Blood Of Our Enemies
On Stardate 2407.07.03 Baylon Trinin and the rest of the Crew of the Hades were advised of the apparent loss and death of Captain Saleke. Though details were unavailable, Captain Saleke had been selected for a Secret Mission by the Admiralty. He was presumed lost and killed in action.
On that same Stardate, the Hades rendezvoused with the USS Nimitz to take on their new Captain, Devan Sash. Sash had been promoted to Commodore and been given command of the Hades as part of his Battle group. Jonas Lemar would retain the Position of Acting CO for the Nimitz while Sash would command the battle group as the Hades' Captain with Lieutenant Commander Mason Garrett acting as the Hades First Officer.
Captain Sash briefed the crew about their upcoming mission; The final attack against Sector 001 and Earth in a last ditch effort to bring the long and bloody civil war to an end. The Mission would place the Hades in a Battle group alongside the USS Boudicca, USS Nimitz and the USS Champlain in an attempt to drive a wedge through the famed static defensive barrier of the Mars Defense Perimeter.
This defensive barrier was initially created after the attack by the Borg against sector 001. In the years since the Federation Civil War began, president Usurper Admiral Doenitz had only strengthened the perimeter.
The Briefing can be read here: Briefing on the Mars Defense Perimeter
Captain Sash promoted Ammon Ranae to the rank of Full Lieutenant and the position of CTAC on this same Stardate, a move which brought Baylon a great deal of pleasure.
After Lieutenant Gibbs was Ordered to return to Geneva Station, Captain Devon Sash appointed Baylon to the interim position of Security Chief for the USS Hades and promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade on Stardate: 2407.07.03.
The battle for Sector 001 was brutal. despite the terrible loss of life, the USS Hades came out of the battle relatively intact. There were casualties, But all the senior crew survived the encounter. The USS Nimitz was destroyed during the battle and the USS Hades shifted from battle operations to rescue operations. Baylon was pleased to find that Ranae Ammon made it through the battle with only minor injuries.
