U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901

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/ || \ UCIP Starfleet Command, Fifth Fleet
/ || \ U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901
.-/ || \-. Fleet Captain Tebrun Lora Kor, Commanding
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Vladivostok was barely two days out of Tarndare when it happened. The trip
had been uneventful. Sure that either Dorja, the Pfhor warship Vengeance,
or both was chasing the freighter, Colonel Ironside had ordered a series of
zig-zagging turns and increases and decreases in speed, hoping to throw off
pursuit. Fortunately, it didn't seem to have been necessary. Even
Vladivostok's somewhat primitive sensors could have seen the overpowered
Dorja coming at this range, and any known Pfhor warship would have to fold
into a star system to catch them.

The Colonel's course gave the local stars a wide berth.

The journey had been quite inside the freighter as well. With a full two
weeks travel time back to Coronado in the Omsi system, most of the
Vladivostok team spent the team sleeping, relaxing, or going over the data
from the Tarndare mission. In particular, Lieutenant Ma'Aru, Commander
Oswald, Savant, and several others took turns attempting to crack the
encryption surrounding the partial file that Oswald had managed to download
from the mining station's secure storage.

Colonel Ironside spent much of his time on the Bridge, so he was there to
see it happen.

"That's odd," Ensign Wilk said from Vladivostok's helm, frowning.

Ironside was at the young woman's side in a moment. "What's odd, Ensign?"
he asked.

Wilk was frowning even more deeply. "Subspace disruption," she said. "It's
distorting our warp envelope."

"Drop to impulse," Ironside ordered, heading back for the Vladivostok's
command chair. A warp disruption in a freighter didn't bear thinking about.
A few seconds later, the cargo ship rumbled out of warp, the nearest star
nearly six light-years away. As it turned out, the freighter wasn't alone.

"Subspace rifts!" Drexler called from Vladivostok's weapons console. "Looks
like something was nested here! I'm counting six... no, seven bogies at
least!" The El Aurian looked up in time to see ships emerge from subspace.
The ships were all of a single type, dark grey, about the size of a
Starfleet Defiant class escort, moving almost too rapidly to focus on.
Their dark color, in particular, made them tough to track visually. Drexler
had a brief look at a bulbous leading edge and body, trailing off into two
or three elongated spars as they rushed by Vladivostok, in three groups, one
after another. The freighter shook at their passage.

"Tetryon wavefront!" Wilk said from helm as Vladivostok shook. "Probably
the wake they brought with them from subspace," she added. Ironside nodded.
He'd been on ocean-going vessels in the past and the feeling was identical
to a slow boat caught in a fast boat's wake.

"What were those?" Ironside asked, voice sharp. "Raise shields, Mr.
Drexler."

Drexler nodded, but was interrupted by Commander Janeway, manning
Vladivostok's primitive sensor array. "I've got a match, task group
database. Apori power signature! But they're not the same vessel class as
the refugee ships. These are warships or something close to it! Massive
power readings!"

"Ensign, get us back to warp!" Ironside ordered. "This could be very bad,"
he added, his voice conversational.

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Crew Roster:
Commanding Officer: FCapt. Tebrun Lora Kor (Jester)
Executive Officer: Cmdr. William Daren (Daren)
Marine Commandant: Col. Jeremy Ironside (Fraser)
Command Liaison Interface: Cmdr. Savant (Savant)
Chief of Operations: Cmdr. Olme Tlaloco (Tlaloco)
Chief Tactical Officer: LCdr. Sieven Drexler (Garstini)
Assistant Tactical: Lt. Kyle Marcy (Marcy)
Chief Flight Operations: Ens. Ananda Wilk (Baralu)
Intelligence Officer: Lt. Kariasa Ma'Aru (Kari)
Chief Science Officer: LCdr. Kathryn Janeway (Kath)
Squadron Leader: Maj. Thomas Wayne (Masters)
Squadron Leader: 2Lt. Jacob Prescot (Shadow-FjP)
Chief Engineer: LCdr. Zunite Oswald (Sonya)
Assistant Engineer: Lt. Jack C. Farley (CCC)
Assistant Engineer: Lt. Aramis Skylooker (Skylooker)
Acting Chief Medical: Lt. Ungtae Brie (Aggie)
Assistant Medical: Ens. Jason Thompson (Thompson)

On Extended Leave of Absense:
None!

Positions Available:
Marine Company Commander
Assistant Tactical Officer

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Ross Glenn aka Jester
Fleet Captain Tebrun Lora Kor, U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901
http://www.jestertrek.com/coro2400/