Editing Newsletter/Fall 2007 (section)

== News from the Front ==

* '''USS Nimitz''' 
''Mission: Blood of Angels'' The [[USS Nimitz]] is currently on route to join [[Task Force 19]], and to play it's part in the main assault on Earth's defences that should lead to the end of the [[Federation Civil War]].  As Captain [[Devan Sash]] goes to lead the [[USS Hades]], the Nimitz is now under the command of acting-Captain [[Jonas Lemar]].  The Nimitz must try and take down the Mars Defence Perimeter, before taking part in a suicidal-assault on Starbase Valhalla itself - the central command base and single most heavily fortified installation in the quadrant.  Can the Nimitz's new captain keep it together in the absence of his mentor and friend?  Only time will tell how much of the Nimitz survives the ordeal.
 
* '''USS Boudicca'''
''Mission: The Fires of Heaven'' The [[USS Boudicca]]'s captain has been promoted to Admiral of [[Task Force 19]].  The ship has been given the honor of spear heading the attack on the Mars Defense Perimeter and on Starbase Valhalla.  Her job is to make sure the MDP is taken down so that the rest of the fleet can continue on to Earth and the final confrontation with Doenitz. Meanwhile the ship's crew prepares for its assault under the temporary command of [[Archibald Stakes]].  A week before the assault, the task force gathers to prepare and even holds a good luck gathering aboard the Boudicca.  With the battle commencing, the crew braces as it must run the gauntlet to strike the very heart of the MDP.

* '''USS Spectre'''

''Mission: ***Docked***'' The [[USS Spectre]] is currently docked at [[Starbase Geneva]] undergoing repairs to damage sustained during her last mission to retrieve the President. Details of our next mission however have now come down the line. We have thus been ordered to proceed to the vicinity of the Arachnid Nebula to await rendezvous with the USS Alacrity, a ship not of the 52nd fleet, but bizarrely one of Admiral Doenitz own. Her Captain has been in surreptitious communication with fleet command regarding both his own & a number of other vessels current intentions. All have declared 'Intent to defect' & as a gesture of good faith, are willing to hand over database access to 52nd fleet command. It would seem that this is too good an opportunity to miss. Time will tell whether this will prove to be true.

* '''USS Dennison'''
''Mission:''

* '''USS Hades''' 
''Mission: Blood of Our Enemies'' The [[USS Hades]] crew has just been given bad news; thier beloved and respected Captain [[Saleke]] has fallen in a secret mission in the line of duty. [[Saleke]] is listed as missing in action and presumed dead, yet his death will not be in vain. The information that his team brought back due to his sacrifice has spurred on the crew as they link up with the [[USS Nimitz]] and join [[Task Force 19]] to head for Earth and end the [[Federation Civil War]]. Captain [[Devan Sash]] is now commanding the [[USS Hades|Hades]]. 

* '''USS Champlain'''

''Mission: Do Not Go Gentle'' The [[USS Champlain]] has been ordered to [[Tellar]] to join [[Task Force 19]] under Admiral [[Caladryll Sevant]]. TF19 is tasked with punching a hole in the Mars Defence Perimeter so that the main fleet waiting behind can come through and attack Doenitz's standing fleet at Earth. With only 400 ships against the massed defences and fighter squadrons, not to mention 300 ships of Doenitz's finest, this is indeed a Forlorn Hope. In the vanguard of the Task Force, and heading directly for Valhalla, the risks will be high and the chances of survival slim.

* '''USS Paladin'''

''Mission: Mjolnir's Fury'' Our mission is underway at last, we are going to take the lead of 21st Task Group, consisting of 200+ ships both Star Fleet and Klingon. Our target is one of the remaining core worlds still under Doenitz control; Betazed. We will be engaging his forces around Betazed and preventing them from flanking the bulk of the 52nd during their attack on Earth. This will undoubtedly be the largest battle that the Paladin has been involved in so far in this conflict. 

The mission has begun with a ship-wide battle drill, including the use of holographic enemy Marines.