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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Timo: [QB] All right, the fever is down, and it's time for... [b]Question Four Guest Lecture by MinutiaeMan[/b] [b]A) Respond to one or more of the scenarios created by the other participants in Part (D) of Question Three. This time, you have your entire fleet at your disposal. (The events in the scenario for your response here do not have to affect the deployment of your fleet for the following questions -- unless you want them to.)[/b] I'll take something simple this time - say, Wraith's. Simple, if not easy. I have already made overtures for assisting the Lucrezean militia. My frigate, the [i]Icy Falls[/i], resides at the planet, with my military advisors. They are in a good position to find out if the said militia is in any way responsible for the attack. My recce ship, the [i]Canaris[/i], turns around and heads for Lucrezea as well. Via Zechs, where it can provide a little humanitarian aid and find out a few more facts. A second frigate similar to the [i]Icy Falls[/i] is also available nearby, and will move to Lucrezea - these ships are enough to protect the planet from Bifourian aggression. Finally, relief ships will be diverted from the Jovalis/UFP run to Zechs, to be joined by the returning [i]Canaris[/i] as soon as the situation at Lucrezea calms down. [b]B) A civil war breaks out on Joval. Numerous local leaders call for the establishment of a planetary parliament and a full constitution. Monarch Ypaha Hrrays refuses to allow the formation of a parliament. The provinces on the western continent respond by declaring independence. When the provinces refuse to back down, Monarch Hrrays sends in ground troops to pacify the continent. 1) Provided is a map of the Joval Star System. How will you redeploy your task force once you hear of the fighting? As far as is known, all ships of the Jovali Royal Stellar Navy are in orbit of Joval -- for now.[/b] I already have my strongest combatant stationed at Jovalis, and I do not intend to make any major military interventions yet. But if Joval gets a big antirevolutionary backlash that culminates in a “Jovalis belongs to Joval” policy, I need a deterrent against the big ships of the Monarch. I recall one of my patrolling Springfields, still leaving the second one at Lucrezea but ushering the third to the general vicinity of Jovalis/Joval. There’s no point in bothering my more distant recce vessels yet. [b]2) The Jovalisi government urges the Monarch to accept reforms, but he refuses. Although he's not violently xenophobic, he's clearly wary of outside influences. However, Monarch Hrrays does agree to a brief private conference with you as the local representative of the Federation, to discuss the situation. What will you tell him, or ask him, at this meeting?[/b] In addition to the standard UFP speeches on the benefits of freedom and downsides of oppression, just one thing: the Monarch has got neighbors. UFP exterior policy of neutrality does not matter, since the UFP-ruled Jovalis is an internal matter for Joval first and foremost. It intimately affects the Monarch’s current and future economy, and cannot be discounted. If hostilities intensify, I suggest to the Monarch a joint declaration of a state of emergency, involving a joint traffic control and resource distribution scheme to keep the Joval/Jovalis relations as “normal” as possible. [b]C) The majority of Jovalisi favor the rebels because of their common democratic beliefs, but there is a vocal minority of pro-monarchy activists, as well. 1) Both sides of the conflict on Joval are receiving support from various "interest groups" on Jovalis. They're sending medical supplies, foodstuffs, power cells, ships, weapons... even some troops (completely unofficially). However, not all of the materiel that's being sent is home-grown Jovalisi equipment: you start receiving reports of Federation-built phasers used in battles, and even a few small Federation ships used in limited space combat. There's also a vague reference to a rogue group called the Jovalisi Freedom Brigade which is using a group of Federation-built small craft (think Maquis-type ships here) to aid the rebel cause. What will you do in response to this intelligence?[/b] I remind the Jovalisi police of their UFP obligations, and jointly with them impose strict flight limitations between Joval and Jovalis. These help us screen the remaining traffic for contraband. Another UFP obligation for Jovalis is to organize the relief efforts, so we can nicely tell the private enterprises to dedicate all their resources to the common effort. Small craft will be confiscated for relief use. Especially those that might be operating for the JFB… The Jovalisi police, supervised and assisted by Starfleet operatives, starts hunting down the JFB, which is declared illegal under UFP law. JFB members are urged to join the Jovalisi defense forces instead. These forces will be involved in the joint emergency action I have advocated, and will do a lot more good to the Jovali freedom movement than any independent paramilitary action will. [b]2) In order to stop the flow of materiel to the rebels, the Jovali monarch orders a planetary blockade -- all incoming ships are stopped and searched. No vessels are allowed to land on the western continent where most of the rebels are based. The Jovalisi local government protests this blockade and demands it be lifted immediately. The western continent is the source of most of the trade between Jovali and Jovalis, and could seriously hurt Jovalis's economy if contact is cut off. A few Jovalisi ships try to run the blockade, but unsuccessfully. The Jovalisi Merchants' Guild requests Starfleet protection of their ships near Jovalis and the immediate lifting of the blockade over the western continent for neutral vessels.[/b] I talk sense to the Jovalisi. They don’t need open skies – they can manage quite well with a strictly regulated traffic flow. The way to restore contact is to abide with a blockade that ends the Jovalisi vigilantism. The Monarch has already been offered a joint traffic control plan. It’s in his interests to agree to it now, with my masses of small craft being a great asset for traffic control. Neutral traffic will be warned away from the combat zone, as per general UFP guidelines. Those willing to run the gauntlet will be escorted by a Starfleet frigate, one of the two I currently have in the region. The third will be recalled from Lucrezea now. Escort will be provided to Jovalis only, not Joval. However, the Monarch willing, I can escort neutral shipments to Joval within the parameters of our joint blockade. It won’t be a problem for my modern frigates to blow small craft out of the sky if they make moves against shipments, no matter whose small craft they happen to be. Now would be a good time to get Captain Nall back to facilitate the talks with the Jovalisi… [b]3) In a surprise operation, a squad of rebel commandos manages to commandeer the Jovali heavy cruiser Dralliw -- apparently with the assistance of a number of mutineers on board. They escape from Jovali orbit, destroying one of the royal fleet's smaller frigates on the way out. The ship disappears into the asteroid belt, and Jovali forces do not pursue at the moment -- short of sending every remaining vessel in their fleet (one cruiser and three frigates), the Jovali are not likely to recapture their cruiser through conventional means. The rebels waste no time in proclaiming their victory and announce that the commandeered cruiser will be launching reprisals against the royal forces and any of their supporters.[/b] This ship is a menace against which UFP policy will empower me to act, at least within UFP space. And I swear I’ll find the legal loophole that makes the asteroid belt UFP space. Jovalis orbits nearer to it than Joval anyway! The [i]Shaaja[/i] sails out to hunt down this vessel. It is not a matter of leaving Jovalis unprotected, not at these minimal ranges. I ask for Jovali assistance in the hunt, since the [i]Shaaja[/i] alone won’t guarantee me victory. Their ships can stay back at Joval, ready to leap out if I yell for help, but they need not vacate any of Joval’s defenses for this. Covertly, my small craft also enter the belt, seeking for the stolen cruiser. Rules of engagement call for disabling the ship, but do not prohibit destruct, nor is the [i]Shaaja[/i] prohibited from firing the first shot. [b]4) Hostility is brewing between some of the more vocal pro-rebel and pro-monarch factions in some of the Jovalisi habitats. Several riots have erupted in colonies, especially in the Deyal Group, and there have been reports of roving gangs attacking supporters of the opposite faction. Leaders from several of the habitats ask you to provide assistance in order to maintain security.[/b] Provided I nailed the rogue cruiser, I can send out forces from my flagship as well as from aboard my two resident frigates. I can probably work out the most efficiently if I again strike at space traffic, this time between the habitats. I intercept both physical movement and messages within the limitations of UFP law. [b]D) Things start going south. Jovali royal ground forces are advancing across the planet, and refugees are streaming into the Jovalis colonies by the hundreds, then thousands. 1) The vast majority of incoming ships carrying refugees are loaded past capacity and were built by Jovali, meaning that sending the refugees out of the system on the ships they cam in is not an option -- they simply aren't fast enough for a true interstellar journey, especially considering the overcrowding on board. What will you do with them?[/b] I must ask for logistical support from Starfleet. Three weeks is not enough to get anything but “high-speed” ships to the area, as per the rules, but I must prepare for the future. So I ask for shipments of supplies, to be sent aboard ships than can then move out refugees. As an interim measure, I start manufacturing extra habitat space in the form of ugly limpets clinging to DS12. It’s just bulkheads and life support anyway – and the latter could be partially provided by our cadet ship, which has nothing better to do and could be bolted onto DS12 for the time being. [b]2) A Jovali passenger ship enters Jovalis space, pursued by one of the surviviing Jovali frigates, the Llenrup. The large passenger ship has taken heavy damage; there are several hull breaches, their warp drive is offline, their shields destroyed. The captain of the Jovali frigate claims that the passenger ship is smuggling a cell of known rebels away from Joval; the passenger ship captain says that the Jovali navy is trying to keep refugees from leaving Joval.[/b] Whatever the truth, I can easily handle the passenger ship, so the frigate can sod off. I board and detain the vessel as I’ve done with all suspect shipments in the past few days. And whatever the background of the people aboard, they are off the backs of the Jovali now. I promise to keep track of their whereabouts in case the Jovali want to prosecute in the distant future. For now, it simply isn’t something they can deal with. [b]3) A group of raiders have taken advantage of the confusion in the past weeks, and have started raiding Federation freighters carrying agricultural products to Jovalis, and on to the rest of the Federation. It's possible that the raiders are operating out of the asteroid field... and may even be using the cloaking technology that was stolen from G'Sall a few months back.[/b] The asteroids aren’t that much of a protection for the raiders, unless they only strike in the vicinity of Jovalis itself. And they can’t, since there are plenty of my forces present, just hours away at small-craft impulse, or mere minutes at warp-hop by the [i]Shaaja[/i]. To confront any farther-out raiders, I load some small craft aboard my escort frigates and sow them on the trade route to create an ambush. [b]4) There are a series of bomb attacks in various Jovalisi orbital habitats. Although none has resulted in a major loss of life, the docking facilities of one station have been severely damaged. The attacks have been confined to the Cluster -- so far. How do you ensure the security of your home base, Deep Space Twelve? (Keep in mind the ongoing refugee situation, and the fact that many of the refugees may need medical attention at a Starfleet facility.)[/b] DS12 is quite vulnerable now, with the limpet modules and the [i]Aristophanes[/i] welded to it. I still have to process refugees at the starbase, so all I can do is dedicate extra security forces to screening. AND make sure that all traffic to DS12 is by authorized government vessels, to which people are transferred at staging areas where their original vessels are cordoned off and inspected. This has to be done to enforce the blockade anyway. [b]E) After weeks of fighting, the royal faction's ground forces prevail. All of the major cities in the rebel provinces are occupied and placed under martial law. Monarch Hrrays begins issuing strict new edicts to ensure the "pacification" of the provinces. News from the provinces is scarce as the royal forces almost completely cut off the region from any offworld contact -- even after the war is declared to be over and the provincial governments surrender. The Jovalisi local government isn't happy with the developments and cuts off diplomatic relations with the homeworld, although they take no other action.[/b] This doesn’t prevent the UFP (me, that is) from continuing a dialogue, which will involve demands for observers. [b]However, it seems that a guerilla war is still going on in some out-of-the-way areas, and the monarch is using this as an excuse to crack down. The Jovali royal navy has also failed to track down and capture the cruiser that was captured in Part (C). They seem to be laying low for now.[/b] Just to remind the Monarch that I’m the one party that can hunt down the cruiser now, I pop up on a naval visit to low Jovali orbit. I ask for negotiations on ending the blockade, reminding the Monarch that if I do that unilaterally, the JFB might get a better position down at Joval. Some sort of continued cooperation is in the Monarch’s interests. Now what about those observers? AND the humanitarian aid that’s beginning to arrive also needs distributing. Does Joval want to have some? As soon as the Monarch starts speaking of returning suspected rebels, I start speaking resettling the refugees. This can keep us two entertained for days at an end. Which reminds me, my “local expert” ship [i]Canaris[/i] will probably be back by now. I assign the crew to special missions to find out more about the realities of the aftermath. Timo Saloniemi [/QB][/QUOTE]
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