Fleet Sitrep for SD 16.0930
Cocoon Fleet News Service
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Fleet Commanding Officer ~ Fleet Admiral Erin M. O'Connor
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acting Fleet Executive Officer ~ Admiral S'Telk
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Beaver Squadron Commander
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(currently vacant)
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USS HORIZON
CO: Commander James Burke
GM: Ruud Visser
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USS ATHENE
CO: Cpt Demetrius Simms
GM: Joey
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USS YEAGER
CO: Commander Rudolf Fischer
GM: Joey

Combined SITREP submitted by Ruud
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Dr. T'Salek treats the Federation ambassador, but he needs at least six
hours of rest before she can wake him from the sedation.

CMO Rademach, security officer Valarn and OPS Storm return to the ship. Six
Telmarc War Frigates have launched from the surface. The Vulcan shuttle in
shuttle bay one explodes, breaching the hull and causing internal damage.
Sixteen are killed, eleven injured. CO Burke and Storm believe it was a
Telmarc bomb that caused the explosion.

The SpecOps team rescues the remaining hostages and has them beamed to the
Horizon. The terrorists guarding them are either killed or captured. Shortly
after the SpecOps team returns to the ship, Telmarc's Government House and
the Federation embassy are destroyed.

Ensign Vymora Einicrox, a Human/Andorian recently graduated from the
Academy, arrives aboard to become the new CSO. Seeing the Horizon's
situation, she has her pilot place the D-Warp shuttle between the Horizon
and the Telmarc vessels. She hails the Telmarcians, telling them to stand
down. Telmarc Fleet Captain Anis Thetic, aboard the Profit's Grace, has no
intention to obey that command, and he continues with their attack. Einicrox
is beamed over to the Horizon just before the Telmarcians reach her. Burke
calls the lead vessel, asking them to cease their approach. Thetic ignores
him and opens fire. His orders are to capture the Horizon with its computer
intact, so they can get valuable information about the Cocoon Portal. Burke
orders evasive actions and return fire. Einicrox targets the Profit's Grace
and inflicts considerable damage, disabling it for the moment. She switches
to the other attackers, but in the meantime the Horizon is taking several
hits as well. Jeb Stuart, on the SS Loophole, notices the Horizon's problem
and he moves in to help.

As four more Telmarc ships approach, the Horizon jumps to warp. Seven enemy
vessels follow. A call for assistance is sent out to every Starfleet vessel
within range. The USS Elizabeth Blackwell, Dakota, Yeager, Sojourner Truth
and several other nearby vessels respond. Burke also informs the Fleet XO of
their situation. CEO Vandenbergh reports that they can only sustain full
warp for thirty minutes. Einicrox comes up with a plan that might get them
to escape their pursuers. She means to fake their destruction by blowing up
a shuttle in a large explosion, and do a warp jump towards the Dakota. FO
Seldon is sceptical about the plan. However, as Burke reminds her, it's the
best they have at the moment. Einicrox and Seldon go to engineering to see
if they can do it. Vandenbergh thinks the plan is feasible, though he
estimates the chances of success are less than fifty percent. Nevertheless,
Burke tells them to carry on with the preparations.

Taking advantage of the momentary quiet, Storm heads to the SpecOps centre
to inform about Cady. He is devastated to hear Cady didn't return to the
ship, but Arkanis, the leader of the SpecOps team, promises they will find
him.

Rademach comes to Burke, objecting to the plan to use the corpses from the
shuttle explosion to convince the Telmarcians the Horizon really exploded.
Burke agrees to his alternative to use inert bio-matter. Rademach also
suggests to put some super-dense matter on the shuttle, to create more
debris. Burke informs Einicrox of the changes to her plan, and she agrees to
them.

The new Telmarc Board of Directors wants the Telmarc people to believe the
Federation destroyed both the embassy and the Government House. The attack
on the Horizon is sold to the people as an act of defence, and an effort to
capture the "murderers."

The Fleet XO sends out a message to all Federation vessels in the Cocoon,
ordering them to yellow alert in light of the situation in the Telmarc
system.

Admiral Carnus, Director of the House of Sky and Commander-in-Chief of the
Telmarc Fleet, leads a briefing on the current situation. Strike Force
Alpha, a codename for the Takeover class warship Retribution, commanded by
"The Commandant", is joining the pursuit of the Horizon. There is a secret
shipyard in the hollowed-out sixth planet of the Telmarc system. There,
sixty Profit class ships and another Takeover class ship are standing by to
launch a major assault against the Federation.

The bio-matter is brought aboard the shuttle. Rademach and Einicrox sort out
the last details regarding the super-dense matter. Seldon is still not too
happy with the plan, but she knows it's the best chance they have. Dr.
Ulinian of the SpecOps team also has his reservations, but Arkanis orders
him to assist Vandenbergh anyway.

The crew of the top-secret USS Integrity would like to come to the Horizon's
aide, but they have other orders.

Burke takes a moment to refresh himself in his quarters, where his wife also
happens to be. He assures her he'll only go through with Einicrox's plan if
he has no alternative. On the bridge, Seldon tries to let go of some of her
tension, but to no avail. The Telmarc ships start closing in on the Horizon,
now that the warp drive is losing power. Storm suggests they detach the
saucer; without that mass, they could sustain a higher warp speed. In
addition, they could blow up the saucer's own core to destroy some of their
pursuers.

The Starfleet vessels will meet on the border of the Seeffoc and Negdren
sectors, at a point dubbed Point Zeta. There they will hold off the
attackers, then rally at OP721. The USS Sitting Bull is another Starfleet
vessel headed there. Six more ships enter pursuit of the Horizon, bringing
the total number of Telmarc vessels to thirteen. Help also gets underway
from outside the Cocoon. Admiral Tergin, former CO of the Horizon, leads two
squadrons of the Emerald Fleet.

Storm feels betrayed by Cady's disappearance during the rescue mission in
the embassy. Arkanis tries to console him, but he has little success.
Meanwhile, Amy and Griff take a break from the stress in engineering.
Bordaq, former CEO, jumps in to help with repairs.

Storm is held captive on the Retribution, whose Commandant is an alternate
version of Cady, who arrived on Telmarc three years ago. However, Cady's
nemesis, Chug, is the real power on the Retribution, and he and the
Commandant are now lovers. Using information from the future, he has
Commandant Cady move ahead to where the Horizon will exit its warp jump.

The seven pursuing Telmarc vessels come within weapons range of the Horizon.
Einicrox's plan is carried out and the warp jump is successful, but a lot of
systems are damaged. Almost immediately the Retribution attacks, dislodging
and destroying the Horizon's weapon pod. Commandant Cady hails them,
shocking everyone--especially Storm--on the Horizon when he says he's
switched sides. He tells Burke to surrender. Einicrox suggests they lay in a
collision course, betting Cady will not let them kill themselves. Arkanis
adds that he can bring the SpecOps team onto the Retribution as they pass
it, to kill Chug and capture Cady, or even kill him, too. Chug and Cady are
already aware of the Horizon's plan to bring the SpecOps team aboard.

The Dakota arrives and two of the five vessels escorting the Retribution
engage it. The Yeager arrives on a stealth vector, but even with the element
of surprise on their side, they can inflict little damage against the
Retribution. Cady wonders why Chug didn't inform him of the Yeager's
arrival.

Chug beams to the Horizon and kidnaps Storm, bringing him two days back in
time and informing his past self how to do that two days from now. He
returns to the present just as the Horizon begins its move. The
Retribution's pilot is late in moving aside, and the two vessels collide.
Arkanis and his team board the Retribution, but Chug and Cady think they are
ready for them.



The USS Yeager and the USS Elizabeth Blackwell disable the CSS Mongrel, one
of the Retribution's five escort vessels. The Sojourner Truth joins the
battle, but with the Horizon's seven original pursuers also arriving, the
odds only get worse. The Yeager and the Blackwell disable the CSS Defender,
but that's in part due to its captain, Dee Functus, turning somewhat insane
after the death of his FO. The Yeager beams six of its crew aboard, hoping
they can tell something useful. Functus is one of them. Due to a power
fluctuation, the prisoners escape almost immediately. aFO Holtz and CSO
Readdy go after them. Functus and his men get trapped in a Jeffries tube and
threaten to kill the two hostages they took, but Readdy determines they are
already dead.

Elisabeth Davies secretly contacts Jeb Stuart to discuss the situation.
Stuart will keep his ship, the SS Loophole, cloaked while deploying some
mines right in front of the Telmarc vessels.

The Horizon graces the Retribution, inflicting damage on both vessels.
Ensign Kate Burke, the captain's wife, is doing repairs in one of the
Jeffries tubes. She gets knocked out and falls down a shaft. Captain Burke
keeps the Horizon close to the Retribution, so the other Telmarc vessels
can't target them without risking hitting the Retribution. Rademach and his
staff are working overtime in sickbay. Ensign Burke is brought in with
severe injuries.

The SpecOps team boards the Retribution and starts for the bridge, with
Arkanis leading the way. Security teams try to stop them, but to no avail.
Arkanis is enraged and hardly even notices all the kills he makes. Luntas
sacrifices herself to save her team mates from a pair of grenades.

Commandant Cady has the bridge cleared, because he knew the SpecOps team
would kill everyone but himself and Storm. Arkanis enters the bridge and
attacks Chug, but a second Chug appears and saves the first one. A fierce
fight erupts, with multiple versions of Chug moving back and forth through
time, saving each other and Cady. It's too much for Arkanis, and Cady
finally kills him. However, Storm, with the Shi'va inside him, breaks free
from his containment field and kills one of the Chugs, resetting time.
Arkanis enters the bridge and attacks Chug, killing him in one strike and
messing up his and Cady's plan. Now Cady will no longer be able to destroy
the Horizon, thus resetting time to before the death of California Douglas,
the only person he ever truly loved. Enraged, Cady fires at Arkanis, but
Storm sacrifices his own life to save the SpecOps CO. H'llstam is the only
one to remember what happened the first time.

The Horizon's sensors pick up the temporal activity aboard the Retribution,
and Einicrox takes a back-up team over. When she arrives on the bridge, she
shoots Cady. Arkanis and Hanara revive him. Cady abandons the Telmarcians
and returns to the Federation side of the conflict. Commander Perflus
witnesses events from the battle bridge, and realizes the Commandant is
lost. She activates a recently installed module, opening the main bridge to
space. The Horizon immediately beams everyone away, sending the away team to
sickbay and their opponents to the brig.

The Athene is underway. Its fighter shuttles, the Raptors, are ready to be
deployed upon arrival. Dr. Severn is concerned the battle might be a
diversion, keeping Starfleet's attention away from other place, like SB
Omega.

Two Telmarc Sniper class scout vessels locate the shuttle left behind by the
Yeager when it responded to the Horizon's calls. The Telmarcians find specs
of the Yeager's shields and engines, putting the stardrive section at an
even bigger disadvantage. The Athene arrives and takes out one of the
attackers, before moving to help the Horizon. Together with the Raptors, the
Athene manages to get some hits on the Retribution. The Yeager disables
another of the Telmarc escort vessels.

On the Horizon, Bordaq suggests sending out a couple of shuttles to
reinforce the Horizon's own shields. Dr. Rademach has the majority of the
Horizon's injured transported to the Blackwell, clearing sickbay for new
cases. The SpecOps team is beamed in. Arkanis demands that Rademach treat
Cady right away, but Rademach will not treat the enemy before seeing to the
Horizon's own crew. The people brought back from the Retribution respond by
denying medical care, and Arkanis sends one of the nurses off to treat Cady
since he doesn't have anything left to do in sickbay.

The Retribution shoots off the Horizon's left warp nacelle and it hits one
of the Telmarc vessels, destroying it instantly. Burke has everyone moved to
the saucer section and prepares to separate from the stardrive.

Meanwhile, Mr. B. and his crew enter the Cocoon in a cloaked Breen ship,
heading towards the Horizon. On Bordaq's homeworld, Bordaq's father is
killed. One of his brothers, Datkib, decides not to inform Bordaq yet.



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USS HERMES
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De-commissioned
Dry Docked for re-fit

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Condor Squadron Commander
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Branch Admiral Earle Hayes.
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DS101
CO: Captain Alyza
GM: Don
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At the briefing CEO Brooks listens as Cpt Alyza announces that Lt Nanto
would be First Officer. Brooks is called upon to give his report as to the
current state of the Engineering Department. Among other things he makes
mention of the unexploded bomb found onboard PROPHET'S GRACE. After the
briefing Brooks and Cadet T'al continue the investigation about the bomb.
They begin by retrieving all logs from the PROPHET'S GRACE. It is soon
discovered that the PROPHET'S GRACE last its last maintaince service done as
DS-9. Further investigation reveals that the bomb matches various items of
Dergrad technology. First Officer Nanto is informed of the findings. Nanto
goes to Sickbay to question PROPHET'S GRACE's captain. The captain is
somewhat disoriented at first, thinking he is still aboard his ship. The
doctor concludes that GRACE's captain has been the victim of a telepathic
attack or a drug overdose accounting for his disorientation.

T'al and Cadet Wheeler are in the Engineering Testing Lab working on a
component. Wheeler leaves hurridely. Working away T'al feels the presence
of someone else in the room. Attacked he defends himself but is stabbed.
He awakens in Sickbay. The unexploded bomb is stolen from Engineering after
T'al was attacked. Stolen by someone who knew enough to disable the
security monitoring system. Questioning of T'al soon reveals that he was
attacked by two hooded figures. They stash the device in a hidden
compartment in cargo bay 6, as they report to their leader. Their
identities are still unrevealed.

On his way to the stations Docking Control Center, Brooks is kidnaped.
Presumably by the same people who stole the unexploded bomb from
Engineering.

Fleet XO Admiral T'Selk releases a Fleet Wide Communique concerning the
attack upon the USS HORIZON by the Telmarc War Fleet. All available units
are to respond to HORIZON's aid. Fortunately the events are far from DS-101
and are unlikely to have any near-term impact.

The starship F'RAG docks with DS 101. It's captain is an Andorian named
Pok, a clan-brother to T'al. They run across each other later in the Mall.

Cpt Alyza spend some time in a holo-workout. She also graduates Cadet T'al,
sending the Andorian to the Fleet Personnel Officer for assignment

Meanwhile Ambassador Grayson and DS-101's former First Officer Edmond Thar
are aboard the Ambassador's runabout, USS NEUSE, on course for the Portal.
They must go outside the Cocoon to rescue Grayson kidnapped Aide

.Newly promoted Ens T'al returns to the station as Chief Flight Control
Officer. He will have to work closely with Engineering and Security to deal
with multiple current problems; a terrorist conspiracy, the theft of the
explosive device, and disappearance of Ens Brooks. This in addition to
dealing with the extra traffic because of the war with Telmarc.

Ens Brooks regains consciousness in a pitch black room. He soon finds out
that he is not the only prisoner. Cadet Wheeler is also been kidnapped and
placed in the same room. Wheeler thinks that they had been there for a day
or two. There is nothing remarkable about their prison; it looks like any
cargo bay. When placed in this room, Brooks had been searched but his
broken PADD was missed. Cadet Wheeler takes a look at the PADD.
Fortunately its only damage was a broken display screen. Wheeler manages to
get the PADD to send a 'Morse Code' signal. As he begins tapping out the
'S-O-S' a figure appears in the doorway and stuns Brooks with a phaser.
Wheeler hides the PADD and continues tapping as Brooks is dragged from the
room.

Meanwhile, back in the station's Console Room, T'al clears the Ferengi
vessel ROPEQ for docking. As he is monitoring traffic patterns, his
attention is called to a unusual signal on the comm channels. The signal is
Wheeler's 'S-O-S'. Its location is soon traced to the Andorian freighter
the F'RAG. T'al immediately notifies Security.


At Club 101 Pok, T'al's brother, agrees to rent the storage space aboard his
ship to a mysterious group.

Inside Pok's ship Mihi Hara (the leader of those who stole the explosive
device, kidnapped Wheeler and Brooks) meets with his minions. He is the
leader of a religious militant cult called Bachara. Bachara's sole purpose
is to see the downfall of the Federation in the Cocoon -- and place
themselves in the dominate position. The attack on DS 101 had been planned
for more than a year. Bachara would not refuse to use any means at their
disposal to accomplish this mission. Although few in number, only a couple
of thousand in the Cocoon, they were dedicated. A second bomb is soon in
place aboard DS 101.

Later Pok recognizes one of those who rented his ship. Now they are in
Bajoran robes and entering the Bajoran shrine. He is suspicious of their
activity, but T'al's arrival interrupts his thoughts. Sure that Pok has
something to do with the events, T'al insists that his brother tell him what
is going on. Lt Velez arrives before blows are landed and takes Pok in for
questioning. Pok still manages to land a blow against T'al before Velez
takes him away.

Velez, Pok, and T'al are called to the F'RAG by First Officer Nanto.

In Sickbay Lt<jg> Vance Seelbinder had been in a coma for weeks. He now
awakens.

On the F'RAG Security soon finds Wheeler, unconscious but without major
damage. Brooks, Mihi Hara, and the rest of the Bachara cult have escaped.
The investigation continues. Pok tells his story of renting storage space
aboard his ship. Traces of tachyon emissions are discovered 500 meters off
the station's docking bay. The presence of a cloaked ship is the logical
conclusion.

Before any response can be made to this new discovery, a bomb explodes in
the Bajoran Shrine. T'al, Velez, and responding rescue teams evacuate the
injured from the ruined Shrine.

Meanwhile aboard the Bachara ship TRUE PATH Brooks had been intensely
question by Bachara's believers. Mihi Hara knew how in get the information
with the least damage to his prisoner. Soon Mihi Hara has the perfect
location to start a chain reaction which would lead to the destruction of DS
101. Brooks manages to escape from his prison and sends a signal for
transport to DS 101. On his arrival at the station Brooks tells Cpt Alyza
all that had happened to him... and what he had revealed to Mihi Hara.

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Don

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