Stardate: 93624.6 | Data Decryption | Report Submitted:CAPT Sara Desimone. | Classification Level: Level 2: Confidential - Permission/clearance required. May be shared on a need-to-know basis, and discussed in private. |
At 2147 hours, a distress signal was received from SS. Lapland while they were two light years out from the boarder to Risian space. This transport was one of the fleet of independent contractors who have been hired on to help move the displaced tourists from Eledri Prime to Risa. Axiom directed Rutledge and Shadowfax to investigate the source of the signal. USS Nightingale was nearby and offered to assist, and so Axiom directed them to rendezvous with Rutledge and Shadowfax at the site
Responding vessels could find no evidence whatsoever of the Lapland, and did not report any warp trails.
Nightingale’s long range scanners picked up an unidentified vessel inbound for April’s landing at warp 6. Axiom moved to protective orbit, but the vessel that emerged was merely the Lapland. It made a massive transport, during which we were unable to either establish communication or a tractor beam lock, then took off toward Eledri space before we were able to detain them.
USS. Polaris and USS Saraswati were between April’s Landing and Eledri space, and so were ordered to intercept. Nightingale and Shadowfax joined the pursuit.
At this point, Captain Nimitz informed that there was a riot taking place on April’s Landing, as the transport had beamed several thousand people down. He requested additional security and medical assets to assist. As Axiom was down to a skeleton security force as it was, all other assets were presently pursuing the Lapland, and we detected no weapons fire on the surface, his request was denied.
Axiom contacted Eledri Prime and advised that a rogue ship was headed toward their territory, possibly containing abducted Federation citizens. Eledri Prime responded that if the vessel crossed into Eledri space, it would be destroyed.
Shadowfax, Polaris, and Nightingale were in close pursuit of Lapland along with the USS Saraswati. Saraswati was ordered to fire to disable the Lapland. Before that order was carried out, the USS Nightingale fired on their own initiative, The unshielded rear section of the freighter was destroyed, rendering their engines inoperable. All remaining life signs were beamed aboard Federation ships, and six casualties were detected prior to the breach of Lapland’s warp core, and the vessel’s subsequent destruction.
A brief investigation revealed that the people who had hijacked the transport vessel were displaced (mostly human) long-term residents of Eledri Prime that had been effectively banished by the new government. They mingled with the rest at April’s Landing, and then when they were dispatched to Risa, hijacked the ship and returned all other Federation citizens to April’s Landing before attempting to reenter Eledri space.
The perpetrators have been dispatched to DS13 for processing, and then transport to Sol to stand trial.
Axiom transported any individuals displaying overt and intractable violence on the ground direct to the brig to cool down for the night before returning them to April’s Landing, apart from any such incidences as the authorities on April’s Landing deemed necessary to further detain at their own facilities.
The reports we received that the security measures Captain Nimitz took prior to Axiom’s direct involvement are somewhat concerning. It has been reported the captain took measures to separate all of the Eledri citizens from the general populace in the interest of their own protection. These measures, despite intentions, seem to have exacerbated the situation.
I assisted Governor Kilroy (himself half-Eledri) in whatever way I could in calming the people down through public address. The people have been assured that the next transport will be taking them to Risa within 30 hours.
The fact that this delay would have elicited such a strong response from the people returned to April’s Landing is troubling in the extreme, and even moreso that the government of Eledri Prime would outright threaten to destroy an unarmed, hijacked Federation vessel.
While Eledri Prime has remained characteristically unhelpful in regards to inquiries after how many more people they intend to send, our own calculations, as well as word of mouth from people who have already been processed, suggest we must be nearing the end of the situation.
Captain’s Draz, Nimitz, Kawamori, and Jager are all invited to file their own reports as addendum to the document above.
//SIGNED// Captain Sara K. Desimone, CO USS Axiom, NCC 92459/Libra Squadron]