<div align="center">(https://i.imgur.com/tetwUrJ.jpg)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Chapter 1: Missing Dignitary</strong></span></div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Overview</strong></span><br/><strong>30 November 2376</strong><br/>USS Victoria has been given her first assignment: to chart and survey sector 291-02. While in route to the sector, the following dispatch has been received from Rear Admiral Lenard Alder of Deep Space 11.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: RAdm L. Alder, Starbase 11</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><tt class="bbc_tt">TO: CPT. MELINDA BRIGGS, CO, USS VICTORIA NCC 74963<br/>FROM: REAR ADMIRAL LENARD ALDER, CO, DEEP SPACE 11<br/>SUBJECT: MISSING PERSONNEL - URGENT<br/><br/>CAPTAIN,<br/>VESSEL DS11-20 WAS DUE TO RETURN TO DEEP SPACE 11 TWO STANDARD DAYS AGO. NO DISTRESS CALL RECORDED, NO RESPONSE TO SIGNALS. PRESUMED DAMAGED, POSSIBLY DESTROYED. PROCEED TO LAST KNOWN LOCATION IN SYSTEM 6892 SCEPTRI, SECTOR 290-01. JOIN WITH USS GALIENT AND USS OAK AND ASSIST WHERE POSSIBLE IN SEARCH EFFORTS. PASSENGER MANIFEST INCLUDES HIGH PRIORITY DIGNITARY. LOSS OF DIGNITARY MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH NEARBY STAR NATIONS. INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.<br/></tt></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Shortly after, the following technical information arrives:<br/><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td>(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/8587ae45-f466-4571-ab9f-3c665c4abe52/d4p7tby-2f3d2d64-1998-45e0-855b-df9529d2b9f5.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3sicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvODU4N2FlNDUtZjQ2Ni00NTcxLWFiOWYtM2M2NjVjNGFiZTUyXC9kNHA3dGJ5LTJmM2QyZDY0LTE5OTgtNDVlMC04NTViLWRmOTUyOWQyYjlmNS5wbmcifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6ZmlsZS5kb3dubG9hZCJdfQ.byC_3V041tW4OTx8Wz8DZGQqlhvVsamfUzaonot2EtE)</td><td><tt class="bbc_tt">DANUBE CLASS RUNABOUT - DESIGNATION DS11-20<br/>ASSIGNED TO RELAY FEDERATION DIGNITARY FROM DORI SYSTEM TO DEEP SPACE 11 FOR NEGOTIATIONS. <br/>PERSONNEL:<br/>LT. CMDR. SORAN, MISSION COMMANDER<br/>LT. THERA SH'NOORE, PILOT<br/>ENS. BRODRIC QUINTAN, COPILOT<br/>SGT. ROTH FORGRAVE, SECURITY CHIEF<br/>FEDERATION DIPLOMAT T'SAI<br/>DORI AMBASSADOR ETT GLOAK<br/><br/>DANUBE CLASS INFORMATION:<br/>12-15 OFFICERS &amp; CREW<br/>40 MAXIMUM SAFE ACCOMMODATION<br/> <br/>23.1 METERS LENGTH<br/>5.4 METERS DRAFT<br/>13.7 METERS BEAM<br/><br/>FULL IMPULSE: 0.25c<br/>CRUISE SPEED: WARP 4<br/>MAX VELOCITY: WARP 4.7 (12 HOUR MAX)<br/><br/>6 TYPE V PHASER ARRAYS<br/><br/>STANDARD 2-PERSONNEL TRANSPORTER<br/></tt></td></tr></tbody></table><br/>