Star Trek Hunter Episode 23: JAG Wars

[Bynar0110]

Excellent chapter RBS.

What's the status of the Klingon Empire?

 

[Robert Bruce Scott]

Excellent chapter RBS.

What's the status of the Klingon Empire?

Astute question. Chancellor Martok has kept the empire out of both Romulan and Federation politics and imposed strict discipline on the various noble houses while quietly rebuilding the imperial fleet - which was shattered by the Dominion War. But Martok is now very old and his people grow restless. They will show up soon enough...

Martok has sent Worf, his champion, on a secret mission to New Romulus on Vulcan. Worf's son, Alexander Rozhenko, is now the Federation ambassador to the Klingon Empire. They'll show up around Ep 26.

Thanks!! rbs

 

[Bynar0110]

Astute question. Chancellor Martok has kept the empire out of both Romulan and Federation politics and imposed strict discipline on the various noble houses while quietly rebuilding the imperial fleet - which was shattered by the Dominion War. But Martok is now very old and his people grow restless. They will show up soon enough...

Martok has sent Worf, his champion, on a secret mission to New Romulus on Vulcan. Worf's son, Alexander Rozhenko, is now the Federation ambassador to the Klingon Empire. They'll show up around Ep 26.

Thanks!! rbs

Looking forward to it.

 

[Robert Bruce Scott]

Star Trek Hunter
Episode 23: JAG Wars
Scene 14: Emergency Powers

23.14
Emergency Powers​

“This is Federation President-Elect Emory Ivonovic. President Rodriguez and I have a formal announcement regarding temporary policies to handle the current emergency faced by the United Federation of Planets. By an overwhelming majority, the Council of the United Federation of Planets has temporarily set aside restrictions on executive power in Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Federation Charter.” Emory Ivonovic was seated in a simple office chair, dressed in a simple, but elegant dark gray 3-piece suit. Next to him, behind the massive desk of her office, sat Federation President Maria Rodriguez, wearing a burgundy gown she had often been seen in. A string of pearls she always wore around her neck.

“And I am President Maria Rodriguez. As you almost certainly know, Emory and I have been members of different coalitions within the Federation Council, and there are many policy issues that we do not agree on. But we are in agreement on the need to take extraordinary measures to protect you, the citizens of our mighty Federation. We have worked together to craft both the resolution passed by the Federation Council and the following policies. I can only say how deeply saddened I am that we must stray so far from our traditions, our hopes and our core values. But the deepest value we share is to protect life and especially intelligent life. I truly believe these measures are our only hope to preserve the integrity of the Federation and will provide us the tools we so desperately need to protect the lives of our citizens.”

Emory Ivonovic put on a pair of reading glasses and picked up a small sheaf of paper from his lap. “Member planets and member species desiring to withdraw their membership from the United Federation of Planets are required to follow the procedures outlined in Section 28 of the Federation Charter. Under the emergency powers authorization, this section has been interpreted to include that the government petitioning for withdrawal from the UFP must be the same government that authorized joining the Federation, or a government directly authorized as a successor according to the requirements of Section 29. If there is a break in the legitimate handover of power from one member government to its successor, that successor may not petition for withdrawal. The initial government will have to be reconstituted as defined in Section 29.”

President Rodriguez looked up. “To put this in plain language,” she continued, “the petition from the government styling itself as the Trillian Master Force and purportedly represented by General Hialal Mulaax is null and void as this government is the product of a military coup and is not a legitimate successor government as described by Section 29.”

Ivonovic turned a page and flipped the sheaf over, adjusted his reading glasses. “Emergency authority also allows the Federation President to make direct appeal to the three allied expeditionary forces for enforcement of Federation Treaties and the Federation Charter as specified in Section 1 of the Federation Charter – a power previously reserved exclusively for the Federation Council. However, under Section 1, the Federation Council may name an agent to make such requests. Under the Emergency Powers Resolution, the Federation President is temporarily named as that agent.”

“By this authority,” President Rodriguez continued, “I hereby request that Star Fleet, the Vulcan High Command and the Andorian Imperial Guard develop and enact a joint strategy to protect the intelligent race known as the symbionts, as required by the Treaty of Trillus Prime, prevent further violation of Sections 19 and 28 of the Federation Charter and, in compliance with Section 29, enable the trillian people to reclaim their world and restore the legitimate government of Trillus Prime.”

Ivonovic flipped another page. “Additionally, the executive is named as the agency by the Federation Council to, on behalf of the Council, request the Federation Tribunal open investigations into individuals and corporate actors for potential violation of either Federation Treaty Law or the Federation Charter, to which all Federation citizens are bound as their highest law.”

President Rodriguez dropped her left fist to her desk with a thump. “Under this authority, I hereby request that the Tribunal investigate and call for the immediate arrest of the trill styling himself as General Hialal Mulaax for violation of the Treaty of Trillus Prime,” she added, “as well as Sections 19 and 28 of the Federation Charter and, in conjunction with that request, that Star Fleet, the Vulcan High Command and the Andorian Imperial Guard cooperate in the location, capture and detention of said individual until he can be brought to answer for his crimes against the Federation and against the people of Trillus Prime. I leave the investigation and arrest of individuals culpable of assisting the accused in these crimes to be determined by the Federation Tribunal and the combined forces.”

“Finally,” added Ivonovic, “Let me emphasize that these extraordinary powers are temporary. They will remain in place for two years unless revoked by a 75% majority vote of the Federation Council. You may direct any questions to the office of the President of the Federation. Thank you for your attention and thank you for your confidence both in President Rodriguez and in me. You will hear our voices again. You will see our faces again. In these troubled times, we will not leave you. For all loyal, patriotic citizens of the Federation, I am President-Elect Emory Ivonovic…”

“And I am Federation President Maria Rodriguez. It has been an honor to serve you these past six years. Please let me express my confidence in my successor that you will be well served for the next six years.”

23.14 (of 15)​

 

[Bynar0110]

" I am the Council."

 

[Will The Serious]

but I were just guessing with those newer, smaller ships. They weren’t as tough or as advanced as we had projected. Apparently cardassian military technology hasn’t fared well since the Dominion war. Or their doctrine and training. They should have dropped their cloaks and raised their shields the moment they saw that Vulcan Science Academy ship enter the system… since they weren’t willing to shoot it down.” Marks shook her head. “We came in loaded for bear and ended up knocking over a bunch of tomato cans.”

"Warning, warning, Will Robinson!" Remember your history and guard against deception and misdirection.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/d-days-parachuting-dummies-and-inflatable-tanks

inflatable Sherman tank.

Great action scenes, exciting planning room tactics, and excellent political drama. All around, a highly satisfying and very believable story. I saw a little bit of Chewbaca in the alien on the river bank. Very fun. I hope we see more of the Rebel Alliance guy. There's something very familiar about him.

Thanks
-Will

 

[Robert Bruce Scott]

" I am the Council."

Precisely.

Great action scenes, exciting planning room tactics, and excellent political drama. All around, a highly satisfying and very believable story. I saw a little bit of Chewbaca in the alien on the river bank. Very fun. I hope we see more of the Rebel Alliance guy. There's something very familiar about him.

Thanks for the kind words! Lt. Grorher (roll all the r's - hard) was inspired by a drawing of, I think, a male Catian in an admiral's uniform somewhere on the Memory Beta site. He isn't Catian, but a previously unknown species from the Gamma Quadrant. There will be more of him and the entire Boel family. If by Rebel Alliance guy you mean General Hialal Mulaax - yeah - there will be more of him.

Thanks!! rbs

 

[Robert Bruce Scott]

Star Trek Hunter
Episode 23: JAG Wars
Scene 15: Venus First

23.15
Venus First​

Viewscreens in various locations throughout the Federation were displaying only the logo of the outlawed terrorist organization known as Earth First - an organization that dated all the way back to First Contact. According to legend, Earth First had been founded by a brother and sister, Rutherford and Karen Jones, engineers who worked on the Phoenix project with the great Doctor Zephram Cochrane and had both shaken hands with Captain Suvuuk of the T’Plana-Haath, the first intelligent alien to make public contact with humanity.

The logo had not changed since the early days of the organization and had always stood for the ardent belief that humans should have no contact with any alien species - intelligent or otherwise.


The narration was read by a man and a woman together, their voices heavily distorted and blended to sound like one voice, the way that all official Earth First statements had been broadcast all the way back to the early days when those voices were recorded by the Jones siblings. Their words were scrolled in a subtitle line to make sure that everyone who viewed the broadcast would understand it:

“We are Earth First. This is a vital announcement. As of this broadcast, we are Earth First no longer. The argument about life on Venus is over. As you can tell from the events of last week, there is no life on Venus. But there will be.”

The logo was gradually morphing - the historic Earth First logo was fading, being replaced by a new image.

“You can have Earth. All of you traitors to the human race and the mud people you have allowed to replace humanity, slowly diluting our red blood with orange and pink, green and blue and those whose blood has no color. You can have Rising Sun, the Colony of New Hope, Deneva, Cun Ling, Mars and Proxima. We are no longer interested in those worlds. They have been sullied by your treason to the human race. And by you billions who have been asleep while our race has been slowly destroyed from within.”


The new logo gradually became clear - Earth First was being replaced by Venus First.


“Venus is ours and is reserved for humans only. Any non-humans or worse yet, the bastards of human and non-human, any of you who enter the atmosphere of Venus will be destroyed. We know well the military power of Star Fleet. But you know our power. You have seen your bastard children floating in the Hudson River. You have seen these abominations hanged on Rising Sun and burnt at the stake on the Colony of New Hope. If Star Fleet tries to interfere with our transformation of Venus, we promise you, the rivers and streets of your mongrelized worlds will run red with mongrel blood. Blue with mongrel blood. Green with mongrel blood.”

“We are Venus First and our demand is simple. Leave Venus to us and we will leave you in peace. Interfere with our colonization of Venus and watch your bastard children die - not by the hundreds - not by the thousands - but by the millions.”

23 – JAG Wars​

This is the final scene for Episode 23: JAG Wars.

The adventure continues in Episode 24: A Trillian Problem

Thanks for reading!!!​

 

[Will The Serious]

Confident words spoken from hiding. Deceit and misdirection or finally providing a target they believe has real teeth and strong armor?

I am enthralled.

-Will