Editing Newsletter/Summer 2007 (section)

== News from the Front ==

* '''USS Nimitz:''' 
''Mission: To Skin a Cat'' The Nimitz crew is faced with the challenge of taking out a heinous experimental facility on the home planet of the pacifistic Caitians. Intell says this place is dedicated to genetically engineering soldiers using unwilling alien and human prisoners. Some creatures have been created with some success already. What will the Nimitz crew be faced with when they gain control of the medical complex? 
 
* '''USS Boudicca:'''
''Mission: The Anointed''  The Away Team is now aware that Colonel Straton is The Anointed of Alzarna, and are discussing ways to either rescue her or, should that prove impossible, to remove her altogether. The team who are visiting the Trivaste shiphome have been presented with some unusual sights and information; will they be able to help the strange aliens fulfil their quest?

* '''USS Spectre:'''
The [[USS Spectre]] has now returned to Federation space under close escort with the Federation President, Rondar Nell safely on board. Her rendezvous with the USS Hood has been a success & the Hoods cover mission to investigate a binary emergence remains intact, whilst makeshift running repairs are carried out to the decimated Spectre en route. The approximate coordinates of the Steel Talons have now been ascertained & Captain [[T'Vhor]] is now preparing to execute the final leg of this mission - The safe delivery of the President himself to the 52nd fleet command. 

* '''USS Dennison:''' 
''Mission: Supernatural/Past, Present...Future?''  With two crewmembers now missing, the crew are becoming increasingly paranoid and are suspecting spies.  The telescope they are orbiting is exibiting high levels of chronoton radiation.  Will the crew be able to pull themselves together and weed out the good officers from the bad, or will it be too late as they are forced into the past, present and future?

* '''USS Hades:''' 
''Mission: Shore Leave'' The [[USS Hades]] is docked at [[Geneva Space Station]], ostensibly to give some well earned shore leave to the crew and additional much needed repairs. However, unbeknownst to the crew, there is an assassin out for blood on the ship who caused a nasty explosion in Environmental Subsystem B, killing several and injuring many others. The crew must find out before more people are murdered.

* '''USS Champlain:'''

''Missions: The Hephaestus Principle, followed by Beyond Vengeance'' 

The last day or so life on the [[USS Champlain]] has been extraordinarily eventful. Only a few hours ago, on Stardate 2407.30.13, she encountered a primitive warp ship with a Federation warp signature orbiting the planet [[Irlix]], which should not have had warp technology at all, much less specific Federation tech. The crew began to prepare to investigate this mystery, and Captain [[Edward Wolfe]] expressed hopes for a First Contact mission, despite the well-founded doubts of some of the crew… 

However, since the Captain’s capture by a malfunctioning ancient gateway on Ivor Prime only a week before, his behavior had become inexplicably and increasingly erratic. The ship’s FO had also become unreliable in stress situations, and there was no second officer. So, when the warp ship re-appeared a little after midnight and became aggressive, the Third Officer, Lt. [[Brianna Frazier]] was forced to take charge. She and one of the veteran Bridge officers ordered the Champlain’s withdrawal, but not before the enemy ship had done some damage. The Champlain went to warp and outdistanced the primitive Irlixian vessel, but in moments, her warp engines failed. The moment the Champlain came out of warp, she ambushed by the Wyvern, a Nebula class and a part of Doenitz fleet which had tailed them for the past two weeks on a mission to capture or kill Captain Wolfe, and to take the Champlain as a prize.

TheWyver’s first shot seared the Champlain’s bridge, killing Captain Wolfe almost instantly, rendering FO [[Ulia Mason]] unfit for duty, and causing other, multiple casualties. The Champlain far outmatches the Wyvern, but her crew had planned their attack well, and their Captain, Angela Smithwick, is legendary for her determination, perhaps bordering on obsession. She will not stand down easily, but Frazier is determined not to destroy then if she can in any way avoid it. At present, both ships are damaged, there are grievous casualties on both sides, and they remain locked in a power struggle.

Check back later to see how this tense situation is resolved!
-[[GrannyGM]]

* '''USS Paladin:'''

''Mission: New Beginnings'' 

The Paladin is currently docked at Geneva taking on supplies and planning a refit operation; in the meantime, a party has broken out on the holodeck... some serious dancing could mean a long night for some!! -[[user:sysop|Anthony Keen]]