USS Sharikahr: Mission Transcript #391
MISSION PROLOGUE: The Sharikahr is returning to the Nova Arcadia colony, having failed in its intentions to gather peace from the Alvar.  Their runabout, on patrol in the local area, detected Alvar war games, and contact was lost, leaving its fate unknown.  The Alvar clearly intend to not back down, and to keep true to their intents and their word.  Can the Sharikahr and Minerva hope to defend the colony against further attacks?  What can the bright minds of Starfleet plan before the situation turns ugly again?

Star Trek: A Call to Duty is proud to present the USS Sharikahr in
"The Tenaris Mission - The Last Hour of Darkness, Part IX"
Stardate 10911.08
Starring:
Christopher D. as Captain Savar, CO
Karriaunna S. as Lieutenant Commander Sin'ajeídishjool So'tsoh, CSO
John F. as Commander Adam Wall, CIV
Gina H. as Commander Gina Hembrook, CEO
Richard R. as Commander Twelk, FCO

Produced by:
Enrico T.
Directed by:
Christopher D.
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CO_Captain_Savar says:
:: Has several of the secondary consoles at the rear of the Bridge displaying various information relating to the Nova Arcadia colony, including a local star map ::
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
::looks at the star chart pondering options::
CO_Captain_Savar says:
:: Points to a location ::  CIV: This is where the runabout witnessed the Alvar fleet amassing.  Based on our estimations of their vessels, we will return to the colony ahead of them, if they were prepared to launch a strike immediately.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
::Wanders into the conference room with her usual mug of mudd::
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
:: In the conference room, waiting for the others as she looks over their current information.::
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: They know they have us outnumbered and outgunned
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
:: Looks up with a nod::  CEO:  Chief.  :: eyes the drink::  Will that get up and walk away?
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
:: heads into the Conference room and take a seat::
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: I think I beat it into submission. ::smirks and sips, then sits down::
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  I have heard a few rumors about your drink..
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
:: turns toward Twelk::  FCO:  Welcome.
CO_Captain_Savar says:
:: Has the sudden urge to cross his arms, but does not ::  CIV: We have two Starfleet assets, and one Klingon vessel.  Add in the runabout and our shuttles, and the odds do seem against us.  However, there is still the bulk of the colony's vessels in good form.  We do also have the Duergar as a potential ally.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: I'm former Tactical and Special Operations, now I'm an Engineer. The stronger, the better. ::grins::
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO/ CEO: Hello all.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: Maybe we should send feelers out to the Duergar
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  Then your talents will do us well here.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: Sounds like maybe you have a decent cup of coffee?
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: We can hope.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: I can give you the replicator code if you want it.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
FCO/CEO:  As you know, the captain wants us to be creative under the current situation.  I believe my father would call it a miracle.  I am open to ideas.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: Thank you.
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: I believe we should.  Lieutenant Commander Haynes-Cartwright is continuing her research into what information we have on them, and formulating our best options for soliciting their assistance.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: We could use the Bird Of Prey to cross the border cloaked and hit their staging area with a few quick raids
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: I'm thinking an Aegis system would be the best option, if we can set one up quickly.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: What kind of support can we expect?
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
FCO:  We have a federation ship and a Klingon vessel that can fight.  The other ships were meant only for transport and in some cases, to be taken apart and used below.
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: It is a pity that Starfleet is banned from developing cloaking technology.  However, the neutrino blackout is as good as a cloak, if we could develop appropriate sensor modifications.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: We could use that to our advantage and ambush them before the get too close to the colony
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: That Klingon ship still have functional Cloaking system?
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
:: begins looking closer at the charts::
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
FCO:  Yes.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  What is an Aegis system?
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: They still suffer from the same problem we do, the mind control issue. That's why I want to set up an Aegis network.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: Can the transporters on the ship work without having to drop the cloak?
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: The Klingons are mercenaries, not trained Defense Force personnel.  Otherwise, I would be willing to make suggestions to them.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
::smiles:: CO: One just needs to know how to handle them.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: Aegis is a mythical Greek shield. It was also the code name for an automated tracking and engagement system used on Naval warships. It could track and engage enemy targets automatically without the need for human control, fast and affiancing. Should prevent Alvar spoofing.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  Will it work under neutrino night?  Science has been working on a sensor modification, but it is as of yet, untested.
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: They report to the Nova Arcadia government, not to us.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: We should ask the Governor to release them to us
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: What I propose is to strip the armament off the civilian ships and make them into point defense batteries around the colony. It would be for local defense, and would work as long as the sensors did. It seems like the best option, and would remain even if we were elsewhere. We could also set up a system on our ships to do the same thing.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: What about equipping the Runabouts as well? While they don't have that much for weapons they could at least be some help.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
:: Finishes pulling up the information for Twelk::  FCO:  According to these specs, the answer is no; they must decloak to transport.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: Any ship with sensors and a fire control system could have it set up on it.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  Our time is limited.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: I would recommend engaging the enemy as far from the colony as possible falling back slowly towards the colony.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: Well so much for that ideal.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: Then for now we'll have to use the weapons on the ships and build the ground installations as quickly as we can as a future plan. The main goal is to get the fire control system in place and automated so we can negate their advantage over us. Anything not carrying a colony or Starfleet transponder signal gets blasted on detection,.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  What can we put together now... in the time we have?
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: If we form a line, make the centre seem weak and allow it to slowly fall back our flanks can slowly envelope the enemy. Once we've enveloped them it will restrict there movement and pack them together. We can them hack them to pieces.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
:: looks at Twelk::  FCO:  Do we have an ETA of their arrival time?
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: Yes, for the civilian and warships it's simply of making a new fire control program and tying that in with the tactical sensors and weapon systems. Pretty simple really.
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: Much change would be required to make most of the colony's vessels battle ready.  Convincing the governor to divert resources away from infrastructure to defense will be difficult.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: Similar to the tactics Hannibal used at the battle of Cannae
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: let me check and see. :: checks to see the information on the Possible ETA;;
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: He can support us or he will have to abandon the colony
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  We will be sending personnel to their ship to use the system?  I was not aware they even had fighting capability beyond the normal basic protection.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: I am afraid that we have no ideal as to when they will attack Cmdr.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: If you will recall, they installed more weapons on their ships on the way out here. We could station a Tactical officer on each armed vessel, but it isn't really necessary. Once the system is activated, it will operate on its own.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: Depending on whether or not the fleet was ready to be mobilized or not the best possible time that they could make it here is 3.5 days if they are even headed this way.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
:: Taps a few commands into her PADD::  CEO/FCO:  So at this point, consider that is the time frame we have and we would be lucky to have more.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  The advantage to not having living beings working it, is the Alvar could not play their mind games.  But a computer is not as ingenious as an officer should the unordinary occur.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: The Shari is ready to go now, so is the Minerva and the Klingon ship. My Engineers can work on the civilian ships and get them as ready as possible. Writing and installing the Aegis system would only take a few hours.
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: To us, we see external threats as critical.  However, a strong infrastructure is required for the colony, or it will fail from within.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  I have to admit, I have no confidence in such a system in a long term battle.  It would only take one ship to get through.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
::nods:: CO: I understand. But if we fail here the colony as a whole fails
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: Also using a few of the runabout like fighters we could use them as a hit an run attack.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
FCO:  That figting tactic I understand.  It has been quite efficient in many past strategies of war.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: Well, since we mere mortals are susceptible to the Jedi mind tricks, until you come up with a better solution, and automated defense is the only positive option.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: The only draw back I see is if the system should mess up and start firing on our own ships.
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: The same is true without water or waste recycling.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: Hence, why we use the transponder signals as a safety measure.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: Maybe were looking at this all wrong
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
:: taps her finger a moment then looks up at the Hembrook::  CEO:  I am not.  Can that be used to our advantage?
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: That is good only till the transponder fails or something in the automated system get crossed.
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: How so?
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: They are expecting a fight, they expect us to engage them because that is what they would do
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: Yes, and we can sit here poking holes in the plan all day, and tossing hypotheticals until the Alvar get here. The point being, every battle has a measure of risk, and I see nobody else offering an alternative.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: Maybe we should offer them another option that allows both sides to save face
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: What do you suggest?  Our last interaction with them indicated they were not interested in anything
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: You are one of the few. We can hardly depend on you to carry the whole battle load. You would be a useful safety measure though.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO: How?
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: With out being able to get on their planet I have no other ideals either however we should at least have some cut out features just in case a ship becomes to damaged for the automated system to work right.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: We should sit the leaders down and negotiate peaceful co-existence
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: Kidnapping is not entirely a Starfleet principle
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: The ships will still have all the normal safety features and backup systems in place. However, if they become too damaged for the automated system to work, it will likely be battle ineffective by that point anyway.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: Maybe kidnapping is a tad harsh. But I believe we shouldn't completely set our minds on a military solution
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: You do have a point  however because of piloting issues with the runabouts there should be some manual control left on them.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: Make the Alvar an offer, who knows they may accept it
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: The Federation has conducted negotiations via subspace before
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: As far as I know we only had one runabout, and it was on patrol and we haven't heard from it. The shuttles are better kept out of the fight, their weapons are minimal and shields fairly weak. We should concentrate our military and civilian vessels in a battle formation and set up an interlocking sensor network and fields of fire.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO; Maybe we could use the shuttles like kamikaze vessels the we remotely pilot?
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: It is something to keep in mind.  If we can avoid bloodshed, I know the governor would be pleased.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: No, they are a limited resource, we need them for local operations. We could replicate maximum amounts of torpedoes though.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: What about quantum torpedoes?
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: When the battle starts you go to the Tactical Operations Center and oversee the battle from there, and advise the other ships as needed if you see something happening. We can link the whole fleet into the Tactical network through there.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: You can't replicate the quantum string filaments, we would need to set up a manufacturing facility for them. We can make all the photons we can use, however.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: And we don't have the time for that right?
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: Not in the time frame you are talking about, no.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
CO: Question is how to initiate negotiations
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: Any ideal when the Starfleet replacements that are suppose to take over here are due?
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
FCO:  Baring the unforeseen, they should be here in nine weeks.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO/FCO:  Would there be any advantage of taking the Klingon vessel in close, and dropping of a few surprises?
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: Possibly... or we might set up one of those cloaked and self-replicating minefields like they had defending DS9 during the Dominion War...
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: If we could get a small force on the planet to create a little sabotage it might.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  If we used those, we would want to set them up soon and far from the planet.  Can you pull that off?
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: All I need is the go ahead from the powers that be.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
FCO:  We know little of the Alvar world.  Putting people on their home world might set them off even more.  Then again, an angry enemy is a careless one.
CO_Captain_Savar says:
CIV: If we had the answer to that, we would be negotiating now.
CIV_Cmdr_Wall says:
::smiles:: CO: And people say Vulcans don't have a sense of humor
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO/FCO: I'd suggest keeping all our forces close to the colony for now, since we are on the defensive for the moment.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO/FCO:  Perhaps it is time we share our ideas as well as learn of the others.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: I have had some experience working behind enemy lines the trick is to do a little damage and make it look like some one else has done it.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: Might as well.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
FCO:  Which would work, if we knew who were there enemies.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CSO: These Duergar are one of them right?
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: The only ones to blame it on are the Duergar, and they are our friends.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
*CO*: Captain, we have a few ideas we would like to share with you... possibilities to be looked at and perhaps connected with other ideas.
CO_Captain_Savar says:
*CO*: Excellent, Commander.  We will make plans to discuss shortly.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
FCO:  Yes, but is our intent to make the situation worse for the Duergar?
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: true but is also might divide their attention.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: I think that kind of plan would need to be approved by the command element and the governor... and the Duergar.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  If the captain agrees to the mines, we can get started on that right away.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
CSO: Just let me know.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
CEO:  We should know soon enough...
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: I'll need pilots and shuttles to deploy them once they are built.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: Also what about these so called hooded one that are suppose to be their benefactors? If we could make it look like they have double crossed them it could create some confusion.
CSO_LtCmdr_So'tsoh says:
FCO:  But we need not go that far.  We could have a task force on the Klingon vessel and make an unexpected visit to their ship... as a possibility, to leave a few surprises.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: No Problem you will have all you need.
CEO_Cmdr_Hembrook says:
FCO: We need more intelligence before we go about doing covert operations, but you might suggest that to the CO as well, getting some recon done.
FCO_Cmdr_Twelk says:
CEO: A good point also.
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