And So It Begins…
Cmdr. Carroll, the Liberty’s new Chief Ops Officer
came aboard the Liberty, greeted by tr’Lennex and
Kestra. Upon his arrival, he was given quarters and
asked to see Capt. Decade immediately, as he had a new
mission for the Liberty. After reporting to Decade the
mission, the course was laid in and the Liberty made
its was to a rendezvous point.
Shortly after the ship beginning its journey, Ace
briefed the Senior Staff of the mission. They were on
there way to rendezvous with a Klingon battle cruiser
and a Romulan war bird, with orders to seek out
covertly a possible Breen base and ship build up,
suspected to be prepared to invade the Federation. The
briefing was not uneventful, as Stealth (aka Cmdr.
Carroll) and Bannister clashed over who knew more
about the Romulans.
Up until the rendezvous, the different crewmembers go
through mostly personal moments. Ace meets and greets
an ensign, Stealth and Bannister attempt to calm the
tides between them, Stealth and Millar begin the basis
of friendship by seeing who can drink who under the
table, and there are a few romantic encounters as
well, plus a few crewmembers actually do some work!
With just about 5 hours until the rendezvous, an early
arriving Liberty encounters a Breen scout ship. Before
they can make any actions, what appears to be a
Romulan war bird decloaks behind the Breen ship and
destroys it. Needless to say, Ace is not happy about
this. He invites the senior officers of the Romulan
ship to dine aboard the Liberty, and the offer is
accepted.
The dinner goes off without any problems, until the
Klingons show up, feeling insulted and being a bit
suspicious. They join the crews for dinner, and it is
found that the wine the Romulans brought is poisoned.
A fire fight ensues between the Klingons and Romulans,
with the Liberty officers being unconscious. While the
Liberty crew that wasn’t at the dinner attempts to get
into the dining area, Stealth recovers slightly from
the poison, enough to subdue one of the Romulans and
assist the Klingons in the fight. Once free from the
dining room, the Liberty officers are taken to sickbay
for treatment, and Stealth notifies the crew that the
Romulans weren’t Romulans, but rather the more vicious
Remans.
The plot thickens when a small fleet of ships decloak.
All is made well, but something doesn’t seem right.
Through investigation by the crew, especially
Bannister, Millar, Hawkins, and Stealth, a plot is
brought to light, with the Romulans and/or Remans
being in league with the Breen. Seresin finds out that
a bomb is in the remains of the destroyed Breen
vessel, and brings that information to light.
When the Liberty tries to force the hand of the
guilty party, a fight ensues that none were ready for.
The Romulan ship enters the wreckage, and the bomb
explodes doing substantial damage to both the Romulan
and Klingon ships, and shaking up the Liberty. All
three ships begin repairs, but personnel on the
Liberty are not convinced that the bomb exploding as
it did was an accident.
All is made mute when a Reman attack fleet shows up to
engage the three vessels. They are cloaked, and slowly
surrounding the Liberty and other vessels, and believe
they are not detected. The Liberty makes a preemptive
attack, firing on and destroying tow Reman vessels.
The Klingons fire on a third vessel, destroying it.
The battle proceeds. As the three allied ships seem to
have the tide turning in there favor, a Breen strike
force enters the system. All seems lost, as the allies
are badly hurt, and don’t look to have much of a
chance.
One light seems to shine however, as Stealth suggests
the use of transphasic torpedoes, which he knows how
to make, Ace gives him permission, and so Stealth
makes his way to build the lethal weapons. Time is of
the essence, but Stealth needs time to build the
weapons. Builtier decides that he knows how to buy
Stealth more time, and takes a shuttle out to engage
the enemy.
Just as it looks all is lost, Stealth finishes the
torpedoes, and the Liberty drops the hammer and
unleashes some indiscriminate justice to the Breen and
Remans. Once the threat is eliminated, the allies go
there separate ways. The crew of the Liberty
celebrates the great victory, with a grand party in
Cmdr. Carroll’s quarters that sees Millar and Stealth
get really drunk and them start a nice round or two of
karaoke.
Episode # 23
