Star Trek: Ascendant - Shakedown Cruise IC
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knightemplar
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"It sounds like you both have enough to do. Go ahead gentlemen.", the Commodore states as she picks up her cup and takes another sip of tea.
OOC: 39-Sierra is out side of the triangle and south of it. It is probably abit more than 18 hours, but the map is a bit subjective.
Im going to go ahead and move us up to the conference with Admiral Sa'avik, unless any one else wants to do anything?
OOC: 39-Sierra is out side of the triangle and south of it. It is probably abit more than 18 hours, but the map is a bit subjective.
Im going to go ahead and move us up to the conference with Admiral Sa'avik, unless any one else wants to do anything?
knightemplar
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Commodore's Log: We are currently on our way to Starbase 39-Sierra at our cruise speed of Warp 9.2. Once there, the rest of our assigned crew will board and we will be leaving Admiral Kiel and Admiral Sa'avik at the starbase.
We will be headed towards Cestus III, a world just outside of the borders of the Gorn Confederacy. In a little under an hour from now, Admiral Sa'avik will be giving us a briefing on the Gorn and what we might expect.
We will be headed towards Cestus III, a world just outside of the borders of the Gorn Confederacy. In a little under an hour from now, Admiral Sa'avik will be giving us a briefing on the Gorn and what we might expect.
knightemplar
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Walking into the briefing room, there is plenty of seats around the table. Admiral Kiel and Admiral Sa'avik are currently discussing things quietly between themselves in the corner of the room. Lt. D'vassa's hands are moving quite quickly over a communications console in the room.
As Lt. Martinez is the last senior officer to walk into the briefing room, the small discussions between the officers at the briefing table cease. Admiral Sa'avik walks over to the head of the table and nods towards Lt. D'vassa.
"Since we are all here now, let us begin.", states Admiral Sa'avik as the display board behind her lights up and shows a picture of a Gorn. "In the last hundred and three years since we have first encountered the Gorn with the attack on Cestus III in 2297, we have not learned that much about this race. The following film is a visual archive from the records of the USS Enterprise and their encounter with the Gorn."
The viewscreen lights up and a picture of Captain James Kirk is displayed speaking into what appears to be a log communicator.
"This is Captain James Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. Whoever finds this, please get it to Starfleet Command. I'm engaged in personal combat with a creature apparently called a Gorn. He's immensely strong. Already, he has withstood attacks from me that would have killed a Human being. Fortunately, though strong, he is not agile. The agility and I hope the cleverness, is mine."
The board then switches to the Gorn, who seems to be hearing this log entry through his recorder. The Gorn is a large reptilian humanoid that stands close to eight feet tall.
The video keeps playing through the confrontation with the Gorn, showing Captain Kirk inventive enough to make a primitive version of gunpowder and a cannon loaded with diamonds. Captain Kirk even though he wins the trial combat, he refuses to dispatch the Gorn captain in a moment of compassion and mercy.
Admiral Sa'avik moves back in front of the viewscreen, "One of things learned, was that the Federation built the Cestus III colony in an area claimed by the Gorn as one of their territories. We set up a diplomatic presence on the planet of Clanhaven for the next couple of decades in which diplomats for the Federation and the Gorn tried to work out their differences."
"The Gorn have a very complex ideal of honor, called Gessegrissgir, much more complicated than ever found in the Klingons and the Romulans. After the last hundred years, we still do not understand what truly makes up this code of honor. But this ideal is counter balanced by the idea of Ussegssirr, which is an expansionistic attitude that has been nicknamed 'Manifest Destiny' by some of the human diplomats".
"The actual government of the Gorn is ruled by an Imperator, born to the racial species of the Gorn called the Blackscales, which are considered to be a royal bloodline. Beneath the Imperator are two Autarchs, one chosen from the homeworld of S'sgaron and the other from the strongest of their outer colony worlds. Beneath the Autarachs, is a selection of Gorn representatives from each of their worlds in a council."
As Lt. Martinez is the last senior officer to walk into the briefing room, the small discussions between the officers at the briefing table cease. Admiral Sa'avik walks over to the head of the table and nods towards Lt. D'vassa.
"Since we are all here now, let us begin.", states Admiral Sa'avik as the display board behind her lights up and shows a picture of a Gorn. "In the last hundred and three years since we have first encountered the Gorn with the attack on Cestus III in 2297, we have not learned that much about this race. The following film is a visual archive from the records of the USS Enterprise and their encounter with the Gorn."
The viewscreen lights up and a picture of Captain James Kirk is displayed speaking into what appears to be a log communicator.
"This is Captain James Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. Whoever finds this, please get it to Starfleet Command. I'm engaged in personal combat with a creature apparently called a Gorn. He's immensely strong. Already, he has withstood attacks from me that would have killed a Human being. Fortunately, though strong, he is not agile. The agility and I hope the cleverness, is mine."
The board then switches to the Gorn, who seems to be hearing this log entry through his recorder. The Gorn is a large reptilian humanoid that stands close to eight feet tall.
The video keeps playing through the confrontation with the Gorn, showing Captain Kirk inventive enough to make a primitive version of gunpowder and a cannon loaded with diamonds. Captain Kirk even though he wins the trial combat, he refuses to dispatch the Gorn captain in a moment of compassion and mercy.
Admiral Sa'avik moves back in front of the viewscreen, "One of things learned, was that the Federation built the Cestus III colony in an area claimed by the Gorn as one of their territories. We set up a diplomatic presence on the planet of Clanhaven for the next couple of decades in which diplomats for the Federation and the Gorn tried to work out their differences."
"The Gorn have a very complex ideal of honor, called Gessegrissgir, much more complicated than ever found in the Klingons and the Romulans. After the last hundred years, we still do not understand what truly makes up this code of honor. But this ideal is counter balanced by the idea of Ussegssirr, which is an expansionistic attitude that has been nicknamed 'Manifest Destiny' by some of the human diplomats".
"The actual government of the Gorn is ruled by an Imperator, born to the racial species of the Gorn called the Blackscales, which are considered to be a royal bloodline. Beneath the Imperator are two Autarchs, one chosen from the homeworld of S'sgaron and the other from the strongest of their outer colony worlds. Beneath the Autarachs, is a selection of Gorn representatives from each of their worlds in a council."
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knightemplar
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"So far are there any questions on what I have covered?", Admiral Sa'avik states as she looks back towards the senior officers.
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knightemplar
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"Lt. D'vassa are you ready?", Admiral Sa'avik turns her gaze towards the Orion communications officer.
"Yes, Admiral, secure connection achieved with Admiral Mendez at Cestus III.", with a few quick keystrokes a light hum fills the room.
In front of the viewscreen, a full holographic version of Admiral Mendez appears with a young brunette ensign behind him. Admiral Mendez, recently promoted to this position from command of Starbase K-7.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Admiral Mendez, Commander of Cestus III colony. This is Ensign Kirk currently assigned as the diplomatic attache to the Federation Ambassador to the Gorn Confederacy.", he says as his hand sweeps backwards towards the young human female behind him.
"A threat has arisen that could adversely affect the peace treaty with the Gorn, and the Ascendant has been assigned to deal with it. Failure to meet the threat, and meet it quickly could result in the complete breakdown in the peace talks, and the possible outbreak of war."
The young human female moves up to past the Admiral. "While much of Gorn society and culture remains unknown, certain facts have gradually grown clear. The most important of these deal with the way the Gorn view government as Admiral Sa'avik has explained."
"One of the two Autarchs and one faction of the council favors a negotiated settlement with the Federation; the other Autarch and council faction favors war. Their basic goals are the same - freedom for the Gorn to expand unchecked by outside powers is paramount to all. Only the methods of the two factions differ. "
"This faction in favor of negotiated settlement disagreed with the raid on Federation shipping. Since the raiding began, they have been striving for a diplomatic approach to the whole problem. In addition, they are stubborn and intractable."
"The other Autarch, leading the faction in favor of war, ordered the raid. A narrow majority of the council supported the move. But since the initial raids, the commander returned convinced that the Federation might be dealt with through diplomacy. The actionist party splintered. The Autarch gathered some stalwart supporters and departed, swearing never to abandon his people to serving a foreign, alien power. This rupture is Gorn government is one of the reasons that peace negotiations have dragged on so long."
As the liason officer threatens to get too deeply engrossed in her lecture on Gorn society and goals, Admiral Mendez cuts her off and steers the briefing back to the essentials with the following information:
"Recently, the renegade Autarch turned up in the command of a band of Gorn determined to wage war despite the council's decisions. This group has at least three or four Gorn cruisers, and has been launching piratical attacks on Federation shipping in the frontier region. Three more freighters have been reported lost in two weeks, culminating with the attack on the USS Discovery." A picture shows up in the viewscreen behind with a gorn battlecruiser slowly flying through the stars.
"When reports of these attacks by Gorn warships came in, the Gorn Ambassador did everything in his power to reassure the Federation Ambassador that this was not being carried out at the order of the government. It was established rapidly that this action was being carried out by renegades; indeed the Gorn was even able to identify the location of the most likely base of operations for the Gorn pirates, an abandoned Gorn outpost world lying within the Federation colony world Veldenia V."
"The Gorn representatives have requested permission to deal with the situation themselves, under the precept of their complicated honor and obligations. This request would have involved allowing a squadron of Gorn warships to assemble and enter Federation space. Starfleet has not agreed, against the advice of certain members of the Diplomatic Corps.", a twinge of disgust comes across Admiral Mendez's face as he states this.
"Starfleet feels that the situation is an internal security matter, and wishes to deal with it as such. But the proper course of action cannot be implemented without permission from the Gorn, since the Frontier Accord would necessarily need to be suspended for the action. The Gorn won't give that permission, unless a specific condition is met."
"The Gorn representatives are unwilling to allow an attack on the renegades without first offering a chance of submission, and under their code of honor and conduct it is important that members of the Gorn embassy present this chance directly. It would be dishonorable to permit the Autarch and his followers to be faced with submitting to aliens from the Federation. The Gorn will allow the Federation action only on the condition that they be permitted to deliver a personal message urging submission. Starfleet has accepted this, deferring a summons of the nearest starship until the attempt has been made."
"Now, though, another problem has arisen. The Gorn ship orbiting Cestus III and serving the diplomatic mission has suffered a breakdown of its entire navigational computer system, possibly an act of sabotage by secret actionist supporters among the Gorn delegation. A second courier expected from the Confederacy is now three days overdue. Starfleet cannot afford to wait much longer, for word of new attacks on Federation shipping has arrived. If something is not done quickly, it will be necessary to call in multiple ships, treaty or no treaty. To do so could solidify enough distrust and suspicion to cause the Gorn to repudiate all the negotiations and renew the war. "
"The Gorn embassy has accepted an alternative. Embassy representatives are to be transported on their mission of peace aboard a Federation vessel, the Ascendant. This ship along with Ensign Kirk who will serve as a liaison. The destination will be the planet believed to hold the Gorn outpost. Once the Gorn diplomat has delivered his message, the Captain is to act at his discretion, though the advice of the Gorn party and their Federation liaison should be consulted when possible."
"The Ascendant's computer is being updated with all relevant information on the Gorn that has been uncovered during the negotiations. In addition, Ensign Kirk, the diplomatic liason officer who will accompany the Ascendant, will have additional knowledge that can help fill in the blanks or answer questions that may arise."
"All must tread wearily, for the Gorn are a proud race with a high regard for the honor, obligations, and responsibilities of the individual. A false step could destroy the hard-won gains of years of diplomatic relations, and it could lead to a war as brutal as the Romulan War. This, above all else, must not happen."
"Are there any questions?", the admiral asks, as he looks towards the senior officers.
"Yes, Admiral, secure connection achieved with Admiral Mendez at Cestus III.", with a few quick keystrokes a light hum fills the room.
In front of the viewscreen, a full holographic version of Admiral Mendez appears with a young brunette ensign behind him. Admiral Mendez, recently promoted to this position from command of Starbase K-7.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Admiral Mendez, Commander of Cestus III colony. This is Ensign Kirk currently assigned as the diplomatic attache to the Federation Ambassador to the Gorn Confederacy.", he says as his hand sweeps backwards towards the young human female behind him.
"A threat has arisen that could adversely affect the peace treaty with the Gorn, and the Ascendant has been assigned to deal with it. Failure to meet the threat, and meet it quickly could result in the complete breakdown in the peace talks, and the possible outbreak of war."
The young human female moves up to past the Admiral. "While much of Gorn society and culture remains unknown, certain facts have gradually grown clear. The most important of these deal with the way the Gorn view government as Admiral Sa'avik has explained."
"One of the two Autarchs and one faction of the council favors a negotiated settlement with the Federation; the other Autarch and council faction favors war. Their basic goals are the same - freedom for the Gorn to expand unchecked by outside powers is paramount to all. Only the methods of the two factions differ. "
"This faction in favor of negotiated settlement disagreed with the raid on Federation shipping. Since the raiding began, they have been striving for a diplomatic approach to the whole problem. In addition, they are stubborn and intractable."
"The other Autarch, leading the faction in favor of war, ordered the raid. A narrow majority of the council supported the move. But since the initial raids, the commander returned convinced that the Federation might be dealt with through diplomacy. The actionist party splintered. The Autarch gathered some stalwart supporters and departed, swearing never to abandon his people to serving a foreign, alien power. This rupture is Gorn government is one of the reasons that peace negotiations have dragged on so long."
As the liason officer threatens to get too deeply engrossed in her lecture on Gorn society and goals, Admiral Mendez cuts her off and steers the briefing back to the essentials with the following information:
"Recently, the renegade Autarch turned up in the command of a band of Gorn determined to wage war despite the council's decisions. This group has at least three or four Gorn cruisers, and has been launching piratical attacks on Federation shipping in the frontier region. Three more freighters have been reported lost in two weeks, culminating with the attack on the USS Discovery." A picture shows up in the viewscreen behind with a gorn battlecruiser slowly flying through the stars.
"When reports of these attacks by Gorn warships came in, the Gorn Ambassador did everything in his power to reassure the Federation Ambassador that this was not being carried out at the order of the government. It was established rapidly that this action was being carried out by renegades; indeed the Gorn was even able to identify the location of the most likely base of operations for the Gorn pirates, an abandoned Gorn outpost world lying within the Federation colony world Veldenia V."
"The Gorn representatives have requested permission to deal with the situation themselves, under the precept of their complicated honor and obligations. This request would have involved allowing a squadron of Gorn warships to assemble and enter Federation space. Starfleet has not agreed, against the advice of certain members of the Diplomatic Corps.", a twinge of disgust comes across Admiral Mendez's face as he states this.
"Starfleet feels that the situation is an internal security matter, and wishes to deal with it as such. But the proper course of action cannot be implemented without permission from the Gorn, since the Frontier Accord would necessarily need to be suspended for the action. The Gorn won't give that permission, unless a specific condition is met."
"The Gorn representatives are unwilling to allow an attack on the renegades without first offering a chance of submission, and under their code of honor and conduct it is important that members of the Gorn embassy present this chance directly. It would be dishonorable to permit the Autarch and his followers to be faced with submitting to aliens from the Federation. The Gorn will allow the Federation action only on the condition that they be permitted to deliver a personal message urging submission. Starfleet has accepted this, deferring a summons of the nearest starship until the attempt has been made."
"Now, though, another problem has arisen. The Gorn ship orbiting Cestus III and serving the diplomatic mission has suffered a breakdown of its entire navigational computer system, possibly an act of sabotage by secret actionist supporters among the Gorn delegation. A second courier expected from the Confederacy is now three days overdue. Starfleet cannot afford to wait much longer, for word of new attacks on Federation shipping has arrived. If something is not done quickly, it will be necessary to call in multiple ships, treaty or no treaty. To do so could solidify enough distrust and suspicion to cause the Gorn to repudiate all the negotiations and renew the war. "
"The Gorn embassy has accepted an alternative. Embassy representatives are to be transported on their mission of peace aboard a Federation vessel, the Ascendant. This ship along with Ensign Kirk who will serve as a liaison. The destination will be the planet believed to hold the Gorn outpost. Once the Gorn diplomat has delivered his message, the Captain is to act at his discretion, though the advice of the Gorn party and their Federation liaison should be consulted when possible."
"The Ascendant's computer is being updated with all relevant information on the Gorn that has been uncovered during the negotiations. In addition, Ensign Kirk, the diplomatic liason officer who will accompany the Ascendant, will have additional knowledge that can help fill in the blanks or answer questions that may arise."
"All must tread wearily, for the Gorn are a proud race with a high regard for the honor, obligations, and responsibilities of the individual. A false step could destroy the hard-won gains of years of diplomatic relations, and it could lead to a war as brutal as the Romulan War. This, above all else, must not happen."
"Are there any questions?", the admiral asks, as he looks towards the senior officers.
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