Waving The Flag (Mission)

Waving the Flag
Season:	Season 1
Episode:	2
Date:	July 2280
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Repaired, refitted, and restaffed, the USS Lexington is dispatched not to the border, but to former Federation worlds hoping to rekindle the fire. Some are enthusiastic, while others, want nothing to do with humanity. Can the crew of the Lexington overcome these odds to drum up enough support to mount a new offensive in the Beta Quadrant?

Summary

Prologue

The Lexington warps back to M-11 at a sluggish Warp Four, roughly half its maximum speed. En route, Captain Marty Collins begins to assemble his Senior Staff from among the insertion team he'd brought with him. Roscoe Mayhew agrees to stay as Chief of Security as long as the ship is indeed used for why it was sought. Harlow Harcrow happily accepts the job as Chief Helmsman, finding the opportunity more joyous than piloting shuttles here and there. Alanna Morrison agrees to stay as Chief of the Boat to remain close to her uncle. Kibyr gets acquainted with the ship and a future working with Starfleet. Others like Daniel Bishop and Morgan Ryan decide to move on from the Lexington, neither of them seeing much of a future for the damaged vessel.

Days later, after the Lexington is put into drydock for repairs, Captain Collins stays aboard the mighty starship to stay involved with the repairs. He climbs through the ship's every nook and cranny to learn as much about the Lexington has he can. Just a few days into the repair process, the Lexington is visited by three members of Starfleet's Command Chiefs, including Rear Admiral Hospers, Chief of Operations; Vice Admiral Chipheni, Chief of Security; Admiral Jocelyn Bachelet, the Commander in Chief; and Captain Hugo Aamaya, the Commanding Officer of the USS Callisto. It is announced to Collins that Aamaya will be taking over the Lexington and that Marty will be reassigned. Collins adamantly refuses, citing several controversial and compromising decisions that Aamaya had made during his entrenchment in the Triangle. Marty goes so far to claim that the Captain is corrupt, and that as such, Starfleet's new ship should be left free from corruption. Aamaya tries to punch Collins, forcing Bachelet to step in before the men resort entirely to fisticuffs. Bachelet orders Aamaya to return to the Callisto and to the Triangle. Aamaya elects instead to resign, having lost confidence in the Command Chiefs. Hospers and Chipheni leave with Aamaya, and Bachelet informs Collins that this had all been a test. Not only did she need to see where Aamaya's loyalties lie, but she also needed to see that Marty had rekindled his fire to make it back to Earth.

Collins continues to stay with the Lexington, leaving only to recruit more crew members, including a Chief Medical Officer, Syrial J'naii from the Interspecies Medical Exchange, and a new Chief Engineer in Lieutenant Lynn Tayler. By early July, the Lexington is mostly restored to working order.

Platitudes

Coming Soon

Timeline

Prologue

• June 7, 2280: The New Chief
• June 8, 2280: Step Up On The Ladder
• June 8, 2280: Death Be Not Proud
• June 8, 2280: A Cupfull of Sugar
• June 14, 2280: Matters of Command
• June 14, 2280: In The Doctor's Office
• June 24, 2280: Engineer Enthusiasm
• June 26, 2280: A Personalized Tour

Platitudes

July 27, 2280

• 1000 hours: A Pauper's Life
• 1030 hours: A Hopeless Quest

OOC Information

Mission 2 began on October 18, 2020. Since then, 7 posts have been published.

External Information

Complete Mission Logs for Episode 2: Waving the Flag

	MISSIONS OF THE USS LEXINGTON
SEASON 1	1: Fool's Errand • 2: Waving The Flag • 3: Extinction
BACKGROUND	ALTERNATE UNIVERSE TIMELINE