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USS Valhalla - USS Sentinel

Mission 4: Silence on the Line

When Sub-space fails who do you call?

Mission Description

When the Blackout sweeps across the quadrant, crippling warp travel and cutting off communications. Ships and entire fleets are stranded. Among them, the USS Valhalla and USS Sentinel are adrift near the border of independent Romulan factions—isolated, powerless, and alone.
With no way to call for help, Captain Xavier Vance makes a desperate choice: set course for Orvax II, a former Romulan colony embroiled in a bitter conflict with the Tal Shiar Holdouts on D’varis. But what begins as a mission for survival turns into a high-stakes diplomatic crisis when the Division arrives to find Orvax under siege—its attackers wielding a relic from the past, a 60-year-old Warbird, the only ship unaffected by the Blackout.
As the crew races to unlock the secrets of the Warbird’s functioning warp drive, tensions on Orvax II reach a boiling point. Some see the Federation as allies, others as opportunists, and Vance finds himself caught between factional infighting, war-hardened Tal Shiar operatives, and the looming threat of total collapse.
The presence of the Warbird, the only known vessel that can still travel at warp, threatens to ignite a war. Between the factions? Likely. Between the Romulans and the Federation? Maybe. Vance must make impossible decisions, which could solidify the independent Romulans against the Federation forever if they ever want to escape the Blackout.
In a galaxy without warp, the greatest danger isn’t the void—it’s what’s waiting in the dark.

About the Mission

Status
In Progress
Total Stories
3
Start Date
07/03/2025

22 March 2025

Chapter 3: Fools and Heros

USS Valhalla: Mission 4: Silence on the Line

It had been three days since the Valhalla and Sentinel dropped out of warp. The crews had started calling the event “The Collapse.” Vance couldn’t argue with the name — subspace had buckled in their tiny corner of the galaxy, stranding them without warp travel or long-range communications. [...]

14 March 2025

Chapter 2: Out of Gas

USS Valhalla: Mission 4: Silence on the Line

Chief Engineer “Lenny” Choi stared at the warp core of the USS Sentinel, his hands on his hips, lips pressed into a tight line. The glowing azure plasma within the reaction chamber twisted and churned slowly, its steady rotation punctuated by occasional surges of energy, like a pulse echoing [...]

14 March 2025

Chapter 1: The Edge of Forever

USS Valhalla: Mission 4: Silence on the Line

“Division Log, Stardate 79163.14. Raids by Independent Romulan Factions on Federation worlds have increased as of late. In response, Task Force Command has ordered the Valhalla to patrol the former Neutral Zone as a show of force in the region. I have requested Captain Murphey of the Sentinel [...]

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