SUBJ: Operation: Cold Turkey

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To: 38th/Command
CC: CAPT Alistair H. Nimitz, CAPT Drake Tungsten (@DrakeTungsten )
From: LT Ansha Wind-People
Subj: Operation: Cold Turkey Addendum, Sub-Op Jalopy



ALCON,
I was instructed to mention an idea I had for a ‘smoke and mirrors’ fleet build up as a distraction to obscure our real movements. This would involve using ships that are in mothball but still retain a spaceframe that is somewhat flight worthy.

The plan is as follows:

  1. The ships in question would be rigged for skeleton crew operation. Since these ships will act as a decoy and not expected to meet combat worthiness a full crew compliment would not be necessary.
  2. Most of the ships would be set up for remote operation from a central ‘master’ ship that will be commanded by the skeleton crew. Again, permissible given their status as merely ‘there for looks.’
  3. High EPS conduit activity, shields, and dummy/training phasor mounds that can be seen as weapons hot on enemy sensors should be installed. Life form scrambling can assist with the illusion of ships with a full crew compliment as well, though not for long to the experienced sensor tech. Holographic projectors can assist with masking the ships’ ages, though I as an experienced tactical officer with knowledge in sensor operation, I would advise against getting to elaborate with changing the shape of the space craft in question.
  4. To further enhance the illusion, non-AI* automation could be used to cause the shields to raise and the weapons to go hot upon the approach of ships lacking proper IFF protocols.
  5. Depending on the final plan, this ‘veteran fleet’ would be parked where the RSE would expect us to be, perhaps the ‘Southern’ end of the Sierra Sector? In my mind they would potentially try for a surgical strike at Sierra 39 as that is a logistical hub close to Rator and thereby the logical staging point for operations. There are obviously things I am not privy to so I will on suggest this loosely.

This is a risky mission, though I would not see need for the skeleton crews to stay on the ships once they are placed. I would set this as a voluntary operation, one that since I have recommended it will volunteer to take part in. Once the ships are placed and automated routines are set in motion we will depart via small craft back to a designated meeting point for our respective fleet.

*I would implore command to avoid the nonconsensual use of AI or EH personnel for this as this violates what I feel is the spirit of UFP stance on sentient rights as defined over the last two hundred years. Should they volunteer, these holographic personnel should be evacuated with the crew as part of this operation.

//SIGNED//
Lieutenant Ansha Bast Wind-People
Chief Tactical Officer
USS Dragon, NCC-93887-A
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