The Darkness if Coming - Claimed

[James A. Hawke]

Mission Title:  The Darkness is coming (Wrote this for Columbus but can be a possible joint mission) There is enough exploration for Two Simm's since there is an investigation, ruins, first contact and a battle...)

Synopsis:  After Months searching, a member stumbles upon the location of the last whereabouts of the U.S.S. Icarus.  The crew embarks with a Starship to the outer regions of the Milky way galaxy a place of faded and dying stars.

The crew finds the remains of the Icarus landed.  Inside the ship the crew is either missing or dead.  The crew finds a second ship, a Starfleet Inteligence Ship also with half of the crew dead or missing.  There are also ruins of an ancient civilization.  Due to some interference, you cannot transport in or out.

The exploration shows that this was one of the final battle's of an ancient instestellar war that was almost as old as the creation of Vulcans and Humans.    During the investigation NPC's begin to die in the planet.

The investigation would reveal that the back story (see backstory), and that accidentally the crew of the Icarus woke the other race up.  They technology is like anything we have ever seen.  Eventually, the crew will make first contact in which they (Alien) propose to eradicate all "lower" levels lives from the Galaxy like they should have millennia ago (AKA US).  The crew would dispatch a request for help and a fleet forms.  (Mostly NPC's ship).  (Make the fleet size whatever you want )

The fleet would confront the single ship.  The weapons goes through our shields, their weapons are like our "phasers" but cut our ship like nothing. Half of the fleet is destroyed or damaged.  Eventually, the ship constant weapons destroys their ship.  It was reveal that it was only an old scout ship and rest of them are out there waiting to take their revenge towards us.
Once the ship is destroyed, the planet self destructs.  All evidence and technology is lost.

Starting Point: Finding the Location of the Icarus
End Goal:  Survive the Encounter
Story points that must be passed?:
- Show up to the planet
-Explore the planet and discover the history of the Progenitors's or First One's War
-Ask for assistance
-Fleet Battle
Departments:
- Flight: Transport the People from and too the planet since we can transport there, pilot the ships in battle
- Engineering: understand the technology from this old alien race,
- Operations: Call for the fleet, investigate the ruins
- Security and tactical: Organize the Fleet into combat and engage the new race, investigate the ruins
- Medical: Find out what happened and or how the crew of the Icarus and Starfleet Intelligence die
- Science: Studing the Alien Technology and try to understand their language

Back story
Long ago, before a time multiple races ran across the galaxy, there was one race that remained alone, the "First Ones".  In their effort to fill the emptiness of space, they created ecosystems and spread their genetic materials in the vastness of the galaxy.  We are the genetic decedents of the "First Ones".

They created us...but they also created their biggest threat.  The First race they created was meant for them to have a companion race someone to share the galaxy with.  When this race fount out the plan to create a new line of races out of their genetic materials, they were furious.  Jealous and outraged that they needed to share the galaxy they turned against their creators.  They sparked the first interstellar war.

The war was devastating for both sides...at the end the First One won, but barely.  They took the remaining people from this race and locked them up and banished into dark space.  To roam alone for all eternity alone.  What was left of the first ones...became a mystery...perhaps the last of their race are the Preservers that we heard about.

Five years ago a Science Vesell the U.S.S. Icarus was in the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy...where they uncovered an old abandoned outpost with ancient technology beyond our comprehension.  In an effort to avoid sharing with other races, Starfleet kept this discovery a secret...but something wrong happened...they opened their jail...and this races is now looking to unlock their kind and take revenge on the first ones by targeting us.

First Ones = Progenitors in STO or Star Trek Beta Cannon

[Malcolm Adeyemi]

Claimed for the Columbus.