19.By miraculous stretch of our management, USS Monroe is completed at Chalna and USS Crescent (commandeered by Cpt.Nix) is finished on Zakdorn. More cruisers are in shipyard queues, and our diplomats try their best to get other empires to sign non-aggression charters.
On other fronts: Pair of Cardassian scouts visit Trill system and one of them gets destroyed by Trill warships. At Acamar, our outpost destroys Ferengi Raider ship, and Midos outpost is attacked by Romulan destroyer, which warps out after firing a volley of torpedoes after decloaking.
Martynov reports that Borg Cube has been spotted in Ennan system, four warp jumps away from Straleb. It is unknown if it's the same Borg Cube, but it might be, given how powerful Borg are. It is possible that the Borg are going to attack us from the same side - we might have Second Battle of Zeta Alpha on our hands in the future.
USS Warakurna is completed at Sol and send to the rally point at Zakdorn system.
Turn later, USS Narwhal, an Oberth-class scout, is completed at Betazed and sent to Zakdorn as well, where 3rd Fleet arrived just a moment ago.
We might have miscalculated. The Borg Cube seems to be going toward Cardassian Union's space, as well as the home system of Federation members, the Trill. Martynov will be chasing the Cube from safe distance.
Our shipyards finish USS Navarra, Galaxy-class, at Zakdorn; USS Drake, Oberth-class, at Betazed, and USS Quiberon, Ambassador-class, at Sol. All ships directed to Zakdorn.
Cardassian Union just met the Borg.
As we're unable to provide transport, Trill warships are loaded with as many children and women as possible, and then they will warp out of the system. Trill system is generally thought to be lost. Even if we would somehow manage to buod a fleet, there's no way it could arrive there in time. Just as USS Moray, Oberth-class, is finished at Betazed, we receive news from Cardassia - they signed the affiliation treaty with us!
USS Martynov has been ordered to join Trill warships and take some Trill refugees on board. Even merchant ships unaffiliated with Federation are helping with evacuation.
Still, it feels like we're saving one tree from whole forest being engulfed by flames.
Cardassians make a wise move. USS Montgomery, Ambassador-class finished at Acamar is sent to Daran, which is our new rallying point. Combined fleets and newly built Galaxy-class starship, USS Cervera, are going there as well.
One turn later, USS Fury is completed (Ambassador) at Sol as the last of this system queue.
Federation Council decided that we will try to reach Trill in time, to save both our members and Cardassian Union from certain destruction.
Martynov and Trill warships, filled with thousands of refugees, are preparing to leave the system.
USS Galicia, Galaxy-class, hastily finished at Zakdorn.
I lost a picture somehow :v
Cardassians complies with our demand for funds (1000 credits), while Borg Cube warps back to Holsberg. We receive reports of Romulan and Ferengi raiders raiding our convoys near Chalna and Acamar, but the losses are minimal.
We're slowly amassing the fleet at Daran, as USS Isis and USS Norman, both Ambassadors, are completed at Acamar and Zakdorn, respectively. Small merchant and transport ships take refugees to Zakdorn as Trill Warships are redirected toward Daran as well.
However, we ran out of time. The fleets were ordered to converge near Trill, red alert on all ships have been raised. At the border of Trill system, we waited just as much as it was possible to let an Ambassador starship join the fleets, whilst Trill population is forcefully assimilated into Borg Cube, man by man.
And again, we're in the same situation. Roster is being sent to Federation Council.
Cpt.Nix's Fleet: 2 Galaxy-class warships (Cervera, Galicia), 4 Ambassador-class warships (*Crescent, Iroquis, Warakurna, Champlin) and 2 Oberth-class scouts (Moray, Drake)
3rd Fleet, of Zeta Alpha Battle: 1 Galaxy-class warship (*Makarov), 6 Ambassador-class warships (Zhukov, Ambassador, Horatio, Zarnitza, Montgomery, Harding) and one Oberth-class scout (Narwhal).
Joint Federation-Trill Fleet: 1 Galaxy-class warship (*Galicia), 3 Trill Warships (Protector, Guardian, Champion), 3 Ambassador-class warships (Norman, Quiberon, Isis) and one Oberth-class scout (Martynov).
As you can see, one ship less than previously. We have 3 Trill Warships in place of Ambassadors, which are slightly weaker in comparison. We also have 4 Oberths instead of 2.
If victory is writen in the stars, I can tell it will be a very close call...
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