S01E17 - Bringing Home the Bacon

Starfleet Mission Log – USS Heimdahl NCC-79852
Stardate: 81552,5
Grid: 127-O
Mission 05 – Retrieval of Dr. Elias Vonn
Commanding Officer: Captain Shris Sosalis
Additional Officers: Cmdr Aze (XO), Lt. Cmdr Sulok (LOA, CINT), Lt. Prazda Mirac (CSEC), Lt. JG Razenka Zare (CSO), Lt. JG Shirel sh'Veyra (Conn)

Mission Log

Stardate: ~81540

With the path ahead uncertain, the Heimdahl crew evaluated two tactical options:

1. Proceed directly to Galaxy’s Edge.
2. Divert course to investigate Dheran.

A preliminary scan of Dheran Station identified two primary traits of note:

• Security Reporting Trait: The station catalogs individuals, factions, and security risks across the sector.
• Routines & Layout Trait: Detailed knowledge of the station’s structure and procedural flow.

Intel confirmed that the individual known as Dheran had entrenched himself as a power player on the station. He operated from a sprawling emporium headquarters, supported by multiple docked vessels, active traffic, and a heavily-trafficked public front.

The crew presented themselves as professionals offering a lucrative opportunity. Entry was granted, and they were led into Dheran’s personal office—a space designed to impress, dripping with wealth and authority.

Before the conversation began, Cmdr Aze initiated a covert scan. Results revealed:

• Multiple embedded computer entities (REA + ENG focused, emphasis on computational analysis).
• A central control interface embedded in Dheran’s desk.
• A surveillance hub two rooms down.
• Most disturbingly, a micro-entity embedded in Dheran’s ocular implant.

As the meeting proceeded, Fenrir began reacting—shoving furniture, clearing the space until Lt. Zare and Lt. Shirel recovered a transmitter beneath the couch. A speck of dried blood and Fenrir’s instincts confirmed it: this belonged to Dr. Elias Vonn—his “Dad.”

Aze seized control of the implant system, creating two operational traits to mitigate the threat:

• Controlled Overload: Prevents the ocular device from detonating or triggering a failsafe.
• Tracer Ping: Initiates a directional trace of outgoing signals.

Under normal circumstances, accessing the implant’s systems would’ve triggered a self-destruct mechanism. However, the “Controlled Overload” trait neutralized this, allowing a silent alert to be raised instead of a catastrophic detonation. The alert, however, was noticed—security protocols were activated. Two rounds until breach.

Dheran, recognizing the compromise, initiated an emergency beam-out. The crew had a single round to respond. Cmdr Aze could observe the alert’s presence but lacked the means to cancel it.

Captain Sosalis, apprised of the situation, initiated a grapple and beamed out with Dheran in tow. However, the enemy transporter system buffered the signal—delaying reintegration. When they materialized, it was inside a Romulan-patterned ship. Less ostentatious than a D’deridex, but unmistakably Tal Shiar.

Before planetary security forces could engage, the Heimdahl crew triggered an emergency beam-out—narrowly avoiding the detonation of a pulse grenade. Nyx, operating with blinding speed, reacquired the Captain’s signal. Before their adversaries could raise shields, she snatched him out of the Tal Shiar transporter buffer and back to safety.

With no time to linger, Heimdahl went to warp, accelerating faster than pursuit could track.

Upon regrouping on the bridge, the crew traced the warp signature. The fleeing ship wasn’t civilian—it was cloaked and running at Warp 9. Heimdahl accelerated to Warp 9.2, closing the gap. Despite the cloak, they reacquired target lock, forced it out of warp, and initiated contact.

Dheran, now aboard the Heimdahl and in custody, cooperated after minimal resistance. He provided the ship's transponder code, and his crew surrendered soon after. The second vessel—now confirmed as Tal Shiar—was impounded. Heimdahl assigned a detail to operate it under escort toward Starbase 471.

The ship's engineering logs revealed it was capable of Warp 9, but such speed would render the vessel inoperable after prolonged use—EPS relays, injectors, and subsystems were critically overstressed. Only four crew were maintaining it—an impossible burden by Starfleet standards, which require three full engineering shifts to sustain comparable performance.

Dheran’s flight path aligned perfectly with a bearing toward Galaxy’s Edge—located on the Delta-Beta quadrant border. Tracking the transponder code, the crew traced it moving deeper into the Delta Quadrant corridor. At Warp 9.99, even entire sectors can be traversed in hours, not days.

They soon intercepted a vessel labeled Lucky Profit, deactivating its shields within two rounds. With no room for escape, the crew surrendered. Boarding parties secured the ship and found Dr. Elias Vonn alive—bound in a crude brig. Fenrir's joy upon seeing him again was unmistakable.

Reports were sent to The Corvus Network, including the presence of a captured Tal Shiar agent—Lurok “Greenhands”—as well as two impounded enemy starships.

Given the travel time disparity between Warp 5 and Warp 9+ (10 days vs. 71), Heimdahl’s crew opted to return for scheduled R&R at Sæhrímnir Station—Starbase 471.

With a current crew count of 50—just one-third of the Prometheus-class required complement of 141—they would need the rest.