Galactic Cooperative - Mission Orders 

Form 110-1                                                                                                                          

Officer Building Mission -  Staff Admiral Tonio Turbane

MISSION PARAMETERS: 

Stardates inclusive -    25.02.217 to 26.02.217 (estimated)

Phases - 3-4 (estimated sorties)

CAPSULE:

These mission orders are intended for all crewmembers and officers of the following vessels.  Please note that officers will be responsible for the knowledge and clarification of such orders.  

CSS Prometheus - (Co-Operative Contracted Cruiser class vessel) Captain Lord Calvin Hobbes commanding.  First Officer Lieutenant Commander Shasta Pessi.

CSS Genesis - (Co-Operative Owned Assault Scout class vessel) Captain Volo Vrax commanding.  First Officer Lieutenant JG Rogan Duffelchair.

NOTE - The second vessel is pending a decision by Captain Vrax concerning vessel command.  Likewise, the first officer on the Prometheus is also pending a decision (see orders).

Vessel Commanders should note any crew changes prior to departure on first sortie.

MISSION ORDERS:

The CSS Prometheus and CSS Genesis (assumed) will undertake a new course of action regarding the Hokuten Enclave.  It has been deemed unwise to enter the Enclave directly from waypoints attempted earlier.  The area of space known as the Enclave has been unbreached as of this date but certainly is pro-Confederation as are most of the local systems.  This cannot be allowed to continue.  

Thus, Co-Op command has set forth a new strategy that will be undertaken.  The captured NobleNet command center has been refurbished and much has been learned from it.  The portable station renamed the CSB Keyhole, has been refit with new sensors and Mark II Generation EW/listening equipment.  This base will be transported to the Terminal Fringe of the Xagyg Dust Nebula at coordinates 45.369  mark 7.  The Keyhole will be deployed as a command facility as well as repair and restocking area.  In addition, the base will have range to monitor the Hokuten Enclave, the Sathar Empire, and the Clans of Stardeath.  Command of the station is pending as is the staff, but the CSS Prometheus and (assuming) CSS Genesis will be attached as well.  They will serve as defense and "arms" of enforcement to the Confederation forces in the area.  It should be noted that if this area is contained, the Confederations days as a political and military threat are numbered.  We hope for a victory soon.   

TERTIARY OBJECTIVES:  

The CSS Vicar Fudo (Co-Operative contracted destroyer class vessel) was launched on a identical mission one month ago.  It has failed to report and has been presumed lost.  Recovery of the vessel and any crew is a high priority.  Commanding officer was Captain Douglass Rankin.

Full testing of M-1 Bio-Sensors and CSS Genesis are also important objectives.  It should not have to be stated that loss of either vessel would harm the Co-Operative severely.  Extra rockets and supplies for the CSS Genesis will be alotted to the CSS Prometheus.

Clans of Deathstar pirates have recently stepped up attacks against the Hokuten Enclave and are receiving military backing from the Sathar.  This is an odd situation and requires some investigation.  In addition, the Confederation have stepped up recruitment efforts among the Yazirians native to the area.  This must be prevented, and weapons and training must be delivered to the clans that are anti-Confederation or at least neutral in the plight.

ASTROLOGICAL REPORT AND KNOWN ENCLAVE INFORMATION (REPRINT):

The Hokuten Enclave lies around the largest collection of natural wormholes and fluxes known to our science.  Four star systems surround this area and make up the Enclave.  The systems have been denoted as North, South, East, and West, for simplicities sake.  It is believed that there are several black holes in the area as well as a spatial rift.  Several uncharted asteroid fields surround the riftal segment and the shapely centre of the Enclave.  

Gravitational effects are surmised to vary greatly from system to system.  All four systems are believed to hold stable class-M planets and lifeforms that are native to them.  Quark and neutrino scans have shown large amounts of consumed energy  as used by atomic and ion stardrives.  There are also large quantities of Hoklite 7, which indicate the use of fusion energy in a controlled manner, a fact which neither Co-Op or Confederate Science can duplicate.

The Enclave was presumed to be one empire in the distant past.  They are broken into 3-4 warring factions as a result of some 15 intergalactic conflicts between the powers that are there.  It is believed that the Tetrarch Society once held its seat of power in this area.  The current government is a group of Dukes.  Each of the dukes hold sway over their system.  At least 2 of the Dukes are actual descendants of ousted royal families on Thesus after the Minotaur Wars.   The dukes of system South and East are at least lukewarm with the Confederation and nothing is known about the North and West systems.

Good Luck Commanders.  Any questions and clarifications can be tuned to transponder [email protected]

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