DS2 RPG General Status Report January 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 As there is nothing conclusive of what happened to the Borg ship, It is time to make a decision. "Alert Starfleet Command about the Borg presence in this region." "We will leave a few ships behind to watch over the Borg ship." As soon as the ships have their assignments, it is time for the rest of the fleet to leave. "Proceed to Hodus-9." The 44th fleet sets course to Hodus-9. During the rest of the voyage, there are no further incidents. After a routine flight to Hodus-9, the Hodus Star System is detected by one of the scout ships. "USS Earth, this is USS Toronto. We have reached the outer border of the Hodus System. We have detected at least hundreds of Borg ships. We have been able to scan a very small part of Hodus-9. There is no life form but Borg. We assume that the Borg have assimilated the planet and the Pink Parasites. I don't think there is anything we can do here. The Borg don't seem to have detected us yet, but if we move closer, they probably will. If you order us to get closer, we will." Players: Christine Steichen Starbase 88 As the 88th fleet is ready for anything, the Borg ship is not doing anything anymore, and it probbaly will never do. So Admiral Van Nieuwenhove gives his orders. "Before you continue to Hodus-9, we will destroy the Borg ship. Whoever did this to the Borg can come back. We will not take any chances." The Borg ship is defenceless and is destroyed by a few torpedoes. The voyage to Hodus-9 continues. But when a scoutship of the 88th fleet enters the Hodus Star System, there is some disturbing news. "Admiral, the Hodus System is filled with Borg ships. There are hundreds of them. Even if we combine the 88th fleet and the approaching 44th fleet under command of Admiral Christine Steichen, we will not have a chance. First scan of the planet Hodus-9 itself indicate there is no life on that planet, except Borg. I think that the Borg have assimilated Hodus-9 sir. There is nothing we can do here. I recommend we'd return to the Federation." Players: Geert Van Nieuwenhove USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective The Jedi Masters have taken over the fight against the Sith. But the war is not really going in their favour. The Sith have come to this galaxy in huge numbers. And then there is still this one very powerful Sith, Darth Gar... The Jedi know he is there, but they haven't found him yet. ------------------------------------------ The Borg Collective has decided... Wait until the Federation fleets arrive at Hodus-9. Let the Pink parasites be a tool to assimilate the Federation fleets. All the Pink Parasites on Hodus-9 are either assimilated or destroyed. The Borg fleet is now waiting for the Federation to arrive, but the Federation fleets don't seem to be in a hurry. Only an hour later a ship is detected, but it is not a Federation ship. It is a one man ship, probably a local scavenger who is looking for some space scrap. The Collective has to do something. This one man ship should not be allowed to alert those Federation fleets in any way... ------------------------------------------ Unknown to the Federation the Borg have already a few hidden Borg drones on 231 Federation facilities, starbases and out posts. These hidden drones are ready to take over and assimilate these facilities. They are standing by and wait for the instructions of the Collective. Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang The search for the Replicators continues, but all traces are a dead end. Searching for anomalies in the time and space fabric. Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 428 22.00 The USS Vertigo is going in the nightshift. Commodore Slater has ordered everyone who is not essential for the duties on the shift to take as much rest as they can. Day 430 12.00 The USS vertigo is only a week away from the planet Draga. Day 436 15.53 The planet Draga has been detected by long range sensors. Chief of Security Lieutenant Commander Matz prepares her away team. Players: Nadine Peeters USS Iceberg The USS Iceberg is still patroling the Federation border without incidents. Players: Jan Theys USS Atlantis As the USS Atlantis, USS Elpaso and USS Arlington are on their way to Starbase 99. There are a lot of rumors going about the new Commanding Officer of Starbase 99. But they are what they are... rumors. Some crewmembers hope it will indeed be there Captain Tom J. Walker, so they will have the chance to stay close to one place and not have to do these five year deep space missions. Some of the crew will be transfered to Starbase 99. They are needed... Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) The Replicator fleet and crews are growing. Nobody has any idea that Horkan has hidden his facilities in a time bubble. He will come out when he is ready. Although that day is still far away, time is not an issue. Horkan has all the time he wants. With the technology he has, he can... play with time... Players: Thomas van Rhee DS2 RPG General Status Report February 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 Close to Hodus-9, the 44th fleet comes to a stop as the Borg are still in orbit of the planet with a large fleet. Admiral Steichen has a plan. We will proceed to Hodus-9 and send away teams to the planet to investigate. We may have to face the Borg fleet, so that could be dangerous. There might be Borg drones on the planet as well." But the 44th fleet has some very genious engineers and scientists. They suggest to use a subspace transporter so away teams can be sent to the planet without exposing one of the ships. They also find a way to mask the life signs signatures of the away team members, so the Borg will not detect them. And than there is another thing... "Admiral, we have developped a pathogen which we can use to infect the Borg and do some serious damage." There is something to think about. The away teams are sent to Hodus-9. All teams have the pathogen with them. The reports from Hodus-9 are very short. "Arrived safe." "Found assimilated creatures." "No drones detected." "Waiting for orders." The engineers of the 44th fleet now have a new plan. "Admiral. We can build an tricobalt weapon which we can transport into the core of the planet. The planet will be destroyed by a chain reaction. Simulations show that a part of the Borg fleet will be destroyed by the shockwave as well. Of course we will have to move to a safe place." Players: Christine Steichen Starbase 88 Close to the planet Hodus-9 the 88th fleet comes to a full stop. Admiral Van Nieuwenhove organises a meeting with the Captains. he has new orders. "We are to late... The Borg were first at Hodus-9. There is nothing we can do anymore. At least the pink parasites are no longer a threat. If the Borg would use them, it would not make any difference. Whether you have to face Borg drones eager to assimilate you or a Borg pink creature, that would be the same. We will leave Hodus-9 and return to Federation space." The orders are clear. The 88th fleet returns to Federation space. There are already other ships patrolling the Federation border to prevent any threat. So the 88th fleet proceeds to its home, Starbase 88. All is going well until there is a disturbing report. "Admiral! It is gone sir. The planet Ilianus sir. It is gone. Sensor logs indicate the planet is exploded sir..." Players: Geert Van Nieuwenhove USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective The war with the Sith is not an immediate problem. The Borg collective is waiting at Hodus-9 for the Federation to arrive. But there is some news about that. A large Federation fleet that was approaching Hodus-9 has turned back and has already returned to Federation space, to far for the Borg to go after that Federation fleet. The one man ship, detected earlier is also turning back. But this ship moves much slower. The Borg can catch it, but this can only be done if the Borg leave Hodus-9 now. ------------------------------------------ Unknown to the Federation the Borg have already a few hidden Borg drones on 249 Federation facilities, starbases and out posts. These hidden drones are ready to take over and assimilate these facilities. They are standing by and wait for the instructions of the Collective. Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang The search for the Replicators continues, but all traces are a dead end. Searching for anomalies in the time and space fabric. Those who hunt the Replicators have almost used all their technology. They have to inventive and creative... Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 436 22.49 The USS Vertigo Arrives at the planet Draga. Commodore Slater and his crew are welcomed by two hsips of the people who now call themselves Dragan. Day 437 02.16 The festivities on Draga continue. For the Dragan it is exceptional that they have visitors, especially those who have found the old Dragan homeworld and followed the Dragan trail to the new homeworld. Day 439 12.00 The first official meeting of the USS Vertigo diplomats and the Dragan diplomats. Players: Nadine Peeters USS Iceberg The USS Iceberg is still patroling the Federation border without incidents. Players: Jan Theys USS Atlantis As the USS Atlantis, USS Elpaso and USS Arlington are on their way to Starbase 99. But it is not certain the ships will stay there. All depends on Captain Tom Walker, who is in command. Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Horkan and his Replicators are not ready at all to reappear in the regular space time continuum. Some of the Replicators have been sent out to investigate the possibilities, but there are still more than a few species who have very effective weapons against Replicators. Something has to be done about that. But traveling in time is not always an exact science... Players: Thomas van Rhee DS2 RPG General Status Report March 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 At Hodus-9 Admiral Steichen makes plans to use the assimilated Pink Parasites against the Borg who are still at the planet. But there is another thing... At the opposite side of the Hodus star system there is a small ship. there is only one life sign aboard. There is a Borg cube leaving the Borg fleet to intercept this small ship. It is clear what the Borg's intensions are. But aboard the small ship is Pilot Second Class Typoa. He sees the Borg cube coming his way. Typoa doesn't seem to be scared at all. It is more like he is annoyed. When the Borg cube is really close Pilot Second Class Typoa pushes some buttons on his console. A subspace rift opens behind his ship. Without hesitation Typoa's ship travels into the rift. Before the Borg cube can receive any orders from the Collective, the cube is sucked into the rift. Players: Christine Steichen Starbase 88 Aboard the USS Mexico there is anemergency senior staff meeting. Admiral Van Nieuwenhoveinforms his officers. "It seems the entire planet Ilianus has exploded and is completely destroyed. We will search for possible survivors, so we need at least five ships to assist if there are any survivors." Five ships are sent to what remains of the planet Ilianus. The first reports are negative. But after a few hours of scanning, a small group of about 50 people is discovered on a larger piece. These people have managed to activate a shield generator, so they were able to survive. It is not easy to get these people aboard. Most of them are in uniform, but some are not. When asked what had happened all of them only have one answer. "I don't know. Everything is gone..." There is one of them who seems to be the leader. "I am Lord Corfu. Please bring my people and me to the planet Dlut. We will give you the coordinates." The search for survivors continues for two days, but there is nothing more to be done. Again and again Lord Corfu tries to convince the Starfleet officers to bring him and his people to the planet Dlut. he even becomes a bit agressive. The Starfleet officers who have to listen to Lord Corfu find his behaviour suspicious... Players: Geert Van Nieuwenhove USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective The Borg have more problems than they realise. The plan of the Borg Collective at the planet Hodus-9 has failed. They have assimilated the Pink Parasites. The Federation fleets on their way to Hodus-9 seemed to have turned back. At least one of those fleets has been detected on their way back to Federation space. The whereabouts of the other fleet are unknown. Sensors do not detect this second fleet in the region... But there is another thing. There is a very small ship piloted by one person coming closer. The Collective receives new orders. "Assimilate that one man ship. Search that ship's database to see where this person came from. Maybe it is a well populated planet with nice advanced technology that we can assimilate..." One cube is dispatched towards the small unknown ship. The rest of the Borg fleet stays at Hodus-9. "We will wait until something happens at Hodus-9." Aboard the small ship is Pilot Second Class Typoa. He sees the Borg cube coming his way. Typoa doesn't seem to be scared at all. It is more like he is annoyed. When the Borg cube is really close Pilot Second Class Typoa pushes some buttons on his console. A subspace rift opens behind his ship. Without hesitation Typoa's ship travels into the rift. Before the Borg cube can receive any orders, the cube is sucked into the rift. Only a moment later all contact with the cube is lost... ------------------------------------------ Unknown to the Federation the Borg have already a few hidden Borg drones on 284 Federation facilities, starbases and out posts. These hidden drones are ready to take over and assimilate these facilities. They are standing by and wait for the instructions of the Collective. Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang In search of the Replicators it is now clear the Replicators have hidden in time. Although it is almost impossible to find them, the extreme advanced Trsterts have a plan. They will inform all of the Trsterts in all time to look out for these Replicators... Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 440 14.00 Senior staff meeting aboard the USS Vertigo. After listening to his officers, Commodore Slater decides to stay at the planet Dragan. Day 445 06.00 There is still a lot to learn about the Dragan. USS Vertigo scientists have the time of their life. Day 451 13.14 The USS Vertigo dispatches a runabout under command of Chief of Security Lieutenant Commander Matz. The Runabout will accompany a small Dragan ship to a planet the Dragan call Miess. They should be back in two weeks. Players: Nadine Peeters USS Iceberg The USS Iceberg is still patroling the Federation border without incidents. Players: Jan Theys USS Atlantis On their way to Starbase 99, the USS Atlantis, USS Elpaso and USS Arlington have to stop. The USS Atlantis has to be rebuild. It sounds like it really is. The entire outside and the entire inside have to receive an immediate upgrade. There is a lot of work and the ship is on hold for at least six days... Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Hidden in time Horkan and his Replicators work on some new concepts. The Replicators should be unrecognisable... Players: Thomas van Rhee DS2 RPG General Status Report April 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 At Hodus-9 The Borg seem to be alone. the Federation fleets seem to be gone. And the small one manned ship has been able to flee through a portal. The contact with the Borg cube sent through that rift has been lost... It is not going wel for the Borg collective. Except... Outside Borg sensor range there is Starfleet's 44th Fleet, Admiral Steichen in command. Admiral Steichen takes the opportunity to act. "Recreate the portal and send some more ships through. This we have to see. What is going on here?" And it is indeed as if that one pilot mocks the entire Borg Collective... The portal is recreated by the scientists of the 44th Fleet. Several ships are slowly getting through. But the portal is kept open so contact is maintained. On the bridge of the USS Earth, flagship of the 44th Fleet, the Admiral and her officers watch the main viewer. They see the Starfleet vessels go through the portal. When they come out on the other side, they are just in time to see at least a thousand ships firing on the Borg cube. It takes only about three seconds before the Borg ship is destroyed. The lead ship of the 44th fleet is contacted by the lead ship of the huge fleet. "I am Prime General Ferk of the Lopon Army. The Lopons do not mean you any harm. We do not have a conflict with you. We have a conflict with the Borg. We are standing ready to attack the Borg and destroy them." "I am Captain Guy Shemon, representing the United Federation of planets. My superior is Admiral Steichen. With all due respect Prime general, but if you want to destroy the Borg you will need much more ships." The Prime general smiles. "I am not going te reveal how many ships we have. But this is only a very small part of our fleet. but you are right we have been beaten by the Borg before. We should not underestimate them. So any help you can offer us is very welcome." Players: Christine Steichen Starbase 88 After the destruction of the planet Ilianus about 50 survivors are rescued. Lord Corfu seems to be the leader of the group. He demandes that he and the other survivors are taken to the planet Dlut. The Starfleet officers find Lord Corfu's behaviour suspicious... The five ships are now on their way back to Starbase 88. The Senior Captain has decided he will have Admiral Van Nieuwenhove decide what has to be done with the survivors of the Ilianus disaster... Players: Geert Van Nieuwenhove USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective At Hodus-9 The Borg seem to be alone. the Federation fleets seem to be gone. And the small one manned ship has been able to flee through a portal. The contact with the Borg cube sent through that rift has been lost... It is not going wel for the Borg collective. Except... ------------------------------------------ Unknown to the Federation the Borg have already a few hidden Borg drones on 306 Federation facilities, starbases and out posts. These hidden drones are ready to take over and assimilate these facilities. They are standing by and wait for the instructions of the Collective. Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang In search of the Replicators Captain Hendriks feels she has no choice. "There is no choice. We will have to time travel. As this is a shot in the dark... Good luck to us all." Captain Hendriks asks the extreme advanced Trsterts how to proceed. The Trsterts have a safe way to travel through time. They call it the observation way. A small probe manned by two officers is sent to whatever time period. The probe is configured in a way that the officers aboard can see what happens, but the probe is invisible and cannot be detected. This way of traveling through time cannot change time and keeps the timeline safe. No intervention is possible. Once the Replicators are found, the extreme advanced Trsterts have a way to neutralize the threat. The probe is launched. A few moments later it disappears. It is traveling through time. The officers aboard have to look for the Replicators or traces of the Replicators. But it is looking for a needle in a huge haystack... Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 451 18.27 The USS vertigo is in orbit of Dragan. The crew now has the time to take some shore leave. Day 456 19.32 The Dragan seem to be more advanced than first thought. They are very peaceful and willing to trade technology for things like the library and music on the USS vertigo computer. Day 459 USS Vertigo Chief of Security Lieutenant Commander Matz and her team are on their way to the planet Miess in a runabout, accompanied by a small Dragan ship. They are only a week away from the planet. Players: Nadine Peeters USS Iceberg The USS Iceberg is still patroling the Federation border without incidents. Players: Jan Theys USS Atlantis On their way to Starbase 99, the USS Atlantis, USS Elpaso and USS Arlington have to stop. There seems to be a need for a serious upgrade of the ships. As there is no other choice a movable shipyard is brought to the coordinates where the three ships are waiting. The large shipyared is installed and build in a few days. The big works can now start. Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) There is a new plan. Horkan has now the technology to create a black hole... It doesn't take long before Horkan uses this technology. But there is more. He creates Replicators who look like Borg, act like Borg and addapt like Borg. It is only a small group which is send in a small ship to the new created black hole. The Replicator-Borg addapt, their ship addapts and as they come closer to the black hole the structural integrety of the ship holds. A few minutes later the Replicator-Borg ship is pulled into the black hole. Only a minute after that, there is a message from the Replicator-Borg ship. "We have arrived on the other side..." Players: Thomas van Rhee DS2 RPG General Status Report May 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 Admiral Steichen in command of the 44th fleet at Hodus-9 has every reason to be happy. A few scoutships have discovered a huge fleet of the Lopon army which is preparing to attack the Borg. "We will assist the Lopons with information we have about the Borg so they have an advantage in their upcoming war against the Borg." Prime General Ferk of the Lopon Army thanks the Admiral Steichen for her assistance. The Lopon fleet is as ready as it can be. And then the Federation ships detect the huge Lopon fleet. From all over more and more ships arrive. Thousands of ships... The first ships travel through the portal. The biggest battle in the history of the galaxy is about to begin. Will the Borg survive? Admiral Steichen is contacted by Prime General Ferk of the Lopon Army. "Admiral. This is going to be a serious battle. I advice you to go back home. We will take care of the Borg. Thank you again for your help." Most officers on the bridge of the USS Earth, flagship of the 44th fleet, seem to feel the same. This may be the end of the Borg Collective... Players: Christine Steichen Starbase 88 The 50 survivors of the disaster at Ilianus will be brought to a place they can start all over. Admiral Van Nieuwenhove has made a decision. "Transport these people to another planet closeby where they can live in peace." Lord Corfu, leader of the survivors, is not extremely happy, but he knows there is no choice. Three days later the small group is transported to the planet Jenolan. Jenolan is an uninhabited planet, but has all the resources to start a new life. As the Federation ships of the 88th fleet return to Starbase 88, a large alien ship appears out of nowhere and enters orbit of the planet Jenolan. Smaler ships, some kind of shuttles, are launched to the planet. A few minutes later the group of survivors are picked up... Players: Geert Van Nieuwenhove USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective At Hodus-9 The Borg have lost contact with a cube that followed a small ship through a portal. But the Borg are known to addapt... "We will recreate the portal and send some more ships through. This we have to see. What is going on here? A trap? We are Borg, the most powerful in the Galaxy. We will assimilate..." The Borg are able to recreate the portal and send five more ships through. Now the Borg keep the portal open and see what is on the other side. While the rest of the Borg wait until something happens at Hodus-9, they can see that there is a fleet of thousands of ships on the other side of the portal. In a few seconds the five Borg ships are destroyed. And then even the Borg are surprised. On the other side of the portal are also a few Federation ships... ------------------------------------------ Unknown to the Federation the Borg have already a few hidden Borg drones on 314 Federation facilities, starbases and out posts. These hidden drones are ready to take over and assimilate these facilities. They are standing by and wait for the instructions of the Collective. Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang In the search for the dangerous Replicators there doesn't seem to be much choice for Captain Hendriks... Time travel. "We will travel to the time when the first Replicators were build and destroy them and their makers, so the replicators will never exsist." And if that doesn't work... "We will travel ten years back and warn the Federation about the Replicators and give all information we have about the Replicators so they can beat the Replicators quickly when they invade the Federation." And so it is done. A temporal portal is created. The USS Walang travels through it. But apparently Captain Hendriks is to late. There are some traces though. The Zolo find out that the leader of these Replicators is a very powerful man called Horkan. Horkan has already done everything to prevent the destruction of the replicators. No Replicators are found. After a short search the Trsterts have found a trace of Horkan and his Replicators. They have moved to another alternate universe. A universe that is a kind of mirror to our own universe. In that alternate universe there are also the Trsterts and the Zolo, but no Kirie, no Hunanan and no Yu. There could be a copy of Captain Hendriks... Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 461 14.00 Staff meeting in conference room 1. USS Vertigo CO Commodore Jeffrey Slater listens to the latest reports from his officers. They are all very positive about the Dragan. Day 463 12.34 After a few weeks in orbit of Dragan the USS Vertigo has had already many Dragan visitors. They are all fascinated with the ship. It is very much different than the technology they know. Day 466 15.29 The runabout and the Dragan ship have arrived at the planet Miess. Strangely enough there is no answer to their communications. Players: Nadine Peeters USS Iceberg The USS Iceberg is still patroling the Federation border without incidents. Players: Jan Theys USS Atlantis On their way to Starbase 99, the USS Atlantis, USS Elpaso and USS Arlington have to stop. Captain Walker realises the situation. "Commander Sonak over view the offshore leave and the reasignment of the crew to the Elpaso and the Arlington! It looks like were stuck here Sonak!" "Captain stuck!!!" "Yes Mr Sonak, stranded for a period of time, and I wish to over see the refiting of the Atlantis!" Captain Walker has more items on his agenda. "Walker to Capt Torak, can you oversee the Moadib weapons shields and the trans face toperdos update, Anakaa will assit you!" Commander Jones helps with the coordination. "Commander Jones to Commander Yorlan and T’pau the personel transfer will take place within the hour!" The crews of the Elpaso and Arlington are ready. "Were standing by to resieve!" It seems to be very busy. Even T'lan doesn't seem to have much time. "Captain the scout ships are to leave for the Peagasus under the command of Cmdr T'nak!" "Thank you T’lan please inform the Peagasus, and join me on the Bridge." ... Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Horkan and his Replicators have discovered an alternate universe. And that is just in time. Temporal sensors indicate that a group of people of the Federation has initiated time travel to search for Horkan and the Replicators. Horkan is able to Clean up all Replicator activity along the entire timeline. Only a few moments later his entire fleet travels through the black hole into the alternate universe... Players: Thomas van Rhee DS2 RPG General Status Report June 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 Admiral Steichen has decided to stay in the region of Hodus-9. Thousands of Lopon ships are getting through the gateway to attack the Borg fleet at Hodus-9. "We will stay at Hodus-9. We have to see this no matter the risks." Admiral Steichen's captains agree. And they have a plan to help the Lopon. "We will use the weakness of the assimilated pink creature to infect it with the pathogen. It will take some time for the pathogen to work and spread among the Borg. It is of course possible the Borg will adapt. But there will be serious damage to their fleet. If the Lopon engage the Borg, the Borg should at least be seriously hit. The assimilated pink parasites could be a plan-B." Time seems to have run out... "This is the Lopon army. You can run, but you cannot hide. We will destroy you, Borg filth." But the Borg are the Borg... "We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile." Aparently unknown to the Borg some of the assimilated pink parasites have infected the Collective with a pathogen. And so a huge battle in space has begun. The Borg are losing ships fast, but the Borg are addapting... fast... "Admiral, the Borg have lost 65% of their fleet, but the last 15 minutes the Lopon have not been able to destroy a Borg ship. It seems the Borg have addapted, even to our pathogen." Players: Christine Steichen Starbase 88 While the ships of the 88th fleet return to Starbase 88, The rescued people on Jenolan are picked up by their own people. There is no communication. There is not one Captain of the Federation ships who dares to scan these alien vessels. That could be interpreted as an act of war... Players: Geert Van Nieuwenhove USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective The Borg have created a portal in the time and space continuum close to the planet Hodus-9, but on the other side of the portal thousands of ships seem to be waiting to attack... "Close the portal." It is a simple order for the Borg. The portal closes. "We will wait until something happens at Hodus-9." Another simple order. And there are more... But before all orders are executed, there is another portal opening. Thousands and thousands of ships are coming through the portal. ----------------------------------------------------- The war with the Sith is not going as good as the Jedi Borg think. They are losing... They don't know why. "Build more deathstars. When the deathstars are ready, move to the next Sith planet: SL-54. It will take 14 days..." Will this be the big turn in this war? ------------------------------------------ Unknown to the Federation the Borg have already a few hidden Borg drones on 351 Federation facilities, starbases and out posts. These hidden drones are ready to take over and assimilate these facilities. They are standing by and wait for the instructions of the Collective. Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang Hunting Horkan and his Replicators leads Captain Hendriks and her friends to the gate to a mirror alternate universe. "Send a message to the Trsterts and the Zolo in the alternate universe to search and stop Horkan and his Replicators. If it appears necessary we could always follow the Zolo and Trsterts in due time." The extreme advanced Trsterts are able to make contact with their counterparts in the mirror alternate universe. If Horkan and his Replicators are somewhere in that mirror alternate universe, the Trsterts will find them. But apparently it takes time... While waiting at the gateway to the other universe, someone seem to have noticed this gateway as well, but from the other side. A small ship is approaching. The pilot has a request. "Please let me pass to your universe. We are at war with the Borg. We know how to defeat them. as I understand it, the Borg are also your enemy. Please let me pass and scout your universe. The enemy of your enemy is your friend. Right?" But is this pilot trustworthy? Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 463 12.41 Commodore Slater in command of the USS Vertigo has asked the Dragan to help with their combined mission at the planet called Miess. There doesn't seem to be anyone home. Day 463 13.02 The Dragan confirm they also have not been able to contact anyone on Miess. Day 463 13.06 The Dragan militairy command does not take any chances. A Dragan fleet is dispatched to the planet Miess. The USS Vertigo joins the Dragan fleet. Players: Nadine Peeters USS Iceberg The USS Iceberg is still patroling the Federation border without incidents. Players: Jan Theys USS Atlantis On their way to Starbase 99, the USS Atlantis, USS Elpaso and USS Arlington have to stop. Captain Walker, helped by his officers and especilally Commander Jones take the time to let the part of the crews which are not involved in the repairs, go on shore leave. They also take the time for the transfers of personnel. Apparently the works will take longer than expected... Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Horkan and his huge fleet of Replicators have arrived in an alternate universe. After a short search it is determined the entire region is clear. Horkan sends out scouts to investigate this alternate universe... Players: Thomas van Rhee DS2 RPG General Status Report July 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 The huge Lopon fleet has attacked the Borg fleet, hoping they could destroy all Borg ships so fast that the Borg would have no time to addapt. But the Borg did addapt. But there is another fleet in the neighbourhood... Admiral Steichen has given her orders. "I am ordering our fleet to enter the battle and help the Lopon army. I don't know whether this will help..." Without warning, without anyone seeing it the Starfleet 44th fleet appears from behind the planet Hodus-9 out of nowhere and starts attacking the remaining Borg ships destroying a few already with the first shots. Admiral Steichen and the 44th fleet have another trick on their sleeve. "Now Captain." It is done... While the battle continues the Lopon army is losing ships. But the Lopon don't give up. They knew this could happen. They are installing new technology on their weapons, but that will take time. And then suddenly the unthinkable happens... On all Borg ships at the same time vieuwers on all consoles turn blue. There are only blue screens. In the right lower corner there is a number 8.0. That is it. Propulsion of the Borg ships as well as navigation are off line, but weapons and shields still function within normal parameters. "Admiral. The Borg ships are drifting, but they still have their offensive and defensive systems. Attacking them might not be a good idea. But we have received word from the Lopon army that they are installing new weapons. If we stay out of the Borg's weapon's range the Lopon can install their new weapons and give the Borg their final blow before they can addapt." Players: Christine Steichen Starbase 88 The 88th fleet is on route to Starbase 88. Alien ships have taken aboard survivors of a planetary disaster without any communication. Admiral Van Nieuwenhove wants to make another attempt. "Make contact with this alien ship. They seem to have some interesting technology." Again a communication channel is opened, but there is no answer at first. After several more attempts, there is finally an answer. "Thank you for saving our people." Then there is a silence. "You do not need to know us. We will leave now." The aliens suddenly open some kind of subspace portal. A moment later they are gone... "Sir. We have analysed this way of traveling of those aliens. It is a kind of subspace corridor. But it has a fixed beginning and a fixed ending. I believe we can modify one of our ship's deflector dish to recreate this subspace corridor." This is of course not without danger. There is no telling what is on the other side of this subspace corrdor... Players: Geert Van Nieuwenhove USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective The Borg Collective at Hodus-9 is confronted by a fleet of thousands of ships. "This is the Lopon army. You can run, but you cannot hide. We will destroy you, Borg filth." But the Borg are the Borg... "We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile." The orders for the Borg are simple. "Assimilating one ship could be enough to addapt to the weapons and shields of these thousands of ships. This will cost a large group of our fleet, but it might work if we isolate one ship." And so a huge battle in space has begun. the Borg are losing ships fast, but the Borg are addapting... fast... ------------------------------------------ Two brand new deathstars are on their way to planet SL-54. But it will take another week to get there. That is probably plenty of time for the Sith to prepare... ------------------------------------------ Unknown to the Federation the Borg have already a few hidden Borg drones on 398 Federation facilities, starbases and out posts. These hidden drones are ready to take over and assimilate these facilities. They are standing by and wait for the instructions of the Collective. Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang The USS Walang is waiting at a gateway to an alternate universe in search for the Replicators and their leader Horkan. People from that alternate universe want to get out of it. Apparently this alternate universe is not a pleasant place... Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 465 14.00 Senior staff meeting aboard the USS Vertigo. The Dragan fleet has arrived at Miess and is scanning the planet. Day 465 22.00 Senior staff meeting aboard the USS Vertigo. The Dragan have completed the scans of the planet. But they did not find any trace of the inhabitants. It is like they are at the wrong planet... Day 465 23.05 The Dragan send the first gound troops to the planet surface. Commodore Slater decides to send some teams as well. On of those teams is lead by Chief of Security Lieutenant Commander Matz... Players: Nadine Peeters USS Iceberg The USS Iceberg is still patroling the Federation border without incidents. Players: Jan Theys USS Atlantis On their way to Starbase 99, the USS Atlantis, USS Elpaso and USS Arlington have to stop for major repairs. Although the crews of the ships help eachother as much as they can, the works are not going as smoothly as expected. The crewmembers who are not needed are on shore leave. They have a great time relaxing. But time passes and there is a message from Starbase 99 asking if the ships in repair need any help... Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Horkan's scouts have detected a very small Replicator ship in the alternate universe, but it is on the edge of sensor range... Players: Thomas van Rhee DS2 RPG General Status Report August 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 And then it happens. The Borg do not need propulsion. The 29 remaining Borg ships are moving through a new portal made by themselves. But on the other side there are no Lopon ships at all. With the virus in the Borg systems navigation seems to be affected. The Borg are not in Lopon space... The portal closes. None of the enemy ships has followed the Borg... The Lopon army can only cheer of joy. They have beaten the Borg! The Borg are gone. The Borg have lost the battle. The Borg had to flee... The Lopon generals, tacticians and even other officers thank Admiral Steichen and the 44th fleet for their heroic assistance. Celebrations are at hand... But it this really over? Players: Christine Steichen Starbase 88 Lord Corfu and the aliens are gone with little words. Admiral Van Nieuwenhove seems to be very curious. "Recreate this subspace portal and have one ship follow Lord Corfu and these aliens." It is the USS Mexico under command of Captain Sigrid Johansson who has the honor to go with her ship through the subspace corridor. But Johansson has a little trick even her Admiral doesn't know about. As soon as the USS Mexico comes out at the other side the ship cloaks. Only the senior staff of the USS Mexico know there is a cloacking system aboard. The deal with the Romulans is clear. The Federation cannot use cloaks in the Alpha Quadrant. But the USS Mexico is no longer in the Alpha Quadrant... But the shock aboard the USS Mexico is rather big when the ship passes another planet which is completely destroyed. Around the pieces of the planet there is a lot of debris of ships of unknown design. there are no survivors. As the USS Mexico proceeds cloasked and at low speed it is clear the federation ship has arrived on a huge battleground, where at least two planets and four moons are completely destroyed. The number of destroyed ships cannot be counted. There are clearly two sides in this war. Two kinds of ships are found. Two different insignia are found... Players: Geert Van Nieuwenhove USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective The huge Lopon fleet has attacked the Borg fleet, hoping they could destroy all Borg ships so fast that the Borg would have no time to addapt. But the Borg did addapt. But there is another fleet in the neighbourhood... Without warning, without anyone seeing it the Starfleet 44th fleet appears from behind the planet Hodus-9 out of nowhere and starts attacking the remaining Borg ships destroying a few already with the first shots. Admiral Steichen and the 44th fleet have another trick on their sleeve. "Now Captain." It is done... While the battle continues the Lopon army is losing ships. But the Lopon don't give up. They knew this could happen. They are installing new technology on their weapons, but that will take time. And then suddenly the unthinkable happens... On all Borg ships at the same time vieuwers on all consoles turn blue. There are only blue screens. In the right lower corner there is a number 8.0. That is it. Propulsion of the Borg ships as well as navigation are off line, but weapons and shields still function within normal parameters. The Borg ships are drifting, but they still have their offensive and defensive systems. The Borg receive new orders. "We will create the portal and enter Lopom space with our remaining ships. It is time to end the Lopom once and for all. Assimilate them all." And there is another order... "Build more deathstars." The Borg do not need propulsion. The 29 remaining Borg ships are moving through the portal by themselves. But on the other side there are no Lopon ships at all. With the virus in the Borg systems navigation seems to be affected. The Borg are not in Lopon space... The portal closes. None of the enemy ships has followed the Borg... ------------------------------------------ Two brand new deathstars are still on their way to planet SL-54. But it will take another week to get there. That is probably plenty of time for the Sith to prepare... ------------------------------------------ Unknown to the Federation the Borg have already a few hidden Borg drones on 412 Federation facilities, starbases and out posts. These hidden drones are ready to take over and assimilate these facilities. They are standing by and wait for the instructions of the Collective. Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang The USS Walang is waiting at a gateway to an alternate universe in search for the Replicators and their leader Horkan. every ship wanting to come through the gateway is blocked. Not to the linking of some, but Captain hendriks has made the decision already with the first request of a pilot. "No way. This pilot will not disturbe anything in our universe. Send him back. I would take him aboard under severe precautions. See what kind of person he might be, bt we'll ask the Trsterts for advice anyway." The Trsterts agree not to let anyone through, but there is of course still the matter of the dangerous Replicators. The Trsterts have made a calculation to make a jump in the time and space continuum to get to the Replicators. But the chance to succeed is only 12.3 percent... If the jump fails there is a 89.1 percent chance the ship will be destroyed and 6.3 percent chance the ship will be stuck until rescued. Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 467 22.00 Senior staff meeting aboard the USS Vertigo. Chief of Security Lieutenant Commander Matz still is on the planet Miess leading several teams to assist the Dragan in search of the population. Her assistant replaces her. Day 467 22.10 During the senior staff meeting it becomes clear that whoever lived on the planet Miess have disappeared. Even the Dragan do not have any idea what could have happened. Day 469 12.00 The Dragan have scanned the planet one hundred times and have sent the maximum troops they can spare. There is still no trace of the people who live on Miess. The Dragan commander decides to continue the search for one more day... Players: Nadine Peeters USS Iceberg The USS Iceberg is still patroling the Federation border without incidents. Players: Jan Theys USS Atlantis On starbase 99 Chief Engineer Commander Jay Nuts is in temporary command. There is a rumor that a certain Captain Tom Walker, now in command of the USS Atlantis, will take command of Starbaase 99, but that is not yet confirmed and Starfleet Command has asked Jay Nuts to take temporary command of the huge Starbase containing the latest technology. But Commander Jay Nuts, is an engineer. He doesn't really want a command job. Nevertheless he is the senior officer and he has to do it. The senior staff meetings are short and efficient. The crew of the starbase is well trained and there are no indications there could be anything wrong soon. Commander Jay Nuts can only sigh when he hears the USS Atlantis is delayed due to necessary repairs and upgrades. As he has no choice in the matter he will continue his job to the best of his abilities waiting to be releaved so he can return to his favorite job of engineer... Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Horkan's scouts are on their way to the replicator ship in the alternate mirror universe. There is no way to know what the Mirror Replicators will do when they are approached... Players: Thomas van Rhee DS2 RPG General Status Report September 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 The Borg are gone. Mission accomplished. "This is it. We won. The Borg are gone and that was the goal of this mission. We will use the assimilated life forms on hodus-9. For example you can reprogram them." After a celebration with the Lopon army, the 44th fleet is back on route to Federation space. After a few days the crews still talk about how they beat the Borg. Especially the number of the Borg ships was impressive. And... The Lopon shared their technology to easier detect and beat the Borg in any future encounter. And just when everyone thought the Borg would not show up in the next decade... The 44th fleet stops at Relay Station 166, the biggest Starfleet communication relay station Starfleet has ever build. There are more than 200 crewmembers aboard. Almost all Starfleet deep space communications pass through Relay Station 166. Commander Tierry Benjamin in command of Relay Station 166 asks the passing 44th Fleet for some assistance with maintenance. Several engineering teams are send to the stations. A few hours later most of the maintenance is done. Two officers return to the transporter room. The young Ensign is playing with his new Lopon upgrade of his tricorder. But playtime is over fast... "Lieutenant! Sir!" "What is it Ensign?" "I think there are Borg aboard this station sir." The Lieutenant looks at the Ensign's tricorder. He can only confirm it. There are eight Borg drones aboard Relay Station 166. There is no doubt. "I will report this to the Admiral at once. Admiral Steichen, this is Lieutenant Jopper. We have detected Borg aboard this station. They are on the lowest deck beneath the main power generator." Players: Christine Steichen Starbase 88 The USS Mexico has traveled through a portal to investigate a group of aliens. These aliens might be a threat to the Federation or they might need help from the Federation. But on the other side of the portal in apparently another alternate universe the first thing the crew of the USS Mexico sees are destroyed planets... Players: Geert Van Nieuwenhove USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective The Borg are gone... As a the Federation 8.0 virus has blocked all navigational systems The 29 saved Borg ships have no clue about where they are. One thing is positive for the Borg. The Lopon army is no longer a threat for the Borg in any way. But the Borg have to get back home. "Create another portal with a guess on parameters. We will not know where you end up for sure. And build more deathstars. When the deathstars are ready, move to the next Sith planet: SL-54. It will take 14 days but there is no choice..." The 29 lost Borg ships still have contact with the rest of the Borg collective, but there is something not right. It is difficult to say what it is, but something is wrong... The portal is created. Without hesitation the 29 Borg ships enter the portal to end up close to a red dwarf star without planets. Again the Borg establish contact with the rest of the Borg collective. The orders are repeated. But the answer of the rest of the collective is more than strange... "What is a deathstar? What is the Federation? What is virus 8.0? Please explain." And then it gets worse. "You are Borg but you are not part of the collective. You will proceed to sector 11548 for examination, integration and assimilation." ------------------------------------------ Two brand new deathstars are still on their way to planet SL-54. But it will take another week to get there. That is probably plenty of time for the Sith to prepare... ------------------------------------------ Unknown to the Federation the Borg have already a few hidden Borg drones on 469 Federation facilities, starbases and out posts. These hidden drones are ready to take over and assimilate these facilities. They are standing by and wait for the instructions of the Collective. Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang With the odds against them Captain Hendriks, the Kirie, Scaton, Trsterts, Zolo, Hunanan, Musks and Yu decide it is not worth it to go after the Replicators. "This leads to nothing. Close the gateway. We will return to the Federation and receive new orders." And so the USS Walang travels back to Federation space where Captain Hendriks receives new orders. "Captain Hendriks, you will go to the planet Unity to assist the people there. You will get supplies to help them. Be aware that Unity is out of Federation space and between the border of Federation space and the planet Unity there is hostile territory of a species who call themselves the Saviers." Before the USS Walang leaves to comply with the new orders, the extreme advanced Trsterts have a proposal. "Captain Hendriks, you have helped us so much already, we have decided to help you install some of our technology. We cannot install everything at once, but a part of it at the time." Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 470 12.00 One day has passed on the planet Miess. The Dragan commander has no intention to stay any longer. The people who lived on Miess have suddenly disappeared. There is no trace of them. Day 470 12.05 The USS Vertigo has transported all teams from the planet Miess. The Vertigo and the Dragan ships have found no traces of spaceflights coming from the planet Miess. Day 470 12.08 The Dragan Commander gives the order to return home. There is nothing more that can be done at the planet Miess. The Dragan leave about sixty satellites to monitor Miess space. The USS Vertigo also leaves twelve satellites in orbit of Miess. The entire fleet leaves... Players: Nadine Peeters USS Iceberg The USS Iceberg is still patroling the Federation border without incidents. Players: Jan Theys USS Atlantis On starbase 99 Chief Engineer Commander Jay Nuts is still in command, waiting for the USS Atlantis to arrive. And then it is not certain Captain Wlaker in command of the USS Atlantis will take command of Starbase 99... Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Horkan and his Replicators have made contact with the Mirror Replicators in the mirror universe. Strange or not, but the Mirror Replicators join Horkan without any hesitation. Are they programmed to do so? Players: Thomas van Rhee DS2 RPG General Status Report October 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 Aboard Starbase 44 Some Borg drones have been discovered. The drones were just waiting... waiting to be activated by the collective. But the investigation makes it clear there is no neural link between these Borg drones and the Borg Collective. Admiral Steichen has her own ideas. "It would be an incredible coincidence that these Borg would be the only ones on Federation facilities. There must be more of them on other stations, maybe even ships." And then she realises something. "I am an Admiral. I will order Starfleet to check Starfleet facilities and ships for Borg presence." Message from Starfleet Command Admiral C. Steichen This is a priority order. We have detected Borg drones present on Starbase 44. This is an order to search your ship, outpost, colony or other Federation facility for Borg drones. terminate these Borg drones immediately. End of message All Starfleet ships and facilities receive the order which is not taken lightly. The search has begun. A few days later 78 Federation installations and ships have been cleaned from Borg drones. All these drones were indeed waiting to take over and assimilate the Federation facilities. But it is not over yet... "Admiral, we have a request from the USS Trafalgar. They do not have borg aboard their ship, but they have a ship in sensor range taken over by Borg, not completely actually. half of the 220 crew is still trying to fight. But to be honest, the Captain of the USS Trafalgar thinks they will not last long. Getting closer could be a risk. I have Captain Henry Cotle for you Admiral." "On screen." "Admiral, Cotle here. We don't have much time. We are almost in transporter range. I would like to save as many as I can and I will. You only have a minute to order me otherwise..." Players: Christine Steichen Starbase 88 There is nothing more the crew of the USS Mexico can do. Destroyed planets cannot be repaired... There is nothing else to do than return to Starbase 88, make the report and continue with the next mission. Admiral Van Nieuwenhove receives the report. He gives the new orders. A few days later... The 88th fleet continues its cargo runs and patrol duties in the sector of Starbase 88. Players: Geert Van Nieuwenhove USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective The Borg are gone... As a the Federation 8.0 virus has blocked all navigational systems The 29 saved Borg ships have no clue about where they are. One thing is positive for the Borg. The Lopon army is no longer a threat for the Borg in any way. But the Borg have to get back home. "Create another portal with a guess on parameters. We will not know where you end up for sure. And build more deathstars. When the deathstars are ready, move to the next Sith planet: SL-54. It will take 14 days but there is no choice..." The 29 lost Borg ships still have contact with the rest of the Borg collective, but there is something not right. It is difficult to say what it is, but something is wrong... The portal is created. Without hesitation the 29 Borg ships enter the portal to end up close to a red dwarf star without planets. Again the Borg establish contact with the rest of the Borg collective. The orders are repeated. But the answer of the rest of the collective is more than strange... "What is a deathstar? What is the Federation? What is virus 8.0? Please explain." And then it gets worse. "You are Borg but you are not part of the collective. You will proceed to sector 11548 for examination, integration and assimilation." ------------------------------------------ Two brand new deathstars are still on their way to planet SL-54. But it will take another week to get there. That is probably plenty of time for the Sith to prepare... ------------------------------------------ Unknown to the Federation the Borg have already a few hidden Borg drones on 469 Federation facilities, starbases and out posts. These hidden drones are ready to take over and assimilate these facilities. They are standing by and wait for the instructions of the Collective. Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang The extreme adavanced Trsterts are helping Captain hendriks and her crew to upgrade the USS Walang. One system after the other is handled by a Trsterts... Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 472 06.00 Early shift breefing on the bridge of the USS Vertigo. Everyone is still thinking about the entire disappeared population of the planet Miess. Day 473 14.00 Senior staff meeting aboard the USS Vertigo. commodore Jeffrey Slater is planning to continue the exploration of this region of the galaxy. New star systems are suggested with the help of the Dragan. Day 474 09.33 The USS Vertigo leaves the Dragan fleet which is almost home. There are new frontiers waiting to be explored. Players: Nadine Peeters USS Iceberg The USS Iceberg is still patroling the Federation border without incidents. Players: Jan Theys USS Atlantis Aboard the USS Atlantis Captain Walker "Helm lay in a course for Starbase 99, warp 1, where in no hurry to get there. Con inform the Starebase 99 of our arival within 2 hours time. And contact starfleet, I’ll be in my ready room." "Course layed in Captain." Walker is already on his way to his ready room. "Mr Sonak you have the Bridge." Months later... "Admiral Necheyev, the is a pleasant surprise, is there something I can do for you!" "Your pleasantness is not mine captain, although is to hear from you! You parents send their regards, that is why I anwsered. You might have to make a little detour captain! "Detour!" "Tom, I send you the coordenates, I take you two days to get there. I’ll joining your parents and the rendez-vous point, Necheyev out!" Captain Walker has no choice. "Helm be prepared to recieve new coordinates from Starfleet." "Aye Captain." "Con transfer the information to my ready room, and inform starbase there will be a delay of two to three days! All senoir staff meet me in the briefing room within one hour!" And so the USS Atlantis will not arrive any day soon at Starbase 99... Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Horkan and his Replicators are hifding in an alternate mirror universe where the local Replicators have joined Horkan without asking even one question. It is as if they have been waiting for Horkan. After a short investigation it is clear that the mirror Replicators have merged into the group. Horkan puts them at work... Players: Thomas van Rhee DS2 RPG General Status Report November 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 The USS Trafalgar, Captain Cotle in command, is in transporter range of a ship which is about to be taken over by the Borg. Admiral Steichen does not hesitate. "USS Trafalgar You will try to rescue as much people of that ship, isolate the ship and investigate where these Borg came from." Captain Cotle is already ordering the first transports. After a few minutes the crew of the USS Trafalgar have been able to rescue 157 people from the ship. One of them is a Starfleet officer, Lieutenant Nedrom. Nedrom had boarded passage on this ship, the SS Lavendar, to get to Starbase 44. "I am assigned to Starbase 44 sir. It was I who received the message about the Borg on Federation ships. I took some of the crew and searched the ship. But we were to late. The Borg drones were already assimilating crewmembers and passengers. We could take some of them out, but they addapted rather fast. If you hadden't been in the neighbourhood, we wouldn't be standing here talking about it... Thank you. These Borg drones must have been on the ship for a long time. Some kind of sleepers waiting to be activated..." Within the hour Starbase 44 receives hundreds of messages that Borg drones were terminated on Federation facilities, outposts, ships and even a few starbases. Apparently these Borg were transported aboard somehow by subspace transporter. This was a Borg plan to take over the Federation. So much is clear. Investigating the SS Lavendar reveals that the Borg aboard the SS Lavendar were no longer connected with the Borg Collective. That is why they probably were activated to early. There is no saying what would have happened if the Borg plan had worked... Players: Christine Steichen USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective The Borg fleet of 29 has grown to 929 ships. Jumping to different mirror universes has been an advantage for the Borg... But the Borg will not stop at that... "We will Build many deathstars. Aparently the Sith are not here in this mirror universe. But you never know." With the resources they have the Borg collective have built a deathstar within a week. The Borg in this mirror universe also join the collective and the fleet now has 2129 ships. To the joy of the collective is than the 8.0 has been erased. With the new 10.0 all virtual threats have been eliminated. There is now the possibility to create a portal to go home. Although there is one problem... There is only a 94.654 percent chance the portal will get the collective back home... But with every jump the chances will get bigger. Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang The extreme advanced Trsterts are helping Captain hendriks and her crew to upgrade the USS Walang. One system after the other is handled by a Trsterts... It will take some time to make a complete upgrade. Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 474 13.48 The USS Vertigo is on its way to a planet called Nestjame. Commodore Slater in command has received the coordinates of this planet from the Dragan. Day 451 06.00 Changing shifts on the USS Vertigo. This makes Lieutenant Commander Matz in command of the ship. It is the first time she is in command of the ship. Day 452 14.00 Senior staff meeting on the USS Vertigo. The journey to Nestjame will still take at least four weeks. Lieutenant Commander Matz is preparing for the Commander's exam... Players: Nadine Peeters USS Atlantis The USS Atlantis is no longer on its way to Starbase 99, but has to make a detour. Captain Walker explains. "Gentlemen thank you for coming, I’ll brief, I recieved orders from Starfleet comand to pick up some guests, my parents and admiral Necheyev and her staff. I can tell you for those that have never met the Admiral she doesn’t believe in second chances or any short a plesantness. I want ship udates every hour around the clock, engine test, security duties asgined at all for the the admiral and my parents once we get to StarBase 99. Gentlemen I want the Atlantis shining in and out all sections Mr Sonak I want you to overlook everything, I want an update in 5 hours for the first inspection in 6 hours! Thank you gentlemen." Walker likes to have a word with his wife T'Lan. "Yes husband." "See what you can find out from the Vulcan council why my parents are going to Starbase 99, with admiral Necheyev! And prepare some quarters for my parents and their aids. I am certain that R’Kall will be with them." Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Horkan and his Replicators are still hiding in an alternate mirror universe. The replicators are building a huge facility. It is not clear yet what this facility is for. The facility is movable at faster than light speeds. It can cloak and has room for at least 12 thousand individual Replicators. It is like a small city... Players: Thomas van Rhee DS2 RPG General Status Report December 2016 USS Earth/Starbase 44 Aboard Starbase 44 still messages are coming in from ships, outposts and Federation facilities about Borg drones which are terminated. Admiral Steichen wants to know more. "Stay on yellow alert. It is possible that this is not over yet. This was a cunning plan of the Borg. We will use the assimilated SS Lavendar to try to connect with the Borg Collective to try to find out more, especially how big this threat is." A team of scientists, engineers and marines have a plan to use the SS Lavendar to link with the Borg Collective. The plan is introduced by Captain John Wainis and Commander Scooby-Doo. A small group will transport aboard the SS Lavendar, while their life signs are masked. They should be able to stay aboard the SS Lavendar for at least an hour before they will be exposed... The plan is executed. The results are coming in faster than expected. "44, this is the away team. We have established a converted link with the Borg on the SS Lavendar. The most important data we have retrieved is that all Borg drones on Federations ships, outposts and facilities have been terminated. The Borg drones on the SS Lavendar are waiting for new orders from the Borg Collective. We are now attempting to use the link with the Borg Collective. Apparently this link was somehow interupted for some time, but the link between these Borg and the Collective is again established." A few minutes later a new report is already conling in. "44, this is the away team. We can use the link with the collective. We have been able to make a connection with Borg sphere 489 in the Delta Quadrant. We can just listen to the communications in the Borg Collective but we can also send simple commands to take over Borg sphere 489..." Players: Christine Steichen USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective It is time for the Borg to get home in their own galaxy. Commodore Guillaume Mechels is determined. "It is time to take a chance. Create the portal and we will take the entire mirror universe Borg collective with us. It is not really certain if we get home... could be another universe or... worse..." The entire Borg fleet enters the portal and another portal and another... "We have arrived. We have connected to the Borg collective in our Galaxy. We see that this is not good." The Borg are home, but they have taken a severe blow in the last war with those who call themselves Sith. But there is worse news. The Federation apparently has discovered the Borg's plan to take over the Federation by planting a few drones on Federation facilities. There are only 29 Federation outposts, ships and starbases where the Borg drones have not yet been detected... That is 27 now... There is a big chance these 27 will be terminated as well... Players: Family Keuleers USS Walang The extreme advanced Trsterts are helping Captain hendriks and her crew to upgrade the USS Walang. Systems that have been upgraded are propulsion and navigation, shields, hull plating and sensors. Players: Marianne Loogen USS Vertigo Day 459 23.17 Nightshift on the USS Vertigo. Lieutenant Commander Matz in command of the ship. First Officer Captain Norma Lang makes the evaluation of Matz' performace. It is one of the last exams... Day 460 01.06 All kinds of system fail. Propulsion is off line, as are weapons, sickbay reports two wounded. There have been several plasma explosions on several decks. Yellow alert! Lieutenant Commander Matz coordinates repairs, delegates the right crewmembers to the right locations. Day 460 02.14 Lieutenant Commander Matz has the ship back under control after an extreme fast time. The exam ends. It was a success. Players: Nadine Peeters USS Atlantis While aboard the USS Atlantis Captain Tom Walker has a word with his wife, on the ship there seems to be satisfaction among the crew. After the repairs and the waiting the ship is finally back on a mission. But the mission has some secrecy. Nobody knows exactly what is going on. The officers of the senior staff do not say a word about it... Players: Johan Michielsens, Conny Parmentier Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Horkan and his Replicators are still hiding in an alternate mirror universe. One city like facility with faster than light capabilities has been build. But Horkan wants more. The building of a second facility has begun. Players: Thomas van Rhee