Ourea Station

Sitting at his desk, going through various reports from the colony, the medical facility on the colony couldn't cope with the number of people in the colony. They had elected to open a new facility, which had taken the CMO of the ground facility, which had in turn taken the CMO of the station to take over the main facility.

Going through the list of replacements Admiral Paka, and Aisha had collated, he had narrowed it down to 2. Lieutenant Miranda Bailes or Lieutenant Andromeda Nash. Miranda had been CMO for a few years on the USS Descartes. But she…

Kreitenne hadn't slept for more than a power nap since the Vaadwaur attack the day before. It was a damnable feeling. The colony felt exposed and backed into a corner. Kreitenne personally felt like they'd been toyed with. Why would the Vaadwaur send an invasion force and do nothing with it? Why spare Ourea and not Kartelan?

Her tactical upbringing could not ignore the red flags or ask the questions. In fact, it almost seemed like Starfleet was being herded like cattle, but for what? For slaughter? For containment? Nothing about this entire situation made sense. And, as much as…

Captain Edral was going over various reports, some of which were still being compiled. There had miraculously been no fatalities, though there were some serious injuries on the Pequod when one of the EPS relays blew near some crew quarters. The fact no one was killed was either by accident or by design. There were zero fatalities on the planet either. He took a sip of his third coffee so far today. Admiral Paka was still coordinating the movements in and around SH-twenty-two, but a subspace conference call was happening in a few minutes.

There were already various teams at…

"Underseer, we are approximately forty-five reksans from the exit point. Breach generators are charged."

"Very well, Elapid Mordic. Open communications to our ships. This is Underseer Jesan of the Cheynei. Commence charging of photonic oscillators. As soon as all ships have breached, blind their sensors and deploy the landing teams. Have the retrieval team right behind them. They will slip behind the mountain facility and extract them silently.

"Yes, Underseer." The officer replied. "One of our long-range scout ships detected that the station itself is still not yet fully constructed. There are significant areas without cover from their weapons."

"They…

"We've got to what?"

First Lieutenant Gerald Walton ignored his platoon XO's off-hand comment. "Command wants us to flank these lizard bastards and draw some of their fire away from the shield generators. At this rate, the shields won't last much longer against this bombardment!"

Second Lieutenant Stuggtottii, a Saurian, shook his head, his bulbous eyes glistening under the hot sun. "Roger that, sir." There was no use complaining, especially since they were all under heavy fire. He spun around to face the small platoon. "All right, you heard the man. First and second squads, you're up first. Third squad…