Davison that had been observing what he could of most of the interaction between the senior staff was wondering what all the fuss was about. So one night when every one asleep he logs on to the RSC intelligence database using his level 10S security clearance to access the restricted information with the intelligence database. What he finds is stunning, in that a race that had thought to have died out over one hundred fifty thousand years before the caverns were constructed and the alien equipment was placed here fifty thousand years ago.

After reviewing the data Kevin Davison returns the computer to its previous settings so that no one would discover that the computer had been used and who has used the computer.

The security implications and the technology for the RSC were enormous and Kevin Davison has a lot of thinking to do over the next few days on what to do next.

What is Kevin Davison’s real identity and who is he working for and what has he found out about the creators of the caverns and the equipment in them?

After several days of thinking about what to do Kevin Davison has made his mind up and will go and see Captain North to try and sort something out so that the Royal Oak might be able to get home. Captain North is in his cabin on Royal Oak doing some paperwork and does not hear his door open or the fact that his door was locked with his own security code and no one but the Captain should be able to gain entry.

The first time Captain North is aware of someone in his cabin is when Kevin Davison clears his throat to get Captain North’s attention. Captain North is surprised but does recognise Kevin Davison as one of the RSC Intelligence junior annalists. Kevin Davison explains so Captain North that he has a level 10S security clearance to access the data needed to translate the alien language. Captain North asks why he had not divulged this information before, Kevin Davison says that the information is on a need to know basis and Captain North is not senior enough in the RSN to have access to this level of information.

Kevin Davison also explains that he outranks Captain North by a considerable degree and Captain North will have to follow his orders concerning the information that he will divulge to Captain North. If Captain North agrees he will release enough information to allow the controls to be used so that Royal Oak and the crew of the Shackleton can get back to their galaxy.

Captain North says that he does not believe Kevin Davison story, with a small sigh Kevin Davison says to the ships computer to recognise his level 10S security clearance, to which the computer confirms that Kevin Davison has a level 10S security clearance and Kevin Davison asks the computer to state his rank within the RSC, the computer replies the Kevin Davison rank level is equivalent to that of Vice Admiral in the RSN.

Before Captain North does not stand a lowly RSC Intelligence junior annalist but a very senior intelligence officer within the RSC. Kevin Davison stance has changed from being submissive to that of a predator making Captain North involuntary moves away from Kevin Davison by trying to lean further back into his chair and has to stop him self from doing this.

Captain North has now no real option but to obey Kevin Davison orders regarding the information that they will need to get back to their galaxy. So Kevin Davison gives Captain North limited access to the files that the two crews will need to get the alien equipment working and figure out how to use this equipment to see if it can get them home.

Kevin Davison also says that his true identity must remain a secret and orders Captain North to that effect even though Captain North is very confused by this whole episode he will obey they orders given to him by Kevin Davison for but if they get home Captain North is going to find out who Kevin Davison really is and who he is working for and why he was placed on Royal Oak without telling him.

Will the crews of Royal Oak and Shackleton be able to use this limited access to the alien language to operate the alien equipment and use the alien equipment to get home?

To be continued……..

Next – Part 47 – New Encounters and Breakthrough

 

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Part 47 – New Encounters and Breakthrough

New Encounters

A month after gaining limited access to the RSC intelligence information both crews work on translating the alien language have made some progress but it is estimated that it will take several more months of work before they understand the controls and what the controls do.

At the beginning of the second month Captain North sets of for the second rendezvous with the Hosham to continue to expand on the first meeting with the Hosham diplomat and hopefully get more information on this area of this galaxy.

The rendezvous appears to be on the outer limit of the area of space the Hosham have managed to explore and should be well clear of Destroyer patrols. After travelling a high warp for several weeks Royal Oak detects several ships at long range that appear to be involved in battle at the rendezvous point. Once within visual range Royal Oaks find that their Hosham are in battle with another race whose starships are like giant flying wings and seem to have the same policy of shoot first and don’t ask any questions. This new race seems to have disruptor style weapons and primitive shields.

Captain North orders Royal Oak to battle stations and joins the battle on the side of the Hosham against the unknown aliens. The aliens have six warships and the Hosham are down to three ships form what appears’ to be an original total of five ship with the remains of two destroyed Hosham ships. As soon as Royal Oak enters the battle the lead Hosham ships hails Royal Oak and thanks Captain North for his help.

Using Royal Oaks superior firepower to engage these alien vessels but unlike the Destroyers these new aliens do not seem to what to back down. These new aliens’ ships are also very tough and it takes two Photon torpedoes with a full yield warhead to destroy each enemy ship. The battle takes just over one hour before all six aliens’ warships have been destroyed.

Captain North wonders if most of the other alien races in this galaxy are as aggressive as the two out of the three races that Royal Oak has encountered so far.

After twelve days of negation with the Hosham diplomatic team Captain North signs a mutual defence pact with the Hosham and the RSC. This means that if either party is attacked the other side would come to its aid. This treaty does not include an exchange of technology just a mutual defence agreement between the two governments.

Both sides agree on a frequency to be used and the codes to be used by both sides if they need to contact each other. The Hosham are as yet unwilling to disclose the location of their home world and Captain North will not disclose the location of were Royal Oak is operating from, both sides agree that this is in each others best interest to keep each others location secret from each other just in case either is caught by one of the hostile races.

Both sides depart in the knowledge that they have both got a good deal out of the treaty. They also agrees to let each other know if they spot either of the two unknown races of any other potential races that either side may encounter. They also agree to meet again when Captain North signals the Hosham with a new rendezvous point in a few months time.

Breakthrough

During the two months the Royal Oak is away forging relations with the Hosham the joint teams of Royal Oak and Shackleton have made significant progress deciphering the controls of the alien equipment that appears to control the gravitational anomalies that brought both Royal Oak and Shackleton in to this distant galaxy. They have also found out that it is possible to send a ship back though the gravitational anomalies from this galaxy to their own Milky Way galaxy.

The alien equipment seems to be able to detect when a ship is in close proximity to the area in the Milky Way galaxy and lock on and transport the ship from the Milky Way galaxy to this galaxy and the alien equipment can also take a ship from this galaxy and transport it to the Milky Way galaxy. Though how this technology works is beyond the joint teams of Royal Oak and Shackleton all they have managed to do is get the alien equipment to work.

Also the alien equipment seems to only operate between this galaxy and the Milky Way galaxy and the joint teams don’t understand why this is just that the alien equipment seems to be fixed on these two galaxies.

All the teams will need to do is test their theory with a shuttlecraft to see if they can send the shuttlecraft back to the Milky Way galaxy and then bring the shuttlecraft back to this galaxy. On hearing this Captain North agrees and orders a shuttle to be operated for the trip and also that the shuttle should be flown remotely just in case this does not work.

After four days of preparation the shuttle is ready and Royal Oak is on station half a light year from were Royal Oak emerged in to this galaxy. The shuttle slowly emerges from Royal Oaks shuttle bay and begins to accelerate until the shuttle jumps into warp to make the short journey towards the point were Royal Oak emerged in to this galaxy.

After the shuttle emerges from warp at the entry point on remote control from Royal Oak, the shuttle has been pre programmed to send a signal if it mages to get to the Milky Way galaxy in one peace to RSC/RSN command telling RSC/RSN command what has happened to Royal Oak and were Royal Oak has been and the discovery of most of the crew of the Shackleton.

On the bridge Captain North is informed by the shuttlecraft operator that the shuttle is ready and via another shuttle in orbit around the planet contacting the alien control equipment that they are ready to see if the can send the shuttle back to the Milky Way galaxy. Captain North says that they have a go and with that the shuttle just seems to wink out of this galaxy.

Milky Way galaxy

Location – Milky Way galaxy – Royal Space Command territory location gravitational anomalies area, RSN Frigate Ajax on patrol at the edge of the restricted zone, current orders to warn and deny access to all vessels entering the area because of the danger poised by the gravitational anomalies.

After three months of being on patrol the crew of the RSN Frigate Ajax had gotten into a routine of warning the few vessels that tried to enter this area of space about the danger of the gravitational anomalies and shepherding them out of the danger area.

On the bridge of Ajax was her Captain Commander Richard Slomes who liked to think that very few things that could surprise him, but today he would get the surprise of his life. As Commander Slomes was about to go of duty to be replaced by his first officer as bridge officer, he was just rising from his captains chair when the sensor officer reported that a shuttlecraft had just appeared out of no ware in the middle of the gravitational anomalies and that the shuttle appeared to be broadcasting and IFF identifying it as one of the shuttles from Royal Oak.

On hearing this Commander Slomes suddenly sat back down again and then ordered his ship to action stations, the communications officer then reported that the shuttle was broadcasting a signal of RSN emergency frequencies and what appeared to be a compressed log of some sort. Commander Slomes ordered that the signal be recorded and the shuttle to be hailed, but just as the communications officer was about to hail the shuttle the shuttle vanished as quickly as it appeared and according to the sensor log the shuttle was only their for no more than 30 seconds before vanishing.

After a few moments of stunned silence on the bridge of HMSS Ajax Commander Slomes ordered stand down from action stations and to contact Rear Admiral Frost who commands the RSN ships patrolling the zone around the gravitational anomalies and report what has just happened.

Location - Unknown Galaxy

After waiting 30 seconds the technicians operating the alien equipment successfully used the equipment to transport the shuttlecraft back from the Milky Way galaxy. Half a light year away from the shuttlecrafts departure the crew of Royal Oak waited to see if the shuttlecraft returned intact. After an anxious 30 seconds wait the shuttlecraft reappears much to the relief of the crew of Royal Oak, the Royal Oak crew member who is remotely piloting the shuttlecraft reports that the shuttlecraft appears to have suffered no damage.

Captain North orders that the shuttlecraft to be brought back to Royal Oak for inspection and that after this has happened Royal Oak will return to the planet.

Later on inspection of the shuttlecraft if is found that is had made it to the Milky Way galaxy without so much as a scratch. Therefore Captain North says that Royal Oak will take the crew of the Shackleton onboard Royal Oak and leave a small volunteer crew to operate the alien equipment, the volunteer crew will have orders to bring though any ship that enters the transport area after Royal Oak has left the area of the gravitational anomalies in the Milky Way galaxy.

After several weeks of preparation Royal Oak is ready to go home leaving a volunteer detachment of 175 of Royal Oaks crew and 50 RAM’s for security will remain behind to operate the equipment.

On arriving at their entry point in to this galaxy the Royal Oak suddenly disappears from the unknown galaxy and reappears back in their home Milky Way galaxy.

The shock of the return of Royal Oak and the knowledge that Royal Oak has brought back that there is now the means to travel between two galaxies is now possible. The crew of both Royal Oak and the Shackleton are treated as heroes on their return. After the ceremonies and celebrations are over there will be a period of debriefing of both crews.

The only person missing from these ceremonies and celebrations is Kevin Davison what has happened to him and were has he gone and who was he?

How will the Royal Space Command use this new device and what implications will the possible exploration of the new galaxy have on not only the Alliance or the Alpha quadrant but the whole of the Milky Way galaxy, also why are most of the races in the unknown galaxy so hostile to one another.

To be continued……..

Next – Part 48 – Classified, Task Force Gathering and the Return

 

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Part 48 – Classified, Task Force Gathering and the Return

Classified

Earth orbit 30 November 2391 after going into geo stationary orbit over the UK a shuttle shoots from the shuttle bay of a RSN fast courier ship towards London’s shuttle port terminal at Heathrow. After entering Earths atmosphere the shuttlecraft is met by a squadron of Royal Air Force Kestrel atmospheric interceptors to escort the shuttle to Heathrow shuttle port.

On landing at Heathrow shuttle port the shuttlecraft is moved inside a hanger and the hanger doors are closed behind the shuttle. The shuttles occupant then leaves the shuttle and get in to an armoured Daimler hover car, the Daimler hover car leaves Heathrow shuttle port escorted by London’s metropolitan police hover car’s though the centre of London at high speed.

The destination is the forma location of the British Secret Intelligence Service at Vauxhall Cross which is the current headquarters for RSC Intelligence.

On arriving at the underground car park of RSC Intelligence the passenger of the Daimler gets out of the car and gets into a turbo lift. The computer in the turbo lift asks the occupant to identify himself, to which the occupant does and the turbo lift zooms downwards well under the hart of London.

Arriving at the destination the occupant of the turbo lift exits the turbo lift and walks down a corridor into a meeting room were the heads of the 10 RSC Intelligence leaders of there RSC member counties are waiting for him. Also at the head of the table is the unofficial head of Section 31 known as S and he welcomes one of Section 31 top agents back to the Milky Way galaxy and asks why Section 31 agent Kevin Davison has asked for this meeting.

Agent Kevin Davison explains that the technology that enabled travel between these two galaxies is of Iconian design and shows the assembled RSC Intelligence leaders the copy he has made of the aliens language and the Iconian language these two languages are the same. Agent Kevin Davison says that the underground facility was built at least one hundred forty thousand years after the Iconian’s had thought to have died out.

This means that the Iconian’s may have used this technology to escape from their enemies in the Milky Way galaxy over one hundred forty thousand years ago and that there is also a fait possibility that the Iconian’s may still be alive somewhere in the universe in one of thousands of galaxies.

The information that the crews of Royal Oak and Shackleton have should be restricted as quickly as possible and the both crews should be sworn to secrecy as a matter of urgency Even though the information will leak out the Alliance would be unlikely to peruse this as the RSC already has access to some Iconian technology. The RSC Intelligence leaders and the head of Section 31 S agrees’ and immediately issues orders to that effect.

On the RSC colony of New Malta the crews of both the Royal Oak and the Shackleton are just starting their debriefing when it is stopped and both crews are confined to quarters. The Admiral commanding the RSC military forces on the colony of New Malta says that the order has come for the head of the RSC Chef of Defence Staff and the crews are to be held until someone who is coming from earth will decide what to do next.

After several weeks of waiting their quarters they crew of both the Royal Oak and the Shackleton were told that they could leave as long as they signed the RSC Official Secrets Act and do not reveal to anyone any details about the technology that had been discovered in the unknown galaxy now code named the Bright Galaxy. Both crews really don’t have any choice but to sign and on signing the Official Secrets Act they are allowed to go free but are warned that they will be watched.

Captain North is taken to one side and asked if he would meet someone who is waiting in one of the RSN bases meeting rooms, Captain North agrees and when he enters the meeting room he sees Agent Kevin Davison sitting and the end of the table in an RSN Vice Admirals uniform.

Agent Davison informs Captain North that Royal Oak will be going back to the Bright Galaxy in a few days time to pick up the rest of Royal Oaks crew that was left behind to operate the alien equipment. Also going along will be a RSN task force to secure the planet and its alien technology to make sure that it does not fall into potential enemies hands and to inform their Hosham that a new contact with the RSC will be an RSN Admiral.

Agent Davison says that the political leadership of the RSC and the military and intelligence services backs this action. The technology must be secured for RSC use.

Captain North asks will Agent Davison be the “Admiral” to which Agent Davison says no, he will not be the RSN Admiral in charge of the RSN task force going to the Bright Galaxy, but he will be going along. The RSN Admiral in charge will be the current commander if the RSN fifth fleet Admiral Data as Admiral Data has a lot of knowledge fighting unknown and making first contact with alien life forms and is one the rising stars of the RSN command.

Task Force Gathering


The task force going to the Bright Galaxy would consist of Admiral Data’s flagship the Vanguard class super battleship HMSS Vanguard, plus two other Vanguard class super battleships, fifteen Invincible III Class Battleships, sixty-three Dreadnought IV Class Battle Cruisers, ninety-two Leander XII Class Frigates and Longbow II Class scouts.

The Royal Oak would be coming along to do two things, one will be to pick up the remaining Royal Oak crew members left in the underground caverns and the second will be to introduce Admiral Data to the Horsham. Also their would be just over one hundred transport vessels carrying the various supplies that would be needed and the parts to begin construction of an orbital battle station for the planet code named “door way” that holds the control equipment for using galaxy to galaxy transport device.

Admiral Data will be in overall charge of the mission including “Vice Admiral Davison”; Admiral Data also knows “Vice Admiral Davison” true identity and whom he really works for so “Vice Admiral Davison” has no authority over Admiral Data command decisions.

Assembling such a large task force does not go unnoticed by the other members of the Alliance. The Alliance council is told that it is a military excise within RSC space, but the UESPA suspects that the RSC has found some type of new technology and are keeping this technology to themselves but the UESPA has no proof of the other than the return of Royal Oak and the Shackleton. But without solid proof the UESPA and their small number of allies within the Alliance can do nothing for the time being. As with all members races of the Alliance what the do in their territory is their business and the Alliance has no right to interfere unless the action threaten Alliance security.

It has taken a month to assemble the task force but now the task force is ready to go to this new galaxy and stake a claim to the area of space around the entry point in this new galaxy.

The Return

The return to the Bright Galaxy in begin on the 8th of February 2392 and within a few hour all the ships of the Bright Galaxy task force under the command of Admiral Data had been transported to the Bright Galaxy.

After several days of travelling to the planet code named “door way” after beaming down with replacement personnel the last members of Royal Oaks crew were beamed up to Royal Oak for debriefing. The new science teams would have a dual role in operating the controls of the alien equipment and also exploring and studying all of the underground caverns to see if there any more pieces of alien equipment in these vast caverns. Also construction would begin on the first orbital battle station to protect the planet, this construction process would take a least a year, so while this is going on the bulk of the task force will be assigned to planetary defence.

The Royal Oak along with Admiral Data’s flagship HMSS Vanguard and one Invincible III Class Battleship, two Dreadnought IV Class Battle Cruisers and a mix of eleven Leander XII Class Frigates and Longbow II Class scouts would set a course for a rendezvous with the Hosham to introduce Admiral Data as the new contact with the RSC.

After travelling a high warp the small group of RSC/RSN ships arrived at the rendezvous point for a meeting with the Hosham. The Hosham were already at the rendezvous point will nine Hosham warships. The Hosham diplomats and ship commanders was surprised to see that the RSC had been able to bring more ships into this galaxy, but the Hosham diplomats and ship commanders were even more surprised and shocked at the size of the RSN warships especially HMSS Vanguard but they recovered quickly.

On receiving the Hosham diplomats on board HMSS Vanguard Captain North introduced Admiral Data as the RSC representative that will now be the contact with the Hosham, after the formal introductions Captain North excused himself and returned to Royal Oak and left the rendezvous to return back to the Milky Way galaxy as his duties were now complete here.

After several days of talks with the Hosham diplomats an exchange of data was agreed to better understand this area of space, the Hosham would give out information on the space that they had explored and the other hostile races that they had encountered. The RSC gave the Hosham information on the small area of space that Royal Oak had explored and information on how the Hosham could improve their sensors.

Both sides still agreed that they would not reveal the locations of were the Hosham home world is or were the RSC base of operations is for mutual security. Both sides would agree on a regular monthly meeting at a different rendezvous point each month so both sides could keep in regular contact. Also it would be planned to operate joint patrols to see if any other races do not operate the “shoot and don’t ask any questions” policy and to see if they could both expand their alliance within this galaxy.

It would be at least a year until the RSC would be ready to begin exploration of this Galaxy and then the exploration would be limited until more resources could be made available from the Milky Way galaxy.

What would this new galaxy reveal?

To be continued…….

Next – Part 49 – Scouting and Theory

 

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Part 49 – Scouting and Theory


Scouting

Between 2392 and the end of 2394 the RSC/RSN would build up its forces in the Bright Galaxy around the planet code named “door way”. The RSC/RSN would initially concentrating on building orbital battle stations and an orbital dry dock facility to handle ship repairs in the Bright galaxy rather than sending the ships back to the Milky Way galaxy for repairs and overhaul.

From 2395 onwards the scouting of the Bright galaxy would begin in earnest using the RSN Longbow II Class scouts cloaked to begin exploring and mapping this “local” area of the Bright galaxy. It is estimated that it will take a least 100 years to scout out the “local” area of the Bright galaxy.

During this time period the RSN warships within the Bright galaxy start conducting joint operations with the Hosham in securing the Hosham boarders and lines of supply to the Hosham home world and the Hosham’s two colony systems. By 2396 the Hosham are shown the location of the RSN base within the Bright galaxy as a sign of trust by the RSC this act helps improve relation and trust between the two governments in return the Hosham divulge the location of their home world and the two colony systems.

After several years of exploring this area of space of the Bright galaxy and encountering several new races that are equally as hostile to one another as they are to new races, they all appear to be as paranoid as one another.

Back in the Milky Way galaxy the UESPA was now certain that the RSC was hiding some very big secret with the RSN ship movements in to the area of the gravitational anomalies but none of these ships seem to have come back out of this area. Also the fact that Admiral Data also seems to have disappeared into they same area of space makes the UESPA think that there is more to this that just some natural gravitational anomalies and this must be artificial creation of some kind that the RSC is controlling in some way.

By early 2394 the UESPA had enough information to bring this to the attention of the Alliance council and hopefully force the RSC into admitting they were concealing alien technology, but before the UESPA had a chance the RSC beat the UESPA on announcing the discovery of a way to travel to a new galaxy. The RSC also stated that members of the Alliance council could come and have a look and see how the technology works by taking a ride to this new galaxy on board a RSN warship.

The RSC also managed to pull the rug from under the UESPA by apologising for not informing the Alliance council earlier but the RSC stated that they wanted to make sure that the technology was safe before announcing this to the Alliance council. The Alliance council accepted this explanation from the RSC as there is no evidence to contradict this the statement made by the RSC.

The RSC ambassador to the Alliance council also explains that though they know how to make the technology work they cannot duplicate the technology as it is well ahead of RSC science. The RSC ambassador to the Alliance council does not tell the council that the technology is of Iconian origin. The RSC ambassador does say that the RSC will keep control of this technology. The RSC ambassador to the Alliance council also explains the problems in this new galaxy and the RSC diplomatic relations with the Hosham as the reasons to keep control of this technology under the RSC.

The Alliance council rules that the RSC must keep the Alliance council informed of developments with this new galaxy in a regular briefing to the Alliance council every month, the RSC ambassador agrees. Also the majority of the Alliance council agrees that as the RSC found this technology the RSC can decide who goes to the Bright galaxy and who does not, this decision annoys the UESPA but as the majority of the Alliance is supporting this decision their nothing the UESPA can do about this decision.

The teams from the Alliance council will travel to this galaxy on board RSN vessels and will; be shown around the underground caverns were the control equipment for the ship transportation technology from galaxy to galaxy is located. The Alliance council members agree (though they are not given much choice in this matter) very reluctantly.

The RSC leadership realised that they could not keep this kind of secret for long so they decided to let the Alliance council know just before the UESPA would break the news to the Alliance council thus neutralising the UESPA from interfering with RSC internal affairs. The RSC had also informed their allies in the Klingon Empire and the Maquis just before they told the Alliance council. Also with a slightly different offer in that these allies would be allowed to bring their own ships as long as they agreed that these ships would be under RSN command, both the Klingon Empire and the Maquis agreed to this as they would be getting a better deal than the Alliance would, though the Alliance does not know this yet.

This agreement between the RSC and the Klingon Empire and the Maquis meant that when that Alliance council was deciding on what response to give the Klingon Empire and the Maquis sided with the RSC decision, even though the Klingon Empire and the Maquis are not members of the Alliance this still have an effect on the Alliance council decision to allow the RSC to keep control of this technology.

Between 2394 and 2396 the Alliance sent several science teams to the Bright galaxy in RSN ships to explore the Bright galaxy. This level of exploration was easily enough to keep the majority of the Alliance on the side of the RSC in keeping control of the Iconian control equipment for the ship transportation technology from galaxy to galaxy.

During this time period the Klingon Empire and the Maquis send a small number of ships though the transportation device to the Bright galaxy to protect the world code named “door way” and also to show their support for the RSC to control the Iconian technology, this support would benefit both the Klingon Empire and the Maquis in the long term.

By 2399 the Alliance council have been told about the Klingon Empire and the Maquis being allowed to send ships to the Bright Galaxy, though they are not happy about the because they are not allowed to send their ships but there was not much they can do about the situation.

Theory

By 2401 the RSC Research and Development division had come to a theory about two things, one how the conflicts started between these many race and two why the Iconian’s just abandoned this facility while leaving the equipment turned on.

The conflicts seem to have been started over two hundred thousand years ago by an unknown race that appears to have been the enemy of the Iconian’s. This unknown race appears to have started attacking without warning any other race in this galaxy thus starting a chain of attack were the races that were attacked automatically attack anyone that enters there sensor range. Even though the race that started this chain of destruction seemed to be in this galaxy for only a few hundred years the chain of attack has lasted.

Thus over two hundred thousand years the races in this galaxy have fought each other in a type of domino effect, as each new race ventures out from their home world they encounter a hostile race. Then both these races fight a brutal war sometimes annihilating each other in the process and sometimes one race would win over the other and the winner would encounter a new race and the war would continue.

The RSC Research and Development division is stunning, but it conclusions about how to stop this conflict are not good, in that there is no real way to stop this chain of attack as there maybe hundreds of races fighting all over this galaxy. But without the ability to explore the whole of the Bright galaxy there is no way to tell.

This based on the change from the previous historical version that the Iconians were generally described as a race of conquerors, though recently some scholars dispute this claim as a distortion perpetuated from a species that feared and demonized their advanced technology, and eventually destroyed them. It has been speculated that not all of the Iconians perished in the attacks, but rather used their gateways to escape to other worlds and now with this new evidence to new galaxies.

This opens the possibility that the Iconians may still be alive some ware in the universe and possibly have a flourishing civilisation. Assuming the race that was after the Iconians did not manage to find the Iconians.

This could also explain why the Iconians left this technology behind, as they had to abandon the base as their enemy had found them. So they simply moved to another galaxy and their enemy on finding no evidence of the Iconians may have returned or gone to a different galaxy. There is no evidence that the Iconians enemy returned to the Milky Way galaxy.

The RSC Research and Development division conclusions are brought to the Alliance council and the Alliance council agrees with the conclusions of the RSCR&D. The RSC informs the Alliance council that they will continue to explore the Bright galaxy but at a much slower rate and will continue to expand their alliance with the Hosham and any other races that are willing to talk rather than shoot first.

The final discovery at the end of the 24th century is in one of the caverns on the planet code named “door way” in a room that was initially thought to be an archive of the Bright galaxy. But after several months of study by RSC scientists and engineers it was found to be a bigger version of the stellar cartography on a galaxy wide scale. This stellar cartography shows a real time image of the Bright galaxy and all the races and their ships in the Bright galaxy, this level of technology is well beyond the RSC technology or even how this technology works in getting such information over a galaxy in real time.

This new discovery of the galactic stellar cartography is not shared with the Alliance council but kept secret by the RSC as this technology could have uses within the Milky Way galaxy, if the RSC can ever figure out how this technology works.

What other new wonders would be found and how would they be used in the 25th century and will the RSC exploration teams discover and other friendly races apart from the Hosham?

To be continued……

Next – Part 50 – Exploration

 

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Part 50 – Exploration

By the beginning of the 25th century the RSC was the leader in exploring the Bright galaxy and the leading power within the Alliance. The RSC now had 41 colonies within the Milky Way galaxy and the one system in the Bright galaxy. In the Bright galaxy the RSC, Klingon Empire and the Maquis were exploring the galaxy at a steady pace and also protecting there Hosham allies from attack.

The forces and personnel in the Bright galaxy comes under the command of the newly promoted Fleet Admiral Data who now commands the newly formed 6th fleet which is made up of all the vessels and personnel from the Milky Way galaxy. The 6th fleet is made up of 175 vessels from the RSN, 89 vessels from the Klingon Empire and 23 vessels from the Maquis. As more ships become available they will be sent to this new galaxy over the next few decades as the RSN has more problems in the Milky Way galaxy to keep an eye on.

Fleet Admiral Data has set up a joint command with the Klingon Empire and the Maquis are treated as equals within this partnership. Even though the Maquis are well aware that they are the junior partner in this joint command, but they do appreciate the fact that they are treated as equals.

The Maquis 23 warships are the latest version of there Warlock class ships (which are a copy of UESPA/Starfleet Defiant class, though slightly larger), these ships have seen extensive combat in helping protect Hosham space along with the RSN and Klingon navy warships. Even though there area only 23 Maquis warships this is more that made up for in their superior technology so they can engage multiple targets with a very high success rate.

The main thrust of the RSN and Klingon navy has been on the exploration side to see if they can find more allied within the Bright galaxy but so far they have met will no success at all, the Hosham are so far the only friendly race that they have encountered the rest are only interested in shoot at each other and any strangers they come across.

The Alliance council has been very pleased with the RSC as the RSC have been giving regular reports to the Alliance council on the exploration of the Bright galaxy. This information has kept all the Alliance members occupied as the RSC has been giving the Alliance a lot of data that the RSC has already analysed and found to be of no use. The RSC has not told the Alliance this, all the RSC have told the Alliance is that they have gone though the data and found nothing and have asked the Alliance for a second option, this has made most of the Alliance feel as though they are being involved.

Over the next few years the RSC would continue the exploration of the Bright galaxy charting numerous systems and new races that all appeared to be a war with one another only the Hosham were willing to discuss rather that to just start shooting.

The RSC were able to keep track of the warring factions using the stellar cartography equipment of the Iconians and allow their scouting ships to avoid combat areas.

By 2404 the RSC was well in control of the area of space around the system that contained the planet code named “door way” the 6th fleet would be deliberately below 400 ships so that this area of the Bright galaxy did not get too crowed and if the 6th fleet was attacked by a superior foe it was thought that is would be much more easier to evacuate less than 400 ships.

Also by 2040 the RSC had found no evidence of the Iconians within the Bright galaxy and it was assumed that the Iconians had left the Bright galaxy for another galaxy. But the RSCR&D could not figure out why the Iconians had left this equipment behind with out either destroying the equipment or dismantling the equipment and taking it with them.

The Return

In Earth 2405 one of the RSCR&D teams exploring the underground caverns discovered a small room hidden from the main caverns by a rock fall. This room appeared to be some sort of sub control room to be used to monitor the power levels to all the main underground caverns. When the RSCR&D team that discovered the room they attempted to restore power to the controls and managed to restore power for a short while before the controls died on them.

What the RSCR&D teams had actually discovered was a communications room and when power was sent though the controls the communications equipment sent out a distress signal. This signal was not just transmitting across the Bright galaxy but across the entire universe and the whole transmission lasted only a few seconds and was dismissed as interference by the RSCR&D teams.

After several weeks of trying to restore the controls to life the RSCR&D teams gave up as they did not have the level of knowledge to repair the controls.

On the 25th June 2405 on board HMSS Vanguard Fleet Admiral Data was receiving an ambassador from Vulcan who was going on an exploration mission on one on the RSN scout ships that was due to start it six month tour of duty in the Bright galaxy. Just as the diplomatic reception was underway the alarm went off with the Captain of HMSS Vanguard calling the ship to action stations.

When Fleet Admiral Data arrived on the bridge with the Vulcan ambassador following along Admiral Data saw on the main view screen several hundred ships that had just appeared out of no ware surrounding the planet code named “door way”. Each of these vessels are sleek and over 4,000 meters long and just of 1,000 meters wide they have there shields up and from what Vanguard’s sensors indicate are weapons are fully powered even though Vanguard’s are having trouble penetrating the ships shields.

Admiral Data orders the communications officer to send the standard greeting but also to send the greeting in Iconian as Admiral Data thinks that these vessels may be Iconian in origin. The bridge crew stare at Admiral Data for a few seconds before carrying out his orders after few minutes wait the communications officer says that one of the ships is hailing us.

What appears on screen is what appears to resembles’ one of the “Roswell Greys” from ancient Earth history who introduces himself as Thor supreme commander of the Iconian fleet. Admiral Data introduces himself and asks in supreme commander Thor would like to come onboard the Vanguard or if supreme commander Thor would prefer Admiral Data would come onboard his ship, Thor asks if Admiral Data would come onto his ship, with that Thor beams Admiral Data from the bridge of HMSS Vanguard with Vanguard’s shields still up onto Thor’s command ship.

Initially Thor says that the Iconian military command picked up a distress signal from this old outpost and that is why such a large force was sent. Admiral Data says that the signal was triggered by accident by his people exploring the underground caverns on the planet below and apologises for any inconvenience caused.

After several hours of negotiation agrees that he will remove the bulk of the Iconian fleet from the area around this planet to avoid accidents. Admiral Data explains how the RSC came to be in this galaxy and how they first discovered the Iconian gate technology within the Milky Way galaxy and how they used this technology to rescue several ships that were in another part of the Milky Way galaxy. Admiral Data also explains that large amounts of information have been held back for some of its allies and explains the reasons behind this decision.

After hearing all this Thor says that he will rely this information to the Iconian council and request instructions on weather or not to return the RSC ships and their allies to their own galaxy and remove the equipment of the planet below so no further accidents can happen or weather the RSC and their allies can stay and continue to use this equipment with that Admiral Data is returned to HMSS Vanguard.

When Admiral Data is back on board HMSS Vanguard he orders all ships to stand down and to continue as if nothing was happening. In a briefing room the Vulcan ambassador asks what happened onboard Thor’s ship Admiral Data says that Thor wanted to know how we have come here and he had told Thor the truth of how the RSC and its allies had come here.

After two days of waiting Thor hails HMSS Vanguard and says to Admiral Data that the Iconian council is on its way here to deliver its verdict in person. The Iconian council arrive in one of there 50 kilometre wide city ship, this city ship is quite amazing and appears that a is shield keeping the atmosphere inside the “city” but allowing vessels to enter and exit the “city”. This appears to be how the Iconian’s managed to stay ahead of their enemy by incorporating there gateway technology in to a city that could move though space rather than having colonies on planets. Thus these cities and ships would be able to travel anywhere in the universe in a matter of seconds, also by making their cities mobile in the same way the Iconian’s were able to avoid their enemy.

The Iconian council says that the RSC will continue to be allowed use the Iconian technology and the Iconian’s will travel to the Milky Way galaxy and state this to the Alliance council, but the Iconian’s will not help them understand this technology or help them duplicate this technology. The Iconian council on board the “city ship” and the remaining ships of supreme commander Thor fleet that stayed behind (after the other had gone back to their normal duties) will jump to the Milky Way galaxy and to the RSC colony of New Gibraltar after sending Admiral Data ahead in his flagship HMSS Vanguard to make sure that no accidents happen along with a communications device to signal the Iconian city ship and Iconian warships that they can jump in.

When HMSS Vanguard jumps in out of nowhere and then followed by the Iconian’s who were thought to be a dead race. The Alliance council is so stunned by this they agree that the RSC should be the custodians of the Iconian technology after Admiral Data explains what has happened.

After the meeting is over the RSC ambassador asks is if and of the members of the Iconian council would like to visit earth, one Iconian council member says yes and to avoid any problems he will use one of supreme commander Thor’s ships.

On arriving at Earth the Iconian council member Trall is given a tour of London and shown all the sights and is given a private meeting with the British King Henry XI. During the meeting King Henry XI states that Trall species look remarkable like the race that was supposed to have crashed landed in a place called Roswell in the US.

On hearing this Iconian council member Trall asks if he may be excused for a few minutes to which King Henry XI says yes with that Trall beams back up to his ship in orbit. Then the Iconian warship begins scanning the US for signs of Iconian technology and dead Iconian’s within a few minutes the Iconian’s have located the remains of their scout vessel and crew.

The Iconian council member Trall returns to King Henry XI and explains why he had to go and what he has found. King Henry XI calls in his staff and RSC diplomats that have been waiting outside and tells them of Iconian council member Trall discovery. All the senior RSC diplomat can do is apologising on behalf of the RSC and Earth, but Trall says it is not the RSC fault and does not hold the RSC responsible but rather the UESPA.

The Iconian council member Trall informs the Iconian council of his discovery, the Iconian council is furious with the UESPA for not informing the Iconian’s that they had the bodies of there people in storage and Iconian technology. The RSC had been open and honest why the UESPA could not have done the same.

The Alliance council on hearing this are in uproar about the fact that the UESPA had held this information back even thought the RSC had initially held this information back about the Iconian’s they had revealed that they had Iconian technology though they had not shared this technology with the other members of the Alliance. The RSC was not under any obligated to share this technology with anyone but they had told the Alliance they had this technology and that was the perceived difference between the RSC and the UESPA.

What will the Iconian’s and the Alliance do and what will there responses be?
How will the US and the UESPA/Starfleet respond?

To be continued…….

Next – Part 51 – Redemption and Decisions