The USS Tiberius enjoyed a couple of weeks of R&R at Narendra Station. While most of the crew spent the time catching up on personal activities, the science and engineering crews spent much of the time upgrading the sensors on board the Tiberius and IKS Mupwl' (but let's be honest: a happy engineer or scientist is one who is working). Our Doctor spent much of his time off in the holodeck, working on his combat training. However, he also spent some time in therapy as he was struggling to come to terms with the loss of Commander Johanssen (from our last mission...sorry forgot to type up the recap for that). That was the first lost for our Doctor under his watch, and he was taking it badly.
Once R&R was over, the Tiberius brought on a temporary new XO in time to start their next mission. This mission seemed to be pretty straight forward: Team up with the IKS Mupwl' to escort some cargo ships to the joint station Array 3-5 located deep within the Shackleton Expanse.
Once underway, however, problems quickly sprung up on the Tiberius. While performing some routine scans, the Tiberius encountered some electromagnetic eddies, knocking out some EPS conduits on backup systems and reducing the overall ships power. Repairs could not be made while in space, but the Engineering team determined that, other than having a little reduced power, the ship should be able to complete their mission.
Shortly thereafter, alarm bells rang out as an explosion rocked the Mupwl'. Before the Tiberius could figure out what was going on, the Mupwl' dropped out of warp. Captain Ral on the Tiberius ordered the convoy to drop out of warp to assess the situation. As soon as the Tiberius dropped out of warp, they encountered another eddie, this time taking out some shield emitters.
With the convoy now out of warp speed, Captain Akul of the Mupwl' requested assistance from the Tiberius to help with repairs and to tend to the injured, a task the Tiberius was also needing to undertake. Captain Ral (Tiberius) agreed to send an engineering team, a medical team, and some security to assist the Mupwl'.
The away teams boarded 2 shuttlecrafts and set out for the Mupwl'. The first shuttle, armed with medical and security teams, arrived on the Mupwl' and began to assess the situation. Before the second shuttle, which was filled with the engineering team and equipment, could reach the Mupwl', 2 pirate freighters and about a dozen single-seat fighters suddenly appeared. A massive firefight has broken out!
Luck was on the side of the Tiberius and Mupwl' as they ultimately came out victorious in the battle. However, the numbers were not on their side, and 3 of the fighters and 1 of the freighters were able to hijack one of the cargo ships and made a run for it.
With most of the fighters disabled, and the remaining pirate freighter also disabled, what will the crew do? The action will continue in 2 weeks!
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