Truth and Justice (Mission)
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| Truth and Justice | |
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17 |
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March 14, 2389 |
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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!?
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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.
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.
Timeline
Mission Day 1
- 0800 hours: Preparing For The Future
- 0900 hours: A Lead At Last
- 1000 hours: Interrogating the Aliens
- 1100 hours: Visitor Check Up
- 1600 hours: Breaking the Curse?
- 1700 hours: Focus Group
Mission Day 2
- 0900 hours: Psychic Contamination
- 1030 hours: Psychic Contamination, Part 2
Mission Day 3
- 0800 hours: Organized Chaos
- 1915 hours: Future Planning
Mission Day 15
- 1100 hours: Yellow Alert
- 1145 hours: Forming the Blockade
- 1145 hours: A Quick Update
- 1200 hours: Landing Party
- 1300 hours: Hatching The Plan
- 1330 hours: Uneasy Orbit
- 1500 hours: Setting the Board
OOC Information
Mission 17 began on April 19, 2019. Since that time, 24 posts have been published.
External Information
Complete Mission Logs for Episode 17: Truth and Justice
