| SUBMITTED:
Stardate 95695.1
| | FILED BY:
CAPT A. Derenzis
| | SECURITY:
Level 3 - Restricted
| |
LOCATION: Deep space, Donatu Sector
MISSION: Response to call for aid from R.R.W.
Saeihr
OUTCOME: Potential ambush by unknown extremist faction averted, no shots fired between vessels. Reported mutiny aboard Romulan civilian transport
Khedak put down with assistance from
Pegasus personnel.
KEY PERSONNEL:
Starfleet Personnel:
CAPT A. Derenzis
CAPT A. Nimitz
Romulan Republic:
CMDR M. t'Ehhelih
SCDR T. tr'Valex
NARRATIVE: On Stardate 95692.5, the
Shackleton received a general call for aid from the R.R.W.
Saeihr, requesting assistance from Starfleet vessels in particular and stating that they and the civilian vessel they were escorting, quote, "believe we are entering a trap", unqoute. Given our position in the Kelterre Sector, I authorized the use of emergency slipstream to reach the
Saeihr, and sent a response that we were coming to their aid.
As this was the
Shackleton's first field use of quantum slipstream travel, our exit vector put us at 1.1 AU out from the
Saeihr's position, and we proceeded the remainder of the way at full impulse. Sensors indicated that the U.S.S.
Pegasus had responded to the
Saeihr's call for aid, and was on-site. At this point, this officer and Captain Nimitz contacted Commander Mnheia; the Commander then informed us of the existence of a 'Federation extremist' group which Republic Intelligence had been tracking and which had been preying on Romulan civilian transports. The force deployed by this faction consisted of three outdated vessels, one Federation Oberth class science vessel, one Klingon K'Tinga class warship, and one Cardassian Ravinok class warship. All three vessels were not listed in any registry.
(Commander Mnheia also informed us that the extremist faction was led by a human named Jayden Johnston, who had a Vulcan lieutenant named Sanuc. This officer would note that neither name was in any intelligence briefing this officer has received since assuming command of the
Shackleton.)
At this time, there were reports of a mutiny aboard the
Khedak; which was suspected to be part of the planned ambush by the extremists.
Commander Mnheia requested assistance from the
Pegasus in securing the
Khedak and transporting any wounded to the
Saeihr, which Captain Nimitz readily granted. This officer ordered the launch of three Class 8 shuttles to assume a diamond formation with the
Shackleton and for our electronic warfare suite to create sensor echoes around each to make them appear as Akira class destroyers. The formation then approached to challenge the three hostile vessels. Primary intent was to force the hostiles to back down without combat. In the event that combat did ensue, the shuttles would then use their phasers against the Oberth, deemed to be the easiest to disable, while the
Shackleton, backed by the
Saeihr and
Pegasus would engage the other vessels. However, the hostile vessels turned and fled, vanishing from sensors shortly thereafter. This officer ordered a tachyon sweep of local space in an attempt to find the vessels; this yielded a brief blip before vanishing. This suggests the hostiles have access to cloaking technology.
The immediate threat dealt with, this officer and Captain Nimitz asked for more information about the extremists. Subcommander Tylen, who had been given command of the
Saeihr bridge while Commander Mnheia attended to some other matter, had replied he was not at liberty to share what intelligence they had on the extremists. He requested for copies of our sensor logs on the hostile ships, which we provided, and stated he would recommend the Federation be updated about the situation and the extremists.
RECOMMENDATION: The existence of a Federation-based extremist faction, which has access to multiple vessels from various governments - however outdated - and cloaking technology is a surprise to this officer; even more so that we had to be informed of its existence by one of our allies and not our own Intelligence service. It is this officer's considered opinion that had combat ensued, we would now have a full fledged diplomatic incident on our hands.
Starfleet Intelligence needs to investigate this faction at once. It's origin, resources, backers, and above all its motives for provoking violence and distrust between the Federation and one of its major allies. In addition, all Starfleet vessels patrolling within Donatu and neighboring sectors should be informed of the faction's existence and the profiles of the three ships in particular. Sensor logs from the
Shackleton pertaining to the hostile vessels have been attached to this report.
//ATTACHMENT// shackleton-sensorlogs-95692.5.log
OOC: This is the follow-up AAR to "Another Patrol" from Alyx's POV. Special thanks to the Saeihr crew for inviting me to play in their sandbox for a bit!
