Once the crew was assembled Cris tapped on his Data-Padd, and causing a holographic projector to place an image of a local star-chart hovering in the air above the assembled crew. A few more taps and the hologram rapidly zoomed in on a specific planet. One that would be well recognized by those who had served with the Pariah longest.<br/><br/>It was a planet that had served as the Pariah's primary port of call during the last year of the Dominion War. And during those rough years after the war when the ship was considered an outlaw vessel by just about every major government in the Alpha Quadrant. Anchorage. A world full of scum, villainy, and no shortage of all around general ne'er-do-wells. A world torn between powerful crime syndicates, of which the Orion Syndicate was just one.<br/><br/>"<strong>Some of you know this world intimately.</strong>..." Cris said as he began the briefing. "...<strong>others have at least heard of it. Anchorage. The 'Risa' of Crime. A world of outlaws that survives only because there's no point in trying to conquer it.</strong>" he paused a moment, and added "<strong>Not by conventional means anyway.  </strong>"<br/><br/>http://www.stogeek.com/wiki/Anchorage (http://www.stogeek.com/wiki/Anchorage)<br/><br/>Over the next fifteen minutes Cris gives a brief summary of the planet's history and status.<br/><br/>It's not that Anchorage could not be conquered. Other than a loose assemblage of pirate and smuggling vessels located on the surface or in orbit at any given time the planet had no standing defense force. What did it need with one? Any attempt to militarily clamp down on the surface by any major law force or militant power was met with massive planet-wide resistance. The only thing you could do to control the planet was blockade it...and most of the planet's denizens considered Blockade-running to be jolly sport. The Cardassians tried to blockade Anchorage once, years ago before the collapse of the Obsidian Order. They were surprisingly effective for about a month...long enough for the major crime families controlling Anchorage to decide that enough was enough and temporarily pool their fleets for an assault that made it clear that given time to prepare, Anchorage had teeth sharp enough to bleed even the major military powers of the quadrant.<br/><br/>With the brief summary of the planet's military history complete, Cris moved on to the mission itself. "<strong>In light of the Klingon Empire's recent alliance with the Orion Syndicate, the Chancellor has agreed to support the Syndicate in it's effort to finally seize full control of Anchorage from the other crime families currently in control of the planet</strong>."<br/><br/>He said the next part with something of a smirk "<strong>And since we have something of a history with that planet we have been selected for this...'glorious' task. </strong>"<br/><br/>Of course it likely had more to do with the fact that this wasn't going to be the kind of mission that could be resolved with brute force...which made few purely-Klingon ships well suited toward it. More than that, this was likely the kind of mission that would require actions most would consider dishonorable...which made a ship full of pariahs perfectly suited toward it since most Klingons felt they had no honor in the first place. But Cris saw this for the opportunity it was...a chance to gain significant influence, not just in the Empire but in one the quadrant's most active underworld hotspots.<br/><br/>He paused here, giving his officers a chance to ask questions or make observations if they had any before continuing.