Editing Once More Into The Breach (section)

==Arrival==
[[File:Dovek IV.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Dovek IV]]

With roughly two full days of travel and a great deal of preparation behind them the small [[Federation]] [[Task Force]] consisting of the [[USS Boudicca]] and the [[USS Rosenante]] dropped out of warp just outside the [[Dovek II|Dovek System]]. The  two ships arrived well above the systems elliptic plane as planned.

Passive long-range scans indicated that there was a [[Romulan Shuttle]] waiting just outside the system. The vessel hailed them. The ship was identified as the Private Shuttle [[Bloodwing]] and was captained by [[Ael|Ael Harkonnen T'Rillian]] a [[Starfleet]] [[Rank|Lieutenant]]. At first, Salid believed that she was a representative of the [[Romulan Star Empire]] and requested that she dock her ship with the Boudicca, as he had the [[SS Tranquility]] in the Rosenante's main shuttle bay.

Besides the [[Romulan]] ship, scans also indicated that the [[Borg Tactical Cube]] had taken up a position in high geosynchronous polar orbit or [[Dovek II]]. in addition, the [[Borg Pyramid]] was observed using some sort of [[Antiproton]] beam to excavate sites on the planet's surface. The fact that the [[Borg]] were looking for something was no longer in question.


[[File:Zeta Draconis System.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Asteroid Belt in the Dovek System]]

Salid ordered the small fleet to proceed along a preset course which would take them into the [[magnetosphere]] of the [[Class J]] supergiant Dovek IV. The hope was to mask the energy signatures of the two [[Federation]] [[starship]]s as they made their way closer to their objective at [[Dovek II]]. 

The risk was that the close passage through the magnetosphere would blind both Starfleet ships, as the interference from the planet would suppress their scanning abilities. It was hoped that the Borg would also be blinded as a result of the maneuver and the presence of the [[subspace|subspace interference]] caused by the Borg's use of the [[Antiproton]] beam. The maneuver seemed to work, and once both ships had traversed the magnetosphere, they proceeded towards the Dovek [[Asteroid]] belt.

[[File:Dovek III.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Dovek III]]The Asteroid belt in the Dovek system was a thick band of debris that orbited between the third and fourth [[planet]] of the system. despite the density of asteroids and dust in the field, [[Rank|Captain]] [[Ahmed Ibn Salid]] ordered both ships of the task force to maneuver through the Asteroid field at full impulse speed. This posed a massive risk to the two ships since even the smallest impact against the ship's hulls during the maneuver would prove disastrous. It was because of this very reason that Starfleet held a regulation against travelling through such a field at speeds greater than one-fourth impulse.

Salid's decision was spurred by the desire to gain as much ground towards the Borg position as possible thereby reducing the odds of detection.  Both the Rosenante and the Boudicca made it through the field without difficulty, although several small repairs to the ship's Structural Integrity Field and Inertial Dampeners were conducted during the traverse.

Once they had traversed the field, the two federation vessels emerged behind the third planet of the Dovek System. This rocky [[Class N]] world served to shield the two ships against possible Borg scans as they moved closer to their target planet. They maintained a position behind the planet relative to the Borg until the rotation of Dovek II took the Borg craft to the far side of that planet. When that occurred, the Rosenante and the Boudicca made their way to the opposite side of Dovek II.

[[File:Dovek II.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Dovek II]]

Now in place behind Dovek II's moon. The USS Rosenante and USS Boudicca began to prepare to undertake the first phase of their mission; data collection. With the radiation and interference from the Borg Antiproton weapon curtailing their direct scans, it was suggested by [[Rank|Captain]] [[Alan Durand]] that they use multiple options to collect their data. 

The first option was to use a pair of [[Federation Sensor Probes|Class VII Sensor Probe]]s to attempt to collect data. If that plan failed he suggested refitting a [[Lorimar Class Runabout]] with a sensor pallet and gathering data using Starfleet personnel.

Both suggestions were approved, and the task of refitting the Lorimar Class Runabout was given to the Boudicca. The sensor probes would fall to the Rosenante.

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