Mission 2 Synopsis - "Et Tu Brute?"

[Amanda Rose]

Although the writing of this mission was deleted by the SLA, the plot and the storyline were preserved on an old webpage. Also, several of the plot points were referred to during later missions, permitting a nearly complete recreation of the mission for a synopsis, which follows:

An unknown illness broke out over Obi VI. The America is hereby ordered to pick up Doctor Susan Nuress from Starbase 11 and transport her to Obi VI. Doctor Susan Nuress came aboard the America and instantly began making problems for the command staff. Newly appointed Second Officer Jessica Kirk nearly threw the scientist and all of her possessions into the brig for the entirety of the transport to Obi VI. She did strike Nuress, which eventually caused O'Connor to create a written reprimand in Kirk's file.

Meanwhile, marital problems crept into the forefront of the America's command staff as Maria Gonzales Young found out that she was pregnant. Chad Young blew up in anger which caused Chad to be at odds with about every major woman on the starship.

While undertaking tasks for Doctor Nuress' obsessive-compulsiveness, MCPO Karibo Milos (NPC) found some unusual distortion within the backwash of the America's warp drive. Searches were made by Engineering, Science and Security to find the cause for such an anomaly. During the search, the America received a distress call from the U.S.S. Plato, saying that they had been attacked. America went to intercept the Plato and found that the ship was pretty beat up. A few life signs were aboard. An away team was put together to see about getting the Plato spaceworthy again. After deeming it unusable, the Plato was taken in tow by the America. Three crew members of the Plato survived. Two of them, Communications Officer Ensign M'Rasha and Medical Officer Ensign Jason Connor were pressed into active duty by Dr. Nuress. The third crew member was still in a coma from the attack.

The anomaly search ended when a message was found that was sent from the America to an unknown recipient. Security teams were dispatched. Science and Engineering were placed on alert to search for any other such unauthorized messages. Eventually, it was determined that the messages were sent by Lieutenant Stirling, the America's chief Communications Officer. He was sent to the brig and given over to StarFleet Security for court martial. The recipients of the messages were the Orions who attacked America but were repulsed.

Doctor Nuress was finally delivered to Obi VI to work on the plasma plague with no working cure for it yet. The mission ended with the America returning to Earth and Starbase 1 for the New Year's celebration to welcome the year 2296 and the promotion of Lieutenant Young to Commander, Ensign Tegau Delaney to Lieutenant and Ensigns Drak'nah and MacLeod to Lieutenant Junior Grade.