[WATB Phase 2]: Resistance Will Be Annihilated

Description

Star Trek Online dropped the Mirror Borg into the mix, and if you haven’t read up on them, please do so. They are terrifying – they’re harder to put down, they have expanded regenerative capabilities, and they target only people with tactical training and kill the rest. They’re also shown as incredibly tactical – they have special regeneration drones, they indiscriminately blow up spheres in kamikaze runs on groups of starships, and they’re shown as having objectives for assimilation. They’re as if your own nightmares weren’t exactly the nightmares they need, so they needed to come up with new ones.

By now, you’ve seen the missions and briefings for this Fleet Action. In this competition, we want you to write a briefing as if instead of our Prime Borg are involved, write one as if the Mirror Borg from STO are involved instead.

Criteria

  • Write a mission summary, no more than 500 words, for a mission for this Fleet Action, involving the Mirror Borg instead of the Prime Borg. Missions will take place in the Prime Universe, not the Mirror Universe.
  • Points will be given to the most creative mission using the Mirror Borg from Star Trek Online.

Winners

Submissions

User ID Content Date Entry
Sazra Kobahl 2545

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

We have lost contact with USS Warrior (Intrepid) and USS Osiris (Olympic) at the Ciater Nebula in the Deneb Region. They were en route to give medical support to the border colonies hit by the Lost Fleet. Move to investigate the last known area.

However, long-range scanners have detected transwarp gate activity near the nebula that do not have the same signature as the regular Borg we know. Starfleet Science has concluded the a different power that might be at play, we hope it is not them. The Borg from the mirror universe, they are ruthless, aggressive, and they do not answer without shooting first.

If they are there, move to save location and change the mission parameters to observe their activity. If, and only if, you can destroy the transwarp tunnel, please do so.

We hope we are wrong, be safe.

2023-11-25 18:39:51
Edwin Wagner 2468

On the far edges of Federation Space, an unusual string of readings has been detected. Starfleet dispatched a science ship to investigate and has lost contact with them. They are sending your larger and more powerful ship to investigate. As you get closer, you get long-range readings suggesting the Borg. There is confusion among your science team about the consistency of the sensor reports. Something is wrong, and you must investigate. There will be arguments and attempts to sort out the data that can divide your command team and even your bridge crew on what it means. Exploring your characters' conflict in this mission could help further character development and relationships - for the good or the bad.

Upon arriving in the sector, the sensors immediately alarm as a larger-than-life Borg Cube looms across the sector. Your science team confirms this Borg is not the Borg we know - this is the Mirror Borg. What little is known about them is quickly read. There will be a moment of decision - do you run, hoping to stay ahead and away from them? Or do you investigate as much as possible to alert Starfleet back home about what has arrived in the Prime universe?

You cannot hope to survive a direct or even indirect conflict with the Mirror Borg - you will need to decide what your ship and crew will do and then craft stories that emphasize the fear, but also the unknown - possibly a shuttle is sent to investigate or a probe - and on the bridge you witness the brutality of the MIrror Borg as reality sets in. Or you come upon a world laid waste by the Mirror Borg, and the destruction and violence exhibited help you further understand their nature.

The end of this mission is to find a way to send them back to the Mirror Universe. Perhaps a stray shuttle managed to come through with them and crashed on a nearby planet, and you find a survivor. Or you can detect how the ship came through while trying to avoid them. Ultimately, you must find a way to return them as a Mirror Borg Cube in our universe is unthinkable.

 2023-11-25 16:26:20
Alexandra Sudari-Kravchik 2121

Missing Ship
Beyond Federation space a Starfleet vessel has gone missing, and the Borg are suspected in its disappearance. Your ship has been assigned to investigate, ascertain Borg involvement and if required eliminate the threat.

Briefing
The rise in aggressive and unrelenting Borg activity has surprised the galaxy. A number of valuable ships have been hunted down and targeted by these aggressive Borg ships. Recently however a starship has gone missing with no indication as to why. Your ship is being tasked with investigating the cause and determining if this is a further evolution of Borg activity.

Command already suspects the Borg, so be prepared for aggressive behaviour and spontaneous and near unrelenting Borg assault should you run into them. Borg drones have also shown a new resistance to our weapons and as such you are being granted access to such weapons as the TR-116 and the advice 'swords are fun'.

Investigate the cause of the disappearance and report back as soon as possible. Keep your ship and crew safe and do not be afraid to cut and run if required. Your report on any new Borg activity is of the utmost priority.

 2023-11-24 02:21:46
Theo Barrington 2080

Mission Summary: Escape and Survive… if you can

A flotilla of civilian ships is being hunted by the Borg. All reports indicate that it was a scout ship… with a difference. Rather than prime Borg, these are Mirror Borg and they’re looking to expand. Stronger, faster and harder to kill than normal Borg, they’re aggressively capturing vessels, and assimilating the crew. This means that they’re growing their numbers at a rapid rate and they’ve set their sites on a large group of civilian ships. If they achieve their objective, then that would create a more than significant threat to all life in the area.

Your ship has been called into doubt whatever you can to stop this happening. Unfortunately, taking on Mirror Borg is not an option, so you need to get inventive. You need to locate the flotilla of civilian ships and keep them hidden in the many nebulaes and spatial anomalies in the area. But these Borg are nothing if not adaptable and if even one gets aboard…

 2023-11-22 21:37:59
Iskander al-Kwaritzmi 569

The USS Redding was on a sensitive mission on Betazed. But when a subspace conduit opened above their head, they couldn’t know that the Borg who would emerge would be those from the Mirror Universe: maybe recalled by the beacon of an xB object on the surface, they set their eyes on the whole planet of Betazed, destroying its defenses with kamikaze attacks, vaporizing Starfleet crafts by the dozen, and separating the population into those worthy assimilating and those to be killed.
And the Redding? Its hull battered after nearly escaping a confrontation. Its senior staff lost in battle with the exception of the Captain who, under the new identity of Twelve of Twelve, Agiscus of Borg, sets her eyes on her former vessel. Do the Borg really know what the Redding is capable of? Can the Redding be saved?
Can Betazed?

 2023-11-22 17:08:22
Azras Dex 10

Starfleet Intelligence has received reports of a Borg vessel crashing on an uninhabited planet within the Beta Quadrant. Reports have shown it is different than any known Borg vessel that Starfleet has a record of. Upon arrival, an away team is sent planet side to start investigating. You find these Borg are unlike anything you have seen before. The Borg are all in their alcoves regenerating and from the looks of it are trying to repair the sphere. While the away team continues to investigate they find that this is not like any known Borg, but find that it is that of the Mirror Universe. After reporting your findings you are requested to figure out how to send them back to the Mirror Universe before they get fully repaired. If the Prime Universe Borg was bad enough things just got even worse with these Mirror Borg.

 2023-11-22 16:10:43
James Neidlinger 1

In their hunt for perfection, the Borg have long been intrigued by interdimensional travel. However, not every door they've opened has been to their benefit. In 2373, their discovery of fluidic space almost ended the galaxy altogether, and in 2401, they used an interphasic rift to cross into the Mirror Universe, where they encountered a Collective similar to but more aggressive than their own.

The Mirror Borg swiftly assimilated their Prime counterparts, and after incorporating knowledge of the Prime Universe into their consciousness, the Borg King determined the Prime Universe would be an excellent addition to his Collective. The worlds of the Prime Universe had not been forged by the turbulence of the Mirror Universe. This meant both that their civilizations would not put up as much resistance as in the Mirror Universe, as well as that their cultures and technologies would have been given time to grow and flourish in a way that the chaos of the Mirror Universe had never allowed.

A massive Cube from the Mirror Universe traveled through the interphasic rift to begin the process of assimilating and annihilating the Prime Universe. Given the knowledge it assimilated from the prime drones about the Federation, the Mirror Cube set course straight for Earth, seeking to topple the one power that might stand in its way. Along the way, it razed every world it encountered, unwilling to waste any extra time assimilating worlds until Earth had been destroyed.

When Fourth Fleet Command calls, you and your crew are expecting to be ordered to the Sol Station to join the rest of Starfleet for a final stand to protect Earth. However, given your location on the frontier, Command has other ideas for your ship. Instead, you and your ship are ordered to a region of space known for frequent Borg activity, and your objective is to contact the remnants of the Borg Collective and convince them to join the fight.

Just as Captain Janeway and the Borg Queen had to work together to find a way to defeat Species 8472, now you must persuade the Borg Collective that the Mirror Borg represent as much a threat to their existence as to your own, and that it is in their best interest to ally with the Federation to defeat the Mirror Borg before they get a foothold in the Prime Universe. But will the Borg Collective help or will they try to leverage the situation to assimilate the Mirror Borg into their own Collective? And if they do agree to help, even though they share a common seed with their Mirror Universe brethren, how will the Prime Borg assist the Federation in defeating the massive, 10-km wide Mirror Borg Cube that is bearing down on Earth?

 2023-11-21 01:28:17
James MacLeod 653

"NIGHTMARES"- 430 words

Mission Overview
The USS Sovereign, under the command of Captain Leland J. Maddox, is dispatched to investigate a distress signal from a Federation research outpost on the fringes of the Beta Quadrant. The outpost, home to several advanced tactical training programs employed by Starfleet, has gone silent, and initial scans suggest an attack by an unknown assailant.

Act 1: There be nightmares

The Sovereign arrives on the scene and discovers the outpost decimated, with evidence of a brutal and systematic attack. Survivors, few and critically injured, speak of attackers resembling Borg drones but exhibiting far more tactical acumen and brutality - characteristics of the Mirror Borg. The crew learns that the Mirror Borg selectively assimilated individuals with high-level tactical training, mercilessly eliminating others.

Captain Maddox and his crew must navigate the wreckage to recover crucial data, discovering that the Mirror Borg have stolen tactical simulations and combat strategies, potentially giving them an unprecedented tactical edge against the Federation.

Act 2: The Hunt

The Sovereign tracks the Mirror Borg to a nearby nebula, where they discover a partially assimilated Starfleet, now a hybrid Borg ship. Maddox realizes the Mirror Borg are using the assimilated tactical data to plan a significant strike against key Federation positions across the quadrant.

The crew devises a plan to board the hybrid ship, intending to retrieve the data and, if possible, rescue any assimilated Starfleet officers. The mission is dangerous, as the Mirror Borg's enhanced regenerative capabilities and strategic foresight make them formidable foes.

Act 3: Infiltration and Sacrifice

Aboard the hybrid ship, the away team encounters fierce resistance. The team observes the Mirror Borg's unique assimilation process, targeting only tactically valuable individuals. The team manages to reach the central data core with moderate losses.

In a twist, they discover the Mirror Borg's next target: a secret Starfleet tactical summit, where the highest-ranking officers and strategists are gathering to discuss the latest Borg threat to the Federation. Realizing the catastrophic potential of such an attack, Maddox boldly decides to use the Sovereign as bait to draw the Mirror Borg away from the summit.

Act 4: Final Confrontation

In a daring and risky maneuver, the Sovereign engages the Mirror Borg ship, now reinforced with several Borg spheres. The battle is intense, showcasing the Mirror Borg's ruthless tactics and the crew's resilience and ingenuity.

The Sovereign, heavily damaged, manages to outmaneuver the Borg, leading them into a trap set in the nebula. Utilizing a combination of electromagnetic pulses and a specially devised virus targeting the Borg's enhanced regeneration, the crew successfully neutralizes the Mirror Borg threat.

 2023-11-18 14:22:09
Keith Anderson 1849

The Borg are a constant shadow on the universe, and the technology scattered throughout the galaxy suddenly sending out homing signals to them has everyone on edge. A darker shadow looms, however, when the remnants of a borg probe activates its signal.

The probe was investigating a section of space with readings that indicated a potential rip between this universe and the mirror universe. Subspace distortions ripped the probe apart, and it’s floated dormant for decades. Recently, along with the other Borg tech, the probe began broadcasting. But the Borg of the Prime Universe are not the only ones that have noticed it.

Shortly after the probe began broadcasting its signal, a rift to the Mirror Universe opened, and a Mirror Borg Cube came through to find the source. After reclaiming the battered probe, the cube found itself faced with a galaxy full of new subjects for assimilation. The Cube is dormant for now, but Starfleet Command is concerned that it is only a temporary reprieve. You’ve been dispatched to ascertain the threat and neutralize it as soon as possible.

2023-11-15 05:46:51

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