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{{Mission
|Ship=USS Gettysburg, CA-1863
|CommandingOfficer=Captain [[Wueste, Daniel|Daniel E. Wueste]]
|MissionName=Hollowed Memories
|MissionNumber=02
|Archive=
|Start=240211.06
|End=240305.01
}}
There are people who think of time almost as if it were a predator, something real, something tangible, something with as much substance as you or me... those people believe that time is something you can run from, that it is something you do run from, all your life, until one day it, one day time catches up with you... and makes the kill.
Our “Mission” began on a happy note, as Samantha and I were finally married, in a ceremony aboard Starbase 1.
Fleet Admiral Beckett declared a state of emergency and initiated the Armageddon Directive, assigning each vessel in the Fleet with a unique mission to try and save the Federation, while also securing key worlds in an attempt to prevent additional damage.
Our mission, as dictated by the Directive, was to travel back in time several weeks and attempt to prevent the Borg Attack from happening… or, at the least, find a way to neutralize it.
We didn’t know it at the time, but this encounter with the Borg caused a tear to form in the space-time continuum, effectively splitting the timeline… the resulting rift produced two ships, where there had only been one before… both USS Gettysburg… one version of the Gettysburg was transported 12 years into the Future, and another failed in the slingshot maneuver and was assimilated.
With the situation, and all the related details, now clearly laid out, we were left with a single purpose, preventing this timeline from continuing, and a single problem… getting home.
Using the Forge’s Core and a new set of Calculations we returned to our time.
Upon arrival, several weeks after our departure, we were surprised to find that the Borg had survived time-warp and not only that, they had plans for the Gettysburg that none of us had anticipated.
The In the collective I realized what had happened… things had come full circle… I saw Sam there; she had become the Borg Wueste started by assimilating Queen… Yet I also saw my Samthere, unassimilated… andthrough it all, before I could do anything to stop him, me as well… we became a part of the Collective, the crew unable to do anything to stop this were soon faced with a battle of their own, as a Star Fleet Armada engaged the Borg…my Borg counterpart was present…
In the collective I realized what had happened… things had come full circle… I saw Sam there; she had become the Borg Queen… Yet I also saw my Sam there, unassimilated… and through it all, my Borg counterpart was present…
The manner, through which we were assimilated, and, in turn, released from the collective, put an overwhelming strain on both of us… we were left unconscious on the Bridge… Sam’s Half-Klingon physiology allowed her to come through far better than I… she regained consciousness relatively quickly; I on the other hand was left in a light coma. Not a light threatening condition, but one that would require monitoring until it had resolved itself.
Gettysburg Mission 02: "Hollowed Memories" (view source)
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'''Stardate 20305.01 Captain Daniel E. Wueste, USS Gettysburg, Recording.'''
There are people who think of time almost as if it were a predator, something real, something tangible, something with as much substance as you or me... those people believe that time is something you can run from, that it is something you do run from, all your life, until one day it, one day time catches up with you... and makes the kill. I used to be one of those people, that belief was part of what defined me. Time, however, has proved to be far more devious, the result is that I am a far different person today than I was even just a few years ago… the man who took command of the Valley Forge, seemingly so very long ago, is not the man I see now when I look into the mirror… what troubles me is that I’m not sure which I prefer… there is a lot I miss from times passed.
Our “Mission” began on a happy note, as Samantha and I were finally married, in a ceremony aboard Starbase 1. That would be the last relaxed and joyous occasion we’d be fortunate enough to be involved with for some time… A Romulan, and soon Borg, attack prevented Sam and I from going on our planned honeymoon, and, after being transported to the Gettysburg, we were forced to vacate the system as quickly as we could do so.
Fleet Admiral Beckett declared a state of emergency and initiated the Armageddon Directive, assigning each vessel in the Fleet with a unique mission to try and save the Federation, while also securing key worlds in an attempt to prevent additional damage. By this time Starbase 1 had been destroyed, and Sector 001 had become a disaster area. Our mission, as dictated by the Directive, was to travel back in time several weeks and attempt to prevent the Borg Attack from happening… or, at the least, find a way to neutralize it.
Commander Xeth, and his team in Science, put together the appropriate calculations, and we were off. There was one problem however, while preparations were being made we had been forced to remain very near Sol, as we needed to make our slingshot around that Sun to head back where we needed to be… not surprisingly, and despite our use of the Sensor Cloak, and attempts to conceal ourselves, our close proximity to Sector 001 resulted in detection by the Borg…
A Wedge moved to intercept us just as we were ready to go. Knowing we wouldn’t survive a head on confrontation I ordered the Ship to Warp, hoping Time-warp would prove an effective means of evasion… The Borg managed to intercept us on our way, and the resulting exchange of fire knocked us slightly off course and altered the calculation presets…
We didn’t know it at the time, but this encounter with the Borg caused a tear to form in the space-time continuum, effectively splitting the timeline… the resulting rift produced two ships, where there had only been one before… both USS Gettysburg… one version of the Gettysburg was transported 12 years into the Future, and another failed in the slingshot maneuver and was assimilated. Our Gettysburg arrived 12 years into the future, a future where the Borg had won, a future where they were everywhere and the Federation was nothing more than a faded memory…
After an exploratory mission that had left my Chief Medical Officer, Lt. Geran, incapacitated, the Gettysburg was intercepted by a ship that looked oddly familiar… it was the other Gettysburg…
After speaking to her Captain, a Borg me, we finally realized what had happened… with the situation clear; we were left with new and more difficult questions… how was it that these Borg were somehow separated from the collective…? How was it that the Borg in this time had been victorious, yet now seemed to be falling apart from the inside?
The answer I got wasn’t one I wanted to hear… when “I” had been assimilated there had been only one thought on my mind, one thought so strong it had become a part of the collective… that thought was Sam… the result was that she was assimilated, and became the new Borg Queen… The reason these Borg, in this timeline, were separated from the collective, and not functioning as they normally would, was that somehow my Borg counterpart had managed to separate himself from the Collective… what he’d done from there had literally destroyed the Collective from the inside… he killed the Queen, he killed Sam…
With the situation, and all the related details, now clearly laid out, we were left with a single purpose, preventing this timeline from continuing, and a single problem… getting home. The initial slingshot had left the Gettysburg nearly disabled, and without a working Warp Core to get her home… Ironically, here in the future, something from my past solved this problem… the Borg Gettysburg had somehow managed to salvage the Warp Core from the Valley Forge…. Mr. Sykes and his Engineers installed the unit, and we were, at last, up and running…
The Forge will always be a part of me, she was always there for me, and now she’ll forever be a part of the Gettysburg…
Using the Forge’s Core and a new set of Calculations we returned to our time. While we hadn’t received anything that would help us defeat the Borg, we were relieved to simply be heading home. Our expectation was that, when we returned to our time, the timeline would be corrected, and our Borg alter egos would cease to exist.Upon arrival, several weeks after our departure, we were surprised to find that the Borg had survived time-warp and not only that, they had plans for the Gettysburg that none of us had anticipated. The Borg Wueste started by assimilating Sam, and, before I could do anything to stop him, me as well… we became a part of the Collective, the crew unable to do anything to stop this were soon faced with a battle of their own, as a Star Fleet Armada engaged the Borg…
Sam fought her Borg Counterpart, her counterpart that was the Borg Queen… I felt suddenly powerless to help… but I knew what I would have to do…
My wife managed to move the Queen over towards me, and I killed her, I had no choice… it was as the Borg Wueste had alluded, Destiny had to fulfill itself…
With the Queen dead the collective began to fall apart, and the timeline was restored, the assimilated Gettysburg’s crew vanished, their existence erased from time…
The manner, through which we were assimilated, and, in turn, released from the collective, put an overwhelming strain on both of us… we were left unconscious on the Bridge… Sam’s Half-Klingon physiology allowed her to come through far better than I… she regained consciousness relatively quickly; I on the other hand was left in a light coma. Not a light threatening condition, but one that would require monitoring until it had resolved itself. With the Borg in disarray, the combined Federation forces managed to eliminate the Borg threat… with that our mission was at a close.
Commander Syntranos, in his capacity as First Officer, took the ship to Starbase Alpha, Starbase One’s replacement, and began docking maneuvers. Once we were docked the crew began to disembark, and I was beamed over to the Starbase’s Sickbay for continued monitoring until I regained consciousness.
==Captain's Logs==
