Trojan Mercy (Medical Ship Action Thriller)

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Basic Premise: The Angosians are finally beginning the process of joining the Federation, but an Angosian Independence Terrorist Organization has bombed the city where a diplomatic conference was to take place, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties.  YourMedicalShip has been dispatched to the Angosian homeworld to help tend to the casualties, while the USS Galaxy (the original Galaxy class ship) has been assigned to meet you there and help you to render aid.   Enroute to the Angosian homeworld, YourMedicalShip comes across a transport ship experiencing an emergency, and decides to stop briefly to render aid.   But this is a ruse, and as soon as YourMedicalShip drops its shields, four-hundred Angosian terrorists beam aboard and seize control of the ship.  Holding much of the crew hostage and threatening to murder them, they force the remaining officers and crew to continue on to Angosia.  Their plan?  To ram the USS Galaxy with YourMedicalShip, disrupting the aid mission and simultaneously destroying two Starfleet vessels.  Such a bold series of attacks would surely scuttle Angosia's attempt to join the Federation... but can your crew foil the terrorists before they can unleash their dastardly plot?

Starting Point: Yourship is dispatched to provide relief to Angosia after they suffer a horrible terrorist bombing.

End Goal: Yourship's crew overcome the terrorists in time to avert a second terrorist attack: the ramming of the USS Galaxy.  They then render the aid intended as Angosian membership seems likely to move forward.

Story points that must be passed?:

I) Yourship is dispatched to provide relief to Angosia after they suffer a horrible terrorist bombing.

II) On the way, Yourship encounters a transport ship in trouble, and stop briefly to help.

III) 400 terrorists are secreted on the transport ship, and beam aboard as soon as Yourship drops its shields, quickly seizing control of Yourship.

IV) Most of Yourship's crew are held hostage in cargo bays or shuttle bays, and are threatened with death if the remainder fail to comply with the terrorist's demands.

V) The terrorist plot seems to be to use Yourship to ram the unsuspecting USS Galaxy, doubling down on the tragedy of the previous terrorist attack and scuttling all hope of the Angosians joining the Federation by showing them to be a divided people embroiled with violence.

VI)  The remaining officers and crew use clever means to overcome and outwit the terrorists, regaining control of the ship before it arrives at Angosia and the terrorists can complete their plot.

VII) Yourship proceeds to provide the medical aid as originally intended, and it looks like neither the Angosians nor the Federation are not allowing this violent incident to shake their resolve at accepting Angosian membership.

Departments: (To make sure everyone has something to do.)

- Flight: In addition to being forced to pilot the ship according to Terrorist demands, Flight Control officers will aid in retaking the ship.

- Engineering: In addition to being forced to maintain the engines according to Terrorist demands, Engineering officers will aid in retaking the ship.

- Operations: In addition to being forced to manage ship resources and send subspace communications in accordance with Terrorist demands, Operations officers will aid in retaking the ship.

- Security and tactical: Security officers and crew will be the major forces both initially defending the ship from the terrorists and also in retaking the ship from the terrorists.  I imagine a small guerilla force of Security personnel will be poaching terrorists Die Hard style throughout the adventure.

- Medical: In addition to being forced to treat injured terrorists who are hurt during the initial taking of Yourship, they will aid in retaking the ship (perhaps by releasing gas or drugs to overcome the terrorists.)

- Science: In addition to being forced to relay sensor information to the terrorists, they will aid in retaking the ship.

Additional Notes: This adventure is designed for a Medical or relief ship, but the plot could conceivably be adapted to other kinds of ships capable of providing massive medical assistance.  The numbers of terrorists can be adjusted to be appropriate for the size of Yourship and the difficulty of taking it over.  The purpose of this adventure is to provide a means for a noncombat medical or relief ship to have a largely combat-oriented experience.  The reason the terrorists wish to use Yourship to ram the USS Galaxy is because, as a friendly relief or medical ship, it will not be recognized as a threat until it is too late.   Be aware that these terrorists are not meant to be enhanced Angosian super-soldiers.  (The super-soldier program was eliminated and the super-soldier enhancements were removed.) However, they may be ex-super soldiers, no longer enhanced, and other normal citizens who simply want to keep Angosia independent.