Ship: UFN Scotsman | FC: COMMODORE SMARTY | Classification: SUPPORT OPS

Crew

  • Captain — MERCER (Sub Lieutenant)
  • Engineering — TRACKER (Lieutenant)
  • Helm — GIT (Ensign)
  • Relay — MERCER (Sub Lieutenant)
  • Science — HERO (Sub Lieutenant)
  • Weapons — SKYE (Commodore)

Awards

  • TRACKER — Engineering Merit Medal

Promotions

  • GIT promoted to Sub Lieutenant

Debrief

The crew deployed directly onto the UFN Scotsman after its previous crew evacuated by automatic teleport. On arrival, UFN Scotsman was dead in the water: hull damaged, shields down, key systems degraded, and only three control crystals still installed.

Engineering restored limited function by assigning the remaining crystals to critical systems while repair teams worked through the damage. With only three crystals available, every system choice mattered. Bringing one system online often meant taking another offline.

Relay used the experimental Crystal Sniffer to track missing crystal sources, first leading the crew toward ITG Waymarket.

The crew earned ITG’s trust in combat, defending Waymarket during the Ghost attack and receiving the crystals in recognition of that support. This brought the total of crystals to 5 - meaning more stations could now be used by the engineering dept.

While following the next crystal ping through the Relay system, the crew received a call from ALF, who was hiding in a nearby nebula and needed assistance. The crew answered the distress call and defended TSN Aldrin under fire; in return, ALF transferred an additional control crystal.

More crystals were tracked to a nearby UMBRA base - they are claiming they bought them in good faith from a trader but we suspect their ties to the ghosts are more likely as a supply route.

The negotiations with UMBRA were long and tedious but it basically came down to this: [DETAILS REDACTED BY UFN INTELLIGENCE] At last, Umbra agreed to release all three control crystals. With them installed, Scotsman finally had the chance to return to full strength.

With all nine crystals recovered, UFN Scotsman entered the final battle at full system authority. Every major system could be brought online, and the crew turned a desperate recovery operation into a decisive counterattack. GST Enclave was neutralised, the Ghost force behind the attack was broken, and UFN Intelligence was greatly pleased by the recovery of the ship and its prototype systems. TSN Aldrin was in support during the Ghost encounter - under the control of the AI system known as ALF.

When UFN Scotsman docked with Comms Relay, she was battle-scarred but fully restored, a ship dragged back from the dead and returned to the fleet.

Congratulations crew - you have prevented the Ghosts from obtaining a KEY UFN asset. Shore leave is approved for all crew members on this deployment.