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/ || \ UCIP Starfleet Command, Eighth Fleet
/ || \ U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901
.-/ || \-. Fleet Captain Tebrun Lora Kor, Commanding
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.-_-. || .-_-. Simulation Report
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/ Simulation Report |
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Notes from the Captain:
All in all, a pretty straightforward little sim. :) Nice job,
everyone! Fleet combat is generally my least favorite sim, which is
why I so rarely do them, but every once in a while, one is needed to
set the tone for what's going on. ;) Despite the escalating
conflict, that's our last one for a while. After this, we get back
to some of the more character-oriented stuff that you're all so good
at for a long while. I just wanted to make it clear to everyone that
there is indeed a war going on... just below the surface, if you will
permit me a small pun. ;)
For those of you who missed the announcements during the sim, there
were two. First, when "designing" the Apori, I had in my head a
little song by Yes called "Homeworld." You'll find it available for
download at:
http://www.jestertrek.com/music/
The song was originally written for a computer game... but doesn't
really fit that computer game. But the lyrics are so cryptic that I
found them really intriguing, so I decided to design a race in M64
around the lyrics to the song. ;) So, if you understand the lyrics
to this song, you've figured out the Apori. ::grins:: IC, the song
is one that becomes popular on Reorsa, written by a music group there
called Yes about their impressions of the Apori. ::snickers::
Second announcement: the long-promised "Story of M64 so far" page is
complete. You can find it at:
http://www.jestertrek.com/m64/thestorysofar.html
Please let me know if you find any mistakes or problems.
See you all next week!
Sim Title: "On This Rock", Part 3
Teaser and Pre-Sim:
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On Reorsa, Vice Admiral Aldur finishes his conversation with Iktakto
and analyzes some of it using the universal translator. One phrase
in particular has raised some eyebrows: the Apori apparently believe
that the Pfhor can "call down the aid of the One." According to
Iktakto, that is how they are generating the subspace bubble around
Pitstop. The problem: our current translation for the Apori phrase
"the One" is "God." Does this mean that the Apori believe that God
is on the Pfhor's side? Aldur and Fleet Captain Narque attempt to
unravel the mystery by looking more closely at the translation.
During the Sim:
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After a brief respite, Coronado and the other Starfleet vessels
involved in the second defense of the Pitstop system gathered near
the planet itself to regroup. The Captain ordered Kelaka and those
aboard back to Coro during the break and the gig soon departed from
U.S.S. Gryphon, which had recovered him. The Pfhor also regrouped,
apparently evacuating their two most-damaged ships before gathering
into five large strike forces and beginning a new advance. The Apori
moved up to block this advance, as did several of the Starfleet
ships. Odyssey and Gryphon, in particular, led their respective
attacks due to their false matter shielding.
Even so, the sheer number of Pfhor warships was daunting: fully 40 of
the monstrous ships were involved and their weight in numbers soon
began to force the allied ships back. Lora Kor suggested to the
allies that instead of trying to destroy the Pfhor ships directly,
finding and destroying the Pfhor means of generating the subspace
bubble would be just as effective. Without the bubble, the Pfhor
ships involved in the fight would be forced to real space, where the
formidble Apori "sunray" defenses would make short work of them. The
allied ships involved agreed, and the Captain put together a team to
address this problem.
In the meantime, the Starfleet and Apori ships needed to give this
team time to work out a solution. That involved confronting the
Pfhor ships and trying to keep them away from the planet. The Apori
lost a great number of ships in this defense, moreso when the Pfhor
reached one of the Apori "starfish" ships. These large ships had not
been involved in the actual battle, and we soon learned why: they
were generating the fields that allowed the Apori ships to find and
counter the Pfhor's attack through subspace. Without the starfish,
only the allied ships themselves capable of nesting would be able to
find and target the Pfhor destroyers. We have only one ship with
this capability -- U.S.S. Vanguard -- so it was critical that we
protect the "starfish." The allied defense turned to this problem in
force, but the Pfhor attack proved overwhelming. Two starfish were
soon destroyed, and a third endangered. Each time a starfish was
destroyed, the resulting disruption in subspace caused both damage
and injuries to the allied ships as they were rocked by the
instability caused in the subspace medium.
The third starfish seemed lost when the Captain's team, working
together, were able to locate both the subspace layer the Pfhor
battleship was operating from and the point on its hull from which
their subspace bubble was being generated. Two false matter
torpedoes were modified to target this area, and launched by
Commander Drexler from the Bridge. The strike was successful: when
the Pfhor battleship was hit, the Pfhor ships vanished from the
bubble, presumably reemerging into real space. There, the Apori were
able to deal with them, though we were unable to observe this
directly since those in the bubble couldn't see what was happening
in real space and vice versa.
The Apori collapsed their own subspace bubbles once the threat was
eliminated and the Starfleet vessels regrouped in Pitstop 3 orbit.
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/ Simulation Report -- Logistics Data |
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U.S.S. Coronado Complement Changes:
Lieutenant (JG) Ananda Wilk, returned from Extended LOA.
2nd Lieutenant Andrew Stylus, temporarily returned from LOA.
Promotions:
Jacob Prescot, from 1st Lieutenant to Marine Captain
Last promotion date: 12-Nov-01, 16 sims
From his simming to his frequent logs to his frequent
"after-simming," Shadow has done an outstanding job of
developing the Jacob Prescot character. He is quickly
turning into one of Coro's core role-players. Well done!
Recognitions:
Starfleet Service Ribbon (with Silver Comet Cluster)
Commander Zunite Oswald
For service of, at a minimum, 100 weeks aboard a Starfleet
vessel plus numerous other contributions to U.S.S. Coronado.
Academy Completions:
1st Lieutenant Craig Serrold
Starfleet Academy Helm Course (96%)
Well done on completing this course with such a high score!
Exchange of the Week: Gotta love those wolf-pack tactics...
<CoroLCARS> =.\ction= Odyssey takes the destroyer's initial attack in
stride and closes to near point-blank range. It's a little more
ponderous variation on Coro's "toss" technique for false matter
torpedoes.
<LCTC_Drexler> Firing forward one. Two. ::fires forward torpedoes::
<CoroLCARS> =.\ction= Coronado fires a torpedo spread, taking a bite
out of the target's starboard side!
<[1LWL_Serrold]> TB1> ::drops back in on top of the Pfhor near Coro::
Yippee ki ay, mother - ::fires torpedoes::
<CoroLCARS> =.\ction= The Thunderbirds lock into a tight formation,
firing gatling bursts, just missing the target.
<L1CC_Prescot> ::eyes race over the display in front of him...
seeing the fighters maintaining their distance close to home::
<[1LWL_Serrold]> TB1> ::grunts and again fires torpedoes::
<CoroLCARS> =.\ction= The Thunderbirds lock into a tight formation,
firing gatling bursts, cutting into the target.
<COMC_Ironside> Load tube two. Ms. Wilk, bring aft launcher to bear
on thos strike craft again.
<[1LWL_Serrold]> TB1> ::clenches his fist and smirks:: Hell yeah!
<CoroLCARS> =.\ction= Odyssey adds her own false matter torpedo to
the mix and all three hit the destroyer and begin to burrow. The
strike craft behind Coro split up, racing on either side of the
destroyer, then regroup on the other side.
.
. A couple of minutes for the torpedoes to burrow, then...
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<CoroLCARS> =.\ction= The destroyer begins to break up from the
buried detonations. It's not cataclysmic, but it's bad enough. That
particular destroyer is out of the fight.
Attendance: 16 out of 19 0 late/left early (*)
Commanding Officer: FCapt. Tebrun Lora Kor (Jester)
Marine Commandant: Col. Jeremy Ironside (Fraser)
Command Liaison: Cmdr. Savant (Savant)
Chief Tactical Officer: LCdr. Sieven Drexler (Brad)
Assistant Tactical: Lt. Kyle Marcy (Marcy)
Chief Flight Operations: Lt. JG Ananda Wilk (Baralu)
Intelligence Officer: Lt. Kariasa Ma'Aru (Kari)
Chief Science Officer: Lt. JG Kathleen Hammond (Kath)
Company Commander: 1Lt. Jacob Prescot (Shadow-FjP)
Wing Leader: 1Lt. Craig Serrold (Aggie)
Wing Leader: 2Lt. Andrew Stylus (JadeFalcon)
Chief Engineer: Cmdr. Zunite Oswald (Sonya)
Assistant Engineer: LCdr. Jack C. Farley (CCC)
Systems Specialist: Lt. JG Caring-Thoughts (Alffred)
Chief Medical Officer: Lt. Jason Thompson (Thompson)
Civilian: Alados ha-Soron (McC)
Guest Simmers: 0
Observer Count: 3 (Santiago, Farrell, goose)
Announced Absenses: 2 out of 19
Executive Officer: Cmdr. William Daren (Daren)
Assistant Engineer: Lt. Aramis Skylooker (LewisSharp)
Unannounced Absenses: 1 out of 19
Chief of Operations: Cmdr. Olme Tlaloco (rev)
On Extended Leave of Absense:
Wing Leader: 2Lt. Andrew Stylus (JadeFalcon)
Sim Duration: 100 minutes
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Coronado's Orders:
Complete patrol circle centered on the Reor system, using LORASON
sensors to confirm there are no Pfhor strongholds in allied space;
later, investigate a disturbance in the Pitstop system.
Coronado's Status:
Pitstop system (J035) in Grid 001, in orbit of Pitstop 3
6 false matter, 12 cluster, 74 standard torpedoes stocked
Crew complement of 215 Starfleet / 274 SFMC
3 SF KIA, 11 SF WIA during combat operations in Pitstop system
Condition Green, shields down, weapons unarmed
Moderate damage to secondary hull and upper saucer
After-Action Status:
Ship name: U.S.S. Coronado
Ship location: Just outside the Pitstop system in Grid 001
PC sims involved: U.S.S. Coronado
NPC ships involved: Six Apori "starfish" defense ships
40+ Apori escort destroyers
U.S.S. Odyssey (Sovereign cruiser)
U.S.S. Vanguard (Vanguard cruiser)
U.S.S. Gryphon (Akira II carrier)
U.S.S. Fearless (Prometheus II cruiser)
U.S.S. Swiftsure (Norway II destroyer)
C.S. Rapier (Camelynian Sword destroyer)
C.S. Sabre (Camelynian Sword destroyer)
Enemy ships involved: One Pfhor battleship
40 Pfhor destroyers in five wings
Unknown number of Pfhor strike craft
Combat loses: 25+ Apori escort destroyers destroyed
U.S.S. Fearless severely damaged
U.S.S. Gryphon moderately damaged
U.S.S. Vanguard moderately damaged
U.S.S. Swiftsure moderately damaged
Enemy combat losses: 10+ Pfhor destroyers destroyed
10+ Pfhor destroyers damaged
Pfhor battleship lightly damaged
Damage report: Moderate damage to secondary hull
Light damage to primary hull
Crew Roster:
Commanding Officer: FCapt. Tebrun Lora Kor (Jester)
Executive Officer: Cmdr. William Daren (Daren)
Marine Commandant: Col. Jeremy Ironside (Fraser)
Command Liaison: Cmdr. Savant (Savant)
Chief of Operations: Cmdr. Olme Tlaloco (Tlaloco)
Chief Tactical Officer: LCdr. Sieven Drexler (Brad)
Assistant Tactical: Lt. Kyle Marcy (Marcy)
Chief Flight Operations: Lt. JG Ananda Wilk (Baralu)
Intelligence Officer: Lt. Kariasa Ma'Aru (Kari)
Chief Science Officer: Lt. JG Kathleen Hammond (Kath)
Company Commander: 1Lt. Jacob Prescot (Shadow-FjP)
Wing Leader: 1Lt. Craig Serrold (Aggie)
Chief Engineer: Cmdr. Zunite Oswald (Sonya)
Assistant Engineer: LCdr. Jack C. Farley (CCC)
Assistant Engineer: Lt. Aramis Skylooker (LewisSharp)
Systems Specialist: Lt. JG Caring-Thoughts (Alffred)
Chief Medical Officer: Lt. Jason Thompson (Thompson)
Civilian: Alados ha-Soron (McC)
On Extended Leave of Absense:
Wing Leader: 2Lt. Andrew Stylus (JadeFalcon)
Positions Available:
None!
Starfleet Task Group 5.4:
U.S.S. Stirling (Eclipse command carrier)
U.S.S. Odyssey (Sovereign cruiser)
U.S.S. Vanguard (Vanguard cruiser)
U.S.S. Gryphon (Akira II carrier)
U.S.S. Fearless (Prometheus II light cruiser)
U.S.S. Coronado (Katana frigate)
U.S.S. Renegade (Katana frigate)
U.S.S. Swiftsure (Norway II destroyer)
U.S.S. Schweitzer (Olympic support ship)
U.S.S. Resolute (Defiant II destroyer)
U.S.S. Douglas MacArthur (Tobruk transport)
U.S.S. Athena (Artemis destroyer escort)
U.S.S. Thonus (Artemis destroyer escort)
M.R.F. Pearl (Mobile Repair Facility)
U.S.S. Vladivostok (Marco Polo freigher)
S.S. Yamashita Maru (Antares freighter)
plus 2 Atlas class tugs
S.R.R. Sienov Temarr (RSR Ra'Kalen destroyer)
Camelynian Task Group Lion:
C.W. King Lan DuLac (Camelynian Hammer of Justice carrier)
C.W. Queen Monique Lehman DuLac (Camelynian Victory cruiser)
C.S. Fire Lance (Camelynian Sword destroyer)
C.S. Phoenix (Camelynian Sword destroyer)
C.S. Hunter (Camelynian Sword destroyer)
C.S. Chivalry (Camelynian Riposte frigate)
C.W. Shining Bard (Camelynian Shadow transport)
C.W. Avignon-on-the-Mountain (Camelynian support ship)
C.W. Crystal Palace (Camelynian worldship)
C.S. Rising Star (Camelynian Sword destroyer)
C.S. Javelin (Camelynian Sword destroyer)
C.S. Rapier (Camelynian Sword destroyer)
C.S. Sabre (Camelynian Sword destroyer)
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Jester
Fleet Captain Tebrun Lora Kor
Commodore Selectee
Commanding, U.S.S. Coronado, NCC-97901
http://www.jestertrek.com/coro2400/