Convoy Escort Plot

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The USS Agincourt has been assigned to escort a convoy of freighters to Melkas III, a large colony world at the "crossroads" of two major trade routes. Agincourt is one of many vessels pressed into providing security for civilian shipping, as attacks on the trade routes increase. The culprits remain unknown, beyond scattered rumors of varying degrees of reliability.

 

Recap 07.05.06

 

Leaving JoNs on the Bridge to keep an eye on matters, Davies pays a few surprise visits around the ship, stopping first in Engineering until a few minor Engineering issues distract Prell and Kassem from captain-sitting duties.

 

He therefore makes his way to the NNC, where on-duty marines Day, Rieve, and Merril welcome him into their little on-ship base with some semblance of open arms. After making his way to the Colonel's office, Borel sends a covert message to Harper detailing their commanding officer's appearance before heading out to join his comrades in making him feel welcome...

 

In the Mess, Harper and Condacin share a session of good-natured button-pushing and scientific speculation on the anomalous subspace rift, while Spitfire discusses life and work with Holt in Security.

 

TBS: 2 days

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Recap 07.12.06

 

Davies, Prell, and Spitfire beam down to Melkas III to meet with the planetary governor, Toin. While they're in transit, Toin exchanges words with Robair, who is manning the bridge. Neither he nor JoNs seem particularly happy about the governor's opinion of the Agincourt and her crew. Toin doesn't seem particularly happy with their diplomatic training.

 

Elsewhere on the ship, people are taking the opportunity to work on some personal projects. Condacin engages in her favorite sport, lieutenant-baiting, when Kassem drops by the science lab to pick something up.

 

In the NNC, Day and Rieve shoot the breeze about the current mission, while Borel works his way through a small mountain of backlogged paperwork. Merril brings his squad in for a debriefing after a holodeck exercise, but he isn't allowed to talk long before Kassem shows up with the chips for their project. Day uses the opportunity to escape from Borel's paperwork and pay a visit to sickbay, passing Harper on her way out -- who likewise does a quick about-face upon seeing the looming stack, and walks to Engineering with Kassem.

 

The quiet is interrupted when JoNs picks up some anomalous readings. Neither she nor Condacin can identify them. It becomes a moot point when an alien vessel appears, of the same class encountered at Vorana and Alamis. The Agincourt goes to red alert, just as a second alien vessel joins the party.

 

TBS: <1 minute

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Recap 07.19.06

 

The two alien ships begin transporting supplies away from the freighters and the surface. The Agincourt moves to engage them, and calls for backup. The alien ships are distracted from their prey, and turn on the Agincourt, just as the USS Gideon arrives to help.

 

Down in the NNC, Day and Rieve attempt to get a solid ID on the vessels, and possibly extrapolate their weaknesses. Merril fires up the auxiliary bridge to help coordinate efforts.

 

Science is also busy scrutinizing the attackers. New midshipman Enlington is thrown in the deep end as Condacin helps talk her through doing scientific studies in the midst of a firefight. Together they gather some information on the vortex formation, but sadly it does nothing to keep the Agincourt and the Gideon from getting pounded by the aliens.

 

Everyone on the planet has vanished to emergency stations or shelters, leaving Davies to try and gather information from news feeds and communications with the ship. But things up in space are busy; coordinating between the main and battle bridges, Harper and Robair are attempting to keep the ship in one piece. No easy task, despite the quick targeting work of JoNs, as well as Pilot's hand on the helm and Kroells managing OPS. Kassem and Prell are scrambling to hold things together in two different engineering sections.

 

The Gideon eventually falters under the strain. Critical explosions force its evacuation. The Agincourt drops shields around the shuttlebay in order to provide a transporter window, and begins taking on surivors, including Toren, who are met by Merril and a triage team.

 

With the loss of the Gideon and the damage to Agincourt, it becomes clear new tactics are needed. Harper orders the initiation of Multi-Vector Assault Mode. Primary section Alpha and secondary section Beta tackles the alien ships while tertiary section Gamma remains to finish the evacuation of the Gideon and pick up the Away Team.

 

Finally, a lucky quantum torpedo strikes something critical aboard one of the enemy ships. Fires are visible under a partially-collapsed hull. It begins to retreat, while its sister ship continues firing at the Agincourt sections. Alpha section pursues, as another of those strange vortices opens to receive the alien ship. When the second ship also begins heading for the vortex, Beta section joins the pursuit, and Gamma races to grab the Away Team before the aliens and the other sections can out-pace it too much.

 

TBS: none