Sentience (Mission)

Sentience
Season:	[[Season 4 ({{{sim}}})|Season 4]]
Episode:	19
Date:	January 6, 2390
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A new year brings new adventures. The USS Black Hawk, fully repaired and extensively refit following her near-fatal mission in the Convergence Zone, is launched from Gamma Command to perform a light shakedown cruise in order for her crew to become comfortable with the changes aboard the starship. Holographic interfaces and avatars, new technology, uniforms, and even procedures to help maintain safety aboard the legendary vessel.

However, the Golden Stars… the Consortium… the Dolmoqour… none of them could have ever prepared the crew for a set of perfect conditions and an ion storm, and the birth of a new Artificial Intelligence that sees the nearly nine hundred souls aboard as an invading virus.

Summary

Six months have passed since the Black Hawk was drydocked and her refit began. The ship had suffered massive damage from its turmoil in the Finnean Convergence Zone, requiring several systems to be overhauled completely. Two hundred and fifty four new crew members were assigned to the mighty starship, replacing those that had perished or transferred elsewhere. At long last, the ship was finally cleared to launch. For the first time in his career as a Captain, no orders awaited Harvey Geisler, who decides to use this time to his advantage. He directs his reassembled crew to embark on a shakedown cruise, allowing everyone time to get acclimated to the many changes, ranging from a new Executive Officer in Commander Terry Walsh to improvements all throughout the ship and a new holographic avatar for the primary computer interface.

The crew waste no time in getting underway. No sooner does the ship warp out from New Bajor do the crew settle into a familiar routine.

Timeline

Prelude

• January 4: Adventure

Mission Day 1: Departure

• 0730 hours: A Matter of Command
• 0900 hours: Shakedown Briefing
• 1000 hours: Blood and Thunder
• 1200 hours: Departure
• 1400 hours: Intel Briefing
• 1600 hours: Back to the Bottom

OOC Information

Mission 19 began on January 6, 2020. Since then, 12 posts have been published.

External Information

Complete Mission Logs for Episode 19: Sentience