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Episode 38: The Coup - Prologue

Game was 7/30/20.

Summary

The Solstice and her flotilla of Starfleet escorts arrive at their home system. Upon being hailed by Admiral T'konra, Jen suddenly screams an order to vent cargo bay five on the starbase. The Admiral immediately does, beaming all staff inside back to safety aboard the station. Moments later a powerful explosion detonates among the vented cargo.

Stardate 49392.36, Tuesday May 23rd 2372, 1430 hours

The Starfleet flotilla – the USS Boston, the USS Sacramento, the USS Montgomery Scott, and the crippled USS Solstice – drops out of warp at 1430 hours and reaches New P'Jem at 1510 hours. CO Commander Melva Deline and the rest of the senior officers – XO Lieutenant Commander Saval, senior counselor Lieutenant Armina Jasra, junior counselor Ensign Jessa Tyr, chief of operations Lieutenant K'tral, chief science officer Lieutenant Commander Fal Marik, chief flight control officer Ensign Phillip Dade and chief of security Lieutenant Shan'taar th'Vorish – are on the bridge while CMO Lieutenant She-Who-Swims-Amidst-the-Stars and chief engineer Lieutenant Ssleestak remain in sickbay and main engineering respectively.

Time-lost and Prophet-touched Ensign Jen Kras is pacing around, once again processing sixteen different timelines at once as they approach Starbase 212. Admiral T'konra hails them for their report, but Jen suddenly bolts forward and screams, "Blow out cargo bay five! Now!" Captain Shras'aan zh'Shonnas starts to question her, but Admiral T'konra does not hesitate and immediately jabs the control pad. The force field around cargo bay five shorts out, and all the cargo and people are blown out violently into space! Luckily, the Starfleet personnel are immediately beamed back to the station, but the cargo goes shooting forward in a haphazard fashion.

A second later, however, there is suddenly a second sun in the system as a bomb detonates in the cargo and a massive shockwave rips forward! The Boston, the Sacramento, and the Montgomery Scott move to shield the Solstice as best they can, but the Solstice is still snapped free of the tractor beam. Phillip immediately takes flight control and expertly surfs the shockwave to ameliorate the worst of the damage! However, several warning icons start flashing, and Ssleestak howls, "Oh come on! I just fixed that!" On the bridge, K'tral reports, "Hull integrity collapsing." However, the shockwave dissipates, and the Solstice comes to a halt several kilometers away from her original position – thankfully, not in New P'Jem's atmosphere.


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