The Finnean Crisis (Mission)

The Finnean Crisis
Season:	Season 3
Episode:	12
Date:	November 5, 2388
Span:	2 days
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The crew of the USS Black Hawk, after some well deserved rest, has been called back into service, given a new ship, and sent into the great unknown to find the source of a mystery that could spell certain doom for the Gamma Quadrant, and even the Federation itself...

Summary

It is now November 2388, a little more than three months since the Federation ended the Consortium coup. The USS Vasco da Gama, a Nova-Class Starfleet vessel patrolling the mouth of the Finnean Convergence Zone, comes across a 100-year old Class Nine Probe. Their engineers quickly uncover the first page of a great mystery, a garbled message stating that a great danger is about to eclipse the Federation. The recording lasts for minutes, but most of the information had been lost due to years of aged equipment and hardware.

Normally, such a discovery would be inventoried and carefully studied. However, the crew of the Black Hawk is summoned back to active service to discover the origin of the probe, determine if the Federation is actually in danger, and find out why the message was sent by Harvey Geisler himself.

Unfortunately, only the message made it to Captain Geisler and his crew. The probe, the Vasco da Gama, and Deep Space 15 were captured by a race known as the Selubassari. The Black Hawk’s first mission is to restore the balance of power in the Finnean System, reclaim the starbase, and recover the probe.

Upon arrival, the Black Hawk is confronted by a Rakhari blockade. Dosi and Ferengi starships arrive moments later, resulting in a massive standoff. Captain Geisler manages to arrange a meeting between himself and the Rakhari and Selubassari leaders aboard Deep Space 15. Negotiations were tense, but the Rakhari agree to let the Federation have access to the system, and the Selubassari return Deep Space 15 to Federation control.

The da Gama, docked at the space station, is devoid of crew. To make matters worse, the probe is missing. In its place is a deceased Ensign. His blood was smeared into alien writing on the wall, but the translators could not decipher it.

Aboard the station, the Starfleet personnel, all confined to quarters, are treated by the Black Hawk’s crew and slowly returned to duty. It is eventually noticed by Doctor Kij that there are no engineers or security personnel among the captured. In fact, anyone wearing a yellow collar was missing. Commander Teixeira discovers what remained of the command crew in the station’s brig and arranges for their release. Among the crew are Lieutenant Charles Carmichael, a former member of the Black Hawk’s crew now assigned to the Vasco da Gama, and Commander Stryk, the da Gaza’s CO.

The Black Hawk’s search turns to the planet, where an Away Team is dispatched. Most of the population in two different steadings had been placed into forced labor camps, along with the missing Starfleet personnel. These labor camps have one purpose: to dig and dig, hoping to find something to connect what happened to Finnea to the message from the probe. Commander Teixeira manages to only have the Starfleet personnel released as the Selubassari refuse to budge concerning the Finneans.

Furious at their treatment, the Finneans finally revolt and overthrow their oppressors. Using any ship they can, they make their way to Deep Space 15. The Selubassari immediately retake Deep Space 15 and prepare to open fire on the Finnean fleet. As the ships are mainly light craft and freighters, Captain Geisler estimates that this will be a battle where the Finneans will surely lose. He orders the Black Hawk, with her shields down, to stand in between the Finnean fleet and the Starbase. With the help of Lieutenant Corwin, the Black Hawk convinces the Finneans to stand down. Harvey then restores the shields, and attacks Deep Space 15, disarming it quickly, and restores Federation control.

The Selubassari and Finnean leaders then beam aboard the Black Hawk. Harvey turns the Selubassari leader over to the Finneans. In return, the Finneans give to Harvey his ultimate objective, a certain probe acquired from a Selubassari installation.

Timeline

Prologue

• October 16, 2388 - Message In A Bottle

Mission Day 1

• 1400 hours - Together Again
• 1430 hours - Parting Words
• 1530 hours - That New Car Smell
• 1645 hours - The Letter

Mission Day 2

• 0815 hours - Inspection:Engineering
• 0845 hours - Inspection: Intelligence
• 0915 hours - Inspection: Science
• 1015 hours - Inspection:Squadron
• 1115 hours - Inspection:Medical
• 1145 hours - Inspection: Bridge
• 1300 hours - The Finishing Touch
• 1345 hours - Phaser Certification
• 1500 hours - The Good, the Bad, and the Spotted
• 1505 hours - Phaser Certification, Take Two
• 1540 hours - XO's Phaser Certification

Mission Day 5

• 1200 hours - High Noon
• A Tense Situation
  • 1300 hours - Patrol Duty
  • 1300 hours - Checking on the Captured
  • 1300 hours - Inspecting the Vasco da Gama
  • 1300 hours - Needle in a Flapjack
  • 1300 hours - Seeds of Rebellion
  • 1300 hours - Negotiations
• 1330 hours - Checking on the Senior Staff
• 1400 hours - Back on Board
• 1430 hours - Netgirls A Plenty
• 1500 hours - Medical Team
• 1500 hours - Big and Small Dogs
• 1500 hours - Inquiring Minds
• 1515 hours - Autopsy
• 1600 hours - Taking Over The CAP
• 1700 hours - Regrouping
• 1700 hours - We're All Mad Here
• 1730 hours - Questions and Answers
• 1900 hours - No News Is Bad News

Mission Day 6

• 0600 hours Digging For Answers
• 0700 hours A Revelation
• 0705 hours Recovering Personnel
• 0715 hours Finding Answers
• 0830 hours Recouping and Regrouping
• 0900 hours The Captain's Briefs
• 0900 hours Some Inside Info?
• 0920 hours Crisis Management
• 1000 hours Ending the Plight
• 1000 hours Securing the Station
• 1030 hours Monotony... Or Not!
• 1100 hours Securing The Station
  • Team Moreau
  • Team Miller
  • Team Mitchell
  • Team Cooper
  • Team Douglas
• 1400 hours The Chief's Report
• 1500 hours Face to Probe
• 1500 hours Replicator Woes

OOC Information

Mission 12 began on April 22, 2017 and ended on October 14, 2017. 146 posts were published.

External Information

Complete Mission Logs for Episode 12: The Finnean Crisis