Editing Newsletter/Winter 2006 (section)

== News from the Front ==

* '''USS Nimitz:''' 
For a Friend: Much of the crew of the [[USS Nimitz]] have unoffically risked both thier lives and thier careers to rescue [[Dru Tagon]] the [[Brikar]] from being executed in an brutal prison facility staffed by [[Doenitz]] Loyalists. They must punch through force shields, disable the computer system, cause mayhem, and succeed in finding and rescuing the [[Brikar]]. Can they do it and escape unscathed? Will their Klingons allies remain trustworthy? Will every last telepath go nuts and compromise the mission? 


* '''USS Boudicca:'''
Reflections of Van Helsing and the Dragon, Available Light: A murder has happened on board the [[USS Boudicca]] and a saboteur is on the loose. The ship is being attacked and is about to be boarded by hostiles of the Doenitz persuasion, while trying to rescue a shuttle being chased by both the [[Ferengi]] and the USS Exeter. Crewmembers are hurriedly preparing thier defenses; some have been caught in Sickbay. Can a ragtag team made up of young officers [[Richard 'Rick' Blaine]], [[Shayhiloosh]], Carft Kea, Doctors [[Kaitlyn Mackenzie]] and [[Jahlen]], and [[Jorsad Ari]] protect Sickbay? Will the Fallen Angels and Death Dealer [[Marines]] repel the main assaults successfully?
 

* '''USS Spectre:'''
The Sword of Damocles: After the hostile engagement of the two Zulu Alpha attack vessels, the [[USS Spectre]] crew have recovered & brought aboard a mysterious Ferengi Daimon from the surface of Tranome Sar.  Apparently reliable information imparted by him has now revealed that the Presidents most likely location is the disbanded Romulan penitentiary on the surface of Carraya IV. 

After arriving in the Carraya system, the [[USS Spectre]] has now established low polar orbit above the fourth planet & is maintaining her cloak.  An away team led by Lieutenant [[Brian Rogers]] is currently on the surface searching for President Rondar Nell with the intentions of returning him safely to federation space.  Factions loyal to Admiral Doenitz however are now homing in fast on their current location with only one mandate, to assassinate Nell before he can be recovered.  

Elsewhere, Captain Marco Ryan, the renegade commander of the Zulu Alpha Two has joined forces with the commander of the Romulan warbird DihVael, a ruse having been carefully orchestrated by him to convince Commander Talok that Romulus itself is about to be attacked & annihilated by the cloaked federation vessel they are hunting.

The USS Hood has now been dispatched to patrol the Federation side of the Neutral zone under pretence of carrying out scientific studies upon a rare binary emergence.  She has covert orders however to assist the [[USS Spectre]] in any way shape or form. 


* '''USS Dennison:''' 
Supernatural:  In the midst of training new crewmembers and preparing them for tactical scenarios in the holodeck, the ship encounters a spacial anomaly.  Commander West must take command as Captain [[Madison Davis]], along with a few others, have become trapped inside the holodeck.  With the program taking on malfunctions, they are trapped in several different time periods...not to mention the safeties are off, so they must be careful.  Meanwhile, the crew taking on the anomaly has to find a way to bring it down before it tears the ship apart.  Will the crew survive the anomaly?  Can the other escape the holodeck before it's too late?  Stayed tuned into the Dennison channel for more updates!


* '''USS Hades:''' 
In the Hands of an Angry God: Answers to the questions posed in the initial beam down of the [[USS Hades]] landing parties to the surface of the planet [[Beta Seranis III]] have now been answered. The pool of water was infused with selenium and a by-product of the Gateway, a powerful alien machine maintained by the [[Hyrangu]] [[Megselif]]. The pyramid was a storehouse cloaked by the same technology [[Megselif]] uses to cloak his domain beneath the surface and accidently stumbled upon by one of the away teams. [[Megselif]]  himself allowed his domain to be found after finishing his investigations of the fascinating silicon based life form called [[Maraht the Horta]]. Search parties found the Horta in good condition and [[Megselif]] himself to be an hospitable host. One other item of interst found on the planet was the remains of a space ship that had crashed some two years ago and of alien origin. The craft was one belonging formerly to the [[Myenru]]. 

Three days have now passed and as the [[USS Hades]] left the orbit of [[Beta Seranis III]]
they noted an incoming fleet of significant size, the ships were similar to the one found on the surface and after evasive manuevers were unproductive the command ship finally answered a hail from the [[USS Hades]] and threatened the destruction of the ship if immediate surrender was not forthcoming, a strange energy signature was noted by sensors on the enemy command ship Dreadmonger and after Saleke's refusal to surrender they launched an unusual weapon, a perfected [[Genesis Device|Genesis Torpedo]]. It was such a device which was used to terraform [[Beta Seranis III]]. The missile was detroyed before it could reach the [[USS Hades]] but it was damaged as it escaped into the asteroid field, a gambit now being used by [[Rank|Captain]] [[Saleke]] however may confuse the [[Myenru]] and allow the crew time to make repairs... and ready themselves for a terrible battle.


* '''USS Champlain:'''
Less than two weeks into her maiden voyage, the [[USS Champlain]] secured a strategically important space station, [[Deep Space 5]], for the [[52nd Fleet]], and successfully concluded a battle with the Wyvern, one of [[Admiral Doenitz]]’ vessels. Having put all interruptions aside, she is now engaged in her primary mission… the exploration of “Worlds Once Lost”. 

The Earth colony on Ivor Prime disappeared some thirty years ago, without a trace. No bodies, nothing. For reasons yet unknown to the Champlain’s crew, investigations of the incident have been few, and yielded scant results. On Stardate: 2407.03.06, Day 11 of the Champlain’s first voyage, Captain [[Edward Wolfe]] personally led an away team to the planet’s surface, to attempt to solve the mystery. 

So far, a secret underground lab has been discovered. It contains a mysterious artifact, which the team members suspect to be an [[Iconian]] gateway. However, the colonists have also been found, trapped in some kind of bodiless dimension, not on another planet’s surface as was reportedly the common destination for such gateways. Due to a faulty reactor, the gateway was accidentally powered up, and Captain Wolfe was taken into that dimension as well, and is presently trapped with the colonists. 

Will the crack, ever-growing away team on Ivor Prime succeed in rescuing their Captain, freeing the colonists, and getting back to the Champlain in time for a coffee break before the 11 o’clock news? Stay tuned to find out. 


* '''USS Paladin:'''

The USS Paladin and the First Battle Group have just saved thousands of lives at Beta Aqauri III. They were able to stop Doenitz followers from killing off an entire planet of people with an engineered virus. The First Battle Group was also successful with ship to ship combat against part of Doenitz fleet. 

But the Paladin and First Battle Group duty must continue. There has been an increase amount of activity along the Romulan Neutral Zone. It is believed that they may be trying to gain a tactical advantage against the federation while it is in a civil war. The First Battle Group mission is to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone.