2413.06

June was the investigation, and the month where the crew met their new XO.  Commander Sheldon.  No one likes her!  Except possibly Dejah, who is willing to keep an open mind.

Col Dejah has returned from a covert operations with Banor and Michael Reynolds and Engineer Jinx.  Having found a Krenim Time gate that sent chroniton particles into their ship, they think they have figured out how the Nal'G are hiding from the DFA.  Ecept a new enemy, an old Krenim nemesis has suddenly appeared, and may be feeding false information to the crew.

Security is being reorganized by Sheldon.  Martis is having to prepare her security personal to act as soldiers in the upcoming attack on the Nal'G planet hidden base.

Captain Tirol is under a lot of stress.  Sheldon is covering for him, or is she secretly plotting a rise in rank to take the ship?

The CMO is spending a lot of time with a pair of civilian visitors, including one beautiful teenager; but his assistant, Dr Andrews, still lacks her memory.  Engineer Jinx has managed to create a duplicate EMH without overloading memory circuits and frying them both,  hope it holds up for combat conditions. There was some disturbances on Capanella which brought in both the assistant CMO and the JAG of all people injured by phaser fire.  That mystery is still unravelling, but the pressure of approaching combat is making it difficult to even have a moment to figure out what is going on.  One, Haidee, is still at the brink of death as her friends battle to bring her back.

The chief engineer T'Lis was efficient, and striaghtened out the engineering teams into well dressed engineers.  Sel'ra, from Security is just beginning to work with T'Lis and her challenges.  Martis hopes T'Lis will help Sel'ra in return.  (Matchmaker!). There are rumors of a budding romance between the Chief and security, both Vulcans, but that is only rumor aboard ship.  Do Vulcan's even have romance?

We are on the verge of our attack on the Hidden planet thought to harbor the Nal'G enemy base.

Starfleet trained individuals are rising to the top.   Sheldon wonders if the captain knows how close she standing behind him? DFA starfleet officers and DFA officers now are classified separately, in the XO eyes.

Tomorrow, The attacks begin.

2413.05

The DFA continues to tightens its command control over Cromwell, demanding 'by all means necessary', to find the Nal'Gaharay base.  With a deadline looming before Fleet command comes in to take over the intel and questioning of the prisoners, the First officer calls an emergency meeting of the various parties trying to solve the terrorist problem.  With each investigative group revealing their own secrets, the big picture fell into view.  The looming deadline of 20 hours, the first officer sent the crew on a clandestine mission for confirmation, and is working to stall DFA command.

Deep in the center of the blackout sector, Black Sparrow, the covert Marine reconnaissance ship is investigating a Krenim "Time Gate" that was suppose to be deactivated centuries ago.   Is this the technology the Nal'Gaharay ships are using? 

New mysteries develop aboard Cromwell as soon as the intel mission is sent away.  A new crew member beams aboard, minus her luggage and her memories, and lands herself in the middle of a medical mystery of a dead Nal'gaharay prisoner.

This was suppose to be Rest and Relaxation over Capanella for Cromwell, but with intel, security and Marine officers being recalled, their time is cut short.  Still, time was found for camping, a trip to the DFA history museum, and even little budding romances, the most curious are the Hitchikers who have become smitten with our CMO.  

The Holodecks are busy and becoming crowded.  A festival was thrown and well attended, and pretty much everyone's use of the holodeck involved unintended visitors into their own holoplays.  Beside the Bajoran festival, Escaped Iguanas from an engineering lab, and a viking raid, there was brutal combat, and Col Dejah in a chainmail Bikini... how many are beginning to think that is her preferred uniform?

Stay tuned.  June promises to be volatile.

2413.04

The cromwell crew has came together to overcome the Nal'gaharay Assault ship attacking Cromwell's away team shuttle. They even turned the tide and counter attacked, but in the lastest boobytrap, which the terrorists love to employ, an insidious gas was released which caused the flight or fight response. This turned into a mistake on the terrorists part as the DFA marine training kicked in, and despite hallucinations, and paranoia, self inflicted casualties, it increased the crazy fighting skills of the marines who took the Nal'gaharay assault ship, while the Nal'gaharay tore each other apart or hid from the chaos. The Nal'G ship was set for auto destruct, but through quick action of the Cromwell engineers and Marines, now led by recently promoted Lt. Col. Dejah, the attempted destruction of the Cromwell was averted.

The stressors were intense, and the crew considered their positions in the DFA, and in life in general. Debate over resigning from service, and family duties to children some have barely seen, were considered. The family endured, and the Cromwell crew remains together as their own family. The minor damages to the Cromwell will necessitate refit of weapon controls, but a short stop on Capanella should provide the needed time. There is hope for R&R for the crew when they arrive, perhaps Dejah will get to see her godson in the correct timeline of now, and not always different times and space where he could be if she and Anara did not stay involved in his life.

The attack on the DFA shuttle may have been a mistake for the Nal'gaharay, or fortuitous for the Cromwell crew and the DFA. For the first time, Cromwell has been able to take prisoners. The various agencies are competing to interrogate them, and evaluate the scattered intelelgence clues they were able to gather. They are being fustrated by highly motivated terrorists in the questioning, which leads to discussion...how far is too far in order to find the information needed? If the crew works together, they will find the clues are there, despite appearent stonewalling. There may be a break after all, and a chance to carry the fight directly to the Nal'gaharay.