| February 2401 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 01 Feb 2401 | The Klingon Empire and Rihannsu Star Republic together launch a joint war of aggression on the United Federation of Planets, invading over a border several thousand light-years long. Starfleet, hard put to defend the Federation, falls back dozens of light-years along the front. Destroyed or captured in the initial fighting are nearly a dozen Starfleet starbases along both borders. The war continues over the next several months. | ||
| 10 Feb 2401 | The Fall of Arcadia. Starbase Arcadia and Starfleet's entire Sixth Fleet is decimated in and around the Codis system, and the Federation colony on Codis III is taken. More than 100,000 Starfleet officers, enlisted personnel, and Federation civilians are killed in the space of a few hours. Millions more find themselves behind Rihannsu lines. The dregs of the Sixth Fleet flee "west," carrying news of this disaster. | ||
| 12 Feb 2401 | U.S.S. Coronado learns of the war from Ka'Tek vestai-Kharas after rescuing him from an odd planet on the Klingon border called "The Thistledown." Coro finds herself behind Klingon lines and spends almost the next month fighting her way to the Federation side. | ||
| 18 Feb - 25 Feb 2401 |
Starfleet, caught hideously unprepared, undermanned, and outgunned, is driven back from both the Klingon and Rihannsu borders over a line several thousand light-years long. Over these eight days alone, 500,000 cubic light-years falls into Klingon and Rihannsu hands, including 11 Federation colonies and three Starfleet starbases. (Several captured Starbases later become full-fledged facilities under Romulan and Klingon control.) | ||
| 26 Feb 2401 | Task Force 9, Captain Salek in command, is dispatched to defend the Eterntiy system (also known as Alpha Eridani) from a likely Rihannsu invasion. U.S.S. Odyssey is part of this Task Force. Task Force 3, Admiral Dolin in command, is dispatched to Starfleet Starbase 22. | ||
| March 2401 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 08 Mar 2401 | U.S.S. Coronado slips across the line of battle and reaches Starbase 247. | The second operational Wraith corvette squadron, SO-2 "The Raptors", arrive at Starbase 247, escorted by U.S.S. Gryphon and U.S.S. Stirling. | |
| 12 Mar 2401 | 
U.S.S. Vanguard arrives at Starbase 247. Vice Admiral Aldur begins assembling Starfleet Task Group 5.4, and
writes their mission orders: to use the new Wraith squadron, configured as "Wraith Liberators", to capture an
advanced Rihannsu destroyer. LORASON-equipped systems begin a search for a likely target system in which to launch
this attack; the choices are soon narrowed to Yadalla or Eternity. | ||
| 13 Mar 2401 | Starfleet Starbase 22 comes under attack, and is attacked in three waves over nearly the next month. Starfleet eventually holds the line here, but two other nearby Starbases are lost. Over the course of the next week, Starfleet Task Group 5.4's path to the Yadalla system is cut off by Klingon forces. | ||
| 19 Mar 2401 | TG5.4's target system is selected: Eternity. Starfleet Task Group 5.4 finishes assembly and moves in groups to the outskirts of the system. Vice Admiral Aldur makes arrangements for a support group, including M.R.F. Pearl, to rendezvous with the group following the capture. | ||
| 23 Mar - 04 Apr 2401 |
The Battle for Eternity. One of the bloodiest battles of the war, several hundred Rihannsu and Federation ships are destroyed over several days. As the battle rages, both sides pour more and more reinforcements into the fighting. The battle is eventually a costly victory for the Republic, which takes the system, though only after using illegal protomatter weapons in the system. | ||
| 26 Mar 2401 | 
During the Battle of Eternity, U.S.S. Coronado and Starfleet Task Group 5.4 strike one of the hardest blows
for the Federation in the on-going war when the Group's Wraiths and Coro's Marines capture an intact Rihannsu
Ra'Kalen class escort destroyer, S.R.R. Sienov Temarr, and its technology.Unfortunately, during the mission which successfully captures the ship, Coro's Marines suffer frightful losses, the ships that are escorting her are badly damaged... and newly-promoted Captain Jarod Bentall, Coronado's Executive Officer, is tragically killed. | ||
| 28 Mar 2401 | Starfleet Task Group 5.4 leaves the vicinity of Eternity at high warp, en route for a rendezvous with her support squadron at Camelyn, a planet near the Rihannsu border. The Starfleet Marines aboard Sienov Temarr have the destroyer under sufficient control to head for that location under cloak. Vice Admiral Aldur dispatches transwarp-equipped U.S.S. Swiftsure ahead of the group to Starfleet R&D with low-level copies of the destroyer's computer cores and holographic and sensor imagery of the interior. | ||
| April 2401 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 01 Apr 2401 | Starfleet Task Group 5.4 reaches Camelyn and after a brief diplomatic stop, continues toward Starfleet Research and Development with their captured Rihannsu destroyer in tow. The Camelynians provide a small escort and support group to assist. U.S.S. Swiftsure reunites with the group before departure, her mission to Starfleet R&D successful. | ||
| 08 Apr 2401 | The remains of Task Force 9 fall back from Eternity, blocking Task Group 5.4's route directly west. Several damaged ships, including U.S.S. Odyssey, rendezvous with M.R.F. Pearl near Task Force 9's position. | ||
| 10 Apr 2401 | Watching the aftermath of the Battle for Eternity with the LORASON sensors on Coronado, Vice Admiral Aldur sees the remains of Task Group 9 and orders TG5.4 to alter course south, toward the Hayashi system and avoiding the chaos. He orders Pearl and her group to depart for Hayashi to meet us. | ||
| 15 Apr 2401 | The last resistance on Eternity falls. The Federation, facing what appears to be an unstoppable rout, contacts the Klingon and Rihannsu governments through intermediaries and sues for peace, offering to freeze the current borders as a concession. | ||
| 17 Apr 2401 | Starfleet Task Group 5.4 arrives in the Hayashi system and holds position there awaiting the arrival of M.R.F. Pearl and her escort. Unbeknownst to us, the Pearl group is being watched from under cloak by a Rihannsu hunter group. | ||
| 23 Apr 2401 | 
M.R.F. Pearl arrives at the rendezvous point in the Hayashi system. Unfortunately, the support ships are
being followed, and the entire combined group is caught near the blue-white supergiant and trapped against its
massive bulk. Facing an overwhelming Romulan force with no hope of escape, our prospects for survival look
bleak... until we uncover a Traxati hypergate in the system. With little choice, the group escapes through,
finding themselves in Galaxy M64, over 19 million light-years from Federation space! Task Group 5.4 escapes
through the hypergate with heavy damage to several of their member ships.Behind them, the star erupts into a supernova, obliterating the drives that controlled the hypergate in the Hayashi system and sending the gate tumbling out of the remains of the system. However, the gate, being neutronium, is not destroyed by the exploding star. (We later learn that the gate, though tumbling, is still functional -- though only in one direction, from the Milky Way to M64.) | ||
| 24 Apr 2401 | U.S.S. Vanguard, Rear Admiral Todd Marshall in command, completes her search of the Hayashi system and finds no trace of Starfleet or Rihannsu ships. Marshall reports to Starfleet Command and is ordered out of the system. When they don't report in, all ships in Starfleet Task Group 5.4 are logged as missing, presumed destroyed 90 days later. | ||
| 26 Apr 2401 | The initial reaction to the Federation offer appears favorable, so the initial diplomatic missions are dispatched to Qo'noS and Romulus. (Until September 4, 2401, this was the last day for which detailed news of what was happening in the Milky Way was available for Starfleet Task Group 5.4 ships.) | ||
| 29 Apr 2401 | U.S.S. Anderson suffers a freak slipstream drive accident and is thrown 19 million light-years from the Milky Way Galaxy... into M64. Anderson's initial position in M64 is several hundred light-years from the location of Starfleet Task Group 5.4 | ||
| May 2401 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 07 May 2401 | Coronado makes first contact with the Boratis when she encounters a Boratis exploration ship in the Pitstop system. First entry by Starfleet vessels into the Pitstop system. Orbiting one of the planets in the system, Coro finds what appears to be a 100-year-old Starfleet probe. | U.S.S. Anderson makes first contact with the Hunnda, a lifeform living to the "east" of Boratis space. Contact is initially neutral, but degrades into infrequent hostilities. Anderson spends the next several months attempting to avoid Hunnda space, which stretches over several hundred light-years. | |
| 10 May 2401 | Teams working aboard S.R.R. Sienov Temarr manage to crack the computer's encryption to find stolen Federation and Starfleet programming, though two Binars are killed by the Rihannsu data security in the process. This makes reprogramming the ship's systems a relatively simple matter and standard Starfleet programming is loaded into the ship. The work crews begin referring to the captured Rihannsu destroyer as "Blackrazor", after a Welsh folktale of a sword forged from pieces of the night sky. | ||
| 17 May 2401 | M.R.F. Pearl establishes a base of operations in the Pitstop system. Repairs to U.S.S. Odyssey begin. Pearl's support ships begin collecting heavy metals, hydrogen volatiles, and other resources in the Pitstop system. | ||
| 20 May 2401 | U.S.S. Coronado observes a battle between Churchill and a species that the crew of that ship call the "scavengers." During the battle, Churchill destroys two "scavenger" transport ships. | U.S.S. Renegade makes first contact with the Z'Hora, after following primitive subspace signals to their homeworld near the Pitstop system. | |
| 21 May 2401 | Coronado makes a startling discovery when we come upon a large colony of humanoids in
Galaxy M64, after following the century-old Starfleet probe to their new homeworld. 
The humanoid colonists are former Federation members: three generations of descendants of the crew of U.S.S.
Churchill, NCC-2713, a Starfleet vessel recorded as missing, presumed destroyed, more than a
century prior in the Milky Way galaxy. Churchill found her way through the Traxati gate and
was unable to find its own way home, and instead made a home for themselves in M64. Their planet,
Reor'sa, becomes the new focal point and home base for Task Group 5.4's exploration of M64.
Churchill herself has been lovingly maintained and rebuilt over the decades and still serves
as the colony's primary defense ship. | ||
| 27 May 2401 | The Hunnda offer the crew of U.S.S. Anderson information about a "tune-able" wormhole within their space which might offer Anderson the ability to reach home, or at least communicate with the Milky Way. Anderson accepts the offer and backtracks several dozen light-years, reaching the wormhole about a month later. | ||
| 28 May 2401 | Reunion Day. U.S.S. Coronado lands on the surface of Reor'sa, ending more than a century of isolation for the survivors and descendants of the U.S.S. Churchill crew. Later that day, Fleet Captain Tebrun Lora Kor meets and joins hands with Commander T'Lara of Vulcan, the only remaining survivor of Churchill's original crew. T'Lara passes away about a month later. | ||
| 30 May 2401 | The crew of U.S.S. Coronado first learns of the "Accursed," a species that the Churchill descendants have had on-and-off contact with -- we later learn -- for nearly twenty years. We also first learn of the destruction of Reorsan Starship Dauntless at Accursed hands five years before. | ||
| June 2401 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 01 Jun 2401 | In the Milky Way, an armistice ending the war is signed on or about this date. Details on this treaty are not available to Starfleet Task Group 5.4, with only very sketchy information available for events in the Milky Way from about 26 April to about 1 September. (All data for events in the Milky Way from 26 April to 1 September are from the databanks of U.S.S. Vanguard, which arrives in M64 on 4 September.) The Starfleet personnel in M64 know only that the Federation essentially surrendered, possibly to prevent falling entirely. | ||
| 04 Jun - 25 Jun 2401 |
U.S.S. Coronado's crew enjoys several weeks of relaxation on the surface of Reor'sa. During this time, we find that the planet's native lifeform, the Braids, are unusually deferential to humanoid lifeforms. Initially very troubling, we later learn that this deferrence is partially normal Braid personality and partially racial gratitude for the humanoids' acceleration of their technology, in direct violation of the Prime Directive. | Vice Admiral Brian Aldur and other senior members of Starfleet Task Group 5.4 arrive on Reor'sa and begin formal negotiations with the inhabitants. Surprisingly, negotiations are initially not very productive -- the Churchill descendants seem to have something to hide. Commander T'Lara eventually compels the Reorsan President, Darine n'Chamba, to reveal the truth -- the Reorsans have violated the Prime Directive several times since their arrival in M64 and no longer regard it as binding. Once this impasse is broken, negotiations proceed much more quickly, resulting in a mutual defense and information-sharing treaty. Commander T'Lara passes away on 25 Jun 2401, having lived to see the agreement finalized. | |
| 10 Jun 2401 | Construction begins on four subspace relays to be placed in orbit of stars in M64. Though a traditional design is initially selected, eventually, a more radical design based on "steerable" subspace transmitters is used instead due to obvious materials and personnel shortages in M64. (By 15 May 2402, eight of these subspace relays have been deployed.) | ||
| 24 Jun 2401 | U.S.S. Anderson reaches the "tune-able" wormhole and manages to establish brief contact with Deep Space Europa in the Milky Way. A large load of supplies and information is sent to Anderson, but before the cruiser can take further advantage of the link home, a Hunnda faction attacks the ship, collapsing the wormhole. | ||
| July 2401 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 02 Jul 2401 | One of the species native to M64, the Taerens, ask to meet with a representative vessel from Starfleet Task Group 5.4. Vice Admiral Aldur selects U.S.S. Coronado. Coro lifts off from the surface of Reor'sa and proceeds toward the Taeren home system. | ||
| 04 Jul 2401 | While en route to the Taeren home system, Coronado encounters an abandoned "scavenger" transport and learns the true name of this species: the Apori. We gain a somewhat greater understanding of this species from accessing the transport's computers. In particular, we learn that the Apori moving through Reorsan space are refugees fleeing from something. | "Southwest" of Coro's position, U.S.S. Swiftsure encounters an Apori transport convoy and attempts to make first contact. The attempt is unsuccessful due to a communications barrier: the Universal Translator is completely unable to decipher the Apori language. | |
| 08 Jul 2401 | U.S.S. Stirling enters orbit of Z'Hora. Fleet Captain Narque and Reorsan Vice President Robert Quiza begin contact procedures and negotiations with this lifeform. On Reor'sa, Vice Admiral Aldur gives the Reorsans access to replicator and holographic projector technology. | ||
| 09 Jul - 26 Jul 2401 |
U.S.S. Coronado spends 16 days in orbit of Taer while undergoing an odd sort of evaluation by represntatives of the Taeren species. Coro's crew eventually learns of the Taeren mindlife. The Taerens turn out to be very nearly a species of pure energy, living out their lives in the "mindlife," almost but not quite a higher plane of existence. Within the mindlife, the Taerens can see any part of M64, can project themselves to any planet, and can monitor activities across the galaxy... among other abilities that they do not share with us. First contact with Jia Ron Drull, who later becomes our primary contact with the Taer. | ||
| 14 Jul 2401 | Construction begins on Reorsan Starship Destiny, Intrepid class, on the surface of Reor'sa. A few days later, construction begins on Reorsan Starship Avenger, Defiant II class, on the surface of Meyer II. As much construction as can safely be done on the surfaces of these two worlds is done before the skeletons are launched to Mobile Repair Facilities in orbit of both planets to continue construction. (Destiny is placed in orbit in February 2402, Avenger about a month later.) | ||
| 22 Jul 2401 | U.S.S. Anderson is again forced to backtrack to a Hunnda starbase when several of their crew are kidnapped. During a later rescue attempt, several dozen Hunnda are exposed to Borg nanoprobes. These potential drones escape before they can be destroyed or recovered. | ||
| 30 Jul 2401 | 
Task Group 5.4 discovers a Traxati presence in galaxy M64: a single Traxati "world-life" in a system listed on the
Reorsan starmaps as the Enigma system. Enigma matches the configuration of known Traxati colony worlds in the
faraway galaxy that was on the far side of the Brimstone hypergate in the Talos Star Group. A combat battle group,
centered on Akira-C carrier U.S.S. Gryphon is sent into the system. After being obligated to fight their
way into orbit to put a team on the surface, the battle group manages to make peaceful contact with this Traxati
colony world, which turns out to be a single lifeform of enormous size. | ||
| August 2401 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 01 Aug - 15 Aug 2401 |
Coronado remains in orbit of Enigma, the Traxati world-life, in communication with that lifeform. | Starfleet vessels fan out, beginning to patrol Reorsan space and making contact with the Reorsan ally species, including the Xuni. U.S.S. Swiftsure is dispatched to Boratis space when that lifeform requests more formal contact with Starfleet and the Reorsans. | |
| 02 Aug 2401 | In the Pitstop system, Camelynian Worldship Crystal Palace begins constructing block 3 Spectre class fighters for both Starfleet and the Reorsans. Production eventually rises to six fighters per day. | ||
| 10 Aug 2401 | Subspace Relay 01, placed in orbit of the Pitstop star, comes on-line. The relay is eventually mvoed into orbit of Reor. | ||
| 13 Aug 2401 | The Traxati worldlife in the Enigma system informs us that there are no other Traxati in M64... it is alone. Further, it reveals that the hypergate in Gateway is the only Traxati hypergate in M64. The worldlife disabled the Gateway hypergate itself when it learned that there is some force hostile to Traxati life here. A science team from U.S.S. Odyssey is dispatched to Enigma to study and converse with the Traxati worldlife... and perhaps learn more about this hostile lifeform. | ||
| 15 Aug 2401 | U.S.S. Coronado departs for Ji'sa, arriving on the 20th. | Reorsan Patrol Ship 1-slash-4 disappears. We later learn the ship was captured by the Pfhor, marking the first hostilities with this culture since the destruction of starship Dauntless five years prior. | |
| 19 Aug 2401 | U.S.S. Anderson makes first contact with the Unified Liberation Front, a group of people attempting to free their respective species from Hunnda domination. Anderson's crew eventually elects not to interfere with what is obviously an internal Hunnda matter and leaves the two sides to their skirmishes. | ||
| 20 Aug - 27 Aug 2401 |
Coronado visits the planet Ji'sa, and during the visit, is the unintentional catalyst to a coup that overthrows the planet's government. The rebelling group (which eventually succeeds in taking over) wants to ask the Churchill descendants for additional assistance with their technology and infrastructure. The descendants had already sold them shuttlecraft and other high-technology items. Coro leaves orbit asking that the planet be quarantined until their political situation stabilizes. | ||
| September 2401 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 01 Sep 2401 | This is the last day for which personnel in the M64 Galaxy have any knowledge of events in the Milky Way. Data from 26 April to 1 September is provided by the databanks of U.S.S. Vanguard. (On 20 January 2403, brief contact with the Milky Way is established, bringing our knowledge of events in the Milky Way up to that date.) | ||
| 03 Sep 2401 | 
Task Group 5.4 makes its first contacts with the Pfhor Hegemony, known to the Churchill survivors as the
"Accursed." Our first combat engagement with them occurs when the Pfhor begin probing attacks along the north and
west flanks of Reor space. We later learn that they are searching for another species called the Apori. Within
another month, we come into full conflict with the Pfhor when they attempt to destroy the Apori in Reor space. A
number of their strike craft and transports launch probing attacks in the Reor, Meyer, Taer, and Xuni systems.The attacks in Reor and Meyer are minor probing attacks involving Pfhor strike craft, but the attacks in the more outlying systems are more serious. U.S.S. Fearless and U.S.S. Gryphon assist with the defense of the Xuni system. The Taerens deal with the attacks in their own system. | ||
| 04 Sep 2401 | U.S.S. Coronado arrives in the Tarwani system "north" of Reor and finds it being invaded by Pfhor transports. | U.S.S. Vanguard and two Camelynian destroyers arrive in M64, having inadvertently passed through the Hayashi hypergate while searching for Starfleet Task Group 5.4. | |
| 05 Sep - 11 Sep 2401 |
U.S.S. Coronado and a small group of Starfleet vessels launch a number of attacks against Pfhor incursions north of Reor, eventually driving them back. Meanwhile, U.S.S. Fearless leads a small group against the Pfhor west of Reor, also successfully repulsing a series of attacks on Taer, Xuni, and Z'Hora. | ||
| 09 Sep 2401 | About 1% of the Starfleet officers and other personnel involved with the Coronado/Renegade group north of Reor report some unusual symptoms, including greatly enhanced eyesight, strength, dexerity, or other symptoms bordering on the paranormal. Many of the officers in this group also report the feeling of "being watched." The feeling eventually fades and is later believed to be linked to some kind of Pfhor biosoftware virus activity. | ||
| 14 Sep 2401 | U.S.S. Coronado returns to the Pitstop system and M.R.F. Pearl for minor repairs. | The first "block 3" Spectres intended for Reorsan pilot use arrive on Reor'sa. A Defiant II class starship, R.S. Vanquish, begins construction in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Fisher's Landing spaceport. The first M64-built Wraith begins construction in the Meyer system. U.S.S. Stirling, with Vice Admiral Aldur aboard, heads for Boratis to finalize negotiations with that species. | |
| October 2401 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 07 Oct 2401 | U.S.S. Anderson makes first contact with the Maron, after rescuing one of their ships which is fleeing from the destruction of the Maron homeworld in a suspicious supernova. The Anderson crew learns the Maron are attempting to establish a colony on a nearby world they call "New Haven." | ||
| 10 Oct 2401 | Apori refugee ships begin appearing in allied space in greater and greater numbers, gathering into convoys. From the data on the transports discovered disabled through our space, we manage to determine that the Apori are not scavengers, but are actually fleeing the destruction of their homeworld at the hands of the Pfhor some months prior. | ||
| 14 Oct 2401 | U.S.S. Coronado, escorting S.S. Vladivostok, departs Reor'sa for Tarndare. | Anderson leaves New Haven and resumes her search for U.S.S. Churchill, after discovering evidence of a probe launched from that vessel in Maron space. This confirms earlier evidence of Churchill's presence in M64 that Anderson had managed to pick up in Hunnda space. | |
| 20 Oct 2401 | Vladivostok reaches Tarndare and the intelligence team embarked aboard the modified Federation freighter board the Tarndare mining station to learn everything they can about the Accursed. During their mission, they recover a wealth of data from the mining station's computer about an alliance of species known as the Pfhor Hegemony. They also learn that the Accursed and the Hegemony are one and the same. | ||
| 28 Oct 2401 | Vladivostok, while en route back to Reor, is intercepted by an Apori refugee convoy en route for Pitstop. The freighter falls in with the Apori group, which warns the allies that a major Pfhor Hegemony assualt is imminent. We also determine that the Apori have an ambush prepared for the Pfhor in the Pitstop system. | ||
| 29 Oct - 31 Oct 2401 |
The First Battle for Pitstop 3. The Pfhor Hegemony launches an assault on the Apori race, who have settled on a planet near Reor'sa called Pitstop 3. Twenty of the nearly unstoppable juggernauts we know as Pfhor destroyers enter the system. The Reorsan fleet and TG5.4 gather an armada in what initially looks to be a hopeless defense. The battle ranges from the Pitstop to the Reor systems and during the battle, several allied ships are critically damaged, including U.S.S. Coronado. Our frigate is all but destroyed in the battle, but the battle is won when the Apori launch a counterattack that drives the Pfhor from the two systems. Though severe damage has been done to us, we have gained an important ally. The Pfhor bombard Churchill Downs and Fisher's Landing from orbit before they are driven off by U.S.S. Gryphon. | ||
| November 2401 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 02 Nov 2401 | U.S.S. Coronado, many parts of her still on fire, is towed to M.R.F. Pearl. | U.S.S. Gryphon, her warp nacelles destroyed, also begins repairs after being towed into orbit of Reor'sa. | |
| 05 Nov 2401 | 
It is revealed to the Reorsan public that at least two Pfhor transports managed to land on the surface of
the planet, carrying as many as 1500 of the gargoyle-like species we know as "Hunters" to the surface, along with a
smaller or equal number of "Hounds" -- the snake-like companions the Hunters take into combat. Later that day, the
Hunters launch terrorist assaults on Churchill Downs and the funeral services being held for those killed at the
Battle for Pitstop 3. Though the assaults aren't much more than nuisance raids, they add insult to the injury the
planet suffered during Pfhor bombardment five days before. | ||
| 09 Nov 2401 | The damaged portions of U.S.S. Coronado are cut away by this day. Repairs begin in earnest. | The "Day of Training." Thousands of Braids come forward to accept cords from Braids "killed" during the Pfhor bombardment of Reor'sa. In the process, the new Braids gain some of the knowledge and memory of the killed Braids... and makes the Braid fight against the Pfhor a very personal thing for most members of this community species. Reor'sa begins training a planetary militia. | U.S.S. Anderson encounters a new and potentially hostile species while searching for keltrinium "north" of Hunnda space. The crew manages to learn only very little information about them. |
| 19 Nov 2401 | Camelynian Task Force Lion passes through the Hayashi hypergate while searching for the Camelynian ships that were lost with Starfleet Task Group 5.4. Vice Admiral Aldur orders all allied systems mined at choke-points after determining that Pfhor hyperlight drives have predictable reentry points into real space. | ||
| 26 Nov 2401 | Lieutenant Jim Owens, while working with two Binars, manages to decrypt the data that an intelligence team from U.S.S. Coronado gathered at the Tarndare mining station. While decrypting this data, one of the Binars is nearly killed by the Pfhor biosoftware virus, making this the first known contact with that lifeform. | ||
| December 2401 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 03 Dec 2401 | 
First contact with the Ventu Exchange when a starbase-sized tradeship from that race folds into the Reor system,
apparently offering an exchange. Though we learn very little about this enigmatic race, which calls themselves
the "Unbound," and they are unlikely to become military allies against the Pfhor, they do sell us some very
intriguing technology which gives us new insights into the physics and the "reality" of M64... (This technology
turns out to be "false matter.") | ||
| 04 Dec 2401 | The Hunters and Hounds begin a new round of guerilla attacks on Reor'sa, this time focusing on the smaller, outlying settlements. Marines from MacArthur and Coronado are deployed to the surface to reinforce the planetary militia. | ||
| 09 Dec 2401 | Trading is completed with the Ventu Exchange. The tradeship folds out of the Reor system. Jia Ron Drull offers to act as an interpreter between the allied systems and the Apori until we can work out a translation matrix for the Apori language in the universal translator. | ||
| 15 Dec 2401 | First day of winter in Churchill Downs. "The Party", an annual gathering of the U.S.S. Churchill descendants, takes place. During The Party, "the Patrol begins anew" -- each year, Churchill jumps to warp from Reor in a symbolic gesture, searching M64 for a way home. During The Party of 2401, four other ships also participate in this symbolic gesture, one representing each of the Reorsan allies. | U.S.S. Anderson is forced to backtrack again when they receive reports that the Hunnda that were exposed to Borg nanoprobes may be continuing to evolve and develop as an approximation to the Borg Collective. Anderson eventually encounters an entire starbase full of assimilated Hunnda and that despite expectations to the contrary, this hive is not shrinking... but growing. | |
| 17 Dec 2401 | The Task Group members begin to learn the properties of "false matter," the substance that they purchased from the Ventu. False matter, not so much a substance as a zone of nothingness, has the ability to push any normal matter "out of the way." As a result, false matter can essentially cut through any normal matter, though any sort of energy field is immune to the effect. This discovery soon creates what is almost an entirely new field of scentific research and engineering development. The Camelynians begin crafting the first false matter swords. | ||
| 22 Dec 2401 | Anderson discovers the Hunnda/Borg hive is building starships when they encounter a disabled scout ship variant. Going aboard, they find the Borg inactive, "starving to death" due to incompatible energy sources. This points to the probability that the Hunnda/Borg might be having some problems. | ||
| January 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 06 Jan 2402 | The Pfhor Hegemony starts a series of major assaults along the northwest flank of allied space. These direct assaults are repelled with the assistance of the minefields laid months before on Vice Admiral Aldur's orders. A number of nuisance raids reach several of the allied systems over the next several weeks, however, including Xuni and Pitstop. False matter torpedo tests begin. The Camelynians begin constructing an experimental false matter shield. | ||
| 07 Jan 2402 | The first false matter torpedo tests take place, with projectiles being launched from U.S.S. Gryphon. Soon after, a nominal design for a false matter torpedo launcher is completed, and one is constructed for installation aboard U.S.S. Coronado. | ||
| 10 Jan 2402 | U.S.S. Vanguard begins a mapping run of Boratis space. Negotiations with that lifeform are secretly completed, and the exact terms of that agreement are not announced for some months afterwards. Far to the "east", U.S.S. Anderson detects the use of Vanguard's LORASON system and attempts to contact the experimental cruiser via subspace -- however, the range is too long for subspace communications. | ||
| 21 Jan 2402 | Hounds burrowing beneath Fisher's Landing launch what is potentially the most devastating assault on Churchill Downs yet: they burrow far enough into the mantle to set of a series of strong earthquakes, and attempt to focus them to destroy the city. The Hounds are eventually killed by detonating several false matter torpedoes at their location. This in itself sets off several earthquakes, but ends the threat. | ||
| 28 Jan 2402 | It becomes public knowledge that U.S.S. Coronado was damaged at Pitstop because the ship was infected by the Pfhor biosoftware virus. The virus transmitted key tactical and helm data from Coro to the Pfhor warships during the battle, allowing them to predict Coro's precise position. | A convoy is prepared to move M.R.F. Pearl and Camelynian Worldship Crystal Palace from the Pitstop system to the Artemis system due to the increasing number and strength of Pfhor attacks occuring in Pitstop. | |
| February 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 04 Feb 2402 | U.S.S. Coronado joins the convoy escorting Pearl and Crystal Palace to the Artemis system. The initial convoy appears uneventful, but the Pfhor ambush Coro in a nearby system, nearly capturing the frigate. Over the following 20 hours, two separate Pfhor attacks are repulsed thanks to the intervention of starship Blackrazor and the Camelynian King Lan DuLac battle group. The Camelynian warships reveal the existence of false matter shields during this battle. Blackrazor is revealed to be armed with false matter torpedoes fired from her plasma mortar launcher. The overall battle is a victory for the allies, and shows that Starfleet and Camelynian ships can be a credible threat to the Pfhor. | ||
| 08 Feb 2402 | Coronado's crew learns that the cylindrical lifeforms we encountered at Tarndare have an identical DNA trace to the biosoftware virus, which itself has an identical DNA trace to the biological Pfhor strike craft and parts of the hull of Pfhor warships -- all four are the same race. | The Taer destroy a Pfhor assault wing launched at their planet with their "Kami-class" ships. The Kamis are not actual ships, but projections of the Pfhor mindlife that cause the attacking ship's crew to damage their own vessels. This conclusively proves that the Pfhor are vulnerable to Taer attacks. | |
| 10 Feb 2402 | With the assistance of U.S.S. Coronado, Reorsan starship Destiny is launched into orbit of Reor'sa and docked with the newly completed M.R.F. Onyx in orbit of the planet. The ship will need another six months of construction work before her prelaunching work can be begun. Coro begins a rotation as the defense ship for the Reor system. | ||
| 22 Feb 2402 | Final work is completed on U.S.S. Gryphon, including the installation of Camelynian false matter shield generators and five false matter torpedo launchers, three into Gryphon's saucer section, two into her upper weapons module. A few days later, installation of false matter systems begins on U.S.S. Odyssey, which is approaching completion of her own repairs. | ||
| March 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 10 Mar 2402 | U.S.S. Anderson reaches Boratis space and makes contact with the Boratis Ambassador, requesting permission to pass through their space. Permission is of course granted. | ||
| 17 Mar - 22 Mar 2402 |
The Second Battle for Pitstop 3. The Pfhor launch a second assault on the Apori strongholds in the Pitstop system, this time "nesting" into subspace to avoid the strongest Apori defenses. The allies detect this attack almost immediately when the entire Pitstop system seems to "disappear" from LORASON sensors on Coronado. A Starfleet defense group is assembled to assist in the defense of the system. U.S.S. Odyssey is rushed through her final certifications to assist with the defense. | ||
| 24 Mar - 06 Apr 2402 |
U.S.S. Coronado returns to Reor'sa, and while there, is retrofitted with false matter shield generators. Proven effective during the Second Battle for Pitstop, the new shield generators have been shown to partially or fully block the Pfhor's devastating particle beams. | U.S.S. Odyssey is declared fully operational. Though nowhere near completely whole -- a great deal of internal work yet remains to be done -- this work is judged as something that can be done by the crew while Odyssey assists in allied space. | |
| April 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 08 Apr 2402 | "The Commodore," who apparently commands the Pfhor troops and ships in and around allied space, threatens to overrun the Micropolis system, known to be the home of a sentient, telekinetic wolf species. The Micropolis natives are at a level roughly equivalent to the 20th century on Earth and are therefore technically protected by the Prime Directive. U.S.S. Coronado and R.S. Blackrazor rush to Micropolis to counter the threat. | ||
| 17 Apr 2402 | U.S.S. Anderson reaches Reor'sa. Work begins on repairing the ship's damaged slipstream drive. | ||
| 22 Apr 2402 | U.S.S. Thunderchild, while following up the disapperances of multiple ships in and near the Hayashi system, becomes a disappearance herself when she is inadvertently pulled though the Traxati hypergate near the system. After repairing her damage due to the transit, she proceeds to the Reor system. | ||
| May 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| June 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| July 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| August 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| September 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| October 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| November 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| December 2402 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| January 2403 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| February 2403 | |||
| U.S.S. Coronado | NPC Races/Ships | Other UCIP Sims | |
| 01 Feb 2403 | This is the approximate IC date in Galaxy M64. | ||
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