Aid

"Aid" USS Pacifica NCC-72545
Aid
Mission No.	PAC-01
Total Posts	201
Start Date	Friday, July 13th, 2001
Finish Date	Thursday, November 22nd, 2001
Story	Daniel Butterworth & Luke Evans
Guest Star(s)	None

Previous Mission "NA"

Year 2377

Next Mission "To Deep Space 12"

Mission 1 Aid

Fresh out of dry dock the newly commissioned USS Pacifica is sent out on its first mission to deliver medical supplies to a growing Federation colony. What began as a simple delivery mission got turned upside down when Section 31 made a appearance.

Summary

!!Warning Spoilers!!

Starfleet’s newest Starship the Sovereign Class, USS Pacifica is docked at Starbase 33 where it is undergoing it’s final fitting before shakedown. One by one the members of ship’s first crew start to arrive onboard led by it’s commanding officer Captain Daniel Butterworth and First Officer Commander Luke Evans, who arrive beforehand to take a personal look at the new ship. With the crew arrivals proceeding on schedule both Butterworth and Evans took the opportunity to meet with the rest of the Pacifica’s handpicked senior officers, including Chief Operations Officer, Lt. Commander Evan Ottaway and the ship’s Chief Medical Officer, Doctor Connie Morgan.

The crew quickly began to settle in to their roles on the Pacifica as final preparations continued for the Pacifica’s shakedown cruise. All of that quickly changed after Butterworth received surprise orders from Star Fleet Command. The ship’s shakedown mission was placed on hold as the Pacifica was ordered to deliver much needed medical supplies to a Federation Colony in the Titan System. After attending a hastily organised senior staff briefing, the crew made final preparations and then the Pacifica quickly got underway to the Titan System.

On route to the Titan System the Pacifica made a quick rendezvous with the USS Star to take on additional mission supplies and more crew members. During the exchange of supplies and crew the Pacifica’s sensors detected an unusual trace of Gamma radiation in the local vicinity. Still without the services of a dedicated Chief Science Officer, [[Butterworth assigned Lieutenant Commander Data who had been aboard the Pacifica to observe and assist with the ship’s postponed shakedown to investigate the strange appearance, while the Pacifica resumed course to Titan.

Three hours after their meeting with the Star, the Pacifica’s crew were taken by surprise when the sensors detected what appeared to be a cloaked star ship. Commander Evans ordered the Pacifica to drop to impulse moments before a Starship with Federation markings decloaked directly in front of the ship. |Evans knowing the ship from his past took the Pacifica to yellow alert as Butterworth arrived on the bridge to assess the situation. He noticed quickly a change in the demoir of his First Officer as attempts to hail the star ship went unanswered, until Commander Evans provided the codes to open a secure channel to the star ship. Butterworth’s hopes on now getting an answer, failed to reach expectations as the ship’s commander who had identified himself as Commodore Ross immeadiately requested that Commander Evans beam aboard his ship to talk. Butterworth turned to his First Officer for an explanation but in the end he had little choice but to trust in |Evans’ judgment as he allowed him to beam over to talk with Ross.

Onboard the ship, which had now been identified as the Nimitz, Ross and Evans exchanged friendly conversation. This changed quickly following a meeting with another old acquaintance Shane Vance who clued the Pacifica’s first officer in to the reason behind why Ross’ and the USS Nimitz|Nimitz’s]] sudden appearance. Upon learning of Ross’ plan to destabilise the Federation’s relationship with the Cardassian Union Evans made his escape from the Nimitz and returned to the Pacifica with [[Shane Vansan}Vansan]]. Their return to the Pacifica trigged a hostile response from the Nimitz which opened fire on the Pacifica. Not willing to engage in a fire fight with a untested ship and crew, Butterworth ordered the Pacifica to depart the system. After successfully eluding the Nimitz, Butterworth put the Pacifica back on course for the Titan System as he tried to make sense of everything that had just transpired.

Guest Characters

• Lt. Commander Data - Mission Advisor (NPC)
• Commodore Tim Ross - Commanding Officer USS Nimitz (NPC)
• Shane Vansan - Crew Member USS Nimitz (NPC)

Noted Ship & Starbase Appearances

• USS Nimitz
• USS Star

Memorable Moments

Chris: "Good ship!"

Chris walked over to the turbo lift

Chris: "Bad crew!" - Lieutenant Chris Johnson

Out of Character Information

• Aid was the Pacifica's first mission in Bravo Fleet.
• Many notable players made their first appearance for the Pacifica during this mission including the then Chief Security Officer Lieutenant Mark Kirkwood. He returned to the Pacifica in the following year as the Pacifica's new Chief Engineer.
• Lt. Commander Data is the first canon Star Trek character to appear on the Pacifica. Throughout the mission he served as a mission advisor who was originally brought in to observe the Pacifica's shakedown cruise.