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Spoiler: CNS-15322 Swiftwing (click to show/hide)

Swan-class light cruiser, produced from 2316 to 2340, first ship CNS-12434 Swan launched from Earth Navy Spaceyard at 2316.7

Registry  Name                                  Last Observed Location(Public)
CNS-14948 Kingfisher A                          2 monthes ago, Near Alpha Centauri II-A
CNS-15322 Swiftwing                             Current, Earth Spacedock, Sol
CNS-15796 Haven                                 2 weeks ago, Deep space near Epsilon Eridani system
CNS-16705 Red Robin                             Current, Rigel V Spacedock, Rigel
CNS-19021 Eagle B                               5 days ago, Near Planet Arcturus
CNS-20119 Kiwi A                                3 weeks ago, Deep space near Sol system
CNS-20283 Little Swan(Last Ship of the class)   Current, StarStation 23

Launched from Utopia Planitia Staryard, Mars at 2325.11 and entered service at 2326.3
The Swiftwing is one of the first(and sadly, also one of the last) ship of Swan-class Light cruiser.
Equipped with top-of-the-line technology, facility and equipment at it's prime, Swan-class formed a large part of the effective defence force throughout the last century, and performed well in both the Second and Third War, and as a result, many ship of this class has been lost in battle.
Originally designed with a service lifespan of 80 years, Swan-class performed beyond all expections, and is certfied of an additional lifespan of 20 years(Actually mainly because of the Third War).
Now this class of ship is meeting its end even with its extended lifespan, and began to show all sort of problem with aging.

As retrieved by Nirur Torir:

Main Hull:
  Length: 245.9 meter
  Height: 39.6 meter
  Width: 48.1 meter
 Total(incl. Hyperlight Engine):
  Length: 297.1 meter
  Height: 47.9 meter
  Width: 97.5 meter
This ship is relatively small for a light cruiser, only slightly larger most heavy destroyer nowadays, but still well-armored when compared to destroyers even with it's age.
It's called Swan-class for a reason, for its long, wide and downswept HL engine pylon connecting elongated main hull and long HL engine.
It's also capable of minimal atmospheric operation, but not landing except in absolute emergency because of the downswept and fixed HL engine pylon, and lack of landing strut. An emergency landing can be a premature end of the ship's service life.

As retrieved by Batista:

The ship has entered service in 2326.3, it's first Captain is Lt. Commander Frakes, who served aboard the ship for 19 years before his KIA in battle at 2340.11.
It have helped mapping out 277 systems, taking part in 596 combat action, destroyed(by major contribution) the following ship by class:
156 Frigates
42 Destroyers
9 Light Cruisers
1 Heavy Cruiser.
And had completed 14 diplomacy missions, 3 intelligence missions and 1 first contact situation.

Record of Major event:
2325.11 Launched
2326.3 Entered Service
2331.4-2342.9 Second War, Damaged and salvaged 2 times at 2338.5, 2340.11
2350.6-9 Major refit
2372.6 Damaged and salvaged in skirmish along the Border
2400.2-2405.7 Third War, Major refit 2400.4-7, Damaged and salvaged at 2404.12
2421.6 End of the 19th assignment cycle

Equipments(Firing arcs and stats are mostly statistical, and for brand-new equipment(hint hint)):
 Weapons:
 2 Confederated Technology HEP8-MK3A-3 Triple mount HEPPC Array (1 on fore dorsal(Class 8, 160 power to fire each array in standard mode, arc Fore 270 degree, Dorsal 85 degree), 1 on mid ventral(Class 8, 160 power to fire each array in standard mode, arc Fore 200 degree, Aft 50 degree(blocked by hyper-light engine) below Ventral 30 degree(Omnidirectional above), Ventral 85 degree))
 4 Confederated Technology HEP6-MK5C-2 Dual mount HEPPC Array (2 on Starboard Aft(Class 6, 70 power to fire each array in standard mode, arc Starboard 160 degree, Dorsal 75 degree, Ventral 55 degree), 2 on Port Aft(Class 6, 70 power to fire each array in standard mode, arc Port 160 degree, Dorsal 75 degree, Ventral 55 degree))
 12 General Weaponery GWHEP5-MK2P HEPPC Cannon(6 on each broadside, incapable of wide-beam, standard beam, 20 power to fire each array in standard mode, arc(Port: Port 170 degree, Dorsal 95 degree, Ventral 90 degree. Starboard: Starboard 170 degree, Dorsal 95 degree, Ventral 90 degree))
 2 Confederated Heavy Weaponery ATT-2C Antimatter torpedo tube (both on fore, 80 power to fire each, 80/80 Ammo: 60 Standard CHW-Mk2 Antimatter torpedo, 20 CHW-Mk2E EMP torpedo(Heavy damage to shield and have a good chance to fry some delicate systems, low structral damage), self-guided, arc Fore 30 degree, Dorsal/Ventral 15 degree)

As retrieved by Para(Paranatural):

The newest weaponery aboard the ship are the twelve General Weaponery GWHEP5-MK2P HEPPC Cannon mounted on port and starboard of the ship, replaced its predecessor in the 2400 refit, you checked your Combat Starship Simulator, and seems like the information in the simulator is pretty accurate, you chilled in your spine.
The oldest is the two Confederated Technology HEP8-MK3A-3 Triple mount HEPPC Array, which is already mounted since the ship's entrance into the service in 2326.
You also notes that the power requirement that listed on the operation manual is the power requirement to fire one of the multiple cannon mounted on the same point.
Also noted is that the 2 main cannon mount's power conduit is directly connected to the reactor core itself, possibly field-modified some years before, that allows more power on the main cannon mount as long as reactor's up, but will cause complications if the core is down, this also incresed the risk of damage in case of an overload feedback from the cannon.
The intergrity of the Weaponery Powergrid is pretty good despite its age, at least when compared to other systems of the ship.

 Propulsions:
 2 Dynamic Technology DI-FIMk4A Fusion Impulse Ion Drive (Sublight movement, aft, cruise .2c, max .5c, 50 power each engine each second each .1c, Generates 100 power per second normally, 150 maximum)
 2 Confederated Hyper-light Type 6/A Mk3 Hyper-light Engine (Hyperlight Movement,starboard and port overboard connected with pylon swept below the main hull, cruise 6.0, max.cruise 7 max 8.5 for 12 hrs, 100 power each engine each second each factor, actual speed X^4 c(X is the factor).)
 Dynamic Technology DI-RCS5A-Mk2 Reaction control system(Sublight manueverability, statistical)

 Power Generation:
 Confederated Hi-Energy Type 7 Mk2 M/AM Reactor(fuel for 3 years normal operation:100%, Normal output 1400 unit, Can be boosted to 2000 unit for 12 hours)

 Defences:
 Earth Industry Association Class 7 Mk6A Shield generator(1200 power to initialize, 300 power per second to stay up, each 80 additional power spent recharge shield for 1% on a side, defences are statistical)
 Earth Industry Association Mk4C ECM/ECCM Suite (Statistical influence and enables ECM/ECCM related roll)
 Earth Industry Association Mk3E Sensor Array (Stat. influence and enables sensor realted roll)

 Other Systems:
 Confederated Metallurgy Class II Titanium Alloy Hull (12 decks)
 Confederated Metallurgy Class III Titanium Alloy Powered Ablative Armor(15cm thick, 40cm in crit. locations, up to 400 pwr/sec on Tactical and Engineering's discretion)
 Confederated Technology Mk3C-CL Life Support Suite(for a light cruiser, includes atmos , lighting and heating(30pwr/sec), artificial gravity(50pwr/sec) and inertial dampening(100pwr/sec)
 Battery Array (maximum output 500pwr/sec, Capacity 60000/60000 pwr)

 Facility:
 Old(Poor) Science Facility(stat.disadv. to -1 to science roll),Well Maintainanced(Stat.Adv to science roll), Wide-ranged

Equipment status of Science department:
They are old. Logically one would assume that they won't be good for research as researching is a mainly cutting-edge job, and logic triumphs yet again.
Most of them dates back to 2350s, maintainance is very good, but their capability and precision has been degraded too much to be entirely acceptable.
Replacement at first chance is logical, but might not be practical, as we are this ship's last crew, serving in her last assignment cycle.

Catalogued 794 planets
Analyzed 2792 plant species
Analyzed 4347 animal species
Analyzed 1 new alien race
Completed modification to the Class 8 mount of the ship.
No major science breakthrough

The Botanical Garden is now a exceptionally beautiful place, filled with flowers and herbs.(Stat.adv. to morale)

Old(Poor) Medical Facility(stat.disadv. to -1 to medical roll), Maintainced(Stat.adv to medical roll), Some new equipment(Reduction on penalty)
 Old(Poor) Crew Facility(Some mess halls with half-functional synthesizers, Holodeck exists, but only one, and pretty old too(hint hint))(stat.disadv to crew morale)
 3000 cubic meter, 3000 ton cargo space

Inventory of security:
 25/30 Confederated Technology RC5 HEPPC[Technobabble: Stands for High-Energy Particle Projector Cannon]Carbines (Class 3, incapable of wide-beam sweep)
 75/90 Energy Cells for RC5 Carbines (60 charges each, 12 power unit)
 2/3 Confederated Technology RMK5-LM Light Machine Gun (Class 3, incapable of standard beam and wide-beam sweep)
 10/15 Energy Cells for RMK5-LM LMG (100 charges each, 20 power unit)
 12/12 Confederated Explosive PEC3 Plastic Explosive (0.5kg each)
 76/80 Composite Engineering Mk5 HEPPC Pistol (Class 2, incapable of wide beam and full auto)
 304/320 Energy Cells for Mk5 Pistol (50 charge each, 10 power unit)
 138/150 Confederated Explosive G4A Chemical Explosive Concussion Grenade (0.1kg each)
 26/30 Confederated Explosive G4E EMP Grenade (0.1kg each)
 149/150 Confederated Technology DMK5 HEPPC Mini-Pistol (Class 1, incapable of full auto and wide-beam)
 447/500 Energy Cells for DMK5 Mini-Pistol (30 charge each, 6 power unit)
 38/40 Confederated Explosive M5-Mk2 Chemical Explosive Proximity Mines (0.2kg each)
 2/2 Confederated Technology HW3-A Heavy HEPPC Cannon (Class 4, incapable of full auto, wide beam and pulse burst, No stun mode, 1 charge per shot)[Think about Tesla Cannon in Fallout 3]
 8/8 Energy Cells for HW3-A Heavy HEPPC Cannon (5 charges each, 40 power unit)
 31/30 Standard Issue Light Security Armor (Covers upper body, both arm, both leg, stat.disadv to -1 on damage rolls depending on what they are up against)
 26/30 Standard Issue Medium Security Armor (Covers All body sections, stat.disadv to -2 on damage rolls depending on what they are up against)
 117/120 Communicators (100 use before recharge, 10 power unit, +1 to communication attempt roll(if needed))
 37/40 Action Belts
 56/60 Standard Issue Combat/Survival Knives
Default loadout:
 Confederated Technology RC5 HEPPC Carbines
 --3 Energy Cells
 Composite Engineering Mk5 HEPPC Pistol
 --4 Energy Cells
 4 Confederated Explosive G4A Chemical Explosive Concussion Grenade
 1 Confederated Explosive G4E EMP Grenade
 Action Belt
 Standard Issue Medium Security Armor
 Communicators
 Standard Issue Combat/Survival Knives
Other loadouts are based on this. Change Carbines for LMG or Cannon for Light/Heavy fire support, Change Carbines for Explosives for Demolition.
Mini-pistols are intended to be distributed to untrained individual for self-defence as needed.

Cargo:
 Ship supply: 998/1000 ton, 998/1000 cubic meter(3 year's worth)

Crew:
Generally trained, and of average capability and still a bit green. Morales are average, a bit stressed about the sudden change in mission.
 Command: 7/8 +1(Batista: Well known aboard the ship)  (Average, Green, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Respects Batista, A bit stressed)
 Science: 15/16 +1(Sxtan: A bit known aboard the ship)  (Average, Green, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Respects Batista, Respects Sxtan, A bit stressed)
 Operations:
  Engineering: 49/50 +1(Nirur Torir: Known aboard the ship)  (Above average, Green, Respects Nirur, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Good morale, Respects Batista, A bit stressed)(2 crews available as Regular, Above average skill, Respects Nirur very much(in addition))
  Security: 24/25 +1(Flintus: First Officer, Known aboard the ship)  (Above Average, Green, Respects Flintus well, Slightly respects Faden, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Above average morale, A bit stressed)(4 crews available as Regular, Above average skill, Respects Flintus very much(in addition))(3 armed, 2 Standard Loadout, 1 Light Fire support)
  Navigation: 4/5 +1(Nimitz: Known aboard the ship)  (Average, Green, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Respects Nimitz, Respects Batista, A bit stressed)
  Tactical: 39/40 +1(Para: Well known aboard the ship)  (Average, Green, Fiercely Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Respects Batista, A bit stressed)
 Medical: 19/20 +1(Faden: Known aboard the ship)  (Average, Green, Respects and slightly skeptical about Para, Respects Faden, Respects Batista, A bit stressed)
 Passenger: 6/80 (The King, His Daughter and entourages)
 Total: 157/164 +7(Players) +6(Passengers)

M/AM Reactor: 1400pwr/sec Normal 2000pwr/sec 12hours
| |
| |----Forward Primary Class 8 Mount(160 each, 480 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
|    |
|    |-Ventral Primary Class 8 Mount(160 each, 480 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
|
|--Main Capacitor Energizer(Storage:3000/3000pwr Output: 3000pwr/sec)
|
|--Battery Array(Storage:60000/60000pwr Output: 500pwr/sec)
|
|--Weapons Power Grid
| |
| |--2 Port Secondary Class 6 Mount(70 each, 280 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
| |
| |--2 Starboard Secondary Class 6 Mount(70 each, 280 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
| |
| |--5 Port Tertilary Class 5 Mount(20 each, 100 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
| |
| |--5 Starboard Tertilary Class 5 Mount(20 each, 100 salvo, can be boosted to up to 150%)
| |
| |--2 Forward Torpedo Tube Mount(80 each, 160 salvo)
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|--Defence Power Grid
| |
| |--Shield System(1200 init, 300/sec to stay up, 80 additional recharge on 1 side, max 1500/sec)
| |
| |--ECM/ECCM System(200/sec full power)
| |
| |--Sensor Array(50/sec nominal 200/sec full power)
| |
| |--Powered Armor(up to 400/sec)
|
|
| --Systems Power Grid
| |
| |--Atmosphere, Lighting, Heating(30/sec)
| |
| |--Artificial Gravity(50/sec)
| |
| |--Inertial Dampening(100/sec, can be boosted up to 200%)
|
|--Port Sublight Drive(Generate 100pwr/sec Normal 150pwr/sec Max, cruise .2c, max .5c, 50/sec each .1c)
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|--Starboard Sublight Drive(Generate 100pwr/sec Normal 150pwr/sec Max, cruise .2c, max .5c, 50/sec each .1c)
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|--Port Hyperlight Drive(1200 to engage, Cruise 6.0, Max.cruise 7, Max 8.5 for 12 hrs, 100pwr/sec per 1)
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|--Starboard Hyperlight Drive(1200 to engage,Cruise 6.0, Max.cruise 7, Max 8.5 for 12 hrs, 100pwr/sec per 1)
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|--RCS System(50/sec on maneuver)

Standard Usable Power:1600/sec

Max Power Generation Rate:2300/sec

Max Power Output Rate(excl. Main Capacitor Energizer):2800/sec

Alpha Strike, Fore, Standard pwr: 1120 pwr

Alpha Strike, Broadside, Standard pwr: 1340 pwr

Alpha Strike, Aft, Standard pwr: 480 pwr

Alpha Strike, All weapon, Standard pwr:1880 pwr

Alpha Strike, All weapon, Full pwr:2740 pwr

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, Static:230/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, SL Cruise: 430/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, HL Cruise: 1430/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Red, SL Cruise: 1480/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Red, HL Cruise: 2480/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, SL Max: 730/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, HL Max Cruise: 1630/sec

Normal Power Consumption, Status Green, HL Max 12hrs: 1930/sec

Descriptive Map:
All decks are connected with turbolift on aft and fore section, with access tunnels and gangways dotting around, described from aft to fore,(otb) for Open to below.
Escape pod can be found throughout the ship
Deck 1(subdeck 1/5 length on aft): Captain's ready room, Conference room, Bridge
Deck 2(subdeck 1/3 length on aft): Officer's quarter(You will live there), Astrometic, Officer's lounge.
Deck 3: Crew quarter, 4 Class 6 Mounts, Science lab, Medibay, Crew quarter, Forward Class 8 mount.
Deck 4: Science lab, Matter storage, Crew quarter, Crew Lounge, Mess Hall, Teleporter room, Forward Class 8 support mechanism.
Deck 5: Upper Sub-light Engine room(otb), Crew quarter, Holodeck, Upper Engineering(otb), Security, Crew quarters, Forward torpedo mount support mechanism.
Deck 6: Middle Sub-light Engine room(otb),Upper Engineering(otb),12 Class 5 mount and support, Torpedo Magazine(otb), Torpedo Tube.
Deck 7: Lower Sub-light Engine room, Upper Engineering(otb), Engineering misc machinery,Torpedo Magazine,Forward torpedo mount support mechanism.
Deck 8: Sub-light Engine Support machinery, Main Engineering(otb), Engineering misc machinery, Gym and Botanic garden.
Deck 9: Misc machinery and storage,Hyper-light Engine Pylon, Lower Engineering(otb),Misc machinery and storage.
Deck 10: Misc machinery and storage,Lower Engineering(otb),Main Cargo bay(otb).
Deck 11: Misc machinery and storage,Lower Engineering, Ventral Class 8 support mechanism,Main Cargo bay.
Deck 12(subdeck 1/2 length on aft): Main Shuttle Bay, Antimatter Storage,Ventral Class 8 mount.

Damages and Malfunctions(Known):
Stress Damage/Microfracture, Hull, Deck 5-7 mid
Stress Damage/Microfracture, Hull, Port HL Engine Pylon
Stress Damage/Microfracture, Hull, Starboard HL Engine Pylon
(Maintainance Plan:Statistical reduction of aging-related malfunction.)

Chief Engineer Nirur Torir reporting at 2421.6.30 1900hrs:
All systems is ready for launch without major malfunction at any time.
Functionality report:
Power system 93%
HL Propulsion 89%
SL Propulsion 94%
Life support and crew facility 87%
Science system 86%
Medical system 84%
Hull intergrity 88%
Defense systems 92%
Weapon systems 89%
Reduction in functionality mainly caused by equipment aging, thus unrepairable.
The ship itself in combat efficiency is comparable to a newer medium destroyer, with strength in Armor, Shield and Point-defense effectiveness, and weakness in Maneuverabilty and Speed when compared to one of such ship. However this ship cannot hope to handle a newer light cruiser on itself, at least not in its current state of maintainance, the last crew should be reassigned to ground duty for their disregard on maintainance and bad attitute toward the next crew.
P.S. The Food Synthesizer in Officer's lounge is now repaired, turned out to be a prank.

The largest crew quarter on deck 3 has been installed with a biobed for His Royalty. His daughter and entourages are also living in adjacent quarters.

Shuttle Bay: 2 Confederated Small Craft S-MK12-C3 "Bumblebee" Medium Range HL Shuttle.(CNS-15322/1 Wispy and CNS-15322/2 Swift)(Cruise Speed: Factor 6, Range: 2 weeks, Capacity: 4 persons and 2 ton, 2 cubic meter cargo.)[Additional detail coming on check.]

Spoiler: Misc Facts (click to show/hide)

Lieutenant J.g. Sxtan's Ki'scri'caa Brown Tea is poisonous by causing severe diarrhea to anyone other than himself, but as long as others don't take the wrong cup there should be no problem.
Me, Lieutenant J.g. Faden's feather might cause a few crew a minor allergic reaction, mainly minimal sneezing, none of the senior officer is allergic to my feather though.
There might still be undiscovered allergic and pathological reactions, but that would need time to discover.

Cephid 17 is a binary system, 1205.2 lightyears away from Earth which is at the border between Core and Frontier systems of the Confederation of star.
Swiftwing should be able to reach the destination within a half year if everything went all right on a cruise speed factor of 6.0 and stay on the +1.0 Hyperspace highway.
Nothing much is interesting in the way though, as this is a pretty busy spacelane and everything around has been througthoutly studied.
(This information is pretty useless now)

A Tr'cic is a powerful predator which resembles an insectoid velociraptor with a barbed tail. It's native to the frontier world that Sxtan was born on.
As a result of being covered in chitin, Sxtan cannot do facial expressions, his people use gestures and sounds to indicate emotion and other subleties of language.

On his homeworld:"It's like living on a living rock, the planet seems to be alive, tons resarches have been made to determine if it is or isn't a huge living organism orbiting our sun, personally I don't believe that crap. If you ever get to visit it, don't be surprised if the only thing you see is red, orange and yellow, our oil equivalent is actually red, we call it "The bloody juice", some religious fanatics say it is the blood of the planet."
A large part of Batista's early career is served on Planet Cril, as CNF's Advisory serving beside King Lorin, and has been friend of the King.

She'd started trimming her wing feathers after they caused her to botch emergency first aid on Ferrus. The patient lived, but lost an arm to infection. Since then, she simply hadn't felt confident enough in her abilities to allow her feathers to grow out.
She has alcohol intolerance.
She is the only avian serving aboard Swiftwing as of the start of the 20th assignment cycle at 2421.6.

Being a fan of starships since youth, he has a lot of Ship-in-a-bottle and other models in his quarter.

[NoctisVampire]

NPC Sheet:

Spoiler: King of Covenant of Cril, Lorin (click to show/hide)

Name: Lorin
Age: 79
Race: Crilite
Gender: Male
Background: See Informations
Occupation: King of Covenant of Cril(Exiled)
Skills: Unknown, Planetary Management known.
Position: Crew quarter, Deck 3

Spoiler: Crown Princess, Cila (click to show/hide)

Name: Cila
Age: 25
Race: Crilite
Gender: Female
Background: See Informations
Occupation: Crown Princess of Cril(Exiled)
Skills: Unknown, Botany, Planetary Management known.
Position: Crew quarter, Deck 3

Spoiler: King's Personal Manservant, Eari (click to show/hide)

Name: Eari
Age: Unknown
Race: Crilite
Gender: Male
Background: See Informations
Occupation: King's Personal Manservant
Skills: Unknown
Position: Crew quarter, Deck 3

Spoiler: Royal Cook, Mossay (click to show/hide)

Name: Mossay
Age: Unknown
Race: Crilite
Gender: Female
Background: See Informations
Occupation: Royal Cook
Skills: Cooking related expected, Unknown
Position: Crew quarter, Deck 3

Spoiler: King's Stable Master, Aldel (click to show/hide)

Name: Aldel
Age: Unknown
Race: Crilite
Gender: Male
Background: See Informations
Occupation: King's Stable Master
Skills: Unknown, Animal Training and Animal Care expected
Position: Crew quarter, Deck 3

Spoiler: King's Chief of the Households, Nil (click to show/hide)

Name: Nil
Age: Unknown
Race: Crilite
Gender: Male
Background: See Informations
Occupation: King's Chief of the Households
Skills: Unknown.
Position: Crew quarter, Deck 3

Yet another late-night production and a bit rushed at last...Check for mistakes!
Sector map will come at next turn!

[Paranatural]

Woot!

[Nimitz]

I'm surprised no one's posted so far. I'll post soon. Are we really departing now?

[smjjames]

((You know, the location of the mountains where our avian contact lives would be useful in my decision. Also, I thought he would have put away his two swords, but I guess he just didn't have time.))

After a moment in thought, Sxtan replied, "Given that we know the contact is in the mountains of the planet, the terrain won't be of any hindrance to me, and I've been in cold environments before, so know how to deal with it. I just hope its not in the dead of winter or the temp is anywhere near 40 degrees fahrenheight." After saying 40 degrees, he made an internal shudder at the thought of being in such harsh low temps.

"I'm open to any other ideas here."

I'm surprised no one's posted so far. I'll post soon. Are we really departing now?

Not sure really.

[NoctisVampire]

The choice is to whether travel to Sigma 756 onboard Swiftwing herself, or play a wild-goose chase with Tyrilians, dropping the shuttle and the retrieval team somewhere within 1 week range of Sigma 756 without being detected, or something else...And this will have a major impact on the flow of the story.
smjjames: That information will be provided next turn, will give a free action on information collection to you.
EDIT: Will be provided ASAP...but may take some time....

[Nimitz]

Oh, gee, way to make things even more complicated than they already are, captain. Then again, it's probably necessary. Still doesn't stop it from being annoying, though. "Roger that, cap'n. I'll fly us there, nice and quiet-like." This was not what I meant when I wished we could get some action. Argh!

Well, I have my orders. I head over to the holo-deck and practice flying a shuttle. I already know how to pilot one, but I need to be at the top of my game for this. I'm feeling a little pent up, so I'll try to find Faden and discuss the mission with her. I consider her to be the nicest out of the whole crew. It's a shame our duties prevent us from interacting most of the time. I'd like to know more about her and her species.

[NoctisVampire]

Supplemental informations:
Turn 10b
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  2421.10.27 2245 hours

Spoiler: Supplemental interactions (click to show/hide)

  "What's the environmental condition of Sigma 756 exactly?"Sxtan asked, not sure about this since he have had some pretty bad experience with cold temperature before.
  "Hmm...Wait please."Nimitz responded as he brought out his Insta-map, which included a rudimentry map and climate information for every planet in it's database."Ok, here it is."
  "Well...Damned cold."Sxtan mumbled as he looked over the screen of Nimitz's little miracle device.
  The information was displayed as below:

  Name: Sigma 756
  Classification: Class M
  Moons: Sigma 756a, Sigma 756b
  Description: Fourth planet of its system ,cold for a Class M planet, about 62% of the planet surface is unsuitable for human habitation because of the temereraure. Sparsely inhabited by: Humanoid intelligent life in late stone age, and avian intelligent life in iron age.
  Climate: Cold, and wet. Annual average surface temperature is minus 7 degree Celsius(19 degree Fahrenheight), storm weather prevalent in lowland area.
  Special feature/hazards: Ion storm ring around the planet, caused by frequent solar eruption of its primary star.

  "The Shal'a mountain range is here."Nimitz pointed at a point near the equatorial line of the planet."And the temperature should be better there...still damned cold for sure."

Spoiler: Informations (click to show/hide)

  Humanoid race hailing from Planet Cril, resembles human, slightly weaker constitution, and have white hair. Confederation Associate.
  Supplies the ore Crilium which is used as energy source in the entire sector. Ravaged by civil war for more than 20 years tracing back before the Third War, the situation is about to take a turn.
  Planet Cril's political and religious leader, King of Covenant of Cril, Lorin has been exiled to Planet Olan for 21 years.

  A vital energy source of many planets in local space near Cril, much safer than Uranium and other similiar isotopes and require much less technology than fusion to produce power.
  Although Crilium did occur natually on every planets and asteroids in this section of space, only Cril, after which the ore is named after, have a concentration high enough to be mined with acceptable cost-effectiveness. And there's nigh-infinite amount of Crilite in the crust of Cril, which is enough to provide this and nearby sectors with energy for thousands of years to come at current rate.

  Humanoid race with an appearance that resembles human, but more bony and muscular, especially on the face. Regional Power, Quite aggressive. One of the powers that is now essentially surronded by CS as the latter expands, As CS spent most of its resource on Zerkalian Front it's more than willing to take some bite off the CS from the back, but does not dare an open war since they are too weak when compared with CS.
  Tyrilians ritually execute their prisoner after capture, in a particularly gory and painful way.

  As it's closer to Earth, the first contact between CS and Tyrilian Empire is pretty early, in the 2250s, which is immediately followed by a series of skirmishes between the two powers.
  Now it's surronded by Confederation as the latter expands, laying between the core and frontier worlds.
  It's technology level is 2370s-equivalent when compared to the Confederation, which is slightly inferior.
  The relation between it and CS has never been good. And because of Confederation's non-invasive nature, and the war between Confederation and Zerkalians, they have been trying to cut a piece out of CS since the Second War.
  Located in the opposite side of the Zerkalian Front, This regional power have been proven to be a thorn on the back for the Confederation.

  The military ships of Tyrilian Empire is typically light-to-medium destroyer sized, using exclusively lasers as their weaponery as observed, though a heavy-cruiser sized ship has been observed not long ago.
  Their technology is around 2370s-equivalent for Confederation, which is a bit outdated for newer Confederation ships, but still somewhat more advanced than his own Swan-class light cruiser.
  Tyrilian ships usually patrols around in single ship, or form a small taskforce of up to 5 ships.
  A typical Tyrilian ship looks like a triangle, with HL engine attached to port and starboard aft, and bridge on the dorsal fore of the ship.
  The common weakness among these ships are their low HL speed. The maximum speed ever observed is Factor 6.5, while they typically cruise at factor 5.
  Their laser armament are roughly class 4-8 in output when catagueized, though more powerful weapons is possible.
  Typical tactics Tyrilians use usually involves a lot of strafing as their laser are mostly forward-mounted. Ramming is also a tactic favored by Tyrilian commanders if their ship is damaged enough, or they are overpowered enough.

  Located near the Confederation-Tyrilian border, this sector is the home of StarStation 23 and Planet Cril, origin of Crilite civilization. Also have 8 habitable planets, 3 minor planetary colonies and 2 minor civilization, Olani and Elloni.
  This sector has been under constant threat from Tyrilian Empire since the first contact with them, but is still weakly-defended when compared to those alongside Confederation-Zerkalian border because of the constant threat of Zerkalians and its spatial position.
  At factor 6, Olan is 3 days away from SS23, Sigma 756 is 3 weeks away from Olan, Cril is 2 week 5 day away from Olan, 1 week away from Sigma 756, Ellon III is 2 week 3 day away from Olan, 9 day away from Sigma 756, 11 day away from Cril.

  Humanoid race native to Planet Olan, much shorter when compared to human, and is characterized by their darker skin and slightly diffenent facial feature. Confederation Associate.
  Planet Olan is very hot for a Class-M Terrestrial planet, bordering on Class-L Desert because of its relatively closeness to its sun, its atmosphere is also thinner than Earth. As the result Olani population is pretty sparse, barely reaching 5 million as of 2415.
  This planet does not have any natural resources treasured by any space-faring civilization, nor of any strategic importance. Thus of little intrest to any space-faring civilization, such a planet makes for excellent dwelling for exiled royalties like those of Planet Cril.
  The King of Covenant of Cril and his family has been exiled here with Confederation assistance. and has been here for 21 years.

  Humanoid race native to Planet Ellon III, shorter than human, and the skin color ranges from pink to deep green, very welcoming to strangers from all places. Confederation Associate.
  Ellon III is pretty underdeveloped by Confederation standard, the cosy lifestyle of Elloni people in one of the reason behind that.
  The culture of Elloni people calls for friendliness to all people, regardless of origin. Total strangers are hailed as neighbours, the hospitality of the Elloni people is famous throughout the Confederation.
  As a result, Immigration policy of the planet is pretty lax, and there's a stable Crilite population on the planet because of the frequent ore trade between the two planets.

  King of Covenant of Cril, Lorin has been exiled onto Planet Olan since 21 years ago, with his still-young daughter(Princess Cila, aged 4 at that time), his wife(Queen Miri), and his four servant(Personal manservant Eari and his wife, royal cook Mossay. Also Stable Master, Aldel and Chief of the households, Nil)
  Queen Miri died a few years later by disease, while others managed to live through the hardness of all these years.
  The King is pretty old now, the hardship on the living didn't make the situation any better.

  A stone house of typical Olani construction located on the south hemisphere of the planet in a rural region, the King, his family and entourage has been living there for the entire duration of their exile.
  Enemy presense on this planet is very low, at most a Tyrilian agent with a few paid Olani informers according to report, it used to be much more though, their number reduced as the time passes.
  Also the Swiftwing's presence here should have been a surprise for Tyrilian Empire, for the secrecy nature of the mission.
  An encrypted message was sent to Tyrilian Empire after the away team reached Olan. The presence of Swiftwing is no secret now.
  Another message was sent near the end of Turn 10.

  As the political and religious symbol of planet Cril, this very important item is not with the King at this time. The King have hidden it away on a remote planet at the beginning of his exile at Planet Sigma 756. Tyrilians will most likely want to steal this item.
  The Power of Times granted by the Crown is an ESP-like phenomenon activated by a certain type of brainwave that was present in the brain of certain members of royal family of Cril, and the crystal on the Crown is sensitive to such waves, the person possessing just the right brain wave would clear it. This effect has been duplicated in computer simulations. After all, the most likely explanation for the story was an intervention by a much more advanced alien race, even when compared to Confederation.

  Princess Cila shall rule as Queen of Covenant of Cril when she returns to Cril, but not without first retriving the Crown of the Covenant from Planet Sigma 756. Go to Sigma 756 to meet Shal'Qah, a local avian tribe leader in Shal'a mountain range, for help, he knows the location of the crown. King Lorin shall leave too, to confuse Tyrilians.

  Crilite protocols are largely similiar to humans as they are very similiar in both their biological and social evolution path. One thing of note is that Crilites consider the focus of attention very important.

  A bit similiar to diabetes to Humans before it's treated, but more deadly. Needs a periodic injection of holulin in order to survive. And if left untreated, the result will be similiar to carbon monoxide poisoning, in which the oxygen-carrying capability of blood cell will be gradually lost, which will result in suffocation and death. This disease will worsen if under stress, careful medical treatment is absolutely necessary.

  The Covenant marked the start of the current Crilite Dynasty, which was born hundreds of years ago. Also of utmost religious importance to Crilites.

(These are original materials, too good to be rewritten and adapted...Will remove if copyright is called.)
  ...And it came to pass that the second god Dal saw the long table Keulane made; and Dal said “Was this made from one piece, whole, cut in a single stroke from the heart of the largest tree in the land?”
Unbowed (for he feared not the god Dal), Keulane speak “Yes, and with my own hand. Let this table replace the field of battle. Let the people reveal their hearts with true words and not sword thrusts. Let this wood, from the tree’s heart, be the heart of Shad, one world united forever.”
And Dal answered: “It shall be, Keulane. I shall give you dominion over Things and Creatures-Not-Man.”
And the god Dal gave his blessing, rendering the sword of Keulane, that cut the tree in a single stroke, as Strength with dominion over Things and Creatures-Not-Man. Keulane added this to his dominions over Heaven, given by the fourth god Koh; and over Land and Sea, given by the third god Adar. It remained for him to gain the blessing of the first god Iyan, God among Gods, and dominion over Man.
And so Keulane waited, for he felt it was his reward, but Iyan came not to him. At long last, Keulane cried out: “Have I not earned this?”
A bolt of blinding light and roaring thunder smote the sword
from Keulane’s hands, and he trembled at the voice of Iyan, God of Gods: “You are foolish, Keulane. No man can have dominion over Men. You can only guide them. We will not speak to you again in this life. We will never speak directly unto you again, but we will give you this.”
And the hand of Iyan placed the Crown of Shad upon Keulane’s head. It was of silver, and of crystals, a pair whose inner depths were murky and fogged to the eye and mind of man. Do you hear and see my voice?”
Keulane answered that he did, but he did not, for the eye and ears of his heart were closed by fear. Iyan knew, and he shook Keulane to his very soul. “Hear me!”
And lo, the crystals of the Crown became clear through, with the blue of Heaven as their shade. And Keulane felt his heart open, and he saw clearly, and heard. He knew the echoes of the past, and felt the tides of Time. And he knew the roads the People of Shad would take, if only he could lead them there.
“You have the Power of Times,” Iyan told him. “Thus shall you and your sons and daughters lead. Of the children you beget, only special ones in their time will have the Power. They will wear the Crown, the crystals will give them sight, and the People will hail them as Kings and Queens of the Covenant...
—Book of Shad,
Verse of Keulane
(Shad is Cril in this adaption.)

  Name: Sigma 756
  Classification: Class M
  Moons: Sigma 756a, Sigma 756b
  Description: Fourth planet of its system ,cold for a Class M planet, about 62% of the planet surface is unsuitable for human habitation because of the temereraure. Sparsely inhabited by: Humanoid intelligent life in late stone age, and avian intelligent life in iron age.
  Climate: Cold, and wet. Annual average surface temperature is minus 7 degree Celsius(19 degree Fahrenheight), storm weather prevalent in lowland area.
  Special feature/hazards: Ion storm ring around the planet, caused by frequent solar eruption of its primary star.
  The Shal'a mountain range is located near the equatorial line of the planet, spanning over a wide area, and is primary habitat of an intelligent avian race, Shal'pa.

  Intelligent avian race native to Sigma 756, technology level compareable to Iron Age of human with outworldly contact and trade.
  Further information available through search.

Spoiler: Sector Map (click to show/hide)

The sector map is pretty simplistic though...And tell me whether you can see it or not, Photobucket is half-accessable here(Sometimes I can't see my own image on-site, but can upload it there).

[Faden]

((I can see it!))

I'm not sure I'm on confident with this plan. It seems so risky, sending the princess down with only three people to guard her. I wish we had a second shuttle. Still, orders are orders.

I need to make sure that the medical crew is prepared to take care of the king while I'm gone, and give them a pep talk while I'm at it. After that, I'll practice using my gun, though hopefully I won't have to use it on this mission...

Some information about the Denedani and their homeworld:
The planet's name is Irir, the sun's name is Losir.
Irir is the second planet from Losir, and there are seven planets in the system total, though there are no gas giants.
Irir has two moons, the larger is called Toie and the smaller is called Eolin. Both have religious followings, but the worship of moon gods entered a steep decline when the Denedani became space-faring. Nevertheless, actually landing on either moon is forbidden world-wide.
The majority of Denedani are polytheistic, and the most popular god is Eki the Dancer, the trickster god.
There are seventy-two factions on Irir, each with their own government. Faden hails from a medium-sized representative monarchy (People get to vote for advisers, but the monarch has the final word) on the southern continent, called Ahierir.

[NoctisVampire]

One thing to clarify is that if you decide to use shuttle, the shuttle will be needed to be launched within 1-1.5 weeks distance of Sigma 756 because of the limited range, and there's plenty of time to do other things before that as the Swiftwing need to do some confusing maneuver and get within range first.
And also, logically the shuttle is not the only choice...the original story used the shuttle though.

[Batista]

(( I can see the picture))

We will follow the shuttle plan.

"Sxtan, do you think you can administrate the medicine to the princess? If you can handle it, you might replace Faden on the shuttle, otherwise it will be Flintus, the princess, Faden and Nimitz going to the planet."

[Flintus10]

"I'll be glad to be a part of the shuttle party and I am sure that my crew is being left in capable hands captain."
I will inform my crew of the mission and that I will be away from my command for awhile. Of course the captain will take charge of security untill I return.

Scratch that if it's not too late I will remain on the ship and support the first option

[NoctisVampire]

Be sure to leave someone with relatively good combat capability back aboard the ship!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

There will be another planetary adventure going along with the shuttle crew's adventure, to give everyone of us good thing to do and enrich the story.  And I can assure you this other one will be more action oriented(Counter-intelligence, hint hint).

Poll: So who will be in the shuttle when it's launched a couple weeks later?
1. Cila, Nimitz, Faden, Sxtan. (Combat capable both at range(Nimitz, and to a lesser degree, Faden) and melee(Sxtan), also good for science(Sxtan and Faden), Faden could be an invaluable asset on dealing with other avians, and can make good scout with her adventage.
2. Cila, Nimitz, Faden, Flintus. (More combat capable(Flintus and Nimitz), Less professional science support)
3. Cila, Nimitz, Sxtan, Flintus. (Even more combat capable, Lacks professional medical support and possible scouting capability)
4. Other combinations. (State in post, Princess Cila is definitely in, and Nimitz most definitely.)

[Nirur Torir]

Personal log: We are to retrieve a crown to help maintain peace in the region. The captain in all his wisdom has decided to send the princess in a shuttle to retrieve it, along with some of our officers. The CNS-15322 Swiftwing will distract the Tyrilians, which will most likely be trying to interfere. I feel it is a senseless risk when we could directly pursue the mission with the Swiftwing, but the captain seems to be hoping to keep away from a direct confrontation.

Not that I blame him, given the state of this vessel.

I'll ensure that the shuttles are ready for launch, figure out which is more suitable for launch, and undergo any required last-minute maintenance. I'll then spend time reducing the stress of my crew, occasionally drilling my crew, practicing emergency repairs in case of an attack with the holodeck, and training with my weapon in the holodeck.

[smjjames]

Maybe 2? Having medical suppourt is a good idea and Faden certainly misses flying and probably misses other avians as well, being the only avian onboard at this time.

Now that I look at the planet info, below freezing temperatures would likely require a full body suit (short of a spacesuit) since it would be much harder to maintain the heating system. So I think I'll forego the shuttle mission.