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Main Sim - Bridge - The Finite War

Posted July 23, 2019, 8:16 p.m. by Gamemaster CockRoach (Gamemaster) (Robert Archer)

Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Main Sim - Bridge - The Finite War
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Glen and Kord discussed the mission during their journey in the tubo-lift.

“Captain,” Kord said, “If we encounter Orions, I suggest we attack their power systems. They rely heavily on their anti-matter reactors for power and propulsion with little to no backup systems.”

“I was not aware of that,” replied Glen. “Make it our policy. Is that your explanation for why the two ships were utterly destroyed with a single salvo of photon torpedoes?”

Kord nodded.

“Most likely. They’re lightly shielded and built for speed. They favor hit and run wolf pack tactics because they can’t withstand prolonged battles. They can overload their engines for short periods of time for fast escapes, but this damages the engines and power systems.”

“I’ve been thinking on an idea,” Glen told Kord. “I’m sure someone has thought of this before, but rather than having to sequence our movements and tactics each time we engage an enemy, we could pre-programme the ship’s computer with a series of ‘standard maneuvers’ or attack patterns involving shield intensity, placement, and weapons targeting. We could then reuse whatever works best and improve upon it. The computer could alter the pattern to properly suit the distance to the enemy vessel, its location, and the starship’s relative speed. We could name each tactical pattern with a code, maybe a Letter followed by a number. We could call Nkosenye’s attack on the Orion vessels, Papa One, for pattern number one. What do you think?”

The reached the Bridge and the turbo-lift doors swooshed open.

Glen very quickly brought the Bridge crew up to speed on the details he had learnt. A relic of an ancient civilisation called the ‘Fastion Reality Stone’, an inverted “5” in shape, and made of undetermined, but rare and metallic materials, is rumoured to have the ability to allow its user to reshape reality itself. In the hands of the Klingons or Romulans it could sway the whole balance of power in the two Quadrants. The Orions probably already know about it, and they will sell that information, so, working together with the USS Avenger, we have to find it first for the security of the Federation. Our best guess and our first destination is an unnamed Minshara class planet in a system nearby called UEP-314.

Glen sat in the Captain’s chair.

“Set a course for the system nearby called UEP-314,” Glen told Navigation.

“Tinga,” Glen said, “make to the Avenger that we are ready to depart.”

Tinga nodded and relayed the message as she thought over what the Captain had just said. What a prize indeed.

Glen mused to himself, The Avengers. That’s what we can call ourselves. Sorta like a team. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes type thing.

The Avenger signaled they were ready to leave just shy of 15 minutes later. As the two ships went to warp it might be a good idea for someone to inform the Captain of the oddities in engineering and the signal Tinga picked up in the area.

“I supposed nothing out of the ordinary happened while we were away, Nkosenye?” asked Glen, “You’re a natural! I knew there was nothing to worry about.”

Tinga turned tot he Captain.

“Actually I did pick up an unusual signal,” Tinga informed Glen.

Kord took up his usual place standing next to the command chair to the right. He knew there was a seat for him to sit in but it hand never seen use, at least not by him.

“When we come out of Warp, standby with attack pattern Papa One,” Glen told Kord.

“An unusual signal?” Glen asked Tinga, somewhat belatedly “Out here, any signal would count as unusual. What did you discover?”

-Glen, CO

NE Atthehelm spoke up, “..Sir the Avenger is signaling we are to arrive at UEP-314 in 10 minutes their Captain is recommending we approach from the opposite end of the system from them to break up any ambushes..” He said.

GM CockRoach


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