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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] ==Part 1== Dang, now I wish I'd paid more attention in my xenobiology classes. I've got a couple of ideas, but I don't know if they're likely to work. One possibility would be to recruit a couple of Bynars, but I'm not sure how their pair bonds work. Are they usually the same age? Can they change their bonds easily, or is their pairing like a lifelong mating bond? If it's the former, then I'd recruit a pair, one who fit the government's demands, and the other who fit the rebels' demands. They would effectively function as a single mediator, though, through their telepathic connection. I had another idea, but unfortunately no one on my personal staff was willing to subject themselves to a "Rascals"-style transporter accident. ;) Maybe I could find a "young" Vulcan... (wasn't T'Pol around 66 Earth years?). One who could easily pass for a 35-year-old on Dorza, but is numerically far older. Assuming my Bynar and Vulcan solutions don't pan out, I will point out to both sides that a compromise is a solution that both sides can accept, but that neither is satisfied with. I'll gently point out that if they're serious about some kind of diplomatic solution, then they'll each have to make some kind of concession. I'll try to get someone acceptable around the age of 35 or so. Finally, if all else fails, I'll simply demand the safety of the Federation citizens (if they haven't already been retrieved from the colony), and wash my hands of the matter. The Federation has no direct jurisdiction, the government obviously would rather settle the dispute by force, and we don't have the authority to hold them off. I'll try to force a continuation of the stalemate by threatening the Dorzan government with a souring of relations with the Federation if they choose to launch an attack, but that's about all I can do. ==Part 2== I'm going to have to operate on the assumption that the Gorn are planning a feint, or are otherwise bluffing, and that they're mainly intending to test Federation resolve to see if we back down without a fight. I'm going to put up a vigorous defense, and hope that they're not looking to make an enemy of the Federation right now. However, if they manage to establish a beachhead on any of the planets, then it's obviously going to end up being the purview of the diplomats. Therefore, I'll be calling in every single ship in the sector. Even the [i]Grand Teton[/i] will be drafted to serve as an ad hoc carrier for my twelve [i]Peregrine[/i]s. To review my forces: * USS [i]Heracles[/i], [i]Akira[/i] class, NCC-62504 * USS [i]Paladin[/i], [i]Intrepid[/i] class, NCC-74836 * USS [i]Proteus[/i], [i]Saber[/i] class, NCC-61998 * USS [i]Bayreuth[/i], [i]Saber[/i] class, NCC-61949 * USS [i]Antietam[/i], [i]Defiant[/i] class, NCC-76874 * USS [i]Cheng Ho[/i], [i]Nova[/i] class, NCC-72389 * USS [i]Dakota[/i], [i]Nova[/i] class, NCC-73617 * USS [i]Runnymede[/i], [i]Miranda Class[/i], NCC-15017 * USS [i]Grand Teton[/i], [i]Istanbul[/i] class, NCC-38411 * 114th Fighter Squadron, 12 [i]Peregrine[/i]-class heavy fighters So, I've got five fully combat-capable vessels, two modern scouts that can fight in a pinch, a combustible flying human shield, and an unarmed tin can with a dozen fighters that may or may not be effective against Gorn warships. [i]Cheng Ho[/i] ([i]Nova[/i]) will be dispatched to establish an early-warning perimeter, performing long-range scans to get advance notice of the size, composition, and ETA of the Gorn fleet. Their orders will be to return to fleet as soon as the incoming Gorn are detected. The key to any defense will be a limited but strong strike against the transport itself. If the transport can be disabled, then their whole mission will be delayed until more Starfleet support can arrive. Therefore, I will attempt to force the issue before the reinforcements arrive. I will transmit advance notice that if we detect the approach of any new military vessels, we will launch a preemptive strike against their forces in our own defense. I'll make it sound military to them, as if I'd be focusing on taking out their escorting warships, but I'll really be aiming to stall the transport. My five combat ships can easily pin down the three Gorn warships long enough for the 114th to slip in and make a quick surgical strike against the transport's engines, leaving her completely dead in space but with minimal injuries and hopefully no casualties. Thus, any further incursion into the ZTZ would be pointless for the next week or two, as far as the Gorn would be concerned. Meanwhile, the [i]Dakota[/i] ([i]Nova[/i]) is going to be busy getting ready my backup plan... nothing quite as inspired as James Kirk's infamous Corbomite bluff, sadly, but hopefully one that's effective. [i]Dakota[/i] will begin projecting increased warp fields and launch a few accompanying decoy probes equipped with verterium cortenide ingots to create enough sensor resonance on the Gorn's instruments to make it seem like the Starfleet reinforcements are arriving sooner than expected. The decoys will be a couple of light-years out, hopefully close enough to seem threatening (to make the Gorn think they can't win before our help arrives), but far enough for them to be tough to detect and to not discover the deception. Finally, I'll send in an emergency request for Klingon assistance... legally, the ZTZ is Federation territory, so I'm perfectly within my rights to request their assistance under the terms of the Second Khitomer Accords for defense. If I'm lucky, a few ships might be close enough to help in time. Oh yeah, the Dorzans. Meh. This isn't their fight, they're not under threat, so I won't ask for their help. They obviously have no respect for the Prime Directive anyway... ==Part 3== The Semmans definitely get the benefit of the doubt, because of the extremely limited contact they've had with the Federation; although we might've sent them a copy of the [i]Encyclopedia Galactica[/i] a while back, they probably haven't read it all the way through. So I will send [i]Runnymede[/i] out to intercept the fleet and politely inform them that the ZTZ is restricted territory, reserved for the Zemch. I'll gently offer to provide them information on YS-2 or KM-45 (the two other unclaimed, habitable worlds in the sector, since AJ-946 is now [probably] a recognized territory of the Gorn Hegemony) for settlement purposes. (It's too much to hope that the Semman ships are coming to assist in blockading the Gorn, I imagine?) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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