DS2 RPG General Status Report January 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 Is the universe big enough for two Steichens? Admiral Steichen wants to do something first. "Have the Mirror Steichen picked up by Starfleet Security for interrogation. Do this first." It is as if Starfleet Security was waiting and standing by. Six officers lead by Lieutenant Commander Will Harris have arrived in only 37 minutes. Although their ship used the new transwarp drive it is still extremely fast. The Mirror Steichen is taken away. ----------------------------------- On request of the USS Greenland Admiral Steichen gives the USS Greenland permission to intervene in the dispute between the Uniwerps and an intelligent Bugs species on Sterna II. "Bring the Uniwerps delegation to Sterna II and let them talk to the Bugs. Maybe they can come to an agreement." While the USS Greenland is on its way, Lieutenant Commander Will Harris of Starfleet Security returns the Mirror Steichen back to Starbase 44. Admiral Steichen knows what to do. "Put the Mirror Steichen into the brig and I will question her myself. Maybe she has something to offer. I might learn something that security doesn't, after I hear what security learns from their questioning." Lieutenant Commander Will Harris of Starfleet Security has a full report for Admiral Steichen. "Admiral, I will share all data we have been given by your mirror counterpart. First of all her request for asylum in our universe is in consideration by Starfleet Command and the Federation Council, but personally I think she will not get it. It is to dangerous to let her go in our universe. We received information from the Mirror Steichen about a war for power in the mirror universe. A war for power in the mirror universe is nothing new and it is not a threat to our universe, so that is not really interesting information. We think that she was on the losing side and wants a way out to safe herself. She did not want to tell us much more except that there are more portals to the Mirror universe than we know. She has given us locations of six of those portals and they check out to be indeed at the locations she has given us. We have closed those gates. There is nothing more to tell. I recommend further interrogation. And you must be the perfect person to do that. So we leave the Mirror Steichen in your hands. We would like to ask if you get more information out of her than we did, please share it with us." Lieutenant Commander Will Harris of Starfleet Security returns to his ship, which leaves only a few seconds later. Now it is time for Admiral Steichen to question her Mirror counterpart herself. But on her way to the brig she is called to starbase operations. When she arrives she hears a report from Captain Murray in command of the USS Cardinal. "Admiral. We are at the border of sector 445562. We would like to explore this sector, but our probes indicate that almost the entire sector is damaged by ruptures in space which makes any form of traveling faster than light impossible. We could explore this sector but it will take a lot of time. I must say I am intreged by these ruptures in space. I certainly would like to know what happened in this sector. but we need at least five ships more to explore this sector in a reasonable time." While Admiral Steichen gives her answer she is already leaving the bridge and on her way to the brig. Four security officers guard the Mirror Steichen who is behind a double forcefield. When Admiral Steichen enters the Mirror Steichen jumps to her feeth. "Finally. There you are. Let me out of here." Before Admiral Steichen can say anything she is interupted. The USS Greenland reports peace has been restored between the Bugs on Sterna II and the Uniwerps. Both species have set up a large trading aggreement. Players: CS Starbase 88 Starbase 88 Senior staff meeting. Admiral Van Nieuwenhove gets the latest updates on the status of the starbase. The crew has taken care of the station very well and the Admiral thinks they all need a reward. "We will take advantage of the calm period. Our fleet has everything under control. We will send a small part of our Starbase crew on vacation. They deserve it. When they return we will send the next small part on vacation." All of the senior officers smile. It has been a while the crew had some vacation. They indeed deserve it. Even the last issue on the Admiral"s table has been solved. "The Coroners and Vertons are not yet at war but the smallest incident can start a war. We will send a ship with a diplomatic team to mediate between the Coroners and Vertons." It will take some time before the Coroners and Vertons will be real friends, but the first step has been taken. There is a small thing brought up by Chief Medical Officer Doctor Commander Enrico Jaladano. There are six crewmembers in sickbay with a broken arm or leg. Nothing to serious, but they all got their injuries playing a game called Carmerian Football. Apparently this game is to dangerous for humans and the doctor asks the Admiral to forbid this game. While the Admiral is thinking about what to do with the game called Carmerian Football, he walks back to his quarters. When he enters lights go on. There is a man sitting in one of the Admiral's chairs. He is pointing something in the Admiral's direction. "Yes Admiral. This is a weapon. My name is Hgy. I am not one of your crew. I am here on a mission. I have to take you with me. Yes you have to come with me. You have no choice. I have a weapon." Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard! The Borg Collective does what the Borg Collective does best. "We will assimilate the Jaricho technology found by the Ludrocs and use it to our advantage against the Jaricho. So we will keep trying to assimilate this species called Jaricho in the Messier Galaxy 54. We do not give up. But as with the Sol system, we will go for the support structures first and let the Tal Shiar do what they do best… Let them be sneaky ?? But will try to create a controlstructure to keep Oh in check so she doesn’t become to powerful. The only accepted usurpers are the Borg! This taking of their support structure will have the main society backbone crumble. More and more cultures have learned to adapt to the Borg so we have to adapt to this by becoming a new Borg 2.0. A Borg which doesn’t fight with brutal force anymore but fights smart and tries to become again the technological superior force it once was." People on conquered Federation facilities are replaced by Synthetics. Nobody will notice the difference. Although Commodore Oh is against synthetics she has no choice but to follow her employer. Followers of Oh, the Zhat Vash, follow Oh's orders. The Zhat Vash have infiltrated everywhere. Easy for the Borg Collective to continue in a sneaky way to conquer small parts of the Federation. But in the Messier Galaxy 54 a species that calls itself Jaricho are seriously advanced and they have beaten the Borg. But the Borg got their hands on some of the Jaricho technology and are able to addapt more quickly. Tactical cube 554 is sent to the Jaricho home planet. And then it becomes clear the Jaricho are really arogant. They think they can win anything. But Cube 554 adapts. And it takes only a few hours before the first Borg drones land on the planet and start assimilate all Jaricho. A day later the planet is completely Borg. Assimilating the Jaricho has given the Borg exteremely advanced technology. Subspace transporter ability which the Borg can use to transport drones over almost the entire Messier Galaxy 54 with the Jaricho home planet as base point, but it can only be used in the Messier Galaxy 54. A fully operational planet killer weapon, which can be installed on all Borg ships. But there is a little problem. There are 34 Jaricho colonies. At the Borg home unicomplex in the delta Quadrant the Borg are still gathering resources to build an Iconian gateway. "It really is going to take some time to build a gateway based on Iconian technology because we need Iconian technology. We will keep sending ships out in the Galaxy to find Iconian technology. Yes use that massive fleet for not going brutal force but create a vast network of ships divided over the galaxies and find that technology." Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 356 12.13 All findings on Kjeltam II by the USS Vertigo and USS Gdonsk crews have been sent to Starfleet Command. Commodore Slater waits for approval Day 357 17.12 Scientists on Kjeltam II have found several plants with healing powers. Putting leaves of the plants on a small wound heals it almost immeditaly. Day 358 22.00 Senior staff meeting on Kjeltam II. Everyday the scientists discover new wonderfull things. It seems Kjeltam II is just to be perfect to be true. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 Starbase 99 also receives cargo ships. These cargo ships deliver goods and sometimes new personnel. Most freighters are civilian ships hired by Ferengi to make some profit or a few other species looking to gain some latinum. There are only a few Starfleet ships. Those few are frieghters, but heavily armed. They usuallt take a route through pirate territories. One of those freighters is the USS Carry, Captain Jeffrey Dunn in command. The flightplan of the USS Carry is usually from Starbase 88 to Starbase 99, to Earth, to Vulcan, to Starbase 88. The USS Carry has been attacked by pirates more than a few times, but to the pirates were made clear they should find another job. Captain Jeffrey Dunn in command of the USS Carry has become a kind of a hero. He has the reputation of always delevering his cargo. There is also a rumour that the USS Carry is actually a battleship which is used as a freighter transporting cargo. The USS Carry will be docked at Starbase 99 for six houres. Everyone aboard Starbase 99 who has some free time is coming to spacedock to watch the legendary ship. Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Horkan has gathered more than a thousand Hirogen hunters already. While the Artificial Replicators do the scouting the first big hunt is on its way. Players: TvR DS2 RPG General Status Report February 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 This Universe is to small for two Christine Steichens. Send the Mirror Steichen back to the Mirror Universe. Or not. What does the Mirror Steichen want? Will all questions be answered? And is this the only issue that is important to the Federation? Is the Mirror Universe a danger again? The Mirror Steichen only reveals one thing to Admiral Steichen. She has come to help. Players: CS Starbase 88 Admiral Van Nieuwenhove is threatened by a person called Hgy in his quarters. It is unknown to the Admiral how this Hgy got into his quarters. The Admiral can only think of one thing to do. He will do whatever the alien called Hgy asks. "I will do what you want. What do you want?" A second later Admiral Van Nieuwenhove is transported to an unknown place, unknown planet, unknown village. Hgy points to people on the street. The all seem to be sick. "Welcome to my home Admiral. As you can see, many people are sick here. We need your help. We have seen several of your spaceships passing by but they did not stop. That is going to change. I will give you three choices." Hgy turns to the Admiral. "Choice one: You will only talk to my superiors. This could be very bad for you. Choice two: You will give all tactical information of the Federation to me. Choice three: If you do not cooperate, I will get my hands on more Admirals and get the information from them. You will be a prisoner for the rest of your life." Aboard Starbaase 88. Chief Medical Officer Doctor Commander Enrico Jaladano is still waiting for Admiral Van Nieuwenhove to forbid the very dangerous Camerian Football aboard Starbase 88. He finds it very strange that the Admiral does not answer. "Computer, where is Admiral Van Nieuwenhove?" "Admiral Van Nieuwenhove is not aboard Starbase 88." "What?" "Admiral Van Nieuwenhove is not aboard Starbase 88." "Yes yes, I have heard you the first time." Two minutes later the Chief Medical Officer, Chief of Security: Commander Carlo Demaggio and a security team break in the Admiral's quarters. There is no sign of the Admiral. There is no trace of him. No signs of a fight. The Admiral is gone. There are no indications in the transporter loggs that the Admiral has transported of the starbase. Internal sensors do indicate Admiral Van Nieuwenhove had a visitor in his quarters the moment just before he vanished. The visitor vanished with him. It looks like an abduction. But by who and where and why? Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard! In the Messier Galaxy 54 the Borg have assimilated the very advanced Jaricho. But the 34 Jaricho Colonies are spread out over the Messier Galaxy 54. And as soon as the Jaricho in those colonies hear from the Borg attack on their home planet they get very angry. Borg reinforces are still far away from the Messier Galaxy 54. And as the Iconian gateway is still not completed due to shortage of components, it is not certain the Borg will prevail. Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 359 14.00 Senior staff meeting on Kjeltam II. Commodore Jeffrey Slater, in command of the mission, still has doubts whether this planet is the wonder it seems. The Commodore makes a comparison with the sirens of Greek mythology. Day 360 13.27 Almost half an hour before the next senior staff meeting, a team of crewmembers and scientists discover a large lake. The lake is not filled with water, but with some kind of acid. Day 360 13.32 The lake of acid on Kjeltam II is a mystery. More scientists are now performing more scans. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 The USS Carry under comand of Commander Jeffrey Dunn leaves Starbase 99 exactly on scedule. Next stop for the freighter is Starbase 88. Nobody really knows how the USS Carry survived so many attacks by pirates of the Orion Syndicate, Ferengi and even Nausicans. But Commander Jeffrey Dunn and his crew know. *** - Many years ago - War against the Dominion - USS Carry on route to Bajor - Five days away from Bajor - USS Carry is intercepted by three Jem'Hadar battleships - Aboard the USS Carry, on the bridge. "Commander. Three Jem'Hadar battleships on an intercept course. They will be in firing range in 40 seconds." "Red alert! Battlestations! All hands! We are making the switch you have 10 seconds. Arm yourselves!" "Commander we are making the switch. All hands report ready. Switch complete in 3, 2, 1. Switch complete sir." The consoles on the bridge of the USS Carry suddenly look very different. Commander Dunn has taken a weapon. "We will not wait for them. Target the closest Jem'Hadar ship and destroy it. Stay out of their firing range. Fire at will." The USS Carry turns into towards the intercepting Jem'Hadar ships. Before the lead Jem'Hadar ship has a chance to fire any weapon it is hit by two tricobalt projectiles fired by the USS Carry. While the Jem'Hadar ship explodes, the USS Carry has turned and fires again. A few seconds later the fight is one against one. The Jem'Hadar on the third ship seem to be in confusion. Commander Jeffrey Dunn does not hesitate. The USS Carry fires another two tricobalt projectiles. The third Jem'Hadar ship is destroyed. The battle took less than thirty seconds. The USS Carry was not fired upon. Five days later the USS Carry arrived at Bajor as sceduled. That was many years ago. *** Yes, Commander Jeffrey Dunn and his crew are well aware what the USS Carry can do. They are not heroes. They are just doing their jobs. Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) And they are on their way. A huge Hirogen fleet is traveling to a first hunting ground. A deserted planet called Dreander, a dusty, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere is the target. There is only one life form on this planet: huge worms. Players: TvR DS2 RPG General Status Report March 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 The work of the USS Greenland is not yet over. Admiral Steichen has new orders. "We will let the USS Greenland help out the Uniwerps and the Bugs to speed up their trade as it is positive for both species. This includes moving cargo and moving people. Maybe the Bugs can even visit the Uniwerps on their home planet." There are two continents on Sterna II, the Bugs planet, that are inhabited. The Bugs agree that the Uniwerps can use these continents for agriculture and toerisme. The Uniwerps agree to send minirals which are not available on the Bugs planet but very usefull for the Bugs. The USS Greenland still has a lot of work. Admiral Steichen decides to send aid to the USS Cardinal. The USS Cardinal is waiting at the border of Sector 445562. The problem is that almost the entire sector is damaged by ruptures in space which makes any form of traveling faster than light impossible. "Send five more ships to support the USS Cardinal and let these ships explore sector 445562." Using the new transwarp drive five ships arrive at the location of the USS Cardinal within a few days. The exploration of Sector 445562 can begin. At slow speed the ships enter the sector. The ships spread out and keep contact. The first impression is that the sector is empti. There are no stars, no planets, not even a piece of rock or spacdust. It seems something in sector 445562 has happened that has had a large destructive force. It could be caused by natural phenomena, but it could be artificial. When the ships are getting close to the center of sector 445562 there is something strange. There is a planet. There is no star. But there is light on the planet. When the ships get closer large sructures and even cities are clearly seen on the planet. On Starbase 44 there is something even more personal for Admiral Steichen. A Mirror Steichen has come to this universe to ask for asylum. As Steichen enters the brig she is confronted wit the Mirror Steichen. It is as if she looks in the mirror. There are lots of questions. "How can you be of any use. What do you have to offer? Why would we keep you here and not send you back? What do you want? You will never get out this prison, so the question is what someone from the mirror universe can gain by running away from her own universe? What is your motivation?" "Well well well. The great Admiral Steichen herself comes to visit me. You haven't got it yet do you? Well, I will be as short as possible because time is running out. In my universe I am the highest in rank except for the emperor of course. Behind my back the emperor has forced his scientists to make a weapon that can nullify an entire universe. As I understand it, this weapon is ready. The only thing is that the weapon is larger than a star, and it can only be moved very slowly. I don't know how this weapon works, but I tortured a few of those scientists I got my hands on. They say it works like some kind of black hole. It's gravity, as I understand it, will suck an entire univers together to the weapon itself destroying that universe." Players: CS Starbase 88 The USS Carry under command of Commander Jeffrey Dunn leaves Starbase 99 exactly on scedule. Next stop for the freighter is Starbase 88. Aboard Starbase 88 The entire crew is searching for the missing Admiral Van Nieuwenhove, but there is no trace of the Admiral. After 12 hours The Starbase 88 First Officer Captain Sigrid Johansson has no choice than to take over command of the Starbase. Using the new transwarp drive the USS Carry under command of Commander Jeffrey Dunn arrives at Starbase 88 exactly on scedule. The new supplies are are put to good use. But as soon as Commander Dunn, in command of the USS Carry, hears that the Admiral is missing, he assembles a team and starts his own investigation. With some luck the USS Carry team finds a subspace transporter trace. It leads to a planet outside Federation space. The USS Carry is the closest ship. As soon as the uss Carry is loaded Commander Dunn orders to leave Starbase 88 and set course to the the system where the subspace transporter signal ends. Using the transwarp drive only a few hours later the USS Carry enters the system. It is the system of the people of Hgy. On th planet where Hgy lives with his people Admiral Van Nieuwenhove does not have many options. "These people of Hgy are in need indeed. Why did Hgy not ask for help? His people would get all the help they needed. I will promise all the help I can give to the people of Hgy. No further conditions." Hgy is happy. Finally there is some hope for his people.But Hgy wants more. "Admiral. You will make our planet and our people a member of the Federation." Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard Season 1! The Borg Collective is very busy lately. "Mars and other colonies are conquered. The synthetics and the Tal Shiar and Zhat Vash do their job very well. What about the Moon? The Mars shipyards are an important part of Starfleet’s support and controlling this is an important step. The Moon is the doorstep of Earth so we have to be careful because after we take the Moon then Earth will surely fall and it’s about time that we rule this galaxy. As this is the true destiny of the Borg-empire. It will clear the path for creating a Borg-emperor." In the Messier Galaxy 54 the Borg have assimilated the very advanced Jaricho. This new technology can easily be used for the assimilation of the Moon and later Earth. Step by step, person by person, building by building, New Berlin on the moon is assimilated. All people are replaced by synthetics. The people on Erath have no idea. The Borg are many voices, but there is only one thing they say. "The Moon is ours." "Assimilating the Jaricho has given us exteremely advanced technology. Subspace transporter ability which you can use to transport drones over almost the entire Messier Galaxy 54 with the Jaricho home planet as base point, but it can only be used in the Messier Galaxy 54. A fully operational planet killer weapon, which can be installed on all Borg ships. We will search for all Jaricho colonies and assimilate them. This will prevent the Jaricho to strike back. Maybe. You never know." "Assimilating all of the Jaricho is imperative as their technological distintiveness is important. We need them to obtain as much of Iconian tech as we can and te Jaricho are key tot this." In the Messier Galaxy 54 the Borg are still searching for Jaricho colonies. But everytime a Jaricho planet is scouted, there is no population. Apparently the Jaricho have left these planets. they must be regrouping at an unknown location. This could be dangerous for the Borg. Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 361 07.43 The science team is still investigating the acid lake on Kjeltam II. It is not clear yet how this acid lake came to be. Day 361 13.27 One of the scientists has seen something moving in the acid lake. It looked like a fish. Day 361 18.14 At least six scientists have seen a fish like creature in the acid lake. These creatures were very much alive. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 On Starbase 99 the shift change is smoothly. After their shift most of the crew have something to eat in one of the huge messhalls. They talk about all kinds of things, except about work. This is relaxation time. Some have made a reservation of a holodeck, some go to their quarters and call their family or friends. For those who now have some free time extra study, a walk in the arboretum, a visit to stellar cartography or do some sports keeps them busy. For those who are not on duty it seems nothing important is happening on Starbase 99. But is that really true? Or is there something going on that might surprise the crew without any warning? Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) The huge Hirogen Fleet has entered orbit of the desert planet Dreander. There are thousands of huge worms on the planet, the next prey for the Hirogen. Or will the Hirogen be the prey of the worms? The first groups of Hirogen transport to the planet. Players: TvR DS2 RPG General Status Report April 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 Mirror Steichen claims the Mirror Universe Emperor has a weapon that can destroy an entire universe. But the weapon is as big as a star. Admiral Steichen still has questions. "If it is true what Mirror Steichen says, there could be a serious problem. We must take all necessary precautions to be ready to intervene." Mirror Steichen continues her plea to convince Admiral Steichen that all universes are in danger. "Look here Admiral. The emperor is, of course, not going to use that weapon on our own Mirror Universe. That would be really self destructive. Where do you think he is going to test it? All he needs is a big enough portal between universes. Shall I make a drawing for you? I am here to warn you. I don't like you or anyone in this universe, but I cannot let the emperor destroy anyone with this terrible weapon. This weapon only has one purpose. And how evil I may be, i will not have a part in this. This is far beyond torturing someone you don't like. I liked that by the way. Nothing more satisfying than making someone confess after a little... Yeah well. I was talking about the new weapon of the emperor. I think you get the point now." Captain John Wainis who is following the conversation between the two Steichens comes up with some ideas. "Admiral I can go to the Mirror Universe with a team and investigate. What our mirror Steichen has told us here only sounds unbelievable, but we have to make sure." There is a lot to think about. On her way to starbase operations, Admiral Steichen reads a report on her padd. The USS Cardinal and the five support ships are closing at low speed the planet in the center of Sector 445562. Admiral Steichen is intreged by this planet without a star and still there seems to be intelligent life on that planet. She orders the USS Cardinal and the escorting ships investigate this planet in sector 445562. "Scan the planet from a very large distance so the ships will not be discovered." The USS Cardinal starts to monitor and scan the planet. There is a large population of about three hundred million humanoids. It seems this population has survived all this time without a star. There doesn't seem to be any difference with other planets, except there is only artificial light. There is a young officer on one of the support ships who has discovered something. "Captain, Captain. I think I have something. These people on the planet call themselves Reztiz. These disruptions in space, well sir, they caused it themselves about a year ago. The Reztiz launched a ship with some kind of FTL engine, but things went wrong as you can see. Within a few days they will launche another ship that should correct what went wrong. As I understand it with the knowledge I have, it is not going to work." "Ensign, where did you get this information?" "Look here Captain. I will show you. This is a broadcast from the planet. It is probaly not meant to be send in space, but we can receive the broadcast. I think it is something like a news station to inform the population of the planet of the latest news." "Good work Ensign. Keep watching and keep me posted." Aboard the USS Cardinal the Chief Engineer has a plan to do something about these ruptures in space around the planet of the Reztiz. "Captain, we can create a static warp bubble and close these rifts in space by flying right into them. With six ships it wil take some time, but it should work without problems." The USS CCardinal sends an update to Starbase 44. Players: CS Starbase 88 While the USS carry arrives in orbit of Hgy's planet Admiral Van Nieuwenhove, prisoner by Hgy is asked whether Hgy's people can jopin the Federation. Hgy's people are rather primitive, but Hgy was able to kidnap Admiral Van Nieuwenhove from his own starbase. So there is some level of technology. So Admiral Van Nieuwenhove makes a decision. "I will accept the people of Hgy into the Federation, although they are not advanced enough. They do not even have space ships." Ghy is extremely happy. The Admiral has already a next step in mind. A Federation Starship, USS Carry is traveling close to the planet of Hgy. "USS Carry, can you send medical personnel and supplies to help the people of Hgy." "This is Commander jeffrey Dunn in command of the USS Carry. It seems you are all right Admiral. Very well we will send medical personnel and supplies to help the people of Hgy. The USS Carry will be standing by in orbit." It is clear Federation medical services are excellent. The sick population of Hgy's planet is cured in a few hours. Hgy finds this incredible. But what is now the next step? Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard Season 1! Earth's Moon has been assimilated by the Borg. The Borg have replaced the people living and working on the moon by synthetics. Apparently the Federation has no idea what has happened on the Moon and on Mars which has been assimilated already earlier. What are the Borg waiting for? What is the Borg's next move? In the Messier Galaxy 54 the Borg are still searching for Jaricho colonies. But everytime a Jaricho planet is scouted, there is no population. Apparently the Jaricho have left these planets. they must be regrouping at an unknown location. This could be dangerous for the Borg. Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 362 03.05 The fish in the acid lake on Kjeltam II Are not curious. They are just swimming in their lake and do not show any signs that they are intersted in the humanoids who are studying them. Day 362 06.00 Senior staff meeting on the planet Kjeltam II. Kjeltam II has more secrets than an acid lake with fish. Scientists also have found An ocean without any life forms, and lots of gold in some mountains. Day 363 14.23 Every day scientists find something new. Today a large cave with kilometers of tunnels. Exploring these tunnels will take at least two weeks. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 Starbase 99. one of the most famous starbases of all. Everyone wants to serve on Starbase 99. Is this because it is a safe place? Does it have to do with the new Commanding Officer Rear Admiral Toma Walker? Or is it just because Starbase 99 has not been under any threat at all since it was built? Nobody knows. Some call Starbase 99 comfortable. Some call it luxurious. Some say the most exciting events on Starbase 99 are the pool and darts competitions. That could be a bit exagerated. But still there seems to be some truth in all of those opinions. Until that one day. Until everyone on Starbase 99 woke up by a yellow alert. A distress call was received from the starship USS Brooklin, Captain Durant in command. It was just a distress call, repeating itself. Nothing more. Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) The Hirogen hunt on the desert planet Dreander only has one goal. At least one of the giant worms that live on the planet has to be destroyed. It seems a bit easy, but it is not. During this hunt the use of technology of any kind is forbidden. So the Hirogen hunters are allowed to use only bows, swords, knifes,... Players: TvR DS2 RPG General Status Report May 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 The USS Cardinal receives Admiral Steichen's orders. "USS Cardinal, I want you to communicate with the planet of the Reztiz. The Federation maybe can help with this problem." The Captain of the USS Cardinal opens several communications channels. "I am Captain Muray of the USS Cardinal representing the United Federation of Planets. This is a call for the leaders of the people of Reztiz. We have noticed your problem with space ruptures around your planet and we can help you to solve it." The first minute there is no answer. Then, just as Captain Muray wants to repeat his call, there is an answer. "This is Prime Leader Dser of the Reztiz. We can see your ship now. Are you sure you can help us? We are ready to try something, but our scientists are not sure it is going to help." "Prime Leader Dser, we are sure we can help you. Let us show you." The six Federaion ships move slowly towards the disruptions in space most close to the planet Reztiz. They all create a static warp shell and close the disruptions. A new contact is made. "Prime Leader Dser, as you can see, we have the means to help you. We will continue our efforts, but this will take some time." "Wait Captain. Before you continue we must know what we have to do in return." "Prime Leader Dser, you do not have to do anything. It is our pleasure to help you." "Captain, I do not know what to say. I cannot thank you enough for your help. If you can, please come and visit us on our planet. You are most welcome." Only an hour later three Starfleet Captains transport to the planet Reztiz. Admiral Steichen has a bigger problem. Her mirror self has come from the Mirror Universe to warn for the Emperor who has a new weapon that can destroy universes. Admiral Steich does not know whether all of this is true or this is a trap or something totally ridiculous. "I will let John Wainis assemble a team and let him investigate the situation in the Mirror Universe." Ten minutes later Captain Wainis is standing ready to be transported with his team to the Mirror Universe. In a runabout he opens a gateway to the Mirror Universe. A moment later the runabout is gone and the gateway is closed. Admiral Steichen and her officers now can only wait. Three days pass without any report from Captain Wainis. But then finally there is a report. A very small gateway to the Mirror Universe opens. "Admiral. This is Wainis. We have done some scouting and we had some luck. We have been able to scan to weapon the Emperor can use against us, or anyone else. We are sending the data and we wait for your orders." The data is received on Starbase 44. It is recognised by several officers. There is only one word going around. V'ger. Players: CS Starbase 88 For Admiral Van Nieuwenhove it is clear that the people of Hgy need help. And the facte that the Hgy can transport people over a huge distance is of course very interesting. So the Admiral decides to stay with the people of Hgy and try to find out what kind of technology the people of Hgy have and how this can help the Federation. But the Admiral has another order as well. "I will ask two more ships to assist the people of Hgy." Starbase 88 sends two more ships with supplies to the planet of Hgy. The people of Hgy are very thankfull and they invite the Admiral to join them for a gathering. The Admiral is guided to a large building. In the cellar of the building there is a huge hal for special events. When the Admiral enters the huge hall there are at least fifty people applauding and cheering thank you. An older Hgy who presents himself as Hgy Chairman Lky adresses the Admiral. "Admiral of the Federation. We cannot thank you enough for what you have done for our people. Therefore we also want to do something in return. Please follow me." The admiral follows Chairman Lky to another smaller hall. Against one of the walls the is a large bright red light. It seems a portal. A moment later everything around the Admiral is Total darknes. The light on the wall is gone. Everything is gone. Admiral Van Nieuwenhove wakes up on a bed. It seems like a hospital. There are two men, but it is not clear to the Admiral what these men are doing. The Admiral can move and is not strapped on the bed. He can get up if he wants. Then he hears one of the men say: "... Yes I know. Then we have to kill him..." Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard Season 1! The Borg Collective is never standing still. "Mars, the Moon and other colonies are conquered. The synthetics and the Tal Shiar and Zhat Vash do their job very well. What about Earth? Or do we first take Vulcan, or another planet of the Federation? Or Ferenginar? Taking Earth will require heavy logistics preparations and they must be on to something. We can’t fail as we don’t have enough resources yet to survive such a failure. So we must wait a while and keep up appearances. Continue to assimilate other worlds and colonies with smaller populations, so the founding civilizations of the Federation, like Tellar, Vulcan will have to wait until we are ready." A more pressing matter are the Jaricho in the the Messier Galaxy 54. The Jaricho seem to have disappeared. "We will search for all Jaricho and assimilate them. Maybe the Jaricho have a better transport gate than the Iconian gate. But where do they hide. Do they indeed have gatetechnology?" "We will not only search the Messier Galaxy 54 but focus more to a closer smaller galaxy, an irregular one named “Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy” As being an irregular galaxy it is a good contender to hide an advanced civilization as the Jaricho, and it is quite closeby with its about 40.000 light years distance. Especially for gatetech or transwarp." Building an Iconian gateway will not be that easy. "It really is going to take some time to build a gateway based on Iconian technology because we need Iconian technology. We will keep sending ships out in the Galaxy to find Iconian technology." As assimilating Earth will still be a little difficult the Borg take some new smaller Federation colonies and outposts. The concept is rather simple. The local population is assimilated and replaced by synthetics. Nobody will notice the difference. Slowly The borg proceed. The Drexler Outpost has fallen, the Gamma 7 Outpost is assimilated followed by the Seran T-1 Outpost and the Norkan Outpost, a Federation Outpost, which once was destroyed by Romulans but taken back by the Federation. Now the Borg have arrived in the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. A galaxy with about one billion stars with a high-percentage of which are red giants. It is a complex galaxy. Aside of the dwarf galaxy itself, a long filament of stars is trailing behind it. It is not an easy task. Assimilating an entire galaxy will take time, maybe even a 150 years. But the Borg have already assimilated six planets and their people in a matter of weeks. There was no resistance. Far far away from the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, in the Messier Galaxy 54, an entire Borg fleet of 30 ships has been destroyed. The battle did not take more than three minutes. There is no doubt. It was the Jaricho. When the first scoutship arrives at the designated coordinates, there is only Borg debris in space. There is no trace of the Jaricho. Without the iconian gateway the Borg still have to use a transwarp drive to move large fleets of ships. And it seems they, again, are to late. These Jaricho are really dangerous. Building an Iconian gateway will take some more time than hoped for. Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 365 06.00 Shift change on the planet Kjeltam II. Scientists are returning to the USS Vertigo and USS Gdonsk, other scientists are starting their shift on Kjeltam II. Day 365 11.49 It is beginning to be clear that Kjeltam II is a huge source of all kinds of new scientific discoveries. Deep in the tunnels under the surface of the planet a powersource is detected. Day 365 12.03 Scientists accompanied by a security team are now trying to determine where exactly this power source is. Due to the complexity of the tunnel network, the search for the unknown energy source can take some time, maybe a few days. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 Starbase 99 is on yellow alert after receiving a distress signal from the USS Brooklyn, Captain Durant in command. Two ships are dispatched to the location of the distress call. There is no communication with the USS Brooklyn yet. As the two ships get closer the USS Brooklyn is detected. Scans are conducted. The USS Brooklyn is dead in space, although it seems to be. the crew is still alive and transported off the USS Brooklyn. Captain Durant can only offer his thanks for saving him and his crew. But there is still the matter of why the USS Brooklyn has suddenly lost all power. An investigation is started. Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) On the desert planet Dreander A large Hirogen hunter group is in pursuit of a hugh worm. They try to shoot it, to hit it, to cut it, but nothing seems to hurt the giant worm. About twelve hunters have already been hurt and had to be taken to the hospital ship. Then one Hirogen comes up with the idea of climbing on the worm. Players: TvR DS2 RPG General Status Report June 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 Captain Muray of the USS Cardinal has made first contact with a species called Reztiz. Prime Leader Dser of the Reztiz is extremely thankfull because the USS Cardinal and her escort ships have repaired the disruption in space around the planet Reztiz. Mirror Steichen is still in a holding cell aboard Starbase 44. She has warned for an exceptional weapon in the hands of the Mirror Universe Emperor. A weapon that can destroy the entire universe. Captain Wainis has been send to explore the Mirror Universe. He comes to the same conclusion. The emperor has a weapon that can destroy the entire universe. Players: CS Starbase 88 Admiral Van Nieuwenhove has woken up in a bed in which looks like a hospital. Two humanoids are conducting something. The Admiral deos not know what they are doing. The two do not seem to look at him. And leave the Admiral with his own thoughts. "Is this a trap set up by the people of Hgy? Or not? I will do nothing. I will wait. I will no say anything. I will not move." The two persons do not even look at the Admiral on the bed. They are not aware the Admiral can hear everything they say. "...Really. Do you really think the human will do it? He looks fragile." "I know. But we do not have a choice. The order is very clear." "But what if he does not want to do this?" "Then the order is also clear. Aha, the Chief is here." A third person walks in. He greets the two others. Then he walks towards the Admiral on the bed. "You must be the human. I am Chief Ys of the Brions. We know you are awake. We scan your body signs. My time is limited. We need you to do something for us. We will give you a devide." Chief Ys of the Brions points to a device on a table neaarby. "We will return you with the device to the Hgy. They will not notice that you have been gone for some time. When you return to the Hgy the device will automaticly be activated. It is a genetic weapon and will only destroy the Hgy, not you. When the device is activated, the Hgy will be destroyed." There is a pauze. Then Chief Ys of the Brions continues. "The Hgy are not what they seem to be. They look friendly, but they are conquerers. They ask another species for help and then whipe that species out so they can take over their territory. They do not need space ships. They can transport everywhere with their transport device. Not so so long ago they tried to to this with our species. But we resisted. We caught their spies and killed them. Many species were not able to resist, because they wzere taken by surprise. Those species lost everything and were termiated by the Hgy. The Hgy empire is growing and we have to stop it before it is to late." There is a pauze again. Admiral Van Nieuwenhove has not yet said a word. Then Chief Ys of the Brions comes to the point. "We have a perfect chance to end the Hgy and their conquering intentions. You can help us end this by taking this device to the Hgy when you are returned to the Hgy. You do not have to do more than that. And you, yourself are perfectly safe. But we will do this only with your permission. If you do not want to help us and the rest of the universe, we will just send you back without the device, but please remeber what I have said about the Hgy. Be ready for anything like we were. The Brions are the only species that survived the conquering Hgy. All of the many others are gone." Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard Season 1! "We are Borg." "Mars, the Moon and more and more other colonies are conquered. The synthetics and the Tal Shiar Zhat Vash do their job very well. What about Earth or the Klingon Empire? Or proceed on path of slow but certain? Indeed keeping up appearances. No wars on two fronts. Slowly wear the Federation down. Check out the Klingons. They shouldn’t be that hard a victim as it are often individual ships which makes them easy to keep assimilation hidden. But keep away from massive efforts." And so the first Klingon outposts are assimilated. Klingon Warriors are replaced by synthetics who seem to be pleased to impersonate a Klingon in stead of a boring human. These Klingon synthetics even hold Bat'leth tournements. In the Messier Galaxy 54 the Borg implement a new tactic. After losing a fleet the Borg Collective needs new technology or other species to be able to defeat the Jaricho. "Search the Messier Galaxy 54 for other advanced species. Maybe these species have a better transport gate than the Iconian gate. The Jaricho are quite interesting though. WHy not try to have de Zhat Vash seek them out and carefully initiate a contact. Together we have unlimited power. At least we would have covered our flanks with them staying out of our way." the Zhat Vash are send out. There is not much to report during the first weeks, but totally unexpected the Zhat Vash stumble on a very advanced species called the Frunizo. And the good news is, they are an enemy of the Jaricho. "It really is going to take some time to build a gateway based on Iconian technology because you need Iconian technology. We will still keep sending ships out in the Galaxy to find Iconian technology. And yes, keep them sending out to uncover that tech. Or other tech." Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 365 12.17 On the planet Kjeltam II the USS Vertigo scientists and USS Gdonsk researchers have not yet found the powersource in the extensive tunnel complex under the surface. Day 366 00.08 It is in the middle of the night that Doctor Gordon is standing in front of a device in a small open space undre the surface of the planet Kjeltam II. It is the source of the power detected earlier. Day 366 00.25 Six scientists are analysing the device. It is very old, maybe even a thousand years. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 The matter of the USS Brooklyn is solved very quickly. Just before the USS Brooklyn lost all power it was hit by a magnetic storm. Usually a magnetic storm poses no threat of any kind as starships are built to withstand it. But this magnetic storm was extremely heavy. On Starbase 99 all stories and rumors about the USS Brooklyn stop when the scientific truth is explained. Within a few days the USS Brooklyn is ready to return to regular duties. Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) On the desert planet Dreander the Hirogen hunters have a new challenge. A plan is made. A worm has been called. A small group of Hirogen use hooks to climbe the huge worm. More hunters follow. The objective of the hunt seems to have changed. Players: TvR DS2 RPG General Status Report July 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 While mirror Steichen seems to have a lot of pleasure to watch her guards worry about the latest news. These Federation boys and girls had to believe her now. She heard them talk about it. The danger of a Mirror V'Ger coming towards this universe is not really amusing. But Admiral Steichen has something Mirror Steichen never had. A certain Captain John Wainis who is neutralizing specialized in strange threats. Things could turn around very quickly. Admiral Steichen knows this to well. "If this weapon is indeed the mirror V'ger that threatened Earth in the 23rd century, it may be turned towards the Emperor of the Mirror Universe and destroy all evil in the Mirror universe. I will let Captain John Wainis try to do this." Captain John Wainis knows what to do. He reports in before he leaves for the Mirror V'Ger. "We know what to do Admiral. It is going to take some time, but we have to go through several layers of V'Ger security. You will hear from us as soon as we know more or when the job is done." It is not yet clear whether Admiral Steichen is concerned about this Mirror V'Ger. It is not clear whether she believes Mirror Steichen. And as she continues to read reports from her ship's captains, But the work of an Admiral is never done. "Let the USS Cardinal and the escort ships continue to help the people of Reztiz. Maybe they will explain why their planet has no star and they can still continue their lives." And then the next issue. There are some serious planetquakes on the planet Klses in Sector 66587, new to to the Federation. With a few detonations under the planet surface this quakes can be stopped but there is a danger as well. If the calculations of the Federation scientists are only a bit wrong the entire planet can explode. The USS Island is ready to leave for Klses. A short message from Captain John Wainis and his team in the Mirror V'ger. "Admiral we are in contact with this Mirror V'Ger. It is very confused. We can talk to it to convince it to destroy the emperor or set it free from the control of the emperor. We can even destroy it." Players: CS Starbase 88 Chief Ys of the Brions has told Admiral Van Nieuwenhove the Brions will send him back to the Hgy with a weapon device that will kill all the Hgy, but not the Admiral. But Admiral Van Nieuwenhove does not aggree. "Destroy? Why are the Hgy and the Brions not able to work and live together? Try to make the Hgy and the Brions come together and make peace." Chief Ys of the Brions does not seem to be surprised by the answer of the Admiral. Chief Ys of the Brions looks the admiral right in the eyes. "Admiral, you have not listened to me. This is useless. You made your choice. I will send you back without the device." One of the walls of the room changes into a portal of somekind. The two assistants of Chief Ys of the Brions take the Admiral and throw him through the portal. The last thing Admiral Van Nieuwenhove hears is the voice of Chief Ys of the Brions. "He doesn't understand these Hgy are the most dangerous species in..." Admiral Van Nieuwenhove falls down. The portal behind him is gone. He stands up in the room with the leaders of the Hgy again. It seems indeed that he has not left. The Admiral is offered a drink. Somebody offers is a toast. "To the friendship between the Hgy and the United Federation of Planets." All Hgy cheer. ------------------------------ Unknown to Admiral Van Nieuwenhove... Far far away in the Delta Quadrant, a patrol of Borg drones has captured a strange man who was totally alone on a deserted planet. The man says he is from a species called the Hgy. The Borg drones bring this man to the Borg King himself. "We are Borg. This man has a transporter device which can transport him over huge distances, similar to our transporter systems. The device he has does not work anymore, but we can make it work. This technology would give us some advantage. We will assimilate this man. Then we can learn more about his species and their technology." "We are Borg. You will be assimilated. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us." The man screams. The screaming stops. It is silent. Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard Season 1! The Borg have new tactics that are extremely successfull. With the help of the Zhat Vash and the Synthetics, even Klingon outposts have been taken over without the Klingons knowing anything about it. Building an Iconian gateway is still a long term project. But maybe this Iconian gateway is not really necessary for the Borg. Deep in the Delta Quadrant, a patrol of Borg drones has captured a strange man who was totally alone on a deserted planet. The man says he is from a species called the Hgy. The Borg drones bring this man to the Borg King himself. "We are Borg. This man has a transporter device which can transport him over huge distances, similar to our transporter systems. The device he has does not work anymore, but we can make it work. This technology would give us some advantage. We will assimilate this man. Then we can learn more about his species and their technology." "We are Borg. You will be assimilated. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us." The man screams. The screaming stops. It is silent. Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 366 11.06 USS vertigo scientist Doctor Gordon has completed his research on the device found on Kjeltam II. His complete report will be ready soon. Day 366 14.00 Senior staff meeting on Kjeltam II. Doctor Gordon presents his findings. The device is a storage for data. But the data itself is not as interesting as first hoped. The data is a bookkeeping of a small business. Day 366 15.00 The survey of Kjeltam continues. More scans at greater depth reveal more structures at about 200 meters under the surface of the planet. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 Starbase 99, home for thousands, center of science, shipyard for starships, medical center, supply depot, embassy for diplomats, defensive platform. Starbase 99. There is always something happening. When a Cardassian diplomatic delegation leaves Starbase 99 after a week of negotiations with a Romulan delegation, the talks are called a big success. The two delegations even made a trade agreement. First contact has been made with a species called the Gfong. The first ship of the Gfong that was able to travel faster than lightspeed, reached Starbase 99. The crew stayed for three days and then returned back home with the good news that their species is not alone in the galaxy. There were only happy faces when all new spare parts were on time. The freighter was 12 hours early on scedule. Ensign Janna Lucon graduated from the academy nine weeks ago. She sends a very short message home in which she says that she has finally arived at Starbase 99 and all is well. Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) As the Hirogen hunt continues on Dreander on other Hirogen planets like Adrata and Glion Large groups of Hirogen hunters are preparing to join the big hunt on Dreander. It is becoming clear the Hirogen hunters are becoming a real force in the galaxy. Players: TvR DS2 RPG General Status Report August 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 Admiral Steichen has more work than ever before. "I will send the USS Island to sector 66587 where she must assist with stability of the planet Klses. But let the crew first talk to the population of Klses to point out the risks." When the USS Island arrives at the planet Klses, the leaders of the planet receive all needed explanation about the plan to stabalize the planet with detonations so the quakes on the planet will stop. The quakes are the reason why the population of Klses is rather small. Most regions on the planet are uninhabitable. But the leaders of the planet realise something has to be done. They have asked their population, informed them and listed the risks. The entire population votes to do it. But everyone is also scared. Nobody wants their planet to be destroyed. So they ask the Federaion delegates whether there is a possibility to evacuate the population first before the attempt to stabalize the planet is made. Evacuating a population of a few hundred thousand people will not be simple. But the Federation is large and there are many memeber planets who are happy to help. Withing six days almost four hundred ships arrive at Klses. There are even two Klingon ships. The evacuation takes three days. And then the moment has come. Torpedoes are fired and drill themselves into the surface of Klses. Everything is going according to plan. It seems to simple. After another week of testing and scanning the population of Klses is ready to go back home. A few days later all ships return to their regular duties. The crew of the USS Island does not have the time to participate in the festivities on Klses. There is an emergency on the freighter Goliath. Apparentle the freighter cannot escape from a huge magnetic storm. The USS Island is on its way, but when the ship arrives the freighter Goliath has already been swallowed by the huge magnetic storm. It is not clear if the ship is destroyed or not. Communications are not possible. Far away from the USS Island is the USS Pez ready for exploration. Admiral Steichen has issued new orders. "I will send the USS Pez to sector 35476 to explore the sector." The uss Pez is already on its way, but after a few weeks the Captain of the USS Pez can only come to the conclusion there is not much of interest in the entire sectoe. There are only 6 inhabited planets with intelligent life, but still primitive. Still some scientists aboard the USS Pez would like to study the evolution of these 6 planets and their primitive population. And then Admiral Steichen makes a decision which has serious consequences for the mirror universe. "Captain John Wainis, you and your team will set the Mirror V'ger free." "This Universe is to small for two Steichens. I will send the Mirror Steichen back to the Mirror Universe." The Admiral's order is executed immediately. A security team brings the Mirror Steichen to a gateway to the Mirror universe. But Mirror Steichen does not want to go. "You will pay for this! You will all pay for this! Don't you ever think you will be save! You have just destroyed yourself! You are idiots! You should have listened!" Just before Mirror Steichen is thrown back through the gateway, Captain John Wainis and his team return from the Mirror Universe. Just before Mirror Steichen is thrown through the gateway to the universe where she belongs, she hears Captain Wainis report to Admiral Steichen. "Admiral. It is done. We have been able to free the Mirror V'Ger. I recommend we close the gateway to the Mirror Universe now. It is not going to be safe there for a long time." The last thing that is heard from Mirror Steichen is a scream. "Nooooooooooooooooooooo!" Then she is gone. The gateway to the Mirror Universe is closed and gone. Players: CS Starbase 88 Admiral Van Nieuwenhove has been kidnapped by the Hgy but also by the brions. This is of course food for thought. "The Hgy and the Brions apparently are in some kind of state of war. I will not tell the Hgy I have had a meeting with Chief Ys of the Brions. I will have Starfleet Security find evidence that these Hgy are indeed dangerous and that they destroyed other species." Starfleet Security launches an investigation. They search databases, contact different species, even non-Federation species. There is only one Federation ship in orbit of the planet Hgy, the USS Carry, Commander Dunn in command. A security team aboard the USS Carry hack into the computers of the Hgy. Already 45 minutes after the start of the investigation Starfleet Security and the security team aboard the USS Carry report to Admiral Van Nieuwenhove. "Admiral, this is Lieutenant Commander Junta of Starfleet Security. We have stopped the investigation. The list of crimes of the Hgy is to long already. Steeling, working as hired killers, kidnapping, and so on. These Hgy have used their transporter technology to all kinds of crimes. In 30 minutes we already had a huge list. It is going to be very difficult to find all the victims of the Hgy. But we will do our best to find the victims. It will take time, but it is the only way to have the Hgy pay for their crimes. If you have given something, like medical supplies, or materials to the Hgy, we advice you to take it all back." The security team of the USS Carry reports almost the same thing. "Admiral we have made contact with the Juistons, Kiortes, Brestons, Levantres, and 8 other species in this region of space. They all say the same. And we have seen images, traces of Hgy DNA, and much more. There is even a lot we have not been able to watch yet. It is a huge amount of data. These Hgy are serious criminals Admiral. They should be punished. Wait a moment Admiral. I am sorry Admiral. We have an emergency situation." A day before The Borg have assimilated a Hgy on a deserted planet. With the assimilation of this Hgy the Borg learn about the transporter system of the Hgy. It is clear the Borg are more than a little interested in this transporter technology. Only a few hours later Borg Tactical Cube 353 enters the system of the Hgy. The defenses of the Hgy are not much oposition against the Borg. Their space ships are primitive. They are destroyed very fast. Admiral Van Nieuwenhove, still on the Hgy planet, is transported directly to the bridge of the USS Carry. The Admiral hears the voice of Commander Jeffrey Dunn, in command of the USS Carry. "Helm, get us out of here now! Anywhere, just go! Move!" On the main viewer the Admiral sees a Borg tactical cube. Apparently the Hgy do have some space ships. But these Hgy ships are no problem for a Borg tactical cube. They are destroyed in a few seconds. While the USS Carry speeds up, Commander Dunn gives his orders. "I am sorry Admiral. This is a freighter. We are in no position to attack the Borg. We have to run before they detect us. Helm prepare for transwarp speed." There is a young officer who breaks the silence. "Commander, the Borg are transporting drones to the Hgy planet sir. I think the Hgy will have no chance against the Borg." "Transwarp ready sir." "Get us out of here!" The first Borg drones have landed on the planet of the Hgy and start a massive assimilation. The USS Carry has escaped. The Borg did not detect the Federation ship. Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard Season 1! The Borg Collective sticks to the plan. "We will continue the slow assimilation. We will take the Klingons a ship at a time. We will use the spies to gather all possible intel on Federation statusses." A few days later the first klingon ship is assimilated. And it will not be the last. Some things apparently do not go the Borg way. "We will stop the massif deployments in the Messier Galaxy 54. It is not worth the trouble and resources but we will keep a presence, establish a strong foothold, and then keep scouting." There is one species who hate the Jaricho more than the Borg. The more advanced Jaricho have been in trouble for a short time, but they had the time to regroup. "We will help the Frunizo in the Messier Galaxy 54 so they will help the Borg to defeat the Jaricho." Slowly the Frunizo learn how they can trap and find the Jaricho. But of course the Borg do not teach them everything. The first success is the capture of a Jaricho Colony. It is a small colony, but it is only the first step. With the capture and the assimilation of a man of a species called the Hgy, new technology is at the grasp of the Borg. We will send a ship to this species called the Hgy. They have some interesting transport technology. Analyse the Hgy defenses and if theat is not a problem assimilate the Hgy. But a strange awareness rises as there seems to be again glitches and unexpected changes in our timelines and universes and it seems having nothing to do with our synthetics. Some disturbances… Master One senses them also. It would seem appropriate to gather everybody, master one, O, synth,…we must sit together to find out more." Only a few days later Borg Tactical Cube 353 enters the system of the Hgy. The defenses of the Hgy are not much oposition against the Borg. Their space ships are primitive. they are destroyed very fast. Only a few hours later the first Borg drones land on the planet of the Hgy and start a massive assimilation. Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 367 14.00 One of the scientists doing research on Kjeltam II has found a few objects that leads to a new theory. The objects indicate that the population of Kjeltam II had to live below the surface because the star forced them to do so. Day 367 19.22 Captain Matz sends several teams to the other side of the planet. Scans from orbit indicate a structure under the surface, not large but on the continent the only structure. Day 367 20.13 The team has arrived at the structure. The first scans from closeby are conducted. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 Starbase 99. A lot of mystery. And then it happens. Officers whispering to each other in dark corridors. Officers apparently avoiding other officers. Crewmembers who seem to give eachother secret signals. Is this all strange or is it a coincidence. Especially one officer, Lieutenant Commander Gloria Philly seems to notice the strange behaviour. She makes a note in her log. Lieutenant Commander Gloria Philly Personnal Log Today it was even weird. I have no other word for it. I have never seen this on Starbase 99 and I have been working here for six years. More than a few crewmates and officers were extremely polite. Of course I am the ranking officer of the department, but this... I have never seen it. It looks almost like a conspiracy. I came into sensor log office this morning and it looked like my assistant, Lieutenant Olga Sherman had had a meeting with some of the officers, but when I came in it was suddenly very quiet. Olga shouted "Commander on deck", which she never does. There is nothing I can find that is wrong. They are not doing anything wrong. Even the work is done. Maybe it is just my imagination. Tomorrow is another day and I will pay more attention on this situation. End log The next morning Lieutenant Commander Gloria Philly is almost ready to start her shift when her assistant Lieutenant Olga Sherman gives her a call. "Commander Lieutenant Sherman here. Could you please come to Sensor Room 4. We have a problem. I am sure you can help us out." "What kind of a problem Lieutenant?" "I think you should see this for yourself Commander." "All right. I am on my way." Lieutenant Commander Gloria Philly drinks up her tea, walks out of her quarters, into the turbolift and ends up at the door of Sensor Room 4. When she steps in, there is nobody there. The door closes behind her. She looks around. Nothing, not even a sound. Just at the moment she wants to shout something, from behind the consoles, from behind the desks, from behind the large screens thirty officers and crew jump up. They are all dressed up for some kind of a party. "Happy birthday Commander!" A huge cake is put in front of Gloria Philly. Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) As the Hirogen hunt continues on Dreander more and more Hirogen hunters join the hunt. hunters from the planets Gundrota, Glion, Vermillon, Farano, Adrata and Litania have joined the hunt. but this hunt is not as easy as first thought. The prey doesn't let the hunters take them in any easy way. This is going to be a serious event. But most important it brings the Hirogen together living according their traditions. Players: TvR DS2 RPG General Status Report September 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 There is nothing heard from the freighter Goliath hit by a magnetic storm. But the USS Island is on its way to save the crew of the freighter Goliath. Admiral Steichen is up to date. "There is no time to lose. I will have the USS Island enter the magnetic storm hoping the ship can reach the freighter Goliath." The USS Island starts to move. There should not be a problem entering the magnetic storm. The USS Island can handle it. "Shields. Set course heading 325 mark 10." The USS Island enters the magnetic storm. "Captain, the sensors are having problems, but we can still see enough to find the freighter Goliath. Shall I start a search pattern?" "Yes you may. Everybody keep your eyes open. A very small movement or something flashing, can be the freighter Goliath." "Still no communications sir." "Keep trying." "Captain. This magnetic storm is not very large we should have found the freighter Goliath within the hour. If it is still in one piece. The shields of the freighter Goliath are not that powerful. According my calculations they stil have at least one hour." "So we have to find them in one hour. Shield status." "89 percent sir. No problem." "Captain, we detect something. It is close." "Can you be more specific Lieutenant?" "It is a ver low power source." "All right then. Helm, set a course to that... something." Ten minutes later the power source has become a clear signal. It is the freighter Goliath. Communications are still not working. So the only way to make contact is to dock with the freighter Goliath and go aboard. Only a minute later the airlocks are open and a team of the USS Island walks through. The Captain of the freighter Goliath can only thank the crew of the USS Island. The freighter Goliath would never have made it without help. The USS Island tows the freighter Goliath out of the storm where the ship can continue on its way. One success can lead to another. The USS Pez has an easier job. Admiral Steichen will give the scientists aboard the USS Pez a chance of a lifetime. "Sector 35476 seems to be a primitive sector. It is a dream sector for scientists who do research on primitive populations and their evolution. I will let the USS Pez stay in this sector to assist these scientists in their research of the six planets." The science office of Chief Scientist Lieutenant Commander T'Nok looks like a discussion room. All scientists want to sit on the first row on this huge scientific research project. Chief Scientist Lieutenant Commander T'Nok makes a logical roster and projects. The research can begin. Between all the reports Admiral Steichen also has a personal message. It is an invitation to the Admiral's meeting. The question is whether she will leave Starbase 44 to go to an Admiral's reunion. Where there is only good food and a boring speach by the C-in-C. Players: CS Starbase 88 The USS Carry with Admiral Van Nieuwenhove aboard has escaped from the Borg. The Borg have started to assimilate the Hgy. But the Hgy are not as honest as it seems. "The evidence against the Hgy is overwelming. These Hgy are one of the most cunning criminals of the galaxy. They have used their transporter system a thousand times to do all kind of criminal acts. The Brions were right. But that was no reason to destroy the entire Hgy species. But the entire issue is no longer important. The Borg have come and have started assimilating the Hgy. The Hgy on their home planet are lost. We will not bother ever again with the Hgy. We will return to Starbase 88." The USS Carry engages the transwarp drive. Only two days later the ship arrives at Starbase 88. The Admiral is put up to date on his fleet by Captain Sigrid Johansson. "Good morning Admiral. There is not really much to tell what you do not know yet. There are some things which is not urgent but interesting. We have send twelve probes to Sector 669811, but we lost contact with all probes as soon as they entered the sector. I am not sure how many ships we should send to investigate the disappearance of our probes. I have uploaded a full report to the database. That's all I guess. I have a meeting with our Chief Engineer so I leave you to it." Captain Sigrid Johansson leaves and the Admiral starts reading the latest reports. Between all the reports Admiral Van Nieuwenhove also has a personal message. It is an invitation to the Admiral's meeting. The question is whether he will leave Starbase 88 to go to an Admiral's reunion. Where there is only good food and a boring speach by the C-in-C. Far far away from the Federation, a Hgy special agent, Colonel Tyon, is no longer hiding on his secret base. He has received information that his home planet is assimilated by the Borg. Hgy Colonel Tyon transports himself to a Borg Unicomplex. He leaves a large object and transports to a totall different planet and gets into hiding again. A moment later the Borg Unicomplex explodes. Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard Season 1! The Borg are a busy species. "One by one Klingon ships are assimilated. We will replace the assimilated Klingons by Synthetics so the rest of the Klingons will not notice anything. They will be a formidable ally when we start our final move on the federation. Things are all almost in place and they will not know what hit them." Without the Klingons knowing anything about it, more and more Klingon ships are being assimilated by the Borg. The Klingons are replaced by synthetics. The Borg are also active in Messier Galaxy 54. "The first step has been set in helping the Frunizo in the Messier Galaxy 54 so they will help the Borg to defeat the Jaricho. The question is, what will the Borg do with the Frunizo when the Jaricho are eleminiated or assimilated? Will the Borg leave their new ally alone or will the Frunizo be assimilated. Nobody stops the Borg. Allies are very useful until they are not useful anymore." It is not difficult to convince the Frunizo to help the Borg to defeat the Jaricho. Apparently the Frunizo are extremely arogant and if the Jaricho are eliminated, the Frunizo are the most powerful species in the Messier Galaxy 54. But will the Borg let that happen? The Frunizo give the Borg a small device. The Frunizo have not been able to use it on the Jaricho, because they could not get close enough to the Jaricho. The device neutralizes all power of the Jaricho. The Borg have no problem with that. The Frunizo also give the coordinates of six planets where Jaricho live. Two days later all six Jaricho planets are assimilated. But the Borg are multifunctional. "We will search the Messier Galaxy 54 for technology and materials. Maybe we find a better transport gate than the Iconian gate or materials to help you build one. Searching only uses a few cubes or spheres, manpower and resources are more efficient used like this. Spheres are also sent to the close-by Canis Major Dwarf galaxy, our closest neighbor and with some strange effects and disturbances in it. We have to discuss this in our meeting." It does not take long before the Borg find some kind of gateway. A scoutship has found a strange gateway on the planet Drest in the middle of a jungle. The gateway seems to be active, but it is not clear where the gateway leads to. But the Borg will not stop in the Messier Galaxy 54. The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is also on the list of the Borg. The most interesting advantage could be that the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is only 25 thousand lightyears from the Alpha Quadrant in the Borg home galaxy, so also from the Federation and Earth. There should be about a billion stars in the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. In the Borg home galaxy some things have not yet come to an end. "The Hgy are assimilated. Some of them have been able to flee with the use of their transporters. Hunt those Hgy down and assimilate them." But that doesn't seem to be easy. Far far away from the Delta Quadrant, a Hgy special agent, Colonel Tyon, is no longer hiding on his secret base. He has received information that his home planet is assimilated by the Borg. Hgy Colonel Tyon transports himself to a Borg Unicomplex. He leaves a large object and transports to a totall different planet and gets into hiding again. A moment later the Borg Unicomplex explodes. Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 368 06.00 Senior staff meeting aboard the USS Vertigo in orbit of Kjeltam II. Commodore Jeffrey Slater wants to expand the team for the research of the only structure on the planet. Day 368 06.12 More scientists are now doing research on the found structure. Apparently it was built only for a temporary stay. Day 369 19.34 There are no devices of any kind in the structure on Kjeltam II. Those who lived here took everything with them when they left. Traces of a spaceship are clear. The people who lived in this temporary structure were picked up. All of this happened about a thousand years ago. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 Starbase 99, the huge starbase where all communications from the entire region comes in and is distributed by an automated system. In fact Starbase 99 is also a huge relay station. A larger office where a team of six officers serve as contact for any communication coming in and going out the starbase. Team leader of this communication team is Lieutenant Csil, the former commander of relay station R-365. It is just a regular day like all other days. Until a strange message is received. ----- From secratary Ver Klindordike to secratary Dsor Bpindzorme Dear Dsor, I have the impression you have not answered any calls from me in the last month. If I do not hear from you soon and get an answer to my latest proposal this means war. You have three days. Ver ----- The strange message comes from a planet called Red Twin and is adressed to the same planet. Apparently this Ver Klindordike and Dsor Bpindzorme live on the same continent and even very close to each other. More research reveal that Ver Klindordike and Dsor Bpindzorme are teenagers playing a computer game... Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Dreander has become the hunt planet. Giant worms are captured and marked. Then they are set free. The Hirogen hunters do this so the hunt can continue for ever. Thousands of lightyears away from Dreander, there is a small ship. The crew is trying to make some profit by salvaging parts from damaged ships. Players: TvR DS2 RPG General Status Report October 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 An Admiral seems to be busy, always. One report after another to read and make decisions. "I will have the USS Island examine the magnetic storm to find how it can be used for example as an energy source." The crew of the USS Island is very happy with the new assignment. And already shortly after there is already a plan. The captain approves the idea to use the USS Island itself in the magnetic storm like a core in a magnetic field. Slowly the USS Island enters the magnetic storm. An hour later nothing is heard from the USS Island. But there are other decisions Admiral Steichen has to take. "I will have the USS Junction explore Sector 98982." Many lightyears away from Starbase 44, in sector 98982, a team of salvagers are gathering parts in the debris of what appears to be a space battle. One by one the parts are examined on the salvage ship SS Anuriol. Dangerous parts, or if there is doubt, are thrown away back in the debris field. Captain Tirol of the SS Anuriol is a real business man. No dagerous crap on his ship. That is his order. Everything that can be exchanged in gold pressed latinum makes Captain Tirol very happy. This sector 98982 is very profitable. Although Captain Tirol splits the profits with his twenty crewmembers, there is still plenty to do the necessary maintenance on his ship. He even was able to do upgrades, especially to the sensor grid. That is how he sees a Federation starship coming from a great distance. It is the USS Junction. An hour later the USS Junction arrives at the debris field. Captain Lia Bean in command of the USS Junction has some questions for Captain Tirol of the SS Anuriol, who explaines his salvage operation is legal. While the conversation between the captains continue, a very large Hirogen Battleship passes by. The Hirogen ship does not stop. The Hirogen ship does not reduce speed. It seems to be in a hurry. And than there is this little thing. The Admirals Meeting. Admiral Steichen decides to go to the Admiral's Meeting The USS Astros will take the Admiral to Earth. The trip takes about two hours using the transwarp drive. When the Admiral arrives on Earth she notices only a small number of Admirals are not present. The large group of Admirals enters the great hall. The Commander-in-Chief is already present, standing on a small podium. When everyone is seated she starts speaking. "Goodevening. I will keep this as short as possible. There are traitors in this group. Admirals who have working with several enemies, giving them information or even worse. I will not stand for that." As soon as the C-in-C has spoken his last word he beams out of the hall. He is gone. It is silent for a few seconds. During those few seconds, unnoticed by anybody else, Admiral Steichen is visited by an old friend, a Lorem. The Lorem is very happy to see the Admiral again after this time, although time has a different meaning for a Lorem. As always the Lorem has advice. "There is a planet called Hyster. There you can find eternal life." Before Admiral Steichen can ask something about what happened here in the hall and what the C-in-C was doing, the Lorem says goodbye and leaves. In the hall the Admirals start a discussion. Players: CS Starbase 88 No probe should just disappear. Admiral Van Nieuwenhove does not hesitate. "I will send one ship to Sector 669811 to investigate the disappearance of the probes." The USS Safire under command of Captain Thus, is sent to the last known location of the probes in sector 669811. Probes do not just disappear. But the cause of the disappearance of the probes is still unknown. There could be a danger. The USS Safire engages the transwarp drive. Within two days the USS Safire arrives at the loation the probes were still active. There is nothing in this region of space. It seems Sector 669811 is empty. Until one of the officers notices something strange. "Captain sensors are detecting explosives right in front of us at a million kilometers." "Explosives?" "Aye Captain. Some kind of mines. And there are a huge number of them. I would think that these mines are protecting something in the middle of the minefield, but there is nothing there. No planet, no facility or space station of any kind. But I do think our probes have collided into these mines and have been destroyed." Aboard Starbase 88 the Admiral receives a message from the Starfleet Engineering Corps. -------------------------- Message from Commodore Jhemy Loque, Starfleet Engineering Corps To Admiral Van Nieuwenhove, Commanding Officer Starbase 88 Admiral, We have constructed systems upgrades for communications, power and sensor arrays. We would like to test them on Starbase 88. Starbase 88 will be the first facility we will use to test these upgrades. We hope for a positive answer. Thank you, Commodore Jhemy Loque, Starfleet Engineering Corps -------------------------- Admiral Van Nieuwenhove is still sitting behind his desk when Captain Thus of the USS Safire reports. "Admiral, this is Captain Thus aboard the USS Safire. We have discovered a huge minefield at the location the probes have disapeared. I think these mines have destroyed our probes. We can dismantel these mines, but that will take a long time." Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard Season 1! Assimilating Klingons without the other Klingons knowing anything about it. In the Messier Galaxy 54 it is not certain what the Borg will do with the extreme arogant Frunizo after they have helped the Borg to defeat the Jaricho. But the Borg will not stop in the Messier Galaxy 54. The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is also on the list of the Borg. Hgy Colonel Tyon transports himself to a Borg Unicomplex, places an explosive and escapes. The Borg Unicomplex is destroyed. Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 370 03.19 It is clear that there were visitors on Kjeltam II around a thousand years ago. It is not yet clear who these visitors were and here they came from. Day 372 06.00 Senior staff meeting on the USS Vertigo. Captain Matz presents the latest reports on scans of the planet. No more structures or buildings of any kind have been discovered. But not the entire planet has been scanned. Commodore Slater assigns more personnel to complete the scan of Kjeltam II a bit faster. Day 372 13.12 Yellow alert on the USS Vertigo and USS Gdonsk. The entire planet Kjeltam II is shaking. The quakes do not stop and all personnel and away teams are being transported aboard the ships in orbit. The planet wide quakes do not stop. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 Starbase 99 is in preparation of the delivery of supplies. All kinds of spare parts, exotic food, scientific experiments, and much more. Three ships are docking at almost the same time. About sixty Starbase 99 personnel are standing ready to unload the three ships so those ships can be on their way without losing to much time. Part of the cargo are fifty tribbles. Nobody knows who ordered those. But after a short investigation these fifty tribles are a bonus with another order of exotic plants. For every plant there is one tribble for free. The Captain of the cargo ship does not want them back. He only delivers. A few officers decide to keep the tribbles and keep them contained. Three days later there is no report yet on how many tribbles there are on Starbase 99. But they seem to be everywhere. Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Thousands of lightyears away from Dreander, hunting grounds of the Hirogen, a team of salvagers are gathering parts in the debris of what appears to be a space battle. One by one the parts are examined on the salvage ship SS Anuriol. Dangerous parts, or if there is doubt, are thrown away back in the debris field. Captain Tirol of the SS Anuriol is a real business man. No dagerous crap on his ship. That is his order. Everything that can be exchanged in gold pressed latinum makes Captain Tirol very happy. This sector 98982 is very profitable. Although Captain Tirol splits the profits with his twenty crewmembers, there is still plenty to do the necessary maintenance on his ship. He even was able to do upgrades, especially to the sensor grid. That is how he sees a Federation starship coming from a great distance. It is the USS Junction. An hour later the USS Junction arrives at the debris field. Captain Lia Bean in command of the USS Junction has some questions for Captain Tirol of the SS Anuriol, who explaines his salvage operation is legal. While the conversation between the captains continue a very large Hirogen Battleship passes by. The Hirogen ship does not stop. The Hirogen ship does not reduce speed. It seems to be in a hurry. Players: TvR DS2 RPG General Status Report October 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 The USS Island is lost in a magnetic storm during an experiment. Admiral Steichen seems to have no choice. "We will have a ship search for the USS Island." The order is given. The USS Dover sets course to this magnetic storm where the USS Island has done this experiment and apparently did not have much success. Transwarp drive makes it so much easier to travel fast through space. The crew of the USS Dover did not have time to conduct a serious battle drill. The ship already arrives at the magnetic storm. From a safe distance scanning begins. "Captain. There are large power fluctuations in this magnetic storm. I don't think it was wise to take a ship into this storm. Wait. There is something else. It is the USS Island sir. It is coming out of the storm. It seems the USS Island has no damage at all. It is amazing." The Captain of the USS Island reports. "USS Dover, there is nothing to worry about. We are safe. The reason you did not hear from us for a day or so, is simply because communications in theis magnetic storm do not work well. But we also have some bad news. We cannot use this phenomena to our advantage and use it as a power source. The storm itself has to much power for a starship to handle. It could be done with a planet, or a large moon, but I don't see how that will work. This magnetic storm is moving. We could follow it for some time, but on its way there is no star, planet or even a moon." In sector 98982 the USS Junction has detected a large Hirogen ship traveling at high speed passing a huge debris field. Admiral Steichen orders: "Attention USS Junction, follow that Hirogen ship. I will assign a different ship to investigate the debris field in Sector 98982. What happened here?" The order is given. The USS Junction turns and sets a pursuit course for the Hirogen ship. Captain Tirol of the SS Anuriol shakes his head. He continues with his salvage operation. Until. "Captain. There is another Federation starship coming towards us. I don't think we are wanted here. You know the Federation. They want to stick their nose in everything they encounter. I recommend we leave. There is only old stuff here that nobody wants." Captain Tirol agrees. A few moments later the SS Anuriol leaves the debris field and sets course to the next opportunity. When the USS Nuuk arrives the SS Anuriol is already gone. In command of the USS Nuuk is Captain Green. He and his crew start an investigation of the debris field. Scientists Are very happy. The debris field contains at least a thousand ships, clearly from two different origins. At first it is presumed that there are two differnt fleets battling eachother, but the ships are to close to eachother. After a few days already datapods are discovered. The data is made readable. Then it becomes clear that these two fleets are from species called the Meska and the Lothy. The Meska and the Lothy were fighting together against a common enemy they call Sdiu a few thousand years ago. Although the Meska and the Lothy joined up in this battle they clearly lost. There is no debris or any other trace from a Sdiu ship. But the datapod also contains the coordinates of the Sdiu home planet and the home planets of the Meska and the Lothy. There is no information about the level of technology of the Sdiu. The USS Junction is still following the Hirogen battleship. On course of the Hirogen ship are six inhabited planets. It is not certain where the Hirogen ship will stop, or not. Starbase 44 will be kept up to date. Far away from the USS Junction which leaves Federation space, Admiral Steichen is in one of the buildings of Earth Headquarters. She sits down at a table drinking a very nice beverage. She has new orders. "I will follow the advice of the Lorem and have my officers investigate the planet called Hyster. If there is a place where one can live forever, you should have it investigated." Aboard Starbase 44 officers of the USS Nepal start the search and already soon find the planet Hyster. A transwarp drive makes traveling through space very easy. But the officers on board the USS Nepal have some bad news. "Starbase 44. We have arrived at the planet Hyster. But it is a desert planet. There is no life at all on this planet. It is just a rock." But Admiral Steichen has other worries at the moment in wich she is personally involved. At the Admirals meeting the C-in-C apeared said there was traitors among them and disapeared again. Admiral Steichen will stay at the Admiral's Meeting and look for clues for spies of any kind. She sill do it discreet. Walking by small groups of other Admirals discussing the situation Steichen hears all kinds of things. "... and that is why. Our C-in-C has lost it. We should have him examined..." "... and therefore we should read all these logs, speak to our Captains. Maybe something strange happened that they know of.Why don't we..." "... can only be an invasion of an alien. We had that before. Before anyone goes out of here everyone should be scanned. Oh I forgot. We have been scanned when we came in..." "... No no no. I am very busy. I have no time for this excercise. That is what this is isn't it, an excercise..." Admiral Steichen has noticed that she cannot leave the building. She cannot use a transporter. None of the other Admirals have been able to leave. Players: CS Starbase 88 Admiral Van NIeuwenhove, in command of Starbase 88 decides to participate in experimental upgrades tohis starbase. "We will accept the experimental upgrades." Commodore Jhemy Loque head of Starfleet Engineering Corps is very pleased to be able to test some new untested systems on a starbase. If all goes well, the next step is a starship. The upgrades for communications, power and sensor arrays will take at least two months. But the first results will already be available in the first week after the upgrade. But there are more important things for an Admiral. The ships of the 88th fleet have all kinds of missions. The USS Safira is on one of those missions in Sector 669811 where a huge minefield blocks the ship from an investigation. Debris of some of the missing probes has been found and it is now clear the probes have been destroyed by the mines in the minefield. Admiral Van Nieuwenhove orders the crew of the USS Safire to be careful. "The probes were destroyed by these mines. I will order the USS Safire crew to dismantel the mines and proceed slowly through the minefield. Someone lays mines because they hide something. We will find out what they are hiding." Slowly, very slowly the USS Safira moves through the minefield. The 14 shuttlecraft aboard are also used. But as soon as a area has been cleared in front of the ship, the mines replicate themselves behind the ship. So the USS Safira moves through the minefield, but is closed in by the minefield at the same time. But the effort pays off. After almost a week the USS Safire comes at the middle of the minefield. "Captain. There is a small star and a planet. And there is life on the planet. There are a humanoid species sir. But there is not much technology. I suggest we can transport down and observe this species first, before we come to any conclusions." The idea is approved. A small team of six is sent to the planet. The first few hours of observation make it clear that these people are mainly farmers without much technology. But after a few days the USS Safira away team finds old technology, even complete space ships. But these space ships did not have maintenance for maybe a century. They will not fly anytime soon. A day later then team is close enough to a town meeting to hear what the people say. "Why don't we try to repair our ships. We can escape from this planet.", says one of them. "They put up a minefield around our planet. even with a ship we cannot escape. We do not have the technology to destroy or dismantle a minefield of that size.", says another. "We have discussed this all of our lives already. Our ancestors could not escape and we cannot either. We should concentrate and make plans to make ourselves comfortable here.", says one of the older women. A large older man stands up. "I understand all of your frustrations. Tomorrow it is 150 years ago we were put in this situation. There was nothing we could do about that now and we cannot do womething about it now. We are locked up. We cannot visit other planets like in the early days of our space traveling days. We will continue to test the mines and see if they still explode and replicate themselves. There is no more we can do." There are some other less important issues these people speak about. The team explains to there Captain that these people have been locked into this minefield somehow. A suggestion is made by some of the officers to take these people away from this planet, so they can have their freedom. Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard Season 1! The Borg Collective has been exploring. And the statistics of assimilation are looking good. Now that the Jaricho are out of the way in the Messier Galaxy 54, the Borg seem to have a free hand now. "Now that a large part of the Jaricho is assimilated, the Borg do no longer need the Frunizo. Will the Borg leave their new ally alone or will the Frunizo be assimilated? No, the arogance of the Frunizo might be used and fed to have them work for the Borg as an “ally”. We will use them, increase their arrogance…" The Frunizo start to think nothing will be able to hurt them anymore now that they are the "ally" of the Borg. It does not take long before they feel superior. They become real fans of the Borg and some even ask to be assimilated. But the Borg are not done yet. "We will continue scouting Messier Galaxy 54. Scientificaly interesting and low on use of resources."3 The next planet is already on the list to be assimilated. Within a week three planets are completely transformed in Borg fortresses. The number of resources are increasing rapidly. On the planet Drest some kind of gateway has been found by the Borg. "We will send some drones through this alien gateway on the planet Drest." A small group of Borg drones is sent through the gate. They stay in contact with the Collective. The drones have arrived through the gate on a planet called Gatetorway. Lots of humanoid people seem to use this gate. There is a lot of trafic. The planet Gatetorway seems rather primitive. No large structures, no signs of space travel. It is not clear what all these people do on this planet. They just walk away to... somwhere. "Try to find more gates like the one you have found. They cannot be assimilated and they are not perfect, but they can be used." Gateways are an easy way to travel to strange and far away places. But the Borg do not only travel by gateways. "We will send a lot of ships to the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. From a Borg perspective quite close." The first two planets in the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy do not seem to be worth a visit. But they can be used as base planets. The only thing is that both of these planets have some trees and a large ocean, but not much life. Only a huge number of nasty mosquitoes and they sting a lot. The Borg are everywhere. "The Hgy are assimilated. Some of them have been able to flee with the use of their transporters. We will hunt those Hgy down and assimilate them. We will ask Master One to find this Hgy who blew up a Borg Unicomplex. Our dear Master One…Indeed, we will use his skills. We will have him gather a small group and find that agent before he does more harm. Large deployments aren’t efficient in this case but security must be tightened. We can’t have any interferences when we strengthen our hold on the Federation when we prepare for our final step. The entire support structure of the Federation is now in our hands. Intelligence is at place. Time is at hand." Master One is already on its way, but before he has a trace of any evil Hgy, Master One feels there is something terribly wrong. Hgy special agent, Colonel Tyon has done it again. But this time his action is even more devestating. His target was a Borg planet. He transported in undetected with a huge amount of explosives. He transported out and half of the Borg planet was destroyed. But Master One felt the anger of Hgy special agent, Colonel Tyon and now he knows where to find this very destructive Hgy. Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 372 13.42 The planet Kjeltam II is already shaking for half an hour. USS Vertiga scientists have no explanation. Day 372 14.07 The planet Kjeltam II is still shaking, but the intensity has increased. Although there is not much data yet, USS Vertigo scientists think that the planet Kjeltam II can explode. Day 372 13.51 The planet Kjeltam II is now shaking very violently. It is not certain the planet will survive. Commodore Jeffrey Slater orders the USS Gdonsk and the USS Vertigo to raise shields and leave to a safe distance. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 Not to far from Starbase 99 is the Klepder Star System. The system has one inhabited planet. In inhabitants are descendants of the three hundred colonists who started a colony on Klepder almost three hundred years ago. although the colonists are Federation citizens, they only have about 10 starships. Those starships are mainly used for trade with other planets but also with the Federation. The Klepder Colony Ship SS Ghinder is on its way to Starbase 99 with new supplies. The Klepder ships are old and need a lot of maintenance. And that is clear. The SS Ghinder makes a lot of suspicious noises. It is predictable that the ship gets into mechanical trouble. and it does. The SS Ghinder comes to a full stop. Almost all systems are failing. There is one lucky thing. There is a group of Starfleet officers aboard the SS Ghinder on their way to Starbase 99. Highest in rank is Lieutenant Klem. Together with the Captain of the SS Ghinder, Klem starts coordinating and puts the other officers and the crew of the SS Ghinder to work. In a few hours the crew of the SS Ghinder learns more about engineering than in their entire life. An hour later the SS Ghinder continues her voyage to Starbase 99. Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Closer but still a thousand lightyears away from Dreander, hunting grounds of the Hirogen, the small cruiseship Adventurelife with aboard a group of very rich Ferengi travels at low warp towards the pleasure planet Hisa. Hisa is the biggest competition of Risa, the well known vacation planet. Hisa is a new discovered beautiful planet with exotic plants and life forms, the best weather and most important for the Ferengi, it is much cheaper than Risa. The head steward of the Adventurelife makes an announcement. "Good evening everyone. Dear guests. Tomorrow morning we will arrive at our destination, the fabulous planet Hisa. Please be adviced to take enough rest this night. The first day on Hisa will be exhausting. There is so much to see, so much to do. And we know you want to do it all at once. It is going to be a beautiful day tomorrow. Good night everyone." That night on the bridge of the Adventurelife the First Officer calls the Captain. "Captain. We had a call from Hisa. Something is terribly wrong there. The weather sir. It is completely off sir. Our long range sensors confirm." "Don't they have a regulator like on Risa?" "Yes sir. That is exactly the problem. There must be something wrong with the programming." "Oh well. That sounds familiar. Tell them, wait I tell them myself. Open a channel to Hisa." "Channel open Captain." "This is Hisa headquarters. Please keep this communication line free. If this is not urgent, stop calling." "This is Captain Gro of the Adventurelife. Turn of the climate control system. Do it now." "Captain? what? We cannot..." "Which part of do it now did you not understand." "Yes Captain." The next morning the Adventurelife arrives at Hisa. After an extensive breakfast on the Adventurelife the group of Ferengi are transported to the planet. One of the Stewards is a guide. "Welcome to Hisa. As you can see it is a very sunny day. And remember Hisa has no climate control. It is installed but there was no need to activate it. And it probaly will never be. Please enjoy your stay." Closeby to the Adventurelife in orbit a Huge Hirogen battleship passes by at high speed. They must be in a hurry. Players: TvR DS2 RPG General Status Report December 2022 USS Earth/Starbase 44 A magnetic storm in space can be terrible news or good news. It depends on which way it goes. Admiral Steichen seems to be interested. "I will have the USS Island follow the magnetic storm." So the USS Dover returns to regular duties and the USS Island follows the magnetic storm, which is moving slowly. All kinds of tests are conducted, but there are no results expected soon. In sector 98982 the USS Nuuk is still investigating the debris field of the space battle between the Meska and the Lothy against the Sdiu. To learn more about this battle a thousand years ago and who was involved Admiral Steichen needs to know more. "I will have the USS Nuuk send teams in shuttlecraft to the Sdiu home planet and the home planets of the Meska and the Lothy to investigate further." The reports of the shuttlecraft are received by the USS Nuuk. On the homeplanets of the Meska and the Lothy there is only plant life. The old structures were destroyed by unknown weapons. If the Meska and the Lothy were not able to flee from the Sdiu, they probably both are extinct. The report from the shuttle send to the Sdiu homeplanet is completely different. "Captain, we have just seen a huge Sdiu battleship destroy three rather well armed ships in a few seconds. Apparently these others did not comply with the Sdiu border regulations. We still have an hour of waiting at the border here. We are not sure we will be able or allowed to cross the Sdiu border." Far away from the Sdiu home planet the crew of the USS Nepal finds a dead planet Hyster at the coordinates given by the Lorem who explained at this planet would be eternal life. Admiral Steichen has not been able to contact the Lorem and ask them what this planet is about. "Strange that the planet Hyster is without life. The Lorem said there is eternal life. A Lorem is called, but does not come. I will have the crew and officers of the USS Nepal search every inch of the planet down to the planet's core." The USS Nepal start the scans of the planet, but also the atmosphere and the two nearby moons. There is nothing more found on the planet, but the scans under the surface have started. There is one thing though. The atmosphere consists of a gas unknown to the Federation scientists. It is a new discovered gas. To test whether life is possible in this gas, it is tested. An older mouse becomes younger again and is cured of all his sickness. The report to Starbase 44 is very short. "It is something in the atmosphere." And Admiral Steichen herself is still on Earth trying to find out who of all these is a traitor. Nobody can leave. There is a lot of discussion between groups of Admirals. Some have other ideas, like Admiral Steichen. "I will scan every Admiral for alien influence. That is going to take some time." Without raising any suspicion Admiral Steichen starts her scans. It takes some time and just as the Admiral gets a bit bored, she finds something. It is Admiral Jura. Admiral Jura shows signs of an alien life form in his brain. Players: CS Starbase 88 As the upgrades on Starbase 88 are in progress, Admiral Van Nieuwenhove has not given permission yet to test the upgrades. "We will wait to test the experimental upgrades until they are completely installed." The Admiral returns to his daily work. One of the things on his desk is the USS Safira exploring Sector 669811, discovering an unknown planet surrounded by a huge minefield. The Admiral follows the Prime Directive. "The mystery of the minefield has been solved. There could be a serious good reason that these people are locked up on a planet in a huge minefield. It is not our place to intervene. My order for the USS Safira is, let these people where they are and have the USS Safire leave." The USS Safire moves back through the minefield, the same way as before. After some time it seems routine, but it is still dangerous. At least less time is needed now. Once outside the minefield the USS Safira is clear and free to navigate space again. The first reports from all decks are comng in. Everyone is ready. All stations are standing by. Then the USS Safira is contacted by a ship of the Ftaan. "Identify yourself and explain what you were doing in our minefield. The people who are trapped there are prisoners. If you are helping them we will arrest you. Stop your engines and prepare to be boarded." There are five large ships on an intercept course to the USS Safira. But they are still a day away. The Captain of the USS Safira explains to the Ftaan he represents the Federation and that he and his crew are explorers. They only observed and did not make any changes. But the Ftaan Commander only has one thing to say. "Stop your engines and prepare to be boarded." Players: GVN USS Thunderbolt/The Borg Collective Spoiler alert! Attention! This part of the DS2 RPG contains spoilers for those who have not seen Star Trek Picard Season 1! Master One visits a planet in the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy. He does an investigation of the people. He visits their markets, their bars, their community halls. But everywhere he goes he hears the same story. It is the story of the Urion. It is unclear whether it is all true or not. The story goes as follows. The Borg were a formidable force in the galaxy, feared by all who encountered them. They were a cybernetic organism, made up of both organic and artificial components, with a single-minded goal: to assimilate and enslave any lifeform they encountered. The people of the planet Urion were no exception. When the Borg arrived on their world, they wasted no time in launching their assault. The people fought bravely, but they were no match for the advanced technology and sheer numbers of the Borg. One by one, they were assimilated and transformed into mindless drones, serving the Borg's every whim. But not all of the people of Urion were willing to submit to the Borg's rule. A small group of rebels formed a resistance movement, dedicated to freeing their world from the grasp of the Borg. They used guerrilla tactics and hit-and-run attacks to disrupt the Borg's operations, and they worked tirelessly to free their fellow Urionites from their cybernetic bonds. The resistance faced many challenges along the way. The Borg were relentless in their pursuit of victory, and they used all of their advanced technology and resources to stamp out the rebellion. The resistance suffered heavy losses, and at times it seemed like all was lost. But the people of Urion were a resilient people, and they refused to give up. They drew strength from each other, and from their unshakable belief in their cause. And for a time, it seemed like they might be able to turn the tide. But in the end, it was not to be. Despite their best efforts, the resistance was no match for the Borg's might. They were overwhelmed and defeated, and the Borg emerged victorious. The people of Urion were forced to live under the yoke of the Borg, their free will and individuality stolen from them. It was a dark time for the once-proud people of Urion, and many of them lived in despair, longing for the day when they might be free once more. But even in their darkest hour, some of the people of Urion refused to give up hope. They knew that as long as there was life, there was the possibility of change. And so they waited, biding their time and working in secret, waiting for the opportunity to rise up and reclaim their world. Players: FK USS Vertigo / USS Gdonsk Day 372 13.55 The planet Kjeltam II is now completely shaking and at the point of complete destruction. Day 372 14.01 As sudden as the planet Kjeltam has started to shake violently, the shaking stops suddenly. Day 372 14.03 Scientists aboard the USS Vertigo and USS Gdonsk report sensors detect a life form, a huge life form in the core of the planet Kjeltam II. Players: NP USS Atlantis/Starbase 99 The USS Caladonia has just left Starbase 99. The USS Caladonia was a state-of-the-art starship, designed for deep space exploration and capable of traveling to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. It was home to a diverse and highly trained crew, each member committed to the mission of discovering new worlds and establishing contact with extraterrestrial life forms. Captain Samantha "Sam" Parker was a seasoned space veteran, with over 20 years of experience leading expeditions to distant planets. She was respected and admired by her crew for her level-headedness and unwavering resolve. First Officer Marcus Thompson was Sam's right-hand man, responsible for managing the daily operations of the ship and ensuring that all systems were running smoothly. He was a skilled tactician and a natural leader, always ready to step up in times of crisis. Dr. Rachel Kim was the ship's chief medical officer, responsible for the health and well-being of the crew. She was a brilliant scientist and a compassionate caregiver, always ready to lend a helping hand to those in need. Engineer Jake Barnes was the mastermind behind the Caladonia's impressive array of advanced technologies. He was a brilliant inventor and a natural problem-solver, always coming up with creative solutions to keep the ship running at peak efficiency. The USS Caladonia was currently on a mission to Jona II, a distant planet located on the outer rim of the galaxy. It was a long and treacherous journey, but the crew was determined to reach their destination and make history. As they traveled through the vast expanse of space, the crew faced a series of challenges and obstacles. They encountered treacherous asteroids, malfunctioning equipment, and even hostile alien life forms. But through it all, they remained united and resolute, working together to overcome every obstacle in their path. Finally, after months of travel, the USS Caladonia reached Jona II. The crew was greeted by a breathtaking sight - a lush, green planet teeming with life. They landed on the surface and began to explore, eager to discover all that this strange new world had to offer. As they traveled across the planet, the crew made contact with a highly advanced alien civilization. They were welcomed with open arms and spent weeks learning about the culture and customs of the Jonaians. However, not everything was as it seemed on Jona II. As the crew delved deeper into the mysteries of the planet, they began to uncover a dark and sinister plot. It seemed that the Jonaians were hiding a dangerous secret, one that could have catastrophic consequences for the entire galaxy. Determined to stop the threat, the crew of the USS Caladonia launched a daring mission to infiltrate the Jonaian stronghold and gather intelligence on their sinister plans. It was a risky and dangerous mission, but the crew was willing to risk everything to save the galaxy. After a series of intense and harrowing battles, the crew of the USS Caladonia emerged victorious. They had stopped the Jonaians and saved the galaxy from disaster. As they prepared to return home, the crew knew that they had accomplished something truly special and that they would be remembered as heroes for generations to come. Players: JM & CP Ovion (Hirogen/Ori/Replicator Vessel) Dreander, hunting grounds of the Hirogen. Some others are curious and they come to close, like the SS Grolimer. And the SS Grolimer soon is in trouble. Captain Lev Donz sat at the helm of the SS Grolimer, his hands hovering over the controls as he tried to come up with a plan. The Hirogen were hot on their tail, determined to hunt them down and capture them for sport. Lev knew that he couldn't outrun the Hirogen's superior ships, so he had to think outside the box. He glanced over at his navigator, a young woman named Rachel, who was frantically scanning the map for any possible escape routes. "I've got it," Lev said suddenly, a spark of inspiration hitting him. "We'll head into the nebula. They won't be able to track us in there." Rachel nodded, her fingers flying over the controls as she set a course for the nearby nebula. Lev engaged the engines, pushing the Grolimer to its limits as they fled towards the swirling clouds of gas and dust. The Hirogen ships were right on their tail, but as they entered the nebula, they suddenly lost sight of the Grolimer. Lev allowed himself a small smile as he expertly navigated through the dense clouds, using the nebula's natural hazards to shake off their pursuers. For hours they flew, always one step ahead of the Hirogen ships. Finally, as the nebula began to thin out, Lev knew they had made it. They were safe. He let out a sigh of relief and turned to Rachel, who was grinning from ear to ear. "We did it," she said. "We outsmarted them." Lev chuckled and patted her on the back. "That's why I'm the captain," he said with a wink. As the Grolimer emerged from the nebula and set course for home, Lev couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and accomplishment. They had outwitted the Hirogen and lived to fight another day. It was moments like these that made all the danger and risk worth it. Players: TvR