| Stardate: 91868.1 | Report Compiled from Ships' Logs & Sensor Data | Delivered to: 38th/Command |
Spoiler: Mission Details EnclosedShow
A Bajoran long-range passenger transport responded to a Starfleet-issue automated distress beacon approximately two lightyears outside the Dreon System, where they recovered an escape pod belonging to the USS Ender. The escape pod occupants were all deceased. No debris or other signs of the Ender were detected. From that location, the transport reported picking up another automated beacon, several hundred kilometers inside Breen territory. They approached the border, but turned back after failing to make comm contact with a Breen warship that was patrolling nearby.
The USS Ender was listed as Missing in Action approximately five months ago. Starfleet lost contact with the vessel after she embarked on a Search and Rescue mission for the 38th Fleet's own USS Saratoga, with which Starfleet lost contact nearly a month before the Ender was originally dispatched.
The USS Galatea led a task force consisting of the USS Heimdall, USS Indomitable, USS King's Mountain, and the USS Titanic to the Mariah Sector near the Breen border, to search for the missing vessels.
Shortly after arriving, a distress call was received indicating a small pirate raid in the Renyn System (Grid E-5), and the Galatea dropped back to handle the situation while the remaining task force vessels initiated a search pattern along the border. Two Starfleet distress signals were detected from within Breen space (Grids C-2 and D-2). Additionally, long range scans began to reveal at least three Breen patrol groups in the area.
Captain S'ill of the Heimdall made contact with one of the Breen vessels in the hopes of negotiating a border crossing, but the Breen were unwilling to discuss the situation.
By this time, Galatea had rejoined the group, and with the possibility of Federation survivors in Breen territory, a rescue/reconnaissance plan was hatched. The Titanic activated its cloaking device and covertly crossed into Breen space (at Grid A-4) while the other ships attempted to occupy the attention of the Breen patrols.
From her new location, Titanic was able to perform more detailed scans of the area, noting a large Breen fleet departing what appeared to be a military base in the Duripant System (Grid A-3).
Moving around the military base and deeper into Breen territory, intending to covertly reach the location of the original distress signal, Titanic continued to track the movements of the foreign patrols. She also noted the presence of a nebula (Grids B-1, C-1). As Titanic moved further, she began to pick up numerous other Federation escape pods (Grids A1, B1, B2, C1, C2).
Meanwhile, King's Mountain began running detailed scans of the nearest distress signal, revealing it to be another escape pod from the USS Ender. It was determined that the pod had been floating in open space for at least several months, during which time power and rations were depleted, resulting in the deaths of the occupants.
Titanic recovered one of the escape pods, reaching the same conclusions as King's Mountain's scan results. However, long range scans showed that several similar distress signals were coming from the surface of a planet in the Adrel System (Grid A-1).
Since the cause of the deaths of the crewmembers in the escape pods appeared to be running out of power and supplies, the reasonable assumption that if other escape pods were able to reach an inhabitable planet, that the occupants might be able to survive for an extended period of time.
Titanic moved into the nebula (at Grid B-1) and established secure communications with the rest of the task force, to relay the newfound information.
The task force moved close to the border (near Grid E-1) and launched a decoy probe into Breen territory in an effort to draw their patrols away so that Titanic could attempt to recover the escape pods and move towards the potential survivors (in Grid A-1).
The majority of Breen forces in the area took the bait, and Titanic was able to immediately recover six escape pods. As she approached the Adrel System, the fate of the Ender quickly became clear. The vessel had attempted an emergency landing after sustaining massive damage, but was destroyed by the impact. Twenty-three Ender crewmembers were recovered from the planet surface. Titanic then returned to the nebula to reestablish communications.
While Titanic was rescuing the Ender survivors, the Breen fleet contacted the Galatea and demanded an explanation for their presence along the border. Captain Pailes attempted to stall the conversation, giving the rescue mission time to progress.
Before long, though, one element of the Breen fleet inexplicably turned and moved into the nebula, while three additional patrol groups began moving towards the brewing confrontation. Before sensor contact was lost with the group entering the nebula, the task force noted readings consistent with weapons fire.
Captain Pailes and the task force attempted to continue stalling the Breen, while the Titanic moved to investigate the unexplained weapons fire. Arriving at the source (Grid C-1), Titanic made contact with the USS Saratoga, now under attack by the Breen.
The Saratoga, which must have been hiding in the nebula, had sustained heavy damage from repeated engagements. The ship's warp core was not present, likely having been ejected long ago, and numerous systems were failing.
Titanic sent a transmission to the task force to inform them of the situation and then engaged the Breen in defense of the Saratoga
While Titanic locked a tractor beam onto Saratoga and began moving towards the edge of the nebula, the Captains of the task force attempted to once again draw the attention of the Breen fleet, this time, by moving 'up' along the border towards the military outpost.
Unfortunately, this action was not entirely successful. The Breen did follow the task force, but they chose to cross the border and attack before they had been drawn sufficiently far away from Titanic and Saratoga. In fact, the position at which the confrontation began was directly in the path of the planned escape route from the nebula.
Titanic and Galatea took the brunt of their respective assaults, each sustaining considerable damage. Indomitable and Heimdall were initially disabled by Breen Energy Dissipation weapons.
By the time Titanic finally reached the border, Indomitable had restored power and was able to take over the towing of the near-disabled vessel, while the task force effected a retreat.
Two out of the twenty-one involved Breen vessels were destroyed (one by King's Mountain and one by Titanic), and their fleet did not pursue any deeper into Federation territory.
From the USS Ender, 8 Escape Pods were recovered while one pod and the wreckage of the vessel itself remain inside Breen territory. 23 survivors were recovered out of the ship's compliment of 152.
The USS Saratoga was successfully towed back to Deep Space 13, where it has been placed in drydock pending evaluation. 591 survivors were recovered onboard, out of the ship's compliment of 849.
The USS Ender was listed as Missing in Action approximately five months ago. Starfleet lost contact with the vessel after she embarked on a Search and Rescue mission for the 38th Fleet's own USS Saratoga, with which Starfleet lost contact nearly a month before the Ender was originally dispatched.
The USS Galatea led a task force consisting of the USS Heimdall, USS Indomitable, USS King's Mountain, and the USS Titanic to the Mariah Sector near the Breen border, to search for the missing vessels.
Shortly after arriving, a distress call was received indicating a small pirate raid in the Renyn System (Grid E-5), and the Galatea dropped back to handle the situation while the remaining task force vessels initiated a search pattern along the border. Two Starfleet distress signals were detected from within Breen space (Grids C-2 and D-2). Additionally, long range scans began to reveal at least three Breen patrol groups in the area.
Captain S'ill of the Heimdall made contact with one of the Breen vessels in the hopes of negotiating a border crossing, but the Breen were unwilling to discuss the situation.
By this time, Galatea had rejoined the group, and with the possibility of Federation survivors in Breen territory, a rescue/reconnaissance plan was hatched. The Titanic activated its cloaking device and covertly crossed into Breen space (at Grid A-4) while the other ships attempted to occupy the attention of the Breen patrols.
From her new location, Titanic was able to perform more detailed scans of the area, noting a large Breen fleet departing what appeared to be a military base in the Duripant System (Grid A-3).
Moving around the military base and deeper into Breen territory, intending to covertly reach the location of the original distress signal, Titanic continued to track the movements of the foreign patrols. She also noted the presence of a nebula (Grids B-1, C-1). As Titanic moved further, she began to pick up numerous other Federation escape pods (Grids A1, B1, B2, C1, C2).
Meanwhile, King's Mountain began running detailed scans of the nearest distress signal, revealing it to be another escape pod from the USS Ender. It was determined that the pod had been floating in open space for at least several months, during which time power and rations were depleted, resulting in the deaths of the occupants.
Titanic recovered one of the escape pods, reaching the same conclusions as King's Mountain's scan results. However, long range scans showed that several similar distress signals were coming from the surface of a planet in the Adrel System (Grid A-1).
Since the cause of the deaths of the crewmembers in the escape pods appeared to be running out of power and supplies, the reasonable assumption that if other escape pods were able to reach an inhabitable planet, that the occupants might be able to survive for an extended period of time.
Titanic moved into the nebula (at Grid B-1) and established secure communications with the rest of the task force, to relay the newfound information.
The task force moved close to the border (near Grid E-1) and launched a decoy probe into Breen territory in an effort to draw their patrols away so that Titanic could attempt to recover the escape pods and move towards the potential survivors (in Grid A-1).
The majority of Breen forces in the area took the bait, and Titanic was able to immediately recover six escape pods. As she approached the Adrel System, the fate of the Ender quickly became clear. The vessel had attempted an emergency landing after sustaining massive damage, but was destroyed by the impact. Twenty-three Ender crewmembers were recovered from the planet surface. Titanic then returned to the nebula to reestablish communications.
While Titanic was rescuing the Ender survivors, the Breen fleet contacted the Galatea and demanded an explanation for their presence along the border. Captain Pailes attempted to stall the conversation, giving the rescue mission time to progress.
Before long, though, one element of the Breen fleet inexplicably turned and moved into the nebula, while three additional patrol groups began moving towards the brewing confrontation. Before sensor contact was lost with the group entering the nebula, the task force noted readings consistent with weapons fire.
Captain Pailes and the task force attempted to continue stalling the Breen, while the Titanic moved to investigate the unexplained weapons fire. Arriving at the source (Grid C-1), Titanic made contact with the USS Saratoga, now under attack by the Breen.
The Saratoga, which must have been hiding in the nebula, had sustained heavy damage from repeated engagements. The ship's warp core was not present, likely having been ejected long ago, and numerous systems were failing.
Titanic sent a transmission to the task force to inform them of the situation and then engaged the Breen in defense of the Saratoga
While Titanic locked a tractor beam onto Saratoga and began moving towards the edge of the nebula, the Captains of the task force attempted to once again draw the attention of the Breen fleet, this time, by moving 'up' along the border towards the military outpost.
Unfortunately, this action was not entirely successful. The Breen did follow the task force, but they chose to cross the border and attack before they had been drawn sufficiently far away from Titanic and Saratoga. In fact, the position at which the confrontation began was directly in the path of the planned escape route from the nebula.
Titanic and Galatea took the brunt of their respective assaults, each sustaining considerable damage. Indomitable and Heimdall were initially disabled by Breen Energy Dissipation weapons.
By the time Titanic finally reached the border, Indomitable had restored power and was able to take over the towing of the near-disabled vessel, while the task force effected a retreat.
Two out of the twenty-one involved Breen vessels were destroyed (one by King's Mountain and one by Titanic), and their fleet did not pursue any deeper into Federation territory.
From the USS Ender, 8 Escape Pods were recovered while one pod and the wreckage of the vessel itself remain inside Breen territory. 23 survivors were recovered out of the ship's compliment of 152.
The USS Saratoga was successfully towed back to Deep Space 13, where it has been placed in drydock pending evaluation. 591 survivors were recovered onboard, out of the ship's compliment of 849.
Vessels Involved:
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Captain Noah Pailes USS Galatea Commander Erika Hayasaki USS King's Mountain |
Captain Keori S'ill USS Heimdall Captain Chance Wilson USS Titanic |
Captain Tamara Sant USS Indomitable Lt. Cmdr. Matt Owen (Acting CO) USS Saratoga |
