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Some anime gif.

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Cobalt

Tree stump?

3/5

What's our status there? :v

Who's turn it is now?

18.


This is rather concerning diplomatic development. Cardassians withdrew their forces back to Caldos, propably waiting for us to attack or expose some weak point in our defenses.
Fortunately, USS Bolzano, our third Galaxy cruiser, just left Xerxes yards and together with Barracuda and Ning Hai, it will reinforce Malcor system. Starfleet agreed to concentrate the shipyard efforts to build cruisers of both designs with minimal support for production of Oberths and Mirandas.


Just as USS Quiberon, Ambassador-class starship leaves Chalna yards, we get this dreadful message. We're no fighting on two fronts - Cardassians and Romulans at north, and Ferengi at north-east.
And look!


They're building or already built an outpost right outside our and Klingon space.
We decided to negotiate a war pact treaty with the Klingons so they keep the trader-folk at bay.


More and more bad diplomatic news reach us at week 193. The Ferengi also declared war against the Pakleds, and we can only watch what will happen to the homeworld of the scavengers.

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Next week.

Bridge of USS Hawkesbury, sector p14:
Caldonian Science Officer: Sir, we have arrived at the coordinates of Ferengi outpost... multiple signatures detected!
Human Captain: On screen!

Chalnoth Tactical Officer: The Ferengi are powering up their weapons. Captain, we're outnumbered and possibly outgunned. What are your orders?
The Captain stares at the viewscreen for a moment.
Captain: Signal red alert! Inform the task force - we engage the Ferengi!
The red alert siren echoes across the Ambassador cruiser as first shot are fired.

Tactical: Newport has lost it's shield- Newport has been destroyed!
The cruiser shakes from blasts of Ferengi phasers and torpedoes.
Captain: Reverse course, attack them from behind-
Bridge shakes and floor panels and consoles explode at most of the crew, killing a few.
Captain: Damage report!
Tactical: We've lost shields, heavy damage to engineering section!
Captain: Lieutenant, direct all auxiliary power to the warp-

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The outcome of the Battle at Sector P-14 was a disaster. We lost three destroyers, two Ambassador-class cruisers and a scout.


However Klingons accepted our war pact. We will try to persuade Romulans with a peace proposal, and wil lfurther try to establish a closer bond with the Klingons.
USS Montgomery was finished at Xerxes. Together with newly arrived USS Trieste, it will depart to safeguard Caldonian system which is prone to Ferengi attack.

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Five days later, Holsberg system.
Captain's ready room of USS Zarnitza. Captain Neer Dell is drinking some kind of tea.
Cpt.Dell: Hmmm, quite.
He wants to take another sip, but the combadge chirps.
-Captain, you're needed on the bridge. We a group of subspace anomalies heading toward us.
Captain: I'm on my way.
Neer Dell puts the cup on his desk and walks out of the ready room, sits down in the captain's chair. He then looks on screen - some dark 'smudges' in the darkness can be seen.
Cpt.Dell: What is it?
Chalnoth Tactical Officer: These anomalies appeared eighteen seconds ago. We're performing a full sensor sweep of the area... sir, these are consistent with artificial distortions made by-
The console starts to beep madly as smudges turn into the a bunch of green ships.
Tactical: Romulan ships decloaking! We're fired upon!
Cpt.Dell: Shields up, red alert!
Tactical: Too late!

Cpt.Dell: They've missed us?
Tactical: Scanning... sir, they've targeted the outpost, not us!
Order all ships to turn around and destroy the Romulan vessels!

Tactical: Reading heavy damage to two of their vessels, but the outpost isn't going to take much more of the assault... sir, Romulan vessels are preparing for warp... they are gone.
Cpt.Dell: Maintain yellow alert and scan for the subspace distortions. In the meanwhile contact the outpost. We need to help them with repairs and wounded.
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Week after the defeat at P-14, Romulans attacked us at twice - one of those attacks was done by scouts and almost destroyed our outpost at Holsberg. Second attack was at Peliar Zel - two destroyers, but after initial bombardment they fled away.
A pair of Ferengi strike cruisers attacked Ullian outpost and sadly, we lost our foothold there.


And then we learned of this. Even if Cardassians decided to sign a peace treaty with us, the Romulans can simply waltz through their territory right into ours.

Suddenly everything is going rather downhill :I