HQRP019 - Between a Rock and a Hard Case

The Ournal Class space dock can support up to eight Sovereign Class vessels, and up to twenty four smaller ships. Tranquility is a huge show of Starfleet strength as well as a safe haven and a place to repair starships. It also provides staging areas for many freighters and transport vessels.

The giant sensor towers and the forest of antennae allow the facility to scan for light-years around the area of the station. Non-Starfleet endeavours are welcome at Tranquility. Retail and office space along with cargo holds and numerous holodecks are available. Tranquility provides transporter service and trade arbitration if necessary.

Tranquility also has a significant tourist trade, by virtue of its role as gateway to the Pinastri Sector. Advanced medical and scientific research facilities can be found on Tranquility. The only limit regarding missions is the imagination of its commander.

Roleplay Times: Alpha Shift - Sundays 10am - 12pm SLT
Beta Shift - Fridays 11pm - 1am SLT
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=/\= INCOMING UNITED FEDERATION STARFLEET TRANSMISSION =/\=
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Stardate: 220710 (Sunday) @1000 hrs SLT
Prepared by: Rich Lombardia
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1. Mission Briefing
2. Status Report & Current Orders
3. Important Participation Notes
4. Supplemental Information

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=/\= MISSION BRIEFING =/\=
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TO: Captain Yidan Rahn
Admiral's Adjudant
Pinastri HQ

FROM: Rear Admiral Rich Lombardia
Commanding Officer
Pinastri HQ

SUBJECT: NEW ORDERS

Captain Rahn, you are hereby requested and required to take the runabout USS Lazarus to Aries IV to ferry Ismod Deici, a Betazoid ambassador, to negotiate mining rights with the arachnid species Starfleet made first contact with recently. This mission is extremely important as we are in need of the tritanium but have to uphold our highest values to respect the lives of other species and their rights to their home world. Ambassador Ismod will take point on the negotiations.

We have received a petition from the Tartarus Mining Guild regarding the halting of mining operations due to the 'attack' of the arachnid species. They are claiming the hold up is unlawful as the species has not been confirmed as being native to Aries IV. They are understandably upset over the loss of their workers. There have been several encrypted communication between the mining guild and the colony. We do not have lawful authority to decrypt these and view the contents.

While we do not expect trouble, you are to monitor the situation and ensure the safety of all personnel. Good luck Captain.

In service,
Admiral Lombardia

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=/\= STATUS REPORT & CURRENT ORDERS =/\=
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Location: The Colony
Alert Status: Green
Damage: None

ORDERS: Ensure negotiations continue uninterrupted.

Rules of Engagement: The spiders are lethal, as discovered by the former Colony administrator. We can defend ourselves as needed, but should not escalate unnecessarily. It should be assumed all our interactions with the drones are being relayed to the Queen. The more hostile we are, the less likely of peaceful negotiations.

NOTE: Every away team member MUST have an environment suit. Movement outside the colony is hazardous without one. You don’t necessarily need to have it one when you beam down, but should have It handy to quickly don if you need to go outside.

Note: You are required to have your Unity Star meter on and be equipped with a unity phaser.

STARTING OBJECTIVES ( * = indicates leading assignments)
Note: if your name is not listed, do not worry. We will add you to a team.

Operations: Prepare for Colony to resume mining operations or evacuate the colony
Engineering: Assist with any maintenance issues at the colony
Science: Continued study of the Arachnid species
Medical: Assist Science in study of Arachnids
Security: Protection detail of away team
Intelligence: Monitor the miners activity
Marine: Protection detail of Ambassador
Cadets: Assist the relevant dept
Civilians: Various Colonists
Guests: Report to Department Chief of assignment

Ships Assisting: None

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=/\= IMPORTANT PARTICIPATION NOTES =/\=
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=/\= SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION =/\=
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Confused about the mission? In this section, you'll find background supplemental information about our mission, the area of space we're in, supporting ships, and so on that you can use to help build atmosphere and add detail when participating or to your logging, if you like!
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Science Report on Aries IV
Prepared by LtJg Ferre Flamand

Aries IV, fourth star of 7 in the Aries system, a G5 star comparable to Sol.

Diameter : 6855 km
Mass : 6.522 x 10²³ kg
Escape velocity : 5.133 km/sec
Density : 4.011 g/cm³
Day length : 23 Hr 17 min 58 sec
Year length 626 days
Albedo : 19 percent
Core composition Fe and Ni
High amounts of Tritanium
Distance to the (single) main star : 210.000.000 km
Because of the high degree tilted axle (71°) the seasons are very different, and it's not a walk in the park to live there. Temperatures vary between -82°C in wintertime and 112°C in summertime.

Aries IV had a breathable atmosphere till about 12 million years ago but lost it because of a runaway greenhouse effect. As a result, the atmosphere turned toxic with high ammonia concentrations, but it boosted the tritanium quantities enormously.

Spacesuits are therefore a necessity and strict precautions, and security measures must be followed strictly at all times. A leak in a spacesuit is deadly, even in a very short time.

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Alpha-Shift

RAdm Rich Lombardia CO (Captain Yidan Rahn)
Fleet Capt Jorden Allen XO
Cmdr Kestral Roffo 2nd officer
LT Cmdr Erika Lancetti Intel
LT Cmdr Romy Magic Tactical/Security
LT Ellemir Maven OPS (miner)
LT (jg) Ferre Flamand Science (miner)
LT (jg) Jewlyia Prather Medical
Lt (jg) Aurora Philbin Science
Commander Fємa Fiгєƒгiçк OPS X
Ensign Jabara Eris Medical
Ensign Kassi Intel
Major Hanfoi Marines
Lt Colonel Nalah Khadijah Parker-King Marines
Taylkusha Fairymeadow (miner)
Topper501 (miner)

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Mission Name: Alpha-Shift - Between a Rock and a Hard Case
Stardate: 220710 10.00
Report by: LT Romy Magic
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=/\= MISSION LOG =/\=
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Now Admiral Lombardia is back at Tranquility he sent his Adjutant to escort an ambassador here to negotiate mining rights.
Captain Yidan Rahn, the miners and a couple of officers will go down to the mine and do the negotiations.The marines are assigned protection detail of the ambassador, how ever he has dictated that we all remain up here as to not give the wrong impression to the arachnids. The rest of us do there own jobs, like exploring the colony base or do some science work.
I personnel kept my ear on the Comm, to follow the conversations down in the mine.

So i was given Command up here at the colony while Captain Rahn is below and wait for events to dictate actions.
While Captain Rahn and the officers and the mines decedent in the the mine, i listened to the Comm.
The silence was eerie and no one was moving like they were some sort of statue.

While listening to the Comm, i heard one of the miners say something about blocking the comm channels between here and the base, and then lock them out. she didn't want anyone knowing what we are doing. apparently it dint work, because i could still hear them. then i heard something like .... lets get this guy down into the mine and secured so we can move on to phase 2.
i heard some struggles, they dragged him into the quarters and get the suit off, and took his weapons.
Again they tried to block of the Comm and disable the elevator controls, the comms where still on.

the Captain Rahn was surprised as the ambassador's voice breaks the silence. He listens as the Ambassador says negotiations are going favorably and they need assurance to protect their nest, especially the young. "That fantastic news. What if they focused the mining operations to remove the tritanium closest to the nest then can alter the tunnels away from the nest. We can seal these tunnels if they prefer not to have contact with the colony.

Then i heard one of the miner say to another to get the drones ready. they had a special delivery for the spider friends. The other complied.
i felt uneasy, but i dint want to sound the alarm yet, because the captain dint seems to need any help yet.

As the Captain was hearing the concerns regarding the quakes. "They still blame us for those huh. We have he seismic stabilizes that will minimize those. "

Then i heard over the Comm, the miner order to the other, start deploying the drones through the caverns. We are going to want maximum dispersion to make sure the whole structure collapses

The Captain said "What's going on here! We said we were not to be interrupted", he apparently noticed what the miner where planning.
I heard a shot fired .... the miner shoots at the spider until its nothing but goo, then holds her phaser on Captain Rahn and the Ambassador. "If you would be so kind as to hold still. We don't want to hurt any humans". the captain said "What is the meaning of this?". the miner said, Now then, since you didn't want to stomp these insects, we did the work for you.
i heard "do you have the drones fully deployed in the tunnels. Make sure there is one in each of those nursery caves."

Meanwhile i was hearing this and tried to have the away-team report, but to no avail. one minute later i tried again "away team, please report, what is all the commotion down there??", again no answer.
Than i heard over the Comm,the one miner to the other two, "we need to get the hostages back up to the surface too. We don't want to kill any federation personnel." "No, if this goes bad, they will never give up until they find us if any of their soldier boys are killed "
The Captain said "What do you want.... You might have jsut started a war with the archnid species by killing the Queen's representative"

Then we all felt the Vibrations of the explosives, Commander Fema reported The colony seismographs just shot to 4.5. This is not good i thought.
I tried again "colony to away team, what going on down there, please report".
Then i heard the miner say "I think you better persuade your friends upstairs to let us have an unregistered ship. Be a shame if anything happened to the Ambassador on your watch"
The miner alowed the captain to contact us, "let the man have a comm channel. Voice only, no data. Monitor it every second in case he tries something", not knowing i heard everything.

We finally had contact, " Commander, I am being held hostage along with Ambassador Delci and two Starfleet marines but group of three terrorists. They have used explosive devices to collapse the mines leading to the nest, possibly destroying the nest itself. They are demanding a civilian transport with an untraceable beacon brought to Aries IV immediately. We are unharmed for he moment."
But fist a asked if they where ok, luckily he was fine, they have shown no violence toward them yet, but they my change if their demands are not met. This is not good... i had to come up with a plan. my every instinct said we had to get them out of there, too pull them out of there.

Meanwhile on the Comm, the miner said "as long as it ends up with a ship, a way off this rock and a sack of cash, you can call me whatever you want Captain. You should thank me for doing your job"
the captain said "You want money now? How much? My job was to allow the Ambassador to negotiate mining rights with the residents of this planets." which the mines answered thinks.. Hmm, cost the Federation 2 billion credits to setup this mining operations. Estimated value of 800 Million a year in tritanium.. Lets call it 300,000 in gold pressed latinum.. thats EACH. Don't be a cheapskate Captain
eventually the captain contacted me with the following demand,
"They are also demanding 900,000 in gold pressed latinum. he asked the miners, do you want it brought directly to the left side mining bunk or have it ready aboard the ship?" and ofcource they wanted at the ship.

We suited up, and equipped our phasers, the Marines and i with more heavy weaponry. we went outside towards the lift, There we noticed the lift was disabled. i had Erika have a look at it, somehow she managed to get it working. We entered the lift and went down slowly.
I told the Marines to take there shoots as soon they had a visual on the ambush, that worked we stunned two of then.

Then an explosion at the offices happened, and the Simulation ended.
Program failed, damn that was chaotic and i was unprepared.
too bad, next time i have to prepare myself better.

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Stardate 220712

HQRP019 - Between a Rock and a Hard Case


Officers report: Lt Cmd Erika Lancetti Intel

RAdm Rich Lombardia CO (Captain Yidan Rahn)
Fleet Capt Jorden Allen XO
Cmdr Kestral Roffo 2nd officer
LT Cmdr Romy Magic Tactical/Security
LT Ellemir Maven OPS (miner)
LT (jg) Ferre Flamand Science (miner)
LT (jg) Jewlyia Prather Medical
Lt (jg) Aurora Philbin Science
Commander Fємa Fiгєƒгiçк OPS X
Ensign Jabara Eris Medical
Ensign Kassi Intel
Major Hanfoi Marines
Lt Colonel Nalah Khadijah Parker-King Marines
Taylkusha Fairymeadow (miner)
Topper501 (miner)


SUBJECT: NEW ORDERS

Captain Rahn, you are hereby requested and required to take the runabout USS Lazarus to Aries IV to ferry Ismod Deici, a Betazoid ambassador, to negotiate mining rights with the arachnid species Starfleet made first contact with recently. This mission is extremely important as we are in need of the tritanium but have to uphold our highest values to respect the lives of other species and their rights to their home world. Ambassador Ismod will take point on the negotiations.

We have received a petition from the Tartarus Mining Guild regarding the halting of mining operations due to the 'attack' of the arachnid species. They are claiming the hold up is unlawful as the species has not been confirmed as being native to Aries IV. They are understandably upset over the loss of their workers. There have been several encrypted communication between the mining guild and the colony. We do not have lawful authority to decrypt these and view the contents.

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=^= BEGIN PERSONAL LOG TRANSMISSION =^=

Date: 2422.07.10

Reporting officer: Ens. Jabara Eris, MD

Doctor, Tranquility Station, on assignment with the USS Sentinel to Aries IV

Computer, begin personal log.

Things are going great, finally, with the intelligent arachnoid species we encountered on Aries IV. Praise the Prophets.

We established communication, halted hostilities, halted mining, and we're getting news of possible Federation ambassadors coming to forge a peaceful compromise between the queen and representatives of the mining company.

Pause personal log.

Resume log.

This is WONDERFUL! I just got access to the Sentinel's new orders ... and I HAVE to read it aloud!

*ahem*

Captain Rahn, you are hereby requested and required to take the runabout USS Lazarus to Aries IV to ferry Ismod Deici, a Betazoid ambassador, to negotiate mining rights with the arachnid species Starfleet made first contact with recently. This mission is extremely important as we are in need of the tritanium but have to uphold our highest values to respect the lives of other species and their rights to their home world. Ambassador Ismod will take point on the negotiations.
... We have received a petition from the Tartarus Mining Guild regarding the halting of mining operations due to the 'attack' of the arachnid species. ... They are claiming the holdup is unlawful as the species has not been confirmed as being native to Aries IV. They are understandably upset over the loss of their workers. There have been several encrypted communications between the mining guild and the colony. We do not have lawful authority to decrypt these and view the contents.
... While we do not expect trouble, you are to monitor the situation and ensure the safety of all personnel. Good luck Captain.

Wait ... they think they may be not native? I'm sure they are ... they must be.

Okay, that's it ... if things are quiet in sickbay today, I'll ask if I can head to the science lab and run some tests to prove for certain that the arachnoids ARE indigenous to Aries IV. That'll make things solid, and the miners will have to accept the deal!

Pause log.

Resume.

I got the assignment I wanted, and I'm in the Aries IV science lab on the surface, running a series of parallel analysis of the DNA microstructures taken from the report and findings of the arachnoid autopsy I completed here a few days ago.

I've got the comms on in the background, and I've been listening for any news of the negotiations while the computer completes the analysis.

Excellent! I just heard the Ambassador say that negotiations are going great! It seems the arachnoid beings need assurance to protect their nest, especially the young. Wait, trying to catch what Captain Rahn is saying ... something about wondering "if if they focused the mining operations to remove the tritanium closest to the nest then can alter the tunnels away from the nest" and sealing the tunnels if the arachnoids prefer not to have contact with the mining colony.

Ahh ... good ... the results are coming in. I'm praying to the Prophets I see what I hope, and ...

YES!!!

The computer analysis of the cellular structure and DNA of the arachnoid lifeforms is complete ... and ... they ARE indigenous to Aries IV!

Or ... to be precise ... the analysis showed a 97.62 percent chance of being accurate regarding the species being native to this planet.

I'll broadcast it to the Sentinel crew and ambassadors immediately! This is wonderful! Now the miners will have no choice but to work with the ambassadors for a compromise!

Okay ... my analysis determining the indigenous nature of the arachnoid species was uploaded to their personal dataPADDs for review.

Now ... let's see ... I'll send the results to Starfleet as well, so they can get it all logged and filed with their science department ... and ambassador department, and legal department ... so that they can make sure that first-contact and prime-directive protocols are followed. Hmm ... from what I know, that'll mean that the arachnoids lives are as important, if not more important, than the lives of the Starfleet personnel.

Good.

Hmm ... while I'm at it, I'll send a note to the Vedek running the Bajoran monastery I was at for a few years ... those were nice years ... anyway, yeah, and I'll ask him to make sure he forwards it to the Vedek council, just so they can have it on file that I set up a shrine to the Prophets in one of the arachnoid passageways, thereby sanctifying the area as a religious temple and protected cultural habitat.

Okay, good ... all sent!

Even though they're not humanoid, it's good to know the arachnoids will be treated with the same level of respect as the humanoids they're dealing with. Everything should be great, now ...

What the ...

WHAT WAS THAT??? It sounded like an explosion!!! By the Prophets ... what .... an accident? I ...

Where's my communicator. There ...

What in the name of the Prophets is going on down there? So help me ... Starfleet has been sent proof that these arachnoids are indigenous ... so if anybody is killing them ... there will be retribution, I'll make sure of it!

Pause log.

Resume log.

They're dead. All of them.

I'm trying to speak through the tears ... what happened?

I was just ... we were just there ... just the other day ... a new species ... new life ... a new culture ...

The queen is dead. All of the other arachnoids are dead. The hatchlings ... dead. All of them.

I still don't know what happened. I'll see what I can find out.

Pause log.

Resume.

I'm trying to control myself. I am a medical officer. I respect life.

I will not find a phaser rifle and run down there.

There are marines. They're supposed to have been protecting the ambassadors and the arachnoids.

What the hell happened?

I've been recording all the communications ... what scant information I'm getting ... for their eventual trials ... for murder of an intelligent species."

The miners. From what I've heard, a few miners ... evil ... they don't deserve to live ... miners ... killed all the spiders ... I mean, the arachnoid beings ... all of them ... out of greed ... because of evil, human prejudice ...

Gul Dukat would've been proud of them. He'd laugh and pat them on the back and say, "Job well done. Drinks are on the house."

I'm shivering out of anger. I have to remember ... the Prophets called me for peace ... to protect life. Vengeance is useless.

But I want vengeance so much. So very much now.

What's that beeping?

Oh ... okay ... my messages ... to Starfleet and Bajor ... got to a relay station, which just sent back confirmation. I'm not sure when they'll reach Starfleet and the Vedek ... but they're on their way.

*sighs*

I was just told that the Marines and other Sentinel crew are about to head to the holodeck for a training exercise, to try a strategy about rescuing the hostages.

Yeah. A few lives might be saved after so many were lost.

*sighs*

What the miners did was genocide. Pure genocide.

What was it Gul Darhe'el, the "Butcher of Gallitep", said ... oh, yeah ... "What you call genocide, I call a day's work."

Let me get all this new info sent to Starfleet ... and to Bajor.

I'll wait to hear back from Vedek Garcum and see what he says. I'm sure it won't be pretty.

He lived through the Occupation years. I was just a child, but he ... suffered through them.

And I'm sure he won't exactly have a pleasant attitude when he hears what the miners did.

Nothing justifies genocide. As Bajorans, we were faced with that every day ... every waking moment ... that the Cardassians could suddenly decide we weren't the effort, and would kill us all.

Let's just say that the Bajoran government isn't going to be happy to hear what happened ... especially, to intelligent beings living under the protection of a sanctified shrine to the Prophets.

For now, I'll wait. And meditate. And pray.

Jabara out.

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Jabara Eris, MD
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"That's the thing about faith... if you don't have it, you can't understand it. If you do, no explanation is necessary."
-- Kira Nerys, Bajoran follower of the Divine Celestial Prophets
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Brilliant, beautiful, and tremendously moving.
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