STATE OF THE FLEET

2018 Q1

FOREWORD

This document provides a quarterly report on the state of the fleet for the period of January 1, 2018 to March 31, 2018.

This document was prepared by Admiral Hars Darax (aio), Bravo Fleet Command Council, in consultation with Vice Admiral Zachary O’Connell (greenfelt22), Bravo Fleet Command Council, and Vice Admiral Lauren Archer (Alexander), Bravo Fleet Command Council, with review by the Task Force Commanding Officers and Department Heads of the Bravo Fleet Admiralty, and Rear Admiral Michael Aravan (Camila) of Task Force 99.

Questions related to this document should be directed to the Bravo Fleet Command Council.

Distribution without modification of this document is unlimited.

Copyright © 2018 Bravo Fleet. All Rights Reserved.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

OVERVIEW 4

STATISTICS 4

STORY UPDATES 5

Task Force 9 5

Task Force 38 5

Task Force 72 6

Task Force 93 7

Task Force 99 8

INITIATIVES 11

Academy 11

Bravo Fleet Management System (BFMS) 11

Task Force Storylines & Fleet Canon 11

Hall of Honours 12

Fleet Specifications 12

GOVERNANCE 13

Bravo Fleet Management 13

Procedural Changes 13

FORWARD OUTLOOK 14

Community Survey 14

Internet Services 14

FLEET CANON OUTLOOK 14

Task Force 9 Story Update 14

Task Force 38 Story Update 14

Task Force 72 Story Update 14

Task Force 93 Story Update 15

Task Force 99 Ares Division Story Update 15

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OVERVIEW

The first quarter of 2018 saw continued growth and additional changes for Bravo Fleet.

For the quarter, Bravo Fleet grew from 67 to 72 sims, a total increase of 7%. Additionally, Fleet chat usage increased to 240 participants (11% increase), and over 708 characters have now been added to BFMS (17% increase).

On the whole, the Bravo Fleet Admiralty is pleased with the progress made both this quarter. Presented at the end of this document is a forward outlook section which will detail plans for the upcoming quarter as Bravo Fleet continues to develop and expand. STATISTICS

Task Force Simms Simms end of 2017 Q4 end of 2018 Q1

Task Force 9 9 10 Guardians at the Gate

Task Force 38 11 10 Delta Exploration Initiative

Task Force 72 Sector Exploration and Necessary 12 13 Tactical Interdiction Near Enemy Lines

Task Force 93 Starfleet's Exploratory and Advanced 16 14 Research Command Headquarters

Task Force 99 19 25 Beyond the Bounds of Space and Time

Fleet-wide 67 72

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STORY UPDATES

Task Force 9

Stability has returned to the Gamma Quadrant, driven by a decisive presence through both ships and bases as well as the establishment of colonies and of course the Federation-Dominion Alliance, Task Force 9 has been able to grow larger than ever before. Stability at home has allowed Starfleet vessels to travel well beyond charted space and gone into the deep unknown and execute Starfleet’s most basic duty. Yet perhaps the stable base may be more of a house of card than the Admiralty would like to acknowledge.

The USS Valhalla, fully embracing the spirit of exploration, has travelled beyond charted space ​ ​ and is well on its way to making one of the first Gamma Quadrant first contacts since the Dominion War. The USS Nogura has seen a mission of support turn into a horror story as the ​ terraforming site of a new Federation colony was found abandoned, apart from the kind of threat that not even hardened Starfleet officers want to encounter. The USS Black Hawk, upon ​ entering the Finnean Convergence Zone, found its carefully planned trip to have an unexpected turn as the crew ended up on the other side without any memories and faced with a hostile force. Through luck and a bit of help from the future, the crew manages to hold onto their ship.

Meanwhile, the crew of the USS Ride find their place of refuge to be quite a surprising facility ​ that, while it seems ancient, may very well rival even the most powerful Starfleet structures. With at least four years left until their rescue in 2389, it is important for them to make it their home. Meanwhile the USS Proxima has been busy supplying remote worlds within the effective area of ​ operations of Task Force 9, right now focusing on the Kendi system and the people within it. The USS Altai is leveraging the power of diplomacy to settle a matter on a non-Federation world ​ where its presence has been requested. Finally, the USS Scorpio, having finally been released ​ of its orders to guard Deep Space 11, has entered a nebula known as the Devil’s Cloud after significant retrofitting to survive the extremely corrosive gases within. Upon crossing the nebula it will be just days away from finally providing relief to the crew of the Ride. ​ ​

Task Force 38

Task Force 38 has a new lease on life with the unapproved trip through the Epatha Gateway.

In the Alpha Quadrant, Starfleet Command faces the good and bad news with contact restored to the Task Force in the aftermath of the Battle of the Round Table. They have a task force, in name only, split between two theaters. Seeing that with renewed contact and a way to provide new personnel, Starfleet Command decided to appoint Major General Paul Potter, formerly of Task Force 72; to replace Admiral Michael Drake, the Acting Task Force Commander.

In the Gradin Belt, relations between the Federation and the Hirogen have soured after the USS ​ Equinox then entered Hirogen space and used the Hirogen Communication Network to restore communication with Starfleet and the Federation. The USS Saturn’s has been dispatched by the ​ ​ Federation Diplomatic Corps to Alvos III for First Contact. The USS Infinity has gone dark, and ​

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off the radar, all communications both in and outbound have been blocked. Only a message carried in a modified type-9 probe has given any indication of her intentions. It is only known that before contact was lost that Commander Jane Vyre, had been contacted by the Tal Prai'ex.

Other operations across the Delta Exploratory Initiative have continued par the course. The USS Victory responded to a distress call from a ship under attack by pirates, only to discover it was smuggling contraband. And the USS Perenolde is in transit with a new crew for its next ​ deployment.

Task Force 72

The Cardassian/Romulan War waged over the Gavarian Corridor lasted less than a year. Though both sides suffered minor losses, neither power was able to gain a stable foothold in the region. The Federation, spotting opportunity, stepped into the conflict and quickly mediated a peace agreement. Cardassian and Romulan borders expanded, and Starfleet was again allowed to reenter the corridor. One of the first ships to do so, the USS Firebrand, sets sail for ​ ​ Il’Trian IV to rebuild the Federation colony that was evacuated at the start of the war.

Bajor, seven years into its Federation membership, makes a bold move for the Federation, opening its doors to establish a satellite campus for Starfleet Academy. Its first batch of cadets ​ ​ have been sworn in, and classes have begun. Elsewhere on the Cardassian/Federation border rests Deep Space 12 where its efforts in housing and processing refugees have come to an ​ end, leaving the station eerily empty. By the Breen/Ferengi border, Roosevelt Station sends its ​ attached vessels to the planet Risa, where a Ferengi ponzi scheme is about to be uncovered, along with a terrible secret that will reshape the quadrant. Still docked at the station, however, is the USS Ark Royal, an aging Ambassador-class starship, which is taking on a crew for ​ ​ diplomatic missions. Memory Theta, home to the Federation’s darkest secrets, dispatched its ​ ​ attached starship to the Bynars’ homeworld where an entire civilization has been placed in jeopardy thanks to a criminal Ferengi organization and Section 31. The Task Force Headquarters, Starbase 72, hosted a surprise Breen delegation looking for assistance against ​ ​ the Cardassian Union. After consulting with Starfleet Command, that assistance was denied. The Breen expected this, and continue with their other plans...

The Constitution-Class USS Providence, having been pulled from 2270 to the present day, ​ begins to adjust to their new surroundings. Rather than mothball the ship, the decision is made to keep the older vessel going and begin acclimating the crew to their new era. Meanwhile, bound on a mission beyond Federation space, the USS Traveller explores an ancient interstellar ​ ark. As the Away Team investigates deeper, a dark force attacks the group who’ve stumbled into a war older than time.

Questions continue to arise from the great Inconnu Expanse. An SCE Hazard Team, codenamed Valkyries, carefully and quickly study the remains of Deep Space 7. As what ​ ​ ​ ​ remains of the computer cores are downloaded, wiped and destroyed, new evidence suggests that the base’s destruction is not as it seems. The USS Pandora, having emerged from an ​ ​ altercation with the mysterious Ravagers, works quickly to safeguard the planet Salvaxe from being discovered by other Ravager parties. The crew complete their mission, and advance

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further into the Expanse into a region known as “The Indigo Sky.” In orbit of Triton, the USS ​ Hope completes a diplomatic mission. With the aid of a Tritone envoy and the arrival of several new crew members, the USS Hope continues its journey into the Expanse. Meanwhile, the ​ newly commissioned USS Magellan prepares to launch into the Expanse to investigate some questionable rumors. What new danger has the Inconnu Expanse yet to reveal?

Task Force 93

TF93 continues to grapple with war on two fronts: The Klingon Civil War along with the Gorn Incursion of the Cestus & Canterra Sectors. Vice Admiral Anin has been reasigned to the Starfleet Diplomatic Corps and Rear Admial Yewande Banda was appointed as the new Commander of TF93. She has operationalized the Task Force, establishing an operational headquarters staff at Providence Fleet Yards (PFY) starting with the Directorate of Intelligence ​ led by Commander Vladimir Demochev as well as the Directorate of Strategic Plans led by Commander Calida. Additionally, Captain Leslie Ramsey, former TF93XO was reassigned as the Commander, Federation Forces (COMFEDFOR) for the Gorn Theater while Captain Nathaniel Jackson was appointed as the new TF93XO and tasked to take the lead on increased aggression from the Free Romulan Movement (FRM). Additionally, Captain Jack Colburn, Commanding Officer of the USS Kumari, was dual-hatted as the COMFEDFOR for the Klingon Theater, solidifying Starfleet’s response to the Klingon disorder.

The USS Kumari is investigating arms smuggling to the Klingon Empire by Gul Rukol and is ​ headed to the Gonal System to investigate a Klingon undercover agent.

Traveling deep into Klingon space, the USS Tornado-C is hunting down the location of Starfleet ​ POWs.

The USS Hawaii is currently on an Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance (ISR) Patrol ​ along the Gorn Front after opening a new Federation Diplomatic Mission at Bre’el IV while the USS Devonshire assesses the recovery at Xavier Fleet Yards (XFY). SFM Revenant continues ​ to take on personnel and conduct beddown operations as Bellatrix recovers from the Gorn attack.

The USS Excalibur is making a port call at Faltan Station, yet the crew is called to the Ruhoka ​ system to investigate FRM attacks on the USS Venture. ​ ​ Meanwhile, on Deep Space 14, the Romulans are attacking after a Starfleet inquiry denied ​ ​ extradition of Captain Sharpe to a Romulan court for his actions regarding a Romulan/Klingon dispute. After the hearing, CAPT Sharpe is killed in action by Romulan agents while the station comes under attack.

The USS Palatine is preparing to launch from PFY, yet suffers delays due to a Romulan virus ​ affecting its computer systems. It is suspected this is the same virus afflicting Outpost Curtiss.

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On Earth, at the Federation’s capital of Palais de la Concorde, the Federation Council just ​ ​ concluded hearings of the Secretary of Defense and multiple Starfleet Admirals regarding the dire situation of Starfleet.

The USS Sirona is investigating a mystery reverse aging virus that is affecting the USS Kubo. ​ ​ ​ ​ Out in the Perseus Arm of the galaxy, the USS Shanghai continues its exploration mission, ​ encountering a rich source of dilithium that causes Prime Directive concerns while encountering Orions.

Task Force 99

EXPLORATORY DIVISION

After weeks of travel, the USS Yelchin finally met up with Endeavour outside of the Tau Boötis ​ ​ System. The two ships linked up via their docking airlocks so that their crews could familiarize themselves with the upcoming mission to investigate an old Romulan planetary base.

The USS Hades is at the tail end of their first mission, having just saved a Vulcan from the ​ Klingons and are now locked in battle with two Klingon ships.

The USS Pegasus prepares to leave dry dock after a year long overhaul and upgrade. With a ​ new CO and Crew, she is going back into harm's way.

ASTERIA DIVISION

The Triumphant is forced into the Mutara Nebula and plots a course to the nearest exist with the ​ Breen ship in hot pursuit. While the way to the planet, the Victorious engages a mercenary fleet ​ ​ while scouting ahead, most of which breaks off to engage the Triumphant. ​ ​ Thwarting attempts to overthrow the original Caretaker, the crew of the Sirius defeat the ​ ​ rebelling artificial intelligence dwelling on the Amusement planet. In the meantime, Captain Jorin reflects on what has transpired and how his friendship with Calandrah was used as a weapon by the AI to manipulate the crew and himself.

After helping assist in preventing a possible civil war with the Klingons, the USS Cavalry is ​ assigned back to Federation space and assigned to a patrol mission along the Cardassian DMZ, a nothing mission but with not a whole lot happening; that is the best that they can do. They have also been requested to join Captain Braithwaite at the Remmler Array where the ship can be given its baryon sweeps. It should be a welcomed distraction from the unwelcomed patrol of the DMZ.

It’s not too long before the USS Arlington gets underway, with Orders from a certain Captain ​ ​ C’iss regarding a Federation shuttle crash landing on a remote, class M world populated by an as yet undiscovered race of botanic humanoids known as the Florians.

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The USS North Star is sent to a very large planet that has an entire solar system deep inside it. ​ The solar system has its own sun and seven planets orbit it. Several of the planets have moons. Not much is known about this inner world. It is believed to have life on many of the planets and moons. The outer planet is known as Planet Marvel, this planet is part of a solar system as well, it has ten planets orbiting a sun and this system has moons that are known to support life.

With a crew assembled and the USS Templar repaired enough to get back into the fight, the ​ ​ ship is ordered to head back on patrol but it isn't long before tensions rise when a massive force of Cardassian and Dominion ships is detected heading for DS9.

Heyerdahl Station recently begun a new mission titled “The Lost Child.” Two of the crew stumble onto an infant within a stasis pod on board a failing vessel. When that vessel goes critical, they rescue the baby and flee, unaware that they have found an important member of an unknown species who was thought to be lost to history. The child’s people will come for him, and a choice will have to be made as to who has his best interests in mind.

Meanwhile, the newly USS Explorer begins taking on crew to prepare for her first voyage. ​ ​ ARES OPERATIONS THEATER

Starbase 400 continues to monitor the Triangle while several of its ships travel on a voyage to a Talaxian colony. Meanwhile, the USS Kearsarge and USS Vanguard are destroyed in an ​ ​ incident with the Romulans while in the Romulan Neutral Zone. Vice Admiral K’Temoc takes the USS Yorktown-F to the Neutral Zone to investigate. ​ The U.S.S. New Hampshire-A is currently docked at Starbase 400, the crew has brought back a ​ ​ ​ smuggler ship that has been heavily modified, along with a decent size pirate crew and several missing Starfleet officers and a Starfleet Ambassador. The Ambassador was killed along with a couple of the Starfleet officers. There was a couple things that needed to be solved and the crew of the New Hampshire-A would be tasked with handling that.

Currently the USS Tigris is returning from exploring Sector 1243 to Starbace 801. While ​ awaiting for its next assignment, the crew has been ordered by Starfleet to take some time away from the ship. Unknown to the crew there's trouble in paradise.

TRINITY OPERATIONS UNIT

The DFS Lavie remained at the world of Kiru while the crew was on leave. The leave was ​ ​ interrupted by requests for assistance Kiru World Alliance to provide emergency assistance in an Active Shooter event and then saving the planet from a group of terrorists from the old guard of a previous government. Some of the ships are now under repairs and crew are being tended too in medical allowing the group leave time again for those not focused on treating the injured, repairing the ship or handling administrative duties.

ULYSSES GROUP

After the events within the Hromi Cluster, the USS Southern Cross has changed course towards the Ashland system. According to data recovered by the Klingon Qen'aq, it is a likely target for

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house Q'ras of the Sovereignty of Kahless - a house of a newly formed rogue faction within the Klingon Star Empire. Having finally broken out of the rather hellish loop, Leonora and John set about tying up loose ends at SFI Delphi. Leonora welcomes aboard Lieutenants Khemara, ​ ​ Walsh and Kapule, while John makes sure that their gracious hosts still want them around, due to the ‘incident’. Kalikuo arrives with bad tidings. It appears that the lovable womaniser, the local tech whizz and passionate Spaniard, Sebastian Herrera has a secret master he keeps sending reports to. Considering all the odd occurrences and suspicions SFI Delphi already has, Leonora ​ doesn’t want to take any chances, so she sets John and Karna, the two most unlikely officers to be paired up to get to the bottom of the new mystery and figure out who’s pulling Sebastian’s strings, whether they are friend or foe. Meanwhile, the USS Venture has escaped from the ​ ​ Romulans but one of their escort runabouts has exploded causing more damage to the ship and killing two more of the Senior Staff. Finding herself with a severely depleted command crew and damaged ship Captain Perin must work that much harder to find a way to get her crew out of danger.

FUTILITY’S END

The Century-class USS Enterprise-F is the first starship to be launched from the Beta Antares ​ Fleet Yards and, to a wave of great excitement planet wide, she marks the beginning of a new era, where the Federation can begin to recoup its losses against the hellish Borg at last. What awaits Captain Shelby Adams and her crew as they go back to the final frontier? The USS ​ Athena is still docked at DS9 awaiting its first assignment. ​

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INITIATIVES

Academy

With the revamp of the Academy underway, there are some new details and timelines. The Academy will move to a new Moodle, basically to start fresh. This has the bonus of being a lot more accessible. The launch of the Player Academy looks set for end of Quarter 2 2018. As of this writing there are 3 Player Academy courses completed and loaded into the new Moodle and another 8 courses being written on.

The Command Academy transition to a GM course is continuing. The estimated time for completion of the GM course should put it's launch at Q2/Q3. This is a move away from being focused on changing the course to be more of a generalized Game Manager training instead of just for a Star Trek Sim CO.

While this is going on, there is also a new Task Force Staff training course being worked on, but this is likely not to be completed until Q4. The Academy will work with Task Force Staff during this time and will work out the best way train our future leaders.

Admiral Hars Darax (aio) is the current Commandant of the Bravo Fleet Academy.

Bravo Fleet Management System (BFMS)

Following the player user guide for players that was released towards the end of 2017, there are ​ now two other guides. The CO user guide has now been completed and is public. The CO guide ​ is similar to the player guide, however expands upon the tools available to include managing a sim, proposing a sim and other things.

There is also a new player packet, which has an overview of the storylines in each task force, the types of services we offer and a contact list of all staff members of both task forces and departments. This will be updated as staff members change.

All of these guides are located on the user guides page. ​ ​

Task Force Storylines & Fleet Canon

Throughout the fourth quarter, the Bravo Fleet Admiralty reviewed two additions to Fleet Canon. The first of these additions was a new direction for Task Force 9, operating in the Gamma ​ ​ Quadrant which will return Starfleet to its roots. This new canon opens up many doors for exploration and expansion, as well as continued development of prior story arcs such as the Consortium and Dominion.

Secondly, an expansion was approved for Task Force 72, extending the direction of the present Breen/Cardassian conflict, and opening the door for the Federation to become involved as a third party.

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Current action items include:

● updating the history of the major powers to include the progression developed by member sims over the last 20 years; ● further tightening and organization; and ● development of processes and procedures to widen both availability and the submission of new information to the Infobase.

Should any player or simm wish to see information added to the Infobase, or to submit new matters of canon, they are encouraged to contact Rear Admiral Madar B’Ra’Bin (Shannon).

Hall of Honours

The Hall of Honours staff manage the process for all awards nominations submitted through the Bravo Fleet Management System. Besides the recurring simm & player of the month awards and retroactive awards, the Hall of Honours has also issued over twenty new awards recognizing the service of members of the Fleet.

The recipients of the Fleet Quarterly awards for Quarter 1 were:

● Player of the Quarter - Jeff, Playing Captain Scott Kenway CO of the USS Triton in Task Force 9 ● Simm of the Quarter - USS Equinox in Task Force 38, Commodore Bahrat Noth commanding.

Commodore Yuka Layton (jhina) is the administrator of the Hall of Honours.

Fleet Specifications

Under the Logistics Office, the Specifications Committee has focused on two key areas over the past quarter:

1. the approval of new alien (non-Federation) classes; and 2. the development of articles on various technologies in the Fleet.

There was one new Starfleet Ship Class approved, the Galaxy Class Refit. There were also a total of forty-six alien ship class specifications that were reviewed and accepted. Among these were Romulan classes, Xindi ships and shuttles, and other classes from the 2150s.

Two new articles were added to the technology section of Infobase. One article was on handheld communicators and the other was on wrist communicators.

The Specifications Committee is chaired by Rear Admiral Madar B'Ra'Bin (Shannon).

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GOVERNANCE

Bravo Fleet Management

Bravo Fleet Admiralty

The first quarter of 2018 brought about a few changes.

Firstly, VAdm Anin [Patrick] resigned from his position as CO of Task Force 93. He stepped down to focus on his University studies and his sim. Replacing him was Rear Admiral Yewande Banda [beeman].

JonM has been in and around the fleet for many years. His time has become increasingly sparse, and he couldn't focus as much of his time on Task Force 38 as he felt it deserved. The BFA decided to laterally move to the department of the Internet Office. Replacing him as the CO of Task Force 38 was Major General Paul Potter [Moss].

Procedural Changes

Changes to the Structure of the Fleet

The By-Laws changes are still in full swing, with By-Law #2 being completed. Individually, By-Laws #2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 were all updated. By-Law #2.6, Attached Starships, was removed. By-Law 2.7 was updated and renumbered 2.6. With these updates, we are two thirds of the way to completing the Constitution and By-Law overhaul we started late last year.

The Admiralty had planned to have all the remaining By-Laws updated by end of Q2 2018, but this is now likely to be completed much sooner, as early as the beginning of Q2.

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FORWARD OUTLOOK

Community Survey

Building upon the successes of the last community survey which saw player input directly being used by the Bravo Fleet Admiralty to make changes to the fleet with support of its membership, the Admiralty is looking ahead to conduct another survey as it is tasked with making several fundamental decisions for the fleet as it moves into the future. Whereas 2017 was the year to rebuild and re-establish Bravo Fleet, the fleet is bound to expand upon this in 2018 and beyond, continuing to make the fleet an even better place. This will not be possible without direct feedback from the group that matters the most, the Bravo Fleet members.

Internet Services

The next quarter will primarily see incremental upgrades to our hosting infrastructure to increase performance and make the services have a more enjoyable experience. To improve security and adapt to current standards, we plan to implement SSL on all Bravo Fleet services, a policy we first enacted on the forums.

FLEET CANON OUTLOOK

Task Force 9 Story Update

While the Federation-Dominion Alliance holds strong, the Task Force is the best position it has been in a very long time, however, too much of an outward focus may come to be regrettable, due to what may uncovered from beyond and within. While an ancient enemy lies in wait, a much more recent one is ready to strike at any time.

Task Force 38 Story Update

Task Force 38 has once more restored contact with the Federation. In the aftermath of gaining access to the Alpha Quadrant, the task force is no longer restricted to the long-distance missions. The addition of more Starfleet assets to the region will have shake up; from comforting allies to drawing the attention of an old enemy.

Task Force 72 Story Update

The flag of peace and exploration flies in one corner for 72, but elsewhere, storm clouds are brewing. Cardassia has stopped its forward movement, and though the Breen can’t reclaim their lost worlds, they are up to something. In fact, the feeling of uncertainty begins to stretch along the Federation’s border as relations with the Talarians and Tzenkethi turn sour. The Inconnu Expanse swirls with unrest along with its own set of rumors. Is the worst yet to come?

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Task Force 93 Story Update

TF93 currently has three lines of effort: The Sovereignty of Kahless (SoK) causing a Klingon Civil War, the Free Romulan Movement (FRM), and the Gorn Incursion at Cestus and Canterra. Currently, the lines of effort are largely in the intelligence collection/investigation phase as RADM Banda works with the rest of the TF Operational Staff to determine the best courses of action for TF93’s limited resources.

Task Force 99 Ares Division Story Update

Tensions continue to rise between the Federation Alliance and Typhon Pact. Both sides ae conducting major fleet training maneuvers near to each other’s borders. The ‘show of force’ is only causing tensions to continue to rise. Border skirmishes with continue to occur and war is on the horizon (planned for the third quarter of 2018 is things progress at the current rate). Pirate activity within the Triangle and Romulan Neutral Zone will also continue. Starfleet’s first planned mission to the Delta Quadrant, to bring supplies to the New Talax asteroid colony, is current underway. Over the next year, additional missions are planned. Slipstream equipt vessels will travel from either Starbase 400 or Deep Space 14 and travel to New Talax. From there they will be assigned to exploration and mapping missions. Starfleet is currently discussing the option of a permanent presence in the Delta Quadrant, which includes the construction of a starbase. While Klingon, Free Romulan, and Cardassian ships can’t make the trip (no slipstream), they will have exchange and liaison officers aboard Federation ships that make the journey.

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