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Doctor Kij and Corspman Rylan tend to members of the Away Team, finding themselves dealing with psychic imprints an encounter with an alien advertising device, giving them glimpses of a once fruitful past. Meanwhile, work continues throughout the ship in preparation for their arrival to Penduli. Morale levels are raised, thanks to a feeling of seeing the light at the end of a tunnel, as well as the Captain's Birthday Party, the first one he's celebrated in years.
 
Doctor Kij and Corspman Rylan tend to members of the Away Team, finding themselves dealing with psychic imprints an encounter with an alien advertising device, giving them glimpses of a once fruitful past. Meanwhile, work continues throughout the ship in preparation for their arrival to Penduli. Morale levels are raised, thanks to a feeling of seeing the light at the end of a tunnel, as well as the Captain's Birthday Party, the first one he's celebrated in years.
  
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The true test began, however, when the Black Hawk arrived to Penduli V. [[Lina Sorenson|Lieutenant Sorenson]] was successful in activating the alien technology recovered from the archive, and the Black Hawk is able to successfully navigate the minefield despite a couple errors in the system that caused mines to be attracted to the Black Hawk. Lieutenants [[Joey Geisler|Geisler]] and [[Damian Akorem|Akorem]] scan the surface of the planet to discover that it had long ago been ravaged by orbital bombardment. Duenetic field generators surround the planet, forcing its occupants to live in an industrial, pre-electrical age. Transport to the surface is possible, though retrieving the Away Team would be difficult through the field.  
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The true test began, however, when the Black Hawk arrived to Penduli V. [[Lina Sorenson|Lieutenant Sorenson]] was successful in activating the alien technology recovered from the archive, and the Black Hawk is able to successfully navigate the minefield despite a couple errors in the system that caused mines to be attracted to the Black Hawk. Lieutenants [[Joey Geisler|Geisler]] and [[Damian Akorem|Akorem]] scan the surface of the planet to discover that it had long ago been ravaged by orbital bombardment. Duenetic field generators surround the planet, forcing its occupants to live in an industrial, pre-electrical age. Transport to the surface is possible, though retrieving the Away Team would be difficult through the field. While the Black Hawk scans the surface, a group of [[The Guardians|Guardian]] vessels begin assembling outside the minefield.
  
 
Captain Geisler orders the Runabout [[Mississippi]] to be dispatched to the surface along with an Away Team led by [[Camila Di Pasquale|Lieutenant Di Pasquale]]. Doctor Kij and Chief Engineer Sorenson are also assigned to the team, along with a contingent of security officers that include Petty Officer [[Marioneta Gomez|Gomez]]. The runabout lands on the surface of Penduli V, and the crew exit to survey the landscape and attempt to find locals. The locals, an ape-like species, quickly find the Away Team and surround them. Both groups attempt to engage in conversation, though it is clear the locals are a bit hostile. Petty Officer Gomez, who was assigned to guard the runabout along with an officer, stuns her crewmate and moves the Mississippi closer to the Away Team. She exits the runabout with her phaser aimed at her shipmates. The Away Team is forced to surrender as it is clear that immediate escape is no longer an option. The locals immediately take the Away Team into custody, and inform them that they will soon be hosts to the [[Dolmoqour]], the mysterious species at the heart of the [[Great Conflict]]. Nine of the locals stab themselves in front of the Away Team, allowing the parasitic Dolmoqour to be removed from their former hosts, the apes, and implanted into the Away Team. The crew of the Black Hawk resist, but not a single one could fight off the implantation.  
 
Captain Geisler orders the Runabout [[Mississippi]] to be dispatched to the surface along with an Away Team led by [[Camila Di Pasquale|Lieutenant Di Pasquale]]. Doctor Kij and Chief Engineer Sorenson are also assigned to the team, along with a contingent of security officers that include Petty Officer [[Marioneta Gomez|Gomez]]. The runabout lands on the surface of Penduli V, and the crew exit to survey the landscape and attempt to find locals. The locals, an ape-like species, quickly find the Away Team and surround them. Both groups attempt to engage in conversation, though it is clear the locals are a bit hostile. Petty Officer Gomez, who was assigned to guard the runabout along with an officer, stuns her crewmate and moves the Mississippi closer to the Away Team. She exits the runabout with her phaser aimed at her shipmates. The Away Team is forced to surrender as it is clear that immediate escape is no longer an option. The locals immediately take the Away Team into custody, and inform them that they will soon be hosts to the [[Dolmoqour]], the mysterious species at the heart of the [[Great Conflict]]. Nine of the locals stab themselves in front of the Away Team, allowing the parasitic Dolmoqour to be removed from their former hosts, the apes, and implanted into the Away Team. The crew of the Black Hawk resist, but not a single one could fight off the implantation.  
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The tour of the Black Hawk goes well, and ends with a simple reception in the starboard observation lounge. Both the Scruna and Lieutenant Di Pasquale, whose possessors have grown tired of the dog and pony show and are eager to escape the confines of their prison and resume their quest for galactic domination, begin to turn the tables. Camila, reusing the words "[[The Event|pity is treason]],"  convinces Captain Geisler that all is not well and that a takeover of the ship is in process. The Scruna attempt to convert Commander Teixeira to their cause while Geisler and Di Pasquale enter a standoff, pointing their phasers at each other. Teixeira escapes, hoping to make it to the bridge to secure the ship, leaving Geisler alone with the enemy. Di Pasquale demands the command codes to the ship from the Captain. Geisler considers his options, and just when he thinks that surrender is the only option, the Scruna block Di Pasquale's aim. The Captain initiates a site-to-site transport and escapes. Furious, Di Pasquale initiates a ship-wide broadcast, declaring Captain Geisler is working with the enemy to secure the ship.
 
The tour of the Black Hawk goes well, and ends with a simple reception in the starboard observation lounge. Both the Scruna and Lieutenant Di Pasquale, whose possessors have grown tired of the dog and pony show and are eager to escape the confines of their prison and resume their quest for galactic domination, begin to turn the tables. Camila, reusing the words "[[The Event|pity is treason]],"  convinces Captain Geisler that all is not well and that a takeover of the ship is in process. The Scruna attempt to convert Commander Teixeira to their cause while Geisler and Di Pasquale enter a standoff, pointing their phasers at each other. Teixeira escapes, hoping to make it to the bridge to secure the ship, leaving Geisler alone with the enemy. Di Pasquale demands the command codes to the ship from the Captain. Geisler considers his options, and just when he thinks that surrender is the only option, the Scruna block Di Pasquale's aim. The Captain initiates a site-to-site transport and escapes. Furious, Di Pasquale initiates a ship-wide broadcast, declaring Captain Geisler is working with the enemy to secure the ship.
  
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Adding to the surprise, Ensign Mackie sabotages the Black Hawk using altered isolinear chips and coding in the computer core to disable the ship's communications, internal sensors, and security grid.
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Adding to the surprise, Ensign Mackie sabotages the Black Hawk using altered isolinear chips and coding in the computer core to disable the ship's communications, internal sensors, and security grid. Confusion grips the Black Hawk as multiple efforts organized by Lieutenant Carmichael are quickly executed. Captain Geisler, seeing that the danger they'd been sent to find had been revealed, heads for the science lab where the probe that started their mission had been kept. As security prepares to capture the Captain and frame him for the events of the day, Harvey beams himself and the probe to the Runabout Mississippi. Lieutenant Kemm, who was already on board the runabout checking the alien technology, is stunned by Harvey's phaser and left unconscious aboard the runabout. Harvey powers up the runabout and flees the Black Hawk in order to get the probe to a launching point in order to complete the time loop. He is pursued by Lieutenant Cooper and Ensign Mitchell in the [[USS Euphrates|Runabout Euphrates]] and Commander Walsh in his fighter. The Euphrates is quickly turned away from the minefield, but Walsh continues to pursue Geisler. Both ships make it through the minefield, despite suffering heavy damage along the way, along with Harvey being injured. The probe is launched, and Geisler, Walsh, and Kemm are captured by the Guardians immediately after.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:03, 12 September 2019

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Truth and Justice
Season:

[[Season 3 ({{{sim}}})|Season 3]]

Episode:

17

Date:

March 14, 2389

Span:

N/A

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Penduli V has long been isolated in the Finnean Convergence Zone. No one has set foot on the planet in centuries, and no one has left it. Kalisa’s defensive grid pales in comparison to Penduli’s, yet it wasn’t designed to keep outsiders away from the planet; it was designed to keep its inhabitants imprisoned.

Tales have been spun about the Great Conflict. Those tales have evolved into mysteries, rumors, and legends. But only the truth can be found on Penduli. Will the crew of the USS Black Hawk find the danger their future selves warned them about? Or, will the crew meet a fate worse than death itself: prison of an unimaginable design!?

Summary

In a staff debriefing, the Away Team recounts the events that unfolded at the Kalisan Archive. The information, sadly, isn't much to go on, but there is a direction at last, the road leading to Penduli V, a planet guarded by a similar defensive system. Captain Geisler orders a course set to the planet, and more study to be performed on the information retrieved from the archive. Lieutenants Di Pasquale, Roshe, and Geisler question the older Triosian and Boreriri rescued from the archive, but walk away with nothing but uneasy feelings. Doctors Kij and Milo, along with Corpsman Rylan, perform a medical exam on their guests, but nothing conclusive comes from there either. Commander Walsh hosts a think tank session, hoping to come up with a better plan of traversing the minefield, and further research is performed afterwards.

Doctor Kij and Corspman Rylan tend to members of the Away Team, finding themselves dealing with psychic imprints an encounter with an alien advertising device, giving them glimpses of a once fruitful past. Meanwhile, work continues throughout the ship in preparation for their arrival to Penduli. Morale levels are raised, thanks to a feeling of seeing the light at the end of a tunnel, as well as the Captain's Birthday Party, the first one he's celebrated in years.

The true test began, however, when the Black Hawk arrived to Penduli V. Lieutenant Sorenson was successful in activating the alien technology recovered from the archive, and the Black Hawk is able to successfully navigate the minefield despite a couple errors in the system that caused mines to be attracted to the Black Hawk. Lieutenants Geisler and Akorem scan the surface of the planet to discover that it had long ago been ravaged by orbital bombardment. Duenetic field generators surround the planet, forcing its occupants to live in an industrial, pre-electrical age. Transport to the surface is possible, though retrieving the Away Team would be difficult through the field. While the Black Hawk scans the surface, a group of Guardian vessels begin assembling outside the minefield.

Captain Geisler orders the Runabout Mississippi to be dispatched to the surface along with an Away Team led by Lieutenant Di Pasquale. Doctor Kij and Chief Engineer Sorenson are also assigned to the team, along with a contingent of security officers that include Petty Officer Gomez. The runabout lands on the surface of Penduli V, and the crew exit to survey the landscape and attempt to find locals. The locals, an ape-like species, quickly find the Away Team and surround them. Both groups attempt to engage in conversation, though it is clear the locals are a bit hostile. Petty Officer Gomez, who was assigned to guard the runabout along with an officer, stuns her crewmate and moves the Mississippi closer to the Away Team. She exits the runabout with her phaser aimed at her shipmates. The Away Team is forced to surrender as it is clear that immediate escape is no longer an option. The locals immediately take the Away Team into custody, and inform them that they will soon be hosts to the Dolmoqour, the mysterious species at the heart of the Great Conflict. Nine of the locals stab themselves in front of the Away Team, allowing the parasitic Dolmoqour to be removed from their former hosts, the apes, and implanted into the Away Team. The crew of the Black Hawk resist, but not a single one could fight off the implantation.

Now converted, the Away Team begin to hatch a plan to return to the Black Hawk and assume control of the ship in order to release the Dolmoqour from their prison. Gomez informs them of the identities of other agents already aboard the Black Hawk, including Lieutenant Carmichael and Ensign Mackie. After some discussion, and doing their best to assist Doctor Kij who is struggling with the symbiont's memories, three Scruna are selected to accompany the Away Team back to the Black Hawk. The runabout returns, and the Away Team is greeted by Captain Geisler and Commander Teixeira who initiate formal First Contact proceedings, beginning with a tour of the Black Hawk. During the tour, members of the Away Team begin to circulate throughout the Black Hawk, converting additional key members of the crew into unwilling Dolmoqour agents, including Squadron Commander Commander Walsh, Intelligence Analyst Torg, and others.

The tour of the Black Hawk goes well, and ends with a simple reception in the starboard observation lounge. Both the Scruna and Lieutenant Di Pasquale, whose possessors have grown tired of the dog and pony show and are eager to escape the confines of their prison and resume their quest for galactic domination, begin to turn the tables. Camila, reusing the words "pity is treason," convinces Captain Geisler that all is not well and that a takeover of the ship is in process. The Scruna attempt to convert Commander Teixeira to their cause while Geisler and Di Pasquale enter a standoff, pointing their phasers at each other. Teixeira escapes, hoping to make it to the bridge to secure the ship, leaving Geisler alone with the enemy. Di Pasquale demands the command codes to the ship from the Captain. Geisler considers his options, and just when he thinks that surrender is the only option, the Scruna block Di Pasquale's aim. The Captain initiates a site-to-site transport and escapes. Furious, Di Pasquale initiates a ship-wide broadcast, declaring Captain Geisler is working with the enemy to secure the ship.

Adding to the surprise, Ensign Mackie sabotages the Black Hawk using altered isolinear chips and coding in the computer core to disable the ship's communications, internal sensors, and security grid. Confusion grips the Black Hawk as multiple efforts organized by Lieutenant Carmichael are quickly executed. Captain Geisler, seeing that the danger they'd been sent to find had been revealed, heads for the science lab where the probe that started their mission had been kept. As security prepares to capture the Captain and frame him for the events of the day, Harvey beams himself and the probe to the Runabout Mississippi. Lieutenant Kemm, who was already on board the runabout checking the alien technology, is stunned by Harvey's phaser and left unconscious aboard the runabout. Harvey powers up the runabout and flees the Black Hawk in order to get the probe to a launching point in order to complete the time loop. He is pursued by Lieutenant Cooper and Ensign Mitchell in the Runabout Euphrates and Commander Walsh in his fighter. The Euphrates is quickly turned away from the minefield, but Walsh continues to pursue Geisler. Both ships make it through the minefield, despite suffering heavy damage along the way, along with Harvey being injured. The probe is launched, and Geisler, Walsh, and Kemm are captured by the Guardians immediately after.

Timeline

Mission Day 1

Mission Day 2

Mission Day 3

Mission Day 15

OOC Information

Mission 17 began on April 19, 2019. Since that time, 27 posts have been published.

External Information

Complete Mission Logs for Episode 17: Truth and Justice

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