Episode 04: Simulcast (Season 1)

LCARS Database Report - USS Theurgy NX-79854 5th of March, Stardate 57547.63. The crew of the Theurgy had prepared for a whole week to undertake a daring mission to Starbase 84. Situated at the edge of Romulan space, the starbase was fitted with a ‘whistleblower’ system – a wartime device capable of broadcasting an unstoppable signal alerting the Federation to an imminent Romulan invasion. Ives planned to use the system to override the subspace comms restrictions placed on the Theurgy and send a message that detailed the truth of Starfleet Command. The only issue? It was impossible to hide the source of the transmission, meaning every ship and station would know where the Theurgy was at. Before the Theurgy´s arrival, a damaged ship arrived to the Starbase 84. After being lost beyond Romulan space for three years, the Luna-class ship USS Resolve returned to Federation space and received a hero’s welcome at Starbase 84. Soon, joy turned to dismay as an Tal-Shiar operative was murdered on the starbase, and one of the Resolve´s crew was wrongly arrested as a suspected accomplice. While ascertaining as to why his officer was imprisoned, Captain Kendrick – Commanding Officer of the Resolve - enacted a jail-break when the situation turned sour. Alongside his operations officer, Kendrick also liberated a Romulan, Drauc T'Laus, who through his telepathic abilities could reveal that the murder was related to a nameless Romulan traitor with Starfleet rank. When investigating the murder, Captain Hawthorne - Commanding Officer of Starbase 84 - would not authorize the decryption of the only known surveillance recording of the murderer right away, instead dismissing the officers who handed over their findings. Shortly afterwards, the entire Resolve crew were warranted for arrest, forcing them both to escape starbase security. The development would verify their suspicion that it was Ian Hawthorne who was the Romulan collaborator and traitor. Understanding why his crew was wrongly accused, Kendrick led a mission to detach his ship from the starbase and attempt to escape. This, just as Theurgy arrived at Starbase 84. The the battle that followed, Captain Ian Hawthorne sent the whole Air Group of the starbase to destroy the Resolve, but before the Luna-class starship's warp core detonated, the Theurgy] used its top saucer's unique docking feature to evacuate the surviving Resolve crew. While this happened, the dying Captain Kendrick had made it onto the Resolve´s aerowing shuttle, and in determination of ending the threat that Ian Hawthorne presented to the Federation, he flew inside Starbase 84's recreational dome and attacked the Executive Office Complex's top floor, which held the Command Center. Kendrick's shuttle was attacked, loosing altitude, but in order to contain the M/ARA detonation, he crashed the shuttle into the Command Center, and killed Ian Hawthorne. Outside the starbase, Task Force Archeron arrived in full force, and Ives gave the order to call for aid from the Asurian fleet, which had been cloaked yet present during the battle - a hidden ally made with the help from the crewmember Dyan Cardamone. The Asurians gave the Theurgy time to send the Simulcast, beam back all the boarding parties on the starbase, and to have all warp fighters dock with the Theurgy. Unfortunately, the sacrifice of the Asurians was in vain, since Edena Rez' former host - Jona Rez - had tampered with the message in the Simulcast, sending out a false recording of Ives threatening the Federation rather than warning them of the parasitic threat in Starfleet's ranks. The mission failed, but with the help of Vivian Martin and F'Rell, the Theurgy could escape the sector and into the Azure Nebula.

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