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"Skirmish" is the thirteenth chapter of the first volume of Star Trek: Federation Legacy, written between July and October 2015 and published on 12 October 2015. It is authored by CaptFredricks.
- Summary
- Two months after the events at Celes and the Briar Patch, the crew of the USS Leviathan is sent to the Donatu system to discover why the True Way Alliance has been spotted there.
Jason Fredricks sits in his ready room, nearly asleep, but Lenerea Mendel informs him that he's receiving a private message from an unknown source. This forces him to wake up fully. On the other end of the transmission is an operative in Section 31, a covert agency of the Federation, named Franklin Drake.
Drake tells him to report to the Donatu system because strange things have been happening there, such as ships having environmental issues and personnel being drained of their neural energy. A secondary concern is Cardassians working for the True Way having a presence in the area. Jason agrees to the mission, but he asks Drake to send a request to Fleet Admiral Jorel Quinn for a pardon of Elisa Flores, who assisted in a brief takeover of the USS Leviathan by a Romulan agent named Jarek Davis.
Drake agrees, but he reminds Jason to keep all of the information shared between them confidential. Jason then orders a cup of coffee and walks onto the bridge. He tells his crew the only thing he can tell them: their destination. Before they go to Donatu, however, he tells Ernie Hauser to take them to Earth so they can retrieve Elisa.
Act I: Flores
Characters
- Jason Fredricks Teaser
- Lenerea Mendel
- Franklin Drake
- Tala Jones
- Ernie Hauser
- Elisa Flores Act I
- Walter Bozeman
- Dylyp Azeli
- Th'vol Olethla
- Julia Cromwell
- Lucas Wells
- Hannah Freeman
- Kardok Act II
Referenced only
- Madred Teaser
- Jorel Quinn
- Jarek Davis
- Vance L'eher Act I
- B'vat Act II
- Jeff Philips
- Charlie Morgan Act III
Unnamed
- Unnamed True Way personnel
Starships
- USS Leviathan Teaser
- Axon Act II
- IKS SuvwI'
Referenced only
- USS Enterprise-D Act III
Locations
- New Zealand Penal Settlement Act I
- New Zealand, Earth
- Donatu system Act II
Referenced only
- Cardassia Prime Teaser
- Argelius system
- Starfleet Academy Act II
- Vulcan Act III
Other references
Governments and organizations
- Cardassian Guard
- Department of Temporal Investigations
- Klingon Empire
- Section 31
- Starfleet
- True Way
- United Federation of Planets
Species
Other
Log entries
Continuity
- The topic of Jason Fredricks and Lenerea Mendel's relationship issues is brought up. ("Researcher Rescue")
- References to Jarek Davis and Elisa Flores' part in aiding his takeover of the USS Leviathan. ("War Is Good for Business", "Treasure Trading Station")
Background and trivia
- This chapter is an adaptation of the Star Trek Online mission "Mission: Skirmish".
- It begins the four-part arc Spectres (*), which features the Devidians as the main antagonists.
- It is the first chapter of Federation Legacy to be written in the past tense; all previous chapters were originally written in the present tense. CaptFredricks originally wanted to write in the present tense to make the reader feel like (s)he was reading as the story was unfolding, but decided he liked writing in the past tense better. All chapters since have been written in the past tense.
- This chapter introduces Franklin Drake, a mysterious agent of Starfleet's Section 31, and features Elisa Flores as a more prominent character than before. It is also the first chapter of Federation Legacy to feature Kardok, but he is not mentioned by name.
- A 2020 revision of this chapter saw certain scenes extended, most notably in Act I when Drake brings Elisa to the USS Leviathan and when certain Leviathan crew members receive promotions.
- The first extended scene includes Ensign Bozeman, a security officer who did not originally appear in this chapter. It also features more dialogue between Elisa and Drake.
- The second extended scene adds more dialogue between characters and changes the recipients of promotions. In the original version of the chapter, Tala Jones and Dylyp Azeli were promoted. Now, Dylyp, Julia Cromwell, and Vance L'eher receive promotions instead (this change is because Tala is now promoted to lieutenant junior grade after the events of "Line in the Sand", though this promotion happens off-screen).
v - e - ? | Star Trek: Federation Legacy | ||
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Tour of Duty (original) | "Khitomer Crisis" • "The Price of Liberty" | ||
Tour of Duty | "The Price of Liberty" • "Line in the Sand" | ||
Klingon War | "Stranded in Space" • "Diplomatic Orders" • "Hide and Seek" • "Stop the Signal" • "Researcher Rescue" • "The Kuvah'Magh" • "War Is Good for Business" • "Treasure Trading Station" • "Secret Orders" • "Task Force Hippocrates" | ||
Spectres | "Skirmish" • "What Lies Beneath" • "Everything Old Is New" • "Night of the Comet" | ||
Klingon War (cont.) | "The Ultimate Klingon" • "The Doomsday Device" • "Past Imperfect" | ||
Wasteland | "The Lost City of Paradise" • "The Undying" • "Installation 18" | ||
Romulan Mystery | "Under the Cover of Night" • "Saturday's Child" • "Empress Sela" | ||
Supplementary material | |||
Upcoming content • undeveloped content |