The History of the USS Manticore, NCC 5852

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Mission Briefings - 2000

 

=/\= "MANTICORE" BRIEFING #89, STARDATE 50001.03 =/\=

The Manticore has been destroyed. The disk-like object that attacked the ship was disabled and knocked from the sky, then obliterated. The crew has set up a dermacrete dome as a base camp on the surface of Ceti Alpha VI. The first night on the surface has begun with over 100 of the crew missing, wounded or dead. A local creature, capable of killing a person quickly, is being brought in for examination.

 

=/\= "MANTICORE" BRIEFING #91, STARDATE 50001.17 =/\=

The Manticore has been destroyed. The disk-like object that attacked the ship was disabled and knocked from the sky, then obliterated. The crew has set up a dermacrete dome as a base camp on the surface of Ceti Alpha VI. The first night on the surface is now over and many of the missing crew have been found. A sample of a local creature, capable of killing a person quickly, has been examined and is a chief concern of the crew (along with water, food, shelter and rescue.)

 

=/\= "MANTICORE" BRIEFING #92, STARDATE 50001.24 =/\=

The Manticore has been destroyed. The disk-like object that attacked the ship was disabled and knocked from the sky, then obliterated. The crew has set up a dermacrete dome as a base camp on the surface of Ceti Alpha VI. Life, survival, has begun on the surface as the missing crew have been found and we must keep going. We have no food, no water, and non-stop sandstorms. I have not heard from the Pegasus after sending it into orbit and we have vague readings of some sort of battle or energy bursts from space. The crew is at the end of its endurance.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #93, STARDATE 50001.31 =/\=

The Manticore crew has been rescued from exile on Ceti Alpha VI. It turns out that the Special Operations Division had constructed more than one modified Nebula ship and they pulled one from "storage" for us to use. They don't want to make it known that one of their ships was destroyed, so we are not even to use an alphabetic addition to our registry number. The NCC- 5852 returns. The ship is en route to Starbase 243 for final reconfiguration and crew additions. There is some sort of surprise awaiting us there, but the Admiralty is being typically vague. In the meantime, the crew is harvesting what mementos it can from the debris of the first 5852 that has been collected in Cargo Bay 1.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #94, STARDATE 50002.07 =/\=

The Manticore crew has been rescued from exile on Ceti Alpha VI on a new, modified Nebula ship and is docked at Starbase 243 for final reconfiguration and crew additions. Nelar is gone, Solkar has returned and a new medium-range support ship, Hydra, has been given to us for testing. I hate cliches, but life *does* go on, and so must we.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #95, STARDATE 50002.14 =/\=

The new Manticore has been sent to investigate rumors of a Dyson's Sphere in one of the lesser explored arms of a galaxy known as Cupid's Bow.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #96, STARDATE 50002.21 =/\=

The new Manticore has been sent to investigate rumors of a Dyson's Sphere in one of the lesser explored arms of a galaxy known as Cupid's Bow. Upon arrival, we have found a Sphere surrounded by sensor-blocking satellites. As we approached, we were scanned by deep sensor scans from some of the satellites, but no other activity has been detected.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #97, STARDATE 50002.28 =/\=

The Manticore has been sent to investigate a Dyson's Sphere in one of the lesser explored arms of a galaxy known as Cupid's Bow. Upon arrival, we have found the Sphere surrounded by sensor- blocking satellites and, seemingly, inhabited. We have been invited to enter as guests of the "People of Zelazny." The senior staff has just convened a meeting to decide our next course of action.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #98, STARDATE 50003.06 =/\=

The Manticore has been sent to investigate a Dyson's Sphere in one of the lesser explored arms of a galaxy known as Cupid's Bow. We have been invited to enter as guests of the "People of Zelazny." Upon entering the Sphere, the ship is fired upon "by mistake" by the People's Empire of Zelazny, a rival civilization inside the Sphere.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #99, STARDATE 50003.13 =/\=

The Manticore has been sent to investigate a Dyson's Sphere in one of the lesser explored arms of a galaxy known as Cupid's Bow. We have been invited to enter as guests of the People of Zelazny. Upon entering the Sphere, the ship is fired upon "by mistake" by the People's Empire of Zelazny, a rival civilization inside the Sphere. Then, after being grabbed by tractor beams by both groups, the ship has fled to the far side of the sphere, where we have encountered the People's Hierarchical Imperium of Zelazny. After POZ, PEZ and PHIZ, I shudder to imagine who might be next.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #100, STARDATE 50003.20 =/\=

The Manticore has been sent to investigate a Dyson's Sphere in one of the lesser explored arms of a galaxy known as Cupid's Bow. We have been invited to enter as guests of the People of Zelazny. Upon entering the Sphere, the ship was fired upon "by mistake" by the People's Empire of Zelazny, a rival civilization inside the Sphere. Then, after being grabbed by tractor beams by both groups, the ship has fled to the far side of the sphere, where we have encountered the People's Hierarchical Imperium of Zelazny, who tried to kill a landing party sent down. Our focus now is to discover all we can about the Sphere and its weaknesses in order to make our escape.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #101, STARDATE 50003.27 =/\=

The Manticore has been sent to investigate a Dyson's Sphere in one of the lesser explored arms of a galaxy known as Cupid's Bow. Once inside, as guests of the People of Zelazny, the ship has been set upon and attacked by these "people" as well as the People's Empire of Zelazny and the People's Hierarchical Imperium of Zelazny, who also tried to kill a landing party sent down. These three Entities play a game with starships as trophies. The ship has come upon their trophy area with hundreds of dead ships attached to pylons. The landing party has also discovered that

the only thing alive in here are some sort of hyper-developed brains, controlling vast areas of the Sphere. The crew is doing all it can to make our escape.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #102, STARDATE 50004.03 =/\=

The Manticore has been sent to investigate a Dyson's Sphere in one of the lesser explored arms of a galaxy known as Cupid's Bow. Once inside, as guests of the People of Zelazny, the ship has been set upon and attacked by these "people" as well as the People's Empire of Zelazny and the People's Hierarchical Imperium of Zelazny, who also tried to kill a landing party sent down. These three Entities seem to play a game with starships as trophies. The ship has come upon their trophy area with hundreds of dead ships attached to pylons. We are hoping to use the old engines of these ships to help us escape the Sphere.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #103, STARDATE 50004.10 =/\=

The Manticore has been sent to investigate a Dyson's Sphere in one of the lesser explored arms of a galaxy known as Cupid's Bow. Once inside, as guests of the People of Zelazny, the ship has been set upon and attacked by these "people" as well as the People's Empire of Zelazny and the People's Hierarchical Imperium of Zelazny, who also tried to kill a landing party sent down. These three Entities seem to play a game with starships as trophies. The ship has come upon their trophy area with hundreds of dead ships attached to pylons. We were hoping to use the old engines of these ships to help us escape the Sphere, but have now captured one of the entities and may be able to escape peacefully.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #104, STARDATE 50004.17 =/\=

The Manticore has escaped the Dyson's Sphere known as "Zelazny" by its inhabitants. Captain Atragon-9 was lost in the final exchange of one of the indigenous life forms back to the surface. The Captain's Yacht, the Pegasus, was destroyed just as it was ready to land in the Sphere and

just as the Manticore was pushed out one of the entry ports by the central power in charge of the "game" going on inside. The ship currently holds 40,000 km off from the object.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #105, STARDATE 50004.24 =/\=

The Manticore has escaped the Dyson's Sphere known as "Zelazny." The Captain's Yacht, the Pegasus, was destroyed just as it was ready to land in the Sphere and just as the Manticore was pushed out one of the entry ports by the central power in charge of the "game" going on inside. Using his exoskeleton suit and an EVA helmet, he barely survived the explosion and was blown through the hole in the Sphere made by Pegasus. He was detected, rescued by another ship and transferred to Manticore, where he is in Sickbay, in stasis. The doctors are not sure if he will survive. Sovak has been promoted to Captain and Commanding Officer, Farrington to Commander and First Officer.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #107, STARDATE 50005.08 =/\=

The Manticore has been sent to investigate the sudden communications silence from Outpost 918 on one of the Federation's frontiers. An away team has found the entire population of the outpost dead with symptoms of a terrible sickness leading to a fatal "bleeding out." No sign of struggle or outside intervention has been found. One body has been transported to the sickbay for autopsy. Atragon-9 is in Sickbay, as well, still in stasis.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #108, STARDATE 50005.15 =/\=

The Manticore has been sent to investigate the sudden communications silence from Outpost 918 on one of the Federation's frontiers. An away team found the entire population of the outpost dead with symptoms of a terrible sickness leading to a fatal "bleeding out." No sign of struggle or outside intervention has been found. One body has been transported to the sickbay for autopsy and a second away team is investigating a ship still docked at the outpost. Atragon-9 is finally conscious and slowly recuperating in Sickbay.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #109, STARDATE 50005.22 =/\=

The Manticore has been sent to investigate the sudden communications silence from Outpost 918 on one of the Federation's frontiers. Upon arrival, it is discovered that the entire population of the outpost dead with symptoms of a terrible sickness leading to a fatal "bleeding out." No sign of struggle or outside intervention has been found. The man who died at the outpost first, arrived in a ship still docked at the outpost. Manticore is now following that ship's course back to the source while a Black Ops "cleanup" vessel sanitizes what is left of the outpost. Atragon-9 is recuperating in Sickbay, Sovak continues to retain command.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #110, STARDATE 50005.29 =/\=

The Manticore had been sent to investigate the communications silence from Outpost 918. Upon arrival, it was discovered that the entire population of the outpost was dead with symptoms of a terrible sickness leading to a fatal "bleeding out." The man who first died arrived in a ship still docked there. Manticore followed that ship's course back to the source while a Black Ops "cleanup" vessel sanitized what was left of the outpost. Upon arrival at Xerxeria VI, also the site of a long-abandoned fleet base, Manticore was fired on by an unknown group. Atragon-9 is recuperating in Sickbay, Sovak continues to retain Command.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #111, STARDATE 50006.05 =/\=

The Manticore had been sent to investigate the communications silence from Outpost 918. Shortly after arrival and discovery of the entire population dead from an epidemic, Manticore followed the course of the disease carrying ship back to the source. Upon arrival at Xerxeria VI, the site of a long-abandoned fleet base, Manticore was fired on by an unknown group. They have a small, but effective, fleet of older vessels that have disabled the fighters and severely damaged Manticore from orbital attacks. An Intrepid-class ship is on near approach as the crew rallies to survive, if not prevail.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #112, STARDATE 50006.12 =/\=

The Manticore had been sent to investigate the communications silence from Outpost 918. Shortly after arrival and discovery of the entire population dead from an epidemic, Manticore followed the course of the disease carrying ship back to the source. Upon arrival at Xerxeria VI, the site of a long-abandoned fleet base, Manticore was fired on by an unknown group. They have a small, but effective, fleet of older vessels that have disabled the fighters and severely damaged the ship from orbital attacks. Manticore released an EMP device to even the odds and all ships were shut down. The crew's hope is pinned on the Engineers' repair skill and a distress call to SF Intelligence.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #113, STARDATE 50006.19 =/\=

The Manticore has been rescued from the stand-off in space with the followers of Koresh Branch by the over-eager and over-armed ships of Special Operations. They have now taken over the mission and will deal with the reactionary survivalists. Manticore will retrieve the fighters and fly to space dock for a repair of the dorsal pylon and a replacement dorsal module. One of the Special Ops dreadnaughts will accompany the ship back.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #114, STARDATE 50006.26 =/\=

USS Manticore, minus Captain Atragon and Captain Sovak, has arrived at Utopia Planitia shipyard. Everyone is given 2 weeks leave.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #115, STARDATE 50007.03 =/\=

Some to earth, some to the station,

Some to their quarters, ALL ON VACATION!!!

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #116, STARDATE 50007.10 =/\=

Shore Leave in Sector 001 continues as the wedding of Lt. Commanders Beamer and Ryan draws near.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #117, STARDATE 50007.17 =/\=

Shore Leave in Sector 001 continues as the wedding of Lt. Commanders Beamer and Ryan draws near, really really near.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #118, STARDATE 50007.24 =/\=

Shore Leave in Sector 001 has come to a crashing end, during the wedding of Lt. Commanders Beamer and Ryan as shooting stars turn out to be large asteroids, raining down destruction on the Sol system. Manticore, ready for space once again, fights to get out of Utopia Planitia's space dock and investigate.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #119, STARDATE 50007.31 =/\=

The Manticore has escaped Utopia Planitia's space dock and is en route, with the USS Farragut, to investigate the source of the artificial asteroids wreaking havoc in Sector 001. Our intelligence sources show two gigantic vessels driving the swarm of asteroids forward and our mission is to

destroy them quickly and, if possible, keep Manticore's "secret identity" from the Farragut.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #120, STARDATE 50008.07 =/\=

The Manticore, escorting the USS Farragut, has reached the source of the artificial asteroids wreaking havoc in Sector 001. Two gigantic planetoid-vessels are driving the swarm of asteroids forward. Our mission is to destroy them quickly and, if possible, keep Manticore's "secret identity" from the Farragut. However, the Farragut has been disabled in their attempt to stop the aliens and now we must step in and complete our mission.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #121, STARDATE 50008.14 =/\=

The Manticore is engaged in a fierce battle with the source of the artificial asteroids wreaking havoc in Sector 001. One of the two gigantic planetoid-vessels that were driving the swarm of asteroids forward has been destroyed by a daring attack by Lt Commander Silver in a fighter. However, the after-effects of that battle has left Manticore disabled and we are confident that the second vessel will not be open to another fighter attack.

 

=/\= =/\= MANTICORE Briefing #122, Star Date 0008.21 =/\= =/\=

The Manticore sits at star base 9 after it's fierce battle with the source of the artificial asteroids which wreaked havoc in sector one. The Captain is in special week long briefings about the enemy encounter, and MANTICORE is awaiting departure orders. The crew is authorized a short shore leave on the station while awaiting them.

 

=/\= =/\= MANTICORE Briefing #123, Star Date 0008.28 =/\= =/\=

The Manticore readies for departure from Star Base 9 to the planet Vulcan. The Captain is in special week long briefings about the recent enemy encounter. The Manticore has finally obained authorization to take Commander Farrington to Mt. Selaya and move Mr. Solkar's katra to it's final resting place.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #124, STARDATE 50009.04 =/\=

The Manticore has completed it's "delivery" on Vulcan. Solkar's Katra has been taken from Jami Farrington's mind and placed at Mt. Seleya for safe keeping. The ship, under the command of Cpatain Sovak, is returning to Starbase IX to rendezvous with Captain Atragon-9, who has completed his debriefing with Fleet Ops and Intelligence.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #125, STARDATE 50009.11 =/\=

The Manticore is en route to the Yad system to monitor and record the final stages of a star going Super Nova.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #126, STARDATE 50009.18 =/\=

The Manticore has arrived at the Yad system to monitor and record the final stages of a star going Super Nova. A civilization has been discovered on the 4th planet of the system, well within the blast radius for the star when it explodes in just three days. An away team is being sent to examine this population while we can, since there is no process available to evacuate them in time. Even if they could be saved, it would violate the Prime Directive to try and save them.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #127, STARDATE 50009.25 =/\=

The Manticore has arrived at the Yad system to monitor and record the final stages of a star going Super Nova. A civilization has been discovered on the 4th planet of the system, well within the blast radius for the star when it explodes in just two days. An away team has been sent to examine this population while we can, since there is no process available to evacuate them in time. Even if they could be saved, it would violate the Prime Directive to try and save them. So now we wait for their report and prepare to "step back" and observe.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #128, STARDATE 50010.02 =/\=

The Manticore has arrived at the Yad system to monitor and record the final stages of a star going Super Nova. A civilization has been discovered on the 4th planet of the system, well within the blast radius of the star when it explodes in just one more day. An away team has been sent to examine this population while we can, since there is no process available to evacuate them in time. Even if they could be saved, it would violate the Prime Directive to try and save them. The time has come for the team to return to the ship so that the ship can "step back" and observe.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #129, STARDATE 50010.09 =/\=

The Manticore has just monitored the explosion of a star going Super Nova in the Yad system. A civilization, discovered on the 4th planet, was destroyed when the star exploded. Some feel that there was a "transformation" of the population in time. Others feel that nothing remains of the people of Yad 4. The ship is returning to its regular patrol.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #130, STARDATE 50010.16 =/\=

Following the monitoring of the explosion of a star going Super Nova in the Yad system, the Manticore was bathed with the solar energy of the event. At the same time, there was an organic energy pulse from the 4th planet that combined with the solar "wave." Almost immediately, the crew has begun to grow smaller. At this rate, there are only nine days until we shrink to an "invisible" size.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #131, STARDATE 50010.23 =/\=

Following the monitoring of the explosion of a star going Super Nova in the Yad system, the Manticore was bathed in solar and organic energy. As a result, the crew has begun to grow smaller. At this rate, there are only seven days until we shrink to an "invisible" size. The ship has anchored at a Federation subspace beacon and will remain here until a cure/reversal is discovered.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #132, STARDATE 50010.30 =/\=

The Manticore remains anchored the subspace beacon. The crew continues to shrink with only days until we are too small to operate any of the ships' systems.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #133, STARDATE 50011.06 =/\=

Following the monitoring of the explosion of a star going Super Nova in the Yad system, the Manticore was bathed in solar and organic energy. As a result, the crew began to grow smaller. At this rate, there is only three more days until we shrink to an "invisible" size and only one until we become unable to operate the controls of the ship. The ship has anchored at a Federation subspace beacon and will remain here until a cure/reversal is discovered.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #134, STARDATE 50011.13 =/\=

Following the monitoring of the explosion of a star going Super Nova in the Yad system, the Manticore was bathed in solar and organic energy. As a result, the crew is growing smaller. At this rate, there is only two more days until we shrink to an "invisible" size. We have already become unable to operate the controls of the ship just as we have discovered what we feel is the solution. The USS Carpathia should reach our position soon. The question remains if they can affect the cure in time or if they will even attempt to board the Manticore.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #135, STARDATE 50011.20 =/\=

The crew of the Manticore has returned to normal size, after shrinking to an almost invisible size. Thanks to the crew of the USS Carpathia, we have escaped an unknown biological "bubble" and survived the ship being thrown into a dead spin when the bubble was broken. Having arrived at Starbase 18, the crew is to be examined by medical staff at the base to look for any negative results of our size change. We will also have shore leave while we make some personnel, supply and ordnance changes.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #136, STARDATE 50011.27 =/\=

The crew of the Manticore has returned to normal size, after shrinking to an almost invisible size. Having arrived at Starbase 18, all personnel are being examined by medical staff at the base to check for any negative results of the size change. There is also shore leave while the ship prepares to set out once again.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #137, STARDATE 50012.04 =/\=

The Manticore is still docked at Starbase 18. All personnel have been examined by medical staff at the base and have been certified fit for duty in the aftermath of extreme size changes. Shore leave concludes as the ship prepares to set out once again.

 

=/\= MANTICORE BRIEFING #139, STARDATE 50012.18 =/\=

The Manticore has just destroyed Starbase 18. Under the direct command of Admiral Pita, the ship attacked the ill equipped fleet of the Traalfam who were attacking the starbase. A single shot from Manticore caused a Traalfam vessel to spin out of control. A (un)lucky shot from that Traalfam ship hit an incoming freighter that was probably carrying questionably-legal Dilithium. The ensuing explosion destroyed the freighter, the Traalfam attack force and the starbase itself. We are remaining in the area to begin an investigation of the complete facts.