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Cptn Swain

Season 5.5: Transitions: Auribus Teneo Lupum

Transitions: Auribus Teneo Lupum

For non-latin readers in the group, the phrase in the title translates to ‘having the wolf by the ears,’ the rather precarious position of having to decide if letting go is as dangerous as holding on. As we enter the second-half of Season 5’s arc ‘Transitions,’ everyone is or will be in this difficult predicament.

 

The Dominion is caught in a maelstrom of change. With the Founders gone, the Vorta have found difficulties in managing the complexities of a multiethnic Empire founded solely around the idea of order. The various client races they control have begun to tug at their leashes, some have openly rebelled, while others have tried more democratic ways to separate themselves. Though the weapons smuggling from the Alpha Quadrant has largely been curtailed, tensions continue to rise as the Dominion struggles to adapt to the transitioning landscape of power.

 

As we’ve seen first hand over the last several months in the first half of the season, the Dominon’s weakening has been a mixed blessing for everyone. While a number of races have found themselves free for the first time in generations, they’re now faced with difficult problems sometimes beyond their own abilities to solve, and many of which are the legacy of years of forced subjugation. Others have found themselves swallowed up by emerging powers who’d long remained nascent in the shadows of the Dominion. And for the first time in the collective memory of anyone in the Quadrant, the Dominion seems to be on the verge of a major internal conflict as Taenix continues to struggle to keep the Vorta Council united in the face of external and internal conflicts.

 

The Scorpiads for their part, remain in a state of flux. They’re dying and they know it. Not only are they no longer able to construct their terrifyingly powerful organic vessels, but their own reproduction has come perilously close to stopping. As their power wanes, their own ‘children,’ the Eratians and the Al-Ucard continue their rebellion, forcing the already wounded Scorpiad to make a choice: do they continue to fight, or do they slip slowly into the shadows?

 

As the two hegemons of the Gamma Quadrant face twilight, the powers of the Alpha Quadrant face questions about themselves and their continued participation in the politics of the ‘Dark Quadrant.’ The Romulans are on the verge of their own ‘revolution’ as the thaw in relations between the Empire and the Federation has given birth to a new era of liberalism, which in turn has caused pushback from the more radical, conservative forces within their government.

 

While the Federation has continued to expand into the Gamma Quadrant, supporting over 20 Federation colonies, and began the process of building a second starbase, Lyonesse Station, at the GQ Terminus of the wormhole, forces within the Federation also seek to undermine our allies. The Dominion War brought sweeping changes to the Federation, and now we must look into ourselves and see if we like those changes. There’s also a lingering question: if another war or crisis were to erupt in the Alpha Quadrant, would Camelot be worth the resources?

 

Going forward into the rest of this season, Commander Hawthorne and I hope to continue to address this central theme: the idea of being caught between impossibly difficult choices and having to ultimately decide which path to take, or in some cases, being forced down a path. Over the next several plots we will see a variety of species in a variety of situations, and how the choices they and others have made have led us to this point, the moment of transition.

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Season 5.5, Episode 2 "Affliction"

Mission Brief, SD 022013.10

 

The Excalibur has been dispatched to the Alciest system to deploy a high-tech communications array to allow for better and more reliable communication with the Alpha Quadrant. Engineering has been tasked with the primary portion of the mission, however, as Alciest is a non-Federation planet, Security will be tasked with keeping the engineering operations secure, while Science and Medical will both play support roles. After several days of travel and preperation, Excalibur will be arriving in the system as we pick up.

 

IC Date: February 10, 2386

TBS: 4 Days

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Season 5.5, Episode 2 "Affliction"

Mission Brief, SD 022013.17

 

Excalibur has arrived in Alciest and has beamed a team down to the mining colony to begin preparing the site for construction. Medical has been asked to assist the colonial facilities as the colony is running low on medical supplies. The team beamed down to find a less than pristine facility and were looking for the colonial leader as we paused.

 

IC Date: February 10, 2386

TBS: None

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Season 5.5, Episode 2 "Affliction"

Mission Brief, SD 062013.02

 

Excalibur remains in orbit of the mining asteroid where they've been working to setup a long-range communications array. Medical and security have also been involved in humanitarian aid, as they've found the colony to be in far more dire condition than the original mission vitae had indicated. A team from security was readying to check on the progress of the worksite, when medical found an unusual synthetic bioagent in the patients they were helping in what passed for a sickbay. The team has decided to investigate the area where the miner had been working.

 

IC Date: February 10, 2386

TBS: None

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Season 5.5, Episode 2 "Affliction"

Mission Brief, SD 082013.13

 

Engineering has been busy tracking down missing supplies and have found a lead, while Security/Medical are plotting their escape from the clutches of the mining leader Rhaz Ghal.

 

IC Date: February 19, 2386

TBS: None

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Season 5.5, Episode 2 "Affliction"

SD 082013.25

 

Excalibur has left orbit of the now uninhabited mining colony, leaving behind a small detachment of marines, engineers and a squadron of fighters to continue securing the base until a squad of Starfleet Corps of Engineers are delivered to make final preparations for the array to go online. Drs. Dubois and Castell along with the other members of the away team are continuing to recover in sickbay after the anesthetic agent they used to attempt to regain control of the mining base had a deadly reaction with a chemical in the simulated atmosphere that led to the death of all of the indigenous miners. Meanwhile, Excalibur has learned that the Dominion has launched an assault on the Tarwani homeworld, a Dominion client world that had recently began peaceful protests in attempt to secure their independence.

 

IC Date: February 22, 2386

TBS: 3 Days

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Season 5.5, Episode 2.5 "After Effects"

SD 092013.22

 

While medical and security continue to recover from their mission, an alarm has triggered on the bridge and a possible plasma based explosive has been detected.

 

IC Date: February 22, 2386

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