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USS Hikaru Sulu (Archive)

Against the Dying of the Light

Isolated, Overwhelmed, Alone - the crew of the USS Hikaru Sulu faces the threat Vanduwaar Supremacy singlehanded, with their only hope to unite those divided by hatred and age old enmity to come together for the common good.

Mission Description

“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
Dylan Thomas – 1947

Cut off from the rest of Starfleet by the Blackout enveloping the territory around the former Demilitarized Zone, Captain Raveen Shavda and her crew find themselves with the ultimate Command & Control asset, with no other ships to coordinate.

Faced with the prospect of certain defeat by an enemy who can strike at will and then retreat into the shadows of the Multicursal Labyrinth of Subspace apertures, Raveen must seek to unite the warring settlers of the former DMZ, both Terran and Cardassian, peoples who harbor deep hatred for each other and hold no love for Starfleet in equal measure.

With peace only possible through diplomacy, the only option available to prevent war and outright destruction may lie in the impossible choice to strike a Faustian – bargain & enlist the aid of one of the most dangerous enemies that the Union or Federation has known in recent times.

The Sword of Damocles hangs above the heads of all, can the crew of the USS Hikaru Sulu win the day, before the fragile thread breaks?

About the Mission

Command
Status
Complete
Total Stories
18
Start Date
04/04/2025
End Date
16/05/2025

16 May 2025

Epilogue – The Proposition

USS Hikaru Sulu: Against the Dying of the Light

  “Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.” George Crabbe. 1834.   There was a space, within a space, that was not really a space at all – and in that space, a man sat in a room [...]

16 May 2025

Operation Trojan – Arrow – Part#3

USS Hikaru Sulu: Against the Dying of the Light

  “Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” Napoleon Bonaparte. 1769 – 1821.   The blister formed above them, bilious and bulging as the thin meniscus of plasteen inflated and formed a relative corrected barometric [...]

12 May 2025

Operation Trojan - Arrow - Part#2

USS Hikaru Sulu: Against the Dying of the Light

  “The bomb lives only as it is falling.” Iain Banks. Use of Weapons. 1990   Torpedo 72901c12 was a MK 48 MOD5 ADCAP (Advanced Capability) munition that had been born only some three hours previously. A standard configuration casing, possessing the typical smooth black -lozenge shape [...]

12 May 2025

Operation Trojan – Arrow – Part#1

USS Hikaru Sulu: Against the Dying of the Light

  “Fighter pilot is an attitude. It is cockiness. It is aggressiveness. It is self-confidence. It is a streak of rebelliousness, and it is competitiveness. But there’s something else – there’s a spark. There’s a desire to be good. To do well; in the eyes of your [...]

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