Barely days after Starbase 10's new crew arrives to find the station's operating capacity faltering under its lack of leadership, two explosions rock the station, killing officers and civilians alike.
Soon a cloaked Romulan ship is uncovered practically right next to the station, and a haunting message from Miller is found.
As the starbase's crew works around the clock to find and decipher any other threats within the station hidden to the station's sensors, more undetectable enemies lurk nearby. Once all is in place, Lt. Cmdr. Lennex is kidnapped off the bridge of the USS Patton, while a simultaneous attempt to kidnap his wife, Doctor Knight, is thwarted on the station by the Marines and a Romulan is captured.
Quickly, a Federation spy onboard the Romulan ship aids in freeing Lennex and himself, and disabling the ship in the process. The Romulan ship immediately leaves.
Eventually the crew disables all of Miller's surprises and control over the computer, and manages to corner him. However, the Romulan prisoner manages to escape during that time and aids Miller in escaping the station. In return for the help, Miller kills the Romulan before taking a shuttle into Romulan space to be picked up by the Romulan ship.
Is that the last Starbase 10 will hear of Miller?
After getting all the cadets shipped back to the Academy, Starbase 10 finds a few days of recovery are in order. Thankfully the surprise waits until things are all settled to show up. But sure enough, one morning two ships of unknown design emerge from a strange funnel-type vortex thing. It's clear the first is running from the second. However, the language the two ships use is also unknown and the UT can't seem to translate it.
One shot from the pursuing ship sends the first into a spin that would cause it to impact the station. Seconds before the collision occurs, the station manages to stop the ship with tractor beams. As the pursuing ship back off to be outside the station's weapons range and waits for a reply communication, the first ship makes a desperate attempt at communication with the station through the telepathic and empathic people on the station, but it doesn't quite work and they all end up being affected in strange ways.
The station's crew is beginning to react as best they can, but everything's all questions at the moment. Who? How? Why? From where? With what intention?
Mission Description
The Patton crew is lured into a trap by a rebel Romulan faction, aimed at
instigating unrest and hopefully war between SF and Romulan Star Empire.
Romulus dispatches a Warbird escort to assist. After rescuing the Patton crew
from the Romulan rebels, Capt Harold disappears along with a Readdy imposter,
initially thought to be Romulan, but now... ???
Essential Nature
Rescue the Patton crew... and now where's the Capt?
Characters
All
Planets
rebel outpost near the Neutral Zone.
Current...